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It is a thankless and time-consuming task - as you can imagine especially when a trans character is introduced ... Nevertheless rest assured someone is watching even if you can't.
High Points
New- Kellie Maloney - No Going Back.
Low points
Jerry Springer.
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Sense8 (a play on the word sensate /╦łs╔ønse╔¬t/, meaning aware[6]) is an American science fiction drama web television series created, written and executive-produced by Andy and Lana Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski. A first season consisting of 12 episodes has been produced and became available for streaming on Netflix on June 5, 2015.
The plot revolves around eight strangers from different parts of the world who suddenly become mentally and emotionally linked. The show aims to explore subjects that its writers felt science fiction shows, at least ostensibly, tend to ignore[7] or skim through[8] such as politics, identity, sexuality, gender and religion.[8][9]
The Wachowskis directed most of the series, with the remainder divided between their previous collaborators Tom Tykwer, James McTeigue, and Dan Glass. The series is the first produced under the banner of Straczynski's Studio JMS (Wikipedia)
Directed by the Wachowskis so a trans* director and a trans actress in the shape of Nomi and her girlfriend Freema Agyeman as Amanita (She was in Doctor Who) who they have 'lesbianed up' with a bit of Lana Wachowski's hair colour and a classic undercut hairstyle.
The first we see of Nomi is she is being abused with the T-word at Gay Pride in San Francisco by a few lesbians, the next we see of her, is her having her brains f*cked out when they are done we see a large lubed strap on fall to the floor (this was also done in the new series 'Orange is the new Black').
I find this approach to trans kinda annoying and a bit degrading tbh. I mean can we glean from this that Lana is just this? Or is she a talented Art director and writer? I think this trans*currency is a retrograde step, especially when the show is about people with 'special powers' and all we end up with is lubed up 'dongers'. Kinda a shame that. And a let down. After all no other character was introduced in this way - so why the trans one? I think it speaks volumes of how little progress we are making - and this is with a transgender actress and a transgender director!
I find the concept of this a bit of a mess tbh. It is a VERY lazy way of connecting a number of individuals short stories that in themselves have no chance of a series, so the writers have tried to find a 'hook'....I know special powers! It has already been done in 'Heroes!'
Fans of weird stuff will like it. And they will defend this and the whole abstract 'Matrix-esque' concept, that weird is cool.
But this even after a few episodes in, you wonder if somehow the hype is bigger than the show. As It is to me bloody awful! Sorry!
Had this been submitted by anyone other than the Watchowskis, it would be in a bin somewhere!
However, I am concerned that when casting Lana insisted of a very cis-looking trans*girl, it kinda negates the point of having a transgender person, as part of the trans*ness is the intersex or non-binary challenge that is lost. It is almost like cisgirl with a trans* history. Or label her as the woman she is and drop the trans. Makes no sense, if you have to explain they are trans*, I mean you wouldn't have to explain Idris Elba is Black, and it puts terrible pressure on non-conforming trans*people to look cis.
Lana failed us a bit in this. But maybe she never wanted to impress trans*people, two hot girls having sex? I think someone has already done that, and it still works.
Lorraine Kelly presents a topical mix of entertainment, discussion and showbiz glamour, as well as featuring the latest fashion, food and celebrity gossip. Game of Thrones star Iwan Rheon talks about the new series of the sitcom Vicious. Joely Richardson chats about starring opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in new film Maggie.
They had a brief interview with RuPaul who was in Male mode of course he was also in Male mode on Alan Carr Chatty Man. To promote his Drag Race series on some digital channel somewhere in the UK.
RuPaul is a prime example of drag for cash and then historically using transphobic slurs and leaving his frock at the stage door.
Walk the walk - but do it 24/7 and then we can talk.
Not a fan - sorry!
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Rona Rees Appears in Welsh Daytime (Like This Morning) TV Show.
http://www.s4c.cymru/clic/e_level2.shtm ... =525755198
Loose Women
April Ashley again recites her life story again, and again, and again.
Sorry but this is just me, me, me, merry-go-round.
She boasted of her MBE - no one can fathom to this day why she got it.
There are more deserving candidates, but then they don't have pretty pictures of themselves to show off I guess.
She has changed her boast now to the second British person to have grs... LOL Just give it up. No one cares who came second or third or eighth. She had her surgery in Casablanca and she lived in Paris. We cannot be certain of this information as how does she know that the Casablanca doc had not operated on a UK woman? Confidentiality and of course money could easily mask that. Lastly of course she was not the first he trained on, so who are all those trans women he operated on first? As it wasn't her
Either way I find her boasting and snobish demenour for a working class Liverpudlian somewhat annoying.
One of the few times I am pleased we age, as can you imagine her today on twitter?
Big Brother's Bit on the Side
Channel 5
Luke Anderson makes an appearances as a blast from the past panel member.
The Wright Stuff
Channel 5
Matthew Wright hosts the topical debate show alongside this week's panelists Nadine Dorries and Scott Capurro. Today's guest is Kellie Maloney.
Good show from the ever ebullient and our best presenter Matthew Wright.
See: http://www.TransgenderTelevisionAwards.com
Kellie was on fine form promoting her documentary to be aired later this month .
Nothing we have not already read about but interesting to hear her views in the newspaper review as thats not about her.
Jerry Springer
Backstabbing Secret Lovers: Outrageous talk show hosted by the legendary Jerry Springer.
This episode bothers me more than many of the others, as despite the fact they know what they are letting themselves in for and like their 15mins of fame.
It was a comment by Jerry when a trans*woman was being attacked by a girlfriend. When the trans*woman defended herself, Jerry said...
"Hey you can't be doing that - you're a man!"
Jerry sorry but she ain't. And a little telling about what he really thinks behind the gloss.
Lorraine Kelly presents a topical mix of entertainment, discussion and showbiz glamour, as well as featuring the latest fashion, food and celebrity gossip. 80s pop star Rick Astley talks about his rise to chart-topping fame and his return to the stage in the Ultimate 80s Festival this summer. Elizabeth Berrington chats about her role in the new series of Kay Mellor's drama The Syndicate and Coronation Street star Sair Khan discusses her latest storyline.
The 'BIG NEWS STORY' this month was Kardashian Dad Bruce Jenner coming out as Caitlyn, as Lorraine led with the Vanity Fair cover story stating that Caitlyn looked and I quote...
"Absolutely Stunning!"
The teen soap storyline that now includes a cross-dresser is interesting, but just feels a bit off and dated, as they have covered FTM and MTF and with hard-hitting storylines. A lad wanting to wear a frock just seems like nothing these days. It just has not captured my imagination really. They were doing this in the 80s EVERYWHERE!
New Romantics were far camper - just as Spandau Ballet!
Anyways it is something that a soap wanted to do and is still an issue for some of course - not knocking it, just not that excited by it, as it so easily can feel kinky.
Now, in this episode the Nurse who cut off his clothes after is road accident has a video in hospital of him wearing a red silk chemise, and is blackmailing him.
I think this is a bit lame and could have been done differently.
This Morning
Showbiz Journalist excitedly spoke with Eamonn and Ruth about the Vanity Fair Caitlyn Jenner spread.
Caitlyn has probably got some golden handcuffs deal with Vanity Fair and the 'E' network and RSP Productions so she is not likely to speak as a guest (for now at least). So surrogates and showbiz journos are taking up the slack. All very nice though and positive PS 'This Morning' won our Best Daytime show in the Transgender Television Awards.
Our World - Iran's Sex Change Solution
Ali Hamedani visits Turkey to meet LGBT exiles who have fled Iran in fear of being forced to change gender. Also in HD. [S]
A repeat, but interesting - nothing new. It was more about Gender qu*er people not wanting genital surgery that Iran insists on. As Gay is illegal. So they offer trans*women (since the 80s) GRS so they can 'become women'. However, a number want to keep their 'bits' and still be women at the same time, so must flee. One was shown (very attractive and passable trans*woman) who regretted having surgery. And the show title was a bit of a mess.
I have seen, and have in our archives, far better examples of this, and examples actually filmed in Iran! The crew here could not gain that access.
New- Kellie Maloney - No Going Back
Channel 5
This brand new programme follows the extraordinary journey of Kellie Maloney and the remarkable transformation she undertook to become the woman she secretly always knew she was. [S]
This was probably the show of the year!
Candid and totally honest look behind the scenes of Kellie's Transition.
Excellent and if you can get to see it on Demand 5 Catch-up do so!!!
Channel 5 annually wins our Channel of the Year and here is just one reason why!
5/5 TZ Stars - Excellent!
The Wright Stuff
Channel 5
Matthew Wright hosts the topical debate show alongside this week's panelists Nadine Dorries and Scott Capurro. Today's guest is Enzo Cilenti.
TV Critic Kevin O'Sullivan remarked on Kellie Maloney's documentary.
And he passionately stated that, "You better know that trans*people desperately need this, and this is not some joke..."
Matthew agreed.
It is important to show the effort and pain and suffering externalised in this way. As only then can the average public truly understand what it means, as they can associate visual pain and surgery to their own lives. The mental pain is harder for Joe public to understand and grasp obviously.
Jerry Springer
I'm a Sex Escort... And a Man!: Outrageous talk show hosted by the legendary Jerry Springer.
"Well I was born a man..."
Followed by the usual violence.
Jerry Springer
I Went to War... You Cheated: Outrageous talk show hosted by the legendary Jerry Springer.
A bit more light-hearted this epsiode in this Double Bill where a very then transgender Dominatrix had her slave kneeling before her...
"How old is Jerry Springer, Slave?!!!"
"I dunno... about 89?!"
Take that Jerry!
She's the Man
Modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's gender-swap comedy, Twelfth Night. When her school decides to drop the girl's team, football mad Viola disguises herself as her twin brother Sebastian and enrols at his all-male prep school in a bid to prove that she can keep up with the boys. However when she finds herself falling for her handsome roommate, Duke, she runs the risk of exposing her secret and ruining the team's chance to win an upcoming grudge match against her former school.
Often Repeated this is a regular gender swap comedy. It is obvious at all times she is female, despite their best efforts because they needed a 'hot girl' for part of the storyline. And Hot girls when they dress as men look like they are 10 years old.
So doesn't really work. But if you can overlook that its OK.
The Wright Stuff
Channel 5
Matthew Wright hosts the topical debate show alongside this week's panelists Louise Hazel and Donal McIntyre. Today's guest is Nick Wallis.
This was interesting and I tweeted Matthew with thanks #TrueAlly see our Twitter Feed over him standing up for trans issues.
The story was about and Activist who faked being black.
The panelist (who is Black) said
"I don't have a problem with this."
A white panelist then said..."But don't you think this is disingenuous and lacks integrity as she lied?"
She replied, "Well you could say the same thing about people who are transgender."
Matthew then intervened, and said...
"Hang on I have to just talk up for the transgender community as well, as the fundamental difference between this and members of the transgender community is that, we were born in the wrong body..."
To which she replied, "How do you know she didn't feel the same?"
Matthew replied will that is a possibility.
This was a good point made by Matthew and although the panelist had a point here, his immediate defence of trans issues was appreciated and we thanked him accordingly.
Jerry Springer
Outrageous talk show hosted by the legendary Jerry Springer.
Passable and attractive trans woman comes out and it all kicks off.
The title of the show - "TRANNY FEVER!"
Silicone Valley: Reality series. A transgender pop star gets her pixie ears fixed for a music video shoot and a model with eye bags goes under the knife.
Repeat and listed in other log reviews here.
Super slim and attractive trans* porn star needs more work done.
Entertainment and camp for the sake of it.
It is a shame that they say could not have helped a struggling transgender person with FFS or something so they could have some quality of life than gilding the lily - but maybe that's just me? A bit like giving a millionaire gold plated prosthetic leg, when there is a poor kid with a wooden stump standing beside him? #SocialConscience
Calamity Jane
Sprightly western starring Doris Day and Howard Keel, 1953. A headstrong gun-toting tomboy tries not to fall in love with the macho Wild Bill Hickok [S]
Musical based on a true story - obviously 'glammed up' with Doris Day in her heyday!
That said the original cross-dressing story may have a little more trans*man in it than we realise. And that this historical character may have just been a man who did not have access to the hormone he needed!
Just sayin'
That said it is a good romp and good fun and a classic by now!
The Wright Stuff
Channel 5
Matthew Wright hosts the topical debate show alongside this week's panelists Anne Diamond and Adam Rickitt. Today's guest is Danny Webb.
Anne Diamond and Matthew sensitively discuss a story in the press review segment of the show where a young trans* kid Designated male at birth wants to where a dress to school. It is unclear if the child wants to 'be a girl' or just that they feel more comfortable dressed in this way.
That said, it is becoming more common to hear these stories and this will numb the public slowly into them simply not caring what kids wear. And thats kinda where we want to be.
It will eventually become a non-story. Like Black child attends a school... that may have been a big deal in Plymouth in 1950. Today it is mundane and who would even think this was worth printing? Trans*people will become that soon enough - and I look forward to that day too!
Kid goes to school - Yawn! Trans Kid goes to school - STOP PRESS!!! That is going to have to stop!
CSI- Crime Scene Investigation
The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp: Crime drama series. The CSI team works to solve the death of a transgender teenager. (S8 Ep 4) [AD,S]
The twist is he is not trans...
Spoiler: show
Unsafe Sex in the City
Series about life at the Manchester Centre for Sexual Health. Pre-op transsexual Jasmine hopes her sexploits don't jeopardise her life-changing operation.
This is now ancient history and Jasmine seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGrwvpHYAM has moved on. This is the problem with appearing in documentaries. They will haunt you forever!
And the style of the show was clearly very shocking. STD clinic documentaries do tend to focus on transgender people more and as such are remembered more vividly by the general viewing public than say some guy who had a date and got ... say... crabs?
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Lorraine Kelly presents a topical mix of entertainment, discussion and showbiz glamour, as well as featuring the latest fashion, food and celebrity gossip. Michelle Heaton and her husband Hugh Hanley chat about their life behind the lens in the current series of Seven Days With... which continues tonight on ITVBe.
Kellie Maloney promotes her new book and autobiography. Now she has LIVED! So this will likely be a great read as WHAT A LIFE!
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A week after commissioners asked County Clerk Tina Spencer to seek fundraising ideas for the county's $1,000 share of a map of Kansas in the Capitol visitor center, she returned with a suggestion from a department head for a dunk tank at the county fair.
"I thought it sounded like fun," Spencer said.
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|A good basic yeast bread made from 100% whole wheat.
Whole Wheat BreadSo, I decided to give another whole wheat bread recipe a try. This time I used the 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread recipe at the King Arthur Flour website.
As you see, I had a much better crown this time. Thankfully, this recipe gave the recommended pan dimensions, so I dug into the deep reaches of my pan cabinet and found my old air bake loaf pan that is 9 x 5 inch - as opposed to the pans I recently bought that are 10 x 5 inch. Definitely made a difference I think!
This bread is pretty good, though mine did come out really soft - not that there's anything wrong with that - and as a consequence of that, it was a bit too tender and crumbly. I think part of that was with my shaping. The texture and feel of the whole wheat dough is a bit different than a white bread dough too, so I don't think I did well in the shaping department.
Still, overall this is a very good bread recipe especially for being all whole wheat flour with no white flour at all. This is a good one, but I continue my search once again for the perfect for me whole wheat bread! And I am now convinced that I definitely need to pick up some new pans that are the standard size.
Here's how to make it.
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Recipe: Whole Wheat Bread©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep/Inactive time: 2 hr |Cook time: 45 min | Yield: 1 loaf
- 2-1/2 teaspoons of yeast
- 1 cup of warm water (100 to 110 degrees)
- 3 to 4 cups of whole wheat flour
- 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup of nonfat dry milk
- 3/4 cup instant mashed potato flakes
- 1/2 cup lukewarm milk (100 to 110 degrees)
- 1/2 cup of orange juice
- 5 tablespoons of melted butter
- 1-1/2 teaspoons of salt
Proof the yeast in 1/4 cup of the warm water about 5 minutes, or until puffy. Combine flour, sugar, dry milk and potato flakes together in mixer bowl; turn mixer on number 2 setting and add the yeast mix, remaining water, milk, orange juice, butter and salt. Mix for 7 minutes.
Flatten dough down into bowl, spray top of dough and side surfaces of bowl lightly with nonstick cooking spray, cover mixer with a thick towel and let rise 1 to 2 hours, or until doubled.
Spray an 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray, shape dough into a log and place into pan smooth side up. Spray a piece of plastic wrap with cooking spray and place loosely over the loaf pan. Allow the bread to rise in a draft free spot for about an hour or until it has a 3/4 inch crest over the rim of the pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for 10 minutes, then lightly tent with aluminum foil, and bake for an additional 30 to 35 minutes. Center of bread should register 190 degrees F with an instant read thermometer.
Remove from oven, loosen all around the edges and turn bread out to a rack to cool completely. Allow to cool completely before slicing and once cool, wrap tightly in plastic wrap or place into a Ziploc bag to keep fresh.
Cook's Notes: I used King Arthur whole wheat flour.
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John Denton: Illuminating the History of Lanternfishes main content.
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On September 30, 2013, the first graduates of the Richard Gilder Graduate School will receive Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Comparative Biology at the inaugural commencement for the program, the first Ph.D.-granting program for a museum in the Western hemisphere. Over the next week, we're profiling the newly minted Ph.D.s.
Though John Denton grew up in Gainesville, in north central Florida—"about as far as you can get from the beach" in that seaside state—he's always been interested in marine life. So it makes sense that while working toward his Ph.D. degree from the Richard Gilder Graduate School, from which he will graduate September 30, Denton studied deep-sea fishes called lanternfishes and the evolutionary relationships between the different species.
Lanternfishes are bioluminescent, meaning they generate light through a chemical reaction within their own bodies. They also "compose most of the biomass in the deep sea," Denton says, noting that these small but fascinating fishes have the most elaborate bioluminescent systems of any deep-sea organism: not just a headlight, but also body photophores, or light-emitting organs, arranged in rows along the body and, in certain species, bioluminescent tail-organs called stern-chasers that produce a flash of chemically created light, perhaps to distract predators as the fish darts away.
A graduate of Harvard, Denton received his master's degree from Stanford University, where he studied quantitative methods he would later apply to his work at the Museum.
His Museum adviser, Melanie Stiassny, professor in the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Research Curator in the Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Department of Ichthyology), "has done the most recent morphological work on lanternfishes," while he used quantitative and molecular methods—"math, molecules, and fish," he jokes—to round out the analysis.
In order to study lanternfishes, which are found in oceans around the world, Denton also conducted fieldwork in the Pacific: he joined a team from the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association [NOAA]) aboard a ship off the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawai`i, where they trawled at night from dusk to dawn, gathering deep-sea organisms including lightfishes, dragonfishes, cookie-cutter sharks, and more, in their nets. Denton also spent time trawling off the coast of American Samoa with NOAA; in addition, he studied fossils of lanternfishes in various museums, including the Natural History Museum of L.A. County.
Denton defended his dissertation in August 2013. He is now an Axelrod Research Postdoctoral Fellow in Vertebrate Paleontology and will be working with John Maisey, curator in the Division of Paleontology, to elucidate the Chondrichthyan (shark) tree of life.
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July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Corn inventories in the U.S., the world's top grower and exporter, will gain more than the government forecast last month as lower feed use and exports offset a smaller harvest of the rain-drenched crop.
Reserves on Aug. 31, 2014, will total 1.959 billion bushels, up from 1.949 billion (49.51 million metric tons) forecast in June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today in a report. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg were expecting 1.895 billion, on average. USDA said inventories before the start of this year's harvest will decline to 729 million bushels, down from 769 million forecast a month ago and 989 million last year.
Production will total a record 13.95 billion bushels, down from 14.005 billion estimated a month ago. The average projection of 20 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was 13.983 billion. Exports are seen at 1.25 billion bushels, down from 1.3 billion forecast last month, while feed and residual use is estimated at 5.15 billion bushels, a decline from 5.2 billion forecast in June.
Almost 18 inches (46 centimeters) of rain fell in Iowa, the biggest U.S. producer, from March 1 through May 31, the most in state records that began in 1873. The same three-month period in Illinois to North Dakota was the wettest in at least 112 years, data from the National Weather Service show. In each of the past three years, the USDA's forecasts for record crops proved wrong after hot weather in July and August cut yields.
Farmers will harvest 89.1 million acres this year, compared with 89.5 million forecast last month, the USDA said. Average yields this year may reach 156.5 bushels an acre, unchanged from 156.5 bushels estimated in June and up from 123.4 bushels in 2012. Corn is the biggest U.S. crop, with a 2012 value of $77.4 billion, government figures show.
Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade through yesterday tumbled 39 percent from a record $8.49 a bushel in August.
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The British designer Michael Young has just posted a sneak preview on his website of some new bottles he has been making for Nikka whisky.
Young has trotted the world (this seems to have come out of his Hong Kong studio) building up a reputation for finding original avenues for major brands. He has designed barware for Schweppes, polo shirts for LaCoste and bikes for Giant. Recent projects include a "techno-splendid sex toy in opiate free plastic" ... erm, anyway, let's get back to the whisky. That new bottle:
I like it a lot. It's a great break from the fuddy-duddy old Scotch bottle imitations that are the norm in the Japanese whisky world: a bit Spidermany and (dare I say it) just a hint of the Kakubin about it:
Michael Young Nikka (2007) vs. Kakubin (1937)
The Kakubin, for those who are not Japanese whisky dweebs like myself, is the iconic bottle of Nikka's bitter rivals Suntory [1,2]. I am slightly surprised that the Nikka executives appear to have given this new bottle the nod. Michael Young's website claims a launch is imminent. The hue of the bottle suggests that it might be used for the Nikka Black range of blended whiskies [1,2]. If so, it will be going head to head with Suntory's classic brand. Perhaps those flying shards symbolise Kakubin smashing?
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Categories: Earth
Apr 22, 2013
Think back, way back. Beyond last week or last year … to what was happening on Earth 100,000 years ago. Or 100 million years ago. It's hard to fathom such enormous stretches of time, yet to understand the evolution of the cosmos – and our place in it – your mind needs to grasp the deep meaning of eons. Discover techniques for thinking in units of billions of years, and how the events that unfold over such intervals have left their mark on you.
Plus: the slow-churning processes that turned four-footed creatures into the largest marine animals that ever graced the planet and using a new telescope to travel in time to the birth of the galaxies.
- Jim Rosenau – Artist, Berkeley, California
- Robert Hazen – Senior staff scientist at the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, executive director of the Deep Carbon Observatory and the author of The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
- Neil Shubin – Biologist, associate dean of biological sciences at the University of Chicago, and the author of The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
- Nicholas Pyenson – Curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.
- Alison Peck – Scientist, National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Virginia


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We Try Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge Soda
I'd seen Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge soda on shelves before, but never picked it up, because I'd holding out all these years for the regular Chocolate Fudge soda that I learned just this afternoon does not exist.
Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge soda was dreamed up as a diet aid by one of the executives of the A.J. Canfield Company back in the mid-1970s. This executive, it seems, was a chocoholic who hoped that a zero-calorie fudge soda might stem his cravings and slim his figure. After some trial and error, the company's chemists managed to capture the flavor of chocolate fudge in a low-calorie soda, sweetened with saccharin at first, then aspartame.
The soda lingered in the shadows of the novelty-drink world until 1985, when the Chicago Tribune's Bob Greene wrote in his nationally-syndicated column that "a sip of the stuff is like biting into a hot fudge sundae." Sales went up 5,000 percent and have been coasting along nicely ever since.
"Diet chocolate" may sound like an unpleasant thing, particularly in liquid form. And this soda is loaded with aspartame, which I place only a spot or two above rat urine on the list of things that I like to see in my soft drinks.
But Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge soda defies expectations. As satisfied customers on Amazon and elsewhere attest, the folks at Canfield really did nail the flavor of chocolate when they came up with this one. The soda doesn't taste like fudge, quiteI'd place the flavor between that of a Tootsie Roll and that of a Yoo-Hoo, with a touch of root beerbut it's most definitely packing enough chocolate flavor to satisfy a dieter's cravings.
The aspartame does leave a watery chemical aftertaste, unfortunately, making it clear that even the work of a gifted chemist cannot blend the sweetener all the way into the background. Were this stuff made with actual sugar, I think it would be unstoppable. As it is, it's not bad for a diet soda.
About the Author: Jed Portman is blogging his way to that cabin in East Tennessee, one six-pack of soda and barbecue platter at a time. Follow him on Twitter @jdportman.
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If you just happened to stop by my blog today and would like to start from the beginning, click on The Rubber cafe link HERE to start from the beginning. If you've come from Corri's blog then you are in the right spot!
For my project, I worked up a mini-album using some gorgeous ribbons and trims from Really Reasonable Ribbon and some of my favorite stamps from The Rubber Cafe. You know Mother's Day is just around the corner and this album would be a great gift idea!
I LOVE this birdcage and as soon as I received it, I knew I wanted to use it for this hop. There's plenty of room for embellishments, photos, and journaling. That's perfect when playing with ribbon and stamps! Here's how I made the album.
I first painted it with Eco Green Crafts White paint. . .
and then glittered the inside front cover with You're So Fine Glitter, Princess Pink
and the outside in YSF Glitter, Diamond Clear Cool Highlight.
Next I used one of my favorite tools, the Stick Em Up Tool, to place the Jellie Dots, Cotton Candy along the top bar of the cage.
Isn't that gorgeous against the glitter??!
I then went to work with those GORGEOUS ribbons! Look at how beautiful they are. I used the Light Blue Seam Binding to make a satin ribbon flower. These flowers are really quick and easy when using homemade glue dots from the Scrap Happy Glue.
Next I tied a bow with the White Seam Binding and started to work on my love tag.
Since I couldn't find exactly what I had in mind in my stash, I decided to just make my own tag. Did you know that you can stamp with Scrap Happy Glue? Well you can and I LOVE that!
I stamped the Love sentiment from the Fabulous Phrases set using the glue and then burnished the Princess Pink You're So Fine Glitter with my finger. Then I topped it off with a little bit of Diamond Glaze and voila. . . a homemade tag that's perfect for your project!
I also added some beautiful Amelia White Crochet Lace to the bottom of the birdcage along with some Cream Seam Binding.
Next I started working on the inside pages of my album. Here I used the Cream Seam Binding again but I knotted it every few inches to give it some interest. I really like the look of the ribbon this way.
Labels Four Small 2 Die to create a tag for a photo or memorabilia.
I created another photo mat by using that same die and our Background Basic 2 stamp. That stamp is perfect for creating journal lines but it's also great for customizing your own background paper too. Then I just pleated and glued some more of the Cream Seam Binding.
I used this same technique for the paper on this mini-pocket. On my cardstock I stamped Tim Holtz Distress Ink Aged Paper with the 18th Century Proclamation stamp to get just the right look I was going for. I trimmed it with a fussy cut doily and added Jellie Dots Pearls as an accent.
Speaking of pockets . . I also created several pockets using the ribbon. Here are just a few of them:
See how easy it is to create a mock pocket? The tag I stamped with the Roaring 20's Placard stamp. I'll be adding more photos and accessories as I complete my album.
You could tuck many tags under the White Satin Ribbon here!
Sometimes when working on a larger project, you might find yourself in a pinch and run out of the perfect paper for your theme. Well don't worry. Use your stamps and embossing powders to customize your paper.
Since I have birds and butterflies in this album, I used the beautiful butterfly from the Butterfly Set to create the embossed image.
Next I needed to make another flower so I chose to use some more of the Amelia White Crochet Lace.
The center is simply a smaller tighter version in Cream Seam Binding. I think they are really cute together. If you haven't seen how to make these flowers with the Scrap Happy Glue, you should watch Melissa's video. Lots of tips and tricks there. It's a must see.
I'll leave you with a few more pictures of the last few pages.
On the back cover I used Diamond Glaze to give her wings some added dimension.
and on the front I made a charm out of a Tim Holtz finding and a glass bead I had in my stash.
I do hope you've enjoyed my project and I hope it gets you motivated to create that special gift for someone on Mother's Day!
Supplies Used:
Cardstock: Prima Fairy Belle collection
Stamps: The Rubber Cafe Background Basic 2, 18th Century Proclamation, Roaring 20's Placard, Vintage Treasures, Steampunk Charity Wings, Butterfly Set, Fabulous Phrases
Ink: Tim Holtz Old Paper, Spun Sugar, Eco Green Crafts White paint.
Glue: The Rubber Cafe Scrap Happy Glue
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon Cream Seam Binding, Light Blue Seam Binding, White Seam Binding, Amelia White Crochet Lace, White Satin Ribbon
Accessories: The Rubber Cafe You're So Fine Glitter, Princess Pink, YSF Glitter, Diamond Clear Cool Highlight, Stick Em Up Tool, Jellie Dots, Cotton Candy, Jellie Dots, Crystal Clear, Jellie Dots Pearl, Tim Holtz charm, beads from stash
Dies: Spellbinders Grand Calibur, Labels Four Small 2, Labels One
Yes I am giving away a little prize worth $15 in scrapping supplies! I am putting together a little kit of some of my favorite papers and goodies to one lucky winner. Just be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs in this hop and become a follower to be eligible! I will pick a winner via RANDOM.org and announce it in one week. GOOD LUCK!!
You're next stop on the blog hop is
Have fun!
~ Michele


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This stunning miniature map of Portugal was issued in conjunction with "The Geographical Annual of Family Cabinet Atlas" specially patronized by their Most Gracious Majestys, William IV and Adelaide in 1833. This atlas was issued as a "gift annual," the traditional New Year present in Great Britain which usually took the form of a book of poetry or other illustrated volumes. Countries or regions are separated by colored sections. Rivers, lakes, cities, and land contours are indicated.
Size: 3.5 x 5.5 inches
Condition: Very Good
Map Maker: Thomas Starling
Coloring: Hand Colored, Steel Engraving
Year: 1833
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Garfish - Belone belone
Common name: Garfish
Scientific name: Belone belone
Accession number: 083
Materials: Watercolour on paper
When painted: 1831-1841
MacGillivray's "Belone vulgaris". It is likely that MacGillivray obtained his fish specimens from the fish market. It is probable that he would have looked for the best example of a particular type of fish and taken it home to paint it.


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By and large, mayors are pragmatists. They've got snow to remove and potholes to fill, schools to run and crime to fight. Literally and figuratively, they must keep the trains running on time, or hear loudly and decisively from voters and constituents.
That pragmatic spirit was evident on Monday, when the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution condemning Arizona's anti-immigrant law and calling on the Federal government to quickly pass commonsense immigration reform. The resolution criticises the Arizona law as "unconstitutional and un-American," calls for its repeal, and opposes any copycat legislation in other parts of the country.
The mayors' criticism of the Arizona law is warranted, because the law encourages targeting of people, including citizens and lawful residents, based on the color of their skin and their appearance. It violates the basic human right to fair and equal treatment in law enforcement and our justice system. And in more practical terms, it will discourage people from reporting crimes or suspicious circumstances and divert law enforcement resources away from addressing serious crime.
The mayors' call for national immigration reform is equally important, and it reflects their pragmatic approach. The non-partisan Conference has for some time sought reform that includes: "Increased border security and enforcement; the protection of human and civil rights of both citizens and non-citizens being detained; more support for city and state governments which are disproportionately shouldering the costs of the current broken immigration system; the use of new technologies to match up foreign workers with jobs in this country that are going unfilled (guest worker program); [and] the elimination of current obstacles to citizenship that have resulted in 10-12 million undocumented residents living in the shadows."
The mayor's resolution is an act of pragmatic, non-partisan, and moral leadership that our country desperately needs right now. It's a call for workable solutions on immigration that uphold our nation's values and move us forward to gether. Let's hope that our leaders in Washington respond to that call.


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Editors Note: Andrey Osadchenko is a Thompson Rivers journalism graduate now living in Toronto. He's an accredited member of the foreign press and writes for sports.ru and allhockey.ru. He spoke with Sergei Shirokov about a number of topics including: being a black ace during a cup run, biting in hockey, Tim Thomas, the YVR riots, life in Winnipeg, getting traded to Florida and leaving North America for the KHL. Here's what Shirokov had to say.
Exclusive Q&A with Sergei Shirokov Via Andrey Osadchenko (translated from the original Russian).
Andrey Osadchenko: Though you didn't dress for the Canucks in the playoffs this year, you were still with the team at the time. Would it be fair to say that it was the biggest event in your career so far?
Sergei Shirokov: In terms of gaining valuable experience, probably, yes, it was. I mean, it's the Stanley Cup Finals. That was a big achievement for me experience-wise. Never in my life have I been a part of something as big as that. Although, I didn't play a single game, I hung out with the team, experienced the atmosphere and saw everything that was going on at that time.
AO: While you were a healthy scratch over and over again, many of your friends were already on vacation getting tanned. Did you ever think, maybe it would have been better if you hadn't been called up for the playoffs?
SS: Of course not. I understood that it was the Stanley Cup Finals. It might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Being with the team at this time was an invaluable experience for me. As for vacation, I knew that eventually the finals would be over and I would get some time to get rested and prepare for next season.
AO: After Mason Raymond got injured in Game 6, Alain Vigneault had 2 options for whom to replace him with – either you or Jeff Tambellini. In the end, the latter got the nod. Why do you think that happened?
SS: Most likely because Jeff had already played a few games in the playoffs, plus he was with the Canucks for most of the regular season. I think the coach didn't want to try his chances and figured he'd be better off with a guy who already spent some quality time with the team. He didn't want to change anything and put new guys in the line-up.
AO: Nevertheless Tambellini couldn't find a job in the NHL this summer, and opted for Switzerland. Kind of makes you wonder if your former coach made the right call…
SS: It was his choice. We shouldn't judge his decisions. He chose Tambellini, which means that he thought Jeff deserved to play. That's the only reason he put him on the line-up.
AO: North-American media tended to paint the Bruins as 'the good guys', while the Canucks were 'the bad guys'. Did you get offended by that?
SS: To be honest with you, I never read anything like that. Besides, I don't really think the guys paid much attention to it. Everybody was focused on hockey, on the upcoming games. I think it was more important for the fans than for the players.
AO: In any case, what do you think about the media's take?
SS: It's not easy for to answer this. To me it's just the way the journalists see it. It's their opinion. I don't share it. In my opinion, we saw 2 very equal teams and it's wrong to label them either bad or good.
AO: Have you ever seen anybody biting on the ice the way Alex Burrows did?
SS: (laughter) No, I saw for the first time myself. I thought it was pretty weird. Everybody joked about it and chirped him afterwards. But it's hockey. It gets emotional. It's just another part of the game.
AO: What do you think about the way Tim Thomas plays? Do you think he's a little bit over-aggressive in the crease?
SS: That's the way he plays. And this style earned him the Stanley Cup. If it works for him, he didn't do anything wrong. He shouldn't be criticized for it. I believe, the Bruins won the cup mainly because of the way Thomas performed.
AO: The Canucks fans got mad every time when Thomas produced his signature smile. Did it piss the players off as well?
SS: I think so. I mean, I didn't actually talk to the guys about it but I think I'd be pretty pissed about it. Thomas was the wall the whole team couldn't climb over. Especially the forwards. They managed to combine only for 8 goals in 7 games. And then there was the smile. I'm 100% sure that it bothered and angered the guys.
AO: Do you think that the key factor in the series was the fact the Bruins had bigger bodies on their team?
SS: I think, it was the psychological factor. The Canucks calmed down after having clinched a 2-0 lead in the series. The Bruins, on the other hand, used it as a chance to come together as a team. Besides, Horton's injury helped them in this sense. They regrouped as a team and it turned the series around.
AO: Would you say Aaron Rome deserved a 4-games suspension for the hit on Horton?
SS: I don't believe it was a really dirty hit. Rome was just a little bit late with it. As for the suspension, I think the disciplinary committee has reviewed the episode thoroughly. Horton was out of the series. So they probably figured it would be better to do same with Rome. Thus, 2 teams lost a player each. Fair enough.
AO: It became quite popular to blame the Sedins for being helpless. What's your take on that?
SS: I don't think they should be blamed for anything. During the entire season they proved over and over again that they are elite forwards in the NHL. You've got to realize how good the Bruins played against the Sedins. They were constantly interfered with and forced to play differently compared to the regular season.
AO: What was going on in the Canucks' dressing room after the loss in Game 7?
SS: Well, how should I put it… Nothing. For about 20-25 minutes there was nothing but complete silence in there. I didn't hear a word before I left.
AO: Vancouverites are going to be frowned upon for a long time because of the riot that took place right after the game. Did you expect anything like that to happen?
SS: I can see where the fans were coming from. They cheered for their team, they were really emotional about the whole thing. You can say they made it to that point side-by-side with the team. Many of them have already experienced a loss in the finals. So, yeah, it didn't come to me as a big surprise. You could tell the riot may very well unfold were the Canucks to lose. Besides, a few large TVs were installed around the city, where people could gather to watch the game. Therefore, I expected it.
AO: Yeah, but we're talking about Canadians. Aren't they supposed to be nice and agreeable people?
SS: Police stated afterwards that they just gave the fans some time to let the steam off. The riot ended about 2 hours after the game. They had their riot, burned a few cars, but that's about it.
AO: Mike Gillis said that he doesn't count participants of the riot for the Canucks' fans. Do you agree with him?
SS: Oh, wow. That's a little harsh. I mean, the ones who started the riot clearly rooted for the Vancouver team – they rooted for the Canucks. So I see them as Canucks fans. I've got to disagree with Gillis on this one.
AO: Right before the 1st of July the Canucks qualified you. Were you offered a new contract?
SS: Yes. They made me a qualifying offer – a two-way contract. But I didn't want to sign it. So they traded my negotiation rights to the Panthers.
AO: This summer the Canucks parted ways with Raffi Torres, Jeff Tambellini and Tanner Glass. Plus, Mason Raymond is likely to miss the first part of the season. Don't you think you would have got another shot to play in the NHL?
SS: I don't even think about it since I've already signed with CSKA. The only thing I've got on my mind right now is the next season. I don't think about the Canucks anymore. I play for CSKA now.
AO: Had the Canucks won the cup, would you have re-signed with them?
SS: I don't know. I mean, probably, team management would have taken a different look on certain things. To be perfectly honest with you, I haven't thought about it. I already made my choice having signed with CSKA.
AO: How much time did it take you to come up with this decision?
SS: Not too long, really. It only took me 3 days to discuss terms of the contract and sign it.
AO: You inked a 3-year deal with CSKA. Is there an out-clause in your contract that will allow you to play in the NHL if there's going to be a proper offer?
SS: No, there isn't.
AO: Which means the Panthers made a mistake acquiring the rights for you?
SS: I signed a 3-year deal. We'll see what happens next. But for the next 3 years I see myself as a CSKA player. I want to achieve something with this club.
AO: You're going to be 28 by the time your current contract expires. Does it mean you will never come back to the NHL?
SS: As I already said, we'll see. I didn't burn any bridges.
AO: For the most part you played for the Manitoba Moose. Does it really gets as cold in Winnipeg as they say?
SS: No. It's usual. I'm Russian so I wasn't surprised. We've got some cold winters in Russia too. Canadian climate is pretty similar to Russian. It's exaggerated.
AO: Winnipeg isn't considered as a booming city. Did you get bored a lot out there?
SS: Not really. It's an industrial city. To be more specific, there are a lot of different fabrics around the city. But I never got bored there. Of course, if you compare Winnipeg to Vancouver, Vancouver is better in so many ways. It's classy. At the same time, I can't say anything bad about Winnipeg.
AO: The Moose had the biggest crowd in the AHL. Were they the best fans you've ever seen?
SS: First of all, I want to thank all those fans that supported us throughout the season and were there for us every game. It's not a secret that Canada is a hockey country. They love their hockey out there. So there is no surprise here. Although, I have to say, for me the best fans are Canucks fans. I played a few games for the team and I have to say I was pleasantly shocked by the way over 18 thousand fans cheered for us.
AO: It's a whole different story with CSKA. In the past few years there's practically no one in the stands. Do you think it's going to change in the near future?
SS: I sure hope so. We're going to try to please the fans with the way we play. If we're going to play good entertaining hockey, the fans will be there. Also, if you don't mind, I'd like to invite the fans to our games. I promise you, we'll do everything we can to make you happy. We're going to play every game as if it's the last one.
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New Account Request form for new NERSC accounts
July 15, 2013
NERSC has implemented a new, user initiated account request form for new NERSC user accounts to all NERSC projects. This form is intended to reduce data entry errors and also reduce processing time by allowing a new user to enter their information for an account into a form that goes directly into the NIM database. This methodology has been in use by the PDSF and JGI communities and we are now extending it to the MPP community.
We have also taken the separate, community specific forms and combined them into one general form. This form, for new NERSC user accounts, can be found at: https://nim.nersc.gov/nersc_account_request.php
New users will need to obtain specific information about the project they want to be added to. They will need to select the account type (General for MPP, PDSF High Energy Physics cluster for PDSF, or Genepool JGI Bioinformatics cluster for genepool), and then, after entering their name, preferred username, and contact information, they will need to select the project/repository/experiment/share that they want to be added to from the provided selection list. They can search the list either by the PI's or Proxy's name, the repository/experiment/share name or the Project's name as it appears in NIM. They should also enter information about what type of work they are doing and any special requirements.
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Once the user agrees to our Usage Policies, they can submit the form and the Pi and Proxies of the project will be notified that a new account has been submitted. They can then log into NIM and either approve or deny the account request. If the account request is denied, the user will be notified of the reason for denial.
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Which Diseases Can be Helped by Acupuncture?
Diseases of the Muscles, Bones and Joints
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diseases of the Nervous System
The Neuralgias
Anxiety, Depression and Other Nervous Disorders
Nerve Paralysis
Other Nervous Diseases
Stomach Ulcers
Gall Stones
Diseases of the Respiratory System
Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels
The Correction of Abnormal Heart Rhythms
Raised Blood Pressure
The Use of Acupuncture in Addiction and Obesity
Hard Drug Addiction
The Use of Acupuncture in Obstetrics
Foetal Malposition
The Use of Anaesthesia for Labour and Delivery
Acupuncture Anaesthesia
It is also essential for the reader to recognize two important facts—firstly that acupuncture, like any treatment, is not a guaranteed cure for disease. Some diseases are more successfully treated (by acupuncture), whilst others are less successful, but no disease responds 100 per cent of the time to any form of treatment. Secondly, some of the suggestions that will be made to illustrate the effectiveness of acupuncture, in particular conditions, are no more than educated guesses. Information about the success rate of acupuncture is not available in some areas, and there the only advice that can be given is based on the clinical experience of individual practitioners.
Before embarking on a course of acupuncture, whatever the condition being treated, it is wise to allow a clear diagnosis to be made. This puts both the patient and the acupuncturist in the position where the complaint can be treated properly, and the results of treatment can be assessed objectively. It may be that Western medicine offers an excellent form of therapy for a particular condition, and in that instance it would be wrong to advise the patient to have acupuncture.
Many of the facts and figures quoted in the following sections are the results of clinical trials carried out in China, so it is worth while mentioning several facts about these 'Chinese trials'. They involve the assessment of a huge number of patients, sometimes up to 10,000, but the published assessments of success and failure are often unclear, and the research is poorly designed. The Chinese also treat their patients for long periods and a stroke patient may receive one hundred or two hundred acupuncture treatments before being declared a success or a failure.
All these factors create difficulties when discussing specific diseases but, in spite of this, I have made an attempt to provide an objective assessment of the effects of acupuncture in some common diseases. It is impossible to cover the whole range of medicine in so short a chapter, so some complaints have been excluded.
It is my hope that future research work will provide information about the effects of acupuncture in a wide variety of diseases, as only with this information will acupuncture make any progress as a recognized form of therapy.
Diseases of the Muscles, Bones and Joints
The muscles, bones and joints are usually called collectively the musculo-skeletal system. When disease or damage occurs to this system it nearly always results in pain, and most people use words such as rheumatism or arthritis to describe this type of pain. Before discussing the effects of acupuncture on such pain, it is important to clarify the conditions that are collectively called 'rheumatic' as some rheumatic diseases respond well to acupuncture whilst others seem to respond less well.
There are three main types of damage that occur to the musculo-skeletal system; the first is a sudden injury or sprain which might be a domestic injury, or might be incurred during a sporting activity or in a car accident. This usually causes local pain and bruising lasting for a few days, or even a few weeks. The other main group is arthritis and this can be divided into two important types, Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Osteoarthritis is by far the commoner type of arthritis and can be thought of as 'wear and tear' damage to a joint. It usually occurs in older people and tends to affect the spine (both neck and lower-back), the hips, knees, elbows and shoulders. Nobody is clear about the exact cause of Osteoarthritis; it can sometimes run in families or it may result from severe localized damage in earlier life, such as a broken bone. Osteoarthritis tends to develop in one or two of the main weight-bearing joints of the body, but it does not usually affect all the joints of the body. The pain caused by osteoarthritis fluctuates; if a person suffers from osteoarthritis of the knee there will be periods when the knee is painful, and other times when the pain is less severe.
The X-ray of an osteoarthritis joint looks ragged and shows some joint destruction, but such X-ray findings do not correlate with the pain suffered. If joint destruction is demonstrable on the X-ray the patient may not have severe pain, and conversely the patient may have severe pain with few X-ray findings. The main problem with osteoarthritis is pain, which in turn causes a general lack of mobility and limited joint movement.
Rheumatoid arthritis is far less common than osteoarthritis and represents a completely different disease process. The small, non-weight-bearing joints in the hands and feet are affected by an active destructive process. This process is poorly understood and can occasionally result in joint deformity.
Sudden injury or sprains usually respond well to acupuncture. The pain resulting from a sprained shoulder will often continue for some days or weeks after the initial injury. Once a clear diagnosis has been made acupuncture can usually be used to relieve this type of pain. Many of these 'acute pains' represent a self-limiting disease process; for instance a small burn is usually excruciatingly painful for a few days and then settles. If acupuncture is used as a form of pain relief for burns then its 'pain relieving' effect is only required for a few days. Because of the natural history of the pain it is therefore difficult to produce a clear picture of the effect of acupuncture on this type of 'short-lived pain'. In China, acupuncture is usually given for acute pain, but in the West acupuncture is not generally available for 'short-lived pain' as there are not enough acupuncturists to provide this service.
The experience of a variety of acupuncturists, myself included, shows that, of the people treated for differing acutely painful conditions, about 70 per cent obtain swift and significant pain relief. If a fracture of the bone is present then the pain relief gained from acupuncture is less effective than if the injury is due to a strain or tear of the muscles, tendons or ligaments. The main advantage of treating these acute pains with acupuncture is that chronic pain can be avoided. A sudden shoulder injury may produce pain and immobility for many months, sometimes years, but if acupuncture is used when the pain occurs then it seems that chronic pain may be avoided. These 'impressions' about the use of acupuncture in acute pain are consistently quoted, both in the West and China, but until adequate statistical research is completed the effectiveness of acupuncture in 'acute pain' will remain no more than a clinical impression.
Osteoarthritis and the rheumatic pains that result from this type of joint damage, are quite a common problem. People frequently complain that their arthritic knee pain is worse in cold or damp weather and this demonstrates quite clearly the origin of the concept of pathogens in traditional Chinese medicine. The pathogen in osteoarthritis is almost always cold or damp and therefore these pains should be treated by the use of localized heat.
A great deal of research work has been done to investigate the effects of acupuncture on the pain caused by osteoarthritis. Some of this work is excellent but, for a variety of technical reasons, some is poor. Clinical trials have been completed on knee, hip, elbow, neck and lower back pain, and the information from these trials shows that significant pain relief can be achieved in about 70 per cent of those who receive acupuncture. Some work suggests that only 50 per cent of people benefit from acupuncture while other trials show 95 per cent of the patients benefiting.
The effect of acupuncture in osteoarthritis pain does not last for ever, the available research showing that its effects gradually diminish after about six to nine months. Some people may have significant pain relief for up to two years, but the majority of people who gain relief from acupuncture will require further treatment after about six months. Treatment is usually just as effective on the second or third occasion as it was initially.
Osteoarthritis is a condition that naturally causes intermittent pain and discomfort. Patients may find that their osteoarthritis knee is relatively painless for nine months and then goes through a painful period for a further six months. For this reason the effects of any treatment must be compared to the natural history of the disease process and this can cause difficulty in interpreting the results of individual treatments. Acupuncture also has a 'magical quality' that pills do not have, so it is difficult to sort out the effects of the 'magic' as compared to the real effects of acupuncture. In spite of these problems, acupuncture is a safe and effective form of treatment for osteoarthritis.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
The effects of acupuncture on rheumatoid arthritis are not so clear cut. During the early, acute, inflammatory stage of rheumatoid arthritis there is some evidence to suggest that acupuncture might worsen the pain and therefore many acupuncturists do not treat acute rheumatoid arthritis. After some months the acute inflammatory stage subsides and the residual joint destruction may then lead to the development of a secondary osteoarthritis. This type of pain is amenable to acupuncture and responds in the same way as other osteoarthritic aches and pains.
Chronic pain, due to disease of the musculo-skeletal system, is frequently amenable to acupuncture treatment. The published research shows that pain which has been present for many years can respond as well as pain that has been present for only a few months; therefore, from the available information, it is fair to say that acupuncture is 'always worth a try' in this type of condition.


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VMworld 2013 is fast approaching, and I'm excited to make this virtualization (and cloud) journey for the 10th year in a row.
For those of you who've been to VMworld in the past, you know there's a lot going on during this event. But one of my favorite parts of the show is the Solutions Exchange. This is where you can get quality one-on-one face time with the vendors. This year, VMworld is expecting around 250 companies to participate.
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VMworld may be owned and operated by VMware, but outside of the occasional hiccup, this show does a fairly good job of representing virtualization and cloud products that span VMware's ecosystem and beyond. The Solutions Exchange showcases many of the small and large established companies that you may already be familiar with, but it's also a great place to learn about new stealth companies and new products that haven't had a chance to make a name for themselves yet.
While I'm preparing myself to visit with as many of those 250 vendors as humanly possible during normal exhibit hours, I also wanted to bubble up to the top of that list a few companies that I haven't yet met with in person but would like to.
Here are five relatively new companies and products that I believe will be interesting new arrivals to the VMworld 2013 scene.
A newcomer to VMworld 2013 is CloudByte. This will be my first time meeting CloudByte at the show, but the company has been around since 2011. CloudByte was started by technology executives from companies such as HP, IBM, NetApp, Novell, and SanDisk. It jumped into the software-defined storage market, gaining notoriety as a startup that guarantees QoS to every application from a shared storage platform.
The company's basic idea is to permit larger companies and cloud service providers with the ability to host performance-sensitive applications in the cloud and to do so economically.
At the show, CloudByte will be showcasing its ElastiStor solution, which it advertises as the software building block for new age data centers used to run clouds and virtual machines. The ElastiStor controller can be installed on any server, and these controllers can be linearly clustered for high availability and scale-out storage. According to the company, organizations can scale to thousands of applications and still meet their performance demands.
Part of the company's planned demonstration will be to show how ElastiStor can seamlessly fit within an organization's cloud and virtualization environment. While visiting the company's booth, I plan to find out how it can provision storage QoS-aware VMs from vCenter, configure IOPS-based storage tiers, and create VMware ESXi high-availability clusters.
CloudByte will be located in the New Innovators pavilion.
FSLogix emerged from stealth mode at the end of July. The company was co-founded by Kevin Goodman, formerly of VMware, and Randy Cook, from Symantec.
The company's first product is simply called Apps. What's interesting about this product is its simplified approach to application management. Apps provides dynamic application visibility, which enables policy-based control of when any application is visible to individual users or groups from a single golden image.
The solution allows IT administrators to realize the benefits of application virtualization for all Windows applications across physical, VDI and Citrix/RDS platforms. That means it works with virtualization, but it isn't a requirement, thus increasing the playing field for FSLogix.
The company claims it can reveal or remove any version of any application on any image for any user in the organization. Does that grab your attention? It did mine.
FSLogix has already generated buzz from a group of beta customers using the product. I had the opportunity to get a brief introduction to the company over the phone; however, I'm really looking forward to learning more and seeing it in action at the FSLogix booth at VMworld. You can find the company in the New Innovators pavilion.


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