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Clove Buds
Veterinarian Reviewed on June 14, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Clove Buds (Caryophyllus aromaticus)
Clove Buds are buds from the Clove tree (Eugenia arena), which is a very tall evergreen tree. This tree is native to the Pacific and in the islands of the Philippines and is also grown in India, Sumatra, Brazil and Jamaica. The Clove tree has a smooth, pale yellow bark. The flowers of the Clove tree are colored red and white that grows in small clusters. The Clove Buds, however, which are primarily used in the kitchen, is a dried flower bud of the Clove tree.
The Clove Buds are used in many herbal preparations and it is mainly prepared through a process known as steam distillation. Clove oil which is extracted from the bud has 60 to 90% eugenol which is an effective antifungal, anesthetic and is also known to be an antiseptic.
History and Origin
The history and origins of the Clove Bud dates back to the Han dynasty in 207 B.C. to 220 A.D. when these buds were used as an astringent to mask bad breath. This herb was first used by Chinese medicinal practitioners to treat gastro intestinal disorders, hernias, parasites of the intestines and to treat athlete's foot. It was also well known to be used as a nerve stimulant and tonic for overall well being.
Ancient Uses
During ancient times, the Clove Bud had many therapeutic uses owing to its antiseptic and astringent effects. In ancient India, it was used to treat minor respiratory illnesses like cough, shortness of breath and also various digestive tract disorders. In Asia, the Clove Bud is used to treat malaria, tuberculosis and cholera.
The Clove was considered a luxury herb when it first arrived upon the shores of Europe during the 4th century A.D. It was an expensive treatment for indigestion, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea episodes. It was also used to cure viral hepatitis, bacterial infections of the digestive system and hypertension.
Modern Uses
The Clove Bud has many therapeutic effects. It is used to treat respiratory disorders such as colds, influenza, whooping cough and infections of the upper and lower respiratory system such as bronchitis and pneumonitis.
There have been some studies in the use of Clove Bud and Clove extracts in the treatment of depression as well. It is known to relieve fatigue just by sniffing the spicy scent of this herb. It is also a stimulant, relieves drowsiness and increases memory.
The Clove Bud is a well-known gastro intestinal remedy used for diarrhea, bloating, flatulence, vomiting and nausea. It is also used as an ingredient in insect repellants. The Clove Bud is used to disinfect dental procedures such as root canals, relieve tooth ache and studies in this field has led to conclusions that Clove Bud is also a treatment for plaque formation, mouth sores and mouth ulcers.
Side Effects
Although there is extensive research in the use of the Clove Bud, it is not advised for pregnant and nursing mothers. A high strength solution of Clove Bud is not recommended for children that are under the age of two years. It is also cautioned for people who are taking blood thinning medications since it may increase the effects of these medications.
Our Expert
Paulina Nelega, RH, has been in private practice as a Clinical Herbalist for over 15 years. She has developed and taught courses in herbal medicine, and her articles on health have appeared in numerous publications. She is very passionate about the healing power of nature. Ask Dr. Jan


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Now that Mini-Munchkin is nearly three months, I probably have to stop using the "I have a newborn" excuse & start posting a little more regularly.
With that, here's the first of what will likely be many quick-prep meals for those nights when you have literally 5 minutes in the kitchen.
A friend of mine from my local chapter of the National MOMS Club brought this dish over after I had the Mini-Munchkin. This thick, hearty, almost-chili soup was an instant hit, so I asked her for the recipe. It was so easy she was actually embarrassed to give it to me! But I love easy, so I'm not embarrassed at all to share this with you.
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 3/4 cup water*
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 can condensed tomato soup
- 2 cans black beans, undrained
- 2 cans corn, drained
- tortilla chips, cheese, sour cream, etc., for serving
*or however much your particular taco seasoning calls for
- Brown the ground beef. Drain.
- Reduce heat to medium-low. Add taco seasoning & water. Stir.
- Add remaining ingredients. Stir.
- Cover; simmer until heated through or as long as you want.
That's it! Yum!

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Facebook Security Bug Exposes Account Information of 6 Million Users
Facebook admits a big security glitch has caused user info to be exposed.
June 21, 2013 -- Up to six million Facebook users' personal e-mail addresses and phone numbers have been exposed, and not through a hack.
Facebook reported late Friday afternoon that a software bug or glitch in its systems left users' personal information exposed to people who weren't necessarily their friends on the service. The social network has fixed the issue and is informing affected users.
"We recently received a report to our White Hat program regarding a bug that may have allowed some of a person's contact information (email or phone number) to be accessed by people who either had some contact information about that person or some connection to them," Facebook's Security team wrote in a post published on Friday at around 5 p.m. ET.
The team explained that the bug or glitch, while very technical, was a result of the feature that allows Facebook to access users' contact lists or address books. That feature allows Facebook to suggest that you be friends with the people in your address book on the social network. It will either suggest you become their friend on the service, if they are already on it, or that you invite them to the service.
Here's what the bug was doing: If you had uploaded your address book and you had a friend named Karen with the e-mail address email@example.com and email@example.com, Facebook would house that information in its database. When Mark joined Facebook and put in his address book with just Karen's email@example.com address, it would suggest that he become friends with Karen and maybe even you.
Related: Facebook, Microsoft Release Data on How Much User Info They Hand Over to Government
But with the glitch, if Mark had then used Facebook's Download Your Information tool, he would have been given Karen's other email address -- firstname.lastname@example.com -- even though he had never had it.
"As a result, if a person went to download an archive of their Facebook account through our Download Your Information (DYI) tool, they may have been provided with additional email addresses or telephone numbers for their contacts or people with whom they have some connection," Facebook explained.
Facebook said that some of that information provided might have been inaccurate and believes that the six million Facebook users who had their email or telephone numbers shared with people only had it shared once. Additionally, it was likely shared with someone they knew through someone else.
"This means, in almost all cases, an email address or telephone number was only exposed to one person. Additionally, no other types of personal or financial information was included and only people on Facebook -- not developers or advertisers -- have access to the DYI tool," the post read.
The social network said there is "no evidence" that the bug was exploited by hackers. McAfee security expert Robert Siciliano also believed that it probably wasn't.
"It's still disturbing, however, that it happened in the first place," Siciliano said. "Certainly, it's good that Facebook is bringing this to the public's attention. Facebook knows it needs to be vigilant and consumers need to be, too."
Siciliano said the chances of this affecting a person's identity were very slim, but he said consumers should be on the look out for fake emails from Facebook or other organizations. He also reminded users that they should change their passwords every six months.
"Our information is out there and it is of value," he said. "As long as we put it out there we have to know there are risks as a result."


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The Oman Earthwatch Programme is a collaboration with the region's governmental, academic, and education communities. It aims to:
Four research projects are being developed. The first two projects build on existing work carried out by the Office of Conservation of the Environment on the Arabian leopard at Jebel Samhan and the Arabian tahr at Wadi Sareen . The other two projects are in the planning phase and will focus on the juniper and olive mountain woodlands of Jebel Akdhar and Jebel Shams, through collaboration with Sultan Qaboos University, and increasing the efficiency of use of natural water resources for the benefit of communities and biodiversity, with Nizwa University.
Each project will deliver quality research outputs, enhance capacity and systems for the management of natural resources, and serve as a model for the development of further research activities. The project staff will consist of Omani and international scientists working together with students, field assistants, and field staff from relevant ministries.
The Oman Earthwatch Programme reports are now published online.


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Yep, young Rich Hill, Sean Marshall and Scotty Eyre looked really sharp in the 4-nothin' win against a toothless Reds team yesterday.
Yep, young Mr. Murton and Mr. Cedeno hit homers off serious tough guy Aaron Harang.
Yep, it would be nice to get the possible 86th win today.
But...just say this out loud: The 2007 National League Central Division Champion Chicago Cubs.
I said it enough yesterday to annoy pretty much anyone around me.
It sounds so cool.
Try different ways, good for hours of amusement:
"Why, did you know the Cubs are the NL Central Division Champs of 2007?"
"Wonder who won the NL Central?"
"GUESS WHAT? The Cubs won the NL Central! They're going to the playoffs!"
We won't know who the Cubs will play until the NL East is decided, and it's pretty wacky out there.
But anyway, did you know the Cubs won the NL Central?
Yeah, it's true.
They're going to the playoffs.


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"Every soul shall taste death. You shall receive your rewards only on the Day of Resurrection. Anyone who is spared the Fire and admitted to the Garden will surely triumph. The life of this world is just the enjoyment of delusion." (Surah Al 'Imran, 185)
Death will come upon every man existing in this world at a predestined time in compliance with the verse, "Every soul shall taste death. In the end you shall return to Us". (Surat al-'Ankabut, 57) Nothing a man possesses, neither property, fortune, status, fame, grandeur nor good looks can ward off death. Death is a law of Allah; no one can escape this absolute and unavoidable fact. As the verse, "Wherever you are, death will catch up with you, even if you are in impregnable fortresses…" (Surat an-Nisa', 78) reminds us, there has never been anyone who could succeed in escaping from death.
This fact is an issue about which people of faith attain a profound understanding. Once they comprehend the certainty and closeness of death, they understand that they need to prepare for the life after death. Fearing an imminent death that may come upon them before attaining the moral perfection Allah demands from His servants and earning His approval, they embrace the religion of Allah with great sincerity and enthusiasm. They lose no time in drawing nearer to Allah and earning His approval, since they realise that they may meet death at any moment. The prayer of believers in the Qur'an is as follows:
... Originator of the heavens and earth, You are my Protector in this world and the Next. So take me as a Muslim at my death and unite me with those who are sincere. (Surah Yusuf, 101)
The people of faith accept death with full submission, since it is a law of Allah. Over and above this, they consider it as a gate through which to attain paradise. Meanwhile, they never forget that they must strive hard to avoid the punishment of hell and earn the approval of Allah. Believers unceasingly feel fear and hope until they meet death. They hope for paradise because they believe. Likewise, they fear hell since they never find themselves self-sufficient.
The severity of the pain and punishment experienced in hell is incomparable to any pain suffered in this world. The torment of fire is of various kinds. The people of hell constantly scream to be saved from fire, they are crammed into narrow places; their hands tied to their necks, they writhe in pain. They are whipped with iron whips. Their hunger and thirst become unbearable. Their pain never abates. This dire situation is exacerbated by profound regret, a feeling of desperation and hopelessness. They wish to disappear for all eternity but to no avail. They are addressed as follows:
Roast in it! And bear it patiently or do not bear it patiently. It makes no difference either way. You are simply being repaid for what you did. (Surat at-Tur, 16)
People of faith continuously contemplate the torment of hell depicted in the Qur'an and turn towards Allah. One of perfected faith always keeps in mind that he can, at any moment, meet the angels of death and thus pass on to the hereafter. His decisions, attitudes, behaviour and the way he speaks reflect his commitment to being worthy of paradise and staying away from hellfire, because no one in this world can be exempt from divine retribution.
Aware that "scales of justice" (Surat al-Anbiya', 47) will be set up on the Day of Judgement, he does not want to miss an atom's weight of good. Allah has warned people on this subject as follows:
That Day people will emerge segregated to see the results of their actions. Whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it. Whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it. (Surat az-Zilzal, 6-8)
Similarly, he strictly abstains from any act that would incur the disapproval of Allah, because each act he commits will draw him closer either to paradise or to hell. Nothing exists beyond these two places.
Believers who have a certain awareness of these facts feel constant "fear and hope" throughout their lives. They never forget the state of people awaiting to be taken either to paradise or to hell on the Day of Judgement.
How would someone behave if he were at the crossroads of paradise and hell right at this moment and realised that his eternal life would begin in earnest after his being judged?
Being right on the verge of hell, would he ever dare to display a displeasing attitude, which would immediately be taken into account?
Certainly not! On the contrary, anybody in such a dire situation would do anything to attain paradise and would draw on his wisdom and conscience to display the attitude most pleasing to Allah. Even a person who had never engaged in such a serious effort throughout his life, deeming the Day of Judgement distant from himself, would feel great panic and strive to make up for his misdeeds. But on that day, no time is granted to make amends. The time granted terminates with death and records are thereupon finalised. From that moment on, no one will be requited for anything other than what he has done.
Having an unshakable faith in the hereafter, paradise and hell, and keeping their minds occupied with the remembrance of death, account for the unflagging efforts of people of perfected faith. To avoid fear and regret in the hereafter, they consider themselves as if awaiting Allah's verdict on them on the Day of Judgement at every moment of their lives. They prepare themselves for the afterlife with clear consciousness and faith, in the manner of one who has seen the beauty of paradise and the horrors of hell with his own eyes and returned to this life. Therefore, in the face of each situation, they strive to display the best attitude, since they know that any minor heedlessness or unscrupulousness may set them on a course of regret for which there is no remedy.
To conclude, the utter conviction of those of faith ensures an unswerving commitment to draw nearer to Allah and to stand in fear of Him. In the light of the verse, "So fear Allah, as much as you are able to…" (Surat at-Taghabun, 16), believers fear Allah as much as they can and hope to be worthy of paradise.


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One of the examples [of the idea that a lot of human behaviour can be explained as an attempt to signal something about onesself to others] concerns dating. If the point is to signal to the person that you are healthy, wealthy, and intelligent, why not just bring your health records, your bank statement, and your SAT scores?
One hypothesis... is that you would not want to date someone who went for those sorts of signals. Somebody who will hook up with you based on such simple information could just as easily cheat on you or dump you when someone else comes along and provides similar information. We want to go out with people who are "discerning," which in this context means that they signal a habit of processing other people's expensive signals. That in turn makes it more likely that they will be loyal...
So you have what I might call co-operative signaling. You signal to me that you are looking for "deep" signs of my health, intelligence, or whatever. I take that as a signal that you are into long-term relationships. So I then go through the rituals of dating and signaling.
Huh?? If I might offer an alternative hypothesis, perhaps you just don't want to signal that you're a socially defective economist.
Fortunately for such economists, they ultimately decide to leave their CVs at home before heading out on dates, apparently after doing a cost-benefit analysis that suggests that the obvious efficiency benefits of a first date spent going through each other's personal files may be outweighed by the cost that presenting your first-date portfolio introduces a selection bias for partners with a higher than average inclination for infidelity.
What the otherwise fairly interesting folks at the EconLog blog are signalling to me is that they don't understand human behaviour. Which makes me question the extent to which they really understand market behaviour either.


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In case you hadn't heard SQLSaturday #54 was Oct 23 in Salt Lake City. It was a dreary opening to the Deer hunt, and a good morning to be inside to learn about SQL Server. I was there to make my first presentation at a larger scale event (than a UG setting).
I got to meet some cool people and to learn a few things while I was there. I enjoyed the time I had to chat with Denny Cherry (Twitter | Blog), Nic Cain (Twitter | new twitter | Blog), Bill Pearson (Twitter), TJay Belt (Twitter | Blog), Pat Wright (Twitter | Blog), Meredith Ryan-Smith (Twitter), and Randy Knight (Twitter) as well as some others.
I picked up a few pointers for when we do a SQLSat in Las Vegas (like order overkill on the pizza). It is also encouraging after having participated in a SQLSat to just get out and do it. Nevermind the concerns about this or that, just do it. So we will be formally working toward a SQLSat in LV very shortly. I will be presenting that to the UG in LV first though. We had tinkered with the idea – but now it is time to do something about it.
If you have never participated in a SQLSat, I highly recommend that you do. I got some good networking in, some knowledge transfer, and I got to give my presentation (which needs a little more tuning). That brings me to another thing that I learned. It seems to be a trend that it is difficult to get audience participation no matter where you go (first hand experience as well as from what I have heard). As presenters, many thrive on participation. For my presentations – participation is crucial.
I hope to see you at future SQL Saturdays.
Oh, and many thanks to Tjay Belt and Pat Wright for organizing this event. Great Job.


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For our weekly extracurricular cooking gathering last week, I decided to use za'atar to create tamales. Za'atar is an herb mixture from the middle East that I thought would work well in a tamale format. I learned about Za'atar in a class last week and liked it instantly. It's herby and robust and just begs to be rubbed on bread or just about anything (food, that is :P). I drove down to a Middle Eastern grocer down the street from school after class and bought a small bag.
For the tamales, I used mushrooms for flavor and texture, and added onions for more depth. Mushrooms cook down to a chewy texture and have a earthy flavor that I knew would work well with the za'atar. Google helped me create a vegan masa, which is the soft corn-based outside of a tamale. Traditionally, lard is used to help the masa hold together but I used olive oil to make it more heart, body, and Earth healthy.
Not to get too sappy here but it's fair to speculate that I would never have taken this project on had I not started culinary school, so that is really cool to think about and makes me feel good about where I'm at. It's also cool to be able to discuss our cooking outside of class with our teachers, and they provide useful information to help us get better. All of the Natural Epicurean staff have been really helpful to discuss our home cooking experiments. Plus I've come into contact with fellow students who have brought food knowledge into my life, so that's been great as well. Going to cooking school has accelerated my food knowledge and experience for sure.
Below: Boiling 2 cups of water with some olive oil and salt before adding about 1 cup of masa – use more or less masa until the dough gets thick like a typical dough.
Below: Spread some masa on a water-soaked corn husk, then put some of your filling in the center.
Below: Bring the edges together, roll, then fold the bottom end up.
Below: Stack the tamales into a steamer basket in a deep pot. Put about 1-2″ of water in the bottom.
Below: A cooked tamale, garnished with a cashew lime cilantro sauce and chili powder (lime zest + cilantro + soaked cashews). A VitaMix would have been very useful in creating the sauce to help smooth it out. Maybe I'll get one soon… 🙂 I found that the masa was sturdier after the tamales sat in the fridge overnight.
Below: Sweet corn bread with fruit-coconut milk compote. The compote was spicy with cinnamon and cloves and sweet from fruit and a touch of honey. Mmm!


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SATA II: What you should know
Learn more about SATA II, its features and how to leverage its capabilities for your storage environment.
What you will learn from this tip: Understanding what SATA II is, as well as what SATA II is not, in order to help you make more informed storage decisions. You will learn about various feature differences, why they matter and how to leverage these capabilities for your storage environment.
When you hear the term SATA, you may think of 3 gigabytes per second (Gbps) data transfers rates, port multipliers, SAS and SATA co-existence, among others. If so, you are not alone. SATA II means different things to different people and it's not just the next iteration of SATA and successor to parallel IDE/ATA technologies.
SATA-IO (Serial ATA International Organization) is the current name of the organization responsible for authoring the current SATA II specification. SATA II is commonly thought of as meaning 3 Gbps performance. Members of the SATA-IO organization want to clarify the misnomer that a SATA II device or component does not have to support 3 Gbps data transfer rates to be considered SATA II. Instead, a device is SATA II compliant if it can implement some combination of standard compliant advanced features, like native command queuing (NCQ).
Features of SATA II devices and components (disk drives, adapters, port multipliers and selectors, cabling and connectors) support 1.5 Gbps and 3 Gbps data transfer rates, along with some combination of features (asynchronous notification, ClickConnect, hot plug, power management, NCQ and staggered device spin-up, among others). Some examples of SATA II compliance implementations include:
|Device or component
|Interface speed
|Additional feature
|Disk drives
|3 Gbps
|NCQ, Hot plug, staggered spin-up
|Port multipliers and selectors
|3 Gbps
|NCQ, staggered spin-up
|Cabling and connectors
|up to 3 Gbps
|SATA, eSATA, xSATA
NCQ is a performance enhancement for SATA II-category disk drives, and works similarly to the way command tag queuing (CTQ) works in SCSI command set-based disk drives (e.g. Fibre Channel (FC), SAS, UltraSCSI, etc). NCQ addresses the inherent inefficiencies, along with wear and tear on a disk drive due to excessive read/write head movement caused by random I/O patterns. As more I/Os arrive from more sources -- either different applications or different sources along with random I/O patterns in general -- this excessive disk head movement becomes more of an issue. As additional I/O operations arrive from different sources in a multi-stream, multi-I/O environment, more disk head "thrashing" can occur. To help cope with this issue, NCQ algorithms allow I/O operations to be performed out of order to optimize and leverage disk read/write head positioning and ultimately overall performance.
Port multipliers
Using port multipliers, product providers can increase the number of SATA disk drives that can attach to a single controller port. The port multiplier enables multiple SATA devices (disk drives) to fan-in (converge) to a single controller port, similar to how a switch or hub enables multiple devices to be accessed via a single port. This benefit is similar to that of FC, SAS, and UltraSCSI storage interfaces, but on a smaller scale in order to be able to have more than a couple of disk drives per SATA controller interface. For example, SATA II supports up to 15 disk drives per controller interface, compared to the relatively small two disk limit of ATA master/slave configuration.
SAS and SATA co-existence
Not to be forgotten or lost in the discussion is the ability of SATA II devices to co-exist with SAS devices attached to a common SAS-based backplane and SAS-based controller interface. This is unique in that storage interfaces usually need to be attached to like interfaces: for example, SATA to SATA, FC to FC, SCSI to SCSI, SATA to SATA. SATA II, however, has the ability to co-exist and attach to a SAS-based controller and SAS-based backplane interconnect. The reverse is not supported, meaning that SAS devices cannot plug into SATA controllers. The benefit is that some high-performance SAS disk drives could be configured for low latency, high performance I/O, while SATA disk drives configured for storage and capacity-centric applications in the same disk shelf.
As with all good things, there is a caveat here to be aware of: Similar to mixing different types of disk drives in a storage solution today (e.g. FC and SATA or PATA), you will want to make sure your RAID and storage groups are configured properly. For example, avoid configuring storage pools based on what available capacity is left; instead, keep SATA disk drives grouped together and SAS or FC-based disk drives of the same performance class grouped together when creating RAID, storage and volume groups. By keeping like disk drive types configured together, you should avoid potential performance challenges.
Speaking of disk drives, let's clear up some confusion and a common myth about SAS disk drives. The myth or perhaps misunderstanding is that the new 2.5" small-form factor disk drives will only be SAS; or, put another way, all 2.5" disk drives are SAS. The reality is that 2.5" disk drives, like the existing 3.5" disk drives, will be available with different storage interfaces (e.g. FC, SAS, SATA and UltraSCSI). The Seagate Savvio is an example of this.
Today there are 3.5" disk drives with FC, SAS, SATA and UltraSCSI storage interfaces, and moving forward, there will be new 2.5" disk drives to support multiple storage interfaces like FC and SAS, as well as different levels of performance, capacities and reliability objectives.
SATA technology is maturing on the upper end to take on more responsibilities in the enterprise. You can learn more about SATA, including when, where and how to implement in the Ask the Experts section of SearchStorage.com, which includes "Tiered storage with SATA" and "Myths and Realities of SATA".
For more information:
Are SATA drives ready for the enterprise?
About the author: Greg Schulz is a senior analyst with the independent storage analysis firm The Evaluator Group Inc. and is the author of "Resilient Storage Networks."


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Error 8 occurs when you use the Xbox 360 Kinect microphone
You see the following error message when you use the microphone on your Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor:
Kinect couldn't hear the whole calibration tone.
This means the Kinect sensor microphone is having trouble hearing you.
Solution 1: Select "More info" and then "Try again"
On the error message that appears on your console, select More Info to see suggestions on how to correct the problem. After you make the suggested changes, select Try Again to run the test again.
Solution 2: Make sure the Kinect sensor is positioned correctly
To learn how to position your Kinect sensor correctly for optimal microphone use, go to Kinect voice recognition and chat on Xbox 360.
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The first stanza of the song indicates the woman as the lead and the obvious intent that she brings to the table. With the line, "Keep the noise low. She doesn't wanna blow it." The audience can tell that she understands the fragility of the situation and that if she wants to make sure to get what it is she has come for, she will have to be careful. The final line in this stanza reads, "It beats me straight to the ground." Implying that her touch and even her presence in this scene intimidates the boy and leaves him helplessly on the ground. This establishes a level of control in the air of the room.
The imminent peril of such an act as sex at too young an age or the dangers of beginning a relationship with unwanted or unprepared physical acts are brought to light as what I assume to be the main idea and thesis of this song in the second stanza of Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades with the lyric, "You don't recover from a night like this." Furthermore, The sheets of the bed take on personification with the last line as they say, "This is so messed up." As if they are witnessing the woman's' crime of robbing the boys childhood and the motivations of the aggressive girl.
This same theme is followed in the third stanza mentioning the boys depression in the face of the situation and how if this is his base for relationships then they must all be built on lies and set for failure. This realization is what ultimately paints the picture of depression and even oppression.
The chorus has two parts both sung at the same time allowing the listener to hear them both complement each other. The first part highlights how this act of loosing one's virginity as a moment of growing up. The second portion of the chorus shows how she is not necessarily the only one at fault. It illustrates the boys personal agenda to somehow live through this event, much to the thanks of our American culture. Here in western civilization it is often seen as a right of passage and manhood for a male to loose his virginity. This of course leads to amounts of regret and even more teen pregnancy. In the case of this song however, the emphases is placed upon the regret end and especially the eternal warnings that the boy is receiving. He is forced to grow, not in the way he expects to, but the loss of innocence is posed as a lesson showing how easily elements of our personal lives can be lost out of control rather quickly, and often with our help.
The first verse after the chorus continues with showing her leadership and and its proposed that there may be some possible issues with the communication and fairness of the situation. The line, "Despite everything he learned from his friends, he doesn't feel so prepared." Shows that he is unprepared to handle the situation and doesn't really know what he is doing. But, she is breathing quiet and smooth which implies the obvious parallel, she knows exactly what she is doing. Especially with him "gasping for air". He is in too deep and can't summon the words to stop the event as it unfolds right in front of him. Having made my own mistakes in life, this kind of situation where you know what to do, but feel powerless tends to be a direct part of real life and especially growing up. So the song is true to its meaning.
The following verse begins with the line, "He is the lamb, she is the slaughter." Which shows that he is the sacrifice and she is the ritual in this metaphor for coming of age. He very easily could imagine that he loves this girl and that by making the move to get physical is simply the next step. His intentions are actually pure and true. He does care about her and want to make such a step a staple in his relationship to her along with his commitment, however, she has no such plans. This causes the regret and ultimately the depression of a love given to the wrong person. He only seems to discover this sad conclusion by making his ultimate mistake. This is obvious to in the second line of this sentence, "She's moving way too fast and all he wanted was to hold her." The speaker then says, "Nothing that he tells her is really having an effect. He whispers that he loves her, but she's probably only looking for sex..." This clearly breaks down the entire disfunction between the two characters in this sad tale.
One of the most repeated lines throughout this song goes, "Die young and save yourself". The idea presented here is that it is good to die young so that you can save your innocence and keep a perfect view of the world and all the dealings, relationships, and problems within it. This really is the entire song in a nutshell.


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One of the most frequent criticisms I see lobbed at anti-dieting proponents — after, of course, "fat is unhealthy and there's only one right way to eat and I know because I am an expert" — is "how dare you question my right to eat the way I want." On the face of it, that's a great question. Part of our whole premise, after all, is that your food intake should be determined by your desires, not by anyone else's preconceived notions of what it's healthy or moral for you to eat. It seems contradictory — how can we promote autonomy with regards to body attitudes and food choices, yet not leave the door open for the choice to hate your body or starve it?
By way of an answer, let me tell you a story. My cousin (we'll call her Eleanor) is, and always has been, very small and young-looking for her age. Her mother is also a tiny person, maybe 5'1″, but when they told her that Eleanor might not hit five feet, she freaked. Short was fine, but THAT short? MORE THAN FOUR INCHES below the national average? Would she be able to function?
I think Eleanor was about ten when they started her on growth hormones, though she may have been even younger. It wasn't clear that she had an HGH deficiency, but she was short, so it was apparently the obvious path. So picture this: a ten-year-old who looks like a seven-year-old injecting hormones into her stomach every day, because otherwise her body won't be acceptable. Do you find this image objectionable? I did. But when I objected, I always heard the same thing: "Eleanor wants the hormones. The kids at school tease her. She doesn't want to be small."
Well, of course, I said. The kids at school tease her, like they tease pretty much everyone for being even a little different, and when she comes home, her parents say "okay, we'll fix you, whatever it takes." Not "those kids are being idiots." Not "you're great how you are." No, they say "there are technologies to fix you, and they're unpleasant and cost money, but we're all willing to suffer a little if it means making you normal." Is it any wonder she felt like a freak, enough to voluntarily shoot herself up with growth hormones even when it became clear they weren't working?
Can a choice in such a situation really be called a free choice? It would have taken strength and self-reliance far beyond the average ten-year-old for Eleanor to reject the HGH option, and she would have had to make that decision unsupported. Naturally she clung to the choice she thought had a chance of making her normal — nobody had told her she was normal already. Of course her parents wouldn't have forced her to take hormones against her will, but they didn't have to. There was only one choice that made sense, given the natural human desire to be loved and accepted, and her unchallenged conviction that her size made this impossible.
The context for weight-loss decisions, at least for women and at least in middle-class America, is much the same. Certainly people make the voluntary decision to diet, after a certain age (I'm sure many of us, including me, have experienced involuntary diets during childhood and adolescence). But in the morass of "privation is morality" and "only thin is lovable" and "eating makes you a sinner" messages we're steeped in, can we ever really make that choice freely? Even if you're supposedly making the choice to restrict "for your health," can you dabble in dieting without calling down an avalanche of cultural associations — superiority, deprivation, sexiness, femininity, control?
I realize I'm mixing my geological metaphors here, what with the swamp and the avalanche. But my point is that no choice is made in a vacuum, and in this case our culture is pushing so incredibly heavily towards one option — often hiding or ridiculing the others — that I question whether the choice is ever freely made.
This may sound like I'm saying "women who choose to diet are too dumb to realize their options." (By the way, as always I'm focusing on women here because I'm a woman and a feminist and most familiar with women's issues and experience, but, again as always, I'd love to hear from men/male-identified people.) But I'm not saying that, any more than I'd say that the people in Plato's cave are too dumb to realize they're looking at shadows. Societally-ingrained prejudice, including fatphobia, is one of the greatest con-jobs ever pulled, since so many people mistake it for objective reality. We here at SP are really, really good at rejecting that illusion, and even we get sucked in. All the time. If you're getting messages from all sides at all times that obesity is unhealthy and fat is immoral and food is sinful and diets work and exercise makes you better than other people, nobody can call you an idiot for thinking that maybe you should try to drop a few pounds. You'd be an idiot not to think that, in context. We just happen to think you'd be the kind of idiot who's right.
If you're making a choice to diet, I understand. I understand food issues, and I understand the Fantasy of Being Thin. I don't think you're a sucker. But I think you're being done an enormous disservice by a society that makes you think you're broken and an industry that says "whatever it takes, we'll fix you." When we reject your diet, we're not rejecting your choice — we're rejecting where that choice came from, and all the baggage it brings. It's not your diet but your need to diet that we condemn — and that need is not about you.


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Niemann, Howell linked by shoulder surgeries
Former Rays pitchers on road back, looking to regain their form in 2014
ST. PETERSBURG -- One is John Wayne, the other is Spicoli. Nevertheless, Jeff Niemann and J.P. Howell are amigos.
Niemann is a cowboy at heart, sitting tall in the saddle at 6-foot-9. He throws right-handed, delivering angry fastballs that travel at an angle seemingly from the top of a mountain. Howell is generously listed at 6-feet in the media guide, and he is a southpaw whose pitches arrive under the speed limit but move like Mexican jumping beans.
Niemann is a Texan and Howell hails from California, each fitting their respective stereotypes. Niemann is reserved and understated to outsiders, prone to saying "we" instead of "I" when discussing his accolades. If not on a pitcher's mound, the happy-go-lucky Howell might be on a skateboard, dude! He's hilarious and acts like everybody's kid brother.
Though two guys could not be more different, the former Rays pitchers hit it off.
"Right away," Howell said. "I'd always heard about him. He went to Rice, I went to Texas -- there's another kind of opposite thing we are. I'd always heard about him weekly [in college]. When we got to the Rays, we had a lot of information on each other and we hit it off.
"He's a big Texas country boy and I'm from California, but I got a taste of that when I was at UT. I like guys like that. He's pretty hard-nosed. He's a nice guy, but he's tough, and I kind of look up to him for that."
After all their years together, the pair finally has something in common: shoulder surgery.
Howell, 30, pitched for the Dodgers in 2013, and after the season, he re-signed with Los Angeles on a two-year, $11.25 million contract. Niemann, 30, elected to become a free agent after Tampa Bay outrighted him in December. Unlike Tommy John surgery, which has seemingly become routine, shoulder surgery is a far different animal.
"Shoulder surgery is not routine," Howell said.
Howell's shoulder surgery came early in the 2010 season, and though he pitched the following season, he wasn't fully recovered until 2012.
"When you got your diagnosis, you can't lie to yourself," Howell said. "You know the odds of coming back are not good. In my case, they told me about 20 percent. And the surgery, even if it goes well, the anchors that hold your labrum and shoulder together, they have to stay intact during rehab. So it's a stressful 12 months for someone who uses his arm to make a living.
"For a hitter, they seem to be able to bounce back. But for a pitcher, it's your moneymaker and it all comes down to your rehab. When I was told that information, I definitely had that moment of doubt. But I brushed that off as quickly as I could."
Howell found a role model for his recovery in New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who returned from a torn right labrum after 2005 surgery.
"I had a gradual tear; he had an impact tear, which is worse. It's the biggest tear you can have," Howell said. "He was diving for a football and blew his shoulder out. And that's worse, because other things around it get messed up, like your rotator cuff can get slight tears. And usually when you have a labrum tear, and that's the heaviest tear, you might have a slight rotator cuff issue. But not as big as Drew Brees had to face, so I figured if he could make it back, so could I."
Niemann watched Howell's rehab efforts, lending support to his friend when he could. And like every pitcher, he wondered when the day would come that he had to face shoulder or elbow issues. The answer to the question came last spring, when Niemann competed against Roberto Hernandez for the fifth spot in the Rays' rotation. Hernandez won the job, prompting Niemann's exodus to the bullpen.
Niemann's 2012 season had ended with shoulder pain, but such thoughts were on the back burner as he competed for a job last spring.
"Last year, we were fighting through it," Niemann said. "I've overcome so much, so I'm going to fight through this, take that turn. We got to a point where I was feeling really good and throwing the ball well. Everything was working for me. I was throwing really well last spring."
Niemann felt ready as he headed for bullpen duty in 2013.
"I had a lot of confidence going into the season," Niemann said. "Then those first two days in the bullpen, trying to maintain the ability to be ready at any moment, that's a lot tougher than people can truly grasp, especially somebody who has never done that before. Going down there and trying to stay loose. And stay ready and keep the arm going. I'm telling you, I couldn't even lift my arm up after those first two days of the season."
Less than a week later, Niemann had surgery to repair his right shoulder, which did not surprise Howell, who suspected the worst for his friend.
"I remember him asking me, 'How did your shoulder feel before the surgery?'" Howell said. "And I told him your strength goes away. It's still flexible, but there's no strength."
Howell knew that Niemann was talking about his labrum when he had asked Howell about where he had hurt prior to his surgery.
"I knew what was going on when he asked me that question, because that's what I did," Howell said. "I would ask guys who had injuries, 'Where did you hurt?' That means you're not doing so well. You don't ask anybody when you're feeling good, obviously. And when he asked me that, I knew. His velocity wasn't there, man. I just knew it was time for him in my heart."
Once Niemann's surgery was scheduled, he texted Howell the news. Howell remembered the tone of text as less than somber and he understood the feeling.
"He seemed excited, because whenever you have a problem, and you finally realize you're going to have surgery, you feel relieved," Howell said. "Because you always think that people around you think you're faking it, or you're making it up.
"You're thinking, 'I'm not being soft, I'm really hurt. I'm not being lazy.' And you want to move forward. So the day that you have surgery, you're taking your first step forward to recovery. And that's what I tried to pass on to him. And it's really not a big deal if you do the rehab. If you do the rehab -- full bore, four to six hours a day, whatever it is, everybody's different -- you can come back."
In future conversations, Niemann picked Howell's brain about his experience so he could best navigate the minefield of rehabbing his shoulder.
"Just trying to understand what hurdles to expect during this whole process," Niemann said. "Tommy John surgery -- anything with an elbow -- it's a one-way joint, it goes up and down. You fix that one thing and you're back in business.
"But the shoulder, being a 360-degree joint -- it moves in, out, up, down, all the way around. So it's tougher for things to be protocol. There are certain things and everybody reacts differently to different things. Seeing J.P. go through it has definitely given me the confidence that he went through it, so I can go through it."
Howell noted that he learned more about the journey and his shoulder than he ever cared to know.
"But it's one of those things where I wish I would have had the knowledge I had after my surgery, because I probably could have prevented it," Howell said. "It was just one of those things where you learn as you go, and for me, that was the case."
While Niemann doesn't have a team yet, he feels confident he will make a return at some point during the 2014 season.
"There's still nothing locked into place," Niemann said. "Everybody I've talked to has pretty much said I'm a second-half guy. Obviously that can be definitely sooner."
One thing is certain: Niemann won't soon forget how his little buddy has served as a sounding board and a fountain of knowledge for his comeback.
"If I didn't have a guy like that, who I saw coming out from the other side and having success, and sustain success, it would be a little different ballgame, you know, mentally," Niemann said. "Talking to him, getting the small pointers -- simple things like how to sleep. Or certain shirts you wear to make your shoulder feel better. Small things make a difference when you're trying to build and get stronger when you're coming off surgery. So having that input has been priceless."


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Elizabeta Torres (born 1977) is a thirty-one year old successful small-time drug dealer in Bohan, introduced to Niko Bellic by Mallorie Bardas.
She first sends Niko Bellic to protect Patrick McReary during a drug deal in Luck of the Irish. The deal goes bad therefore resulting in Niko killing the attackers with a sniper rifle.
She is later seen at a house party dancing with Carmen Ortiz and sends Niko Bellic with Playboy X and Johnny Klebitz to do a heroin deal in the mission Blow Your Cover (Buyer's Market in The Lost and Damned).
Johnny Klebitz later works with Elizabeta, by stealing a van full of cocaine from the Angels Of Death. To do this, she also employed Malc of the Uptown Riders to ambush the convoy at the tollbooth to Bohan. They were successful, and made away with the drugs.
She employs Klebitz again to pick up Marta, a drug mule from Puerto Rico. She was being arrested by an airport official, but escaped when Klebitz kicks the custom's agent in his genitals.
Later, after arguing with Little Jacob over some crooks who stole her coke, Elizabeta asks Niko Bellic to retrieve it in The Snow Storm. Afterward, the police begin coming down hard on Elizabeta for her involvement in the drug trade, which causes her to become increasingly edgy, restless, and paranoid.
She employs Klebitz and the Uptown Riders one last time to sell coke to a couple in Bohan, but the deal goes wrong, with one of the couple shooting Klebitz' bike, forcing him to ride with Malc. The police saw this as a terrorist act, and sent many officers to chase down Klebitz and Malc. They all escape, and Klebitz takes a disabled police cruiser to suffice for a new vehicle. After this, she warns Johnny to stay away from her, as the heat is closing in.
During Niko's last visit to Elizabeta, she explains to Niko that she can feel the cops on her, that her bodyguard Jorge turned states, and that everyone's a rat. In her disturbed state, she shoots and kills Manny Escuela and Jay Hamilton when Manny tries to film her as a part of his documentary about getting rid of crime in Bohan and gets Niko to get rid of the bodies. After said mission. She similarly warns Niko to stay away from her, as the LCPD is rapidly closing in on her operation.
Sometime afterward, according to the police database website, Elizabeta enters police custody. According to Weazel News, Liberty Tree reports, and radio news, she is sentenced to 300 years of imprisonment for 30 charges (10 years each) of cocaine distribution.
Elizabeta Torres's vehicle is unique White-Red Voodoo , which can only be obtained during the mission Have a Heart.
Mission Appearances
- Luck of the Irish
- Blow Your Cover (Boss)
- The Snow Storm (Boss)
- Have a Heart (Boss)
The Lost and Damned
- Buyer's Market (Boss)
- Heavy Toll (Boss)
- Marta Full of Grace (Boss)
- Shifting Weight (Boss)
Murders Committed by Elizabeta
- Manny Escuela- Killed after annoying her
- Jay Hamilton- Killed for annoying her.
LCPD Database Information
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South Bohan, Liberty City
Linked to drug dealers in North Holland as well as the Lost MC, Irish-Americans in Dukes and West Indians in East Liberty City.
Criminal Record:
1991 - Possession Controlled Substance: Crack Cocaine
1993 - Possession Controlled Substance: Crack Cocaine
1994 - Assault
1996 - Possession Controlled Substance: Heroin
2000 - Criminal Possession Weapon
2001 - Criminal Sexual Act: Minor
- South Bohan based drug dealer.
- Believed to be involved in the sale of large quantities of cocaine, marijuana, mdma, and ecstasy to street distributors.
- Elizabeta appears in the third trailer and in the promotional artwork for the game. Although earlier renditions of the artwork depict her as much thinner than her final appearance, it is shown on advertisement posters made by Rockstar Games that she is between 5'11-6'2" tall and may weigh between 200-225 pounds. She has a slight island accent and she is implied to be bisexual. At one point, she tells Klebitz that she was married three times.
- Despite the shared surname, there is no suggestion that Armando Torres is in any way related to Elizabeta Torres. It is unlikely that they are related, because Elizabeta is Puerto Rican, and it is implied that Armando is of Dominican decent.
- Elizabeta's appearances in Grand Theft Auto IV and The Lost and Damned do not chronologically match up. As the events of IV and TLAD are at the same time, Elizabeta is arrested directly after the mission Have a Heart, however, she is still available for the missions: Heavy Toll, Marta Full of Grace, and Shifting Weight, when she should already be in jail.


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I'm not done nagging you to watch Misfits. The dvds are available. The episodes are on YouTube. You have no excuse to deprive yourself of one of the most kick ass tv experiences in recent memory. Trust me. The converted have been emailing me consistently about it. There's euphoria. And then there's distress. But we have to wait for a new season, goddamn it!
And also...
Robert Sheehan (Nathan) seems to be missing from the cast's last two public events. He's busy shooting movies and building a solo career...
Would it be the same without Nathan???
Let's not stress about it now.
Here are Antonia Thomas, Lauren Socha, Iwan Rheon , and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, sooo cute with his glasses at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards last night.
Now. Watch. And get obsessed.
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