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The Living in the Past Department: So Ultrabooks Are Something New?February 2nd, 2012
There was an article this week that proclaimed so-called "Ultrabooks" as "The Next Big Thing in Portable Tech," as if such products are brand new and thoroughly innovative. Such stories were inspired by the pomp and circumstance of the presentations of these thin and light note-books during the recent Consumer Electronics Show.
In case you didn't know there's an "Ultrabook craze" happening right now. It's the alternative to tablets that might appeal to people for whom such gadgets as the iPad aren't sufficient for their needs.
Unfortunately, the people who believe that the Ultrabook is something new and different seem to be living in a time warp, since such a product has been out since 2010, only it first came from Apple in the form of the MacBook Air.
Now the 2010 MacBook Air wasn't the first version of that product. Apple originally introduced that feather light note-book at the Macworld Expo in 2008, a slimmed down 13.3-inch portable with a standard hard drive, but without optical storage or Ethernet networking (except as external options) and only two peripheral ports, one for USB, the other for an external display. It weighed a mere three pounds, in the range of those costly thin and light PC note-books.
The idea was compelling, but the price, $1,799 for the base model, was a non-starter. They sold, but not in terribly high quantities.
Segue to the fall of 2010, when Apple totally rethought the concept, creating the blueprint for Intel to build a reference platform. This time Apple considered the price carefully, with an 11.6-inch version starting at just $999, same as the entry-level MacBook. It was, relatively speaking, a tad slimmer and lighter, with a longer-life battery and two USB ports. By 2011, Apple replaced the Mini DisplayPort with Thunderbolt.
However the most compelling change was the completely switch from a traditional hard drive to solid state storage; SSD was optionally available on the original version. Suddenly the low-end Intel processor seemed incredibly snappy. It would start in a few seconds, awake from sleep in an instant, and applications would launch much much faster than even on the most powerful Mac Pro. Sure, you were limited to only 64GB storage for the cheapest model (topping out at 256GB with a costly check on the customize page), but if you were careful about what you put on there, you'd have a pretty complete, reasonably powerful note-book for a surprisingly affordable price.
Certainly the public noticed. The MacBook Air became amazingly popular, with loads of customers willing to trade CPU horsepower, a decent number of internal peripheral ports, an optical drive, and expansive hard drive storage, for a slimmer form factor. The PC makers couldn't match Apple's amazing supply chain and manufacturing efficiencies, and were thus forced to charge higher prices.
So Intel, who continues to supply the chips that power Macs, created an Ultrabook reference design, helping to subsidize PC makers to build their own equivalents to the MacBook Air at similar prices. There's even a dual-mode version that will offer a display that can be popped off, supposedly turning the computer into a traditional Windows tablet, though at a far higher price than the model with a fixed display.
Although Ultrabooks were present in earnest over at the CES, it doesn't seem as if any of the PC makers are able to provide credible alternatives to the MacBook Air. At best, they can match Apple's price, more or less, though they won't receive anywhere near the same profits generated by the MacBook Air.
But to say this is something new and different is a big stretch of logic. It's nothing more than a confession that no single PC maker can match Apple's design flair or ability to deliver affordable gear and still make great profits. Instead, they had to depend on Intel to do the hard lifting for them.
With the Ultrabook reference platform, a PC maker can simply take the basic design, slap their own brand name on it, make a few minor case design or color changes, and claim they've got something new and original to sell you. I suppose, lacking a talented in-house design team, they have no choice. Besides, it's not as if they actually have to spend much adapting the platform to their own needs. You'll see the same situation that already plays out in the PC note-book space these days. Most models look nearly the same if you stand back a few feet, and ignore the manufacturer's labels, assuming they're even visible.
But I have to wonder how any member of the media can look at the Ultrabook, examine the specs of the MacBook Air, and somehow believe the former is an innovation and not a desperate attempt at copying the latter. That doesn't mean that a PC note-book adopting the Ultrabook form factor will necessarily be a bad product. Other than the size and slimmed down internals and missing features, though, will they differ all that much from a traditional PC note-book? More to the point, will people who might otherwise be considering an iPad choose one of them instead? If they really wanted a traditional note-book computer, wouldn't they consider the original, the MacBook Air? Just wondering.
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The old Three Kings of El Barrio have retired.
Three new, handmade 12-foot puppets representing the royal trio helped lead today's parade in East Harlem. They were joined by a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, a Broadway composer and noted artists.
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A lot has been said - both pro and con - about offering midnight basketball as a way to keep kids off the streets and away from crime.
I'm of the opinion that IF this is an effective program, it's best offered by churches and private-sector groups - NOT the government.
Toledo tried it years ago, and is now doing it again. This is the press release issued yesterday:
Mayor joins community recreation advocates to recognize late night basketball program
Toledo Mayor Michael P. Bell will join representatives of the Toledo Community Recreation Program today to recognize a Late Night Basketball program being offered in community centers around the city. The press conference will be held at 1 p.m. at the East Toledo Family Center.
The program is running for six weeks and is focused on providing positive alternative programming for teens and young adults during those hours of the night most common for the occurrence of youth crime. The sites will rotate throughout the week and play will run from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. with site supervisors providing staffing and support. Participating sites include East Toledo Family Center, Believe Center, Chester Saluki Center and the Frederick Douglas Center.
The timing is questionable, considering the city's completely unnecessary brand new 10-year, 1-mill levy request is on the ballot on Nov. 6th.
So this is a bribe, and it's not really for kids. It's for adults since the games are geared to 18-24 year olds and run from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Why are we bribing adults? If they're that old, shouldn't they be able to get such games together on their own? And these are not 'youths' despite what organizers call them.
This is promoting a further dependency on government, for 'entertainment' no less.
Think about it: these adults could get together and set up the games with these same facilities. They'd just need to cover the costs. To do so, they'd need jobs so they'd have disposable income to pay for their entertainment. But why should they do any of this on their own when the government will do it for them and pay for everything?
So the city of Toledo is paying $60,000 for midnight basketball for adults and claiming it will help stop 'youth' violence.
That the program is popular with as many as 100 people at a time at the facility is not a surprise. But if it is that popular, can't it be self-sufficient?
But if people have to pay, they won't come, we're told. Aye, there's the rub.
And what about people who don't play or like basketball? Will we have to have programs for every adult between the ages of 18 and 24 in order to avoid any discrimination charges? And where are the programs for women?
Midnight basketball won't address the problems that lead to crime, especially among adults, even when they are called 'youth.' It starts in our families and continues to our schools and into the marketplace with jobs.
Midnight basketball is a band-aid on a gaping wound that needs surgery - but as long as it's free, it will continue to be popular.


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BTL landlords should take note of the fact that the festive postal deadline is rapidly approaching, with Thursday 20th December the cut-off-date for anyone hoping to send cards and gifts with a first class stamp if they are to arrive before Christmas.
New research shows that many landlords like to give Christmas cards to their tenants and are also generous gift givers.
Almost half of private landlords intend to buy their tenants a gift or card this Christmas, according to a snap poll by Simple Landlords Insurance.
Planned gifts include chocolates or sweets, wine and even presents for tenants' children.
Somewhat alarmingly, while the study suggests that 46% of landlords are likely to send a Christmas card, significantly fewer are planning to offer their tenants any safety advice over Christmas, which is generally a period of heightened risks.
From 2014 to 2016, the number of Christmas burglaries leapt by 20% from 5,222 to 6,278,whilst charity Electrical Safety Firsts reports average 11% spike in house fires over the festive season.
A sudden cold snap, or down pour, can also cause damage – a good reason to ensure landlords know if tenants are going to be away for any period of time.
One in five - 21% - said they ask their tenants to inform them if they are going away for more than a few days over the period, 16% remind tenants that the risk of burglary increases in December and 11% send reminders about rules on candles or Christmas lights.
Richard Truman from Simple Landlords Insurance said: "We would encourage landlords to get in touch with their tenants ahead of the Christmas fortnight, if only to help them avoid the heightened risk from burglary, fire and flood over the holiday period.
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A little about me: I was raised an Air Force brat who traveled all over the U.S. My dad was killed in a B-52 crash when I was 15 and this led the rest of my family go back to Texas, where I eventually became a Texas Tech Red Raider! I currently am a Special Education teacher in Allen ISD, getting ready to start my 12th year of teaching! I chose Special Education because I myself have a severe and profound hearing loss, and I believe that no matter what obstacles one faces, learning can always occur, and all children CAN learn. I am also a mom to two precious children. In October of 2017, my very difficult divorce was finally, final. I felt drained and defeated. My self-esteem and my confidence was at an all-time low. I was a little bit angry, and a lot sad, a lot of the time. I was stressed to the max. I needed something to break the funk I was in. Someone said, "Have you thought about TITLE Boxing Club?" So, I thought, and I thought. I almost didn't come because of my hearing loss. It is extremely difficult for me to hear anything in that type of environment, but I thought, why not try? I am forever thankful that I did.
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London, Brent, June 2015: With 40% fewer new blood donors than 10 year ago, The Mayor of Brent Cllr Lesley Jones with Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Kingsbury, launched a new drive urging residents across the borough to help fill the gap.
In advance of National Blood Week (8-14 June), local representatives from NHS Blood and Transplant came together with regular local donors and members from world-renowned, Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band to unveil the Missing Type campaign. The campaign removes the letters A, O and B (the letters that make up the blood groups) to highlight the need for new blood donors with all blood types.
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Every unit of blood collected saves up to three lives, with the UK needing 200,000 new donors every year to maintain supply. To date There have been ten Blood Donation Sessions at the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Kingsbury to date:
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As a high schooler in the '90s, in the dark ages before Goodreads, LibraryThing, and all the rest, I had a printed list of books that I wanted to read. I had created this list based on other lists, librarian recommendations, and word of mouth. Most of the books on the list were science fiction and fantasy, and were the top of the top. A Song of Ice and Fire was on the list. (I put off reading it for so long because I thought the name was cheesy. Ah, the follies of youth!) Stranger in a Strange Land was on the list. (Probably for the best that I waited to read that one.)
Oh, and Daughter of the Forest, by Juliet Marillier, was on the list. I have just gotten around to reading it now, picking it up on a morning before work where I was pressed for time and needed to grab something off my shelf that I hadn't read before. I'm so glad I did, and retroactively proud of my teenager self for identifying this book as a to-read.
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We had a great ride on Saturday with 12 riders climbing some hills in the heat, followed by a post-ride gathering at the ride leader's cabin on Watson Pond. Many thanks to John Schooley for the ride and the follow-up festivities. This week's ride will be Sunday in Alna in the scenic Sheepscott River valley, with another post-ride gathering. Hope to see you there!
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Sunday, August 23rd - ALNA
"The Alna Alternative": a tour of the Sheepscot Valley through Alna, Pittston, and Whitefield.
START: 9:30 A.M. at the Post Office in Alna at the corner of Rt. 194 and Dock Road. Alna is located at 44:06:22N, 69:36:15W (for you GPS folks); also at DeLorme Map 13, E-2.
DISTANCE: 20-25 miles.
TERRAIN: moderately hilly.
HIGHLIGHTS: a possible swimming option at the dam in Head Tide, weather permitting (bring a bathing suit); the scenic Sheepscot River; and a post-ride gathering at the ride leader's house (across from the Post Office).
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Tens of thousands of people along the coast in Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut and other threatened areas were also under orders to clear out because of the danger of as much as a foot of rain, punishing winds of 80 mph and a potentially deadly tidal surge of 4 to 8 feet.
"This one is going to be completely different from (Hurricane) Irene, because of a very different track, coming in from a completely different direction when it comes to shore," said Dr. Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center.
"This leftward turn (to the west) that we're forecasting… when a cyclone takes a completely different track, that increases the chances of different spots that did or didn't experience flooding and other impacts to have a different outcome this time. So you have to prepare as if you've never experienced this (storm) before, because you haven't."
Sandy was headed north from the Caribbean to meet a winter storm and a cold front, plus high tides from a full moon, and experts said the rare hybrid storm that results will cause havoc over 800 miles from the East Coast to the Great Lakes.
The danger was hardly limited to coastal areas. Forecasters were far more worried about inland flooding from storm surge than they were about winds. Rains could saturate the ground, causing trees to topple into power lines, utility officials said, warning residents to prepare for several days at home without power.
What makes the storm so dangerous and unusual is that it is coming at the tail end of hurricane season and the beginning of winter storm season, "so it's kind of taking something from both," said Jeff Masters, director of Weather Underground.
Masters said the storm could be bigger than the worst East Coast storm on record -- the 1938 New England hurricane known as the Long Island Express, which killed nearly 800 people. "Part hurricane, part nor'easter -- all trouble," he said.If you've never been through a hurricane before, there's Hurricane preparedness tips at the Red Cross website. The Red Cross also has more information here, as well as a downloadable hurricane app where you can find a nearby shelter.
Having been though hurricanes before, it is important to have batteries, non-perishable food items and plenty of bottled water on hand. Cell phones should be charged up in case power goes out. You may also have to wait to use tap water, as supplies might be contaminated. Same goes with sewer systems, which could prevent flushing toilets. It's best to take all precautions and not try to do anything that could put your life and the lives of others at risk.
If you've followed this blog for a while, you'll remember we liveblogged Hurricane Irene last year, which wasn't my first time riding out a hurricane. I can recall going through the Category 5 storm Hurricane Allen in August 1980, which had winds in the Gulf of Mexico up to 180 mph. It weakened considerably to a Category 3 before making landfall in the lower Rio Grande Valley area of South Texas where I lived with my parents (video footage).
Two other Category 5 storms threatened our area, Hurricane Anita in September 1977 threatened the Rio Grande Valley of Texas but went into northern Mexico (was the only time I ever remember schools being closed due to weather). Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988 gave us a lot of wind, rain and tornadoes, but also went into northern Mexico.
It looks like here in the DC area, we're going to get winds and a lot of rain. Have heard from one high school friend in Norfolk that they had to move her husband's truck to higher ground. New York, Philadlephia, Delaware and New Jersey are going to get a lot the brunt, from reports I've seen on Weather Channel. Will be posting updates when they come available and try to live-blog when I can. To all readers and friends on the East Coast, stay safe!
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I was plain lucky to get great Indian wickets: Willoughby
Taunton: In awe of the line-up he single-handedly annihilated, Somerset pacer Charl Willoughby warned England not to read too much into India`s flop-show in the drawn practice match here as he was "plain lucky" to dismiss the visiting team`s great batsmen.
"I was lucky there`s no doubt about it. They played some shots they would not normally play in Test cricket. For example, you would not see Rahul (Dravid) play that kind of shot. The way (Amit) Mishra got out was plain luck. May be we were more up for the game, against a county side, may be they were not," said Willoughby, who took 6/76 against the Indians and practically all their top order batsmen, barring Sachin Tendulkar.
"They are going to bounce back. I don`t think they would bat the way they batted here. They would be far more competitive. I don`t think they would play like that again," he added.
Willoughby considers it a privilege he could bowl against his "ultimate batsman" — Tendulkar.
"I was nervous bowling to him. His bat appears wider than anyone else in the world. He is such a calm man at the crease.
He wanted to spend some time in the middle but was unfortunate to get out. It was a privilege bowling to him.
"Tendulkar is the ultimate batsman to have walked on this earth. People say about Sir Don Bradman but he has had a very long successful career as a modern day batsman. Tendulkar is the ultimate batsman, everyone admires him. I remember beating him once," Willoughby said.
All this talk of England`s bowling, especially tall Chris Tremlett running through the Indian line-up, was considered fanciful by Willoughby, a left-arm seamer.
"Yes, he (Tremlett) has bounce but Indians can handle that kind of stuff. Men like Rahul (Dravid), (Gautam) Gambhir, Tendulkar, (Mahendra Singh) Dhoni and (VVS) Laxman they are at the top of their game. England bowlers may bowl a bit better in these conditions but I am not sure their batting (could outdo the Indians)," he said.
"They have been playing very good cricket, there`s a reason why they are number one side of the world," he added.
Tremlett, England`s six-foot-seven-inch tall bowler, has declared Indians would be uncomfortable facing him and even former cricketing great Geoff Boycott feels he would be a big challenge for the visitors.
India`s bowlers too appeared ordinary in the practice match but Willoughby did not read too much into it.
"Zaheer has played a lot of county cricket. He knows these conditions, he will be prepared for it."
Having said so, Willoughby said England would be pleased Somerset could keep Indians down in the match.
"England will be happy their guys did not get much time to bat and bowlers spent more time on the field."


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My reflections and notes about hydrology and being a hydrologist in academia. The daily evolution of my work. Especially for my students, but also for anyone with the patience to read them.
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European waters - assessment of status and pressures
This report's results present good and robust European overviews of the data reported by the first RBMPs, and of the ecological status and pressures affecting Europe's waters. Europe's waters are affected by several pressures, including water pollution, water scarcity and floods. Major modifications to water bodies also affect morphology and water flow. To maintain and improve the essential functions of our water ecosystems, we need to manage them well.
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I wish for everyone to have moments, or even a moment of seeing a difficulty in life and witnessing it as having a healing effect. It's a moment where you feel a bit softened and sweet, in awe of how a situation--that just happened--really changed you into who you are today. Wow...
Yesterday, I joked about seeing a cosmic prank in some events and symbols I saw repeated and set against one another in my life: being a tall woman v/s wanting to be small, and from dust bunnies to real bunnies! Wow.
I believe that our stories of how we have suffered do offer opportunities to heal and grow--yielding a better result in the end. What is the lesson learned? How can lives be made better based on what you have learned through your having directly experienced suffering up close and personal? How do you understand others better because you have been there, too? How is life just a friggin' creative miracle in how in unfolds? Wow.
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The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has torn into pieces President John Mahama's recent policy statement in which he outlined a long list of things he would do to repair the economy of Ghana within the next three months.
President Mahama, who took over from the late President Mills, has promised to chart a new course in the delivery of good governance.
He outlined over 150 directives, instructions, orders to Ministers of State, including notices of cabinet meetings, which, according to the NPP, "he (the president) falls short of prescribing any new policies as solutions."
In a statement issued in Accra yesterday on the instructions of the presidential candidate of the NPP, the communications director of the party, Nana Akomea noted, "He also conveniently forgets that he was vice president over the past three-and-a-half years during which he was the head of the Economic Management Team; Chairman of the Armed Forces Council, Chairman of the Police Council, and was given 'every responsibility' by the late President Mills."
One of the things that caught the attention of the NPP was the president's claim to have held down inflation, even though he made no mention of the cost of living, with the prices of everyday goods and services – bread, gari, rice, sugar, electricity, water, school fees, transport etc having gone up by triple digits over the last three-and-a-half years.
The main opposition party did not also share the president's claim that the prices of food had been stable, insisting that "they have not" in spite of the fact that the country had been importing massive amounts of food.
The NPP therefore considered it a sad commentary that with more than 60% of Ghanaians engaged in agriculture, prices of food remained high; the country would still import tomatoes and maize.
Even though the president claimed that government had been able to curb the depreciation of the Cedi against the major trading currencies, especially the dollar, the NPP noted that over the past three-and-a-half years, the cedi lost 80% of its value, 20% in the first half of this year alone.
The NPP said, "It also represents a significant increase in cost of living as it has translated into price inflation for most goods that we imported and consumed.
"Inflation has amazingly remained stable whilst prices have raced through the roof."
On job creation, a major campaign tool in elections, Nana Akomea stated that "the president did not appear to have clear data on the scale of the problem, and the NYEP is still piling up arrears in the 'Better Ghana' era."
He said the approach by the ruling government to the crucial issue of job creation was characterised by ad-hoc measures, insisting that "there is absence of a nationally-defined policy to systematically promote employment in Ghana".
"This is despite the fact that in the last quarter of 2008, Cabinet approved a well thought out, credible national employment policy and implementation action plan," he noted.
For him and the NPP, "it is difficult to take any comfort in the president's sentiments for the promotion of value addition as a process that will 'throw up' jobs."
"If the president took a tour of our industrial areas, he would find that they have become shopping centres.
"If he couldn't do all these in three-and-a-half years, it is inconceivable that he will achieve much in four months."
He wondered whether the president's statement was a veiled attempt to respond to the demands of the founder of the NDC and former President Jerry John Rawlings to demonstrate integrity in the country at the just-ended extraordinary congress in Kumasi.
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Diagenesis of Upper Carboniferous rocks in the Ouachita foreland shelf in mid-continent USA: an overview of widespread effects of a Variscan-equivalent orogeny
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Diagenesis of Upper Carboniferous foreland shelf rocks in southeastern Kansas took place at temperatures as high as 100-150?? C at a depth of less than 2 km. High temperatures are the result of the long distance (hundreds of kilometers) advection of groundwater related to collisional orogeny in the Ouachita tectonic belt to the south. Orogenic activity in the Ouachita area was broadly Late Carboniferous, equivalent to the Variscan activity of Europe. Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn deposits and oil and gas fields in the US midcontinent and elsewhere are commonly attributed to regional groundwater flow resulting from such collisional events. This paper describes the diagenesis and thermal effects in sandstone and limestone of Upper Carboniferous siliciclastic and limestone-shale cyclothems, the purported confining layer of a supposed regional aquifer. Diagenesis took place in early, intermediate, and late stages. Many intermediate and late stage events in the sandstones have equivalents in the limestones, suggesting that the causes were regional. The sandstone paragenesis includes siderite cement (early stage), quartz overgrowths (intermediate stage), dissolution of feldspar and carbonates, followed by minor Fe calcite, pore-filling kaolinite and sub-poikilotopic Ca ankerite (late stage). The limestone paragenesis includes calcite cement (early stage); megaquartz, chalcedony, and Fe calcite spar (intermediate stage); and dissolution, Ca-Fe dolomite and kaolinite (late stage). The Rm value of vitrinite shows a regional average of 0.6-0.7%; Rock-Eval TmaX suggests a comparable degree of organic maturity. The Th of aqueous fluid inclusions in late stage Ca-Fe-Mg carbonates ranges from 90 to 160?? and Tmice indicates very saline water (>200000 ppm NaCl equivalent); ??18O suggests that the water is of basinal origin. Local warm spots have higher Rm, Tmax, and Th. The results constrain numerical models of regional fluid migration, which is widely viewed as an artesian flow from recharge areas in the Ouachita belt across the foreland basin onto the foreland shelf area. Such models must account for heating effects that extend at least 500 km from the orogenic front and affect both supposed aquifer beds and the overlying supposed confining layer. Warm spots indicate either more rapid or more prolonged flow locally. Th and Tmice data show the highest temperatures coincided with high salinity fluids. ?? 1995 Springer-Verlag.
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Gardasil – HPV – Vaccine Damage Worldwide
Gardasil – side effects below listed as "Postmarketing Experience". HPV Parents Are Kept In The Dark About many Known Side Effects That Are Capable Of Destroying Their Child's Life!
Young girls confined to beds, in psychiatric hospitals, exhausted all day, just because their parents were deceived and had no idea how dangerous these vaccines truly are. See all the side effects below listed as "Postmarketing Experience"!!
This is Isabella. There are almost 2,000 girls in Denmark who make up a similar support group to Regret. The Danish government set up treatment centers for the girls, 5 in all, and they are funding an independent inquiry into the connection to the vaccine. They also ceased to recommend Gardasil in 2015.
This is an international crisis looming. We continue to ask the HSE to stand up for our girls so that no more suffer the same fate. #regret #informedconsent
Translation of the the post below: "Isabella is on indefinite sick leave and can't keep to school, because she has over 50 symptoms and all she can do in order to avoid these reactions is to remain calm and rest most of the day. And if she moves too much her body reacts like that on the video."
Sixteen year old Rebecca from Carrick-on-Shannon explains how her life has been in the years following her taking of the HPV Vaccine which she claims has caused her symptoms.
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Blood and lymphatic system disorders: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, lymphadenopathy. Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders: Pulmonary embolus. Gastrointestinal disorders: Nausea, pancreatitis, vomiting.
General disorders and administration site conditions: Asthenia, chills, death, fatigue, malaise. Immune system disorders: Autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivity reactions including anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reactions, bronchospasm, and urticaria. Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders: Arthralgia, myalgia.
Nervous system disorders: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, dizziness, Guillain-Barré syndrome, headache, motor neuron disease, paralysis, seizures, syncope (including syncope associated with tonic-clonic movements and other seizure-like activity) sometimes resulting in falling with injury, transverse myelitis. Infections and infestations: Cellulitis. Vascular disorders: Deep venous thrombosis.


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The Albanian word for cheers, gezuar is a perfect word to describe this week as we have spent a lot of time with Albanian friends old and new. The archaeological work that my employer, RPM Nautical performs each summer in Albania has introduced us to a lot of wonderful Albanian people. Not only did my friend and colleague Howard find an Albanian bride, but the crew of the R/V Hercules works closely with a number of Albanians who assist us while we are working there.
Kathy & Mike
This month our founder George has brought over two Albanian women, Dola & Kela, who have worked with us for the past few years, to visit the US, and this past week they were here in Key West and we spent a lot of time hanging out and enjoying the fun that Key West has to offer. In addition another RPM crew member, Michael was here for the week from his home near Pensacola, so it was a mini-reunion of sorts for the US based RPM staff.
Kela, Lee & Dola
It made for a fun week of going out on the town, having the crew over for drinks and going out to dinner, lunch and such. It is always fun having visitors, especially those who have never been to Key West. We get to share our little island and see it through the perspective of people with totally different frames of reference. It sort of makes you see your own home in a new way.
George had us all over for a wonderful barbecue at his home early in the week and later in the week we went out on the town at various times. One night, Kathy & I joined Mike and other friends Neal and Ann out for Thai food at Thai Cuisine downtown. Another evening we joined pretty much the entire RPM crew out, meeting first at the Porch for drinks, then dinner at Caroline's before heading over to Fat Tuesday for Jello Shots.
Kela, Sushi & Dola
Next it was on to the 801 where we caught the Drag show at the upstairs Caberet. Kathy, Kris and the Albanian women got seats in the front row, naturally while the rest of us gravitated toward the bar area. Suffice it to say, the show was unlike anything they may have seen in Albania. It was fun to see their reactions and to watch as the Drag Queens interacted with them. We closed out that night by catching the band Experimento at the Green Parrot.
Kathy also spent a day at Bahia Honda beach with Kela, Dola and our friend Lee, enjoying the beautiful beach and another great Keys sunset before returning to the island. It has been almost perfect beach weather as it has been almost summer-like with warm, sunny weather most of the week.
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We capped off the week and their visit by having everyone over to our house for happy hour drinks before heading over to El Siboney for a good Cuban meal. Hopefully they enjoyed their visit to the Keys as much as we enjoyed meeting them. They are now off to Miami for a few days before heading back to New York City until they return to Albania.
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Instead of correcting the long list of health violations at their clinic, Alternatives (an abortion clinic in Atlantic City, New Jersey which has been closed for months) has decided to surrender their license. The numerous violations, "including bloodstained operating tables, expired drugs and the absence of a sterilization sink," were found when the health department visited the clinic for the first time in six years.
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10 May 2014 09:22:37
Is there any truth in the caulker rumours
I hope not, iv watched him all season I have a season ticket with cardiff an defensively he's good
But he can't pass a ball he can't play a short pass
Every time he looks up he opts to play a long ball over the top every single time without fail an it's usually over hit or not to a target
Just don't think he's for us
{Ed002's Note - I know nothing of it, sorry.}
1.) A lot of people saying he's in talks, if he isn't good with the ball like you said, seems an odd one though! I only remember him versus Liverpool but he lacked defensive class then! Don't really see the improvement on agger, younger though so could improve! I just don't see why spurs would have let him go if he was good ebough!
31 Jan 2014 17:55:39
Eds just said that a source very close to the Ukraine side Dnipro saying that there's not a problem with personal terms but the clubs can't agree a fee, is this the problem?
Also can u answer as to why does everyone seem to leave it to last minute to do buisness I mean at the start of the window there's no movement what so ever then deadline goes nuts lol thanks
{Ed001's Note - yes and because clubs don't want to sell, so they have to be convinced.}
1.) There's still a chance then Ed? Not totally dead in the water as some people think?
{Ed001's Note - not yet dead, but looking less likely by the minute.}
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29 Jul 2018 20:50:15
Happy birthday Ed hope you've had a fab day thanks for all the hard work.
{Ed001's Note - cheers Ravin.}
06 Jun 2018 02:23:40
Here's to hoping we draw Real Madrid group stages of champions league beat them twice and stop them
Qualifying for the round of 16 if we gunna do it let's do it properly and put the latest result to bed
1.) 06 Jun 2018 11:59:43
I sure would want nothing more than to whack Madrid's bollocks whenever we should meet, but give it a rest now mate. We got done; it's done. Move on. Deal with Madrid when we get to that bridge.
14 Feb 2018 10:19:04
Going to miss the game tonight, absolutely gutted as it's valentines and have to go out for food with the misses😫Big win needed, any one got tickets or travelling over?
Come on the boys YNWA!
{Ed025's Note - wimp.. :)
1.) 14 Feb 2018 11:00:27
Valentine's Day works both ways mate, if she loves you she will let you watch the match 👍😁.
2.) 14 Feb 2018 11:34:28
I have 2 birds in my life.
And the one that sits in middle of our Crest comes first tonight lads.
3.) 14 Feb 2018 12:08:57
Say you're sick 😀👍.
4.) 14 Feb 2018 12:10:02
I think you should make an effort to feed your budgie at half time though, LiverpoolFC8.
5.) 14 Feb 2018 13:06:08
Yep Adam, some seed for the bird 😏.
6.) 14 Feb 2018 13:11:35
I got it made 😂. I'll go do the whole lovey thing and refuse the thank yous while chilling her brother will have the match on.
7.) 14 Feb 2018 14:41:35
I planned ahead,
Taking mine to a spar for the weekend as a present so now tonight I can watch the game in peace.
{Ed002's Note - I think you will find Spar is a cheap cornershop chain.}
8.) 14 Feb 2018 14:43:19
You should cook her dinner. But woops, start late with the tv on at about quarter to eight. Have her sit down with a glass of wine (bottle) and some chocolates in another room while you prepare a perfect meal. I recommend steak, only takes a few mins and can be put on during injury time. If you are a terrible cook this will work wonders and further explain your hour and a half prep time. You might check in with her at half time and pour a second glass (bottle), and read her the poem you've been working on. Come half nine reveal the perfect Valentine's Day meal. You may miss the analysis after the match but these things happen.
9.) 14 Feb 2018 14:25:12
Ed25! Where you been, bro? Glad to have you back on the beat. How are things at Everton? Mangala? Yikes!
{Ed025's Note - been on a bit of a sabbatical brover, i think we are just about safe now mate but the season has been a massive let down, mangala is temporary (i hope) and we need to start shipping out some of the dutch elm starting with the manager for me..
10.) 14 Feb 2018 16:21:37
Glad to have you back Ed025, i missed you! Some guy called Scholes_18 has done a good covering job in terms of giving us some banter, but he's not got as much experience winding us up as you do 😉.
{Ed025's Note - a manc will never beat a scouser in the wind up stakes MK, but i see myself as a home truth teller mate..
11.) 14 Feb 2018 17:04:45
Ok ed2 I will take her to Marks and Spencer's.
{Ed002's Note - A lot better.}
12.) 14 Feb 2018 18:02:20
I told my bird valentine's is tomorrow hahahaha I wudnt b able too relax, she getting took out tomorrow end off.
13.) 14 Feb 2018 22:13:16
Ed002, Adriaan van Well would not be happy with you, associating SPAR with corner shop - tut tut 😜😜.
31 Aug 2017 16:58:32
Absolutely gutted if couts leaves, I know it's right that he leaves now after all this now though.
We have to win trophies this year or can see clubs coming in for mane next summer and possibly can go tp juve.
Happy we got Keita for next year I think the ox will be a good signing just need to give him time
Robertson looked impressive. salah settled quickly
Overall not a bad window althought a cb would be nice.
But if no one else signs now which I think is he case we should be happy. 7 points from 9 good start to the season 2nd in the league let's get behind the boys an take another 3 points at the ethiad and on to what becomes hopefully our year!
25 Nov 2016 16:48:32
Eds ................
{Ed002's Note - Sorry, we are not going to discuss that.}
1.) 25 Nov 2016 17:41:45
Ok cheers ed I understand 👍.
18 Jul 2018 12:29:41
Just like Fekir, deals can take a u turn at any point
Let's not get ahead of ourselves. just yet.
23 Jun 2018 10:54:18
I don't think your the only person to think that frankly lol.
09 Jun 2018 19:34:23
He was never signed to us, doesn't matter what happened just go find the next target 🎯.
03 Jun 2018 14:15:21
Mcheshi your a poet and don't even know it.
09 Feb 2018 17:08:38
Yeah I got that robbboz lol.
29 Sep 2018 12:41:08
I'd take a point at the bridge today, obviously three points be great.
26 Jul 2018 18:28:02
Hello Dave.
25 Jul 2018 22:12:39
No pressure then 😉.
18 Jul 2018 12:34:30
It's non of the supporters business how much a target costs,
If the club and Klopp want him and are willing to pay the money why is anyone moaning it makes no sense.
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Although I knew what I really needed to do (basically, diet and exercise), I figured I needed to be on the books of a good primary care physician who could advocate for me and my preferences, should I find myself in an urgent clinical situation down the road. And a number of those useful screening tests I may need to consider having in the next decade are not in my own scope of practice or chosen area of expertise. I asked him where any good internists were in the area (I've not practiced locally for 10 years), and he suggested a couple, none of whom were accepting new patients. So, he pulled his professional strings and got me in with a great "evidence-based" guy.
And this is what it looked like: My first complete physical exam yielded a fat guy (me) with mild hypertension and family history of cardiovascular disease. So, the MD pulled out some nice little reference cards from his drawer, based on stuff like the Haynes studies and other pointy-headed-sounding terms, and read off a bunch of things about the risk of more serious cardiovascular disease for people with my family history, weight and lifestyle.
The doctor explained that I should have some lab tests to assess lipids, to get more information upon which to assess risk and consider treatment options. He specifically mentioned that research has shown folks with my risk categories may be able to intervene in ways that reduce the risk of progression of cardiovascular disease, so in his estimation, they were worth doing, even though I was going to have to finance a hefty co-pay (which might have been better spent on some really yummy Belgian chocolate). The results of the tests would help us determine if and what management we needed to consider.
And yup, this fat guy indeed had some very elevated "bad stuff." And the doctor pulled out some more cards and showed me where I fit on various risk guidelines, even commenting on the quality of the research studies that had been done on the subject. (I suspect, in part, because he knew I was a doctor and health services researcher, and he figured this might resonate well with me.) He described how various options stacked up for dealing with it - the pros and cons of committed diet and exercise, use of medications, etc. I communicated my preferences and resistance regarding drug therapy, and he pulled out some more reference cards (all conveniently located in a drawer in the examining room) on outcomes from various interventions. He described what his experience had been with other patients of his who had avoided drug therapy - mainly, that they usually failed - and we proceeded to set up a "treatment" plan.
To my great dismay, "treatment" actually turned out to be a chocolate and sleep-in deprivation plan. He set up specific progress markers I needed to reach within certain time frames before I would have to be subjected to that drug discussion again.
So, for four months, I got up early and hit the elliptical every day, followed throughout the day by the sheer torture of a completely unreasonable chocolate and microbrew avoidance program. And then I had my follow-up, having met two progress markers (losing 20 lbs and lowering BP 20 points), but having run amok on another (worsening of lipids by nearly 50 percent). This surprised him (and crushed me). I asked if we should re-run the test. He said "hmm ... I'll be back," and awhile later, he came in with an abstract that talked about inclusion of more aggressive muscle/weight exercise possibly having a bigger, quicker effect on lipids than just the pansy, aerobic stuff I negotiated with him last time. And he opined that the reliability of this lab test was really good, so he didn't think he should put me through another stick and co-pay. Besides, he posited, I probably should consider doing this anyway, given my family history.
And then we had the drug talk, which included a request by me to look at the cheat cards he was referring to more closely (and me noting some of the drug study cites with the term "meta-analysis" in them). He advocated that "the meds appear to show a nearly 30 percent reduction in risk of CV disease." And he opined that this was probably a pretty important consideration in my case, since a boatload of my close relatives have succumbed to MI and stroke. He suggested I could do the more intense exercise concurrently, and then re-evaluate dosage some months out. I reiterated my preference to avoid meds altogether, except as a last resort, and he said, "How about if I give you six months on a more rigorous exercise program?" before he tortured me with even more assertive drug talk. But if my lipids were still running amok, he indicated that that the next drug talk would be very "robust." I suspected by this point that he may have been familiar with the psychological motivation literature, as well, and was seriously pushing compliance-with-exercise buttons on me.
In any event, two years later, 40 pounds lighter, with normal blood pressure and normal lipids, and exercise-compliant (but sadly, still chocolate and sleep-in deprived), my mind has recently cognated on what evidence-based spine-care encounters with chiropractors might look like. Spine care is particularly relevant, not only because we chiropractors do a lot of it, but because it may actually be a bit more difficult to develop evidence-based medicine (EBM)-type scenarios for. You see, the amount of good data on something such as the range of options for H2 blockers for gastroesophageal reflux is much more readily available than studies, for example, on the range of the multitude of chiropractic techniques for folks who have suffered cervical acceleration-deceleration injuries.
At the Annual Research Agenda Conference for Chiropractic earlier this year, devoted to "Best Practices," Frank Zolli, DC, EdD, gave one of the closing talks, offering a series of relevant "so-what?" questions about best practices. Are best practices just another fad? How would they actually impact practice? Aren't best practices really just a tool to limit care and restrict us to musculoskeletal conditions?
With apologies to Frank for shortchanging his comments and context, I think he raised worthy points. While the terminology du-jour is always "the next big thing," the relationship between practice and research is ongoing, and they will always influence each other. Enough good science, in retrievable fashion, truly can have utility for practitioners. I think my little tale above reflects a pretty pragmatic and optimal way in which one doc and one patient actively considered evidence to jointly make decisions about health care options in practice.
As Frank pointed out, folks have great concern that payers and special interests will misuse evidence and guidelines to unfairly restrict what we do. But I have news about third parties misusing "evidence" and "guidelines" to limit what doctors do: Guidelines or not, the contest between payers and doctors is here to stay, and special interest initiatives will exist, evidence or not. Having better evidence and using it appropriately are critical for all to play on the up-and-up. In fact, the incidence of providers and vendors misappropriating the evidence is probably on the same order of magnitude as that of payers.
Our challenge is to enhance the availability and usability of high-quality, relevant science to help us improve the efficiency and outcomes from our care. Using evidence to better inform decisions about care options is what it's all about. And when we have that and implement it ourselves, it helps strengthen our case with others. (Warning: Sometimes, the evidence may identify that we may need to change our own status quo.)
I was impressed with how my internist overtly considered science in his routine management of me, along with discussing options and sharing his viewpoints with me. It was a health care encounter that factored in my preferences, his experience, and the evidence he had at hand. I received personalized, competent care in which evidence was used both to guide the outcome and facilitate my compliance, resulting in an effective, conservative intervention. Might such an approach serve as a model for evidence-based chiropractic-care encounters?
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