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Manufacturing is back and capacity utilization is tight around the world. But how can companies fulfill demand profitably? In many cases, traditional measurement approaches are no longer helping. Companies use old or broken metrics that do not do not allow full visibility into the manufacturing processes and do not focus directly on business value. By contrast, "Perfect Cost" is a strategic measure, using analytics and other assessment tools, to help organizations understand how they are tracking to the best possible manufacturing performance across the enterprise.
Many companies have much more capacity than they think they do. Accenture research shows that 63 percent of manufacturing executives plan to get more out of what they already have invested within their manufacturing and supply chain network. By getting the most out of existing facilities, companies can eliminate redundant capital investment in capacity and free it up for growth, innovation and increased competitiveness.
Perfect Cost enables companies to analyze performance of the manufacturing network to understand current costs and future "perfect" costs while understanding capacity to meet current and future demand.
Analytics-based examination of the manufacturing environment is conducted across multiple levers:
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Perfect Cost analysis is potentially a breakthrough method of finding extra capacity at a lower cost per unit in the manufacturing network. The following are keys to success:
Combine operational and financial metrics to measure the value of your manufacturing performance relative to perfect cost.
Identify the value that can be driven from manufacturing operations and rigorously measure progress toward that target.
Use analytics to gain better visibility into manufacturing value and opportunities.
Don't start with an arbitrary, fixed percentage for year-on-year improvement. Define value targets unique to your manufacturing environment and business goals.
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Russell Rasmus is a Managing Director in Accenture Strategy – Operations and leads the global Manufacturing practice. Russ has over 20 years of experience in manufacturing and supply chain management and has advised numerous clients in various industries on large and complex manufacturing and supply chain transformations. He holds a diploma in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University of Science and Technology. Russell resides in Kansas City.
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Rosita is hard to miss. She's extremely tall, long and yellow. And she was our home and transportation for a nine-week odyssey across South America.
Rosita is one of several custom-built vehicles that international adventure tour operator Tucan Travel use to take people on trips of a lifetime. I decided to sign on for the Rosita adventure because the idea of an overland trip appealed to me more than a trip that flies over everything -- I like to see the land and the people up close and personal. Our expedition began on the west coast and finished on the east, traversing six countries and 10,316 kilometres in 66 days.
It was, in a word, unforgettable.
We started our journey in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. A country that's regrettably overlooked in terms of tourism, Ecuador has some wonderful destinations: Misahualli on the Napo River, a tributary of the magnificent Amazon; Baños, where some of our group tried their skills at rock-climbing, whitewater rafting and canyoning in the shadow of the active volcano Tungurahua (which erupted last January); and Cuenca, home to the world-famous Panama hats.
Leaving the lush green mountains of Ecuador, I was shocked to cross the Peruvian border and encounter hundreds of miles of desert along the coast. Sandboarding and dune buggy-riding at Huacachina had me screaming with delight -- what a rush! Peru, famous for the Nazca Lines, Cuzco, the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu, has other fascinating destinations, such as the mud city of Chan Chan, the colonial city of Arequipa, the Sacred Valley and the floating Uros Islands of Lake Titicaca.
A few of us took the Lares Trek to Machu Picchu instead of the famous Inca Trail. I was initially disappointed to take the less famous route, but not for long. The Lares Trek is shorter, higher and less popular, and goes through several Andean villages. We felt like Santas, giving out small toys and flatbread to the village children who politely waited for us to pass by.
Bolivia is home to the endlessly fascinating La Paz, with its Witch's Market, Valley of the Moon and "Most Dangerous Road in the World." But it also has the city of Potosí, where we brought dynamite and alcohol to miners during a silver mine tour, and the mesmerizing Salar de Uyuni, the world's highest salt flats, which, during the rainy season, turns into the world's largest reflecting pool.
Salta, in Argentina, allowed me to not only indulge in delicious asado, Argentinian barbecue, but to ride with gauchos, zip-line over canyons, and whitewater raft down spectacular rivers. Then it was across the seemingly endless Chaco lowlands area into Paraguay and its tree-lined capital, Asunción.
Straddling the border of Argentina and Brazil, we experienced the gorgeous Iguazu Falls (275 of them during the rainy season!) on foot, in a boat (wearing our swimsuits) and by helicopter.
Parati, a pirate village on the Pacific coast, was the perfect respite before the dynamo that is Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time. Like most people, I had a preconceived image of what Carnival would be: skimpily clad women parading down the street. I was so wonderfully surprised and delighted by an awesome display of creativity and imagination, with 12 samba schools vying for a championship over two nights of competition. It made an extraordinary end to our unforgettable journey.
Wendy Rockburn is a theatre stage manager who lives in Orléans. She visited South America last winter.
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Getting there: Delta Airlines flies to Quito from Ottawa and back from Rio, both ways through Atlanta.
The overland trip: Go to www.tucantravel.com to order a catalogue. In Canada, you book through Trek Escapes in Toronto (1-866-338-TREK or www.trekescapes.com). The trip I took was called "Sumac."
Cost: This 62-night trip cost $3,500, plus a local payment of $1,400 U.S., with an optional four-day add-on if your trip coincides with Rio's Carnival. About 65 per cent of nights are spent in hotels, 35 per cent camping.

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You'll find them around the country and around the world, and in every career track. They were motivated and inspired by our faculty and they are driven by Keene State's motto: Enter to learn – go forth to serve. They are making a difference and they are proud of it.
Heidi Welch '96
Not only was Heidi Welch the New Hampshire State Teacher of the Year in 2012, she attended a ceremony at the White House in April as one of four finalists for the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) National Teacher of the Year award.
Heidi teaches 9–12 grade music at Hillsboro-Deering High School in Hillsboro, NH, and is a member of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). She returns to her alma mater this fall as an adjunct professor. More
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Ever wonder how the elaborate Super Bowl halftime shows are produced? Just ask Anthony Bishop '94, art director for the 2012 halftime extravaganza. With more than 111,000,000 viewers, Anthony organized a halftime show that featured a parade of centurions, heavy-metal seraphim, men walking on men, bleacher-bouncing gymnasts, tightrope dancing by a man in a toga, and Madonna's own cheerleaders, all on a tiered stage pulsing with light. Where did Anthony get his start? He was a theatre and dance major at Keene State College! More
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According to Jennifer Dunnington '93, there are some advantages to studying film at Keene State where the classes are small. Jennifer brought many interests and talents to KSC, including music and dance, but eventually settled in as a film major. Because of the size of KSC classes, Jennifer was able to explore several aspects of movie making and combine her interests, finding her niche as a motion picture music editor. She now works closely with composers, directors, and picture editors throughout the editing process, to maintain the integrity and power of the music in a film. And Jennifer has built quite a portfolio of projects since leaving Keene State. She put the music in Hugo, The Departed, and The Hobbit, among her many projects. More
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Peter Beauchamp graduated in 2006 with a bachelor of arts in English. This fall, Peter begins a Karpatkin Fellowship at the American Civil Liberties Union, where he will work on civil rights lawsuits and policy initiatives as a member of the Racial Justice Program. Peter graduated summa cum laude from New York Law School (NYLS) in 2010, where he was an editor on the New York Law School Law Review, a John Marshall Harlan Honors Scholar, and a Racial Justice Project Fellow. His article, "Misinterpreted Justice: The Problematic Use of Islamic Legal Experts in American Trial Courts," was published in the New York Law School Law Review and was recognized with the school's graduation prize for the best published student writing. From 2010-2012, he was a law clerk to United States Magistrate Judge Joan M. Azrack of the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. He is currently a law clerk to United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto of the Eastern District of New York.


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biedrins will be great? I think best case scenario for Andris is like 10 ppg, 7 rpg, 2 bpg. the cat is better than foyle, but he's not "great"
that is GREAT best legit thing we would have in a long time and dont give me dampier crap cuz he got his stats bloated cuz muph wasnt there
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You know those annoying news flashes that creep across the bottom of your television screen while you're trying to watch some educational program like Samantha Who or the Big Bang Theory? And you miss something significant when a blurb catches your attention and you have to TiVo back to catch up? Don't you hate that?
Well, I usually do too, but this morning I was distracted from Good Morning America by this brief little message that said research has discovered that cheerfulness is contagious. That's welcome news, I thought, cheerfully, especially as it scrolled across the screen behind the latest figures from Wall Street.
I think the news also was timed to drop during the Christmas season, which is supposed to be a time of great cheer, but is often a time of great stress instead.
It came on a day when I had a meeting scheduled with a broker to review the dismal state of my IRA and I also had an appointment to get a cortisone injection into my increasingly balky right shoulder. And it was cold and I don't like cold. So I needed a dose of cheerfulness.
Good to know that cheerfulness is contagious. Now the question would be: Am I a carrier or contractor?
At that early hour no one was around, or at least awake, from whom I could contract a bit of cheer. I decided I had to be the catalyst so I had another cup of coffee and started slogging through the e-mail that accumulates in my computer overnight, not always a pleasant activity.
I soon found myself in cheerful online banter, however, exchanging bad puns with my good friend Roger Haldenby, at Plains Cotton Growers. And my colleague at Delta Farm Press, Ed Phillips, a great American, and I soon exchanged some pleasantries of a somewhat literary nature. Several of us e-commented on an e-mail gag regarding how a man likely would hang Christmas lights, all this while trying to put the finishing touches on a story regarding dismal economic projections.
Nothing, I cheerfully thought, would make me grumpy today.
I made my appointment with the shoulder surgeon and tried not to grimace while he attempted to pull my shoulder out of joint. Chuckling and groaning in pain at the same time stretches the limits of cheer, but I managed.
I informed the waitress at the barbecue joint where I had a pulled pork sandwich for lunch that she served the best pulled pork this side of North Carolina. Cheered her right up. She called me sweetheart.
I saw Christmas decorations. That always cheers me up. Some people admit to being a bit crotchety at Christmas, something to do with stress and hectic schedules and spending too much money. I understand that, but I still get happy around the first of December and stay that way until February, the month I reserve for curmudgeonry.
This should be a time of cheer, after all. That's what Christmas is about, cheerfulness, wonder and hope. And if we can put all that business of economic doom and gloom, stress and hectic schedules on a back burner for a few days, we might have time to remember that.
We face a lot of things we can't do much about, but Christmas reminds us that we always do better when we concentrate on others. So, Merry Christmas. Cheer up. And pass it on.
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Does this sound like separation anxiety (sleep)?
DD is almost 21 mos and has been sleeping STTN 7p-7a for almost a year (with notable exceptions while teething). Occasionally (1/week?) she'll wake up, generally b/c she can't find her lovey blanky. We go in, hand it to her, she rolls over and goes back to sleep. Generally a solid 2 hour nap 12-2 or thereabouts - with me, DH, or daycare. Minimal fuss at naptime/bedtime... into crib awake and generally falls asleep quickly.
But for the past two weeks:
-She has skipped naps twice... just sailed straight through after 1 hour of screaming. No appearances of being tired early, either.
-Probably 2 nights out of 3, she puts up a serious fight at bedtime. Stalling tactics (re-reading books, get baby, get Pooh, get water, get baby...) and general attitude (no prayers! no sit! no rock!). At least 30 mins of hysterical screaming once she's in the crib. She throws things out, etc.
-Almost every night this week, she has woken up around 11p screaming, shrieking, inconsolable and looking for ME. Generally she is just as happy with DH as me, but at these times his presence only makes her crazier. She IS awake... I don't think these are sleep terrors. She's not saying/doing anything that gives us a clue.
-When I go in, she does not quiet until I pick her up (which is soooooo against house rules, but oh well). Rocking and snuggling calms her down immediately. As I put her back in her crib she says to me, "mommy night-night?" meaning will I lay down next to her crib until she's asleep. Well, really I think she would prefer all night long. Laying down for 20-30 mins seems to be the ONLY thing that keeps her calm enough to drift off. Once she's asleep I sneak out and she sleeps for the rest of the night, wakes up happy.
She is not sick, teething, wet, poopy, hungry, etc. Has not received any vax in the past 3 mos. Does not actually appear to be afraid of the dark or actively dislike her crib (plays "night-night" happily during the day and has no issues with lights off). Nothing else in her life has changed (no big moves, new babies, new people). The only thing I can think of, is she DID spend a long weekend with her grandparents 3 weeks ago. They claim she had no sleep issues and was a perfect angel. And I did not sneak out for the long weekend while she was asleep...
She does not appear to have any other "manifestations" of separation anxiety - during the day she is not noticeably clingy or fearful, etc. Could this be something else? Any tips? We do not co-sleep or CIO and DH is available (but lately has felt frustrated/rejected by his princess, lol).
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Could it just be the age? Isn't there sleep regression around 2? (maybe not I could be seriously making this up! Haha)
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Re: Does this sound like separation anxiety (sleep)?
There is a sleep regression around 2 and it generally deals with anxiety and parents often having to stay in the room while the child falls asleep. I have no practical experience with this one as DD has not gone through it. I suppose we have more time, she's just turned 2, but let's hope not.
A lot of parents do the whole 'sit in a chair' while the kid falls asleep and slowly move the chair closer to the door, then eventually halfin/halfout of the room and then not staying there at all. It's an option - I don't know if it would work for you.
Some of the rest of the things sound semi normal. For instance, DD skips naps all the time. Well, it's on average 1-2x a week and she's fine for the rest of the day. She's not in a crib though, so she actually gets out of bed and reads her books and plays with her toys and I allow it. I call it 'quiet time' and practice for when she gives up naps altogether. She can't often skip too many or it catches up with her.
She also gets into this whole 'no cuddles, no hugs, no kisses' tantrum sometimes at bedtime or even naptime. We just lay her in bed, give her kisses and tell her to have a good night.
You might think about moving bedtime if she's resisting constantly. 7-7 is about 1 hour longer than DD sleeps. She goes to bed at 8 and well, these days, is up at 6:30. Of course, not every child needs the same bedtime, so it might not work, but I cannot imagine trying to put her down at 7 - my DD is not sleepy enough for bedtime that early. Only you can be the judge of that for your daughter, but I'd consider it.
Another thing - do you ever put the stuff back in her crib after she throws it out? I would not. If DD throws her bear (her lovey) off the changing table (yes, I still use one with a 2yo ) and starts screaming for bear, I make her say 'please bear' before I will get it. So atleast she knows she can't just throw things and then ask for them. Sometimes I will make her wait to get bear back until after the change is completed because she threw him - but that obviously wouldn't be what you'd want for bedtime.
I don't know if any of that helps, hope it does!
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My daughter got night terrors about then. It was like wasn't awake and shrieking. I would have to clap or pick her up to get her to snap out of it
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Sounds like she's turning into a two year old. I'd set firm boundries now and try to stick with them so that bedtime doesn't become a power struggle. With naps I'd just say play it by ear. Maybe she doesn't need one because she's sleeping 12 hours at night? Some kids stop naps early others continue well into childhood.
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Thanks all... It makes me feel a tiny bit better, having a reminder that this is normal!
DH does not function well when sleep deprived, but pitches in 50% at night. Her rejection of him at night is not helping things... he feels resentment, guilt, etc.
The "staying in the room til she falls asleep" is reasonably do-able and we have done it in the past. I'm just concerned that she gets dependent on it... she is now specifically asking me to stay and telling me to sit down.
I do generally toss the blanky back in the crib, and usually it's one toss and then she goes to sleep, but not lately. I don't hand it to her, though - I toss it over her shoulder so she has to bend down to get it (and hopefully stay down)!
We did chat on the issue at 430 this morning, when DD insisted that she was awake for the day, uggggh. DH is convinced that teething is still PART of the issue (she's been working on incisors and molars for so long it's just status quo around here) but it turns out that daycare has been letting her take 2.5-3 hour naps. Those need to be limited to 2 hours in our opinion - I think it's contributing to "I'm tired but feel like I just woke up" later in the evening. Maybe we'll push bedtime back a tiny bit.
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I'm in the same boat with my 27 mo old. She used to be a champion sleeper but the past two months....arg! Pretty much every thing the OP talked about my LO is doing too.
It seems to have gotten better the past few days. Knock on wood.
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Mocavo Plus makes it easy to exclude my blog posts from the results. On the Advanced Search tab is a field to enter exclusions. I typed "Desperately Seeking" in the exclusion box and my blog posts were eliminated from the results. I chose not to type in my full blog name, as I was afraid putting the word "Surnames" in the exclusion box may eliminate some valid results.
Without using the exclusion box, Baudermann returned 886 search results. When I exclude Desperately Seeking I have 64 results. I may have gone a little overboard in posting about this family! In addition to fewer links to review, I can tell their relevance immediately. I see website addresses for: Find A Grave, Ancestry.com, Genforum and Rootsweb...exactly the sources I am looking for. What a time saver! Mocavo is acting as my research assistant and "screening" my results, I like that.
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Ok, I said I was waiting for an official announcement to make a thread, and could it be a better one than the final screen of the last episode itself ?
Hayate no Gotoku gets its our greatly anticipated, hoped, wished and of course deeply appreciated Season 2 !
Discuss the matter here with all of your hearts' content.
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Not only i, but a good number of members here for a long time now have been saying how badly a second season should happen. They still have plenty of manga material to come across, together with the anime original material which seems to balance perfectly together with manga material.
I say damn about time they announced it. This has made my year.
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*Hopes for 26-ep manga storyline adaptation* Though its more likely we'll have more of the same hijinks they gave us...
lol, They aren't even saying what form will it materialise in. OVA? TV? Movie even?
Not bursting everyone's bubble here but hey, anything can happen.
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taking SR for example, how long did they take to announce a 3rd season? 3 years? i just hope that the apr 2 announcement will have something concrete (and hopefully in this year^^), and not just "We proudly announce that we have begun working on Hayate no Gotoku Season II, fans out there please wait for further announces", then they release a 1 episode OVA sometime round fall, and we dun hear from this show again til 2k9 ;/
somehow waiting a week - 3 months - 3 years til a new episode/chapter/stupid licensing finally catching up etc, wracks my nerves
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Solder is used to connect electric wires or other metal parts together. Solder poisoning occurs when someone swallows solder in large amounts. It can also cause burns to the skin.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Poisonous Ingredient
- Antimony
- Bismuth
- Cadmium
- Copper
- Ethylene glycol
- Lead
- Mild acids
- Silver
- Tin
- Zinc
Where Found
- Solder
Note: This list may not include all sources of solder.
Symptoms for lead:
- Bladder and kidneys
- Kidney damage
- Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and throat
Metallic taste Vision problems
- Yellow eyes (jaundice)
- Gastrointestinal
Abdominal pain
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Excessive thirst
- Loss of appetite
- Vomiting
- Weight loss
- Heart and blood
Collapse Convulsions High blood pressure Low blood pressure
- Muscles and joints
Paralysis Muscle aches Fatigue Weakness
- Joint pain
- Nervous system
Coma Confusion Excitability Hallucinations
- Headache
- Irritability
- Lack of desire to do anything
- Sleeping difficulty
- Tremor
- Twitching
Uncoordinated movements
- Skin
- Pale skin
- Yellow skin
Symptoms for tin and zinc chloride:
- Bladder and kidneys
- Decreased urine output
- No urine output
- Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and throat
- Burns in mouth and throat
- Yellow eyes (jaundice)
- Gastrointestinal
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Skin
- Yellow skin
Symptoms for ethylene glycol:
- Disturbance in the acid balance of the blood (can lead to failure of many organs)
- Kidney failure
Symptoms for cadmium:
- Kidney damage
- Reduced brain function or intelligence
- Reduced lung function
- Softening of the bones and kidney failure (itai-itai disease)
Symptoms for bismuth:
- Diarrhea
- Eye irritation
- Kidney damage
- Metallic taste
- Skin irritation
Symptoms for silver:
- Greyish-black staining of the skin and mucus membranes (argyria)
- Silver deposits in the eyes (argyrosis)
Symptoms for antimony:
- Chemical burns
- Depression
- Dizziness
- Headache
- Irritation of mucous membranes
- Stomach problems
Symptoms for copper:
- Fever
Home Treatment
Seek immediate medical help. Do NOT make a person throw up unless told to do so by poison control or a health care professional.
If the chemical is on the skin or in the eyes, flush with lots of water for at least 15 minutes.
If the chemical was swallowed, immediately give the person water, unless instructed otherwise by a health care provider. Do NOT give water if the patient is having symptoms (such as vomiting, convulsions, or a decreased level of alertness) that make it hard to swallow.
Before Calling Emergency
Determine the following information:
- Patients age, weight, and condition
- Name of the product (ingredients and strengths, if known)
- Time it was swallowed
- Amount swallowed
Poison Control, or a local emergency number
The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
What to expect at the emergency room
The health care provider will measure and monitor your vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate. You may receive:
- Activated charcoal
- Breathing tube
- Bronchoscopy -- camera down the throat to see burns in the airways and lungs
- Dialysis
- Endoscopy -- camera down the throat to see burns in the esophagus and the stomach
- Fluids by IV
- Medicine (antidote) to reverse the effect of the poison
- Oxygen
- Surgical removal of burned skin (skin debridement)
- Tube through the mouth into the stomach to wash out the stomach (
gastric lavage)
- Washing of the skin (irrigation) -- perhaps every few hours for several days
Expectations (prognosis)
How well you do depends on the amount of poison swallowed and how quickly treatment is received. The faster you get medical help, the better the chance for recovery.
Outcomes depend on the type of poison swallowed:
- Ethylene glycol is extremely poisonous.
- Complete recovery from lead poisoning takes a year or more. It may cause permanent brain damage.
- If the amount of zinc or tin swallowed is low, recovery should occur within approximately 6 hours.
- Skin color changes due to silver poisoning are permanent.
- Long-term poisoning with antimony and cadmium may lead to lung cancer.
- Recovery from acid poisoning depends on how much tissue has been damaged.
Jacobsen D, Hovda KE. Methanol, ethylene glycol, and other toxic alcohols. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchesters Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 32.
Hall AH, Shannon MW. Other heavy metals. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchesters Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 75.
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The St. Cloud State football team trounced the University of Minnesota-Crookston 55-6 Saturday afternoon to improve to 5-1 on the season. On Monday, the Huskies reappeared on the AFCA poll at #25.
SCSU had fallen out of the rankings after October 5th's loss at Duluth. They will head to Bismarck Saturday for a game with the University of Mary.


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Chiang Mai → To Chiang Rai Jan 29, 2019
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- Please come 60 minutes before the departure time.
- The operator will not accept baggage that is flammable, pets, illegal weapons, strong smelling food, objects that contain liquids, fragile packages, and packages that are too big or too heavy to be transported.
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This operator uses intensive air conditioning to avoid water condensation in the mountains caused by high humidity in the air. It can be very cold in the bus!
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Built to a superior standard, Emperor Elite is perfect if you are looking for a liveaboard diving holiday that goes well beyond your expectations.
Custom designed with the diver in mind, Elite is a 37m boat accommodating a maximum of 24 guests in 11 twin berth cabins and a double master suite. Sailing from Hurghada and Marsa Ghalib ports, you can choose from several itineraries for your next diving holiday, these include Simply the Best, Just Brothers, South & St Johns and Reefs & Wrecks.
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Accommodation comprises of 11 twin berth cabins and a double master suite. All cabins are ensuite and air-conditioned, and have a flat screen TV with media player and two towels per guest.
Emperor Elite is a spacious boat with free Wi-Fi (available where there is a signal), 3 sundecks, a dive deck with platform, 2 air-conditioned salons and an air-conditioned dining room where good food and free wine with dinner is served.
She has all the diving and safety equipment including two large RIBs with outboards and is also equipped with Nitrox and can handle tech diving on request.
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Dec. 22--MABANK -- Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation officials donated $3,500 from its annual Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake airshow and golf tournament with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Hope For The Warriors.
"When our foundation contacted the military to find out which organizations provided the highest percentage of funds to their outreach programs, Hope For The Warriors was high on the Charity Navigator listing," said Phil Becker, an Army veteran and Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation board member, in a press release. "We admire the approach that Gus has to seek out, assist and follow through on the needs of our post-9/11 service members and their families."
One of three benefiting nonprofits, Hope For The Warriors, is a national nonprofit "dedicated to restoring a sense of self, family and hope for veterans, service members and military families," the press release shows.
Since 2011, the Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation has donated $22,000 to Hope For The Warriors and its programs. The primary fundraiser for the Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation, the Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake airshow is entirely over water with civilian and military aircraft.
"The mission of the Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation is to honor the courageous men and women who have served to protect our American freedoms and to be of direct benefit to the survivors of those warriors by providing financial support to agencies responsible for their care and nurture."
Celebrating 11 years of service, Hope For The Warriors helps veterans, service members and military families with a variety of programming including transition services, clinical health and wellness, sports and recreation and community development and engagement.
"When Hope For The Warriors started 11 years ago, we dreamed of organizations like the Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation continuing to support our initiatives year after year," said Robin Kelleher, co-founder and president of the nonprofit organization. "Most importantly, the Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation is truly impacting the well-being of the many veterans, service members and families who have bravely served and sacrificed for our country."
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Along the theme of All-stars wishlist, if All-Stars was S8, what would your choices be Mine would be: TAR1 Nancy & EmilyTAR2 Oswald & DannyTAR2 Blake & PaigeTAR3 John Vito & JillTAR3 Ken & GerardTAR4 Jon & AlTAR5 Charla & MirnaTAR5 Colin & ChristieTAR6 Kris & JonTAR7 Uchenna & JoyceTAR7 Rob & AmberTAR7 Brian & Greg
Here is a list of teams I think that could be considered for the next Unfinished Business:Liz & Marie > They went broke because a taxi driver ripped them off in ThailandAndy & Tommy > All other taxi drivers worked together by luck in PanamaAmani & Marcus > Marcus couldn't quite figure out the airplane simulator in AtlantaMisa & Maya > Couldn't see the pit stop from 200 feet away in ArgentinaDave & Cherie > Bus broke down blowing off a lead in ArgentinaMark & Bopper > Mark couldn't dance causing them to fall way behind in IndiaVanessa & Ralph > Vanessa struggled in the Roadblock in Japan because of her injured ankle.
Doesn't did topic say WISHLIST! My wish is that Vanessa & Ralph somehow come back and participate in All Stars 2
From Season 19:Andy & TommyBill & CathiSeason 20:Bopper & MarkThe producers liked Joey & Danny - they even got their own exit montage! I warmed up to them, and that's saying something because I didn't like them from the start. But this is all-stars! It would be waste to put them inI guess I'm ok if Marcus & Amani make it back. Just watch out for more football analogies
Brian & Ericka: Because I want that annoying bitch to be in the mix.
I don't see the point to call Anne Marie and Tracy/ Joseph and Grace back.
If another person puts Vanessa and Ralph on their wish list, I'm going to scream. Doesn't everybody know that they broke up? I'm pretty sure they won't reconcile.
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The 23rd PMPC Star Awards for Television was held at the Pagcor Grand Theater, on Ninoy Aquino Ave., in Paranaque City last night, November 29. The program proper was slightly delayed, starting at past 7.m., to welcome attendees coming from faraway northside of the metropolis, including representatives from both giant networks ABS-CBN and GMA-7.
As in years past, this year's Star Awards for TV is a battle between 2 and 7, with the Kapamilya network now taking lead over its rival, Kapuso network, for the highest honors—the Best Station Award.
Also in the Kapamilya stable were the big winners of the night: veteran actress Ms. Gina Pareno, Best Drama Actress (for Tayong Dalawa, aired for nine months on ABS-CBN) and young actor Coco Martin, Best Drama Actor (also for Tayong Dalawa); Luis Manzano, Best Male Host (for ASAP '08) and Valerie Concepcion, Best Female Host (for Wowowee).
The long-running Maalaala Mo Kaya was named Best Drama Anthology and last year's edition of ASAP was adjudged Best Musical-Variety Show of the year.
ABS-CBN won a total of 27 awards.
GMA-7, on the other hand, garnered a total of 17 trophies, notably for the documentary program I-Witness and its hosts composed of Kara David, Jay Taruc, Sandra Aguinaldo, and Howee Severino; the Best Magazine Show and Host for the long-running Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho; Best Youth-oriented Program for Ka-Blog; and Best Host in an educational program (Kap's Amazing Stories) for Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr.
Other TV networks also figured in this year's awards: Q 11 with Balik-bayan, hosted by Drew Arellano (Best Travel Show and Host) and Day-Off, Best Reality Program.
UNTV 37 won an award for Ben Tulfo's Bitag Live (Best public service program host) and Net 25 clinched an award for the hosting chore of Janice de Belen in Sunday's Spoon.
TV5 was represented by actor-host Ryan Agoncillo whose talent search show Talentadong Pinoy scored a double victory, as Best Talent Search Show and Best Talent Search Show Host. Another winner from TV5 was the horror-fantasy program Midnight DJ.
Performers of the event, among many others, included Arnel Pineda and Charice; the Star Magic talents led by Piolo Pascual, Bea Alonzo, Vina Morales, and Sam Milby; top balladeer Jed Madela, Laarni Lozada, Sheryn Regis, Bugoy Drilon, Yeng Constantino; the Giggers Boys, Allan K and the EB Babes; and Nina and Richard Poon who sang the Best Teleserye Theme Song medley.
Produced by VIP Access Media and directed by Erick Salud, the 23rd Star Awards for Television 2009 has a delayed program telecast on ABS-CBN's Sunday's Best. It is an undertaking of the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC), headed by entertainment writer-columnist, Roldan Castro.
Here's the complete list of winners:
Best CHILDREN SHOW: Art Angel (GMA-7)
Best CHILDREN SHOW HOST: Pia Arcangel, Tonipet Gaba, and Krystal Reyes (Art Angel, GMA-7)
Best EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM: Matanglawin (ABS-CBN)
Best EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM HOST: Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. (Kap's Amazing Stories, GMA-7)
Best TRAVEL SHOW: Balik-Bayan (Q 11)
Best TRAVEL SHOW HOST: Drew Arellano (Balik-Bayan, Q 11)
Best REALITY PROGRAM: Day Off (Q 11)
Best REALITY PROGRAM HOST: Paolo Bediones (Survivor Philippines, GMA-7)
Best LIFESTYLE SHOW: Events Incorporated (Q 11)
Best LIFESTYLE SHOW HOST: Tim Yap and Sam Oh (Events Incorporated, Q 11)
Best MORNING SHOW: Umagang Kay Ganda (ABS-CBN)
Best MORNING SHOW HOST/S: Edu Manzano, Pinky Webb, Bernadette Sembrano, Rica Peralejo, Donita Rose, Kim Atienza, Alex Santos, Anthony Taberna, Winnie Cordero, and Ginger Conejero (Umagang Kay Ganda, ABS-CBN)
Best PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM: Probe Profiles (ABS-CBN)
Best PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM HOST: Cheche Lazaro (Probe Profiles, ABS-CBN)
Best MAGAZINE SHOW: Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (GMA-7)
Best MAGAZINE SHOW HOST: Jessica Soho (Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho, GMA-7)
Best DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM: I-Witness: The GMA Documentaries (GMA-7)
Best DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM HOST: Kara David, Jay Taruc, Sandra Aguinaldo, and Howie Severino (I-Witness: The GMA Documentaries, GMA 7)
Best DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL: Walang Iwanan (ABS-CBN)
Best PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM: ImBestigador (GMA-7)
Best PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM HOST: Ben Tulfo (Bitag Live, UNTV 37)
Best NEWS PROGRAM: TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN)
Best MALE NEWSCASTER: Julius Babao (TV Patrol World, ABS-CBN)
Best FEMALE NEWSCASTER: Vicky Morales (Saksi, GMA-7)
Best YOUTH-ORIENTED PROGRAM: Ka-Blog (GMA 7)
Best HORROR /FANTASY PROGRAM: Midnight DJ (TV 5)
Best TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM: Talentadong Pinoy (TV 5)
Best TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM HOST: Ryan Agoncillo (Talentadong Pinoy, TV 5)
Best NEW MALE TV PERSONALITY: Zaijian Jaranilla (May Bukas Pa, ABS-CBN) & JR de Guzman (Midnight DJ, TV 5)
Best NEW FEMALE TV PERSONALITY: Maricar Reyes (Precious Hearts Romance Presents Presents: Bud Brothers, ABS-CBN)
Best CELEBRITY TALK SHOW: SiS (GMA-7)
Best CELEBRITY TALK SHOW HOST: Janice de Belen (Spoon, Net 25)
Best VARIETY / GAME SHOW: Wowowee (ABS-CBN)
Best GAME SHOW HOST: Richard Gomez (Family Feud, GMA-7)
Best GAG SHOW: Banana Split (ABS-CBN) & Bubble Gang (GMA-7)
Best SHOWBIZ-ORIENTED SHOW: SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon (ABS-CBN)
Best MALE SHOWBIZ-ORIENTED SHOW HOST: Boy Abunda (SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon, ABS-CBN)
Best FEMALE SHOWBIZ-ORIENTED SHOW HOST: Toni Gonzaga (Entertainment Live, ABS-CBN)
Best COMEDY SHOW: Ful Haus (GMA-7)
Best COMEDY ACTOR: Pooh (Banana Split, ABS-CBN)
Best COMEDY ACTRESS: Rufa Mae Quinto (Bubble Gang, GMA-7)
Best DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: Pieta (ABS-CBN)
Best DRAMA MINI-SERIES: Your Song Presents: My Only Hope (ABS-CBN)
Best DRAMA ANTHOLOGY: Maalaala Mo Kaya (ABS-CBN)
Best MUSICAL VARIETY SHOW: ASAP '08 (ABS-CBN)
Best MALE TV HOST: Luis Manzano (ASAP '08, ABS-CBN)
Best FEMALE TV HOST: Valerie Concepcion (Wowowee, ABS-CBN)
Best PRIMETIME TV SERIES: May Bukas Pa (ABS-CBN)
Best SINGLE PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR: Joross Gamboa (Maalaala Mo Kaya: "Bisikleta" episode, ABS-CBN)
Best SINGLE PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS: Gretchen Barretto (Maalaala Mo Kaya: "Salamin" episode, ABS-CBN) & Sunshine Dizon (Obra Presents: Sunshine Dizon, "Butch" episode, GMA 7)
Best DRAMA ACTOR: Coco Martin (Tayong Dalawa, ABS-CBN)
Best DRAMA ACTRESS: Gina Pareño (Tayong Dalawa, ABS-CBN)
Best TV STATION: ABS-CBN
Special awardees:
Hall of Fame Award for Eat... Bulaga! (GMA-7)
Ading Fernando Lifetime Achievement Award for Star Magic's Johnny Manahan
Excellence in Broadcasting Award for Vice-President Noli de Castro
Stars of the Night: Piolo Pascual (Male) and Anne Curtis (Female)
Faces of the Night: John Lloyd Cruz (Male) and Sunshine Dizon (Female)


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Food - what REALLY matters...
This Is The Truth About Food and Health... As You Have Never Heard It Before!
Foods can and do HURT. Let me teach you about how to choose the right foods for you... forget what you've read. YOUR OWN BODY will tell you what it wants, if you do this properly!
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Introduces his amazing world-class food regime, that's been proved the best diet, over and over the last 32 years.
I was one of the pioneers in the food allergy "movement" in the 1970s and 1980s. I had more fun as a doctor and cured more real disease than I ever did with the stuff I learned at medical school.
I learned that probably the most important thing about nutrition is not what you are lacking but what you are eating that you shouldn't! This is a complete 180-degree turnaround from usual teaching.
The truth is that most of us in the developed world eat far too much any way. It's not a question of food lack or nutrient deficiency but of OVERLOAD.
Most of what we eat is bad for us and sets up relentless inflammation in our bodies. Today we understand that this goes far beyond just "food allergy". We know about small genetic variations, called SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms), which handicap our ability to metabolize certain select foods.
We are all different: that's the number one lesson I have for the world. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A HEALTHY DIET. What is good for one person will make another seriously ill.
So how do we deal with that? You need a system that will enable you to work out what's right for YOUR body and what foods to avoid. If you take the trouble to do this, the rewards are enormous. You'll feel decades younger, sharper mentally, it's great for the complexion and great at staving off aging (I'm 66; do I look it?)
Inflammation Is The Enemy
We now understand that the secret to living a long and healthy life is not vitamins, growth hormone, emotional cleansing, tender loving care (TLC) or even exercize. They all help, of course they do!
But it's pretty clear to doctors who know their stuff what the number one anti-aging factor is: you need to keep inflammation to an absolute minimum. So eating foods that stress up and inflame your body is not a good thing to do. Yet almost everyone does it.
The nutrition gurus all babble on about this or that regime and seem blythely unaware that their recommendations can wreck health (Steven Pratt's successful Superfoods book includes two foods that are absolutely bad in this respect).
Inflammation is an insidious disease process that goes on in all tissues and organs and greatly accelerates change and decay. Most of the diseases which are hallmarks of decay and aging have a strong inflammatory component. Cancer, heart disease, arthritis, arteriosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes (yes, you read those last two right)… these are all, essentially, inflammatory diseases.
Inflammation can be caused by allergies, parasites, intolerant substances, chemical pollutants, electrical and magnetic field burdens, microbes (especially hidden chronic infections) and a host of other factors.
And inflammation is cooled down by important nutrients like omega-3 fatty acids. Now you know why they work!
But the number one trigger of inflammation in our bodies is FOODS! Over 90% of the population are affected by this, in some degree or other.
So What Can We Do About Chronic Inflammation?
Reduce the inflammatory load!
There is one very easy and amazingly successful way to do this, as I discovered in the late 1970s. You can do it. You don't even need a doctor to help you, as Beata's testimonial proves. It's all in my powerful self-help book "Diet Wise".
If you carry out the steps correctly you'll look and feel years younger within a matter of a couple of weeks. Patients I showed this to, back then, had amazing positive reactions from their friends and family: "What are you on? I want some!" and "You look ten years younger. What is your secret?"
Men looked fitter and more "present"; women looked sexier, with fewer lines and more energy, despite long hours in the kitchen or at the office.
You need to get rid of these inflammatory and badly tolerated foods.
So you see, this is NOT the same story as eating right for your type, the blood group diet, food combining or acid vs. alkaline foods, OR ANY OTHER DIET "THEORY".
In fact this shows why all other diet theories are wrong and make lots of people ill. As well as all the success stories that are touted around, there are people made so sick on every single diet plan they have to give it up. I know, because they came to me, instead of complaining to the author of that plan!
Why does this happen? Because set diet plans don't work for everyone. There are always some people who react badly to the allowed foods; the ones that are supposed to be good for you!
Why diet plans sometimes work
What I am going to reveal to you here is actually the reason that good diet plans will sometimes work and why almost any group of people, when changing their diet, will get some successes.
It's just a case of getting the right result for the wrong reason.
By "eating right for your type", for example, you give up certain foods. If you are lucky, you'll accidentally eliminate one that was causing you problems. So you feel really great and swear that the "type" diet works!
Even Joe Mercola makes this mistake. He promotes the metabolic typing diet heavily because it works for him. There are plenty of other people who also feel well. So William Wolcott's metabolic typing diet is a big success.
But what about all the failures, all the thousands who can't eat their recommended type diet, because it would near kill them? To be valid science, there have to be no exceptions. A theory which just ignores exceptions isn't a theory at all.
Sounds plausible, sells books, BUT ISN'T TRUE!
The Truth
The truth is that everybody is unique. That means nobody is average. That means there are an infinite number of "types". You need to dump all that stuff and grasp one simple fact: your own perfect eating plan is exclusive to you and you won't find it in anyone else's book!
You have to figure out what foods are cool for you and which ones cause an inflammatory reaction. Eat the former and avoid the latter. Your body will love it!
I can tell you how to do all this and that's the ONLY book you'll really need. I called it "Diet Wise" because you would truly be wise about foods, if you only learned these few very simple health principles.
Most doctors haven't a clue about nutrition. They ramble on about a "balanced" diet. By that, they seem to mean "a balance of junk", like bread, cereals, cream, tea and coffee- they don't get it and think all foods are friendly because they "feed us".
The truth is that wrong foods can cause damage; a lot of damage. The wrong foods will age you quicker than warm cookies fly out of the kitchen.
Bonus Payoff
There's a great bonus surprise hidden in this approach , which means patients are even more delighted when they discover it! They lose weight. It's slow but it's steady and EASY. Because you don't have to eat less; you just eat DIFFERENTLY.
I'm going to show you how to be 98%-100% healthy. You cannot be healthy if you are overweight—the two just don't coincide. So eating right has a sort of guaranteed weight-loss principle built in.
As it happens, eating right and avoiding your own inflammatory foods will probably ensure you eat less. Because food cravings and food addictions are exactly the same as food inflammation.
Another surprising but useful fact we discovered decades ago!
Thus eliminating inflammatory and stressor foods will also completely drive away food cravings. That's why some diets (like the Scarsdale) are easy to follow, once you get past the first few days of "food withdrawals". When you get rid of certain foods altogether, then you won't crave them—or anything similar.
Nature is really cool when you work WITH her!
So Why Do Plans Like "Food Combining" Work?
There is no question "food combining" works for some. There are lots of people who feel well on Dr. Hay's combining regime (Dr. William Howard Hay introduced food combining in 1911. You may hear it called "The Hay Diet").
If you follow the instructions for food combining (fruit at breakfast, carbohydrate at lunch and protein for dinner), you inevitably tip the balance of your diet. Fruit for breakfast means less dairy, cereal and sugar for a start. Starbuck's and Café Nero would be a no-go, because most people can't take coffee without lashings of latte and cream. That alone would cause millions to feel better!
We all eat far too much wheat and milk products. Grains and dairy are what I call "farmer foods" and have only been in our diet for the last 10,000 years! They are NOT natural and "healthy" for humans.
These two foods alone cause a great deal of ill health. Lots of people will feel better cutting down on them. That's because these are inflammatory foods for many people, not because of Hay's unsubstantiated (and illogical) theory that the body can't digest starches and proteins in the same meal!
Hay said to avoid processed foods and eat mostly vegetables, salads and fruits. That too would eliminate a whole raft of common inflammatory foods. So again, many people feel better and that's why.
The Hay diet does not truly work because some people cannot eat it. Heck, I know a patient who got severe migraines from eating cucumber. Salads wouldn't do her much good! A child patient of mine had severe epileptic fits if he ate anything from the carrot family—carrots, celery, parsnips, celeriac, coriander (cilantro) and parsley. Eating "veggies" would likely have killed him before adulthood, because carrots are perceived as a healthy food!
All the same arguments apply to the trendy theory of eating acid vs. alkaline foods. It's all nonsense because we pioneer doctors back then knew very well that if someone ate a food they reacted to, the whole body would turn acidic in minutes. It didn't matter if that food was one supposed to be "alkaline" or "acid". The result was ALWAYS acid [we learned to correct it with a mixture of alkali salts; sodium and potassium bicarbonate].
Because some of the more common bandit foods are classed as "acid" (they are not), people avoid them and feel better, so they swear eating only "alkaline" foods works for them. Right result, wrong reason.
So, if you want to feel great and live a very long time, you need to address the issue of chronic inflammation, which is present to a degree in everyone's body. It's a complex issue but there is no question that reducing your inflammatory food works dramatically and works wonders.
That's not to say foods are the only problem. I do say that foods are easiest to deal with, it needs no medical training, it just requires knowledge and application. Once you understand what to do, you'll have it sorted in no time!
Get this book and start your journey NOW towards a long life of health and vitality.
And in case you think that was just a rare fluke, let me tell you about Angela...
Sometimes the results can be quite funny (when they are not tragic). Consider the case of this girl, who got drunk on vodka and orange (her favorite drink at the time). But all was not what you would think...
Of Course, Not All Cases Are So Dramatic.
Most are routine, such as migraine, arthritis, colitis, asthma, eczema, urticaria (hives), ADD and ADHD, depression and so on.
It has been wisely estimated that as much as 80% of all conditions requiring visits to the doctor are caused, or aggravated by, food adverse reactions.
Perhaps the commonest troublesome call is what we call "wooly brain syndrome" or "brain fog"…
The fact is that if you have any kind of chronic condition--but especially one which doctors can't explain easily-- ask yourself (now you've read this page): "Could this be an adverse food reaction, an allergy or genetic incompatibility to some food I eat regularly?"
The answer is always: yes, it could be; but even if not, it may be helped by reducing your BODY LOAD.
Here are just a few of the symptoms that COULD be caused by a food allergy or other adverse food reaction (but not necessarily are).
If you have 5 or more items off this list, you NEED "Diet Wise"!
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The trouble with all lists like this is they can be misleading, because these symptoms are not specific and could possibly signal serious disease. But the more you can check off on the list, the more certain it is that you are being affected by an adverse food or environmental trigger - especially a food.
Even if you suffer from what may be classed as a "real" condition, if your doctor can only offer you lifelong medication, you should independently investigate this matter of food reactions. By my definition, chronic illness is a failure of medicine. Taking drugs for life means they DON'T work. If they did, you wouldn't have the problem any more! Duh!
And that brings me to an important point:
There is almost no aspect of medicine and health that lends itself so well to self-help. Doctors are pretty ignorant about foods and nutrition, as you are well aware. So, changing what you eat is something you can and should do on your own determinism.
If you follow the path I will outline, then you can track down your "unsuspected enemy" and neutralize it. It may mean giving up a few foods for a few months (rarely for life). The recoveries, as I have hinted, can be quite spectacular. It's NORMAL for patients to say they feel 10 years younger and that their friend keep telling them so.
I Know What You Are Thinking!
So if all this is so great and works well, why is it that other doctors don't do it for their patients? It's a question I must have heard over a thousand times!
First, let me tell you that for 20 years after the discovery of anesthetics, most doctors still went on cutting off legs without sending their patient to sleep, just tying them to the table and letting them scream. That's not nice!
It's silly to suppose that doctors will take on a whole new way of looking at things, after years of training, just because there is an obviously a better way to do things.
The fact is that if doctors don't see what diseases they were taught in their textbooks, they get defensive. It can't be "real" they think. Patients were often labeled neurotic and supposed to be hypochondriac until we pioneered this food thing in the 1970s and 1980s. In fact my mentor Richard Mackarness wrote a book about it, which changed my medical career overnight, called "Not All In The Mind". Like him I cured thousands who had been told "It's all in your mind" but it wasn't: it was on their dinner plate!
The problem is that food reactions cause so many symptoms and such a variable, non-repeatable pattern, that it does seem as if the patient must be malingering. It's headache one time, skin rash the next, then backache, then period pains, then loose bowels. It all looks like something different each time.
But the reality is that there may be only one cause of variable symptoms like this, and that's a food reaction, maybe to just one food!
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SGI Back From The Dead (Again) And Suing Tons Of Companies For Patent Infringement
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While Rackable changed its name to Silicon Graphics International... the original company actually retained the patents, and renamed itself Graphics Properties Holdings... and over the last few years has been suing lots of companies for patent infringement. In the last year alone it has sued Apple, HTC, LG, RIM, Samsung, Sony, Acer, ASUS, Panasonic, Sharp, Toshiba, Vizio and Motorola Mobility.
As the link above notes, while some of GPH's patents are relatively early, it appears that lots of similar inventions predated key patents. However, the early date may make those patents look stronger, and give GPH much more leverage in getting companies to pay up -- or risk losing the ability to produce devices with nice graphics capabilities.


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The few clues I have seen seem to point to Nicole, but I was wrong on Kathryn and would have been wrong on Bill (if it hadn't been so obvious) so I'm probably wrong on Nicole. (I won't even bother with the celebs).So, Puddin, it seems that we are in bed together again
OMG. This is the best thread yet! You all were cracking me up!My last 2 cents: Dr. Whiner... whine... wine... get it?I'm having a beer, sheesh...
I think it's pretty obvious that it's Craig. 424"Craig buried Paul"The moles life long dream is to open his business per the mole journal, and Craig told us last episode that it's his dream, too.
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An economically devastated Ireland goes to the polls today in what many have called the most significant election since the foundation of the state. But the path back to prosperity for the benighted country will be a rocky one – and is by no means assured.
Ireland is poised for a wholesale change in government, spurred by a financial crisis that forced the country to accept the European Union's $117 billion bailout last year and left it with enormous debt, a housing bust, and high unemployment. Voter distress is running high about the country's future direction, trumping the local issues that typically dominate and likely reducing Fianna Fáil, which has ruled since 1997 and dominated as the "natural party of government" for decades, to a rump.
Small business owners unhappy
Based in an industrial park in west Dublin, Derek Nolan runs a business selling and fitting trim for cars. Mr. Nolan expresses the fears of small business owners, a key constituency in the election given that 700,000 of Ireland's 2.1 million-strong workforce are employed in the sector.
"Trade has dropped off significantly in recent years," he says. "People just don't have money or access to credit anymore. Business costs are also rising: [commercial property] rates go up and now we have an extra water tax, while insurance has also gone up."
Nolan says he has been forced to reduce workers' wages. He wants to see the next government cut taxes.
"What I'm hoping for is that VAT [value-added tax, or sales tax] rates are lowered, but I can't see that happening if there is a coalition government," he says.
Until recently, a powersharing deal between the conservative Fine Gael and the left-leaning Labour Party was considered a certainty, but the late surge for Fine Gael has opened up the possibility of that rarest of beasts in Irish politics: a single-party government, perhaps propped up by non-party lawmakers.
The rise of independents, also largely leaning to the right, has been a significant feature of the election.
In all, 202 non-party candidates are running for office. Kate Bopp, running in Tipperary North, is a dark horse candidate who espouses flat taxes. She doesn't expect to win, but says she had to run. "I kept hoping someone would emerge locally who could represent people like me, who are disillusioned, but no one did," she says.
Not everyone is enthused by the prospect of a Fine Gael government. Fine Gael has proposed a universal and compulsory but privatized health insurance system to replace the current mix of public and private care, and is seeking to cut 30,000 public jobs, though it says it will not push for compulsory layoffs.
Graduate student Eadaoin O'Sullivan argues that the party will not represent a clear break from the past so much as an intensification of policies that will hurt vulnerable citizens. "Unlike Fianna Fáil, which promotes a watered-down republican egalitarianism, Fine Gael feels under no compunction to [support social programs]," she says.
"There is nothing to suggest that Fine Gael … would have pursued economic policies that were any different from those pursued by Fianna Fáil," she says. "Fine Gael say they see opportunity in crisis. Unfortunately for the great majority of Irish society, the opportunity they see is a business one, which has a fundamental disregard for equality, fairness, or civil society."
The reform agenda
Ireland, which spent its first seven decades as an independent country in grinding penury, stunned the world with its sudden growth in the 1990s. But its precipitous fall from 'Celtic Tiger' stature has put the focus on fundamental questions. Alongside the familiar mantra of jobs and education, the 2011 general election campaign has been dominated by calls for political reform.
All parties – including the current Fianna Fáil government – have made political reform a central plank. The list of promises is almost endless, including abolition of the unelected upper house of parliament, the appointment to government of unelected ministers, sweeping changes to the electoral system, reducing the number of seats in parliament, and even rewriting the Constitution.
Paschal Donohoe, a Fine Gael hopeful likely to pick up a seat in Dublin Central, the constituency of Ireland's boom-time former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, says his party will change how Irish politics works.
"We need two things," he says. "Firstly, a political system that is smaller and more efficient. The second thing we need is a Dáil [lower house of parliament] that is more powerful and has more checks and balances."
Labour Party finance spokeswoman Joan Burton says her party's proposals have not had a fair hearing.
"The Labour Party has had very little newspaper support, but support on the ground is much stronger," she says.
Ms. Burton says Fine Gael's proposed reforms are not enough: "There's reform and there's reform. The reform we need is a proper cap on corporate donations and control of lobbyists. We currently have no control or even registration of lobbyists," she says.
The sudden appearance of political reform as an issue has raised a few eyebrows, though.
"They're thrashing around looking for a way to make Irish politics work again, but these top-down reforms are doomed to failure. For a start, many of them make things worse, but they are also conscious attempts to circumvent the electorate," says Kevin Bean, professor of Irish Studies at Britain's University of Liverpool.
"Despite the use of the term 'reform', it's really all about maintaining the concentration of power in hands of the political class," he says.
Ms. O'Sullivan says the election is more as a change of faces than policies.
"More troubling and surprising than anything else is the abject failure of imagination on display," she says. "At a time when everything we thought to be true has been exposed as false, a reasonable expectation would be that, at the very least, the terms of political discourse could have been widened to include some talk about what kind of society we want to live in."


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by Bob Brecht
– Part Two
Sometime just prior to this second surgery, I decided to estimate what percentage of each day I must give to the business of being a cancer patient. On the first day out of surgery I was 100% a patient and too groggy and in too much pain to do anything except submit to medical care. But on the second day, I noticed that I was a patient only 95% of the time – the 5% being given to communication with friends and family. I loved doing this.
On the third day, I was released and went home. What a joy it was to be among all my familiar things. I talked with my wife Susan about cancer and non-cancer stuff, read a little, made my own coffee, watched favorite shows on TV and took short, slow walks around the apartment. Sleeping during the day was frequent, but I felt that I had made the leap to being only 80% a patient and 20% a man leading his life. With each day, the percentage changed, and it was always moving in the right direction.
All of that was good, but it didn't really answer the question of how I was going to deal with the permanent damage and side effects of surgery and subsequent radiation. The visible damage to my face and neck, as well as damage unseen by others, was part of me now, and that would not change. I hated these things. How would I live with them? I learned that if I spent too much time obsessing over this, I would be moving the percentages in the wrong direction.
So I decided that to give cancer treatment, recovery and side effects no more precious time than is absolutely necessary. If I thought too much about the past or the future, I found that my attitude began to deteriorate, and I would be giving more time to cancer than it deserved.
I read a book by Roz Savage called "Rowing the Atlantic." Reading about her mental and physical struggles as she rowed for 103 days unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean helped me to understand how to accommodate the physical and emotional damage of cancer surgery and radiation. She isolated her most harsh and difficult physical and emotional challenges into a zone in her own mind that she called her discomfort zone.
And once she isolated the elements that made up her discomfort zone, she could greet these things daily as old acquaintances, curse them roundly and get on with the business at hand. Her physical and emotional scars became symbols of her toughness. She made the discomfort zone part of her daily comfort zone. That fire enabled her to avoid a failure of the spirit, and that is what I try to do.
Five months later, in May of 2006, I had a squamous tumor removed from the right side, which was involved with the parotid gland again. The surgeon removed the remainder of the parotid, the tumor and more lymph nodes. More therapy included 31 radiation treatments in August, 2006, mostly just under the surface of the skin.
In between the surgery and radiation, with two friends whom I had taught to sail, I chartered a 40-foot sloop in the British Virgin Islands, and we sailed her for a week. I skippered. What a great experience! We vowed to do it every two years. And we do that.
I had the radiation treatments in August after the charter, but they didn't do the trick. On Feb. 9, 2007, two more squamous cell tumors were removed from cervical lymph nodes on the right side of the neck by radical neck dissection. Reconstructive surgery was necessary using muscle and tissue from the right side of my chest. Because they wanted to keep the vascular system intact, they moved the whole business up over my collarbone and used it to close the wound in my neck.
One month later, in March, 2007, two nodules thought to be malignant were removed from my right lung. To everyone's surprise, they were benign. I was mighty pleased. As I was recovering in the early summer of 2007, a friend put me into his rowboat on Toms River and said, "You can do this." In fair weather I now row 7 or 8 miles a day. It's like meditation for me.
In 2009 Susan and I organized a sailboat charter on the Croatian coast with two other couples; we sailed through hundreds of offshore islands in the Adriatic and ended our cruise in Dubrovnik. Ulysses had sailed through these islands thousands of years before. We had a fascinating time.
As I write this, I am 71 years old. I have not had a major surgery since 2007. My side effects are numbness and partial paralysis on the right side of my face, swallowing difficulties, dry mouth, disfigurement, nerve damage affecting my right eye and right shoulder and osteoradionecrosis of the right mandible which has given me a broken jaw. I can live with it all. I do live with it all. I have a good life.
Last summer (2012) I was laid low for several months by kidney disease. While rowing and sailing on the Toms River, I had seen people using stand-up paddleboards. I bought one and threw it into the garage, and when I was laid up, I used YouTube to teach me how it is done. What a kick! I feel like a Samoan warrior when I am out on it.
I know I am an optimist; not everyone is. And if one is a pessimist, cancer will not turn him/her into an optimist. So what I have written here may not be for everyone, but maybe it will help someone. That would be a good outcome.
I try to get the best out of every day. Also, I attempt to stay fearless about engaging with new things. And most importantly, I stay devoted to my dear wife of 42 years, Susan. Without her loving help, my passage would have been through much, much stormier seas.
Bob Brecht was born in Glenside in 1941 and graduated from Abington High School in 1959. He graduated from Brown University in 1963 and taught German, Latin and English at schools here and in Puerto Rico. He worked for the Philadelphia Urban Coalition, ran his own live lobster company and helped start the International Technology Exchange Center at the University City Science Center. He is now retired and living with his wife of 42 years on the Toms River in Pine Beach, N.J. Bob's father, Raymond C. Brecht, was a reporter for the Philadelphia Bulletin and was Time Magazine's White House reporter during World War II. You can contact Bob at email@example.com.


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Cons: Battery performance too often falls below Apple's best case estimates, particularly for cellular calling and data. LTE service remains inconsistent between neighborhoods, cities, and countries, with widely varying data speeds and availability; some users will see no cellular speed improvements over the iPhone 4S. CDMA versions still can't talk and access cellular data at same time. Some iOS features, such as FaceTime Over Cellular and HD Voice for phone calls, remain unavailable or limited on certain cell networks due to carrier limitations. New Lightning connector breaks physical compatibility with all past docking iPhone accessories; adapters are not included or initially even available in stores for testing, nor are new third-party Lightning accessories. Aluminum body is easily scratched and dented; some iPhone 5s shipped from factories with modest damage, and inconsistent screen brightness.
"Boring." "Predictable." "Iterative." After releasing the legitimately "revolutionary" original iPhone in 2007, Apple has faced annual accusations of overzealously marketing strictly evolutionary sequels, but the reality isn't so simple. Rather than antiquating each prior iPhone with something hugely different, Apple has instead employed a tick-tock strategy, debuting a fully new body style every two years while staggering various internal improvements annually. Since many iPhone customers are locked into two-year cellular contracts, this strategy works particularly well, and long-time users have generally followed one of two different upgrade paths: some went from the iPhone to iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4S, while others have moved from the iPhone 3G to iPhone 4 and iPhone 5, occasionally with a zig or zag in the middle. It's now a truism that every new phone becomes the "best iPhone yet" overall, so potential customers are left with only two questions: are a given year's improvements collectively compelling enough to secure a purchase, and are there any serious problems that might justify waiting for the sequel?
Since Apple's iPhone 5 ($199/16GB, $299/32GB, $399/64GB) is the biennial model with a new body design, it's harder to dismiss as purely iterative. It looks different than past iPhones, is considerably faster, and includes a screen and cameras that are decidedly better than before. Yet it surely is evolutionary relative to its predecessor, taking only a few small steps forward from the nearly year-old iPhone 4S, while making a bigger jump past the two-year-old iPhone 4. Consider for a moment the following chart, which provides an oversimplified but useful summary of the key differences between these three models.
In short, while there are several meaningful improvements in the iPhone 5 relative to the iPhone 4S, virtually every major technical feature of the iPhone 5 is markedly superior to the iPhone 4. Some of these differences are things you'll immediately see and feel—a larger screen, a stretched but overall lighter and thinner body, and snappier performance—but others are less obvious "quality of life" tweaks that make an already great product even better. Not a single change makes the iPhone 5 so completely different that you must run out and buy one now, but taken together, all of the improvements make Apple's latest smartphone its most appealing yet: by design, it guarantees all but complete satisfaction for at least one, if not two more years of active use.
There's far more to discuss with the iPhone 5 than mere numbers and specs, and as is generally the case, not everything has improved. On the hardware side, Apple has switched to a new accessory connector, breaking compatibility with thousands of past products—at least, for now. Battery life remains a concern, an issue exacerbated by the iPhone 5's lack of recharging solutions. And on the software side, the otherwise impressive iOS continues to exhibit issues with marquee features such as Siri and Maps. So while this is Apple's best iPhone, it's still not the perfect iPhone, and understanding both its pros and cons up front will improve your experience should you decide to buy one.
As always, iLounge's comprehensive 10-page review of the iPhone 5 has been assembled without any involvement from Apple, and is based upon our independent testing of multiple actual production units. Many hours of active testing, debate, and consideration have gone into this review. Enjoy it.
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First Three Strikes Case In New Zealand Goes To Hearing
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Unlike the US's six strikes effort, the NZ one is a lot more draconian, with significant fines likely, even in cases of incidental and minimal sharing:
The tribunal can make awards of up to $15,000 against pirates, and Rianz had sought awards of several thousand dollars in at least two of the dropped cases.Yes, RIAA/RIANZ, that's exactly how to rally the public to your cause. Demand $2,700 for someone who had an internet account on which someone else downloaded $11.75 worth of songs. And you wonder why people think all of these "piracy" efforts are insane... Here's a tip to the RIAA/MPAA and all related groups: if you want to be taken more seriously, stop attacking your fans and try to figure out how to better serve them.
In one, Rianz sought about $2700 from a Wellington student whose internet account was allegedly used without her knowledge to download five songs valued at $11.75. That case also seemed destined for a formal hearing.


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We are an online shop. To check out the items with your own eyes, come visit us at one of the many events, fairs, parties or festivals in West-Europe.
We send / ship all packages with the "sign upon delivery" method. This means you receive a tracking code and can follow the route of your order and you have to sign for your order upon delivery.
This way your order can only be accepted by you!
Its more safe to send jewellery items this way.