I have a vascular disease called Poly Arteritis Nodosa (PAN). That's Arteritis as in Artery, not arthritis. In my case the disease attacks my peripheral nerves.
In 2006 my left arm was paralyzed when the disease took out the radial nerve. I was able to recover most use of that arm with about 18 months of intensive hand and physical therapy. Nerves can regrow at a rate of about one half centimeter per day.
Towards the end of 2006 the disease cut one of my vocal chords. I was told there was a small chance that the vocal chord would recover. In March of 2007 I got Bronchitis. I was wracking and coughing up a storm. I went to the hospital and was given a prescription for antibiotics. That same day my vocal chord recovered.
I can't identify exactly why my vocal chord recovered. I theorize that the physical exertion from coughing "woke up" the damaged nerve. It may also be that the antibiotics somehow played a part.
Likely treatments for a spider bite include antibiotics and cortical steroids. My guess is that he was given steroids, which reduced inflammation. Once the inflammation was reduced that allowed the nerve pathways to connect.
There are many people who've been paralyzed in one way or another for decades. I hope this spider story inspires someone to pursue recovery. Step one is to see a neurologist.
Why not? I've noticed that prices at office supply store are sometimes deeply discounted. I suspect that people who pay for the warranties are subsidizing the rest of us.
My parents bought a computer from Dell many years ago. When it turned out to have a problem, Dell refused to honor the extended warranty. I haven't paid for a PC warranty since then (or bought from Dell). If I'm buying off the shelf it doesn't matter where I get it. It's all about price.
First, when I logged in I browsed to the "Message Center". Most of the contract documents, including the "Customer Proprietary Network Information Notice" were unavailable. The reason they gave was:
Your Customer Proprietary Network Information Notice is available to view online if executed within the last 6 months.
After about 5 minutes of browsing I found how to get Verizon to stop sharing my personal calling information. The steps to change the setting are as follows:
Login to the account.
Click on "My Profile"
Scroll down to the "Phone Controls" section.
Click on "View/Edit Privacy(CPNI) Settings".
The privacy settings give you the option of changing permissions for a individual phone numbers or all phone numbers. Change the value from the default "OK to Share My CPNI" to "Don't Share My CPNI"
Can you elaborate or perhaps provide a link with more information? I freely admit that my understanding of cluster computing is limited. Everything I've read on the topic seems to mention Beowulf. I'd thought about building a cluster as a first step towards educating myself. Should I be directing my attention elsewhere?
Do you mean what the kids did or the hundreds of thousands of illegal tickets? At what point does the troll under the bridge stop being a minor annoyance?
Assuming those numbers are correct there are more accidents now than before the cameras. That means one of two things: (a) There are more dickhead drivers or (b) The same number of dickhead drivers are hitting more cars.
Either way, higher accident rates in my community result in higher insurance rates. I prefer to have safer streets regardless of the dickhead to non-dickhead ratio. Safer streets AND due process is even better.
Operating on the assumption that this is the test: http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
Given the number of questions about economics I suspect the group that promoted the test had an ulterior motive. I noted some issues with the questions and answers:
Q. 10: Name one right or freedom guaranteed by the first amendment. A: Religion Issues:
The first amendment prohibits the US Congress from making any law that restricts religion. It does not explicitly bar the states from making such a law. That restriction has been inferred.
Q. 13: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that: A: certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason Issues: I believe that philosophy and civics are separate. I would not necessarily expect a state legislator to understand Plato.
Q. 25: Free enterprise or capitalism exists insofar as: A: individual citizens create, exchange, and control goods and resources Issues:
Individual citizens can "create, exchange, and control goods and resources" in non-free enterprise systems of economy. In most economies, including that of the United States, the freedom to do so is restricted.
Q. 27: Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government's centralized planning because: A: the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends Issues:
The question assumes that free markets do secure more economic prosperity than centralized planning. During the current economic crisis governments that regulated their economies have been less affected than those that opened their markets without conditions. The question also fails to establish what is meant by centralized planning. Our current socialist system empowers the Federal Reserve to guide the economic system. The power of the Federal Reserve seems to have diminished but it's hard to argue that it has not stabilized our economy in the years since the Second World War.
Q. 29: A flood-control levee (or National Defense) is considered a public good because: A: a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it Issues:
A public good is one that is "non-rival in consumption and non-excludable".
An excludable good is one where consumption can be controlled. A Cable TV signal is excludable because you can be prevented from consuming it if you refuse to pay. A radio transmitted television signal is not excludable because anyone with a receiver can consume the signal.
A non-rival good is one where one person's consumption of the good doesn't prevent another person from also consuming it. An example of a non-rival consumable is a radio transmission. If I turn on my television to consume a radio transmission I do not prevent you from also consuming the same transmission.
A flood control levee is arguably excludable by controlling access to the protected land. Also, levees certainly benefit one group more than another. If billions of dollars of Federal money are spent in New Orleans to rebuild levees, the benefit does not accrue equally to those of us living outside of Louisiana.
Q. 30: Which of the following fiscal policy combinations would a government most likely follow to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession? A: decreasing taxes and increasing spending Issues:
The question touches on two important observations regarding economics. The first is that in some cases government spending can stimulate the economy. The second is that higher taxes may constrain growth.
Historically we have been able to stimulate growth through government spending in certain circumstances. However, simply diverting money from one pot to another is unlikely to help. In order to be effective the spending must be targeted.
As for taxes
Scientists at GE invented artificial diamonds more than 30 years ago. It sounds like what these guys really discovered is that they could use an impure solution in the process. That might be helpful if alcohol were expensive but I think your common drugstore ethanol is cheaper than food grade.
I gather that Time Warner is planning to spin off AOL. America Online was based in Northern Virginia until they merged with Time Warner. The corporation moved it's headquarters to New York City but maintained a significant operation at the Virginia site. The state law regulating SPAM was crafted with significant input and support from AOL executives. Could this be part of a campaign to apply pressure or to retaliate for Time Warner's decision to sell?
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I have a vascular disease called Poly Arteritis Nodosa (PAN). That's Arteritis as in Artery, not arthritis. In my case the disease attacks my peripheral nerves.
In 2006 my left arm was paralyzed when the disease took out the radial nerve. I was able to recover most use of that arm with about 18 months of intensive hand and physical therapy. Nerves can regrow at a rate of about one half centimeter per day.
Towards the end of 2006 the disease cut one of my vocal chords. I was told there was a small chance that the vocal chord would recover. In March of 2007 I got Bronchitis. I was wracking and coughing up a storm. I went to the hospital and was given a prescription for antibiotics. That same day my vocal chord recovered.
I can't identify exactly why my vocal chord recovered. I theorize that the physical exertion from coughing "woke up" the damaged nerve. It may also be that the antibiotics somehow played a part.
Likely treatments for a spider bite include antibiotics and cortical steroids. My guess is that he was given steroids, which reduced inflammation. Once the inflammation was reduced that allowed the nerve pathways to connect.
There are many people who've been paralyzed in one way or another for decades. I hope this spider story inspires someone to pursue recovery. Step one is to see a neurologist.
Why not? I've noticed that prices at office supply store are sometimes deeply discounted. I suspect that people who pay for the warranties are subsidizing the rest of us.
My parents bought a computer from Dell many years ago. When it turned out to have a problem, Dell refused to honor the extended warranty. I haven't paid for a PC warranty since then (or bought from Dell). If I'm buying off the shelf it doesn't matter where I get it. It's all about price.
After about 5 minutes of browsing I found how to get Verizon to stop sharing my personal calling information. The steps to change the setting are as follows:
Can you elaborate or perhaps provide a link with more information? I freely admit that my understanding of cluster computing is limited. Everything I've read on the topic seems to mention Beowulf. I'd thought about building a cluster as a first step towards educating myself. Should I be directing my attention elsewhere?
That would be a rhetorical query.
Do you mean what the kids did or the hundreds of thousands of illegal tickets? At what point does the troll under the bridge stop being a minor annoyance?
Assuming those numbers are correct there are more accidents now than before the cameras. That means one of two things: (a) There are more dickhead drivers or (b) The same number of dickhead drivers are hitting more cars. Either way, higher accident rates in my community result in higher insurance rates. I prefer to have safer streets regardless of the dickhead to non-dickhead ratio. Safer streets AND due process is even better.
Operating on the assumption that this is the test: http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
Given the number of questions about economics I suspect the group that promoted the test had an ulterior motive. I noted some issues with the questions and answers:
Q. 10: Name one right or freedom guaranteed by the first amendment.
A: Religion
Issues: The first amendment prohibits the US Congress from making any law that restricts religion. It does not explicitly bar the states from making such a law. That restriction has been inferred.
Q. 13: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
A: certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Issues: I believe that philosophy and civics are separate. I would not necessarily expect a state legislator to understand Plato.
Q. 25: Free enterprise or capitalism exists insofar as:
A: individual citizens create, exchange, and control goods and resources
Issues: Individual citizens can "create, exchange, and control goods and resources" in non-free enterprise systems of economy. In most economies, including that of the United States, the freedom to do so is restricted.
Q. 27: Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government's centralized planning because:
A: the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
Issues: The question assumes that free markets do secure more economic prosperity than centralized planning. During the current economic crisis governments that regulated their economies have been less affected than those that opened their markets without conditions. The question also fails to establish what is meant by centralized planning. Our current socialist system empowers the Federal Reserve to guide the economic system. The power of the Federal Reserve seems to have diminished but it's hard to argue that it has not stabilized our economy in the years since the Second World War.
Q. 29: A flood-control levee (or National Defense) is considered a public good because:
A: a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it
Issues: A public good is one that is "non-rival in consumption and non-excludable".
An excludable good is one where consumption can be controlled. A Cable TV signal is excludable because you can be prevented from consuming it if you refuse to pay. A radio transmitted television signal is not excludable because anyone with a receiver can consume the signal.
A non-rival good is one where one person's consumption of the good doesn't prevent another person from also consuming it. An example of a non-rival consumable is a radio transmission. If I turn on my television to consume a radio transmission I do not prevent you from also consuming the same transmission.
A flood control levee is arguably excludable by controlling access to the protected land. Also, levees certainly benefit one group more than another. If billions of dollars of Federal money are spent in New Orleans to rebuild levees, the benefit does not accrue equally to those of us living outside of Louisiana.
Q. 30: Which of the following fiscal policy combinations would a government most likely follow to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession?
A: decreasing taxes and increasing spending
Issues: The question touches on two important observations regarding economics. The first is that in some cases government spending can stimulate the economy. The second is that higher taxes may constrain growth.
Historically we have been able to stimulate growth through government spending in certain circumstances. However, simply diverting money from one pot to another is unlikely to help. In order to be effective the spending must be targeted.
As for taxes
Scientists at GE invented artificial diamonds more than 30 years ago. It sounds like what these guys really discovered is that they could use an impure solution in the process. That might be helpful if alcohol were expensive but I think your common drugstore ethanol is cheaper than food grade.
You may need a login to read this Washington Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/18/AR2008081802046.html