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thePEBBLE - 09/05/05 - Tips And Tidbits
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What is "Chicago amnesia"?
Is it true that the British royal family takes its last name
from a castle?
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What is a "black act"?
It's a slang term to mean picking a lock in the dark.
What is a "Chicago overcoat"?
In the 1920s, this was an underworld slang term to mean a
coffin.
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Tips And Tidbits
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3. MEDICAL COLUMN by Karin Henderson
Your Immune System: Delicate Yet Critical
How It Serves You And Why You Need To Keep It Healthy
PART 11 of 12
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4. THE SAGA OF PINEHILL by Ken Darby
Pain and stupidity
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5. OBSERVATIONS OF OUR BUSINESS
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STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
The word vaccine comes from the Latin word "vacca," which
means cow. This name was chosen beacause the first
vaccination was given to a boy which came from cowpox.
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Tips And Tidbits
Google Is Everywhere by David M. Ewalt
NEW YORK - Providing further evidence that Google is
everywhere, now it's coming to the rescue of victims of
Hurricane Katrina.
In an effort to help displaced hurricane victims and their
families, ad hoc communities of Internet users are using
mapping technologies from Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news -
people ) to track storm damage, analyze aerial photos and
try to make sense of what little information is available.
Three days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the
Gulf of Mexico, extensive flooding, widespread power outages
and general chaos continue to prevent residents from
returning home, and limit the amount of useful information
emergency workers or members of the media can distribute to
the world outside. What little information about individual
neighborhoods gets out is spotty, at best, and hard to come
by--largely from dramatic, but ill-defined TV news footage.
"We're seeing a lot of images from New Orleans that lack
context," says Shawn McBride, a phone switch technician from
Spokane, Wash., who has been using satellite photos from the
Google Earth service to track flooding and analyze damage to
neighborhoods. "It's impossible to tell from the outside how
things are."
But along comes Google.
One Web site, www.scipionus.com, is combating the confusion
by encouraging users to annotate a Google Map of New Orleans
with information about specific locations. Collectively, the
community is creating a collaborative map Wikipedia. Anyone
with something to add can enter a street address and leave a
marker on the map at that location, providing a few lines of
text about conditions at that spot. "Never flooded, typical
wind damage, passable street 8-31-05," reads one tag. "Trey
and April's We are OK ppl," reports another.
The site, created by Jonathan Mendez and Greg Stoll,
software engineers who work together in Austin, Texas, went
up Wednesday afternoon, and already has attracted nearly
300,000 visitors, who've left more than 600 tags.
Mendez, who grew up in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner,
La., has family who evacuated the area to his home in Texas.
"We all were watching the news and scouring the Web for any
information we could get," he says. "There were forums set
up for people looking for information on particular areas,
but they had hundreds of posts with mostly questions and
little information, and it was hard to read through it all.
I kept thinking, 'I wish there were a map with all this
info, so it would be easy to look this up.'"
The site runs off of the same technology that has allowed
Google users to keep track of everything from potholes to
pizza parlors. In June, the company released code that
allowed outside developers to use and adapt the Google Maps
software. In the months since, Google "mashups" of
geographic data have flourished.
"My friend Greg had played with it to make a map with
markers to particular locations, so I figured if we could
get it so that anyone could add those markers straight from
the Web, we could get the information on the map quickly,"
says Mendez. "People have said they've found it very
useful."
In a separate effort, other Web users have also made use of
satellite photographs of the region available through the
Google Earth service, a program which allows users to view
satellite photos as if they were flying over them, panning,
zooming and tilting the image at will. While most of those
photos depict the area pre-hurricane, the software allows
users to "overlay" other photos and images. So more recent
aerial photos--even pictures from news services and solo
photographers--can be reshaped and dropped onto a satellite
map, illustrating the current conditions.
Pleasantville, N.Y.-based editor and blogger Katherine
Cramer helped popularize the practice, after she noticed
similarities between a Google Earth shot of the south coast
of Lake Pontchartrain, and a news photo illustrating a
nearly swamped New Orleans neighborhood. "I looked at those
and said, 'Somebody needs to be putting these images
together and comparing them.'"
Cramer posted a few thoughts on her Web site, which was
linked to by Boing Boing, a hugely popular blog, and before
long, she was getting e-mails and mashed-together images
from people around the country. "Suddenly we had an
impromptu collaborative process, mostly consisting of people
I don't know," says Cramer.
Shawn McBride made some of the first post-Katrina images,
and posted them online in the Google Earth Current Events
Community, a discussion board for users of the system. "Once
you have an image that you want superimposed, it's kind of
like a puzzle," he says. Photo manipulators look for
distinguishing landmarks that appear in both news photos and
the Google images--a warehouse with a red roof, for
instance--and then stretch and tilt the photo until it lines
up with the satellite map.
The resulting image is sort of a hybrid overlay that can be
directly viewed and manipulated in the Google Earth service,
allowing users to see recent images of their neighborhood,
inside the context of the entire city. "It's not as good as
the original satellite image, but you can get a sense of
whether a house is underwater or not," says Cramer.
Cramer has posted a series of directions on her site
describing how to use Google Earth to check out flood damage
in New Orleans. "I wanted to come up with a process for your
average frightened person, who can get at the Internet, but
is not able to learn new software," she says. "I've had a
lot of people say they couldn't find this information until
they came to my site."
Google Earth images with post-hurricane overlays even
appeared on television Thursday, as a number of news
networks used the tool to zoom in and out of affected areas
to display the damage.
Representatives of Google say they encourage this creative
use of their mapping technology. "We've been kind of
nurturing and growing that for the past two years," says
John Hanke, former CEO of Keyhole, a digital mapping company
acquired by Google in October of last year, who now serves
as general manager of the Keyhole group at Google.
On Thursday, Google began releasing new images of the
flooded areas, and even posted links to a number of
user-supplied image overlays. Hanke says the company will
continue to make available new images over the next few
days, and that Digital Globe, their satellite provider, is
continuing to photograph the area.
Meanwhile, concerned Web users like Kathryn Cramer will
continue to help displaced hurricane victims figure out
what's happening to their homes. "There needs to be some
popularized, centralized instructions on how to find out if
your house is OK," says Cramer. "If people are going to be
shut out of New Orleans for months, how are they going to
know what's going on in their homes?"
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from doing, but truth comes from being.
---- Ken Darby
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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - -
by Karin Henderson
Your Immune System: Delicate Yet Critical
How It Serves You And Why You Need To Keep It Healthy
PART 11 of 12
A healthy Immune System is supplied with a constant and
adequate flow of anti- oxidants (along with many other
elements.) These are received through a well balanced,
complete, nutrient-rich diet.
Most research concludes that the restoration and maintenance
of your healthy body depends strongly on your nutritional
and lifestyle choices. Become aware of the connection of all
these factors. Educate yourself about "oxidative stress".
(An ongoing overabundance of free radicals in an inadequate
amount of anti-oxidants.) In this day of pollution,
pesticides, fertilizers, preservatives, etc., it is very
difficult to avoid free radicals. So you have to prepare to
overcome them instead. You have just read of some of the
different ways these chemicals come into your body. Open
your eyes to the world around you. Do you now see the need
for "nutritional" supplementation: complete and balanced?
And as you probably (like me) won't know how to create this
balanced set of nutrients, find yourself someone who does.
Know that Recommended Daily Allowances RDA's are the minimum
requirements. For a healthy and empowering lifestyle, you
need far more than that: you need "optimum" nutrition. You
can click here to read about "HOW TO CHOOSE A NUTRITIONAL
SUPPLEMENT: A "Multivitamin" Safely And Wisely."
When it comes to your well being, there are no guarantees.
However, the daily decisions you make may have a tremendous
effect on the outcome of your overall health. The better
your nutritional status, the better all systems, including
your immune system will be. (I am sure you have heard of
people who can't heal or heal quickly. This is the reason.)
Commit today to taking the necessary steps towards giving
your body the best possible defenses against disease. Health
is not just the absence of disease: it is the empowering of
your body to perform at its optimal level. Make a decision
NOW treat your body with due care and attention. The results
will astound you! Your job is to feed your immune system
with health-sustaining foods: with nutrients that can
rebuild your Immune System. Doesn't it now make sense to
reduce or eliminate as many chemicals as possible from your
body? The fewer free radicals you have to neutralize, the
quicker the response will obviously be. Let me recommend
one mind-opening book. It is written by a medical doctor who
changed the direction of his practice from drug focus to
wellness focus. Read his wisdom. "Death By Prescription :
The Shocking Truth Behind an Overmedicated Nation" Ray D.
Strand, available from Amazon.com.
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Karin Henderson is a registered nurse and is thePEBBLE's
columnist for our MEDICAL COLUMN.
We appreciate her input very much. Thanks Karin.
You can send Karin questions at
mailto:kflh@shaw.ca
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THE NET'S BEST KEPT SECRET
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THE SAGA OF PINEHILL
by Ken Darby
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Eloise Henry, age 18 when the story began
and David Wylie, age 20, were selected by a
stranger in town to take a dangerous trip,
together. The idea was that each was to take
only the clothes on their back and go
anywhere in the world where the stranger
took them. They were to be left there to find
their own way home. They had no money,
no identification, and no idea where they
were. If they arrived back home, there
would be a million dollars waiting in each
of their bank accounts
The story deals with their adventures along
and leads to the only way they could survive.
The story leads to many friends, many adventures
and many places.
The Saga Of Pinehill, The Adventure
is now in bookstores. A controversial and powerful story.
It will change your life. Go to
http://www.the-pebble.com OR order yours from
your favorite bookstore. ISBN # 1-4137-4723-X
As you read enjoy. It continues . . . . . . .
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The nun looked at him. She cared for him but
now, as she looked at him, she began to see a
somewhat obnoxious figure of a man. He was not the
handsome man in control of all, with whom she had
extracted certain favors. He was a child in a
man's body, who was acting in a disgusting manner.
She began to see him in a different light. She
began to despise him.
She decided to leave.
"No wait!" he called as best he could. He was
weak and could barely speak. "Stay a while. This
will pass."
In that he was correct. The pain was beginning
to decrease and he was made more sensible. He
rose from the floor to the couch and there he sat
for a short while to regain his composure.
"You must not speak a word of this to anyone.
It is very important you keep this to ourselves.
Understood?"
"Yes."
"Then you can go. I will call you later when I
am better. Leave."
His commands, while before they were
authoritative and she admired them, were now
solicitous, demanding, arrogant and distasteful.
She left and as far as she was concerned, she now
no longer wanted to be with him. Little did she
know she would not.
The cardinal had acted poorly in front of her,
what with his pain. He knew she had seen him at
his weakest. He would never call on her again. He
could not stand to see himself through her eyes,
neither could he stand her knowing. He decided he
would call the Reverend Mother and have this nun
transferred, preferably out to the bush or some
backwater place where she would never again see
the world.
The pain was gone now. He could stand, walk
and move about without pain. What was that? How
did it come about? What was happening here?
He did not think of what Sam had said. All he
could think of was the terrible pain he had felt.
Maybe he should call another woman. Maybe the
problem was with that one he was with.
He sat at his desk and once more poured
himself a drink. He mopped his brow. "Thank
goodness that is over." He spoke aloud to himself.
Little did he realize the die was cast. Sam's
words would come to pass. It was his job to ensure
the church gave more than it took, yet his mind
was focused entirely on taking in revenues.
The following week there was not one bit of
money collected. None came in from the "Holy
places" surrounding the shrine and not one bit of
money was collected by any parish within the area
over which he had control. This condition was
nearly unbelievable. That not any money would
come from any congregation - that was
unfathomable.
The cardinal began to consult with his elder
advisors. Only one of them had been in the church
that day Sam visited. As they attempted to
discover the reason this one brought up the
subject of Sam's visit and the words spoken at
that time. The cardinal played it down as being
nothing and the others, not being present that
day, had no understanding whatever. They had heard
rumors but that was all. No one had filled them
in.
The following week proved to be the same. The
cardinal knew he was in trouble. Now he was on his
knees petitioning the God he thought he knew and
represented. He asked for help. He asked to have
the churches populated once again. He asked for
his revenues to commence again. In complete and
utter ignorance he asked for this plague to be
lifted from the church.
As with most men he did not, nor, by choice,
would not see that he and his policies were to
blame for the calamity that befell the church and
that merely doing what he should be doing would
rectify his problems. As with all men he was of
the opinion that all his troubles were being
visited upon him by some external force. He had no
concept of the teachings of Jesus, especially the
law "As ye sow, so shall ye reap." He would deny
unto his death, if necessary, that his own actions
promoted his current problems. He, after all, was
the cardinal and therefore perfect, not subject to
the laws of God, but indeed God's messenger.
Even the cardinal, in times of stress fell
back onto his childhood beliefs of a God sitting
on a throne, in someplace called heaven, passing
out judgments upon each individual person. He was
behaving as if such a God was a loving and
merciful God and inasmuch as he was a cardinal and
a messenger of God, he rated special attention. He
felt for sure his troubles would be over.
It never occurred to him that this was the
first time in months that he prayed, and the
first time in years where he prayed with earnest
enthusiasm. Any prayers he was called upon to
conduct in church were only read from a book and
were personally meaningless unto him. He was just
doing his job and doing only what his "public"
wanted.
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TOMORROW - - - Pain and stupidity
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WHY DO WE SAY IT?
Nail One's Colors To The Mast: Where does the expression
"nail one's colors to the mast" come from?
From naval warfare. In a battle at sea a ship surrenders by
striking its colors- that is, lowering its flag. If the
colors are "nailed to the mast" they cannot be lowered and
the ship cannot surrender; it must fight on no matter what
happens.
Tomorrow: Oats: Why do we say that a youth who's acting the gay young
blade is "feeling his oats" or "sowing his wild oats"?
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HA! HA! HA!
While I was working as a pediatric nurse, I had the
difficult assignment of giving immunization shots to
children. One day I entered the examining room to give
four-year-old Lizzie her shot.
"NO! NO! NO!" she screamed.
"Lizzie," her mother scolded. "That's not polite behavior."
At that, the girl yelled even louder, "NO, THANK YOU! NO,
THANK YOU!"
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AND REMEMBER TO GET A COPY OF
Ken Darby's book, The Saga Of Pinehill, The Adventure
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