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Residents in four apartments displaced by Rochester fireBy JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
April 10. 2013 3:48PM
ROCHESTER - A two-alarm fire destroyed a second-floor apartment and slightly damaged others in a two-story home on King Street Wednesday afternoon.
Police, firefighters and emergency personnel responded at 12:04 p.m. to 6 King St. and immediately sounded a first alarm, according to Fire Capt. Paul LaClair.
"When we turned the corner around the (downtown) fire station, we could see smoke," LaClair said, adding crews from the first engine saw fire coming out of three second-floor windows when they arrived at the scene at 12:06 p.m.
"The first crews were able to knock down the fire pretty quickly," LaClair said.
LaClair said the second alarm brought all Rochester firefighters and their counterparts from Barrington, Durham, Milton and Somersworth to the scene. He said firefighters from Dover, Farmington and Berwick, Maine, provided station coverage.
Although paramedics from Frisbie Memorial Hospital were at the scene, LaClair said the fire did not cause any injuries.
LaClair said the fire was under control at 1:17 p.m., which is when mutual aid companies were released.
He said the fire destroyed one apartment on the second floor, while the other three apartments sustained minor smoke or water damage. He added residents should be able to return to some of apartments once they are cleaned up.
Members of the American Red Cross responded to the scene to assist residents.
Firefighters have not determined what caused the fire or whether it was suspicious, but LaClair said the investigation is under way.


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Scott Lee Scantlin, was a son, brother, uncle, mentor, musician and above all else a friend. On Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, he left us too soon; after only 49 years.
Scott Lee Scantlin, was a son, brother, uncle, mentor, musician and above all else a friend. On Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, he left us too soon; after only 49 years.
He was born at Fort Ord in Monterey, Calif., on June 18, 1963, to William and Barbara Scantlin. Being the son of a career Navy pilot, Scott grew up in varied and sometimes exotic locales both inside and outside of the United States. Depending on where his family was stationed, he enjoyed growing and playing in environs from Okinawa to suburban Washington, D.C. Upon his father's retirement from the Navy, Scott moved with his family to Neosho. Here he graduated from Neosho High School in 1981.
During this time, and after graduation from high school, Scott developed an intense and lasting love of music. While in high school, he was a member of the Wildcat Band playing both the trumpet and trombone. Also during this time he learned to play the guitar, which would have a lasting impact on his life. He followed his dream and with a group of his high school friends formed, toured, and played with the band City Limits.
In 1989, he married Vicki Mitchell. He went on to graduate from Missouri Southern with a degree in business communication. Scott worked for a local TV station in Joplin. After working and living in Joplin for several years, he and Vicki moved to the Springfield, area. After their divorce, he continued to live in Springfield.
Scott worked at the NBC affiliate KYTV in Springfield, for 13 years. He was a valued employee and trusted co-worker. He could be both a total professional when advising a client and a prankster giving a fellow colleague a humorous uplift on an otherwise mundane work day. Scott's amazing blend of creativity and artistry was shared through his countless commercials and music "gigs" seen throughout the Ozarks.
Scott loved playing with the band City Limits. Scott exhibited a deep and unabashed joy when performing with his fellow band members. He was creative, intense, and compassionate when it came to the writing, collaboration and performance of his music with his fellow City Limits band members. Scott was proud of the band's accomplishments. These included, but were not limited to, the release of a self-titled album in 2008 and countless concerts played in the region to benefit local charities. City Limits' loyal and large following is a testament to how much Scott and the band were esteemed and admired. Scott played simply because he loved the music.
Scott was respected and loved by his family, friends and colleagues. No matter what kind of day he was having he always tossed out a "Have a good evening" to whomever walked out the door with him. He would then roll away into the evening on his Harley. Scott, until we see you again, "Have a good evening." You will be missed.
Scott is survived by his mother; Barbara Scantlin, Neosho; his brother, William Ward Scantlin and wife, Ronda, Dayton, Ohio; his sister; Kelly Jo Smith and husband, Brad of LaJunta, Colo.; two nieces Hannah Smith and Alexandra Scantlin.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, at Clark Funeral Home, Chapel Of Memories, Neosho. Interment will be in Fox Cemetery, Powell. Dr. Jerry Seigel officiating. Visitation will be held from 6-7 p.m. today at Clark Funeral Home, Neosho. The casket will remain closed at all times.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Instrumental Music Department at Neosho High School, Neosho, C/O Clark Funeral Home P.O. Box 66 Neosho, 64850
Services under the direction of Clark Funeral Home, Neosho.
Online condolences may be posted at www.clarkfuneralhomes.com.

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IUCN mounted a successful exhibition stand and a side event at the 2nd Africa Water Week held in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa from 9-13 November 2009. The exhibition showcased IUCN work including WANI toolkits and PACO publications on the Volta basin and most of the published were picked before the middle of the week and people kept on asking for more IUCN documents.
During the Water Week, Mr Ousmane Diallo, the Regional Water and Wetlands Coordinator for PACO presented a paper on Multi-level stakeholder participation in improving water governance in the Volta basin in the session on "Managing Africa's Transboundary Waters".
Dr Emmanuel Mwendera, the ESARO Regional Coordinator for Water and Wetlands, presented a paper on Mainstreaming climate change in integrated water resources management: Case study of Pangani River Basin in the session on "Mitigating the Impact of Climate Change". Emmanuel also chaired the session on "Managing Africa's Transboundary Waters". Mr Hastings Chikoko the Head of IUCN Pretoria Office and Head of Constituency Support and Communications (Eastern and Southern Africa) was one of the panelist for a session on "Community Challenges, Community Voices: Critical stories of IWRM in the era of climate change" which was organized by the InterPress Service in collaboration with the SADC Regional Water Sector Programme. IUCN also presented a side event on SHARE toolkit. This was jointly hosted by UNEP whose side event was on "The role of ecosystems in water resources management".
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Sleazy California Democratd on Health Reform February 6, 2012Posted by rogerhollander in California, Democracy, Health.
Tags: California, california democrats, california legislature, california politics, democratic party, greek mythology, health care reform, health insurance, healthcare reform, insurance industry, mark leno, medical insurance, phil angelides, public option, roger hollander, schwarzenegger, single payer, tantalus
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Roger's note: this is an excerpt from an email I received from firstname.lastname@example.com. It describes the machinations of the California Democratic Party in appearing to support a single payer health insurance plan while at the same time behind the scenes doing everything it can to ensure that it DOESN'T come to pass. In the seven years I spend on the Toronto municipal council, I saw this kind of hypocrisy in action time and time again. What they did in California is a classical example of this tactic, and the pen activists captured it perfectly and are to be congratulated for the exposé. And one more example of why electoral politics (as opposed to taking to the streets) is for the most part futile.
As you know, if you have been a participant of this distribution list for a while, we have been valiantly advocating for a single payer health care system for many years. Such a bill (SB 840) was passed by both chambers of the CA state legislature in 2006, but the bill was vetoed by Governor Maid Molester (Schwarzenegger).
At the time we TRIED to get the Democratic nominee Phil Angelides (who had previously claimed to support single payer) to do an action to demand that Arnold sign the bill. It would have been a great campaign issue for him, but he was too chicken hearted or corrupt himself (your choice) to do it, and he lost by 30 points or something like that.
The same bill passed in 2008 and was vetoed again.
Now fast forward the clock to last week, when single payer
(renumbered SB 810) was again in front of the CA Senate, but now with a Democratic governor, Jerry Brown, who would be expected to sign the bill. All of a sudden four Democratic senators refused to even vote at all. That's right, folks, they ABSTAINED, which is being in the room for the vote and refusing to cast a vote one way or another. At least three of these abstainers had voted "Yes" for single payer the last time.
So we cranked out a targeted action aimed only at these turncoat abstainers and have good information they got LOTS of phone calls for them to reconsider. But reconsideration never happened. So what's really going on here? Here's what the sponsor of the bill, Mark Leno, said on the Thom Hartmann show when gently challenged on why previous supporters were now abstaining.
"Arnold Schwartzeneggar was always going to veto the bill, so if one
had an interest in not ruffling the feathers of the insurance industry, the possibility is to vote for it with the wink of the eye that it's not going anywhere anyway."
In Greek mythology, Tantalus as his eternal punishment was cursed to stand in a pool of water underneath a fruit tree with low hanging branches always just out of reach, with the water always receding before he could take a drink. THAT is the very image of what the
Democratic party has become for the interests of the people who consider themselves constituents. It's all a scam, folks, just one great, big, giant, honking scam.
This is essentially the same thing that happened in 2010 with that phony baloney health care bill, with a bottom line of nothing but pig grease for the medical insurance corporations. After lulling people
along for almost a year with the promise of a "public option", itself a feeble impersonation of single payer, they refused to even allow a vote on it. In the end, having been forced to pass the bill using a reconciliation gimmick requiring only 51 votes, and 51 Democratic senators on record as supporting the so-called public option, they simply REFUSED to bring it up for a vote, even though they had the votes to do.
And the worst thing about it is that even the so-called good guys are in on it. Mark Leno, the sponsor of SB 810, KNOWS it will never pass, that the vote will always be manipulated so it falls just short in some way. The only reason for him to bring the bill up at all is to CON his own constituents into thinking he's on their side, otherwise he would be vociferously calling out these abstainer traitors, not accidentally spilling the beans as he did. It's nothing but a cynical PR stunt, and they are ALL in on it. No matter how many Democrats we vote for, till the end of all eternity, they will always find some way to fail to pass single payer health care.


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Despite some industry concerns, the Senate cybersecurity bill hits the right marks
We have routinely supported those who call for the overhaul of the Federal Information Security Management Act and highlight the need for more effective, real-time situational awareness in securing federal information systems. So the long-awaited cybersecurity bill (S. 3480) introduced in the Senate June 10 by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Thomas Carper (D-Del.) is welcome news — and an important milestone that should draw cheers from many quarters.
The 2010 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act stands out among a recent flurry of congressional efforts to address national cybersecurity, in part for what the bill proposes and what it does not and because of its probability of being enacted.
The legislation, among other measures, would create a White House Office of Cyberspace Policy, led by a Senate-confirmed director, to oversee all federal cybersecurity efforts. It also would create a National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications at the Homeland Security Department to defend .gov networks and oversee the defenses of the nation's most critical infrastructure.
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FISMA reform would elevate White House's cyber authority
Consensus is growing for reform of flawed FISMA
Less visible but equally important, the legislation would set up a more clearly defined framework for government and the private sector to develop a baseline of security requirements that DHS would enforce for that infrastructure. It would provide DHS much-needed help in building its cyber workforce.
The bill also recognizes the role federal procurement can play in getting vendors to do their part in the cyberspace ecosystem by focusing new attention on the potential vulnerabilities in the global supply chain — by requiring language in actual contract specifications, not just the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that addresses the integrity of products delivered to the government.
And it would at last do away with a central flaw of FISMA, by removing the outdated manual reporting requirement that wastes, by some estimates, $500 million every year, and replacing it with a requirement to move toward continuous automated monitoring and a foundation for dynamic cyber defense.
One provision of the bill, not surprisingly, has stirred up vocal concern in industry because it would give the president sweeping authority to order companies to take specific security actions to protect private networks from possible cyberattacks.
The concern is that government is too slow to respond and shouldn't be telling the private sector how to manage its risks. Admittedly, DHS still has a way to go to prove itself. But the bill would actually help DHS better execute its charge to coordinate the situational awareness and forensics activities needed to respond to national cyberattacks. The intent of the legislation is to isolate catastrophic threats. That should actually provide incentives for key industry players to work more closely with DHS for the greater good, which is what this bill is about and why it deserves to reach the president's desk and become law.
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Hey Feds! The organizational average in the private sector is that the information security budget is 4-7% of the IT budget. So howcome the bill doesn't specify that any grant funding must allocate 5% to information security controls? Seems easy. You must have stupid advisers.
Dear Mr. Kash, The bill you reference actually embodies "regulatory capture!" If a proposition is true then you can insert other terms in it and it still remains true. Base 10 math 2+2=4.With that idea in mind, suppose for the heads of the 19 agencies we substituted the 19 largest bank holding companies (BHCs) in America and for NIST and the OMB, we substituted the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), FDIC, OCC, and the SEC. For the OIG, we substituted the FRB, FDIC, & OCC BS&R oversight of the 19 BHCs. The 19 BHCs would write their own regulations and exam themselves using methods they specify to report to the US Congress. Further we stated that every two years the BS&R group could audit the 19 BHCs but only using exam methods that the 19 BHCs specified.If the above description sounds crazy to you, then the proposed cyber security bill is equally crazy. Sincerely,Airborne All the Way
Sure, nothing to worry about here:
Lieberman: The U.S. Internet Should Imitate China
I'm with Dieter on this bill. It's intention isn't even close to what is being stated. Ultimately, the Fed's want total and absolute control. . . so they can control the information. If it weren't for the Internet, we wouldn't get both sides of the story on what is going on in local, national and international affairs. This all goes back to Benjamin Franklin's quote. I'll paraphrase: If you're willing to give up some liberty for the sake of security, you deserve neither. It IS as simple as that. Too bad most just don't get it, anymore.
You obviously haven't thought out the implications of this bill and more than likely haven't even read the summary. This bill will essentially give the president the power to shut off the internet if his new appointee deems it necessary. This is the last thing we need as a nation. This bill is nothing but ill-informed politicians taking advantage of the fear of potential "cyber warfare". What we need is a better defence capability and an offensive force in the cyber realm. In a time of crisis we do not need our communication to the world taken away.I'm sure you agree that it was a good thing that Iran still had internet communications when the government took away all other forms of communication. Not to mention the impact shutting off the internet would have on businesses. This bill requires ISP's to comply with DHS when they deem it necessary to cut of citizens internet connections. This kind of power should not be put into the hands of a few. This one fact nullifies anything good that may be in the bill but it will slide through like so many because this terrible part will be camouflaged by the good. THINK!
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Information about different kinds of processed foods, and which to eat as part of a healthy balanced diet.
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When you're choosing between similar products, try to go for more greens and ambers, and fewer reds, if you want to make a healthier choice.
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The JV Club #23: Julian Melson
This is an amazing gift from Janet Varney and Julian Melson. Thank you so much for sharing.
I absolutely loved this episode! I'm extremely fascinated by gender, and I've probably done more research on this topic than the average person. I went to 2 conferences my senior year in college, and I went to the transgender workshops that they had. I'm gay, so I figure I already know pretty much everything. lol. I actually prefer to identify as pansexual or just plain queer, but my track record says I'm a lesbian. haha. I just loved hearing your story, Julian. I'm so happy you had supportive people in your life. When you said your Mom said "You're not like that are you?" It took me right back to high school when my Mom told me "I don't want you to be like that." when we were talking about my new friend(who was actually my first gf) and the fact that she heard she was a lesbian.
The website link I added is actually to a video I did on a youtube channel I was on about lesbian life primarily. We had some questions about our opinions on trans individuals and dating primarily.
Janet knows I can ramble on and on, but I won't. I just loved this episode! 🙂
Thank you for embracing your cousin! One of my best friends has recently transitioned from female to male, and I couldn't be happier for him. We've been friends for 20 years, and finally he is getting to be fully and completely himself!
I love this podcast. I am a gay man who came out in a very safe and loving environment and only really had one person who threw a drink in my face and called me a fag and that was a girl who was 2 years older than me. I live in a very accepting and loving family and have a great core group of friends. I love your podcast and love the light and acceptance I feel when I listen to it. I'm watching Mad Men right now and want to reach through the screen and hug Christina Hendricks! Seriously, from Minnesota – you are on my mind and and I smile every time I run across a new episode. Keep it up!!
Hey Jason! Thank you so much. That fills my heart up! And thanks again to those of you who left comments. And to YOU Julian for coming here to answer and comment. I love you so much!
Wow, what great feedback! Im so glad that you all seemed to get something positive from the interview. Im still amazed with how open minded and kind people have been regarding my transition. Im really touched by your comments.To Evan, I'm so glad that our conversation helped you to feel connected and not alone.I very much related to your post and know that the beginning of this journey can be scary and sometimes lonely. I definitely reconmend an FTM support group in your area or going to one of the amazing gender conferences that are held annualy across the nation. Connecting to other guys was invaluable to me.I wish you well brother.To Alec, I'm legally male now so our marriage is legal in the state of Arizona where my wife and I live. However there have been cases in the Uninted States where marriages of trans folks have been contested and each one was found to be invalid. We still have work to do with changing laws but I do feel it will happen soon. Again thank you so much for the comments and questions and please feel free to keep them coming!
Guys! Thank you so much for the feedback. Amazing thoughts and stories. I sent all of this to Julian as well. I think he'll weigh in! Shout-outs coming at each one of you in next week's podcast!!
What a delight. Thank you to Julian for sharing his story, and especially to the incomparable Janet for bringing him on the show. It was refreshing and honest, and truly appreciated.
As a youngish person who's about to transition (like Julian, I'm ftm), I found this conversation to be comforting and helpful. Growing up, I didn't even know living as a man was an option; it's as if the narrative of being trans and just a regular girl/guy was (and is) nonexistent. But conversations like this certainly help to remedy the silence. It's reassuring that there are many smart, kind, down-to-earth transguys like Julian. Thanks so much for the chat!
Did the government offer legal recognition of Julian's gender and let him marry without any fuss, or did he and his wife have to travel abroad to tie the knot?
This is one of my favorite episodes. I love listening about a close family. I love Janet and Julian's relationship because a love from cousins, especially cousins this close is so refreshing to find, and listen to. It would be great to have Julian again! Or other members from the family, because they sound awesome!
Incredible episode. My heart was ready to leap out of my chest by the end.
Please have Julian on again, this was just jam-packed with fascinating snippets and I'd love to hear some things get fleshed out more. (Bedridden for two years!?) Your family sounds endlessly wonderful. Have them on too 🙂
So I mentioned to Janet on Twitter that I had a story to share that was too long for there, so here it is –
A few years ago in college I had the wonderful opportunity to be neighbors with one of my classmates and friends. Every now and then her sister would drop off her kids to be babysat my said friend and we would go visit and play video games with them and whatnot. They're great kids and we always had fun with them.
Come to find out, about 7 months later, that one of kids – Jayden – whom I'd always thought was a girl, was actually male-bodied. Apparently this rather awesome 9 year-old had decided around the age of 4 or 5 that he would rather be a she. Jayden sat down with her parents and discussed that she felt that she wasn't comfortable being labeled as male.
She wanted to do the more girly things, pretty much the opposite of what Julian described he wanted to do in the podcast. Jayden would rather play with dolls, liked putting on makeup, would rather be "Mom" while playing house, etc.
Thankfully, despite being raised in an area of Washington state that's not known for being… let's say "accepting", Jayden's parents are extremely open-minded. They discussed for a long time whether or not this was something Jayden really wanted. They then began adjusting their lifestyle based upon that. They started buying female clothing and the toys more geared at little girls and embraced who Jayden felt she wanted to be. They informed her teachers about it and they were able to work out a game plan, the most important being where to go to the bathroom. Since Jayden didn't feel comfortable using the boy's bathroom, and since technically she isn't able to use the girl's room, the principal offered to let Jayden use the faculty restroom. A small step forward, but something that meant a great deal to her parents.
Fast-forward a few years to when I'm introduced to her, Jayden seems like a rather unisex name to me, so I didn't think twice about it. She has long hair, wears dresses and the like, and identifies fully as female. Upon learning of the situation and all that went behind it, I gained a massive amount of respect for her parents and a bit of hope in the world. They're teaching their daughter that you should be who you are, not what society is telling you to be.
That's the story I wanted to share; as to the podcast – Top notch, I'd like to learn more about Julian's story because there's obviously so much more than can fit in to an hour.
I gotta say, as someone who leans toward radical feminism, I definitely approve of this approach. Can't wait to listen!


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Mueller urges caution on NSA program changes
Mueller urges caution on NSA program changes
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WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday urged Congress to move carefully before making any changes that might restrict the National Security Agency programs for mass collection of people's phone records and information from the Internet.
In an appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the FBI director said there are 10 or 12 cases in which the phone records program contributed to breaking up terrorist plots.
Mueller said communications capabilities of terrorists are their weakest link.
"If we are to prevent terrorist attacks, we have to know and be in their communications," said Mueller. "Having the ability to identify a person in the United States, one telephone number with a telephone that the intelligence community is on in Yemen or Somalia or Pakistan ... may prevent that one attack, that Boston or that 9/11."
The FBI director argued for the continued use of the NSA programs.
"Are you going to take the dots off the table, make it unavailable to you when you're trying to prevent the next terrorist attack? That's a question for Congress," said Mueller.
One potential change would be to have the companies retain the records rather than having the government collect them. Mueller said the government would lose valuable time when it needed the records on an urgent basis.
The proposal "would require you to go to three or four or five or six particular carriers with separate legal paper and require them to come and pick up what they have collected and are keeping there and get back to you," said Mueller.
Mueller made the comments in response to questions from the Judiciary Committee chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
On the subject of drones, Mueller told the committee that the FBI occasionally uses the unmanned aerial vehicles but is developing guidelines in anticipation of issues that will arise "as they become more omnipresent."


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We can't wait to finish all the updates for the past recruiting weekend in order to get you the latest skinny on Florida recruiting. The information is flowing fast and furious from all directions and with the recruiting board getting down to the nitty-gritty this edition of Hollywood Bob's Private Screening promises to be much different.
The dead period is here and that means the only verbal contact between prospect and recruit has to be made through the recruit calling coaches. The coaches are not allowed to call or see a prospect until a couple of days after the championship game and a day before the visit weekend.
That means all the prospects that are supposed to enroll early are done talking to coaches until they actually enroll in classes and start taking them on Monday the seventh of January. For those counting here is a list of the "possible" early entries for the Gators.
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wasn't bad but, for my money, it fell well short of night one. Of course it could just be me. I tend to like the more cerebral stuff. For all I know, Arnold and Mrs. Bush may have won the president more votes than McCain and Rudy G. In any case, here's my quick take on what I saw:
Michael Steele — He was an impressive guy more than 15 years ago when he worked as a legal assistant at the law firm I was with. He's a hell of a lot more impressive now. I was particularly moved by his tribute to his mother, who refused to accept public assstance as she single-handedly raised Steele and his sister who is now a doctor (and, if I'm not mistaken, was once married to Mike Tyson). Steele also borrowed my all time favorite convention speech device — Hubert Humphrey's "but not Senator Goldwater" riff — and hammered John Kerry with it. (Example, nearly all Senators voted in 2002 for funding to support our troops in Iraq, "but not John Kerry"). Soon the audience was joining in. This one certainly beats "hope/help is on the way."
Arnold — Terrific. Of the three members of the Power Line crew, I've been the least enthusiastic about Schwarzenegger. It may be time to rethink this. As politics and showmanship, the speech was splendid. But the speech also showed that, as Rocket Man told me before the convention, Arnold has important core values and beliefs in common with conservatives. Plus, you have to love a guy who is willing to admit that Richard Nixon inspired him to become a Republican. No girlie man would do that.
The Bush daughters — I hate to say it, but that's as embarrassed as I can remember feeling in front of a television set. Five more minutes, and I might have become a swing voter. Again, this may just be me, but I kind of hope it's not.
Laura Bush — She did well. I think she was at her most effective when she reminded us of the president's record on domestic issues. From an electoral perspective, I wish she had spent more time on that area — we've already got 9/11 covered. On the other hand, the party's strategists may believe that most viewers won't have seen McCain and Giuliani. As I suggested earlier, Mrs. Bush's speech probably was directed largely at an audience that does not include me, so I'm not really the one to evaluate its effectiveness.
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Messed up gravity, unlimited thruster packs, and Binary riffles make this the craziest Halo 4 you've ever seen
they should put this in matchmaking. I miss action sack. Something like that should come back.
And where's grifball?
Its almost like when young children first saw custom games in Halo 3 and made a game type with 300% speed, Low Gravity, Primary weapons Grav Hammer and Secondary weapon Spartan Laser.
If 343 made this and think of it as a valid, creative game-type, then I will have lost what little faith in them I had left following the way they destroyed custom games and the social aspect of Forge.
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- Specialty: From wine presses to apple peelers, a vast online inventory of kitchen supplies.
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- Website: wayfair.com
Store History
- Founded: 2002
- Founded by: Steve Conine
- Headquarters: Boston, MA
When we profiled Wayfair on Apartment Therapy last week, we immediately recongnized them as a one stop shop for all things home. After digging deeper into their kitchen section, we've now realized they're chef'in amazing for cookware too.
Wayfair says they carry a zillion things home. If that's the case, at least half of that zillion must be kitchen and dining items. We were already impressed with their vast selection of furniture and accessories for outfitting the rest of the home, so discovering that they are a cook's dream source as well is like a double bonus.
In addition to dining staples for tabletop and kitchen, Wayfair is a great source for specialty gadgets. Just take a look at the range of selections shown above.
Clockwise from top left:
• Harvest Fruit and Wine Press
• Rachael Ray Stoneware Juicer in Red
• Victorio Apple and Potato Peeler
• Le Creuset Enameled Cast Iron 8.5" Cherry Grill Pan
• Boska Holland Outdoor Fondue
• Nesco 18 Quart Cookwell Roaster Oven
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When it comes to breastfeeding and its health benefits for moms and babies, ""You can't overstate the impact hospitals have," said Dr. Paula Schreck, a pediatrician in Detroit who serves as breastfeeding coordinator at St. John Providence Health System, and as medical director of St. John Outpatient Breastfeeding Clinic in the city. She's also the organizer behind Michigan's MotherBaby Summit, which was held this past Thursday, and included doctors, nurses, lactation consultants, hospital administrators and others from the hospital community across the state, all sharing best-practices and strategic success stories for developing hospital policies that best serve moms and babies by encouraging breastfeeding. Allowing moms and babies to "room in" together post-delivery, for example, has been shown to make a big difference in long-term breastfeeding success, as have the other nine steps outlined in the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, which was outlined in the 1990s by Unicef and the World Health Organization, but today, over a decade later, is still very much in need of widespread implementation in America's hospitals.
Why are hospitals such a big deal when it comes to breastfeeding? Well, as I wrote on this blog in June, "although many moms plan to exclusively breastfeed their babies for at least three months, only a third of those moms succeed in doing so. [A recent] Pediatrics study showed that the most statistically relevant factor in this equation was whether babies received supplemental formula while still in the hospital." As Dr. Schreck and others at the summit discussed, hospitals play a vital role in setting the stage for breastfeeding success by -- ideally -- helping moms and babies establish a solid foundation in the days before they're discharged. As controversial as ditching corporate-sponsored, free-formula goody bags may be -- something that Massachussetts, the first state to hold a MotherBaby summit like last week's in Michigan, has committed to state-wide -- and as much as the media ripped into the recently-launched Latch On NYC initiative in New York, there is solid evidence that in-hospital support counts. For a lot. Efforts like these add up to more breastfed babies, which adds up to healthier populations.
"Making breastfeeding the easy choice benefits families, and in the long run, makes our state stronger," Dr. Schreck said. Both points are apt, and it's exciting to see something like the MotherBaby Summit take place in Detroit, of all places. (Massachusetts hosted its fourth summit this year, in addition to helping launch events in Michigan and Pennsylvania.) As a representative from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which provides funding for the program, said, "We are concerned about the most vulnerable children in our society… We are working with communities in Michigan to help give children the best opportunities for a healthy start, and to promote efforts like breastfeeding, that can help mitigate poor health outcomes." Michigan is the 5th most obese state in the country, and is expected to spend $12.5 billion on obesity-related health care in 2018. Diabetes, and other health problems, are pervasive. Focusing on giving a population whose kids face some pretty dismal health related odds a policy-backed jump-start by creating a breastfeeding-supportive hospital system is a smart place to begin when it comes to reversing some of the more unfortunate health related trends afflicting that population. The AAPs new breastfeeding recommendations are backed by science; breastfeeding benefits kids' health in the first year of life and into the future, helping to control or mitigate just the kinds of health problems Michigan's -- and America's -- populations now contend with on a broad scale (obesity included). And the strategic info-sharing going on at the summit was backed by what's really working, on the ground, in hospital birthing centers (a forward-thinking concept in itself) across Michigan, so the hospitals newly adopting some of these strategies have successful models to work from. Because -- it's a cliche for a reason -- why re-invent the wheel?
The MotherBaby Summit model is also promising because, as your comments consistently indicate when I write about hospital birth, or in-hospital breastfeeding support, women have drastically different experiences from hospital to hospital; I've written before about my own (kind of awful) post-delivery hospital stay in New York, but friends of mine who gave birth in the same city have described entirely different experiences in different institutions -- some good, some bad, but all for different reasons. Summits like those now held in Massachusetts, Michigan and Pennsylvania will help to establish some consistency between hospitals across those states, ensuring more moms overall score effective breastfeeding support before discharge. That these efforts are being inititiated and carried out by medical professionals within the hospital birth system, too, bodes well for their longevity, and suggests a positive, health-centric (rather than corporate-centric) sea change among hospital birth systems.
Of course, successful breastfeeding and its requirements extend far beyond in-hospital support. Many women stop breastfeeding several days, weeks, or months after they've been discharged, and the AAP's guidelines specifically identify pediatricians, workplaces, and other social structures, in addition to hospitals, as crucial components of a larger, successful-breastfeeding picture. Remember this enlightening Motherlode post, on the true costs of breastfeeding? The building blocks of breastfeeding success, and its inherent logistical challenges, are not equally available to all women; working-class moms in particular-- like many of those giving birth in Michigan -- encounter unique difficulties in attempting to make breastfeeding work. As KJ Dell'Antonia wrote, "We need to support breast-feeding by putting in place laws, policies, programs and social structures that make [breastfeeding] easier, rather than attempt to gloss over its hidden costs. Breast milk isn't free. But it's within our power to make it affordable for all." The MotherBaby Summit in Detroit is a fantastic start, and absolutely the appropriate beginning-place, for the kind of policy, program-based, and structural changes that will make for better breastfeeding rates in Michigan; if moms leave the hospital with the solid breastfeeding foundation summit attendees hope hospitals will help them establish, they're definitely more likely to stick with it than if they leave without that positive start. But if they really are going to stick with it, it'll be because they step out onto solid, supported ground after they're discharged, too. Policies, programs and changing social attitudes are, indeed, very much in order. The good news is that if Michigan -- as a state currently facing significant challenges -- can find a way to build a breastfeeding-friendly 'system,' from its hospitals forward (and I think the recent summit is a sure sign that it can), then every other state can do it, too. Of course creating political and social change happens one step at a time, but every step along the will provide examples and 'best practices' -- like those shared at the summit -- for other states to work from.
Imagine if every state held an annual summit among its hospital birth community with the goal of putting the WHO/Unicef Baby-Friendly initiative into place! I think we're moving in that direction… do you?


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Aya Sekine was brought to my attention after we received the mailer from the awesome folk at Syndicate that she would be featured alongside Pleasantry's Isa Ong who will be performing as Sleep Easy the next installment of Syndicate's Subsessions. Curious, I decided to take a gander at what awaited us this Saturday.
Aya Sekine plays beautiful jazz improvisations on her piano and keyboards. I probably didn't realise, but I'd heard her play at the Blu Jaz cafe / bar, and I was always impressed by the music I was hearing as it reminded me of a particular jazz bar that I frequented while studying in Perth. What's really getting me excited is the promise that she will unleash a more experimental side, not just in terms of musicality, but technology as well. In the mean time, I'm happy to pass on a listen of her music.
Sleep Easy will also be performing aside the accomplished Aya Sekine, and while she delves into the sometimes manic maelstroms of jazz improvisation, Sleep Easy approaches his craft in a more delicate and simple manner. It does evoke the sort of rising slumber in a field of golden grass routine, but I think it's the perfect counterpoint to each others' body of work.
Syndicate's Subsessions will be happening at The Substation Theater, 45 Armenian Street on 25 August 2012, 8PM – 10PM, and also features visuals by Syndicate's resident artist, Brandon Tay. Tickets are $20 at the door. There's more information at Syndicate's post here.


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In the latest Keeping Up With The Kardashians news, Kourtney Kardashian, mother to 1-year-old Mason, is now revealing her reason for no longer breast-feeding, even calling the process "traumatizing."
Kourtney explains her decision to stop to E! News. "I mean, everyone would say, it's time, it's time, come on," she says. "I started to stop a little bit, weaning and all that, and I'm like, Why am I doing this? If I'm happy and he's happy. So I said, Let me see when he asks me for it—which is like, he doesn't talk, just pulling at my shirt a little. So I said, Let me see, and he only asked once a night. So I did it and he just stopped. I'm like, I just want to do what he wants."
Kourtney is reportedly engaged to beau Scott Disick though she has yet to confirm the news.
In other Kardashian news, Kim Kardashian appeared on the Rachael Ray Show last week with momager Kris Jenner, during which she revealed she actually has some standards when it comes to products she hawks endorses. Who would have thunk it?
"I have said no to butt enhancement pills!" said Kimmy, who has hawked everything from Silly Bandz to pre-paid debit cards. "I'm like, I don't think I need them and this is just crazy," she explained on the show. "I would never endorse a product like that!"
Added Kris, 55, (she's only 55?) "It's my job as a manager to present them with every single deal, whether I want to or not. It's nothing about the 10 percent, I swear!"
And despite securing a reality show for Khloe and Lamar, Kim & Kourtney, and reportedly Kourtney & Scott, it seems Kris is yet to be satisfied as she also wants a spinoff show focused on teen sisters Kylie, 13, and Kendall, 15.
"Kendall has her cheerleading, Kylie has her dance class and they have horseback riding, so you never know," Kris told 42-year-old talk show host Rachel (she's 42?). "I'm talking to Ryan [Seacrest] a little bit, batting that around."
And since we're on the topic of the younger Jenner Kardashian clan, Kim is under fire today for taking younger 13-year-old sister Kylie Jenner to Las Vegas for the weekend for the opening of the Sugar Factory American Brasserie at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.
Some are now criticizing Kim, citing that Kyle, 13, is simply too young for a Vegas party. Kylie is also being criticized for dressing older than her age. So we ask…


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I love life
If you've looked through these photos, you need no explanation. If not, by the end of this article, you will too love life.
American Idol panelled on TCA yesterday featuring all judges, including, yes, Mimi and Nicki Minaj. And, well, journalists at the TCA, especially at panel sessions, don't always have to kiss ass. And none of them were interested in NOT talking about Mimi vs Nicki. It's the only reason they came. The show is 12 years old!
So, again, look through these photos. And then click here for Vulture's eyewitness account of how it all went down because it's awesome and, amazingly, I think Nicki may have landed a shot on Mimi. Not enough to make her bleed, no, but enough to get a reaction...
And it was about AGING.
See? We love life. We will love it even more when Idol goes live. And all this ON TOP of regular Mimi just being Mimi...!?!? Come on. This is one thing that doesn't suck about January.
Also, there's something to Mimi being in green. She was in green on the last fight day -- see video below -- and she's in green here. Green is our lucky colour.
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Currently in a friendly against sexy sexy Hakon. They're batting first and are 2/19 (4). Got him just where i want him.
Currently in a friendly against sexy sexy Hakon. They're batting first and are 2/19 (4). Got him just where i want him.
Originally Posted by Partyush
Same as Battrick, Central Districts.
Right one more team needed for an 8.
Pool A
Asterix XI - AdamC
caves_beachcc - bugssy
Male Models - EARLOBE
Otago - NZTailender
Pool B
Central Districts - dontcloseyoureyes
Wheelabarrowback - Clapo
The Winners - 33/3from3.3
Zero Pillars and Hero Fillers - Bobisback
I assure you, all teams were assigned to a pool randomly.
edit: missed Bobisback, put him in.
I'll post games in another post for clarity.
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Pool A
Asterix XI vs Otago
Male Models vs caves_beachcc
Pool B
Central Districts vs The Winners
ZP and HF vs Wheelabarrowback
First team must play at home, get done ASAP. Thank you.
When are we starting this?
I've already got a friendly with caves_beachcc on the 18th, so will that count for the cup, or would we play again? I don't have a problem either way.
Good YP, went for Batsmen, got an average bat (y)
Code:Player Details Bats Left hand batsman Bowls Right arm Medium Wage $872 Rating 13,601 Nationality Australia Age 17 Form average Fatigue rested Experience dreadful Captaincy capable Batting average Bowling dreadful Keeping poor Fielding dreadful Technique dreadful Power atrocious Endurance dreadful
Bah. Tied a game against an opposition wildly worse than me on ratings. (Wasn't helped by the star allrounder getting himself run out ) They didn't even manage to make five off the rotten bowler's last over either - seems like team innings are made in vacuum and not considering the pitch or other team's score.
A follower of the schools of Machiavelli, Bentham, Locke, Hobbes, Sutcliffe, Bradman, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett and Benaud
Member of ESAS, JMAS, DMAS, FRAS and RTDAS
and i lost my 20 /20 game today
U-BOAT defeated caves_beachcc by 4 wickets
caves_beachcc 1st Innings
Total: (9 wickets, 20 overs) 120
U-BOAT 1st Innings
Total: (6 wickets, 18.1 overi had 2 pops also
Career cricket
311 wickets @16.54 and 3021 runs @ 34.56 from 176 games over 11 years H.S 178*
Member of the CW GreenCricket Web Career:(end of season 11) FC: 7404 runs @ 30.85 H.S 253* : One Day: 7331 runs @ 48.55 H.S 155*
Off season: FC 1209 @ 52.51 & One Day: 921 @ 92.10COD4: djs clanWorld Of Warcraft: just sensational
Won my Twenty20 game, still got NFI. My juniors are playing Dwyer tomorrow.
The man, the mountain, the Mathews. The greatest all rounder since Keith Miller. (Y)
Jaffna Jets CC (Battrick & FTP)
RIP WCC and CW Cricket
Member of the MSC, JMAS and CVAAS
Won my friendly against an old nemesis, chased down NorCricket's 244/9 in 49 overs with three wickets to spare.
"Under the spreading chestnut tree,
I sold you and you sold me."
Its crazy how many old BT sides are running around.
Attemtion: All FTP Cup players
Try and make your cup matches as close as you can to the 18th.
So Adam, Bobisback and Smith get your challenge to your opponent in there ASAP. The sooner the better but if you're having trouble just say and you will have to catch up later.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A measure requiring Virginia voters to bring photo identification with them to the polls will become law next year.
Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed the election bill that his fellow Republicans said was a safeguard against voter fraud. Democrats bitterly denounced the legislation as a Jim Crow-era tactic to suppress the votes of the elderly, minorities and the underprivileged.
The legislation provides for a free valid ID with the bearer's photo to any registered voter who lacks one.
Along with signing the legislation, McDonnell issued an executive order directing the State Board of Elections to implement a public education program to tell voters about the new requirement before the 2014 congressional and U.S. Senate elections.


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The immune deficiency seen in Aids is caused by excess cellular oxidation brought about by external factors and the cure is entirely within our means - simply supplying the antioxidant nutrients necessary to reverse the oxidative overload. That is the gist of Beldeu Singh's recent article which you can read in its entirety below.
Glutathione - key to reversing Aids
Vitamin C, a heavy antioxidant, together with some amino acids and a mineral, are the principal arms we need to defeat the syndrome. The cocktail of anti-retroviral drugs normally prescribed is not only useless - it makes things worse than they would be without. The "side effects" of those drugs are practically indistinguishable from the symptoms of the illness they are supposed to slow down.
I only want to add one piece of pertinent infromation to what Beldeu Singh explains below. He mentions Fe2+ and Fe3+, two forms of iron in the blood. Iron is contained in hemoglobin, the red blood pigment. Normal hemoglobin contains Fe2+ and altered hemoglobin also called methemoglobin contains Fe3+. The most important function of hemoglobin is the transport of oxygen in the blood stream. But once it is turned into methemoglobin, it no longer is able to carry oxygen. Aids patients have a high percentage of methemoglobin, that is, their blood contains the oxidized form of iron that is Fe3+. Consequently their cells are starved of oxygen and they die ... unless the over-oxidation can be reversed, that is. And this is where anti-oxidants come into the picture.
It goes without saying that Aids patients are almost never given an analysis of their level of methemoglobin, and neither are they supplied with the simple nutrients that could reverse their condition.
Knowing this, does it make you as mad as it makes me, when we are treated to "scientific studies" such as the one published some time ago in the Journal of the American Medical Association, that say "stay away from antioxidants - they may be bad for you". Now who would have an interest in making nothing of a perfectly good cure for all those people suffering from Aids?
And coming to think of it - the solution has been right in front of our eyes for more than a decade: See Glutathione Helps Aids Survival and An Underlying Factor In AIDS Is Suggested.
Yes, you are right - there may be a very dirty war going on for your health, or rather for your very profitable sickness. Certainly the solution, which antioxidant nutrients offer us, isn't being advocated by those who say they are fighting the epidemic.
Here is a comment sent to Beldeu Singh today:
Practically, this mechanism [of hemoglobin/methemoglobin], together with the oxidation hypothesis, explains Aids way better than the virus hypothesis and what's more - it opens a door to a simple, effective cure by giving glutathione or its precursors. Selenium works because it is a catalyst for the production of glutathione in the body. Aminoacid supplements work because they provide necessary raw materials for glutathione production. Vitamin C works because it reverses oxidation.
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Beldeu Singh
Dr. Rath cited a study by Harvard Medical School researchers that showed dietary supplements slow the progression of AIDS and resulted in a significant decline in viral count. [New England Journal of Medicine 351: 23-32, 2004] 'Harvard researchers responded by saying vitamin therapy is important but may not replace anti-viral drug therapy'.
Dr. Rath is reported to recommend 4000 milligrams of daily vitamin C to patients. The amount of oral vitamin C that a patient can tolerate without diarrhea increases proportionately to the severity of their disease. [Med Hypotheses 18:61-77, 1985] AIDS patients often don't exhibit any diarrhea with extremely high-dose vitamin C therapy. Diarrhea may occur among healthy individuals following high-dose vitamin C therapy depending upon how much vitamin C is consumed at a single point in time. Divided doses taken throughout the day minimize this problem. However, the use of vitamin C in therapy may be curtailed Codex. Codex may establish a 2000 mg upper limit for vitamin C as previously proposed by the National Academy of Sciences, or as low as 225 mg which was recently established by German health authorities.
This battle over vitamin supplements may be a foretaste of what will happen later this year when a worldwide body called Codex Alementarius will meet to establish upper limits on vitamin and mineral supplements. Fixing the upper limit is a fallacy because of the antioxidant nature of vitamin C and because:
1. Natural vitamin C or L-ascorbic acid is an antioxidant that can recharge alpha-lipoic acid, glutathione and other antioxidant molecules in the body's natural antioxidant network system,
2. After it is spent as an antioxidant in free radical scavenging activity, the stable ascorbate radical can pass the blood-brain barrier and enter the iron-based antioxidant system in the brain where it recycles Fe2+ into Fe3+ that can scavenge the superoxide in the brain and protect the brain from oxidative stress,
3. The spent ascorbate may be converted into other molecules for the body's use such as in the formation of collagen.
2. After it is spent as an antioxidant in free radical scavenging activity, the stable ascorbate radical can pass the blood-brain barrier and enter the iron-based antioxidant system in the brain where it recycles Fe2+ into Fe3+ that can scavenge the superoxide in the brain and protect the brain from oxidative stress,
3. The spent ascorbate may be converted into other molecules for the body's use such as in the formation of collagen.
Anyone can understand that simple fact that different people have different amounts of free radical and secondary radical populations in the disease states that depend on age, amount of fatty tissue, nutritional status and the extent of disease sites and free radical chain reactions occurring in the body, drugs being consumed etc., and require different amounts of L-ascorbic acid to quench the varying amounts of superoxide in various patients. It is not a question of dosage but amounts that are adequate for free radical scavenging activity and the actual amount required may be customized as in personalized medicine.
Antioxidants, when they are in slight excess, they readily scavenge the superoxide and the hydrogen peroxide formed in the cells and tissues and when the function of the antioxidant network system declines as with age or during oxidative stress or under chronic malnutrition, there is a build up of the super oxide radical and there is insufficient glutathione and catalase to spontaneously convert hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. This is an "intelligent biochemical system" that converts toxic submolecular species and toxic hydrogen peroxide into useful molecules essential for life – water and oxygen but a decline in the functioning of this system allows the superoxide to build up along with the hydrogen peroxide.
Hydrogen peroxide is not very toxic but when the superoxide reacts (within micro seconds to nanoseconds) with hydrogen peroxide, the very highly reactive hydroxyl radicals are produced that can oxidatively damage cell membranes, destroy the cytochrome enzyme system, deplete coQ10 and subtract hydrogen atoms from fatty molecules and DNA molecules. In the mitochondria, there can be destruction of mDNA. It can precipitate fatigue, chronic fatigue and muscle wasting and other symptoms associated with cell wall integrity and ATP output and ATP utilization.
That free radical mechanism explains Dr. Peter Duesberg's assertion that it kills or inhibits all DNA synthesis. One of the symptoms observed in AIDS patients is muscle wasting, chronic tiredness and mDNA depletion. This means that the genetic material in mitochondria (the power house of the cell), is destroyed or depleted or its multiplication is inhibited and the energy output drops and the affected person feels muscle pains and fatigue. Over time, AZT came to be associated with interference with DNA synthesis in mitochondria just as in AIDS (see Beldeu Singh: The AZT Label).
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes the muscle wasting caused by AZT and compares it to muscle wasting, called "myopathy", presumed to be caused by HIV. Their comments in the abstract are shocking: "We conclude that long-term therapy with Zidovudine can cause a toxic mitochondrial myopathy, which... is indistinguishable from the myopathy associated with primary HIV infection..." That finding is exactly what Glaxo Wellcome puts as a warning in large, bold-faced, capital letters at the start of the section in the 1998 Physician's Desk Reference that describes AZT (brand name Retrovir or Zidovudine):
A study on cardiovascular toxicology reports "AZT treatment increases superoxide (oxygen free radical) production" and "the effects of AZT on endothelium-dependent relaxation are eliminated by pretreatment with a free radical scavenger" (anti-oxidant) which proves that AZT toxicity is due to its free radical generating capacity. This study also provides the scientific inference that AIDS can be caused by excess superoxide free radicals and oxidative stress. In fact, AIDS is a free radical and oxidative stress induced condition that appears more easily in people with malnutrition associated with low organic selenium intake and in people exposed to chemical stressors.
The immunotoxicity of AZT has been solidly documented. Azidothymide (AZT) and AZT monophosphate (AZT-MP) in concentrations as low as 10 and 50 microM, respectively promote oxidation. This prescription drug for AIDS patients is a very toxic medication that promotes free radical generation in a cell free system and in the body.
It is not surprising that a British study found that AZT prophylaxis decreased survival and induced the wasting syndrome, cryptosporidiosis, and cytomegalovirus infection, and the American MAC study shows that AZT increases the risk of pneumonia, one of the AIDS defining diseases.
AZT has effects of toxicity in animals and humans. "It produces excruciating headaches; severe nausea; muscular pain; wasting of the muscles; damage to kidneys and nerves; excruciating pains in the legs; encephalitis; severe anemia requiring transfusions to stay alive; lymphoma (cancer); cancer in 49% of cases, versus 2% incidence in non AZT group; liver damage; nail dyschromia (fingernails turn black); insomnia; impotence; dementia; mania; ataxia (failure of muscular coordination); seizures; alopecia (hair falls out). It is a fairly well established fact that AZT was designed to kill the bone marrow. It causes neutropenia or leukopenia (loss of white blood cells) or bone marrow aplasia and bone marrow toxicity. White blood cells are the basis of the immune system. T cells, granulocytes, those are all parts of the immune system. You kill those with AZT and the immune system is gone," Harvey Bialy, Research editor Bio/Technology Science Journal.
Dr Peter Duesberg, Professor of molecular and cell biology, University of California at Berkeley says that it is not arrogant for him to say that AZT is AIDS by prescription because it is "the most toxic drug that has ever been licensed for long term consumption in the free world ... AZT is a prescription drug and according to the manufacturer itself it causes symptoms that are indistinguishable from AIDS".


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I like the slip covers as long as they have a cover print than the actual dvd artwork itself. Like the slip cover for John Tucker Must Die, anybody see that one?
i love the slip covers, dont laugh, but my sister, brother and me, call them "authens" the slipcover represents a movie authenticity if it has one, i hate it though when they disapear! the disney ones are here for a little while then there gone i hate that, these slipcovers sare quite rare, one that comes to mind is The Fith Elelemt SE i saw it once and NEVER saw it again. I dont often take them from stores but i usually ask if i can take them and i'll justsay i saw it laying around lol but yeah some of these slips are hard to near impossible to find! i collect as many as i cani even have some spare ones, sothat when i get the movie i have the cover, tell me, who hear has "Con-Air" SE WITH the slip cover?
I'm in the "stop killing trees" department. I agree with RickA05. I don't care for the covers unless it's somehow different than the cover in the case, otherwise it's a waste of paper. I throw them in my recycling bin, or I try to find a copy that is missing the cover. For those of you who agree it's just killing trees, I hope when you say you throw them out, that you're recycling, not just tossing in the trash. I see some people here have OCD or like tendencies. I can be anal about many things as well but I don't think it's a reason to support the destruction of the environment. I mean, just look at the Amazon rainforest. Kinda sad it'll probably be nearly gone in a few hundred years because some of us like slip covers and everything else wasteful we use paper for. There are tree farms, that some paper comes from. I think it should be law that all paper should come from tree farms, or come from hemp, and no, I don't smoke pot, but hemp can be used for nearly everything.
It seems to be something only Fox, Sony and Disney do generally! Best two are Borat and Grease! The T Bird jacket is awesome! I much prefer slipcases to the old Warner snap cases!
I only appreciate slip covers if they are completely different from the regular DVD case (Donnie Darko Director's Cut, for example, or Office Space) and look decent. But when it's redundant (Batman Begins, Constantine, King Kong) then it's just annoying to remove them and put them back on when using them. I still keep them because of my stupid OCD but I could do without the redundant ones.
I love to throw away slipcovers.Useless and a waste of trees.Unless the slip is metal or something and actully is apart of the dvd cover then I will keep it.
i do like them..but only if the quality is right...for ex. the one for "King Kong" 2-disc SE or "Collateral" 2-disc SE are great- real coolector stuff..nicely designed and made....
But then there are soem realy bad made slip-covers..made of the tin rubish cartbord..that makes geting the box out of it almost impossible.
But then there are soem realy bad made slip-covers..made of the tin rubish cartbord..that makes geting the box out of it almost impossible.
I like slipcovers except for the fact that retailers slap a price sticker on them and then I'm compelled to carefully try to remove it without damaging it. But depending on the paper quality ,you can still have a sticky spot left on the slipcover that could damage it's shelf neighbor.
i like them but i hate when i get a dvd and it doesn't have it feel incomplete.
I like Slip covers. They make the DVD stand out, and yeah.. I just like them. Although they are a bit annoying when they don't fit in my rack, and instead I have to make room for them on my shelf.
I've found that on the DVDs I've bought that happened to have them, that after a while the glue on them gives way at the ends, so basically I just discard them so that my whole collection looks uniform again... :O)
I actually liked the one that A Fish Called Wanda came in because it had little bubbles through which you could see the faces of the characters, who were shown in full on the cover underneath...
On the whole though they're pointless.
On the whole though they're pointless.
I havnt been able to find anywhere to buy them. I would like to know if they have plain white ones for sale.
Dvd slip covers are almost just as senseless as the cardboard boxes cds use to come in many years ago but at least they don't take up any more space than a dvd case does. Most dvds don't even include chapter inserts anymore & yet it probably costs studios more to produce/make the slip covers but at least we as consumers aren't charged extra for them when we purchase a dvd that comes with them.
I usually never call them by their real name, and instead refer to them as tree-killing dvd condoms. They are the bane of my existence and I hate how people would pass a perfectly good DVD over just because it doesn't come with the tree-killing dvd condom that initial copies came with. Besides, if people took better care of their DVDs, they wouldn't have to worry about having a tree-killing dvd condom to "protect" it.
So I guess that no-one knows if there is a web-place you can buy only slipcovers? Or if there is any way to look at what movies already have them?
I like slip covers because they keep my inside clean and my slip package never gets ruined. It makes the dvd look better.
I don't like them! I think Disney started it! The first DVD I remember buying with a slipcover was "Beauty and the Beast"
I don't like slipcovers, like the person above me said, they are a waste of money and trees.
I guess I'm going to have to join the minority on this one. Now, it's not so much the slipcover itself that I'm against. I'm against the fact that companies are now putting the slipcovers over top of the shrinkwrap. How did THIS practice start, and why? When something is under the shrinkwrap, it keeps it clean and pristine until you open it, not prone to fingerprints, scratches, rips, tears, and various other little damages that can occur. Why make an absolutely dazzling, gorgeous slipcover if you're only going to leave it open to such damages? I actually LIKE them, I just can't understand why companies would do this. It just seems like a waste of money (for them, at least).
And for me, they keep the DVD covers looking like brand new, every time you take it out of the slipcover. So I don't keep changing amaray DVD covers to upkeep my dvd collection!
i love them..i think that they do every Edition a little bit special....all cheep movies come in regular amaray... I realy hate DVD's in just regular amaray...the god quality slipcover is a great adition to a DVD.
I am not sure who invented them, but it has always been my opinion they started out as either a way to 'up' the packaging in a cheap way to make the product a little cooler looking or a way to add a fraction of more security to the package by further hiding the openings of the case.
Personally, I don't care for them. I just don't see a point of them. Some like 'Batman Begins' that holds extra stuff is kept, but for the most part I will pitch them. Some covers that add to the case's cover like 'I, Robot' are nice designs.
I never knew there may be an after market value on them. I will make ya a deal on my future ones.
Personally, I don't care for them. I just don't see a point of them. Some like 'Batman Begins' that holds extra stuff is kept, but for the most part I will pitch them. Some covers that add to the case's cover like 'I, Robot' are nice designs.
I never knew there may be an after market value on them. I will make ya a deal on my future ones.
Slipcovers and Who Invented Them? Trust me, I'm going to have to "self-diagnose" myself as addicted to these things, even if I don't buy the DVD that day, I'll steal 'em just to make sure that I have them when I do buy it. Just seem incomplete without 'em.
Anyway on to my point. I can't help but wonder:
Why some have them and some don't?
Who made them?
How do "they" decide what movies get them?
Is there a web-place you can buy JUST them? Or ANY way to look at what movies have them?
Anyway on to my point. I can't help but wonder:
Why some have them and some don't?
Who made them?
How do "they" decide what movies get them?
Is there a web-place you can buy JUST them? Or ANY way to look at what movies have them?
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to at least recognize it as a possibility, we would need to know when did Houki and Ichika met for the first time vs when Tabane introduced IS, including the White Knight incident. also, the incident of Ichika's kidnapping could be useful.
If Ichika and Houki met each other previous to the IS release, the it doesn't make much sense that Ichika was cloned from Chifuyu as a way to let males pilot IS, because there was no IS at the time
|2011-05-24, 00:19
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The wikia said Ichika's age is 15 right now. The only pictures he's had (based on volume 4) come from first grade elementary (which basing on wikipedia, Japan has the kids enter first grade at age 6 - "All children enter first grade at age six, and starting school is considered a very important event in a child's life"). Tabane has started the development of IS 10 years ago.
So Ichika's first memories start after IS has already been created. Not sure if the numbers are accurate though except for the first grade thing since the rest I just got from quick wiki searches.
|2011-05-24, 00:36
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1. what age he met houki
2. during this time, was the IS introduced?
if so, that would bring up more problems:
the last time he saw houki was six years prior, they were 9 years old
on that day, six years ago, houki was in the national kendo tournament
but that day was ALSO the day the IS was introduced to the public
but if it was introduced six years prior, when did the 'white knight' incident take place?
one thing is clear
when ichika met houki, the IS was has NOT been introduced, the IS was introduced the last time they saw each other
|2011-05-24, 00:38
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I'm more of the thinking that Taban had a -possible- hand in Ichik'a creation to provide a playmate for her beloved baby sister.
Thing is, The IS was created 10 years ago, but the Whitew Knight Incident was what really broke up Houki's family and separated her from Ichika, so...
|2011-05-24, 00:44
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...my god now we're onto something
|2011-05-24, 00:51
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Well, introduction of IS to the world does not necessarily equate to the start of the development of IS. I'm guessing it took some years to improve the things before they get introduced (marked by White knight incident).
So if we were to run with the Ichika is a clone theory
1. Ichika got created at 5 years old (mature growth of clones is normal in fiction anyway), also the start of the development of IS
2. Ichika got his first memory in first grade at age 6. The time when he could have met Houki starts from here I guess.
3. Ichika at age 9 - White knight incident - Houki has to be separated from Ichika because IS got introduced to the world (assuming Da_box's numbers are correct)
4. Ichika at age 9+ - I'm guessing this is where Rin comes in. Don't know when they got separated though.
5. Ichika at middle school (12-14 I guess) - Ichika got kidnapped, Chifuyu rescue
6. Ichika enters IS academy at age 15 (current). Reunion with both Houki and Rin
|2011-05-24, 01:12
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then again, it's entirely possible that the reason for madoka and chifuyu's hate for eachother, and ichika's loss of early pictures is connected to their parents
i think that when it was revealed that ichika had no pictures prior to being 5 years old it was implied that it had something to do with, again, his parents
the biggest mystery to me is, well, rather than ichika, his parents, assuming he has any
|2011-05-24, 01:33
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To keep it on topic : will probably need another month before continuing vol 6 chapter 4.
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|2011-05-24, 01:40
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I dunno--Summary of Vol.7 seems to indicate that Madoka hates the face in the mirror since it's that of Chifuyu's. And of course there's previous commentary that Ichika and Chifuyu's faces have a few similarities.
Facial similarities of that level are more than a hint of cloning--you don;t find a lot of brothers and dsisters that have near-perfect likenesses, do you? Hell, I don't even look anything like my brother and vice-versa.
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Although Madoka is written in katakana, I'm expecting the author will reveal her name in Kanji in the future volumes. Possible spelling: 円夏, and several others that include either 'Summer' or 'Winter'.
Or, to be more maddeningly unhelpful: 月, 紅 (though her IS is blue)
|2011-05-24, 08:57
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Or what do you want it to be? Remember the last time Ichika got kidnapped? Who knows whether this Ichika is the one who was kidnapped? Maybe he was experimented on, which explains why he can use IS? You never know. Ahh, paranoia fuel, brilliant.
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VALDOSTA, Ga. -- Barry women's tennis team netted a 7-2 victory over 10th-ranked West Florida Friday to kickstart a three-match weekend.
The No. 4-ranked Buccaneers (8-0) won two of the three doubles matches and all but one of the singles en route to a competitive victory to begin a stretch of six matches over eight days.
Barry's Linda Fritschken steamrolled Luiza Sonnervig, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 2 singles. Fritschken, the 19th-ranked player in the country, also paired with Kimmy Twelker for an impressive, 8-3 No. 2 doubles win over Luiza Sonnervig and Mariana Sonnervig, who entered the match ranked sixth in the South Region.
Emma Onila defeated Nina Bubelova, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 3 singles as the Romanian freshman remained unbeaten. Fellow Romanian first-year Buccaneer Karina Goia upset No. 36 Giovana Patitucci, 7-5, 6-7 (2-7), 10-4, at No. 5 singles to remain unbeaten as well.
Goia and Isabela Miro combined to beat Patitucci and Fernanda Amaral, 8-3, at No. 3 doubles.
Twelker defeated Mariana Sonnervig, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 4 singles. Maehama defeated Amaral, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 6.
Barry lost the No. 1 doubles flight as West Florida's Monika Kochanova and Nina Bubelova handed Onila and Abanda their first doubles loss of the season, 8-6, at the No. 1 flight. Kochanova also beat Abanda, 6-4, 1-6, 10-8, in a battle at No. 1 singles.


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Geneseo High School principal Mike Haugse believes in student recognition and he has worked to make that happen at GHS.
Geneseo High School principal Mike Haugse believes in student recognition and he has worked to make that happen at GHS.
In addition to various means of showcasing athletic achievements, the main hallway at GHS now includes five new glass cases/bulletin boards, to honor academic accomplishments of students.
"We have great athletic recognition in our front entry area, and we wanted to expand the recognition to include academics," Haugse said. "We gathered ideas in traveling to other buildings and schools who have similar displays."
He added, "Our main goal with these bulletin boards is academic recognition. There are a lot of kids who work real hard on their studies, and we wanted to install a permanent, prominent, daily reminder of their efforts. A secondary goal relates to the fact that we always want people to do their best. Maybe getting this type of recognition and acknowledgement will be something a student may need; they will want to see their name on the board and will work to achieve that."
Funding for the five new cases/bulletin boards came from the money remaining in the Class of 2012's fund-raising account after graduation.
"In the recent past, we have used graduating class funds for hallway announcement kiosks and improved landscaping around our campus," Haugse said.
The five new boards honor: Illinois State Scholars, National Merit Scholars, AP Scholars, students with perfect attendance, National Honor Society members, National Technical Honor Society members, students named to the honor roll and the Student of the Quarter recipient and nominees.


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I recently got my hands on some of Moda's Strawberry Fields Layer Cakes (pre-cut fabric). I'm using the Hour Glass pattern from my shop for this particular quilt. I have another one in the works as well. Stay tuned on that one.
Strawberry Fields is such a beautiful collection – kind of Cath Kidson-ish. I especially love the grays and blues. A bit of a change for Joanna Figueroa's collections. Now I'm just waiting for the yardage to come out so I can put some borders on.
If you are looking for the best price on the latest Moda Pre-cuts be sure to check out Green Fairy Quilts – their prices are awesome. Sadly, they are currently out of Strawberry Fields, but she's got lots more beauties to choose from!


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Orlando Bloom: 'The Hobbit' Release Dates Announced!
Orlando Bloom gives his son Flynn a sweet kiss while eating lunch at the Chaya Cafe on Melrose on Wednesday (June 1) in Los Angeles.
The 34-year-old actor was just confirmed to reprise his role as Legolas in The Hobbit, the upcoming prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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We are not short of camera filter style apps on BlackBerry 10, even though the OS is still so young - and in fact with the native photo editing that is present many folk won't bother with third party apps at all. However, I found a right beauty the other day - Photo Space Effects. It's an Android port but seems to work wonderfully well on the BlackBerry Z10. In fact, the app has had over 400,000 downloads on Android so the developers must be doing something right.
Once you launch the app you have the option to either use the BlackBerry camera to take a shot or to jump into your photo gallery to select the image. When you have decided which photograph you wish to alter you can zoom in and out as well as move from side to side - so technically cropping. Then it's onto the fun part. There are three tabs at the base of the display. Effects is first and there are a great selection of filters - many of which I prefer to the likes of Instagram. Then you can choose a picture frame and there are some real beauties here. And then finally you can add text to the photo and position it where you want it. And that's it - just press done and your image is saved to your BlackBerry Photo gallery.
In addition, you can share the image you have sweetened up via Facebook and Gmail. There is also a Instagram tab but sadly we are still waiting for that to make its way to BlackBerry 10.
Photo Space Effects is free to download so go grab it. Go on, do it now! It's real nice.
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Your corrupted library should have a folder associated with it with the same name as the library but with .Data at the end of the name. Make a copy of this folder and save it to a new location (ie not in the same place as the corrupt library). Now open Notepad and click on File, Save As. In the file name box you should see something like *txt. Replace this with the name of your corrupt library (with .enl after the name). The name has to exactly match the name of your corrupt library, including all punctuation and spaces. In the file type box choose All Files. Now save this file to the location where you saved the copy of the .Data folder in the first step. If you open this new .enl file you should recreate your original library.


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We are a bunch of eaters on the go — not only during the busy holiday travel season, but also during the rest of the year as we rushing off to classes, meetings, and who knows what else. Our schedules don't have to mean resorting to take-out or scarfing handfuls of trail mix every day. Here are all our best recipes from 2012 that can be made ahead, packed up, and eaten on your schedule.
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