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Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe?
Posted in Health, medical, safety by commorancy on December 31, 2020
If you've watched CNN, Fox News or CNBC, you've probably seen a number of medical correspondents like Dr. Sanjay Gupta or Dr. Leana Wen who consult for CNN during this pandemic. Let's explore their lack of fiduciary responsibility to the general public.
Medical Doctor or M.D.
To get a license to practice medicine, a person must not only obtain a preset amount of medical training and gain experience in the form of internships, they must also agree to the Hippocratic Oath. This oath originated with Hippocrates (born 460 bc). This oath essentially states, among other information, "First, do no harm", however, this exact wording does not exist in the oath in its original Ionic Greek form. Instead, it has been translated with levels of interpretation necessary to be understood by an English speaking audience. One might say that the original Ionic Greek form has been altered and updated to modern society standards.
The difficulty with revisionism by third parties is that these revisions were not by the hand of Hippocrates. Regardless, the sentiment of what Hippocrates wrote still essentially remains.
With the phrasing of "First, do no harm", this runs quite a bit counter to the COVID-19 vaccine. Let's dive in and understand exactly why.
One thing you have to understand about the medical industry, particularly for "celebrity" medical doctors is their level of sway they have with the general public. With a brand like Dr. Sanjay Gupta, he has built his celebrity reputation on seemingly good and sound medical advice over the years. As he has so carefully built this brand, he has been careful to ensure that his messages are in keeping with his brand message and also doesn't run counter to his medical training or, in general, the medical industry. The same can be said for Dr. Leana Wen, though her brand image is far less solidified than Dr. Gupta's.
Unfortunately, during this pandemic, these medical "doctors" have taken an odd turn, staking their own personal brands and reputations on a rushed vaccine.
Instead, these medical correspondents, not just for CNN, but all of these news networks, have simply become talking head mouthpieces for the medical industry as a whole. While the pandemic rages and gets worse, killing ever more and more people, these mouthpiece medical practitioners sit in front of cameras spewing the rhetoric of an industry that really hasn't proven itself to be harmless. More specifically, the pharmaceutical industry.
The Medical Cycle
The medical industry is, unfortunately, a bunch of collusive teams all working together to create a whole. I'm not here to say that each of these industries are bad in and of themselves; it's just that when combined, they create a whole that's not completely without "First, do no harm". It's very difficult to regulate disparate industries that have only minimal relationships with one another.
Below is an image that demonstrates both the collusive and parasitic nature of each of these industries. With that big $ sitting in the middle, it represents an industry that makes trillions every year. Let's understand exactly how much money is at stake:
"How much money is in the healthcare industry? In 2018, the global healthcare sector's revenue was $1.853 trillion, an increase of 4.5% on a year-on-year basis. When it comes to healthcare expenditures, the US tops the list, spending $10,224 per person."
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Over $10,000 per person per year! Wow! What other industry in HISTORY makes this much money per person per year? Yeah, collusion.
What the above image says is that Hospitals rely on both Doctors and Pharma companies for their continued monetary success. Note that I didn't include equipment manufacturers in this graph, but know that they are out there. Medical equipment manufacturing is a tertiary industry that is needed to supply all 3 of these industries with similar equipment. In fact, the equipment manufacturers are probably the only industry that are mostly outside and don't act in collusion, but instead, they sit to the side and feed above monetary cycle. However, these equipment manufacturers also make more than their fair share of money from this industry.
Also note that the arrows flow in both directions because money flows both ways. Doctors feed the pharma companies by prescribing. In return, pharma companies grease the Doctors via kickbacks, residuals and free medicines. Hospitals pay their Doctors, in return Doctors act as sales persons for the Hospital by using their expertise and brand reputation to bring repeat business to the hospitals. Pharma and Hospital relationships are entirely obvious and money flows both ways buying and using medicines.
There's also the research arm of this industry, but most of the drug research resides within the pharma companies. There are also the insurance companies that, while not directly part of the medical industry, act as the glue between the public and this entire industry. Without this "monetary glue" the entire medical industry would fail and couldn't exist. Should insurance companies be included in the above? No, because they do not practice medicine in any way. They believe they should by making medical decisions based on when to cover and not cover illnesses, but they are firmly outside of that industry.
I don't wish to digress into the scammy and unnecessary nature of the insurance industry, so I won't. However, I may write a follow-up article to discuss just how much of a leech, a scam and an unnecessary burden is the insurance industry on pretty much every part of life. I'll leave it at that. Let's continue.
Industry Acceptance, Coercion and Blackmail
Doctors are practically held over a fire to keep their license. Instead of being about altruism, it ends up being about falling into the trap of someone bigger than you. A doctor's practice is held over the fire by their license. Without a license to practice, doctors can't make a living. It's basically a legal form of coercion.
What that means is that unless a doctor practices social restraint and, in fact, continues to tow the industry accepted lines of thinking, the doctor may find themselves out on their ass without not only their job, but without a way to make a living. This means that a doctor is almost constantly "coerced" into towing both big pharma ideals, but in towing hospital ideals. They must make sure their opinions don't run afoul of either of these two entities, either one of which could see to it they can't make a living.
Either of these "big brothers" may coerce and collude to keep the doctor in line, just like a parent keeps their petulant child in line. Threats of being fired or, worse, losing their license is a strong incentive not to make waves in the industry and to tow the sometimes distasteful practices that have been tossed at their feet.
Medical Correspondents and News Channels
As we circle back around to news channels, we now begin to understand why both Dr. Gupta and Dr. Wen mostly pretend that the COVID-19 vaccine is entirely safe and effective. If they don't do this pretending, particularly with their powerful celebrity status, this could torpedo the entire vaccine acceptance strategy (and their own personal careers).
I'm not here to say that these vaccines aren't safe or effective, but I'm cautiously optimistic… the exact stance a medical professional should take. When Dr. Gupta got his shot on camera, I could see a fair amount of trepidation in his eyes. However, his words (and forced expressions) overrode his eye and body language. Just watch the video below and notice his wide eyed expressions closely:
What this says to me is that while he does in some way believe the safety and efficacy, he also realizes the dangers of this mostly untested vaccine. In fact, I got the distinct impression that he felt like an unwitting pawn in this situation.
Levels of Desperation
With the amount of deaths per day, the medical industry feels a tremendous amount of pressure coming from every angle. There's pressure coming from politicians (and the President) to come up with a solution to the pandemic. There's also internal pressures coming from pharma companies towards doctors to push their latest "vaccine" as efficacious and safe.
With this measure of not only industry pressure, there's the level of desperation by the public into wanting a fix and wanting it yesterday. The economy is failing. Businesses are closing. Unemployment is spiking. The pandemic is taking a huge toll on our current way of life. It's digging deep into every industry, every person and into every single aspect of our current social existence.
Because of all of these levels of desperation, pharma felt pressured to delivery something, anything. They did. The difficulty is not that pharma delivered, but what they delivered.
Prudent or Reckless?
There's a fine line between being prudent and being reckless and sometimes it's difficult to see when that line has been crossed. Unfortunately, desperation is never the reason to jump into something that appears to be a miracle. That miracle might, in fact, turn into hell.
The doctors claim that the medical technology used in the vaccine (messenger RNA) is something that's been in existence for years. The difficulty is that this technology has never been used in vaccines, at least not until today. Even while the technology may have been known for years, putting it into practice is an entirely different thing.
From concept to vaccine delivery was a total of about 9 months, the time it takes to conceive a baby and deliver it. Those 9 months included a rapid clinical trial of a month or two at most.
Most drugs that hit the market have had years of clinical trials (i.e., plural… more than one). This vaccine had a total of one clinical trial. Sure, the amount of participants was large, but it was still only one clinical trial. In fact, the trial excluded certain at-risk groups of individuals, such as pregnant mothers and other at-risk people. In effect, the trial utilized only healthy adults without preexisting risk conditions. Unfortunately, that leaves the vaccine at risk of causing harm "in the wild" because it won't just be put into the arms of those non-risky individuals. It will be inserted into the arms of pregnant women, children, asthma sufferers, COPD sufferers and all manner of people with diseases of the mind and body.
In short, the quick trial skipped key tests… test that may negatively impact those at-risk folks who were not represented during the clinical trial. It's risky and it's disturbing.
Let's come back to Dr. Gupta and Dr. Wen on CNN.
When these correspondents appear on CNN, their banter about the vaccine is one-note. It's almost as if what they're saying is entirely scripted by the pharmaceutical companies and not of their own words. I've yet to hear ANY cautionary warnings or verbal trepidation from either of these "doctors". As I said, "Scripted".
It all seems so contrived and canned as if to "reassure" the public how safe and efficacious the vaccine is.
Exercise Caution, Restraint and Critical Thinking
While these TV news doctors continually spout almost 100% positive rhetoric that these vaccines are perfectly safe, I'm not convinced… yet. I'm firmly still in the "wait and see" camp. The clinical trial was way too quick, provided way too convenient results and hasn't in any way been challenged by doctors who should be challenging how the trial was handled.
Instead of challenging anything about the trial, these doctors are being shown given a literal shot in the arm (see above). Even politicians are doing this.
Is the vaccine efficacious AND safe?
The theory behind the vaccine formulation has merit, to be sure. It forces the body to create and replicate antibodies against alleged innocuous portions of the virus. The difficulty is that the mRNA is a foreign invader. It's something the body hasn't seen before. The body's immune response may be somewhat calculated, but there's no way to know long term effects on the body.
Could the vaccine lead to disruption in key functioning of other body functions either now or in the future? These are thing we can't know. Because the clinical trial wasn't able to test any portion of it long term, we simply have no idea what long term effects the vaccine may have on the body's systems. We simply don't know what the vaccine may cause 1, 2, 5 or 10 years later.
Compared to getting COVID-19, it's a toss-up. COVID-19 may also produce these same effects in the future. We can't know what we haven't tested… and that's exactly where we are with the vaccine. Injecting portions of this foreign invader into the body with a minimal tested trial, we simply don't know long term effects.
We aren't even sure just how efficacious this vaccine technology will be against the virus in the future. We might find that even after the second dose that the vaccine's effects wear off 6 months later. The vaccine's effects may not even be effective against future mutated strains of COVID-19. Again, because the clinical trials couldn't test long term ANYTHING, we simply have no information. This is the reason why critical thinking is important. We must use our brains and realize that without proper testing, this vaccine may not be all of what it is claimed to be.
Not only might it not be effective, it might cause more side effects than giving us the immunity it was intended.
Wait and See
If you're thinking, "I work on the front line so I need it", think twice. That's desperation talking, not critical thinking. You can't jump on board simply because you fear getting the virus. You must take the vaccine because it has proven itself useful, not because someone says that it is. Believing hearsay is the quickest way to problems.
I'm not saying the vaccine isn't efficacious. What I am saying is that the vaccine hasn't yet proven itself efficacious other than under very specific and controlled circumstances. The world doesn't work like a controlled clinical trial. There are far too many unknowns when giving shots to people who are not under controlled conditions. This falls under the safety factor. These unknown safety issues can lead people to injury and death. These are possible consequences from these vaccines. It seems that the clinical trial was mostly focused on efficacy over safety. That's not to say that safety wasn't a factor in the trial, but it wasn't the primary motivation in its formulation.
Injecting an unknown substance into your body always has risks, from infection, to allergic reactions to unforeseen consequences, such as Bell's Palsy, injury or death. We simply can't know what we don't know.
Let's come back to that big $ hanging out in that image above. Money is how the world works. No one does something out of 100% altruistic intent. No, money is how the world-goes-round. Big pharma companies aren't in it for the altruism. They are in it for how much money they can make. While those who receive the shot may not pay for it, make sure you understand that pharma companies are well paid for producing these vaccines. Without money, these vaccines wouldn't have been made. It is about how much money pharma can make off of it with as few negative consequences as possible.
Unfortunately, drugs aren't without side effects. Pharma companies are well aware of that fact. Therefore, for every drug they introduce, they have not only insurance, but also lawyers to work through injury and death lawsuits.
With the pandemic, we really don't know if suing Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca will even be allowed. Because of the pandemic, the government might give these pharma companies complete immunity from prosecution or lawsuits. What that means is that these pharma companies might have been given carte blanche by the government to produce whatever they want with impunity… no matter how damaging it may become.
Future Vaccines
There's also a danger in the manufacturing process. As the first batch of vaccines might be somewhat effective, future produced vaccines might not fare as well. As the manufacturers find cheaper materials, faster processes and more efficient manufacturing, that can cause errors to creep into the formulation. That could also mean that vaccines made in February might be less efficacious and more dangerous than those produced in December.
We simply don't know what Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca might introduce, alter or change in a few months or even next week. It's extremely hard for me to jump right into this "vaccine is safe" argument and state that the vaccines are 100% anything. There are way too many unknowns to make blanket statements about this vaccine.
For this reason, I'm firmly in the wait and see group. I want to allow others to have first dibs at the vaccines to see how well they fare and what possible outcomes might result from their experiences. After I see how that works out for them, I can then look at those side effects and make a better informed choice.
Right now, we simply don't know enough. We are flying mostly blind. We need to be able to see exactly how bad the vaccine's effects may get to judge it against what we know about COVID-19. Only then can we make an informed choice. You don't want to jump into the vaccine only to find yourself in the hospital clinging to life because the vaccine had a severe consequence on your body. COVID-19 is a bad disease, but the vaccine's long term consequences could ultimately be worse. We simply don't know… which is why waiting at least some time is prudent.
Vaccination Confusion
As we move into the vaccination process, comes confusion and, in some cases, sabotage. The confusion stems from many different reasons and from different directions. The first confusion is the two dose schedule. Some people will assume one dose is enough and skip the second dose. Worse, some patients may not be told that there is a second dose (or will forget due to memory issues) and will end up skipping the second dose not knowing it is required to receive full effect from the vaccine.
The second problem stems from multiple vaccines from different manufacturers. As of this article, there exist two approved vaccines in the United States, including the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. There are three more are on the horizon including AstraZeneca, Janssen and Novavax. Because each of these vaccines have different storage requirements and likely different administration schedules, this puts the onus of which virus vaccine you receive on you. If you get a first dose of the vaccine, but you don't remember which manufacturer's vaccine you received a few weeks later, you won't know which follow up dose to get. That leads to…
If you get the Pfizer vaccine initially… then for the second required dose, you can't switch and get the Moderna vaccine. The two don't work together. Because each vaccine has a different mechanism of action and formulation, the vaccines are not interchangeable from the first to second doses. You must get the same vaccine for the second dose that you got in the first dose. Some people will conflate this, take the wrong second dose, assume they are protected and then get COVID-19.
The next problem is vaccine administration practices and vaccine authenticity. A hospital has already gotten mixed up and administered the wrong medicine instead of the vaccine. While this may seem to be a clinical error, it goes way deeper than that. As administrators of smaller and smaller hospitals and medical clinics become responsible for buying vaccines to administer to their patients, inevitably these mix-ups will become intentional. For example, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that some clinics are intentionally injecting plain sterile water into the arms of individuals instead of the authentic vaccine. It could be that the clinic simply can't get a supply or it could be the administrator is unscrupulous and is selling the vaccines out the back door for real money while injecting patients with fake product.
Speaking of intentionally doing things, we have already seen a hospital worker allegedly intentionally sabotage a supply of the vaccine by taking it out of the fridge overnight. That hospital worker has since been fired (and now arrested), according to many sources, but all of the above is just the tip of this unsettling iceberg.
Counterfeit Product
This last problem, keeping in mind that this is not an exhaustive list, is grey and black market product. As vaccines slip out the back door of hospitals and medical facilities, unscrupulous scalpers may attempt to sell and inject this grey and black market product into people who are way, way down the list. These products might range from authentic to plain sterile water to dangerous drugs. You don't know what you'll receive when you go the grey market route. Keep in mind that even reputable hospitals might even fall prey to injecting grey market or counterfeit vaccines into people. There is a wide range of ways that all of this can manifest.
Right now, we're at the very start of this process. By the end, we'll have heard of most of the above, if not a lot more shysters, scams and hucksters trying to make a quick buck off of the vaccine.
For safety precautions, always ask to watch the medical worker pull the vaccine from a properly labeled vial. If you can request them to show you the vial beforehand so you can read the label, all the better. Make sure that the label appears genuine and that the product appears authentic. While fakes can sometimes appear better than a genuine product, in a hospital medical setting, one would always hope that everything dispensed is entirely genuine. If you're visiting a urgent care clinic or a small medical facility, like a doctor's office, make sure that you ask when they received the vaccine, how old it is and if it was properly stored.
If you're injected with an improperly stored vaccine or, worse, a fake product, it might do nothing at all or it might have negative health consequences. So, to the best of your ability, request to inspect that the vaccine is authentic and ask all of the right questions about storage and handling. If your doctor suddenly says they have vaccine doses at a time when hospitals are unable to obtain them, this should be a huge red flag. A doctor's office may have gotten counterfeit product from a scammer.
Scammers abound and these are people who are more than willing to take advantage of small doctor's offices for their own scamming benefits. They will pretend to be medicine distributors only to sell the office cheap and fake products. By the time the doctor's office realizes and potentially injects some patients, it may be too late.
When considering your turn at the vaccine, be exceedingly cautious as the vaccinations progress into the future. Scammers WILL find ways to scam this entire process if not outright sabotage it. You must be diligent and ask the right question before they jab that hypodermic needle into your arm.
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Mohsin Khan's appointment as chief selector another body blow to ailing Pakistan cricket
Posted by Syed Khalid Mahmood at 12:17 PM .
Labels: Mohsin Khan, Pakistan Cricket
Ijaz Butt continues to be on a rampage. Chiefly if not solely responsible for pushing the Pakistan cricket to the wall of late he has dealt yet another body blow by appointing Mohsin Hasan Khan as the chairman of the national selection committee.
Mohsin Khan was a dashing opening batsman of his time, having played a few memorable knocks with the double-century in the Lord's Test of 1982 being the standout performance, but he's not considered an appropriate choice for the position of chief selector.
Ijaz Butt, who took over as the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2008, has been guilty of committing blunders after blunders and his insistence to call the shots without taking the trouble of consulting people who matter has caused irreparable damage to the game in the country.
Ijaz Butt has already done enough disservice to the cause of the Pakistan and he's not prepared to listen to anyone because of the support he enjoys of his brother-in-law Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar, one of the most influential of politicians in the country at the moment.
He has been fearlessly taking the decisions arbitrarily showing total disrespect to the members of the Governing Board of the PCB. Neither has he been bothered by the declining performance of the team.
The appointment of Mohsin Khan as the chief selector once again brought to light the fact that Ijaz Butt doesn't care for anyone or anything and he is not afraid to make the moves that are more likely to backfire than not.
Ijaz Butt appeared to have made up his mind after his differences with Abdul Qadir last year that he will be having a Karachi-based chief selector. The names of Saleem Yousuf, Mohsin Khan and Iqbal Qasim were believed to have been considered when the slot became vacant with the exit of the magician leg-spinner.
Iqbal Qasim was preferred and the assignment was given to him. The great left-arm spinner of his era that he was, he also held the advantage of being the chief of the sports department of a leading bank that provided him the opportunity of interacting with the cricketers active on the scene.
The marriage of convenience between Ijaz Butt and Iqbal Qasim, not surprisingly didn't last long, and the post became vacant once more in a matter of months.
Ijaz Butt has now chosen Mohsin Khan as the replacement of Iqbal Qasim as he desired, by the look of things, to let the position of chairman selection committee be retained by someone from Karachi.
Mohsin Khan will be facing multiple problems in discharging his duties as he's had the reputation of working out his own timetable. He had worked for the PCB in the past as well but, unlike his enterprising Test career, didn't do anything to be proud of.
Let us see how Mohsin Khan, who also tried his luck as an actor in the Bollywood, brings his diplomatic skills into play because the chances of him enduring the Ijaz Butt factor appear very remote indeed.
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Oakland Mayor's Neighbors Fed Up With Crime, Seek Private Guard
By Christin Ayers February 20, 2013 at 12:08 am
Filed Under:Burglary, Crime, Jean Quan, Mayor Jean Quan, Oakland, Oakmore, Security Guard, Theft
The Oakmore neighborhood in the Oakland Hills. (CBS)The Oakmore neighborhood in the Oakland Hills. (CBS)
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — The crime problem facing Oakland has crept into Mayor Jean Quan's own backyard. Neighbors told KPIX 5 they are frustrated and plan to hire a private guard to improve security.
Quiet as it seems, the Oakmore neighborhood in the Oakland Hills has increasingly become the target of burglars.
For the first time in 38 years, the Schleskes' were robbed around noon Tuesday. They said a burglar ransacked their home and made off with drawers full of jewelry.
"They completely trashed the house," said Sandy Schleske. "It's just the typical feeling of being violated and anger."
Stephen Pollack, who also lives in Oakmore, told KPIX 5, "I would say the last six months that it feels like it's gotten noticeably worse in this neighborhood."
Evidence of the uptick in burglaries is visible in the neighborhood, just blocks from the mayor's home. Utility poles are plastered with the faces of burglary suspects caught on camera.
"The group of neighbors that got together felt that we needed to do something immediate and something meaningful," Pollack said.
Pollack and his neighbors are on the verge of hiring private security guards. Sixty-two households will pay about $60 a month each for one guard to patrol about a ½ mile radius, looking for burglars.
"Our hope is really that it's a deterrent, that thieves recognize we're serious about protecting ourselves," he said.
Some neighbors are skeptical, saying alarm companies already have people in uniform patrolling some sections of the Oakland Hills, with minimal results.
But supporters said these patrols will be different. "Someone is walking by your home every 5-7 minutes or driving by your home every 5-7 minutes," Pollack said.
The private guard is expected be on patrol in about a week. Oakmore residents said they will track the program's effectiveness over the next year.
In a statement late Tuesday night, Mayor Jean Quan's office told KPIX 5 they know the Oakland Police Department is having trouble responding to burglaries. They also said that the mayor's office supports anything people want to do to get involved to make their communities safer.
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On March 23, Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration Network asked a federal agency to halt a Southeastern U.S. fracked gas pipeline that spans Florida's Sabal Trail until misinformation is corrected and an additional study is completed.
In a 97-page document, the two groups filed a request urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) "to correct its use of materially false or inaccurate information to authorize the Southeast Market Pipeline Project; prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS); and stay (halt) construction and operation of the Project pending completion of these actions."
According to the filing, misinformation prejudiced the Commission's consideration of the project's impact on the public and the environment, and under the Natural Gas Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, the Commission has a duty to cure (fix) the misinformation. A cure would be to have a cease and desist on all construction activities and begin an independent SEIS.
Sierra's national staff is trying to stop Sabal Trail with a lawsuit, though the pipe is nearly complete. That hasn't stopped state members of the group from campaigning to turn public opinion against the pipe and fracking.
A substantial number of violations and non-compliance reporting have been done by citizens across the state of Florida on the Sabal Trail and Florida Southeast Connection pipelines projects. Witnessing construction activities have led to serious concerns about this pipeline corridor being constructed in wetlands, karstic soils and through protected waterways.


Today is Courtney's 13th birthday!! She is now officially a teen. It was only yesterday I was giving birth to her at 2 a.m. You are our precious girl no matter what your age!! We love you!!
Today was Alec's award ceremony for his essay that he won 2nd place in. His teacher asked him along with 2 other students to write an essay for the Patriot's Pen. The theme was "Why America's Veterans Should Be Honored". In an earlier blog I posted Alec's essay if you wanted to go back and read his writing.
Alec received a certificate and some money for his essay. It was wonderful to see Alec learn on his own about Veterans and then put his thoughts down on paper. With both Bruce and I having immediate family that have served in the military (Army, Marines, National Guard, and Air Force) it touched both our hearts to read his words.
I would like to say a public "Thank You" to all those who have and are are serving our Country in one capacity or another. I would also like to say a very personal "Thank You" to my uncle out in Seattle, WA who served in the Army in Vietnam, to my father in Dunnellon, FL who served in the Air Force (stationed at Hickam A.F.B.), to my late step-brother who served first in the Marines (Desert Shield & Desert Storm) and then in the National Guard. Then to Bruce's father in South Carolina, who served in the Army during Vietnam stationed in Germany.


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Q: Can't set automatic downloads on iPod Touch 4g (Required for Find my iPod functionality) Settings > Store
The automatic download options for Music and Apps are OFF, and whenever I try to set them ON the switch returns to OFF immediately.
This is supposed to be the last step to set up the Find My iPod app.
The check boxes for these automatic downloads are already checked in iTunes on my Windows 7 machine. iCloud is set on it too. I don't know what to do. I'm signed up in icloud from my iPod and laptop.

A: I don't think you need to turn on automatic updates to activate Find My iPod. Anywho, I suggest you simply log out from your iTunes account and log back in.
Do this by going to Settings > Store and tapping Sign Out. Then Sign back in again.

A: Try signing out of your iTunes account on the iPod. Do a hard reset (hold the home and sleep/wake buttons together until the device turns off, releasing the home button (but still pressing the sleep/wake button) as soon as the device turns off (release the sleep/wake button when the  logo appears). Then sign back in.

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Someone with sound-color synesthesia sees colors and simple shapes whenever they hear a sound. The same sound always occurs with the same colors and shapes. Someone with taste-touch synesthesia feels touch sensations in their hands every time they taste something with their mouth. The same taste always occurs with the same feeling of touch in their hands. The particular connections between sound and color that one sound-color synesthete experiences typically differ from the connections experienced by another such synesthete. In this sense, the connections are an arbitrary convention. Now imagine a sound-color synesthete who no longer has sound experiences to acoustic stimuli, and instead has only their synesthetic color experiences. Then this synesthete would only experience as colors what the rest of us experience as sounds. In principle they could get all the acoustic information the rest of us get, only in a color format rather than a sound format.
Donald D. Hoffman's thought experiment is mind-blowing and triggers another question: What would thought synesthesia be like ? What if one's ideas could be felt with senses ? What if you could touch my happiness or smell my courage ?
What would it sound like ? Would an epiphany sound like Beethoven or Maroon ? Would intense focus feel like caressing a straight sleek surface ? Would passion march like a red orchestra weaving tulips ? Would fear look like the north pole, two bare feet on the water and a tam-tam playing under water ? And what would it smell like ? A leather scented perfume with burnt cocoa notes ?


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Fragmentation Patterns and Mechanisms of Singly and Doubly Protonated Peptoids Studied by Collision Induced Dissociation
Jianhua Ren, Yuan Tian, Ekram Hossain, Michael D. Connolly
Peptoids are peptide-mimicking oligomers consisting of N-alkylated glycine units. The fragmentation patterns for six singly and doubly protonated model peptoids were studied via collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry. The experiments were carried out on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer with an electrospray ionization source. Both singly and doubly protonated peptoids were found to fragment mainly at the backbone amide bonds to produce peptoid B-type N-terminal fragment ions and Y-type C-terminal fragment ions. However, the relative abundances of B- versus Y-ions were significantly different. The singly protonated peptoids fragmented by producing highly abundant Y-ions and lesser abundant B-ions. The Y-ion formation mechanism was studied through calculating the energetics of truncated peptoid fragment ions using density functional theory and by controlled experiments. The results indicated that Y-ions were likely formed by transferring a proton from the C-H bond of the N-terminal fragments to the secondary amine of the C-terminal fragments. This proton transfer is energetically favored, and is in accord with the observation of abundant Y-ions. The calculations also indicated that doubly protonated peptoids would fragment at an amide bond close to the N-terminus to yield a high abundance of low-mass B-ions and high-mass Y-ions. The results of this study provide further understanding of the mechanisms of peptoid fragmentation and, therefore, are a valuable guide for de novo sequencing of peptoid libraries synthesized via combinatorial chemistry.
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Peptoids
Oligomers
Density functional theory
Fragmentation mechanism
Fragmentation pattern
N-alkylated glycine
Peptoid
Protonated
Y-ion formation mechanism
Ren, J., Tian, Y., Hossain, E., & Connolly, M. D. (2016). Fragmentation Patterns and Mechanisms of Singly and Doubly Protonated Peptoids Studied by Collision Induced Dissociation. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 27(4), 646-661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-016-1341-0
Fragmentation Patterns and Mechanisms of Singly and Doubly Protonated Peptoids Studied by Collision Induced Dissociation. / Ren, Jianhua; Tian, Yuan; Hossain, Ekram; Connolly, Michael D.
In: Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 27, No. 4, 01.04.2016, p. 646-661.
Ren, J, Tian, Y, Hossain, E & Connolly, MD 2016, 'Fragmentation Patterns and Mechanisms of Singly and Doubly Protonated Peptoids Studied by Collision Induced Dissociation', Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 646-661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-016-1341-0
Ren J, Tian Y, Hossain E, Connolly MD. Fragmentation Patterns and Mechanisms of Singly and Doubly Protonated Peptoids Studied by Collision Induced Dissociation. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 2016 Apr 1;27(4):646-661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-016-1341-0
Ren, Jianhua ; Tian, Yuan ; Hossain, Ekram ; Connolly, Michael D. / Fragmentation Patterns and Mechanisms of Singly and Doubly Protonated Peptoids Studied by Collision Induced Dissociation. In: Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 2016 ; Vol. 27, No. 4. pp. 646-661.
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced on Monday that the state issued a cybersecurity directive to prohibit the use of high-risk software and services, including TikTok, on government-owned devices. In addition to banning TikTok from state devices, Murphy said the state was also banning products and services from numerous other vendors, including Huawei, Hikvision, Tencent and ZTE.
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With Mardi Gras upon us, I wanted to turn this classic dish into a hearty (and healthy) soup fit for a Mardi Gras party. Though Louisiana understandably is ground zero for Mardi Gras, people everywhere tend to get in the spirit and there's no reason for us not to join in.
All it took to transform the standard red beans and rice into soup was the addition of celery, onion and green bell peppers (often called the "the Holy Trinity" of New Orleans cuisine), a little Creole seasoning, some chicken stock, and several ounces of andouille sausage.
I modeled my Creole seasoning on the one associated with Commander's Palace (a landmark New Orleans restaurant) and the two most famous chefs to emerge from it -- Paul Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse.
At the core of the repertoires of both of these superstars is a special spice blend that includes powdered onion and garlic. I'm not much of a fan of powdered anything, but I make an exception for this seasoning mix. In this case, it turns a good soup into a great soup.
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This dish is a great final resting place for your leftover rice, but if you don't have any kicking around, it's simple to make a fresh batch. Just boil up the rice as if it were pasta. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil, add rice and boil for about 45 minutes (brown rice takes longer than white to cook), then drain it. And since cooked rice freezes well, consider making extra to have on hand for other meals.
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By the way, this soup is even better a few days later, and it freezes well. Feel free to add extra chicken broth or water if you would like it to be even soupier.
In a large saucepan over medium, heat the oil. Add the sausage and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer to a bowl.
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Nutrition information per serving: 220 calories; 50 calories from fat (23 percent of total calories); 6 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 10 mg cholesterol; 30 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 12 g protein; 740 mg sodium.
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Today, Cape Town is a culturally diverse city in which anyone can go anywhere. Complete your visit to the Mother City with an educational tour of the monuments, statues, landmarks and museums that celebrate his legacy.
This great man was actually born Rolihlahla Mandela and only given the name Nelson in primary school by his teacher Miss Mdingane, in accordance with the custom to give all school children "Christian" names.
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Runs daily from 10 am to 6pm, until July 2014, free entrance.
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Cape Town City Hall
On February 11 1990, only hours after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela made his first public speech from the balcony of the Cape Town City Hall. Built in 1905, the large Edwardian building is located on the Grand Parade, with fixtures and fittings imported from Europe. You will pass this famous landmark on a City tour.
Nobel Square
Standing in the form of a crescent are four sculptures of the Nobel Peace prize laureates, Albert Lithuli, Desmond Tutu, FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. Each individual's preferred quotations are engraved, in their chosen languages, in front of the sculptures. The Peace and Democracy sculpture, also found on the Nobel Square, is a narrative work which acknowledges the contribution of women and children to the attainment of peace in South Africa. The square is located on the south side of the Victoria & Alfred hotel in the V&A Waterfront.
Mandela Rhodes Place
The Mandela Rhodes Place Hotel & Spa offers visitors a timeline, which chronicles the life of Mandela in 14 distinct sections. The basement theatre supper club, the Rainbow Room, features a documentary of his life, while the Atrium boasts a wire art statue of Nelson Mandela, entitled "First Step to Freedom". There is an innovative mosaic made from Rubrik's Cubes which form an abstract portrait of Nelson Mandela. Built by Jan Du Plessis, the artwork was completed for the third annual Ubuntu Festival in 2011.
As South African leader between 1994 and 1999, Nelson Mandela spent many years presiding over Parliament. During his term, members of the chambers hammered out the 1996 constitution, the representation of women increased dramatically and laws that serve as the framework of this country's democracy were passed. Today, the public is welcome to come inside and observe the floor where Mandela made historic speeches, like the 100 Day speech.
Tours can be arranged into the government building from Monday to Friday between 9am and 12pm. Booking ahead is essential; the tours are free of charge.
If you wish to donate to a great charity, visit the Nelson Mandela Foundation website here.
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Glenbard West celebrates senior night with 4th straight win
By Scott Schmid
Shaw Media
Out for the season with a knee injury, Kendall Walch started Thursday on Senior Night and was allowed to score the game's first basket.
That was just one of many memorable moments for Glenbard West, which rattled off its fourth consecutive win with a 40-16 West Suburban Conference crossover win over a short-handed Downers Grove South team.
The Hilltoppers (15-8) continued to be spurred on by their stingy defense, having now held 12 of their last 14 opponents to under 40 points. The home team forced 14 Mustangs turnovers in the first half and finished with 15 steals.
Loyola-Chicago soccer recruit Emmie Roberts led the way with four steals, while adding seven rebounds and four points.
"These last four or five games have been crazy," said Roberts of her team, which has yielded just 111 total points during the current winning streak. "We aren't the biggest team so defense is really important to us. We play as a team and our communication really helps us. We've always been a talking team, on and off the court.
"I've always wanted to win on Senior Night. I've been on this team for three years, in the program for four. So this is special. I've been with a lot of these girls since sophomore year and everyone wanted it (tonight). It was a team game."
Indeed, Glenbard West received contributions from the entire roster. Nine players registered steals and seven entered into the scoring column. Julia Benjamin scored a game-high nine points, which included a beyond half-court buzzer beater to give her team a 12-4 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Sophia Brown scored all eight of her points during a 17-0 run to start the third quarter and the junior added four rebounds and three steals.
"It's cool that we have so many different players who can contribute," Brown said. "It makes it fun to come every day. All of our players can score which makes for a well-rounded team. And the most important thing has been our defensive effort. We've been working a lot on our defense in practice and we've improved a ton."
Allie Murphy scored eight points and Kennedy Brandt also had seven for the Hilltoppers, who took a 19-8 margin into halftime. Tess Farnum, who along with fellow senior Emily Miranda also started, had five rebounds.
"Defense is something we talk about every day," said Glenbard West coach Kristi Faulkner, whose team now has three four-game winning streaks this winter. "That's one thing we can always control, our defensive effort and energy. We have made that a point of emphasis in practice. And then this is also a really selfless team. They enjoy passing and sharing the ball and it's been really fun to see other players gaining more confidence."
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Holiday garland might have to go
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cschuldt@nujournal.com
NEW ULM — The holidays are only a few months away, but due to liability concerns downtown Minnesota Street might go without garlands this year.
Since 1925, fresh garlands featuring lighted bells and stars have adorned downtown New Ulm during the holiday season. The decorations continue to be popular with New Ulm citizens and tourists, but in 2016 the decorations resulted in a fire at the River Bend business. The electrical cable rubbed against the connecting cable, causing an electrical arch and fire.
In 2017, a ground fault circuit was placed on all holidays lights to prevent this from happening again, but this incident sparked a conversation regarding the liability of placing the garlands.
During Tuesday's city council meeting, City Attorney Roger Hippert said there is no written agreement about suspending the cables and garlands between the city and property owners. The Chamber of Commerce has met with business owners on whether they would be willing to attach a cable to their building and sign a lease agreement.
However, the question of liability is another factor. If the city is going to accept liability, the structural integrity of the buildings needs to be ensured, which requires an inspection that comes at a cost.
City Manager Brian Gramentz received two quotes on the cost to perform inspections of the buildings. Both firms gave the same bid of $5,000 to do preliminary inspection. This inspection would only determine what the buildings were made from. The price to conduct an inspection for each building in which cables are attached could cost $100,000.
Gramentz said if the different types of building could be grouped together in the study, the cost may be lowered by 20 percent, but this is still $80,000. If the report determines the building needs additional work to support the cable and garland, the costs will rise higher.
Council President Charlie Schmitz said there was no money in the budget to cover the extra expense. He said one option was to continue as before for another year without any written agreement.
Hippert said the city owns the cables and the garlands, but it is unclear who is liable in an accident. If the anchor for the cable pulls out causing bricks to fall on a pedestrian, is that the city's fault or the business owner's?
Councilor Lisa Fischer said she wanted to hear from the public on which direction to go. She suggested some citizens might wish to donate money to the inspection process.
Mayor Robert Beussman said many people have spoken to him about keeping the garlands because it is a tradition they did not want to lose.
Councilor David Christian said there were only nine weeks until the garlands are set to go up. He doubted there was enough time to conduct a full inspection.
Chamber of Commerce CEO Audra Shaneman said the garlands are very popular, but there has been a lot of change downtown and admitted the garlands may need to change as well.
At this time, there has been no discussion about what to do with downtown decoration without garlands.
The council suggested the Chamber go back to the businesses to determine how they wanted to do go forward.
A special meeting with the downtown business owners and Chamber will be held on Sept. 13 to discuss alternative options.
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For the third the time city council tabled a decision to prepare plans for the Hermann Heights Park hillside stabilization project.
The current Kasota-Stone limestone retaining walls are a safety hazard for groundskeepers and park visitors. The walls have experienced blow-outs which require maintenance.
Park and Recreation Director Tom Schmitz presented four different options along with estimates given to the council.
The lowest cost option is for $260,000. Only $200,000 is budgeted in 2018 for this project.
This idea is to eliminate the walls and slope the hill similarly to the 5th North Street hillside by the Diocese of New Ulm.
City Councilor Les Schultz favored an option of landscaping the hill to match the Martin Luther College side of Center Street. This option costs $584,675.03 but would reduce mowing. Schultz believes the project could be carried over to another year to cover the additional costs.
"I think this is a one-time funding project, but it's going to be there for a long time into our future," Schultz said.
Fischer said she preferred the first option because it sets Hermann apart and she likes the green space. In addition the second option doubles the cost of the project and the city has other expenses to cover.
Fischer made a motion to authorize entering a contract to with Bolton and Menk to prepare plans and specification for the first option. Schmitz seconded the motion, but the motion failed to pass by a two-two vote with Schultz and Christian voting against. Councilor Larry Mack was absent from the meeting, preventing a majority vote.
Facing a split vote, the council chose to table a decision.
The Johnson Park RENU project was awarded to ISG at $79,000. The entire estimated budget for the project is $1 million or less.
The council did end with a closed session to discuss the terms of City Manager Brian Gramentz's separation from employment.
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