CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY....
"none of my shots hit the target and I was beginning to panic...."
When at the rife range one or more drill sergeants was in the tower over
looking the range firing with PA system for commands. Drill sergeants on the
ground were responsible for maybe 3-4 trainees and the drill sergeant on
each end contolled the firing. They signaled with a flag when we were ready
to fire. When the tower saw that everything looked ready, they called out with
the PA system: "Ready on the right" and then the drill sergeant on the right
raised his flag if he was ready and the same for the left, the tower calling
calling out: "Ready on the left." If everything was ready on both right
and left, the tower would call out "Commence firing."
When all trainees had completed their firing, the drill sergeants on the ends
raised their flags and the tower called out: "Cease firing."
I had not hit the targets like I told you before. The drill sergeant in charge of me
said try shooting left-handed. During the next round of firing, I hit every target.
I took a lot of years to find out that I was cross-dominance....
TO BE CONTINUED....
Cross-dominance
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Cross-dominance, also known as mixed-handedness, or mixed dominance, is
a motor skill manifestation in which a person favors one hand for some tasks
and the other hand for others. For example, a cross-dominant person might
write with the left hand but throw mainly with the right one.
It can also refer to mixed laterality, which refers to a person favoring eyes, ears,
feet, or hands on one side of the body. A person who is cross-dominant can
also be stronger on the opposite side of the body that they favor; for example,
a right-handed person can be stronger on the left side. Cross-dominance can
often be a problem when shooting or in activities that require aim, although
athletes can still achieve success in sports that require accuracy, like passing
in American football and shooting in basketball.
Overall, being mixed handed seems to result in better performance than
being strongly handed for sports such as basketball, ice hockey, and field
hockey. What these sports have in common is that they require active body
movements and also an ability to respond to either side. The situation is
reversed for racquet sports such as tennis. Individuals with crossed
hand-eye preference seem to be much better at gymnastics, running, and
basketball because of the way in which congruent and crossed sided
individuals position their bodies."
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"Healthy eating and exercise may delay or stop the sicknesses or illinesses that
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HEALTH
CDC reports first US cases of drug-resistant Candida auris
Filed Under: Antimicrobial Stewardship; Fungal Infection
Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News | Nov 04, 2016
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says 13 cases of Candida
auris, an emerging drug-resistant yeast that can cause fatal invasive infections,
have been identified in the United States.
In today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), investigators
describe seven C auris cases that occurred from May 2013 to June 2016.
The cases involve patients at hospitals in four states—New York, Maryland,
Illinois, and New Jersey—who had been hospitalized with serious underlying
medical conditions. The other six cases are still under investigation.
The announcement comes 3 months after the agency warned US healthcare
facilities about the emergence of the serious fungal infection, which was
first identified in the ear of a Japanese patient in 2009 and since then has
been identified in patients in several other countries. The CDC received
the case reports after that clinical alert was issued.
In the countries where it has previously been identified, C auris has most
commonly caused healthcare-associated infections such as bloodstream
infections, wound infections, and ear infections and has been associated
with high mortality. CDC investigators report that 5 of the US patients had
bloodstream infections, 1 had a urine infection, and 1 had an ear infection.
The median time from hospital admission to detection of the infection
was 18 days.
Four of the patients died, but it is unclear if their deaths were caused by
the C auris infection.
"This is a serious global health threat for which we want to rigorously prepare
for in the United States," Tom Chiller, MD, MPHTM, deputy chief of the Mycotic
Diseases Branch at the CDC, told CIDRAP News.
Concerns about resistance
There are several major concerns about C auris. One is that isolates from
other countries have shown varying levels of resistance to all three major
classes of antifungal medicines used to treat Candida infections—including
azoles, echinocandins, and polyenes. That raises the prospect, Chiller said,
of infections that are "very challenging to treat."
Another issue is that C auris is difficult to identify using common biochemical
methods, so there is a concern it can go unrecognized and potentially
improperly treated. "We've been trying to work with laboratory communities
across the US to communicate that message," Chiller said.
The good news is that in the seven cases investigated by the CDC, isolates
showed resistance to at least one class of antifungal drug, but none were
resistant to all three classes. But five of the seven reported isolates were
either misidentified as Candida haemulonii or simply as Candida, and were
not correctly identified until they were analyzed at a reference laboratory.
There's also a concern that C auris can be transmitted in the healthcare
environment, which makes it different from other Candida infections, which
tend to be isolated. And the data in the MMWR report appear to support that
fear.
Whole-genome sequencing showed that in two pairs of patients—one pair at
a hospital in New Jersey, the other at a hospital Illinois—the isolates were
identical. And the patients weren't at the hospitals at the same time, which
means the infections weren't transmitted between the patients, but were likely
acquired from the healthcare environment. In addition, isolates were found
on multiple surfaces at one patient's hospital.
"That is very concerning to us, when it comes to a multidrug-resistant
organism," Chiller said, adding that reports from overseas, including a
recent outbreak of 40 C auris cases at a UK hospital, suggest this is how the
infection is spreading in other countries.
Potential to slow the spread
The one major difference between the US and overseas cases is that the US
cases occurred in patients who were very sick, whereas cases in other
countries are occurring in a wider variety of patients—including newborns
and healthy patients who are getting infected after undergoing surgery.
Chiller suggested this means that we're catching these infections early.
"We have an opportunity to potentially slow the spread, or at least try to
contain this as much as we can," he said. "But if nothing is done, it will spread
and then start causing infections in a wider variety of patients."
Trish Perl, MD, MSc, an infectious disease expert at the University of Texas
Southwest Medical Center, says that while she appreciates the public health
value of providing information about an emerging, high-risk infectious
disease, she has a lot of unanswered questions about the report and what was
going on with the patients identified.
"From a clinical point of view right now, I don't know who to tell to worry about
this," Perl told CIDRAP News. "When you have emerging infectious diseases,
you need to give clinicians some information so that they can potentially
identify those patients and put in place appropriate treatment and prevention
precautions."
To control the spread of C auris, the CDC recommends that healthcare
providers implement the agency's Standard and Contact Precautions for
infectious diseases, and that facilities thoroughly clean the rooms of C auris
patients with a disinfectant active against fungi. The CDC says any cases
of C auris should be reported to the agency, as well state and local health
departments."
VENGEANCE
ISIS Calls for Election Day Attacks on Voters
By Cathy Burke | Sunday, 06 Nov 2016 04:43 PM
"ISIS has called for attacks on American voters on Election Day – and for U.S.
Muslims not to cast a vote, a cyber security news and terrorist monitoring
group has warned.
The chilling threat reported by SITE Intel Group was based on a manifesto
published by the jihadists' al Hayat media center – warning the militants "have
come to slaughter and smash your ballot boxes."
The SITE's director, Rita Katz, posted the warnings on Twitter Saturday.
The terror group also wrote there's no difference between the Republican
and Democratic parties in their "policies against Islam and Muslims."
According to the news site Zero Hedge,the seven-page manifesto titled
"The Murtadd Vote"declared: "May Allah make this year’s U.S. presidential
election a dreadful calamity like no other to have struck America throughout
its pathetic history."
"Murtadd" is a term for an apostate who turns his back on Islam.
The full essay, in English, includes a photograph of Republican presidential
nominee Donald Trump, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, as
well as a photo Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim U.S. soldier killed in combat,
holding a copy of the Constitution during his speech last July at the Democratic
National Convention.
The new threats Saturday came just a day after federal officials have warned
authorities in New York City, Texas and Virginia about an unspecific threat of
attacks by al-Qaida militants around Election Day.
In response, a Homeland Security official said authorities remained concerned
that so-called "homegrown" militants could be inspired to attack within the United
States.
"The public should expect to continue to observe an increased law enforcement
and security presence across communities in public places," the official told
Reuters.
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US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
BBC News
BBC Poll of Polls
Today Nov 7 Clinton 45% Trump 44%
Yesterday Nov 6 Clinton 46% Trump 44 %
Last updated November 7
Election day November 8
One day and counting.
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its opinion that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges after a review
of new emails, reports say."
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Campaign 2016
Preview
Gingrich: If Trump Were More Disciplined He'd Be Up 15 Points
Dick Morris Predicts Landslide Trump Win as Male Vote Grows
Poll: Clinton Leads Trump by 7 with Ohio Early Voters
Trump Says he Would Not Admit Refugees without Community Support
Florida Elections Worker: I Was Fired For Witnessing Possible Absentee Ballot
Fraud
Entrepreneur Thomas Peterffy: 'American Dream' Imperiled by Move Toward
Socialism
Polling Guru Nate Silver: Hillary One State Away From Losing Election
New York Post: Clinton Reportedly Had Her Maid Print Out Classified Emails
Priebus: FBI Probe of Clinton Foundation Continues
Black Pastors Issue Urgent Plea to Voters at Sunday Services
Rendell Admits Pennsylvania Too Close to Call
Gizzi: William Buckley Foresaw Danger of Easy Voting
Report: Trump Aides Take Control of His Twitter Account
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The Washington Post
Gov. Mike Pence: We will accept a ‘clear’ election outcome
By Janell Ross November 6 at 2:53 PM
"Two days before the presidential election, surrogates for Hillary Clinton and
Donald Trump discussed the candidates’ chances on Sunday morning shows.
In an interview aired on “Fox News Sunday,” Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, the
Republican vice-presidential nominee, again asserted something that the man
at the top of his party's ticket, Donald Trump, has rendered less than clear.
Pence told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace that the Trump campaign
will “accept a clear election outcome” but will pursue any legal remedies
necessary short of that standard. What will amount to a clear election outcome
or a questionable one was not specified.
From a transcript of the program:
WALLACE: I think you'd agree, one of the strengths of our democracy is
when the election is over, no matter how ugly, the loser graciously concedes
to the winner and we all rally around the new president, whoever that turns
out to be. Donald Trump has said different things at different times. I want
you to clear this up for us. Can you guarantee that if there's a clear winner
on election night and if — and I repeat if, I know you're going to say, well,
he's going to win — but if Donald Trump should be the loser, can you
guarantee that he will concede to Hillary Clinton and accept the result of
the election and the judgment of the American people?
PENCE: Well, thanks for anticipating my answer. Donald Trump is going to
win this election. He'll be more than happy to accept the results. But, look —
WALLACE: Can you guarantee that he will put this behind us — sir, can you
guarantee he'll put this behind us and accept the result?
PENCE: Chris, the campaign — yes, the campaign has made it very clear, that,
you know, a clear — a clear outcome obviously both sides will accept. But I
think both campaigns have also been very clear that, you know, in the event
of disputed results, they reserve all legal rights and remedies.
Trump has repeatedly told supporters that they should monitor polling cites in
“certain places” and “inner cities” to prevent voter fraud and a distorted
election result. And he has publicly declined to say whether he will accept
the election's result, no matter the outcome. Trump has said these things so
often that the Democratic National Committee filed suit in four states —
Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada and Pennsylvania — against Trump and the
Republican National Committee. The suits claim that Trump, the party and, in
at least one case, Trump adviser and Republican operative Roger Stone are
making preparations to engage in a “coordinated campaign of vigilante voter
intimidation.”"
PAST US PRESIDENTS
The 31st President was Herbert Hoover. He was Presiden during the great stock
crash on October 29, 1929 - known as "Black Tuesday. This lead to hard times in
America known as the Great Depression....Then a long drought turned the
heartland of America into a dry Dust Bowl.... Folks hard a hard lot. A popular
song at the time was: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
The 32nd President was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was the 5th cousin of
Theodore Roosevelt the 26th President. He was elected 4 times and served
longer than any President - 12 years 1 month. Roosevelt was President World
War II, a terrible war that was waged in Europe, Asia and Africa. He died
three weeks before victory before victory was declared in Europe.
When Roosevelt was 39 years old his stricken with polio....
He used canes and a wheelchair to move about.
Roosevelt's face is on the dime.
The 33rd President was Harry S. Truman. He had no middle name so he added
the "S." He lead the nation at the end of World War II.
The 34th President was Dwight David Eisenhower. General "Ike" Eisenhower
was Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II. He was the
first President to serve all 50 united states.
The 35th President was John Fitzgerald Kennedy. John Kennedy - "J. F. K. - was
the first Catholic President, the first to be born after 1900, and the youngest to
be elected. He was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas.
In 1957, Kennedy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book
'Profiles in Courage.' His face is on the 50-cent coin.
The 36th President was Lyndon Baines Johnson. Lyndon Johnson - "L. B. J."
had been a teacher, rancher and senator.
The 37th President Richard Milhouse Nixon. He was President when the first
man walked on the moon. H was involved in an illegal cover-up, and was
the first President to resign from office.
The 38th President was Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. The voters of Michigan
elected Gerald Ford 13 times as a U. S. Representive. He became President
when Nixon resigned - he was never actually elected into an executive-
branch office.
The 39th President was James "Jimmy" Earl Carter. Jimmy Carter was called
"The Peanut President" because his family had run a peanut farm in Georgia.
He helped to negotiate between Egypt and Israel. He won the 2002 Nobel
Peace Prize for advancing peace and human rights.
The 40th President Ronald Wilson Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a very popular,
optimistic President. He was our oldest President: 69 years 11 months
to 77 years 11 months. Reagan was seriously wounded in an assassination
attempt just 69 days into his first term. He later joked, "I forgot to duck." Before
becoming governor of California, Reagan had been an actor. He appeared
in 53 films.
WEATHER
Weather for Smithville, Ohio
Today SUNNY 66° 41°
Tue SCATTERED_SHOWERS 64° 45°
Wed SCATTERED_SHOWERS 48° 35°
Thu SUNNY 57° 41°
The Weather Channel - Weather Underground - AccuWeathe
Although I doused the plants in the fire pit with gasoline, the unwanted plants
did not burn completely down to the dirt. The weather is suppose to be sunny
tomorrow so I'll have another chance at doing it again.
I sprayed some more wire weeds today and I believe I've poisoned most of them.
In about 3-5 days I should be seed the resulting bare spots with the Fiscus and
Fall grass seed I have. Thursday looks like a good day from the weather forecast
from above.
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