It is a new month and time for opinionated comments and updates.
It Shouldn't Be This Hard: Earlier this week I ordered my February Medicare bundle from Dexcom. I am also in the process of trying to get my 90-day insulin prescription under Medicare Part B. I'll politely say with no curse words that none of this is going well. I am turning into the "Always-B*tching Blogger" because this stuff is so hard. And it shouldn't be. I am just trying to do what I did last month and the month before with Dexcom and 3, 6, 9 months ago with Walgreens and insulin.
I will eventually get out of Dexcom "Processing" limbo and my supplies will be shipped. Some Medicare recipients have been told that shipments are delayed 7-10 days due to high volume. Long call waits, shipments delays, and moving Call Support to the Philippines have not made Dexcom a popular company in the diabetes online community. 'Nuff said. And Walgreens will figure out how to get Medicare coverage for my insulin.
At the same time, I like the ring of Always-B*tching Blogger and you can just think of me as ABB!
The Weather: I have spent winters in Arizona for 15+ years and have never seen snow. That changed last week with 3 inches of the white stuff. Fortunately despite a few downed tree limbs, we had little damage.
Finally spring has arrived and the Arizona that I know and love is back.
Ground Squirrels: Although my landscape and flowers survived the snow, I am totally losing the battle with ground squirrels. These horrible creatures are "protected" in Arizona and my exterminator isn't allowed to poison them. Plantskyd which deters rabbits and deer in Minnesota is impotent. My normally gorgeous March geraniums are decimated. This photo is one day after replanting and an ample dosing of Plantskyd.
The Dog: All of my readers are kind to read about my dog and her journey through aging and illness. I have come to terms with her limitations and the fact that we only walk half a block twice a day. Otherwise she is happy, eats well, drinks well, poops well, plays fetch with her Bouda giraffe, and wags her tail. Despite me being her caretaker, feeder, medicine dispenser, Bouda thrower, etc., she loves my husband the best and delegates me to #2. Like a teenager, she loves baking in the sun on our back patio.
Animas/Medtronic/Tandem: My Animas pump went out of warranty in late 2016, but I still get emails from Animas and Medtronic about switching to a Medtronic pump system. I am committed to Dexcom and see Tandem and maybe Omnipod as my future. Until Medtronic sensors are reimbursed by Medicare, there is no way that I will take a chance on a CGM that is out-of-pocket. At the same time I have struggled for 2+ years with occlusion alarms on my Tandem X2 and have been back using my Animas Vibe trouble-free for the last 3 months.
Kinda Whole 30: I have written about Whole 30 and my imperfection at succeeding through 30 days. But I periodically go back on the reset diet and am amazed at how fabulous my blood sugars react to no dairy and no grains. I eat a ton of fruit on this diet and get no spikes. Because I have hosted two dinner parties in the last week, I have once again have strayed from perfect adherence and have had wine. But here is a 24-hour Dexcom tracing that speaks for itself.
Thank-you. As always, I am grateful for my online diabetes contacts. Keep up the good fight, my friends, and keep in touch. Without you, my diabetes would be really, really hard instead of just really hard. Diabetes social media makes a difference.
We're ten days into 2019 and life is the same. But not really the same. Oh yeah, it's probably the same but it's nice to use the reset of a new year to check out where I am. With things related to diabetes. And things not related to diabetes.
I abandon the cold of Minnesota every year after Christmas and snowbird my way to Arizona for 4 months. I have been here about two weeks and we are finally warming up after super cold temperatures and snow in the mountains. We have had a couple of rainy days but mostly the sun shines and my spirits soar. I don't have to worry about slipping on the Minnesota ice.
In early December I wrote about going back to my Animas Vibe pump due to occlusion alarms and other frustrations with my Tandem X2 pump. I went back to the X2 for my endocrinologist appointment later in December because I want my medical records to show nothing other than Tandem use. Medicare Part B insulin and pump supplies require the serial number of my pump and I don't want to risk coverage nor do I want to put my endocrinologist in a situation of having to fudge on what pump I am using. Then because I was traveling to Arizona, I wanted to wear my in-warranty pump so that if the second pump in my suitcase was lost because of shenanigans while I was being groped by TSA, it would be the old "worthless" pump.
But very quickly in Arizona, I got frustrated again with occlusion alarms on my Tandem pump. So I ditched it again and am back to my Animas pump. I called Tandem to report that I was having occlusion alarms and indicated that I just wanted that on my record not a pump replacement. Since I have had occlusion alarms with three different Tandem pumps, I am not optimistic that a new pump will make a difference and I don't want to deal with it until I have access to the Dexcom G6 and Basal IQ. For Medicare users, that is expected to start happening in April. Until then I will continue with my workhorse Animas pump that delivers insulin and never has occlusion alarms or other intrusions into my life. As always, please note that I am a huge fan of Tandem and do not regret my t:slim X2 purchase. I just regret that I am one of the unfortunate souls who has occlusion alarms and struggles to succeed with this pump.
I have previously mentioned that I am giving up extreme hikes of 12+ miles in the mountains to preserve the remaining cartilage in my painful arthritic feet. I don't want to have foot surgery especially as I am finding that my August hand surgery solved some of my problems but not all of my problems. I have no confidence that foot surgery will turn me into a 25 year old athlete again….
I am finding new activities and am attending fitness classes three times a week. Plus I ride my bike to everything in my community and never use my car or golf cart. So far I have been keeping in touch with my hiking friends and right now for me the social connection is far more important than the athletic connection.
A lot of things in my life kinda work but are kinda broken. This is definitely a #1stWorldProblem section.
The remote for our main TV does not turn on the tuner or cable box and we must do that manually. If you forget, button pushing randomly turns on some devices and turns off others. When the TV dies, it will require an expensive redo. Until then, we just figure it out and make it work.
My husband broke the battery compartment door of my golf laser gun. To get my distance on the golf course, I push up on the bottom of the gun, push the button, and hope to get the distance. Yeah, it works but is annoying and one more challenge for my arthritic hands. But I don't play a huge amount of golf and don't want to invest in a new laser gun. When this one works. Sorta.
The screen lock button on my iPad is stuck. I should get it fixed but right now I added an Accessibility Feature button that allows me to turn off the screen with a few clicks. Annoying but a cheap fix.
The garage door manual close button doesn't work due to a lightening strike last year. So I have to enter the code which works fine but is an extra kinda-broke step.
My August hand surgery fixed one of the bad joints in my left hand. But it didn't fix the joint that hurts when I play golf. And the bad elbow wasn't even addressed. So a hand brace and an elbow strap make golf possible.
When I flew into Arizona in late December and picked up my husband's car at the airport lot, the car screamed brake failure and stranded me in a rocky industrial lot north of the airport. AAA, a loaner car, and an eventual warranty repair got me home in a few hours and the car back in our garage a few days later. Thanks heavens that the brakes failed before I got to the highway.
We have dealt with a quirky HP printer for several years where it always needs to have its network settings re-entered weekly just to print a crossword puzzle. Finally it got an unfixable error message and we now have a new Epson printer that promises to be more reliable. I hope. New printer=$90. Ink for new printer=$70. Argh!
Yeah. My pancreas is still broken. But what's new???
Abby the Black Lab is doing okay but is in pain due to arthritis and other health issues. She started laser treatments today and the prognosis is good for easing her symptoms. She is still happy and eats and drinks well. And she looks super cool in the doggie sunglasses required during her laser treatments. But she is an old dog and age is not fixable….
Happy New Year to all of my readers and may 2019 be a good year for you and your family.
Is it back to the future or forward to the past?
What I do know is that this month is my two-year anniversary using a Tandem insulin pump and I just went back to using my Animas Vibe. I am hoping that an older, simpler pump will ease my navigation through the current dark clouds of my Type 1 diabetes. I wrote a blogpost in late November about my diabetes life as a country music ballad and things haven't changed much. My elderly dog is recovering well from pneumonia but struggling to move around due to arthritis and an injured foot. The cold and cloudiness of late fall continue to trap me in gloom and icy streets prevent neighborhood walks. I have been in an extended funk where my diabetes doesn't follow the expectations of "If I do A, then B will happen." A lot of time I do A and seemingly nothing happens. Is it the pump? Is it the insulin? Is it my behavior? Is it one of Diatribe's 42 factors that can impact blood sugar? I am burdened by diabetes technology that doesn't give me sufficient control over intrusive beeps and sirens.
But back to the subject of this post. I am using my Animas Vibe in place of my Tandem t:slim X2. I have always relied on the Vibe as a backup pump so it is not a bad idea to road test it after two years in the closet. I figured that I would quickly miss the X2 but have instead discovered that I really like this old pump.
I was concerned that going back to scrolling for carb and BG numbers would be horrible but in many ways it is easier than using a touchscreen and navigating through multiple "Are you sure?" screens. I really appreciate the immediate bolus delivery of the Vibe. With Animas, I program the bolus, it whirrs, and delivers insulin before I can get the pump back in my pocket. With Tandem, I program the bolus, it delays for a while, micro-boluses, and eventually finishes with a confirmatory vibrate a minute or two or three later. The Animas clip is a delight with its easy attachment and actually holds the pump securely on my waistband. Temporary basals are simple to enter and a temp basal of zero does not result in an annoying warning alert several minutes later. The Combo Bolus function remembers my last setting rather than requiring a recreation of the split and duration each time. My arthritic hands are having an easier time with the Vibe buttons than with the increasingly stiff T-button on my X2.
There are lots of wonderful things about Tandem pumps but I have been one of the unlucky people who gets occlusion alarms. Most users don't get them. The vast majority of the alarms are false. I just hit "Resume Insulin" and go on my way. Lately I have had a couple of alarms that actually required replacement of the infusion set and/or cartridge. I have done extensive troubleshooting with Tandem over the years and am on my 4th pump. Only one of those pumps did not give me occlusion alarms and it unfortunately had a defective T-button. I never had occlusions in 12 years of pumping with Medtronic and Animas.
I am tired of troubleshooting. I sometimes experience one or two occlusion alarms a week and then go a while without them. But after two years of alarms, I think about occlusions almost every time I bolus. I average 8-9 boluses per day and that is a lot of thinking about occlusions. I am tired of holding the pump with the tubing extended post-bolus to prevent occlusions. I am tired of feeling guilty for stubbornly refusing to use the Tandem case and for not changing my cartridge every 3 days. I have a low TDD of insulin and an every 3-day cartridge change results in wasting as much insulin as I use. I do replace my infusion set every 2 days.
Longterm I know that I will eventually be back to Tandem. I am probably just being a pouty and whiny problem child. Despite fewer alarms and intrusions into my life, the Vibe has not cured my diabetes but I am doing better. I am committed to Dexcom and thus don't envision switching back to Medtronic. I am super excited about getting access to the Dexcom G6 and Basal IQ; as someone on Medicare, that should happen in the spring. Hopefully the benefits of Basal IQ and eventually Control IQ will outweigh the insulin delivery problems. An Animas pump is not a longterm option. Johnson & Johnson abandoned the pump market and there is no customer support for my out-of-warranty Vibe. If it quits working or the case breaks, I am done. Fortunately I have a lot of supplies and was recently given enough reservoirs to last for several years. I can use Tandem infusion sets by substituting the t:lock tubing with luer lock tubing.
Diabetes Awareness Month is not over so I guess I am allowed to post a blood and gore photo. The bleeding on my belly was much worse than the tissue shows, so just envision 10x the blood of the photo. Oh let's just be outrageous and imagine 100x the blood! It is still November and I can b*tch about diabetes and the frustrations of dealing with my D-tech. I can be strong on the outside and be sad inside. It is my 42nd November with diabetes and I can do whatever I darn well please.
Today was a weird day and it ended up being a perfect 12-hour basal test.
My dog Abby had surgery two months ago for a condition called "larangeal paralysis" for which the poster child is elderly Labrador retrievers. The biggest risk of this surgery is aspiration pneumonia. I knew that Abby was sick yesterday and early this morning her lethargy and 103.3 temperature sent us to the emergency vet. She is currently in doggie intensive care inside an oxygen tent with an IV for fluids and antibiotics. We have chosen to treat this episode of pneumonia knowing that we won't treat again.
But I didn't get breakfast.
Then I had previously promised to take care of the grandchildren today. I'm not quite sure why the older ones didn't have school, but they didn't. I could have canceled, but since Abby was in the dog hospital, I picked up the kids and we came to my house for Christmas crafts, game time, and doing our best to keep 18-month year old Natalie off of the stairs. I fed the kids lunch but didn't get around to eating myself.
I drove the kids home mid-afternoon and then stopped at Costco on the way home. I got home at about 5:00 and my BG was at close to 100 after starting the day at 80-ish. Over the next 2 hours, nothing much happened. So a perfect basal test. A 20-point rise over 12 hours is testament to great basal rates and I was kinda feelin' okay about that.
I bolused 32g carbs for the Whole 30 stuffed pepper I was having for dinner. The hubby hates dinners like this but he is out of town.
Bolus. Tandem pump alarms for an occlusion alarm. Ugh! My TruSteel site was a little sore this afternoon so I changed out the site but not the tubing or cartridge. Tried the bolus again. Nope! Another occlusion alarm.
Although I am a Tandem "doesn't follow the rules" girl, I changed out both the cartridge and the infusion set. I tried to pull the 100+ units of insulin from the previous cartridge but it was mostly bubbles and I just tossed it. When I pulled out the TruSteel set, I got gobs of blood. My bathroom countertop shows the riffraff of my diabetes debris.
New infusion set, new cartridge, and new insulin. I bolused again for the stuffed pepper.
Last time I looked at my CGM, it was 139 with a slanted arrow up.
Remember my BG was about 100 at 6:23pm.
So my daytime basals are good as my BG only rose 20 points over 12 hours. But my diabetes tech failed me: both the infusion site and the finicky occlusion alarms of my Tandem pump. I have double-bolused for dinner and my BG is still rising. Well, actually I tripled or quadrupled bolused but the pump alarmed on the first attempts.
It is now after 8:00pm and my BG is still rising. I am hungry for dinner but won't eat until I am convinced that my infusion site, pump, and insulin are functioning properly.
It is now 9:00pm and the numbers are not going down.
Sometimes the hardest part of diabetes is that when you do it right, it does you wrong.
Tuesday morning note: Abby is home and doing well.
I recently wrote two blogposts (here and here) about false occlusion alarms on my Tandem t:slim X2 pump. I was not shy about sharing my frustrations and I want to update my story with the fingers-crossed!!! resolution of my problem.
I have always had good customer service from Tandem. Despite the long wait times on hold reported by some people on Facebook, I have never had to wait more than a couple of minutes. I have never yelled, cried, or been rude to Tandem tech reps, but lately I have worried that they might start to label me as a "customer from h*ll" as I repeatedly called to report more occlusion alarms.
The problem with false occlusion alarms is that when the pump is not shrieking about the stoppage of insulin, it works fine. Thus my pump passed all the tests that that Tandem support had me go through and in the end the in-house reps did not have the authority to authorize a replacement pump. The issue was referred to my local trainer.
When my first X2 had weekly occlusion alarms for many months, I met with this trainer to review my technique on reservoir fills and infusion sets. We have a good relationship and when she heard that I had experienced 5 occlusion alarms in 9 days, she arranged for an immediate X2 replacement. The new pump arrived within 24 hours and I have been happily carrying the case-less pump in my pocket. So far there have been no occlusion alarms and I am cautiously optimistic that my problem is solved.
Although I am happy with the new pump, I don't seem to be able to stay away from Velcro. Maybe it is an addiction…. Or maybe it is just the inability to accept diabetes tech when it doesn't quite fit into my life. Soon I will be heading to South Carolina for a few days in the ocean and pool with grandkids and family. After that I am having hand surgery. Both occasions require a clip on the pump.
The Tandem case with a clip would work for the surgery but not for the beach. I want a clip on my pump to attach it to the pants portion of my tankini swimsuit and the case would work for that. But when I am in the water, I want to use my Aquapac pump case (actually a Radio Microphone case) purchased many years ago as a waterproof case for my Medtronic pumps. It is an expensive and somewhat bulky solution that allows me to wear my pump strapped around my waist with guaranteed water protection. The Tandem case is too large to fit into the Aquapac.
So I am back to a Nite ize Hip clip applied directly to my pump. Rather than using the two-sided tape that comes with the clips, I use Scotch Outdoor Mounting Tape because it is equally strong but much easier to remove. Unfortunately the Nite Ize clip is only marginally better than the Tandem clip when it comes to falling off my waistband and I applied Velcro hook pieces to both sides of the clip interior to provide some grip. People on Facebook have reported using heat shrink on the Tandem clip but I am not sure how that would work with the different design of the Nite Ize clip. And anyway, Velcro is what I know and Velcro is what I have in my junk drawer.
Today I have a new pump that seems to accept living in my pocket without a case. I have a Nite Ize clip applied directly to the pump which allows me to clip the pump to my swimsuit but is small enough to fit into various pockets and the Aquapac pump case. The clip is attached to my pump with a strong tape that is easy to remove when I decide to go clip-less or use the case instead.
Pump. Clip. Velcro. No occlusions. That just about sums it up.
Last week I published a blogpost addressing my annoyance with false occlusion alarms on my Tandem X2 insulin pump. Periodically Tandem techs have advised me that using a case might eliminate the alarms and that has actually been my experience. But I hate the case which makes the pump heavy and bulky instead of slim and sleek. Thinking that maybe adding something to the pump to protect the vent holes might mimic the case, I experimented with attaching a black plastic ring to the back of the pump.
In my typical stubborn fashion, I put the case-less and clip-less pump back in my pocket. Fast forward to Saturday where I had another occlusion alarm—the 5th alarm in 9 days. (Please note that these alarms stop insulin delivery so they are a serious problem.) Not only did the blogpost jinx me, one of my Facebook friends who never gets occlusions got an alarm on her X2. Then another friend got an occlusion on his Medtronic pump. Occlusions are spreading like wildfire through the diabetes pumping community!
Maybe the wildfire remark is an overreach, but I cried uncle and put my pump in a t:case vowing to wear it clipped to my waistband. Unfortunately I had previously broken my black case and was stuck using the pink case which I don't like. Boy, do I sound like someone with a severe case of #1stWorldPrivilege! In my defense, Amy Tenderich of Diabetes Mine figured out a long time ago that design is important for diabetes devices and her 2007 "Open Letter to Steve Jobs" went viral.
The 24 hours that I wore the pink case reinforced now much I hate it. Both the shade of pink and the amount of black showing through the cutouts bug me. I decided to purchase a new case and was disappointed that black is out of stock in the Tandem Online Store and at Amazon. So it was back to the drawing board. I devised a minor engineering solution to secure the Tandem clip to the broken case by using Velcro in place of the missing plastic anchor strip. So far it is working and my fingers are crossed that the fix will be durable. The Velcro does double duty by adding "grab" to help prevent the pump from sliding off my waistband, an unfortunate common t:case problem.
So it has been another-day another-adjustment to diabetes tech. If I continue to get occlusion alarms on this pump, I will now be totally justified in battling for a replacement pump. If a case solves the alarm problem, I should be happy. But I will still be frustrated. Frustrated that Tandem promotes the small size of the X2 with photos of the case-less pump. Frustrated that many people use the t:slim successfully without a case and I can't. And maybe most importantly, frustrated that I still don't understand why.
7/30/18 Afternoon: I need to stop publishing blogposts because once again my fix that was successful for two days FAILED. The clip slipped out of place and the pump fell off my waist mid-morning. Ugh! My latest solution to prevent going back to the pink case is to attach a Nite Ize clip to the back of the case using strong outdoor adhesive tape. There are various pieces of Velcro on the inside of the clip to make sure the pump stays put. Although I do not miss my Animas pumps in many ways, I do miss the clip that easily attached to the pump and held it tightly on my waist.
Periodically I have thought that I have solved the problem and interestingly I have had completely different experiences with my three X2 pumps. Pump #1 got weekly occlusion alarms during the first four months of use. I eliminated the alarms by either using a case or wearing the pump on my waistband with a Nite Ize Clip. But I hated those solutions and eventually went back to carrying my case-less and clip-less pump in my pocket. For no discernible reason the occlusion problem didn't reoccur and I only had two or three occlusion alarms in the next 11 months. In February 2018 Pump #1 was replaced due to a battery failure. I only used Pump #2 for a month due to a defective T-button. But in that time I did not have a single occlusion alarm.
Then I got Pump #3 and immediately returned to weekly occlusion alarms and sometimes two or three a week. I figured these alarms were the price of refusing to use a case or clip and I just lived with them. Then a couple of 2-alarm days convinced me that enough is enough. I dug the case out of my supply box. The pump became heavy and large with the case and would no longer would easily fit into the waistband pockets of my workout pants and pajamas. Total PITA. But I didn't get occlusion alarms. Hating the case, I went back to the Nite Ize clip with the pump on my waistband. And ugh, I started getting occlusion alarms again.
So now my question became: Why does the case eliminate false occlusion alarms? A Tandem tech rep once told me that the case eliminated temperature fluctuations that occurred when I took the pump out of my pocket to enter a bolus. Seemed kind of far-fetched and if that was the case, why doesn't everyone who carries the pump in their pocket get occlusion alarms? And when I was wearing the pump on my waistband with a clip, why did I get occlusion alarms because there was no temperature change?
My current hope is that the case works because the cut-out over the pump vent holes stops the vents from being blocked during insulin delivery. How could I replicate that without using a case? On Tuesday I went to the nearby Ace Hardware and wandered down the aisle with screws, washers, nuts, springs, etc. I bought a couple of gizmos including black plastic rings with a hole large enough to protect the 6 vent holes on the back of the pump. (It should be mentioned here that there are constant discussions on Facebook about the purpose of these tiny holes and some people swear that they are only for sound. A Tandem tech rep recently told me that the holes are dual-purpose and function both as vents and speaker holes. So that's what I am choosing to believe.) I also bought 2-sided adhesive strips.
It will take a week or two to see if this MacGyver fix works. I started a new cartridge yesterday and I rarely get occlusion alarms until the cartridge measure 80-120 units. If I make it a week without an occlusion alarm, I will have to see what happens with my next cartridge. And then another.
Diabetes. A science experiment that sometimes requires engineering solutions.
Other Comments: I truly believe that false occlusion alarms are related to a design flaw in Tandem pumps. I have so many questions. What percentage of Tandem pumpers experience these alarms? It is hard to tell because social media only attracts those having the problem. Are there common characteristics for those of us getting the alarms such as low TDD of insulin and small boluses? Or is it that certain pumps have overly sensitive occlusion sensors? I could go on and on with questions.
At the same time I want Tandem to succeed. I like almost everything about my t:slim X2 and I appreciate the innovation and good customer service that comes from this company. There are few pump choices these days and my being on Medicare reduces that number even farther. My primary D-tech loyalty is to Dexcom as my CGM and I am unlikely to return to Medtronic although I was previously happy with my Medtronic pumps. At this time Omnipods are not a good financial option for many of us on Medicare and I have always been fine with a tubed pump. I am intrigued by Bigfoot Biomedical using the Freestyle Libre and keep my fingers crossed that it will be a future option for me.
I do not follow all of the Tandem rules. Because of my low TDD of insulin, I refuse to change my cartridge every 3 days and throw away more insulin than I use. I change it about once a week while replacing my infusion sets every two days. This was how I operated on Medtronic and Animas and it works for me. With my first X2 I tried changing the cartridge every 3 days a few times and still got occlusion alarms.
I have always had superb customer service from Tandem. Although I am continually frustrated by false occlusion alarms, I do not regret my choice of the Tandem t:slim X2. If I had to choose a new pump today, I would probably choose the X2 again.
But false occlusion alarms are a problem.
Starting with the Dexcom G4 released in 2012, I have bolused insulin based on my CGM. Although the G4 was not FDA-approved for insulin dosing, I was comfortable doing so "sometimes, in certain circumstances, and within certain guidelines." That quote comes from a 2013 blogpost titled "To Dose or Not to Dose" and explains that I mostly trusted the Dex but averaged 8 fingersticks per day.
Fast forward 5 years. I regularly dose insulin off my Dexcom CGM and only average 4 meter tests per day. That average reflects sensor day 1 where I might test 8 times and other days where I may only test 2-3 times. The Dexcom G5 is somewhat more accurate than the algorithm of the original G4, but the difference is only a couple MARD points and not a huge statistical variation.
So what has changed that I have eliminated at least 4 meter tests per day?
What has changed is Me.
I have 10 years of CGM usage under my belt. The early years of Medtronic SofSensors were rocky with a huge improvement when I moved to the Dexcom 7+. The 7+ was reliable for trends but I don't remember trusting it enough to guide my bolusing decisions. With the mostly reliable G4 numbers, I frankly just became lazy about using my BG meter. I had good insurance with no need to ration test strips and no issue poking holes in my fingers. I was just lazy and welcomed a small reprieve from a few daily diabetes tasks. Before I knew it, the laziness turned into a habit. It was initially a guilty habit but over time CGM reliance became entrenched in my diabetes decision-making.
And guess what. It didn't kill me! And now it is FDA-approved.
Lately I have been frustrated with inconsistencies between my meter and my Dexcom numbers. It drives me crazy. I have always had issues with Dex sensors reading low. As I increasingly target normal-ish BG numbers, the Dex low tendency often results in alarms for lows that aren't lows. Dexcom screams 65; meter says 85. Maybe I calibrate and Dex goes up to 75 before dropping back down to the 60's. I know that numbers showing up after calibrations are determined by "The Algorithm" but sometimes if I enter 85, I just want the receiver to say 85.
My perfecto personality overreacts to diabetes numbers. When my meter and CGM feud, I calibrate too often. I over-manage blood sugars. I get lows and highs as I target perfection and my mental health meter explodes.
Do I start testing 8-12 times a day like in the old days? Do I donate the CGM to Goodwill?
I just move to Planet Dexcom and go with the flow of CGM numbers. I test less.
Although Dr. Bernstein might disagree, I believe that when you are 66 years old with 42 years of diabetes under your belt, 20 or 30 points here and there probably doesn't matter a lot. Especially if I have a flatter CGM tracing because of fewer peaks and valleys. By not obsessively using my meter, I might miss some large Dexcom/meter discrepancies. At the same time, it hasn't killed me yet. I am mostly hypo unaware. But because I have had so few catastrophic lows since the introduction of Dexcom G4, I have some confidence that if I pay attention to my body and my diabetes devices, I am somewhat protected from incapacitating lows.
Remember. It hasn't killed me yet.
Note: Because I am on Medicare, I am using the Dexcom G5 and it will be a while before I have access to the G6. I find it interesting that many of the early-users of the G6 which requires no calibration are celebrating its accuracy. Simultaneously they are claiming that they are not using their BG meter. So actually they don't know how accurate it is. They are living on Planet Dexcom and finding that it is a relatively safe and happy place to be.
Some other CGM planet in the diabetes universe.


That is the most vocal and predominant demographic in our hobby. Do amateurs really think our little slivers of the spectrum are "needed" in the event that traditional communication methods fail? Then when you also have people that don't do anything laughing at the ones that are trying The LA Emergency Communication Center was working, police departments, fire departments, even utility companies were working almost immediately, all using their own radios.


A 39-year old woman got pregnant 13 times to avoid a jail sentence, after she was convicted of corruption charges, in northwestern China.
The convict, who was identified only by surname as Zeng, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2005. But, when the court learned about her pregnancy it gave her a probation decision at the time of conviction.
However, she later underwent an abortion after the probation decision and went on to pursue the tactic, reports the People's Daily. She was originally sentenced by Urumqi Intermediate People's Court in Xinjiang autonomous region.
Zeng claimed that she was pregnant 14 times, and just one of the instances was found to be untrue. When the Municipal Bureau of Justice found out that Zeng was deliberately using the ploy, it appealed the court and eventually put Zeng in prison.


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Giolito looks to keep impressing on MLB.TV
Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico meet in 2nd round of Classic
By Daniel Kramer
Five Spring Training games and two more World Baseball Classic contests can be seen today and tonight on MLB.TV.Top White Sox pitching prospect Lucas Giolito will look to continue his strong spring, while Jacob deGrom and Lance McCullers square off in Grapefruit League play. In San Diego, the Classic continues
Five Spring Training games and two more World Baseball Classic contests can be seen today and tonight on MLB.TV.
Top White Sox pitching prospect Lucas Giolito will look to continue his strong spring, while Jacob deGrom and Lance McCullers square off in Grapefruit League play. In San Diego, the Classic continues with a heavyweight matchup between the undefeated Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic teams.
Fans can follow much of the action live on MLB.TV.
MLB.TV Premium is only $112.99 for the entire season. In addition to getting every out-of-market game live or on demand during the regular season, you can watch nearly 300 Spring Training games live and blackout free, plus the World Baseball Classic live (U.S. only). This package has the best value and provides access to more than 400 devices and a free subscription to the MLB.com At Bat Premium app (a $19.99 value). It offers the best picture quality ever -- at 60 frames per second -- for supported devices, while other great features include choice of home or away broadcasts, live game DVR, multi-game viewing and more. Monthly signups for MLB.TV Premium are now underway as well for $24.99, and the MLB.TV Single Team package is also available as an $87.49 yearly subscription.
Here's what to watch for throughout the day (all times ET):
Giolito makes fourth spring start: [email protected], 4:10 p.m., MLB.TV
Giolito, the No. 11 prospect in baseball and one of the significant returns in the White Sox offseason overhaul, is 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA and 1.00 WHIP in nine innings over three starts this spring.
The right-hander said he was disappointed with his debut against the Cubs two weeks ago, but he has since shown considerable improvement with command. Giolito, who struggled in 21 1/3 MLB innings to a 6.75 ERA last year, figures to crack Chicago's big league roster at some point in '17.
Mariners lefty James Paxton, who will be making his third spring outing, overpowered the Cubs his last time out with five strikeouts in three innings.
Battle of Classic unbeatens: [email protected], 9 p.m., MLB.TV and MLB Network
Pool F opens at Petco Park with an enticing matchup pitting two of the four teams that marched through the first round without a loss -- and a rematch of the '13 Classic final.
"We have to face the best teams, and definitely Dominican is one of them," said Puerto Rico manager Edwin Rodriguez. "We're ready for them, and I'm sure they also have been watching us, too, in the same way we've been watching them. It's going to be a great game."
Puerto Rico, which outscored opponents 29-7 en route to earning the top seed in Pool D, will face its biggest test yet against the defending champion Dominicans, who are coming off resounding wins over Colombia and the United States in Pool C.
Carlos Martinez, who started the Dominican Republic's opener on Thursday, will take the hill again tonight in a late change of plans. The starter originally listed was Ervin Santana, who left Twins camp on Monday and is expected to replace Wily Peralta on the team's second-round roster and start on Saturday against Team USA.
Shoemaker makes third start: [email protected], 4:05 P.M., MLB.TV
Even with a limited farm system and questions of depth and longevity, the Angels are among a handful of sleeper teams entering '17. Much of their potential success will hinge on starting pitching, notably right-hander Matthew Shoemaker, who will be making his third Cactus League start today.
Shoemaker, whose '16 season ended on Sept. 4 when he suffered a skull fracture after being struck by a line drive, has given up five runs in five innings this spring, but he notched six strikeouts against the Indians last Thursday.
The Angels face a Royals club that faced similar questions about rotational depth before adding Jason Hammel last month. Ian Kennedy, who is coming off a strong first year with the club, tossed two scoreless inning against the Dodgers in his spring debut March 3. Last week in an exhibition vs. Team Venezuela, Kennedy allowed two runs (one earned) over two innings.
Daniel Kramer is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DKramer_.

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A CMB documentary TV series presents the untold story of China's quest to advance the health of its people over a tumultuous century. Much of Chinese capacity was the introduction and expansion of modern medical sciences by CMB through its premier institution, the Peking Union Medical College. The documentary will trace how, from his first charitable donation of just $10 in 1865, John D. Rockefeller's growing contributions transformed the course of modern medicine in China. Through historic recreations and contemporary accounts, this documentary film will trace one hundred years of exchange of people and ideas at the frontier of modern medicine.
The documentary is intended to both entertain and educate, following the extraordinary work of a group of men and women, American and Chinese, through four wars and three revolutions, reviewing the challenges that CMB faced as it charged a path through the dramatically changing contexts of US-China relations over the course of the 20th century. The documentary will be filmed in Chinese and broadcast in China. It will be set primarily in the present day, but will also relate stories from the past that are linked to continuing themes in CMB's work and in China's ongoing struggle to improve the health of its people.
A short preview of the documentary TV series is available in English and in Chinese.
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I went to a potluck on Sunday and was really encouraged to meet someone who had bought The Truth Beyond the Sky at Big Island Book Buyers! So happy to hear how much she was enjoying the story!
In case you haven't heard yet, all 3 books in my Tropically-Inspired Sci-Fi trilogy are available there! You can start with this book, or with The Island on the Edge of Forever — But I'd stop in sooner rather than later, before they sell out!
The first two books are #TropicalSciFi – so they're perfect novels to read if you love tropical climates (or live on one!) I also stop by the store from time to time, and if you see me there, I'm more than happy to sign a copy & write a personalized message, just for you!
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On the anniversary of his mother's disappearance, Zahn makes his annual trip up to the island summit — only to be awoken by a blinding object thundering down from the sky, setting off a chain of events that takes him face to face with a living starship and its cryptic pilot.
For the first time, Zahn has the chance to learn the fate of his mother, but to do that, he must go to the core of the galaxy itself, where he encounters the #Vakragha, a species bent on consuming entire stars. To Zahn's horror, he learns that they're heading toward his home. And only the Tulari stone, which has been missing for aeons, can stop their devastating wormholes.
But saving his world from armageddon isn't all he has to worry about. Just when Zahn lands on a moon stolen by the Vakragha, he makes a breakthrough, finally learning his mother's true fate. Now he is faced with a heartbreaking decision that could either save his world or doom it forever.


I understand what it's like, I've been there myself, you have all of these big ideas that you know would work, make millions, go viral and so on, but you simply don't have the cash to push them through. It's frustrating, finding investment is hard, and you feel as though you're in a vicious circle that you'll never get out of.
But there's hope! To make money when you don't have any, you have to do two things.
Number one is scaling down. When you don't have enough money, you need to have a certain mindset that can take you from location A to location B.
This mindset is made up of acceptance and compromise. Accepting the fact that you can't go out and spend thousands on advertising, then compromising to find a scaled down version of what you originally wanted to do.
This is where most people struggle because they aren't willing to put out what they would call a…bad product/service. But for anyone who's read the book The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, you'll know where I'm coming from. For those of you who haven't, I recommend reading it.
The Lean Startup talks about your MVP – Minimum Viable Product. This is a version of the product or service that requires the least amount of time and money spent but still does the job in a minimalist way. What's the point in spending thousands on a new idea if you haven't tested it yet, or worse, spending thousands of hours and wasting time you can never get back?
This is why sometimes, the one with the least money comes out on top. Having too much cash can be a burden, it makes you reckless and somewhat lazy. You begin to believe that flooding money into your idea will automatically make it work, but it doesn't quite work this way.
Some of the best companies in the world were started from the absolute bare minimums. Take James Dyson for example. James was an inventor, had some ups and downs, but was fairly stable. There came a time in his life when he didn't have too much cash to play around with. He had a big idea, yet couldn't implement it.
Instead of giving up, James turned to the MVP system and created a hoover out of a cereal box. (I'd love to tell you how). He hoovered the entire house twice and realized that his cheap product worked. This was step one complete; he worked with what he had where he stood and came up with something that could take him to the next step.
I see so many people complaining about not having enough money, yet they haven't even tried the basics. A world class website straight out of the gate isn't realistic, but don't worry. Just having something in place, a platform to build from is the most important factor. You can improve as you go, learn as you go and enable the business to move in parallel with your growing profits.
This system works very much like video games. You can afford better things and be granted access to more exclusive items/opportunities the longer you play and the further you advance. You don't put the disk in and complete the game in 5 minutes with everything available to you.
Progression is progression, no matter how slow you go or from where you start, all that matters is that you're moving.
The second component is being creative. Instead of following a single given path, you need to search for ethical shortcuts, tricks, and opportunities that no one else spotted.
You see, if everyone is after the same goal, reading the same material and learning from the same companies, there will come a time where nothing differentiates you from your competitors. Being different, thinking differently and running as far outside of the box as you can definitely work in your favor when you're broke.
Richard Branson may be the king of this strategy. When he first started out in business, before all of the billions, he too had similar issues in the financial department as I guess many of the people reading this have today. He needed sponsors for his new magazine, but of course, no one wanted to be associated with a new brand that had a small readership, no history, or proven results.
So what did Richard do?
He contacted the biggest company that would get on the phone with him and told them that they could feature in his magazine for free with a double page spread. No catches, just a free advert that would point customers in their direction with no risk or money to be paid. The large company obviously said yes because they had no reason not to, it was free adverting.
So how did this benefit Richard?
Richard then went to smaller companies and showed evidence of this large company featuring in his magazine. To them, it seemed as though the larger company had bought a double page spread. Without hesitation, they all began signing up to Richard's magazine and paying him for a feature. They must have thought, "If such a big company is doing it, then they must know something we don't." He used a form of social business proofing!
This cost Richard nothing but made him the money he needed to reach the next stage of his entrepreneurial journey. A simple creative thought that, for all we know, could have been the catalyst towards his billion-dollar fortune.
Sometimes it's the smallest, most simple and most overlooked features that can make all the difference. Having money is great, of course, it opens up opportunities, but there's something about working with a small budget that heightens your senses, makes you hyper-aware to opportunity and more selective in how you spend what you have.
If you're broke but have a great idea, never forget that you have the start-up advantage, something that larger companies have been trying to get back since they grew.


- Light doesn't knockdown. Med causes soft knockdown. Hard causes Wall Bounce.
Alex is a force to be reckoned with. Especially with his command grabs, ground bounce, lots of ways to get inside, high damaging combos - you'll want to keep distance against him. He does lack mobility and is a big target, but has above average health. Assists are pretty good as well. I'm thinking of giving his HP Slash Elbow wall bounce properties like TvC, but I think Air Stampede causing ground bounce makes up for it. Or give him the Dropkick command after Slash Elbow and make that wall bounce instead of snap back. C&C are welcome.
I'm coding Stun Gun Headbutt, and I'm thinking that what button you hold during the superpause will determine the distance he will travel (hold LP for short, MP for mid and HP for long). I like this better than using what 2 buttons were pressed, as pressing x+z can be weird sometimes. How does this sound?
Sounds good. Im probably going to do something similar for him in CFJ2. Do you have beta testers yet?
I have some, but could definitely use another one .
Scraped the new Level 3 idea and bump Hyper Bomb up from Level 2. Gonna increase the damage and changed the command to 360+2p.


We invite applications from qualified and highly motivated students for a 3-year PhD studentship to study the effect of climate change on ethnic inequalities in health. The PhD studentship is a joint initiative between the School of Geography and Sustainable Development (SGSD) and the School of Medicine (SoM) and supported by St Leonard's College. The successful applicant will investigate effects of air pollution and extreme weather events on population health and mortality across ethnic groups and will project future health behaviour and mortality patterns as response to changes in weather and pollution (for further details, please see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/gsd/news/title,2691378,en.php). The project will be supervised by Prof Hill Kulu (SGSD), Prof Frank Sullivan (SoM) and Dr Urška Demšar (SGSD).
The scholarship will cover tuition fees, a yearly stipend of £14,777 per year (in the 2018/19 academic year, subject to increase annually), and a research training support grant (RTSG) of £750 per year.
The successful applicant will become a member of two research groups. The research of the Population and Health Research Group at the SGSD covers a wide range of topics including the analysis of health and mortality; family and fertility dynamics; and migration. The group combines expertise in demographic, longitudinal and spatial data analysis. (For further details about the research group, please see: populationandhealth.wordpress.com) The group is part of the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC) (www.cpc.ac.uk). The research of the Population and Behavioural Science Division at the SoM focuses on health informatics and community based clinical trials. (Please see: med.st-andrews.ac.uk/populations). The division is a partnership site for the MRC-led Health Data Research (HDR) UK (www.hdruk.ac.uk).
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated PhD student to work in two international teams of researchers on a cutting-edge social and health science topic and applying advanced quantitative methods to longitudinal and environmental data. The studentship starts in October 2019. For informal inquiries, please contact Prof. Hill Kulu (Hill.Kulu@st-andrews.ac.uk) or Prof. Frank Sullivan (fms20@st-andrews.ac.uk). For enquiries related to the online application procedure, please contact Mrs Helen Olaez in the SGSD Postgraduate Office (ho10@st-andrews.ac.uk). Please include 'St Leonard's PhD studentship' in the subject line of your email.
and 3) Interest in working with spatial and longitudinal data. Coding skills are an advantage (e.g. in R, Stata or SAS), but not required.
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Eligibility: The University of St Andrews strive for equal opportunities. Applications of any background are welcome.


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Posted on February 26, 2011, in atheism, Religion, skeptic and tagged atheism, belief, christianity, creation, creationism, god, logic, Religion. Bookmark the permalink.	9 Comments.
Yeah, if you really wanna bang your head against a table go check out any debate with William Lane Craig. You will hear an incredibly smart and well educated man making some of the worst arguments you'll ever hear.
Because religion demands they exist together.
I don't think it does though. I mean, you can believe that it's possible for the universe to have existed without a creator and still believe that there's a creator. Like, I could believe that it's possible that a perfectly round stone wasn't created by people, but that this one I'm holding was. You can allow a possibility without believing it.
I believe the universe exists without a proximate cause, which means that I believe that it is possible for something complex to exist without cause, which means that I must grant the possibility that God came into being or existed forever without a cause. I can think it very very unlikely that that is possible, and think that as something much more complex than the universe, it is even less likely that a god could exist, but I have to grant the fact that if it's possible for something to come from nothing, that something could be anything, god or universe or whatever. I think god is a stupid idea that is unnecessary and doesn't make sense, but I don't think that god must have a creator.
I'm not quite sure of your standpoint.
Creationists say that the universe is too complex to have happened by accident, so it must have been created by god. But god, to have created the universe, must be more complex than the universe and has to exist on a higher level. Thus, something even more complex must have created him. And so on.
Like all fundamentalist arguments, intelligent design does not hold up to logical scrutiny.
Creationists say that anything complex needs a creator, except god. If god doesn't need a creator, not everything complex needs a creator. If not everything complex needs a creator, the universe doesn't need a creator.
But yes, essentially, if something had to create the universe, something had to create god, and something had to create that something ad nauseum. No matter what, you get to a point where something had to have come into being without a creator.
I don't believe that a not stupid person can honestly hold both thoughts simultaneously. Such is the delusion of faith.
What about God is complex in the same way the universe is complex? I think there is quite a bit of equivocation going on here. God as a being is quite simple. Non-physical entities are not complex as a physically ordered entity.
There is no contradiction if we make the distinction. When theists make the claim the universe is too complex to not have been designed (which is the actual claim, not that it is so complex it must have been created). The laws of physics do not have to be what they are. There are dozens/hundreds of physical constants and laws which must be what they are, but din't have to be in order to sustain life in the universe.
When theists say God is complex, they are usually talking about being able to understand God–His nature, His reasons for things, etc. It's not the same "complex" that is being talked about.
I don't think it's equivocation, it's specification that was not given.
You're saying what should have been said was complex physical things need a creator, but complex metaphysical things do not. This particular religious friend, doesn't make design claims perhaps because he believes in the big bang, but simply thinks there must necessarily have been something to cause the big bang, and that something must have had intention.
I do not understand why physics is considered more complex or more in need of a designer than an all-knowing, all-powerful, creator god capable of intervening in human affairs and changing things with his supernatural powers in addition to having changeable emotion, intent, goals and other consciousness. As something that can effect physical things and manifest itself into physical forms, I don't understand how it is not at least partially physical or how it is less complex than the universe.
The laws of physics do not have to be what they are, but the only way we could exist to observe them is if they were. Millions of other universes may exist, but this is the only one whose rules we can observe and is, necessarily, one in which the rules allow for us. And, as research continues, it's possible that those physical laws may be determined entirely by the behavior of one thing, meaning one rule dictates all the others. So it wasn't a complex set of rules, just one.
"non-physical entities" are not complex because they are fabricated by human imagination.
The creationist/ID argument, then, is that the universe is the way it is and not some other way. Because it's not some other way, god exists?


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With the cost of college skyrocketing and the state's largest public college system struggling financially, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wants the state to spend an additional $60 million next fiscal year to help boost enrollment by convincing some students to return to school.
However, while the governor spent a good part of his budget speech Thursday discussing his higher education initiatives, details of his multi-million plan don't appear in the college and universities' budgets he is recommending the legislature adopt. This is because Malloy is using a budget loophole to get around the state's constitutional spending limits.
"Let's help give our kids the experience they need to fill the highly skilled jobs of the future," the Democratic governor told legislators in his State of the State address Thursday. "Let's help more students graduate, and let's help them share in Connecticut's recovery."
The plan – dubbed "Transform CSCU 2020" – would provide free enrollment in up to three courses at the state's colleges for the 113,000 Connecticut residents who have left school without a degree. To qualify, they would have to pay for one course themselves for each free course they get. The funding would also help launch "early colleges" at all the state's community colleges, where students can graduate high school with a diploma and an associate's degree at the same time.
Malloy's proposal for the state's dozen community colleges and four regional Connecticut State Universities (the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities) comes a year after state lawmakers promised to boost state support by $825 million over the next 10 years to cover operating expenses at the state's other public college, The University of Connecticut.
The UConn plan also provides $1.6 billion for construction projects to accommodate the additional 6,580 students expected to enroll at Connecticut's flagship university by the 2023-24 school year. The "Transform CSCU 2020" plan would have the state borrow an additional $74.5 million for the state's largest college system in the coming fiscal year for construction costs, bringing the plan's total cost to $134 million.
"I had to laugh," House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, said after hearing Malloy's proposal. "We did billions for UConn, and we did $134 million for [the CSCU system]. It's pennies on the dollar."
Cafero said he is not necessarily advocating additional money for the plan but said he's concerned that this imbalance shows there's no statewide approach to higher education, and so funding may be being wasted.
Decline of traditional college-age students
The plans to increase enrollment by one-third at UConn and by thousands at the state's other public colleges and universities come as the state experiences a decline in the traditional college population — recent high school graduates.
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"I had to laugh," House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., said after hearing Malloy's proposal.
Undeterred by these trends and by the steady drop in enrollment at the CSCU schools over the last several years, the system's new president, Gregory Gray, has said he hopes enrolling these additional nontraditional students will help boost enrollment by nearly 10 percent over the next few years.
The system needs this infusion of new students, and their tuition dollars, for its long-term sustainability. In addition to declining enrollments, other fiscal challenges have forced it to cut course availability and freeze the hiring of full-time faculty for the current school year.
Budget loophole
With the year 2020 in its title, the governor is marketing his plan as a long-term strategy. But the $60 million Malloy would provide to cover the operating expenses for the early colleges rely and the buy-one-get-one-free course for dropouts would come from a "one-time revenue transfer," according to the administration.
What Malloy has proposed commonly is known in fiscal analyst circles as an "intercept" — a loophole used to move funds off budget and outside the purview of the constitutional spending cap.
After pledging for weeks that his new budget would comply with the cap, Malloy sent lawmakers a $19 billion plan that falls a razor-thin $8 million under the cap — and that's before the Transform CSCU 2020 initiative is included.
The Democratic governor has been loathe to approve a legal exception to the cap – having criticized his GOP predecessors for frequently going that route. That option also is more complicated, requiring a 60 percent vote of approval in both the House and Senate.
Malloy instead turned to a loophole.
The cap system technically applies only to tax receipts and other revenues assigned to the state budget. Malloy will ask lawmakers to "intercept" $60 million of those revenues – which means that before the money "arrives" in the state treasury, it has been assigned to a new purpose outside of the budget.
Effectively, there would be no difference in how the money is spent in the fiscal year that begins July 1, but the expenditure wouldn't be counted for spending cap purposes.
Traditionally though, state payments to cover higher education costs have been included within the budget.
"This budget is another affront to the spending cap," said Deputy House Minority Leader Vincent J. Candelora, R-North Branford. "This proposal continues to demonstrate that there is no boundary that this governor isn't willing to cross."
UConn released a statement Thursday welcoming Malloy's buy-one-get-one-free course recommendation for all the state's public colleges, but the governor recommended no extra funding to pay for it in UConn's budget.
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He is asking the legislature to approve a plan in which the state would match up to $250 for families with children born or adopted after Jan. 1, 2014, who open a college-savings account. The state's college-savings plan is the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET).
Malloy's proposed $12 million for this initiative – labeled "CHET Baby Scholars" – would be covered by funds that remain in a student loan program that is now defunct. When that money runs out, he proposes that state taxpayers be asked to make a charitable donation to further fund the program when they file their taxes.
"It can give new parents a boost right when they need it most, and it can help encourage college saving right from the start," Malloy said in his budget speech Thursday.
Some Republican legislators question why he wouldn't just use the money to decrease college costs now.
The governor also proposes increasing state-funded financial- and merit-aid for college student to $45 million in the coming year. This would bring the amount of state aid back to the level it was before it was cut two years ago.
"Let's make an investment in every child that will help them afford college," the governor said.
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Q: When to subscribe/bind streams in android lifecycle? I'm using rxAndroid with an MVVM architecture. In my Activity, I need to bind my streams then fetch data from the server, which will eventually call the downstream.
My reasoning is the following:
- I need to unsubscribe my streams in onStop() (onDestroy can cause memory leaks).
-> therefore I need to subscribe to them in onStart() (otherwise coming back from background doesn't recreate the stream).
-> therefore I need to fetch my data in or after onStart(), because the stream has to be bound before I can start calling the upstream.
But in this case, every time I come back to the app after background, it's going to call the fetch method, which is not a behavior I want. Ideally I'd like to call the fetch method once, for example in onCreate().
How can I nicely deal with this problem? I've tried finding solutions on SO and other websites but no luck.

A: So what you are saying is you ONLY want the stream recreated if it hadn't completed yet when the Activity was destroyed and restarted? In this case consider a BehaviorSubject.
It would live outside of the context of the Activity (be sure not to hold a reference to any Activity in the subject, a weak reference would be okay.)
It will deliver the last fetched result when you reconnect to it from the new activity.

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Don't Come Back Until You Find It: Tales from an Antiques Dealer
Bruce Newman (Author)
NEW YORK - It is the early 1940s, and a horse-drawn wooden cart works its way down the strip - Manhattan's Upper East Side. The driver loads his cart at various opulent buildings - with help from thankful supers - taking away tenants' unwanted goods. Returning downtown, the cart's booty will help the fledgling Newel Art Gallery become one of the most influential decorative arts and antiques galleries in the nation.Bruce Newman's new book chronicles his fifty-year career in the decorative arts/antiques arena, discovering, acquiring, and selling art and antiques from all over the world. Newman recounts the early days of being mentored by his father and his own tenure, during which he often dealt with famous clients such as Jackie Kennedy, Dustin Hoffman, and Woody Allen. Finally, he brings his expertise to bear on ways in which a buyer of antiques can feel more confident in their own abilities.Everyone from Antiques Roadshow fans to antiques novices and mavens will find this book a treasure trove of information and entertainment.
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The state of Oklahoma Lemon Law information listed here was current at the time this page was created, but like anything else these statutes could be changed at any time without any notice. I suggest taking the time to verify this information before taking any action based on it. That's why I'm going to include a link to the OK lemon law statutes as they're listed on the Oklahoma Lemon Law state webpage.
2."Motor vehicle" means any motor-driven vehicle required to be registered under the Motor Vehicle License and Registration Act, Sections 22 et seq. of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, excluding vehicles above ten thousand (10,000) pounds gross vehicle weight and the living facilities of motor homes.
C. If the manufacturer, or its agents or authorized dealers are unable to conform the motor vehicle to any applicable express warranty by repairing or correcting any defect or condition which substantially impairs the use and value of the motor vehicle to the consumer after a reasonable number of attempts, the manufacturer shall replace the motor vehicle with a new motor vehicle or accept return of the vehicle from the consumer and refund to the consumer the full purchase price including all taxes, license, registration fees and all similar governmental fees, excluding interest, less a reasonable allowance for the consumer's use of the vehicle. Refunds shall be made to the consumer, and lienholder if any, as their interests may appear. A reasonable allowance for use shall be that amount directly attributable to use by the consumer prior to his first written report of the nonconformity to the manufacturer, agent or dealer and during any subsequent period when the vehicle is not out of service by reason of repair. It shall be an affirmative defense to any claim under this act (1) that an alleged nonconformity does not substantially impair such use and value or (2) that a nonconformity is the result of abuse, neglect or unauthorized modifications or alterations of a motor vehicle. In no event shall the presumption described in this subsection apply against a manufacturer unless the manufacturer has received prior direct written notification from or on behalf of the consumer and has had an opportunity to cure the defect alleged.
D. It shall be presumed that a reasonable number of attempts have been undertaken to conform a motor vehicle to the applicable express warranties, if (1) the same nonconformity has been subject to repair four or more times by the manufacturer or its agents or authorized dealers within the express warranty term or during the period of one (1) year following the date of original delivery of the motor vehicle to a consumer, whichever is the earlier date, but such nonconformity continues to exist or (2) the vehicle is out of service by reason of repair for a cumulative total of forty-five (45) or more calendar days during such term or during such period, whichever is the earlier date. The term of an express warranty, such one-year period and such forty-five-day period shall be extended by any period of time during which repair services are not available to the consumer because of a war, invasion, strike or fire, flood or other natural disaster.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 279, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.


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Q: Laravel 4.2 | Manually auth user I've got in my control panel an option to log manually an user:
Auth::logout();

\Session::flush();
\Session::regenerate();

// login as request user
Auth::login($user);

Well, at my home localhost it works pretty well. But, when I try it on the web server, something strange happened - it seems that the login has succeeded (I can see the user details on the page; name, email, image and etc.), but when I moved to another page, it just dropping me away to login page.
Any ideas?

A: The problem was in the first line:
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Probably the function callback dropping me away every time.
Remove this line and it just works well.


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When an eye for an eye will make everyone blind, why does the Gita teach that?
by Bhavin KatariaJune 12, 2020
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Transcription: Suresh Gupta
Editing: Sharan Shetty
Question: When an eye for an eye will make everyone blind, why does the Gita teach that?
Answer: Bhagavad-gita does not teach the philosophy of "an eye for an eye". Rather, it teaches that we should act out of spiritual love and do whatever that is best for the expression of ours and others spiritual love. Krishna told Arjuna to fight the battle not just to avenge the wrongs done to him by Duryodhana but because Duryodhana was disrupting society, disrupting dharma and taking all of society towards adharma which was causing distress, disorder and disaster. Focusing on this point, "an eye for an eye will make everyone blind" reminds us of a respected Indian spiritual teacher who adapted this biblical saying which in simple term means "Tit for Tat". For such sayings, there is a time and a place where they can be applied and there is also a time, place, circumstance where this philosophy will not apply. For example, when two people are having a street fight and both fight with each other and break each other's teeth, both will become toothless. But if there is a larger interest involved, in the sense, that there are two states and each state is trying to conquer the other state. If one state attacks and the other state stays silent then the first state will become more and more threatening. Rather, if the first state hits and the other state hits back as harder as it can, and this goes on for a while then essentially it will lead to both states becoming cautious of each other and leading to deterrence. Deterrence means a state may avoid an attack thinking it can lead to a counter-attack but if there is no hitting back from the state which is being attacked, then the attacking state will exploit, destroy, dominate or even enslave the other state and there will be complete misery for the ruler who was submissive. For example, Hitler was on a rampage, tormenting the Jews and this Indian leader wrote him a letter asking him to not fight and tried to bring out the nobility within him, but it was in vain. There are some people who are so despotic that when they see someone surrender to them, they do not see that as an opportunity for expressing compassion but rather as an opportunity for expressing domination. Such people see surrender as weakness and a reason to destroy. Thus, when there are small petty trifles and if we start thinking of avenging each and every one of them then there will be continuous animosity and it will degrade the relationship of both people. But when one of the parties is anyway hostile and exploitative, the relationship between them will remain hostile at some level. In a situation where a husband and a wife are living together or two brothers or two sisters are living together in a family, "an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth" is going to create continuous animosity and therefore they will need to overlook the small faults since they have to live together but say if we have a situation of countries like India and Pakistan where Pakistan keeps provoking and provoking and India keeps tolerating and enduring passively then Pakistan will become more brazen leading to a continuous and growing threat of terrorism, insurgency, violence in India. But when India hits back, Pakistan will understand that it should avoid posing any threat and be careful, else India may hit back harder. I am not recommending a war against Pakistan but simply pointing out, that in real politics, the simplistic forgiving attitude will simply lead to self-destruction.
The Bhagwad Gita teaching is that if there can be individual morality then that must be separated from social or state morality. For example, in Chapter 18, when Krishna talks about the qualities of people in different varnas, he describes kshama – forgiveness as one of the characteristics of brahmanas but when he is talking about kshatriyas he says (BG 18.43), yuddhe capy apalayanam – courage in battle as one of their characteristics. Why is this difference? Because the brahmanas at the individual level can be forgiving, but if a king at state level is forgiving, that will lead to transgressors exploiting, dominating, destroying the kingdom. This misconceived sense of charitability or forgiveness cannot be used when the opponent is hostile and bound to exploit and dominate. In history, many Indian kings who were indiscriminately forgiving thought they were very dharmic but unfortunately they did not understand the serving of dharma. They did not understand that kshatriya dharma and brahmana dharma are to be very different. Often the invaders used this forgiveness for their benefit and came back attacking. Each time they were forgiven, they repeatedly came back and attacked and eventually when they conquered, they did not forgive, they slaughtered.
The point is, certainly Bhagwad Gita is not a book which calls for violence. It is very clear about morality and codes of war. The battle took place on a war field between two armies who were prepared, equipped and trained to fight without causing any harm to innocent civilians. It in no way propagates terrorism in the name of religion where terrorists kill defenceless, innocent and unsuspecting people, such a thing is completely against any principle of dharma. Now a brahmana, who is not having a state position, can be forgiving at an individual level, but such a thing can be disastrous at state level because at the state level there are actions which affect the entire kingdom. Therefore, if a king forgives the aggressor and the aggressor attacks and destroys the king and lays pillage on the whole kingdom then sense of forgiveness is mistaken. The real world is such, that a king needs to use force – sometimes to punish criminals within and sometimes to attack and counterattack invaders from without.
Therefore, "an eye for an eye" when it is used in petty trifles among people living together in a family or in a close setting, then it leads to escalation of hostilities but when there is aggression between two states, at that time, the possible strategy of counter-attacking helps in creating deterrence and prevents the escalation of hostility and violence in that situation. Hence, the dharma of a brahmana is different from the dharma of a kshatriya. Forgiveness is the dharma of brahmana and fearlessness in terms of not fleeing from a fight and being willing to fight when necessary for the sake of protection, that is the characteristic of a kshatriya.
To summarise, the Bhagwad Gita does not recommend indiscriminate violence nor does it recommend revengeful attitude like "an eye for an eye" or "a tooth for a tooth" rather the Bhagwad Gita talks about doing whatever it takes to establish dharma and to keep those who are opponents of dharma out of power.
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Top Chef recap
Dallas' John Tesar smokes 'em on Top Chef barbecue episode
Teresa Gubbins
Dec 30, 2016 | 10:55 am
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Dallas Top Chef fans rooting for the hometown team have plenty to squeal about, as local hero John Tesar finally gets his turn on the December 29 show. Called "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em," episode 5 is about barbecue — specifically roasting whole pigs [thus the use of the verb "squeal"].
Roasting whole pigs is a primitive time-honored pastime in Charleston, South Carolina, where this Season 14 takes place. So there is lots of chatter about butchery, sauces, and such. Girl chef Brooke Williamson, for one, cannot wait to get in and butcher that sucker. Feminism as embodied by the willingness to slaughter animals is a big yes on Top Chef.
On sauces, the big dilemma is vinegar or mustard? And roasting temperatures should be low not high, which gives barely-clothed hostess Padma Lakshmi the opportunity to say "lowww and slowww" more than once.
While previous episodes this season have managed to eke out a few surprises, the outcome this week is easier to call — thanks to the time-tested foreshadowing techniques we've come to recognize from Top Chef.
For example, the family phone call. That is almost never a good sign. When you see a contestant — in this case, Silvia Barban, aka the Italian chef — talking on the phone with her family and missing the folks back home, it's a blinking neon sign that says This Chef's Time Is About To End.
The rest of the episode goes on to flog Barban endlessly for daring to do a potato salad without mayonnaise. She does her Italian take on potato salad, and it does not have mayonnaise. Who makes potato salad without mayonnaise? Only a big loser, that's who.
Every other episode of Top Chef that has ever aired congratulates chefs for doing inventive spins on classic dishes. But you do not mess with potato salad. How can you call it potato salad without mayonnaise, broods judge Tom Colicchio. Potato salad sans mayo is a major no-no for judge Gail Simmons, too, who twirls the end of the sidepony braid she's wearing this week because barbecue.
As for the winner, the "tell" is that, when John Tesar goes to make mac and cheese, he's missing a key ingredient: flour. He uses it to make a roux sauce and it's key. At least 3 minutes of him worrying about what to do without flour elapse before his partner from last week's episode, Katsuji Tanabe, offers xanthum gum, a thickening agent popular in gluten-free cooking.
Tesar's never used xanthum gum in a mac and cheese recipe before. This could turn out awful. But by golly if it doesn't end up being the best mac and cheese he's ever made. Chefs are so resourceful! They get these ingredients and they use them to make dishes and the dishes turn out good. Tesar can't believe he's winning after all this time for mac and cheese, but win he does.
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Black Sheep Coffee from the U.K. comes to U.S. with debut in Dallas
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A coffee shop from the U.K. with celebrity ties is opening its first U.S. location in Dallas. Called Black Sheep Coffee, it's a growing chain based in London with a renegade stance: to champion the robusta coffee bean, one overlooked by most coffee snobs.
Black Sheep was founded in London in 2013 by friends Gabriel Shohet and Eirik Holth, who loved coffee and wanted to start their own business. They've built it into a chain with 60-plus locations including cafés and take-out shops across England, Scotland, Wales, France, and the Philippines.
The Dallas shop will open at 6240 E. Mockingbird Ln., in a shopping center in the Lakewood neighborhood. Shohet says it'll open in late spring.
Dallas came onto their radar after they formed a partnership for the U.S. expansion with Kristaps Porzingis, a professional basketball player who was playing for the Dallas Mavericks. He's since been traded to the Washington Wizards, but Shohet says Dallas still seemed like the perfect place to launch.
"I love Texas, it's a great state and a lot of people are moving there," Shohet says. "There's so much growth and Dallas has a good vibe. Kristaps became a good friend and ended up investing. He moved to Washington but we'd gotten this great location on Mockingbird and we're building a local team."
They'll make Dallas their headquarters, with a plan to open another half dozen locations, plus franchise opportunities as well (email franchising@leavetheherdbehind.com).
One of the non-coffee drinks at Black Sheep Coffee is a peanut-butter hot chocolate.Black Sheep Coffee
Shohet and Holth built the company brick by brick, starting out doing pop-ups before moving into brick-and-mortar locations. Their goal is to break the wall between specialty coffee and the mass market.
"We've always been about the coffee," he says. "We source the beans from plantations in southern India, Papua New Guinea, Brazil. We get the best beans in the world: specialty-grade, shade-grown, and hand-picked."
"But our premise was also, How can we bring great quality coffee to the mass market, by providing the best coffee but not making people feel like they're disturbing the coffee sacks?" he says. "Our baristas know their coffee, but if you just want to get your drink quickly and want caramel syrup, then go for it. We make it inclusive."
Their most radical act is their use exclusively of the robusta bean, whose stronger, less delicate flavor profile has seen it relegated to uses such as instant coffee and pre-ground cans, while arabica has been the bean favored by the discerning coffee crowd. But some roasters have begun to reject the narrative that robusta is inferior to arabica.
"We're the only coffee company in the world to focus 100 percent on specialty robusta," he says. "Everybody is always touting arabica, but if you can find a great robusta that's not commercial grade, you have a cool product."
Robusta has twice the amount of caffeine, and he says the growers they work with are more enviro-friendly, requiring less water with more cherries per bush.
"Robusta is thicker and richer, and has an amazing crema when you brew it as espresso," he says. "It's also less acidic, so it's easier to digest on an empty stomach and has more body. It might have less flavor notes than arabica, but that extra body punches through the milk. Robusta is a great bean for drinks made with milk. It's unfair that it has a bad reputation."
Their championing of a bean that others forsake goes with their entire ethos. They also eschew plastic.
"When everybody's doing something, we do something different," he says. "That's what our slogan is about: 'Leave the herd behind.'"
In addition to coffee, their shops have exotic lattes, smoothies, and a signature peanut-butter hot chocolate. They do a small selection of food including bagels, "toasties," and Norwegian waffles, a signature.
"But we don't want to be a restaurant — we'll offer the pastries and items that go with coffee, but we just want to focus on making the best coffee."
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Batching lines by SME Tomsk Electronic Company are aimed for weighing, batching of bulk and liquid materials as per preset recipe (provision of proper quantity ratio of various materials in charge mixture). Quantative ratio of materials depends on the quality of initial materials and requirements to the final product.
This set of equipment includes intermittent batchers and it is aimed for multi-component batching of bulk and liquid materials as per preset mixture (quantative proportion of various materials in charge mixture ) and preset accuracy into process units.
To operate under conditions of external disturbances (poor convergence, chocking up, changes in density, wide material fractions etc) one is to able to change and regulate the capacity of all batchers involved into supply; this function can be performed when automatic adaptive algorithm is used to support the ratio of materials during batching (ASAD).
ASAD control system for intermittent batching provides supervision over deviation in material ratio in the current batch and performs the adaptive correction of material batching in the next portion considering charge mixture distribution in storage bins of metallurgical plants in compliance with preset parameters.
ASAD algorithm implements an adaptive function for materials supply basing on their density, as well as correction of basic materials supply depending on the content of the main component.
Batching of the charge mixture provides stability and proper quality of the final product including homogeneity.
This set of equipment includes continuous batchers and is aimed for continuous batching of bulk materials as per preset mixture (quantative proportion of various materials in charge mixture ) and preset accuracy into process units.
The system provides batching and supply of charge materials as per preset proportion and time interval into storage bins of metallurgical plants (it is the charge mixture not only the separate components - pure ore or pure reducing agent).
ASAD control system for continuous batching adjusts proportion of components in the continuous flow with the accuracy of component proportion at the rate of 1%.
They combine both intermittent batching lines and continuous batching lines. This set of equipment includes intermittent and continuous batchers and it is aimed for batching of bulk materials as per preset mixture (quantative proportion of various materials in charge mixture ) and preset accuracy into process units.


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Chief Debora Black
Chief Debora Black joined the Prescott Police Department in July of 2016, bringing with her more than 36 years of professional law enforcement experience.
Prior to joining the Prescott Police Department, Chief Black served as Chief of Police for the City of Glendale for four years, preceded by five and half years as their Assistant Chief. Previously she worked for the Phoenix Police Department where she began her career in 1980 as a patrol officer and worked her way through the ranks ultimately being promoted to Assistant Police Chief in 2000. During her career, Chief Black was awarded the Medal of Valor, three Medals of Lifesaving and two Police Chief's Unit Awards.
Chief Black is an Executive Fellow for the Police Foundation, dedicated to enhancing policing through innovation and science. She serves on the Board of Directors of Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Arizona and is Past President of the West Valley Chief's Association; she remains active in and supports a variety of local charitable organizations. The YWCA honored her as the Public Service Leader of the Year in 2008.
Chief Black earned a Master of Public Administration and Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University. She attended the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Senior Executives in State and Local Government and has earned a Certificate in Legal Studies at Phoenix College.
Deputy Chief Amy Bonney
Deputy Chief Amy Bonney began her career with the Prescott Police Department in 1998. She served as a Patrol Officer and worked her way through the ranks until her promotion to Deputy Chief in 2016. During her career, Deputy Chief Bonney was awarded the Medal of Valor, and several other departmental and City awards.
Deputy Chief Bonney is an experience public safety instructor and develops and instructs leadership development courses through Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training throughout the State of Arizona.
Deputy Chief Bonney is a proud member of the Prescott Kiwanis Club and serves on the Board of Directors. She is active in several other community organizations such as the Trauma Intervention Program of Prescott, and the FBI National Academy Associates Youth Leadership Program and the Arizona Leadership and Development Program.
Deputy Chief Bonney holds a Bachelor's of Science degree from Northern Arizona University and graduated with the 257th session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
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Q: Getting row number corresponding to a date AND time in differing columns I want to get the row number in a pandas df that corresponds to a datetime value of 14/03/2019 and a time of 6:00. My date and time and in different columns, the date is the index and time is in a column called 'time'.
I tried:
df.index.get_loc('2019-03-14') and df['time'].get_loc('06:00:00')

but I get
ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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A: You can do
(df.index.date=='2019-03-14')&df.Time.eq('06:00:00')


Born in Dorset, England, Edgar Wright's first feature length film as a writer and director was Fistful of Fingers (1994), a spoof of westerns whose tagline read: "The greatest western ever made...in Somerset." He was just 20 years old at the time, and although the film was made on an absurdly low budget with the help of friends from college, it was shown on Sky Movies (a British TV subscription network) and even had a limited theatrical release. That led to him signing with a London agency, and soon after, he landed a job directing the TV sketch comedy series Mash and Peas for the Paramount Comedy Channel. He next co-wrote and directed comedians Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson in the series Asylum before moving to the BBC, where he directed series such as Is It Bill Bailey?, Merry-Go-Round, French and Saunders and Sir Bernard's Stately Homes.
He teamed up again with Pegg and Stevenson for the Channel 4 TV series Spaced, with the two comedic actors writing and starring in the sitcom while Wright directed. The show was an immediate hit and received both BAFTA and British Comedy Award nominations. Renewed for a second series, it received BAFTA and International Emmy award nominations.
Pegg and Wright then co-wrote the feature film Shaun of the Dead (2004), a romantic zombie comedy. Wright also directed, while Pegg played the lead role of Shaun. Though shot in England, the film was released around the world, in countries such as Canada, Belgium, Holland, Australia, Poland, Italy, Norway and the United States.
Wright makes his home in North London.