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ASK THE PASTOR: Does the Bible teach Assurance of Salvation?
Assurance of salvation is a very important issue. It was also an issue that was important to the apostle John (author of The Gospel of John and The Epistles of John). John's gospel was written to move readers to faith in Jesus that they might receive eternal life (John 20:31). However, later he wrote a letter (1 John) to assure those who have believed that they actually possess the priceless gift. 1 John 5:13 says "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life". Not only can a believer have assurance of salvation, but he also can have assurance that God will hear his prayers and answer them (1 John 5:14).
Once, many years ago, Queen Victoria had attended a service in St. Paul's Cathedral and had listened to a sermon that interested her greatly; then she asked her chaplain, "Can one in this life be absolutely sure of eternal safety?" His answer was that he "knew of no way that one could be absolutely sure."
This was published in the Court News and fell under the eye of a humble minister of the Gospel, John Townsend. He was an intimate friend of George Muller whose life of faith led to the founding of his well-known orphanages. This John Townsend was the father of "Sister Abigail," another Christian of extraordinary faith and service.
After reading Queen Victoria's question and the answer she received. John Townsend thought and prayed much about the matter, then sent the following note to the Queen:
"To her gracious Majesty, our beloved Queen Victoria, from one of her most humble subjects: With trembling hands, but heart-filled love, and because I know that we can be absolutely sure even now of our eternal life in the Home that Jesus went to prepare, may I ask your Most Gracious Majesty to read the following passages of Scripture: John 3:16; Romans 10:9, 10? These passages prove there is full assurance of salvation by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ for those who believe and accept His finished work."
I strongly encourage you to read and meditate on 1 John. The entire book was written so Christians might be assured of their salvation.


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WARNING: This blog is written by a PMSing mom. There will be lots of bitching. Here moms can say all the things they wish they could in real life if no one would be traumatized by it. SPEAK YOUR MIND. If you don't, I'll just say it for you. So you can either live vicariously through me or grow some big, clean-shaven ovaries and say it yourself. BTW if you're a bitch, but not necessarily a mom or a woman or PMSing, you're welcome, too. ALL BITCHES ARE WELCOME. Amen.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Random Acts of Dumbassness, Preempted
Last night a dear friend of mine was killed over a parking space. You read that correctly. He was celebrating his birthday in an area of town notorious for its lack of parking. He got into an argument with a woman over a parking space. The woman called two male friends to, I don't know, defend her dumb ass honor or something. One of the men blindsided my friend with a brick to his head, killing him instantly.
Brian was an 18-year veteran of the Baltimore City Police Department. He risked his life everyday for a city that didn't give a shit about him, same as my husband and the 3000 plus other officers. He was a loving husband and father and now his children will never hear his voice again, never see his face again...because of a parking space.
Are you fucking kidding me? It's bad enough we're fighting wars for oil, power, stupid pride, and because-we-can. Now we're fighting wars over parking? Is doing five minutes of exercise you probably are in desperate need of anyway worth killing over? You killed a man or had him killed because you had to walk? Really dumbass?!
I hope it was worth it for her. I hope that taking a good man's life was worth her being "in the right" about the argument. I hope that having his children grow up without a father in a world where they need a positive male influence was worth her revenge. Was it worth it, you ignorant, petty bitch? Because if it wasn't, and his wife and babies have to suffer for naught, I hope you rot in the abyss of your own guilt.
I am begging you, my friends, readers, and anyone who just happens upon this blog by divine "accident" please learn to control your anger. People are dying over things not worth dying for. It's senseless; it's violent; it's futile; and most of all it's counterproductive.
Please go to my other blog and read my dedication to Brian Stevenson, husband, father, friend, and hero. My mother used to say, "Give me my flowers while I can still smell them." I urge you to give out several flowers today. Hug your children. Kiss your spouse or significant other. Thank your parents. You may not get another chance.
And for anyone who is hurting today, I'm sending out powerful blessings of love and peace for you. Please accept my gifts and pass them on.
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@Lolamouse- Thank you for forwarding the message. Revenge only makes things worse. I think if this tragedy has taught us nothing else, it's at least taught us that. I actually feel for the woman a little because I'm almost sure she didn't mean for it to go this far. That's why it's so important for us to let go of all that anger.
@Rabbit- I know you are and I appreciate it deeply.Wow. Just wow. Something similar happened in my town over the weekend. Except it was over a bag of weed and not a parking spot. And it was a hunting bow and not a brick. Pretty much same concept though. Somone losing their life over something stupid.
I'm sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are you all.

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Drayton: Midwinter Regatta a big draw
When the results are tallied, the Southern California Yachting Association's Midwinter Regatta continues to be one of the biggest "offseason" events on the local sailing calendar. Here are regatta reports from local venues for this event:
American Legion Yacht Club in Newport Beach hosted PHRF Classes. Tango skippered by Roy Jones took first and second to receive top honors for Balboa Yacht Club. In the seven-boat B Fleet, Brian Dougherty with Lido Isle Yacht Club aboard Legacy captured first place with two wins. In the Non-Spinnaker Cruising Class, honors went to RAG JAG skipper David Rainville sailing for ALYC/BYC. For full results, see regattanetwork.com/html/results.php
Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club hosted the local Harbor 20 fleet, which turned out in force with 35 boats participating for the first race in their annual high-point series. Eight races were held over the weekend. In the A fleet, Newport Harbor Yacht Club captured four of the top five places with Jeff Gordon and crew Reid Vitarelli getting five first places. In the B fleet, BCYC's Peter and Debra Haynes took first place 11 points ahead of the next challenger. The C fleet had 10 challengers with Mark Conzelman and crew Mark Spector taking first place.
The Thistle class, which raced on Saturday, was dominated by BYC sailors who took the top three places, with Bob Larzelere and crew Bill McDannel taking top honors.
BYC held the Senior Naples Sabot in adult classes. The A fleet with nine boats was won by Brad Wheeler, who was just one point ahead of second-place Paul Blank. Coming in third was Karen Luttrell, who missed out on first place by just three points. Visit balboayachtclub.com for full results.
As in years past, Newport Harbor Yacht Club had a tremendous turnout of young sailors. With 78 boats competing in five classes, the race organizers had their hands full.
In the Sabot A fleet, Jack Egan had a distinct lead, accumulating 14 points over seven races to get first place in a fleet of 17 boats. In the Sabot B fleet of 10 boats, Caden Kraus dominated with eight points to get the title. In the C1 fleet, Piper Holthus and Peter Joslin each had 18 points with Holthus getting first place. BCYC's Joseph Hertzberg took first place in the C2 fleet. In the 17-boat C3 fleet, Mackenzie Harris captured first place. Go to nhyc.org for complete results.
Racing is just beginning for the year. Next weekend is the Border Run, with courses from Newport Beach to Dana Point or San Diego. So grab your Hyde sails and new gear at West Marine and join the 85-plus other racers who will be at the event.
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Could the prince really have scaled Rapunzel's hair to rescue her? In fact, he could have, although it would have been safer for him if she would have had darker hair and safer for her if she would have tied her hair around something before throwing it down. An average strand of hair can hold three and half ounces, an average blonde has 140, 000 strands of hair, so the prince and a couple of his friends could have climbed the tower. If Rapunzel didn't tie her hair around something first, though, her hair would have ripped right out of her head.
Scientists have also discovered that it is possible to create a material that will bend sound wave around walls or enclosed areas. Sound waves generated in the enclosed area would never escape so if the witch in The Little Mermaid had used the material, she would not even have needed a curse to silence Ariel's beautiful singing voice.
Aladdin's flying carpet? Yes, that's possible, too. Not with Aladdin on it and only if it were a very small, very thin carpet. Scientific calculations show that small waves of air, repeated in fast pulses, could steer a carpet a foot per second.
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Facebook is currently the world's most popular social media site, with
over 400 million users. Long plagued by accusations of security leaks
and lackluster privacy practices, the corporation is currently defending itself against
a barrage of new criticism. CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave an interview
earlier this year arguing that privacy is no longer a "social norm."
Facebook privacy policies have been rapidly shifting to reflect this
The latest firestorm centers around a new feature called "instant
personalization," a targeted advertising service that supplies
personal user data to advertising partners like Pandora and Microsoft
Docs. All Facebook accounts were included in this service when it was
rolled out, and opting out is a convoluted, multi-step process. In a
move that some users are calling deliberately deceptive, simply
clicking an "opt out" check box does not protect your user data from
being shared.
So far, the beta service is limited to three corporate partners — all
of whom have promised not to behave inappropriately with the shared
user data — but the feature is slated to be expanded over time. This
puts millions of user accounts and their personal information at the
mercy not just of Facebook, but of the ethics of every company who
becomes an instant personalization partner in the future.
Other unintentional security breaches are also making headlines. A Russian
hacker who calls himself "kirllos" recently claimed to possess the
logins and passwords to 1.5 million Facebook user accounts — and he
is putting them up for sale, cheap. Though no one has officially verified whether these user credentials are real or fake, kirllos has already sold off around 700,000 of them.
If true, this incident puts another crack into Facebook's already-besieged reputation. Account compromises not only leaks a user's private information, including photos, status updates, and private messages sent between users, but can also lead to increased phishing risks – imagine a trusted Facebook friend sending you a message with a malicious embedded link, once clicked, can direct you to a malware laden site.
What does this mean for corporate users? Opening up your company to Facebook access could lead to increased phishing and malware threats, which could further cause data breaches and other more serious forms of security incidents within your corporate network. Given the soaring popularity of Facebook as a casual communication tool, the usual acceptable usage recommendations — urging employees to use discretion and avoid discussing sensitive information via Facebook – is far from sufficient.
Social media can be a corporate asset. Facebook provides a high-profile tool for company exposure and branding, and the wide reach of such a social platform can facilitate business networking. But if you had known that the media giant would be
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Even when he had nothing left in his tank but fumes, Clay Buchholz still ran roughshod over the Texas Rangers last night.
For the second straight outing, Buchholz was what the Red Sox needed most.
With tonight's starter Josh Beckett and Jon Lester both struggling mightily, Buchholz was an ace on a team desperately searching for one.
For seven innings on a stifling, 94-degree night at Rangers Ballpark, he was master of the mound, scattering four hits and allowing only one run for the second straight time as the Sox scrambled their way to a 2-1 win in front of 41,237 fans who kept waiting for a Rangers explosion Buchholz refused to be a part of.
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[ 2 syll. por-tia, po-rt-ia ] The baby girl name Portia is pronounced PAOR-SHaa †. Portia is of Latin origin and it is predominantly used in the English language. Th name is from Porcia (Latin), a feminine form of the Roman family name Porcius, itself possibly of the Latin porcus (meaning 'hog, pig'). The name was popularized by the beautiful, rich, and intelligent heroine of the same name in the Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice (1598), one of his most prominent female characters.
The name Portia is widely used; it has 27 variations. Variations include Porcha, Porchai, Porchare, Porche, Porchia, Porchsa, Porchusa, Porcsha, Porcshe, Porscha (used in German as well), Porsche (used in German as well), Porschea, Porschecia, Porschee, Porschia, Porsh, Porshai, Porshay, Porshe, Porta, Portch, Portiah, Portiea, and Pourche. The variant spellings Porsha, Porshia, and Porsia are other English forms.
Portia is a rare baby name for girls. At the modest peak of its usage in 1988, 0.013% of baby girls were given the name Portia. Its ranking then was #737. The baby name has since steeply declined in popularity, and is currently of only sporadic use. Out of all girl names in its group, Portia was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2015.
Baby names that sound like Portia include Porsha, Portiah, Paras, Parca, Parcae, Parcee, Parcia, Paris, Parise, Parish, Parsae, Parys, Paryse, Paryss, Parysse, Perah, Percha, Perouze, Persa, and Perseis.
† Pronunciation for Portia: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"


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We snapped a few indoor photos at the MWC expo with the display HTC One unit, and then the same ones with Samsung's and Apple's finest. We won't comment on the quality, as there might still be work to be done on the One before it gets in boxes and onto retail shelves, but you can judge for yourself in the slideshow below.
Overall, the HTC One expo unit here snaps with less blur in the indoor lighting conditions, which can be expected given the larger pixel size and optical image stabilization mechanism inside, but let's wait for the final verdict when we get a retail unit, and we also get to compare it with the Lumia 920, which has smaller pixels, but sports a different OIS tech in its chunky unibody.
What is clearly noticeable right away, however, is that the output files from the HTC One are two to three times smaller than those from the 8 MP cams on the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S III. Take a peek at the original shots and videos from the three devices below - they haven't been resized, so will take some time load.
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text: Rayzer Windshield Xenon Lights Provides Visibility, Confuses Those Ahead of YouTravis Hudson12/13/07 4:45pmFiled to: GadgetsNoveltiesRayzer Windshield Xenon LightvisualeyesxenonAccessoriesLights21EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink The international sign for "Hey asshole!" is generally the flashing of the high-beams — whether it is to warn of upcoming danger, show displeasure or just get attention. Regardless of which message, that vulgar phrase encapsulates them all. There are limited options that could be done if your car's high-beams are puny, including installing auxiliary HID Xenon windshield lights, as seen here. The lights don't obstruct the windshield because it fits conveniently between the windshield and the rearview mirror. The lights operate by communicating wirelessly with the vehicle's high beams. Turn on the high-beams and the VisualEyes also engage, therefore tripling the visibility in pitch black night driving, or so they say. The VisualEyes also include a way to detect cars in the distance and will automatically turn off so you won't be "that guy." It could be fun to play with having fog lights, regular lights and VisualEyes xenon lights all flashing on and off. [VisualEyes via Gizmodo] Reply21 repliesLeave a reply


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i had a breast reduction 4 weeks ago, now have developed hematoma, doc said it was nothing to worry about it would calm down by its self, what can i do myself to speed up recovery, i have no infection at all,scars are healing really good, but breasts are quite sore were the vertical scar is, not got a scar underneath breasts. thanks
What Self Treatment Do You Reccomend for Hematoma After Breast Reduction of 4 Weeks?
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Hematoma formation following breast reduction surgery can occur for a variety of reasons, but is fortunately rare. When post-operative hematomas are small, they often resolve spontaneously. Larger hematomas often require treatment to prevent secondary complications. Treatment may include repetitive needle aspirations, CT guided drain placement or occasionally open surgical drainage.
When large hematomas are not evacuated, there's an increased potential for wound breakdown, infection and scarring. These problems can ultimately impact the aesthetic result from breast reduction.
It's unusual for patients to develop hematomas four weeks after surgery. Since this hematoma is small and not expanding, conservative management is probably appropriate. Management consists of gentle massage and compressive support bras. Over the course of time resorption should occur.
Smaller ones may resolve faster with lymphatic massage to help decrease the swelling associated with the hematoma.
Hematomas can occur after any surgery including breast reduction. Some surgeons place drains other do not. A significant hematoma can occur even when drains are used, so a drain will not prevent this from occurring. If your breast is twice as large as the other side then this is a hematoma that may need to be surgically drained as it can have a detrimental effect on healing causing more pain, stiffness of the soft tissue and generally delaying an otherwise uneventful recovery.
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Hematomas are possible complications of breast reduction surgery, and their management may include observation or surgical drainage. Be sure to follow up with your surgeon if it does not appear to resolve on its own.
The treatment of a delayed non-expanding hematoma may vary on the size. Smaller hematomas will undergo resorption whereas larger ones may benefit from aspiration to minimize fibrosis.
Hematoma at 4 weeks post-op is unusual. If it is not enlarging, looks more like a bruise, and the incisions are healing well, I would observe only and wait for it to resolve. If there is any underlying fluid collection, it should ideally be drained. I would protect the site, and limit activity (no exercise) to speed resolution. I would also recommend wear of a lightly compressive, yet comfortable bra.
The best thing that you can do is to avoid any aspirin, ibuprofen, or naloxen containing anti-inflammatory medications. Acetaminopken is finr, but the others will increase your chance of bleeding again. Also, avoid any herbal supplements, and any anticoagulants ( warfarin, heparin, etc.) Most of the time, a small enough hematoma will resolve on its own. I hope this helps.
At 4 weeks after surgery, unless there is a size difference between the breasts indicating a possible fluid collection that needs drainage, the treatment of an old hematoma would be conservative with gentle massage and keeping your activities minimal ie no vigorous exercise. Your surgeon should be following you closely for the resolution.
Hematomas usually need to be addressed by the surgeon by removing the blood. At times if the hematoma is small enough where it is not compromising the skin flap then it can be watched and hopefully it will absorb.
From a patient standpoint not much is done if your surgeon chooses to do watchful waiting.
Good luck.
Web reference: http://www.feplasticsurgery.com/orange-county-breastreduction-women-newport-beach.php
If you have a hematoma, then your surgeon needs to address it. If it is determined to be very minor and does not need draining or evacuation, then the best option is time. Soften mild massage or ultrasound treatment can help mobilize the tissue and allow the fluid to be absorbed more quickly. Good luck.
Web reference: http://www.shaferplasticsurgery.com
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TV pick of the week: Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender: An Imagine Special
Tuesday 10.35pm BBC1
The 25th anniversary of Freddie Mercury's triumphant Barcelona project with the operatic soprano, Dame Montserrat Caballé, is the peg for this richly sourced and oddly moving look at the flamboyant performer's career outside Queen – complete with insightful new interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor. Although it was actually written by the bassist John Deacon, Queen's 1984 "I Want to Break Free" reflected Mercury's thinking at the time – and although his first solo album flopped, he soon found inspiration in his love of opera and ballet – as well as recording with Michael Jackson. Those results are broadcast here for the first time, but don't hold your breath.
The Thick of It
Saturday 9.30pm BBC2
Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) is in particularly pitiless form as deposed leader Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front) makes her farewells ("You have all the charm of a rotting teddy-bear by a graveside," is one of his more printable invectives). But the last laugh is against Tucker, as the PM calls for a inquiry into leaking to the press – The Thick of It's version of Leveson.
Sunday 9pm Channel 4
Carrie (Claire Danes), still in her brunette wig and brown contact lenses, makes contact with Fatima, the wife of Hezbollah's Beirut commander with information to sell. But is Fatima's news a breakthrough or a trap? Brody (Damian Lewis) is meanwhile watching events from 6,000 miles away, ensconced with the chiefs of staff in a bunker – and he isn't a happy US congressman.
Wonderland: Walking with Dogs
Monday 9pm BBC2
A simple but effective documentary, as Vanessa Engle hangs out on Hampstead Heath interviewing dog-owners. With the vicar who finds a canine chum helps his pastoral outreach, the servant hired to pick up the mess left by five Bichon Frises and the ex-wife of a bankrupt living in a hostel with her Weimeraner, all of human life is here.
Grand Designs
Wednesday 9pm Channel 4
Kevin McCloud has brought his passion and (its flip-side) disdain to bear on 100 building projects now, and this centenary episode features the most ambitious projects to date – a couple's plans to convert a 150-year-old water tower in central London into a luxury home. The Grade II-listed ruin features 6ft-thick walls, but also 360 degree views over the capital.
Thursday 10pm BBC2
Hebburn, a fictional town in the North-east, "is where dreams come to die", according to Jack (Chris Ramsey), introducing new wife Sarah (Nixon) to his parents (played by Jim "Vic Reeves" Moir and Gina McKee), siblings and drinking mates in this reasonably amusing new sitcom written by the Tyneside stand-up Jason Cook.
Stand Up to Cancer
Friday 7.30pm Channel 4
That is the rallying cry of a benefit concert that concludes Channel 4's week-long programming to raise awareness of the Big C. Davina McCall and Alan Carr host, Cheryl Cole opens the show with her new single, and Dr Christian Jessen intercuts the ensuing acts to explain the science behind new cancer trials it is hoped can be funded by viewer contributions.


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"Nightmare of CAPPS II far from becoming reality"
Travel Weekly has the worst-designed Web site of those that I read regularly, rife with buggy browser-specific code requiring an unusually complex registration process as well as acceptance of both cookies and pop-ups.
But it's one of the leading journals for travel agencies throughout the USA, and occasionally it's worth the effort -- as with this week's legal advice column by Mark Pestronk, Nightmare of CAPPS II far from becoming reality:
Q: If the government's Computer Assisted Passenger PreScreening System (Capps II) is implemented, what additional data will travel agencies have to gather? What will the government do with the data? Will it help stop terrorism?
A: The Capps II program is in political trouble, and it may never be implemented. Killing the entire program would be a good idea, as it will be excessively burdensome for the travel industry and cannot achieve its intended purposes anyway....
If Capps II was implemented, every travel agent would have to enter the following into the GDS reservations record: traveler's full legal name, address, phone number and date of birth.
Of course, the GDS would need to be reprogrammed to capture this information and transmit it correctly to the airline and the government.
The government has failed to recognize the hundreds of millions of dollars in labor and technology that will be needed to add such a "Big Brother" system. It isn't even clear that the government has the authority to require that all of this work be done by the GDSs and U.S. travel agencies.
Furthermore, there is no way to compel foreign travel agencies and city ticket offices to compile the necessary information. In any case, compiling the information and transmitting it to the U.S. would violate foreign privacy laws.
The system would be a terrorist's delight, as all a terrorist would have to do is steal the identity of a law-abiding citizen....
Strong words, especially directed to a travel agency community composed overwhelmingly of "mom-and-pop" (or more often, given that most front-line travel agents and managers are women, mom-and-mom) local agencies, that have more often felt powerless to resist political and other external impositions on their business model and profitability.
After 11 September 2001, most travel companies wanted the government to do something (or at least be perceived as doing something) to reassure the public, and get them travelling again. So even the most heavy-handed and useless measures in the name of security, such as soldiers in battle dress with machine guns at airport metal detectors, were initially welcomed.
But ultimately the travel "industry" depends on the freedom to travel. More and more, it's the government that is scaring potential travellers into staying home, and building systems like CAPPS-II to monitor their movements whenever and wherever they travel. More and more, the travel industry is uniting against those travel surveillance schemes. As well it should.
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Just as understanding the innards of a car can help you to drive better, understanding the structure of language helps you to express yourself better. What puts many teachers and pupils off grammar is its image as a straitjacket invented by academics.
The structure of the language was not invented by grammarians, any more than the structure of the human body was invented by anatomists, and I would join any chorus chanting to the pedants, "It's not your language: it's ours."
Grammar lessons should be an opportunity for showing pupils the beautiful intricacy of language, not for wagging fingers at them and saying, "No, no: that is wrong and this is right."
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Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:18 PM
progressoid (40,401 posts)
Regarding the drug FANAPT.
I did a little googling and can find no credible source that says that Adam Lanza was taking this drug.
There are plenty of people asking "Was Adam Lanza taking Fanapt?" But no actual verification. Apparently even the Daily Mail (a hallmark of journalistic excellence ) has removed their reference to it. I'm not trying to defend the drug or "big pharma". Just trying to get the facts. edited to add: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022011674#post148
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Regarding the drug FANAPT. (Original post) |
progressoid | Dec 2012 | OP |
janlyn | Dec 2012 | #1 | |
Purveyor | Dec 2012 | #2 | |
MADem | Dec 2012 | #3 | |
progressoid | Dec 2012 | #4 | |
RomneyLies | Dec 2012 | #8 | |
progressoid | Dec 2012 | #12 | |
MADem | Dec 2012 | #9 | |
progressoid | Dec 2012 | #10 | |
muriel_volestrangler | Dec 2012 | #11 | |
MADem | Dec 2012 | #18 | |
Honeygirl | Dec 2012 | #5 | |
LisaL | Dec 2012 | #13 | |
hrmjustin | Dec 2012 | #14 | |
progressoid | Dec 2012 | #15 | |
Honeygirl | Dec 2012 | #6 | |
pnwmom | Dec 2012 | #7 | |
pinto | Dec 2012 | #16 | |
libdem4life | Dec 2012 | #17 |
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:32 PM
janlyn (723 posts)
1. thanks
The last thing we need is more people jumping to conclusions, we have enough of that going on with the media.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:39 PM
Purveyor (29,433 posts)
2. Perhaps but it is a safe bet to make that he has been on 'scripts' for a very long time. eom
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:40 PM
MADem (135,108 posts)
3. It is a drug that treats schizophrenia...I've never heard of it.
About Fanapt
What if Fanapt is the medication you've been looking for? Trial and error is a challenge everyone with schizophrenia faces while working with his or her doctor to find the right treatment. Fanapt is a type of prescription medicine used for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. Fanapt has been shown to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia. Fanapt tablets are indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. Deciding to look at alternate medications is something your doctor may do. They need to consider that Fanapt may change your heart rhythm (meaning there is more time between heartbeats). When taking other drugs that may cause this same change in heart rhythm, you are at a higher risk of a serious, even life-threatening medical issue (torsade de pointes), which may result in sudden death. In many cases, your doctor may prescribe another medicine to treat schizophrenia before trying Fanapt. Please see additional Important Safety Information below. Fanapt needs to be taken as directed, starting at a low dose and slowly increasing the strength. This may delay the control of symptoms in the first 1 to 2 weeks of treatment. Treatment with Fanapt for longer than 6 weeks has not been evaluated. Your doctor will evaluate the long-term usefulness of Fanapt for you. http://www.fanapt.com/info/about-fanapt.jsp Apparently, Adam Lanza's UNCLE is the source of this medication claim: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/12/aspergers-is-a-red-herring-to-explain-newtown.html Adam Lanza's mother had been increasingly concerned over her son's well-being in the weeks before the tragedy, telling a friend just a week before that he was "getting worse" and that "she was losing him," the New York Daily News reported. That report makes no mention of Asperger's syndrome, but it cites Adam's uncle who said he was taking an anti-psychotic drug called Fanapt. The Atlantic points out that several diagnoses have been bandied about in the press, including autism, Asperger's, and "personality disorder." |
Response to MADem (Reply #3)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:47 PM
progressoid (40,401 posts)
4. NYmagazine is citing the Daily Mail which has no mention of Fanapt or an Uncle
They seem to have scrubbed any reference to it. I think they got punked. And so did DU.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nancy-lanza-feared-son-adam-worse-article-1.1221505 |
Response to progressoid (Reply #4)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:15 PM
RomneyLies (3,333 posts)
8. We got punked on the father of the Batman shooter and Lanza's father testifying on LIBOR, too.
Response to RomneyLies (Reply #8)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:44 PM
progressoid (40,401 posts)
12. Well, I missed out on the fun there.
I can't believe there is misinformation on the intertubes. Shocking.
Response to progressoid (Reply #4)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:20 PM
MADem (135,108 posts)
9. There are still vestiges of it all over the net--see here:
Back in September, Lanza and her disturbed son seemed happy at a family barbecue in Danbury, Conn., according to Adams uncle Jonathan Lanza.
Im just in shock right now. Its like a nightmare. Its so surreal, said the uncle, 39. Adam, he said, was taking the anti-psychotic drug, Fanapt, but had never showed any violent tendencies. He is shy. He never yells at no one. He would help her with dishes, laundry, groceries, picking up sticks, everything and anything possible, Lanza said of his notorious nephew. He never yelled at her, and she never yelled at him. Its not like they had a rocky relationship.What made him snap? Was it the medication? It does look like the NYDN did report that and they've retracted it for whatever reason....perhaps the person in the photo at the link in this post isn't really an uncle, or they could not verify his status...or maybe this guy is the bullshitter that the police were complaining about yesterday...? A man who identified himself as Jonathan Lanza, the uncle of shooter Adam Lanza, tops by a memorial to pay his respects in Sandy Hook after 27 people, including 20 children, perished in a horrific school shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. |
Response to MADem (Reply #9)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:27 PM
progressoid (40,401 posts)
10. Yep. Click the "read more" button at the bottom and it goes right back to the Daily Mail article.
Response to MADem (Reply #9)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:33 PM
muriel_volestrangler (83,100 posts)
11. It looks like he's a known hoaxer - involved in an Aurora hoax too
See http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2012406 .
And as regards the 'LIBOR' hoax RomneyLies mentions in #8, well, I saw that one was dodgy too: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2008857 |
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #11)
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 10:07 AM
MADem (135,108 posts)
18. That second one stunk from fifty paces--the drug one, though, that was more cleverly executed! nt
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:08 PM
Honeygirl (2 posts)
5. The info was deleted from the NY Daily News article.
Yesterday, in the NY Daily News, it was mentioned that Adam was on Fanapt. This info was removed today (Big Pharma must have gotten to them).
Response to Honeygirl (Reply #5)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 07:00 PM
LisaL (29,077 posts)
13. WTF does it have to do with big pharma?
Response to Honeygirl (Reply #5)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 08:58 PM
hrmjustin (69,514 posts)
14. Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site.
Response to Honeygirl (Reply #5)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 09:49 PM
progressoid (40,401 posts)
15. Big Pharma got to the Daily Mail?
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:11 PM
Honeygirl (2 posts)
6. The link Progressold gave is the one I was referring to.
And these anti-depressants/anti-psychotics are involved in the mass murders in the past (Columbine, etc.)
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/revealing-the-link-ssris-and-school-shootings/question-2330457/ |
Response to Honeygirl (Reply #6)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:13 PM
pnwmom (80,898 posts)
7. Anti-depressants shouldn't be linked with anti-psychotics as if they were the same.
OF COURSE some people have psychotic symptoms who are taking anti-psychotics. Doctors prescribe anti-psychotics for people with psychotic symptoms, but unfortunately, they don't eliminate all symptoms in all patients. Thus, there are people who take anti-psychotics who report having psychotic symptoms.
Response to Honeygirl (Reply #6)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 11:59 PM
pinto (106,886 posts)
16. I think I'd rely on more than an anonymous blogger's post at Sodahead for clinical info.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:18 AM
libdem4life (12,715 posts)
17. Anti-depressants and anti-psychotics are very different. And the psych world knows the difference
One is closer to a super aspirin, the other to mental hospital meds. That is an exaggeration, to be sure, but should illustrate the difference. Anti-depressants don't usually produce psychotic events, but the other definitely can. Why? Because the root causes are different. One does not get to the anti-psychotic until they are psychotic.
Someone depressed because they didn't get a job or lost a boyfriend is different that someone who has had psychologically developmental and social aberrations issues since childhood, or after a brain concussion. It's time people understood...there is a difference. The hand-wringing and blaming and psycho-crap such as is on this site has made it most difficult to get someone diagnosed, let alone medicated. It is an extremely inexact science requiring professional guessing and increasingly, professional decisions not to become involved. Anyone who knows of someone in Nancy Lanza's position...knows about the potential risks and the benefits of heavy meds, not in a mental institution. Why not in an institution? Because there aren't any. It's now called...The Home, and often Mom's responsibility. The other option is Prison. That is where many mental patients now reside. |


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Leesa says that in the same way that mothers can love more than one child, adults can love more than one partner at once.
"I have two separate relationships but there are three of us," she explains.
All three live together, and have done so for five years, in the outer suburbs of Brisbane.
"Bryan has a room, John has a room, I have a room," says Leesa.
"It's like three really good housemates," John adds.
"Brian and I are sort of like brothers I guess, it seems very normal to us."
Although the three may share their lives together, Leesa keeps her sex life with Bryan and John separate.
"The three of us having sex together? Probably about four times in five years," she says.
But how does her husband handle the jealousy?
"For jealousy to have been a problem, Bryan would never have asked John if he wanted to have sex with his wife," says Leesa.
The Feed spent a day with this interesting trio to find out about the logistics of their unconventional life.
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Ranging from the 15th century to the present, Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History explores the many ways Africa and African peoples have shaped the cultural life of the Americas--and how, in turn, life in the Americas reverberates in Africa. This groundbreaking three-volume encyclopedia offers hundreds of alphabetically organized entries on African history, nations, and peoples plus African-influenced aspects of life in the Americas. It also features authoritative introductory essays on history, culture and religion, demography, international relations, economics and trade, and arts and literature. In doing so, it traces the complex and continuous movement of peoples of African descent to the West, the mechanics and lingering effects of colonialism and the slave trade, and the crucial issues of cultural retention and adaptation that are essential to our understanding of the effects of globalization.
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Geopolitics: So are Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine just self-defense, as he claims, or a sign of a new sort of war with the West? Conclusions of a 19th century contemporary of Alexis de Tocqueville suggest the latter.
Back in 1839, around the time political thinker de Tocqueville made his long visit to the U.S. and found an exceptional nation, writing about it in his classic "Democracy in America," another curious Frenchman, the Marquis de Custine, made a similar pilgrimage to Russia.
Fully prepared to fall in love with autocratic czarism, de Custine was instead repelled by a harsh tyranny combined with a dangerous sense of historic mission.
His conclusion: "Russia had been put on earth by Providence to 'chastise the corrupt civilization of Europe by the agency of a new invasion.'" Europe would fall "if our extravagances and iniquities render us worthy of the punishment."
So it may be no coincidence that this week President Vladimir Putin, in response to President Obama's announcement of sanctions, denounced not Obama, but the American exceptionalism that so enchanted de Tocqueville.
"They have come to believe in their own exceptionalism and their sense of being the chosen ones. That they can decide the destinies of the world, that it is only them who can be right," Putin sneered.
More to the point, he made it clear in a two-hour press conference that Russia had a more virtuous mission of its own that oddly fulfilled de Custine's forecast.
Western weaknesses seem to have fired Russia's historic mission well before communist rule took hold a century ago — a mission that's nationalistic, religious and not well reported.
Russia sees itself as the original guardian of Christian civilization, the nation that rushed to the rescue of Constantinople, then under Muslim siege, before its final fall in 1204, while the West did nothing, and thus has a historic mission.
The rationale for so many invasions to its south has always been the defense of Christians. It was the rationale that Russians used to take those lands from the Ottomans in the 18th century.
And now Putin's claim to be protecting ethnic Russians in Ukraine uses the exact same reasoning — though the tradeoff for those who are "protected" includes living under Putin's own version of nondemocratic tyranny.
Russia's nationalism is a fascinating blend of the Orthodox religion and nationalism, whose modern interpretation was articulated best by Russia's great author Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
It's no coincidence that Putin and Solzhenitsyn were close friends. And it's significant that the Russian Orthodox Church, more so than Russia's oligarchs, wield political influence in Russia, particularly with Putin.
A month before he invaded Crimea, Putin took Russia's most sacred icon, Our Lady of Kazan — an icon kept by Pope John Paul II in his personal quarters until it was returned to Russia — and flew it over the Black Sea and Crimea.
The icon has historically been invoked to protect troops in battle. Only Amir Taheri, writing in the Middle Eastern press, reported the incident.
That religious messianism should not be discounted as the West tries to read Putin's motives.
From his interview, Putin saw a West that tolerated corruption and economic ruin in Ukraine for years, and claimed it was his job to clean it up. The West wouldn't let Ukraine in NATO or the European Union — which Putin read as weakness and opportunity.
Putin has also seen the plight of Mideast Christians, and oddly was the only Western leader other than Pope Francis I to stand up for them. This was behind his defense of Bashar Assad in Syria, where he outfoxed President Obama on the red-line issue, revealing him to be weak.
All in all, Putin reads in the West an unwillingness to fight for its civilization and be strong, a paper tiger.
What better time than now then. for a defiant Russia to both reject the values of the West and to chastise it, as de Custine concluded 185 years ago?
Because when the West gives Russia a good reason to assume that particular historic role, it will.


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CRM systems for SMEs
John Millis, IT Director, Cells4Life:
"We've been using a system from Sugar CRM since the beginning of 2012. By law we must keep records for 30 years after a client relationship ends and given that we're currently managing more than 20,000 contracts that's a lot of information! Taking into account compliance with government regulations, stringent European privacy laws, and the stewardship of potentially life-saving materials, we have a huge responsibility to handle an exponential amount of paperwork and data storage.
We needed a business platform that would automate processes, manage laboratory equipment and be a real asset to sales and marketing, and Sugar was the best option.
As a relatively small company, we need all the help we can get. We had to be certain that we were investing in an effective solution that would meet our needs as a business. Crucially, we needed a solution that was flexible and secure, so we spent a lot of time evaluating the CRM systems that might be suitable for the company. Providing the chosen system met the criteria and was affordable, we knew we'd be making a worthwhile investment.
The system has provided us and our staff with many benefits from recreating expensive laboratory management systems and automating marketing and sales processes to securely managing sensitive customer information. It is saving us a significant amount of time and money, and is helping us retain profitability in a growing and more competitive market. It has vastly improved the customer experience.
In terms of challenges I'd say initially retraining staff, particularly our office staff, to understand the concepts of a relational database versus the flat table system we had previously. They felt the new system required them to jump between more screens to get to the same sets of data. However, we are constantly improving our implementation to provide their needed data with fewer hops to other parts of the system.
As a private stem cell storage bank, we are trying to grow in a small, niche marketplace and expand that market and Sugar has the extensibility to enable us to do that."
Nadia Finer, Micro Business Coach:
"I use a variety of CRMs and also encourage my clients to use them! If you only have 1 or 2 customers or leads then it's okay not to have a CRM system but as you progress they are needed.
SME owners can find the systems confusing, complicated and daunting and don't see the benefits but sometimes it is not just about a CRM – they can be built in to systems which manage all aspects of your business such as invoicing, billing and calendars.
CRMs help me keep all my clients records in one place and tracks leads and means I don't have scraps of paper lying around or relying on spreadsheets with too much information. It helps you convert leads better.
As you grow your team it can also make it easier for you to share information with new staff and improve communications with clients. It can be embarrassing if a potential client receives two calls from two different people at a business because the relationship is not managed properly.
It is also about the time that you save. For example one CRM I use has an online group programme which can activate a workflow so it will ensure that my clients get a series of emails and I don't have to organize each one. It saves you loads of money.
I find online scheduling is another plus where clients can set and reschedule appointments using the CRM. It acts as a receptionist so we don't need to employ one!
My message is don't be afraid – the systems are easy to use, have friendly interfaces and are either free or with negligible monthly subscriptions. One of the systems I use is £19 a month."
Sally Newell, Founder, Simply Ice Cream:
"We've had a system called Highrise for three years now. Initially it was for existing customers to keep track of what they were ordering. It has now progressed to keeping records of all our telephone conversations, sales, who we have sent samples to and customer feedback.
Previously we just used paper documents, paper invoices and logging customer enquiries in a notepad. Things were getting missed.
Our main sales approach is to target farm shops or delis in a certain area, make a telephone call to enquire whether they sell ice cream and who their existing supplier is and if they want a sample. We capture all this on the CRM – the samples sent out, when received and then when we would make a follow up telephone call. We even put a dead lead file into the CRM and can analyse the information to see common threads which will help us going forward.
This is an ever evolving system and although we are not looking at tracking social media activity or mentions of our name it is something we are maybe looking at long-term.
I took a bit of persuading to get the CRM. I was worried if the computer went down because the broadband here is dreadful! It went down two days last week and you can't do anything.
But it is better than backtracking through stacks of paper. The information is there at the hit of a button and saves so much time. Also if someone leaves the company they don't take the information with them.
The more information you have the more knowledge you have."
Chris Cooper and Cathy Smith – Business First Partnership
"We've been using the RSS system for a year. Previous to that we had a pretty restrictive database system.
One advantage of the system is that it's suitable for multiple users and for use in remote locations. All the information is in front of our employees.
It also helps with our marketing campaigns analyzing data so we can find the best companies to target. We send out initial introductions and information on the company, organize conference calls and send PDFs to the clients. Before it was just lots of notes all over the place!
We also know that companies review their business travel requirements every 6 months, so with more information we can ensure we contact them only when it's convenient and when the approach is timely. It's better for them and for us.
We are also getting clients contacting us on Twitter. So we then send them a lead email and make a note on our CRM."
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This U.S. Army Corps of Engineers campground is open year round. From Dec. 1 thru Mar. 31, sites 1 - 23 are open. From April 1 thru November 30, all sites are open.
Watsadler Campground is located near the Hartwell Dam overlooking the "Big Water" section of the lake. This campground has a total of 51 sites, all with electric (50-amp) & water hook ups. Many sites in the campground are waterfront with a fantastic view of the lake! This campground features both single and double sites.
Other amenities for campers at this campground include: shower/restroom facilities, dump station, playgrounds, park attendant, and boat ramp with courtesy dock and security lighting.


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Fitness classes such as Combat Cardio combine self-defense techniques with intense exercises, bag work, jump ropes, resistance bands, and diverse drills.
Krav Maga Alliance/Worldwide
Led by Ryan Hardy, a certified krav maga instructor for 14 years, instructors guide clients through workouts where they slam 6-foot bags with fists and legs for 45 minutes. Alternatively, Combat Cardio classes incorporate more cardio and drills alongside fight techniques.


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Hi, I am unable to delete one the old snapshots in my virtualbox for windows7. I am getting the following error message "Failed to delete the snapshot X of the virtual machine VMX. Failed to perform an online medium merge (VERR_DEV_IO_ERROR).
Details: Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: Console Interface: lConsole{515e8e8d-f932-4d8e-9f32-79a52aead882}"
Let me know if any log files are required to be posted to you to resolve the same. Prior to 4.0.8 i was using 4.0.x and had the same issue.
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Homocystinuria is a disorder of metabolism. It causes low levels of a specific enzyme. These enzymes normally help to break down the amino acids methionine and homocysteine. This causes the buildup of these amino acids.
The most common form of homocystinuria is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme cystathionine beta-synthase.
Homocystinuria is a genetic disorder. Both parents must have the defective gene in order for the child to develop the condition. A number of genes have been identified such as CBS, MTHFR, MTR, MTRR, and MMADHC.
Homocystinuria is a disorder of metabolism. It causes low levels of a specific enzyme. These enzymes normally help to break down the amino acids methionine and homocysteine.
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Early treatment is important. Many states require that newborns be screened for homocystinuria. The test usually looks for high levels of methionine. If the test is positive, blood or urine tests can be done to confirm the diagnosis. These tests can detect high levels of methionine, homocysteine, and other sulfur-containing amino acids. Tests to detect an enzyme deficiency may be done as well.
Prenatal diagnosis of homocystinuria is available. It is done with samples taken during an amniocentesis or chorionic villi sample.
To look for potential complications, the following tests may also be done:
X-rays to look for bone problems- An eye exam to look for eye problems
Genetic counseling is advised for people with a family history of homocystinuria. The counselor will help you determine the risk your child has of developing homocystinuria.
Risk Factors
Homocystinuria is more common in New South Wales, Australia, and Ireland.
If both parents carry the faulty gene, there is a:
- 25% chance the child will be born with the disorder
- 50% chance the child will be a carrier of the faulty gene
The number and severity of symptoms vary. Symptoms may include:
- Visual problems
- Excessive bleeding
- Lightheadedness
- Flush across the cheeks, fair complexion
- Seizures
- Tall, thin build
- Delays in growth
- Long limbs
- High-arched feet
- Knock-knees
- Abnormal formation of the rib cage
- Protrusion of the chest over the sternum
- Developmental delays
- Learning disorders
- Intellectual disability
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A rusted iron bench sits in the back garden. I actually have sat here and contemplated what I am going to do next.
This is a cedar bench on that hot south side of my home, tropical plantings and raised bed. I do not sit here too often because of the heat.
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Noraduz (or Noratus) is a site in the region of Gegharkunik in Armenia near Lake Sevan.[1] It was formed a church dedicated to Sainte-mère-de-Dieu (built in the ninth century), and an exceptional site of medieval tombs. The tombstones are called Khachkars. Noraduz is the most important place for Khachkars in Armenia.
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Amy Sacco Is Single Again
Paula Froelich sticks up for close friend Amy Sacco in "Page Six" by making Sacco's ex-fiancé Luigi Di Carolis look like a dink. Parker Posey's dog peed on the floor of the Kiehl's shop in the East Village twice, and
Paula Froelich sticks up for close friend Amy Sacco in "Page Six" by making Sacco's ex-fiancé Luigi Di Carolis look like a dink. Parker Posey's dog peed on the floor of the Kiehl's shop in the East Village twice, and
New York is already prohibitively expensive to live in — why not make it prohibitively expensive to go to school here, too? In what looks like a domino effect started last month by NYU (where room and board now clock in at almost $50,000 a year), just about every institution of higher learning in the city has upped its cost by between 5 and 10 percent. Columbia will charge $37,410 in the next school year; Barnard is a bargain at $35,190. Fordham is yours for $32,530, Pace is just a little over $30,000. (Pace? $30K? Wow.) Combine this with a Pell grant program that's gone rather stingy in the Bush years, and it's clear that New York's reputation as a rich-kid playground is about to get another boost. Which is to say: You know we've always loved you, our new 18-year-old midwestern overlords, right? Can we buy you a soda pop? New York City Universities Hike Tuition, Fees [Crain's]
A lost-wallet study is not exactly a pinnacle of scientific research — you drop some wallets around a city, measure the rate of return, then make some piece-of-cake assumptions about society's moral fiber: People suck! In this case, however, the results yielded by a Barnard College study are too perfect not to mention. Students dropped 132 wallets in Chelsea, Crown Heights, the Upper East Side, Harlem, City Hall, and the Bronx. Only two wallets disappeared completely; the others were returned or ignored. And get this the two that were picked up and not returned were on the Upper East Side. They disappeared from blocks with a median family income of $126,000 a year. Inside each wallet? A MetroCard, a business card, and four whole dollars. Finder's Keepers? Not in New York [Barnard College]


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Boxing's return to Wembley next Saturday night will have a special significance for the future of the sport and for one of its main attractions, the Olympic middleweight champion James DeGale. It will be the first time he has fought in London since winning gold, and Frank Warren's first major promotion since the defection of flagship fighter Amir Khan to the United States. Warren intends to demonstrate with his parade of young stars that British boxing still has talent, and the loyalty card is not to be discarded like a used ticket stub. DeGale, who meets fellow southpaw Matthew Barr in his sixth pro fight, agrees: "I see this as my homecoming. Wembley is a stone's throw away from me and I've sold heaps of tickets. I'm determined to put on a performance to show just how good the game is right now." Like others in Warren's stable, DeGale, 25, is critical of Khan's move. "I respect Amir, he's a mate, but he could have shown more loyalty after what Frank did for him, especially after he was knocked out and Frank brought him right back to win the world title." Headliner Nathan Cleverly, who will challenge Italian Antonio Brancalion for the vacant European title, reveals that he, too, could have split with Warren when his then stablemate Joe Calzaghe walked away. But the brainy Welsh maths student did his sums and found it didn't add up. "If I was going to do it, it would have been then but we stuck together and the rewards are coming in," he said. The similarly unbeaten lightweight Kevin Mitchell, fresh from outsmarting Khan's nemesis Breidis Prescott, has signed a new deal with Warren and is on the brink of a world-title fight. First he has to dispose of the leading WBO contender, Ignacio Mendoza.
Sport's lordly ladies
Congratulations to Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, our greatest Paralympian, on her elevation to the House of Lords. She will sit with Britain's only other female sporting peer, Baroness Sue Campbell, chair of UK Sport. Curiously, both are renowned Labour supporters yet have chosen to occupy the cross-benches, wisely making a point, no doubt, that sport needs to rise above politics in Parliament.
Rugby's man of Steele
So successful has John Steele been as chief executive at UK Sport that he is certain to be in the frame to succeed Francis Baron as head of the Rugby Football Union. He is a rugby man at heart, a player, coach and then CEO at Northampton Saints, a director of Premier Rugby and the English Rugby Board and an England A fly-half. Perfect qualifications. But will the 44-year-old, who has climbed Everest, want to scale the giddy heights at the RFU with 2012, in which he has a key role in athletes' funding and welfare, looming?
Canada dry
The security operation at Vancouver's Winter Olympics will be the largest in Canada's history, involving 16,500 personnel, almost a third of them the famous Mounties. It is seen as something of a dry run for London 2012 – and if the snow doesn't start falling soon over the Rockies, that is exactly what it may be.
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Thursday, 15 July 2010
52 MMM Challenge Part 2 - Playdough
Well today I have made play dough for the sweetpeas. It has been quite a hectic week in the sweetpea household with middle sweetpea suffering an allergic reaction to a bee or wasp sting on her toe on Saturday afternoon. After seeing tracking marks of an infection heading up her leg and her foot looking like a balloon I rang the Dr and she is now on adult dose antibiotics for the week. They seem to be working but she has been very bored at home so is back at school today. She is hardly ever ill, before we went to the Dr she asked if it was the place I had gel put on my belly - that was when little sweetpea was in my tummy and she is now 2 1/2 years old! I am hoping this will be a nice surprise for her when she gets home. Sorry enough of my rambling - here is what I did.
I found a lovely tutorial on how to make this at Skip to my Lou , it is really good and simple to follow.
All you need is:
A cup of warm water
A cup of flour
1 teaspoon of oil
2 teaspoons cream of tartar (found this is the cake making section of Tesco after looking for ages)
1/4 cup of salt
Food colouring
All you need to do is mix these (apart from the food colouring) ingredients into a pan and then start to warm it up.
Keep stirring and it gets really sticky and hard to stir, when nearly all the water has evaporated take it off the heat. Let it cool and then take it out of the pan.
I then added a little glitter to mine, you can never have too much sparkle in your life :-)
You can then knead in the food colouring. You can cut it into as many pieces as you like dependent on how many colours you want to make. I cut mine in to two so that little Sweetpea can learn 2 new colours - I think 4 at once would just confuse her brain. I also used paste food colouring that I bought off e-bay to make cakes with, it is edible so is safe.
Here are the red and blue balls I made.
Just store them in an airtight container. I think I may start keeping those lovely coffee jars to store this in as it will also make fab pressies for Sweetpeas friends as she gets older and goes to parties.
She absolutely loved playing with it (and still is as I type). I am hoping the older ones love it just as much. Be warned however, make sure your little ones don't eat too much of it. Middle sweetpea was a child who loved to taste everything. Once when she was at pre-school she came home and pooed bright green for 2 days - when I asked what had she eaten she replied 'playdough'. When I asked why they hadn't stopped her she replied 'I hid under the table to eat it' :-). It is quite salty so I am surprised it didn't make her ill.
Really do give this a go if you have little ones, I so wish I had tried it so much sooner!
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Hmm, we've had rainbow-wax-lump poo from tasting crayons but no playdough poo yet! I love the fact that she hid while she ate it :) I remember ordering my family to close their eyes while we were having tea... so I could lick the jam off my knife without being told off!! I have tried making my own playdough, but it didn't go so well. It was not quite the same recipe though, so perhaps I should give this one a try next time.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely comments over at mine! I often make big batches of playdough for my daughters year 1 children at primary school,i love it so does my son "SHH he is 12" ..well your never to old to play eh! he still also loves plasticine he sits for ages and sculptures!!(Tony Heart and MORPH comes to mind!) Your wedding pics are lovely i must post a pic of my home made dress!oh yes about £6 yes thats all..fabric and trimmings were new and i also made my bouquet....i must go and find a pic!xx
ReplyDeleteI can't believe this is your first attempt at playdough! So fun, and just SOOOOO much better than the bought stuff. Try wrapping it in plastic wrap and keep it in the fridge...it will last longer that way. I think I'm going to have to go and make some now :) Have you ever made home-made slime?
ReplyDeleteYou have taken me back 10 years, I used to love making playdough for my 3 , sometimes with glitter in if we were feeling posh! I did it from necessity to save money but it wasnt cool in those days!
I have just found your lovely blog, nice to find someone crafty and into eco stuff like me, please visit me :)
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O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
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First Line: | God rest you merry, gentlemen |
Title: | God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen |
Publication Date: | 1994 |
Meter: | 8 6 8 6 8 6 with refrain |
Scripture: | Luke 2:6-18 |
Source: | English carol, 18th C. |
Language: | English |
Refrain First Line: | O tidings of comfort and joy |
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Name: | GOD REST YOU MERRY |
Harmonizer: | John Stainer, 1840-1901 |
Meter: | 8 6 8 6 8 6 with refrain |
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For years now Chinese authorities have been installing spying devices on all dual-plate Chinese-Hong Kong vehicles, enabling a vast network of eavesdropping across the archipelago, according to a Hong Kong newspaper.
The report in Apple Daily states that the recording devices began being installed as "inspection and quarantine cards" in July 2007. They were installed without charge by the Shenzhen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau on thousands of vehicles.
Smugglers were the first to note something strange about the devices. A source told Apple Daily that after the cards were installed mainland authorities had no trouble picking off the cars carrying illicit goods.
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