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Have you asked your doc about a pain management course - it might also benifit you to post on the Chronic Pain forum on this site as they will be able to help you with different techniques and give you valuable advice.
Let us know how you're getting on with those new meds too if you can.
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Hello, I am Kitt and welcome.
I am not bipolar but I have 25 year history of depression.
Now lets talk about the narcotics.............tough one. They can not only make you high, they can interfere with the other meds you take. You start taking them for the wrong reasons, to kill the emotional pain and now you need to detox off of them.
I was on vicodin for about a years for back pain and my depression became worse. I had to quit my job, was afraid to leave home and my life crashed. So, I would reach for another Vicodin to get kick started.
When my P-doc found out she said they had to go so I tried a few times and than the heck with it. In January I was weaning them when I got pneumonia and my depression was at one of it's lowest spots.
I figured I was already so sick that I went cold turkey on the Vicodin and flushed them down the toilet. My RX was for up to 4 tabs a day and I had weaned down to 2. I may have had some withdrawl but I was already so sick, I don't really know. I was in tears all the time and just wanted to sleep my life away until I got well.
So please, lose the Loratabs and see if your sx don't even out.
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* Nifty Auto index down
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By Tanvi Mehta
Feb 14 (Reuters) - Indian shares were largely flat on Tuesday amid weak Asian markets, and gains in energy stocks were offset by losses in financial and auto stocks.
The broader NSE index was down 0.17 percent at 8,790.40 as of 0535 GMT, dragged down by auto and IT stocks.
The benchmark BSE index was 0.06 percent lower at 28,335.64.
Reliance Industries and GAIL were among the top gainers while Hero MotoCorp was among the top losers. Nifty Auto index, which has risen about 9 pct this year, was trading 0.54 percent lower.
Foreign institutional inflows have been subdued after the government decided to ban higher denomination notes on Nov. 8.
"There isn't much action driving the market at the moment ... It will take another quarter to recover (from demonetisation effect)," said Kaushik Mukherjee, Partner, BMR Legal.
Foreign investors have net purchased shares worth net $326.06 million so far this month and $319.67 million this year.. They had net bought stocks worth $2.90 billion in 2016, down from a net $3.27 billion invested in 2015.
The Nifty PSU Bank index fell 0.55 percent. It lost about 3 percent in the previous session.
State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp's shares fell as much as 3.5 percent in their biggest intraday percent drop since Dec. 15, 2016 after Dec-quarter average gross refining margin fell to $5.57 per barrel.
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Red Dirt Ruby Conf and Using Core Data with MacRuby
I just got back from Red Dirt Ruby Conf in Norman, OK. The accommodations were terrific — The Embassy Suites in Norman looks new, and they served us free omelets-to-order every morning. The food was good, the Wi-Fi was blazing, and every table in every conference room had power outlets for every chair. The swag table had plenty for all, and I scored a black Stack Overflow T and a Red Dirt Ruby Conf Macbook Pro cover from Sticker Mule that dresses up my work laptop nicely:
I had submitted a proposal to speak at this conference on Core Data and MacRuby that wasn't selected. Last Sunday, however, one of the presenters had to drop out, so I received an email asking if I'd be willing to speak after all. I quickly accepted, then got to work preparing a presentation. I decided to help ease the transition of Rails developers to desktop development using Core Data and MacRuby by drawing parallels between Rails/ActiveRecord and Core Data. I had seen the frustration of a coworker who was well-versed in Rails, trying to work with Core Data. The parallels I drew were:
- database.yml = persistent store coordinator
- migrations = managed object model
- ActiveRecord = managed object context
The presentation (Keynote format) and sample project are available on github at http://github.com/hoop33/CoreDataWithMacRuby.
At Red Dirt, I also snagged some new stickers for my personal laptop, which looks more like a college student's steamer trunk every day:
I renewed some friendships, met some new folks, learned about CoffeeScript and JRuby and Rubinius and DataMapper and Fat Models and OmniAuth — lots of things to follow up on. I love the single-track format, which I guess appeases loss avoidance, and the day-of-speakers plus day-of-training format worked well. Looking forward to Red Dirt Ruby Conf the Third!
Distance of Time in Words for Objective-C
Rails developers have the coolest tools, from migrations RVM to Bundler to Pow. One cool Rails tool lets you explain approximately how long ago something happened in words, with phrases such as:
- Less than 20 seconds ago
- About 3 minutes ago
- Over 3 years ago
You find this magic in
date_helper.rb, in the
distance_of_time_in_words method. I'm working on an iOS app that synchronizes with a Rails app that uses
distance_of_time_in_words to describe how long ago certain events occurred, and I needed to mimic the web app's description of how long ago things happened. I could have added the description to the JSON that the Rails app returns, but not only did that seem silly, but also it meant that iOS users would have to re-sync to get updated descriptions of how long ago things happened. Better to implement a "distance of time in words" capability for iOS.
After Google didn't net me what I wanted, I decided to implement this in Objective-C, translating from the Ruby code. I opted to make this a category on
NSDate, so you could get the distance of time in words using something like this:
NSDate *myDate; ... // Code that fills myDate ... NSString *words = [myDate distanceOfTimeInWords];
Along the way, I learned that Objective-C (and C) support ranges in
switch statements, so I can do things like the Ruby code does, like this:
case 2 ... 44: number = minutes; measure = Minutes; break;
Notice the three dots between 2 and 44.
The result? A category called
NSDate+Formatting, available on github at:
That repository includes not only the
NSDate+Formatting category, but also a sample project that uses it. The sample project shows a date picker and a label. Spin the date picker to select a date, and the label shows the distance of time in words between now and the selected date. You can also toggle the date picker among Time, Date, and Date & Time modes. Finally, you click a button to reset the date picker to now. Here are some screenshots:
The code uses localized strings, so should be simple to localize into any language. It currently has both english and Spanish translations. I left Chile over 20 years ago, so feel free to correct my Spanish!
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Return to CALL resources main page | View Site Index
TESOL's SPRIS (Speech and Pronunciation Interest Section) has a website listing numerous resources at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jlevis/SPRIS/ . Follow the "Speech/Pronunciation Resources" link in the left-hand frame to reach "Speech/Pronunciation Resources on the Web (collected by Donna Brinton and Chris LaBelle)"
John Higgins has created a dictionary which is searchable by pronunciation, using the Oxford Text Archive version of the OALDCE. You can download it from: http://www.marlodge.supanet.com/listers.htm#search where it is called Stirling Search Tools.
ASHA (American Speech and Hearing Association) http://www.asha.org has a section on Children and Bilingualism
There is a good section on listening/speaking, including pronunciation in Ann Stokes's links for ESL at: http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/ELTD/listeningandspeakinglinks.html
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Kay Elemetrics VisiPitch has become a standard for wave form analysis which enjoyed a few years of fame at TESOL Conferences, even being the focus of a seminar on research into pronunciation using just this tool (Martha Pennington, one of the facilitators) in 19???? (I'll look it up!!). Current information is at: http://www.kayelemetrics.com/vpiii.htm
Pronunciation Power is a suite of programs utilizing wave form feedback from English Computerized Learning, http://www.englishlearning.com/introduction.html
Pronunciation programs especially for ESL by Sky Software include The Phonemic Alphabet, Stress and Rhythm, Similar Sounds and Word Stress. http://www.skysoftwarehouse.com/programs.html
Tools for TOEIC: Pronunciation in American English. http://www.amenglish.com/
SpeechViewer III is designed to help people of all ages who have a variety of disabilities, such as speech or language impairments, cerebral palsy, developmental delay, traumatic brain injury, and speech disorders resulting from a stroke. It is ideal for professional speech language pathologists, special education teachers, teachers of the deaf, English as a second language instructors, professionals working with accent reduction and others.
The English Communication ToolKit from Pro-Nunciation from Australia - http://www5.zipworld.com.au/~pronunce/ is for "Innovative Language Teaching , Dyslexia, Learning Disorders, ESL, EFL,ELICOS, English Literacy" and products include (from the web site): "Word Magic(Word Builder & Word Finder) Phonetic Word Search Engine, the first of its kind in the world. A boon for mother tongue English speakers as well as for English as a second language students. Word Finder Vocabulary builder where the student can enter the sense of the word and progressively build their own associations and then save to file or print. In this manner students may develop their own Thesaurus. Develop idiomatic usage of the English language. Differentiate all the homographs, homophones, and homonyms at a click of a button. Maintenance Program Add to the word database and make phonetic adjustments to existing words to compensate for regional accents with the Maintenance program Sound Lab Train the ear to hear the sounds that are not clearly distinguishable in normal speech conversation. Especially useful for the aspirated sounds at the beginning and ending of words Mouth Exercises Learn stress, rhythm and intonation using the Mouth Exercises interface. This interface incorporates human voice digitized sound with the use of Tongue Twisters and Limericks."
Cognitive Concepts Earobics "systematically teaches the critical phonological awareness, auditory processing and introductory phonics skills required for learning to read and spell." (designed for native speaker child reading development) - http://www.earobics.com/products/
Accent Coach by Syracuse Language has been reviewed for CALICO http://astro.temple.edu/~jburston/CALICO/review/accent00.htm
The Q-Group USA series, Quickstart, Q-Connect, and Q-Review diagram intonation: http://www.qgroupplc.com
Information on the Phrase by Phrase video tape series (Marsha Chan/Sunburst Media) is at http://www.sunburstmedia.com/Phrase.html
If all else fails, read this ...
We polish the Polish furniture. He could lead if he would get the lead out. A farm can produce produce. The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse. The soldier decided to desert in the desert. The present is a good time to present the present. At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum. The dove dove into the bushes. I did not object to the object. The insurance for the invalid was invalid. The bandage was wound around the wound. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. They were too close to the door to close it. The buck does funny things when the does are present. They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. The wind was too strong to wind the sail. After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number. I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.
( ... just joking of course)
For comments, suggestions, or further information on this page
Last updated: May 16, 2001 in Hot Metal Pro 6.0
This page was once a part of a project called ESL_Home, http://www.vancestevens.com/esl_home.htm
At a time before Google rendered projects such as this one irrelevant, information posted here was of some value to me and my colleagues, but the ESL_Home portal has not been update since 2007. These pages are here for historical and archival purposes only.
Please note the "Last updated" date at the bottom of this page.
Thank you for your interest but I will not respond to requests to update my work on this once-viable but now lapsed project.
- Vance Stevens (Dec 29, 2017)


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Today's post is more of an update, really. Back in April I shared with you that we had a leak in our main floor powder room which necessitated a ripping out of wet things and reinstalling of new shiny things. You can read that post here.
Archives for May 2017
State of Affairs: Laundry Area (Not really a room)
Back again with another installment of the Perfectly Imperfect Home Tour. I said in the last post in this tour, the Dining Room, that I would be showing you the foyer and main stairs but I'm not. We pulled up another section of floor in the living room and things are just….terrible. So I've decided […]
State of Affairs: (Way too Small) Dining Room
If you've read the previous Perfectly Imperfect Home Tour posts you may recall that I've mentioned the really small dining room. Well, today we are going to see it in all of its lovely smallness.
State of Affairs: The Living Room (Currently Used as a Dining Room)
I hope you've been enjoying the Perfectly Imperfect tour of our home. Today we are going to be touring the Living Room which is currently being used as a dining room and furniture storage area. We are in the process of replacing the floors throughout the main floor of the house so everything is all […]
State of Affairs: The Kitchen Tour
Today we are going on an adventurous kitchen tour in our Perfectly Imperfect Home Tour. Yesterday we toured the Upstairs Sunroom which adjoins this room via the french doors. This room needs a lot of work. A lot. Sigh. I'm tired just thinking about it. So here we go.


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There are few things I love more in this world than delicious flavor and things that excite the tastebuds. In our area, there are so many restaurants that boast international flavors: Indian, Mexican, Italian, Chinese. I love cuisine with an exotic flair. And curries are amazing.
Unfortunately, with my family's diagnosis of Celiac disease this past summer, eating out has become almost completely impossible. Between making food "Celiac-safe" and preventing cross-contamination, eating out is either a bland affair or not worth the risk and hassle.
When my good friend, Candie, told me I had to try her amazing Paleo Curry that tasted even better than my favorite local Indian restaurant — I was ecstatic. It had such rich depth, yet was gentle enough that my strong-flavor-avoiding kids literally licked their bowls clean. While her recipe called for simmering in the slow cooker for 6-8 hours during the day, I found that the Instant Pot nailed Candie's Curry in a hurry. And thus, the name was born.
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Population: 68000
Local Newspapers: San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Examiner San Francisco Times
Local Sports Teams: San Francisco Giants San Francisco 49'ers
Local Colleges: University of the Pacific
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Ain't no mountain high enough for this daredevil couple. When Kimberly Weglin and Ryan Jenks, of Lodi, California, decided to get married, they wanted to make their big day completely unforgettable.From the Vine: Old Vine Zinfandel is a hidden Lodi treasure Updated at
Passalacqua has worked with Schmiedt Ranch and the neighboring Kirschenmann vineyard, which he purchased six years ago - two remarkable sites near Lodi in Victor from which he produces the sensory treat that is Old Vine Zinfandel. Schmiedt Ranch and Kirschenmann vineyard were planted about the same time, around 1915, in an oxbow-shaped spot surrounded on three sides by the Mokelumne River.Robots Are Asked to Do More and to Be Team Players, Too
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Jan. 19--The City of Lodi has a new transportation manager. Georgia Lantsberger began work on Tuesday and is filling the position left vacant by the retirement of Paula Fernandez.California's homeless increase 'significant'
STOCKTON - Officials estimate there are more than 1,500 homeless men, women and children living in San Joaquin County, a number compiled almost a year ago that admittedly is an undercount due to the fact it is gathered within a single week and limited to the county's four largest cities. The unsheltered homeless who tend to grab a lot of the public's attention - those living beside freeways, on sidewalks, in sloughs, parks and fields, anyplace not meant for human habitation - numbered 567 in the latest official count.Caltrans issues six traffic advisories for the week ahead
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Maybe no more than a mile or two from insanely busy Interstate 5 between Lodi and Elk Grove is an idyllic, rural setting. In the tiny town of Thornton, cattle graze, orchards grow and vineyards stand in neat rows near native forests.Calif. fire chief: Department handled more calls with fewer resources in 2017
Of the 836 transient-related calls the fire department responded to, 95 percent were for medical reasons such as drug overdoses and alcohol-related issues Although the department received 18 percent more calls in 2017 than 2016, Fire Engine One was unavailable for an even greater part last year than the previous year, according to Interim Fire Chief Gene Stoddart. "In 2017, we had 7,040 calls compared to the last year, when we had 5,796.Ex-CA Firefighter Faces Sentencing in $300K Embezzlement
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The California Department of Transportation announced several large overnight road closures in both Lodi and Stockton set to begin after the new year to improve overall roadway efficiency and safety for drivers in San Joaquin County. The southbound lanes and ramps of Highway 99 from Turner Road to Cherokee Lane-South Lodi overcrossing will be closed to repair the Pine Street overcrossing, which also will be closed.Readers' attention lands on a pair of fatal car crashes
A motorist died and two police officers were injured in a collision early June 28 at East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South Airport Way. The motorist was identified by the San Joaquin County Coroner's Office as Titus Vanguardia Tabotabo III, 28, of Stockton.Sparkling wine becomes more casual in California
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While most 5-year-olds might wish for new toys for Christmas, one Lodi boy had his heart set on something else: saying 'thank you' to first responders. The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department said 5-year-old Jo Jo set up a table Sunday with coffee and donuts for first responders, attaching a sign that read "Thank you for your service."
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ALL THE PORK THAT'S FIT TO PRINT: Recent discussions about County Assessor Rick Lyons' sweetheart consulting contract for former assessor Steve Emerine need some amplification. The contract, approved 3-2 with Lyons' two Democratic colleagues on the Board of Supervisors dissenting, is with an outfit called American Property Service Consultants. The officers of that company are Dan Swango, former deputy assessor Ken Bauer and Emerine.
The contract is for three years--which binds future boards and, we hope, maybe a future assessor--at $25,000 a year plus expenses. The consultants are supposed to develop an educational program--but note they're not going to teach anything--and help Lyons determine how "best to assess."
Lyons ran as the golden boy who would clean up all the bad stuff done by his predecessor, Alan Lang. When Lyons hands a contract of this nature out to a former boss (Emerine) and folks who supported him in his election bid (the other two guys), we spell that P-O-R-K.
WAITE STEPS ON IT AGAIN: Republican County Chair Rex Waite recently had a major altercation with Pima County Supervisor Paul Marsh's aide, Rod Cramer. Waite threw him out of GOP headquarters and then wrote Marsh demanding an apology from Cramer for the incident. Waite went one further, demanding his own party's executive committee back him up, which they declined to do. Waite sent his own letter anyway.
Cramer, one of the few competent people the supervisors' GOP majority brought with them in their big takeover, was getting tired of Waite's constant attempts to get back on the county payroll. Waite has been sniffing around for a job--almost any job--since the three GOP supes took over. He wanted the justice of the peace slot vacated when Bob Donfeld moved up to the superior court, and put a lot of heat on Marsh and others for the job. Cramer resented Waite's shameless attempts to suck at the public tit, and wasn't shy about saying so.
To his good credit, Marsh finally went with former Court Commissioner Walt Weber for the JP job, a qualified appointee.
Cramer has enough integrity not to apologize to Waite regardless of who asks--and he has nothing to apologize for. The one who owes the apology is Waite, for constantly using his office to promote himself. And Republicans should compare Cramer's track record of winning elections to Waite's record of consistently losing them, and ask who's the more valuable player.
DOGPATCH UBER ALLES--AGAIN: We've seen the final vote counts that retained Marana Mayor Ora "Mammy Yokum" Harn in the recent recall election. While Harn got 58 percent of the vote, she received 65 percent in Old Marana and only 53 percent in Continental Ranch, that bastion of California refugees. Which is why we refer to Old Marana, that scruffy little place along the freeway, as Dogpatch. Some of the folks who live there would undoubtedly see a biker bar as economic progress because their old lady could wait tables.
And there may be enough of the Dogpatch mentality to keep New World Homes alive for the May 16 referendum vote on its terrible, desert-killing rezoning. But as all those new subdivisions go up, Dogpatch will become even more irrelevant in future contests. Which is bad news for Mammy Yokum.
If the best she could do in the new part of her town was 53 percent in a recall, she should be dead meat with the rest of the district in a GOP primary. Legendary land speculator Don Diamond and the boys better plan on coughing up a lot of bucks to buy an election for this stiff, even against Big Ed Moore.
And as for Mammy having to resign to run, we're told no way--the Marana Town Council doesn't get paid, and that fact exempts her from the law.
Only there's a problem with that. Back in 1992, to screw over Marana Town Councilman Dave Morales when he ran against Moore, the council voted to pay itself one dollar a year. Now that the candidate is Harn, they'll probably go back and repeal it.
Which illustrates once more just how Mickey Mouse they--and Harn--are.
HOW NOW, CASH COW: The Arizona Daily Star recently ran a lengthy piece on the "new look" at KOLD-TV, Channel 13. Discussed were such things as KOLD's brand new 22,000-square-foot physical plant, housed in the Continental Ranch portion of Dogpatch, and a host of other nice new goodies the new owners, Ellis Communications, and the new general manager, Bob White, purchased along with the call letters.
Star reporter Tom Turner explained all the problems the staff had at the old plant with its run-down equipment, but he missed the best one--for years KOLD's news department didn't even have a dedicated fax line. You had to call and ask them to turn the switch.
It's significant that in this lengthy article, the issue of news coverage quality wasn't covered.
One line, however, cannot go by without our comment. Turner quotes White as saying a previous KOLD owner, the News Press-Gazette of St. Joseph Mo., "milked the cash cow for all it was worth."
Now there's something our two out-of-town-owned daily newspapers ought to be able to identify with--screwing over employees, cutting staff and generally milking a cash cow for all it's worth.
DEPARTMENT OF REDUNDANCY DEPARTMENT: On May 1, a letter from Joseph R. Comella appeared in The Arizona Daily Star's "Letters to the Editor" section. It was headlined "Expensive GOP Farce," and praised Democrats for not becoming partners in the Republicans' arrogant raid on the state treasury. On May 4, the same letter from Comella appeared again, this time headlined, "The Governor's Primary."
Star editorial page honcho Jim Kaiser tells The Skinny Star Editor Steve Auslander selects the letters, and the paper's policy is one letter published every 30 days per person.
Hey, Steve! Isn't it about time for that eye examination?
WE SWEAR WE'RE NOT JUST KISSING THEIR ASS BECAUSE THEY ADVERTISE WITH US: While we're on the subject of The Arizona Daily Star, cash cow extraordinare, allow us to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Robert Cauthorn and the other folks behind StarNet, the paper's hot new electronic venture. Cauthorn, the Star's chief movie critic, is a renaissance-style genius with a clear understanding of the power and promise of computers in the media. He's pushed for something like StarNet for years, and now that it's finally here, even we've gotta admit it's a winner.
Our non-subscribing neighbors are grateful, too, now that we no longer stagger out of the house in our underwear at 6:30 a.m. looking for the paper. Instead, we just snuggle down in front of our computer to absorb the day's news. And, mark our words, the electronic library of previously published Star stories will prove invaluable to local businesses.
We complain about the Star, but once in a great while they do something so absolutely right that we've just gotta say, "Wow!" StarNet is one of those things; now if we could just remember the other one....
OVER-THE-HILL GANG BACKS OFF ON FASCIST PROPOSAL TO USURP TUCSON WATER: They're still proposing that the power to control the water in this valley be taken away from those dolts on the city council and given to an independent body. But this time around, the Over-the-Hill Gang (consisting of former land speculator Roy Drachman, former Tucson Medical Center administrator Donald Shropshire, former UA President John Shaeffer and former state Rep. Jack Jewett) has backed down slightly. Instead of an unelected water agency modeled after the Tucson Airport Authority or Mussolini's Italy (they originally proposed an unelected body picked by themselves), they now propose a body picked--well, maybe--by the city council, to be ratified by a general election.
Most amusing piece of hypocrisy we heard this time was the wailing about how one-third of the folks served by Tucson Water live in the county and can't vote for the people who control their water. Under the gang's initial proposal, instead of extending representation to this onethird, they would have removed it from the remaining two-thirds.
Left undiscussed this time, however, was whether their proposed governing board would be subject to things like initiative, referendum and recall. We think not. Remember, these guys are scared to death of the current recharge initiative and want to make damn sure people never get to do that again.
This is just another way to keep water issues away from the voters so a small group of self-appointed leaders can cut their own deals.
Still, it's good to watch them back off on that unelected body crap. Apparently that one was going nowhere. If the Tucson City Council were worth a damn, this new version would be dumped too.
DID DIAMOND CUT THE WIRES? No. Radio station KTUC, 1400 AM, was off the air for most of Friday, May 5, due to technical problems.
They were installing new equipment and it blew out some of the old equipment, so everybody who regularly listens to Imus, John Scott, the O.J. trial, and other stuff had an empty spot on their dial. This no doubt left legendary land speculator Don Diamond a bit confused, as he monitors the station for something he can sue owner Tom Hassey about.
Oh, and from May 10 to May 24, Scott will be on vacation in Italy, and his replacement host for that period will be the Tucson Weekly's own Italian stallion, Emil Franzi. Tune in for some skinny of the air, interspersed with O.J. coverage, from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
KIDS THESE DAYS: Hey, not all Gen Xers are drifting, gun-toting slackers. Just last week, the Young Republicans from Arizona high schools all got together at the House of Representatives to hold a mock legislative session. And, unlike the lawmakers in the regular session, the kids also paid attention during floor debate.
So what did kiddie GOP do? Well, they passed laws even the 42nd Legislature thought were too wild, including:
House Bill 2356, which made kids in our school system safe from the Nazis running public education--it prohibits schools from requiring students to participate in surveys about politics, mental problems or sexual behavior, among other things (passed 35-18);
HB 2437, which required teenagers to get parental consent before undergoing an abortion (passed 47-7);
Senate Bill 1281, which also required parental permission, this time for piercings and tattoos (passed 43-11).
Ah, the leadership of tomorrow, already set to regulate the behavior of their fellow teens.
THE BURRO CHRONICLES: Former Congressman and now talk show host Sam Steiger is branching out. First, his Phoenix area talk radio show is, or soon will be, on the air in most of the state--we hear Steiger is still negotiating for a Tucson slot. In addition, he's going to be publishing a newsletter on Arizona called "The Burro Chronicles."
Steiger announced that "since the level of print journalism in the Phoenix area has reached a new low in coverage, they're even ready for me."
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So my girlfriend and I broke up a couple months ago, we had a strong relationship and treated each other very well, but she wanted some time away just to make sure she truly loved me. So, as much as it hurt, I agreed to it. So we stopped contacting each other, and I just started to hang out with other friends, anything to get my mind off of her. She did the same, neither of us went on a date with anyone else. However, recently she has started contacting me and when I see her she keeps gently touching my forearm. We aren't to the "dating again" point yet, but do you guys think that is what she is interested in?
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My little girl is still into the baby shampoos & lotions but I had to share Sparklehearts for anyone that has an older little girl – I think I would have loved them when I was little.
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Most girls would wince in disgust if you told them their favorite body wash contained a chemical that is produced by boiling bugs (called carmine.) And, most parents would wince in disgust if you told them their daughter's body lotion contained sulfates, phthalates and dozens of toxins and chemicals. Enter Sparklehearts, a line of natural, safe and fun beauty products that are girl- and parent-approved.
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Moms Hilary Orr and Darcy McMahon came up with Sparklehearts when their search for natural beauty products for their daughters came up empty. Sure, they could find natural products, but none had the appeal of the products in flashy packaging that always seemed to catch their daughters' eye. So, they decided to create a line of natural, environmentally-friendly beauty products designed especially for girls.
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Shine Shampoo, 10 oz. • $12.49
Repairs and protects hair, leaving it remarkably radiant. Pansy extract protects hair from sun damage, violet extract and aloe soothes and softens hair, rosemary rejuvenates dull hair and natural coconut and sugar make fabulous foam for super shiny, clean results.
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Repairs damage and restores shine, bounce and beauty. Vitamin b5, Shea butter, jojoba and wheat protein combine to give hair a healthy, shiny bounce.
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Bubbling Blooms Body Wash, 10 oz. • $12.49
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Sweet Hearts Sparkly Body Lotion, 8 oz. • $12.49
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DRAGON FRUIT ORANGE SUNFLOWER STACKS (raw-vegan)
In the past couple of weeks, I have been experimenting with new fruits and veggies. I love summertime because of the abundant produce that I have access to. When I say "experiment" I not only mean new recipes but actually trying new fruits and veggies for the first time. I have always considered myself to be adventurous when it comes to food, but am finding that there is a whole world out there I have yet to experience. I am very lucky to have a local health food store that only carries in season and organic produce, some of them are familiar and some are exotic to me. The other day while shopping amongst the sea of produce, they had these funny looking fruits called "dragon fruit" (see picture below). I was intrigued by this odd leafy fruit with bright green leaves and red outside skin. I wondered if it tasted as good as it looked. After consulting the clerk on how to pick a ripe one, I also noticed they had one cut up for sampling; I did not try it though. Instead- I picked the ripest one I could find and brought it home to try. Well, it has been in my fruit basket for a couple of days to ripen up a bit more and I decided to break into it today. The taste was very mild and slightly sweet, this alarmed me thinking I over ripened it. After a quick visit online, I discovered that it is supposed to taste this way. I also found out that it is actually called a "Pitaya" and it is the fruit of a cactus. The inside flesh and seeds are edible but the skin and leaves are not. Well now that I know the basic facts about it, what to do with it? I figured the mild taste would get lost in a smoothie and making a dressing out of it would be too generic. I tasted it again and came up with a flavor combination that seemed to highlight its delicate texture and flavor. Now it was time to apply it to a creative dish. DRAGON FRUIT ORANGE SUNFLOWER STACKS seemed to be the winning presentation and combination. This delicate salad can be served as a side salad, a lightly savory dessert and I can even see it incorporated in a multiple coarse meal as a palette cleanser. I had this for lunch today and am really pleased with the results. I am also proud of myself for continuing to try new foods and expanding my culinary horizons. Now I can say that I ate a dragon fruit…see, that wasn't too scary! I hope you are also exploring the culinary world out there like I am. So, what new fruit or veggie are you going to try this week?
A CHEF'S TIP: to pick a ripe dragon fruit, simply look for one that has bright green leaf tips and vibrant red skin with no soft spots or blemishes. Set it out at room temperature to ripen, check it every day until ripe. One benefit of being the chef is I get to eat the fruit end trimmings when I make recipes like this, you can too :)
2 ripe organic dragon fruits, wash well
2 small ripe organic Valencia oranges
2 cups organic sunflower sprouts, wash well and spin dry
4 single trimmed sunflower sprouts for garnish, wash and spin dry
Gently peel the outer skin off of the dragon fruits to expose the inner meat. Lay the fruit on its side and cut off the ends so that the remaining fruit is uniform in thickness, eat trimmings. Gently slice each width wise into 6 even round slices and set aside. Zest one of the oranges and reserve, save the other zest for another recipe. Peel both and lay on their sides. Cut off the ends (and eat) and then cut each width wise into 6 even round slices. TO PRESENT LIKE THE PICTURE SHOWN ABOVE: On each serving plate start working from the right hand side, stack everything at a slight angle and work towards the left side of the plate. Lay down 1 orange slice and stack on top with 1 dragon fruit slice. Add 1/4 cup of the sprouts next. Repeat with 1 orange slice and stack on top with 1 dragon fruit slice. Add 1/4 cup of the sprouts next. Now stack 1 orange slice and stack on top with 1 dragon fruit slice. When you have finished constructing all four plate, even sprinkle each plate with 1/4 of the reserved orange zest. Garnish with a single trimmed sprout. ENJOY!!


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Though it's definitely on the rise, it's far from new. Floating has been around for over 40 years and has been the focus of a lot of research. Check out our Research page for links to many studies if you're in the mood.
We offer easy freeway access and abundant, free, well-lit parking in a large open lot on the right side of the street. We are across from the Target parking structure, as you travel north on Hudson Ave.
You will see our signage on the side of our brick building. Just Float is in the heart of a very walkable neighborhood in Pasadena, close to many excellent restaurants, theaters, and activities. We are also about a 10-15 minute walk from the Lake Avenue Goldline Metro stop.
Before you float, you take a quick shower to remove body oils and products. After, you shower to remove the salty residue from your skin and hair.
No, the high salt concentration prevents this from happening. It leaves your skin quite soft and smooth.
The salt water can sting wounds, so we provide packets of petroleum jelly in each suite to cover any problem areas.
Ideally, don't shave at least 8 hours before your float. The salty water can be irritating or itchy if you do.
You have total control over your comfort. You can leave the light on. You can leave the door to the float cabin open, and you can exit the cabin whenever you like. If you're still concerned, our Open Float Room (aka Room 11) is huge with no wall on one side of it. Imagine a large tub open to the room, or just check out our Gallery picture here.
It's 8 feet long by 5 feet wide by 7 feet tall.
Though our cabins are very spacious, they're only meant for a single person to fully stretch out.
We recommend waiting at least one week to let the color fully set. We don't want the salt affecting the color, or your color bleeding into the water. If the color is not rinsing out when you shower, it's usually fine to float.
Floating is safe during pregnancy, but we must insist you consult your healthcare provider first. Most mamas really enjoy a break from carrying baby's extra weight and an hour of deep relaxation.
You can leave them in, or if you need to remove them for your 60-minute float, please ask our staff, and they will get you solution and a case to put them in.
You can, but most people change back into what they were wearing.
Take the same precautions as if you were going in a swimming pool or hot tub.
Some people do fall asleep safely in the relaxing world of a float tank. Because of the high salt content, you will float whether you're awake or asleep. You float on your back, and your nose and mouth are always well above the water line.
Yes. Each float suite contains a changing area, shower, and float cabin. Everything you need is here, including towel, robe and basic amenities. The suite is your own private oasis while you're here.
Don't show up with a tummy full of pasta! We suggest a light meal 90 minutes prior so you're neither full nor hungry.
Avoid both for at least several hours prior to your float.
If they're new additions, just make sure they're fully healed. Otherwise, the saltwater will sting.
Ability to swim is not necessary as absolutely everyone floats without effort.
No, needing a restroom break mid-float is not fun. Just hydrate normally.
You may wish to leave at home. Certainly remove prior to floating as the salt water might damage it.
Each float cabin is private with a door that can be opened any time. You can also turn the light off and on as you wish. Last, you can also get out of the cabin whenever you like.
The lights and music will gently fade back on to let you know it's time to exit.
Once you've showered and dressed, we invite you to spend a little time in our post-float lounge. Have some tea, read or write in our journal, chat with fellow floaters or stay quiet… just take a little time for yourself before returning to normal life. Also, remember to hydrate well and smile.
These all refer to the same thing, but float therapy is simply more modern and inviting language.
Don't do it, as we have a zero-tolerance policy. Besides, floating is profound and meant to be done with a clear state of mind.
It's an acronym coined by a scientist that stands for "Reduced Environment Stimulation Therapy". It simply means float therapy.
Single and first floats can often be profound. However, there can be a bit of learning curve requiring a few floats to feel totally comfortable. Also, floating has cumulative effects and is something that should be part of everyone's ongoing wellness practice. Translation: Floating 1 to 2 times per week will change your life.
We're advocates of massage for muscle recovery, but floating will soften your muscles, improve circulation, and, perhaps most importantly, give your busy brain some real downtime.
Most people can't really float in even a generously-sized bathtub. You can prop feet and head up on either end of the tub, but it's hardly effortless or relaxing. In our float cabins, there are no hard surfaces pressing against your skin, no chill from water or wind, no need to move a muscle to maintain your position. Also, no waves or seagulls, barking dogs or bright sun.
We require 24-hour advance notice.
If at any time you are not completely pleased with your experience, we will refund 100% of your money.


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Peter Savage – Sylvia AKA A Saint, a Woman, a Devil (1977)
One of the oddest mixes of drive-in craziness and explicit sex, Raging Bull co-writer Peter Savage's X rated adaptation of The Three Faces Of Eve finally comes to home video fully uncut with all the mind-boggling plot twists and X rated action fully intact! Young Sylvia is a good, pure Christian, but her friends and family are noticing strange things happening to her. Sylvia is experiencing sudden transformations from a church going innocent into a sex-obsessed vixen, violently seducing every man (and woman) in sight! Shocked by these episodes, her beautiful sister seeks help from a psychiatrist (played by director Peter Savage) and the two of them begin to explore the dark secrets in Sylvia's past that have lead to her unnatural sexual awakening. Better known under its re-issue title of Sylvia, Vinegar Syndrome brings this sexy cult film to DVD in its original cut and under its original title: A Saint, A Woman, A Devil !
The longest possible version of the X-rated cut is a whopping 108 minutes (16 min. longer than the After Hours release). There actually isn't much difference in the sexual content here, rather a lot more plot and dialogue. The biggest addition is a lengthy, eerie childhood flashback, likely deleted because it features a child actress (Although there's nothing remotely sexual about the girls scenes, it still shows mom ripping out her fingernails with pliers). It was common practice to remove any footage involving minors regardless of the context in films like this, a fate that also befell titles like Both Ways and turned the ensuing DVDs into heavily edited gibberish. Anyway, this version is 100% complete from the looks of it and has been kept it much better shape than the After Hours print; in fact, it's darn near spotless. Interestingly, the framing is also radically different with the Vinegar Syndrome featuring far more headroom compared to the After Hours version, which is heavily cropped on top but features more at the bottom. (Click on the label names for the same shot from each release.) As for that R-rated version (which also features the Saint title), it's also really well done and comparable to the usual alternate soft cuts of the time with some alternate angles, takes, and edits substituting for the raunchier original footage.
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Christie Adviser: N.J. Tax Cuts May Be Proposed
A top adviser to Gov. Chris Christie said on Tuesday a range of tax cuts could be proposed early next year to help businesses in the Garden State grow.
Bob Grady, the chairman of the governor's Council of Economic Advisers, said the "worst of the recession is over" and it's time for policies to make the state more attractive to businesses, pointing to assessments that New Jersey residents pay some of the highest taxes in the country. Christie has said he wants to cut income taxes by sometime in 2012 to make the state more competitive.


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I was recently at my first ISTE Conference, and more than any session that I attended, what I really loved was connecting face-to-face with amazing educators that I only ever get to connect with online. These are amazing people! Some I've met once or twice before, but others, like Kathleen McClaskey, Barbara Bray and Shelly Sanchez Terrell, were people I've known for years, but have never been in the same city at the same time with, much less the same room! And when you connect with these 'digital friends' for the first time, it is amazing how first of all, you already 'know' them, and secondly how you continue your connection and conversations like you are revisiting an old friend, not like meeting someone you've never physically met before!
One person that I have known for a decade online, and never met before this event was Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach. Sheryl asked me about Inquiry Hub Secondary and what makes the learning we do there 'Personalized'. For the next 5 minutes I was 'grilled' in the best possible way. Every answer I gave invited a clarifying question. I wish that I recorded the conversation! This form of critical questioning is very powerful because it helps to clarify our own thinking.
I left that conversation and found myself looking at our poster board presentation that we were doing the following day, and asking myself, "Am I sharing a session about personalized learning or about providing students greater choice?"
As it turns out, the projects I shared are very much about personalized learning. However, the conversation left me realizing that a fair bit of what we do at our school is less about personalization and more about giving students choice in what their day and their assignments look like. This isn't a bad thing. We are on the right path, as eloquently shared by Barbara and Kathleen (and Sylvia Duckworth) in these wonderful images on Student Choice and Student Voice:
(Also see their Continuum of Ownership.)
However we still have a ways to go in providing greater learner agency at our school. That said, I think this is a process we have to work through. I know a good 1/3 of our students would flounder if they had more freedom of choice, and perhaps an overlapping, but slightly different 1/3 of our students would struggle to provide greater voice in their own learning. And we struggle with how to give those that need scaffolding and support what they need, while removing the same scaffolding from our students that don't need it. We have become much better over the past 4 years, and we are looking to continually improve this.
Which brings me back to the conversation with Sheryl. Her questions pushed me to think. They challenged me to define the words that I use to describe what we do at our school. They made me reflect and led me to writing this blog post. And they reminded me of how important it is to critically question my practice in a way that we should all question ourselves more regularly.
Others have done this to me before and each time I've left the conversations feeling challenged in a way that stimulates my thinking, (David Jakes at Educon in Philadelphia, and Michelle Cordy at IntegratED in Portland are both examples of this happening to me the first time I met a digital friend). But our current world view confuses discourse with argument, it blurs the line between a learning conversation and a disagreement. This is sad to me. I thrive on the views of people who think differently and challenge my world view. I am excited by intellectual discourse that differs from petty disagreements and logical fallacies that seem to dominate public conversations today… Where personal attacks are the scapegoat to a harder but more rewarding dialogue.
We live in a world where people prefer to avoid going to hard places, rather than realizing we are all on a learning journey and that the hard conversations often lead us to better places. But that said, there was nothing hard about my conversation with Sheryl, (or David, or Michelle). They weren't hard, they were invigorating! We should all invite critical questioning into our practice, in the same way that we encourage our students to do the same.
One more idea I'd like to share came from Pernille Ripp. She said in her session, "Teaching is messy, and time consuming and exhausting, if we are doing it right!" Personalizing learning isn't easy. It isn't a silver bullet solution to what ails the modern classroom. What personalized learning is, is empowering learners to lead their own learning and to find passion in what they do at school. If this was easy, it would be happening everywhere. It isn't. But when a student takes a task that they have chosen, and then far exceeds your expectations of what's possible, and when they have learned so much beyond what you thought they could… That's when the payoff happens for the hard work that you do. And to get there we have to critically challenge and question what they are doing… And what we are doing!


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