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LAS Partner, Maverik Lacrosse, was nice enough to hook me up with a couple of their new Metrik heads to string up and I have to be honest… I'm loving how these heads accept a pocket! Whether it's mesh or leathers, it's an easy head to string and the Universal face shape is definitely a favorite of mine already. It's kind of like a perfect bowl of porridge.
I took a couple Metrik heads and put some fancy leather pockets in there. What do you think of my recent work? Can you string all these different types of pockets? Do you have some wacky ideas of your own?
Single String Six Diamond
Iroquois colors, standard stringing style. Came out great! Rolled shooters.
Single String Six Diamond
I took out old boot lace from a woodie I was fixing up, but I didn't throw it away. Instead I used it to string up a brand new head. Old bootlace + new head + recycling = awesome.
FoGo Pita Custom Pocket
I reinforce the center track and the two traditional knots up top on either outer leather with double knots. It takes the abuse, and keeps on trucking. Plus it looks nice. Added bonus!
The Perfect Pocket
I've been working this one out for a little while in my head, and this week I decided to go for it. I call it the Perfect Pocket because like a standard six diamond, it's a great pocket with great feel. Unlike the traditional six diamond, this pocket does not shift much, and that makes it consistent and super tough.
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Wikileaks or: Welcome to the brave new "Terms of Use" era
Paypal "restricts" the bank account of the german Wau Holland foundation which managed parts of Wikileaks transactions. Citing from their statement :
PayPal has permanently restricted the account used by WikiLeaks due to
a violation of the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, which states that
our payment service cannot be used for any activities that
encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in
illegal activity. We've notified the account holder of this action.
As with my yesterday notes a number of questions arise. What exactly is
illegal about wikileaks behaviour in the US? Was money laundering or
online fraud involved? Was wikileaks given a warning and asked to
provide clarifying statements regarding the usage of _their_ money? Do
they apply the same moral standards to all their customers and accounts?
For example, are they also closing all accounts related to the
Washington Times or related to Sarah Palin publically calling for
assasination of a citizen of Australia?
If we are learning anything from the Wikileaks case it is the willfullness
of young IT companies in the US to concur with public opinion or direct
government pressure. Up until now i presumed the likes of Amazon or Paypal
also incorporated some ethics. And this would mandate IMO to keep
distance to government actions and to resist government pressure especially
if it's about something like wikileaks. It seems like the US goverment
used its advanced notice of the pending publication wisely: rather than filtering critical
messages they organised a huge campaign in the US resulting in Amazon,
PayPal and everydns and probably others to implement government policies
and quickly. No need to have special laws or evil government actions – just reference the Terms of Use and be done.
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What's illegal? Wikileaks has been releasing US government documents marked "classified" and "secret". That's against US law, for obvious reasons. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_information_in_the_United_States and http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00000798—-000-.html .
As for Paypal and Amazon, I'm sure the government did apply some pressure, but "violation of TOS" is a pretty legitimate argument in this case. They're US companies, dealing with an organization that has broken US laws.
Legality: there are plenty of people arguing differently about the legality of publishing the information, see for example: http://www.lasisblog.com/2010/11/12/wikileaks-has-committed-no-crime/
And I am sure that Amazon and PayPal have arguments cross-referenced to their terms of use. The thing is that we are left with a private company pulling the plug on basic infrastructure and there is no court that gets asked or decides. They rather appear to act on behalf of political interests.
I wonder: if the leak were about cables from Russia, Iran or China and Amazon/Paypal would be acting against wikileaks like they do now, would you be in support of it? If the cables were showing how the US government conspired to start the Iraq war, witholding truth and counter-evidence, would you think wikileaks does wrong?
The statute referenced by Mark Erikson (TITLE 18 PART I CHAPTER 37 § 798) does not apply. Even a quick read shows that none of the four subparagraphs of paragraph (a) are involved here as the information was not obtained from "communication intelligence" nor was related to it.
Besides, it should be patently obvious that if it was illegal, the New York Times among other entities would right now be looking for a lot of new employees, as many of their current ones would be in jail awaiting trial.
Mark Erikson
The government was unable to legally prevent the publication of the Pentagon Papers, also stolen documents. Again, what laws were broken by Wikileaks? -
The latest Wiki-"leak" is eroding the relative freedom of the Internet. The problem with the leak is that it so far has not contained any substantial scandal big enough to cause public outrage and this gives a lot more headroom for governments to crack down. Also it's not just USA that finds the leak compromising but also it's fiercest enemies there's no powerful friends to defend it.
If a cable evoked some big scandal and subsequent problems in diplomatic relations – couldn't it also be counted against wikileaks?
It's probably true that the presidents and chancellors of our planet commonly dislike the leak because it endangers their chances to make background deals. However, I am not convinced that background deals are the best way to implement politics.
Am writing a thesis on Public Trust in WikiLeaks, the Media and the Government and need to know what your opinions are. The online survey is multiple choice and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Please follow the link: http://www.kwiksurveys.com/?s=ILLLML_9669e09d. Would be great if you would encourage others to do the survey also.
The new Zune browser is surprisingly good, but not as good as the iPod's. It works well, but isn't as fast as Safari, and has a clunkier interface. If you occasionally plan on using the web browser that's not an issue, but if you're planning to browse the web alot from your PMP then the iPod's larger screen and better browser may be important.

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This is an Airsoft gun made out of a cap gun. It costs less than $3.00, shoots about 20-30 feet, and takes less than 10 minutes to make. ** ...
- Cap Gun -Airsoft BBs -Caps(Not pictured) -Duct Tape -Scissors -Toothpick(Not Pictured)
Remove the cap off the barrel of the cap gun(usually orange). Most of the time, like my gun it will just slide off. If not, cut it off ...
Cut the duct tape into thin strips about 3/4" long. Cut as many as there are holes for the BBs.
Insert the duct tape strips into the holes and press flat against the side with the toothpick. Cut off the extra tape that sticks out of the hole. ...
The BBs go right into each hole. Put them in and push them down with the toothpick.
Just Put the caps on and shoot! It goes an average of 20-30 ft and it will leave a welt from up close.
Make an Airsoft Gun for Less Than $3!by ThatGuy9080
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Lyndsey Battle Kickstarter Party for 'All Ways In A Good Way'
Join us this Friday at The Garden Gate on the Plaza where we (Lyndsey Battle, Cory Goldman and Brian Hennesy) will be playing music and kickstarting our new album in real space and time. Auctioneer extraordinaire Andrew Goff, wil be auctioning off a few token items:
-alien suit made by Duane Flatmo
-8'0 longboard
-super cute and fluffy baby chinchilla (only to a good home)
-an accordion
(more to be announced soon)
We will be setting up an in-person style kickstarter to pre-order the new album, or back us by choosing other rewards listed on the campaign site. All the money we raise will go directly to kickstart the new album, 'All Ways in a Good Way': http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/327874541/all-ways-in-a-good-way-lyndsey-battles-new-album
In addition to live music, this moth's visual artist is Michael Gonzales from Trinidad and wine will be poured by the Companion Animal Foundation. For more information, call 822-2156.


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text: Sweet William is an old-fashioned cottage garden plant that usually grows as a self seeding biennial. This midsized strain produces a mound of dark green leaves, bearing big clusters of bright magenta-purple flowers for weeks on end. One of the few selections known to bloom in the first year. Excellent as a cut flower. Remove fading flowers to encourage more buds to form. Pruning plants back hard after blooming will encourage them to survive for another year. Self-sown seedlings may be moved in fall or early spring. 2001 Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner.


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By studying, evaluating, and documenting these five key criteria, our clients make the educated decisions that are best for their company.
Benefit from ERP Selection Criteria – Evaluate Five Criteria
- Company
- Technology
- Function fit
- Support
- Cost of ownership
Once the vendors have been identified, the team should go about a process of evaluating these criteria. Here is a definition of each criterion:
Company size (annual revenues and number of employees) becomes very important in your evaluation. Who will make the best partner? Who knows my industry the best and has the most references of companies like mine? Are they committed to serving my industry? Who will be able to keep my company abreast of technology changes for the next 20 years? Who will make the best vendor partner?
We find that most companies have developed a technology strategy favored by top management and IT. You will also find that ERP vendors have their own technology strategy. Even though most vendors profess they are open systems, in truth, each vendor has their technology "sweet spot." Understand the technology platform and architecture for each vendor and measure it against your strategy.
Function Fit
Even though there are dozens of vendors that have a good function fit, you will find there are only about three or four vendors that are the best fit for your business. The key in your evaluation is to quickly find those vendors that best address business best practices for your industry.
ERP Support
ERP vendors have a number of ways to support their client. The larger firms have significant support ecosystems to support their market. Buyers should evaluate all of their support systems including the following:
- Consulting organization
- Implementation methodology
- Education
- ERP implementation methodology
- Maintenance and phone support
- User groups
- Partner network
Cost of Ownership
Learn from the customers of the vendors about their cost of ownership. We find that at the "end of the day," most software vendors all get to the same price for software. A number of other factors differentiate vendors with cost of ownership. Annual support fees vary, implementation rates and fees vary, and ongoing need for support varies from vendor to vendor. Look to understand and confirm the total cost of ownership over a five year period.
Ultra guides its clients in the development of a decision criteria table that documents all the facts gathered in the evaluation phase organized by the above criterion.
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The Department of Agriculture releases at the end of the month the index of prices received by farmers for the current month. This report is entitled Agricultural Prices. Prices received represent sales from producers to first buyers. They include all grades and qualities. For most items, the current month's preliminary price represents a 3-5 day period around the 15th of the month. However, previous month's prices (revised) cover the entire month. The index is not adjusted for seasonal variation. It includes crop prices and livestock & product prices. Farm prices are monitored by analysts to give early warnings of inflation or deflationary pressures in the economy.
Farm prices are a leading indicator of food price changes in the producer and consumer price indices. There is not a one-to-one correlation, but general trends move in tandem. Inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services. The relationship between inflation and interest rates is the key to understanding how data like farm prices can influence the markets (and your investments.)
If someone borrows $100 dollars from you today and promises to repay it in one year with interest, how much interest should you charge? The answer depends largely on inflation, because you know that the $100 won't be able to buy the same amount of goods and services a year from now, as it does today. If the CPI shows that prices are rising about 2% a year, then you need to charge 2% interest just to recoup your purchasing power at the end of the year. You might want to add in a few more percentage points for default risk and the opportunity cost, but the key variable in what interest rate you charge is the rate of inflation.
That basically explains how interest rates are set on everything from your mortgage and auto loans to Treasury bonds and T-bills. As the rate of inflation changes and as expectations on inflation change, the markets adjust interest rates accordingly. The effect ripples across stocks, bonds, commodities, and your portfolio, often in a dramatic fashion.
By tracking the trends in inflation (including farm prices), whether high or low, rising or falling, investors can anticipate how different types of investments will perform.
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Samoa Joe vs. Garett Bischoff
Garett hits a cheap shot from behind but Joe quickly turns it around. Joe hits an Enzuigiri and drops Garett in the corner. The crowd is hot for Joe as we take a break.
Joe kicks Garett right in the face as we return to action. Magnus gets mauled at ringside and Garett joins as the ref rings the bell. Joe flies through the ropes into all 3 Aces & 8's members. Magnus and Joe stand tall in the ring as Joe cuts a promo on them calling them cowards. Joe says he knew this would happen so there will be a match at Slammiversary pitting those 3 men versus Joe, Magnus, and Jeff Hardy. Joe calls DOC a big shaved ape. The crowd pops to the news and Aces & 8's are beside themselves.
- We go to footage of Gunner's return from last week.
- James Storm and Gunner cut an impassioned promo in the back. Storm says he chose Gunner because he has served his country and has killed people and now he's going to kill for him. (...Really?)
- Hulk Hogan asks Brooke in the back what was up with last week. Brooke says Bully is still her husband and it's hard when that face tells her he loves her. Brooke says she can't focus on the Knockouts. Hogan says Sting can fix this and he just needs one shot. Brooke asks if he's sure. Hogan says he's betting the farm on it. (Does anyone else see this Brooke turn coming on Sunday?)
- Bad Influence make their entrance followed by Aries & Roode. Their opponents James Storm and Gunner enter as we go to a commercial. The tag champions Chavo & Hernandez make their entrance.
Chavo & Hernandez and Storm & Gunner vs. Bad Influence and Roode & Aries
Gunner takes control of Daniels and hits a high back bodydrop. Daniels goes out to regroup and calls for a timeout. Daniels tags Aries. Aries reluctantly starts to get in the ring but comically tags Roode and encourages him to take care of business. Roode falls victim to Gunner and Chavo tags in for stomps on the mat. Hernandez tags in and slams Chavo onto Roode and hits a splash for 2.
Chavo back in now. Roode gets an opening for some offense. Chavo shuts him down with the 3 Amigos. Aries dropkicks Chavo off the top and to the floor. Aries tells the camera he doesn't know what is going on (Aries reminds me a lot of Punk). The heels get the upper hand on Chavo in their corner and take turns with quick tags. Chavo continues to get taken apart by all 4 men.
Chavo moves in the corner and leaps for the tag to Hernandez. Hernandez cleans house with quick power moves. Hernandez covers Roode but Bad Influence makes the save. Hernandez is distracted and Aries charges in for a vicious dropkick to Hernandez' face. Hernandez counters out of a brainbuster and drops Aries face-first and tags Gunner. Gunner hits a backbreaker on Aries and puts him in the torture rack as the ref rings the bell.
Winners by pin: Gunner & Storm and Chavo & Hernandez
- AJ arrives in the dark parking lot on his glowing motorcycle.
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text: MED-V Virtualizes Non-Compatible XP/2000 Apps in VistaKevin Purdy1/16/09 4:30amFiled to: Featured Windows DownloadDownloadsWindowsvirtualizationVirtual MachineVirtual PCWindows VistaWindows XPCompatibility37EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkWindows Vista only: Microsoft's Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) tool, offered as a free public beta, creates a low-profile virtual machine that runs XP/2000 apps in their own environment, right on your desktop.AdvertisementIt's not an app you can just install and fire away with, and you'll have to fill out a short survey at Microsoft's "Connect" area to get to the download (and, with a light sigh, install their File Transfer Manager to grab it), but once you're up and running, MED-V runs as a background app that launches XP/2000 applications from their own folder in your Start menu. It's a free beta right now, and the first full release is expected to drop in 1.0 form in the first half of 2009.We tried running MED-V on the Windows 7 beta at Lifehacker East, but it's pretty strict on launching only from Vista with SP1 installed. To get a better feel for what MED-V does and runs like, check out Microsoft's introductory video or demonstration.AdvertisementMED-V is a free download for Windows Vista systems with SP1 installed only. If you gave it a try with some of your Vista-resistant apps, tell us how it performed in the comments.Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization V1 [via All About Microsoft]


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Pall Corp. (NYSE:PLL) delivered a profit and beat Wall Street's expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. The revenue beat is a positive sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company.
Pall Corp. Earnings Cheat Sheet
Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased 4.65% to $0.90 in the quarter versus EPS of $0.86 in the year-earlier quarter.
Revenue: Decreased 0.77% to $716.8 million from the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: Pall Corp. reported adjusted EPS income of $0.90 per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean analyst estimate of $0.89. It beat the average revenue estimate of $714.35 million.
Quoting Management: Larry Kingsley, Pall President and CEO, said, "In light of continued economic challenges, particularly impacting our Industrial business, we delivered solid results this year. This was largely due to improved operational execution and the benefit of our structural cost actions."
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First off, I am not sure if this is a isolated incident or not. The experts can change the status of this, if they feel need to. I shall not be sore if they do.
Here's what happened:
I was reading one of the many sites that I read during my day as a Blogger. I highlighted the text that I wished to quote and I clicked on "press this". I wrote an introductory line and bolded and quoted the text that was imported from the site. Then, because of the limited features of the "Press This" Editor, I clicked on "Save Draft" and clicked on "Edit Post".
I then was going to add text under the quoted and bolded text. Making a complete Blog posting, I also added a picture from an external URL. I then clicked on said button to make the editor switch to full screen.
That's when it happened... Everything in the body section of my posting was GONE. I even tried restoring to an older version, it too, was empty.
Now, what I am running:
FireFox 3.0.6 - Which is what I was using when this happened.
Any questions? E-mail me at tpblogeditor at gmail dot com
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- Milestone changed from 2.8 to 2.7.2
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Can't replicate your problem using WordPress 2.7.1 and Firefox 3.0.6. The edit post link shouldn't appear unless the draft is successfully saved. Are you sure the earlier version is blank?
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- Keywords reporter-feedback added
- Priority changed from highest omg bbq to normal
- Severity changed from major to normal
Not able to reproduce either. Were you able to repeat this or did it happen only once? Full Screen actually copies the content from the editor and inserts it in another instance, so the "small" editor together with the original content is still behind.


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Writing a biography of Sonia Gandhi is no easy task. The first obstacle for those few who have tried is that they gain no access to the famously secluded 64-year-old Indian leader herself. Any personal insights are restricted to the handful of interviews she has given over the past 20 years.
Rani Singh's Sonia Gandhi: An Extraordinary Life, an Indian Destiny is a lesson in how difficult it is to get beyond the semi-official version of this remarkable woman's fairy-tragic story to break new ground.
This new book by the former BBC journalist is a historical primer on Gandhi's journey from a modest upbringing in northern Italy to become the torchbearer of India's most powerful family. But, like other biographers, she struggles to move beyond the bloody events that unfolded around former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's Italian bride to tell us more about her fight to gain acceptance as a leader of the world's largest democracy.
Nor does a book heavy on the premierships of Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv, but light on current challenges, focus on how Sonia Gandhi exercises power as president of the ruling Congress party. That question is one of the most puzzling about contemporary India and one that international partners as well as domestic political commentators struggle to answer.
Many consider Gandhi, a stoic sari-clad figure who champions the poor, as a force for good motivated by duty to her slain husband's memory. But more critical analysts consider her exercise of distant, dynastic power from her home-cum-office next to her party's headquarters in New Delhi as corrosive to India's parliamentary system.
Singh tends towards an admiring approach to India's ruling Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, which makes the book, based on 100 interviews, a well-researched tribute but leaves it lacking a critical edge. By the end of her book the author begins to regard mundane acts by the heavily protected Gandhis as extraordinary feats of magnanimity. For instance, she writes in near disbelief about how 41-year-old Rahul Gandhi, the family's scion and a possible future prime minister, uses an ATM in Mumbai and takes a commuter train.
The same deferential approach is found in the local press. Leading political editors acknowledge that Sonia Gandhi is the least understood Indian leader. They say that the "total person" is hardly revealed in spite of election victories in 2004 and again in 2009 – quite a feat of secrecy in a vibrant democracy where politicians are relentlessly trailed by TV crews.
Singh's book is unlikely to ruffle feathers in the way Javier Moro's El Sari Rojo, or The Red Sari, did three years ago. Moro, a Spanish writer, found out what it is like to break in on India's ruling dynasty uninvited. His "first-person" narrative of Gandhi's life prompted her lawyers to try to ban it in India, claiming the dramatisation was full of slurs and distortions.
Two aspects of his characterisation rankled in particular. One is that as a European she had "outsider status" among India's majority Hindus – something she has overcome over the years. Another was that she contemplated a life outside India with her children after their father's assassination in 1991.
Singh's book gives light treatment to Gandhi's deliberate Indianisation. Where she has insight is her subject's anxious devotion to Rajiv and near-collapse after his death. Memorable is Singh's description of Gandhi doubling up in emotional pain when she consigns her husband's ashes to the waters of the Ganges.
The book also suffers from its failure to capture the shortcomings of Gandhi's ruling coalition over the past two years. Since its re-election in 2009 the United Progressive Alliance has stumbled badly. A rumpus surrounding mammoth corruption scandals has dominated the national narrative, politicians and business executives are in jail and the legislative agenda has stalled. Gandhi has remained largely silent and was absent for much of the summer undergoing surgery in the US.
Singh describes writing about Gandhi as "the toughest challenge of her career". It is a reminder that one of India's most tantalising stories remains untold.
James Lamont is the FT's south Asia bureau chief
Sonia Gandhi: An Extraordinary Life, an Indian Destiny, by Rani Singh, Palgrave Macmillan, RRP£16.99, 288 pages


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It doesn't matter what anyone says about The Following because, in the eyes of FOX, it's one of the biggest hits since House. In its first season, thanks to various time-shifting platforms, the Kevin Bacon led series averaged nearly 17 million viewers per episode; that's a success by any standard. But it's the kind of success that's hard to comprehend for reviewers because of how completely ridiculous the series is. At many points during its freshman season, The Following would become far too beholden to its serialization, and other times, it would completely throw out the book on everyone's basic understanding of serial killers (why would Joe take pleasure in killing a follower in a way that doesn't fit his ritual?). Despite hoping for a change in this trend, it seems – based on the premiere episode – season two's going to be more of the same.
When the episode begins, we're one year removed from the events of the previous finale. Ryan's finally in a good place, surrounded by good people, and has taken steps to improve his life for the better. But everything comes crashing down for the world's foremost expert on everything Joe Carroll when a gang of cult members appear to have emerged in an attempt to honor the anniversary of Joe's death. After that, we learn not everything is as it seems for the former F.B.I. agent turned author, or for the people around him.
The first half of the episode leads on to believe the series will go a route it should have gone in season one: half "cult member of the week," half serialized arc of what's going on with Joe. Instead, audiences got a show so dead-set on being a serialized drama that it forgot to ask one of the most important questions of heavy serialization: is there enough story to tell over a full season? Most of the plot points of season one only required two episodes at most to complete. But instead of beginning and ending tiny arcs that lasted a couple episodes at a time, The Following chose to attempt one giant story that did nothing but drag over the course of the season and would take completely ludicrous turns in an attempt continue the strategy. Just how many strategically placed cult members were there anyway? Honestly, had it been revealed POTUS was a cult member is season one, audiences would have bought it.
The fact of a show like The Following is viewers have already made up their mind. They like Hardy, they like Carroll and they like the way Bacon and Purefoy play those respective roles. They like the twisty writing delivered by showrunner/creator Kevin Williamson, and they like, according to ratings analysis, the promise of a short, non-stop season (a straight run of new episodes with no repeats in between). The second season of The Following does nothing to sway a viewer's opinion of the series in one direction or the other, and whatever someone believes going into the premiere episode is what they'll believe when the credits eventually roll.
The Following is a case of "it is what it is." The audience has shown they want what's being offered to them by the series, and there's nothing that's going to change that. But if one's judging the series based on the merits of its story, the premiere of S2, like all of season one, makes no sense and very much strives to exist in a world of the ridiculous. If you enjoy completely illogical and random things happening for no reason what so ever, The Following will continue to be something for you. If you would like a little more sense of clarity from your serial killer drama, perhaps you should seek out some episodes of Criminal Minds.
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Like no other game before it -- not even its predecessor -- Street 2 captures the spirit of playing tackle football with a group of buddies on a blustery, early-winter afternoon. Players come equipped to rumble, not wearing the NFL's version of hot pants, but with shorts, sweats, or jeans on the bottom, and throwback jerseys, T-shirts, and hoodies on top. You can hipster up with wristbands or go hip-hop with a gold medallion that thumps against your sternum. Regardless of what you wear, this generally pad-free environment always features style over self-preservation.
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Then again, a lack of defense is acceptable because many of the moves -- from climbing the wall and throwing a deep bomb to watching a receiver leap off the wall to make a stunning catch -- will have you so awed you'll be more excited than annoyed. Still, the lack of defense is a flaw that might push some over the pigskin brink. Of course, this is arcade football, but even if you really, really, really want to stop someone, there's still only a 20% chance it'll happen.
On offense you can stiff-arm, wall-climb, juke, hurdle, dive, shoulder charge, pitch the ball, and drag defenders once they're on your back. On defense you can only tackle or power tackle -- the first might get the job done, while the second is the high-risk/medium-reward option that might cause a fumble. The good news is that if you go D-crazy and take a team like the Ravens, you're more likely to earn defensive stops. But there's no way to really shutdown the O, no matter how defensively skewed your team may be.


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great tips and recipes for homemade pasta. if you can read, you can make these dishes. highly recommend
The Pasta Machine Cookbook (Paperback)
The Pasta Machine Cookbook is a major revision of the first cookbook to focus on the pasta itself, rather than the sauces to go with it. It's full of new, improved recipes for both hand-cranked and electric pasta machines. Home-made pasta is quick, easy, and a delicious improvement over store-bought pasta. Pasta has fewer calories and carbsand more proteinthan rice or potatoes. All the recipes here are written for hand-cranked and electric machines. The Pasta Machine Cookbook includes sections on different types of pasta; hints on the machines, cooking, and serving; and a section on sauces, toppings, and fillings.Specs
Genre | COOKING / Methods / Special Appliances |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 155 |
Publisher Date | 2005-11-30 00:00:00.0 |
Publisher | Nitty Gritty Cookbook |
Copyright Year | 2005 |
Height | 5.5 in |
Wdth | 8.25 in |
Thickness | 0.5 in |
Unit weight | 0.45 lb |
Language | English |
Edition Detail | Revised |
Audience | General/trade |
Authors | German, Donna Rathmell |
Dimensions | 9.0x6.45x0.75 |
Country of Origin | United States |
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The Pasta Machine Cookbook great tips and recipes for homemade pasta. if you can read, you can make these dishes. highly recommend
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Good recipes for pasta. Lots of recipes for all kinds of pasta with easy to follow instructions. Love the recipes for all the sauces and fillings.
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The pasta maker. He has wanted a pasta maker forever so it was a wonderful present. I ordered the book too.
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Pasta Book This book is great. It has many variations of recipes that are useful. Simple, clear and concise instructions - definitely a great book to go with the first pasta machine.
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Pass the Pasta! The book has lots of new recipies for fresh pasta using everyday ingredients. Lots of recommendations for sauce combinations etc., I bought one for my son and my sister who also love to make fresh pasta
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I like trying new pasta tastes. I thought that this book would give me more of an opportunity to make more of a variety of colors and flavors.
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Our specially-designed Dunk'R holds the vegetables under the brine! We've tested a lot of contraptions over the last half-dozen years – and the Dunk'R is just right!
Read more...Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the Pickl-It Dunk'R?
- What is the Pickl-It Airlock?
- Is there lead in the Pickl-It wire-bail or glass container?
- What are the Pickl-It parts?
- What is the capacity of each Pickl-It?
- What are the dimensions of each Pickl-It?
- Why are there so many Pickl-It sizes?
- Why does the airlock have three parts?
- What is a Pickl-It Plug'R?
- Safety & Handling Instructions
- Dual Media KDF Shower Filter Technical Information
- What is the mini-airlock?
- Phone and EMail Orders
- Pickl-It Sizes
- What are the sizes and capacities of the Pickl-It?
- Are Dunk'Rs included with the Pickl-It?
How To
- Why is my brine cloudy?
- How difficult is it to make lacto-fermented foods?
- Is there a maximum limit when filling the Pickl-It?
- How do I install the airlock into the Pickl-It lid?
- What is meant by "firmly packed" food?
- How do carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O) escape the airlock?
- How do I clean the airlock?
- Why doesn't the Dunk'R completely cover the top of the fermenting food?
- Do I have to use salt?
- How do I install the lid on the Pickl-It?
- How do I detach and re-attach the wire-bails from the Pickl-It?
- My wire-bails have stretched out. Can they be tightened?
- There's food poking above the brine! Help?
- You don't use distilled vinegar when making your pickles? Why?
- There's brine in my airlock! What happened?
- Can I store fermented foods in a vacuum-sealed glass jar?
- Why can't I use regular, everyday table salt?
- Is there a minimum level when filling the Pickl-It?
- Do I sterilize the Pickl-It containers?
- How much water do I put into the airlock?
- How many vegetables does my Pickl-It hold?
- My Pickl-It just arrived! How do I set it up?
- Why should I cover my Pickl-It container during fermentation?
- What size should I slice cabbage, used for making sauerkraut?
- My sauerkraut didn't make enough brine. What do I do?
- My sauerkraut brine disappeared during storage. What should I do?
- How do I slice thin cabbage using a mandolin?
- How do I keep grated and sliced vegetables under the brine?
- I've made fermented kraut and cukes, but I'd like to do more. What else is there?
- Do I need special equipment for lacto-fermentation?
- Pickl-It Instruction Brochure
- How is the Dunk'R used to remove oxygen from foods?
- How did the brine get into the airlock?
- How does carbon dioxide (CO2) get into the fermented food?
- How do I know when the initial fermentation is complete?
- Why do I need to keep my fermenting foods in the dark?
- I'm afraid of bacteria. Why do we need them for fermenting?
- Does "lacto-fermented" mean that dairy is used?
- What is lacto-fermentation?
- What is the white sediment on my pickles and on the bottom of the jar?
- How do I know if my cucumber pickles are spoiled?
- What is kimchi?
- What is acetic acid?
- What is carbon dioxide?
- What are the homofermentative lactobacilli? (And why should I care?)
- What are Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB)?
- What is anaerobic fermentation?
- What is aerobic fermentation?
- What is lactic acid?
- How quickly should I ferment my harvest?
- Can I use Bragg's "raw" vinegar in my brine?
- What is fermentation?
- Is fermented food safe?
- What are the nutritional requirements of lactic-acid bacteria?
- Why is my cow-milk kefir fishy tasting?
- Which Vegetables Are Best Fermented?
- White foam on my pickles? Help!
- What causes spoilage?
- If I open the Pickl-It, to remove foam or yeast, won't that ruin the batch?
- Why did the garlic cloves in my pickles turn green or bluish-green?
- What is the step-by-step process of microbial lacto-fermentation?
- Don't white oak and grape leaves have high levels of tannins?
- Do ferments need to be refrigerated?
- There's frothy foam on my beet juice kvass. Is it spoiled?
- What resources on Sauerkraut are available on the Pickl-It site?
The airlock is an important component of the Pickl-It system, creating a low-oxygen, or, anaerobic environment, in which lactic-acid bacteria thrive and remain healthy! Oxygen is NOT desirable, working against creating healthy fermented-foods.
Read more...There is no lead in the Pickl-It wire-bail metal closure OR its glass container, both manufactured by Bormioli Rocco, in business since 1825.
Read more...Pickl-It Parts – Inclusion May Vary According to Individual System
A. Glass Fermenting Container
B. Glass Lid with installed airlock grommet
C. Barrel Air Lock
D. Dunk'R – available to purchase separately
E. Plug'R"
F. BPA-Free Cover Gasket"
Jar Capacity:
- 3/4-liter = 1/2-pound or 3-cups liquid
- 1-liter = 3/4 to 1-pound solids or 4-cups liquid
- 1 1/2-liter = 1 1/2 to 2-pounds or 6-cups liquid
- 3 liter = 2 1/2 to 3 pounds, or 3/4-gallon liquid
Dimensions Without Airlock:
¾ liter: 5¼" height x 4¼" wide
1 liter: 6¼" height x 4¼" wide
1½ liter: 8¾" height x 4¼" wide
3 liter: 9 1/2" height x 5 1/2" wide
4 liter: 11" height x 6" diameter
5 liter: 11.5" height x 6.5" diameter
Note: The 3L and smaller jars are 'square' in shape and the the 4 and 5 Liter are round.
The Pickl-It has been designed to meet a wide-range of needs. The 3-liter Pickl-It is ideal for making 3-lbs of pickles, while the 3/4-liter Pickl-It is perfect for small batches of jams, jalapeno pepper sauce, salsa or even just a few servings of kefir.
Read more...The airlock has three components, each contributing to a healthy lactic-acid fermentation process:
A – Main barrel
B – Float, aka, Valve
C – Snap-on plastic cover
Follow "read more…" link for additional details.
Read more...The Pickl-It Plug'R simply and easily converts your Pickl-It to a refrigerator-storage container! The Pickl-It Plug'R was designed to release excessive carbon dioxide (CO2). The Plug'R will "pop" out, before the jar "pops"!
Read more...We've loaded this Pickl-It website with helpful FAQs, recipes, tips and ideas, all with the goal of making lacto-fermenting as easy and tasty as possible! When you're ready to use your Pickl-It, be sure to check out the "Getting Started" section, located in the upper-right column. And here are a few other helpful pointers….
Read more...Our Dual Media KDF Shower Filter works on a similar principle to a Catalytic Converter in an automobile. In shower filtration free-chlorine is converted into a harmless chloride. The scientific name for this chemical reaction is known as "Reduction-Oxidation", commonly referred to as Redox.
Read more...Mini-Airlocks for Refrigerated Storage!(What is an airlock?)
- 50% smaller than our full-size airlock
- Two-part construction
- Easy-to-clean
- Included with all 3/4-Liter, 1-Liter, Condiment Duo, and Condiment Trio
- Ideal for refrigerator-storage of foods that require long-term "curing" and are active producers of carbon dioxide, such as kraut, pickled-cukes, kimchi, and pepper mashes
- Fits all Pickl-It lids
- Not intended for use on 3-Liter, 4-Liter, or 5-Liter larger for initial fermentation; may be used for secondary-fermentation on these sizes, or long-term storage
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Read more...We've designed the Pickl-It so there's a perfect size to fit your need – from single to triple batches of sourdough batters, 1 to 4 pounds of peppers, kraut, or pickles – Pickl-It is designed to fit the container size to the amount of food.
Read more...We've removed the Dunk'R from all Pickl-It Single and Bundle selections, offering individual or multi-pack Dunk'R. Typically, customers use two Pickl-It Dunk'R in the Pickl-It 2-liter, and three Dunk'R in the Pickl-It 3-liter, 4-liter and 5-liter.
Read more...Some amount of "cloudy" brine is normal, created by the lactic acid bacteria during fermentation, especially during the first few weeks of a new batch, but it will eventually settle, turning clear.
Read more...Creating nutrient-dense old-fashioned half or full-sour pickles, sauerkraut, kimchi, is as fun and easy as 1-2-3:
Read more...The Pickl-It has a "shoulder" – the curved corners about 1-inch below the "neck". In the beginning, until you get a sense for how much each vegetable, grain or dairy expands during fermenting, use the shoulder as a fill-guide.
Read more...Use a gentle, clockwise or counterclockwise when inserting the airlock into the grommet. It helps to hold the grommet in place on the underside of the lid, while gently twisting the airlock from the top downward.
Read more...The goal of packing or tamping food into the Pickl-It fermenting chamber, is to release oxygen trapped in pockets, an important step in an anaerobic
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The airlock's snap-on plastic cover has 8 small air holes drilled around its perimeter, through which O and CO2 escape.
Read more...DO NOT PLACE IN DISHWASHER
Pickl-It barrel airlock (part A) is easy-to-clean:
Follow the Read More link for instructions…
If the Dunk'R completed covered the brine, oxygen and excess carbon dioxide, along with other gases created during fermentation, would become trapped, ruining the flavor, texture and nutritional value of the food….
Read more...Yes.
- Salt is a critical ingredient which helps to prevent undesirable bacteria from growing, encouraging a fermenting environment that supports the increase of the desirable bacteria that produces lactic acid.
- An in-depth FAQ article detailing the Four Stages of Lacto-Fermentation, provides more information on the role of salt.
Attaching (or detaching) the Pickl-It lid is easy!…
Read more...To keep your cover and container bail-wire looking shiny and new, we recommend you remove the two-part wire-bail system from the Pickl-It, and do not place them in the dishwasher. They will become discolored and lose their shine if exposed to harsh dishwasher detergents.
Read more...Removing the wire-bails from your lid and Pickl-It container, which preserves their shine – easily damaged by harsh dishwasher or dish soap – may cause them to become stretched out, fitting a bit too loosely. They're easy to tighten!
Read more...Occasionally, smaller cuts of food – shredded carrots, sauerkraut, chopped green beans – poke above the brine. There are any number of solutions, including:
Read more...Using distilled vinegar has absolutely nothing in common with lacto-fermented, vibrant, rich-in-microbes, living foods! Weston A. Price Foundation recommends that distilled products – vinegar or alcohol – should be shunned, and are NOT appropriate in a healthy diet.
Read more...Brine that is drawn into the airlock happens for three reasons:
- Foods were not compacted, eliminating air pockets
- Too much food was packed into the Pickl-It, exceeding the capacity of the fermenting chamber
- Food + brine exceeded the maximum fill
While food vacuum jar sealers are a great tool for food storage and preserving, we don't recommend their use when refrigerating fermented foods.
Read more...There are several very important reasons to avoid refined salt in your diet.
Read more...Yes! You should try to not have more than 50% airspace in the Pickl-It…..
Read more...When you're using the Pickl-It for the very first time, the manufacturer suggests washing the container and lid with warm, soapy water.
Read more...After you have loaded your Pickl-It with your prepared food, firmly packing it to removing oxygen, and have latched the cover, the final step is to prepare the airlock.
Read more...It depends on the vegetable and the size of the container. Read more for some general guidelines…
Read more...Setting up your new Pickl-It is easy as 1 – 2 – 3 …
Read more...By placing a towel around the Pickl-It container, the UV light is blocked from entering through the clear glass. UV light kills lactic-acid bacteria which is essential to the fermentation process.
Read more...Cabbage sliced into "threads" – fine, wispy, almost-translucent – is the best way to achieve traditional sauerkraut flavor and texture. We usually create "threads" from 3-4 pound cabbage which have been cut into quarters, with the heart removed, slicing them on a mandolin with an angled blade.
Read more...Simply make a 2/12 percent brine = 1 1/2 T unrefined high-quality sea salt per quart of water.
Read more...Sometimes, brine hides in the kraut. With a wooden dowel, end of a French rolling pin or wooden pestle, gently press the kraut, releasing the brine.
Read more...Whether your mandolin's straight-slicing blade is horizontal or angled, you can achieve the perfect thread cut when you drag the edge of the cabbage wedge through the mandolin, instead of the straight, flat face of a half or quartered wedge.
Read more...An easy solution, in keeping "pokies" under the brine, is to criss-cross thin slices of carrots, turnips, celery, or any number of other vegetables, across the top of the vegetables. Remember, place the Dunk'R back on top, to weigh everything down.
Read more...Sauerkraut and cucumber pickles are lacto-fermented foods my grandmother always had on hand, and now I do, too! Any vegetable can be cured, brined, cultured, or lacto-fermented (same process, just different names!). Cookbook authors and food researchers, Sandor Katz, "Wild Fermentation", and Sally Fallon in "Nourishing Traditions", provide encouragement, as well as wonderful ideas on how to "pickle" a wide-range of vegetables, including:
Read more...With every Pickl-It order, you should receive a handy 4-page instructional booklet which has handy tips and recipes, handy to have around the kitchen for those "hands-on" fermenting moments when you might need a little reminder, but don't want to run to the computer.
Just in case you misplace yours? Here's the master files, downloads, ready-to-print.
Sized for one 8 1/2 × 11, simply follow your printer's instructions for two-sided printing.
Pickl-It Brochure – Front & Back Cover
Pickl-It Brochure – Inside two pages
Reducing oxygen is a very important step towards a successful lacto-fermentation, which is an anaerobic process. The Pickl-It Dunk'R can help!
Read more...Many vegetables expand, and when it expands, the only direction to move is up – toward the airlock. If it comes in contact with the bottom of the airlock, the brine will be suctioned up and out the airlock which is called "overflow".
If this occurs, simply open the Pickl-It, removing a few tablespoons (or more) of food. You will also need to rinse out the airlock. We've found the easiest way to do that is…
Read more...By the conversion of sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide which gives it the "fizz." Follow the "Read more…" link for additional details.
Read more...Gently tap the side of the Pickl-It or pick it up and gently set it down. If you see bubbles rising through the brine, there is still active fermentation. If you do not see bubbles, it means your initial fermentation is over. Depending on room temperature, this can take anywhere from 3 to 10-days. Ideal room temperature is between 68 and 72-degrees Fahrenheit.
Read more...Because light destroys lactic acid bacteria. Lactic acid bacteria are crucial to a good, healthy fermentation, so please guard your fermented foods, keeping them out of strong light.
If you don't have an out-of-the-way corner on your kitchen countertop…
Read more...Bacteria, part of a microscope group called "microbes", are primarily our friends, with only 8% causing harm according to a superb article, The Matrix – Life's Supporting Systems
Read more..."Lacto", used in "lacto-fermentation" and all of its derivations, refers to lactic-acid bacteria, familiar to most people as "lactobacillus". "Lacto" is simply the shortened name of "lactobacillus", the same way that we shorten "Samual" to "Sam", or "Susan" to "Sue".
Read more...Lacto-fermentation is a microbial process using beneficial bacteria including Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium spp. and other lactic acid bacteria (LAB) (commonly known as probiotics), which thrive in an anaerobic fermenting environment.
Read more...White sediment can either come from salt which contain anti-caking additives, or from naturally-occurring yeast which forms during the fermentation process. Neither one is harmful, although many people are trying to remove chemical additives from diet, and opt to use only salt that contains no anti-caking agents.
For more problem-solving information about pickles: Oregon EDU
Our senses come in handy when determining the condition of lacto-fermented foods. Slimy, soft, smelly = spoiled. Each of these undesirable attributes can be seen, smelled, or felt.
Read more...Kimchi is a side-dish, condiment, and even part of main-entrees, a lacto-fermented Korean delicacy that defies being just one thing. Kimchi is made from a wide-variety of vegetables, often cabbage, daikon radish, with over 200-variations. Multiply that times how many people have developed their own recipes, and kimchi even defies description!
Read more...Acetic acid is developed from aerobic fermentation, in the making of vinegar. An open-vessel system is important for this process, quite the opposite of what is needed for anaerobic lacto-fermentation required by sauerkraut, kimchi and kefir.
Read more...Carbon dioxide plays an important role in creating tasty anaerobic fermented foods, and serves many purposes.
Read more...Homofermentative lactobacilli occur in the 3rd stage of lacto-fermentation, producing the all-important lactic acid which is crucial, preserving lacto-fermented foods, and keeping them safe. Read more about homofermentative lactobacilli in the Microbial Step-by-Step article.
Read more...Talking about Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) is as exciting to us as what the retooling of the Hubble telescope must be to those intrigued by the discoveries of new space frontiers! It's new frontiers, amazing science, and the quest for life all rolled up in one and we don't even have to leave Earth!
Read more...Anaerobic fermentation means "absence of oxygen", the opposite of aerobic fermentation
Read more..."Aerobic" fermentation means that oxygen is present. Wine, beer and acetic acid vinegar (such as apple cider vinegar), need oxygen in the "primary" or first stage of fermentation.
Read more...Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) create lactic-acid during fermentation, a by-product of the bacteria converting energy from food sugars and starches of fruits, vegetables and dairy.
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Lactic acid is the dominant acid created by lactic-acid bacteria, during fermentation. Although acetic acid (vinegar) is also created, the proper ratio of lactic:acetic acids needs to be in a 4:1 ratio.
Read more...Fermentation is a process in which naturally-occurring lactic-acid bacteria (LAB) break down carbohydrates, generate lactic acid and carbon dioxide, and make food more easily digestible.
Read more...U.S. Department of Agriculture research service microbiologist Fred Breidt says properly fermented vegetables are actually safer than raw vegetables, which might have been exposed to pathogens like E. coli on the farm.
Read more...One of our customers mentioned they view their lacto-fermented foods as "pets". They're not far from wrong! Lactic-acid bacteria – foundational to all fermentation processes – have complex nutritional needs and thrive on starches, amino acids, nucleotide bases, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids and carbohydrates from vegetables, grains and dairy.
Read more...This is not a Pickl-It-specific question, but one that we've heard repeated a few time over the years, so we decided to include it in our FAQ, just-in-case.
Read more...All vegetables and many fruits are great candidates for becoming fermented goodies! The lactic acid bacteria, which are stored on the exterior, as well in the cell walls of the fruit or vegetable, are the power behind fruits and vegetables, turning them into a wide variety of naturally-nutritious foods and beverages, including:
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Read more...During cucumber fermentation, you will (or should) develop foam. It is a sign that you have an active, healthy, vibrant batch of pickles in the works. Congratulations!
The foam should begin to form on the 2nd day of your initial 3 to 5-day fermenting…
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- Has a strict sequence of different microorganisms
- Changing environmental conditions within the fermenting substrate (brine)
The addition of grape, white oak, sour cherry or horseradish leaves to the cucumber pickling brine, is a traditional method going back hundreds of years.
Read more...Since most people no longer have an 1800s style root cellar, cave, or a fermentation burial chamber in their backyard (popular in Korean for making kimchi), all of which never go above 50ºF or below 32ºF, we suggest lacto-fermented food should be stored in a refrigerator.
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Professor J.W. Verret made an October 26 appearance on FoxNews on "Special Report" with Brett Baier to discuss the costs of the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank acts.
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Well it's happened now, I'm not exactly gonna tell her how she could have done it, she has really helped me out and it seems like she spent a fair bit of time doing it for me and seemed quite stressed about it too. I'm happy with the positions of the seats she got me and will just take the £27 hit. |
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bishbash Wrote: skibs, i'll be here at the SCG: Friday 3/1 - Bay 13 row P seat 1 ($55) Saturday 4/1 Bay 12 row W seat 2 ($55) Sunday 5/1 Family day - general admission Bay 4 row H - seats 1-5 ($50) Monday 6/1 - Bay 14 row L seat 8 ($55) on my own Fri, Sat and Mon. Does anyone buy 5th day tickets in australia, or just pay at the gate on the day. I guess I will see on Monday 6th then as I am Bay 14, Row M, Seat 8! |
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no day 5 tickets sold.....only if the game goes five days and then you buy them at the ground....from memory of Sydney last time. Adelaide was same. |
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whiteensign Wrote: Unless they're releasing more tickets, it looks like Adelaide is almost completely sold out!!!! Obviously can't say for sure but I reckon the allocation for these pre sales was relatively small and they've held the bulk back for general release. Makes sense, they sold the ACF tickets at a discount and if they keep the numbers small so they sell out fast it will create a panic and buying frenzy for full priced tickets on the 17th General release date. I just can't imagine that most Australian's that will go to the cricket will be that organised or motivated to jump on these tickets this quickly, not in large numbers anyway. Of course I could be very wrong and we won't know for sure until the 17th when we all wade in. |
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Should herbalists be using lab tests? This question should actually be divided into several questions. First, what level of Western medical training is appropriate for the TCM herbalist? Second, if the patient does not come with important lab tests, should we be ordering them? And if so, which ones?
While skilled acupuncturists might go about their work without deeper medical training, relying on their hands as their chief diagnostic tool, herbalists are more often treating patients with significant medical conditions and history.
How much Western medical training is necessary for the American TCM herbalist? Here, I defer to the experience of our colleagues in China. My advanced training was in China, and the herbalists there go through two years of medical sciences prior to training in TCM. Although not to the degree of Western medical doctors, in the TCM urban hospitals doctors will often order blood tests and imaging to diagnose infections, autoimmune illness, organ involvement and more. They also use those tests to monitor improvement. In America, training in medical sciences and diagnosis is reaching good levels at certain TCM schools on the west coast, but most of the schools offer sub-standard training for a Master's degree health practitioner program.
We need to accept the fact that TCM practitioners in the field are primary care providers for many of their patients. This will only increase as health insurance rates skyrocket. Burdened with exorbitantly high deductibles, people will use TCM practitioners for interventions and therapies that offer real improvement early on.
As primary care providers, how many of us can say that we have the medical level of a nurse practitioner, a physician's assistant, a naturopath, or a physical therapist? The future will see medical doctors gravitating towards specializations, while NP, PA and PTs will become the primary care givers and gatekeepers. This should be our role as well, and we will need to know what and when to refer. My argument leads us to consider medical training that equals that of a nurse practitioner or physician's assistant. This should be given by bona-fide health science centers, not casually as is currently offered in acupuncture schools.
I would like to talk about the importance of medical diagnosis for influencing the choices of the TCM herbalist. Our patients may or may not come with a medical diagnosis, but when they do, it helps guide treatment and monitor progress for many conditions. I am thinking of GERDS, diabetes type 2, bacterial infections, prostatic hypertrophy, mononucleosis, autoimmune disease, heart disease, ulcerative bowel disease, gallstones, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, etc. In these conditions, when the patient arrives without a diagnosis, we are truly lost. The prudent thing is to send them for medical evaluation. If we obtain a targeted medical condition, we can focus on treatment more appropriately.
Since 1990, the newer generation of English language TCM textbooks from China (People's Medical Publishing House, Shanghai College of TCM Press, Higher Education Press, Academy Press) have included the treatment of medical conditions using TCM differentiations and herbal treatments. For example, People's Medical Publishing House and Shanghai College of TCM Press offer individual textbooks on the treatment of diabetes, ulcerative colitis, nephritis, hepatitis and more. We wallow in ignorance if we do not avail ourselves of the current treatment approaches offered in China.
Besides having a medical diagnosis from an M.D., there are various medical diagnostic tools that we need to familiarize ourselves with. You do not need to be able to read MRIs or CT scans, but you should be comfortable reading written reports from radiologists, surgeons, GI specialists, gynecologists, orthopedic surgeons etc. If the patient comes in without a medical diagnosis, it is your responsibility to refer them for proper evaluation.
For example, when a patient comes in with epigastric or abdominal pain, it's important to know if the patient has been diagnosed with gallstones, kidney stones, ulcerations, fibroids, tumors, endometriosis, pancreatitis, etc. This directs your herbal treatment. If the diagnosis is pancreatitis, for example, our herbal treatments will be quite different than if the patient has a duodenal ulcer or gallstone. On the other hand, if medical diagnosis has ruled out any perceived organic problem, it shows a functional disturbance allowing us to proceed with herbal formulas based on TCM differentiation. In spite of a diagnosis of a serious condition, however, the experienced herbalist should not assume that medical intervention is required or preferable. TCM herbal medicine is effective for the following epigastric and abdominal disorders: gallstones, gallbladder inflammation, appendicitis, uterine fibroid (when small), ulcerations, pancreatitis, kidney stones, etc.
Although ordering diagnostic imagery may be beyond our expertise, there is no excuse for not being familiar with common blood tests, and having the lab privilege to order them. I see no reason to expect our patients to have to make a special trip to a medical doctor, with its added expense, inconvenience and delay. In many cases, the medical doctor also decides that he/she does not want to run that test, or questions the presumption of an alternative healer.
What level of blood testing is appropriate for the TCM herbalist? At the very least, we should be familiar with the general chemistry panel, lipid profile and CBC (complete blood count). The chemistry panel, for example, can show us elevated liver enzymes, which indicate liver inflammation and may flag the presence of undiagnosed Hepatitis C. BUN, creatinine and uric acid can point us to kidney insufficiency.
Lipid testing allows us to advise on dietary control as well as offer herbal solutions. In addition, we can ask for circulatory inflammatory markers that are more indicative of heart disease risk than lipids alone. These include highly sensitive C-reactive protein, homocysteine and fibrinogen.
In infectious disorders, the use of a CBC blood test can flag viral and bacterial infections. For those who feel that bacterial infections are the domain of medical doctors, I disagree. Epithelial infections of the nose, throat, lung, skin and bladder are better treated with Chinese herbs then antibiotics, while deep infections may require referral to a medical doctor for antibiotics or even hospitalization.
In addition to the basic chem panel, lipids and CBC, other important tests include thyroid panels (TSH, free T3 and free T4), glucose tolerance, insulin, PSA (prostate specific antigen) as well as possible protozoan infections such as Giardia. Chinese medicine, again, offers good intervention for early and middle stage imbalances.
The other use of lab testing that is appropriate for herbalists are the functional medicine tests that conventional medical doctors are unaware of. These include saliva testing for endocrine and hormone imbalances, stool tests for dysbiosis, intestinal inflammation and "leaky gut" as well as blood tests for food allergies. I commonly use these. Many might say that this is the role of naturopaths and holistic medical doctors and doctors of chiropractic, but I think there is an argument for TCM herbalists to learn functional medicine. Our herbal solutions are often more effective and cheaper than the nutritional supplement solution. However, functional medicine labs will not extend accounts to licensed acupuncturists unless their state allows them to have lab privileges.
Towards this end, state acupuncture associations should actively lobby their state regulatory agencies to grant lab privileges. This, in turn, will mandate the acupuncture schools to upgrade their curriculums as well as providing continuing education opportunities for under-trained herbalists. Bear in mind that herbalists in China's TCM hospitals are trained in ordering and interpreting blood and imagery tests, which they frequently do. If we are to achieve primary care status in this country (which already exists in California, New Mexico and Florida), we need to modernize to the China model, and obtain professional level training in Western medical sciences and diagnosis.
To those who wish to retain the pre-20th century classical TCM posture, I say, remove your blinders, expand your knowledge base, and be available to your patients at the most professional level. In no way does this diminish your ability to use classical diagnosis to prescribe herbal formulas, but it will flag you to the potential seriousness of a patient's condition, as well as allow you to predict more accurately the course of an illness.
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