Guest guest Posted May 19, 2000 Report Share Posted May 19, 2000 In a message dated 5/19/00 6:41:54 AM Central Daylight Time, egroups writes: << doesn't have autism! He has DS/ADHD! >> Hi, .........I didn't know this. I am not going to begin questioning your psych. reason for putting him on Risperdal. Like said, her two growl and grind teeth and they aren't autistic or ADHD. I DON'T KNOW !!!!! I am sorry for adding my two cents worth !!!! Go to http://www.rxlist.com/ Read what they have to say about Risperdal. I know it's NOT considered a drug for Autism per se and that they don't know why it works for some Autistic kids. PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE forgive me. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2000 Report Share Posted May 20, 2000 << After all the arguments against it, we finally agreed, and after six long weeks, I have NOT seen a good enough improvement to warrant 's continuing >> Hi, Everyone.................go with your gut feeling. You are right, it is a strong drug and if it's not doing anything, take him off. As for plateauing out, we find that after a year of so, we have to change Gareth's meds. Currently, I know we need a new one for the OCD and will find out more Monday with the Psych. As for the Risperdal, I don't know if I can increase it any more.......he's up to 1.5 mg am and pm. He's doing an awful lot of growling, stimming, and yelling again. Getting very angry, too. BUT..........he's also had 2 surgeries in the past 2 months, on Amoxicillin for ears twice, and is back on his Maxair for wheezing. God alone knows what's wrong with him !!!! I just pray for patience every night when I go to bed. Could care less about money or anything else........just give me patience for ONE MORE DAY. Take care and hang in there everyone. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2000 Report Share Posted December 14, 2000 > Hi ! > How are you hon? And little Jai? Any thing come back on his biopsy?? > I'm crossing my fingers that you got some answers, this time, and that everything is okay. > > *hugs* > ***Thanks , I just posted all the details in my reply to Aisha'a post, so wont bore you with all the details again. How is little Gracie going, any news yet??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? *hug* hope all is going well, and the suspense isn't getting to you to much. hang in there hon love :-) PS, I did light a candle for Matty, it was a lovely watermelon pink one. I thought about you and Matty and your beautiful girls all night :-) Sorry, I forgot to post to tell you I did it :-) I havent been around as much lately, so much to do for xmas, and so little time! Also Lani graduated from primary school today, I went to the ceremony, and she looked so grown up! Cant believe she will be in high school next yr. SO I have been running around getting her a new dress for the dinner and dance that was tonight, and her hair cut, matching nail polish, body gold dust, anklet to match her dress, etc, all the girly stuff! Havent had time to scratch myself. Jais foot has healed well, but emotionally I really think he has had enough for a while, no more tests for sometime, we both need a break. His symptoms have settled this week so hopefully we will get another couple of weeks out of it, before he goes back into another flare. oh, I am so tired, almost bedtime for me, Talk to you soon Love :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2000 Report Share Posted December 17, 2000 Hi . Unfortunately, no news yet. I'm really beginning to get worried. Matty's test took right at 4 weeks to come back, and in 3 days it will be 6 weeks on Gracie's. Guess I'm just psyching myself out, but I sure do wish they would get it done and tell us something!! lol How's Jai doing, hon?? *hugs* K wrote: > > > Hi ! > > How are you hon? And little Jai? Any thing come back on his biopsy?? > > I'm crossing my fingers that you got some answers, this time, and > that everything is okay. > > > > *hugs* > > > ***Thanks , > I just posted all the details in my reply to Aisha'a post, so wont > bore you with all the details again. How is little Gracie going, any > news > yet??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > *hug* hope all is going well, and the suspense isn't getting to you > to much. > hang in there hon > love > :-) > > PS, I did light a candle for Matty, it was a lovely watermelon pink > one. I thought about you and Matty and your beautiful girls all > night :-) > Sorry, I forgot to post to tell you I did it :-) > I havent been around as much lately, so much to do for xmas, and so > little time! Also Lani graduated from primary school today, I went to > the ceremony, and she looked so grown up! Cant believe she will be in > high school next yr. SO I have been running around getting her a new > dress for the dinner and dance that was tonight, and her hair cut, > matching nail polish, body gold dust, anklet to match her dress, etc, > all the girly stuff! Havent had time to scratch myself. Jais foot has > healed well, but emotionally I really think he has had enough for a > while, no more tests for sometime, we both need a break. His symptoms > have settled this week so hopefully we will get another couple of > weeks out of it, before he goes back into another flare. oh, I am so > tired, almost bedtime for me, > Talk to you soon > Love :-) > > The Being Sick Community > > Visual problems with colors? > Click the link below and select the modify link to your right. Then select the **Send Plain Text Email** option. This will stop you receiving emails with colored or enlarged fonts. > > > Members Lounge:- > Photo Album, memorial page, members profiles, birthdays, locations, medical resources, counselling via email and a whole bunch of free things. > http://www.elderwyn.com/members > > Message Archives and Digest Attachment Pictures:- > messages/ > > Chat:- > Scheduled Daily Chats at # on IRC DALnet. > /chat.htm > > Sharing our resources:- > Add a website URL you have found useful. > > > Personal Complaints or problems:- > Please contact a moderator either via email <-owneregroups> or visit:- > /Moderators.htm > > Subscription Details:- > 1) Individual email - means that every email sent to the list you receive. > 2) Daily Digest - sends you 25 messages in one single email for you to browse. This is an excellent option if you receive alot of email. > 3) Web only/No mail - means that you can pop into eGroups at your convenience and receive no email. > To modify your subscription settings please visit mygroups > > To subscribe or unsubscribe > subscribe/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > “Hold on to what is good, even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do even, if it's a long way from here. Hold on to your life, even if it's easier to let go. " - Pueblo Prayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 You don't need to be reminded, you know all the time, but I think we all get slogged down. I do. The summer is about to whip me. I have the weirdest spells of depression, almost like a headache, that comes and goes. I wonder sometimes if it is suppressed horrors from Feb. I was out on the back porch literally besotted by the rain falling with all five cats swirling around (Zoe Baloney thinks it is a bonding thing to try and take food out of my mouth), and realized that I had not answered 's questions about NC in the fall. It's right pretty when the leaves start especially in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We try to go to the Outer Banks in Oct and it's not too cool, but we don't care, it's the beach! I also meant to tell you I find alot of books when not at the library on Half.com. Folks sell their used books on there for next to nothing. Have found some real treasures. What is Vermont like? Have always wanted to travel in New England. I think I am looking for a cooler place to live. Becca --- belanger@... wrote: > Becca, > > Thank you for reminding me of what really > counts. Sometimes...ok all the time, > I need to be reminded. I get caught up in the > things I can't do. Although I > haven't complained too much about not being > able to drive a car load of kids on > a field trip. Even though I drive all the > time, and never have had a episode > since my last 5 years ago, I know how I would > feel if someone loaded my kids in > their car and found out later... > > I love to read too. I will have to check that > out. Both yourself and > have such great senses of humor.....just what > the doctor ordered, lots of > laughter. I find myself chuckling when I read > the e-mail. I enjoy your banter > online....especially when you get after the > boys. Where are the boys anyway? > > in Vermont > > Quoting Becca <beccageo1980@...>: > > > /, I think the most tragic thing > would > > be if you weren't there at all for the > children, > > and I bet they don't think it's a hardship. > They > > have got their Moms and that's what's > important. > > I have felt cold horror when I think about > what > > went throught that night I fibbed out. > I > > just cannot imagine it. I know he saved me > that > > night, and it has cemented us even tighter > > together than we were before, and we were > right > > sappy then, so we're disgusting now. Had a > nurse > > a couple of months after tell me that Geo > > probably didn't save me. I suggested that she > not > > ever say that again, and that he better not > ever > > hear her say that either. She got the > message. > > Becca > > --- hartofgold1a@... wrote: > > > , thanks so much for sharing your > > > experience...what a tragic thing for > > > our children to have lived through. > Sometimes > > > the guilt I feel for having > > > been sick almost the entire lives of my > > > childre...its almost unbearable!! All > > > the times I wanted to play ball, or go to > the > > > amusement park or take them > > > rollerblading...instead i would have them > crawl > > > in bed beside me and read to > > > them...until I fell asleep. Makes me cry > just > > > thinking about it.... > > > I guess we both should be thankful we have > at > > > least been around to see our > > > beautiful children grow....sometimes its > hard > > > to be grateful instead of > > > bitter...Thanks again for reading my > poem... > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Wow are kids are born near each other but in different years. COOL. I dont know if you like latin per say. BUT the moves in that one are very hard. NH Mommy to Abby Liz 10-25-94 Mommy to Anne 7-1-99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: " a " <amm@...> > a > who just realized how close our kids B-days are in month and day > > Miranda Marie 3-11-96 > Meredith Samara 10-24-97 > Emma Elise 7-7-00 My daughters are Lynn 10/4/96 and Vonn 2/26/00 Ann > > > Mommy to Abby Liz 10-25-94 > > Mommy to Anne 7-1-99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 - If she's married her maiden name would be Scavone and she'd be 33 years old. I miss having the opportunity to bump into someone from my past! http://qwesteferral.com/r.jsp?a=Fmu9DBSgHpRfVU541Lz2HA$$ & x question to others who > > are " vertically challenged " > > > > > > > > > Alright ladies, > > > > > > I just had a frustrating shopping experience. I went to > find > > some > > > workout pants at an unnamed sports superstore. All of their > > pants > > > are apparently made for women that are 6' tall. I am 5'5 " , > and > > > there was easily 6 " extra at the end of every pair that I > tried > > on. > > > Oh, and they don't carry petite sizes. Ugh! Do they expect > me > > to > > > wear heels to work out in?? > > > > > > My question is: where do you all find pants for working out > > in? I > > > need some ideas before it turns cold here in New England!! > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 That would be the one!! What a small world!! Email me and I will forward it to her! > > > > Maybe try boys sizes? I'm 5'6 " , 152 lbs, waist 30 " , hips > 36- > > 1/2 " > > > (average) and can fit into an Old navy Boys 16 sweats. > > > > http://qwesteferral.com/r.jsp? a=Fmu9DBSgHpRfVU541Lz2HA$$ & x > > > > question to others > who > > > are " vertically challenged " > > > > > > > > > > > > Alright ladies, > > > > > > > > I just had a frustrating shopping experience. I went to > > find > > > some > > > > workout pants at an unnamed sports superstore. All of > their > > > pants > > > > are apparently made for women that are 6' tall. I am > 5'5 " , > > and > > > > there was easily 6 " extra at the end of every pair that > I > > tried > > > on. > > > > Oh, and they don't carry petite sizes. Ugh! Do they > expect > > me > > > to > > > > wear heels to work out in?? > > > > > > > > My question is: where do you all find pants for working > out > > > in? I > > > > need some ideas before it turns cold here in New > England!! > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 I am in total awe! How amazing is that?!!? I'll try to e-mail you off of this board (I guess I get it from the group) Thanks!!! http://qwesteferral.com/r.jsp?a=Fmu9DBSgHpRfVU541Lz2HA$$ & x question to others > who > > > are " vertically challenged " > > > > > > > > > > > > Alright ladies, > > > > > > > > I just had a frustrating shopping experience. I went to > > find > > > some > > > > workout pants at an unnamed sports superstore. All of > their > > > pants > > > > are apparently made for women that are 6' tall. I am > 5'5 " , > > and > > > > there was easily 6 " extra at the end of every pair that > I > > tried > > > on. > > > > Oh, and they don't carry petite sizes. Ugh! Do they > expect > > me > > > to > > > > wear heels to work out in?? > > > > > > > > My question is: where do you all find pants for working > out > > > in? I > > > > need some ideas before it turns cold here in New > England!! > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Well - I can't seem to figure out how to e-mail you off of this board, so here's my e-mail address: jenniferdupree@.... If you could send me an e-mail (empty aside from letting me know it's you if you want), then I'll e-mail you back with more information (like my maiden name, etc. so she'll know who I am!). Thanks! Again, a totally small world! http://qwesteferral.com/r.jsp?a=Fmu9DBSgHpRfVU541Lz2HA$$ & x question to others > who > > > are " vertically challenged " > > > > > > > > > > > > Alright ladies, > > > > > > > > I just had a frustrating shopping experience. I went to > > find > > > some > > > > workout pants at an unnamed sports superstore. All of > their > > > pants > > > > are apparently made for women that are 6' tall. I am > 5'5 " , > > and > > > > there was easily 6 " extra at the end of every pair that > I > > tried > > > on. > > > > Oh, and they don't carry petite sizes. Ugh! Do they > expect > > me > > > to > > > > wear heels to work out in?? > > > > > > > > My question is: where do you all find pants for working > out > > > in? I > > > > need some ideas before it turns cold here in New > England!! > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 : Don't give up hope!! 's IgA used to be " absent " , verified multiple times even with secretory IgA test. Then around age three is was present but still well under normal level. Now at 4-3/4 it's NORMAL!!!!! I hope your trend continues to look like ours, meaning trending UP!! Prayers that it does -- (mom to Kate, born 9/19/02, dairy intolerant; and , age 4-1/2, GERD, dairy intolerant -- currently has polysaccharide antibody def, previously had transient IgG, IgA, t-cell & other defs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Hi , My son has said all along that there should be a rail transite service for all... You should be in Washington, trying to help figure out this country of ours and giving them your wonderful input that you have ) You are so on top of things... How are you doing??? Any idea yet when you will be coming back to the states??? Be Careful and take care... ((( Happy Hugs ))) Helen Hello HelenMy personal views about cars and driving is that with todays technology, there is really no reason for such a dangerous means of transportation (ie.: no one should drive). It would be far less expensive and less dangerous to establish a network of PRT (Personal Rail Transit) systems. The lines would be less expensive to build and maintain than roads, the real estate required would be much less, the vehicles could be either shared and charged per trip and or personally owned with licensing fees to access the public rail lines. The computerized guidance and modern routing software proven by the phone system would ensure smooth safe and congestion free transit through the system. Parking problems would not exist (except for the personally owned vehicles which would have to either travel home or to a nearby pay for parking area until needed for the return trip), and pollution would be controlled at distant power generation plants.Of course this will never happen because of liability, with cars, the individual driver assumes the bulk of the liability as will as provide for the cost of the vehicle and the cost of maintenance. Any public system places both those financial burdens onto whatever government or organiztion that tries to implement such a system. What we will see is a slow migration to a PRT like system by voluntary automation of the automobile, perhaps with individuals assuming liability by laws requiring additional insurance. Unfortunately, the safety and environmental benefits would take a long time to realize with such a transition but unless some politician had the political guts to not only assume massive amounts of liabilities but go against established industries, little things like saving lives will go by the wayside.Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Hello Helen I'm leaving for Houston tonight so I'll be there Tuesday morning. I was supposed to leave on Saturday but the local office extended the stay over the weekend. The official reason was so that I could help entertain the client at a BBQ and at a soccer game; what it boiled down to is that both the client and the local office are interested in convincing key people that Rio is a good place to live so that more technology and expertise stays in the country. The PRT concept or " Personal Rail Transit " had a burst of interest from the Federal government back in the early '70s during Nixon's administration. That's when a system made by Boeing was put into service in West Virginia, not really a practical system but it's still operational today. There was a PR screw up because while the media was taping and Nixons daughter was standing in a car for a photo op, a computer glitch started the car knocking her to the ground. The problems with the Nixon sponsored design was that it was on a guided path open to weather so had to be heated to be kept clear of snow, it used 20 seat cars instead of 2 to 4 seat cars and being only a single loop, it essentially wound up stopping at all the stops anyways, many people argue that since the cars are so large and there are so few point to point routes that the system can not be called PRT but should be called AGT (Automated Guided Transit). Estimates say that PRT's would bring travel to anywhere in the city down to between 50 cents and 2 dollars a trip. If you add up how much cars really cost you, this would be a real bargain aside from how dangerous cars really are. But like I said, it would never happen, at least not the way that would be best for the general public. Raytheon had a fully functional four seater system developed in the mid to late nineties but they canceled it because they could not find any buyers. The test track for that one was outside of Boston. The only serious effort for a PRT is now in the UK, a four seater that operates on pavement within guideways. It looks cute but I don't think the public will like the ride. The State of Texas got on the band wagon back in the '70s too, Texans seem to have a problem with not having what somebody else has, they put a Boeing system into service, I think it's in San Marcos, it's one of those towns where the main industry is the state government. They screwed up the computer system some time ago and instead of repairing or using a new computer, they've been operating their trains on a reduced schedule manually using the emergency controls. If you ever see how the State of Texas works, you'd expect ridiculous situations like this... I've had my taste of working for governments, granted the State of Texas particularly from the academic side of things is probably not the best side of gevernments in general but it's truly a nightmare to get anything done. A lot of the stuff that I know, I just remembered from some very odd sources. The PRT in West Virginia, I first saw that on a fifteen minute show that would air at 7:00 am in Canada just to get the schedule back on track for the morning cartoons when I was a kid. The show was called " Science International " and sometimes was called " What Will They Think of Next " , later with the internet, I would search on this stuff to see if I can find references to what I remember. I'm still looking for references to a high speed travelator (horizontal elevator or moving sidewalk) that I saw a brief clip on once. It accelerated and decelerated the passenger by allowing those strips of metal to come together as the decelerated and stretche out by sliding apart as they accelerated, the hand guides were handles that would spread apart as you accelerated rather than being a continous plastic belt. I've only found references to a system that has rollers running at different speeds separated by plates of metal in the acceleration and deceleration areas to acheive the same thing but by skidding the passengers across the plates from one speed roller to the next. I'm also looking for references to an ingenious type of wheel that allowed the vehicle to move sideways as well as forwards and backwards without turning the wheel, again I remember the clip from a short clip on tv just before morning cartoons as a child, the wheel consisted of little barrels mounted at a 45 degree angle to the direction of travel on the rim of a larger wheel, on each side the front and back wheels would have the barrels mounted at different 45 degree angles so that by turning the left front and right rear wheel forward while turning the left back and right front wheel backwards, the car would move left and so on. Basically if you watch Will 's movie about the robots and see the scene with the big truck/billboard driving sideways in front of his car, that was possible back in the '70s and without big balls for tires like in the movie. Did you know that fusion reactors operating at relatively low temperatures, 900 Celsius were actually running during the '80s? (Scientific America, 1986 I believe). They were called muon catalysed reactors, funding was not renewed because the cold fusion fiasco put doubt on anything that wasn't ultra expensive and operating at incredibly high temperatures for fusion. If I remembered, the muon catalysed reactor proved that break even was attainable so long as a sufficiently efficient muon generator could be made, they were quite confident that they could attain those efficiencies since it would've been a modest challenge compared to making all that high temperature gear efficient. It's little bits of overlooked info like that that I remember. I think that the fact that I will remember the smallest of references to something I consider unique for an incredibly long time is what makes me effective at work. There are many problems that I've avoided but other computer enginneers and system administrators keep walking straight into that I only avoided because I read a single sentence in a book a few years earlier and concluded that problems could occur because of what that sentence referenced. My colleagues are often amazed that someone actually reads the books cover to cover when I bring such issues up. Regards, angelbear1129@... wrote: > Hi , > My son has said all along that there should be a rail transite > service for all... You should be in Washington, trying to help figure > out this country of ours and giving them your wonderful input that you > have ) You are so on top of things... > How are you doing??? Any idea yet when you will be coming back to > the states??? > Be Careful and take care... > ((( Happy Hugs ))) > Helen > > > Hello Helen > > My personal views about cars and driving is that with todays > technology, > there is really no reason for such a dangerous means of > transportation > (ie.: no one should drive). It would be far less expensive and less > dangerous to establish a network of PRT (Personal Rail Transit) > systems. The lines would be less expensive to build and maintain > than > roads, the real estate required would be much less, the vehicles > could > be either shared and charged per trip and or personally owned with > licensing fees to access the public rail lines. The computerized > guidance and modern routing software proven by the phone system would > ensure smooth safe and congestion free transit through the system. > Parking problems would not exist (except for the personally owned > vehicles which would hav! e to either travel home or to a nearby > pay for > parking area until needed for the return trip), and pollution > would be > controlled at distant power generation plants. > > Of course this will never happen because of liability, with cars, the > individual driver assumes the bulk of the liability as will as > provide > for the cost of the vehicle and the cost of maintenance. Any public > system places both those financial burdens onto whatever > government or > organiztion that tries to implement such a system. What we will > see is > a slow migration to a PRT like system by voluntary automation of the > automobile, perhaps with individuals assuming liability by laws > requiring additional insurance. Unfortunately, the safety and > environmental benefits would take a long time to realize with such a > transition but unless some politician had the political guts to > not only > assume massive amounts of liabilities but go! against established > industries, little things like saving lives w ill go by the wayside. > > Regards, > > > > > ~~~~ *** ~~~ *** ~~~ *** ~~~~ > The Being Sick Community > > > Message Archives-/messages > > Chat:- Scheduled Chats at > /chat > > Bookmarks:- > Add a website URL you have found useful. > /links > > Personal Complaints or problems:- > Please contact a moderator > email: -owner > > Subscription Details:- > 1) Individual email - means that every email sent to the list you receive. > 2) Daily Digest - sends you 25 messages in one single email for you to > browse. 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Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Hi , Again I say you are very wise, Remembering something that you seen in chidhood on a small clip and remembering it... You should be a scientists helping out all man kind... I have never been able to remember much of anything, that has always bothered me... It had to make an impact on me to remember it... At least the top brass in Rio know how valuable you are... I'm glad that your getting to come back home before the Holidays... Hopefully you'll get to see your family and get a much needed rest... Make sure yu get to the Dr. while your home on this trip... Get the ok on your heart... Your kittys will be happy to see you... They had some severe storms in your area of Texas today... Keep me updated on how your doing... ((( Welcome Home Hugs ))) Helen Hello HelenI'm leaving for Houston tonight so I'll be there Tuesday morning. I was supposed to leave on Saturday but the local office extended the stay over the weekend. The official reason was so that I could help entertain the client at a BBQ and at a soccer game; what it boiled down to is that both the client and the local office are interested in convincing key people that Rio is a good place to live so that more technology and expertise stays in the country.The PRT concept or "Personal Rail Transit" had a burst of interest from the Federal government back in the early '70s during Nixon's administration. That's when a system made by Boeing was put into service in West Virginia, not really a practical system but it's still operational today. There was a PR screw up because while the media was taping and Nixons daughter was standing in a car for a photo op, a computer glitch started the car knocking her to the ground.The problems with the Nixon sponsored design was that it was on a guided path open to weather so had to be heated to be kept clear of snow, it used 20 seat cars instead of 2 to 4 seat cars and being only a single loop, it essentially wound up stopping at all the stops anyways, many people argue that since the cars are so large and there are so few point to point routes that the system can not be called PRT but should be called AGT (Automated Guided Transit). Estimates say that PRT's would bring travel to anywhere in the city down to between 50 cents and 2 dollars a trip. If you add up how much cars really cost you, this would be a real bargain aside from how dangerous cars really are. But like I said, it would never happen, at least not the way that would be best for the general public.Raytheon had a fully functional four seater system developed in the mid to late nineties but they canceled it because they could not find any buyers. The test track for that one was outside of Boston.The only serious effort for a PRT is now in the UK, a four seater that operates on pavement within guideways. It looks cute but I don't think the public will like the ride.The State of Texas got on the band wagon back in the '70s too, Texans seem to have a problem with not having what somebody else has, they put a Boeing system into service, I think it's in San Marcos, it's one of those towns where the main industry is the state government. They screwed up the computer system some time ago and instead of repairing or using a new computer, they've been operating their trains on a reduced schedule manually using the emergency controls. If you ever see how the State of Texas works, you'd expect ridiculous situations like this...I've had my taste of working for governments, granted the State of Texas particularly from the academic side of things is probably not the best side of gevernments in general but it's truly a nightmare to get anything done.A lot of the stuff that I know, I just remembered from some very odd sources. The PRT in West Virginia, I first saw that on a fifteen minute show that would air at 7:00 am in Canada just to get the schedule back on track for the morning cartoons when I was a kid. The show was called "Science International" and sometimes was called "What Will They Think of Next", later with the internet, I would search on this stuff to see if I can find references to what I remember. I'm still looking for references to a high speed travelator (horizontal elevator or moving sidewalk) that I saw a brief clip on once. It accelerated and decelerated the passenger by allowing those strips of metal to come together as the decelerated and stretche out by sliding apart as they accelerated, the hand guides were handles that would spread apart as you accelerated rather than being a continous plastic belt. I've only found references to a system that has rollers running at different speeds separated by plates of metal in the acceleration and deceleration areas to acheive the same thing but by skidding the passengers across the plates from one speed roller to the next. I'm also looking for references to an ingenious type of wheel that allowed the vehicle to move sideways as well as forwards and backwards without turning the wheel, again I remember the clip from a short clip on tv just before morning cartoons as a child, the wheel consisted of little barrels mounted at a 45 degree angle to the direction of travel on the rim of a larger wheel, on each side the front and back wheels would have the barrels mounted at different 45 degree angles so that by turning the left front and right rear wheel forward while turning the left back and right front wheel backwards, the car would move left and so on. Basically if you watch Will 's movie about the robots and see the scene with the big truck/billboard driving sideways in front of his car, that was possible back in the '70s and without big balls for tires like in the movie.Did you know that fusion reactors operating at relatively low temperatures, 900 Celsius were actually running during the '80s? (Scientific America, 1986 I believe). They were called muon catalysed reactors, funding was not renewed because the cold fusion fiasco put doubt on anything that wasn't ultra expensive and operating at incredibly high temperatures for fusion. If I remembered, the muon catalysed reactor proved that break even was attainable so long as a sufficiently efficient muon generator could be made, they were quite confident that they could attain those efficiencies since it would've been a modest challenge compared to making all that high temperature gear efficient. It's little bits of overlooked info like that that I remember.I think that the fact that I will remember the smallest of references to something I consider unique for an incredibly long time is what makes me effective at work. There are many problems that I've avoided but other computer enginneers and system administrators keep walking straight into that I only avoided because I read a single sentence in a book a few years earlier and concluded that problems could occur because of what that sentence referenced. My colleagues are often amazed that someone actually reads the books cover to cover when I bring such issues up.Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Are you ladies in MN? ~~ Mom to Gwynn (5) undefined PID and kidney reflux, gastro issues and Aiden 6 mo....totally healthy (knock on wood) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 > > Are you ladies in MN? > > ~~ I'm in Indiana - is in ND I think? Mom to Conner (11, possible combined immune deficiency, Asperger's, mild CP, partial seizures, asthma, GERD, Hashimoto's disease and resolved adrenal insufficiency), Hayden (11, unknown PID, PDD-NOS, IBS and moderate hearing loss/aided), Evan (11, unknown PID, asthma and mild hearing loss/unaided), and Kelsey - (10, unknown PID, asthma) Please visit us at www.caringbridge.org/in/connersmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Thanks....it must have been who said she was going to MPLS, we live in MN so I was just curious.... can I ask which doc you were going to see in the cities or who you see? ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Ladies, Do you mean grams (g)? I know that our IgG product comes in 1g, 2.5 g, 5g, 10g etc. vials. = ) mom to CVIDer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Like I said, I'm new at this, but I thought the amount given per hour was by cc. I don't know how they vials come. Who do I ask what brand they use here and what size vial? Is it the dr of the pharmacist? I don't know what my son was given before. I guess I need to pull his record. I know everything about the heart but not much at all about this. Do you know if the IVIG will help the B and T cell levels too? There are so many unknowns to me. Thanks for your feedback in FL -------------- Original message -------------- From: Schulman <dietdoc@...> Ladies, Do you mean grams (g)? I know that our IgG product comes in 1g, 2.5 g, 5g, 10g etc. vials. = ) mom to CVIDer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 - glad to hear the 'bionics' are working for you!! Keep those batteries going.... and going... and going... Funny - with the drug thing - I tend to be difficult to sedate also and if they don't get me really out - forget that twilight thing - I wrestle with them and they won't scope or dilate me. If I go to a regular GI - they get an anesthetist scheduled with me. I wonder if that's something that is common with us? hmmmmm - in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 I don't know if it's a normal problem when you have those types of things done a lot and just naturally develop a tolerance. Luckily I have a pretty high pain threshold, but STILL - those are the types of things it's not really about pain as much as anxiety and discomfort..I don't want to be awake!!!! Nice to know I'm not alone though...seems to be a running theme with us achalasians! in NY _____ From: achalasia [mailto:achalasia ] On Behalf Of michelle Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:05 AM achalasia Subject: / - glad to hear the 'bionics' are working for you!! Keep those batteries going.... and going... and going... Funny - with the drug thing - I tend to be difficult to sedate also and if they don't get me really out - forget that twilight thing - I wrestle with them and they won't scope or dilate me. If I go to a regular GI - they get an anesthetist scheduled with me. I wonder if that's something that is common with us? hmmmmm - in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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