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I grew up with normal hearing. I was raised on a ranch in a farming community in southeast Colorado. I knew what the sound of the school bell sounded like, the roar of tractors, and the rumbles of combines. I knew what sound every type of farm animal created. I never thought about being deaf. I had only seen folks with "age-related" hearing loss, and the only hearing aids I ever saw were in the ears of people much older than I. Like so many people, I just lived and listened without even the slightest worry that someday my world would go silent.
In the early 1990s, I noticed that I began to have trouble hearing on the telephone. I actually remember thinking it was merely a problem with the phone. I asked my husband to get a new one. I worried for the first time that something might be wrong with my hearing when the new phone also didn't allow me to hear well. I finally made an appointment with an audiologist. She was really surprised at how poorly I did on the pure tone test. She decided to do some "word recognition" and I did really well. After giving it some thought, however, she asked me to repeat the test. This time she held a magazine up in front of her mouth. I could understand very few of the words she said. At that moment I realized that I had been using visual cues for a long time in order to get by in communicating. I was "officially" diagnosed with a mild-to-moderate hearing loss. My audiologist recommended hearing aids, but I was adamant about not getting one yet. I had never met anyone in their early 30's with a hearing aid.
Over the two months that followed that first audiogram, my life began changing quickly and significantly. We quickly learned that my hearing loss was progressive.It seemed that every day, the changes in my hearing were more dramatic.I dropped out of social activities. My ability to communicate with even my family worsened.I decided to visit my audiologist again and to keep an open mind. This time, she showed me various models of hearing aids that could be easily covered by my hair. I was stubborn about it not "showing". I agreed to give hearing aids a try. Over the next few months, I learned that I was one of nearly 28 million Americans with hearing loss. I wasn't alone.
In 2002, my family and I relocated to the Washington, D.C. area. I now had two hearing aids, and I began wearing my hair the way I preferred – pulled back!I bought bright-colored ear molds and went from being ashamed to being an advocate. Even aided, I still missed out on most conversations. At home, it was impossible for me to understand what my family was saying unless I stopped everything and concentrated on the words. I couldn't wash vegetables in the sink and talk to my daughter. I couldn't shoot hoops with my son while talking to him. I had reached a crisis in my life. My hearing loss was affecting everything! I couldn't go to a movie and hear, nor could I in church. I was unable to go get ice cream with my friends and sit around chatting about our kids. I couldn't listen to music. The doorbell, phone, and dryer buzzer were all vague memories. When taking a walk with my family, I couldn't hear what they heard – airplanes flying overhead, birds chirping, a creek nearby. By the summer of 2004, I was ready to talk to my family about the fact of eventually going deaf. For the first time, I let my husband share with me what he had been learning about cochlear implants – something I had been unwilling to even discuss in the past. He had met numerous cochlear implant recipients since moving to D.C. and he felt sure that this same miracle would work for me.
After meeting people with cochlear implants and learning about their journey out of silence, I began investigating cochlear implants in earnest. By August of 2004, I had an appointment for a cochlear implant evaluation at Johns Hopkins. I was determined to be a candidate and my surgery was scheduled for April 6. I chose to receive the Nucleus® Freedom™ by Cochlear Americas because of the system's reputation for proven success. My Freedom sound processor was activated on May 13, 2005. One second before my audiologist spoke to me, I knew I was already hearing! Within 10 minutes, I heard my son's voice, a voice I had not heard well since he was three years old. What I like best about the Freedom is the ease of switching programs and changing batteries. It's not complicated at all. Now I have conversations at that same sink with my daughter… all while washing vegetables and running the garbage disposal! My ADRO program is wonderful! I have been so impressed and "singing" the praises of ADRO, my audiologist wrote a paper on my experiences.
One of the most memorable speeches I've given about my cochlear implant journey is the time I spent on Capitol Hill. I was invited to speak to the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus (CHHC), a bi-partisan caucus of members from the House and Senate committed to supporting the needs of those who are deaf or hard of hearing. CHHC highlights issues of critical importance to those with hearing loss through periodic briefings and correspondence with all members of Congress. I shared my story with CHHC and told the group about my surgery and Freedom activation. CHHC was also shown a video clip of my sound processor fitting and activation, which brought tears to the eyes of several in attendance. After the presentation, many people asked questions and wanted to see my implant. I received several emails from people who heard my speech, thanking me for coming in as a consumer and putting a face to cochlear implants. Several told me that they had never really understood the impact a cochlear implant had on a life of a young adult prior to hearing my story.
One of the most exciting things about hearing again is re-discovering the sounds of life. I have learned that our microwave beeps when you punch in the cook time and that my coffee maker gurgles! I can hear the sound of our dog panting, and our cat's purr. I've learned that my husband STILL snores; something I'm blissfully unaware of after I remove my CI at night. Birds make all different kinds of sounds! I can hear my teens talk to me while they are setting the table in the dining room. My hearing is not perfect, but the Freedom has allowed me to hear things I haven't heard since I was a teenager myself. It has completely changed my life. I sport "implant bling" and wear my hair up. I am eager to share with others what my cochlear implant has brought to me. My captioned activation video can be seen at: http://hearingelmo.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/ci-act-one/
I currently teach Jr. High and High School electives part-time and also some adult classes on contract. I really enjoy teaching and do very well in the classroom and hear great! My students understand I don't hear well in a "hub-bub" of classroom noise and so work very hard at making sure only one person talks at a time. I can't imagine teaching without my cochlear implant, and it has given me my life back!


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With Johnny Heitinga widely expected to depart from Goodison Park this month – the Dutchman has already rejected a move to West Ham and has since been linked to Serie A side Roma as well as Stoke and Newcastle – finding a sturdy defensive replacement could soon emerge as a key transfer priority for Roberto Martinez this January.
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explains a bit on shift quality .. the N servo is the small one. Lever "A" is on low side for fulcrum apply ... "E" lever is better choice |
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So the 1-2 shift sucks but the 2-3 shift is nice and firm. It doesn't seem to get more firm with more gas though for any shift.. It's hard to tell though because it's snowy and icy out so I couldn't just romp on it. The kickdown bolt is too short next to the carb, I'll replace that. So I used a N code servo and a A code lever. That was stock, the servo is new and the lever is original. I replaced the accumulator spring with the one in the SK6 kit. I had to measure with a dial caliper to use the correct spring. There was a new set of springs for the pressure booster valve too. I used the recommended single large spring for the group of springs (there where 3 originally IIRC) It also had me drill a hole larger in the seperator plate, my broader instructions said to do the same but then for the all out setup they recommended not enlarging the hole for the firmest shifts. Not REALLY sure what that was suppose to do.. Now for line pressure... I replaced the front pump with a rebuilt one. I did forget to install the gasket on the filter before the valve body.. The DVD I have said it isn't needed but somewhere online I read that it could affect line pressure. What one is true? I had to use thicker steels in one of my drums (cant remember what one) to tighten the clearance but afterwards they both checked out nice. My final endplay was on the large in but it still seemed within specs. |
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Not sure if you got an answer yet; soft 1 - 2 shift is a control of multiple things, band adjustment will not help a soft shift if the adjustment is close to correct. Shift firmness of 1 - 2 shift is controlled by : servo size, the band lever fulcrum angle, the accumulator spring in the valve body and the main line pressure. There are several different size servo pistons for the C6 The band lever is replaceable and there are several different levers with higher apply angles for more holding power on the band. Main line pressure; higher is a firmer shift. 1 - 2 shift accumulator in the valve body usually has broken OEM springs in an old C6 unit. Many shift mod kits block this accumulator in place or provide stiffer springs for the accumulator. The detent lever affects the shifts at different apply of the throttle depending on the road speed of the vehicle , main line pressure, and level of vacuum the modulator sees at that moment. They all work together to affect shift timing or down shifts. |
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Guess I really wanna know when the detent kicks down... Does the valve have to be all the way pressed to kickdown or does it kickdown as soon as it moves? Greg |
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79 C6 detent and band questions... I've tried other forums, I get the best answers here... So here I go. I just rebuilt my C6. The 1-2 shift is a tad soft, I was thinking of just tightening the band adjuster a little (like 1/4 turn maybe less). I did originally use a tq wrench but I have poor luck (new to special tools). How far does the detent lever (on trans) need to push the valve to kickdown? Does it start as soon as the valve opens or at the end? Reason is I never had good kickdown and now I have none. With throttle pressed the kickdown still isn't totally open (maybe between 1/4-1/8 turn left to go with gas pedal to floor). I couldn't tell where WOT is to adjust it using manuals instructions.. So I'm gonna do it by feel. Greg |


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31 Day Challenge, day 18: Half Moons
Hi everybody! I'm on day 18 of the 31 Day Challenge and today I'd like to show you half moons, something I haven't shared on this blog before. Not surprising given the fact I've only done half moon manis twice so far. Time to change that, because working on it this time reminded me of how fun it is!
With this challenge I also rediscovered my love for OPI Russian Navy. It has that subtle red/pink shimmer which gives this navy polish a nice something extra to look at. I used two coats of it to freehand the half moon gaps and then I filled in the bare gaps with pieces of silver glitter using a dotting tool. I know they're just plain silver glitter, but from a distance I swear they're like little diamonds. Almost like jewellery on my nails and it actually makes me feel a bit posh, haha!
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The Silver glitter was a good idea, because it's so lovely with the Navy color. Gorgeous Work!
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Hello, I'm usually a silent reader, but today I had to say that I love your many, the colors are so beautiful.
I love half moon manies, they are so elegant. I found this tutorial a while ago, I don't know if you are already aware of this technic, but it makes it sooo much easier.
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Alan Hogg has just scored his 34th conviction for driving while disqualified. The man should be in prison. On top of 34 disqualified driving convictions he has 13 for drunk driving plus some for dangerous driving and drugs influenced driving.
With all respect to Judge Davidson, but what fucking planet are you on when you talk about giving him "the chance to get out of the cycle of offending". He has been offending non stop for 18 year. His latest offences were done while on bail. Do you think he hasn't had such chances before?
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Well, it looks like Chad Michael Murray was telling the truth last March when he said he wasn't coming back to 'One Tree Hill' next season. Now Michael Ausiello has posted exclusively on his EW.com Ausiello Files that neither Chad nor his co-star, Hilarie Burton, are returning next season.
Murray and Burton have been engaged in rather high-profile contract
negotiations for the past several months. Ultimately, a deal couldn't
be worked out and both actors will make their final appearances in next
Monday's season finale.To fill the void next season, a Hill insider tells me that
two new characters will be introduced. Additionally, Austin Nichols
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I guess that's what Chad was referring to when he said the CW wanted to "save money." The CW is expected to announce their departure next Thursday.
Well, Chad's and Hilarie's characters were married in the penultimate episode, so I guess they'll be written off together.
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With only a couple of days left before the extended early bird membership deadline at midnight on 31st December, Ferres urges fans to ask friends and family members to support the Tigers in 2013.
With 3,253 members, the club still has a long way to go to reach the 5,000 target and the CEO is keen to point out that this ambitious goal is integral to the club's success for next year and beyond.
He said, "A new or redeveloped stadium continues to be a longer term prospect in these trying economic times which means we can no longer ignore the considerable work that is required to maintain the current stadium.
"This work is absolutely necessary and will require substantial funds to execute but it will only serve to keep us at the same point. We are also severely under resourced, meaning it is a continued struggle to effectively deliver events and activity that will drive more revenue to the club.
"I would like to personally thank each and every fan who has signed up as a member in 2013. Your support means so much to us but the 5,000 target was set for a reason and we really do need your help in asking friends and family members to get behind us too.
"There is no doubt our momentum has slowed and it is important we reach out beyond our loyal fans to the people of Castleford who care about maintaining a community club that is central to the town's heritage."
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No one seems to have remembered – except Vlad Putin, of course – that the roughly 50,000 US troops and officials now based in Afghanistan are in large part at the mercy of Russia which controls their major supply and exit routes.
"US seems to have lost track that Putin controls exit for 50,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan."
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If you think about a lot of the Allied Armies supply routes during WWII, this is a modified rehash of the same strategic situation with respect to logistics.
It is not exactly the same area however, as Persia aka Iran was the chokepoint into the USSR during WWII. However, Iran and Afghanistan do border each other.
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=============Internal Affairs is demanding two poker machine trusts slash the "excessive" salaries of their chief executives, or lose their licences.
The two small South Island trusts, Mainland and Air Rescue Services, were both slammed in Internal Affairs audit reports released last week under the Official Information Act.
While Internal Affairs blacked out the numbers in the reports, it was clear both trusts were paying salaries well over $120,000 a year to their senior executives despite having only a handful of employees and pokies in just a few venues.
Trusts are meant to keep operating costs to an absolute minimum so they return the maximum amount of money to the community in grants.
Internal Affairs said Mainland chief executive Nick Kouloubrakis and directors were overpaid and a planned bonus for Kouloubrakis was "unjustified". Honoraria to directors were "excessive", with four directors and three members of a funds-distributing committee paid a total of $117,000 a year.
Kouloubrakis' salary was "among the top CEO packages in New Zealand [in monetary terms] for gaming machine societies", the audit said.
His pay was similar to that of chief executives of trusts with a $70 million turnover and 25 staff, yet Mainland had a $10m turnover, 10 venues, and only one fulltime employee and one part-time. Internal Affairs said he shouldn't have earned more than $90,000.
Trust chairman Bob Davison said it had Kouloubrakis' salary professionally reviewed and had been told it was appropriate.
Davison said he was "staggered" at criticism of directors' fees as they hadn't increased in six years. He pointed out that by returning 42 per cent of its income in grants, Mainland was one of the best-performing trusts around.
The Air Rescue Trust was told it could lose its licence if it didn't cut managing director Barry Stean's salary but chairman David Duns said employment law made it difficult. "We have problems either way."
Internal Affairs' report said Stean's salary was "not reasonable and must be reduced to a more acceptable level . . . [it is] unacceptably high". It quoted a report from financial adviser Mercer which recommended a salary between $81,000 and $122,000. Duns admitted Stean's salary exceeded $122,000.
The action is supported by the Problem Gambling Foundation which has campaigned against wastefulness in the sector.
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You might want to make a minor segment on your show about this bizarre IT abomination.
A revolutionary new method of encrypting confidential information has been patented by scientists at Lancaster University.
They have been inspired by their discoveries from human biology, which model how the heart and lungs coordinate their rhythms by passing information between each other.A mathematical model based on the complex interaction between these organs has now been transferred to the world of modern communications.
This discovery could transform daily life which is reliant on secure electronic communications for everything from mobiles to sensor networks and the internet.
Every device, from your car key to online bank account, contains different identification codes enabling information to be transferred in confidence. But the race to outwit the hackers means there is a continual demand for better encryption methods.
Inspiration for the new method of encryption came from interdisciplinary research in the Physics Department (www.physics.lancs.ac.uk/research/nonlinear-and-biomedical-physics) by Dr Tomislav Stankovski, Professor Peter McClintock, and Professor Aneta Stefanovska, and the patent includes Dr Robert Young.
Professor McClintock commented that this is a significant discovery.
He said: "This promises an encryption scheme that is so nearly unbreakable that it will be equally unwelcome to internet criminals and official eavesdroppers."
Professor Stefanovska emphasized the interdisciplinary aspect:
"As so often happens with important breakthroughs, this discovery was made right on the boundary between two different subjects – because we were applying physics to biology."
Dr Stankovski said: "Here we offer a novel encryption scheme derived from biology, radically different from any earlier procedure. Inspired by the time-varying nature of the cardio-respiratory coupling functions recently discovered in humans, we propose a new encryption scheme that is highly resistant to conventional methods of attack."
The advantage of this discovery is that it offers an infinite number of choices for the secret encryption key shared between the sender and receiver. This makes it virtually impossible for hackers and eavesdroppers to crack the code.
The new method is exceptionally resistant to interference from the random fluctuations or "noise" which affects all communications systems.
It can also transmit several different information streams simultaneously, enabling all the digital devices in the home, for example, to operate on one encryption key instead of dozens of different ones.
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Goldman Sachs Steals Open Source, Jails Coder
US master spy Clapper says spies steal open source, then immediately claims ownership and classifies it, and prosecutes if the material is disclosed, like Goldman Sachs.
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, Lewis, Michael. 2014. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 141-149.
After a few months working on the forty-second floor at One New York Plaza, Serge came to the conclusion that the best thing they could do with Goldman's high-frequency trading platform was to scrap it and build a new one from scratch. His bosses weren't interested. "The business model of Goldman Sachs was, if there is an opportunity to make money right away, let's do that," he says.
"But if there was something long-term, they weren't that interested." Something would change in the stock market— an exchange would introduce a new, complicated rule, for instance— and that change would create an immediate opportunity to make money. "They'd want to do it immediately," says Serge. "But if you think about it, it's just patching the existing system constantly. The existing code base becomes an elephant that's difficult to maintain."
That is how he spent the vast majority of his two years at Goldman, patching the elephant. For their patching material he and the other Goldman programmers resorted, every day, to open source software—software developed by collectives of programmers and made freely available on the Internet.
The tools and components they used were not specifically designed for financial markets, but they could be adapted to repair Goldman's plumbing.
He discovered, to his surprise, that Goldman had a one-way relationship with open source. They took huge amounts of free software off the Web, but they did not return it after he had modified it, even when his modifications were very slight and of general, rather than financial, use. "Once I took some open source components, repackaged them to come up with a component that was not even used at Goldman Sachs," he says. "It was basically a way to make two computers look like one, so if one went down the other could jump in and perform the task." He'd created a neat way for one computer to behave as the stand-in for another. He described the pleasure of his innovation this way: "It created something out of chaos. When you create something out of chaos, essentially , you reduce the entropy in the world."
He went to his boss, a fellow named Adam Schlesinger, and asked if he could release it back into open source, as was his inclination. "He said it was now Goldman's property," recalls Serge. "He was quite tense." Open source was an idea that depended on collaboration and sharing, and Serge had a long history of contributing to it. He didn't fully understand how Goldman could think it was okay to benefit so greatly from the work of others and then behave so selfishly toward them.
"You don't create intellectual property," he said. "You create a program that does something." But from then on, on instructions from Adam Schlesinger, he treated everything on Goldman Sachs's servers, even if it had just been transferred there from open source, as Goldman Sachs's property . (Later, at his trial, his lawyer flashed two pages of computer code: the original, with its open source license on top, and a replica, with the open source license stripped off and replaced by the Goldman Sachs license.)
The funny thing was that Serge actually liked Adam Schles-inger, and most of the other people he worked with at Goldman. He liked less the environment the firm created for them to work in.
"Everyone lived for the year-end number," he said. "You get satisfied when the bonus is sizable and you get not satisfied when the number is not. Everything there is very possessive ."
It made no sense to him the way people were paid individually for achievements that were essentially collective achievements. "It was quite competitive. Everyone's trying to show how good their individual contribution to the team is. Because the team doesn't get the bonus, the individual does."
More to the point, he felt that the environment Goldman created for its employees did not encourage good programming, because good programming required collaboration. "Essentially there was very minimal connections between people," he says. "In telecom you usually have some synergies between people. Meetings when people exchange ideas. They aren't under stress in the same way.
At Goldman it was always, 'Some component is broken and we're losing money because of it. Fix it now .' " The programmers assigned to fix the code sat in cubicles and hardly spoke to one another. "When two people wanted to talk they wouldn't just do it out on the floor," says Serge. "They would go to one of the offices around the floor and close the door. I never had that experience in telecom or academia."


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When we hear someone we know has cancer, we usually ask ourselves "What can I do to help?" But we often feel powerless. Now there's something most of us can do, something that could save thousands, maybe millions, of people from receiving a cancer diagnosis.
"The American Cancer Society is sponsoring a large-scale research study called Cancer Prevention Study-3, or CPS-3, and the people of western Colorado can be a part of it because St. Mary's Regional Cancer Center is a partner in the study," says Marty Jacobson, PhD, director of St. Mary's Saccomanno Research Institute. "The goal of CPS-3 is to better understand the factors, like lifestyle, environment, and genetics, that cause or prevent cancer and, ultimately, to help eliminate cancer as a major health concern for future generations."
The study will follow at least 300,000 Americans over the next 20 to 30 years. "How often do we get the opportunity to help solve a serious health problem?" Jacobson asks. "I encourage everyone who meets the guidelines to participate! It's a small effort for a huge cause!"
Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) A long-term study by the American Cancer Society to better understand the factors that cause and prevent cancer.
You can participate if you: » are a resident of the U.S. or Puerto Rico; » are 30 to 65 years old; » have never been diagnosed with cancer (not including basal or squamous cell skin cancer); and » are willing to complete periodic surveys at home every few years.
Here's how to be a part: 1. Go to www.cps3GrandJunction.org to make an appointment and answer a few questions. 2. Visit St. Mary's Advance Medicine Pavilion at your appointment time to complete a consent form and short survey, have your waist measured, and give a blood sample. Click here for a Campus Map. 3. Complete a more detailed survey at home. 4. Complete surveys mailed to you every few years.


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Eddie's Event Journal
Friday May 31, 2013 / 8:00pm
2 tickets
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How was your experience?
It was ok for a college drama class. They could have cast the main characters a little better... and they could have used more vocal coaching since this was a musical... Voices not loud/projected enough in some cases... Next time, I would suggest professional actors for the main characters... then cast other characters from the drama class...


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The place to be....for the Characters, Places & Things on Television
Owned by the Delos Corporation, the world's largest company, Westworld is a huge entertainment complex complete with robots that assist visitors in carrying out their most wild fantasies.
Their robots are covered with a skin-like material and for the most part can not be distinguished from a real human. These humanoids populate the complex as workers and participants in the events at Westworld.
Scientist Simon Quaid (James Wainwright) and Joseph Oppenheimer (William Jordan) attempts to use these robots as pawns in their plan for world conquest so he can turn the planet into a utopian society.
Quaid used his robots in a number of nefarious plots, including
Pamela and John
John Moore (Jim McMullan), Security Chief at Delos and Pamela Williams (Connie Sellecca), his assistant join forces to foil Quaid's fiendish plans.
The series is based on the Michael Crichton movie script Westworld (1973) and the sequel Futureworld (1976) starring Yul Brenner as the out-of-control robot gunfighter in black.
The author later reworked his initial idea of a theme park gone crazy with the box-office hit Jurassic Park (1993).
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Looking for some fun, Brooke and Peyton crash a college party, but things turn ugly when one of the guys in the dorm drugs Peyton. After Brooke calls Lucas for help, the two bond over caring for a sleeping Peyton, prompting Lucas to look at Brooke in a new light. Meanwhile, Haley gives Nathan another chance (thanks to Brooke) and the two go on their first date.
In the morning after Dan's annual basketball appreciation party, Brooke wakes up in Peyton's bedroom with a foggy memory. After telling her BFF about how she freaked out and messed things up with Lucas, Peyton decides that she is definitely done with dating while Brooke concludes she needs a change in her karma, first by making things right between Nathan and Haley. Meanwhile, feeling bad about how Haley left him the night before, Nathan comes to her to apologize. She distantly accepts his story but tells him she is done with tutoring.
At the Café, Karen talks to Deb about the cooking program in Florence she's been accepted to, even though she isn't planning on going. However, Deb convinces her to go by telling her she'll take care of the Café. During the day, Keith and Brooke stop by. Keith accepts Karen's offer to have dinner together; Brooke organizes a reconciliation date for an unfriendly Haley. Also, Brooke and Peyton start making plans for their fun-drama-less night out.
Saturday night, in Tree Hill. Lucas drops by the Rivercourt to play basketball with his friends, who he hasn't seen much since he entered the team. Brooke and Peyton arrive at a college party. Brooke finds a cute guy and hooks up with him while Peyton wanders around the dorm and finds interest in Gabe, a guy listening to music in his room. They start talking and listening to his rock CDs. Although, she had promised herself not to, she finally accepts a drink, unaware of Gabe's malicious intentions. While Peyton is looking Gabe's CDs, Gabe slips a roofie into her drink, in order to abuse her.
At the same time, Nathan arrives at the Café to pick up a reluctant Haley for their date. After convincing Haley to join in, Nathan and Haley begin a scavenger hunt that takes them through the town, progressively getting closer.
When Brooke finds out her "college man" is really just a high school boy, she is livid. Abruptly ending her hooking up session, Brooke comes looking for Peyton and manages to retrieve her before Gabe is able to hurt her. She immediately calls Lucas for help. He arrives right away and finds out what drug Peyton was given by beating up Gabe. He helps bring Peyton home and decides to stay over to watch her with Brooke.
Across town, Nathan and Haley are completely reconciled and sharing dinner when some of the guys pass by. Uncomfortable with the situation, Nathan denies the fact that it is a date which leads an angry Haley to leave. Also, Karen and Keith are having a nice evening at the Café, talking about Italy. Keith tells her to follow her instincts and go through with her dream.
In the morning, Brooke and Lucas finally go back home after spending the night taking care of Peyton and getting to know each other at the same time. He admits that he is pleasantly surprised by discovering who she really is. Once again, Nathan comes crawling back to Haley, who tells him she doesn't care anymore; there is nothing he can say or do is going to surprise her. However, he surprises her another time by kissing her. She kisses him back, which officially marks the beginning of their relationship.
Finally, Karen decides to go to Florence, leaving her Café to Deb and the charge of Lucas to Keith. Right before taking her plane, she follows Keith's advice and kisses him.
Originally aired: Tuesday November 11, 2003 on The CW
Writer: Jennifer Cecil
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Show Stars: Moira Kelly (Karen Roe), Chad Michael Murray (Lucas Eugene Scott), Paul Johansson (Dan Scott), Craig Sheffer (Keith Scott), James Lafferty (Nathan Scott), Hilarie Burton (Peyton Sawyer), Sophia Bush (Brooke Davis), Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley James-Scott)
Recurring Role: Barbara Alyn Woods (Deb Scott), Antwon Tanner (Skills), Lee Norris (Mouth), Cullen Moss (Junk), Brett Claywell (Tim), Vaughn Wilson (Fergie)
Guest Stars: Sean Faris (High School Boy) , Mike Erwin (College Boy) , Tikey Jones (May) , Hatcher Flaschen (RA) , Stephanie Wallace (Carry)
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Jabar Gaffney, who may've been the team's best offensive player last season, says the Redskins are trying to trade him, and he thinks it has something to do with last week's Twitter incident, which he claims was a hack job (love you, athletes). In any event, he's been told not to attend offseason workouts. [Redskins Confidential]
Robert Griffin III gets an SI cover, which goes with RG3, not RGIII. [Bog]
Video: RGIII's new Adidas commercial is kind of badass. [Bog]
McNabb would vote for himself for the HOF, so you know. [PFT]
Love these "Win [Game 4] for Nicky" signs. [Russian Machine Never Break]
The more Ovechkin hits, the less Ovi shoots/scores. [Caps Insider]
Philly Daily News' Sidney Crosby cover is amazing. [Puck Daddy]
ZNN shines as the Nats beat Houston 3-2 to go to 10-3. [WaPo]
A panel will decide how the Nats and O's split MASN money. [Ken Rosenthal]
The O's finally dropped one to Chicago, 8-1. [Camden Chat]
Keith Law thinks the O's are mishandling Dylan Bundy. [BSR]
Jamie Moyer used to be an Oriole you know. [O's Card "O" The Day]
The Wiz spoil Milwaukee to win their second in a row. [WaPo]
Great photoshop of the Arenas-Crittenton card game. [Truth About It]
Andray Blatche is out for the season, "conditioning." [Wiz Insider]


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Stafford Textiles has launched Grandform Eco-PE, a 5-oz woven polyethylene substrate. Features include stretching properties, resistance to cold weather, and compatibility with hot-air welding. Designed for outdoor use in billboard applications, the new media can last up to a year outside, and is 100% recyclable, Stafford reports. Available in 197-in. widths.
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But first, a reflection on the month that was .....
Den and I spent some lovely days together ..... he is my rock.
The kids and I always enjoy each others company and fill our days over summer. I am a mother that likes hanging out with my kids doing stuff, playing games or just relaxing in our own individual pursuits.
We played loads of games as always ... Cluedo was a big hit this summer and Scrabble/Words with Friends on the iPad/iTouch.
We had a wonderful family day out to the Enchanted Maze ... I think the tube rides were a BIG highlight! Katie was scared at first and Den took her down (I don't do rides LOL) and then she was happy (and so was Hugh thankfully) for them to go down together. Both love takign photos and that of course makes me very happy :)
I am still excited about my literary focus this year ... and love all the books I have been reading so far. I hope there are many more to come.


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OpenGL Headline News
Bullet 2.77 Physics SDK adds OpenCL cloth simulation
The new Bullet 2.77 Physics SDK features OpenCL cloth simulation, contributed by AMD under the permissive ZLib license. The OpenCL implementation has been tested on AMD and NVIDIA GPUs for Windows and Linux as well as the Apple OpenCL implementation for GPUs on Mac OSX Snow Leopard. The full source code and precompiled Windows executable demos are available for download.
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Gisele Bundchen
The worlds highest paid model isnt just pretty. Shes also an astute businesswoman. She ended her $5 million Victorias Secret contract in 2007. However, this will just allow her to start a competitive lingerie line if she wishes–reports say shes been in talks with H&M. Her Brazilian sandals line, Ipanema by Gisele, has expanded into the U.S., and earns her about $6 million a year. But the brainy beautys business acumen was on full display in November when she reportedly began demanding that her clients pay her in euros, not the ever-shrinking dollar.


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New London — A New London man was arrested Tuesday after police said he attempted to pawn a New London Fire Department mountain bike at the Yankee Peddler and Pawn shop on State Street.
Charles Manzlak, 32, of 19 Jay St., was charged with fourth-degree larceny.
Police said two Waterford police officers were at the pawn shop for an unrelated matter when they saw the bicycle and brought it to the attention of the city's police and fire departments. The incident happened around 3:30 p.m.
Police said that Manzlak said he had a relative who was a firefighter and that Manzlak bought the bike during a charity event. He further added that he had seven more bicycles just like it.
The bicycle, which had City of New London Fire Department markings and identifiers, was stolen from a holding shed located behind the fire headquarters on Bank Street, police said. All bicycles have since been moved.
Manzlak was released on a $1,500 non-surety bond and is scheduled to appear in New London Superior Court on Oct. 15.
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Uptown Theatre
394 Academy Road,
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$23 for an hour of bowling? Yikes. Here is an exterior photo:
Here is an August 1945 ad from the Winnipeg Free Press:
Discovered a 12 page pdf file at the following address.
File also contains several photos,interior and exterior.
Some of the original interior detailing can still be seen in the back of the bowling alley's kitchen on the ceiling, and in the extended storage closets which were formerly staircases to the galleries before being renovated. It's too bad more of the original architecture hasn't been preserved, although the building does still provide a great atmosphere for bowling on both floors. Large photos of the building's interior from when it was a theatre, and also of its original conversion to a 60's retro bowling alley before its current renovation have been preserved in the main entrance for any interested.
The Uptown was Winnipeg's only atmospheric theater, designed by a local architect. Little of it's former splendor is evident as the interior was totally gutted in the conversion to a bowling alley. The exterior however, remains as built in a Spanish mission style with pinkish stucco, twin cupolas, niches and wrought iron railings. The original marquee, minus attractions panels still has the original neon lettering proclaiming 'Uptown'. Originally there were two small stores at either side of the entrance doors under the marquee. One of them was a snack bar that made great hot dogs. The other was used as an office or storage for the theater. Considerable detail went into finishing the interior to look like a Mediterranean village. The stucco and scored plaster theme was repeated on the interior false building fronts. Windows of the buildings along the side walls were back lit with amber lights while the side wall false balconies had persian rugs over the railings. The theater was a true atmospheric with deep blue ceiling pierced with twinkling stars to resemble the nightime sky. A Brenograph projector provided cloud effects, rising and setting moon and even a plane flying over. The only additional lighting (during intermissions) was a row of 'port hole' lights along the front edge
of the main balcony. The Uptown was a Famous Players neighborhood
house offering sub run double features along with Saturday matinee
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An overview of importance of the cacao seed for Mayan Civilization, Discover the tools used by mayans to make the sacred beverage: "chocolhaa" (hot cocoa).
Live the experience of grinding cacao beans with an authentic chocolate mill to craft your drinking chocolate mix to take back home.
Discover the chocolate process inside our small factory.
All along the tour you will try the different flavors of the cacao during its process (Raw and Rosted cacao beans, cacao paste and our product line) and cacao cooking uses.
09 a.m. / 10 a.m. / 11 a.m. / 12 p.m. / 1 p.m. / 2 p.m.
Approximately 60 minutes
$ 20 US dollars per person
(minimum age 4 years old)"Cozumel does not observe Daylight Saving Time: we will not move our clock between 2015-2019"
This tour is not recommended for babies carried by their mothers or kids in stroller, however they are accepted ($20 usd fee apply)
Cozumel runs in LOCAL TIME Cruise ships may differ please check with your cruise line before you get off the ship.
We appreciate you arrive on the precise hour you have booked, in order to give you a better service. Every tour starts exactly on the hour (09am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm).
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We are a family operated business dedicated to the creation of handmade Mexican chocolate products.
We are located on the beautiful island of Cozumel, Mexico and have been in business since 2007. Because we are family owned, we are passionate about what we do. We are dedicated to sharing the magic behind our chocolate and the origins and history of chocolate in Mexico.
Chocolate is deeply rooted in the Mexican culture, beginning with its ancestry in the Mayan culture. It is the Mayans who considered cacao to be a sacred food and we too believe that there is something very enchanting about chocolate.
Take the tour as a private family group!
Nobody else but your family during the tour!
Discover Mexico Park, will allow you to experience the full spectrum of Mexico's rich heritage, vibrant art, culture, regional cuisine and even tequila.
Learn all about the history of CHOCOLATE and how it is made by an artisanal and professional chocolate manufacturer in Cozumel.
Enjoy an intimate, unique experience at a beautiful seaside terrace overlooking the turquoise Caribbean.
Complement your Kaokao Chocolate Factory Tour experience, with a full day of adventure on a Private Island Tour "Your Day, Your Way!!!"


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February 4, 2009
Lisa Barbour, left, and Cara Marrs are the new co-directors of the Steamboat Springs Running Series. Despite the first race being three months away, the two are looking for sponsors, race directors and volunteers.
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Bedrooms | 2 |
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Adorable, comfortable and reasonably priced, makes this 2nd generation owned duplex cottage at Old Colony Beach a great rental deal! It's located in a gated private summer community and is a short walk to the beach. There, you'll can enjoy beautiful water views and a clean sandy beach all day long! Free Wifi, Cable, air conditioning, 2 bdrms each with a full size (double) bed, a sofa in the living room, and a day bed on the enclosed front porch. A private fenced-in backyard...picnic table w/ umbrella, lounge chairs, gas grill, and off street parking for 2 cars completes your summer space. Walking or bicycling, vacationers will find coffee, snacks, newspapers, ice cream, lemon ice, and an old fashion Merry Go Round. For children, a wkly movie on the beach, a summer sand castle contest, and bingo for adults and children. For those looking for a little more excitement, walk over to the next beach & enjoy two waterfront bars with live music. Life at the beach...sit back, relax, and enjoy!
Things to Do: Mystic Seaport, Mystic Village, Mystic Aquarium, Essex Steam Train, Goodspeed Opera House- East Haddam, Camelot Cruises- Haddam, Connecticut River Expeditions-Essex, Natures Art Discovery-Dinosaur Park for Kids - Oakdale, Childrens Museum of Southeastern Connecticut - Niantic, Black Hawk II Fishing - Niantic, Atlantic Flyway Fishing-Niantic, Foxwoods Casino - Mashantucket CT, Mohegan Sun Casino - Uncasville, Submarine Force Museum-Groton, Gillette Castle-East Haddam, Clinton Premium Outlets, Westbrook Tanger Outlets, Mystic Factory Outlets, Coast Guard Academy- New London,
Lyme Art Association, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park-Portland
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Sheets blanket comforters and towels are not provided.
Cleaning is done by the renters and checked by the owner.
You will arrive to a spotless cottage.
This is a two family (duplex) cottage.
Owner occupies one side.
We are two school teachers who have rented in Old Colony for 20 years. The last five years we have rented from Nikki. She's always friendly and flexible. There is ample parking, it's a quiet neighborhood and only a short walk to the beach. The cottage is always clean, the beds are comfortable, there's a large picnic table and grill in the private backyard. There's a well equipped kitchen. It's even cozy on a rainy day. Short walk to many fun activities and places to eat.
very nice to come with your family me and my family enjoyed it very much will definitly do it again
Summer brings seasonal residents and visitors to visit many of our quaint town attractions. The town's famous private and public beaches look over Long Island Sound. Old Lyme is also home to a lake front park (Rogers Lake at Hains Park), and several smaller parks and boat landings on the Connecticut River and tidal estuaries.
The town is also home to the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. Today, the Florence Griswold Museum's doors are open to the public for a wide range of educational programs and nationally recognized exhibitions. Other local area attractions are: Mystic Seaport & Aquarium, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Casinos, Children's Museum-Niantic, Submarine Museum- Groton, Ferries to Block Island, Golf-Flanders, Fenwick, Stonington & Groton, Millstone Science Center, Whale and Seal Watching - Waterford.
Other Activities: Merry-go-Round, Crabbing, Pinball Arcade, Farmers Market, Casino, Live Music, Boating
Golf: Hunter Public Golf Club,Middletown, CT, - Norwich Golf Course - Public / private - Portland Golf Course – Public -Quarry Ridge Golf Course – Public - Shennecossett Municipal Golf – Public -Groton - Tournament Players Club - Private
Cromwell - Cherrystones Driving Range Old Lyme - East Lyme Driving Range - Klein's Golf Driving Range, Madison - Newfield Golf Driving Range, Middletown - Nippy's Field Golf Driving Range, Norwich - Tricon Golf Complex, Middletown
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After years of relying on other equipment to drive Grado headphones, you can now listen and enjoy headphones through our new Grado Reference Headphone Amp, the RA1. Designed for state-of-the-art performance and specifically to play Grados, the new RA1 will allow you to hear your headphones like never before. This new amp is machined from a solid block of mahogany and measures 5" wide, 5 1/2" deep and 1 1/2" tall and weighs in at 12 oz. The RA1 is available in an AC version or can be powered by two 9-Volt batteries that will drive the amp for 40 to 50 hours of listening pleasure. And the sound? Just like all Grados: warm, smooth, full-bodied, non-fatiguing and rich. Hook it up to any line source (portable or in-home) and drive your Grado headphones to their full potential.
"Listening to my RS1's through the Grado RA1 headphone amp is like listening to a live performance, it puts you right there."
Mark Rivera, Saxophonist with the Billy Joel Band
"This is such a nice job of product engineering by John Grado, I think it earns a nomination for "Dudely Product of the Year Award.""
Charles (His Dudeliness) Hollander, Positive Feedback
"With the Grado Reference RA1 handling the amplification, music was rendered truer, clearer, and more life-like than I had ever imagined was possible."
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Phil Gold / Inner Ear Magazine
"With a tube-like rendering of timbre and a sweet, relaxed sound, the Grado RA-1 makes extended headphone listening a joy. Although battery-driven, the RA-1 is more at home in your equipment rack or on your desk than out on the road. A beautiful wooden case finishes off this gem."
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FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out.
Looking back on those early days of radiation horror, that may sound implausible.
But the ordinary rate of cancer is so high, and our understanding of the effects of radiation exposure so limited, that any increase in cases from the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster may be undetectable.
Several experts inside and outside Japan told The Associated Press that cancers caused by the radiation may be too few to show up in large population studies, like the long-term survey just getting under way in Fukushima.
That could mean thousands of cancers under the radar in a study of millions of people, or it could be virtually none. Some of the dozen experts the AP interviewed said they believe radiation doses most Japanese people have gotten fall in a "low-dose" range, where the effect on cancer remains unclear.
The cancer risk may be absent, or just too small to detect, said Dr. Fred Mettler, a radiologist who led an international study of health effects from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
That's partly because cancer is one of the top killers of people in industrialized nations. Odds are high that if you live long enough, you will die of cancer. The average lifetime cancer risk is about 40 percent.
In any case, the 2 million residents of Fukushima Prefecture, targeted in the new, 30-year survey, probably got too little radiation to have a noticeable effect on cancer rates, said Seiji Yasumura of the state-run Fukushima Medical University. Yasumura is helping run the project.
"I think he's right," as long as authorities limit children's future exposure to the radiation, said Richard Wakeford, a visiting epidemiology professor at the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester in England. Wakeford, who's also editor of the Journal of Radiological Protection, said he's assuming that the encouraging data he's seen on the risk for thyroid cancer is correct.
The idea that Fukushima-related cancers may go undetected gives no comfort to Edwin Lyman, a physicist and senior scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, a group that advocates for nuclear safety. He said that even if cancers don't turn up in population studies, that "doesn't mean the cancers aren't there, and it doesn't mean it doesn't matter."
"I think that a prediction of thousands of cancer deaths as a result of the radiation from Fukushima is not out of line," Lyman said. But he stressed that authorities can do a lot to limit the toll by reducing future exposure to the radiation. That could mean expensive decontamination projects, large areas of condemned land and people never returning home, he said. "There's some difficult choices ahead."
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Japan's Cabinet this month endorsed a plan to cut contamination levels in half within the next two years. The government recently announced it plans to study the risk from long-term exposure to the low-dose radiation level used as a trigger for evacuations.
The plant was damaged March 11 by a tsunami triggered by a magnitude-9 earthquake. Japanese authorities estimate it leaked about one-sixth as much radiation as the Chernobyl accident. It spewed radioactive materials like iodine-131, cesium-137 and 29 others contaminating the water, soil, forests and crops for miles around. A recent study suggested that emissions of cesium-137, were in fact twice what the government has estimated.
So far, no radiation-linked death or sickness has been reported in either citizens or workers who are shutting down the plant.
And a preliminary survey of 3,373 evacuees from the 10 towns closest to the plant this summer showed their estimated internal exposure doses over the next several decades would be far below levels officials deem harmful.
But while the Fukushima disaster has faded from world headlines, many Japanese remain concerned about their long-term health. And many don't trust reassurances from government scientists like Yasumura, of the Fukushima survey.
Many consumers worry about the safety of food from Fukushima and surrounding prefectures, although produce and fish found to be above government-set limits for contamination have been barred from the market. For example, mushrooms harvested in and around Fukushima are frequently found to be contaminated and barred from market. Controversy has also erupted around the government's choice of a maximum allowed level for internal radiation exposure from food.
Fukushima has distributed radiation monitors to 280,000 children at its elementary and junior high schools. Many children are allowed to play outside only two or three hours a day. Schools have removed topsoil on the playgrounds to reduce the dose, and the Education Ministry provided radiation handbooks for teachers. Thousands of children have been moved out of Fukushima since the March disasters, mainly due to radiation fears.
Many parents and concerned citizens in and around Fukushima, some even as far as Tokyo, carry Geiger counters for daily measurement of radiation levels in their neighborhoods, especially near schools and kindergartens. The devices are probably one of the most popular electronics gadgets across Japan these days. People can rent them at DVD shops or drug stores in Fukushima, while many Internet rental businesses specializing in Geiger counters also have emerged.
Citizens groups are also setting up radiation measuring centers where people can submit vegetables, milk or other foods for tests. Some people are turning to traditional Japanese diet — pickled plum, miso soup and brown rice — based on a belief that it boosts the immune system.
"I try what I believe is the best, because I don't trust the government any more," says Chieko Shiina, who has turned to that diet. The 65-year-old Fukushima farmer had to close a small Japanese-style inn due to the nuclear crisis.
She thinks leaving Fukushima would be safer but says there is nowhere else to go.
"I know we continue to be irradiated, even right at this moment. I know it would be best just to leave Fukushima," she said.
Yuka Saito, a mother of four who lives in a Fukushima neighborhood where the evacuation order was recently lifted, said she and her three youngest children spent the summer in Hokkaido to get away from the radiation. She tells her children, ages 6 to 15, to wear medical masks, long-sleeved shirts and a hat whenever they go out, and not to play outside.
She still avoids drinking tap water and keeps a daily log of her own radiation monitoring around the house, kindergarten and schools her children attend.
"We Fukushima people are exposed to radiation more than anyone else outside the prefecture, but we just have to do our best to cope," she said. "We cannot stay inside the house forever."
Japanese officials say mental health problems caused by excessive fear of radiation are prevalent and posing a bigger problem than actual risk of cancer caused by radiation.
But what kind of cancer risks do the Japanese really face?
Information on actual radiation exposures for individuals is scarce, and some experts say they can't draw any conclusions yet about risk to the population.
But Michiaki Kai, professor of environmental health at Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, said that based on tests he's seen on people and their exposure levels, nobody in Fukushima except for some plant workers has been exposed to harmful levels of radiation.
Radiation generally raises cancer risk in proportion to its amount. At low-dose exposures, many experts and 'regulators embrace the idea that this still holds true. But other experts say direct evidence for that is lacking, and that it's not clear whether such small doses raise cancer risk at all.
"Nobody knows the answer to that question," says Mettler, an emeritus professor of radiology at the University of New Mexico and the U.S. representative to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, or UNSCEAR. If such low doses do produce cancers, they'd be too few to be detected against the backdrop of normal cancer rates, he said.
To an individual the question may have little meaning, since it deals with the difference between no risk and small risk. For example, the general population was told to evacuate areas that would expose them to more than 20 millisieverts a year. A millisievert measures radiation dose and 20 mSv is about seven times the average dose of background radiation Americans get in a year. A child exposed to 20 mSv for a year would face a calculated risk of about 1 in 400 of getting cancer someday as a result, says David Brenner of Columbia University. So that would add 0.25 percent onto the typical lifetime cancer risk of about 40 percent, he said.
And the average dose among the 14,385 workers who worked on the plant through July was 8 mSv, according to the Japanese government. The average lifetime risk of cancer to an individual from that dose alone would be calculated at about 0.05 percent, or 1 in 2,000, Brenner said.
Brenner stresses that such calculations are uncertain because scientists know so little about the effects of such small doses of radiation.
But in assessing the Fukushima disaster's effect on populations, the low-dose question leads to another: If a lot of people are each exposed to a low dose, can you basically multiply their individual calculated risks to forecast a number of cancers in the population?
Brenner thinks so, which is why he believes some cancers might even appear in Tokyo although each resident's risk is "pretty minuscule."
But Wolfgang Weiss, who chairs the UNSCEAR radiation committee, said the committee considers it inappropriate to predict a certain number of cancer cases from a low-dose exposure, because low-dose risk isn't proven.
Nuclear accidents can cause cancer of the thyroid gland, which can absorb radioactive iodine and become cancerous. That disease is highly treatable and rarely fatal.
After the Chernobyl disaster, some 6,000 children exposed to radioactive fallout later developed thyroid cancer. Experts blame contaminated milk. But the thyroid threat was apparently reduced in Japan, where authorities closely monitored dairy radiation levels, and children are not big milk drinkers anyway.
Still, the new Fukushima survey will check the thyroids of some 360,000 young people under age 18, with follow-ups planned every five years throughout their lifetimes. It will also track women who were pregnant early in the crisis, do checkups focused on mental health and lifestyle-related illnesses for evacuees and others from around the evacuation zone, and ask residents to fill out a 12-page questionnaire to assess their radiation exposure during the first weeks of the crisis.
But the survey organizers are having trouble getting responses, partly because of address changes. As of mid-October, less than half the residents had responded to the health questionnaire.
Some residents are skeptical about the survey's objectivity because of mistrust toward the government, which repeatedly delayed disclosing key data and which revised evacuation zones and safety standards after the accident. Also, the government's nuclear safety commission recommended use of iodine tablets but none of the residents received them just before or during evacuation, when the preventive medicine would have been most effective.
Some wonder if the study is using them as human guinea pigs to examine the impact of radiation on humans.
Eisuke Matsui, a lung cancer specialist and a former associate professor at Gifu University School of Medicine, criticized the project. He said it appears to largely ignore potential radiation-induced health risks like diabetes, cataracts and heart problems that have been hinted at by some studies of Chernobyl.
"If thyroid cancer is virtually the only abnormality on which they are focusing, I must say there is a big question mark over the reliability of this survey," he said.
He also suggested sampling hair, clipped nails and fallen baby teeth to test for radioactive isotopes such as strontium that are undetectable by the survey's current approach.
"We should check as many potential problems as possible," Matsui said.
Yasumura acknowledges the main purpose of his study is "to relieve radiation fears." But Matsui says he has a problem with that.
"A health survey should be a start," Matsui says, "not a goal."
Tatsuhiko Kodama, head of the Radioisotope Center at the University of Tokyo, urged quick action to determine the cancer risks.
He said big population surveys and analysis will take so long that it would make more sense to run a careful simulation of radiation exposures and do anything possible to reduce the risks.
"Our responsibility is to tell the people now what possible risks may be to their health," he said.
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Posted on 07/01/2011 4:11:36 PM PDT by george76
Federalism??? We don't need no steeeenkin federalism!
10A ping!
(I hate having idiots for friends but what can you do?)
Whether you agree or disagree with state positions on MJ, the feds have no business in the matter.
medical pot is a fiction.
especially when the quacks "prescribing" it work for the pot shop and have a 100% rate of "prescribing" it.
That would violate dozens of laws if hospitals and clinics ran that way.
This "war" is over. We have these shops on every other corner it seems. Last 4-20 they gathered in Civic Center Park to have a mass smoke-in -- under police supervision.
Legalize it, regulate it, and get the Mexican drug gangs out of the distribution chain.
Maybe the Mexican government is complaining about all of the business that Mexico is losing to the American "Mom and Pop" growers.
First, I don't smoke pot. With that out of the way...
Why is our government so adept with respect to arresting its own citizens, but at the same time it refuses to enforce the law regarding our sovereignty. Millions of illegals go to and fro on our border. Laws are passed so that the police can't even seize illegals.
This is the greatest problem right now?
Hey government, get off your @$$eS and protect our borders. The way you treat your own citizens is shameful compared to how you treat illegals. We are second class citizens when it comes to illegal immigrants. So shut up, because you don't care about us, all you do is pander to illegal minorities for votes. And kick us to the curb at the same time.
Another 0 promise goes up in smoke
Why, medical quackery is illegal.
When my friends told me that I looked them in the eye and said "That will be the first promise he has kept." They had nothing further to say. lol
What a vicious little government thug...
I'm sure there are others who haven't missed the irony of us being caught between a rock and a hard spot. On the one hand legalizing dope is generally a libtard cause; on the other, states rights and 10th Amendment issues generally a conservative cause, particularly since Jug Ears was coronated. We're left defending a practice we generally find destructive to advance a greater principle of a limited feral government.
Please ~ping~ me to articles relating to the 10th Amendment/States Rights so I can engage the pinger.
If you want on or off the ping list just say the word.
Tenth Amendment Chronicles Thread
Tenth Amendment Center
Firearms Freedom Act
Health Care Nullification
The refutation of a dilema is performed according to the philosophical rules of logic by either grasping one of the horns, or escaping between them. Either demonstrate one or the other horn is invalid and the problem is solved; or propose another solution (thereby nullifying the dilema).
I can not condone libertarian idealism because I'm a pragmatist and realist. Libertarianism is nothing but pie-in-the-sky utopian idealism.
In an ideal world communism would be great also, but given human nature it ultimately is one of the most evil forms of governance.
If but for the socialst nanny-state predeliction of our Overlord leaders, there's nothing wrong with letting people fail and conduct in sefl-destructive behavior. Same with immigration, let anybody in that wants to come in; there aren't any government programs for them to parasite off of. Eventually they'll go back to where they came from (or go somewhere else, e.g., Canada).
What business does the government have telling people not to be stupid? What business does government have in outlawing stupidity? You want to smoke crack? Idiot. I'm not going to stop you. But my Smith & Wesson will make sure you don't leave my premesis with my belongings to feed your habit.
On the other hand, does society have a right to protect itself from practices that are known to be a danger to society itself? For exsample: is it a crime to operate a motor vehicle with 0.30 BAC? Or is it a crime to crash into and kill somebody? Or is it so DANGEROUS to drive with BAC 0.30 that it is considered wantonly and depraved recklessness? Same with illicit drug use, prostitution, etc. (all those libertarian ideals of 'freedom').
I'm sorry, but it's enough to make you ill. I know I'm sick of it.
No rock, no hard spot. Principle is principle. Either we believe in the 10th or we don't. I even thought it was a good idea when Boooosh was POTUS.
No it wouldn't. Even in theory, the collective gets to tell you what to do under communism. It's inherently tyrannical.
It is our doper fellow citizens who put us between a rock and a hard place. Do we let them trash our nation even further? Or do we cry out for a tyrant who'll preserve our country (or what's left of it) from their dope-destruction?
We have demonstrated an incapacity for self-government, so we must instead be ruled over. The very aspect of the colonists which justified their independence is the thing we have lost.
So we're losing our freedom, and deservedly so. We act like children. Our parents have given us a little freedom and trust, and we run wild like we're in "Lord of the Flies". Can we handle freedom? Obviously not.
We can blame the tyrants. But that's like blaming the lion for chasing down a sick antelope. The tyrant is always there, waiting. And we've made our nation sick and weak, helpless to defend against him.
We deserve what we're getting, because not enough of us will tell the dopers - and all the rest of those who will not rule themselves - to knock it off and act like grown men and women. I'm ashamed at what we've become, and plenty ticked off at those who have perverted liberty into license and so brought tyranny down on all our heads.
Speak for yourself. Obama's memo is making the rounds. He thinks he can walk all over the Constitution (actually he is), and it is not because of a few people smoking pot. I'll reject your view that we deserve a tyrant because of this subject. Your assertation is tyrannical by nature.
Quite frankly: no. I don't believe that marijuana is as big of societal issue as that of crack, meth, heroin or presciption drug abuse.
But if you think that I'm advocating legitimizing crank, or smack, or any other number of pharmaceuticals - legit or otherwise - that's another story.
You want to shoot glue into your veins, nobody's going to stop you. From a pragmatic standpoint: none of that can be allowed. IF all social programs and safety nets are abolished and everybody is totally on their own, and we don't mind the permanent ghetto class - which one will undoubtedly exist (once you're in it no hope of escape either) - then go for it.
'I'll get you my little pretty. And your little plant, too!'
I see both sides of the argument but I tend to lean towards the federales staying within their enumerated powers. I don't see where the WOD falls within Art 1, Sec 8. Let the states deal with it. If it becomes too big of a national problem, then no doubt an amendment would pass restricting certain drugs. That's the proper way to approach the problem. Didn't work out so well once before with alcohol, but who knows???
From "A Clockwork Orange" in case you missed it. A VERY strange movie in its day. Today, not so much.
No doubt. After doing a quick search, she appears to be a fire breathing advocate for "social justice". Not surprising given her background.
It would appear that ostensibly under the General Welfare clause in the Preamble, and putatively the Commerce Clause of Art. I Sec. 8, that Congress has authority in such matter.
That being said, it would appear that based on precedence, the XVIII Ammendment - Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors into the United States and its territories - that on the face of things the WOD and authority of the DEA would appear to be extra-Constitutional.
As it stands presently, Prohibition is still in affect - in accordance to the XXI Ammendment - and as such, I believe that regulation of narcotics and/or pharmaceuticals apart from that implied or inferred as being established by the Commerce Clause is an overzealous excercise of Congressional authority.
As a fundamental matter of law I strain to see any difference betwixt Congressional authority exerted in the WOD, DEA and that of Prohibition; either or all mandate with regards to the aims of such needs to be granted explicitely either to or conferred by the States (in accordance to precedent established with the Ammend. XVIII).
As far as I'm concerned there are a lot of more sinister substances than marijuana that society needs to concern itself with. And if use of cannibis is permitted exclusively with respect to medical purposes, I believe the risks to be far less than legitimate substances, e.g., Oxycontin, Fentenyl, etc.
There's no doubt that ONE of the putative reasons for Congress' mandate of any authority is to promote General Welfare, however, since alchohol has no fundamental medical purpose, why then was the XVIII Ammendment perceived as necessary?
Good posting, with some history and facts.
I personally don't believe the issue of this thread is about whether marijuana should be legalized or not.
The issue, as I see it, is that the Federal government has CHOSEN to not pursue prosecution for violations of federal laws; with the intent of hopefully gaining voters for their socialist ideals.
Federal laws exist regarding aiding, abetting and giving sanctuary to illegal aliens, as well as marijuana and other drugs, and voter fraud and intimidation at polling places. Yet this Democrat administration's Dept. of Justice refuses to pursue prosecutions for violations in their pursuit of votes.
Perhaps you are not as informed as you could be about I.8.3, and the difference between the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and the power to regulate commerce among the several states.
I request that you read the following pieces:
James Madison on the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations: http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_3_commerces18.html">
James Madison on the power to regulate commerce among the several states: http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_3_commerces19.html
Clarence Thomas's brilliant opinion in US v Lopez, in which he explains why the New Deal Commerce Clause is a fraud: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-1260.ZC1.html
It's a "hate the sin, love ths sinner" kind of deal.
Defending the right to free speech means defending someone else's right to say something you don't agree with.
The right to the keep and bear arms also applies to people we might not necessarily like or trust.
In our constitutional republic,the Tenth Amendment means that the states have the right to pass laws we don't agree with.
The Founders talked about the States being "laboratories of democracy", and weren't under any illusion that every law they passed would be good law, but believed that when they did pass bad laws the people would sort it out and fix it once they had a taste of living under it.
Don't forget that we still have the process of amendment and can still use it to give that power to the federal government if the states and the people decide that's what they want.
Do not let anyone make you defend "drug legalization" for recognizing that the authority to pass those laws was never properly granted to the national government and thus, still rests with the States. It's a dishonest tactic and anybody that tries it needs to be called out and confronted head on.
Don't think for one minute this issue isn't being played and calculated to sow dissent among the ranks of conservatives, and used to help defuse arguments about state's rights in the face of constitutional challenges to Obama's health care plan and other abuses of power.
That is entirely within the pervue of the executive prerogative: enforcement of the law. They can choose to do so zealously or not. They can interpret the law narrowly or not.
Its like coming in late to work every day and the boss does nothing about it. One is clearly a violation of policy, but you park in 'his' unmarked spot and he fires you. Police officers are sworn to 'uphold the law' and yet they grant Michigan drivers their customary 10 MPH over the speed limit (maybe not without a glare though). Pot / speedlimit same thing in my eyes.
Crack, crank, smack you name it, that's akin to three-sheets drunk and stumbling around in a crowd with a fully loaded combat magazine, round in the M-203 and finger on the trigger; somebody's gonna get hurt.
True enough, and by twisting it into a pretzel, progressives took a huge leap beyond a simple reading and meaning to expand feral powers. Shouldn't come as a surprise I suppose since governments historically tend to do just that. From the context in which the phrase appears I can't perceive any emanating penumbra that gives them the authority to play Robin Hood.
...since alchohol has no fundamental medical purpose, why then was the XVIII Ammendment perceived as necessary?
Heh; what??? Anyhow, in the not too distant past, various tonics, elixirs and syrups were in fact offered for "medicinal purposes". No doubt ubiquitous during prohibition. I'm led to believe red wine and beer in moderation can have beneficial, even medicinal effects. And who's to say that "taking the edge off" during a stressful period doesn't provide some benefits; even if short term? Well, all of which is beside the point since we're really talking about the regulation of Mary Warner(late aunt's pronunciation) under the auspices of the commerce clause. Which has also been twisted into a pretzel by progressives.
Medical pot is an oxymoron.
Of course it is, and the free speech analogy is a good one. But, "I disapprove of what you smoke, but I will defend to the death your right to smoke it." just doesn't have the same ring does it??? In any case, I'm under no illusion and I never expect any honor or honesty from our would-be masters. It's more or less guilt by association; although not exactly. ;^)
I'm a little surprised it's taken the dopers this long to become "Tenthers". Labeling them strict constructionists has got to drive them battier than them labeling us dope advocates.
The XVIII Amendment was the result of decades of effort by temperance movements - a really huge deal in the 1830s' - and at the time was generally considered a progressive amendment; that coming a decade after Roosevelt writ-light and at the height of Wilsonian style-Rooseveltism, i.e., Franklin. Many state legislatures had already enacted statewide prohibition prior to the ratification of the XVIII Amendment.
SO why then was the XXI necessary?
From the Wiki:
The Drug Enforcement Administration was established on 1 July 1973, by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973, signed by President Richard Nixon on 28 March 1973. It proposed the creation of a single federal agency to enforce the federal drug laws as well as consolidate and coordinate the government's drug control activities.Its plausible it was formulated out of 'clear and present danger' language. That notwithstanding, somebody needs to convince me there's a jigger's difference between prohiting a dram of Irish whiskey, e.g. decent single-malt (Bushmill's), and a gram of hash (Afghani Black).
For crying out loud, it would seem that all that's necessary is the Preamble; Congress can do what ever it wants in that regard. The USA could have the world's shortest consitution.
I don't think the states should regulate vegetable gardens either.
I disagree with any taxation on marijuana. The state governments should not be allowed to become the drug cartels either.
Prohibit any taxation on marijuana, take the money out of it and the problem goes away.
I may not be following your question raygun, but the 21st amendment was necessary to repeal the 18th, thereby once again making it Constitutional nationally to hit the sauce. It went further with enforcement language supporting the right of the states to carry on with prohibition if they wanted to. What am I missing?
For crying out loud, it would seem that all that's necessary is the Preamble; Congress can do what ever it wants in that regard. The USA could have the world's shortest consitution.
I share your frustration.
If you smoke it, you get stupid; the more smarts you have to donate to the cause, the stupider you get. Under what authority does Congress have to outlaw that which may make stupid? If its the General Welfare clause of the Preamble, then alchohol should be abolished w/out delay. Also Maryja Wowwa saps motivation; the more you have, the more of it that you're robbed. It gives one the munchies and it makes one laugh. Many chemo patients say that its Godsent (and I've heard tell by many females who relish its affects on a monthly basis). Its known as The Curse for a reason. But I gather it 'helps'.
It is called a gateway drug for a reason; you smoke some Mary Jane and the next day you'll be huffing gasoline fumes. Then you'll be moving right up that chain into the realm of Pamprin w/shots of JC.
You know the most curious thing? EVERYTHING is done under the ostensible purvue of General Welfare. How is aborting innocent little babies General? It sounds pretty damn specific welfare to me; particularly with respect to the mother who views a growing fetus as a lump of tissue that can be excised at will because its inconvieniant. That, and the fathers who just can't be bothered to be Dad's.
Why stop there, its General Welfare to abort in the 45th year of trimesters; you're becoming extremely inconvieniant. Its MY General Welfare at stake here.
I believe its in the interest of the General Welfare to allow whomever so desire to get their load on and be happy. But if you make me unhappy with your paranoid meth-head delusion antics, I'll terminate your habit with extreme predjudice (double-tap with an exclamation mark).
WHY don't these libtards go through the same motions as with anything else: tax the crap out of it? Then they can arrest individuals for income tax evasion (and they'll truly be criminals in every sense of the word).
Furthermore, they could ruthlessly enforce the Food and Drug Purity Act on the drugs. You either incorporate so that means for legal redress is available, or you go to jail for selling junk.
As many times as I've watched it, I need somebody to explain the ending.
The ending of that movie tears one's mind asunder.
It is akin to the ending of Twelve Monkeys.
BOTH of these movies beg the viewer to delve deeper into the insanity.
It seems that section II of XVIII is a clue; the States are being granted authority conferred under X.
Its good to be the King; wait for the shake.
As much as I'd like to help, I barely remember the movie having only seen the whole thing only once when it was released back in the 70's. The thing that struck me then was the imagery.
Seems to me like their intent may have been to also make it a Constitutional violation, IOW a FEDERAL offense in addition to a state offense. But that's just my impression of it, not having studied the issue. Remember, the states were and are a party to the amendment process.
I have a better idea... ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS...
Marijuana is an invasive non-native species.
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