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By Doug Bronson —— Bio and Archives--December 4, 2010
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm totally confused. Our president speaks of global warming and the need to act, and to act now, before our planet ceases to exist. According to another planet savior, Al Gore, "the Obama administration has taken huge strides towards tackling climate change. Within one month of taking office Obama had secured $80 billion for renewable energy and green infrastructure." Gore himself claims "urgent action is needed for a problem not faced before." Or has it? Read on and see if you become as confused as I am?
"The discoveries of changes in the sun's heat and the southward advance of glaciers in recent years have given rise to conjectures of the possible advent of a new ice age." Time Magazine, September 10, 1924.
"MacMillan Reports Signs of New Ice Age" The New York Times, September 18, 1923
"The possibility of another Ice age already having started… is admitted by men of first rank in the scientific world, men specifically qualified to speak." The Los Angeles Times, June 28, 1923
"Gaffers who claim that winters were harder when they were boys are quite right… weather men have no doubt that the world at least for the time being is growing warmer." Time Magazine, Jan. 2, 1939
"America in Longest Warm Spell Since 1776; Temperature Line Records a 25-Year Rise" The New York Times, March 27, 1933
"Permafrost in Russia is receding northward up to 100 yards per year." Time Magazine, 1951
"Winters are getting milder, summers drier. Glaciers are receding, deserts growing." U.S. News and World Report, Jan. 8, 1954
"Scientists Ponder Why World's Climate is Changing; A Major Cooling Widely Considered to Be Inevitable" The New York Times, May 21, 1975
"Climatological Cassandras are becoming increasingly apprehensive, for the weather aberrations they are studying may be the harbinger of another Ice Age." Time Magazine, June 24, 1974
"North Atlantic sea temperatures declined, and shipping routes were cluttered with ice. Furthermore, the permafrost in Russia and Canada was advancing southward." The New York Times, December 29, 1974
"There is very important climatic change going on right now… It is something that, if it continues, will affect the whole human occupation of the earth—- like a billion people starving. Fortune Magazine, from Reid Bryson, February 1974
"About 10 million residents of Bangladesh will lose their homes and means of sustenance because of the rising sea level, due to global warming, in the next few decades." Al Gore, from 'Earth in Balance" 1992
"Billions will die," says Lovelock, who tells us he is not normally a gloomy type. Human civilization will be reduced to a "broken rabble ruled by brutal warlords", and the plague-ridden remainder of the species will flee the cracked and broken earth to the Arctic, the last temperate spot, where a few breeding couples will survive. The Daily Telegraph, February 2, 2006
"Scientists no longer doubt that global warming is happening, and almost nobody questions the fact that humans are at least partly responsible." Time Magazine, April 9, 2001
"Past Hot Times Hold Few Reasons to Relax About New Warming" The New York Times, December 27, 2005
The above facts and dates can be found at: businessandmedia.org
So you see, the media has written on the dangers of global warming or cooling for almost a century. Guess what? The sun still rises in the east and sets in the west. The moon still goes through its phases from full-moon to new-moon and back again as always. Since Reid Bryson predicting "a billion people starving in 1974," the earth's population has increased by 2.5 billion. So, as you see, amid the steady proclamation of doom by the media, the politicians, and the scientists, life does in fact go on. Unfortunately the gloom and doom prophecies do so as well.
John Holdren is President Obama's new Science Advisor. Holdren has spoken of tinkering with the Earth's climate to chill runaway global warming, and it's being discussed in the White House as a potential emergency option.
This man is talking about "tinkering with the earth's climate to chill runaway global warming?" Who are these people, anyway? This sounds like Science Fiction Theater. I'm a pretty simple guy, but even I can see the potential for tremendous repercussions caused by such arrogance. And it truly is arrogance on their part. I honestly believe the academics in this administration, and heck they're all academics, feel that we're all a "few fries short of a Happy Meal" (a special thanks goes out to soon to be ex-Representative Alan Grayson, D-Fl. for this description, as according to a Fox News reporter interviewing Grayson, claimed his own colleagues once described him in this way). The problems we face today with these "academics" is that they feel they alone, are capable of making the decisions that impact our lives, good or bad. They're the power, and by that statement, it is their right to rule us as they see fit. They lead, we follow.
 I've read, that in the Obama administration, of the people hired or appointed by the White House only 10 % had ever worked in private business. Ten percent! They don't even know how to make a payroll, much less run General Motors, plus take over health care? We've got to wake up people.
¬†I mean we've just seen example after example of people predicting global cooling, then, global warming, and now we've got a science advisor telling us of an option of his to "fix" the global warming problem. Does anyone in our present administration even remotely consider the possibility that all this warming and cooling must be a regular cycle the earth goes through?? Some years, even decades may be worse than others? I believe since the earth's inception it's gone through four Ice Ages…but that too has been determined by an academic.
Holdren goes on to explain that global warming is happening so rapidly is the reason behind his "tinkering with the environment" theory.
One option raised by Holdren and a Nobel Prize winning scientist, Paul Crutzen, includes shooting pollution particles, sulfur particles like those produced by volcanoes, to mimic the effect of volcanoes in screening out the incoming sunlight.
These people are in theory considering blocking out the sun's rays to cool the earth. They talk about it. It's discussed in the White House. These people are dangerous, really. Holdren himself has said there could be grave side effects. YOU RECKON??
One of the possible side effects they've studied suggests the eating away of a large portion of the ozone layer above the poles causing the Mediterranean and the Mideast to become drier.
One thing that bothers other scientists is the side effects of such measures that they don't anticipate. Quite frankly, and I'm no scholar, it bothers me as well, a lot! Honestly, who could possibly know for sure the chain of events that might follow such theories if acted on…how about…God?
The amazing thing about all this global warming talk we're being pounded with is the fact they don't know, yet daily there is more and more scientific findings that totally debunk their theories. This is all about redistribution of wealth, is there ANY policy anymore which isn't?
As global levels of sea ice declined last year, many experts said this was evidence of man-made global warming. Since September, however, the increase in sea ice has been the fastest change, either up or down, since 1979, when satellite record keeping began. According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979.
The above was taken from The New York Post article by George Will, on February 28, 2009 titled "Warming: A Panic Whose Time Has Passed."
So, now you can see why I'm confused on the whole climate change issue. This is not an inevitable event calling for immediate action by the Holdren's, the Erhlich's, the Gore's, or the Obama's to save our planet from immediate destruction. It's just one other way to control people and their lives, as well as redistributing OUR wealth, not theirs! If this were in fact about redistributing their wealth, I'm betting the urgency declared by our progressive "friends" on this issue would suddenly become far less urgent.
At the "climate talks" in Cancun, Mexico, taking place from Nov. 29 until Dec. 10th, host Mexico has focused on jump-starting the talks with an eye to restoring faith in the multilateral system for tackling climate change. Is it me, or do most of you feel Mexico just might have other more pressing issues…like the murders of over ten thousand of its own citizens over the past year by the cartels, many, many of whom were decapitated?
Then we have Bolivian President Evo Morales fingering, what else, capitalism as the root of many of the problems facing the world, starting to sound pretty familiar now isn't it?
The main problems I see that capitalism presents, is that it absolutely torments our socialist, dang it, I mean progressive friends, and the reasons of which are very simple. It provides a country's citizens, through the workplace, to better the quality of life for themselves and their families. It provides us with the opportunity to elect our leaders through a legitimate voting process. Most importantly though, it provides the population to have the right to bear and keep arms, and it presents the opportunity of the liberties and freedoms enjoyed by democracies such as ours, to be able to state loudly and clearly, STICK-IT," in regards to bad policy pushed by our politicians.
I don't imagine the people of say, North Korea tell ole Kim Jong that very often, do you? I also doubt ole Kim loses much sleep frettin over global warming either! There ya go again, it ain't warmin, dang-it, it's coolin….No It Ain't!...
God Bless!
Doug Bronson is a small business owner in Florida and has written a book, "Simple Man…Simple Wisdom"


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On this part of the website you can find 5 lesson resources on internet safety which you can use in the classroom. Some are simple, for example the 'Have Fun Communicating' exercise, while others will take more time and involve you using or ordering other resources from this website. We are constantly revising and improving these resources following your feedback, so if you do download them we would really like to hear about your experience using them.
Do also click on the pupils section which includes further stand alone resources that pupils can use on their own.
Each exercise is briefly described below and the worksheets and detailed lesson plans can be downloaded and then photocopied. The key stage which is most relevant for the materials is indicated.
Can You Help a Friend? (KS2 & KS3)
This classroom activity asks pupils to imagine that they are Jessica a friend of Tiffany Walker. Tiffany has moved with her Dad to another part of the country and has started to make contact with someone called Leon in a chatroom. Tiffany emails Jessica and asks for advice. This simple work sheet will help pupils think through what advice they should give to Tiffany about being careful and not meeting up with Leon. You don't need a computer to run this activity. The exercise has been designed for both Key Stage 2 and 3.
Lesson plan - KS2 (151KB)
Pupil's worksheet - KS2 (193KB)
Lesson plan - KS3 (151KB)
Pupil's worksheet - KS3 (197KB)
Staying Smart Online Interactive Quiz (KS2)
This is an excellent tool to introduce the internet to KS2 students or even younger pupils. It illustrates some of the positive ways that the internet can be used and also contains a safety quiz which is hidden within a simulated chatroom. This activity is best run with a projector and presented as a whole class activity. There is a teachers guide within it, explaining how the guide could be used, and giving suggestions as to how it could introduce a range of programmes of study from the National Curriculum. Click here to launch the quiz.
Have Fun Communicating (KS2)
This classroom activity looks at codes, symbols, and shortcuts we use when online. It also contains a word search. Children will love showing you emoticon icons and symbols they use in chatrooms and text messages but it will also give you the opportunity to discuss how to reproduce the SMART rules in ways that are relevant for young people. You don't need a computer to run this activity.
Lesson plan (149KB)
Pupil's worksheet (132KB)
Teacher's sheet (139KB)
Making the Most of the Net (KS2 & KS3)
This classroom activity involves pupils looking at a number of websites which have won awards through the C&W Childnet Academy programme. The questions are designed to encourage pupils to use their searching and navigaitng skills on the net. The content of these websites will inspire pupils to think about how they can create really good websites which make a difference to other young people on subjects such as animations, writing advice and the environment.
Lesson plan (148KB)
Pupil's worksheet (150KB)
Teacher's sheet (162KB)
A Stranger in the House (KS2)
This classroom activity will involve you ordering the drama script from Childnet (free of charge to schools in the UK). You can read it, or perform it in the classroom and then go through the questions that it raises with the pupils in another session. You don't need a computer to run this activity.
To order the drama script e-mail email@example.com.
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Pupil's worksheet (146KB)
Teacher's sheet (160KB)
Don't Just Stare
The Don't Just Stare guide assists teachers as they support young people in creating websites. The activities contained within the guide are designed to encourage pupils to PREPARE: develop ideas, research information, generate content; DARE: consider and evaluate components of a website; and SHARE: learn how to present and share knowledge through designing and constructing their own online project. The content of these activities will motivate pupils to design and create their own website whilst learning how be safe and keep SMART online.

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Rob Stein, the man hired to rebuild troubled Manual High School, will step down by next school year. Stein, 50, informed his staff on Thursday and said he doesn't have another job lined up.
He was hired away from being the headmaster of Graland Country Day School in 2007 to lead the reformation of Manual High School, which underwent a controversial closure.
Under Stein, Manual has shown higher growth averages than the rest of the state when compared against students with similar test histories.
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U.S. Has Misspent $60 Billion in Wars
WSJ's Nathan Hodge describes a new report detailing upwards of $60 billion the U.S. has misspent on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo: Reuters/Nikola Solic
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May 22, 2013: "Under the accelerated share repurchase agreement (ASR), Merck has agreed to repurchase about 99.5 million shares from Goldman Sachs based on current market prices. "We don't have consensus share count post-Q1 earnings to quantify the impact of the accelerated repurchase, but we believe this is a positive sign of Merck attempting to create shareholder value," ISI Group analyst Mark Schoenebaum said in a note to clients. Merck's board had authorized additional purchases of up to $15 billion of its common stock and said that it would buy back about $7.5 billion over the next 12 months. Sales of Merck's asthma drug Singulair plunged 75 percent to $337 million in the first quarter. The pill was Merck's biggest product, with annual sales of $6 billion, before cheaper generics flooded the U.S. market last August. More pain from generics is in store. Merck's Maxalt migraine drug recently lost patent protection and its Temodar brain cancer medicine will soon face cheaper copycats."


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Firefall Nighthawk Guide
Firefall Nighthawk Guide by Tzira
So! I thought I'd write up some helpful tips and tricks for people interested in the nighthawk frame from a PvE perspective. I feel it plays quite differently from the other recon type frames and honestly from most of the other frames as well. Let's get down to the nitty-gritty!
What the nighthawk IS:
Huge single target burst damage from a distance. Easily capable of taking down almost anything that moves with a single headshot.
Fairly good AoE burst albit with some setup required and with a fairly long cooldown.
What the nighthawk ISN'T:
Frontline fighter. Expect to spend quite a bit of time worshipping the ground if you go in guns-a-blazin'.
A stealthy sniper in solo play. Don't expect to be able to sit back and just headshot one target after another in ARES missions if you're by yourself.
Support oriented. Aside from taking down targets quick, we offer very little in terms of team support.
Gear and abilities: What tools do you have at your disposal.
Your trusty Bolt Action Sniper Rifle. Slow rate of fire, but my goodness it packs a punch. Especially with headshots. Even with the stock rifle you can easily hit for over 1200 with a single headshot. It is, however, quite terrible when it comes to accuracy when shooting from the hip unlike any of the other recon frames. The shots DO pierce through targets when firing, meaning you can hit multiple enemies with a single shot (and multiple heads, too! PEW-PEW!). Also allows you to shoot those pesky shield drones through their protective dome. If you find yourself in a medium distance firefight (~50m range) it's often very useful to quickscope. What's quickscoping you ask? Well, to put it simply, it's first aiming from the hip, quickly hitting your alt-fire and shooting your target. This allows you to be a lot more accurate with your shots then firing from the hip. Worth noting is that you practically have to be in 1:st person mode for this to work properly or your aim will be slightly off. Very noticeable at large distances. Practice it on people running around in Copa for a bit. Takes a bit getting used to but for high level play it's almost mandatory to at least know the basics of quickscoping.
Passive: Ambush. Extra damage when the enemy isn't targeting you. "useful" in group content since enemies tend to only target you if you've shot them. And if you've shot someone, they should already be dead. If you're alone, this pretty much means only your first shot deals more damage. In my opinion, it's one of the worst passives of any of the frames. Your damage while headshotting, or even when getting off bodyshots, is so high that it's not needed anyway.
Execute Shot: Charges the next shot of your rifle. If you have your secondary weapon equipped, you will automatically change into your sniper rifle. Mostly a PvP ability I believe. It's not terribly useful for PvE play, although it does deal quite nice AoE damage around your target (if it dies) when you explode someone with a headshot with it. You can also ensure a bodyshot oneshot kill with this in very good gear against lower tier opponents.
Long-Range Charge: Fire off a little rocket that attaches to a surface or enemy. Yes, you can turn that annoying chosen into a walking bomb. The next press of this ability will detonate the charge. The AoE damage of this is actually pretty good, especially when upgraded but it does still have some drawbacks. For one, it has a fairly slow travel time. Either start off with this ability right into a pack of mobs or place it somewhere you know they're going to pass through when they inevitably come to try to eat your face. It has a pretty long cooldown. Don't expect to be exploding things left and right with this. You often don't have time to use it once or maybe twice per engagement, so try to do as much damage with one detonation as you can.
Smoke Screen: Ah yes, the classic ninja move and also our only group support ability that we have. This will render anyone who steps into the smoke cloud invisible for a second or two. Very useful for getting away or resurrecting a teammate without taking fire. Mostly used to GTFO when you see 25 evildoers charging you, giving you some time to get to a better position. Also very, very useful to make your teammates scream at you for completely obscuring any vision they might have. That smoke cloud is pretty darn thick and lasts a surprising amount of time before dissipating. Should be noted that while you are indeed hidden from view while in the cloud of smoke, you also can't see anything outside of the smoke cloud once you're in it. So don't expect to toss this down and start dealing headshots left and right.
Eruption Rounds (HKM): The one ability that made me go *squeeee* once I used it the first time. I can't even begin to tell you how awesome this is. Granted, you can't use it and the R36 rifle anymore for hilarious results, it still rains down mayhem and fiery death everywhere you point your rifle. What it does is simply turn every shot into a huge AoE explosion on impact. It lasts a surprisingly long time and is best used when you've slotted a fresh clip of ammo in your baby. Easily capable of taking out huge packs of enemies at a time. Do be a bit careful where you point that thing though, because those explosions will hit you, too, if you're close enough to the blast.
That's it, I thought to myself once I tried the frame on. This is what it is. However… that's not exactly true. Something I didn't know once I first started playing is that you are free to equip ANY ability from the standard recon frame into an advanced recon frame. This means we ALSO have the entire barrage of abilities from the accord recon frame to play with. DO NOTE that ALL the stock accord frames also have 2 extra "hidden" abilities that you can build yourself and, of course, equip as a nighthawk. Here's where it got interesting IMHO. We can compensate for some of the lackluster things at our disposal and turn into a true death-machine! Woo!
What I switched out myself was:
Our passive (ambush) for the recons Regenerative Plating. While not incredibly useful due to our low rate of fire, I feel it's miles better then our standard passive that I feel does nothing for our frame really.
Switched Ranged Satchel for Resonating Bolts. At first I thought that Resonating Bolts did pitiful damage. Well, right up until I realized not only can you cover an enemy in red glowy dots of DOOM, they have a pretty significant radius to their explosion as well. And with 4-5 of these about to go off things get murderiffic real fast. With a fairly short cooldown as well once all charges are used, I find this a lot more useful, especially in crowded areas where we usually suck.
Switched Smoke Bomb for Decoy. Personally, I love the decoy a lot more. And it explodes for some nice damage too. I used to use this + Ranged Satchel for some pretty high burst AoE against Aranhas and other things that tend to charge you in melee. Mind you, smoke bomb and decoy are not mutually exclusive. You can equip both for a truly elusive sniper. I suspect quite a few ditch Execution Shot for Decoy instead, but I feel one escape is often enough.
Thinking about ditching Execute Shot for Proximity Response or possibly Cryo Grenade. I'm not sure which is more useful and I'll have to toy around with them. Proximity Response feels like a pretty effective OH SHIT button when you're overrun by critters while the cryo grenade could be pretty damn good those few seconds before said OH SHIT moment if you see them coming.
Secondary weapon: Any of them works just fine. Do upgrade whatever you prefer using though, because you can expect to be using it a lot when soloing.
It is a bit sad that this would leave all of… one original frame ability. A bit of a shame really and I hope this'll change in the future.
Let me try to expand a bit on the playstyle aspect of this particular frame and how it changes depending on solo or group play.
If you're soloing missions, what you can expect is being able to pick off perhaps one or two the enemies in a room before they all charge you en masse. One shot is more than enough for every single one of them to know exactly where you are, no matter if 90% of them were busy staring at the walls before you fired your first shot. Positioning here is very important. If at all possible, the best place to be when all hell breaks loose is on high ground staring down a narrow hallway or choke point. Why high ground you ask? Well, the AI mostly sucks at shooting upwards. Often hitting the ledge you're crouched at while still allowing you to fire off headshots. Especially those grenade AOE type plasma balls that they so love to fire. It's also a lot easier to aim at the head from above rather than below. This should allow you to hopefully down 2-3 of them as they come rushing towards you. Now what, you might ask yourself when they're swarming your position. Well, either you've found a good enough spot where they can't actually get to you and you can just peek out and pick them off one by one. If so, pat yourself on the back because that's what we do best. If they CAN reach you, that's when it's time to leg it. Hit decoy or smoke bomb. Or both and hightail it out of there to a better position and start over with the headshots. Expect to clear missions at a slower pace than pretty much any other frame that usually requires little to no setup.
Usually you pull one room of badguys at a time when doing ARES missions so once you've found a good corridor or choke point that you can retreat back to, it often goes like this: Step 1: Snipe 1-2 targets. Step 2: Stealth. Step 3: RUN! Repeat step 1-3 as necessary.
If you're in one of those annoying missions where you have absolutely no choke points or hiding places or fighting Arahnas well… get our your trusty SMG and try not to die. You can't possibly pick off many shooting from the hip, you'll probably go dizzy quickscoping them all and you don't have enough sustained AoE to deal with them. Run, dodge, dive and pray-n-spray are pretty much your options here. Make the best of it. Decoy is your friend. And so is satchel charge or resonating bolts or better yet, your HKM. But be aware that once you pull the pin from Mr. Grenade, he is no longer your friend. Try not to blow yourself up.
If you're in a group, well.. HOORAY! Because this is where we can truly wreak havoc. Let your friends Mr. Tanky and Mr. Healy or indeed, Señior Turret grab all the aggro while you find somewhere cozy to set up shot and start picking off targets one by one. Most enemies won't care you're there. After all, you didn't shoot them first. This'll turn around quickly if you start dealing out AoE punishment or if they have any sort of spawner close by. But as long as someone has shot at them, they'll mostly ignore you. DO try to pick off the enemy snipers, grenade tossers and engineers first though. Let the meaty people deal with the charging minigun type enemies and leave those for last.
Well, that's really all I can think of at the moment. I hope this little guide helped you in some way. I meant to keep things basic but maybe I got a bit longwinded or repetitive. Feel free to add your own tips and tricks or suggestions in this thread and I'll be happy to add them to it.


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The Beginning of my Mothering Journey
I was a new mom and wife, and as young as I was (18)—I knew I wanted the best for my daughter. I planned to breastfeed Elora and make all of her food from scratch. I even intended on using cloth diapers. I had the desire to "parent naturally" in every sense of the word. Nevertheless, I was young, and with the many other challenges in my life, I found it difficult to follow through.
When Elora started formula at three months old, she began having increased and loose bowel movements and had several "yeast rashes." Eventually her doctor put her on soy formula, thinking she was reacting to the milk protein. Though it didn't completely clear up her symptoms, her diaper rashes became fewer and far between, and we assumed she had a milk allergy.
This seemed confirmed one night, when she was about ten months old. We had run out of formula and I gave her a small bottle of milk. I remember her little belly distended out and her standing in her crib screaming and crying for what seemed like hours. I knew she was in pain, but I didn't know how to fix it.
Looking back, I am not sure milk was the main culprit. The milk probably just intensified whatever I had served her for dinner as it had likely contained high levels of starches and natural sugars.
We continued using soy formula until she was about 18 months old, and then she seemed to do fine with cow's milk. Though her belly bulged out in front of her skinny legs, the doctors never aired the slightest concern about her health or digestion. She continued to have runny bowel movements and diaper rashes. Doctors and convinced me this was normal. I could do little about her reoccurring yeast infections aside from frequent diaper changes.
She also wet her bed until she was nine years old and had many incidents of soiling herself through her early elementary years. As young parents, we assumed she just wasn't paying attention to her body's signals that she had to use the bathroom. Later, we realized she might not have been able to control herself.
Our second daughter was born a healthy 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Aside from having reflux and drenching several burp rags per day, Tayler was a chubby, happy baby. I attributed her reflux to having swallowed meconium prior to birth. This required the nurses to extract the meconium fluid by forcing a tube down her throat.
In addition, as an infant, Tayler had strange, light-colored bowel movements; even while breastfeeding.
Tayler also began formula at around three months of age. The only way she could eat without discomfort was by lying on her stomach, a difficult feat to accomplish while nursing!Today I am aware that reflux and pale-colored bowel movements are also indicators that she is a carrier of the CSID mutation. Though starch and sugar do not seem to bother her, we are sure she is lactose intolerant.
Pregnant with baby number three, we settled into a small house across the street from the elementary school. Elora would be starting kindergarten that year and all seemed fine amidst the normal challenges of raising two daughters on a construction worker's income.
That year, however, I remember Elora getting sick a lot. For about four months, she would be either vomiting or having diarrhea or both. When I took her into the doctor, he just told me that the stomach flu was going around. When she had bellyaches at school, we thought it was from nerves about the new baby and the fact her daddy worked out of town for the last three months of my pregnancy.
We were blessed with a little boy, and I was finally able to successfully breastfeed for ten months. However, when Dawson was a few months old, Elora came down with the same "stomach-flu-like" symptoms. We had since moved for job-related reasons and I expressed a concern to her new pediatrician about her reoccurring symptoms. He had her and Tayler tested for parasites. When the results came back positive, I was a little confused. How come she wasn't showing any more serious symptoms considering her first bouts of vomiting had begun a year and half earlier? I never got an answer.
We moved to Idaho later that year so that my husband could start his own business. In addition to wanting to raise our kids away from the hectic and expensive lifestyle of Southern California, it would be more feasible for me to stay at home with our children.
Though Dawson was a very happy baby, he also suffered from horrible diaper rashes and rashes around his mouth. As he got older, I began to notice whenever he drank fruit punch or ate too much candy, his cheeks would get flushed and his lips would get irritated. He has not been tested for CSID, but I am sure he has more intolerance for high levels of sugars and starches than he cares to admit.
Void of the many struggles we faced settling into Idaho, we decided to make the Treasure Valley our permanent home. My husband's business had become sufficient for me to quit work. Three months after I became an official stay-at-home mom, I was pregnant again! As new Christians, we grew a lot in our faith that year, believing God would provide for my husband's business, give us discernment for an unruly neighbor, and to help us accept all the responsibilities and blessings that came with our growing family.
At my 20-week check-up and ultrasound, a birth defect was discovered along with the news we would be having another boy. Our fourth child had an abnormal kidney, and would possibly need surgery. This was the first time we would be facing a diagnosed health concern in one of our children, and our faith began to play a bigger part than ever in our lives.
Though this may seem unrelated to the other children's digestive issues, I must note that I am aware of at least two more mothers who have a child with CSID and a child with kidney problems. This is an odd, yet interesting coincidence to say the least.
After my first induced labor and epidural, our fourth child, Jared, was born seemingly healthy and strong. His doctor put him on preventative antibiotics to avoid infection as he carefully monitored his kidney. Jared had several tests throughout the year, introducing me to medical procedures and the various children's departments at the hospital.
Jared seems to be the only one of our children without obvious digestive sensitivities. However, the process I went through during his tests and hospital stays prepared me for what I would eventually experience with Parker.
When Jared was a year old, he acquired a severe kidney infection and was hospitalized for five days. Upon consultation with his urologist, we agreed surgery was now a necessary step in ensuring Jared's long-term health. By the time we had scheduled the surgery in April, I was already pregnant again. Although this new pregnancy planted new found fears in both my husband and I regarding provision for our family's needs, I discovered a new level of faith while I watched Jared sleeping in the hospital room after his surgery.
What was supposed to be a precautionary over-night stay post-surgery, turned into another five days. Jared's kidney had not responded well to the surgery and the trauma had caused his entire digestive system to seize up. I couldn't even hold him as his belly filled with air and even the slightest movement caused him to scream out in pain. He would have to undergo another procedure immediately. A nephrostomy tube had to be inserted into his kidney from the outside of his lower back.
This would drain the fluid collecting in his kidney until the swelling went down enough to assess the next step to take to repair his kidney permanently. I clearly remember standing by his hospital crib late that evening as he slept through the screams of the child in the adjacent room. I was praying for strength to get through the night and the challenges caring for him would entail over the next weeks or months.
Although it wasn't an audible voice, in my mind, I clearly heard the words:
I am preparing you for something else.
At the time, I didn't know if that "something else" had to do with Jared, but I held onto those words over the next several months. After a half-a-dozen additional procedures, Jared's kidney finally began functioning normally by mid-October of that year; those words quickly became a distant memory.
Oddly enough, and even after constant antibiotics for nearly two years, Jared is a healthy ten-year-old boy. I often tease him that although he is the fussiest eater of all his siblings, he is very lucky that he can eat virtually anything without suffering from a tummy ache!
2004 – The Birth of Parker James
After experiencing insomnia and extreme pelvic pain the last several weeks of my pregnancy, I was induced during the first week of March. Though the beginning of my labor was long, as soon as the epidural kicked in, I was ready to give birth to our fifth child.
Parker James was born 6 pounds, 10 ounces and 18 ½ inches long. Though he was smaller than the average seven pounds, twenty inches of my other children, he appeared a healthy newborn. However, his blood sugar levels dropped below normal before we were discharged, and I was encouraged to nurse him as often as possible. He was having difficulty latching on, and kept falling asleep before my milk let down. He also had excess mucus that seemed to choke him several times during each feeding.
I took him to the hospital lactation consultant when he was around one week old to determine if a different approach was needed. Aside from finding different positions to make latching on easier, there was not much more I could do. I started pumping after each feeding to ensure an adequate milk supply. Though he wasn't growing as rapidly as my other children had, he gained about ½ ounce a day for the first several months. I was in no hurry to introduce solid foods, and did what I could to nourish myself enough to keep up with his frequent feedings.
Then, when he was about six months old, he started having breath-holding spells—a very scary, seizure-like episode where instead of crying, he would just turn gray, arch back and pass out. Any concerns the doctors or myself had about him not growing were put on the back burner. A neurologist and gastroenterologist evaluated him to determine if there was a physical explanation for his spells.
Normally, children don't start breath-holding until they are two years old. Parker wasn't old enough to self-induce a tantrum, and my instincts told me there was something else going on. We could only find out what that was by exhausting all other possibilities. After an EEG, EKG and other tests over two hospital stays, he was found to have reflux and was put on the antacid Prevacid.
I was also giving him cups of diluted pear juice and aloe-vera, in an attempt to sooth any discomfort from the spells. (Now I realize pear juice was probably exacerbating his symptoms since it contains high levels of sucrose.)
At the same time, Parker had also developed a mild, unexplained rash on his cheeks. When I pointed this out to the doctors, they didn't seem too concerned. At his nine-month check-up, I asked about the rash again and noted several other oddities about Parker's physical appearance and behavior. Parker had a webbing of his second and third toes, a slight inward curve to both his small fingers, and always had a runny nose. He had also had a few unexplained episodes of vomiting without a fever; frequent, very smelly bowel movements and often experienced night sweats. I was hoping a discussion of the combination of his symptoms would trigger some type of diagnosis.
After determining he had hardly grown in the previous three months, he was given a failure-to-thrive diagnosis, unrelated to his breath-holding episodes and other symptoms. I continued to mention all of these symptoms during every doctor's appointment. Each time I was assured his other symptoms were not connected and that he would likely "grow out of them."
Then, the day after Christmas, 2004, Parker had a severe breath-holding spell that was followed by a grand mal seizure that lasted five minutes. After getting monitored over-night at the hospital, the doctors detected no further seizure activity. Since he had been running a small fever prior to the seizure, the doctors concluded this event was unconnected to Parker's other issues.
March 2005 – Seizures and Failure to Thrive Continue
I, my husband, Parker's grandparents and other family members were frustrated by the lack of answers. However, most of the doctors and specialists who saw Parker took our concerns to heart and conducted whatever tests they could to pinpoint a diagnosis. Various pediatric specialists tested Parker for growth-hormone deficiency, Celiac disease, other food allergies, and even admitted him to the hospital over his first birthday for a 24-hour EEG-EKG monitoring test.
During this five-day stay in the children's ward, he was also given his first dose of phenobarbital (drowning in sucrose syrup no less) and immediately vomited. Even though he was not having regular seizure activity, the doctor thought maybe the Phenobarbital would calm his nervous system enough to stop the breath-holding spells, which occurred as frequently as eight times per day.
By the next day, he had continued throwing up and began having diarrhea as well. After two more days in the hospital, a CT scan, and an evaluation of one of his soiled diapers by the lab, he was sent home. Everyone assumed he had caught a stomach virus from being in the children's ward for so long. (The fact he had eaten macaroni and cheese and birthday cake in the hospital was not considered.)
Something in the back of my mind thought that sounded familiar as I recalled Elora's bouts of so-called stomach flu as a child. But what was I to do? The doctors really seemed to be doing all they could.
I cannot say that I was not frustrated and concerned with my son's health. I cannot say that I never doubted I had done something to cause his discomfort. However, occasionally after catching up on my sleep and getting a moment of quiet in our small apartment with our five children (who I was also homeschooling!); I would remember that night in the hospital with Jared.
I am preparing you for something else.
I would hold on another day, another week, or however long I needed to face the next mountain. I learned to accept what I could not change. I kept detailed records about Parker including sleep patterns, foods and sensitivities to the environment. I had started journaling all the food he ate; how often he nursed; and all his symptoms or odd behavior.
To protect him from breath-holding spells and seizures often induced by his rambunctious siblings, Parker became a silent and content fixture on my hip. One day, I remember working in the kitchen for about an hour when I suddenly noticed Parker watching my every move. I had been so focused on whatever I was cooking or cleaning I had literally forgotten I was holding him! Despite all that he had endured, he had such a calm and sweet spirit about him when he was in my arms.
After the hospital stay on his birthday, he was nursing every 20 minutes, and I finally gave in and fed him a bottle of formula in order to give myself time to rehydrate. He sucked it down in no time (probably due to dehydration), and though I continued to nurse him for a few more months, formula supplements soon became part of his daily diet.
The next time he saw the doctor, he had gained several ounces. This was a huge milestone, as he had hardly grown in length or weight during the six months prior. Sighing with relief, we all assumed this was the answer to his failure to grow well—he just wasn't getting enough calories from my breast milk! Even though he continued to have rashes, six or more foul-smelling-bulky diapers per day, and several breath holding spells followed by minor seizures, we were all relieved that he had started growing.
By 16 months old, Parker was breastfeeding only at night. I had started giving him goat's milk, which he seemed to tolerate well. I was feeding him homemade brown rice, lentils, and yams (all very high in starch content but I did not know any better at that time). He also ate what the family ate for dinner from spaghetti to fried chicken to fast food. I tried to eliminate anything that seemed to cause the rash on his face to flare up, but I found it hard to determine, as sometimes his siblings would also feed him without my knowledge. I had concluded that I had done all I could do, and that those words I felt God telling me were for me to learn to accept the unknown.
Then Parker's seizures started coming more frequently. He was napping up to four hours at one time on the days he experienced several breath-holding spells and seizures.
Parker had also come to a wall in his verbal and motor skills progress. Though he took his first steps at ten months, he didn't begin fully walking until he was fourteen months old. He didn't seem interested in speaking either, and he couldn't even cry without going into a breath-holding spell. Everyone in the house had to learn to watch him carefully while anticipating his every need and want.
August 2005 – Beginning Anti-Seizure Meds
I consulted his neurologist and as much as I hated the idea of Parker going on daily medication, I yielded to his suggestion to start Phenobarbital. After just a few doses, the seizure activity stopped. Parker was more active for the next several weeks, but then suddenly took a turn for the worst.
October 2005 – Will Yet Another GI Test Bring Answers?
At the beginning of October 2005, over the course of a few days, Parker had become extremely lethargic. He couldn't seem to stay awake, and would fuss weakly when he was. His appetite decreased and he kept falling asleep. He had several yucky bowel movements, but I was used to them by that point. I didn't think they were an indication that something else was going on.
Having little faith that any of his doctors would have a different answer for me, I sent out an e-mail request for prayer to everyone I knew. Parker needed a miracle, and honestly, so did I! I was exhausted and didn't have the strength to face another slew of tests and hospital stays with my hurting baby.
That Thursday, Parker had a follow-up appointment with his pediatric gastroenterologist, Dr. Sally Schindele. He took his normal morning nap before his appointment, but still proceeded to fall asleep on my lap while we waited for the doctor. When she came in and began the exam, Parker remained sleeping. This was very unusual. After all, even the most miserable 18-month old would at least protest with a small whimper in response to an ice-cold stethoscope. But he kept sleeping.
Dr. Schindele sat down and slowly began flipping through Parker's chart. I could tell she was concerned, but didn't want to alarm me. After several minutes, she asked me if I could remember why we never did a small bowel biopsy.
I shook my head in response, smiled weakly and said, "No, I don't. You have done every other test."
The only reason why I think she didn't admit Parker to the children's ward to be treated for dehydration was due to all we had already been through. If he got worse, I was to bring him to the ER. She scheduled the biopsy for the following Thursday and sent us home.
He didn't have a single wet diaper all day, but stayed awake for the rest of the afternoon, though in a daze. He only he sipped on goat milk and pear juice three or four times and continued to refuse any solid foods.
On Friday, his appetite decreased even more and he had seven bowel movements. I weighed him and realized he had lost weight. His belly was swollen and had a grayish tint to it. He did not have the energy to move around the house, and would start fussing when he wasn't near me. He managed to drink around 10 ounces of goat's milk and some pear juice before falling asleep for the night.
On Saturday, he had a wet diaper upon waking up. This was a good sign and probably the only thing that kept me from rushing him to the ER. He didn't have a bowel movement until around noon, dissipating any thought that he was dehydrated. He was still very weak and falling in and out of sleep. I decided not to give him any goat milk or pear juice that day just to be safe.
Somehow, he managed to recover enough over the next few days to be well for his biopsy procedure. Though I had a thousand questions, I knew this was the last straw. If we didn't get answers this time, we would just have to find a way to care for Parker despite the unknown.
When the doctor came to tell us she was done with the procedure, she carefully sat down between my husband and me before telling us what she had found.
Again, a look of concern crossed her face as she tried to explain what she had seen during the biopsy. If we agreed, she wanted to have a CT scan done of Parker's chest before he left the hospital. His esophagus tube was extremely narrow right about the point where his aorta valve would be attached. If his aorta valve was wrapped around his esophagus, he would need heart surgery. This could explain his breath holding spells, and if his heart was working overtime due to a birth defect, his slow growth could also be explained. We would still not understand his other ailments, but it would be a start. However, we would not get the results of the CT scan until Monday.
I think that weekend tested my faith more than ever. If Parker needed heart surgery, there would be a huge risk factor involved. He could even die. Was this what God was preparing me for? I didn't know what choice I had, and I just let it all go—all the control I thought I had over Parker's well-being. I gave it all to God and told Him I would accept the diagnosis no matter what sacrifice it entailed.
At 8am Monday morning, the phone rang. My heart fluttered and raced as I answered the phone. It was Dr. Schindele. She immediately told me Parker's heart looked fine. I let out a huge sigh, as if I had been holding my breath for three days, and tears stung my eyes.
She could not explain what was causing the narrow opening, but nonetheless it was likely being constrained when Parker became upset. At least now we had an explanation for why he could not catch his breath on his own. The rest of the test results would take a couple of weeks.
The week before Halloween, we received the results.
"Parker has Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency." His doctor said slowly over the phone.
I grabbed a pencil and a notepad. "Spell that for me and then tell me what it means!" I could hear the relief in my voice and I think I may have even been smiling. I had no idea what Parker had, but I was too relieved to care. We finally had an answer—a diagnosis!
If I only knew!
All his doctor knew about CSID was that Parker couldn't eat "table sugar" or starch. I would have to look up more information online and seek the guidance of a dietician to help curb his diet. After a huge sigh of relief, I prepared myself for the work it would entail to know what to feed my son.
I felt very equipped and capable to handle this newfound challenge, even with all the other commitments in my life. I was finishing my degree online and had learned how to effectively research on the web. I immediately searched for the CSID website the doctor had given me, registered at NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases), and made an appointment with a dietician.
It didn't take long for me to realize why Parker's doctor couldn't tell me more. There were only a handful of references to CSID, and they all just summed up the cause and vaguely discussed the elimination of starches and the need for Sucraid to digest sugar.
I received the most information from the administrator of the CSID "Parent Support Group" website, Mary Slawson. Mary explained that since each child has a different mutation of CSID, the amount of starches and sugars each person can tolerate varies. My best option was to find a dietician that would help me create the perfect diet to meet Parker's specific needs.
At this point, I was feeling more overwhelmed than hopeful. My hope faded even further when I found out I needed to pay cash for the dietician because she didn't accept my son's insurance. In addition, it was a forty-minute drive to her office. However, the drive was worth it as the dietitian boosted my confidence and helped me to make a plan. I was still going to be on my own, but she gave me several pointers for food options that steered me in the right direction.
The first step was to eliminate the two teaspoons of sucrose-based Phenobarbital Parker was taking each day. His neurologist ordered a pill form of the medication, which we started putting in yogurt.
My notebooks came out again. I began to chart everything Parker ate, all his symptoms, and when I gave him Sucraid. I initially thought he was in Group C, so I continued to feed him starches. After reviewing his specific enzyme levels with Mary a few weeks later, she told me he was in Group B.
I was devastated to learn I had still been feeding Parker food he wasn't supposed to have! No more puffed rice cereal or oatmeal. I had to narrow his food options once again. Even the slightest trace of starch in the ingredient list on a food label soon indicated that item was off the list of permissible foods. When family members or caregivers asked me what Parker could not eat, I would laugh and tell them it was probably easier for me to tell them the eight things he could have!
In addition to the changes we were making in his diet, Parker's dad and I weaned him off Phenobarbital. It was a hassle to get him to eat it in the yogurt, and Parker had still not made significant improvements in his speech and motor skills.
Within two days of removing Phenobarbital, Parker began talking! At this point, I had removed all known sugars and starches from his diet. Do you think it is a coincidence that he never had another seizure? This confirmed what I had thought all along—that Parker's seizures did have something to do with his failure-to-thrive and his inability to digest food!
At first, however, Parker still did not appear to tolerate many of the foods he supposedly could digest. Rashes would come and go, and no matter how little fruit I gave him with Sucraid, he still had diarrhea. With the approval of his dietician, I also started feeding him small amounts of almond flour-based goods such as bread and pancakes.
After experimenting with various foods and supplements, my first notes showing Parker was symptom free were in March of 2006, over four months following his diagnosis. However, on the same day I also increased his serving of pears and applesauce, which resulted in several loose bowel movements, despite having given him Sucraid.
A short time later, I decided to stop Sucraid since Parker seemed to only tolerate a few ounces of sucrose containing foods. I realized determining which foods he could tolerate without Sucraid was an important next step.
The next several months, Parker's diet was very restricted as I focused on feeding him vegetables, meat protein, and dairy products. I did not give him any food that I knew contained any forms of sucrose or starches (including soy flakes). By January 2007, I was ready to introduce Sucraid again.
Shortly afterwards, Parker began developing a rash on his face. Since I had not changed
a whole lot in his diet, and since he was not having diarrhea, I was unsure at what was
causing it. I assumed one of his sisters had given him something and that the rash would clear up.
Then my husband asked if I had checked the label on the tuna recently. As soon as he said it, I knew. I had failed to double check the ingredient label on the tuna for weeks. After all, it was just tuna in water. What could change? Sure enough, the manufacturer had started adding soy flakes! Within a few days of treating his rash with ointment and removing tuna and other canned fish that contained soy flakes, his rash cleared up.
During a church barbecue where the Christian Motorcycle association was serving hamburgers, the of biker's wives starting asking about Parker after I had asked if the hamburgers were
100% beef. Her husband had suffered from digestive problems and had started seeing an alternative medicine doctor.
Feeling a new glimmer of hope, I made an appointment with the alternative medicine doctor first thing Monday. I was not sure what they could do for Parker, but I knew his health could still improve.
It is only a miracle that they had an opening for testing that Thursday and we just happened
to have additional money available to cover the costs. The testing they did was non-invasive and peaceful compared to the hospital procedures he had experienced. They measured the stress levels of all his vital organs in a test called a Thermography, and took saliva and urine samples to measure his pH and salt levels.
Their diagnosis:
Parker's internal organs, (especially his intestines and stomach), were still highly stressed, despite having removed troubling foods from his diet.
Though it took a few minutes to sink in, and though I came close to tears thinking how Parker was still not as healthy as he could be, I was grateful that I was getting answers PLUS solutions this time around. This doctor had a plan and she believed Parker could achieve maximum health and well-being to his body if we worked together to assist him. The plan included
various supplements and digestive support therapy, along with a few adjustments to his
current diet.
OCTOBER 2008 – Another Child With CSID
By this time, my oldest daughter, Elora, was fourteen. The previous July she had been in a severe car accident. Weeks of bed rest and medication had added to my role as caregiver and nurse for her as well as for Parker. After her initial recovery, her older symptoms of digestion problems surfaced once again. After a severe bout of stomach cramping and indigestion, we finally had her seen by our pediatric GI for testing.
She had eaten an excess of pizza and pasta over the weekend. Her belly bloated out and she had sharp pains all around her upper back and chest. She told me she wanted to know if she had CSID. I had a hunch she would and we all knew she would be giving up her favorite foods include pizza and pasta, if the results were positive!
Sure enough, three years almost to the day after Parker's diagnosis, Elora's results were positive as well. Realizing the dilemma I now faced in re-teaching my 14-year-old how to eat and make choices for herself, I submitted to the fact it was finally time I wrote a book about all I had learned.
Having children with CSID is about more than a quick fix for finding the meals for the day. It has become a lifestyle for our whole family in both understanding and in practice.
My hope in compiling what I have learned into a single reference guide is that parents who read this blog and my book will be able to focus their efforts in caring for their child. You don't have to spend hours on the internet, in bookstores or the library, trying to figure out what you can feed your child.
You have found a comprehensive starting place to help you care for your child's needs now. It will take time, sacrifice, adjusting your budget, and a few long grocery-shopping adventures. In the end, your happy, healthy child, will be worth it!
In the several years since I have started this project, there have been many challenges and triumphs. I have had to change my approach and apply certain measures to protect myself and those who may flip directly to my recipes without fully understanding that their child's digestive needs are unique.
I have struggled with staying consistent in feeding my family and have discovered that I personally feel much better when sticking with the foods and recipes I suggest here and in the books.
Educating my own children about wise food choices is one of my main priorities as one day they have a chance of having children with CSID themselves. Money and time constraints have not always made it possible to provide the ideal diet. However, I take much comfort in knowing how to steer us all back on a path of healthy eating, when taking that path is possible.
This story is also include in the Kindle version of my book:
A Place to Start Without Sugar or Starch
Our story continues as I update this blog, so come back often to learn about our latest triumphs, challenges, and insights into Essential Carbohydrate living!


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One of the great iconic bands of all time, The Clash was arguably the most notable, and certainly the most financially successful, of the groups which comprised the first generation of British punk rock. Formed in 1976 by vocalist Joe Strummer and guitarist Mick Jones, The Clash recorded five hugely influential albums (and a sixth that should perhaps have never been made) and gained a fiercely loyal following on both sides of the Atlantic before burning out in the mid-'80s.
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|I was a huge Clash fanatic in the early 80s and got into them just around the time they boned, so let me refresh everyone's memory here. After "Combat Rock" was released, which was an improvement over the pretentious "Sandinista", drummer Topper Headon was dismissed from the band due to a heroin problem. That was the minor boning point. He was replaced with his predecessor Terry Chimes, who played on most songs from their eponymous first album, so there was some continuity. Then it happened. After their 1982-83 tour opening for The Who and their appearance at that year's "Us Festival", lead guitarist and sometime lead vocalist Mick Jones (Should I Stay or Should I Go; Train In Vain) was also dismissed from the band, leaving only Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon (Chimes had also quit again after the tour but before the Us Festival). They proceeded to replace these two founding members with three replacements and released a vapid album called "Cut The Crap" in 1985 with "The Clash" having become little more than a label. Then they called it quits. Never boned? Kicking out Mick Jones and doing an album without him were major league bones. They'll never reunite now as Joe Strummer died in 2002, but at least they made amends on a personal level. -- Submitted By: (ParkerTillman) on July 20, 2012, 5:06 pm - (0 votes) - Login to Vote
|Another band similar to the Beatles in that they weren't together for a long time, but in short amount they were together they put out some groundbreaking music. London Calling is one of the best overall albums of all time and the music, regardless of your political persuasion, just rocks. Towards the end, Jones and Strummer were no longer on the same page on what direction they wanted to take the band and you could see the cracks starting to show on Combat Rock, a good album, but one with glaring weaknesses. I think they broke up before they could bone, but for the few years they were together, they really were music revolutionaries. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on November 3, 2011, 6:08 pm - (2 votes) - Login to Vote
|Shouldn't this be listed under the letter C? Did I enter it incorrectly? Don't the administrators here make sure that submissions beginning with the word "The" are located according to the first letter of the second word, or is that the job of the person who submits the subject? Very confusing, and I hope this mistake is fixed. As for the band, they never really boned, though it is true that the last album ought not to have seen the light of day. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 6, 2011, 1:52 pm - (0 votes) - Login to Vote


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Stay Comfy All Winter With Climate Control System Inspection
Modern heating systems make drivers more comfortable than ever, long as everything keeps working.
But keeping such a complex system functioning takes a trained specialist who is trained to deal with modern day climate control systems.
"Everything starts with visual inspection," said Steve Schaeber, Manager of Service Training for the Mobile Air Conditioning Society. "Service techs look for leaks and check the condition of the belts and hoses."
With separate thermostats for the driver and passenger sides, extra vents for passengers in the backseat and heated seats, modern technology makes it easy to stay comfy and cozy all winter long.
Like any other system, climate control is subject to wear and tear.
"Naturally over time, belts and hoses are rubber and over time they crack. They get dry-rotted like tires do," Schaeber said.
The heating and cooling systems routinely feed off one another, so problems with one may affect the other.
Schaeber offered the following insights on climate control systems:
- Know the warning signs. Stains on the passenger side of the dashboard could be the sign of a coolant leak. (Antifreeze runs through the heater core, which usually sits behind or under your dashboard, often on the passenger side.)
- Check your cabin air filter. The filter captures hair, dust and particulates in the air before it reaches your nostrils.
- Hidden problems could be the culprit. A vacuum leak, core failure or stuck thermostat can also cause problems with the heater.
- Check for the condition for the coolant itself. A 50/50 mix of antifreeze and water is ideal.
- Simple solutions often exist. Look for clogs in vents that may impede airflow.
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On Tuesday, James O'Keefe's corruption-exposing outfit Project Veritas released its latest undercover sting video that exposes textbook publishers involved in a shameless "money game" to get rich off of selling Common Core educational standards.
"In this new video, Project Veritas journalists visit with America's top textbook publishing companies, the moneymakers of Common Core, in an effort to expose how crony capitalism is taking over America's educational system," the release states. "Shockingly, our journalists caught a publishing executive mocking her own immoral behavior and then laughing about it on hidden camera."
That executive is Dianne Barrow, who is the West Coast Accounts Manager for Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt, a leading Common Core textbook publisher. She admits to hating kids and reveals that her only motive is to make more money.
When an undercover journalist for Project Veritas said to Barrow that she seemed to be "in it for the kids," she quickly retorted:
No, I hate kids. [laughs] I'm in it to sell books, don't even kid yourself for a heartbeat.
Formerly, as Barrow admits in the video, she worked for Pearson Education, another publisher which has now made billions off of selling Common Core. Here is what she had to say about her now-rival:
Oh yeah, everybody has worked for Pearson. It owns the world. You know? They just do underhanded things.
It's all about the money. What are you, crazy? It's all about the money.
You don't think that the educational publishing companies are in it for education, do you? No, they're in it for the money.
Barrow said that publishing companies only align with educational standards so they can sell books.
"So, it's really about the money and not really about the kids," an undercover voice said innocently.
Barrow response was drenched in sarcasm, "You think?"
Later, Barrow laments that education "really should be about the kids" and is "one place that shouldn't be about the money." But alas…
And what about parents who opt to homeschool their children or send them to charter schools? Well, according to this kid-hater, they're doing it wrong:
I feel very strongly about this, it's the same about home schoolers and charter schools. Home schoolers, I'm sorry, did you go to school to be a teacher? Well, then don't teach your kids. You know? 'But they gave me the curriculum.' I don't care.
Also seen in the undercover video is Jodi Cohen, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York, who expressed her feelings on the matter with robust vulgarity:
It's a joke. It's bullsh** and the thing is, what they do is, they create some new f***ing system, that f***ing sucks to sell more books and then we have to learn something new with the students. So it's bullsh**.
"Oh my god," Cohen adds, "it's all a money game. It's all a money game."
And this is only Part 1 from Project Veritas' "Common Corruption." Expect more videos to come soon.


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Motherboard Expansion Interfaces
The history of the PC has seen many different types of expansion slots. Some, like the MCA (Micro-Channel Architecture) interface, and the Video Electronics Standards Association's VESA interface, never really caught on and have quietly faded into history. A few newer interfaces, such as the ACR and the PCI-Express interfaces, are just now beginning to achieve acceptance.
The diagram on the right is a bit dated, but it should still give you a pretty good idea of what the major components of a motherboard are. (There's a diagram of a newer mobo toward the bottom of this page.) Of course, every motherboard is different, but for the most part they all contain the same kinds of components. Please click the image and spend a few minutes studying it. Your motherboard's manual will have a diagram help you find the components on your particular mobo.
Recognizing Expansion Slots
Being able to recognize expansion slots and understand their uses is critical to designing and building your homebuilt computer.
The three most common expansion interfaces in current use are:
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect). The PCI interface is used for all kinds of expansion cards and is the most common expansion interface. All sorts of PCI expansion cards are available, including modems, add-on hard drive and I/O controllers, network cards, sound cards, some older video cards, and all manner of specialized controllers for industrial machinery.
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port). The AGP interface is used only for video cards. It represents a significant improvement over older PCI video cards. But even within AGP, the standard has been improved and data transfer rates have increased. When selecting an AGP video card, one factor to consider is whether your motherboard is able to support it properly. For example, you shouldn't purchase a 4X AGP video card for a motherboard that only supports 2X AGP, nor vice-versa.
PCI Express. The PCI-E interface theoretically can be used for almost any kind of I/O device, but is most popular as an interface for high-end video cards because of its massive data transfer capabilities (more than 250 Mb/sec, as of this writing).
Here's a diagram of a more modern motherboard, the Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2, side-by-side with the accompanying diagram from the motherboard manual. (Click to enlarge it.)
The bottom line is, when choosing a motherboard for your homebuilt computer, be sure that it has enough of the correct types of slots to accommodate the expansion cards you wish to install.
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15 January 1860: The birth of Eleanor Hull, historian and translator on this day. She was born in England to a family from Co Down. The biography of her early life is somewhat sketchy but at some stage she or her family must have moved to Dublin where she attended what was then one of the most prestigious girls schools in the Country - Alexandra College. It was perhaps there that her interest in ancient Irish manuscripts & the Gaelic Language took hold?
We know that at the inaugural general meeting of the Irish Texts Society on 26 April 1898 which was held at the rooms of the ILS in London. Douglas Hyde was unanimously elected president, and Frederick York Powell chairman of the executive council.
Norma Borthwick and Eleanor Hull were appointed honorary secretaries and R.A.S. Macalister became honorary treasurer.
The other members of the executive council included Goddard Orpen, Alfred Nutt, Thomas Flannery, J.G. O'Keeffe, Daniel Mescal, G.A. Greene and M. O'Sullivan. Eight vice-presidents were elected and the consultative council included many of the most distinguished scholars in the field of Celtic studies.
She certainly was a prolific writer on early Irish History and Legends:
Her published works include:
- The Cuchulain Saga in Irish Literature (1898)
- Pagan Ireland (Dublin, 1904 & 1923)
- Early Christian Ireland
- A Text Book of Irish Literature (2 volumes) (1906)
- The Poem-Book of the Gael (London, 1912)
- The Northmen in Britain (New York, 1913)
- Folklore of the British Isles (1929)
- A History of Ireland and her People (2 volumes) (1926)
The last of these being probably the one that has stood the test of time. Indeed it is a work (thanks to the wonders of the Internet) that I regularly consult for articles on this site:
She died in Wimbledon England on 13 January 1935, two days shy of her 75th birthday.


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Exmoor National Park
Welcome to the News and Media page for the Old Rectory Hotel. The Old Rectory is a privately owned and managed, award winning Boutique Country House Hotel located on the stunning Exmoor coast in North Devon. On this page there are copies of our recent press releases, links to articles about the hotel as well as well as the fascinating story of how the owners, Huw & Sam, left the rat race in 2008 and built a wonderfully peaceful and romantic place to come and stay.
Devon Hotel named Most Romantic Hotel in Europe 2016
An Awards Double Hat Trick
Award-winning Exmoor Hotel celebrates Five Years of Success
Boutique Hotel on Exmoor 'Ahead of the Game'
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For those seeking a romantic retreat for Valentine's Day, you need not look far and wide. TripAdvisor's 2016 Travellers' Choice Awards named a Devon hotel as the most romantic hotel in Europe, and second in the whole world.
The Old Rectory Hotel in Martinhoe took the title based on millions of reviews and opinions from TripAdvisor travellers.
The awards keep coming for a North Devon hotel after it was named as the most romantic in Europe for the second year in a row.
The Old Rectory Hotel in Martinhoe was handed the title as part TripAdvisor's 2016 Travellers' Choice Award for Romantic Hotels, which were released today.
A hotel in Devon has been named the most romantic hotel in Europe in this year's 2016 Traveller's Choice Awards for Romantic Hotels, announced by TripAdvisor.
The Old Rectory Hotel in Martinhoe was named the most romantic hotel in Europe as well as the second most romantic hotel in the world, while Edgar House in Chester – which was named the 'world's best small hotel' in January – came fifth in Europe and 17th in the world.
A Devon hotel has been named the most romantic hotel in Europe in this year's 2016 Travellers' Choice Awards for Romantic Hotels, announced by TripAdvisor ahead of Valentine's Day.
The Old Rectory Hotel in Martinhoe celebrates the title of Europe's most romantic hotel, as well as second most romantic in the world; while Edgar House in Chester comes fifth in Europe and 17th in the world. Also appearing in Europe's top 25 is Grasmere Hotel in Cumbria, coming in 14th.
We are proud to have made the finalists of the Devon Tourism Awards. See the full list here.
The Old Rectory Hotel, Martinhoe, is named Devon hotel of the year in the 2014 edition of the Guide which is published this week.
Desmond Balmer, joint editor of the Guide, said: "Huw Rees and Sam Prosser, who have given their old rectory a smart interior, run it with good humour and great attention to the needs of guests. Huw Rees's cooking is much praised."
"We are delighted to receive this award from The Good Hotel Guide and are particularly thrilled as our first entry in the guide was just last year.
The special value of the award is that it is based on reader reports and anonymous inspections. We aim to do the simple things well and create a 'house in the country' feel for our guests."
This small hotel in Exmoor national park is part-Georgian, part-Victorian and was built as the rectory for Martinhoe's 11th century church. The garden is a riot of pruned rhododendrons, cut lawns and a brook brimming with bulrushes.
Huw Rees and Sam Prosser have given their old home a smart interior with great attention to the needs of guests. Huw is a fine cook, utilising Exmoor pork, local sea bass and lots of home-grown vegetables. Visitors arriving late are offered bowls of red pepper soup, fresh rolls and fine cheeses.
Thousands of pounds were raised through a visitor payback scheme run by the National Trust in North Devon last year.
A total of £1,400 was collected by The Old Rectory in Martinhoe on Exmoor. Guests automatically had a small amount added to their bill, which is used to benefit the surrounding area.
The Old Rectory Hotel in Martinhoe, in Exmoor's National Park, has been named one of the Most Romantic Hotels in the World. The Georgian country house hotel owned by Huw Rees and Sam Prosser, is in the final stage of a five-year, £500,000 renovation programme. The Old Rectory is surrounded by National Trust land and only 800 yards from the coast.
Spring in Exmoor National Park is a riot of colour and sound – the cacophony of birdsong at dawn can be deafening. An ideal base is the Old Rectory Hotel, a beautifully restored Georgian rectory in the peaceful hamlet of Martinhoe, surrounded by protected National Trust land. Owned and run by friendly, ex-city folk Huw Rees and Sam Prosser, it is an elegant and welcoming country house hotel with 10 pretty bedrooms, including two in the adjacent Coach House, an excellent seafood-leaning restaurant with an award-winning wine list and a three-acre Victorian garden.


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Human Anatomy Diagram Abdomen
The human anatomy is an incredibly complex organism. There are billions of microscopic processes going on to keep your body going all the time. Below we have a diagram of the anatomy.
What is the Abdomen?
The abdomen is a container for most of the organs in the body. The domain of the abs. It's a vital part of our body, and along with the ribcage, protects our organs from foreign objects.


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St. Andrew Square
St Andrew's Square, our newest renovation, was completed in January 2011. This upscale setting is perfect for your next… well, anything! With accommodations for up to 150 guests, this too, is perfect for any occasion. This thoughtfully decorated space has a very intimate, warm and inviting feel; you will instantly feel welcomed and relaxed. Come see for yourself!
Dock 7
Completed in July of 2009, has an endless amount of possibilities. Dock 7 is the larger of our two banquet facilities with 5,490 sq ft and seating for 260 guests. This is a great space waiting to be brought to life.
Dock 7 is the perfect fit for your next business meeting, conference, holiday, celebration of life, office party, wedding reception or any type of social gathering. Dock 7 is accompanied with a large dance floor, stage, a distinctive full service bar and unique lighting, and an attached outdoor courtyard (great for outdoor ceremonies). This is a great space anytime of the year, rain, snow or shine! It is sure to please.


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GlobalFoundries has put the 12nm-fd-soi platform on its roadmap. Beginning in 2019 should take place the first tape outs of chips based on this process. According to the company 12fdx can compete with established FinFET-process programs, at a fraction of the cost.
GlobalFoundries affects the preparations for his 12fdx platform in its Fab 1 in Dresden. The 12nm-process succeeds 22fdx that GlobalFoundries announced last year. That 22nm production will be deployed later this year to test production, followed by mass production in 2017.
According GlobalFoundries is 12nm-fully-depleted Silicon-on-insulator platform able to compete against 2019 with the, by then long and broad-based, 10nm FinFET-process-in terms of performance, but at much lower cost. The performance would fall 15 percent higher than the current-FinFET technologies, at the half of consumption. GlobalFoundries currently working with a 14nm FinFET process for high-endchips, which include going to be used for AMD's upcoming Zen processors.
The 22nm- and 12nm-soi production is particularly suitable for simple chips such as those for the Internet-of-things and networking. For large, complex chip designs such as the socs for smartphones FinFET is a better choice, thanks to the improved performance. In silicon-on-insulator-technology, there is an additional layer of oxide is applied on each conductive element, so that all the electron paths are isolated from each other. The technique has its origins at IBM, but was later further developed by STMicroelectronics first and now GlobalFoundries and Samsung.Viewing:-319
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Here's what some of those readers had to say:
"His ineptitude is rivalled only by his ability to write the kind of pretentious swill that would leave even an Edge writer weeping. How is it that this man is employable?"
Anonymous Knight, via Facebook
"Dan Whitehead of Eurogamer for shittiest cunt of a writer ever. Not just 2008. He's one of those journalists with an instantly recognisable style. You can tell a review is his after one paragraph without looking at the name of the writer. This is not a good thing, however. Because his reviews are full of pretentious bollocks and rubbish."
Anonymous Knight, via comments
Here's a comment made by The Triforce and ex-Edge man David "Taurus" McCarthy on his own forum. Out of context? Yes. Funny? Definitely.
"I thought the EG Braid review was pretty embarrassing."
David McCarthy
If Whitehead could write his way out of a paper bag, we're sure he'd be typing up a thank you speech right now. In the absence of his skull-fuckingly dismal words on the subject, let's instead round off with a revisited extract from his now infamous review of Braid:
"His mission is to find a princess. She's not a literal princess though, but a metaphor - the romantic cliché of that perfect soul mate as filtered through popular videogame motifs. In the context of Braid's melancholy mood, it becomes a bona fide commentary on the human condition."
Yeah, whatever you say, Dan.
Other notable nominations:
Ben Furfie (MCV)
"His copy is dreadful. He can't write for shit. The only time his stuff appears to be readable is when it's been subbed by someone with a better grasp of prose. Which any other English speaker has, incidentally. How he got in your Least Hideous Journo list is a fucking mystery. And a disgrace."
Anonymous Knight, via email
Ben Biggs (Total PC Gaming)
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TouchFlo 3D II In Action! Coming soon to older HTC Touch Pro?
Landscape mode? Built-in alarms? More options? Better integration?
Those are part of the things included in the new version of TouchFlo3D.
xboxmod from the XDA-Developers is currently working on porting the new version into older HTC devices.
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Screencast can be used for a number of purposes in education:
- creating app demos (e.g. how to study vocab on Quizlet)
- narrated presentations using Google Slides or Powerpoint
- guided tours with Streetview or photospheres created by yourself
- recording a whiteboard explaination
- scribbling on a chart and explaining it and much more
Here are some tips on how to do screencasts:
Screencasts should be ideally short, somewhere between one to five minutes, as they get hard to listening to, particulary when not edited.
Some light editing can be done with the YouTube editor. Often all you need to do is trim the beginning and the ending of a video, which can be done easily with the YouTube editor. Other functions of you the YouTube editor you might want to use are increasing the audio volume and using free music in case you don't want to do a voice narration.slips. One of the avantages of creating a script is, that you can reuse it later for creating the captions.
Scripting a screencast before recording it might be a good idea, particularly if you want to avoid
Scripting a screencast before recording it might be a good idea, particularly if you want to avoid
I use the YouTube editor also to add a podcast title sequence and closed captions. See also this previous post here.


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Happy Tuesday!
Today is my first official day of summer vacation... I took my last final of the semester yesterday, woohoo!
But of course, just because it's summer doesn't mean I can just forget all about preparing for the next semester -- one big thing I want to share with all of you: www.CampusBookRentals.com!
But of course, just because it's summer doesn't mean I can just forget all about preparing for the next semester -- one big thing I want to share with all of you: www.CampusBookRentals.com!
Fellow College students, here are the perks of renting textbooks from CampusBookRentals.com:
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-They have a live customer support.
- They have the largest selection of textbooks in the nation.
- They donate to Operation Smile with each textbook rented -- how amazing is this?!
Not only do we get to save money, we also get to help a wonderful cause!
Operation Smile is an international children's medical charity that heals children's smiles, forever changing their lives.
This sounds like a total win-win to me! :)
But wait, they're not done... besides saving money and helping children out, CampusBookRentals also wants to give us a chance to earn some extra cash through their new program called RentBack!
RentBack is new initiative that allows students to rent the textbooks they own to other students... which is awesome because it helps us earn 2 to 4 times more money compared to what we'd make through buyback options! So amazing! :)
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When fitting a Flettner 2000 Ventilator to a vehicle that has a lining of plywood or other substantial material, you will need to use a Flettner 2000 adapter.
The adapter has been designed to bridge a gap of up to 50mm (1.97") between the inner lining and outer face of the vehicle. Made from high grade ABS plastic the Flettner 2000 adapter can be cut down to match the size required and is available from all of our main distributors. Fixings not supplied.
Please review our video for fitting instructions.