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Devices can keep older drivers on road
Seats, pedals important with limited motion
Even the most experienced drivers can use a little help.
There are 38 million licensed drivers over age 65 in the U.S., a number that will probably grow to represent one-quarter of all drivers by 2024, according to AAA. That group of senior drivers faces physical and cognitive limitations that can impede their ability to drive safely.
However, the vehicles they choose to drive can go a long way toward making it easier for them to hit the road.
"There are ways to counteract the difficulties brought on by age-related changes so that seniors can maintain their safe driving abilities," said Dennis McCarthy, co-director of the National Older Driver Research and Training Center. "One of these is through proper use of particular vehicle features."
The center worked with AAA to produce "Smart Features for Mature Drivers," a brochure highlighting those features.
"The goal of 'Smart Features for Mature Drivers' is to ensure that mature drivers are comfortable in their vehicles and to keep them driving safely as long as possible," said Desiree Lanford, a driving rehabilitation specialist at the University of Florida, home of the center.
Nearly half of people ages 65 and older are affected by arthritis. When arthritis affects a person's hands, painful or stiff fingers can make simple driving tasks like buckling a seat belt, turning a key, adjusting seats and mirrors, and steering more difficult.
Those drivers can benefit from such features as thick steering wheels, which are easier to grip and handle, and keyless entry and ignitions that eliminate twisting and turning motions. Power mirrors and seats require less strength and range of motion to adjust.
The experts also recommend four-door models as opposed to two-door ones, which have longer, heavier doors that can be harder to open and close.
Limited mobility
Since general mobility can decline as people age, it's important to avoid vehicles that can make driving uncomfortable. Most often, getting in and out of the car or using the foot pedals is difficult.
Look for vehicles that have low door thresholds, six-way adjustable power seats and seat heights that come up to your mid-thigh level when standing.
"As we get older, our lower body strength starts to decline," said John Nielsen, AAA national director of auto repair and buying services. "Maybe we get arthritis in our knees or hips, and the ability to climb into a car and slide out becomes very important."
With higher seats, it's easier to climb into the vehicle and slide out as opposed to falling into the seat and having to lift yourself out, he said.
Range of motion
By the time we reach 60, our range of motion can decrease by up to 25 percent. That loss of flexibility can make it harder to turn to check blind spots, merge or back up. It can also make reaching for and buckling a seatbelt difficult.
Drivers suffering from limited upper body range of motion can benefit from large, wide-angle mirrors that minimize blind spots, a tilting and telescoping steering wheel that allows for more comfortable seating positions and heated seats with lumbar support.
The most common vision problems experienced by older drivers include cataracts, macular degeneration and glaucoma. While vehicle features cannot necessarily overcome the affects of these diseases, drivers can benefit from a few features that they may overlook when shopping for a new car.
Such drivers will find extendable sun visors helpful in preventing glare, along with larger audio and climate controls with contrasting text, which are easier to see.
Short drivers
As we age, many of us tend to shrink a few inches due to osteoporosis. That loss of height can prove troublesome for senior drivers, as looking over the steering wheel or reaching the pedals can become more difficult.
It's especially a problem if people are forced to sit too close to the steering wheel -- and the airbag mounted inside it. Along with adjustable seats and tilting and a telescoping steering wheel, another feature that can help is adjustable foot pedals.
Other tips
The guide also recommends that all seniors, regardless of their health issues, look for vehicles with solid safety features and a proven safety record. Crash test and rollover ratings are available at Safecar.gov and IIHS.org.
Other safety features to look for include antilock brakes, head restraints to reduce the risk of neck injuries, dynamic stability control to help prevent loss of control in a turn, and side and dual-stage or dual-threshold air bags that inflate based on the severity of the crash.
However, AAA and NODTRC also stress that there is no one-size-fits-all standard when it comes to seniors and the cars they drive.
"As we age, each of us ages differently, so the vehicle that works best for us is going to be different for each," Nielsen said. "Each driver should find the car that suits them absolutely the best."
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Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease of the digestive tract. With celiac disease, eating food with gluten damages little bulges in the small intestine. These bulges, called villi, absorb nutrients from foods. The condition affects the absorption of all nutrients. People with untreated celiac disease often become malnourished.
Celiac disease is caused by a response to eating foods with gluten. Doctors do not fully understand why the response happens in some people and not others. There is most likely a genetic factor. Those with specific genes develop the disease after exposure to gluten.
Risk Factors
Risk factors that increase your chance of having celiac disease include:
- Family members with celiac disease
History of another autoimmune disease, such as:
- Type 1 diabetes
- Autoimmune thyroid disease
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Down syndrome
- Dermatitis herpetiformis—A skin condition associated with celiac disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
Symptoms vary and may start in childhood or adulthood. Children often have different symptoms than adults. Symptoms may not develop if a large section of the intestine is undamaged. Malnutrition may produce the first signs of the condition, which are often the most serious.
Signs and symptoms may include:
In Children
- Abdominal pain
- Nausea, lack of appetite
- Vomiting, in later stages of disease
- Diarrhea
- Bulky stools with a strong odor
- Irritability
- Short stature
- Delayed puberty
- Pale skin
- Seizures
- Cracked sores in the corners of the mouth
- Shallow sores inside the mouth
In Adults
- Bloating
- Gas
- Diarrhea
- Foul-smelling, light-colored, oily stool
- Weight loss
- Hearty or a poor appetite
- Fatigue
- Abdominal pain
- Bone pain
- Behavior changes
- Muscle cramps and joint pain
- Seizures
- Lightheadedness
- Skin rash
- Dental problems
- Missed menstrual periods
- Infertility
- A change in limb sensation
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your body tissues and fluids may be tested. This can be done with:
- Blood tests
- Bowel biopsy
Images may be taken of your intestines. This can be done with endoscopy.
A life-long, gluten-free diet is the only treatment for celiac disease. It is very effective. Symptoms usually go away within days of starting the diet. However, healing of the villi may take months or years. Additional intake of gluten can damage the intestines, even if you have no symptoms. Delayed growth and tooth discoloration may be permanent. Nutritional supplements, given through a vein, may be needed if the intestinal damage does not heal. Since gluten is added to many foods, the diet can be complicated and often frustrating. Some find support groups helpful.
Dietary Changes
You must avoid all foods containing:
- Wheat
- Rye
- Barley
This includes most bread, pasta, cereal, and processed foods. Special gluten-free breads and pastas are available. They are made with potato, rice, soy, or bean flour. A dietitian can assist you with meal planning.
Gluten is found in some unexpected foods and beverages. Carefully read all labels. Other foods with gluten include:
- Flavored coffee
- Beer
- Tuna in vegetable broth
- Packaged rice mixes
- Some frozen potatoes
- Creamed vegetables
- Commercially prepared vegetables, salads, and salad dressings
- Pudding
- Some ice cream
- Many other products
Ordering at restaurants can be especially challenging, since many foods on the menu may contain gluten.
Screening and Supplements
People with celiac disease should be tested to make sure they are getting enough nutrients. Bone density testing may also be needed. If you lack vitamins or minerals, the doctor may advise taking supplements. However, once the disease is under control with a gluten-free diet, this is often not necessary.
There are no guidelines for preventing celiac disease because the cause is not understood. However, if you have a child at increased risk for celiac disease, their doctor may advise you on the best time to introduce gluten products.
If celiac disease runs in your family, ask your doctor about a screening test. If you or your child has celiac disease the earlier you start the gluten-free diet, the less damage there will be to the intestine.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Daus Mahnke, MD
- Review Date: 11/2018 -
- Update Date: 11/23/2015 -


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KOffice Icon Contest
The KOffice developers have been making outstanding progress towards their goal of creating a useful, powerful and reliable KDE office suite. But whereas the technology
Aim of the KOffice Icon Contest
One of the goals of KOffice 1.3 is to deliver an improved user interface that compliments the progress being made by the KOffice developers in the code. Icons and related artwork are a vital part of that interface improvement.
Entering The Contest
The KOffice Icon Contest is open to everyone. All submissions from individuals or teams of artists that meet the guidelines for the contest are welcome.
To participate, the following materials should be sent as a single submission to the contest organizer Ismail Donmez ([email protected])
The Icons
The icons should be provided in a single compressed archive containing icons for each of the following KOffice applications:
The icons for each application should include:
All icons must be supplied in both 22x22 and 32x32 sizes. The application icons must also be supplied in 48x48, 64x64 and 128x128 sizes. The preferred icon format is SVG though PNG is also acceptable. The preferred icon style is Crystal SVG.
Artists should use KOffice 1.2.1 or later (e.g. KOffice from CVS) in creating their submissions. You may further wish to review the old KDE Icon Style Guide although portions of it have now been obsoleted with the adoption of Crystal SVG.
Licensing of Submissions
Just as with the official KDE icons, all icons submitted to the contest must be licensed under the LGPL. All submitted icons must also belong to the artist(s) who submit them. Icons belonging any other 3rd party will not be accepted.
Contest Timeline
The KOffice Icon Contest will be open for submissions for two (2) months starting February 20, 2003. At the end of those two months all of the submissions will be examined by KOffice developers and users and the winning submission will be announced by the KOffice development team a week later.
The Prize
The award for winning the KOffice Icon Contest is to have your icons distributed along with KOffice as its official icons and an acknowledgement of contribution in all of the KOffice programs.
If we used sodipodi to make the icons, would we be automatically disqualified?
Re: sodipodi
If sodipodi has onerous licensing that impacts the license and rights of use of the icons that you create with it, then you better be careful. Otherwise you must make sure you comply with the above rules.
Re: sodipodi
sodipodi is Free software, GPL v2...
Re: sodipodi
Does that mean the icons you create with it are automatically GPL?
Re: sodipodi
The GPL restricts *code* derived from GPL software, not *documents* created with GPL software. I can license art I create with sodipodi, the GIMP, karbon, kontour, etc. however I please.
I wasn't asking about the licensing; I was referring to this line:
"Artists should use KOffice 1.2.1 or later (e.g. KOffice from CVS) in creating their submissions."
which seems to imply that they want you to use KOffice programs to create the icons, but maybe I am reading it wrong...
Re: sodipodi
Oh dear no, I doubt that's what it means. It means that you should create icons targeted at KOffice 1.2.1 or later.
Re: sodipodi
Yeah, that makes much more sense. Good luck to all participants! :)
Re: sodipodi
It says "*in* creating their submissions" not "*for* creating their submissions",
By Martin at Thu, 2003/02/20 - 6:00am
Re: sodipodi
LMCBoy said:
No, this is incorrect. The GNU GPL derives all its power from copyright law. The GNU GPL cannot leverage powers beyond what copyright law grants. The reason the GPL doesn't set terms on the licensing of one's Sodipodi drawing is because it cannot. This is explained in .
I have no access to the HTML encoding, so please forgive the plain text URL.
By J.B. Nicholson-Owens at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: sodipodi
Hmm, as far as I can tell, you just repeated what I said: the GPL restricts code derived from GPL'd software, not documents created with GPL'd software. What part of that are you saying is incorrect?
By LMCBoy at Sun, 2003/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: sodipodi
When I first read what you wrote, I think I misinterpreted it. I thought you meant something else by "code" and "documents". Reading it differently now, I see that you could have meant derivative works by "code", and output from a program by "documents". If this distinction is what you were indicating then we agree on this point and indeed this was mostly repetition. My apologies for the misinterpretation.
By J.B. Nicholson-Owens at Sun, 2003/02/23 - 6:00am
Derivative works by using a program's output?
"anon" asked:
No. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOutput for the FSF's take on this. You control the licensing of your drawings made with Sodipodi (or any other drawing program, for that matter).
In short, copyright law doesn't grant the power you're getting at. There is one rare exception, but even in that case it is easy to work around and claim all copyright power to the work you made with the program.
By J.B. Nicholson-Owens at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
SVG tools update???
Speaking of SVG tools (sodipodi). Why is it that when KOffice is discussed it always omits Kontour and Karbon? Are they not part of KOffice? Are they being worked on? Where does one find out this info, I would think that the dot would talk about it.
Since the Kontour and Karbon websites are rarely updated it seems that development is slow....
By ac at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: SVG tools update???
Kontour is dead, Karbon will be part of KOffice 1.3. Blame its authors for not updating the website tho -- they're busy with coding :)
By Lukas Tinkl at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: SVG tools update???
I can't believe KIllustrator is dead. It used to be so good!
By anon at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: SVG tools update???
There are not many people working on Karbon14. But it seems to me they all work on Kexi too and prefer to do that right now. So instead Kexi development is really fast now. If somebody wants to help out I'm sure they would appreciate it.
By Peter at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: SVG tools update???
Yes, any help is appreciated :)
By Rob at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: SVG tools update???
I've just updated koffice.org to remove the Kontour pages, and added a tiny bit of info about Karbon. Thanks for pointing out.
By Chris Howells at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: sodipodi
No sodipodi does not have any license restrictions on artwork created by it.
By ismail donmez at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: sodipodi
it's funny....laugh
am I the only one who got the gnome vs kde joke?
By steven at Sat, 2003/02/22 - 6:00am
Re: sodipodi
really, it wasn't meant as a joke; I just misunderstood the part where the article said "you should use koffice-1.3 in making your icons". This just struck me as an odd requirement, but I now understand that they meant "in selecting the set of icons to create, use recent KOffice as a guide" (see other thread).
By LMCBoy at Sun, 2003/02/23 - 6:00am
For the love of god...
...please someone come up with anti-aliased Bold and Italic buttons.
By Frank Rizzo at Thu, 2003/02/20 - 6:00am
Re: For the love of god...
Let me correct you:
For the love of GNOME..
(That was what you were trying to say, right?)
By ynnuf at Thu, 2003/02/20 - 6:00am
Re: For the love of god...
I notice this too ... it makes me close Kword/koffice and startup OpenOffice I'm willinng to bear 10 minute startup times and massive swapping just to avoid those glaring horrid Koffice icons!!!
IOW This contest is gonna add some beauty to the wonderful Koffice Suite. Go Artists!!
By Clicked on Open... at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: For the love of god...
WOW!! How lazy are you? Geeze!
By Frank at Sun, 2007/10/07 - 5:00am
Great idea, but how about stencil sets for kivio ?
KOffice is certainly the next area that requires a big effort to reach a status where Office users feel at ease with it and consider it stable/usable. It seems to be making quite a lot of progress lately, which is just great! Icons can only help people feel good using these applications, so this is certainly a good idea.
There is, however, something that I'd qualify as even more important: Kivio has been there for quite a while, and the code seems to be mature enough. The only thing that prevents anybody from using it seriously, though, is that it is delivered with a ridiculous number of stencil sets.
By brisco at Thu, 2003/02/20 - 6:00am
Re: Great idea, but how about stencil sets for kiv
> means of organizing work
How about the koffice-devel mailing list?
start a thread :)
By fault at Thu, 2003/02/20 - 6:00am
Re: Great idea, but how about stencil sets for kiv
By Anonymous at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Great idea, but how about stencil sets for kivio ?
It would be fantastic if you could provide additional stencils for Kivio. The KOffice mailing lists will have an open ear for that :-)
By Norbert at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Great idea, but how about stencil sets for kivio ?
One of the best secrets of KOffice 1.2.1 is that Kivio has a Dia stencil import filter. Two drawbacks: It's told to only work with 75% of the Dia shapes and you can only work with one collection active at one time. For me it was as simply as "cd $KDEDIR/share/apps/kivio/stencils;mkdir Dia;cd Dia;ln -s /opt/gnome/share/dia/shapes/* ." to get them offered to me at next Kivio start.
By Anonymous at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Has it ever been discussed if Scribus should be part of KOffice?
By Per Wigren at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Scribus
use it *a lot* and reort back :-)
By Clicked on Open... at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Scribus
I have used it a bit more than a bit... and I can assure you it's progressed a lot. The PDF output quality is really good compared to those of koffice. One of the main problems I find actually in koffice is the way they embed the fonts... TTF fonts look like crap on Acrobat Reader...
By Myself at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Scribus
Actually, they look great and are the standard fonts
By hmmm at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Scribus
You mean you are able really to do this ???:
1) Write a document in kword using Comic Sans
I tried... and the fonts are embedded as Type 3 (see in Acrobat Reader font properties)... which looks ugly in Acrobat. Yeah, I know it looks great in kghostview... but not everyone in this world uses KDE. And you call it a "publishing tool"...
Now, afaik, the only solution is to embed those fonts as Type1. OpenOffice and Scribus do it properly. Kword can't seem to deal with it. Why not import Scribus' code?
Please let me know if I said something wrong above there. I'm not an expert in fonts and PS/PDF format.
By Myself at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
No you are correct ...
KDE has a really great API for supporting printers (CUPS PDF-export PDF-email etc.) the only problem is there's not really one app out there that can actually print nice output to said framework ...
For all intents and purpose KOffice DOES NOT FUNCTION for printing. It's thje largest "blocker" preventing the app from "breaking out" into big time use like OpenOffice (which doesn't work to well for interactive use but prints and imports/exports nicely).
KDE and Linux printing in general SUCKS HORRIBLY. We've made it look good, not crash, functional e-mail and browsers ... even some decent stabs/starts at office apps. What's missing is huge though:
- good quality printing ... postscript is still patented and ghostscript is weak version of that ... (no easy screen to print equivalence unless you have postscript in the display too).
Gnome does a bit better job on th output but has a crappy API/framework for allowing apps to print to devices .. KDE's is best bar none on that ...
By Feature vs. Function at Sat, 2003/02/22 - 6:00am
Re: No you are correct ...
Errm no *you* are wrong ;-)
Or there's something wrong with your set up ... but you are wrong on certain points.
CUPs rox ... LPRng is good too but everything is gravitating towards supporting CUPS and using it as a print interface to various other services (e-mail, DAV uploads, PDF and XML-FO rendering etc.) Magnificent! This is one are where Unix is WAY OUT IN THE LEAD re: windows ... Apple is right along side us ;-)
For the output onscreen/onpaper well, yes, we are weaker ... and certain Postscript technologes are patented - but not for long (a few key patents expire 2005 I think), and besides, much like X where XFree is starting to beat out commercial variants ... ghostscript is simply the best and most excellent postscript rendering environment out there in many ways. And "Postscript in the display" is not dead.... see sourceforge for various GS extensions for X.
Re: your setup:
Check if print previews in various applications are working and give you something that looks good. If print preview looks crappy then there's something broken with ghostscript/Xft/your KDE font setup.
Here are the things that are wrong or need work:
- seamless screenfont/printfont display. We mix Type1, TrueType, Post/ghost, etc. it would be nice if Xft and fontconfig were as great a fix for printing as they are for X display fonts. Unix/ X really has grown up to be like commercial graphics power house OSes and apps re: *display* (AA, Xrandr, etc.) but for printing we have a radically separate subsystem.
I guess some might contrue this as an advantage ... (separate teams and tasks) but while it's possible to take say a Thai, or Indic font (TrueType) dump it into my ~/fonts/ dir and have beautiful Thai document display (assuming I've got encoding working right etc.) it is essentially impossible to have such a document display and print well automagically and out of the box ... i.e. useres can't deal with this ... printing and fonts is still a sysadmin type problem.
- Print speed. Since there's no tight integration of display and printing even printing a small simple document causes applications to lock up at times (while they wait for "background printing" to happen) and enormous processing power is used even just to print simple text. This is a reall pain if you are doing print previews on your laptop on battery power!!
- multi-media formats: yes bad support but not our fault! plus there are these fixes
* ALSA (linux only though)
Anyway multi-media is outg of scope here since I'm talking about printing :-D
I agree with everyone about the KOffice icons (especially the printer icon that pops up while the document is prepocessing/printing).
By KDE Fanatic at Sat, 2003/02/22 - 6:00am
Re: Scribus
It appears to me that the Qt PostScript driver simply doesn't work.
I tried your experiment. I'm not quite sure what OpenOffice did, but KOffice has this error message in the PS file:
% No embeddable font for ComicSansMs found
Suggestion: then don't embed it.
Why does it embed the fonts? Or, at least, were do you turn embedding on and off?
That is really a rhetorical question. There is a box to uncheck in qtconfig but it doesn't appear to help the situation. And, in any case, there is no reason for fonts to be embeded if you will be printing the PS file on the same system.
And the experiment resulted in substituting Helvetica for Comic Sans MS. And then when I made a PDF, the margins were screwed up.
Repeat: PostScript driver is BROKEN.
Solution for embidding a TrueType font is supposed to be a scalable Type 42 font. Perhaps this font doesn't allow embedding, but that is a problem for GhostScript. The solution for the PostScript dirver is simply not to embeded it and list it as a system supplied font.
By James Richard Tyrer at Tue, 2003/02/25 - 6:00am
Re: Scribus
Scribus has really made astonishing progress.
By Stephan at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Scribus
It's not really the task of the Office team to try to adopt other projects.
So if the Scribus author would like to join, I'm pretty much sure we will let him do so.
I personally don't think it's useful to have apps in one office suite which don't ingtegrate, just to tell that we have more apps in our suite than blabla.
By Philipp at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Scribus
As you know, Quark XPress is very expensive. Sribus may be mature enough for newspapers, writers and printers to migrate to GNU/Linux. People are tired to pay taxes to Quark/Microsoft/Adobe/Whatever. We need more freedom.
No matter if Scribus is a Qt application only. The history of GNU software shows that you sometimes have to make exceptions. The only matter is flexibility.
Come on: your team will never be able to release a software like Scribus in KOffice. So why hide and pretend it is not compatible. The simple fact that scribus is free software, makes it a potential candidate for integration into KOffice.
By Jean-Michel POURE at Tue, 2003/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: Scribus
What I would suggest is an "Scribus output plugin" for kword... the PDF generation would improve greatly. I just wonder how difficult would this be to implement. Then, if Scribus was integrated, one could in one-go do: kwd->scd->pdf
By Myself at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Scribus
How about just finding out what makes the pdf output of Scribus so great and fixing KDE's output to match. That way all KDE applications would benefit, since making PDFs is part of the print system and avaliable in every app.
KWord is supposed to be able to do DTP tasks, with its frame layout features. It would be kind of silly to have both KWord and Scribus in KOffice at the same time.
By not me at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Scribus
The trick seems to be that KOffice uses QT in order to generate the postcript files, which has certain limitations while embedding fonts. There was some long discusson about it in the kde-devel threads ... and the solution doesn't seem to be easy (too much work to be done).
Now... KWord is supposed to be working as Desktop Publishing tool, but... what about "retouching" or improving documents? I'm speaking about Acrobat(Distiller, writer,.. whatever you call it) features such as adding notes or small touches to pdf files (really useful for researchers), hyperlinks, or even importing pdf files.
I doubt that with the current kwd file structure every single PDF trick can be represented. This means that it would be easy to convert kwd->pdf, but not the other way around: pdf->kwd.
Scribus has the advantage that is oriented specifically to work with PDF's, so the document format represents every single detail (supposedly).
Now... merge Scribus + Kword in something like, KwordCribus ;-) and... oh man, ... I need it.
By Myself at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Another Thing
Please design a new Konsole icon. The blue is wrong and bad for usability. I always get confused when I alt-tab and don't know what window to switch to because all the icons look the same! And I don't see the selection anyway because it's yellow on gray!
By anon at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: Another Thing
I agree completely! Why must all icons be blue now? I can no longer distinguish between Konqueror and Konsole. Why can't Konqueror be green-blue and Konsole black like it used to be.
Is it so that everyone can feel how it is to be color-blind?
By Erik at Sat, 2003/02/22 - 6:00am
why is kexi not part of the content?
By hans hermann at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: kexi?
Because we are not sure if it will be a part of Koffice by 1.3 yet. And it now uses standart koffice icons ( load/save etc ) .
By ismail donmez at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Re: kexi?
well, i'm quite sure that kexi will be a part of koffice 1.3 but the main reason is, that we have got our "own" artist (Kristof Borrey known from iKons) who creates all icons we need :)
e.g. there is a svg icon avaible under http://luci.bux.at/kexi.svg all other kexi-only icons are created by him as well. the rest are usual koffice icons.
and i think that kristof has very good skills.
By lucijan at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am
Format & Style
'The preferred icon format is SVG...'
And that means I should use Adobe Image Ready which is used by Crystal icon team? Mo way. Because of Adobe (and its attack on KDE because of the name of the KOffice applications) and because I don't use Windows/Mac.
'The preferred icon style is Crystal...'
P.S. IMHO Koffice icons should not be created in Crystal style because of the usability issues. Take a look at AbiWord and see what a really proffessional office icons look like.
By Antialias at Fri, 2003/02/21 - 6:00am


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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) involves breathing 100% oxygen in a sealed chamber. This concentration is 5 times higher than the normal air we breathe. The chamber is also pressurized to create 1.5 to 3 times normal atmospheric pressure. These changes can improve blood circulation and the blood's ability to deliver oxygen to the body.
Reasons for Procedure
This procedure has been used to treat many health problems, including:
- An air bubble (embolism) which gets into the circulatory system and blocks blood flow
- Decompression sickness —which can occur when divers or miners come to the surface too quickly
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Wound healing, especially in those with poor circulation
- Radiation therapy injuries following treatment for cancer
- Skin grafts , flaps, or burns
Possible Complications
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Mild discomfort
- Nearsightedness— myopia , which can last for weeks or months
- Sinus damage, ruptured middle ear, or lung damage
- Damage to the eardrum— tympanic membrane perforation
- Oxygen toxicity, which can cause seizures , fluid in the lungs, or respiratory failure
- Worsening symptoms or increased risk for lung problems in people with heart failure or lung disease
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
- Wear comfortable clothes.
- Bring a book or an activity that you can do in the chamber.
Description of the Procedure
You will lie down on a padded table, which slides into a tube. This is called a single-person chamber. In some cases, the chamber may be large, holding more than a dozen people.
A technician will gradually pressurize the chamber with 100% oxygen. You will be able to talk to this person. While in the chamber, you will be instructed to:
- Relax and breathe normally.
- If your ears pop or you have discomfort, tell the technician. The pressure may be lowered.
- Swallow or blow with your nose pinched to relieve discomfort.
- After getting to the right pressure, place a clear plastic hood or mask over your head. This will deliver oxygen to you.
If you are at high risk for oxygen toxicity, you may be allowed to breathe regular air for brief periods.
Immediately After Procedure
Over a period of several minutes, the technician will slowly depressurize the chamber. You will likely have some ear popping and feel light-headed and tired. However, you should be able to go back to your daily activities. You may have more than one session over a period of several days.
How Long Will It Take?
½ hour to 2 hours
How Much Will It Hurt?
You will not have any pain. Your ears may feel full.
Average Hospital Stay
Unless you have another medical condition, you will be able to go home after HBOT.
Post-procedure Care
In most cases, there is no special care after treatment.
Call Your Doctor
It is important to monitor your recovery. Alert your doctor to any problems. If any of the following occur, call your doctor:
- Discomfort or pain in your sinuses or ears
- Onset of seizures
- Vision problems
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
If you think you have an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Marcin Chwistek, MD
- Review Date: 11/2018 -
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
A Vegan Meringue Topping and a Chocolate Movie
Romantics Anonymous is a quirky French movie about two lonely chocolate lovers who suffer from severe anxiety issues. French charm? Check! Qurikiness? Check! Chocolate? Check! Socially awkward characters? Check! Angélique is a super talented but extremely shy chocolatier who finds a job at a chocolate-factory owned by Jean-René, who is possibly even more socially awkward. It's a romantic comedy, so they fall in love and encounter all kinds of funny situations. You probably need to be able to relate to their problems to fully enjoy it, but the characters, the chocolate, the sets, and the music will probably keep you interested even if you are the most outgoing people-person in the history of humankind!
OK. Are you ready? Are you holding on to your socks? This will blow them right off your feet! I'm still trying to find my socks that were rocked straight off MY feet when I first found this recipe! Ready?
It's vegan meringue topping!! Tofu based? Nope. Coconut cream? No. Cashews? Nope, no nuts. Ener-G Egg Replacer? No! But it is made with something that is used as an egg replacer - flax seeds! Wha??? OK, not flax seeds, but flax seed goo. Flax seed goo turns into a white fluffy vegan meringue! Did you know this? Am I the only one who didn't know? Surely I can't be the only one that had been kept in the dark about this awesomeness? I found the recipe at Artisan Vegan Life, and I was in denial at first. Flax goo into meringue? No! I didn't believe it at first! Wake me up! I'm dreaming! But it was true, and so I made a batch, and then another batch, and now I can't stop eating it. It does start to lose its fluffiness fairly quickly, so you have to whip it *just before* you're ready to serve it.
How do you make it? You simmer flax seeds and water until the water gets all slimy and icky, then a couple of simple steps later you whip it into a wonderful bowl of fluff! I sweeten mine with pulverized sugar (whiz it in the Magic Bullet) and flavor it with a teaspoon of vanilla. I have also tried powdered sugar but I didn't care for it. Maybe coconut sugar? Maple sugar? Low calorie Stevia? Oh, the endless possibilities! It does not taste like flax seeds, or at least I don't think it does at all, and neither does Mr. Wing-It. Calories? I don't know. How many calories are there in flax goo? Head over to Artisan Vegan Life for the recipe and go nuts! Bring Miyoko some sort of offering and help me build her an shrine too, mkay? Here come the pictures...
Not too appetizing flax goo.
Blurry whipping-action shot!
Almost done! Add sugar and flavorings and keep whipping a little longer!
1/4 cup of sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla later... Meringue!
May I interest you in a light-as-air strawberry and meringue dessert?
Perhaps a cup of creamy hot chocolate with an airy meringue topping?
Miyoko, you are my hero!
You know what else is white, fluffy, and sweet? Curly!
Aww. Why so sad, buddy?
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Whaaaaat?! Flax seed goo turns into meringue? You are a genius, River!ReplyDeleteReplies
Holy schnitzel!!! That's HANDS DOWN the coolest thing I've seen today.ReplyDelete
Wow, this is seriously amazing! Do you know if it works well when baked into a lemon meringue pie?ReplyDelete
Oh my, this is so cool.. who would have thought!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing :)
Would you know how long this keeps for?
First of all, may I just say how totally thrilled I was to see your name pop up in my Google Reader? Yay--posts from River! Whoopee! :D So glad you're doing MoFo. Welcome back!!ReplyDelete
And wow, meringue! I wonder if you could singe it under the broiler on top of a lemon pie. . .mmmmmm, possibilities are indeed endless!!
Thanks, Ricki! It's good to be back! I hope I don't lose steam halfway through MoFo! About the meringue, Miyoko says it can't be heated, but I'm sure she's working on it because she's awesome! I intend to make lemon meringue pie with fresh meringue soon! :)Delete
Miyoko has all kinds of craziness up her sleeve so I'm not surprised. If only I had my mixer. :(. Last year at Vidal vega con Hannah Kaminsky taught us to make meringue that could be made into pie. will vegan wonders never cease?ReplyDelete
You are not alone, I had no idea about flax goop being able to meringued until now, thanks River! I really can't believe it can do it, that is amazing!ReplyDelete
And "quack" to Curly :D
Woah, this is very cool.ReplyDelete
Ah-Ma-Zing!!!!! I thought I would never be able to have whipped cream again! This is so incredible! I think you just saved Thanksgiving!!! The result from simmering was identical to egg whites. It makes me wonder what else I can whip up with it! I bet it would perform better than unheated flax eggs in baked goods too. Oh, the possibilities. Thank you so much.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, you and Miyoku are geniuses!!ReplyDelete
Glad to see you back in time for Halloweegan :)
So cool, I'll have to try this meringue method! The movie sounds right up my street too.ReplyDelete
I knew about hair gel, but meringue! No! I already love Miyoko, so I'll b the one next to you wiping off her feet.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 5:33 PM
That's amazing! I had no idea you could do that with flax, and you can't even see any flax flecks. I must...no, I Need to try this.ReplyDelete
River! My husband and I watched Romantics Anonymous last night. We loved it! So funny and both made us happy that we found each other. We are definitely more like those characters then the suave ones in other movies. Lol. I also liked all the chocolate scenes. Made me want to go to school to learn all the techniques and then eat all the chocolate! :) Thanks for the rec!ReplyDeleteReplies
Sweet! You are very welcome and I'm so glad you guys enjoyed it too! We are definitely more like these quirky, awkward characters than the more "conventional" ones too. The chocolate scenes were so sweet! (pun totally intended) It would be nice to be able to create such beautiful chocolates like they did. Let's go to chocolate school together then! :DDelete
Wow. Like magic!ReplyDelete
Can you bake them in the oven to make them hard like the non-vegan ones?ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm afraid you can't. But I'm sure Miyoko will figure out away because she's a genius!Delete
I do have three recipes for Meringue cookies bookmarked, and even though I have not tried them yet, they look wonderful! Links:
Although chocolate is being a luxury food item, these are immensely popular among people of all ages. It is one of those rare confectionery items that is consumed and liked by everyone around the globe and hence, it is known as the "food of the Gods".ReplyDelete
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Not to rain on anyone's parade but most chocolate is harvested by child slavery. I watched a documentary on this. I know-one more thing we have to be choosey about. it may not be true but I assume it is.ReplyDeleteReplies
That's why fair trade chocolate exists. Even if it isn't fair trade labeled it could still be ethically sourced from non child labor sources. Just research your brands. Hershey's is bad but I can still eat my Chocolove. Also check what your stores policy is for what it buys, my co-op has some pretty good choices.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2012 at 7:16 PM
How is it meringue if you can't cook it? Otherwise it is just sort of a whipped-cream topping.ReplyDelete
Wow - dreams really can come true!.. If only I could access the recipe and technique for creating the meringue. Tho I searched Miyokos site thru your link I couldn't find the actual recipe anywhere. Can you give me some pointers? I would be willing to purchase Miyokos cookbook if it includes the meringue recipe!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Poppy! Thanks for the heads up! Looks like Miyoko switched to a new blogging platform and the link to the meringue topping has changed. I'll update this post with the new link, but here it is anyway: http://www.artisanveganlife.com/intensely-baking/Delete
Enjoy the meringue! :)
Hi River, I got the recipe! Thank you -- you are an angel -- pun intended!Delete
Ha! I see what you did there! :DDelete
You're welcome! Enjoy!
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how do you make it solid like a real meringue ?ReplyDelete
i want to make these -they're a danish spaciality -try them ;)
Hi Stiggy! Those treats look delicious! I have not been able to experiment much with Miyoko's recipe because we have been traveling and all I have with me are the most basic kitchen supplies, but check out this topic at the PPK forums where people have been sharing their own experiments with Miyoko's meringue recipe: http://forum.theppk.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=25665Delete
Good luck! Let me know how it goes! :)
thanks river ;)Delete
You're welcome!Delete
This is amazing! I just did it but I'm wondering what did you do with the leftover flax seed? Or should I use it all for the meringue? I have both, the flax goo and the flax seeds, should I use it all together?ReplyDelete
Thanks! I adore your blog! :)Replies
Hi Priscilla! You have a beautiful name! The leftover flax seeds look pretty icky, don't they? They aren't used for the meringue at all, but I hate wasting food so I just dump them into a batch of homemade bread. I just throw the whole blob of icky, slimy leftover flax seeds into the bread machine along with the other bread ingredients and add a couple extra tablespoons of flour to the recipe to make up for the extra moisture that comes with the gooey seeds. Some day I will try to use them to make flax crackers, or maybe even throw the whole slimy seed blob in the blender and try to use it as egg replacer. I hope that helps! :)Delete
- AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 10:02 PM
Hi :)! I tried to do this with a hand mixer with blades like this: http://img2.targetimg2.com/wcsstore/TargetSAS//img/p/10/78/10788861.jpg , but it didn't work. Do you think it'd work with blades like these: http://rk.wsimgs.com/wsimgs/rk/images/dp/wcm/201319/0143/img7b.jpg (which are similar to yours)?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi! I really don't know if the different blades would make a difference? The power and speed of the blender might have more to do with it for this one. I have not tried making it with my hand mixer yet (too lazy to hold it for so long!) so I don't really have any helpful advice for you. Do check out this conversation over at The PPK forums where people have shared their different experiences with this recipe: http://forum.theppk.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=25665Delete
I hope you can get it to work! Good luck!
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Thank you so much for the advice :)! I'll make sure to check out that forum.Delete
I'm really enjoying the design and layout of your blog. It's a very easy on the eyes which makes it much more enjoyable for me to come here and visit more often.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 27, 2013 at 10:48 AM
I tried this recipe four times and failed each time. I followed the recipe exactly as it says and then when I'd go to whip up my flaxseed goo it didn't turn white or build volume like yours did! Did you refrigerate you goo before whipping and how long did u whip it for. How long into the process did you see any changes in the goo (build up of volume colour change etc.). ThanksReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, that sucks! I hope you were able to use the flax goo as an egg replacer so it didn't all go to waste. Yep, the goo needs to be refrigerated first. Most times I just make the flax gel one day and then whip it the next day so it can chill in the fridge overnight. It's ready to whip as soon as it feels very cold though. I usually whip my flax gel for about eight minutes and that's plenty. It starts to get slightly foamy and off-white after about two or three minutes, and then it keeps getting fluffier and whiter from there. Good luck! Let me know if you succeed the next time!Delete
PS: Check out this thread on The PPK forum where people have shared their experiences with this: http://forum.theppk.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=25665
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2013 at 2:31 PM
I didn't end up using the goo as I though I had done something wrong turns out I probably just didn't let it chill enough! As well I was reading a few other blogs about whipping up flax goo and one stated this is impossible to whip up without a stand mixer, I only have a hand held beater has anyone else whipped this up without a stand mixer?ReplyDeleteReplies
I have not tried it with a hand held mixer. I suppose it would depend on the wattage? My 220 watt Cuisinart could probably get the job done, but I have a little 125 watt Toastmaster that would most likely be too weak for it. What's your hand mixer's wattage? We'll get to the bottom of this! You will have flax meringue! :)Delete
- AnonymousAugust 29, 2013 at 4:09 PM
It's a kitchen aid mixer and goes up to 240 watts. I managed to find some agar powder so ill try to use a combination maybe of agar powder and flax goo,hopefully it'll peak!Delete
Ooh that sounds interesting. Please let me know how the agar experiment goes! Good luck!Delete
i wonder if cream of tartar would work to stabilize as it does for egg meringue? or is that not a vegan thing- cream of tartar. I admit I don't rly know what its made of lol.ReplyDeleteReplies
Sorry your comment got stuck in the spam folder, Christina! I have tried cream of tartar for this before, but unfortunately I didn't notice any difference. You might find this conversation at the PPK forums helpful:Delete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2014 at 9:07 AM
this lightens vegan corn bread and other recipes where you might fold in an egg whiteReplyDelete
Good to know, thanks!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 4, 2015 at 10:33 PM
It looks good. But I miss an ingredient list!ReplyDelete


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To satisfy myself and handily make many cookies at once, I baked some cookie sheet cookies! They were made using a sugar cookie recipe and iced with gray royal icing. A playing card was used as the template for the mini cookie sheets. I also used some silver luster dust to make the cookie sheets look more authentic. After it dried I attached the mini "cookies" with royal icing.
And look at all the "cookies"! There's candy cane cookies, gingerbread men, and sugar cookies! All of the "cookies" are made with either jumbo sprinkles, or pre-made (purchased) icing decorations. For the snowmen "sugar cookies", I decorated the jumbo white sprinkles with edible markers. How easy is that?
Making these did help me feel a lot better about not making the larger, "real" version of all my favorite Christmas cookies:) Try it; they're very easy and fun! I think they look pretty cute too.


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Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
- Ageratina pichinchensis (Snakeroot)
- Essential Oils
- Garlic
- Ozonized Vegetable Oil
- Solanum chrysotrichum (Sosa)
- Various Tropical/Traditional Medicinal Plants
Athlete's foot is the common name for a fungal infection of the foot, often called ringworm (although there is no worm involved). The three fungi most commonly implicated in athlete's foot— Trichophyton rubrum , T. mentagrophytes , and Epidermophyton floccosum —favor the warm, moist areas between the toes and tend to flare up during warm weather. Similar infections can occur in the nails, scalp, groin, and beard.
Infection with these fungi generally causes mild scaling between the toes, but it can also cause more severe scaling, an itchy red rash, or blisters that cover the toes and the sides of the feet. Since the fungus may also cause the skin to crack, it can lead to bacterial infections, especially in older people or those with poor circulation in their feet. If the infection takes root under the toenails, it is called onychomycosis, and can be very difficult, if not impossible, to eradicate.
Because the fungi that cause athlete's foot thrive in warm, moist areas, it's important to keep the feet clean and dry. Over-the-counter or prescription topical antifungal treatments containing miconazole, clotrimazole, econazole, or ketoconazole can generally cure athlete's foot, but treatment may have to be continued for a month or more for full results. In severe cases, oral antifungal medications may be necessary.
Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
Preliminary evidence suggests that tea tree oil might be helpful for athlete's foot.
Tea Tree Oil
Tea tree oil ( Melaleuca alternifolia ) has a long traditional use in Australia for the treatment of skin and other infections. This use is supported by evidence that tea tree oil is an effective antiseptic, active against many bacteria and fungi. 1,2 Three double-blind studies suggest it may be helpful for athlete's foot.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 158 people with athlete's foot were treated with placebo, 25% tea tree oil solution, or 50% tea tree oil solution, applied twice daily for 4 weeks. 20 The results showed that the two tea tree oil solutions were more effective than placebo at eradicating infection. In the 50% tea tree oil group, 64% were cured; in the 25% tea tree oil group, 55% were cured; in the placebo group 31% were cured. These differences were statistically significant . A few people developed dermatitis in response to the tea tree oil and had to drop out of the study, but most people did not experience any significant side effects.
Another double-blind, placebo-controlled trial followed 104 people given either a 10% tea tree oil cream, the standard drug tolnaftate, or placebo. 3 The results showed that tea tree oil reduced the symptoms of athlete's foot more effectively than placebo, but less effectively than tolnaftate.
A third double-blind study followed 112 people with fungal infections of the toenails, comparing 100% tea tree oil to a standard topical antifungal treatment, clotrimazole. 4 The results showed equivalent benefits; however, because topical clotrimazole is not regarded as a particularly effective treatment for this condition, the results mean little.
For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full Tea Tree article.
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
Vegetable oils treated with ozone have antifungal properties. A double-blind (but not placebo-controlled) study of 200 people with athlete's foot found that ozonized sunflower oil was as effective as the drug ketoconazole cream. 21
Solanum chrysotrichum (sosa) is an herb used in Mexico for the treatment of athlete's foot and related infections. In a double-blind study of 101 people, 4 weeks of application of a special extract made from this herb produced benefits equivalent to those of the drug ketoconazole (as 2% cream). 22 However, due to the lack of a placebo group, these results cannot be taken as fully reliable. A similar study found potential benefit with the Mexican herb Ageratina pichinchensis (snakeroot). 23
Garlic has known topical antifungal properties, 6,7,8 and there is preliminary evidence suggesting that cream containing ajoene, a compound derived from garlic, might help treat athlete's foot. 9,10
Besides tea tree oil, other essential oils may be helpful as well, but the evidence remains weak. One open study hints that oil of bitter orange, a flavoring agent made from dried bitter orange peel, might have some effectiveness against athlete's foot when applied topically. 11 Test tube studies indicate that the aromatic constituents of other essential oils such as peppermint and eucalyptus also have antifungal activity, but they have yet to be tested on people. 12
More than 120 plants traditionally used to treat skin diseases in Mexico, Palestine, British Columbia, and Guatemala have demonstrated antifungal properties in test tube studies. Further research is needed to determine if they are safe and effective for athlete's foot or other fungal infections. 14-19
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Intel support coming next year, AMD support much sooner
There are a number of notebooks on the market today that have USB 3.0 ports onboard. HP unveiled several new notebooks this week that that have USB 3.0 for example. However, all of the notebooks and desktops on the market today have to use a third-party USB 3.0 controller because AMD and Intel don't support the standard natively. That is all about to change though.
AMD has announced that it has new chipsets that will be the first to integrated USB 3.0 support. AMD's Phil Hughes told CNET News,"With [today's] announcement AMD is…disclosing our support for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 in upcoming AMD A75 and A70M Fusion [chipsets]. Both chipsets are shipping today."
It has taken long enough for major chipmakers to support USB 3.0 and with this announcement perhaps more companies will start to offer peripherals and gear that takes advantage of the port. There are some products on the market already that support USB 3.0, but nowhere near the vast and varied product types that use USB 2.0.
Analyst Brian O'Rourke from In-Stat said, "In order for the rippling effect to happen with USB 3.0 it has to hit in PCs and for it to hit in PCs it has to be integrated into the chipset. AMD is not Intel, but it's probably the next best thing in chipsets." He continued saying, "The only peripheral devices with USB 3.0 out there right now are external hard drives and a few flash drives. Why? There aren't any peripheral controllers for USB 3.0 in general release yet. Not any out there on the market yet."
While AMD has its chipsets shipping already with support for USB 3.0, support from AMD rival Intel is still a ways off. Intel has been pushing support for Thunderbolt along with Apple and a few other companies. Thunderbolt is positioned by Intel as a complement to USB 3.0; not a replacement.
Intel has now announced that support for both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt will come in the same chipsets sometime in 2012. Native support for Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 will land in the Intel Ivy Bridge chipset.
Intel currently offers support for USB 3.0 in some of its desktop mainboards, but that support comes by way of the NEC USB 3.0 chips.
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3/4 cup beet puree
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup dutch process cocoa (I used Guittard's Cocoa Rouge)
1/2 cup canola oil
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon plain yogurt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, at room temperature
roux frosting
Preheat oven to 350. Grease or line 12 wells in a cupcake pan. Whisk together the dry ingredients. Set aside. Mix together the oil, yogurt, beet puree, vinegar, milk and eggs. Slowly add the dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Fill 2/3 of the way full. Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick in the center of the center cupcake comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack before icing.


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Atorvastatin; Lovastatin (<= 20 mg); Simvastatin (<= 10 mg)/Verapamil Interactions
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Moderate. These medicines may cause some risk when taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
If you are taking verapamil with lovastatin or simvastatin, your body may not process your cholesterol medicine correctly.If you are taking atorvastatin and verapamil, your body may not process verapamil correctly.
What might happen:
If you are taking verapamil with lovastatin or simvastatin, the amount of cholesterol medicine in your blood may increase and cause muscle problems.If you are taking atorvastatin and verapamil, the amount of verapamil in your blood may increase and cause more side effects than normal.
What you should do about this interaction:
Let your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know right away that you are taking these medicines together. Your doctor may want to change the dose of your cholesterol medicine or you may need to take a different cholesterol medicine.Tell your doctor right away if you experience muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness; unexplained tiredness; or discolored urine.Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
- 1.Kantola T, Kivisto KT, Neuvonen PJ. Erythromycin and verapamil considerably increase serum simvastatin and simvastatin acid concentrations. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1998 Aug;64(2):177-82.
- 2.Mevacor (lovastatin) US prescribing information. Merck & Co., Inc. February, 2014.
- 3.Zocor (simvastatin) US prescribing information. Merck & Co., Inc. October, 2019.
- 4.Vytorin (ezetimibe/simvastatin) US prescribing information. Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals April, 2019.
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DIY Homemade Vintage Wood Crate Storage Boxes
102 comments:
Awesome! Great idea! Can't wait for my hubby to make some :)ReplyDelete
I have been looking for a "weathered" stain for months!! Glad to see you tried the Ebony... I had planned on going that route, but looks like it doesn't go very grey... Your boxes rock though!ReplyDeleteReplies
First, stain it with Rust-Oleum Ultimate Wood Stain (Kona color), let it dry, then lightly sand it to remove some of the stain and give it an uneven look... then go over with the same brand stain in Sunbleached color, quickly wipe that off so it doesn't soak too much in... give one final light sanding if you want.... GREAT gray color! I made this barn door using that staining technique... http://pinterest.com/pin/178736678932817789/Delete
I know I am a little late on this, but you can also use vinegar and steel wool to get that same look. Google that to find instructions.Delete
This is so cute and clever. Good thing I am the handy one in the house!ReplyDelete
I love these! I could see something like this in my home!ReplyDelete
That is such a great idea! I love it! Makes me think about where something like that could fit in at our house!ReplyDelete
i love this! i am going to be needing storage in our new house for both of my sons' rooms :)ReplyDelete
Love the idea.
Might just have to make the hubby nail/stain for me so I can put some under my bed! The baskets aren't cutting it anymore.. LOL
that's an awesome tutorial! looks nice and vintage! i could see these working well for toys in a play room and/or nursery! love!ReplyDelete
ashley {hooked on hickory blog}
wow they look great! What a good idea.ReplyDelete
I've been following your blog for a few months and I have to say, you're a creative genius! I absolutely love the crates! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
these are awesome! I love the stain and the handles. I can't wait to make them...I mean get my hubby to help me make them :) I am thinking of making a couple for toy storage for our living room (maybe put some casters on the bottom so the kids don't drag them across the wood floors).ReplyDelete
thanks for the tutorial, it was really helpful.
Look at you. Too cute for words!!!ReplyDelete
Whaaa?? I am AMAZED! I thought for sure this was going to be way above my skill set. I can't wait to find a use for this-somewhere- in my house! Filed at thecraftersfilebox.com.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!
I love the color of these! Simply stunning!ReplyDelete
Shelley! I LOVE IT! I could totally use a long one on against the my boy's room wall for their toys!! I just used rope handles on their dresser! I have been having a rough day and was so excited that you posted a project today! LOL HofS's and Pinterest save the day again! Thank you!! :)ReplyDelete
xoxo, Mallory
They look amazing! I love the way they turned out!! I'm absolutely filing this one away.ReplyDelete
Those crates turned out great. I really like the choice of stain and the way that each plank absorbs the colour differently. It really adds to the rustic appeal.ReplyDelete
Love it! Thank you!!ReplyDelete
They look fabulous!! And I love the pillows and blankets that they hold as well. Great job! :)ReplyDelete
awesome! you and your hubby make a great DIY team. Can't wait to see what they are used for in the end :)ReplyDelete
Super cute! (As usual)ReplyDelete
What a great idea! :)ReplyDelete
I love you blog by the way!!! So inspiring!
Wishing you a wonderful day!
Anette Willemine
very nice! I love the idea and think those would be great in my work room. And hubby could even use some in the garage!! Thanks so much.ReplyDelete
Thank you for the instructions. I think you just may have just sold me on what to make for friends this Christmas - I can totally personalize each of them too :)ReplyDelete
These are awesome! I've been looking for something similar.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the tip about the precut wood.
OMG! These look fabulous! Of course I can think of 199 places I could use them. You guys are amazing!ReplyDelete
Wow!!! This is so cool. If I had just an ounce of your creativity and craftiness, I'd take it! Keep up the great blogging :)ReplyDelete
Right on time. I've been searching the Internet and Pinterest for a good wood crate tutorial. I want to make a small bookshelf with wooden crates to put under the entry table. I've read quite a few wooden crate tutorials. This by far is the best one. Can't wait to see where you put these babies.ReplyDelete
I love your crates! My husband and I just stumbled upon some wooden crates at our local thrift store, and we're still debating how to use them in our house. Seeing posts like yours gives me confidence that we made the right call when we bought them!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 10:26 AM
LOVE these- they look amazing!ReplyDelete
That is such a great idea, and I really loved the stain color with your accessories, etc. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Totally! Love these!ReplyDelete
Please tell where you got the pillows from!? I just LOVE them!ReplyDelete
Those turned out beautiful Shelley! Totally jealous :)ReplyDelete
Alicia @ www.thriftyandchic.com
I am showing my husband this post:) LOVE!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 7:44 PM
I love the tutorial and they came out lookin great. I love the look mixed with the colors. So pretty.ReplyDelete
I love them Shel! Someday I will have a house to decorate and use your awesome ideas!ReplyDelete
I absolutely love these! I am also in love with the pillows and the throw you have in them. Would you be willing to share where you snagged the them? Thanks!ReplyDelete
Fabulous tutorial! Love the accessories in the crates as well.ReplyDelete
This is amazing! I love the crates and definately will make some, too. Thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
These look great... and you are soo cute btw :) I'm thinking of making something like these for under-the-bed storage- putting them on wheels!ReplyDelete
Quick question: Did these supplies give you enough for just these two crates, or did you have enough left over to make more crates? (Trying to do some quick price calculating in my head...)ReplyDelete
Stunning! Would you believe that I have been hunting for the same type boxes for my living room? It's like this blog post was meant for me!! :) They look amazing, thank you for sharing! I am leaving very inspired.ReplyDelete
Kandlestix Home Designs
These crates are fab! Question, do you ever do the tool part yourself on these projects? My husband is not handy so if I am ever going to make things like this I need to wield some tools. I would love to know what tools you use and how you learned to use them. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I am getting sick of the basket look, these crates are a fun alternative.. you make it look so easy though and I know it wont be for me!ReplyDelete
Hey Amanda, Yes! I actually built these crates mostly on my own. It's hard to capture that through a picture, bc Cason isn't as handy with the camera. haha! But MOST of our stuff is TOTALLY do-able for anyone! :)ReplyDelete
HOLY CRATE! I freakin love those! Um Hello your's totally looks EXACTLY like your inspirational picture. Great Job :) Oh and I could def. use a few of these in my home.... I might have to tackle a few once I finish some other projects ;) I'll link back up to you if I do! Thanks for the tutorial :)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness...SHELLEY!!! These are AWESOME!!! I totally want to run to Lowes so I can make one (some) right now! =)ReplyDelete
those look fabulous! any chance you can email me about where you found that gray pillow with the white flowered stitching?? i love it!ReplyDelete
amykathryn7 (at) gmail (dot) com
thanks so much!
I love these, I featured you on my facebook page today.ReplyDelete
Lisa @ Creative Raisins
These are amazing! LOVE LOVE LOVE them!ReplyDelete
Love those crates, would love to do this!! Early American stain is my favorite color!ReplyDelete
Love these!!!! Definitely gonna try it out!ReplyDelete
I'm officially in love with these! And your step by step makes it look pretty doable...is doable a word, it looks funny...ReplyDelete
I just pinned and FB this because I think it is that great. Wonderful tutorial and wonderful crates. Love the detail of the ropes. Thank you for sharing this fab project with us.ReplyDelete
These crates are great! What type of wood did you use?ReplyDelete
love these crates!! probably going to have to attempt to make a few for our family room .. one of these days! .. thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
Shelly, I love everything about them from the rope handles to the early american stain! I am pinning and stumblin' this tutorial. Great job.ReplyDelete
Fabulous tutorial Shelley! Thanks for the great step-by-step instructions. I featured your project at my blog today: http://welcometoheardmont.com/2011/09/friday-five-2/ReplyDelete
Keep up the great work. :)
Meredith @ Welcome to Heardmont
Hi, cool boxes but looks like a fun project if I would make time...ReplyDelete
I was wondering if you post the winner for the VRW? Or you contact the winner privately? Thanks! Ale
These are perfectly adorable! totally making these for my house. thanks so much for the tutorial. I promise I will give you ALL the credit for this awesomeness when I post them on my blog. Have a great day :)ReplyDelete
Just found you by random but love what I see! Love the vintage boxes and it is EXACTLY what I've been looking for. Looks like I have another project on my hands!ReplyDelete
I know you posted this a while ago but I just have to ask where did you get those pillows? I am love! I love the crates as well!ReplyDelete
I have the same white chair you have in this picture & I was wondering how to clean it? I have tried & it seems impossible to do. Love the crates by the way.ReplyDelete
I'm wondering how these are holding up to the kids. I was thinking f doing this for toys.. but honestly I assume they'll hold up as good or better than baskets... right???ReplyDelete
Thanks for the awesome tutorial! I can't wait to make these!ReplyDelete
I love the pillows in the crates! Would you mind telling where you got them? Thanks!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing! Definitely on the "to-do" List. These would be great anywhere and everywhere!ReplyDelete
Loved this tutorial, it's so simple and 1 box like that would put you out $50, i love the idea of customizing boxes and bins so that you have a perfect fit for your space, plus you get to say that you made it!ReplyDelete
Can you tell us where you got those three pillow. You always seem to find the cutest pillows - I love them all!!ReplyDelete
Can you tell us where you got all of the pillows? You always seem to find the cutest throw pillows - I love them all!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 6, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Looks awesome! Now if only I had a hubby lol (:ReplyDelete
These look great and easy to make, thank you for the inspiration! I will be sure to try some of these. I like the idea of using coasters too! I could put a few plants in one!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful idea! I am going to have to try this soon. The use options are endless! I like the idea of the coasters on the bottom. I think I will put a few plants in mine. Thanks for the idea, the tutorial and the inspiration!!! My sweetheart bought me my own little air compressor last year for a different project, this would be a great reason to put it to more use!!!ReplyDelete
Here's one more asking where in the world you got those adorable pillows and the throw--I LOVE the throw and I MUST have it! :)ReplyDelete
Great idea. Love the tutorial. Just what I was looking for.ReplyDelete
This is so nice. So great and inspirational job you have done. thanksReplyDelete
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Can I just tell you how amazing and awesome you are? These are absolutely BEAUTIFUL! And I never knew about the precut wood! Geez! Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2012 at 6:36 AM
I gotta get me 6 of these!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 8, 2012 at 8:19 PM
Love Love your boxes.....Your tutorial is amazing. I think I'll try adding casters on the bottom?ReplyDelete
How do you figure out the size of the drawer compared to the size of the space it's going into? I already have the bench area done like yours and want it to go underneath like yours. I'm anxiously awaiting your reply! :DReplyDelete
how do you figure out what size to make the drawer once you have the space? [Like under a bench for example :) ]ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 6, 2012 at 11:04 AM
I've bookmarked this tutorial sometime way back but now came back for it and I just have to thank you for it, the crates look amazing and making them doesn't seem too hard, I might just have to courage to try myself!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2012 at 2:36 PM
They look great. I like the rope pulls.ReplyDelete
Another thought, take a scrap piece to test different layer effects. Use Ebony, sand it quick with your sander, then put a different color over it the same way.
Cute! I love the look of reused wood =)ReplyDelete
Such a great tutorial! Those old crates are hard to come by where I live. Loved it so much I pinned it--Thanks!ReplyDelete
I was online looking to buy some old wine crates...and then you came along.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this tutorial...i've got so much old lightweight wood in my garage i can do this on a lazy weekend...as soon as the cold front were experiencing leaves....lol
so nice...i will try to do this way...ReplyDelete
About to stain for the first time - an unfinished box for a gift. Was looking for different stains and a "how-to" and you just gave me so much confidence in saying that it's easy! Going to buy the Early American stain that you mentioned because it's the exact color I'm looking for! Thank you!ReplyDelete
I love it. Color, size and rope handles...everything:)ReplyDelete
How much did this cost?ReplyDelete
About how much did the wood cost you?ReplyDelete
Hi there! I know this post is a few years old, but we used it over the past few months to create our wedding centrepieces. We scaled them down in size to just under one square foot, stencilled our initials on one side, and filled them with fall mums for our October wedding last weekend :) They were a hit and guests were snatching them off the tables! Thanks for the inspiration :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for this tutorial. I have just moved to Portugal and my house is way to small. I need these boxes in my life. My husband is a joiner but he is too busy to make these but with your tutorial I think I can do it, plus we have just found a timber yard so I know I can get the wood. Wish me luck.ReplyDelete
I love these so much and I just made 2 of these and I stenciled a vintage stamp on the side. I love them. I couldn't find the rope by the yard? Also how did you attach the rope? A knotReplyDelete
On the inside? Thanks for all your amazing ideas!
The rope that I found by the foot is almost and inch thick? Did you just tie a knot on the inside to hold the rope handle?ReplyDelete
I love these, thanks for the easy tutorial!
I loooove this! I was looking for vintage boxes or crates too and apparently they cost a lot!ReplyDelete
Really awesome wooden crate idea. Its a good thing for storing our belongings.ReplyDelete
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- Reducing Agitation in Dementia
Commonly called by its Latin first name, Melissa , lemon balm is a native of southern Europe, often planted in gardens to attract bees. Its leaves give off a delicate lemon odor when bruised.
Medical authorities of ancient Greece and Rome mentioned topical lemon balm as a treatment for wounds. The herb was later used orally as a treatment for influenza, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and nervous stomach.
What Is Melissa Used for Today?
Topical lemon balm is most popular today as a treatment for genital or oral herpes . It appears to make flare-ups less intense and last for a shorter period of time, but it doesn't completely eliminate them. Regular use of lemon balm might help prevent flare-ups, but this potential use hasn't been properly studied.
Note : While conventional treatments can reduce infectivity and thereby help prevent the spread of herpes, there is no evidence as yet that lemon balm offers this benefit. Keep in mind also that common sense methods of avoiding passing on herpes are not entirely effective: Many people are infectious even when they do not have obvious symptoms, and use of a condom does not entirely prevent the spread of the virus. Therefore, if you are sexually active with a noninfected partner who wishes to remain that way, we strongly recommend that you use suppressive drug therapy.
There is some evidence that oral use of lemon balm has sedative effects, and it is currently used for insomnia , anxiety , nervous stomach . There is also some evidence that it may be helpful in colic , and irritable bowel syndrome . Inhaled essential oil of lemon balm may also have calming effects.
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Lemon Balm?
Herpes Infection
Numerous test tube studies have found that extracts of lemon balm possess antiviral properties. 1-3 We don't really know how it works, but the predominant theory is that the herb blocks viruses from attaching to cells. 4
One double-blind, placebo-controlled study followed 66 individuals who were just starting to develop a cold sore (oral herpes). 5 Treatment with melissa cream produced significant benefits on day 2, reducing intensity of discomfort, number of blisters, and the size of the lesion. (The researchers specifically looked at day 2 because, according to them, that is when symptoms are most pronounced.)
Another double-blind study followed 116 individuals with oral or genital herpes. 4 Participants used either melissa cream or placebo cream for up to 10 days. The results showed that use of the herb resulted in a significantly better rate of recovery than those given placebo.
Relatively informal observations suggest that regular use of lemon balm cream may help reduce the frequency of herpes flareups. 4
Sedative Effect
Lemon balm extracts have been found to produce a sedative effect in mice. 9 Based on this, human trials have been performed.
In a 4-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 42 people with Alzheimer's disease , use of an oral lemon balm extract significantly decreased their tendency to become agitated. 13
In another study, lemon balm essential oil applied to the skin in the form of a cream also reduced agitation in 71 people with Alzheimer's disease. 12 The researchers considered this a form of aromatherapy , a treatment in which the odor of a substance is said to produce the benefit. However, one of the first things to disappear in Alzheimer's disease is the sense of smell; it is more likely, therefore, that the lemon balm worked via absorption through the skin. 14
Lemon balm has also shown sedative and anti-anxiety effects in two small studies of healthy people. 11,15
Several studies have investigated the effects of combining lemon balm with other herbs. Combination therapies containing lemon balm plus valerian have shown modest promise as treatment of insomnia . 7,8 and anxiety. 16 Lemon balm plus chamomile and fennel may be effective in reducing crying in babies with colic . 17 And, Carmint, an herbal remedy containing lemon balm, spearmint, and coriander, may be beneficial as add-on to standard medication (eg, loperamide or psyllium) in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome . 18
For treatment of an active flare-up of herpes, the proper dosage is 4 thick applications daily of a standardized lemon balm (70:1) cream. The dosage may be reduced to twice daily for preventive purposes.
The best lemon balm extracts are standardized by their capacity to inhibit the growth of herpes virus in a petri dish. 9 To make sure the extract has been properly prepared, manufacturers place cells in such a growing medium and then add herpes virus. Normally, the virus will gradually destroy all the cells. But when little discs containing lemon balm are added, cells in the immediate vicinity are protected. Although manufacturers use this method as a form of quality control, it also provides evidence that lemon balm really works.
When taken orally for its calming effect, the standard dosage of lemon balm is 1.5 to 4.5 g of dried herb daily; extracts and tinctures should be taken according to label instructions.
Safety Issues
Topical lemon balm is not associated with any significant side effects, although allergic reactions are always possible. Oral lemon balm is on the FDA's GRAS (generally recognized as safe) list. However, according to one study cited above, lemon balm reduces alertness and impairs mental function; for this reason, individuals engaging in activities that require alertness, such as operating a motor vehicle, should avoid using lemon balm beforehand. 11
In addition, one animal study suggests that if lemon balm is taken at the same time as standard sedative drugs, excessive sedation might occur. 10
Interactions You Should Know About
If you are taking sedative medications, use of oral lemon balm might amplify the effect, potentially leading to excessive sedation.
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- Review Date: 12/2015 -
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Cardiac tamponade occurs when fluid builds up between the heart muscle and the surrounding tissue called the pericardium. This fluid compresses the heart. Because of this, enough blood cannot be pumped in and out of the heart.
This condition can be life-threatening. Cardiac tamponade can be treated, but it can return after treatment.
Cardiac tamponade can be caused by a variety of factors and conditions, including:
- Pericarditis —an inflammation of the sac that surrounds the heart, caused by bacterial or viral infections
- Bleeding into the pericardium, caused by injury
- Ruptured heart muscle
- Cancer in or near the heart
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chances of cardiac tamponade:
- Heart surgery
- Tumors in the heart
- Heart attack
- Injury to the heart
- Lung cancer
- Kidney failure
- Radiation therapy to the chest
- Hypothyroidism
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
Symptoms vary from mild to severe. They typically include one or more of the following:
- Fatigue or drowsiness
- Shortness of breath, rapid breathing, or difficulty breathing
- Lightheadedness
Chest pain:
- That extends to the neck, shoulders, or abdomen
- Sharp or stabbing pain
- Pain that is worsened by coughing or deep breathing
- Discomfort that can be relieved by sitting upright or leaning forward
- Swelling of the abdomen, veins in the arms or legs, or other areas
- Pale skin, or skin that is blue- or gray-tinted
- Rapid heartbeat
- Anxiety or restlessness
- Fainting
- Feeling of weakness
- General discomfort
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. If you have a significant change in blood pressure between breaths, this is one way your doctor will diagnose this condition.
- Imaging tests to evaluate the heart and surrounding structures may include:
- Your doctor may need to test your heart activity. This can be done with:
Cardiac tamponade is a serious condition. It can be life-threatening and requires immediate hospitalization and treatment.
Treatments are given to:
- Relieve symptoms
- Improve heart function
- Save the person's life
Treatments that are given for cardiac tamponade include:
- Pericardiocentesis —a procedure to drain the fluid around the heart
- Fluids to maintain normal blood pressure
- Antibiotics to fight bacterial infection
- Medications to help increase blood pressure to normal levels
- Oxygen to reduce workload on the heart
- Surgery to remove or cut part of the pericardium
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- Review Date: 11/2018 -
- Update Date: 12/20/2014 -