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|2006-12-18, 17:06
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~My song is your song~
[QUOTE=NightWish;770416]Great pictures Sessha and nova.
@Sessha: Chin looks a little pointy to me, but other than that great! Any chance we'll get the coloured version that Kira_Naruto brazenly demanded It would be great if we could
ya i'll try to get the colored version to u as quick as possible but i'll be doin it by hand so it might take me a little time. im also planning on drawing some more pics of kairin just b/c she so much fun to draw ^^ and i need the practice cuz i dont usually draw girls. And thanks for ur input on my pic im still experimenting w/ female drawing styles, havent found my nitch yet hopefully i will soon tho
|2006-12-19, 23:02
|Link #162
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Join Date: Sep 2006
I don't post much, but I had to chime in with everyone else. Kairin is a wonderful mascot and many kudos and thanks to kiva128 for the wallpapers. Not just kiva, either, thanks to everyone who's jumping in and contributing their creations. The fantastic creativity and talent exhibited by people who watch anime is one of the things I love about watching anime.
Sorry, if that sounds a little mushy, but I'm being sincere.
|2006-12-20, 12:23
|Link #163
~chibi tenshi~
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Paris, France ~♪
Age: 36
I've just wanted to congratulate you Kiva! That new Kairin pic is beautifully mesmerizing *was shocked to see her on the front page* (in a pleasant way, of course )
And that rose reminds me so much of Nana
Thank you all for your contributing drawings
|2006-12-28, 05:14
|Link #164
Junior Member
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I was bored late one night and thought i would add a scolding Kairin chibi by combining angry Kairin and crying Kairin. Very nice work Kiva. =)
Edit: Note i did not draw this or come up with any of the art work which is all Kiva128 ( as if you didnt know =P ) I just cut and pasted a few of his own drawings to get the above image. Peace
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|2007-01-02, 16:26
|Link #166
It's bacon!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Up and to the Left
Age: 38
I was kind of wondering about what if anything was going to be done about the main page Kairin, be when the holiday is all done and over with. Regular (new) edition looks great! Could do with some cleanup on the rotation lines though.
...Not that there's anything wrong with keeping the Christmas/Holiday version up for a bit longer. ...say till, July. Some of my neighbors likely couldn't agree more. ...July also of course, which is generally when the Christmas shopping season usually begins. And I mean usually, in that should you go out to the store or pick up a newspaper ad then, and you'll see there's false Christmas trees, candy canes, maybe some stupid little red and green breath mints... BUT NOT EGGNOG! Ice cubes,.. BUT NO EGGNOG! No eggnog! And because of that little fact, ..I wasn't sure if we could really keep Christmas/Holiday Kairin up around then.
|2007-01-06, 04:03
|Link #167
My version of Kairin, done with OpenCanvas. Enjoy everyone
Old version:
The above picture is an older version, I did a revised of it awhile back, I mainly edited the colours to be softer and also redid the eyes.
New version:
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|2007-01-06, 11:06
|Link #169
Kairin-chan's #1 Fan
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Canada
You have some great CGing skills if I may say so. The fingers on her hand look a bit long but hands are hard to do so It's not a big deal really. I love how you did the hair though. I've been wanting to do something similar like having it blowing in the wind slightly, but for some reason I never got around to it.
Nice dress design too!
I also checked out the comics on your site. They're hilarious.
Thank you for drawing Kairin and I hope to see more if that's possible.
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|2007-01-06, 18:56
|Link #170
I had fun and a hard time doing the hair at the same time, lol. You got to really find the right flows of the hair or it won't work and look right at all, so a nice challenge.
lol, comic stips on my site are really old... never got around to doing more of it
|2007-01-11, 08:30
|Link #174
#1 Yaoi/Shonen-Ai Hater
@Konzept Wow, your fanart is awesome ^^
@Kiva123 Since this is my first time posting in this thread, I wanna say that you've born a really cute mascot
And because of that I tried myself on her, too. I never tried to draw a char lying when you look on it from above, so this was the first try and it failed xD'' But I will try another one soon and hope it turns out better.
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|2007-01-11, 09:02
|Link #176
#1 Yaoi/Shonen-Ai Hater
Sure you are allowed to I know there are much mistakes in that drawing like her arms and hands and also the legs, but it would be too much to correct. After that surely the paper would be done for .. xD Thanks for the reply!
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Embracing White in the New Year
I don't know about you, but New Year's Eve is when I start thinking about tossing just about everything I own and starting over. Yes, I know that's not actually feasible, but the New Year always gets me thinking about establishing more "freshness" in my space. I like to donate books I've read, patch and paint, and dream about more expensive and monumental changes.
For this year, I've been really intrigued by the concept of white: a clean slate. While I realize that this isn't exactly practical for all lifestyles (right, moms?) I'd love to introduce more of it in 2013. Check out these all-white rooms that are inspiring me.
1. I love this room. It's so fresh and clean, plus the added minimalist touch of a blank canvas behind the bed. Perfect for reading in bed all day. Photo by homeedit.com via Nifty Thrify Decorator.
2. Not as starkly white as the first photo, this living room from Residence, via Today You Inspired Me, mixes birch and gold into a softly white environment. I love the moldings!
3. A white subway-tiled kitchen. Be still my heart. Modern, clean perfection: this one makes me want to redo my entire kitchen. Photo by Alexandra Rowley for Southern Living via My Home Ideas.
4. From Hue Amour, and one of our own Monochromatic Color Roundups, comes this beautiful living space which adopts elements of gray, dark brown, white and beige neutrals. This is my dream room. Enough said.
5. Another subtle mixure of whites, grays and browns, this space by Mark Williams Design via Decorpad is less cozy but still just as sharp. Patterned elements like the throw pillows and area rug offset the white to create a complex and texturized space.
Will you be adding any new additions of white to your living space?
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Family Vacation Camp at Wente Scout Reservation offers numerous fun and exciting activities for people of all ages. Archery and BB gun are great for everybody and the rifle, shotgun, and black powder ranges offer a rousing challenge for older campers. Bring your fishing gear! Catch a mess of blue gill or large-mouth bass. Wente's lake provides excellent fishing even for the smaller children. An 80-acre lake provides a great place to lie in the sun or swim on a warm afternoon. There are plenty of shallow areas for the little ones and areas for the experienced swimmer too. The lakes also offers the opportunity to row a boat, paddle a canoe or kayak, or just lean back and enjoy the sun as a stiff breeze pushes you along in a sailboat. You can enjoy the miles and miles of trails while riding one of our strings of Western saddle horses. Don't forget to stop by the craft area where you can make something that will always remind you of the good times you had at Family Vacation Camp.
The trading post will offer a variety of ice cream, candy and other snack items as well as Wente Scout Reservation merchandise.
Like most national, state, or private campgrounds, you will be sleeping in tents. You have the option to use camp tents or you can bring your own. ALL sites are assigned when you arrive at camp. Large groups of 50 or more wishing to camp together can be assigned a site in advance otherwise all accommodations are first come, first served upon arrival at camp. Hot showers and restrooms are nearby each of the campsites.
The Meadow area is usually available in August. Each of the 9 spaces holds 2 small or one large tent for a maximum of 8 persons per space. Wente also has an RV campground with 6 sites that have electrical hookups, and water spigots are nearby. There is a small additional fee $25 (for the whole weekend) for RV lot use.
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This week is Climate Week in the UK, and here at ARKive we thought we'd take the opportunity to highlight some amazing species and the different ways they may be affected by climate change.
Species: Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Status: Vulnerable (VU)
Interesting Fact: The polar bear is the largest living land carnivore.
Polar bears show some amazing adaptations to their Arctic life, with their thick fur and non-retractable claws that dig into the snow like ice-picks. Using their heightened sense of smell, they are also able to detect prey that are almost a kilometre away and hidden under a metre of compacted snow. The main prey of the polar bear is the ringed seal, and, to a lesser degree, the bearded seal. Seals are captured when they surface to breathe, or are hunted in their lairs under the snow, where the young seals are nurtured. Polar bears breed from late March to late May, and, after mating, the female polar bear delays implantation of the fertilised egg until mid-September to mid-October. Polar bear cubs are born in a snow den two to three months later, and the female cares for the cubs for around 2.5 years.
Climate Change: The polar bear is dependent on sea ice for its survival, but climate change is causing drastic reductions in the extent of ice cover across the Arctic region. This reduces the polar bear's access to prey, forcing them to spend more time on land and rely on stored fat reserves. Less food also means bears will give birth to fewer, smaller young.
For more information on climate change, visit ARKive's climate change pages.
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ANRS HC20 Effectiveness of an Optimized Anti HCV PegIFN-alpha2a + Ribavirin on Sustained Virological Response in Patients With HCV Genotype 1 and 4 Non Responders and Co-infected With HIV (ETOC)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00901524
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 13, 2009
Last Update Posted : March 29, 2013
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|Drug: Peg-interféron alpha 2a + ribavirin
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In patients HIV infected, the success rate do not exceed 20% in genotype 1 or 4 patients. In case of treatment failure , patients are rarely re-treated, and liver fibrosis progresses rapidly. The new molecules are not yet available for patients co-infected with HIV, and patients having already undergone a first treatment will likely be among the last to be included in trials evaluating the effectiveness of these treatments.
However, recent studies show that it is possible to propose a new treatment "optimized" to these patients in the hope to obtain better success rate. Provide antiretroviral treatment, use of high doses of Peg-interferon and ribavrine, and supporting patients.
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|ANRS HC20 Pilot Study, Multicenter, Assessing the Effectiveness of an Optimized Anti HCV (360μg/Week Induction of PegIFN-alpha2a + 18mg/kg/j of RBV for 6 Months and Then Depending on the Virological Response to S12, Elongation up S72 to the Dual Anti HCV, With Accompanying Measures) on Sustained Virological Response in Patients With HCV Genotype 1 and 4 Non Responders and Co-infected With HIV.
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|June 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2012
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2012
|No Intervention: PegIFN- alpha 2a + RBV
Drug: Peg-interféron alpha 2a + ribavirin
Pilot study, multicenter, open label
- Study the proportion of patients co-infected HIV-HCV, non-responders to treatment for HCV (genotype 1 and 4), with a sustained virological response (6 months after stopping treatment (W72 or W96)) at a re-optimized treatment of hepatitis C. [ Time Frame: W72 or W96 (depending of the end of treatment) ]
- Analyze rapid virological response (W4) and early (W12). [ Time Frame: W4 and W12 ]
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Age over 18 years
- Weight 85 kg below the pre-inclusion visit.
- Documented HIV infection (HIV positive)
- HCV infection documented by a positive PCR
- HCV Genotype 1 or 4
- Compensated liver disease (Child-Pugh below/equal to 6)
- Lymphocytes CD4 above 200/mm3
- Patient not answering a treatment for hepatitis C.
- Patient not covered by dual by Peg-IFN + riba for at least three months (wash out)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Co-infection with HBV (HBsAg positive)
- Neutropenia below 1000/mm3
- Thrombocytopenia below 90000/mm3 or thrombocytosis over 500 000/mm3.
- Hemoglobin below 11 g / dL (men and women)
- Arguments radiological (ultrasound, CT or MRI) of hepatocellular carcinoma cell
- Antiretroviral containing didanosine (ddI) and stavudine (d4T) and zidovudine (AZT) and abacavir (ABC).
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00901524
|Hôpital Tenon Service des Maladies Infectieuses
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HCV Genotype 1, 4
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Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Peginterferon alfa-2a
Hepatitis C Antibodies
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
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Orange is a really hard color to match. Is there something available that will blend or contrast nicely instead?
I am looking for arm/elbow sleeves to match an orange costume I recently purchased. I am having a hard time finding a set that will match and I feel naked without anything on my arms. Got any vender suggestions? I tried L. Rose Designs and Dahlal, but neither have a shade of orange that won't clash.
Orange is a really hard color to match. Is there something available that will blend or contrast nicely instead?
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These are dead simple to make. Take your costume to the fabric store and buy 1 metre/2ft of matching material in dance lycra (or stretch velvet or whatever fabric the costume is made of - but it does need to be stretch so if the costume isn't, buy the dance lycra). Buy matching sequins & beads (or if you can't, just go for some gold and silver, they will match with just about anything) and a spool of thin elastic. Make sure you pick up some all-purpose thread (NOT cotton) to match the fabric you bought.
Then if you're completely stumped, take the lot to a dressmaker and commission a pair.
Wild and free my effing arse! Use another word!
Looove orange costumes!
I've got a similar issue with red though, to match a dress that lost its original ones . I've been looking for vendors in a vague attempt to avoid making them myself, but haven't seen anything other than cheap Chinese ones off eBay. And even if I found some that didn't look as cheap as they are, colour matching and sizing is a lottery.
So I agree with Darshiva, get some made or do it yourself, then at least you have some control over the fabric and fit. IIRC Shira has something on making sleeves/gauntlets.
Choosing fabric gives you a lot more options too (metallics? powermesh?), and even if you can't find a perfect match you can use one that works anyway, and have some spare fabric/trim to bring a element of the sleeve into the rest of the costume and pull it all together.
(My stupid autocorrect is driving me crazy. So far it's changed Darshiva to Cardigan, Carnival, and Earshot, Shira to Shoes, and managed to mess up a whole sentence to the point that I had no idea what I was trying to write. Grrr)
So Carnival should check Shoe's site on cardigan sleeves?
"Well, now that we have seen each other," said the unicorn " if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you."
Quite possibly, according to this dozy tablet...
I'm not sure what is being discussed. Are you talking about "Floating Sleeves"?
Went to Joanne's and found a nice orange stretch fabric that matches perfectly! I don't know how to sew unfortunately, but my boyfriend and my mom do - muahahahaha!
Here are some ideas from Shira's wonderful site:
Extra respect to anyone who can get a boyfriend involved in sewing costume pieces. My husband has long since been excused from having to do any belly dance related stuff, except listening to my tales from haflas and the like.
Finding the fabric is the hardest part, well done!


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OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College football team fell to Hope College, 47-14, before a standing room only Homecoming crowd today at the Cutler Athletic Complex in Olivet. The loss snapped the Comets' five-game win streak.
The Flying Dutchmen scored on their first possession of the game and then took advantage of two Olivet mistakes to take a 21-0 lead with 9:56 left in the opening quarter. The Comets got on the scoreboard for the first time on their ensuing drive. Freshman Christopher Jones (East Lansing) capped 15-play, 74-yard drive with a four-yard touchdown run. The PAT kick was blocked and Hope's Kirby Crook returned it for a defensive PAT to make the score 23-6.
Hope answered with two more touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 37-6 lead. Sophomore Trevor Garbow (Alto/Caledonia) set-up Olivet's next scoring drive with a 35-yard interception return. Freshman Alante Sims (Lansing/Waverly) ended the six-play, 45-yard drive with a six-yard run into the end zone.
The Comets converted the two-point conversion attempt when sophomore quarterback Braden Black (Battle Creek/Harper Creek) threw the ball to freshman Garrett Reid (Nashville/Maple Valley). The Flying Dutchmen added a touchdown on their first series of the second half and capped their scoring with a 41-yard field goal on the first play of the final quarter.
For the game, Olivet totaled 346 yards of total offense. Jones was the leading ball carrier with 21 rushes for 77 yards. Black completed 8-of-18 passes for 117 yards, while sophomore Chance Nightingale (Colon/Mendon) was 4-of-11 for 75 yards. Sophomore Jason Barbosa (Trenton) caught six passes for 141 yards. Sophomore Curtis French (Carleton/Airport) topped the defense with 10 tackles.
Hope piled up 450 yards of offense. Shawn Jackson rushed for 104 yards on 20 carries. Michael Atwell threw for 247 yards on 14-of-23 passing. Vincent Boddy had six receptions for 131 yards. Augie Mata led the defense with eight tackles.
The Comets have their bye week next Saturday and then play back-to-back road games. The first one will be Oct. 26 at Adrian, starting at 5 p.m.


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HOUSTON - A man died Monday after he was shot outside a northwest Harris County gas station in an apparent case of road rage, investigators said.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said the shooting happened in the parking lot of a Shell station on F.M. 1960 at Perry Road at 7:30 a.m.
People claiming to be relatives of the woman said she called them and told them that when she and the man stopped at the gas station, the man got out of his vehicle and started kicking her car.
She then pulled out a gun and shot him, investigators said.
"She did only what anybody would," said Letitia D. Quinones, the woman's attorney. "She was in fear of imminent bodily injury or death, and she defended herself."
Detectives said the man tried to open a door to the woman's car.
"The information we're getting, it appeared to be a minor accident turned into a road-rage incident," Sgt. Felipe Rivera said.
The man died at the scene. His name has not been released.
Investigators have not said if the man was armed.
The woman stayed at the gas station and questioned by police. She was later released.
The case will be referred to a Harris County grand jury.
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Generally, to evict a roommate, you must be the original tenant (or the one who has signed a lease or rental agreement with the landlord), and the roommate you want to evict must be your landlord's subtenant. A subtenant is usually someone who is renting part of your place from you and paying rent to you instead of your landlord. In this relationship, you are the "landlord" and your roommate is your "tenant."
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Rating: 2 stars
Recap: Fascinating facets of Charles Darwin's life, family and work are explored in Jon Amiel's "Creation." Real-life couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly portray Darwin and his wife, Emma.
Review: "Try as he might to work three narrative threads...into a coherent piece, 'Creation' never really gels" -- Betsy Sharkey, Tribune newspapers critic.


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Intel Confirms Deal to Buy Mashery
Intel Corp. confirmed that it reached a deal buy the San Francisco-based startup Mashery Inc., the latest move by the big chip maker to reinforce its position in corporate computer rooms.
Financial terms weren't disclosed. Mashery has about 125 employees, and a majority of them will receive job offers, an Intel spokeswoman said.
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TMZ has learned ... Capri Anderson's lawyer has already contacted Charlie Sheen's attorney who specializes in settling messy situations with celebrities -- but Capri's attorney got an icy response.
Sources connected with Capri Anderson, aka Christina Walsh, tell TMZ her lawyer contacted one of Charlie's attorneys. Sources tell us Capri's lawyer sent an email to legal pit bull Marty Singer yesterday ... informing Singer that Capri has lawyered up. We're told Singer's response was simply, "Ok. So what?"
Capri claims Charlie threatened her in the hotel room, although she made no mention of this to NYC cops.
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x86 = 32-bit
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But, that's just the capability of the OS (Operating System) that's installed. Your system itself may be able to run a 64-bit OS. Find your motherboard's make and model number and see if it supports 64-bit (Google) then check to see if the CPU (Central Processing Unit) can also handle 64-bit. If so you should be good to go with a 64-bit OS. It might not be worth it if the motherboard maxes out at 4GB of RAM. Check at Crucial.com. If it will hold more, I'd consider making the jump to 64-bit. If the CPU was something less than say a 2GHz Core 2 Quad, I probably wouldn't spend the additional money on it. Just use it as is until you get bored with, or it gives up the ghost.
Note though that I personally would not use XP to access the internet. Too many holes in it that are no longer being patched to keep the bad guys out.


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B1A4's leader Jinyoung will be one of the special guests in the upcoming episode of KBS2's longest running reality-challenge show "Let's Go Dream Team." The episode's recording was open to public last June 17th at Jangan University, so many fans came to enjoy and watched it live. The challenge for the said episode was archery and played by both male and female celebrities.
When Jinyoung was asked whether he wants to be paired with someone among the female players, he insisted and said he wants to be paired up with the female comedian, Jang Doyeon. For fun, the comedian hugged him, inviting screams from the crowd who were mostly B1A4 fans. However, when she gave Jinyoung a kiss (or in another perspective a "smack") the crowd screamed louder while some fans cried.
A fan got some spotlight since she was sitting in the front row and cried "loudly." Jang Doyeon, shocked and nervous, went to the fan and asked for her forgiveness. Jinyoung then said, "Please don't cry it's only for the show" and approached the fan to shake her hands.
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So it's almost game time. Time to get taped up and prepare for the opening of what could be a very successful year. The heat are in town, a town that is still very much on the mend and a raucous Garden crowd will be the perfect elixer for a few hours to numb some pain and stress. Frankly a few shots of bourbon wouldn't hurt either.
Here's what we are looking for against the World Champs tonight.
Limit quick scoring bursts- What Miami does better than anyone is get out on top of teams early and force them to climb uphill. Just when the game is close, the heat have an incredible way of going on 7-10 point bursts thanks to shot making and transition baskets. The Knicks must value possessions and limit these bursts if they are going to have any chance. If not, it's going to be a long game.
Control the Pace- I believe if you can keep the heat out of transition you can lull them into playing a half court game. They can beat you in several ways so I believe the Knicks benefit here from old school grind it out basketball against their first team and hope their rotation players can have an impact.
Melo at Small 4- I absolutely love Jason Kidd and Novak on the floor together and this can be a great chance for the Knicks to command the late first and early second quarters if they can rebound. I think you can really do some damage offensively with Kidd, Smith, Novak, Melo and either Chandler or Camby. I look forward to seeing this 5.


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Alvaro Negredo pens open thank you note to Manchester City fans
Alvaro Negredo has written an open letter to Manchester City, thanking the Premier League champions and their fans and declaring he became a better footballer during his year at the Etihad Stadium.
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- Álvaro Negredo 9 (@_AlvaroNegredo_) September 2, 2014
The Spain striker returned to his home country with Valencia on a season-long loan that will lead to a permanent move for 30 million euros.
Negredo, who joined City from Sevilla for an initial 16 million pounds in 2013, insisted his experiences at the Etihad Stadium were wholly positive and said he fulfilled a dream in his time in England.
"Today I say goodbye to a magnificent club, as it is Manchester City," he wrote.
"I want to thank the club for helping me become a better footballer and for making me and family feel at home during my time here.
"About a year ago Manchester City, a club that for always will remain in my heart, gave me the amazing opportunity to play in England. And for me winning the Premier League, the Capital One Cup and scoring 23 goals in a season is a dream come true.
"After this year I can only say thank you to the club, to the fans that have supported me since the first day I wore this jersey and of course thank you and good luck to my team-mates, who helped me settle in since day one, not only as team-mates, but as friends.
"Today I say goodbye to Manchester City but I take with me many memories, lessons and great moments that will live with me forever. It has been one of the best years of my football career.
"At last I want to wish Manchester City many success for the future and thank the club for giving me the opportunity to sign for Valencia, a club to which I want to give back all the trust they have given me and start a new season with many success.
"Thank you with all my heart."
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This is the first module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Activities are self-directed by students or student teams using online videos and data from the SDO satellite to explore, research and build knowledge about... (View More) features of the Sun. Students build vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections, and creating resources to use in their investigations. Each activity comes with both a teacher and student guide with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos and internet resources. Activity 1A: Structure of the Earth's Star takes students through the features and function of the Sun's structures using online videos, completing a "Sun Primer" data sheet using information from the videos, and creating a 3D origami model of the Sun. Students use a KWL chart to track what they have learned. Activity 1B: Observing the Sun has students capture real solar images from SDO data to find and record sunspots and track their movement across the surface of the Sun. Activity 1C has students create a pin-hole camera to use in calculating the actual diameter of the Sun, and then calculate scales to create a Earth-Sun scale model. Students reflect on their learning and results at the end of the module. An internet connection and access to computers are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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In this activity, participants learn about the hydrosphere by making observations and taking measurements. They will go outside and use scientific equipment to investigate temperature, pH and transparency of a body of water. They will use this... (View More) qualitative and quantitative data to understand why it is important to know about the condition of freshwater sources in many places in the natural environment and how these places are connected in the water cycle. Data collection is based on protocols from The GLOBE Program. This activity uses the 5E instructional model and is part of the "Survivor Earth" series of one-hour lessons. (View Less)
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In this lesson, students explore how eclipses happen and why Einstein needed a total eclipse to image stars near the Sun in order to demonstrate how the Sun's mass bends the light from a far away star. Using a foam ball and a lamp, learners create a... (View More) solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse, and learn more about why the moon appears differently from one night to the next. The activity needs to be done in a very dark room and requires a very bright light (e.g., a lamp without a shade) and a very dim light (e.g., like one found on a keychain). This activity is part of the Cosmic Times teachers guide and is intended to be used in conjunction with the 1919 Cosmic Times Poster. (View Less)
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In this lesson, students will explore the density of substances as a model for understanding the mass to light ratio as a predictor of dark matter. They will measure and calculate mass and volume to calculate the density of a foam ball. Students... (View More) will try to explain a discrepant event when data is not as expected (in this case a nerf ball that seems too heavy for its volume). Students will then use the concept of density, a ratio of mass to volume, to attempt to explain the mass to light ratio for luminosity and gravity. Advance preparation required. Materials needed for this activity include: small foam balls, tape measure, triple beam balance for each group, posterboards/construction paper, and markers (estimated materials cost doesn't include triple beam balances). This lesson is part of the Cosmic Times teachers guide and is intended to be used in conjunction with the 1965 Cosmic Times Poster. (View Less)
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This is an activity about the properties and characteristics of Earth's magnetic field as shown through magnetometer data and its 3D vector nature. This resource builds understanding of conceptual tools such as the addition of vectors and... (View More) interpreting contour maps displaying magnetic signature data. Learners will make several paper 3D vector addition models, watch podcasts on how to analyze magnetometer data, and employ 3D vector plots to create a model of the 3D magnetic field in the location of the magnetometer closest to their town. This is a multi-step activity with corresponding worksheets for each step. The activity uses data from the THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) GEONS magnetometer, and requires the use of a computer with internet access and speakers, 2-inch polystyrene balls and bamboo skewers. This is activity 16 from Exploring Magnetism: Earth's Magnetic Personality. (View Less)
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If you say so guys. Plenty of Profs have been "I don't care who fails" and let you check facebook all day. Most of mine though actually have asked specific details of each case and made students stand up in front of the class while doing it. They claim they learned it in some archaic movie called the "paper chase" (which I hear had hippies crying or some BS in it)Socratic method. What do you THINK it means?


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Thursday, December 07, 2006
I'm warning you guys now...
So, a teenager facing 27 criminal charges couldn't be held in jail. Kid steals a car and smacks into a vehicle at high speed, killing a mother of three.
The teenager was described throughout the report as a "troubled boy," had tried to evade police and was high on drugs at the time.
He's been sentenced to 4 ½ years in custody for the death.
27 charges? And he isn't even so young that they aren't naming names. The victim's family is pushing for answers. They think they're being heard, but the skeptic in me says that things are a long way from being better where young offenders are concerned.
Why? Have you heard about this "incident"where two kids threw a rock from an overpass and killed a bus driver?
I saw the headline yesterday. No jail time.
And what gets me about that is, it isn't the first time this has happened. There have been several incidents where drivers have been lucky to survive having a rock strike their windshield while driving on a highway.
Meanwhile, Graffiti discovered in the playground of an elementary school was so sexually explicit, students weren't allowed outside for recess or lunch yesterday, say officials.
And police said it's becoming a disturbing trend they're seeing more frequently at schools across the city. Goody goody gumdrops – this story comes from Calgary.
So, across my fair nation we have druggie criminal teens stealing cars and killing people, getting slapped on the wrist for it, other kids not being held responsible for throwing rocks off overpasses and killing someone….
Is anyone going to jail anymore?
Why yes. Yes, someone is. The kid that played with his Christmas present.
Let me give Mom here this much credit. She at least realizes that kids need to face consequences. But this story infuriates me, for a number of reasons.
We've got kids who are actually criminals who need to be locked up for serious crimes who are being let run free, but we expect our police to waste time, energy and money incarcerating a kid who wouldn't listen to his mother?
And then we come to the infamous, "The mother said her son was diagnosed in the last year with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder but his medicine does not seem to help" lines.
Would it be wrong of me to show up at her house and smack her? Seriously, I did one of my special education reports on ADHD. The fucking drugs are only one component in a six-part strategy for affecting behaviour. You don't just pump the kids full of drugs and expect them to be better! That's why I lean a bit on the no-drug side – not because the drugs are never effective. Sometimes they're very effective. But the way they're being used is just to sedate kids who aren't being taught coping skills or strategies for handling themselves when they aren't medicated. And that's a problem.
The drugs are all too often being used as a band-aid, and that's not what they should be used for. Okay, in fairness to Mom here, yes it sounds like the kid has some other problems. But if you're going to have your child arrested maybe you should do it when he assaults a human being, not opens a Christmas gift early, ya think?
Beyond that, the fact that the solution here is to call the police… What happened to counseling? Talking to the doctor who prescribes his medication? Reading a book about your son's condition and maybe trying to make some lifestyle changes that will help?
Did you know that in some countries doctors aren't allowed to prescribe ridilin until they can prove dietary intervention has failed?
Now, it's funny, because this is the topic I had planned for yesterday, but blogger wasn't working. Otherwise it would have followed by post about the kids I worked with five years ago.
Remember the violent one? We discovered through careful monitoring that there were foods contributing to his behavioural issues. Every day for months I wrote in his journal what he ate, what his mood was like, positive and negative behaviours, and we started to see the connections.
Part of the reason that the room split also worked for him was that he needed to be able to focus without distraction. He could cope in a room with 9 other children. He couldn't concentrate with 26 others.
About 9 years ago now, I worked in a different place. One child, in the center of a custodial conflict, was ADHD. He had the foulest mouth I've ever heard, and that takes some doing. Fuck was his favourite word. He was 7. And before you dismiss it to any gangster stuff, he was Caucasian and attended Catholic School, played hockey and had no street exposure.
One parent didn't want him medicated. Another did. So what that parent did was provide his teacher with chocolate and meds and the teacher put the meds in the chocolate and gave him some every morning. He didn't even know he was being drugged.
Now, he did stop swearing so much. And he really was a hyper kid. Reminded me a bit of a monkey, always running around, swinging off of whatever, could not sit still for two seconds, absolutely no respect for authority either.
That changed. He became lethargic, listless and didn't have the same energy for sports (the only thing that saved this kid and the staff, because we could channel that energy).
But you can only medicate kids on ridilin for a fixed number of hours. Then they come off of it. And if you haven't been using the 'down' time to teach them about behaviour, to provide an environment that helps them learn and focus so that they can begin to implement coping strategies, you haven't done anything but make a teacher's life a bit easier for a few hours.
You certainly haven't helped the kid learn. And since he doesn't know he's being medicated and Mom isn't there to see it during the day, how do you assess if the dosage is correct? Who's monitoring the side effects to see if maybe that should be changed? It's certainly not a teacher's responsibility, and I hate to say it, but all too many of them are just happy not to deal with the outbursts. Some really don't care as long as the kid shuts up.
I'm only pointing it out to say that when I see these parents all of a sudden snap and go medieval and blame the drugs for not working I want to scream. I guess I've worked with too many of them, who want the quick fix. And they think that being 'tolerant' and overlooking all their child's misbehaviour is love. It isn't – it's bullshit. You overlook your seven-year-old son calling you a fucking bitch? You overlook him bullying other children? You overlook him hitting other kids with a hockey stick? You overlook him running away from his instructors and refusing to listen to them? You overlook him doing his schoolwork?
And then one day you've had enough and you do what, exactly? It isn't like you've ever disciplined him.
And I'm not even opposed to ridilin, btw. Oh, sure, it would be nice if we didn't rely so much on medication. But the goal here is supposed to be addressing the child's issues in an effective manner that allows them to cope with their condition.
Because it's one they have to live with for life. And at some point, they have to be able to handle life without the drugs.
You haven't done anything to help your kid if you haven't helped them face that. It isn't love to not teach your child how to be responsible and independent.
It's negligence.
Sometimes, I really miss kids and think about going back to work.
And then I think about the parents.
32 comments:
- M. G. Tarquini said...
I'm going to do my usual spiel - Ritilin is an amphetamine. It does not sedate. It is speed. In children with ADD, it has the effect of helping them focus. Children who don't need ritilin react the way any of us would react to ingesting a dose of speed.
There are number of meds for treating ADD/ADHD. Straterra, which is proving to be very effective, is not a controlled substance and doesn't need a fresh prescription every month. It tends to have fewer side effects regarding tics and is formulated as a timed-release medication which is effective for 24 hours, helping to smooth out the peaks and valleys of drug therapy.
ADD and it's close brother, ADHD, both need comprehensive treatment which begins with testing. There is no glory in trying dietary measures first since the medicine helps so well, and helps so quickly (20 minutes after ingesting. Go ahead, set your watch.) Careful parenting and monitoring are essential for your ADD child, as it is for any child. However, all the wonderful parenting in the world goes into the toilet when the unmedicated child is opening every window in the house, having tourette like outbursts in public and pulling the bottom can out of a display to 'see what happens.'
You may as well get annoyed at a diabetic who is getting loopy because his blood sugar is going wacky.
I've no idea what the reasons are for the disparate treatment of these various cases. Not everything gets reported in the news and jailtime is not always the best treatment for young offenders.
- 11:41 a.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
I don't necessarily disagree with you about jail, Mindy. Although there comes a point where something has to be done. In the case of our joy-riding killer, 27 charges? And where are the parents?
Yes, true that not everything gets reported in the media, but still, if you as a parent are going to send your kid to jail wouldn't you do it when he assaults another child, not when he opens a Christmas present early?
It smacks of reactive parenting to me, on an extreme scale. But what I find even more puzzling is, why did the police put him in jail? Geez, what kid hasn't snuck a peek at a Christmas present?
As to the dietary thing, it at least used to be the law in Australia - I'm a bit behind on this stuff now, but the issue surrounded the willingness of doctors to prescribe ridilin unnecessarily, under pressure from parents. There were high numbers of kids being medicated who shouldn't have been medicated. I think that's the critical thing - as you've pointed out the effects are bad if you shouldn't be medicated.
But like all medications, you need to monitor it. I can only say in Canada, in my experience, that's where the gap comes in. It's only used during school hours and I wasn't required to fill out any paperwork on medication unless I administered it. Most kids were given it by their parent, or a school designated nurse (not in the classroom) so there's no follow-through. And that's where using the meds becomes a band-aid because nobody's asking if the dosage is right, if it's effective.
One thing I know, watching those kids spiral isn't fun. The one child I talked about with the diet, he did end up getting medicated as well. We used our daylight hours to teach him coping strategies - a safe place to go when he felt frustrated, a focus task that he could channel the craziness into. We gave him an environment where coming off didn't have to be striking people. It wasn't perfect, but it was substantially better than what had been happening before.
- 12:01 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Okay Mindy, on the meds vs natural methods debate, you must check this out. Different meds, different problem. Thanks James.
- 12:23 p.m.
My problem with Ritalin is that it's being used for everything now. I have a friend with Asperger's and she was on Ritalin for a long time. She doesn't necessarily need help focusing, there are just certain cercumstances where it just isn't possible for her to do well, her brain doesn't process information in those conditions. Ritalin isn't going to change that.
Now her mother has her heading off to a four year private college. I shudder to think what new meds they'll find for her to use to cope there, because it's just going to overwhelm her beyond belief. Everyone who knows her is aware of this. Everyone except her mother. norby
- 1:03 p.m.
- angie said...
Um, what? The link on James O's blog is about gene therapy, not medication (and I couldn't find the article when I followed the link).
Medications alone are not the answer for ADD or ADHD kids, but they are necessary to help the kids level out enough so that they are capable of learning coping skills. Untreated ADD and ADHD has been linked to some really nasty behavior in adults (meth addiction anyone?) who are either attempting to self-medicate or are so out of control they end up in the adult criminal justice system.
I can't speak about the kids who have committed crimes in Canada and not gotten jail time. The age, home environment, and mental health issues are surely part of the reasoning behind this. Also, what is not reported (here in the US, at least) is when these kids are placed in lock-down residential facilities to address substance abuse/addiction issues and behavioral management issues.
In the past, I would advise parents to contact their local police and/or juvenile detention centers for a tour of the local jail/prison/juvenile detention centers as a way to bring home what the consequences are for criminal behavior. Sometimes it worked (usually with the younger kids - helped a lot with a 9 year old fire-starter I worked with). It is possible that the Christmas gift incident was part of a larger behavioral pattern. The news gives such a tiny part of what is happening that it's hard to know how to respond.
This debate will continue. I'm all for consequences, I'm just not convinced that jail or prison time is automatically the best response in all (or even most) juvenile cases. It is absolutely true that too much time incarcerated simply teaches kids how to be more efficient and violent criminals. Each case is different, though. I've seen kids who should be locked up who weren't, and vice versa.
I hate it when you put up posts like this. The whole complicated subject continues to piss me off with its myriad facets and the level of outrage that overshadows the process of managing these problems. It is not something that can be broken down with one piece pointed to as the origin. It has to be approached holistically, and that is overwhelming for most rational folks. And it's not something that is usually reported in the media.
- 1:05 p.m.
- JamesO said...
No problem, Sandra. All part of the service;}#
We don't tend to drug our children to quite the same extent as they seem to in the US (not yet, at least). One of the most telling things I saw, however, was when Jamie Oliver did his school meals makeover. As part of the show he went to one child's home and persuaded his parents to completely change the diet, substituting fresh veg and stuff for the processed junk he'd been eating. Before, the kid was a complete nightmare - banging off the walls, shouting at his parents and behaving in a manner that would have got me thrashed with a riding crop when I was his age (but that's another story). At the end of five days he was a calm, focussed and intelligent kid. Could have been a completely different person.
Likewise, my nephew Fingal is an engaging and friendly eight year old, but give him one boiled sugar sweet with red colouring in it and in minutes he's hitting his brothers over the head with whatever blunt instrument comes to hand.
I'd love to know what the levels of ADD/ADHD are in countries like France and Italy where they have a decent food culture. I'm betting it's a good bit lower than the US.
- 1:06 p.m.
- JamesO said...
Angie - I've updated the link so it points straight to the article now. It's only a snippet, but I thought it amusing.
- 1:13 p.m.
- M. G. Tarquini said...
I think what I don't get in the Great ADD/ADHD drug debate is why it's a debate at all. These drugs truly aren't easy to get, at least not in the U.S. Doctors are required to see patients every so many months or weeks in order to be allowed to re-prescribe them. Nobody would tsk tsk a person for taking cancer meds, even if they started heaping on one med after another.
Asperger's in an interesting syndrome which often appears in conjunction with ADD/ADHD. It's not a made up condition, any more than ADD/ADHD. Only a qualified psychiatric professional is equipped to diagnose it properly and the physician prescribes medication based on appropriate recommendation from the literature which is based on research obtained through a proper scientific process.
In other words, doctors aren't prescribing this stuff because they just want to see what happens. Give 'em a little credit. I mean, you're happy enough to see them when you're in the ER with chest pains...
Sandra - very funny link. Re: the kid with 27 charges. Yeah, he probably needs something more than a slap on the wrist, but I don't know what he needs. People aren't required to obtain a license or pass a test to become parents. Anybody with viable eggs, a partner with viable sperm and an unprotected quarter-hour on a Saturday night can beome one. Doesn't mean they'll step up when the kid arrives. Doesn't mean they won't fall down along the way.
I don't see the three cases as related, Sandra. The cops probably put the kid in 'jail' at the parent's request.
Was it a good idea? I wouldn't do it to my kid, but I guess if the kid obeys his mother after that, she may think it was worth it.
- 1:15 p.m.
- M. G. Tarquini said...
And I agree, James. A proper diet is essential for any kid. My kids eat well, which may account for why they do so well with their ADD/ADHD. Then again, my last name also ends in 'i'. We're pretty picky about our food.
We also severely limit computer games and television in general and keep the kids in physical activities. Both are gymnasts and black belts in Tae Kwon Do.
I think handing ritilin to an ADD kid with chocolate is tantamount to drinking diet soda with your ice cream float. The one cancels out the other. Chocolate is a drug and generally not a good one for kids with ADD.
- 1:19 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Angie, "Medications alone are not the answer for ADD or ADHD kids, but they are necessary to help the kids level out enough so that they are capable of learning coping skills." See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. You use the medication as a means to an end, not make it the end itself (unless all other efforts have failed, in which case there's probably something more than ADD or ADHD there).
I'm sorry that these posts bug you. I just get so frustrated, seeing story after story, stories like this.
I guess part of the reason I get frustrated is that when I was assaulted when I was 14, all my attackers walked away. The police could do nothing, the parents wouldn't do anything. The result? I ended up in therapy and was sent to a different high school in a different town where I didn't have to fear for my safety.
So, I look at these things, and what I see is a pattern of neglect, from parents and the law, to hold kids accountable. And it's a pattern of neglect that's been going on for a long time. Things aren't getting better, they're getting worse. It frustrates me.
Norby, I'd be very frustrated for your friend as well.
The ritilin thing really is a side issue. It's just one symptom of the bigger problem. There are a lot of parents out there who don't actually raise their kids. And that concerns me.
Okay, now my blood pressure's going up!
James, love that dietary story. I have a book called 'Is Your Child's Brain Starving?' all about how failing to nourish children through healthy eating is contributing to learning issues across the board. I'm not an extreme health nut either, but there's enough evidence there to not dismiss it lightly.
- 1:30 p.m.
- Zinnia said...
Oh wow. I've gone on about such things too. Part of the problem is our government and how much they legislate everything from infant carseats to taxes to what to do with a criminal child. 90% of the time, what the government decides is bs that only makes the issue worse.
- 1:35 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Zinnia, it's a mess, isn't it? Sometimes the parents are useless, sometimes the government. Sometimes both...
Any ideas for how to do things better?
- 1:38 p.m.
- angie said...
This topic is frustrating on a number of levels and the overall sense of utter brokeness of the systems in place are just plain depressing.
The article you linked to is another story I've heard more than once. Where was the father of these 2 girls? Where were the family supports? WTF?! That's messed up when a kid genuinely believes the only way out of a crappy, neglectful situation is to commit murder.
I worked with a girl who killed her father - she was constantly haunted by what she had done and how it had torn her (abusive and extremely dysfunctional) family apart. In her mind, she was protecting her siblings, her mother and herself. Now she has to live with the fact that she killed her father.
There are a couple of documentaries that you might find interesting. One of them is called "Girlhood" http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/girltrouble/film.html - I showed this one to the girls I used to work with & they could absolutely relate and identify with the 2 girls in the film. Another one is "Girl Trouble," a new docu set in San Francisco. I haven't seen it yet, but the trailer definitely looks like familiar territory for me. Just another perspective on the fucked up situations and systems in the U.S.
- 3:32 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Angie, those are the questions automatically popping up in my mind. Nobody sees there are problems? Nobody sees it coming?
Speaking of stellar parents, here's a real winner.
Maybe we're so socially disconnected anymore, so conditioned to turning a blind eye, that we just don't see what's going on around us. I don't know.
- 5:15 p.m.
- Sela Carsen said...
When I had my dd tested for ADD (child can't pay attention for a New York minute), one of the first things the dr did was suggest a horrifying and bewildering array of medications, Ritalin being one of many.
We didn't go back to the dr.
She manages quite well with attention to her diet and -- no kidding -- a cup of coffee (1/2 coffee, 1/2 milk, 1/2 tsp of sugar) before she heads off to school. The caffeine wakes up the focus part of her brain. There's anecdotal evidence of this, but no firm research on it.
However, it's noticable when she doesn't have her coffee in the morning. She's distractable, fiddly and not as happy.
Fortunately, although she tests high (or is it low?) in the focus aspect of ADD, she has no other behaviour problems that accompany it. Thank God. If there had been other serious issues, we might have considered drugs more strongly.
The thing is, I didn't want her medicated partly because of my own experience. I'm ADD, too, and I have to function on my own. I forget a lot of things and I make a lot of mistakes, but I can say I got where I am by virtue of being me. Not me on brain-chemistry altering drugs.
The world will not stop for her while she refills her prescription. She has to learn to live her life as she is.
I hope that sounds realistic and not overly harsh.
- 7:38 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Well, personally Sela, I don't think it sounds overly harsh. It sounds to me like you're an understanding, hands-on parent who's open-minded about possible approaches to best help your child. And you understand this from your own experiences. I've seen too many negatives come from putting kids on drugs to just automatically enlist that option. Of course, it's never my decision, but when I hear some talk about how 'if only little Johnny could go on ridilin it would fix everything' I do want to smack them.
I'd never heard that about coffee but that's very interesting! Did you know milk products can cause aggression in some kids? I believe in monitoring diets.
- 7:46 p.m.
- M. G. Tarquini said...
I have a cousin who was 'hyperactive' as a kid. The prescription was coffee in the morning. It helped for a few hours. The effective ingredient is caffeine which is a 'speed up' drug. I don't know why speed up drugs have a calming effect on ADD people, but they do.
I have ADD, as does my husband. Husband did ritalin for a year ten years ago or so and hasn't needed it since. I have a prescription that I keep in my purse, but which, in true ADD fashion, I never remember to take.
Many kids with ADD learn to cope. Many go off the medication eventually as other life skills are learned. Some always do better on the drugs. There is nothing intrinsically evil about any of the medicines. They have a purpose and when prescribed appropriately, serve that purpose. There is no extra measure of glory in refusing to use the medication as there is no extra measure of stigma for choosing the opposite. Every case is different. Some ADD kids are like brittle diabetics, using their medicine makes them able to live and function in this world. There is an ever widening variety of medicine available to treat ADD/ADHD. Ritalin is not the only option.
I keep popping in on this topic, whereever I find it because I don't think anybody is served by attaching a judgment to the disorder or the medication needed to treat it.
ADD/ADHD is a horribly misunderstood disorder in the lay world. And people generally don't like to see a kid 'on drugs'. My kids are not 'on drugs'. They are taking medicine for a condition that we have carefully researched and for which we've sought the best of help. Nobody would fault us if the treatment they needed was for God forbid, cancer, or diabetes. Yet the opinion that 'People sedate kids with Ritalin' just to 'keep them quiet' is tossed about like popcorn in a movie theater.
Because it makes good press. Who'd watch a news story about the number of children helped each year by proper treatment for ADD? We don't hear the stories about the nice kids who mind their business and their manners, work hard at school and are kind to animals. It's the ones who get guns and blow away their schoolmates, or rob banks, or join gangs who make the headlines.
Sorry. End Rant.
Guess we all know the topic that steams M.G.'s dumplings, don't we?
- 8:09 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Mindy, there's no need to apologize for expressing yourself here. I don't really disagree with you - I think it comes off sounding like I'm very anti-ritilin, when what I'm really for is a total approach to ADD/ADHD. When you say, "Yet the opinion that 'People sedate kids with Ritalin' just to 'keep them quiet' is tossed about like popcorn in a movie theater. Why? Because it makes good press" - that may be true of a lot of people, but I could actually tell you names of teachers who said stuff like, "Just put him on drugs so I don't have to deal with him" - even for children not diagnosed.
So, I'm a bit knee-jerk on it, because I've seen a number of cases where it's been handled badly. But bear in mind, in the seven or so years I was in the field, considering some of my programs topped 80 children (I've done large group and one-on-one - I went to one-on-one because of stuff like this) I've worked with a lot of kids. If I'm fair, I'd say of the 400+ kids I've worked with over the years, an astronomically small percentage of them were improperly medicated.
But each time they were it was that kind of sentiment that was whispered.
Here we have something called being coded. Kids with 'special educational concerns' are given a code number.
There are some schools that refuse to accept any child into their program that has a code.
What concerns me about that is, again, it isn't about educating kids. It's about a way to segregate kids, and in that case, removing perceived "problematic" kids so that teachers don't have to deal with them in those schools.
Isn't that discrimination? Yet it's being allowed. How is it any different than the overburdened schoolteachers where these coded kids do go hoping kids will be put on ridilin?
In reality, it's the same thing. Put them somewhere (physically or in a mental state) where I don't have to deal with them.
The thing is, I've worked with other kids being medicated where I didn't even know about it. Because the parents handled it, monitored it and were effectively parenting their kids.
I'm not anti-ridilin, just against using it as a band-aid. I've seen that attitude here anyway enough to know it's a very real one, unfortunately.
- 8:24 p.m.
- Sela Carsen said...
I hear you, M.G. I really do. As I said, if she'd had more issues than the one with attention, we'd have considered medication more strongly.
And frankly, if the dr hadn't just tossed us a list of drugs to take -- if, instead, she'd talked about behaviour modification, dietary influences, etc, we'd have been a lot less horrified.
I'm just a strong proponent for teaching her the skills she'll need for handling ADD for the rest of her life.
- 8:38 p.m.
- M. G. Tarquini said...
I could actually tell you names of teachers who said stuff like, "Just put him on drugs so I don't have to deal with him" - even for children not diagnosed.
I totally believe you on that. But no doctor is going to put a kid on speed because some teacher who has no idea how the drug works says she wants him on it. Diagnosis involves a battery of behavorial and cognitive tests, questionnaires filled out by the parents, caregivers and teachers. There are scoring systems. The adults could all get together and decide, 'That kid needs drugs.' and answer so as to encourage diagnosis, but the psychologist and psychiatrist administering the independent tests will need to see corraboration there before pulling out the prescription pad.
We have those same codes here - IEP kids. Fortunately, federal and state laws prohibit discrimination against those children. Included in the designation for IEP are gifted children, as well as the physically and mentally challenged and any with behavorial issues.
My kids go to public school, but they are in one that seems to handle the very bright, the ADD, and the physically and mentally challenged very well and I credit them with helping my children to have a happy childhood. I found the school on recommendation from one of the kids' doctors, who, as it turns out, loves the school so much she sends her own child there.
Here's my take on the 'Ritalin as a bandaid' solution. A diabetic kid who is insulin dependant is at a disadvantage if his parents are negligent and do not monitor his diet. The insulin will help to keep him stable and is used as a bandaid to mitigate poor dietary choices. Think of Ritalin the same way. IF the kid doesn't have ADD, the Ritalin won't help, and will likely make them worse and they'll stop giving it to him. But for the kid who does ADD, even if the parents are idiots who think the drug is where their parenting responsibility begins and ends, at least the kid is getting some relief from symptoms.
ADD/ADHD can be painful, physically as well as mentally. I lot of people aren't aware of the physical pain associated with the disorder. Ritalin doesn't take the place of poor parenting, but it may help the situation until somebody notices and provides more help.
This is not a topic with a black and white solution and it's a topic that can be as large as the world, or as small as the little fellow sitting across from me in the living room, doing his math homework.
- 8:43 p.m.
- M. G. Tarquini said...
Sela, did you see a pediatric psychiatrist or just the pediatrician?
Our children's pediatrician started my son on small doses of Clonidine first, to see if that would be enough. Then he moved to low-dose Ritalin to see if that were effective. It was very effective, but only for four hours at a time. It became evident, quickly, that this was exactly what my son needed. However, it was equally obvious that he needed to be monitored. At that point, our pediatrician handed him over to a pediatric psychiatrist and a pediatric psychologist at the Children's Hospital for further evaluation. The pediatrician said that he was not comfortable prescribing more than the very basic job because... well, because he's not a psyciatrist.
Good pediatric psychiatrists are a bitch to find. None of the ones in our city take insurance. The medicines used to treat ADD are not to be prescribed lightly and they do need close monitoring, especially in kids. Kids are growing, and highly metabolic. Their needs and dosages change all the time.
I really am pleased that coffee is enough for your daughter and that you've found a good solution for your family. That's what we're all striving for. If you ever think you need to go further, please seek out a kids psych doc. If you are in the States and you ever need a recommendation, drop me an email and I'll put my husband on it . If you are in Canada, he might be able to get you some recs there, also.
It's truly nice to hear from another parent who's fighting the dragon and winning.
- 8:51 p.m.
- Sela Carsen said...
*snort* We were being seen by a pediatrician at an Army base. Now, God love the Army, because no one else does. They have some of the worst medical care in the military. This coming from someone who was treated like a minor goddess at Air Force bases (not just an officer's wife, but he was a WSO, which is one step removed from God. Er, I mean, pilots. ;) )
Anyway, you get whoever picks up your chart when you show up. Luck of the draw.
So far, the coffee is working, so we'll stick with that. But she's 9, so things will begin to change soon. *sigh* We'll be watchful and deal with it as it comes.
- 9:05 p.m.
- M. G. Tarquini said...
I hear you. My kids' psychiatrist wanted to try a new drug on my daughter (she needs help to get to sleep or she'll be up all night). He gives me confusing dosing requirements, then tells me it may affect her appetite.
I stopped him right there. She'll be going into puberty soon and her weight is beautifully balanced. She eats when she's hungry, stops when she's not. I'm not mucking with that during the 'Do you think I look fat?' years. We're keeping her on her current medicine for sleep. if it takes her a little longer to go out, it takes her a little longer. No way I'll be guilty of aiding an abetting an eating disorder.
- 9:11 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Mindy, all I know is that the teachers were often asked to provide letters for the doctors. Some of the kids put on drugs weren't formally diagnosed. The other day I blogged about the kid with ODD and CD? Now, okay, I felt certain about his condition, because I worked with him for a long time. And because Kevin was brought in to video him as part of the behavioural assessment and Kevin's trained in the DSM and used to work in a psych hospital (social worker). But by you can't diagnose five-year-olds with those disorders here. His was one specific case where a teacher pressed the parent hard to get him medicated, despite the fact that our intervention strategy was proving effective, and he was medicated without any formal diagnosis. In his case, I don't remember the drug he was put on, but Kevin knew it - a psychotropic drug. He started coming in in the morning looking dead, like he hadn't slept, like he had no energy for anything, lost all interest in activities...
I think the problem is, some doctors (here anyway) will give in to pressure. When I saw the doctor about my tonsils they told me my situation wasn't severe, but that if I wanted surgery I could have it. My choice. No cost, completely covered by health care. I'd lived with recurring throat infections for so long I had the surgery. Didn't even give it a second thought. Even with the time off work I saved money in the long run because I didn't need prescriptions anymore.
It's sort of evidence of the systematic problem. I know doctors in Calgary I could go see and say, "I need this prescription" and they'd just hand it over, without any assessment. I say that because I've done it before. In my case, I actually do know what I need when my illness is a problem, but a doctor I haven't seen in two years shouldn't hand me anything without a check-up.
And that's what worries me about the kids. Having seen a few who did get medicated when the parents put enough pressure on doctors, in some cases after teachers put enough pressure on them, makes me worry. The percentage of occurances is small, but it's still there.
Of course, we have a doctor shortage here. Makes me wonder if we're always getting the right people for the jobs.
- 9:24 p.m.
- Eileen said...
Many parents really scare me....
- 9:50 p.m.
- M. G. Tarquini said...
all I know is that the teachers were often asked to provide letters for the doctors.
Yes, that's standard for diagnosis here, but it's not the deciding factor. I can't speak to what Standard of Care is in Canada, nor how your system works. My only experience is here.
And incompetent doctors are found all over.
- 10:07 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Me too Eileen.
Unfortunate about that reality with doctors, Mindy.
I'm curious about something. If it's the caffeine in the coffee that helps some, does it work the same if they have pop or chocolate? Or does anyone know?
- 10:11 p.m.
- Sela Carsen said...
Apparently it's the caffeine. Dark soda like Coke makes her nuts, but she's fine with things like Sprite. She eats chocolate, but not by the bucketful.
- 11:28 p.m.
- Bonnie Calhoun said...
I think people need to petition their representatives to get some better laws!
For little juvenile delinquints like that, I'd like to reach out and touch! And don't get me started on how their creating a whole new generation that think drugs are the answer.
I wonder what DNA will look like in another 100 years, if the Lord tarrys!
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- 7:06 a.m.
- JamesO said...
I wonder if you can get all those blogspot addresses taken down if you report them to Blogger...
- 9:24 a.m.
- M. G. Tarquini said...
The active ingredient is the caffeine. Chocolate has other ingredients that can affect ADD/ADHD. I really limit the chocolate my kids get. It makes them nuts. I forget the name of what's bad news about chocolate - theobromine or something like that? Some kids aren't affected by it at all. Mine get crazed.
- 2:02 a.m.