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Guide part 12
Super Street Fighter 4 Character Strategies[edit]
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Fighter Overview
Blanka is the character for the thinking caffeine addict. He requires a bit of spazziness but also demands consideration for everything he does. He doesn't possess any dominating characteristics, just a solid mix-up game via his Surprise hop, an effective ultra, and a set of generally safe special and normal attacks.
Primary among those "safe" attacks is Blanka's Rolling Attack ( charge + P ). Even when blocked, the attack leaves Blanka almost entirely safe, outside the reach of most every other character's counter attacks. It's not as quick as it's been in past Street Fighter games, but it's still a solid counter to a lot of move, ironically punishing attacks from opponents that usually leave them outside the range of a counter (like Cammy's Cannon Spike). The Rolling Attack isn't invincible, though—a simple c.LP will thwart it in a lot of situations—but as long as you aren't predictable with it you'll find it useful. Even try using the LP and MP versions to travel across the screen at particular distances. When you've learned the spacing, you can use the Rolling Attack to make up distance on a knocked down opponent and instantly go into an Electric Thunder ( P P P... ) or a meaty cross-up.
Electric Thunder is generally safe on block and will beat out a lot of attacks, though most every character has a pretty good counter that'll hit Blanka through the electricity, so don't abuse it. Try to get knock downs, especially off of Blanka's Amazon River Run ( + HP ) slide attack which actually passes under most projectiles. When you've got the knock down, you can start trying to mix up with Blanka's Forward Surprise ( + KKK ). You can bait opponents into a counter and then hop through them, or just hop to the other side of a downed opponent and go for a meaty low attack, a fun cross-up.
Blanka's c.MK is key to his combos, as it's a quick low attack that's easily canceled into his Rolling Attack and also links with a lot of his other normals. His j.MK is a solid cross-up. His aforementioned Amazon River Run slide travels half the screen and trips the opponent. It's a great poke, though not very safe if blocked.
And then Blanka's ultra combo is pretty tricky. When you activate the ultra, Blanka slams the ground before rolling toward the opponent. And while that ground slam doesn't count as a hit and doesn't deal any damage, it actually does act like a hit in the combo in that it can "connect" with the opponent and leave them vulnerable to the rest of the hits from the very powerful ultra. That first slam is a low hit that must be guarded low, but the next part of the ultra—the actual first hit—connects overhead and must be blocked with a high guard. It's surprisingly tricky and is a good counter to incoming pokes. And to extend the range on the ultra, you can pre-empt it with a quick Forward Surprise hop.
j.HK c.MK s.LP xx charge + HP
A nice and simple way to capitalize on a successful jump-in, though note that the last three hits of the combo work outside of a jump-in. Blanka's c.MK is an all-around good attack, and easily links into his s.LP which cancels into his Rolling Attack. You can use those last three hits to punish opponents on the ground, or just poke with c.MK and unload the other two hits if it connects.
j.MK c.LP xx P P P...
Another decent jump-in, though this combo also works as a cross-up. His j.MK is a very easy cross-up. Though note that if you cross up the opponent, you'll need to use the EX version of Electric Thunder in order for it to combo.
j.HK c.MK charge + PPP
Impressively, Blanka can combo into his ultra off of a simple link. His c.MK has such a good frame advantage (thanks Viscant! ) that the initial slam of his ultra combo will prevent the opponent from recovering from hit stun before the ultra hits. And if you haven't yet noticed, Blanka's ultra does massive damage, equal to Zangief's devastating ultra.
Moves List
( normal )
or + MP ( up close )
Rock Crusher - Sort of looks like an overhead, but it's not. You can cancel the attack after the first hit (before the second hit) into a Rolling Attack or Blanka's super.
( normal )
Amazon River Run - This low slide has excellent range and lets Blanka pass under most projectiles, so it's very good for catching opponents and knocking them down. Be careful with abusing it, though, as it leaves Blanka vulnerable at most ranges. Try to find the max range at which you can connect with it—it'll surprise you and keep you safer.
( normal )
or + KKK
Surprise - Mostly you'll be using the Forward Surprise, which lets you hop through an opponent. It doesn't do any damage, and in fact Blanka doesn't even gain any invincibility. But it's good for mix-ups, especially against opponents that you've knocked down. Just before they get up, hop through the opponents with a Forward Surprise to avoid a wake-up and/or go for a low poke cross-up. You can also use it to cross-up when the opponent isn't knocked down, especially effective if you can buffer Blanka's ultra from it.
( normal )
Coward Crouch - Lets Blanka duck under most projectiles, which saves you the chip damage from blocking them and also can screw up the timing of an opponent as he/she can only have one fireball on screen at a time, and dodging the fireball with the Coward Crouch leaves it on screen for a bit longer.
( special )
charge + P
Rolling Attack - This move used to be good enough that Blanka didn't need anything else, but it's not as fast in Street Fighter IV. Still, it's almost entirely safe when blocked and is still great for punishing opponents for blocked/whiffed attacks. An EX Rolling Attack will even pass through fireballs, which is key against projectile-heavy players.
( special )
charge + K
Backstep Roll - The Backstep Roll is pretty slow and unsafe compared to the Rolling Attack, but it's not meant to be used the same way. What's best about the Backstep Roll is that it's capable of a cross-up if you get the spacing down. Learn the spacing of each strength of the attack so you can get that cross-up. It'll catch a lot of opponents off guard, and if the opponent gets used to your cross-up you can adjust the spacing just slightly to make it a non-cross-up and further mess with the opponent.
( special )
charge + K
Vertical Roll - Vertical Roll is a pretty effective anti-air and wake-up attack that, similar to the Rolling Attack, is pretty safe when blocked.
( special )
Electric Thunder - Perhaps the easiest special to execute, you just mash the punch attacks. It beats a surprising number of attacks, including jump-ins. Use the Electric Thunder in conjunction with a Forward Surprise for a quick and safe cross-up attempt—hop through the opponent and start mashing punches during that hop animation so that Blanka emerges on the other side of the opponent and instantly starts the electricity. Electric Thunder is best used in short bursts, so don't hold onto it for long.
( super combo )
charge + P
Ground Shave Roll - Blanka's super actually does pretty good damage if you can manage to get all hits to connect. Start the super close to knock the opponent into the air and hold the punch button down to keep Blanka rolling in place. As the opponent drops back to the ground, release the punch attack to let the rest of the super's hits connect. If you don't hold Blanka back for a bit, he'll move forward too quickly to juggle the falling opponent. Perhaps the best use of the super is taking advantage of its outstanding chip damage. It's not safe when blocked, but if the chip damage will win the fight it's worth throwing out.
( ultra combo )
charge + PPP
Lightning Cannonball - Similar to Blanka's super, his ultra does outstanding block damage (even more so), but also leaves Blanka vulnerable if blocked. More importantly, the ultra has a good chance of actually connecting. At the beginning, it forces the opponent quickly switch from a low guard to a high guard to avoid the low slam and overhead hit (mentioned earlier). You can also combo into it off of a c.MK, which is pretty unique for ultras. Use a Forward Surprise and buffer in Blanka's ultra to immediately launch the ultra as you come out of the hop. It'll catch a lot of opponents off guard and give you the huge damage benefits of the attack.
( ultra combo )
charge + PPP or KKK
Shout of Earth - You get a different variation of the attack depending on whether you use PPP or KKK for the input. The PPP version does tremendous damage, but only connects with air opponents (unless the opponent attacks you). Use it as an anti-air, especially useful against cross-up attempts. The KKK version does a lot of damage, but not quite as much. It also works as an anti-air, but it's also got some invincibility on startup so it'll pass through projectiles and hit. We think Blanka's standard ultra might be better just because you can combo into it, but don't count this one out (especially the PPP version).


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Hot stuff: Menopause could shake up fashions
Donna Sommers ruled the '80s. "Last Dance," "Bad Girls," and "Hot Stuff" blared from nearly every radio, the latter being an anthem for many women who go through menopause. "Hot, hot, hot, haaaaaut...." With the large number of menopausal women suffering hot flashes, don't you think there would be effective medical treatments?
I've had women tell me stories about waking up in bed in a puddle of sweat, which wouldn't be so bad if you were a frog or some pond creature. However, for a human being, it doesn't sound so fun.
Women can be fine and suddenly, like a broken dam, sweat pours out of their chests and heads like Rome's Trevi Fountain. With my luck, if that happened to me people would throw pennies at my head. Ow!
Hot flashes can make pleasant experiences like drinking alcohol or eating spicy food turn into a bad episode of Cops– like getting pepper sprayed in the face.
Anything that can precipitate dilation of the arteries can cause a hot flash. Remember Mr. Heatmeister in The Year Without A Santa Claus? Women with hot flashes can become just as red as him.
The majority of women go through menopause between age 45 and 55. Hot flashes can last from six months to years. "Years?" my patients sometimes gasp back at me. That's like being a chicken in a rotisserie for two to three years. Boston Market anyone? So the question at this point is, "What can I use to stop my hot flashes?"
Hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) is the most effective way to stop hot flashes during menopause. However, under recent scrutiny of the federal Women's Health Initiative in 2002, HRT has been shown to increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer, and blood clots. Though the increased risks (with the exception of blood clots) is relatively low, it is enough to make most women think twice about HRT. In fact, HRT decreased by 38 percent in the year after the Women's Health Initiative study was published.
There is always a trade off when a person takes a medication. Statin medications lower cholesterol but might cause muscle pains or liver inflammation. Certain pain medications (like ibuprofen) stop pain but might cause a bleeding ulcer. In HRT, the tradeoff for stopping hot flashes is an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes. It is that quote from Saturday Night Live character Rosanne Rosanna Danna: "It's always something. If it's not one thing, then it's another."
I have been asked more about what I think of HRT than Kathie Lee Gifford has been asked about what she thinks of Regis. It's a difficult decision to make and has to be personalized for each patient.
Clonidine is a blood pressure medicine that can reduce hot flashes, but it also can cause dry mouth, lightheadedness, and confusion. Low dose antidepressants like Cymbalta can reduce hot flashes, but can also cause sexual dysfunction and nausea. "It's always something..."
Black Cohosh is an over-the-counter treatment Native Americans have been using for hundreds of years. It seems to work for many women with hot flashes. Vitamins don't seem to have much effect.
Maybe Dolce & Gabbana can create menopause dresses. Maternity dresses exist, why not hot flash dresses? When a woman has a hot flash– which usually originates from the chest– a cool pack will be activated inside the dress to cool the woman down. The specialized fibers of the dress will miraculously breathe more to allow the perspiration to evaporate, allowing the woman to preserve her looks. Simply fabulous.

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Yesterday, the British Parliament debated the ban of a garment, something that the British Parliament had not discussed since Victorian times. This time it was not the length of skirts or sleeves that the honorable parliamentarians addressed, but rather the well known (but rarely seen in western cities) burqa; banned in France, threatened in the rest of Europe, and now also under threat in the UK.
As other attempts, however, yesterday's debate failed in imposing a burqa ban in the UK, and as the minister confirmed, Great Britain will not follow France.
The burqa is not an Islamic fashion per-se, but rather a tradition not opposed by Islamic teaching, which is probably the best way to present it. Covering the face, and in particular the mouth, has a geographical and environmental genealogy (such as the protection of skin and eyes from the dust and sand of, for instance, the Afghan desert). If such a garment is anything in Islam, it is a scholarly theological diatribe, with some sheikhs ready to wrap a baby in it, and others stating that it is not Islamic dress per-se. Continue reading


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Researchers identify gene that improves rice yields in poor soil
A gene that raises rice yields by enhancing root growth and nutrient absorption in low quality soils has been identified in a species of rice in India and successfully introduced into other rice varieties, researchers reported on Thursday.
Scientists and rice breeders have known for years that Kasalath rice is unusually efficient at nutrient absorption, but only now have they succeeded in identifying the gene responsible for this important trait.
In a paper published in the journal Nature, they described how they identified the gene after analyzing part of the Kasalath DNA where it was thought to be located and comparing it with other rice varieties without the trait.
Using conventional breeding methods, they introduced the gene into a few rice types in Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan and found that it raised yields by up to 20 percent.
"We found a gene that enhances phosphorus uptake in low phosphorus conditions. We have been looking for it for many years," said lead author Sigrid Heuer at the International Rice Research Institute in Manila.
Heuer said the superior breeding lines could be released to farmers in Indonesia in about 2-3 years. These have already been developed using conventional breeding methods -- by pollinating the flowers of a native Indonesian rice species with pollen from the Kasalath.
"As for other Asian countries, we will get them to put the gene into their local varieties through conventional breeding," said Heuer, adding that this would take about 4-5 years.
By using conventional breeding techniques, in this case, cross-pollination, there are no issues related to genetic modification. Food safety concerns and regulatory hurdles for transgenic rice -- where a gene is physically inserted into plant DNA in a laboratory -- can translate into years or even decades of testing before the strain reaches markets
The gene, PSTOL1, allows rice crops to thrive in soil that has low levels of phosphorus, a nutrient that promotes root growth, winter hardiness and hastens maturity. Plants deficient in phosphorus are often stunted.
"Fifty percent of world's arable land is too low in phosphorus. It's not like if you have this gene that the plants don't need phosphorus anymore," said Heuer.
"They (rice plants with the gene) may be able to exploit the soil a little better so the harvest is better. They may make better use of fertilizer because they can take it up more efficiently ... If you have a bigger root system, then the plant can take it up better and they can have better access to the patches where the phosphorus is."
[Source: By Tan Ee Lyn, Reuters, Hong Kong, 22Aug12]
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Grant Tyndall and Garrett Holland homered and Wyatt Janning worked out of trouble in the last inning in South Lenoir�s 6-3 win at Jacksonville Northside Friday for its third straight victory and fourth in five games.
Grant Tyndall and Garrett Holland homered and Wyatt Janning worked out of trouble in the last inning in South Lenoir�s 6-3 win at Jacksonville Northside Friday for its third straight victory and fourth in five games.
Tyndall began the game with a homer to left-center to spark a five-run first inning, then Holland added his second of the year with a solo-shot in the fourth.
Janning, who pitched the final 1 1/3 innings, earned the save, left a leadoff double on base and struck out two in the final frame. Justin Howard gave up five earned runs on nine hits and struck out four in the win.
Tyndall went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs and Trint Turner was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
The Blue Devils (8-7, 6-4 East Central 2A) will host Swansboro at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
GREENE CENTRAL 3, KINSTON 2: At Greene Central, the Rams picked up a tight Eastern Plains 2A Conference win on Thursday.
Dylan Taylor went 2-for-3 and Austin Mooring earned the pitching win. No details were reported by Kinston.
Greene Central (9-7, 7-2) will host SouthWest Edgecombe at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Kinston (4-13, 0-9) will travel to Wallace-Rose Hill on Monday.
BETHEL CHRISTIAN 12, GREENVILLE CHRISTIAN 2, 5 INN.: At Bethel, the Trojans won by the mercy rule and played error-free defense for the second straight game.
Hunter Truett went 2-for-3, had an RBI and scored twice, Austin Croom went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and scored twice, and Tyler Antwine had a hit and two RBIs. Ben Potter gave up two runs on four hits, walked one and struck out three in the complete-game win.
Bethel (9-6, 6-1) travels to Greenville Trinity on Tuesday.
JACKSONVILLE NORTHSIDE 10, SOUTH LENOIR 1: At Northside, the Blue Devils struck first but then the Monarchs scored 10 in a row to mercy-rule South Lenoir on Friday.
Maecy Croom opened the scoring with a goal just 1:13 into the match, which was called with 28:35 left to play.
WILSON BEDDINGFIELD 4, KINSTON 0: At Beddingfield, the Vikings were defeated in an Eastern Plains 2A Conference match on Thursday.
Kinston (3-8-2, 1-1-0) will play at Tarboro on Tuesday.
SOUTH LENOIR 2, JACKSONVILLE NORTHSIDE 0: At Northside, the Blue Devils shutout the Monarchs in a conference game on Thursday.
Morgan Mentz singled and drove in a run, and Hailey Daniels and Madison Beyer each doubled for South Lenoir. Taylor Sandlin struck out four in four innings in the win. Beyer earned the save and also struck out four.
South Lenoir (13-3, 7-2) will host Swansboro at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
SL BOYS FINISH SECOND IN EC2A MEET: At South Lenoir, the Blue Devils finished second in a four-team league meet Thursday with a score of 60. Richlands won the meet with 100 points.
Top three finishers for South Lenoir were: Hunter Bryan, second, long jump, 16-feet, 10.5 inches; Bryan, first, triple jump, 35-feet, 1.5 inches; Robert Simmons, second, shot put, 39-feet, 9-inches; 4-by-800-meter relay team, third, 9:40; Marquyse Jackson, first, 110-meter hurdles, 18.9 seconds; Gavin Hill, third, 110-meter hurdles, 19.5 seconds; Mason Zeagler, second, 1,600-meter run, 4:55; Bryan, second, 400-meter dash, 55.7 seconds; Jackson, first, 300-meter hurdles, 44.3 seconds; Hill, second, 300-meter hurdles, 47.2 seconds; Ivan Covarrubias, third, 800-meter run, 2:22; Zeagler, first, 3,200-meter run, 10:49; 4-by-400-meter relay team, third, 3:53; Bryce Floyd, first, wheelchair shot put, 11-feet, 10.5-inches; Floyd, first, wheelchair discus, 26-feet, 2-inches; Floyd, first, wheelchair 100-meter dash, 32.3 seconds; Floyd, first, wheelchair 200-meter dash, 1:09.8.
SL GIRLS FINISH THIRD IN EC2A MEET: At South Lenoir, the Blue Devils finished third in a four-team league meet on Thursday with a score of 42. Croatan won with 132 points.
Top three finishers for South Lenoir were: Meredith Rhodes, second, triple jump, 28-feet, 2-inches; 4-by-800-meter relay team, second, 12:21; Cameron Dawkins, third, 100-meter dash, 15 seconds; Caroline Jones, first, 1,600-meter run, 5:54; Carley Hill, third, 400-meter dash, 1:11.9; Rhodes, second, 300-meter hurdles, 54.1 seconds; Jones, first, 800-meter run, 2:41; Jones, third, 3,200-meter run, 14:20; 4-by-400-meter relay team, third, 5:09.


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Heart over mind
In Tunisia, the cradle of the Arab Spring, young creatives are fighting for the future of their society, and that calls for optimism and staying power.
The air in the old town of Sidi Bou Said is heavy with the twin smells of sugar and fat. Today, the fish restaurants in the small town on the Tunisian coast don't stand a chance with their grilled calamari and marinated shrimp; everyone wants bambalouni, the local version of donuts – a sugar explosion from the deep-fat fryer. Couples stroll through the streets, one hand holding their partner's, the other, a pastry ring. Young men in cafés drink peppermint tea, and street traders ply their wares, jewelry and scarves, while at their stands, young women wearing red lipstick take selfies. It's a cool winter evening, but the atmosphere is that of a balmy summer night.
There's not much here, just half an hour's drive from Tunis, the capital city, to hint at the upheavals Tunisia has experienced in recent years. It was this small country on the Mediterranean in which the protests began in 2010, which triggered the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East that have since gone down in history as the "Arab Spring." In 2011, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's ruler, became the first dictator in the region to be toppled. He had been in power since 1987, keeping an iron grip on the country and systematically plundering it for decades. Today, six years on, civil wars are raging in Syria and Yemen, and in Egypt, there's an authoritarian potentate imprisoning and torturing his opponents.
And what's happening in Tunisia? In Sidi Bou Said, kids are sitting in the street playing the Bob Marley classic "No Woman No Cry" on the guitar. Walk through the streets here, past the white facades and blue shutters with the sea always within sight, and you understand what it was that painters like Paul Klee and August Macke sought and found here. To this day, Sidi Bou Said attracts creatives.
Mounir Letaief, 56, black hair graying at the temples, is one of them. He paints, makes music and has the aura of a man who is accustomed to being heard. Since 2006, Letaief has been running a gallery in Sidi Bou Said that's a meeting place for young artists; they drink wine on his roof terrace in the evening and describe Letaief as their mentor. "A small paradise" is how he describes the place.
After the revolution, Letaief wanted to open up his paradise to more people, "to invite the world," as he puts it, and so he turned his gallery into a guesthouse. Each room is done out differently – sometimes red predominates, sometimes green. Lataief's own works hang in all of the rooms: bare-bosomed Berber beauties, allegedly portraits of flesh-and-blood models. "Sidi Bou Said is a place for travelers who are eager to reacquaint themselves with Tunisia after the revolution," he says. In other words, it's a place for people who are interested not in all-inclusive package tours, but in the true nature of the country and its cultural identity.
"The revolution changed the way we communicate with one another," Letaief continues. "Before, all the information we received came from state-controlled radio stations. YouTube, for example, was blocked." Today he is observing a counterdevelopment: "We are visible as individuals again, not just as the masses."
This difference can be felt in Tunis especially. The famous medina – the old town – is a mix of narrow streets and coffeehouses, while the new town has elegant, metropolitan boulevards that were built by the French colonial masters in the 19th century. Under Ben Ali, however, Tunis lacked the intellectual charm that makes a city a metropolis. The regime closed down theaters and literary and philosophical clubs. Now they are reappearing and movie theaters are being refurbished. Young people are making documentaries, and spurred on by the restitution of freedom of speech and opinion, dozens of initiatives are fostering the creative spirit.
Not far from Avenue Habib Bourguiba, the street where the voices raised against the regime were loudest, we meet Mohamed Ali Ben Jemaa, 46, an actor and musician. He is dressed entirely in black, with a scarf thrown loosely around his neck and a beret on his head. His sweeping, well-judged gestures are those of the seasoned performer. Ben Jemaa runs a small culture center in Bab Souika, a neighborhood he describes as the Montmartre of Tunis." Steps lead up from a small café in the foyer to a showroom, where the walls are hung with posters of classic Tunisian films and Tunisian poets.
Back in the 1990s, Ben Jemaa was already appearing in movies that addressed police violence and writing songs about the state's manipulation of young people. About how it kept them quiet with soccer instead of creating desperately needed jobs. He was successful as a singer and ironically enough, was set to perform at half-time during a soccer game, but then the police heard his lyrics – and the gig never took place. Today, he says that he never actually received open threats because of his work, but that the Ministry of Culture almost always refused funding. "It was tough," he says, "but we were also very creative because we always had to come up with a way to work around the censorship."
Censorship no longer exists in Tunisia. But many of the problems that paralyzed the country under Ben Ali's rule remain unsolved to this day. It is still hard for young people to find work. Many are frustrated, feel that the young democracy doesn't really represent them. Some 3000 young men are said to have joined the terror militia Islamic State over the past few years. Radical imams preach in the suburbs of Tunis, and their followers carried out a number of attacks last year in which tourists were also targeted.
We've always been creative – it was the only way to evade censorship
The young generation's difficult situation is the reason he targets young people in particular with his work says Ben Jemaa. He organizes graffiti projects for kids, shows films, and holds acting classes, all with the aim of firing their imagination and encouraging new ideas. "We've come through the darkness. And now that the possibilities open to us are endless, we shall have to see whether we can really change society."
Asma Mansour thinks along the same lines as Ben Jemaa, but her area is business. In 2011, the now 31-year-old set up the Tunisian Center for Social Entrepreneurship, which supports young startups in the social sector. Since then, she has been involved in setting up over a dozen companies in Tunis and countless more across the country.
She's a young woman who has come a very long way. Mansour was born into a conservative family, and as a child, would rather have been a boy – and she acted like one, was wild, played football and got into fights. "I hated that girls were supposed to be quiet and behave," she says. Her father, however, brooked no disobedience and used to beat her mother. He believed that women should be virgins when they marry and accept a homemaker's existence. "My relationship to him was based more on fear than love," says Mansour.
Her father did permit her to attend university, at least, where she majored in accounting – the course of study stipulated by him. She began working pro bono with NGOs, and then along came 2010 and people all over the country took to the streets. Mansour did not. Her father locked her in her room. However, the days when old men could cling to their power in Tunisia were over. After ruling for almost 25 years, Ben Ali fled the country. Then Mansour thought to herself: If the people can rid themselves of their dictator, then I can free myself from my father. She moved out. "It was tough," she says. For a time, she was homeless, sleeping in parks and at the airport.
Today she lives in a small apartment on the outskirts of Tunis. Travel guides and books with titles like Talk like TED – the 9 secrets of the world's best speakers are leant against the world. She has traveled a lot in the past few years and spoken at conferences. You can sense that she wants to absorb as much of life as she can. She speaks loudly and fervently, swears a lot and takes great delight it in. Hard to imagine that this woman with her mop of black curls could ever have come to terms with a stay-at-home housewife's lot.
Mansour is also well aware that Tunisia still has a long way to go. "The important thing is that we take the whole country forward, not just the capital," she says. That's why she is also working to bring her ideas to smaller towns and villages. "It's not easy, but we've made some good beginnings," she says.
How they look can be seen deep in the desert at the end of a seven hours' bus ride south that first passes by olive groves and herds of sheep, then later through villages where ceramic vases and handmade carpets are sold on the street. The landscape grows increasingly barren until we finally spot the oasis of Tozeur finally on the horizon. Once upon a time, tourists in their hordes would come to view the backdrops George Lucas built here for his first Star Wars epic, but today, many of the luxury hotels in the oasis town stand empty.
The world appears to have all but forgotten Tozeur, but Salam Mlik, 33, isn't about to let that happen. After all, his hometown also brought forth one of the country's most famous poets, Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi (1909–1934), who is still celebrated as a national poet today. And Mlik naturally also has a few lines at the ready – also because they were heard the length and breadth of the country during the revolution. " If, one day, the people wills to live, Then fate must obey, Darkness must dissipate , And must the chain give way," he recites. "Easy, everyone here knows it," he adds with a wry grin.
Mlik sits amid date palms; his family owns hundreds of them and is well known in the region. And that was probably what saved him when the police turned up on his doorstep in the middle of the night back in 2009 because of the pirate radio station he ran on the Internet. "Why are you criticizing the government?" one police officer asked him. "But I don't," Mlik replied in his defense – but then one of the men produced tapes with recordings and blog entries.
"Honestly, man, I'm no hero," says Mlik, a big man, shrugging his shoulders. "I stopped straight away." The police let the matter drop. From then on, Mlik concentrated on his job in IT. And then came the revolution and Mlik's life also changed immediately. "I love the desert and unlike most people, didn't want to go to Tunis. I wanted to set something up here." He began broadcasting again, and since 2014 his station, Djerid FM, has also held a license. Today, Mlik has 12 employees, some of them women. There's still much to be achieved on the equal rights' front. "We want to get the message across that women have the same dreams as men and that they must be granted the same rights and opportunities as men.
Dictatorships don't disappear from one day to the next. "A system can only be changed little by little." That's why he plans to concentrate on young people, too, on everyone "with minds that are still open to new ideas."
Salam Mlik, Asma Mansour, Mounir Letaief and Ben Jemaa – all four know that a democracy does not automatically work just because it's the official form of government, but that everyone has to pull together and that progress can be slow and frustrating. Spend an evening talking with young, hopeful Tunisians over tea and spirits until far into the night, though, and you will become an optimist. In the early morning, when the cool breeze wafts a breath of fresh air across the country, it seems easy to believe in the possibility of peaceful change.
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Want gifts? Stand by your man-- with hints, sizes
There's only one thing that can persuade most men to enter a women's clothes shop: underwear.
However, the experience is certainly not stress-free for most men as they awkwardly browse racks of straps, satin, and lace before choosing the bright red push-up bra with matching cheese-cutter thong. For others, there's the novel experience of discussing how much larger or smaller your endowments are compared to the helpful shop assistant's.
You can reduce most men's stress levels by writing down all your clothes sizes so he doesn't have to describe you having grapefruits or melons, or worry whether he should buy a size 12 or 14.
If he buys a size too small, he runs the risk of suggesting you need to lose weightjust as if he buys big, he may also imply that you need to shed a few pounds. You can always include your ring size with the measurement as a gentle hint!


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timvang necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 132 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
MYC4 - MYC4 is the abbreviation for 'My Care For' – something or somebody you care for
Africa represents an enormous untapped business potential. However, Investment opportunities in Africa are difficult to access due to incomplete financial markets.
MYC4 was founded in May 2006 to ignite entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa and change millions of lives. Muhammad Yunus 'commercialized' Microfinance some 30 years ago. MYC4 is now 'personalizing' Social Investments by enabling individuals globally to participate - at your fingertips.
With eBay as a reference; MYC4 is an online Peer-to-Peer platform providing fair priced capital to underbanked entrepreneurs who have a business that provides healthy economic prospects for growth – focusing on micro, small and medium sized businesses.
MYC4 is matching people with need for capital and people with means to invest, stimulated by:
• providing Investors access to risk/return adjusted investments
• enabling African business to attract capital at market conditions
So far, +17,000 investors from more than 100 countries have invested in the region of €12 million in approximately 6,000 businesses in 7 African countries. MYC4 is preparing to rapidly increase these numbers so ultimately MYC4 will be globally available – for investors as well as borrowers!
BBC World will soon broadcast to millions of viewers - http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/
Visit http://www.MYC4.com or even better signup and find out how it works!
MYC4 basically targets everybody!!
• You could be a private individual that would like to contribute to a better world and help Africa stand on its own two feet
• You could be a private individual that has no interest in Africa, but wants to earn an attractive interest on providing loans to businesses… that happen to be located in Africa
• You could be from Africa wanting to invest in your neighbour
• You could be investing on behalf of a business that wants to execute on their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) strategy
• You could be an Institutional Investor focusing on Return on Investment
• You could have your bank handle the transactions on MYC4
• You could be the African entrepreneur who wants to obtain a loan to realize a business dream…
• You could even be my mom!!
It is free to invest and you can start investing with as little as EUR 5…
Must be based on the 4 characters in 'MYC4'
Must be VERY easy to grasp/decipher/read
Obvious – easy to remember/recognize – even when the logo appears in a tiny version
Must have a global appeal
Colours: orange, grey, white, black. Yet, open to see other ideas! MYC4 will go global, so traditional African colours is a no go. Orange has a very strong appeal with us ('edgy' version of red, often used as a charity colour). Must also work in black/grey/white
Trustworthy/reliable – though not like a bank
Caring yet focus on scale – there are people behind that care
Conservative yet with an edge – a little twist to 'MYC4' is welcome. Look at real estate agents (www.home.dk): keyhole in the letter 'o'. It has to be clever – no $ signs, explosions (C4 = plastic explosives), Africa symbols or charity 'signs'. If you solve this 'keyhole' element, you could be on the right path, but this is also where you could fail, if it gets tacky!! It is ok that the detail only can be seen when the logo is in website logo size or bigger
The logo needs to be in a format that is suitable for use on:
• Our website – grayish background (see attachment)
• email signatures
• PowerPoint presentations
• Letterheads, business cards, loan contracts, etc.
• Promotional material requiring it to be blown up to be a large scale
• Retail products
• T-shirts
• Etc. etc.
Perhaps include '.com' in the logo
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Why haven't Republicans released a comprehensive tax plan yet? According to Vox's Matthew Yglesias, the reason is simple: Republicans are pursuing incompatible goals that makes consensus impossible.
The GOP tax blueprint has three essential principles:
- a big tax cut for corporations and the wealthy
- a tax cut for the middle class
- a limited impact on the deficit, with either no increase in debt or an increase that can be made up for with growth.
The problem is that the third principle stands in opposition to the first two. Yglesias points out that original Republican plan for tax reform created by House Speaker Paul Ryan involved both a new tax on consumption and a significant reduction in health care spending through Obamacare repeal, but this approach is no longer politically viable. Republicans are left with a desire for big tax cuts — two legs of the triangle — but no way to pay for them. The missing third leg threatens the whole thing with collapse.
The obvious solution to the "trilemma" — economist Paul Krugman tweeted that the technical term, at least among those who do international economics, is "impossible trinity" — is to simply abandon the principle that is causing so much trouble, and that may indeed be where the Republican tax reform campaign ends up. But the loss of that principle — deficit neutrality — will create its own problems, both political and fiscal, that could end up sinking the effort too.


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Kim Kardashian's ex-husband Kris Humphries is reportedly selling off the diamond engagement ring he presented her with in 2011.
The couple wed in a lavish televised ceremony in August 2011 but split after just 72 days of marriage, and basketball player Humphries is now said to be selling off Kardashian's 20-carat diamond engagement ring.
A piece matching the description of the reality TV star's Lorraine Schwartz design has been entered into an auction at Christie's in New York and will go under the hammer next month, according to RumorFix.com.
Auction house bosses have refused to confirm the identity of the seller, only revealing the ring, valued between $300,000 and $500,000, was listed by a "gentleman."
Kardashian's divorce was finalized over the summer, just weeks before the birth of her daughter, North West, her first child with her current boyfriend, rapper Kanye West.


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Dear Vanessa,
It's that time of year, again. I admit I am relieved that school is starting (no offense to my kids, but really … three months!), but I hate how much waste seems to go into the whole process. Any advice on how to cut down on our back-to-school impact (and budget)?
— Mom who needs a vacation from summer vacation
Dear Mom,
Here's my formula for low-impact school years: (3R + 3R) – (W) x D
That is, add the three environmental R's (reduce, reuse, recycle), to the three scholastic Rs (reading, 'riting, and 'rithmatic), subtract whining about what's cool or not, and multiply by determination.
This formula has to work under some tough realities:
• 240 pounds of waste are generated every year by one student.
• 18,760 pounds of lunch waste are generated every year by a single elementary school.
• 6 billion pens are thrown away every year.
• And looking on the bright side: 60,000 gallons of gasoline could be saved every day if 6 percent of kids who live a mile or less from school would walk to school instead of being driven.
As autumn approaches, parents are being bombarded with back-to-school marketing. An ever-increasing amount of that market is green — recycled materials, hemp backpacks, organic cotton T-shirts — so parents no longer have to dig to find environmentally safe school supplies. (That means it's just as easy for parents to purchase that 100-percent post-consumer recycled notebook paper instead of virgin fiber paper.) But always keep in mind: the greenest product is the one you don't buy.
The weakest link
Of the environmental R's, recycling is the weakest subject. Yes, recycling saves resources, but energy, water and chemicals are used to make and package products whether they are recycled or not. I don't mean to imply that recycling is a waste — it isn't. We should recycle everything possible and buy goods made from recycled materials. By all means, if you have to buy new school supplies, purchase products made of recycled and natural materials.
My point is that parents should concentrate on the first two Rs. What do you already own? Notebooks are rarely filled: tear out the used pages from last year's notebook and use it until it the pages are filled. Sort the pens and pencils around the house before buying new ones. Get only what you need by waiting until after school starts to buy supplies; you'll avoid items that are not on the teachers' lists. Quality products that last are environmentally sound, and they save money over the long run. Put kids' names on everything: a reusable water bottle is only Earth-friendly if it is actually used, again and again.
Every step counts
• Pack a waste-free lunch. Trade disposable bags or containers in favor of long-lasting, reusable containers – metal boxes or canvas bags. Buy food and drink in bulk (no juice boxes or single-serving snacks). Pack cloth napkins and reusable utensils. Minimally processed foods take less energy to produce and are generally much healthier. Consider an apple instead of applesauce. Why? Because an apple comes with its own packaging and requires no additives or processing. Applesauce comes in individual plastic or aluminum containers, must be processed, and usually has added sugars, preservatives and other additives. Where's the middle ground? Buy a large glass container of applesauce and dole it out in smaller, reusable glass jars. Waste-free also means not packing more food than your kid is likely to eat. The only things our kids should be leaving at school are orange peels and eggshells — in the compost pile. Want to learn more? Read this article about greening your brown bag lunch.
• Create new fashion with old. Make use of hand-me-downs, shop at thrift and vintage stores, and organize a clothes-swap at school or with your neighbors and family. Everyone will appreciate the money saved.
• Watch out for toxic plastics. Vinyl — polyvinyl chloride or PVC — can be found in an alarming number of kids' supplies. The production, use and disposal of vinyl used in lunch boxes, backpacks and binders has been linked to cancer and reproductive disorders, and too often these products also contain harmful levels of lead. Reusable plastic bottles and containers may contain bisphenol A (BPA), a hormone-disrupting chemical, so look for a BPA-free label. Better yet, reuse glass bottles or unlined metal bottles and containers. I've written previously about ways to avoid BPA.
• Get involved in your school. Insist on toxin-free markers, paints and other supplies, and urge your school to switch to renewable energy, reduce their waste, and to increase recycling efforts. Work with the cafeteria to use as much local, organic and unpackaged food as possible. Protect the health of the Earth and your children by serving minimally processed or unprocessed foods. And why not make the environment part of the learning process? Environmental studies can be incorporated into any subject matter. In schools where the environment is an integrated part of the curriculum, kids tend to get much more excited about math, science, history and art. (And they score higher than average, too.)
Two websites, Green Schools and the Center for Environmental Education, and this blog, Curriculum Matters, are resources that can help you get inspired and on the right course.
So, where are we going for that vacation from summer vacation?
Also on MNN:
• Project Green Dorm encourages high school and college students to green their living spaces.
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The Deep
Of all the so called Jaws rip-offs - and there were plenty - the best of the lot was The Deep. Most were just exploitation quickies (Great White, Barracuda and, of course, the very entertaining Piranha), but a few actually had classy casts (John Huston, Shelly Winters and Henry Fonda in Tentacles; Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling in Orca). The Deep, besides having a distinguished cast (Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw, Louis Gossett Jr., Eli Wallach) and a credible action director, Peter Yates (Bullitt, The Friends of Eddie Coyle), most importantly, was written by Peter Benchley, the author who wrote the novel Jaws (though everyone agrees the movie Jaws was better than the book). The Deep was his follow-up and although much of it does take place underwater and it even has a nasty electric eel, it's less a killer fish flick and more of a smuggling thriller (which makes sense since Jaws the novel had a minor but still awkward gangster subplot). But because Benchley and the producers were obviously trying to cash in on the Jaws phenomenon it still, fairly or unfairly, falls into the "rip-off" genre. But, hey, better to be the best "Jaws Rip-Off Flick" than nothing at all.
Benchley adapted his novel along with co-screenwriter Tracy Keenan Wynn (who wrote the great Burt Reynolds prison football flick The Longest Yard). Perhaps the personal histories and relationship dynamics between the characters were a little more fleshed out in longer book form, but on screen they are just touched on, teased out enough to make the movie feel a little more complicated than it probably deserves. Uber-sexy couple David (Nolte in his first big screen star vehicle after his brilliant performance in the TV mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man) and Gail (Bisset) are vacationing in Bermuda and while scuba diving they discover an abandoned old shipwreck, The Goliath. Among the artifacts they discover is a little vial of liquid. It turns out the cute bottle is filled with morphine and the bottom of the ship is covered in it (it was to be used as medical supplies during WWII). This gets the local drug kingpin, Cloche (Gossett Jr.), sniffing around them, knowing it could be worth millions up on the streets of New York. But they hook up with the local treasure-hunter, Treece (Robert Shaw of Jaws, in a less antisocial but equally knowing role), whose team includes his brutish bodyguard, Kevin (Robert Tessier, the often bald-headed tough guy familiar to '70s and '80s B-movie fans), and an untrustworthy old sailor named, oddly enough, Coffin (classic Actor's Studio super ham Eli Wallach), who is the only survivor of The Goliath. Shaw and Nolte scuba dive and dig up the drug and also uncover another ship full of gold jewelry. There's talk of some kind of old-timey conspiracy about the king of Spain and a noblewoman. There's a killer eel down there and some sharks make a dangerous cameo. Haitian voodoo comes into it and Bisset often flaunts a lovely wet T-shirt. It has a very "early James Bond" like score by John Barry and a discofied end-credits song by Donna Summer (though her vocals seem to be missing from the DVD version). Oh, and the underwater sequences are spectacularly shot.Continue Reading


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Harold Evensky promised his audience at the Think Retirement Income conference "9 Things to Consider for Retirement Success," and actually delivered 10 of them during his 45-minute presentation on Friday.
The president of Evensky & Katz Wealth Management, based in Coral Gables, Fla., and a long-time leader of the profession in multiple ways, had already been referenced multiple times during the two-day conference for his contributions, and as the keynote speaker he did not disappoint.
He gently chided his peers, saying that advisors too often focus on "the probabilities while ignoring the consequences." Admitting he is a skeptic on some of the retirement income solutions suggested during the conference, he returned to a long-time academic interest of his: determining what exactly the equity risk premium is.
The academics, citing Ibbotson data, suggest that the long-term equity premium is 7.6%, though he believes it's closer to 6%. Perhaps most important, he said that clients think the equity premium is about 12%, echoing a theme that prevailed throughout the conference: the advisor's key role is managing clients' unrealistic expectations. Mentioning in passing that he still uses Bill Bengen's landmark findings on what constitutes a safe withdrawal rate during retirement (which he still uses with clients), he went on to list his nine, or rather, 10 considerations to achieving retirement success.
1. Don't Underestimate Aging Clients' Spending
Wearing his trademark red bow tie with emblems of Texas Tech University, where he is a professor of personal financial planning, Evensky began by quashing the assumption that retirees will spend less as they age. "People continue spending until they die," he insisted, showing pictures of elderly passengers on a cruise ship getting around with walkers and oxygen bottles.
2. Focus on an Optimal Strategy, Not an Optimal Portfolio
Evensky's second consideration for retirement success is lack of control over returns. Estimating that the net return after taxes, expenses and inflation of a 60/40 balanced portfolio will drop from today's 7.2% to 2.4% over the next 20 years, he proposed Evensky & Katz's signature core-and-satellite portfolio strategy to reduce costs and improve results. Anchored by a large core of tax-efficient, largely passive investments chosen to provide "beta-plus" returns, the portfolio is filled out with tactical bets on sectors, styles and alternatives with the potential for higher alpha.
3. Cope With Volatility
To illustrate that volatility, risk and luck can have a huge effect on how long the money lasts in retirement, Evensky showed charts he uses to educate clients about how portfolio longevity may be affected by loss vs. gain early in retirement, or by pursuing a fixed withdrawal rate in a volatile market.
E&K's solution is to divide the total portfolio into an investment segment managed for the long term and a cash flow reserve (CFR). The CFR's makeup consists of a year's worth of cash flow plus a lump sum that may be needed over the next five years for a planned major expense, such as college tuition or a second-home purchase. Using this strategy, he said, "we've set up a system where the client gets a check once a month, just like a paycheck." As a result, he said the 1987 market crash was "a nonevent" for E&K clients who felt confident it would not affect their current lifestyle.
4. Learn the Lessons of Behavioral Finance
"In classical finance, people are rational," Evensky pointed out. "In behavioral finance, they are normal," making decisions through mental shortcuts known as heuristics. To make this fourth point in his presentation, he cited three examples:
- Overconfidence: Men, in particular, tend to believe they are great stock pickers, despite research to the contrary by Brad Barber and Terrance Odean of the University of California – Davis.
- Representativeness: We tend to jump to conclusions, assuming, for example, that an 80% gain followed by a 60% loss should leave a 20% gain. (In reality, it means a net 28% loss.)
- Framing: We make decisions based on how information is framed, such as comparing bologna with 10% fat to bologna that is "90% fat-free." Careful framing can help determine clients' real risk-adjusted goals.
5. Remember That Not Everything Can Be Made Simple
Beware of overconfident analysis, Evensky said. "Good software can make it easier to do complex things, but it can't magically transform the complex into the simple." Noting that probabilities furnished by Monte Carlo analysis can provide a false sense of confidence, he recommended building a margin of safety into retirement income plans.
6. It's Okay to Play It Safe
Clients close to retirement may be driven by what Evensky called "the paycheck syndrome": "I'm retired so I need X amount of dividends and interest." Designing a retirement portfolio around this need can limit its longevity. Instead, he advised designing the portfolio first, then developing a strategy to draw out the nessary cash.
7. Be Skeptical of Market Timing
Evensky is skeptical that an actively managed fund's performance can be sustained over time. He said that E&K chooses satellite investments (which may be actively managed) with a one-year outlook, and makes tactical tweaks as needed
8. Don't Neglect MPT
"Modern Portfolio Theory isn't dead. Read [Harry] Markowitz if you think it is," Evensky said, recommending Markowitz's article on "Portfolio Selection" in the March 1952 Journal of Finance. "What many people forget," he said, "is that MPT isn't buy and forget; it's buy and manage."
9. Maximize Social Security
Even for higher net worth clients, Social Security benefits remain a valuable retirement income tool, but to maximize its benefits you have to become proficient on Social Security's sometimes complex rules.
10. Keep Annuities and Reverse Mortgages in Reserve
"What must you earn above the pricing interest rate to justify not annuitizing?" Evensky asked, answering his own question with a chart illustrating that retirees from age 55 to 100 must earn considerably more. He also suggested using a reverse mortgage as a backup for clients' one-year cash flow reserve, instead of a home equity line of credit. "Unlike a HELOC, a reverse mortgage can't be taken away" by the lender, he pointed out.


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I'm here to share my card for this week's Critter Sketch Challenge where the theme this week is:
Easy peasy just use one of the fab images available from Digital Delights by Looby Loo. I've gone for this adorable little snowman again.
I've teamed the image with some gorgeous Forever Friends patterned papers and stuck to some very traditional Christmas Colours. I also tried a kick stand card and I really quite like it.
Please head over to Critter Sketch Challenge to see what the rest of the DT have made.
I'm off for a long soak in the bath now as I'm still suffering with a sinus infection and nasty headache. A soak in the bath in the middle of the afternoon I hear you shout but it's a little perk of having a wee holiday at my parents while hubby is away on business.
Thanks for stopping by.


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Butterbur extract, from the
root of the butterbur shrub, was originally used in Europe in the Middle Ages
to treat plague and fevers. Although we don't completely understand the
benefits of butterbur, people frequently use it to treat coughs, asthma,
headaches, and stomach ulcers. The scientific name for butterbur is
Petasites hybridus.
People commonly use
butterbur to treat coughs, asthma, hay fever, and stomach ulcers. Butterbur extract may prevent migraine
headaches.1 Doctors do not know exactly how butterbur
prevents migraines.
Butterbur is considered a dietary supplement
in the United States and is available under the brand name Petadolex.
When used properly, butterbur
extract is safe and well-tolerated. But it is not safe to use all formulas of
butterbur extract, since the plant contains cancer-causing substances. Make
sure you only use butterbur that has had the cancer-causing ingredients
removed. Talk to your doctor before you take butterbur, and ask him or her to
examine the specific brand you intend to use.
Side effects may
include mild upset stomach and gas. Experts do not recommend butterbur extract
for young children or women who are pregnant or nursing.
CitationsLipton RB, et al. (2004). Petasites hybridus root (butterbur) is an effective preventive treatment for
migraine. Neurology, 63(12): 2240–2244.
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Acetaminophen is an analgesic, or pain
reliever. Acetaminophen does not reduce
inflammation, as
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) do.
Whether reducing inflammation helps people with low back pain is not
Acetaminophen is typically used for
mild to moderate pain.
Acetaminophen helps relieve low back
pain in some people, especially mild or moderate pain that has lasted less than
3 months. Acetaminophen at recommended dosages is safer than some other
medicines. So many doctors suggest trying acetaminophen first to see if it
other pain medicines, acetaminophen works best if it is taken on a
regular schedule instead of only when pain is
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor if you have:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug
Reference is not available in all systems.)
Be sure to tell your doctor about all the nonprescription and prescription medicines you take.
Acetaminophen can be used by people
whose stomachs cannot tolerate NSAIDs like aspirin or ibuprofen.
Check the labels on all the other nonprescription and prescription medicines you take. Many medicines have acetaminophen. Do not take two or more medicines with acetaminophen in them unless your doctor told you to. Taking too much acetaminophen can be harmful. If you have questions about this, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsChou R, Huffman LH (2007). Medications for acute and
chronic low back pain: A review of the evidence for an American Pain
Society/American College of Physicians clinical practice guideline.
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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
2012: Spraying Bullets
A few quick hits from Redsville:
***It's difficult for me to reconcile the flurry of activity surrounding the Reds THIS offseason with the sheer lack of activity LAST season. I still feel like there's much more to the story. It simply doesn't add up. Why would Walt Jocketty stand by and watch the season slip away last year, but make costly moves, via free agency and trade, to improve this year? What's the difference between this year and last? Were the Reds under stricter budget constraints last year? Is Jocketty motivated by a lack of job security this year? Did Jocketty receive new information of a type that made the decision to trade Yonder easier? I just feel like we're missing a big piece to the 2011 puzzle, one that would go a long towards explaining one of the most frustrating seasons of recent vintage.
***The Reds named Mack Jenkins assistant pitching coach at the MLB level. I wouldn't know Mack Jenkins if he jumped out of my soup, but I approve of this idea in the abstract. Given the struggles of the rotation last year, it certainly can't hurt to add a new voice to the coaching staff.
***For my money, the Reds should be pushing hard to trade for Travis Snider. The Reds have a hole in leftfield and could use another lefthanded bat in the lineup. Snider seems like an ideal change of scenery type player who could blossom in new surroundings. And, given that the Jays could reasonably be souring on him, Snider could be priced to move.
***Just for the record, I still think it was a mistake for the Reds not to pursue Matt Murton and Erik Bedard. Murton is a player in need of a legitimate opportunity. He plays leftfield very, very well and his offensive profile is of the type that the Reds could really use. His baseline is likely .285/.350/.450 (though it could be better in GABP), which means that he would have slotted in nicely in the 2nd spot in the lineup. He wouldn't have excelled in any area, but he would have provided a contact based approach to a lineup that is occasionally inconsistent due to the high rate of strikeouts. Murton is the type of undervalued talent who could be a very good value in his first 4-5 years of service time. Once he hits free agency, he may look less desirable, but that's a worry for a future date. Last year, Murton spent time in Japan and broke Ichiro's single season hit record. That type of experience could only increase his confidence and likelihood of success in the Majors. Now that Yonder is gone, Murton strikes me as being a borderline ideal acquisition.
As for Bedard, I think he was the steal of the offseason. The Pirates signed him for $4.5M. Last year, Bedard started slow, was truly brilliant for two months, suffered an injury that cost him a month, and then finished out the season respectably. While the injury did cost him a month or more, it was a knee injury unrelated to the arm injuries that had previously derailed his career.
I thought Bedard was a good candidate to bounce back in 2011. And, I think he's poised to contribute at a high level in 2012. In 2009, Bedard pitched only 83.0 innings for the Mariners before he underwent major shoulder surgery. After rehab, his velocity had completely returned, he was throwing well, and on the verge of returning to the majors in 2010 when he had to undergo a second shoulder surgery. That surgery cost him the entire 2010 season, but that surgery was minor in comparison to the first. So, the minor shoulder surgery was less of a threat to his career than the major one and it actually gave him more time to recover from the major surgery. So, Bedard was ready in 2011.
He'll always be injury prone, but that is more than factored into his $4.5M salary. At that price, even half a season of good production would be worth it.
***I recently wrote about the sweeping changes being undertaken in two NL Central front offices. However, what I didn't include in that write-up was an interesting Reds related subplot. It was reported that part of the reason why Walt Jocketty parted ways with the St.Louis Cardinals is that he was unable to get along with then Cardinal V.P. Jeff Luhnow. That was then. Now, Luhnow is the new GM in Houston, one of the teams completely overhauling their front office in an effort to move towards a data-driven model of operation. Of course, the dispute being Luhnow and Jocketty could have been a clash of personalities, but more likely it was a clash of ideologies.
In my previous write up, I discussed the data-driven approach that Luhnow seems to want to implement and the difference between an organization built around the skills of individual employees and an organization that creates a structure to drive the operations. All of which begs the question, was the friction between Jocketty and Luhnow driven by the latter's staunch belief in statistical analysis and the former's preference for more traditional scouting? Or, does Jocketty favor an organization built around the brilliance of the individual more than the structure of the organization? More than likely, the answer is both.
In the end, I suspect that Luhnow was tasked with implementing an organizational structure in the Cardinal organization and Jocketty simply could not operate effectively within such a structure. Either the Cardinals outgrew Jocketty or Jocketty and the Cardinals simply grew apart. Whatever the reason, I wouldn't be surprised if, on some level, bad blood developed between the Astros and Reds. Of course, the fact that MLB, in its infinite wisdom, is moving the Astros to the AL West probably undercuts such a rivalry before it could even flare up.
*** Does anyone out there believe that Aroldis will be developed as a starter? The Marshall trade and the Madson signing are "all in" kind of moves. Given that our rotation seems to be set with (1) J.Cueto (2) M.Latos (3) B.Arroyo (4) M.Leake (5) H.Bailey, there seems to be no room for Aroldis. In light of their "win now" mindset, it simply doesn't make sense for the Reds to keep Aroldis at triple-A to develop as a starter. It seems highly likely that he'll join Madson and Marshall to give the Reds an electric back of the bullpen.
For better or worse, Aroldis became a reliever the moment the Reds decided to rely on him in their MLB bullpen.
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I've said this on the message before, but if we were to pursue a left handed bat, I want it to be Willie Harris. He's versatile enough that one could call him the lefty Jerry Hairston, and, when he wasn't a citi field, he had an .801 ops last year.ReplyDelete
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The Reds actually save #3 million if they keep Chapman in the minors long enough this season to make sure he isn't arbitration elgible after the 2013 season. My guess is they will maximize his innings and see what they have as a starter. Regardless of the results he will be in the majors in August so he can be on the post season roster.ReplyDelete
I do like the Snider idea.
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The odds of all 5 Reds starters finishing the season without injury is pretty slim IMO. Something will happen as it always does and they will need a guy in the minors ready to fill in. Aroldis will be that guy in the minors ready to to come up and start when needed.ReplyDelete
Looks like the Willie Harris ship has set sail with the Ryan Ludwick signing. Maybe they'll bring in Harris as a versatile bat off the bench. CitiField is a tough place to hit, so it certainly could be dragging down his numbers, but he also wasn't all that impressive in 2010 with the Nats.
Still, an interesting name to consider.
Thanks for the comment!
I've always thought Chapman should have been developed as a starter, but I just have a hard time imagining the Reds keeping him in the minors when they are "all in" for 2011. I suspect they'll give him a token opportunity to start in Spring Training and then shift him back to the bullpen.
Maybe I'm wrong, time will tell.
Thanks for the comment!
I agree, the depth at the upper levels is a concern. The Reds have a lot of talent in the lower levels, but Louisville is pretty sparse. And, they are likely to need more than 5 starters at the MLB level, so they need more arms. Is Aroldis the right guy for that role? I'm not sure.
Personally, I like Sean Gallagher. Always have. Good fastball and nasty curveball. So, maybe he'll fill that role. I still wonder how the Reds will justify keeping Chapman in the minors. It'll be interesting to see.
Anyway, thanks for the comment!


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As in other regions, the Hoenn region holds a number of Gym located throughout the area. In all of the games and their remakes there are a total of eight Gyms. In the Pokémon Anime, the main character Ash, battled at eight Gyms as well. However, as seen with several characters' Badges, there were other unidentified Gyms that were not shown.
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The Rustboro Gym is located in Rustboro next to a large house (inside there is a boy willing to trade the main character a Seedot for a Ralts). The Rustboro Gym contains 3 trainers (who use rock and rock-ground type Pokémon). It is kind of like a maze but if manouevered properly, can dodge all three trainers. Here are some tips from the official guide: The Rustboro City Gym has a simple design. There are three Pokemon Trainers in the gym to warm up with. Both Trainers and Roxanne use Rock-and-Ground-type Rock-type Pokémon. Bring along any Pokémon that have Grass- or Water-type attacks to earn an easy victory. If you chose Torchic as your first Pokémon, the battle will be a little harder than if you'd chosen Treecko or Mudkip. Although Makuhita is a Fighting-type Pokémon(one can be found in Granite Cave), it is probably a good choice to take into the battle with you.
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The Mauville gym has electric fences in it requiring you to step on tiles to shut them down and bring new ones up. The Gym Trainers use Electric-type Pokémon or Pokémon that know Electric-type moves like ThunderPunch. The Mauville gym leader Wattson, uses Electric-types and gives out the Dynamo Badge plus TM34 to those who can beat him.
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In Pokémon Emerald, it consists of warp panels , mutiple rooms,and cololred tiles that rotates a group of four directional tiles with the same color arrow as the tile that you stepped on. Most of the time, the colored tile when stepped on rotates multiple groups of directional tiles. All of the groups of directional tiles have at least one trainer or statue on it. In this version of the gym, all the trainers challenge you to double battles, including the Gym Leaders Tate and Liza.
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Normally I'd jump on any bandwagon bashing the egregious John Kerry, but this attempt by the MSM and the Obama campaign to put the blame on Kerry for Obama's debate face plant is really pathetic:
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In 1980, Reagan's debate rehearsal sparring partner was David Stockman, who wanted to be OMB director. He didn't hold back from lighting into Reagan. If Kerry really wants to be Secretary of State, he wouldn't go easy–he'd go hard. Otherwise he wouldn't get the job even if Obama wins. Reporters like Plante must think everyone who watches CBS News is really stupid. Oh, wait. . .
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I remember before the 2009 college season, some draft dude said that Benn would end up being a top 10 pick overall whenever he entered the draft. He had come off a fantastic 2008 season and prospects were good. But he cooled in 2009 after injuries set him back and then apparently his performance at the combine was weak on top of that – weak 40 time of 4.57.
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Saw this in the thread first. Thanks much.
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Nice and clear Limneos.
Easy bcd and VistaBootPro are very handy for many things, tho. it is good for people to have some bcdedit knowledge - particularly if they need to use the boot dvd.
More detail here :
Recovering the Vista Bootloader from the DVD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki
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Hello limneos.
Thank you very much; I haven't had time to go through the tutorial yet, but I will. I was going to suggest you do a proper tutorial as we are having many requests for this knowledge and I will be sure to point people to this tutorial first, in future.
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Help! Trapped in "safe" mode, just learning BCDEDIT...
I made the mistake of selecting "safe mode" boot from my gui screen earlier this morning. I don't even know where... I was hunting for why I wasn't properly joining my work domain (1st Win7 beta in the domain!) and selected safe boot and now I can't get back to my "normal" Win7 boot.
I have tried from elevated-cmd to "bcdedit /set safe off" or some such but I haven't got the right combo yet.
Can anyone tell this BCDEDIT newby what the proper command is?
Tanks In Advance! ...Steve (waiting in safe land, want my Win7 back!)
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Hi Steve,
Type msconfig in Start search box - click it when it pops up.
Click Boot tab - uncheck Safe Boot , Apply, OK. Restart
Hope it helps.
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As a pun (per your pic), you "made my day"!
I'm not sure that I did exactly as you suggested but at the safe mode command line prompt I typed "msconfig" which gloriosky! brought it up and I clicked on the "boot" tab, unselected safe and debug log and then rebooted.
Voila! My Win7 GUI is making me happy again... I owe ya, big fella! Thanx...SteveB
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If I'm reading this right to edit the Windows XP description from "Earlier Version of Windows" to say "Windows XP Home" or to what ever you want. Would be the following bcdedit /set {ntldr} description "Windows XP Home"
For bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addfirst
NOTE: This places Windows XP as the first (default) OS on the menu list.
To put back Windows 7 as the (default) OS would be the following
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When you turn on your computer, it goes through an elaborate startup process. The process begins when your computer performs its power-on self test (POST), which is followed by the POST for each adapter card that has a BIOS, such as SCSI adapters and video cards. The system BIOS then reads the master boot record (MBR)the first sector on the first hard diskand transfers control to the code in the MBR, which is created by Windows XP Setup.
This is where Windows takes over the startup process. Heres what happens next:
1. The MBR reads the boot sectorthe first sector of the active partitionwhich contains code that starts Ntldr, the bootstrap loader for Windows XP. The initial role of Ntldr is to switch the system to protected mode with paging enabled to allow full memory addressing, start the file system, read the Boot.ini file, and display the boot menu. Note that Ntldr must be located in the root folder of the active partition, along with Ntdetect.com, Boot.ini, Bootsect.dos (if youre going to dual boot), and Ntbootdd.sys (if youre using certain SCSI adapters for the drive with the boot partition).
2. If you select Windows XP from the boot menu, Ntldr runs Ntdetect.com to gather information about the currently installed hardware. Ntldr then uses the Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) path specified in Boot.ini to find the boot partitionthe one where Windows XP is installedand loads the two files that constitute the Windows XP core: Ntoskrnl.exe and Hal.dll. Both files must be located in the %SystemRoot%\ System32 folder.
3. Ntldr continues by reading the files that make up the registry, selecting a hardware profile and control set, and loading device drivers.
4. At this point, Ntoskrnl.exe takes over and starts Winlogon.exe, which in turn starts Lsass.exe (Local Security Administration), the program that displays the Welcome screen (or the Windows logon dialog box) and allows you to log on with your user name and password.
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Change the OS Name in Windows Boot Manager
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Although earlier studies suggested that certain vitamins, such as vitamins C and E, may reduce your heart disease risk, larger clinical trials have not shown a benefit. The American Heart Association doesn't recommend taking vitamin C and E supplements as a way to prevent heart disease.
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