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Over the last few years, we've slowly updated things in our old, dated bathroom. A new light fixture here, a sink faucet there, new door pulls on the vanity. That sort of thing. We never were ready to shell out significant dough to redo the bathroom. But over the last few weeks, we've managed to give the place a fairly major facelift for under $700.
It started off the way most of our projects do; with a "really easy" change. I wanted to change out the old tub faucet and handles from who knows when (the 40's maybe?) to some that were NOT corroded, actually turned and had a diverter that didn't leak. And, I wanted to replace the towel bar with a rack of five hooks (since we have five people that use the bathroom). Two really easy things, right?
Except it took TEN trips to various hardware stores to find some handles that fit our tub. No joke.
Only the faucet/diverter and the handles themselves are new. The plate is original(?) and could not be replaced. We just cleaned as much corrosion off of it as possible and searched and searched and went on an epic quest until we found handles that fit.
But the shiny new chrome made the recessed soap dish look so bad. And, well, the painted tub from some prior refinishing job has been peeling for almost nine years now. So…. we finally broke open the piggy bank and dove in.
We literally had to rip out the soap dish.
And when we did, we were unsurprised (but discouraged) to find wet wall board.
So after two days of drying it out, Rick cut away what couldn't be saved and patched the hole. And I re-tiled and re-grouted with tiles we found in the crawl space that matched (thank the good Lord for that find!).
It looks bad, but it was only nine tiles. I was also replacing some loose and missing grout. What do you think of all that pink tile?
While the grout dried, we started in with the paint. Rick sanded the window frame and sill and I gave it a few new coats of paint.
It's no secret that pink tile was never a dream choice of mine. So when we moved in, I painted the bathroom blue to match my blue towels and held onto the hope that one day, we'd replace the tile.
Here is the original wall color under my old towel bar (look pink grout lines on the floor too!).
And here is the old storage for the other various bathroom items:
And this is the new version:
All those containers were just sitting around the house. Yay for free!
I finally wised up and realized we were not going to be replacing that pink tile anytime in the near future. Besides, it is cheaper to buy new towels. So we painted this sandy-cream color and installed my hooks.
And got a nice fluffy, girly rug to match my pink grout lines.
Don't worry, I have a solid tan one that I can swap out. I do have two little boys after all.
So, what about the horrid peeling tub? You just know that baby was originally pink, right.
Well, here is the before in all its pink and white glory:
And here it is now:
I can't even believe the difference. It's so amazing.
But it's not even my favorite part.
Here is the only before picture I could find showing how the pink tile extends out of the tub/shower area to behind the toilet and sink all along the wall. In it, you can also notice, just barely there, at Rick's elbow, the old faucet handle. And some random piece of hardware screwed into the shower wall, half-way up. And, of course, blue paint and towels.
With the new paint job, the girly bird-motif hand towels, and my planned chocolate brown bath towels, my bathroom actually looks good in pink.
I truly can't decide which I'm more pleased with; the paint/towel/tile combo or the shiny new tub finish. But either way, I'm one happy camper.
Oh, did I mention this is our only bathroom?
Yeah. It was about time.


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By Dilip Mookherjee (2012)
The lecture is organized as follows. The next section will start by discussing the notion of accountability, followed by an introduction to the Downsian theory of electoral competition. This serves as a convenient departure point for classifying dierent sources of accountability failures in actual political systems. Subsequent sections deal with each of these in turn: limited voter participation and awareness; ideology, honesty and competence of political parties and electoral candidates; capture by elites; clientelism and vote-buying. Each section starts by explaining the relevant departure from the Downsian framework, and then reviews available empirical evidence in the Indian context for each of these possible distortions',besides effects of related policy interventions. The final section summarizes the lessons learnt, and the fresh questions that they raise.
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"Captain Brian Holaway is well versed in the intricacies of our unmatched locale. He can guide to and through a multitude of out-of-the way tidal creeks, bayous, keys and islands. More important is his passionate interest and respect for the region. With unique insights from his many explorations and his studies, not only does he identify the birds and wildlife that inhabit our semi-tropical watery land, but he explains their interconnectedness to their environment and each other. In addition, he shares the fascinating history of rugged people who came long before us: Florida Native Indians, the Calusa, the Spanish, the Cubans, early homesteaders, and the wisdom evident in the growth of their culture.
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Last year LACMA and USC hatched a plan. A handful of us got together to discuss how we could celebrate the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and do something fun and creative. Ideas were tossed around the table until we settled on one: reclaiming the time-old tradition of the corrido song by adapting it to our very own city of L.A. We then called the all-star band Ozomatli and asked them to help. . . and they said yes!
What is as a corrido? It's a narrative song or ballad that emerged in the nineteenth century in Mexico, halfway between oral history and myth. Back in the day corridos documented events of everyday life. Some told tragic stories and were sober in tone, while others were more playful and poked fun of social and political realities.
As our plan developed, we decided to invite students in grades seven through twelve to compose a modern day corrido. The only rules we would impose were there would be no rules! Well, almost. . .
Submissions do have to be sent to us by November 15. And the corrido does have to be about LA. For example, it can be a poem, drawing, painting, performance, or video. It can be a story told in first person, or narrate any aspect of the city that you find interesting. You can write it in English, Spanish, or any other language. You can rock it, hip-hop it, choose any music you like, or create your own beat.
Best of all, Ozomatli will perform ten selected submissions at LACMA in a free public performance in December!
Click here for more details on the event, and how to submit your song.
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DALLAS (AP) - In a rare reunion, the five living American presidents gathered in Dallas Thursday to honor one of their own at the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
- Slideshow: All living presidents meet in Dallas
- Slideshow: President George W. Bush during visits to the First Coast
- The Bush & Clinton familes on stage
- Barbara Bush on Jeb run: 'We've had enough'
The presidents - Bush, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter - were cheered by a crowd of former White House officials and world leaders as they took the stage together to open the dedication. They were joined on stage by their wives - the nation's current and former first ladies - for the outdoor ceremony on a sun-splashed Texas morning.
The leaders were putting aside the profound ideological differences that have divided them for years for a day of pomp and pleasantries. For Bush, 66, the ceremony also marked his unofficial return to the public eye four years after the end of his deeply polarizing presidency.
Each of the presidents was to make brief remarks at the ceremony.
In a reminder of his duties as the current Oval Office inhabitant, Obama planned to travel to Waco in the afternoon for a memorial for victims of last week's deadly fertilizer plant explosion.
Presidential politics also hung over the event. Ahead of the ceremony, former first lady Barbara Bush made waves by brushing aside talk of her son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, running for the White House in 2016.
"We've had enough Bushes," said Mrs. Bush, the wife of George H.W. Bush and mother of George W. Bush. She spoke in an interview with NBC's "Today" show.
Yet George W. Bush talked up the presidential prospects of his brother in an interview that aired Wednesday on ABC.
"He doesn't need my counsel, because he knows what it is, which is, 'Run,'" Bush said.
Key moments and themes from George W. Bush's presidency - the harrowing, the controversial and the inspiring - would not be far removed from the minds of the presidents and guests assembled to dedicate the center, where interactive exhibits invite scrutiny of Bush's major choices as president, such as the financial bailout, the Iraq War and the international focus on HIV and AIDS.
On display is the bullhorn that Bush, near the start of his presidency, used to punctuate the chaos at ground zero three days after 9/11. Addressing a crowd of rescue workers amid the ruins of the World Trade Center, Bush said: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."
"Memories are fading rapidly, and the profound impact of that attack is becoming dim with time," Bush told The Associated Press earlier this month. "We want to make sure people remember not only the lives lost and the courage shown, but the lesson that the human condition overseas matters to the national security of our country."
More than 70 million pages of paper records. Two hundred million emails. Four million digital photos. About 43,000 artifacts. Bush's library will feature the largest digital holdings of any of the 13 presidential libraries under the auspices of the National Archives and Records Administration, officials said. Situated in a 15-acre urban park at Southern Methodist University, the center includes 226,000 square feet of indoor space.
A full-scale replica of the Oval Office as it looked during Bush's tenure sits on the campus, as does a piece of steel from the World Trade Center. In the museum, visitors can gaze at a container of chads - the remnants of the famous Florida punch card ballots that played a pivotal role in the contested 2000 election that sent Bush to Washington.
Former first lady Laura Bush led the design committee, officials said, with a keen eye toward ensuring that her family's Texas roots were conspicuously reflected. Architects used local materials, including Texas Cordova cream limestone and trees from the central part of the state, in its construction.
From El Salvador to Ghana, Bush contemporaries and former heads of state made their way to Texas to lionize the American leader they served alongside on the world stage. Among the foreign leaders set to attend were former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
The public look back on the tenure of the nation's 43rd president comes as Bush is undergoing a coming-out of sorts after years spent in relative seclusion, away from the prying eyes of cameras and reporters that characterized his two terms in the White House and his years in the Texas governor's mansion before that. As the library's opening approached, Bush and his wife embarked on a round-robin of interviews with all the major television networks, likely aware that history's appraisal of his legacy and years in office will soon be solidifying.
An erroneous conclusion that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, a bungling of the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina and a national debt that grew much larger under his watch stain the memory of his presidency for many, including Obama, who won two terms in the White House after lambasting the choices of its previous resident. But on Wednesday, Obama staunchly defended Bush's commitment to America's well-being while addressing Democratic donors.
"Whatever our political differences, President Bush loves this country and loves his people and shared that same concern, and is concerned about all people in America," Obama said. "Not just some. Not just those who voted Republican."
There's at least some evidence that Americans are warming to Bush four years after he returned to his ranch in Crawford, even if they still question his judgment on Iraq and other issues. While Bush left office with an approval rating of 33 percent, that figure has climbed to 47 percent - about equal to Obama's own approval rating, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released ahead of the library opening.
Bush pushed forcefully but unsuccessfully for the type of sweeping immigration overhaul that Congress, with Obama's blessing, is now pursuing. And his aggressive approach to counterterrorism may be viewed with different eyes as the U.S. continues to be touched by acts of terrorism.
Although museums and libraries, by their nature, look back on history, the dedication of Bush's library also offers a few hints about the future, with much of the nation's top political brass gathered in the same state.
Clinton's wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, stoked speculation about her own political future Wednesday in a Dallas suburb when she delivered her first paid speech since stepping down as secretary of state earlier this year. Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, another potential 2016 contender, flew to Texas to take part in the library dedication.
Obama, too, may have his own legacy in mind. He's just a few years out from making his own decision about where to house his presidential library and the monument to his legacy.
Associated Press writer Nomaan Merchant contributed to this report.
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The poor villagers of Kaniche in Malawi can't afford to buy fertilizer. That's why villager elder, Chair of the Village Development Committee, local headman and community mason Mr. Khombe has built 30 ecosan latrines for his neighbours.
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CHICAGO – The song says a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, but a study says that kind of imprecise measurement can lead to potentially dangerous dosing mistakes.
The results, published online Monday in Pediatrics, underscore recommendations that droppers and syringes that measure in milliliters be used for liquid medicines – not spoons.
The study involved nearly 300 parents, mostly Hispanics, with children younger than 9 years old. The youngsters were treated for various illnesses at two New York City emergency rooms and sent home with prescriptions for liquid medicines, mostly antibiotics.
Parents were contacted afterward and asked by phone how they had measured the prescribed doses. They also brought their measuring devices to the researchers' offices to demonstrate doses they'd given their kids.
Parents who used spoonfuls 'were 50% more likely to give their children incorrect doses than those who measured in more precise milliliter units,' said Dr. Alan Mendelsohn, a co-author and associate professor at New York University's medical school.
Incorrect doses included giving too much and too little, which can both be dangerous, he said. Underdosing may not adequately treat an illness and can lead to medication-resistant infections, while overdoses may cause illness or side effects that can be life-threatening. The study doesn't include information on any ill effects from dosing mistakes.
Almost one-third of the parents gave the wrong dose and 1 in 6 used a kitchen spoon rather than a device like an oral syringe or dropper that lists doses in milliliters.
Less than half the prescriptions specified doses in milliliters. But even when they did, the medicine bottle label often listed doses in teaspoons. Parents often assume that means any similar-sized kitchen spoon, the authors said.
'Outreach to pharmacists and other health professionals is needed to promote the consistent use of milliliter units between prescriptions and bottle labels,' the authors said.
Online:Pediatrics: http://www.pediatrics.org
FDA: http://tinyurl.com/oc3bnlk
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Medicina Mexico knows that keeping your customers happy, secure and safe is more important than making money and will always result in repeat customers.
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Thiamine Hydrochloride ..................... 100 mg
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride ................ 100 mg
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Anti-inflammatory with analgesic action. Antineuritic.Lumbago, cervical, brachialgia, radiculitis, peripheral neuropathies ofdifferent etiology, facial neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, intercostalneuralgia, herpetic neuralgia, alcoholic neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy,carpal canal syndrome, fibromyalgia, spondylitis.
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Thiamine hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride,cyanocobalamin and involved in the metabolism of all cells in the body, buttheir main activity is exerted on nervous system cells, therefore they havebeen termed neurotropic vitamins.
Thiamine (vitamin B 1): Gastrointestinal absorption ofthiamine is ingested with food going through an active transport mechanism, andwhen administered in large doses, is absorbed by passive diffusion. The maximumabsorption limit of 8 to 15 mg per day, but this amount can be easily overcomewhen ingested in divided doses with food. The total degradation fabrics madefrom about 1 mg per day of thiamine.
When intake is less than this amount, thiamine is notexcreted in the urine, but when intake exceeds this amount, first saturatetissue deposits and subsequently appears unchanged or with its catabolite, thepyrimidine.
The functionally active form of thiamine is thiamine pyrophosphatewhich is involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates as dehydrogenases factor(ketoacidotic branched chain dehydrogenase complex piruvatodeshidrogenasa oralpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase) and transcetolasas. Among metabolicprocesses are affected thiamine deficiency during energy intake is inhibitedneuronal the degradation of carbohydrates, which prevents regeneration of theaxon membrane (J Nutr, 1995, 125: 189-194). In addition to participating in theprocess of synthesis of acetylcholine, thiamine pyrophosphate involved inneurotransmitter release this presynaptic membrane, since high concentrationswere found in the phosphorylated thiamine cholinergic nerve endings (Ann Neurol1993; 34: 724-726).
Pyridoxine (vitamin B 6): pyridoxine, pyridoxal andpyridoxamine are readily absorbed through the gastrointestinal system after itshydrolysed products are phosphorylated.
At least 60% of circulating vitamin B 6 corresponds topyridoxal phosphate.
It is considered that the pyridoxal is the primary form thatcrosses cell membranes. The main product of excretion is 4-pyridoxic acid,formed by the action on the liver aldehidooxidasa free pyridoxal.
Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12): Vitamin B 12 is ingested withfood binds to intrinsic factor (glycoprotein with molecular mass of 59,000), inthe presence of gastric acid and pancreatic proteases. The vitamin B 12 complexintrinsic factor reaches the distal ileum, where it interacts with a specificreceptor located on the iliac mucosal cells and from there, is transported tothe circulation.
Besides the intrinsic factor requires the presence of bileand sodium carbonate (an appropriate pH) for the transport of vitamin B 12through the ileum.
The development of vitamin B12 deficiency, commonly, notfrom a lack in the diet if a defect in gastrointestinal absorption.
Once absorbed, vitamin B 12 binds to a plasma betaglobulinacalled transcobalamin II, for transport to the tissues.
Vitamin B 12 linked to transcobalamin II is rapidly removedfrom the plasma and stored in liver cells, so that up to 90% of body stores ofvitamin B 12 in the normal adult, or 1 to 10 mg are in the liver. Vitamin B 12is stored as active coenzyme, with a turnover rate of 0.5 to 0.8 mcg per daydepending on the body shell capacity. The minimum requirement for the vitaminper day is 1 mcg.
Approximately 3 mcg of vitamin B 12 are secreted each daythrough the bile and 50 to 60% of that amount is not intended to re-sorption.This prevents the enterohepatic cycle during bowel disease, it interferes withthe absorption, which can result in continuous depletion of hepatic stores ofvitamin. Metabolically active forms of vitamin B 12 are methylcobalamin and5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin, which are critical for growth and cell replication.
Methylcobalamin involved in transforming homocysteine tomethionine and its derivative, S-adenosinmetionina as well as the conversion of5-methyltetrahydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate.
The 5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin intervenes in the isomerizationof L-metilmalonilcoenzima A succinilcoenzima A, which promotes the synthesis offatty acids.
These metabolic actions within the nervous system leading tothe generation of ATP that is necessary for a) the synthesis of mitochondrialDNA neurons, b) for the formation of melanin axonal sheath, c) to provide thebiochemical components of neurotransmission d) to maintain the constancy of theinternal environment neuronal necessary to generate action potentials and allowtransmission at synapses (Neurology, 1995, 45: 11-16).
The combination of vitamins B 1, B 6 and B 12 hascontraceptive activity, according to recent clinical observations, resulting insubstantial analgesic (Klin Wochenschr, 1990, 68: 103-148).
Diclofenac Sodium: 20 minutes after intramuscularapplication of 75 mg of diclofenac plasma concentration is reached 2.5 mcg / ml(8 micromoles / liter).
Plasma concentrations are directly proportional to the dose.The area under the concentration curve obtained when administered at the samedose, corresponds approximately to twice that obtained when it is applied byoral or rectal route, as the active principle is metabolized almost 50% duringits first passage through the liver (first pass effect), when administered bythe routes mentioned. The drug is extensively bound to plasma proteins (99.7%),mainly albumin and plasma half-life is about one to two hours.
Diclofenac is widely distributed in the body so thatsystemic bioavailability is only 50%, found in the highest concentrations inliver and kidney.
The drug is metabolized in the liver by cytochrome P-450isozyme subfamily 4-hidroxidiclofenaco CYP2C as a major metabolite, and otherhydroxylated forms.
After glucuronidation and sulfation, the metabolites areexcreted in the urine (65%) and bile (35%). Repeated doses produced noaccumulation of diclofenac in the normal adult. The excretion half-life is 1.2to 2.0 hours.
Diclofenac is a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, which is theenzyme that converts arachidonic acid into prostaglandins. Its power issubstantially greater than that of indomethacin, naproxen and other NSAIDs.Prostaglandins are whose synthesis is inhibited PGE 2 (50%), thromboxane TXB 1(60%) and PGF (30%).
Furthermore, the drug appears to reduce intracellularconcentrations of free arachidonate in leukocytes, possibly modifying therelease or uptake of the fatty acid.
In addition to its peripheral effect, diclofenac and othernonsteroidal antiinflammatory analgesics may have a contraceptive effect(analgesic) in the central nervous system acting on the release ofprostaglandins and / or through the neuronal systems which use andcatecholamines neurotransmitter serotonin (Pain, 1994, 57: 197-205).
Diclofenac: diclofenac preparations can cause allergicreactions such as swelling of the eyelids, lips, pharynx and larynx, urticaria,asthma, and bronchospasm, sometimes increased blood pressure.
Diclofenac and other drugs in its class may rarely cause gastrointestinaleffects such as bleeding and rarely hepatotoxicity, which can lead tohospitalization. Diclofenac is used in the maintenance of arthritis, but itsmain effect is as an analgesic.
Thiamine: Occasionally, individually administered thiaminecan cause hypersensitivity, especially after repeated doses, cigarillo,urticaria, nausea, cyanosis, have also been reported. Patients should beadvised that they should take proper diet, as there may be a relapse upon dosereduction or to suspend it.
Pyridoxine: Pyridoxine should not be administered topatients already receiving levodopa, because it is an antagonist of pyridoxine.However, occasionally pyridoxine may be administered in patients receivingcarbodopa jointly and levodopa. The administration of preparations withpyridoxine may cause drowsiness, paraesthesia and low levels of folic acid.
Cyanocobalamin: Patients with pernicious anemia shouldreceive monthly cyanocobalamin to maintain their levels, if it does not, cancause anemia resubmit therefore develops a degeneration in the spinal nerves.
Patients should be advised that replacing vitamin B 12 folicacid, which could cause a progressive subacute combined degeneration.
Do not take during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Before takingthis medicine, you should investigate the state of the digestive, liver andkidney.
There have been isolated reports of reactions by thelong-term parenteral administration of thiamine and vitamin B 12, which may bedue, probably, to rare cases of hypersensitivity. The mega-dose administrationof pyridoxine may cause certain sensory neuropathic syndromes, but nohistopathological studies have shown that these syndromes are associated withsome degree of neuronal degeneration. When stopping pyridoxine neuronalspreading slowly improving, until patients recover completely. Rash and other hypersensitivityreactions to any component of the formula.
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Front Runners List: Click here to see list completion progress by climbers that log their climbs using Peakbagger.com.
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The Kaumajet Mountains are a compact range rising directly out of the sea on the northern Labrador coast. The range boasts one 4000-foot peak, the highest island peak on the east coast of North America between the Caribbean and Hudson Strait, and several peaks with very high prominence.
This list, like the one for the Torngat Mountains, would have been impossible to generate without the generous help and persistence of Richard Garland. We both counted contours on Toporama GIFs unitl we were almost blind! See his web page below for his version of this list.
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In recent days, we've dealt with headier topics here (though no less incorrect) than one usually gets when responding to religious claims of one sort or another. But it's been a long time since we've let our hair down, so to speak, and just smacked around some village idiots. So, in the spirit of mean-spirited fun, let us observe the recent inanities from Brannon Howse.
Howse is the big cheese over at the beyond-right-wing house of delusion known as the Christian Worldview Network. I get their e-newsletters, and trust me, a more delirious exercise in concatenated crazy you will not find outside Arkham Asylum. It's Christianity stripped down to its ugliest, basest form: ignorance, fear, and paranoia ooze from its every pixel.
Recently, Howse wrapped up a nationwide church tour performing what he called "Code Blue Rallies," in which he and a group of guest speakers basically got up behind a pulpit to display their tenuous grasp of reality in living color for all to see. The usual wackalunacy was trotted out: young-earth creationism, liberal bashing, you name it. If it's on the McDonald's menu of fundagelical stupidity, Howse served it up and super-sized it at his rallies.
One of these, at Birchman Baptist Church in Fort Worth (Howse skipped that liberal cesspit Austin), was attended by newspaper columnist Bud Kennedy, who wrote a mildly snarky and generally bemused piece on the surreal experience for the Star-Telegram.
Howse's response to this was to go into full-on Christian persecution mode, whining on the radio show Crosstalk about how Kennedy's little column was an especially egregious example of the "liberal media and their attempt to characterize and marginalize Christians." Howse is mindful of the fact the Christian Worldview Network audience is made up of the sort of knuckleheads who move their lips when they read, and to whom the very word "liberal" is like Tard Kryptonite. So all he has to do is throw the L-word out, and he knows his audience's reactionary prejudices will do the rest. Later, naturally, he decries the way the "liberal media" unfairly tries to portray Christians as fringe kooks by "taking their words out of context" and using buzzwords to play on anti-Christian prejudices. Gee, hypocrisy from a fundie? What will they think of next?
The comedy begins even before you play the radio show. In the CWN's e-newsletter plugging this episode, Howse claims that Kennedy "slipped into" the rally you know, like a commie spy or something. What he doesn't mention is the fact these rallies were open to the public free of charge. Now, who needs to "slip into" a free, public, widely advertised event? I suspect Kennedy just, you know, walked through the frackin' front door of the church like every other rube who went to that stupid thing. But Howse needs to give the impression Kennedy is a shady guy in general, so as to shore up his listeners' fear of teh libruls. It may seem a trivially funny little detail, but when you consider how Howse spends his show taking almost every word of Kennedy's column apart looking for distortions to be indignant over, it really underscores what a two-faced little prat Howse is, y'know?
Now keep something in mind: Kennedy's article takes all of a minute and a half to read. Howse, in response, whines and snivels for a full 20 minutes on his radio show about how horribly Kennedy trashed him, and then he takes calls. (By the way, if you ever entertained the idea that fundamentalists can't possibly be as stupid as they seem, you need to listen to a Christian radio show. Nowhere else will you hear scientific illiteracy and anti-intellectualism paraded as proudly, except perhaps at a "Code Blue Rally".)
Kennedy certainly wasn't kind, but the piece was hardly the vitriolic trashing Howse wants us to think it is. (Really, Brannon, if you want "mean-spirited", hang out here for a week. We'll put some piss in your peaches and cream, and no mistake!) Mostly, it was just making fun. Furthermore, Kennedy does not, anywhere in the article, "go after" Birchman or its pastor, Bob Pearle, for sponsoring the event, as Howse claims. Indeed, Kennedy quotes Pearle as being rather surprised at the contents of Howse's presentation, and trying to distance himself from some of its dumber content. Howse puts Pearle on the show as a phone-in guest so that Pearle can backpedal from some of his statements to Kennedy as quoted in the article.
What follows is a hilarious back-and-forth in which Howse and Pearle essentially give each other emergency hugs to reassure themselves both of their victimhood and the fact that these evil liberal newspapers that keep "blindsiding" them and "bashing Christians" are doomed. They gloat a bit about how the Star-Telegram is facing cutbacks and losing sales. It's a claim not confirmed, of course, but assuming it's entirely true, I'd suspect the reason for the paper's recent hard times is less due to their supposed Christian-bashing (just how many editorials in the last year, I wonder, were explicitly designed to mock religion?) than to the same economic crises plaguing, oh, the entire globe. A legacy bequeathed us, by the way, by a conservative Christian president and his policies.
Moreover, what's funny about Howse's whinefest is the way Howse implies that anyone criticizing him is criticizing all Christians and all Christianity. He, Howse, is Christianity, he seems to want us to think. Howse turns anal-retention into an art form as he deconstructs Kennedy's trifling little column sentence-by-sentence, pouncing on even the tiniest point as an example of Kennedy's sinister Christian-hating ways. Of the passage where Kennedy notes, "Howse has also openly criticized California Pastor Rick Warren," Howse huffs and puffs in practiced indignation. Did I say a word about Rick Warren that whole evening? he pointedly demands. Maybe not, Brannon, but Kennedy didn't specify that, only that you have attacked Warren before. (Not something I'd disagree with, but your brand of freeze-dried heat-and-serve moronity is no better.) I know, I get your e-newsletters, and I've seen the anti-Warren headlines.
But mainly, all one can say in response to Howse's show is, "Dude, get over yourself." In Howse's mind, even the slightest criticism equates to intimidation and a desire to silence. If even the tiniest and most insignificant little column like this can get your knickers in a twist, and become the kind of thing you need to blow up into some kind of pretend national scandal, claiming that it's an attempt to "silence and intimidate" Christians everywhere when all it does is poke fun at your stupid rally, then frankly, you have serious self-importance issues to deal with. Again, the strains of Todd Rundgren's "God Said" come back to me: "Just get over, get over, get over, get over yourself..."
Howse, who won't be satisfied until blood is spilled, apparently (and that's exactly the kind of metaphor his little mind would take 100% literally), gave his listeners both Kennedy's email and his editors'. I'll give them to you too, so you can drop them a line. Kennedy, to tell him thanks for the laughs, and to keep it up. And the editors', so you can tell him how good you think Kennedy is.
Publisher Gary Wortel: firstname.lastname@example.com
Executive editor Jim Witt: email@example.com
Editorial director Paul Harral: firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Washington Nationals racing presidents surprised the crowd at Nationals Park tonight by emerging from the centerfield gate for the 4th-inning presidents race wearing red blindfolds around their giant heads.
Thus the first-ever blindfolded presidents race plunged into chaos
from the start.
Abe Lincoln jumped out first and crashed into the outfield wall, while poor Teddy Roosevelt got spun around and ran the wrong way. Meanwhile, Thomas Jefferson's blindfold slipped down to his neck.
With George and Abe bumping into each other, and Teddy wandering right into the stands along the 3rd base line, Jefferson won uncontested. Somebody tell Teddy that dropping your blindfold is apparently not grounds for disqualification.
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Since a few weeks, SBM has introduced a new card in its game. The SBM Smile Prepaid Card.
As you perhaps guessed, the card works a bit like your prepaid sim card. You can for buy pre-loaded cards (Up to Rs20,000) and non-loaded cards (Rs30-150,000) and use it anywhere, just like a debit card and also, use it for online purchases.
The similarities/differences as compared to a debit card or a credit card :
- Limit of Rs10,000 per day for the MUR card and up to Rs20,000 for the foreign card.
- Similarly as the debit card, the money is yours. So no interests charged like the credit card.
- You have a PIN code to protect unauthorized access to the money onto your card.
- The card is valid only 6months
- Any money unused after the 6months can be transferred back to your main account.
- The prepaid card is VISA branded.
- Whenever needed, recharge your prepaid card by transferring money to it (through banks)
- Card activated on the same day of application made.
- For those travelling, there exists 6 different currencies for the foreign card and unlike the MUR card, this one can be recharged through internet banking.
What can make me get hold of a smile prepaid card?
Below are some desirable features to make the prepaid MUR card more widely accepted :
- Very important : Allow recharging through Internet Banking or ATMs to remove the hassle of going to a bank for recharging the card.
For example, it does not really make sense for a parent to lose precious time going to the bank monthly when he needs to top up his kid's pocket money onto the card.
- Remove (or Increase) the Rs10,000 daily limit (The card holder needs to understand the risks)
- 6months validity is a too short period. Increase it.
Without the above mentioned, the card is not too different from the debit card I use daily, while doing my purchases in the supermarket or to withdraw money from an ATM. The limit is still Rs10,000, there is still an application fee each time I need a new card and if am not mistaken, there is no interest accumulated for the money on the prepaid card, unlike for the money which is accessible through my debit card.
More or less similar to the debit card, except that it normally allows internet purchases. No more credit card needed. I am much tempted to get one of the cards to verify if it really works for online purchases through Paypal/eBay.
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I recently stumbled across some shocking activity inside the soon-to-open Resnick Pavilion. Andrew Martinez, assistant site manager for building cleaning, was pouring pomegranate juice, red wine, olive oil, and coffee on the gallery floor. Further investigation revealed the not-so-shocking truth: Andrew was testing the mock-up for the new floor with food—food known to stain.
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Andrew showed us how the sealant works, noting that once they identify the right product and apply it, the liquids will remain on top of the floor and not soak into what is naturally a very porous material. He likened it to a newly waxed car: the water should bead on the surface.
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This is it, folks. The concluding paragraph of my dissertation. It's a bit melodramatic, like my own self. On to new adventures!
A full account of theoretically informed, activist, digital archaeology is beyond the confines of a single dissertation. It is a collective effort, forged by a community of passionate, informed, critical makers in archaeology. This community has been built through the strange intimacy of social media, during sessions at academic meetings, and by friendships that can only form in grubby trenches. As archaeology intermingles with new media, visual studies, materiality, and other interdisciplinary forces, encountering 3-D printing, augmented reality, and other polyvalent digital artifacts, my contribution to this community is a sounding-board to facilitate critical discussions in the field. The tradition of craft in archaeology has been brutally squandered; as the de-skilling and devaluation of archaeologists continues through the culture of academic underrepresentation, lack of training, and a world-wide paucity of funding for cultural heritage, recognition for the origin of archaeological data and its relative reliability has dwindled. Even as complex network analyses of migratory patterns, massive relational databases, and vast 3-D reconstructions of Roman cities are created, the underlying data relies on the skilled labor of craftsmen and craftswomen in archaeology. A better archaeology is a participatory, multivocal, craft-based archaeology that recognizes the value of both dirt and digital archaeologists. Using digital media to highlight inequity, to bring the voices of stakeholders into relief, to de-center interpretations, and to make things and share them is a gift to archaeology, and a threat, and a promise.


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Teddy Roosevelt fans were out in force tonight as WeLoveDC.com sponsored its first "Let Teddy Win" night at Nationals Park, complete with a private ballpark tour, pre-game rally, presidents race trivia contest, food, prizes, and rally for our favorite racing president.
With an otherwise cold, damp night
attracting the smallest crowd in Nationals Park history, it felt at times like a private party.
Among the reported 11,191 in attendance were presidents race rooters young and old, and of course Teddy signs everywhere, particularly during the 4th-inning presidents race.
The rain had stopped well before the first pitch, but Teddy Roosevelt took no chances, racing while carrying an umbrella from start to finish.
The umbrella was too small to cover Roosevelt's giant head, but not too small to slow him down, and Abe Lincoln raced past him to move back into a tie with Tom for the season lead.
A huge contingent of Teddy fans met Abe with boos at the finish line, and Abe climbed into the stands to confront them, but was escorted off the field as the crowd chanted "Let Teddy Win."
It was great to meet and enjoy a game with so many readers. Thanks to Cathy and the crew at WeLoveDC.com for sponsoring a terrific night at the park.
More photos to follow (if you have photos to share, let me know!).
Video courtesy of YouTube member and intrepid presidents race fan lfahome


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- Learn about HIV
- Treatment in South Africa
- Campaigns
- Organisation
- Popular Pages
- Xenophobia
- Site Guide
This is an archive of the Treatment Action Campaign's public documents from
December 1998 until October 2008. I created this website because the TAC's
website appears unmaintained and people were concerned that it
was becoming increasingly hard to find important documents.
The menu items have been slightly edited and a new stylesheet applied to the site. But none of the documents have been edited, not even for minor errors. The text appears on this site as obtained from the Internet Archive.
The period covered by the archive encompassed the campaign for HIV medicines, the civil disobedience campaigns, the Competition Commission complaints, the 2008 xenophobic violence and the PMTCT, Khayelitsha health workers and Matthias Rath court cases.
Numerous statistics about the South African HIV epidemic of varying quality have been collected. Here are some of the most reliable, high quality ones.
For an analysis of South Africa's HIV/AIDS statistics, What do South Africa's AIDS statistics mean? A TAC briefing paper.
The avert.org website has this very useful article on South Africa's HIV epidemic statistics.
Please treat the statistics in this table with caution. We recommend that you do not quote them without first reading the explanations below of how they are derived.
|People with HIV (prevalence)
|5.6 million
|People with HIV
|5.4 million
|Department of Health (2007)
|People over the age of two with HIV
|Females over the age of two with HIV
|Males over the age of two with HIV
|Pregnant women with HIV
|Department of Health
|Rate of new infections for people over the age of two (incidence)
|Rate of new infections for females over the age of two
|Rate of new infections for males over the age of two
|Babies infected perinatally
|Babies infected via breastmilk
|Total babies infected
|AIDS deaths in year
|AIDS deaths in year
|Cumulative AIDS deaths
|2.5 million
|June 2008
|People enrolled in the public sector antiretroviral programme
|End of 2007
|South African report for UNGASS
|People who have actually initiated antiretroviral treatment in the public health system
|End of Nov.
|South African Report for UNGASS
|People on antiretroviral treatment in the public health system
|Aspen Pharmacare estimate as quoted in Business Day (2008)
|People on treatment in the private health system
|Joint Civil Society Monitoring Forum (2007)
|People requiring treatment but not receiving it
ASSA Life Expectancy at Birth Estimates by Year
(a) 1985-1995 estimates are from the ASSA2002 Abridged 50% on ARVs Scenario spreadsheet.
(b) 2000-2015 estimates are from the ASSA2003 Summary Statistics spreadsheet.
(c) ASSA values are determined by a complex software model. See below for explanation.
(d) Some numbers have been rounded. Therefore the sum of babies infected perinatally and with breastmilk does not add up precisely to total babies infected.
There are no accurate estimates of the total number of people on antiretroviral treatment because of the Department of Health's poor monitoring system. The Western Cape Province, in contrast to the other eight provinces, does however keep accurate statistics.
South Africa's report to UNGASS for the period January 2006 to December 2007 (submitted in February 2008) states:
The estimated number of people needing treatment (children and adults at WHO Stage 4) in South Africa was 764,000 by the middle of 2006 of which a total of 353,945 (46%) enrolled in the ART programme and 273,400 (36%) were initiated on the ART programme in 2006. In 2007 - 889,000 people need treatment of which 488,739 (55%) enrolled and 371,731 (42%) initiated on the ART programme. Approximately 55% of the people receiving treatment were female and 45% male. The estimated number of children (<15years) needing treatment was 52,000 in 2006 and 65,000 in 2007 of which 23,369 received treatment in 2006 and 32,060 in 2007.
It is unclear how the above statistics were derived and they should be treated with great caution.
This Department of Health document estimates that just over 400,000 people had enrolled on the Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Plan as of end of November 2007. Except for the Western Cape, no province records loss-to-followup, deaths etc. So the number on treatment must be considerably less.
The estimate by the major supplier of antiretroviral medicines to the Department of Health, as reported by Business Day, is about 350,000 people on treatment. The figure has been derived based on the fact that Aspen Pharmacare supplies 80% of the public sector lamivudine stock. Nearly all first-line patients are put on lamivudine. Apparently the company projected its sales to the public sector and then added on the remaining supply of lamivudine by GlaxoSmithKline and a projection for the number of people who have moved to second-line therapy. The calculation is not in the public domain and should be treated with great caution.
No comprehensive methodical analysis of the number of people on antiretroviral treatment in the private health system has been done. The Joint Civil Society Monitoring Forum (JCSMF) estimates in the order of 100,000 people receive treatment. The JCSMF intends to re-analyse this sector soon.
Since there is no accurate estimate of the number of people receiving treatment, it is consequently difficult to obtain reliable estimates of the number in need of treatment but not receiving it. The best available estimate comes from the ASSA2003 model.
ASSA2003, an open source system developed by the Actuarial Society of South Africa, is the most respected of the mathematical models of the HIV epidemic. It uses all available data up to 2003 to make various demographic projections.
On the assumption that by June 2008, 495,000 people will be receiving antiretroviral treatment, the model estimates that at that time, 520,000 people in need of treatment will not be receiving it (numbers rounded to nearest 10,000).
The above link is often down, so we've made the ASSA2003 spreadsheet available on the TAC website:
Local version of ASSA2003 summary spreadsheet.
A good quality household survey of HIV prevalence was done by the HSRC in 2005. It's key finding is this:
HIV prevalence amongst persons aged two years and older is estimated to be 10.8%, with a higher prevalence in females (13.3%) than in males (8.2%).
ASSA2003 estimates that the number of people in South Africa in 2007 with HIV is approximately 5.5 million.
The Department of Health has estimated the HIV prevalence for pregnant women every year since 1990. The link above to Health Systems Trust Website gives a year-by-year summary of the results of this survey and contains links to each of the surveys themselves.
The percentage of infections, amongst pregnant women attending public antenatal clinics, published annually by the Department of Health is:
2006: 29.1%
2005: 30.2%
2004: 29.5%
2003: 27.9%
2002: 26.5%
etc, all the way back to 0.7% in 1990.
The Department of Health plugs the antenatal data into the proprietry Spectrum Model to estimate national HIV prevalence. This is from the 2007 report (results for 2006):
Using the spectrum model the estimate of the number of people who are estimated to have HIV infection is in the region of 5.41 million. Whilst the number of people living with HIV infection is high, this adjusted estimate is more conservative than the previous estimate of 5.54 estimated in 2005. The HIV prevalence amongst adults 15-49 years is estimated at 18.34%.
The rate of new infections, i.e. incidence, has been calculated by the HSRC 2005 survey. However, the technology and methodology for analysing its results was relatively new then, so at least until the HSRC survey is repeated in 2008, incidence should be treated with caution.
Incidence is defined as the number of new infections divided by the number of HIV-negative people.
The HSRC calculated that incidence in 2005 was 2.7% for people over the age of two.
Much of our knowledge of AIDS deaths comes from analyses of mortality by Statistics South Africa and the Medical Research Council. This data informs the estimates of the ASSA2003 model.
The quality of monitoring and reporting on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme is particularly poor. Key statistics of the programme are only available from a Ministry of Health press statement of 12 March 2007, a Health Systems Trust District Health Barometer report and a table in a 2007 treasury report.
According to statistics obtained from the Ministry of Health statement and the HST report, more than 90% of government clinics (3382 of 3663) are currently providing PMTCT services. Of the approximately 800,000 public sector births in South Africa in 2006, about 580,880 pregnant women were offered PMTCT services. From the antenatal survey, we can estimate that about 168,000 (i.e. 29%) were HIV-positive in 2006. Yet only 74,052 women received nevirapine prophylaxis i.e. less than half the eligible women. Of this amount, the subset of babies who were tested for HIV was just 19,758. About 18% tested positive.
This means that of the approximately 800,000 public sector births, we know the HIV status of less than 3% of infants. And of these, the results are poor – far above the 5% transmission rate target.
The HST report demonstrates that the Western Cape province is doing well, with about a 75% take-up rate. The report states "This clearly shows that where a programme is prioritised it can achieve significant results quickly."
This presentation by Virginia Azevedo (July, 2007) of the City of Cape Town demonstrates that some key mortality and morbidity statistics in Khayelitsha, Cape Town's largest township, are improving. This is likely due to the HIV-related health interventions introduced in Khayelitsha.
The presentation shows that the infant mortality rate in Khayelitsha has dropped from 43 per 1,000 live births in 2001 to 31 per 1,000 live births in 2006. It also shows improvements in TB cure rates and other important statistics. It is well worth reading and is an example of how political will leads to effective programmes that mitigate the effects of the HIV epidemic.
Is there text available to go with the graphs ? I don't know what all the abbreviations stand for, so can't understand what I'm seeing. If there is, you could just add a button to 'link to text'. Tx
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The Washington Nationals have announced the return of NatsFest, an off-season fan festival featuring meet-and-greet opportunities with players, staff, and future prospects, plus interactive sessions, family activities, memorabilia, and of course racing presidents.
The winter weekend event was a hit with fans in previous years, but was poorly attended after being moved to a weekday in late March 2011. There was no NatsFest in 2012, and the team had been mum about whether the event would return.
NatsFest 2013 will take place Saturday, January 26 at DC's Walter E. Washington Convention Center from 12:00pm – 4:00pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children. Children 2 and under are admitted free.
Season ticketholders get a $5.00 discount per ticket, and get an exclusive admission from 11:00am – Noon.
In previous years, lines for player autographs have stretched to over an hour. The Nationals hope to quell this problem by limiting autographs to those who purchase $20.00 "autograph vouchers." The number of vouchers will be limited, and proceeds go to the Nationals Dream Foundation.
There will be separate area for kids including face painting, balloon art, inflatables, and mascot appearances, including the racing presidents.
Full details at Nationals.com.
UPDATE: Fan activities will include player and mascot photo stations (this is separate from the pre-purchased autograph tickets), "Player Story Times" for kids, caricatures, games, a trophy display (Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards?), and booths with giveaways including MASN, 106.7 The Fan, and the Junior National Kids Club.
Major league players in attendance will include new off-season additions Dan Haren and Denard Span, plus Tyler Clippard, Ian Desmond, Ross Detwiler, Danny Espinosa, Christian Garcia, Gio Gonzalez, Bryce Harper, Steve Lombardozzi, Ryan Mattheus, Tyler Moore, Drew Storen, Kurt Suzuki, Chad Tracy, Jayson Werth, and Jordan Zimmermann. No word yet on whether Rafael Soriano will be there, but I wouldn't be surprised.
Notably absent from the list are manager Davey Johnson (traveling in Africa), third baseman Ryan Zimmerman (on his honeymoon), pitcher Stephen Strasburg (hosting his annual charity 5K run in San Diego), and first baseman Adam LaRoche.
Minor Leaguers on board for NatsFest include Corey Brown, Brian Goodwin, Nathan Karns, Ryan Perry, Anthony Rendon, Will Rhymes, and Matt Skole.
GM Mike Rizzo, owner Mark Lerner, and broadcasters Bob Carpenter, F.P. Santangelo, Charlie Slowes, and Phil Wood are also scheduled to participate in special presentations and Q&A sessions.