Don't mean to get anal about the news quote you read (I understand you were being facetious) but, for others, that's why we use the capital 'N'. However, since the advent of the Internet, grammar has taken a beating, not to mention spelling. Although the capital 'N' denotes a proper noun like Nice, France, especially in this case, where it is also a word - nice, it is in opposition to or confusing a main theme of the quote. In this case, it shouldn't be used at the beginning of a sentence. That's only common sense. The headline I read yesterday said something like, "Nice truck driver plows into holiday crowd" when it should have read, " (Deranged or terrorist) truck driver plows into Nice, France holiday crowd."Jonathan Scott said:
That's why I stopped reading many publications. Even the headlines of formerly serious media have become sensational nowadays. E.g. headline: scientist found life on Mars; content: some frozen water molecules are assumed under the surface and life could had been possible there or some bacterial life is still thinkable. I truly hate this and refuse to read those traps. Unfortunately the number of news I don't read for this reason is constantly increasing.ebos said:
ebos said:
Unfortunately, many Americans have never heard of Nice (pronounced "neece"), France, so are very confused when they read it.ebos said:
Yes, but other than Nice, the climate in Brest is rough and stormy. And if I remember it correctly their crêpes are made with dinkel-wheat. None of which seems suitable to associate it with breasts.zoobyshoe said:
Well, just imagine the potential headlines about a small Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria...zoobyshoe said:
OK, now they have noticed that it launched: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36823250Jonathan Scott said:
True. I like this post.Jonathan Scott said:
I don't think my results are that bad, but then I know you have to look at several results together, and I don't quite get what those are. Perhaps he's just wanting to make sure he's not missing anything. RIGHT?The liver is the only organ which can recover to some degree as long as one hasn't Hep C or so or isn't a hardcore drinker. I think there are special diets for this. I once read about large amounts of yoghurts and similar milk products. However, the source wasn't really reliable. Also medicamentation can play a crucial role since they are either bad for the kidneys or the liver. In any case you should ask a professional, perhaps another one to make sure whether he comes to the same conclusion.Evo said:I'm wondering why my doctor has referred me to a liver transplant specialist after my last blood tests came back.
I would expect the threshold for referral to be fairly low, because the downsides of referring unnecessarily are somewhat less catastrophic than those from failing to refer when it does matter. So I would take it as a sign of something unusual, rather than as a sign of something serious, unless and until the specialist says otherwise.Evo said:I'm wondering why my doctor has referred me to a liver transplant specialist after my last blood tests came back.
Most of the medications I'm on are bad for my liver, and I've placed myself on a liver healthy diet, I don't have any form of hepatitis, so I'm hoping he's just sending me there to rule out serious liver damage from all of the drugs, and also having too much iron in my body, iron is very dangerous, it destroys your internal organs, you need very little and your body doesn't get rid of it like other vitamins and minerals. I've given blood to reduce iron and on an iron free (or as close as I can get) diet. Too much iron also makes you very tired, so you think you need iron. Go to the doctor and get tested before self medicating!fresh_42 said:
For myself this is a "TIL moment" very interesting, thanks.Evo said:
I have so much to say on this subject, (my wife has a "card") however pf rules make this a touchy subject. I would like to see a legitimate pf sanctioned thread on the subject of legal medical use, however good peer reviewed research data is somewhat at a minimum so we will just have to see. This is a subject with a lot of "crackpot hype" so it would be a very difficult thread to moderate.fresh_42 said:
That's why I said "depending on where you live". It hasn't been meant as an appeal to break the law. The rest was basically own party experiences (although long ago).1oldman2 said:
Concurrence indicatedfresh_42 said:
