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In her latest opinion piece, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins recommends a tax credit to help parents with the cost of raising children.
The idea is intriguing. I hope she will describe the legislation in more detail so we can judge how much it would help parents at various levels of income.
Less promising is part two of her article, "Unleashing the benefits of American energy," which advocates, once again, measures to help the oil and gas industry mine American fossil fuels and export however much they find profitable to foreign consumers.
Such measures will not reduce but increase the cost of energy for Americans. Those costs will include higher prices at the pump and higher prices for environmental cleanups along American pipelines, railroads, highways, watersheds, aquifers, and coastal fisheries. Finally, such measures will invest little if anything to help Americans with the increasing costs of global warming.
It's a classic example of ideas that profit some in the short run while burdening many more over a much longer time.
The cost of energy is indeed rising, and has been for longer than Congresswoman Jenkins has mentioned. In 2009, U.S. gasoline dropped to $1.67 because the economy had collapsed and great masses of people were driving fewer miles.
In 2008, just before the collapse, the average price had reached $4.17. Even with no regulation, today's extraction methods are necessarily more expensive.
We expend more energy to drill at greater depths for smaller pockets of oil and gas scattered among greater numbers of sites. We pollute water with solvents so we can ram it into porous rock and liberate its "treasure," or we boil it out of tar sands. As we mine energy in ways that consume so much energy and water, prices necessarily rise, and so do costs of environmental damage.
Kansans, in particular, should be concerned about water left polluted in oil wells or holding ponds while we run out of fresh water for farms, ranches, and communities. In some parts of the world, water is more expensive than fossil fuel. When we begin to talk about an aqueduct from the Missouri River to western Kansas, we need to get serious about energy and water conservation.
Food prices, too, rise with the cost of fossil fuel. It enables at least 90 percent of our food production, food preservation, and food delivery.
We can expect a continuing rise in food prices until we transition to more sustainable practices. In other parts of our economy, there are similar energy costs: for transportation, manufacturing, lighting, heating, air conditioning, communication, national defense, etc.
Instead of "unleashing" fossil fuels for the short-term benefit of some, we should invest more of it to safeguard the future of all.
Chris Jensen
Letter to the editor: Responding to Congresswoman Jenkins on American energy
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Baseball analyst Tim McCarver to step down from Fox position at end of this season
NEW YORK – Baseball analyst Tim McCarver says he will step down from his position at Fox after this season.
McCarver said on a conference call Wednesday he had told the network he will not try to extend his contract, which expires at the end of the 2013 season.
The 71-year-old McCarver has worked 28 consecutive Major League Baseball postseasons on network television dating to 1984, providing analysis for a record 23 World Series.
In 21 big league seasons, McCarver hit .271 with 97 homers and 645 RBIs.
McCarver says "it's time to cut back."

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These gadgets work hard so you can have lazy summer days (with the exception of the Exercise Glider, which makes you do all the work).
"In Chicago, summers are too short," said Tom Giles, founder and CEO of StageBloc, a Chicago-based digital tools and services company. "With so many fun activities to fit into such a short window of time, we want gadgets that help us make the most of our summer."
We provide manufacturers' or distributors' web sites and suggested retail prices. As always, you might get better deals if you shop around.


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By invoking executive privilege, President Obama has changed the welfare to work program that had been a rousing success and enabled many people to improve the quality of their lives. What Mr. Obama has done is unconstitutional and should be immediately overturned.
This is just the latest example — the "Fast and Furious" cover-up, fighting states that want to have an "honest" election, etc. — of this administration's disregard and contempt for America. The economy is in the tank and well over 23 million Americans are either unemployed or underemployed.
Citizens who dumbly accept and don't object to what is happening are doomed to accept the eventual disastrous consequences, including continued high unemployment, unsustainable and irresponsible federal spending, excessive rules and regulations for businesses and the monstrosity of "Obamacare," all of which are already happening.
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A first look at the BB714BS
When the world's biggest musical instrument manufacturer teams up with the hottest rock bass player on the planet, you know something pretty special's going to come out of it. Yamaha's latest bass, the new BB714BS Billy Sheehan signature model, is the outcome of just that partnership….
With a credit list that includes Mr Big, David Lee Roth, Steve Vai and G3, 5 Guitar Player 'Best Rock Bassist' awards and a place in Guitar Player's 'Hall of Fame' alongside Eddie Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix, Billy Sheehan is the undisputed king of rock bass.
With a formidable technique and a unique sound, the demands on his basses are pretty extreme too with his longtime instrument of choice being the Yamaha Attitude, designed by Yamaha and Billy and complete with a number of custom features including scalloped frets, stereo outputs and a unique neck joint designed to cope with Billy's extreme playing style. Unsurprisingly, maybe, and in no small part down to the fact that one of Billy's original demands being that the bass he played would be the bass fans could buy (other than a very small wiring mod, Billy's stage basses are just as they come off the production line), the Attitude also comes with a long waiting list and a suitably pro pricetag - £1365rrp.
Wanting to make the unique and hugely usable sounds from the Attitude (mostly due to the inclusion of a custom wound woofer pickup at the neck) available to a wider range of bass players, Billy and Yamaha worked together to create a new model which distilled the key specifications from the Attitude bass, keeping the personality intact, but removing some of the specialist features that make the Attitude hard, and expensive, to make. The result, the BB714BS, does just that and, it has to be said, with some serious style.
Designed by Billy and Yamaha's Hollywood-based custom shop, the new model is based on the current BB series, the shape Billy played when he joined Yamaha in 1983. Adding a custom-wound woofer pickup to the regular model's split single coil pickup together with redesigned and repositioned controls and a solid brass bridge, the key elements of the Attitude sound are all present and correct. Billy's latest choice of finishes is shared by both the Attitude and BB models too, classic black and the all new, custom-mixed Lava Red, so the look is just so but the big question is, how does it perform?
The answer, which comes as no great surprise, is extremely well. Using just the regular split pickup, this latest BB sounds pretty much like a regular Yamaha BB bass – punchy, full and powerful – nicely ready for a modern rock sound with a touch of classic bass grind. Winding the woofer pickup in changes things pretty drastically though and brings us straight into Sheehan territory, complete with round, driving low end and more than enough gain to push any amp into overdrive if desired. A design based on the huge neck humbuckers used in classic 1960s basses, the big pickup's tone is a fat, dark, low-end centered sound that warms the edges of the single coil nicely making a solid state amp sound thick and rich and pushing a valve amp right towards some serious overdrive if you should so desire. Pull the tone control out and the hi-cut circuit is engaged, scooping most of the high frequencies from the sound and resulting in a huge wall of bass more than big enough to sit right in the middle of the most demanding rhythm section. Just the job for the next Steve Vai gig then…
One thing's clear though - this is no ordinary bass. Beneath a reasonably mild-mannered vintage reissue exterior lies the beating heart of a seriously powerful, versatile instrument. Because, you see, this is not your usual signature model. It may be very firmly built to a spec that is one person's vision, but it's as far from a one-trick horse as is possible. Of course, players wanting to emulate Billy Sheehan's sound will be more than satisfied, but the BB714BS has appeal far wider than that and will find a happy home with many a funk, blues, jazz, soul and fusion player. Few and far between are the basses that combine the ideal balance of modern and ultra-vintage sounds but here is one of them – wind in that woofer pickup and you'll soon believe too.
The BB714BS has all of the things that you'd expect from a Yamaha BB – solid alder body, gig-ready setup and great hardware - and a couple of things you might not, most notably that pickup and those controls.
And regardless of what anyone else says, if Billy Sheehan's signed off on it, it's got to be good. After all, he knows a thing or two about basses…
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Film director Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather" films and "Apocalypse Now") has reassembled the historic Inglenook winery in Napa Valley and restored the name to the historic property, which is open to the public for tours and wine tasting.
Gustave Niebaum, a Finnish ship captain, founded the original Inglenook in 1880, using his connections to import vines from Europe. The property was broken up and the label name sold in the 1960s. Coppola and his wife began purchasing pieces of the property in 1975, and within two decades had reassembled nearly the entire Inglenook property.
It would not be until 2011 that Coppola was able to purchase the Inglenook brand name. A 2009 Cask Cabarnet will be the first to carry the label and is being released this month. In addition to Inglenook's signature Zinfandel, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Syrah, and eight acres of white Rhone varietals that produce the estate's flagship white, Blancaneaux. Inglenook is now completely restored to its original dimensions.
The public can visit the historic Chateau free of charge and go to the nearby Bistro for wine tasting or wine by the glass. Children of diners are given wooden sailboats to play with in the Bistro's courtyard fountain, a practice modeled after the Jardin Luxembourg in Paris. For those seeking a deeper look, Inglenook offers a variety of tours ranging from $45 to $95, which includes tastings.
Reservations for tours and the Bistro are suggested. Reservations are mandatory for groups of more than nine people. Open 10-5 daily. 1991 St. Helena Hwy., Rutherford, CA. 800-782-4266.Online at inglenook.com.


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A MSU NetID is a unique, alphanumeric identifier assigned to all current MSU faculty, staff, students, and retirees. MSU NetIDs provide access to the official MSU network and many other online services on campus (e.g., the university's e-mail service). This access is granted based on users' affiliations..


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Twang Vintage's Pieces of Yesteryear
Taking a virtual stroll through Twang Vintage's Corner of the Classifieds is like taking a step back in time. Jett likes stuff with character and that's apparent with the items offered in his Classifieds listings. From the vintage Christmas ornaments to the old carnival prize bank, each item seems to have a story to tell. If only inanimate objects could talk!
Shown above:
• Vintage Metal-Rimmed Chalkboard $26
• 23 Multicolor Vintage Glass Ornaments $27
• Set of Two Rustic Split Wood Harvest Baskets $26
• Kitschy 40s Silvestri Carnival Prize Bank $22
• Terrific Rustic Steel Crate $30
Location: Boaz, Arizona
Number of Items Listed: 32
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Apartment Therapy is not the seller of these items. This is an edited selection of our favorite offerings from our Classifieds. For more information, see How it Works. Happy Scavenging!


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6Q: Rendy DeLaCruz
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Rendy DeLaCruz – Strongman
Jeremiah Weed has just started an ad campaign showing off some Badasses around the country. One of those Badasses is strongman Rendy DeLaCruz. This dude is built like a tank and can probably move a tank on his own since he has moved planes, trains, and automobiles. (well at least planes and automobiles. On the Gunaxin Show we sat down with Rendy and talked about him working with Jeremiah Weed, the Strongman Competition, his gym, and his work in TV. For more on his gym check out his website. For more info on Jeremiah Weed check out their site and Facebook page. Rendy answers the Gunaxin 6Q and you can see a few of the Jeremiah Weed ads with Rendy below. Also be sure to check out our full interview with Rendy on the latest episode of The Gunaxin Sports Show.
Six Questions:
|Who is your favorite Athlete?
|Troy Aikman
|Who is your favorite Hottie?
|Angelina Jolie
|Who is your favorite Comedian?
|Katt Williams
|What is your favorite Movie?
|What is your favorite Gadget?
|Thunder Bolt 4G
|What is your favorite Beer?
|Jeremiah Weed Spiked Cola
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Car Deals: December 2012
If you're interested in a new car, December is a great time to buy. With winter weather beginning to arrive, most shoppers are concentrating on SUVs. But that's good news for shoppers who don't need the bulk of an SUV, as many great car deals are available. We've rounded up our favorites to help savvy shoppers find a good deal this month.
Ford Fusion
Ford is already touting cash back deals of up to $1,000 off its new 2013 Fusion sedan. While that's not a huge offer, it's an impressive figure considering the just-released sedan is in short supply at dealers. It's also highly popular in the automotive press. While the same deal doesn't apply to the Fusion Hybrid, Ford says that model is available with up to $500 cash back. Both can also be had with interest rates starting at 2.9 percent for up to 36 months. That may not be zero percent, but it, too, is a good deal on a brand new car.
Honda Civic
Honda's 2012 Civic compact is offered with a wide variety of deals in December. Lease shoppers can get a base-level Civic LX for 36 months at $149 per month after $1,999 at lease signing. For those who would prefer to put nothing down, Honda is also offering a 35-month, zero-down lease on the Civic LX with payments from $200. Those looking to finance a 2012 Civic can get interest rates as low as 0.9 percent for up to 60 months on all versions of the car. That includes the sporty Civic Si, which boasts 201 horsepower and a slick six-speed manual.
Subaru Outback
Subaru's all-wheel drive Outback wagon is a great compromise for drivers who want year-round capability without SUV sizing. In December, both 2012 and 2013 Outback models are available with interest rates as low as 0.9 percent for up to 36 months. Lease shoppers can also get a good deal on the station wagon, with a 42-month term starting at just $267 per month after $1,967 at lease signing. Drivers who would prefer a sedan will get a better deal on a Legacy, as Subaru is offering zero percent interest on that model. The Legacy is also available with lease rates starting from just $199 per month.
Find the Subaru Outback for sale
Volkswagen Passat
Car shoppers interested in a midsize sedan will find several great deals this month on the Volkswagen Passat. For lease shoppers, VW is offering a 42-month lease for just $239 per month with nothing due at signing. While that figure only applies to the base-level 2013 Passat S, it's a good rate for a midsize sedan. Buyers interested in financing a Passat can get rates as low as zero percent for up to 66 months. That deal also applies to the compact Jetta sedan and Golf hatchback for drivers interested in a smaller vehicle.
Find the Volkswagen Passat for sale
What it means to you: If you're looking for a new car this winter, consider buying it before the year's end to take advantage of some of the best car deals.


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Indiana's photo ID requirement leads national conversation in safeguarding elections
Delegations from Iowa, Texas and Wisconsin look to Indiana's landmark law in shaping their own policies
INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 27, 2011) – Election officials and lawmakers from three states are using Indiana's innovative voter identification law as a blueprint in developing similar policies.
A group of Iowa election administrators on Wednesday met with Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White, Election Division personnel and county clerks to discuss Indiana's 2005 law requiring voters to present a valid Indiana or government-issued photo ID before casting a ballot at the polls.
Indiana's law remains the national standard in election security reform and has been validated by the nation's top court. Eight successful elections have been held since the photo requirement was adopted.
"The photo ID requirement is a proven and effective tool in protecting the integrity of elections and in giving Hoosiers peace of mind as they cast their ballots," White said. "Requiring a valid ID also is a quality of life issue, as the proper identification can help residents efficiently use government services."
A proposal that would require Iowans to show a photo ID to vote was approved by an Iowa legislative committee last week and is expected to be debated this week.
The proposal mirrors Indiana's law that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008 after being challenged in the federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in 2007, where it also received a favorable ruling.
The Texas legislature also is debating a photo ID requirement similar to Indiana's. Texas lawmakers on Tuesday called upon Hoosier experience in researching their proposal.
Jerry Bonnet, chief legal counsel with the Indiana Secretary of State's office, detailed Indiana's requirement to the Texas Senate as it debated the proposed law.
The Texas Senate approved the bill on Wednesday; it will now be heard by the Texas House of Representatives.
"Despite the intense scrutiny of the law, in five years and eight statewide elections, there has been scant evidence of disenfranchisement or discrimination of voters," Bonnet was quoted as saying in the Dallas Morning News on Tuesday. "The sun came up after Indiana's voter ID passed, and the law has become routine.
The Wisconsin legislature also has introduced a photo ID bill that mirrors Indiana's, according to the bill's sponsor, state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, who was quoted in the Hudson Star-Observer newspaper.
An ID must meet four criteria to be acceptable for voting purposes in Indiana. The requirements include:
• Display the voter's photo.
• Display the voter's name; and the name must conform to the voter registration record.
• Display an expiration date and either be current or have expired sometime after the date of the last General Election.
• Be issued by the state of Indiana or the U.S. government.
Indiana's law requires the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to provide free photo identification to citizens who do not already have identification that will suffice.
To learn more about Indiana's photo ID law, visit http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/2401.htm.
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Day Not Going as Hoped? You Can Get Sweetheart Comedy Soiree Tickets at the Door!
If Valentine's Day is not going as planned for you, don't forget that the Sweethearts Comedy Soiree has got your back! You can pick up tickets at our office in Pasco until 5 p.m. and then you can also pay at the door -- which opens at 6 p.m. for the show beginning at 7 p.m.
The Sweetheart Comedy Soiree presented by Adair Homes is the premier Valentine's Day date event in the Tri-Cities for 2013. The hilarious Susan Jones, winner of the 'Funniest Comedian in Washington', will be your host for the evening with nationally-recognized comedians Tommy Savitt and Erin Foley performing. Along with a great show, heavy hors d'oeuvres and a no-host bar will be available. Every woman in attendance will receive a rose from the Kennewick Flower Shop and chocolate from Occasions Cakes & Catering. Be sure to take a step into the Home Place Photo Booth while at the soiree to help create and record the nights memories!
We're getting a lot of questions about "heavy hors d'oeuvres." The food is catered (think fancy party, not crackers and cheese) and we over-ordered to be on the safe side so there should be a TON of food!
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Janet Davis spends most of her mornings conversing with 3-year-olds at Little Learners Pre-School.
But last Friday, at about the time she would normally be elbow deep in a crafts project in a classroom at the Coe Primary Building, she was fixing her hair and checking her make-up in the Green Room at the KATU Channel 2 television studio in Portland.
"I don't know why they call it the Green Room," she said, adjusting her stylish pants suit and taming a loose strand of hair. "I think it's because everyone else is green with envy." Davis was sharing the dressing room mirror on Friday with the co-hosts of the popular morning television show AM Northwest, Paul Linnman and Cathy Marshall. Davis joked amiably with the well-known TV personalities as they prepared to go live on the air.
"See, they're just real people," Davis said, gesturing to Marshall as she adjusted her microphone.
"Yeah, sometimes too real," Marshall replied.
Davis is the official parenting consultant for AM Northwest, and she relishes every minute of her once-a-month (or so) trip to the Channel 2 studio to do a live segment where she offers tips and advice to parents. She loves it so much that she wants more.
"I want my own half-hour," she said. "I want my own hostess stool!"
Davis, who got her college degree in child development, has taught pre-school and other kids classes for 22 years — 15 of them in Hood River. Her knack for coming up with creative ideas for kids activities — and her knack with kids in general — has given her a solid reputation among parents and educators in Hood River.
Along with Little Learners, Davis teaches several other classes for kids through Community Education, including a summer class for toddlers and their parents called "Me and My Shadow," and a kids cooking class.
A couple of years ago, Davis began brainstorming about how she could take her expertise — and her love for kids — to a wider audience. She was watching AM Northwest one morning when a guest came on to talk about kids.
"I could do that," Davis said to herself as she watched. She began ad-libbing her own answers to the questions being asked and by the end of the segment, Davis knew she could have done it better.
"I thought, 'She's breathing my air, and she's doing what I want to do,'" said Davis, who believes that to achieve your dreams, you first have to picture yourself achieving them. Davis began picturing herself on AM Northwest, and then she put together a proposal for producers at the station.
What followed was a series of potential set-backs, from an important packet lost in the mail to an unexpected change in producers at the station. But Davis never gave up and finally, KATU producer Chris Beard invited her to the studio. Once Davis got her foot in the door, there was no way she was going to let her dream slip away. In July 2001, Davis appeared on AM Northwest for the first time.
Davis started out doing a segment she'd come up with called "Mom's Minute," which she also did for a time on KIHR Radio. The "Minute" was a brief, practical tip or piece of advice that parents could absorb quickly and then use to "be a better parent," Davis said.
Davis's segment proved to be popular, and KATU producers extended her minute to several minutes, where she demonstrated crafts and other kids activities. Last fall, producers at the station expanded Davis's role to that of parenting consultant and changed her segment to a "questions from the street" format. Before each show, Davis and the producers pick a topic that they plan to discuss, and Davis comes prepared to answer related questions posed by co-hosts Linnman and Marshall.
Last Friday, Davis was calm as she waited in the Green Room for the commercial break when she would be led to a set of couches with Linnman and Marshall where her segment would take place. She watched the show on a TV in the corner of the room, jumping up and down as a KATU reporter interviewed actor George Clooney.
"Darn it!" Davis said. "Why am I not an interviewer now?" Davis said she doesn't get scared knowing she's going on live TV in front of thousands of viewers.
"I don't even think about the viewing audience," she said. "I don't even see the camera, and sometimes it's very close." She also never has a set script of what she's going to say.
"I know what I'm going to talk about, but I never quite know how it's going to come out," she said. She concentrates on her opening lines, and once she gets through those, the rest seems to flow naturally.
Davis's topics for Friday's show ranged from Talented and Gifted programs to parents being "advocates" for their child. She even put in a plug for local schools, telling viewers that she'd visited May Street Elementary and Hood River Middle School doing research and found them to be "doing a fantastic job."
At the end of the segment, Davis glanced at her husband, Chris, and three of her four children who sat in the studio audience, as they nearly always do when she does her show. Her kids come with her because she only appears on the show on days when there's no school. In 15 years of teaching in Hood River, Davis hasn't missed a day. And as much as she enjoys her role on AM Northwest, she doesn't hesitate to say that her kids come first.
That dedication is part of what KATU producer Beard likes.
"What I love about Janet is she has so much enthusiasm for kids and family — she lives it," Beard said. "If you know anything about her, you know she does it from the bottom of her heart. She has four kids, she teaches, she knows it first hand. This is what she does."
And Davis plans to do it for a long time to come. To further spread her parenting advice and enthusiasm for all things "kid," she's creating a Web site called teacherjanet.com, which will include everything from Mom's Minutes and suggestions for family activities to safety tips and kids book recommendations. The site will be up and running by next month.
And she's already planning for her next appearance on AM Northwest.
"The whole thing has really started to pick up momentum," Davis said. "It's a kick in the pants." Look out, Cathy Marshall. Janet Davis is picturing herself in your chair.
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The energy drink you're chugging may not have the caffeine levels you think it does, according to a recent test by Consumer Reports.
Many of the 27 products investigated by the testing group did not disclose caffeine counts – data that is not required by law, according to the magazine's December issue.
But measurements from Consumer Reports showed a wide range, from 6 milligrams per serving in 5-Hour Energy Decaf to 242 milligrams per serving of 5-Hour Energy Extra Strength.
An average 8-ounce cup of coffee has 100 milligrams. A single serving of basic Red Bull has 83 milligrams; Monster has 92 milligrams.
Research suggests that healthy adults can consume up to 400 milligrams a day, while pregnant women should limit themselves to 200 milligrams and children to between 45 and 85 milligrams.
Consumer Reports found that of the 16 products that included caffeine levels on labels, five overshot the listed amount by more than 20%. Another sample had 70% less caffeine than was advertised on the container.
Many energy drinks were showcased in stores near the soda and juice sections and occasionally at the checkout aisles, but rarely near alcohol, according to the study.
The test results came as federal health officials probe recent reports that, since 2009, five people have died from consuming Monster Beverage Corp.'s energy drinks. The Corona company said it is "unaware of any fatality anywhere that has been caused by its drinks."
The Consumer Reports study and Monster investigation were cited in a letter from two U.S. senators asking the Food and Drug Administration to address regulatory loopholes and possible health risks related to energy drinks.
On Friday, Sens. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent the letter – their third – calling on the agency to look into the industry and its effect on children and teens. The lawmakers also requested more scrutiny of ingredients such as guarana, taurine and ginseng, which are often used in energy drinks.
The letter also sought better guidelines on energy drink classifications, claiming that companies often categorize the products as dietary supplements to skirt regulatory oversight but then market the items as beverages.
Even as caffeine-pumped products such as the AeroShot Energy inhaler spark health concerns, energy drink sales are booming. Last year, they soared nearly 17%, according to industry publication Beverage Digest.
In 2010, Four Loko took caffeine, guarana and taurine out of its alcoholic beverages, reformulating the products "after trying - unsuccessfully - to navigate a difficult and politically-charged regulatory environment at both the state and federal levels," said maker Phusion Projects in a statement.
FDA probing reports of energy-drink deaths
Hansen Natural changes its name to Monster Beverage Corp.


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"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address
Saturday, February 08, 2014
Oh my gosh! Iran's Navy to threaten to sail into the Atlantic Ocean
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Exactly, Iran's "projection of force" in this exercise will be feeble at best. Other than training for its naval academy officers, what then is the purpose?ReplyDelete
Mitt Romney had it right all along when he said 5 times during his campaign, "Syria is Iran's route to the sea."
Iran chooses to perpetuate the comedic notion that Mitt's strategic assessment was false or at least impractical by sailing toward our Pacific coast.
How is Iran's navalba se on Syria's coast progressing? We have not heard from anyone, have we. Sounds to me like Iran's route may have had Obama team approval. Just saying...
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Solving Potential Plagiarism Through Mutual Respect And Understanding
from the jazz-pickles dept
Over at the Bizzaro Blog, home to Dan Piraro's Bizzaro Comic, Piraro writes about a recent incident he had over one of his recently published comics.
Here's a bit of a sticky wicket I thought you Jazz Pickles might find interesting. After my pantsless doctor cartoon appeared in papers the other day I got an email from my friend and colleague, Dan Reynolds. Dan is a terrifically talented and successful cartoonist whose work I have always admired. It seems my doctor cartoon is uncomfortably close to a very popular one that he did some years ago.In most similar situations we report on here, this is the part where the person complaining usually sends a legal threat of some sort. But that is not what happened. What happened was something refreshing and quite out of the norm, at least in these circles. Both artists realized that people can come up with the same joke independently and then brushed the incident off.
Did I steal this cartoon? Of course not and Dan did not accuse me of it. Cartoonists with a large readership and an I.Q. above 75 (me) are not foolish enough to publish a stolen cartoon, especially from someone with an equally large readership (Dan R.).What amazes me here is that two grown adults actually acted like adults. Why can't we have more of these kinds of interactions? Even when the idea was almost identical, both were able to look past that and see the reality of the situation.
Oh well, these things happen. Dan R. was a gentlemen about it and readily accepted our apology. We're all still friends. :o)
In response to the unfortunate incident, Piraro has decided to take a bit more precaution in the future. He has decided to do Google image searches of future ideas, just to make sure that he doesn't step on the toes of anyone else. However, he recognizes that even that plan has a glaring weakness.
Cliff and I work together frequently so we committed to redouble our efforts to Google-Image-search all of our ideas to make sure no one else had gotten there first. The thing is, though, we decided to retro-search this one and could not find it under any of the titles we could think of. "Backwards Doctor Coat Cartoon" was our most obvious choice but Dan's cartoon didn't show up in that search. So we still would have been screwed.So even if he does a search, there are no guarantees that someone else's work would come up which matches his idea. Under these circumstances, how much effort should one allow? I would say that even doing the initial search is probably more than enough. It is more than you are actually required to do. Yet, there are some people out there that seem to think that is not enough -- that a person in Piraro's situation should have just known about that other comic. But as Piraro has shown, it is just not possible to cover all your bases.
All in all, this is a great experience for all the things it can teach us. 1) Acting like adults when a situation arises results in mutually beneficial results. 2) Recognizing that no joke is a unique flower incapable of being copied unintentionally is a wise move. 3) That even the best Google-fu cannot prevent you from unintentionally copying someone else's joke. Sounds like some pretty good lessons to me.


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Welcome First Year Students!Friday, July 5th, 2013
Oesterle Library would like to welcome the class of 2017! As you're coming to campus for your summer orientation sessions make sure to stop by the library and check out all of our great study space and collections. As you begin your summer reading make sure to check out our guide to Stumbling on Happiness. Also, feel free to familiarize yourself with the resources the library has to offer in your chosen field of study by taking a look at our Research by Subject guides.


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Find Your Niche at a Sacramento Museum
As California's State Capital, Sacramento is packed with history: everywhere you turn in this city, it seems, you'll run smack into an old mansion, a historic storefront, or a cobbled street. So it's fitting that Sacramento takes documenting its history very, very seriously. In fact, whatever subject you're interested in – whether it's completely esoteric or universally appreciated – chances are good that Sacramento's got a museum that's right up your alley.
See for yourself with our guide to Sacramento's wildest, weirdest, and most wonderful museums.
California Automobile Museum
If you've ever wanted to take your picture with a real-life DeLorean, sit behind the wheel of a Model T, or get up close and personal with a Rolls Royce, Sacramento's California Automobile Museum is the place for you. First opened in 1987 to showcase an exhaustive collection of Fords, today the museum's housed in a 72,000-square-foot warehouse and is home to over 150 vehicles of all makes and models. From Oldsmobiles to Lamborghinis, classic roadsters to the hybrids of today, this museum's got something for everyone. Special and permanent exhibits highlight the history of cars in America, from the birth and evolution of auto tourism, to the use of cars in movies and on TV.
California Automobile Museum
2200 Front Street, Sacramento
Admission: $8 general/$4 student
Wells Fargo Museum
OK, we know what you're thinking: how interesting could the history of a bank possibly be? Well, in the case of Wells Fargo, you'd be surprised. The bank was founded in 1852 to serve San Francisco back when it was a newly booming Gold Rush town, and quickly became a player in the kinds of early California stories we know from Westerns and folklore today. Think stagecoach robberies, early locomotive transportation, and the kinds of Wild West storefronts where the resident baker was also the resident banker.
The bank has two museums in Sacramento: one's an easy stroll from the State Capitol; the other's in Old Sacramento. Inside you'll find everything from beautiful old safes and assaying scales for determining the purity of gold dust, to an original telegraph machine, to a gorgeously restored 1860s stage coach, and even examples of the types of shotguns carried in the coaches' passenger seats in case of bandits.
Wells Fargo Museum
1000 2nd Street, Old Sacramento
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400 Capitol Mall, Sacramento
Free admission
Museum of Medical History
Though not a stop for the faint of heart, the Museum of Medical History is a must for anyone who's into the off-beat, the scientific, or the vaguely eerie. With displays of everything from old vials and ads for tonics, to glass eyeballs and Civil War amputation kits, to early x-ray equipment and dentists' chairs, you never know quite what you're going to stumble upon. A huge back room houses an extensive collection of early medical textbooks and journals, doctor's black bags, army doctor and nurse uniforms from throughout the years, and much more.
Museum of Medical History
At the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society
5380 Elvas Ave., Sacramento
Free admission
State Capitol Museum
California State Capitol Museum
The State Capitol's undoubtedly the best-known name on this list, but many may not realize it's more than a functioning seat of government: it's also a historic museum. Construction of the Capitol began in 1860 and wasn't completed until 1874; today it remains an imposing structure full of columns, domes, cupolas, gilded state seals and intricate stained glass. You can take free, guided tours every hour from 9:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m. daily, but visitors are also free to explore the museum on their own.
California State Capitol Museum
10th and L Streets, Sacramento
Free admission
California State Indian Museum
Right next door to historic Sutter's Fort, a smaller and lesser-known building pays homage to another important aspect of California's history. Established in 1940, this museum documents the ways of life of some the 150 Native American tribes that once inhabited California. The museum is home to an extensive collection of photographs, ceremonial garb, weapons, instruments, baskets, and works of art by native peoples. At the center of the museum, a huge canoe carved out of a single redwood tree is the kind of unique piece the center has become renowned for.
California State Indian Museum
2618 K Street, Sacramento
Admission: $3
California State Railroad Museum
With 225,000 square feet of exhibition space, 21 beautifully restored locomotives and cars, and countless stories to tell about the importance of the railroad in shaping the history of California, this museum's a dream come true for anyone who was ever enthralled by trains as a kid (or whose inner kid still loves them!). On weekends from April through September, visitors can also take a 45-minute line alongside the river in an elegant 1920s Southern Pacific Observation Lounge Car, making this the only museum on our list where you can take your history lesson to go!
California State Railroad Museum
Corner of 2nd Street and I Street in Old Sacramento
Admission: $10, train rides $10-$20
Governor's Mansion Museum and State Historic Park
Built in 1877 by a wealthy local businessman, this Italianate Victorian mansion has housed some pretty famous residents in its lifetime. The state of California bought the property in 1903, and over the next 64 years, 13 different governors and their families called the mansion home. (The last governor to live in the mansion, Ronald Reagan, was also arguably its most famous, though he only called the place home for a few months). Today, a walk around the mansion will take you through ornate interiors, elegant gardens, and of course a lesson in the history of California.
Governor's Mansion State Historic Park
1526 H Street, Sacramento
Admission: $5
Crocker Art Museum
In the mood for something a little less esoteric? No problem: try the Crocker, which brings together the work of fine art by artists from all over the world – California to Europe, Asia to Africa – for one of the most renowned collections in the state.
The Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street, Sacramento
Admission: $10 general/$8 college students. Free admission the third Thursday of every month.
For more ideas on what to do in California's State Capital, be sure to check out our staff members' guides to art spotting and antiquing, local nightlife, and dining about town. Whatever you do, don't forget to add "relaxing in a Victorian mansion" to your itinerary: it's easy with an overnight at HI-Sacramento, housed in a historic 1860s mansion in the heart of the city!
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The villages of Claybrooke Magna, Claybrooke Parva, Ullesthorpe and Wibtoft form the parish of St Peter's Church, Claybrooke.
Other sites with background information about Claybrooke include About the Claybrookes, UK Genealogy Archives, Leicestershire & Rutland Churches.
The Problem While the names of the parents of Ann Hall are known from her baptism record (see Ann Hall Research Notes), little more has been learned about them.
Ann's father: Timothy Hall Timothy was residing in Claybrooke parish at the time of his 1799 marriage to Ann Palmer. The 1841 Census says he was not born in Leicestershire and that he was 60 years old, therefore was born between 1776 and 1781 (ages of adults were rounded down).
Timothy was 65 years old at the time of his 23 Aug 1842 death and 26 Aug 1842 burial, suggesting a birthdate of about 1777. A letter, dated 25 Dec 1844, from Timothy's son-in-law Henry York describes their arrival in Canada and the death of his wife Ann (Hall) York on 24 Sep 1844 at the quarantine station on Grosse Ile, Quebec (Québec (Anglican) Travelling Mission 1844). This letter mentions only Henry's "wifes mother, brothers and sisters", likely because Timothy had died before they left England.
The informant on Timothy's death record was Elizabeth Bassett. Research thus far has not shown any family tie to Timothy or Ann. The only Elizabeth Bassett in 1841 in Claybrooke was a head of household, age 60, born in Leicestershire between 1776 and 1781. In 1851, although the age doesn't quite fit, she is probably the Elizabeth Bassett, wife of Richard, age 68, born about 1783 in East Somerton, Leicestershire. Her occupation is listed as "char woman".
The only marriage found for Richard Bassett was to an Elizabeth Lawrence 12 Oct 1801 in Claybrooke (Family Search, from FHL film 588458). Although Family Search has a number of baptisms from Claybrooke (including the children of Timothy and Ann Hall), none were found for the children of Richard and Elizabeth Bassett, even though the 1851 census says their children were born in Claybrooke.
Warwickshire Northamptonshire and Warwickshire are two likely neighboring counties where Timothy might have been born. Parish records have not been sufficiently indexed for Northamptonshire to provide a thorough search.
One clue worth pursuing is the marriage of Timothy's daughter Ann in Monks Kirby, Warwickshire. However, nothing relevant has been indexed there. Although in different counties, Monks Kirby and Claybrooke were in the same registration district until 1932. They are only about 5 miles apart and both are close to Fosse Way, an old Roman Road. There are a number of Hall families in Monk's Kirby.
Other villages in Warwickshire that are close to Claybrooke include Wibtoft (about 2 miles), which is now in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, but was at one time part of the parish of Claybrooke.
Occupation Timothy was a bricklayer (1841 Census; Baptism of daughter Ann Hall; Timothy Hall death record). In the 1911 census, there were four households of Hall descendants living in Claybrooke. The men heading three of the households were all bricklayers. Timothy Hall, two of his sons, five grandsons, and two great-grandsons were bricklayers. (The Descendants of Timothy Hall and Ann Palmer).
From the information about Timothy and his sons, the bricklayer occupation appeared to pass down in a family. Might Timothy have had brothers who were also bricklayers? Again, the 1841 census was the starting point. There were three bricklayers in the Parish of Monks Kirby (which included some smaller hamlets) in 1841: James Bailey, Thomas Law and William Paybody. However, some years ago I extracted the Hall marriages from the Monks Kirby parish register. None of these three men married a Hall in Monks Kirby.
Possible Timothy Halls Search engines for English baptisms (Find My Past, Family Search, Ancestry, Free Reg) are all incomplete. All of the above were searched (as of 4 Nov 2013) from 1775 through 1781 (based on Timothy's age in 1841 census and at death, and on his 1799 marriage). Nothing was found on Find My Past or Ancestry. Others identified the following:
- Timothy Hall, son of John and Elizabeth Hall, was baptized 24 May 1778 in Addingham, Cumberland, England (Family Search: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 from FHL 90551). Possibly the Timothy Hall who died in 1844, Registration district: Brampton, County: Cumberland (Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1844, Volume no: 25, Page no: 25)
- Timothy Hale, son of John and Jemima Hale, was baptized 21 April 1776 Bulmer, Essex, England (FreeReg and Family Search: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 from FHL 571179). Note that Timothy Hall was called Timothy Hale in the 1841 census. The surname on his death and burial records could also be read as Hale.
This Timothy Hale is probaby the Timothy Hale, age 72, born Bulmer, Essex, England (incorrectly indexed as Middleton in Find My Past), who resided in the Sudbury Workhouse in the 1851 census (Piece: 1789, Folio: 191, Page: 3, Registration District: Sudbury, Civil Parish: St Gregory, Municipal Borough: Sudbury, Address: St Gregory, Sudbury, County: Suffolk).
- Warwickshire Poor Law Settlement and Removal Index a 1991 search by Barbara Robinson found no specific reference to Timothy or Ann Hall, and found no Hall references in the Monks Kirby certificates.
- Index to death duty registers (Find My Past) for 1842-1844, 1849-50
- Family Search for Timothy Hall born in England about 1777 (as of 4 Nov 2013)
- Ancestry for Warwickshire records (as of 4 Nov 2013)
- Find My Past including Trinity House Calendars 1787 - 1854: Apprentices and Petitions (as of 4 Nov 2013)
Summary The identity and location of Timothy Hall prior to his marriage remains unsolved.
Go to Timothy Hall in the Hall Descendant Chart


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Our History
In the late 1960s, community leaders saw the need for a healthcare facility to serve the burgeoning population of the East Bank of Jefferson Parish. The Jefferson Parish Council passed an ordinance creating a hospital service district on the East Bank and a bond issue was put before residents. Once the bond issue passed in November of 1965, officials planned and broke ground on 20 acres of undeveloped land that would become East Jefferson General Hospital.
On February 14, 1971, the hospital opened its doors with 250 beds and 250 physicians. Today, East Jefferson General Hospital has 420 beds and over 650 physicians. With over 3,000 team members, the hospital is one of the largest employers in the parish.
East Jefferson General Hospital, through the generosity of the EJGH Foundation and its supporters, has grown over the past three decades to become a medical landmark with the addition of medical office buildings, the Yenni Treatment Center for outpatient cancer treatment, and the Domino Pavilion, which houses Same Day Surgery, outpatient laboratory and outpatient radiology services. Most recently, the Wellness Center, a 38,000 square foot, state-of-the-art fitness facility and the East Jefferson Imaging Center, were added to the hospital's outreach.
East Jefferson General Hospital has grown with the East Bank community, offering the clinical expertise and cutting edge technology our community expects and deserves. Today, the hospital remains publicly owned and not-for-profit. It is a service district hospital governed by a 10-member volunteer Board of Directors appointed by the Jefferson Parish Council and the Parish President. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
In 2002, East Jefferson General became Louisiana's first Nurse Magnet Hospital and in 2006, the first in the state to earn reaccredidation. This honor is bestowed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center on select hospitals that demonstrate excellence in patient care and provide a superior environment for professional nurses.


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COLUMBIA - While an average of one in five people suffer from a disability nationwide, the numbers are even more grim for South Carolinians.
Instead of 20 percent of the population suffering from ailments ranging from arthritis to mental problems, the Palmetto State averages nearly 28 percent, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
By age group, 15 percent of South Carolinians ages 18-44 have a disability, followed by 29 percent of 45-to-64-year-olds and nearly 39 percent of people 65 and older.
Afflictions are less prevalent in Georgia.
The Peach State has a disability rate equal to the national average, with the youngest age bracket at 9 percent, followed by 23 percent of those age 45-64, and 38 percent for those 65 and older. In Florida, the proportion of younger people was higher - 16 percent - while the slice of the oldest age group suffering from at least one disability was lower - 32 percent.
More than 50 million people nationwide have a disability and of those, 35 million characterize their condition as severe, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation.
The CDC cited studies that say people who have disabilities are more likely to have poorer overall health, less access to health care, no health insurance, and take health risks such as smoking and being sedentary.
In its annual report, released in September, the S.C. Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, said the agency serves 30,900 individuals who suffer from mental disabilities and related disabilities, autism, head injury and spinal cord injury. Of that population, 84 percent live at home with their families or in their own home.


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It will be dusk or already dark as you enter through the gates at Screams Halloween Theme Park in Waxahachie, flames shooting skyward from the parapet of the haunted castle, fog rolling down the hill. You'll walk past a cemetery, where mysterious dark figures lumber in the shadows. Immersed in Halloween for the evening—not just the 15 minutes or so that a standard haunted house might offer—you're in for a frightful night. Lurking within are dozens of costumed actors, trained in the art of surprising their targets. After all, gory prosthetic wounds and menacing chainsaw props can only go so far: Getting scared is all about being startled.
Rexana McClease, the entertainment and costume director at Screams, knows this better than just about anyone. Rexana joined Screams as a performer back when the attraction debuted in 1996, and is now in charge of the more than 100 actors who haunt Screams for its five-week run each fall. While the zombies, vampires, and other characters roaming the park grounds interact with visitors, those inside the park's five haunted attractions stick to the belief that fleeting glimpses elicit the most terror. "If you see something for a long time, you get less scared of it," Rexana says, "and we will scare you."
The actors are a diverse bunch, from teenagers to adults, but they're united by a common passion: They're Halloween fanatics. Some have been working the seasonal job for more than a decade, driving to Screams after work as computer specialists or mechanics. Actors typically spend between 15 minutes and two hours getting into character with makeup, prosthetics, and costumes.
For safety reasons, park rules dictate that only the actors can wear costumes (so leave yours at home)—and they're not allowed to touch guests. Still, the talent is sometimes a little too convincing. "We don't want anyone to actually faint, though that does happen," says Screams General Manager Coy Sevier, who's been on staff almost as long as Rexana. "One year, we had a wonderful actress playing a character named Dolly Molly; she had a big wind-up key on the back, and she could run like nobody's business. She scared the daylights out of people."
Screams calls itself the largest Halloween theme park in the country, and it's certainly a popular one: Some 60,000 visitors come through each fall. Held on a 15-acre site within the grounds of Waxahachie's springtime Scarborough Renaissance Festival, Screams emerges over the course of roughly four months. While a 16th-Century English castle can look very spooky when it's lit properly—and Screams does take advantage of that—the theme park is largely rebuilt from the ground up each year. Crews work with some 12,000 feet of cable, more than 2,500 lights, hundreds of speakers, and dozens of MP3 players. Gradually, the five major annual attractions emerge: a haunted castle, a pirate ship, an Alfred Hitchcock-style hotel of horror, and a haunted maze. In addition to those, Screams further expands on the standard haunted house model with fair-style food and games, live music, a full-service restaurant, a tavern with refreshments and "Scary-Oke," Tarot card readings, vendors, and carnival rides.
Coy says that, surprisingly, it's his Unkel Koy's Klown Maze that seems to freak people out the most. "Folks will come in and go to every attraction but the clown maze. They will walk up to it and say, 'No, there are clowns in there,'" he says with a laugh. "It could just as soon have a moat around it with gators."
As successful as the actors are at eliciting screams, with the scene so convincingly set, it doesn't always take much. "Sometimes, someone walks around the corner and into another patron, and they scare each other," says Rexana. Others, like Rexana herself, are a little tougher to scare. "The crew gets excited if they can get me to jump," she says. "But the people who don't scare get enjoyment from watching those who do get scared—to them, it's hilarious."
And that's the fun in a good startle: Once they get past the initial scream, most people find themselves laughing together.
"When you're scared, you get a little adrenaline rush, then you calm down, and laugh," Rexana says. "We love Halloween and we want to share it with the world."


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The author has graciously shared with readers of the Victorian Web this passage from the second edition of her Fashion in Costume, 1200-2000 (2000), published by A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd., which retains copyright. Readers wishing to obtain of the complete book can e-mail the following address: firstname.lastname@example.com .
n the 1860s Charles Frederick Worth, an Englishman, became chief dressmaker to the Empress Eugénie
and was responsible for raising the status of the dressmaker or dress designer, opening the way for the eventual development of Parisian Haute Couture. Worth survived the Seige of Paris in 1871, the Commune, civil war, and the establishment of the new Republic, and the name Worth became synonymous with Paris fashion. Wealthy American ladies from Boston, according to Edith Wharton in Age of Innocence, bought their clothes from Worth but, being of a prudish nature, laid them down like port to mellow, waiting two years before wearing them in public. Although Worth had previously dismissed English women as parsimonious, Lily Langtry bought seventeen trunks full of new dresses from him in 1881.
Wealthy and fashionable ladies deemed it necessary to have a different outfit for mornings at home, visiting, taking tea, dinner or garden parties, the opera or balls -- not to mention special gowns for weddings, presentation at court, and sporting costumes. The amount of time spent in changing their clothes during weekend parties at grand country houses must have been prodigious.
Two representations by George du Maurier of life at a grand country house: (left) Breakfast at Bonnebouche Hall; (right) Precedence at Bonnebouche Hall during the Holidays. [Click on images for larger plates and additional information.]
Nunn, Joan. Fashion in Costume, 1200-2000. 2nd edition. A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd; Chicago: New Amsterdam Books, 2000.
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Okay, this is, in my humble opinion, pretty damn interesting.
For years, I've felt (and discussed with my patients) my belief that there is just something fundamental that we (the collective "we" of the medical community) are missing when it comes to understanding back pain.
One of the fundamental truths of medical practice is that whenever you see a lot of different treatments being used for a problem, most likely all of them have pretty darned similar less-than-stellar results. It makes sense, when you think about it. If there was one treatment that had great results and stood out from the rest, well then that is the treatment that would be used almost all of the time. Since however, treatment A is little if any better than treatment B, which is little if any better than C, and D, etc., oftentimes the choice of treatment ultimately boils down to individual preference based upon factors such as where one trained, statistically insignificant anecdotal experiences, etc.
Well, back pain is a lot like that. Lots of different types of medical (and pseudo-medical) practitioners out there seeing patients for back pain, doing lots of different types of "treatments", and for the most part results are pretty similar, and often pretty disappointing.
Fortunately, for acute back pain, most of the time, it gets better regardless of what is done or isn't done. This occurs in about 90% of cases if I recall correctly (and I'm too lazy to google this right now). There are some general guidelines out there for conservative care, that if followed seem to work out pretty well for most folks, regardless of whether they go see the family medicine doctor, the neurosurgeon, the chiropractor, the school nurse, the local voodoo specialist, the massage therapist, their priest, etc., or if they go see nobody at all. It just gets better in most cases. In most cases it just doesn't make a damn bit of difference.
Now that isn't to say that if you have acute back pain you should avoid going to the doctor (If you're wondering if you should go see your doctor for this, or any other cause, go see your doctor!). "Most" is not synonymous with "All". Every once in a while, acute back pain is from some particular specific cause that may indeed respond quite differently depending upon what is or is not done for it. I know I'm biased as a family physician, but I think this is one of the great values of have a good relationship with a primary care doctor. He/she can help separate the zebras from the horses.
Anyway, it's all well and fine to say "Thankfully most acute back pain will get better." But what about those cases that don't get better? What about those folks who go on to develop chronic back pain? Well that is a different kettle of fish altogether.
Chronic back pain is serious business. As with acute back pain, there is a veritable slew of various people offering all sort of treatments, etc. A lot of people suffer for great lengths of time. A whole lot of loss of quality of life, productivity, money,…you name it. People desperate for relief often find themselves repeatedly on the operating table being cut open, developing dependence upon habit forming narcotic pain medicines, etc. It really can ruin people's lives. Some folks fortunately get relief with surgery, but for too many, their problems get no better and/or only get worse. It can lead to long term disability, loss of income, destroyed relationships, etc. It truly can be tragic.
As I mentioned at the start of this post, I've always been bothered with the nagging feeling that when it comes to back pain "We just aren't getting something." Heck, most likely it's more like we just aren't "getting" a bunch of somethings. I truly believe that when it comes to back pain (and a whole lot of other stuff), someday in the future, people will look back upon those of us practicing medicine today and snicker a bit, marveling at how stupid and silly we are about a lot of things. We do this ourselves, smugly looking back upon medical practice a century or two ago and laughing at some of the silly notions they had, so I suppose it is only fitting that folks in the future do the same to us.
So, what's the point of this post? Why, after a pretty long period of inactivity has Dr. Sam decided to bother to log onto his blog and blather on like this?
It has to do with this article and this article.
You can go read them for yourselves (and I recommend you do, as it is quite fascinating), but in a nutshell, some (awesome) folks in the frozen north (Denmark), spent years looking into the possibility of bacterial infection being behind a substantial number of cases of chronic low back pain, and it looks like their hunch was correct. This is a BIG DEAL folks!!!! In that second article linked, it shows how they were able to successfully treat a pretty substantial number of chronic low back pain sufferers with a simple antibiotic.
This reminds me a lot of the story of the Aussie doctors who proved that most stomach ulcers are related to a bacterial infection (Helicobactor pylori). Completely changed the practice of medicine.
If this chronic low back pain stuff pans out, it too will be practice-changing and will make a HUGE difference in the lives of a HUGE number of people. Kudos to our Danish friends!!! I agree with the brit doc quoted in the first linked article who was talking about this stuff being potentially Nobel Prize worthy.
Anyway, go read the linked articles. This is good stuff!!! Yay Science!!!


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Carl G. Johnson, 91, of Shalom Drive, formerly of Johnson Court, West Warwick, died April 14, 2012 at West Shore Health Center, Warwick. He was the beloved husband of Ruth F. (Murdock) Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary on Feb. 27.
Born in Warwick he was the son of the late Karl J. and Anna C. (Johnson) Johnson and brother of the late Helen V. Spirito. He worked for over 25 years as a draftsman for the Grinnell Corporation. During World war ii he served as a staff Sergeant with the 324th Army Air Corps Base Unit. He was a member of American Legion Post 14, Cumberland, and VFW Post 2274, Ashton.
Carl was very active in freemasonry. He was a 60-year member and past master of Warwick Lodge 16 AF&AM, now affiliated with Mount Vernon Lodge 4, and was a past grand marshal for the Masonic Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Providence and of the York Rite as a member of Landmark Chapter, Narragansett Council and Calvary Commandary. He was a member of the Rhode Island Shriners, where he served on the Shrine Charities Hospital Committee, and was a member and past commander of the Legion of Honor. Active in the Order of the Eastern Star, Carl was a 52-year member and past patron of Adah Chapter 15, a member of Martha Washington Chapter 18 and a past grand chaplain for the Grand Chapter of Rhode Island.
He was a member of Phillips Memorial Baptist Church in Cranston and the Providence Engineering Society. Carl was an avid Red Sox fan. His love for bird-watching earned him the nickname "Mr. Audubon." He also enjoyed fresh water fishing.
Relatives and friends are invited to a memorial service April 17 at 7 p.m. at Carpenter-Jenks Funeral Home & Crematory, 659 East Greenwich Ave., West Warwick, and may call one hour prior to the service from 6-7 p.m. A private burial will take place April 18 in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Warwick.
Donations in his memory may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 516 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104-2396 (for orthopedic and neuromusculoskeletal care) or to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 51 Blossom St., Boston, MA 02114 (for pediatric burn care) or at www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org. Information and condolences available at carpenterjenks.com.


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Everyone's favorite Elven princess Liv Tyler seemed primed and ready for the long weekend this past Friday, rocking not one but two choice designer bags right outside her home in the West Village. The smaller one? None other than the Stella McCartney Grace Faux Croc Shoulder Bag, while the one Liv is carrying in her hand is the Givenchy Velvet Dome Satchel.
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Structure of a giant, hollow wooden elephant building. Dubbed Lucy, this building was built in 1882. It weighs 90 tons and has a substructure of wood and skin made of hammered tin. Men and women tourists go inside the elephant building through a door in the elephants leg at bottom. It is located near the Atlantic coast, in Margate, New Jersey, United States, two miles south of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Today in Wall Street Journal
By ANGUS LOTEN
A brownie supplier to Ben & Jerry's ice cream, a skateboard maker and a payday lender are among the hundreds of existing businesses that plan to incorporate as "benefit corporations" in coming months.
They will be taking advantage of a new and untested corporate charter, available in only a half dozen states, allowing a company's governing board to consider social or environment objectives ahead of profits. The legal structure is intended to shield the board from investor lawsuits.
That anything other than maximizing shareholder value should be considered in a company's decision-making normally can open the door to investor suits.
But in the past two years, lawmakers in seven states, including Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey, passed legislation to create benefit corporations as an alternative business model.
California opened up the option Jan 1. New York will do so as of Feb. 10.
Outdoor-apparel company Patagonia Inc., which places high priority on sustainable and renewable production methods, incorporated under the new structure in California this month.
Operating as a Benefit Corporation Makes Room for Other Priorities
What is a 'benefit corporation'?
A company whose charter allows the board to consider social or environmental objectives ahead of profits.
What is the advantage?
Protection from investor allegations of not maximizing shareholder value.
Does that make it a nonprofit?
No, a benefit corporation isn't a nonprofit nor is it tax exempt.
How many states allow it? Seven. With bills introduced in four additional states.
What are the downsides? 'For an investor, this is a terrible idea' due to lack of accountability, says Charles Elson, who teaches corporate governance at the University of Delaware. If management makes a bad decision, 'there's very little you can do about it as a shareholder.'
"We're trying to preserve for the long-term the way our company is run," says Casey Sheahan, chief executive of the Ventura, Calif., company, which was founded in 1972 and had nearly $500 million in revenue in 2011.
In Mr. Sheahan's view, traditional corporate structures don't encourage boards of for-profit companies to sacrifice shareholder value for a public good.
The benefit corporation isn't tax-exempt, nor is it a nonprofit. It is one of several new legal structures to emerge alongside the rise of "social entrepreneurship" in recent years.
Some proponents of the benefit corporation believe its biggest value may come at the time of the sale or breakup of a business, because directors might be able to consider factors other than maximizing shareholder value. The legal structure "tells directors that it's their duty to consider other interests, rather than say they 'may' consider them," says William Clark, a partner at Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, who helped draft model benefit-corporation legislation.
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This was an issue for Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., the ice cream company sold to Unilever PLC in 2000, despite the objections of co-founder Ben Cohen and some directors. "There was a lot of pressure from the lawyers to sell," says Jeff Furman, a Ben & Jerry's director since the 1980s and its current chairman.
If benefit corporations had existed back in 2000, the board probably wouldn't have agreed to the Unilever deal, Mr. Furman says.
Ben & Jerry's now plans to incorporate as a benefit corporation in Vermont within the next few months, he adds, through pressure from its current board. Unilever declined to comment.
By law, a benefit corporation's social and environmental goals must be laid out in the bylaws and the company must publish an annual "benefit report" to measure itself against those goals.
The idea has its share of critics. "For an investor, this is a terrible idea," says Charles Elson, who teaches corporate governance at the University of Delaware. "The structure creates a lack of accountability," he adds, so if the management of a benefit corporation makes a bad decision, "there's very little you can do about it as a shareholder."
Others say that companies can simply add specific goals into their articles of incorporation under existing corporate codes, making a benefit-corporation designation unnecessary.
States Open Doors to 'Benefit' Firms
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|effective July 1, 2011
|New Jersey
|effective March 7, 2011
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|effective July 8, 2011
|effective Jan. 1, 2012
|New York
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|Benefit corporation bills introduced
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|North Carolina
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|May 4, 2011
|Source: B Lab and WSJ research
It costs about $30 to incorporate as a benefit corporation, not including fees paid to outside lawyers. The incorporation isn't to be confused with "B Corp" certification, which is a privately administered program to label companies aiming to tackle social and environmental problems.
B Corp certification can be obtained in any state, for fees ranging from $500 to $25,000 annually, depending on revenue, according to B Lab, the Berwyn, Pa., nonprofit that developed benefit corporation legislation and oversees the certification process for about 500 firms.
While B Corp certification can be used for do-good marketing purposes, it wouldn't hold up in an investor lawsuit.
Jonathan Harrison, chief executive of Emerge Workplace Solutions, says it plans to incorporate as a benefit corporation in New York next month. He sees the new legal structure as a tool to help his 18-month-old San Francisco business stand apart from other payday lenders that charge higher interest rates and fees for workers needing fast cash between paychecks.
"It's really important for us to have a designation that we're the good guys," he says. His six-employee firm offers short-term emergency loans to hourly workers at annual interest rates from 9% to 19.99%, in contrast to the 400% typically charged by payday lenders. Emerge also provides financial coaching and other services to help the working poor.
The company's seven investors include a national bank. They support the move to become a benefit corporation, Mr. Harrison says.
Mike Brady, the president of Greyston Bakery, a Yonkers, N.Y., supplier of brownies to Ben & Jerry's, says benefit corporations "add another level of accountability and transparency."
The bakery, which had $8 million in sales last year, and has 50 full-time employees, hires from its local, underprivileged neighborhood. It also supports affordable housing and child care for low-income earners through a separate nonprofit foundation.
Comet Skateboards, Ithaca, N.Y., has been preparing the paperwork to incorporate as a benefit corporation since early last year, according to Jason Salfi, owner of the 10-employee firm, which uses eco-friendly materials and recycles old skateboards that are brought back.
Mr. Salfi says the company's B Corp certification has already earned points with customers. "You'd be surprised how much people care about these issues," he says.
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How does one go about eliminating sound coming out from the nose when reciting Qur'aan (in other than the required places) ?
Assalamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
In shaa Allah you are all well and in the best of eeman and health.
How does one go about eliminating sound coming out from the nose when reciting Qur'aan (in other than the required places) ? In particular madd of wow saakinah wa madmoom maa qablahaa
Jazakallahu khair
Wassalamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
This is a not so uncommon problem but it takes practice to eliminate it. What is needed is focusing the sound out the mouth and not up the nose. To do this make sure there is a small separation between the two lips as well as protrusion when pronouncing the saakinah which is preceded by a dhammah; this separation should not be too large. This will allow the flow of sound to go out the mouth. Next picture the sound flowing out your mouth at the same time as pronouncing the .
Another exercise which helps the reciter to distinguish between the correct and incorrect sound and feeling inside the nasal passage and mouth is pronouncing a long and during this elongated sound, alternate between focusing the sound up to the nose (on purpose) then out the mouth. This will help in the focusing the sound properly as well as the sensation of the correct and incorrect sound.
To test yourself as to the clarity of the , or any other letter which should not have a ghunnah, close off the nostrils when saying the letter, and if the sound impedes, then there is a ghunnah.
Wa iyyaakum.
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