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Has your smartphone given you nomophobia?
Like most well-adjusted Americans, I check my smartphone every 5 to 10 seconds. If I don't, my hands sweat and I feel guilty for depriving the world of all the interesting things I have to say or text or tweet.
This anxiety always seemed perfectly normal. Until I learned about "nomophobia."
Apparently we have become so reliant on mobile devices that a term was created to describe the nervousness we experience when separated from our electronic self-affirmation machines. Could it be that I, America's most-beloved workplace advice columnist, am nomophobic?
A study released in February -- sponsored by the British cellphone technology company SecurEnvoy -- found that about two-thirds of the population suffers from this phobia. And since work is one of life's primary ways of keeping us away from our cellphones and iPads, I decided to learn more.
"It's not necessarily a clinical disorder at this point, unless it's causing real impairment in a person's social, occupational or personal life," said Elizabeth Waterman, a clinical psychologist at Morningside Recovery Center in Newport Beach, Calif., which offers a nomophobia recovery group. "But it can be a real problem for many people."
The symptoms include: frequently checking the cellphone; frequently making sure the cellphone has battery life; using it in inappropriate places, like during business meetings or family dinners; and frequently checking to make sure the phone is within arm's reach.
(Based on that description, it's a wonder I haven't died of nomophobia.)
The big workplace question here is: How does an employer manage workers and their need to remain connected throughout the day?
The answer is going to vary depending on the company. But the key, as always, is clear and concise communication.
Employers need to be reasonable about letting employees access their smartphones or other devices. Issuing a flat-out ban is rarely effective and can make people feel like they're not trusted by management.
But if you spell out reasonable guidelines for in-office cellphone use, you can call people out when they don't follow the rules.
"There's nothing wrong with disciplining people for that, as long as the employer is consistently applying the same standard across the board," said Brian Jackson, a labor and employment attorney with the firm Fisher & Phillips.
There's a lot of blather out there about workplace distractions, everything from fantasy football to online shopping. But I believe managers have to put trust in their workers, with the knowledge that it won't be hard to tell when someone is violating that trust and not getting work done.
"I'd look at, 'Are they getting their job done and are they getting it done well?'" Waterman said. "Is the phone a hindrance or is it a helpful tool? It's not easy to hide your phone use like people think. People are going to notice."
And if being away from a phone causes anxiety, allowing a person access to that phone might actually lead to a more productive workday.
An offshoot of this technology addiction is that many people are so attached to their personal devices that they want to use them for work as well. For example, a company might offer a worker a laptop but that person would much prefer to use her iPad.
"An individual may not have much right to an expectation of privacy when they're dealing with the company's computer," Jackson said. "But if it's your own computer, you have a level of expectation of privacy. So the company's going to have to figure out a way to balance your privacy with their protectable interests."
Here again, there needs to be some clear communication about how a "bring your own device" situation can work.
Jackson suggests that employers set up a stand-alone policy (not one that's part of the regular employee handbook) so employees "understand that along with the right to bring your own phone or laptop, there are some rights you're going to have to give up." That could include allowing a third party to audit your device to make sure you're handling company information properly. It could be allowing the company to remotely wipe out the memory of the phone or computer if it gets lost or stolen, thus protecting any proprietary information.
Companies also need to spell out any contributions they are making to the cost of cellular service and make clear whether that money counts as a bonus to the employee or comes with any tax implications.
Jackson said he expects more and more people will be pushing to use their personal phones and computers for work.
"People are addicted to these devices," he said. "From a company standpoint, if the employee's going to be more productive using a different kind of technology, it makes sense to accommodate that."
Returning to the phobia aspect of all this, Waterman said it's not a bad idea for employers to approach mobile device use from an educational standpoint. The very fact that nomophobia exists indicates that many of us are teetering on the edge of a problem, and this can certainly involve struggles with balancing work with other parts of our lives.
"If people's lives come out of balance for too long, they're going to burn out," she said. "Employers can educate employees about what a work-life balance is, how they can attain it, what the signs are that they may be slipping out of balance and how to correct that."
That's good advice. Now if anybody needs me, I'll be huddling in a corner, holding my smartphone like a security blanket and wishing I'd never learned that nomophobia exists.


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In front of the cameras, they seem to have a nice chemistry, even the Yoshimoto Kogyo members from Kansai with those from the Kanto area. They appear in other programs together as well, so I don't think it's a matter of rivalry between them. Unlike Gaki, the focus was still on Downtown, but the work of the other members were usually highlighted.


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Open letter to the landowners of
It was just one year ago that
Northern Pass was telling the public and its investors that the 1200 MW High Voltage Transmission Line it was planning for Hydro Quebec would be constructed on the backs of landowners in 2013; and that the new transmission line would be in service by 2015. However, the fact is that New Hampshire is no further ahead in building this ill-conceived project than it was a year ago. Its application for a Presidential Permit is frozen in place with many scoping steps yet to be accomplished before an Environmental Impact Statement can be designed and prepared. In fact, Northern Pass is so far behind schedule that even it acknowledges that the project can't possibly be in service until late in 2016. Northern Pass
What is holding up the project? It is not just the virtually unanimous objections to the project in the
New Hampshire communities that would be impacted by the construction of the transmission lines and towers— being an exception. It is not just the successful passage in the State Senate of legislation—House Bill 648-- against the use of eminent domain for transmission projects such as Franklin Northern Pass.
It is much more. It involves massive landowner opposition in
Coos County where is attempting to cobble together a new route running from the Canadian Border to Groveton. After being confronted with massive adverse testimony in the federal Department of Energy ("DOE") scoping hearings held last March and April, Northern Pass Northern Pass announced that it was "listening" to the people and that it would be working on finding a new route in . Last May, Martin Murray, Coos County Northern Pass's public relations specialist, told the press that was having much success in "talking with landowners." Northern Pass even told the press that it would announce a new route in June of 2011. Northern Pass
Of course, mid-June came and went without a new route being announced; and the DOE extended the scoping comment period indefinitely pending
identifying a new route from Groveton north to the Canadian border. Northern Pass
On August 3, 2011,
made this announcement: "…the project's expected in-service date has been modified to 2016, with construction expected in the 2014 – 2016 time frame, compared to the initial range of 2013 – 2015. Our goal has been to locate the line within existing rights of way, as much as possible, and to minimize potential impacts for residents and communities. We listened to residents' input and concerns, and determined that an alternative route is appropriate in the area north of Groveton, and that it can be developed without any increase in the project cost or benefits. The only change is in the construction schedule. The project expects to announce the new preferred route for that area later this year." Northern Pass
But that didn't happen either. "Later this year" came and went and so did a hoped-for right of way invasion of the Balsams properties in Stewartstown and Dixville that
was apparently counting on for its new, so called landowner-friendly route. Speaking of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests' acquisition of a conservation easement over the Balsams property and extinguishment of Northern Pass's hoped-for right of way, here is what Northern Pass told the public earlier in January: "While Northern Pass had an interest in this specific utility right of way, we are continuing to successfully work with landowners as we consider other routing alternatives. We look forward to soon announcing a new proposed route that has the support of underlying land owners." Northern Pass
But "soon" isn't happening either. This was acknowledged two weeks later when
Northern Pass dropped the "soon" prediction and simply claimed that it was still working "successfully with property owners to purchase land or easements to develop an acceptable route in that area of the North Country where there is no existing transmission right of way."
Get the picture? One delay after another. Numerous landowners are still refusing to sell out the
North Country. They believe that our landscapes, our values, our ability to be right with the world—indeed our very essence--require that our communities not be damaged by the infliction of above ground high voltage transmission lines. They want the land to be preserved for our children and grandchildren to enjoy in the same ways that we have been privileged to enjoy. They want to be good neighbors to the rest of the state.
So don't believe any of the
Northern Pass claims that they are "successfully" working with property owners to develop an acceptable route through the North Country. Fact is that there is no such "acceptable route." Fact is that landowners are declining huge offers of cash virtually every day. Fact is that there wasn't an announced new route in June as promised. Fact is there wasn't an announced new route "later" in 2011 as promised. Fact is there won't be a new route announced "soon".
So don't believe any of the
My hat is off to the brave landowners of the North Country who have turned down enormous offers of money in order to preserve their properties and our scenic values for the benefit of family, friends and neighbors—indeed the benefit of all of us in the State of
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Zera Shan Xuan Ng-Ss16 The Garden Women Clothing
At Design Interviews
Interview with Zera Shan Xuan Ng : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : The main inspiration behind this design is to allow plus size or women in maternity to dress beautifully. The airy material doesn't sits on body, it can cover unglamorous part of body and eye-catching floral print can instantly draw attention and catch distraction from people to ONLY see the print but the body. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : This is the first collection of my fashion brand. My main focus is to create a collection which stands out and also practical. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : I would like to distribute this design to department stores or independent boutiques. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : It took me approximately 6 months to design and finish this collection. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : We are produced this design by ourselves and already selling this design to independent boutique across South East Asia and The United Kingdom, and continue to reach out to more potential buyers. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : Our target customer for this design is tall and slightly plus size women, age between 21-30. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : The name "The Garden" came from an array of watercolour artwork with flower, leaves, and butterfly. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : We designed this in traditional way, using paper, marker pen, and textile design software. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : The original artwork prints. We are the only brand who uses this watercolour artwork. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : Collaborated with a fresh graduate, Janice Cheong from Raffles Design Institute Singapore and the watercolor artist. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : Digital Printing .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : N/A .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : We want to have exposure and get connected to creativity people and people in design industry. As fashion and art aren't a big thing for Malaysian. We believed, A'Design Award is a great platform for us in order to achieve our plan. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Zera Shan Xuan Ng : This design is meant to "Stands Out" but it is lack of commercial awareness. For our new and ongoing design, it will be more towards commercial but cutting edge. .
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- Cola: Real Thing or Real Junk?
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I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.
Cola: Real Thing or Real Junk?By Denis Faye
Sure, soda pop is the biggest calorie source in the American diet. Sure, it may be a sugary-sweet drink that is partially responsible for the planet's obesity epidemic, according to a 2007 Yale University study. But frankly, there's not much real about cola. Heck, most American versions don't even have real sugar in it.
To prove this point, we've decided to take a look at the ingredients in a can of cola. Is there anything real in there? You tell us.
Carbonated water
Ingredient-wise, this is cola's get-out-of-jail-free card. Carbonated water—water injected with carbon dioxide gas—has received a bad rap over the years, but current studies suggest there's little wrong with it. The idea that the phosphorus (the "fizz") in bubbly water drains calcium from bones was shown to be untrue in a 2001 study by the Creighton University Osteoporosis Research Center in Nebraska. So if you give up the soda and stick to the soda water, you'll be in good shape.
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
For the uninitiated, HFCS is corn syrup that has gone through enzymatic processing to increase its fructose level. It's then mixed with un-enzymatic processed corn syrup to make a combo of fructose and glucose that can be used as a sweetener. Due to the massive amount of corn our country produces, HFCS is cheaper than white cane sugar and, therefore, the sweetener of choice for just about every American junk food you can think of.
There have been all kinds of theories and studies over the years claiming that HFCS is worse for you than other sugars. Conversely, the Corn Refiners Association has gone to great lengths to dispute this information, but it's a losing battle. They have yet to comment on the latest studies, one published in Environmental Health and another from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, both showing that HFCS can contain mercury.
Whomever you believe, this stuff just isn't good for you. One 12-ounce can (and who drinks just a can anymore?) contains 39 grams of simple carbohydrates, all from HFCS. With no fat, no protein, and no fiber, it's 140 calories of blood-sugar-spiking sweetness. It's like eating 9 teaspoons of table sugar. So no matter what you call it, what vegetable it's derived from, or how you process it, it's bad for you.
Caramel color
Also known as caramel coloring, this is just sugar heated until it turns brown. However, the heating process to make class IV sulfite ammonia caramel coloring, the kind they put in soft drinks, requires ammonia. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this doesn't affect the toxicological properties. A joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization expert committee on food additives wasn't quite as sure and suggested a 0 to 200 milligram per kilogram of body weight limit on the stuff. Most colas don't appear to publish the amount of caramel color they use, so we have no idea how much you'll find in a Big Gulp.
Either way, in the U.S., guess what kind of sugar this stuff is made of? Yes, corn syrup (see: High Fructose Corn Syrup [HFCS]).
Phosphoric acid
Phosphoric acid is a chemical that gives colas their "tangy taste." It's much cheaper to use than more natural ingredients. The belief that phosphoric acid lowers bone density is contentious. While it's true that a 2006 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that women who consume cola daily have lower bone density, that could also be because those soda drinkers were less inclined to drink calcium-rich beverages such as milk. Furthermore, the Creighton University study (see: Carbonated water) suggests that it wasn't the phosphoric acid causing the problem—rather, it was the caffeine.
Regardless, phosphoric acid makes an excellent rust remover for iron and steel. So think about that the next time you have a hankering for a cola.
Natural flavors
Most people believe the word "natural" means that these flavors are the good stuff. Nothing could be further from the truth. Eric Schlosser, in his amazing book Fast Food Nation, sums it up best. Basically, just because a flavor is "natural" doesn't mean it's healthier than an "artificial" flavor. In fact, sometimes the opposite can be true. The example Schlosser brings up is almond flavoring. "When almond flavor is derived from natural sources," he writes, "such as peach and apricot pits, it contains traces of hydrogen cyanide, a deadly poison."
Conversely, artificial almond flavor "derived through a different process (by mixing oil of clove and the banana flavor, amyl acetate) does not contain any cyanide."
Most colas' secret recipes are safely hidden in their natural ingredients. Given that it's one of the best-kept secrets in industrial history, props to you if you can figure out what you're drinking.
Considering that some of our supplements contain caffeine, it would be downright hypocritical to trash it here. The simple fact is that in small amounts caffeine is fine. In fact, it's an ergogenic aid, meaning that it can increase the capacity for mental or physical labor. However, if you get too carried away, it can lead to everything from peptic ulcers to sleep disorders to the above-mentioned bone density loss.
So if you're at risk for osteoporosis, you're probably going to want to pass on caffeine. Otherwise, you'll want to drink it in moderation.
How does this bode badly for soda? Simple. Pretty much every other source of caffeine around has some kind of benefit. Supplements have myriad benefits. Coffee and tea contain antioxidants. Even chocolate, in moderation, is said to be beneficial, with its antioxidants, flavonoids, and phenylethylamine—a mild mood enhancer. Why get it drinking soda, a beverage without a single other beneficial quality yet several detrimental ones?
So there you have it. Mix that all together, and you get cola. Heck, because it's so natural and "real," you should be able to make it at home with ingredients sitting in your kitchen pantry. Right? Right?
Who am I kidding? This stuff's junk. Real junk, but junk nonetheless.
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Nutrition 911, Part IX: 10 Reasons to Drink WaterBy Steve Edwards
This week, we're going to address why we should drink water. You know, water, "like in the toilet." This line, borrowed from the film Idiocracy, isn't so far from the way many people think about drinking plain water. In the comedy, the world's drinking water is replaced by Brawndo, a Gatorade-like electrolyte drink. We will deconstruct Gatorade at a later date, but today, I want you to understand why this is not an option. You can hydrate yourself with other liquids, but every time you do, you're chipping away at the chances of following a nutritional diet.
It's likely that the only reason you think you need to drink water is to stay "hydrated," but you might not truly understand what this means. Let's delve into the meaning behind hydration and just why you need to drink so much plain, "boring" water.
Your body is made up primarily of water. When you're properly hydrated, about two-thirds of your body is water—muscle tissue is even higher, at around 70 percent, while fat is less. Muscle powers your body and fat protects it. Put two and two together, and you may infer that water is vital to the things that make your body do stuff. When you don't drink enough water, your body declines into a state we call dehydration. Get too dehydrated, and your body will not function properly, which isn't too surprising when your body's low on such a vital nutrient. (Your body can be as much as up to 65 percent water!)
You don't need to drink 65 percent of your weight in water each day. This is because, one, if you lost all the water in your body, you'd be dead, and two, that water makes up most of all the living things on our planet. Since we eat living—or recently alive—things, we get some water from the things we eat. When we cook things, they lose their water. This means that the more raw whole foods you eat, the less water you need to drink. Fruits and veggies lead the group of water-rich foods and contain around 95 percent water. If you eat a lot of plants, you can drink less water. But if you don't . . .
There is more to hydration than just your water levels. Chemicals in your body react with water so that you can function. We lose water in the form of sweat, and sweat is made up of water and body "salts," which are mainly sodium, chloride, and potassium, but they also include magnesium, calcium, and so on. These are called electrolytes and, basically, are the reason that salt is such a vital component in your diet. Salt is a mixture of sodium and chloride, but generally, we use the term "salts" in reference to electrolytes. Too much salt is bad and too little is bad. Both can kill you. This is why, like water, the amount you consume should be directly related to the workload your body is put under. More P90X® or ChaLEAN Extreme® equals more sweat, meaning that you need more water and more salt.
What about water weight? Some people are afraid to drink a lot of water because they're afraid of gaining "water weight." This is the opposite of what you should do. Water weight is a term for your body holding on to excess water because it's not getting enough. The best way to get rid of water weight is to drink more water. It works two ways. If you don't drink enough water or if you eat too much salt in your diet, your body hoards water. This water/salt relationship is referred to as your electrolyte balance.
Generally, there's an easy way to tell if you need more water or salt; because most people drink too little water and eat far too much salt—especially those who eat in restaurants. So when you aren't exercising, you almost never need more salt. When you are exercising, getting enough salt becomes an issue. Endurance athletes are ever aware of the need to have enough salt to avoid a condition called hyponatremia, a condition that results when you've had too much water and not enough salt, basically just dehydration from a different angle. Those who don't exercise outdoors excessively almost never have to worry about this condition.
So what does water do for you? You'll often hear claims that water helps chemical reactions, regulates your body temperature, and lubricates your joints, eyes, and spinal cord. Sure, it does all of this stuff. In fact, since you're mostly made up of water, a case can be made that it does almost everything. So why split hairs? Your body doesn't work, at all, without being fed a lot of water. You can live days, weeks, and, sometimes, even months without food. But you can't live even a few days without water.
Itchy skin. Dry skin. Constipation. Sneezing. Dry cough, headaches, nosebleeds, and acne. These are common ailments related to drinking too little water. Since water regulates your body's functions, it makes sense that minor glitches in bodily functions may be related to not drinking enough water. And this is just a partial list of common ailments. Many symptoms blamed on allergies are probably due to living in a dehydrated state. When you are properly hydrated, your body can better defend itself.
The above symptoms may be worse in the winter. Water is required just to breathe, and you lose water through your mouth and lungs. During winter, when the air is dry, more water is required. Add forced heat in the air—like from home heating systems and fires—and the situation is exacerbated. This means that you need to drink extra water in the winter when it's cold, even though you are probably less thirsty.
Water and your immune system. During winter, lack of water will dry out the mucous membranes of your lungs, gut, and sinus passages and lessen your resistance to disease. These barriers protect your body against bacteria, viruses, and pollutants when you're fully hydrated and intact. Allowing them to dry out could be the leading cause of the common cold and allergic symptoms, not to mention things like constipation, sinusitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and long-term diseases like hemorrhoids and colon cancer.
Water and fat loss. We haven't yet discussed the importance of fat mobilization for energy and its relation to weight loss and effective exercise because, well, this is Nutrition 911 and that sounds complicated. Anyway, water is the main component of this action. A well-hydrated body has higher levels of oxygen in the bloodstream, translating into an increased ability to burn fat as fuel. The more efficiently you burn fat as fuel, the more effectively you exercise, leading to a better overall body composition.
How much water? It's said you need about 8 glasses of water a day. However, this will vary due to your activity level and environmental conditions. As a general rule, add a couple of glasses during the hot days of summer and the dry, cold nights of winter. During exercise, you may lose a quart an hour or more. While all liquids provide water, sugar, diuretics (caffeine, etc.), and carbonation reduce the hydration effect. Combining all three, as in soda, can reduce the hydration efficiency of the liquid to almost nil.
Now that you're sold on the importance of drinking water, we better take a deeper look at where that water is coming from. Next time, we'll discuss what's in your water.
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True or False?
True: The average human body contains 37 liters of water. The human body is about 65 percent water, explaining why dehydration is so bad. The average person should consume at least two liters of water every day to maintain proper hydration (refer to Steve's article above for more on how much water to consume). The brain is 75 percent water, which is why headaches are often the first symptom when we're a quart low. Blood is 83 percent water and bones are 25 percent water.
False: Five percent of the earth's water is OK to drink. Only one percent of the earth's water is safe to drink. And by safe, we mean it's not saltwater (97 percent of the earth's water) or frozen (two percent of the earth's water). The freshwater supply has become increasingly contaminated since the middle of the 20th century, coinciding with the increased use of chemicals in manufacturing.
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Insect Bites and Stings
Studied Homeopathic Remedies
- Topical Homeopathic Remedy, containing Echinacea augustifolia , Ledum palustre , Urtica urens , and citronella and eucalyptus oils
- Echinacea
- Ledum
- Urtica
- Isopathic Remedies
If humans have any major rival in the natural world, it's insects. Despite centuries of warfare against them by humans, insects have held their own, and in some cases continue to flourish. Insects remain a major source of crop damage as well as a vector of illness. Besides all that, they are a nuisance! Insect bites and stings are the inevitable result, it often seems, of doing anything outdoors.
In most cases, the consequences of these misadventures are relatively small. However, some people are highly allergic to the stings of certain insects, and can experience severe, even life-threatening, reactions. None of the homeopathic remedies discussed in this section are meant to address such serious problems. Rather, what we discuss here are potential ways to minimize the natural discomforts of outdoor experiences.
Scientific Evaluations of Homeopathic Remedies for Insect Bites and Stings
In a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled study]]> , researchers used a homeopathic gel manufactured and marketed in the Netherlands as a topical treatment for insect bites. ]]>1]]> The gel was made from a mixture of homeopathic medicines that included Echinacea augustifolia , Ledum palustre , Urtica urens , as well as citronella and eucalyptus oils. The researchers managed to find 68 healthy people who were willing to let mosquitoes bite them on the forearm in three different places. The bites were then treated with both the homeopathic gel and placebo that was identical to the treatment except lacking the homeopathic medicines. Unfortunately, the homeopathic remedy proved no more effective than placebo.
It may be worthwhile noting that many homeopaths object to the formulation of this gel, because it includes strongly aromatic oils (citronella and eucalyptus). According to the principles of ]]>classical homeopathy]]> , these oils would be expected to "antidote" (block) the effects of the homeopathic ingredients.
Traditional Homeopathic Treatments for Insect Bites and Stings
Classical homeopathy often recommends homeopathic Echinacea for insect bites and stings with venom. Ledum is commonly used for puncture wounds and insect bites, and Urtica as a remedy for itching. Other common remedies for insect bites and stings include isopathic remedies]]> made from the offending insect, such as honey bee (Apis mellifica) or wasp (Vespa crabro) .
For a thorough explanation of homeopathy, including dilution of therapies, see the ]]>Homeopathy Overview]]> .
1. Hill N, Stam C, Tuinder S, van Haselen RA. A placebo controlled clinical trial investigating the efficacy of a homeopathic after-bite gel in reducing mosquito bite erythema. Eur J Clin Pharmacol . 1995;49:103–108.
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Bleh, I think that a lot of these symph metal music videos are so trite and uninspired. Chick who is probably not goth dressed like a goth? Check. Smeared makeup and black eyeliner? Check. (It's totally okay to have her as a non-goth, guys, I'm sure that the men won't care either way)
Any recommendations for Spanish metal bands? I'm trying to expand my Spanish music collection.
Not to get too off topic with this, but I (and many women) believe that men like natural makeup. They like women who look polished but not too artificial. Some women wear a natural look but use 10-15 products to achieve that effect!
There are times it seems when everything's lost and I'm moaning, I'm tossed and I see ...Between the river and the ravens I'm fed. Between oblivion and the blazes I'm led. So Father give me faith, providence and grace. Between the river and ravens I'm fed. Sweet deliver, oh you lift up my head and lead me in your way.
There's this particular group of vids on youtube of two (maybe three) guys on youtube doing Megadeth and other covers. They each record a video of them doing their part and one of them edits and mixes it. It's incredible. Sadly, I think one of them died recently and they don't do it anymore, but I wish I could find them again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0Friday by Rebecca Black! 106 million views can't be wrong.
Quote from: Marat on April 16, 2011, 10:25:12 PMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0Friday by Rebecca Black! 106 million views can't be wrong. HAHAHAHA! The song gets in your head, doesn't it?
The Episcopallian road is easy and wide, for many go through it to find destruction. lol sorry channeling Isa.
Friday (Acoustic version)For when you just want to chill out...
I'm listening to Ace of Base, and NOT ironically either. Love them!
If anything I have posted has been illuminating, please remember that I merely reflect the light of others...but also it's me.
Also, they now have 4 books by Orthodox authors, woo hoo!
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At 5:00 PM Eastern, Fermilab scientists will announce a major discovery. The early word is that this is not the Higgs boson, but instead something completely unexpected.
Update: Here's the link to the complete presentation by University of Illinois researcher Viviana Cavliere. We'll warn you right now - it's very technical and very cautious. We'll have more soon once we've wrapped our heads around all this.
Speaking to the AFP before the announcement, project physicist Giovanni Punzi offered this early comment:
"There could be some new force beyond the force that we know. If it is confirmed, it could point to a whole new world of interactions.
"The Higgs-boson is a piece that goes into the puzzle that we already have. Whereas this is something that goes a little bit beyond that — a new interaction, a new force. [This] is decaying in normal quarks. It has different features. One thing we know for sure — it is not the Higgs-boson. That is the only thing we know for sure."
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Of particular interest will be the ability to search BHL by articles (>80,000 will be indexed and available in BHL by the launch) and improvements to the PDF generation process.
Coincidentally BHL Europe is launching today.
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South Side Eats: Alambres at Tacos Mario's
Continuing my look into some of the other items offered at the spots first covered on the South Side Tacos Guide, today we drop into Tacos Mario's, which has two locations. The first spot is a sit-down restaurant on 63rd Street and the second is a taqueria on Pulaski just south of 63rd. Mario's made the guide for their top notch tacos al pastor.
According to some info dug up by Rob Lopata for the Chicago Tribune, most al pastor places in Chicago use reconstructed gyro cones. People like owner Mario Martinez say the city's natural gas and electricity lines don't provide enough heat, which doesn't allow for proper charring. Mario, who's family also owns two popular al pastor spots in Mexico City, took it into his own hands. They use a strong gas flame, and if you catch them at the right time when the thinly shaved meat is going from cone to tortilla, you're going to get some of the best al pastor in the city. You can try it the traditional way in a taco or enjoy a plate of it in a popular dish served throughout Mexico.
Alambres show up here and there in the Chicagoland. They seem to be particularly popular out in Aurora, but places in the city like Mario's serve plates. The word alambre means "wire" in Spanish and in certain regions of Mexico the meats are grilled on a skewer and then removed and thrown together on a platter. Some people say that's how the dish came to be named, while others say it's the fact that the melted cheese stretches out like wires as you remove a portion from the platter to your plate. Exact preparation can vary by region and restaurant, but here the dish includes chopped meats, vegetables, and lots of cheese mixed together with bacon. Warm tortillas are served on the side.
Mario's has quite a few ingredient options. Their specialty al pastor can be mixed with a chopped chuleta (pork chop), chorizo, bacon, and more. But I wanted the al pastor to shine, so I tried a platter of it with bacon and pineapple. Usually some sort of diced peppers are included in other places where I've ate this, but the only vegetable used at Mario's is onion. Which is just fine, because then you build your own little tacos with it they make for some really tasty treats.
If you're ever in need of a catered event, Mario and his crew will come to your event, trompo and all, to serve his super tacos al pastor recipe. Your guests will be impressed.
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A few days ago, Lukasz Bialecki of the Poznan Project emailed me the civil marriage record for Martinus (Martin) Rochowiak and Catherine (Katarzyna) Switala. Martin was a half-brother to my great-grandmother, Frances Rochowiak Przybylski. The civil marriage record provides us with a bit more detail about the family. The thumbnail below is difficult to read, but click it to enlarge to see the detail.
Lukasz kindly sent along a translation of the record to me since it is written in German:
Farm worker Martin Rochowiak, born 3 Nov 1850 in Zendowo, resident in Murczyn, son of the farmer Adalbert Rochowiak (died in Zendowo) and his wife Marianna (married name missing, died in Zendowo).
Maid Catharina Switala, born 24 Sep 1857 in Murczyn, resident in Murczyn, daughter of the farmer Matheus Switala (resident in Murczyn) and his wife Marianna Zablocka (resident in Murczyn).
Witnesses Johann Wesolek, age 33 from Jaroszewo, Johann Zablocki, age 52 from Murczyn.
Now, from this translation we cannot ascertain for sure that Martin was a son of Marianna Chlebowska or Marianna Marzana. I've "assigned" him within my tree as the son of Marianna Chlebowska, based on the fact that per the this civil marriage record, he was born 3 November 1850 and Aldabertus married Marianna Mazana on 27 October 1851. So, not quite a year after Martinus was born, Aldabert married his third wife.
We also have the location where the Rochowiaks, Switalas, and Zablockis were living in 1850: Murczyn. Additionally, we now know that Adalbert was a farmer. We also now know that Adalbert and Marianna Mazana (using deductive logic for which Marianna) died in Zendowo.
If you note the signatures, as Lukasz pointed out to me, the groom was illiterate–he signed the record with three Xs but the bride was able to write and signed her own name.


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Governor Dauggard Awards Grants for Recreational Trails
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has awarded about $1.5 million in federal grants to recreational trail projects throughout the state.
The federal assistance program provides up to 80 percent reimbursement for trail development and maintenance projects.
Grants were awarded for trail construction and upgrades in Aberdeen, Belle Fourche, Custer, Deadwood, Dell Rapids, Lake County, Murdo, Watertown and Winner. Additional grants were awarded for trail improvement projects at Blood Run Nature Area, the George S. Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills, LaFramboise Island Nature Area near Pierre, the Black Hills snowmobile trail system and the Black Hills National Forest off-highway vehicle trail system.
The federally funded program is administered by the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department. The money comes from motor fuel taxes collected from non-highway recreational use.
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I've been scouring the newspapers and job sites and let me tell you, there ain't shit. Worse, of the few openings listed, many leave me scratching my head about what's expected. Like this one for a part-time receptionist:
There's so much more I need to know about this "must like people and teeth" position. Like, must I like people and teeth equally? Are we talking people teeth or animal teeth too? Are the teeth in people's mouths or outside of them? Am I going to be bitten or do I have to bite people...and are they the same people I'm supposed to "like" or a different group of people?
Then there's the really crucial question: How much do I need to like teeth? Must I like teeth so much that the sight of them stops me dead in my tracks, or can I lukewarmly admire them over a cup of coffee? Is one of the interview questions, "What do you think about when you're making love to your partner?" and is the correct answer "teeth"?
Like is such a relative term. It's the grayest of grays!
If I lie and say I like teeth to get the job, will I be a fake amongst authentic teeth lovers or has everyone feigned a fondness for chompers just to get on the payroll? If management does believe my lies and hires me, are there sporadic tests, like drug tests, to assure that my desire for teeth hasn't waned? Like, will they bring me into a room one day, turn down the lights, and show me this
and shout, "Look at this picture! Look at it! Do you still like teeth? Do YOU?"
And what if I can't pretend anymore? What if I finally can't take the sight of gums and teeth and fillings anymore and all the "OMG I LOVE teeth" bullshit by the water cooler and I have to cry out, "No! I hate teeth! I HATE them!"? Will they grab me by the arms and drag me out and throw me on the street?
What if?
See? I knew I shouldn't apply for this job.
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In the last few days received a few more festival rejection notices. Or in one case it wasn't a note, but me looking it up: the Taiwan Documentary Festival said no to Imagens de uma cidade perdida, though they didn't bother to notify me. I had to look it up on their schedule. And today an email informed the the Montpellier "Mediterranean" festival likewise said "non."
I now forget how many festivals said no. One in Lisbon did. Another in Bilboa. Toronto. And I forget which others. Festivals – go figger: in competition in Yamagata, considered these days one of the best, and pink slipped by all the others so far. Oh well, either way there isn't a dime to be made off it, so… And on the other hand Dennis Grunes put it in his best ever 100 films.
[Sept 6: and today another 'nyet', this time from Iceland: no to Dissonance and Imagens. As usual they sent along a little letter (not evidently usual for Taiwanese folks):
Dear Jost Jon,
The Reykjavík International Film Festival would like to thank you for your submission to our 2012 edition.
We regret to inform you that your film Imagen de uma cidade perdida was not chosen for the festival programme. Due to the vast amount of submissions of high quality and merit, our decisions were exceedingly difficult to make.
Unfortunately, the exhibition limitations only allow for a small amount of films to be screened in comparison to the overall number of submissions received.
We want to congratulate you for having completed a cinematic work. Finishing a film is an extraordinary feat, one that you should take great pride in. We would like to encourage your contributions to filmmaking and we hope you will consider our festival for future submissions. We appreciate your submission and interest in the Reykjavík International Film Festival.
Thank you and best of luck for your future projects.
Italics above mine. What twaddle. Making a film is a job like any other. It's what you do. It's no big deal, it's not heroic, it's nothing to brag about or think it makes you special in any way. If you make a film or do anything else it's because you want to or you have to.


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By Manuel Pineda, project coordinator, Santa Barbara, Honduras
Jeanne Quackenbush, a sponsor on the CFCA mission awareness trip, hugs one of the sponsored youth at the roundtable discussion.
Forming community in a world where individualism dominates family, social and business relationships stands as one of the greatest challenges we face at CFCA.
Our goal of building communities of compassion is ongoing and systematic as we need to promote a culture of life and values for families, society and the world.
During the June 2010 mission awareness trip, the CFCA project in Santa Barbara organized a roundtable discussion as part of the process of understanding the broader CFCA world.
This developed out of the necessity to place sponsored members, mothers, project teams and sponsors face to face to share, ask questions and learn from different perspectives the rights and responsibilities that each has in this family.
Youth asked sponsors about issues that helped them get a better idea of sponsorsí expectations of their sponsored friends.
Why did they make a commitment to a person that they had never met? What news that you receive from your sponsored friends makes you most happy or sad?
Reyna, who will graduate with a degree in education this year, shared about a change in her worldview: ìMy sponsor has helped me a lot. He has accompanied me in my life and has filled the role of a father that I never had. This has made me understand that now I have to be committed to others.
Lidia, a former scholar and now a member of the Santa Barbara staff, shared: ìIn the most difficult times of my life, when I felt that even my goals had died, CFCA was at my side. … Now I am committed on this team to give my best and serve so that others can achieve their goals and succeed in life.
Sponsors reflect that this learning opportunity was both a favorite and humbling moment.
Rebecca shared that she was impressed with the confidence and leadership the youth demonstrated in organizing the event and was impacted by the articulate way they expressed their hopes and dreams in sophisticated goals.
A roundtable discussion takes place between sponsors and sponsored members at a June 2010 CFCA mission awareness trip to Honduras.
Jeanne writes of her surprise to learn that the mothers we met in the roundtable discussion had the same concerns and worries that mothers in the United States have about raising teenagers in these times. They want what I and most of my friends want: to raise happy, well-adjusted, Christian adults.
Mothers, project team members, sponsors and sponsored participants left assured that in this journey, there is always someone by their side encouraging and supporting them.
They understand the generosity they have received in life should be shared with others in this world.


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This spring I will be coaching MDRA beginning women's running classes in Maple Grove instead of Edina. I loved to coach the Edina classes, but alas, the commute just became too much of a hassle. Our class began at 6 PM and I would have to leave home by 415 to arrive on time. Two hours is too much for a 54 mile drive.
I am so glad to be able to coach the Maple Grove class. Maple Grove is only 30 minutes from home so the commute is a non-issue. I was introduced to the coaches over coffee last month and can't wait to begin!
If you are interested please go to MDRA and register. We are meeting in the Maple Grove Senior High School, Room 255 April 7-May 26 from 6-8 PM.
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Ok, this is to all my friends and family!! On February 14, I'll be rappelling 428 feet down the side of the Hyatt Regency Hotel to help make dreams come true for critically ill kids and their families. I need your help in order to make it happen! My fundraising goal is $1,000. Once I reach this goal I can officially go Over The Edge.
The Village matters to me because it creates happiness and hope for children and families who need it most. I can't think of a better reason to go Over The Edge, can you.
Kids who visit Give Kids The World Village face many challenges greater than this. Their lives are filled with hospital stays and medical procedures. They miss out on school activities, sports, and time with friends.
Give Kids The World helps them reclaim that time during week-long, cost-free wish vacations.
To make a tax-deductible donation, click the big "donate" button. Any questions, just ask me! Thank you from me and the kids we're going to help! I'm really excited about this opportunity and hope you will help me realize the goal. To learn more about this amazing place go to www.gktw.org.


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String theory and art in CambridgeSubmitted by Marianne on February 29, 2012
Interested in the connections between art and science? Then come to this free public lecture at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge on March 14, 2012 to hear theoretical physicist David Berman and artist Grenville Davey talk about string theory as an inspiration to art.
String theory is at the cutting edge of theoretical physics. Its deep goal is to unify quantum mechanics and relativity. In doing so, string theory brings up new ways of seeing the world, with hidden dimensions and novel surprising symmetries and relationships. This event will begin with an accessible introduction to string theory by David Berman followed by a presentation and discussion with Grenville Davey on his art and how aspects of string theory and contemporary physics have been an inspiration. A wine reception will follow.
Grenville Davey is a Turner Prize winning sculptor who is currently artist-in-residence at the Institute. His recent interests and work have been inspired by the ideas from string theory and its way of describing our universe. David Berman is currently organising a programme at the Institute on string theory and is an expert in M-theory, an extension of string theory.
To request free tickets to this event please contact the Isaac Newton Institute by phoning +44 (0)1223 335999 or emailing email@example.com. Some tickets will also be available on the night but pre-booking is recommended. This event is likely to be suitable for interested people age 14+. It starts at 6.30pm and lasts for an hour.
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Photo Flash: First Look at New Ohio Theatre's 2012 ICE FACTORY FESTIVAL
Artistic Director Robert Lyons presents the 19th annual Obie Award-winning Ice Factory Festival. Ice Factory 2012 begins the festival's next exciting era at its new West Village space, the New Ohio Theatre, located at 154 Christopher Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets. Ice Factory 2012 will feature two World Premieres, two New York Premieres and one Manhattan Premiere over six weeks, running from June 27 – August 4, 2012. Check out photos from the productions below!
Performances are Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7pm. Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for students/seniors and can be purchased online here or by calling SmartTix at 212-868-4444. For more information on the festival visit www.NewOhioTheatre.org, and for up-to-the-minute festival updates, join the conversation on Twitter, at @IceFactoryFest. The space is accessible from the #1 train to Christopher Street or the A, B, C, D, E, F or M train to West 4th Street.
The New Ohio strengthens, nurtures and promotes a community of independent theatre artists and theatre companies by curating and presenting new work in New York City. With its Ice Factory summer festival the New Ohio offers emerging and established companies a prime forum in which to develop their work. Ice Factory prides itself on maintaining extraordinary aesthetic diversity along with an unequaled standard for intelligent, imaginative theater. Previous Ice Factory shows have gone on to Off-Broadway, the Joyce, P.S. 122, the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and the Walker Art Center, among others.
June 27 - 30
Good Year for Hunters – A World Premiere written and directed by Jess Barbagallo and Chris Giarmo, with sound design by Mike Cacciatore.
A mysteriously orphaned brother and sister fall in love with a closeted husband and wife. A darkly comedic landscape of fractured time, where yearning becomes nightmare. A world of secrets where memory relentlessly rewrites history and traumatic loss is endlessly looped. A queer horror story of deferred adulthood. Inspired by Tori Amos's seminal 1992 album "Little Earthquakes," the soundtrack of Chris and Jess' teenage years.
Jess Barbagallo is a multidisciplinary theatre artist and founding member of Half Straddle, who has performed with Big Dance Theater, Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf and The Builders Association. Chris Giarmo is the resident composer of Half Straddle, and performs with Big Dance Theater. Mike Cacciatore is a multi-instrumentalist artist and songwriter. In addition to designing sound for film and theater, he performs with the bands "Griffin and the True Believers" and "Boys Don't Fight."
July 4 - 7
Flying Snakes In 3D – A Manhattan Premiere produced by Everywhere Theatre Group, written and directed by Leah Nanako Winkler and Teddy Nicholas, with video and sound design by Chase Voorhees.
Mutant killer snakes are accidentally released by the CIA. An unfunded young theatre company attempts to make art in the face of overwhelming financial, technical and emotional obstacles. Violent, bloody chaos ensues. An epic fusion of sci-fi parody, avant-garde theatrics and brutally honest autobiography. Packed with dance, cheap special effects and stunning video design. Dares to ask: If theater is a dying art, what are we doing here?
Everywhere Theatre Group is dedicated to producing collaboratively created new work. They were a 2009-2010 Resident Artist at Incubator Arts Project's inaugural season and performed in Ice Factory 2011's Ice Cubes series.
July 11 - 14
The Pilo Family Circus – Produced by the Drama Desk Award-winning Godlight Theatre Company, adapted by Matt Pelfrey, directed by Joe Tantalo, based on the novel of the same name.
Jamie never dreamed of running away to join the circus, but you just don't say no to a headhunting troupe of exuberantly sadistic clowns. But in a centuries-old carnival and a nightmare world of acrobats, clowns, dwarves, freaks and fortunetellers, he may lose more than just his way. When the whiteface goes on, Jamie becomes JJ – the most vicious clown of all. And JJ wants Jamie dead. A darkly funny, gleefully macabre nightmare.
Godlight Theatre Company adapts novels from the 20th and 21st centuries, and produces world premieres in new, unexpected ways. Winners of a Special Drama Desk Award for Consistent Originality and Excellence for their innovative and vibrantly theatrical productions. The Pilo Family Circus received funding and developmental support from the 2012 Drama League's Directors Project New Directors/New Works Program.
July 18 - 21
Miss Lilly Gets Boned - A NY Premiere produced by Studio 42, written by Bekah Brunstetter and directed by David F. Chapman.
Miss Lilly, a Sunday school teacher, has been waiting patiently for God to drop a man in her lap. When a new student – a young South African boy whose mother was killed by an elephant – disturbs the harmony of her classroom and his father disturbs the harmony of her heart, Miss Lilly is forced to re-examine her own sense of faith and self. A story of classroom hymns, the rumble of raging elephants and answered prayers.
Studio 42 produces "unproducible" plays. David F. Chapman is a director, writer, solo performer and teaching artist whose work has been seen in New York, Chicago, London and Vietnam. Bekah Brunstetter's plays have been seen at Naked Angels, Ars Nova, Steppenwolf, Williamstown, the Atlantic Theater and Finborough Theater.
July 25 - 28
The Apocalyptic Road Show With Your Hosts Gdjet And Lulu - A NY Premiere produced by Clancy Productions and The Occasional Cabaret, written by Obie Award winner John Clancy and directed by Peter Clerke.
Join your hosts Gdjet and Lulu (and their mysterious musical companion) as they guide you through the coming apocalypse and bid a fond farewell to the late, great, damned and doomed human race. A fierce and ragged, comic and profane cabaret that slices down to the hidden reality of the way we live now. A little shot of courage in the face of a terrible truth.
A transatlantic collaboration between Clancy Productions (New York) and The Occasional Cabaret (Edinburgh). Originally funded by Creative Scotland. Clancy Productions specializes in bare-bones, intellectually engaging new American theater.
August 1 - 4
The Girl Of The Golden West – A World Premiere produced by Rady&Bloom, adapted and directed by Jeremy Bloom, created by Jeremy Bloom and Brian Rady.
Exploding onto the frontiers of uninhabited California, the only female in the entire Gold Rush town of Cloudy Mountain sets up her saloon. Mythologized in David Belasco's grandiose 1911 novel and canonized as one of the great spaghetti westerns, a play-turned-novel-turned-Puccini-extravaganza is now a soulful new musical ode to the unexplored expanse of our nation's forgotten periphery and the baffling potential of what might have been.
Rady&Bloom create work collaboratively. Past work has been presented at The Flea and 45 Bleecker.
Cast members of Everywhere Theatre Group's Manhattan Premiere of Flying Snakes In 3D. Photographer: Chase Voorhees.
Cast members of Flying Snakes In 3D. Photographer: Chase Voorhees.
Catherine Gillard as Gdjet and Nancy Walsh as Lulu in the New York Premiere of The Apocalyptic Road Show With Your Hosts Gdjet And Lulu. Photographer: Marc Marnie.
Starr Busby as Sheriff Jack Rance in the World Premiere of Rady&Bloom's The Girl Of The Golden West. Photographer: Robert Gadol Lavenstein.
Tom Hennes as Ramerrez in The Girl Of The Golden West. Photographer: Robert Gadol Lavenstein.


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this is not about protecting children. it's about maintaining white supremacy.
So, this is a thing: a white parent has spent 6 months trying to get the Fairfax County,Virginia school system to ban Toni Morrison's novel Beloved from its schools. Why? She feels its content isn't suitable for children – where "children" here means older teenagers in an Advanced Placement class intended to provide college-level instruction – and is upset that reading the book gave her then 18 year old son nightmares.
Laura Murphy, the book-banning mom in question, has apparently also tried to get Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Joy Kogawa's Obasan, a novel about the Canadian government's internment of Japanese-Canadians during World War II, removed from the county curriculum. I have no idea what her objection to Obasan is, but there appears to be a pattern here, and it looks an awful lot like whiteness.
There's so much one could say about this.
Firstly: Yes, Beloved is a deeply disturbing book, no doubt about that. It's the story of a mother who would rather kill her children than be forced to have them grow up as slaves. Morrison doesn't spare feelings or constitutions in her descriptions of all kinds of horrific violence.
I've read a good portion of Beloved, but have never finished it, because I was strongly advised that it wasn't a book I wanted to read while I was pregnant (I believe my friend's exact words were "STOP READING IT RIGHT NOW"). So, I get it. It's an unsettling read.
It's a bit sad that this needs saying, but many books that are worth reading can be profoundly unsettling and scary, even traumatic to read. And this is in part because many unsettling, scary, traumatic things are part of the human experience.
It's hard for me to imagine there aren't several books on Fairfax County's AP English curriculum that are potentially as disturbing as Beloved or Obasan. Say, for example, Lord of the Flies, which gave me nightmares when I read it in 10th grade. Kids going feral after being stranded on a desert island and hunting and killing each other is pretty nightmarish stuff, no? Or how about Hamlet? Dude pretty much slaughters everyone at the end [eta: hyperbole alert :-p]. Let's ban, that, too.
But no, those books are part of the awfully white male "Western canon," and not so vulnerable to these sorts of crusades. Their literary merit is established, so the violent and disturbing aspects are more easily taken for granted. Despite Murphy's claim that her objection to Beloved is purely about protecting kids and has nothing to do with her assessment of its literary merit, it's quite obvious that her concerns about literary violence don't apply equally to all books or all authors.
Two of the books Murphy has objected to are by women of color. Both of them are also about the history of white supremacist violence in North America. These things don't seem like a coincidence.
Murphy says she's no book-burner and that she has no problem with teens learning about "mature" topics like the Holocaust and slavery. But the content of Obasan and Beloved – which includes graphic depictions of violence and some mentions of bestiality – are apparently a bridge too far. One has to wonder exactly what Murphy thinks happened during the Holocaust and under American slavery, or if she realizes that children were victims of both.
Beloved is based on the true story of Margaret Garner. It's an unflinching look at a legacy of incredible violence and trauma that many Americans – especially many white Americans – would much rather not think about.
You think a novel about an institution so violent and depraved that a woman would rather kill her children than be forced to hand them over is the stuff of nightmares? Imagine the waking nightmare Margaret Garner lived, faced with the awful "choice" of murdering her own kids or watching them be returned to slavery. And she was just one person out of millions. Any honest account of this history should disturb and unsettle us.
Of course, imagining that nightmare is precisely what Murphy is insisting that her kids shouldn't have to do. The question is, does the math add up on a claim that one white kid's bad dreams outweigh the value thousands of students get out of confronting a history we're all still living with the ramifications of? Including many students who are bound to be the descendants of slave owners or slaves – in some cases, both?
Murphy justifies keeping students from grappling with this history in the name of "[making] sure every kid in the county is protected." In this reckoning, 17 and 18 year olds need protection from a few lost nights of sleep, from realizing that people are capable of doing truly awful things, from the knowledge that some people live with horrific, daily, inescapable violence.
Here's another question: which 17 and 18 year olds need protection from this? Many teenagers know these things already. Some because it's an unavoidable part of their history. So many others know these things from direct experience. To be able to assume a blanket right to protection that can be exercised simply by keeping scary books out of kids' hands is the product of an amazing level of privilege and disconnectedness from reality.
As Prof. David Leonard says, the argument from a white parent living in an affluent suburb that "children" as an undifferentiated class need to be protected from merely reading about such things "speaks to sense of entitlement and notion of whose innocence, security, and personal joy deserves attention [and] protection."
This is a roundabout sort of white supremacy that coopts the language of keeping kids safe to say that the experiences people of color actually lived are too volatile even read about. And let's be clear, it's not simply the fact that these are stories about people of color that is at issue. It's the fact that these are also histories of white people, and histories that are fundamentally incompatible with mythologies of whiteness, particularly the myth of whiteness as innocence.
A history where people of color are the innocent victims of white violence is an offense to white supremacy. So demands are made for preserving the "innocence" of white kids, something that requires denying the innocence of communities of color subjected to white violence and colonialism. White students must be shielded from the trauma of confronting the violent acts and legacy of people who looked like them – perhaps even people they are descended from.
The good news is the Fairfax County School Board apparently sees Murphy's request for what it is: not simply an attempt to "be a responsible parent," as she says, but a demand that schools provide a a sanitized educational environment tailored for preserving the emotional comfort of white students at everyone else's expense.


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Episode 69 A Conversation with Judy Blume
Episode 69 A Conversation with Judy Blume
No author for young people is more iconic than Judy Blume, whose books have helped millions of teens grow up. Titles like Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret and Then Again, Maybe I Wont let readers know that their secret thoughts and worries were normal. Because Judy writes about topics that many adults are unwilling to talk about, young people continue to see her as confessor, confidante, and friend.
Tune in to hear Judy talk about how she got her start and learned the craft of writing from her long-time editor, Dick Jackson; what its like returning to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, which is the setting for her current novel; and how shes responded to the many parodies and tributes that seal her place in popular culture.
After listening to this episode, be sure to print out this list of recommended titles to take to the library or book seller.
Books mentioned in this episode:
- Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret (1971)
- Then Again, Maybe I Wont (1972)


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How O.P. Smith (UC Berkeley class of 1916) Saved 15,000 Marines
Date: 6/6/2011; 59 minutes
Thomas Ricks' candidate for the most underrated general in American history is Gen. O.P. Smith, who commanded the Marines at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, a decisive battle in the Korean War. Ricks is an author, reporter and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. (#21094)
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A California bill would ban a therapy that tries to make gay children straight. CNN's Randi Kaye looks at the controversial practice.
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I'm a very spiritual gay man who has been out since I was a teenager. In my 40's I started searching for a more in depth spiritual understanding of God and religion. I was blessed to meet a Born Again Christian Pastor who had left his wife or so he said. SSA is same sex attraction and he led groups on the subject and met many single gay men- in and out of bed. As I searched I also met a reparative therapist Mormon in Utah and he also was talking the talk, but he also enjoying the Gay Way to Heaven. My spiritual journey lead me to Jungian psychology- everything is about self and comes from within.
I agree with the Californian bill to ban therapy that tries to make gay children straight. It damages the child so badly, emotionally, which is so abusive to the child, I believe. There are risks with the therapy, leaving children despressed and suicidal. How is that beneficial, at all, to a child?
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|Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
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The CUMSUM function computes cumulative totals over time or over another dimension. When the data being totaled is one-dimensional, CUMSUM produces a single series of totals, one for all values of the dimension. When the data has dimensions other than the one being totaled over, CUMSUM produces a separate series of totals for each combination of values in the status of the other dimensions.
Return Value
CUMSUM(cum-expression [STATUS] total-dim [reset-dim] [INSTAT])
A numeric variable or calculation whose values you want to total, for example UNITS.
When cum-expression is multidimensional, CUMSUM creates a temporary variable to use while processing the function. When you specify the STATUS keyword, CUMSUM uses the current status instead of the default status of the dimensions for calculating the size of this temporary variable. When the dimensions of the expression are limited to a few values and are physically fragmented, you can improve the performance of CUMSUM by specifying STATUS.
When you use CUMSUM with the STATUS keyword in an expression that requires going outside of status for results (for example, with the LEAD or LAG functions or with a qualified data reference), the results outside of status are returned as
Note:When you specify the STATUS keyword when the data being totaled is one-dimensional, an error results
The dimension of cum-expression over which you want to total.
Specifies that the cumulative totals in a series should start over with each new reset dimension value, for example at the start of each new year. The reset dimension can be any of the following:
Any dimension related to total-dim through an explicitly defined relation.
Any dimension with a type of DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, or YEAR, when total-dim also has a type of DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, or YEAR. CUMSUM uses the implicit relation between the two dimensions, so they do not have to be related through an explicit relation. See "Overriding an Implicit Relation".
A relation dimensioned by total-dim. CUMSUM uses the related dimension as the reset dimension which enables you to choose which relation is used when there are multiple relations.
Specifies that CUMSUM uses only the values of total-dim that are currently in status. When you do not specify INSTAT, CUMSUM produces a total for all the values of total-dim, independent of its current status. See "INSTAT Ignores Current Status By Default".
Usage Notes
Overriding an Implicit Relation
When you specify dimensions with a type of DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, or YEAR for both the total-dim argument and the reset-dim argument, CUMSUM uses the implicit relation between the two dimensions even when an explicit relation exists. However, you can override the default and use the explicit relation by specifying the name of the relation for the reset-dim argument.
INSTAT Ignores Current Status By Default
Unless you specify the INSTAT keyword, CUMSUM ignores the current status in calculating totals. Suppose MONTH is the dimension being totaled over (and INSTAT has not been specified). The CUMSUM total for a given month uses the values for all preceding months, even when some are not in the status. When a reset dimension is specified, the total for a given month uses the values for all preceding months that correspond to the same value of the reset dimension (for example, all preceding months in the same year). To calculate year-to-date totals, specify YEAR as the reset dimension.
Example 7-56 Multiple CUMSUM Calculations
This example shows cumulative
units totals for tents and canoes in the Atlanta district for the first six months of 1996. The report shows the units figures themselves, year-to-date totals calculated using
year as the reset dimension, and totals calculated with no reset dimension using all preceding months. Assume that you issue the following statements.
LIMIT district TO 'Atlanta' LIMIT product TO 'Tents' 'Canoes' LIMIT month TO 'Jan96' TO 'Jun96' REPORT DOWN month units CUMSUM(units, month year) - CUMSUM(units, month)
The following report is displayed.
DISTRICT: ATLANTA ------------------------PRODUCT------------------------ ---------TENTS------------- ---------CANOES------------ CUMSUM(UNI CUMSUM(UNI TS, MONTH CUMSUM(UNI TS, MONTH CUMSUM(UNI MONTH UNITS YEAR) TS, MONTH) UNITS YEAR) TS, MONTH) ----- -------- --------- ---------- ------- --------- ---------- Jan96 279 279 5,999 281 281 5,162 Feb96 305 584 6,304 309 590 5,471 Mar96 356 940 6,660 386 976 5,857 Apr96 537 1,477 7,197 546 1,522 6,403 May96 646 2,123 7,843 525 2,047 6,928 Jun96 760 2,883 8,603 608 2,655 7,536
The totals for CUMSUM(UNITS, MONTH) include values for all months beginning with the first month, JAN95. The totals for CUMSUM(UNITS, MONTH YEAR) include only the values starting with JAN96.
Example 7-57 Resetting for a Quarter
This example shows cumulative totals for the same products and district, for the entire year 1996. Because
quarter is specified as the reset dimension, totals start accumulating at the beginning of each quarter. The cumulative totals for
Jul96, and
Oct96 are the same as the units figures for those months. Assume that you issue the following statements.
LIMIT district TO 'Atlanta' LIMIT product TO 'Tents' 'Canoes' limit month TO year 'Yr96' REPORT DOWN month units CUMSUM(units, month quarter)
A report displays.
DISTRICT: ATLANTA ------------------PRODUCT------------------ --------TENTS-------- -------CANOES-------- CUMSUM(UNI CUMSUM(UNI TS, MONTH TS, MONTH MONTH UNITS QUARTER) UNITS QUARTER) ------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Jan96 279 279 281 281 Feb96 305 584 309 590 Mar96 356 940 386 976 Apr96 537 537 546 546 May96 646 1,183 525 1,071 Jun96 760 1,943 608 1,679 Jul96 852 852 626 626 Aug96 730 1,582 528 1,154 Sep96 620 2,202 520 1,674 Oct96 554 554 339 339 Nov96 380 934 309 648 Dec96 284 1,218 288 936


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Maria's Muse: F.O.M.A. (Asteroid) Shop # 22
So decided to come back to the game after about 8 years break, on and off here and there clicking shit or killing a hogg.
Now I'm back but hunting full time, crafting my own equipment where I can and basically spending peds again but not at the sick rate I did before.
Let's see where this chapter takes me.
As I track my progress, I wonder how long it will take me to hunt some decent mobs like Atrox and Allophyl comfortably and I wonder how long it would take to hunt things like Neconu and Hogglo.
For now I just log in and skill while doing the starter missions; and the daily missions to collect tokens. I take it slow and aim mostly at the bonus missions which results in 20 tokens each.
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Thule is not New Oxford and what seems like a lifetime has gone by.
Yet this won't deter me from my quest.
Some come to this place by the lure of riches,
others for the fun of game.
For I once was one of them.
Now, it is my past I claim
Holding my gun and shooting I start to remember a lifetime forgotten.
The cold of Thule's air alivening my breath
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Date : 2 days ago
Time : 11 something
Venue : Great Hall of Lembah Beringin
In KYUEM, we have a parents day on the last day of each semester. U know, that day when you have to sit with your parents in front of your teachers. And discuss your progress. And your behaviour in class is kantoi-ed. ;p
My teachers' report was:
Mr K: "absolutely no comments"..i assume thats good
Mr. Highton: "He plays Hamlet, he dances..but his maths is hopeless" (in a very serious tone)
(Then he moves on to talk about my real maths performance, which was fairly good)
*after tht,he looks at me and says* "its ok, u can give me the money later..all these praises for just RM200..its good isnt it?"
haha..dear old mr.highton..
Ms.Zai : "He's the next Keynes"..kidding ;p
Dr Foord: "How do you think you're doing?"
Me: "fairly good, but i need to improve"
Dr.Foord: "that's a standard answer."
p/s: everybody else also gave a standard answer. :)
Conclusion : My parents were quite happy with ths semester's results..and that's important, making ur parents happy =D
to those who were bashed by their teachers during parents day, dont worry..b optimistic..everything has to get worse before it gets better..ganbatte!! :)
Now, 1 more semester to go..cepatnya.......