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is chess sport A lot of my friends say chess is not a sport, I think it is. I would like to know what other people a gameknot think. What do you think? fdassjkfljds;aklf;djklafjeiwofjfj according to dictionary.com a sport is a physical activity.. by that definition, no. the way i see sports, yes. though top players claim to spend much time with physical exercise as well as mental i don't really believe that plays a major factor. however the… More:
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GK Forum v Fritz: Round 1 - Page 2 lol, I think it was actually a combination of chunka-chunka-chunkas and gur-eRR-gur-eRR-gur-RRRs with a couple of swishes thrown in too - unfortunately no beer was consumed ;) Aberlie, I tried what you suggested and it worked a charm! Thanks :) Everything is back on track...Fritz is just calculating right now....and it plays.... 1...Nc3! The position so far: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc3 No petroff! ..and by the sounds… More:
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Thu, 16 Jan 2020
Traps in the opening Be free to post in this thread some nice traps that worked out for you in the opening. I for instance had this nice win with Black: -> gameknot.com Greets, Odonata Queen's Gambit If you play White and you know that your opponent always wants to keep the extra-pawn: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 c6 (4. - a6? 5. axb5 axb5 6. Rxa8) 5. axb5 cxb5? 6. Qf3 winning a rook. (Of course, there are better (or more common) moves… More:
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Mon, 13 Jan 2020
Chess Mentality:Spatial,Math,Music,All Skills,Jobs This thread is started to combine disc.of ideas from "Music for Chess Playing" & "Help About Using Knights" thread. Such as whether being a Musician or Mathematician is related skills or advantageous for Chess play. And signifigance of one's spatial/visual perceptive capacities for Chess. I also wish to add to that some bits I've heards about some GM IQ's,re general or specific aspects of… More:
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Fri, 10 Jan 2020
Short Draws Should players be banned from making draw offers in an attempt to make chess more marketable? Absolutely not in general. Draw is a natural result of a chess game, besides noone has the right to interfere with the players' free will (except captains in team play). So: In a tournament where players themselves have to pay registration fees - let them do as they like. In case of a closed tournament where the players are actually payed… More:
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Kasparov on Karpov In a recent chat at playchess.com Kasparov shares interesting views on his rival... QUESTION FROM CLIFFHANGER: WHICH CHAMPION WAS FURTHEST AHEAD OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES. That's a great question. [Thinks for a minute.] There were some short periods in which some were far ahead. Fischer in the early 1970's. Lasker at the end of the 19th century. That was a huge gap. Alekhine in the early 30's. Karpov in the late 70's, if you… More:
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Thu, 2 Jan 2020
Grandmasters make too many draws Don't you think that chess games at the top level end in a draw too often. Some games are drawn only after 15 or 20 moves. I think that one reason for that is the points scoring system used on the tournaments. But if the system is changes in a way that 3 points will be awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss, then I think the grandmasters have to change their tactics. They have to take more play chess online…
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Sun, 29 Dec 2019
The Pawns - Endgame & Epilogue This is the last installment in "The Pawns" series. Thanks to all those who read the previous parts and commented on them. It was a pleasure to receive such a positive reaction! All I can do is hope you will enjoy the conclusion of the story... The Pawns Part V – Endgame For a while, Denisov's King (Mr. Finley, the math teacher) was courting danger as an army of the white pawns and pieces drew play chess online…
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Tue, 24 Dec 2019
Are you a Mozart or a Beethoven or....? Mozart could write an entire opera within a week without going back to revise or correct his manuscripts. Whereas Beethoven would come up with an idea and, over the course of time, review it and develop it into a full-blown symphony. When playing chess or creating something, do you suddenly grasp the concepts at some point of time and keep a sound plan in mind so that the standard of your play is kept level play chess online…
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Thu, 19 Dec 2019
"Blind spots" of the Sicilian I am no sicilian player, but have a slight interest to take it up, or at least know how to play against it. However, I have not much idea about the goals of the Sicilian, although a lot of pple and books talk about counter-attack. Can I ask some questions ? (1) What does Black in the open Sicilian aim for ? Which spot(s) (say f7 pawn or something) ? What are the short-term goals (opening goals) and mid-term goals play chess online…
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Fri, 13 Dec 2019
US world champion how much popularity would chess gain in america if the world champion was an american again? huge increase.. even more if it was a youngster who moved up in the world rankings quickly versus an immigrant whom had moved here recently..are there any? yes there is a young american-born american who has a serious chance of dominating in world class chess olympio Go ahead open pandora's box. We are dying to know who.Well I'M dying to play chess online…
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Sat, 7 Dec 2019
Most solid defence Suppose your aim in a particular game with black and white against a stronger player is to attain a draw. What are the most solid openings for black as well as white?? This is not a hypothetical question, i have someone in mind to use your advise.( Florinserban) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 is very drawish, also the Caro-kann. Against 1.d4 probably the Slav and Indian Defences with 2...e6 are the most drawish. White? 1.Nf3 2.c4 3.g3 play chess online…
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Sun, 1 Dec 2019
how to increase 1500 rating hey guys, my current rating is looming around 1500's.. what are the methods to increase my rating dramatically to like 1800-2000 and how long would it take? ive been hanging around 1500 long enough.. its time to move on Nothing can replace hard work! -Get yourself a bunch of mastergames, by former and todays great masters. -And take a real chessboard with pieces, (not computer) play thru these games and see how these play chess online…
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Sun, 24 Nov 2019
Extending repertoire for e4 Coming to GK, for some reasons, I shortened my repertoire to minimum. As black to 1. e4 only 1. ... c6 (join MT: -> gameknot.com. Later I started to extend it to 1. ... e5 Tested in quick games many f7-f5 related variations - playing each for half or more of year: - Schliemann of Ruy (e4e5 Nf3Nc6 Bb5f5) - have to test one more variation of it; - Rousseau (e4e5 Nf3Nc6 Bc4f5); - Calabrese (e4e5 Bc4f5); - Latvian (e4e5 play chess online…
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Sat, 16 Nov 2019
Openings & statistics Have you ever wanted to know what openings your opponent plays most? And what openings he/she is most or least successful in? Have you ever wanted to know what openings you are most or least successful in? Do you wonder what openings work well for strong players? I have created an application named PGNStats that can collect this information from your past game history. You can "Download all available games in PGN format" play chess online…
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Sat, 9 Nov 2019
End-game Analysis I recently completed a league game ('blitzed it away' would be more accurate). I blundered away a knight in the middle game but I was, somehow, able to salvage a draw. Is it really a draw or was it some gain to be had for white? And when did my opponent lost his lead? board #5698431 Thanks for any insights, Yannick At move 30 or so, White was clearly winning: two extra pawns, good pawn structure, and bishop vs. knight with play chess online…
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Fri, 1 Nov 2019
Your most disappointing game Something to dovetail with ccmcacollister 's favorite game thread ( -> gameknot.com )--which of your games disappointed you most? Not ones swimming in blunders and hung pieces (I've got about 10k of those to share), but perhaps those games where you pursued a promising strategy doggedly, one that ultimately came to nothing. Or maybe a game where you had a masterful trap to spring, but where your benighted opponent play chess online…
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Eric Highfill spent five years in the Navy, fixing airplanes for special operations forces. His discharge papers show an Iraq campaign medal and an Afghanistan campaign medal, a good-conduct medal, and that he's a marksman with a pistol and sharpshooter with a rifle.
None of that matters, because at the bottom of the page it reads "Discharged: under other than honorable conditions."
Highfill, a 27-year-old Michigan native, says he got addicted to the painkillers he was taking for a knee injury. In the Navy's eyes, Highfill screwed up. He got a DUI, among other things, and so it kicked him out. And that means when he went to a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center, it did the same.
"I went down to the Battle Creek [Mich.] VA and I spoke with the receptionist. She looked at my discharge and said, 'Well, you have a bad discharge. ... Congress does not recognize you as a veteran.' And they turned me away," Highfill says.
Highfill and more than 100,000 other troops left the armed services with "bad paper" over the past decade of war. Many went to war, saw combat, even earned medals before they broke the rules of military discipline or in some cases committed serious crimes. The bad discharge means no VA assistance, no disability compensation, no GI Bill, and it's a red flag on any job application. Most veterans service organizations don't welcome bad paper vets, and even many private sector jobs programs for vets accept honorable discharge only.
"They want nothing to do with you," Highfill says. "They won't give you a job, they won't take care of you, they don't want to help you out. The jobs I get are usually hard, hard-labor jobs."
The VA confirmed Highfill's visit and said he was offered information on how to appeal his status. The VA can do its own independent evaluation of a veteran's character of service before rejecting or accepting a vet with a bad discharge. Highfill's story is consistent with dozens of other veterans who spoke to NPR.
The Other War
Many veterans with bad paper argue that their conduct was the result of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. That's what Army veteran Reed Holway says led to his bad-conduct discharge.
Holway, 29, went to Iraq in 2005 for a 13-month tour, as the insurgency was ramping up. Something was always exploding. Early in his tour he watched a mortar drop into a building on base right in front of him.
"I heard a deep thud that kinda turned my gut inside out. I turned around and just as I did I saw what looked like a football coming out of the sky and ... blowing [a] building to smithereens," Holway says. "I was close enough to it that the drink in my cargo pocket had broken and I thought I'd urinated in my pants."
After a fellow soldier died, Holway had trouble sleeping; the clinic on base proscribed him Prozac and Ambien. His post-deployment medical screening showed depression and violent, even suicidal thoughts. It didn't get better back in the States. Holway was assigned to Fort Riley, Kan., but he started drinking heavily.
Months before he would have finished his enlistment, Holway had a breakdown while he was baby-sitting his girlfriend's child.
"I was on a bender and I couldn't handle the baby screaming," he says. "It did something to me inside that made me want to die. ... And I couldn't channel these feelings. And the screaming, it got to a point where, I don't know why, but I struck the child. Something went through my head like, 'I really shouldn't do this.' "
The blows left a mark, and Holway soon found himself before a court-martial. He did time for the assault and then went home to New Hampshire with a bad-conduct discharge. His father says the Army sent home an entirely different person from the young man who enlisted.
"I gave them a fine human being and they gave me back a damaged boy, with no concern about what they'd done," says Bill Holway, Reed's father.
"That's what I got back, and it's taken us years to get him back to where he is right now," he says. "I think that if you go over there and you put your life on the line, and you're hurt, there ought to be a compensation for that."
Holway counts himself lucky that he can work for his father, a building contractor in New Hampshire. His discharge makes it hard to find another job. With no VA health care, he's paying out of pocket for treatment of PTSD, which a civilian doctor diagnosed.
Tough Decisions
Cases like this present a dilemma, says retired Gen. Peter Chiarelli, former vice chief of the Army. He says there's no perfect way to diagnose PTSD or TBI.
"We want to be able to determine whether a person demonstrating certain behavior, whether that's due to trauma of war or whether it is due to a person just not doing their job and not being a good soldier sailor, airman or Marine," he says.
Chiarelli said commanders agonize over the decision to pursue a bad discharge.
"It's an extremely difficult decision to make," he says. "Someone has gone to war with you, has served [and] comes back and starts getting into trouble. I would argue that 99.9 percent of commanders err on the side of the soldier, but folks take advantage of system," he says.
The Pentagon provided data on less-than-honorable discharges for this story but declined a request for an interview.
For some veterans with bad paper, it's worse than if they never served, says Phil Carter, an Iraq vet now at the Center for a New American Security.
"The nation's long had a social contract with its troops that says we will send you to war, and when you come home we will care for you," Carter says. "There's been this gap; this population that's gone to war and earned the benefits of that social contract, but for whatever reason had these benefits taken away."
Carter says vets who fall into that gap show up in high numbers among the homeless, drug and alcohol abusers and those with untreated PTSD. He says the longer they're left without help, the higher the cost to society.
This week, we bring you stories of veterans who served their country, but not always honorably. More than 100,000 over the past decade were discharged for misconduct. Many committed crimes or used drugs. They may pay a steep price since they are blocked by law from VA health benefits, and more.
On one level, that just seems obvious - they broke the rules. But then there's the question of why they broke the rules. Many link their conduct to combat trauma, saying they misbehaved because of the extreme conditions of their service; which raises the question of whether we, as a nation, owe these veterans something after all. Here's NPR's Quil Lawrence.
QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: Eric Highfill spent five years in the Navy, fixing airplanes for special operations forces. His discharge shows an Iraq campaign medal, an Afghanistan campaign medal, a good conduct medal; that he's marksman with a pistol, and sharpshooter with a rifle.
ERIC HIGHFILL: I had deployed somewhere between nine and 11 times; six to eight weeks out, four to six weeks back. And it was a heavy rotation like that for a good three years.
LAWRENCE: None of that matters because at the bottom, the paper reads "Discharged under other-than-honorable conditions." Highfill says he got addicted to the painkillers he was taking for a knee injury. In the Navy's eyes, Highfill screwed up. He got a DUI, among other things, and so they kicked him out. And that means when he went to a VA medical center in Michigan, they did the same.
HIGHFILL: I went down to the Battle Creek VA. I had spoken with the receptionist. And she looked at my discharge and said, well, you have a bad discharge. And they turned me away.
LAWRENCE: The VA confirmed Highfill's visit, and claimed he was offered information on how to appeal his status. The VA can do its own evaluation of a veteran's service before making a decision to accept or reject a vet with so-called bad paper.
Eric Highfill's story is consistent with dozens of other veterans interviewed for this series.Many veterans with bad paper argue that their conduct was the result of post-traumatic stress disorder - PTSD - or traumatic brain injury - TBI. An Air Force veteran, Maj. Brendan Bailey, remembers the moment when his 10-year career crashed.
BRENDAN BAILEY: We had just loaded up...
LAWRENCE: Bailey worked as a flight nurse, evacuating wounded troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, until one very bad flight in October of 2008.
BAILEY: There was incoming fire. The aircraft was taxiing.
LAWRENCE: It was dark. There were incoming rockets, and too many wounded. Bailey was strapping down the patients as the plane took off.
BAILEY: Then suddenly, the aircraft banked and changed altitude so hard that I flew across the cabin, hit my head on a side wall.
LAWRENCE: He says he saw stars for a bit, then he shook it off and went back to the wounded. But he wasn't the same after that blow to the head.
BAILEY: A couple days later, I was depressed. I got into a couple of fights. I was yelling at people. I was disrespectful. I wasn't doing my job anymore.
LAWRENCE: Around that time, his bunkmate saw Bailey injecting himself with drugs. The MPs searched the bunk, and found the medication kit from the plane. Bailey was court-martialed for theft and drug use. By the time of the trial, he'd been diagnosed with TBI and PTSD. He got sentenced to three months in prison and dismissed from the Air Force.
More than 100,000 troops have received less-than-honorable discharges in the past decade of war; some for serious crimes, some for lapses in military discipline. Some have PTSD, some don't. These cases present a dilemma for the military.
PETER CHIARELLI: I wish it was clear-cut.
LAWRENCE: Retired Gen. Pete Chiarelli is former vice chief of the Army. He says there's no perfect way to diagnose PTSD or TBI.
CHIARELLI: We want to be able to determine whether a person demonstrating certain behavior -whether that is due to the trauma of war, or whether it is due to a person just not doing their job and not being a good soldier, sailor, airman or Marine.
LAWRENCE: That's the choice - bad soldier or traumatized soldier.
CHIARELLI: It's an extremely difficult decision to make. Someone has gone to war with you, has served, comes back and starts getting into trouble. And I would argue that 99.9 percent of the commanders err on the side of the soldier. But there are other folks who take advantage of the system. Don't let anybody kid you.
LAWRENCE: He says the incentive of an honorable discharge, with all its benefits, is critical to good order and discipline; and not everyone earns one. Carol Scott is the chair of military and veterans law at the Federal Bar Association. She's been handling cases of bad paper since the 1970s. She thinks the military leans toward blaming the soldiers, and underplaying PTSD.
CAROL SCOTT: If they have PTSD, these alter behaviors - and the behaviors that result - are not acceptable to military discipline. And there have been way too many commanders that just want to get rid of these soldiers.
LAWRENCE: The Pentagon declined comment for this story. Now, once discharged, a veteran is someone else's problem. There's a huge array of veterans' service organizations to help.
BAILEY: Sure. It's all there for you, if you have an honorable discharge.
LAWRENCE: Brandon Bailey, the vet who got injured on that medivac flight, says none of that is open to him.
BAILEY: Job programs, welcome home programs - but if you don't have an honorable discharge, you don't get any of it.
LAWRENCE: Bailey's marriage fell apart this year. He says he still suffers from chronic pain, depression and memory loss, which makes it hard to find a job. A bad discharge is like a scarlet letter. No VA home loan, or GI bill for school. No VA medical care. Eric Highfill, the Navy vet who got turned away from the Michigan VA, he says when people see his bad paper, every door closes.
HIGHFILL: They don't want nothing to do with you. They won't give you a job. They don't want to help you out. The jobs I get are usually hard, hard labor jobs.
LAWRENCE: Highfill has no health insurance. He's been suicidal, and he's still addicted to the painkillers that he says started the problem. He relies heavily on his mother, Karen, but she wants professional help.
KAREN: When we went down there to the VA and they turned him away, he said it was the hardest thing he ever had to do, 'cause he finally had to admit that he had a problem. (Crying) And he said that was very hard to do; to tell people, I've got a problem.
HIGHFILL: It was rough being turned away, to be told no after I've been hiding it for two years and not acknowledging it and not admitting it because I don't want people to look at me differently. I realize it's wrong. I want the help, I need the help because that's what's going to get me better.
LAWRENCE: The other-than-honorable discharge, legally, almost erases the fact that Eric Highfill ever went to war. The question is whether that's fair.
PHIL CARTER: The nation's long had a social contract with its troops.
LAWRENCE: Phil Carter is an Iraq vet now at the Center for a New American Security.
CARTER: We will send you to war and when you come home, we will care for you. And so there's been this gap, this population that's gone to war and earned the benefits of their social contract but for whatever reason, have had those benefits taken away.
LAWRENCE: Carter says there are two ways to see it. Is basic care to those who have borne the battle - is that something you earn with an honorable discharge, or is it a promise made the moment a man or woman volunteers to go fight the country's wars?
Quil Lawrence, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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In most cases, the cause of anterior uveitis is unknown. In some, it may be caused by trauma or an infection. Infections associated with anterior uveitis include:
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You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. An eye exam will be done. An eye specialist will do a more extensive exam of the inside of your eye.
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Native Americans as well as traditional European herbalists used skullcap to induce sleep, relieve nervousness, and moderate the symptoms of epilepsy, rabies, and other diseases related to the nervous system. In other words, skullcap was believed to function as an herbal sedative.
A relative of skullcap, Scutellaria baicalensis , is a common Chinese herb. However, the root instead of the above-the-ground portion of the plant is used, and overall effects appear to be far different. The discussion below addresses European skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) only.
What Is Skullcap Used for Today?
Skullcap is still popular as a sedative. Unfortunately, there has been virtually no scientific investigation of how well the herb really works. The only meaningful reported study was a small double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that found indications the herb might reduce anxiety levels in healthy volunteers. 4
When taken by itself, the usual dosage of skullcap is approximately 1 to 2 g, 3 times a day. However, skullcap is more often taken in combination with other sedative herbs such as valerian , passionflower , hops , and melissa , also called lemon balm. When using an herbal combination, follow the label instructions for dosage. Skullcap is usually not taken long term.
Safety Issues
Not much is known about the safety of skullcap. However, if you take too much, it can cause confusion and stupor. 1 There have been reports of liver damage following consumption of products labeled skullcap; however, since skullcap has been known to be adulterated with germander, an herb toxic to the liver, it may not have been the skullcap that was at fault. 2,3 Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or those with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
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The treatment and management of colds and influenza mainly involves relieving your symptoms, though they ordinarily resolve on their own. If you have a chronic health condition, a cold or influenza can worsen whatever condition you have, particularly diabetes, or chronic heart and lung diseases. Occasionally viral upper respiratory infections develop into complications like ear or sinus infections , or pneumonia .
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These medications are used for controlling blood sugar in adult-onset diabetes.
Drugs in this family include:
- Acarbose (Prandase, Precose)
- Acetohexamide (Dymelor)
- Chlorpropamide (Diabinese)
- Glimepiride (Amaryl)
- Glipizide (Glucotrol, Glucotrol XL)
- Glyburide or glibenclamide (DiaBeta, Glynase, Micronase)
- Metformin (Glucophage)
- Miglitol (Glyset)
- Phenformin
- Pioglitazone (Actos)
- Rosiglitazone (Avandia)
- Repaglinide (Prandin)
- Tolazamide (Tolinase)
- Tolbutamide (Orinase)
- Troglitazone (Rezulin)
- and others
The biguanide oral hypoglycemic drugs, metformin and phenformin, can cause malabsorption of vitamin B 12 . 1 In turn, this can lead to vitamin B 12 deficiency. 11 Taking vitamin B 12 supplements should easily solve this problem.
Studies suggest that the oral hypoglycemic drugs glyburide, phenformin, and tolazamide may inhibit the normal production of the substance coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ 10 ). 2 While there is as yet no direct evidence that taking extra CoQ 10 will provide any specific benefit, supplementing with CoQ 10 on general principle might make sense.
In addition, there is some evidence that use of CoQ 10 could improve blood sugar control for people with diabetes. While this could be helpful, keep in mind that if it works, you might need to reduce your medication dosage. 6-7
There is some evidence that the supplement ipriflavone might increase blood levels of oral hypoglycemic drugs. This could lead to a risk of blood sugar levels falling too low. If you are taking oral hypoglycemic medications, don't take ipriflavone without first consulting your physician. 3
Magnesium supplements might increase the absorption of chlorpropamide (and, by inference, other oral hypoglycemics), possibly requiring you to reduce your dose. 4
Meaningful preliminary evidence suggests that use of the following herbs and supplements could potentially improve blood sugar control and require you to reduce your daily dose of oral hypoglycemic medication:
Weaker evidence suggests that the following herbs and supplements could potentially have the same effect under certain circumstances:
- Anemarrhena asphodeloides,
- Arginine
- Azadirachta indica ( neem )
- Bilberry leaf
- Biotin
- Bitter melon
- Carnitine
- Catharanthus roseus
- Coccinia indica
- Coenzyme Q 10
- Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)
- Cucumis sativus
- Cucurbita ficifolia
- Cuminum cyminum (cumin)
- Euphorbia prostrata
- Garlic
- Glucomannan
- Guaiacum coulteri
- Guazuma ulmifolia
- Guggul
- Holy basil
- Lepechinia caulescens
- Lipoic acid
- Medicago sativa ( alfalfa )
- Musa sapientum L. (banana)
- Niacinamide
- Nopal cactus
- Onion
- Phaseolus vulgaris
- Psacalium peltatum
- Pterocarpus
- Rhizophora mangle
- Salt bush
- Spinacea oleracea
- Tournefortia hirsutissima
- Turnera diffusa
- Vitamin E
Potassium citrate and other forms of citrate (eg, calcium citrate, magnesium citrate) may be used to prevent kidney stones. These agents work by making the urine less acidic.
This effect on the urine may lead to decreased blood levels and therapeutic effects of chlorpropamide and possibly other oral hypoglycemic drugs. 5
For this reason, it may be advisable to avoid these citrate compounds during treatment with oral hypoglycemic drugs.
It has been suggested that ginkgo might cause problems for people with type 2 diabetes both by altering blood levels of medications as well as by directly affecting the blood sugar-regulating system of the body. 8 However, the most recent and best designed studies have failed to find any such actions. 9-10 Nonetheless, until this situation is clarified, people with diabetes should use ginkgo only under physician supervision.
Some oral hypoglycemic drugs have been reported to cause increased sensitivity to the sun, amplifying the risk of sunburn or skin rash. Because St. John's wort and dong quai may also cause this problem, taking these herbal supplements during treatment with oral hypoglycemic drugs might add to this risk.
It may be a good idea to wear a sunscreen or protective clothing during sun exposure if you take one of these herbs while using an oral hypoglycemic medication.
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Tomato fantasies and garden-book winners
Are tomatoes even conceivable in this weather? I don't know about you, but this is the longest, darkest, coldest Colorado winter I remember. This is Iowa winter, Minnesota winter. I know we shouldn't complain; friends of mine are in Philly for a jewelry trade show, and I shudder to think of what they're slogging through, stuck in City Center, and I just hope their hotel is stocked up with food and has a big lounge somewhere with a fireplace and that the path to the nearest friendly bar is shoveled and not very far.
So: We're not socked in with two or three or four feet of snow, and that's good, a blessing to not forget. And the sun is coming back. And we have tomato dreams. AND a tomato-book winner:
Cindy Peterson gardens in Golden. These are a mere twenty of her tomato plants from last year. They got hit by the July 20 hailstorm and are shown recovering in August. The varieties: Golden Jubilee, Cherokee Purple, Early Girl, Mortgage Lifter, 1st Lady, Sweet 100 Cherry, Russian Rose, Manalucie, Dolly Parton, Mr. Stripey and Kosovo and Cambell's Soup. And I thought I had no resistance to a tomato description. (She doesn't mention my own tomato weakness, a Russian-style tomato called Black Pear, which is not like the Yellow Pear cherry tomato at all; it's medium-sized, ripens to a chocolate color, keeps bearing right into frost and holds well on the kitchen table while you're trying to get time to can/freeze/grill it). Cindy wins "The Too Many Tomatoes Cookbook."


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text: Thursday, December 13, 2012 New in the Literature: Measuring Outcomes in Patients With Spinal Stenosis (Spine J. 2012;12(10):921-931.) Results of a study published in The Spine Journal indicate that the Oswestry Disability Index, Modified Swiss Spinal Stenosis Scale (SSS), and Patient Specific Functional Scale possess adequate psychometric properties to be used in the outcome assessment of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. However, further investigation is needed to validate these findings in other samples of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and nonspecific low back pain, the authors add. This cohort secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis receiving outpatient physical therapy included 55 patients (mean age, 69.5 years; standard deviation, ±7.9 years; 43.1% females). Outcome measures were the Modified Oswestry Disability Index, SSS, Patient Specific Functional Scale, and Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS). All patients completed the Oswestry Disability Index, SSS, Patient Specific Functional Scale, and NPRS at the baseline examination and at a follow-up. In addition, patients completed a 15-point Global Rating of Change at follow-up, which was used to categorize whether patients experienced clinically meaningful change. Changes in the Oswestry Disability Index, SSS, Patient Specific Functional Scale, and NPRS were then used to assess test-retest reliability, responsiveness, and minimum levels of detectable and clinically important differences. The Oswestry Disability Index was the only outcome measure to exhibit excellent test-retest reliability with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.86. All others ranged between fair and moderate. The Oswestry Disability Index, SSS, and Patient Specific Functional Scale exhibited varying levels of responsiveness, each of which was superior to the NPRS. The minimal clinically important difference for the outcome measures for persons with lumbar spinal stenosis were: Oswestry Disability Index—5 points SSS— 0.36 and 0.10 for symptoms subscale and functional subscale, respectively Patient Specific Functional Scale—1.3 NPRS—1.25 for back/buttock symptoms, 1.5 for thigh/leg symptoms APTA member Joshua A. Cleland, PT, PhD, OCS, is the article's lead author. APTA members Julie M. Whitman, PT, T, DSc, OCS, FAAOMPT, Robert S. Wainner, T, PhD, ECS, OCS, FAAOMPT, and John D. Childs, PT, PhD, MBA, are coauthors.


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Rolling Stone Premieres New Video From Jason Lytle
Rolling Stone is exclusively premiering the video for "Your Final Setting Sun," the first clip from the highly anticipated upcoming album by Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle.
The new record is called Dept. of Disappearance and will be released on October 16 via Anti- Records. Lytle describes "Your Final Setting Sun" as 'kind of a fast paced western synth rock song. It's the one song on the album that had a film playing along in my head as I was writing it. The chorus came to me while I was driving down a deserted Montana road into a beautiful and spooky sunset.' Lytles friends from the Swedish band Division of Laura Lee played the bass drums and guitars on the track and he entrusted skateboarder/artist/filmer Mike Aho to create a nice video for it.
LYTLE is in the midst of a series of triumphant reunion shows with his old band Grandaddy. The San Francisco Examiner remarked of their Outside Lands appearance, "imagine an indie rock Beach Boys that sings about small appliances instead of surfing" while the SF Weekly wrote, "There's a beautiful moment just at the end of Grandaddy's set, somewhere around the line, "Did you love this world, and did this world not love you," where Lytle looks down, his trucker hat bill obscuring his face to most of the crowd, and smiles, only to himself. This is how it feels to be back."
As a solo artist, Lytle has built a catalog of inventive and intensely evocative works. Dept. Of Disappearance is no different. The anticipated follow up to 2009's Yours Truly, the Commuter, the record is an epic and heart-wrenching accompaniment to one's life. The album is available for pre-order at href="http://www.amazon.com/Dept-Disappearance-Jason-Lytle/dp/B008RPXPVQ/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1346815789&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=dept.+of+disappearance+pre-order">Amazon> .
Jason Lytle will be performing the songs of Dept. Of Disappearance live on a headlining tour starting this October. Sea of Bees will be joining him on all dates.
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A pacemaker is a battery-powered device
about the size of a pocket watch that sends weak electrical impulses to "set a
pace" so that the heart is able to maintain a regular heartbeat. Some people who have atrial fibrillation need a pacemaker.
There are two
basic types of pacemakers.
All new pacemakers are rate-response, or physiologic,
pacemakers. They can sense when your activity increases and respond by
increasing your heart rate.
Rate-responsive pacemakers are
often the ideal choice for active people. These pacemakers closely reproduce
natural heart rhythms and are able to raise heart rate in response to physical
activity. Your doctor can decide how fast the pacemaker should respond and how
quickly your heart rate should return to a resting rate.
pacemakers are surgically implanted into the chest. The procedure to implant a
pacemaker is considered minor surgery. It can usually be done using
local anesthesia. The procedure takes about an hour.
Permanent pacemakers are powered by batteries. The batteries usually last 5 to
15 years before they need to be replaced.
Temporary pacemakers are
attached to the heart by a wire threaded through a neck vein, a leg vein, or
through the chest wall. Temporary pacemakers are most commonly used for a short
time following heart surgery or when waiting for a permanent pacemaker to be
Most people stay overnight in the
hospital after they have a pacemaker implanted. And they typically go home the next day.
But sometimes the surgery is done as an
outpatient procedure, which means you do not need to
stay overnight in the hospital.
Most people return to normal
activities after a few weeks. For several weeks after
having a pacemaker implanted, avoid driving or doing
vigorous physical activity that involves the upper body.
activities and situations can interrupt the signals sent by the pacemaker to
the heart. You may need to adapt some of your activities. Follow your doctor's
specific instructions about care and precautions.
Once or twice a year your doctor will
check your pacemaker and adjust it, if needed.1 In between checkups at your doctor's office, you will probably send information from your cardiac device to your doctor. You will do this by using a telephone or the Internet.
People with
atrial fibrillation may need a pacemaker for a
variety of reasons. These reasons include:
Pacemakers stimulate the heart to
speed up when it beats too slowly or reset the rate when the heart beats too
fast. They can also substitute for the natural pacemaker of the heart (AV or SA node).
There are several risks to getting a pacemaker. But risks
vary for each person. The chance of most problems is low.
The procedure to implant a pacemaker is safe, and most people do well afterward. You will see your doctor regularly to check your pacemaker and make sure you don't have any problems.
During the procedure. If problems happen during the procedure, doctors can likely fix them right away.
After the procedure. Problems after the procedure can be minor, like mild pain, or serious, like an infection. But your doctor can solve most of these problems. And most people do not have long-term issues with their pacemakers.
Problems include:
In rare cases, people feel
throbbing in the neck, chest fullness, or lightheadedness when the pacemaker
sends out impulses. Talk to your doctor about what types of side effects you
may expect from your pacemaker.
In rare cases, pacemakers are recalled by the maker of the pacemaker. A recall means that the pacemaker has a problem that needs to be watched closely or fixed. For more information on what happens if a device is recalled, see:
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online: http://www.hrsonline.org/Practice-Guidance/Clinical-Guidelines-Documents/HRS-EHRA-Expert-Consensus-on-the-Monitoring-of-Cardiovascular-Implantable-Electronic-Devices/2008-Monitoring-of-CIEDs.Res JCJ, et al. (2004). Pneumothorax resulting from subclavian puncture: a complication of permanent pacemaker lead implantation. Netherlands Heart Journal, 12(3): 101–105.Akoum NW, et al. (2008). Pacemaker therapy. In EG Nabel, ed., ACP Medicine, section 1, chap. 7. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.Baddour LM, et al. (2010). Update on cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections and their management. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 121(3): 458–477.Swerdlow CD, et al. (2012). Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. In RO Bonow et al., eds., Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 9th ed., vol. 1, pp. 745–770. Philadelphia: Saunders.
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KDE 3.2 Released
Today the KDE Project released KDE 3.2. It is the result of a combined year-long effort by hundreds of individuals and corporations from around the globe. For packages, please visit the KDE 3.2 info page. At the moment binary packages for Conectiva Linux, Slackware (9.0, 9.1) and SUSE Linux (8.2, 9.0) are listed. Or compile the source either manually or with the help of Konstruct after reading the KDE 3.2 Requirements list. All changes can be found in the detailed KDE 3.2 change log or continue to read about the highlights.
Some of the highlights in KDE 3.2 at a glance:
More information and why you should use KDE 3.2 can be found in the KDE 3.2 announcement.
Re: Why is it so sloooooow?
I've done almost everything:(
By Cirrus at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Why is it so sloooooow?
Run fc-cache as root maybe?
By AC at Thu, 2004/02/05 - 6:00am
Re: Why is it so sloooooow?
I also had the same problem: kdeinit used more than 90% CPU time. KDE was almost unusable.
After fc-cache it runs smoothly, much faster than 3.1.5.
By espakm at Mon, 2004/03/08 - 6:00am
Re: Why is it so sloooooow?
I tried to instal at home (Pentium IV, 2Ghz 1Gb, same SuSE 8.2), and it works flawlesly and extremly fast.
By PV at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: Why is it so sloooooow?
Having Debian KDE 3.2 CVS I can tell you that when you upgrade don't be surprised to note that not all the necessary parts of the packages actually get installed. I did a dpkg -i --force-all on kdebase and kdelibs amongst other packages and low and behold there were some parts that didn't install until I forced it to install.
The system runs smoother. However when I do put 3.2 release I'm going to do a Dselect purge after I relocate .kde to tmp directory, than restore some of my personal preferences back.
KDE doesn't seem to just "smoothly upgrade." (I hold the maintainer more responsible on this than the dev teams)
That is definitely a no no if they want it to be an "out-of-the-box" consumer experience.
The scripts don't always do what they're supposed to do.
Apt-get behaves a bit differently than dpkg as well.
And if there are any fixed dependencies (packageA=3.2-...) expect some future headaches, instead of the expected (packageA>=3.2-...) approach when it's time to do smooth and gradual updates to the base and addons.
Qt is also in-flux as well. I'd imagine once Qt3.3 is out of beta and full release any extraneous annoyances that popped up in 3.2.x will be less frequent.
By Marc J. Driftmeyer at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Why is it so sloooooow?
Check if /dev/shm is enabled in fstab. It will improve speed of X if you use it.
Did you associate localhost and your machine name with 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts? I had a problem with KDE being very slow in the past and I corrected it by adding these two lines in this file.
By Dominic at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Why is it so sloooooow?
Hi PV,
I have the same exact problem as you have.
"When I launch an app, it takes 15-20 sec and X takes 90% of CPU.." - yeep, absolutely the same :). Otherwise it works fine...
I read your post @21:48 and you said that "it works flawlesly and extremly fast" on a different hardware configuration, so is that a some strange incompatibility problem with some hardware (i.e. some video cards)?
My box is: Celeron 900 MHz, S3 Savage 8 MB Video on Debian GNU/Linux(Sid), XServer 4.2.1, kernel 2.4.23
Any ideas ?
By ivo_bg at Thu, 2004/02/05 - 6:00am
Re: Why is it so sloooooow?
My card at work (slow kde 3.2) :nVidia Quadro4 900XGL
same Xfree :
Kernel at work: 2.4.20-64GB-SMP
By PV at Thu, 2004/02/05 - 6:00am
Re: Why is it so sloooooow?
I get 30% - 50% better performance on my 400 MHz Pentium, 128 MB RAM system under SuSE 8.2 using the upgrade packages.
Wanna trade computers?
By Tukla Ratte at Thu, 2004/02/05 - 6:00am
Thank you
A big thanks to all the KDE developers, supporters, translators, etc.. Great work guys. We really appreciate it.
By brockers at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
3.2 is amazing.
I've been using 3.2 RC1 (and more recently 3.2 final, grabbed it off CVS yesterday), and I must say that the difference between Konq in 3.1 and 3.2 is like night and day. I have even come across sites that Konq renders perfectly, and FIREBIRD fails!
The second highlight for me is the new and improved Kate editor. It is without a doubt the best GUI text editor I have ever used on any platform. Simple, lightweight, fast, and has project/folding/highlighting support.
If it weren't for my reliance on Photoshop for my digital darkroom, I would most certainly make Linux and KDE 3.2 the default on my main box. I eagerly await Gimp 2.2 (maybe KDE 3.3/4 will be out by then? ;)
By Wheaty at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: 3.2 is amazing.
Photoshop actually runs under Crossover Office, might be worth a try out. http://www.codeweavers.com/site/compatibility/browse/name?app_id=8
By Someone at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: 3.2 is amazing.
it seems to run under regular wine as well. here are the instructions for a specific version:
By Mark Dufour at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
change shading of workplace???
where I can change the shading of workplace text under icons??
By Kid at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: change shading of workplace???
That is very strange, since the shadows were designed to *improve* the readability of the text in all cases. Could you post a screenshot of your problem?
To turn off the shadows, right-click the desktop, choose "Configure Desktop", go to the "background" panel, click "Advanced Options", and uncheck "Enable Shadow".
By Spy Hunter at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: change shading of workplace???
Deja Vu. I swear I just read this question (and answer) about 3 screens up.
By Caleb Tennis at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Well done everyone! I have seen how much work went into this, and it is really very humbling. The breadth and depth of the K Desktop is simply astounding; just KDevelop alone is a tech powerhouse.
There are probably less than five companies in the world that could get something like this out of the door. That it is a largely volunteer effort is a true sign of the strength of open source, and the KDE community.
Respect to everyone involved.
By Dominic Chambers at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Mandrake packages
Yes, this is the same old question ;)
Does anyone know anything about (non-cooker) Mandrake packages for KDE 3.2?
By Richard Jones at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: Mandrake packages
I think we are out of luck. Look here ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.2/
By J. Andersen at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: Mandrake packages
Bummer. I really want to be running 3.2 but a source compile on my laptop would take forever. Anyone want to step up to the plate and put up Mandrake rpms, please? :/
By repito at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Mandrake packages
folks! Mandrake 10beta is out and it includes KDE 3.2pre and the new 2.6 kernel!
I'm waiting for the Mandrake 10 community edition which should be out by the end of the month! It will run kde 3.2final out of the box. I've been considering trying the new kernel and the new KDE but since I am wary of breaking my 9.2 install, I'm going to wait a couple of weeks and give Mandrake 10 a try. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/100beta.php3 is the site for the beta. Normally I don't upgrade often, but this seems worth it, speaking of reinstalling distros, what is it with people that switch distros completely every two weeks when a new feature/program is released instead of a) learning to compile from source or b) waiting for a package to be created for the desired product? Are these the same people that reinstall windows every month instead of running scandisk and defrag?
By matt at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Mandrake packages
lol they want also the xfree-4.4 RC ? Btw the 2.6 kernel is not stable enough.
By JC at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Mandrake packages
I'm running current Cooker and it is not unstable. I don't experience crushes, XFree 4.4 RC is stable enough, and for your information kernel in Cooker is 2.6.2.
And BTW, kde 3.2 runs perfectly here.
By wygiwyg at Thu, 2004/02/05 - 6:00am
Re: Mandrake packages
I just want Mandrake to be up-to-date when major updates arrive. It seems to me that other distros manage to do this very soon after the releases. If Mandrake released some update plan like "14 february KDE 3.2 packages will be available for users of Mandrake 9.2 , 9.1.. whatever" i would wait without complaining. They just seem to concentrate on the next release and forget users of the actual distro. Its frustrating - even MS does this better with their SP's.
By J. Andersen at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
I insatlled KDE 3.2 on woody. Overall KDE 3.2 is very nice desktop with great new features. Yes, there are bugs... For example Kontroll Center sometimes going crazy and start kdeinit which eats the CPU.
However the fonts are ugly in konsole on woody. I try to setup a nice fixed fonts for it (Kosnole -> Settings -> Font -> Custom), but I can't. All of them are ugly. I don't know why only few fonts available on the custom font menu. In kde3.1.4 I've so many fonts in the custom selections, and the fonts looks great. :-(
Any idea?
By Sahin at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: woody+konsole+fonts
Hi Sahin,
I have the same problem, too.
By Ulf at Thu, 2004/02/05 - 6:00am
Re: woody+konsole+fonts
Konsole uses only fixed width fonts.
Which fixes width fonts do you have installed?
By James Richard Tyrer at Fri, 2004/02/06 - 6:00am
Re: woody+konsole+fonts
Does woody use fontconfig?
To solve this problem on unstable, you would make sure you have bitmapped fonts installed (xfonts-base, xfonts-75dpi/xfonts-100dpi), and then dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig and select "Enable bitmapped fonts".
Maybe this is applicable to Woody.
By Fenris Ulf at Wed, 2004/02/11 - 6:00am
fedora kde 3.2 rpms
If anyone is looking for fedora rpms get them here
189 mb total
By rahul sundaram at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: fedora kde 3.2 rpms
Are this fedora core 1 or rawhide (developement) version?
By Anonymous at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: fedora kde 3.2 rpms
these are fc1 rpms
By rahul sundaram at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: fedora kde 3.2 rpms
Are these packages compiled with mp3 and xine support ?
B/W will there be packages by KDE-RedHat team ?
By Asokan K at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: fedora kde 3.2 rpms
I doubt redhat's packages on kde.org include mpe/xine support.
KDE-RedHat (http://kde-redhat.sf.net/) packages should be arriving in the next day or two. Stay tuned.
-- Rex
By Rex Dieter at Thu, 2004/02/05 - 6:00am
Re: fedora kde 3.2 rpms
Wow.. A Big thanks to KDE-RedHat
By Asokan K at Thu, 2004/02/05 - 6:00am
Unpleasant bug. How to repair it?????
when you start konsole and look with w who is logged in, you see two users.
By Entirer at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: Unpleasant bug. How to repair it?????
That behavior was in Unices since xterms appeared (and that's a long, long time ago). Every virtual terminal (let it be xterm, eterm, gterm or konsole) will be attached to a /dev/pts* virtual device. Thus, every time you launch a konsole, you create a new virtual device /dev/pts*, and run a getty and a bash on it, effectively increasing the times you're logged into the system.
Time to say "it's not a bug, it's a feature"...
By [email protected] at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: Unpleasant bug. How to repair it?????
That's not quite true. konsole, xterm, eterm, gterm, etc don't cause a new user to be "logged in" when they start up. They simply fork another bash shell. getty is only involved on the virtual terminals available at Alt-F1, Alt-F2, etc.
I don't have KDE3.2 final installed yet (emerge kde is running right now ), but konsole should *not* cause additional logins.
Below is a snapshot of my system under 3.2RC1 that shows konsole doesn't behave in the way you described.
[email protected] done $ ps -Af | grep "konsole";who
By Greg Fortune at Thu, 2004/02/05 - 6:00am
Re: Unpleasant bug. How to repair it?????
the konsole behaviour depends on how 'utempter' is installed i believe ... (i'm not sure if the program name is right). If you don't like that behaviour, just remove the setuid flag from it
By ik at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
3.2 for sid?
it's still not there :(
By Pat at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Remote control
Does the kde3.2 remote-control functionality depend on lirc, or does it
By irda at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: Remote control
AFAIK it's a kde frontend to lirc.
By Anonymous at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
And god said.....
Let there be KDE!
mmmmmm can't wait for slackware pkg's
By Namaseit at Tue, 2004/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: And god said.....
Read the announcement
By JC at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Why are you installing 3.2?
In an attempt to start a postive thread, here's a nifty question for everybody:
Why (specifically) are you installing 3.2?
For myself, the answer is disconnected IMAP. I often work at a diner with no bandwidth so that I can code without distractions. They know me there, and give me an outlet and loads of coffee. The one thing I'd like to take with me is my email. The other reason is that I'm on a fairly slow laptop (300Mhz, but it runs MySQL and Apache as well as KDE), so any speed increases are welcome.
I'm curious as to what feature of 3.2 is making everybody so excited about this release. I'd imagine it's different for everybody.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Why are you installing 3.2?
Konqueror. The web browser works for me, as a file manager it is quick enough to be useful. Quanta is almost always open.
By Derek Kite at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Why are you installing 3.2?
Because as a gentooer when I type 'emerge -UD world' that's what it does. And I feel guilty if I don't do that once in a while (after an emerge system of course.)
I'm annoyed that it seems like only a couple of weeks ago that my puter spent goodness knows how long building 3.1.x Now here in the S hemishphere where its summer all that extra processor heat is not very helpful.
Seriously though I'm keen to check out that UML stuff.
By Stewart at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Why are you installing 3.2?
For me, while 3.1 was a terrific release, and good enough to get me off Windows permanently, there are still little things here and there that mildly annoy me. They're too small to bother enumerating, but I do hope 3.2 takes some of them away.
By Sean O'Dell at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Why are you installing 3.2?
By - at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Why are you installing 3.2?
various small features:
1. Vertical selection in konsole.
to name a few
By SorinM at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am
Way to go KDE developers!
This is a huge step forward for Linux on the desktop.
In fact, with this release it is a good time to donate, like all OSS projects KDE is in need of money and any contributions, they really should advertise this more.
By Alex at Wed, 2004/02/04 - 6:00am


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Neurofibromatosis is a genetic problem that causes tumors in the nervous system. Tumors develop in the nerves or the tissue that surrounds the nerves, called the myelin sheath. Neurofibromatosis is divided into 3 types, neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), and schwannomatosis. The type is determined by the specific genes that are affected.
This articles discusses NF1, the most common neurofibromatosis. It affects the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, called peripheral nerves.
NF is caused by a change in a specific gene. The gene normally makes proteins that help control growth in the nerves. Since the gene is defective, these proteins are not able to control growth, and tumors develop.
In many cases, the abnormal gene is inherited from a parent. A person with the inherited form of NF has a 50% chance of passing the abnormal gene to each child. Any parents, children, and siblings of an affected individual should be considered at risk for NF. However, the gene change can occur in a person with no family history of NF.
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- Larger than normal head circumference in children
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- Problems with growth of the spine, bones of the skull, or the shin bones
Other medical conditions that are associated with NF1 include:
- Mild impairment of intellectual function, learning disabilities such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Seizures
- Headaches
- Congenital heart defects or damaged blood vessels
- High blood pressure
You will be asked about your medical and family medical history. A physical exam will be done. It may take a few years before NF1 is diagnosed. NF1 may be suspected if there is a history of:
Neurofibromas (tumors that grow on a nerve or nerve tissue)— rarely occur before puberty
- These tumors can progress to become aggressive malignant tumors.
- Growths on the iris of the eye (called Lisch nodules or hamartomas)
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Images may be taken of your nerves and brain. This can be done with an MRI scan . Samples of tumors may also be removed and sent for a biopsy.
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Released on Saturday Feb 27th 2009 in Ireland, and in the rest of the world two days later, No Line On The Horizon, was the band's 12th studio album and their first since How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, in 2004.
Recording began in 2007 in Fez, Morocco, where longtime producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois joined U2 as songwriting partners. Work continued in the band's own studio in Dublin, moved to New York's Platinum Sound Recording Studios before work was completed in December 2008 at Olympic Studios in London where Steve Lillywhite contributed additional production.
The album debuted at No. 1 in 30 countries with 5million copies sold by June 2009. The striking cover art features a photograph of Lake Constance by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto - an image which inspired the writing of the title song. Special editions of the album also included Linear, a film directed by Anton Corbijn based on a story developed with Bono about a Parisian motorcycle officer. Corbijn described as ' a new way to listen to a record... and to connect to music.'
No Line On The Horizon was the band's 10th No.1 album in the UK and seventh in the US. Some critics loved it, some were less convinced. For David Fricke of Rolling Stone it was U2's best album since Achtung Baby in 1991 while Entertainment Weekly concluded that it 'speaks to the zeitgeist the way only U2 can and dare to do'. Andrew Mueller in Uncut said it was their 'least immediate album' but might become 'one of their most enduring.' Time, by contrast, called it 'unsatisfied'.
The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards, while 'I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight' was nominated for two other Grammy's. Rolling Stone made No Line on the Horizon best album of the year and 'Moment of Surrender' song of the year.
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'We'd invited Eno and Lanois to come in as writers. It was a big step up for us to say, 'We wanna open the thing up and that will determine the direction.' From the first session Larry was performing on an electronic drum kit. Normally Larry drums so hard, it's very hard to spend hours working stuff up when you've got all this bang and clatter. But the electronic kit made him play in a certain way. So the music came from a different place.'
'Initially, the idea was to do this esoteric thing and have a few hits there as well. It's kind of morphed into something else. I think there is experimentation in there... it's just a different animal. It's not quite what people would expect a U2 experimental thing would be. I mean, if you think of Zooropa, or Passengers, this is not that. This has got a lot of weight... I think it's some of the best music we've ever written.'
Larry on recording in Morocco
'I want people to listen to it as opposed to just buying it. I want this to be an album people go back to, and really get into, in-depth. Like all the records I love... I think we've learnt a few things over the years... I think it could be a bringing to bear of all those eureka moments from the past. And I think it could be our best album.'
'...I allowed myself to wear the clothes of characters that wandered into my imagination. So the guy in (new song) 'Cedars of Lebanon' is a war correspondent. I meet a lot of them in my other life. And I have a lot of empathy because I'd probably be one (laughs). And then there's this song that is called 'Tripoli' at the moment, which is this guy on a motorcycle, a Moroccan French cop, who's going awol. He drives through France and Spain down to this village outside of Cadiz where you can actually see the fires of Africa burning...'
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No Line.....I love this album, it took me a couple of listens, then I couldn't stop listening to it! I wasn't crazy about the first single "Boots", but when listening to it within the context of the the entire album it works well, and actually has become a favorite of mine. The title cut is a classic, and all of it just gets me going, like all of the U2 catalog. There are a few songs I like less than others, but that is the case on all albums. This a special album to me, and was glad so much if it was played on the first leg of the 360 tour. If it's not in your collection, get it, and don't be scared off by 1st listen.
28 September, 2012
bryanI still think that No Line is not what it should be. Doesn't have the spirit of a great U2 album. For example, the lyrics of Unknown Caller let down a great piece of music. Lyrics are pretty juvenile. But then Ceders is genius I bought three copies over the first weekend of release and I've given them all away. First time the band has let me down. Please release something soon..
29 August, 2012
No line on the horizon, to me.'No line on the horizon', the title could sound intimidatory, a sort of warning and implicit the invitation to revisit the world of inner. Each song is like a slide. Real facts narrated in an accurate outlook. Sounds and rithmes extend to new destinations, melodies are finely structured. It may be an hyperbolic rock electronic album,surely an original and innovative one. It feels the spirit to make a point of the situation, to cultivate love for great values, to react positevely . ' I was punching in the numbers at the ATM machine I could see in the reflection A face staring back at me .At the moment of surrender Of vision over visibility I did not notice the passers-by And they did not notice me.( Moment of surrender lyrics). What we meet is not unique, but we are unique in our being. it's not a hill, it's a mountain As you start out the climb. ( No line on the horizon lyrics).The album counts eleven tracks :_ No line on the horizon, Magnificent, Moment of Surrender, I ll go crazy if i don't go crazy tonight, ' Get on your boots' , ' Stand up Comedy' , ' Fez Being born', ' White as snow', ' Breathe', ' Cedars of Libanon', they trace a path. ' These days are better than that'. ( Breathe Lyrics).
08 August, 2011
Great album!Great album for short! Expecting more goodness in the future!
03 May, 2011
Love itVery cool album! Creeper, for sure.
09 November, 2010
"Rest of..."Excellent suggestion. I love the songs you mentioned, as well.
02 September, 2010
new version of "Breathe"Apparently it aired today on 2DayFM... surprised there was no mention of it anywhere! It really is an underrated track, joining "Like a Song...," "Wire," "Acrobat," and "Gone" as forgotten U2 rockers. Maybe you guys should come out with a "Rest Of..."


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Questionable Uses
In the US, supplements containing ephedra have been banned since 2004 due to safety issues.
The Chinese herb ma huang is a member of a primitive family of plants that look like thin, branching, connected straws. A related species, Ephedra nevadensis , grows wild in the American Southwest and is widely called Mormon tea . However, only the Asian species of ephedra contains the active compounds ephedrine and pseudoephedrine.
Ma huang was traditionally used by Chinese herbalists during the early stages of respiratory infections and also for the short-term treatment of certain kinds of asthma, eczema, hay fever, narcolepsy, and edema.
Japanese chemists isolated ephedrine from ma huang at the turn of the century, and it soon became a primary treatment for asthma in the United States and abroad. Ephedra's other major ingredient, pseudoephedrine, became the decongestant Sudafed.
What Is Ephedra Used for Today?
Although it can still be found in a few over-the-counter drugs for asthma and sinus congestion (in a safer form than the banned dietary supplements), physicians seldom prescribe ephedrine anymore. The problem is that ephedrine mimics the effects of adrenaline and causes symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, agitation, insomnia, nausea, and loss of appetite. The newer asthma drugs are much safer and easier to tolerate.
Meaningful evidence suggests ephedrine/caffeine combinations can assist in weight loss . 1-5,19,31Note : Due to safety risks, we strongly recommend that you seek physician's supervision before attempting to lose weight with ephedrine/caffeine combination therapy. We do not recommend using herbal sources of ephedrine, which are now banned, for weight loss at all. (See Safety Issues .)
One highly preliminary study has been used to claim that ephedrine is helpful for women with sexual dysfunction . 20 However, this trial was very small, enrolled women without sexual problems, and only examined sexual responsiveness to visual stimuli; at this time, we do not recommend that women with sexual dysfunction use ephedra. Another study examined the possible benefits of ephedrine for treatment of female sexual dysfunction caused by antidepressants in the SSRI family (eg, Prozac). 32 Ephedrine failed to prove more effective than placebo.
There is no meaningful evidence that ephedra enhances sports performance . 29
Note : Individuals taking ephedra or ephedrine may test positive for methamphetamine (speed) on drug screening. 21,33
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Ephedra?
Evidence suggests that ephedrine/caffeine combinations can aid weight loss and help keep the weight off for up to 6 months. However, the benefits are modest.
For example, in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 180 overweight individuals were placed on a weight-loss diet and given either ephedrine/caffeine (20 mg/200 mg), ephedrine alone (20 mg), caffeine alone (200 mg), or placebo, 3 times daily for 24 weeks. 6 The results showed that the ephedrine/caffeine treatment significantly enhanced weight loss, resulting in a loss of more than 36 pounds as compared to only 29 pounds in the placebo group, a 7-pound difference. Neither ephedrine nor caffeine alone produced any benefit. Contrary to some reports, participants did not develop tolerance to the treatment. For the whole 6 months of the trial, the treatment group maintained the same relative weight-loss advantage over the placebo group.
A few side effects were seen in this study, primarily insomnia, dizziness, and tremor, but they tended to fade away after a few weeks. Keep in mind that participants were screened prior to the study and were eliminated if they had high blood pressure or any other serious disease, or if they used medications or illegal drugs that might interact with stimulants.
Another study compared ephedrine/caffeine with the no-longer-available drug dexfenfluramine (Redux), related to fenfluramine of fen-phen fame. 8 A total of 103 overweight individuals were enrolled in this 15-week, double-blind trial. All were placed on a weight-loss diet. Half were given ephedrine/caffeine at the usual dose, while the others were given 15 mg of dexfenfluramine. The results showed comparable weight loss in both groups.
Finally, a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial enrolled 225 heavy smokers who wanted to quit but were afraid of gaining weight. 10 At 12 weeks after quitting smoking, individuals taking ephedrine and caffeine had gained significantly less weight. At that point, the dosage was gradually reduced, and the difference between the groups declined. (Contrary to the hopes of the experimenters, ephedrine/caffeine use did not help individuals quit smoking.)
Benefits have also been seen in smaller studies using herbal sources of ephedrine. 9
We don't know exactly how ephedrine/caffeine works. However, caffeine has actions that cause fat breakdown and enhance metabolism. 11 Ephedrine suppresses appetite and increases energy expenditure. The combination appears to produce synergistic effects, with appetite suppression probably the most important overall factor.
The dosage of ephedra should be adjusted according to the amount of the ephedrine it provides. For adults, no more than 25 mg should be taken at one time, and a total daily intake of 100 mg should not be exceeded. 12 However, a survey of ephedra-containing dietary supplements found that ephedrine content as listed on the label was frequently incorrect. 13 In addition, other chemicals were often present that could increase safety risks (see Safety Issues). For this reason, we do not recommend using herbal ephedra at all.
Safety Issues
While ephedra is an herb with a long history of use in Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese tradition attaches numerous warnings: It should only be used by very robust people, for certain specific purposes, and only for a short period of time. These ancient warnings seem to have been disregarded in the transition of ephedra use from Asia to the United States, where it had often been sold for continuous use by overweight, relatively unhealthy people. Herbal products containing ephedra caused the majority (64%) of reported adverse effects from herbs in the US. This proportion is particularly impressive given that less than 1% of all herbal products sold in the US contained ephedra. On a per-use basis, for example, ephedra has 720 times the risk of causing harm as ginkgo biloba.
There are many reasons for this high rate of risk. While it is possible for healthy individuals under physician supervision to use ephedrine or ephedrine/caffeine combinations safely, in individuals with heart disease, and even occasionally in those with no known heart conditions, ephedrine can cause serious disturbances of the heart rhythm and possibly sudden death; strokes have also occurred. 15,18,22,23 Use of herbal ephedra, as opposed to ephedrine, may present additional dangers. As noted above, there is no ready way to be sure of the dose of the drug ephedrine you are getting when you purchase the herb ephedra, creating potential risk of overdosage. In addition, some ephedra products contain potentially more toxic chemicals related to ephedrine, such as (+)-norpseudoephedrine. 16
There is some evidence, though, that counters this claim of cardiovascular risk. For example, researchers analyzed data on 257,236 Danish patients prescribed to take a combination of ephedrine and caffeine from 1995-2002. 39 These patients did not have increased rates of heart attack or stroke.
Use of ephedra has been associated with severe inflammation of the liver (in at least one case requiring a liver transplant) 24,25,35 and of the heart. 26 In these cases, it appears likely that ephedra (or an unidentified contaminant in the herb) triggered an autoimmune reaction.
In addition, people taking ephedra or ephedrine may develop an unusual form of kidney stones that actually contain ephedrine. 27 Temporary psychosis has also been linked to use of ephedra. 34
Finally, there are indications that certain preparations of ephedra may be toxic to the nervous system. 28
Based on the known risks of ephedrine, 17 as well as the evidence described above, ephedra should definitely not be taken by a person with:
- Cardiovascular disease, including:
- Enlargement of the prostate
- Diabetes
- Hepatitis
- Myocarditis
- Vasculitis
- Diseases of the nervous system
- Glaucoma
- Hyperthyroidism
- Young children
- Pregnant or nursing women
- People with kidney disease
- People with liver disease
Furthermore, one should never combine ephedra with monoamine-oxidase inhibitors (MAO inhibitors), such as Nardil (phenelzine), or fatal reactions may develop.
Interactions You Should Know About
If you are taking:
- MAO inhibitors : Do not take ephedra.
- Any stimulant drugs (including caffeine): Do not take ephedra except under physician supervision.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO CAM Review Board
- Review Date: 12/2015 -
- Update Date: 12/15/2015 -


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Diagnosis of chlamydia often relies on screening tests since most people have no symptoms. Screening tests are used on high-risk groups of people who show no signs or symptoms of infection. This is done to maximize early diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Chlamydia may also be suspected based on your symptoms (if you have them).
Testing can be done on fluid from a swab from the penis, cervix, throat, or rectum, or with a urine test. The fluid is often tested with nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT). This test can also diagnose gonorrhea .
If you think you have been exposed to chlamydia, it may make you feel anxious or embarrassed to seek care from your doctor. Home test kits are widely available, but they are not as accurate as testing at your doctor's office and can lead to a missed diagnosis. If you choose to use a test kit, it is important to follow-up with your doctor, regardless of the results. In the long run, it's best to have a doctor you feel comfortable with, so you can seek help when you need it.
If you are concerned about the cost of testing or currently don't have a doctor available, search for local community health or family planning centers that may offer testing services. Some testing services may be available for free.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board David L. Horn, MD, FACP
- Review Date: 03/2018 -
- Update Date: 03/15/2015 -


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