If a product contains: Atropa Belladonna 4X 75 mg 4.6X, and Mercurius solubilis 8X 30 mg 9X per dose, how much atropine and mercury is actually in each dose? I know very little about homeopathy, other than that dilutions often result in super-tiny-so-tiny-as-to-be-meaningless amounts of the listed substance actually in the product. I also know that X means ten-fold dilution So 75mg*10^-8.6=2.5*10^-9mg of atropine (or of a plant extract that contains atropine, so even less atropine than that)? And 30*10^-17mg of mercury? Meaning almost none? I hope?

Lighthearted CBC news article about this iceberg.

The whole series is really good: Heroes, Mythos, and Troy

Have you tried an e-reader with e-ink? I am also a screen hater, but e-readers feel different. The screen isn't back-lit (unless you want it to be to read in the dark) and it feels more like real ink to the eyes than most screens do. My e-reader also holds it's charge for about 2 weeks, so charging is infrequent.

I also like a kneeling pad. Any square of foam that you already may have will work. Pads meant for gardening are great. I've also been known to use my crocs as knee pads: kneel on the toes of my crocs (after taking them off my feet first!) I wouldn't underestimate the potential difficulty of a 10-mile trip for a novice canoeist, especially in spring conditions. 10 miles down river on a gentle current with the wind at your back is a piece of cake. 10 miles up-river, or up-wind, or both, or on big water with wind and waves, or on a brisk river with lots of portages is a different beast altogether. And 10 miles by map =/= 10 miles as paddled. I don't know where OP is and how cold the water will be. Here, some of the lakes still have some ice in them, or are at least still ice-cold. Spring canoeing entails real risk. A full change of dry clothes is essential for safety.

Quick-dry clothing in layers A complete change of clothes in WATERPROOF/immersion-proof container (dry-bag, barrel, plastic food jar like a Costco-sized peanut butter or mayo jar, or ziplocks). Soaking wet at 57F, miles from anywhere, can quickly become a medical emergency. Shoes that can get wet and are sufficiently flexible to permit kneeling. Some people like to pack a second pair of lightweight shoes so they can have dry feet for portages and breaks. Consider extra wool socks and a plastic bags (to wear over socks) so you can have dry feet in soaking wet shoes - we use this trick with our scouts when they get inevitable soakers in cold weather. Hat and sunscreen. Canoeing is a full-sun activity! Well-fitting PFD that you wear at all times while in the boat. Even if you are an excellent swimmer.

What you do with it is throw it out. (JK. I hear that some people like durian. I am not one of those people)

One can also use a piece of fine thread or suture to grasp the tick's head (loop the thread around the head and knot, like a tiny tick lasso), and pull it out .

Depends on where the tick is embedded. Keys are good for ticks on flat parts of the body. Useless in crevices. Also useless for very small ticks. But are handy because you can always have it with you on your key ring. ETA - very small ticks don't stay very small for long, they swell impressively as they feed! I like very fine tipped tweezers better, but I do carry a tick key, because the best tool is the one you actually have with you.....

Watkin's Great Outdoors Insect Repellent Lotion is my fave. Lasts a long time once applied, and really works Must be the LOTION, not the spray.

Permethrin treated clothing, and DEET repellent to skin CDC interactive tool to guide on how to remove tick and when to seek care.. Both CDC and Health Canada advise to remove retained/broken-off mouthparts with tweezers if you can, and if you can't then leave them alone. One should not dig to get them out.

UCCMS is a Canadian national universal code of conduct that most Canadian amateur sports orgs are bound to. It's a very good example of what behaviours are not acceptable (and would definitely apply to the situation you describe). USA or your state may have something similar? It might be helpful to use a source of language/themes/concepts to guide in dealing with your situation. OP, I think that your situation merits a response at the team/org level, not just you talking to individual parents. It sounds as though multiple team members are involved - your DD, the boy, and the few other team members who were laughing along. At the very least expectations regarding behaviour need to be reviewed with the whole team, at a team level (in addition to individually dealing with all team-mates involved with this incident, including the laugh-alongers))

Adding: your DD is a victim here too. Her identity has been stolen and and used to emotionally manipulate another kid. NOT OK.

Not funny and not OK. And almost certainly breaks the organization's code of conduct. Find you org's code of conduct and review it. There are likely lines like "Respect the rights, dignity, and worth of all Individuals" and "Maintain and enhance the dignity and self-esteem of members" and "Treating persons fairly, reasonably, and respectfully" and "a respectful sport culture that delivers quality, inclusive, accessible, welcoming, and safe, sport experiences", etc (pulled from my kid's sport's code of conduct). This is, at the very least, harrassment. And if there is a social power imbalance and pattern of this particular kid being singled out, then also bullying. It is also gendered harrassment. I would be all over this, and take it to the board if I didn't get anywhere with the team's coach and parents.

It really does depend on the industry, I think. Your case, my case, and Quill's case it matters less (though the grooming gap remains real collectively, if not necessarily for each individual). But in hospitality, sales, certain corporate roles (anything that involves significant networking/schmoozing) it is a big issue that has clear documentation and academic literature to support it. In my world - for MD's and front line workers, it doesn't matter, but in the hospital corporate comms/ public relations and funding streagetists/stakeholder relations roles, the women are made-up and I don't really think it would be possible for them not to be and also be successful in the role - for women, it's part of the job. Female drug reps in my experience are always made-up, and borderline flirting with the male MD's at events; it would seem that it's part of the gig. I don't think that I have ever met a female pharma rep who wasn't made-up. Edited for precsion

I think it depends on the industry, actually. In hospitality and certain business roles, makeup is an expectation. There is also the "grooming gap" - women who are made-up make more money and are more likely to be promoted than women who don't. There is quite a lot of literature on the topic.

100%. I am a professional who does not wear make-up. I don't wear it because don't like it. I also think it's important to normalize natural faces (un-made-up? I'm having trouble finding the the right word) for women in professional environments as an equity issue. I have the same feelings about fillers and elective cosmetic surgery -- it may make individual women feel great, but the normalization of the practice is bad for women collectively. Edited to make clear I mean elective cosmetic surgery -- the kind women get to look younger; not reconstructive surgery

Yes, Ottawa has famously excellently plowed roads. And Quebec, infamously, does not... Big difference between urban and rural too. I often have to navigate drifts on my rural road. That would never happen in the city. Smart car would be fine in Ottawa, I think.

No worries! It's a majority American board; it was a reasonable assumption If our roads are good, then I would hate to see what bad roads look like!

It's fine slush, and in snow with some accumulation (a few inches), and on ice. I would not try to take it through a drift. Not good for deep snow, because of lower clearance. It's rear-wheel drive. But it's also rear-engine, so the weight is where you need it. Like all cars, good snow tires matter.

I don't think I am? I'm pretty sure that @wintermom is in Canada (and lives in the same province that I do), so I don't think that Northern states roads are relevant? I've lived in her city and done quite a lot of winter driving there, and DH grew up there, his family are still there - I am very familiar with the likely road conditions. (Maybe she's moved?) Maybe your comment wasn't directed at my post?

100%. In almost all cases, HCW in my department got it from their kids, or could be traced to an out-of-work social function. And the one large at-work outbreak was linked to an unmasked break-room pot-luck (that broke the rules). N95s absolutely work. I haven't had it yet. My workplace exposure is extremely high.

My mom and dad have one. It's fine on the road in winter with snow tires. It can handle 99.9% of winter conditions in southern Ontario. DH and I test drove on on a winter snow course at the Toronto auto show years ago when they first came out. It was surprisingly good in snow. I would not drive it in deep snow. But I wouldn't do that with my subaru wagon either.

I can attest to the increase in opiate poisonings --- this one is up significantly in both the US and Canada. Not an ED shift goes by where I'm not narcaning at least one pt (now it's a medical slang transitive verb.....) or receiving a pt who has been narcaned by EMS. Often multiple per shift. This is new in the past 10 years or so, much worse over the past 5. A very dramatic increase. I didn't narcan anyone even once during my entire residency or first few years of practice. ETA: and I don't even see the ones that go straight to the coroner. Those have increased dramatically too.

Mine is missing about half its paint. Eventually it will be bare steel LOL. It has dents too, and lid is scratched, from having dropped it eleventy-billion times. And it still functions perfectly - keeps my drink hot, never leaks, feels good in the hand. It has a certain well-used, well-loved beauty of its own.