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Anaphylaxis
Inflammatory reactions resulting from combination of a soluble antigen with IgE bound to a mast cell that leads to degranulation of the mast cell and release of histamine and histamine like substances, causing localised or global immune reponses.
Symptoms can include the following:
• Respiratory distress,
• Hypotension,
• Fainting,
• Unconsciousness,
• Urticaria,
• Flushed appearance,
• Angioedema,
• Tears (due to angioedema and stress),
• Vomiting,
• Itching, and
• Anxiety, including a sense of impending doom
The time between ingestion of the allergen and anaphylaxis symptoms can vary depending on the amount of allergen ingested and sensitivity. Symptoms can appear immediately, or can be delayed by half an hour to several hours after ingestion. However, symptoms of anaphylaxis usually appear very quickly once they do begin.

Anaphylactic shock
The most severe type of anaphylaxis, will usually lead to death in minutes if left untreated.

Anaphylactoid
A reaction that is similar to anaphylactic shock but is unrelated to antigen-antibody reactions. The mechanism is independent of IgE. The clinical presentation is indistinguishable from anaphylaxis and treatment is the same.
Antibody
An antibody is a protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects like bacteria and viruses. Each antibody recognises a specific antigen unique to its target. Production of antibodies is referred to as the humoral immune system. There are several classes of antibody. Also referred to as Immunoglobulin (Ig).

Antigen
An antigen is a substance that stimulates an immune response, especially the production of antibodies. Antigens are usually proteins or polysaccharides (sugars), but can be any type of molecule, including small molecules (haptens) coupled to a carrier-protein.

 

Advice to those with peanut allergy

For individuals with peanut allergy it is essential that all foods containing peanut products, even in minute amounts, be avoided completely.  Highly peanut-sensitive individuals who have a history of systemic reaction, need to carry kits with adrenaline and antihistamines on hand for self-administration promptly at the first sign of a systemic reaction.  People allergic to peanuts should avoid all tree nuts such as walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts and pecans, even if they are not sensitised to these, to minimise the risk from contamination or confusion with peanuts.1 The reintroduction of peanuts should only be carried out when no reaction to peanut and nut products has occurred for three to five years, and under strictly supervised conditions at a specialised centre.

 

Peanut allergy is the most common serious food allergy in children. About 3 in every 100 pre-school children are allergic to peanuts. For reasons that are largely unknown, it appears that the prevalence of peanut allergy is rising in developed countries.

In most people, a peanut allergy develops in childhood and persists throughout life, but in about 20 per cent of cases, the allergy resolves in adulthood. Children who develop anaphylaxis (a sudden, severe allergic reaction) on exposure to peanuts are less likely to grow out of it.

What are the symptoms?

The most common type of reaction in allergic children exposed to peanuts is hives, either just around the mouth or spread over the whole body. Other common reactions involve abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Very rarely, children can develop anaphylaxis on exposure to peanuts. Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening condition that usually involves sudden difficulty in breathing, swelling of the tongue, and a drop in blood pressure that can lead to collapse and loss of consciousness

 

Why am I getting all this gibberish-filled email?

QUESTION:
Recently I've been getting a lot of weird email messages. They aren't exactly spam - at least they aren't trying to sell anything that I can see and they don't contain any links for me to click. They're just full of gibberish, what appears to be random words and phrases. Who in the world is sending these things and why? -- Genie L.

ANSWER:
You're right: they aren't spam, but they are sent by spammers. The point isn't to get you to buy anything, but to get you to mark the unwanted messages as spam in order to confuse your Bayesian spam filters. Most anti-spam programs now use some form of Bayesian filtering - this is a way of using statistical methods to classify messages as spam (or not). The software "learns" to recognize what you consider to be spam based on the messages that you mark as spam. It's a great idea and works well - except when the filters are "poisoned" by lots of messages that contain large amounts of random words and phrases that's likely to appear in legitimate messages.

Bayesian poisoning messages sometimes consist of random words and sometimes a block of text from a literary work or the like. In either case, the goal is to confuse the filters and render them useless.

It's also possible that even though they don't contain links, some of the gibberish messages May  contain web beacons. These are tiny, transparent (and thus invisible) graphics files placed in HTML email messages. When you open the message, your email client downloads the graphic from the sender's server. This lets the spammer know that the email address is a "live" one.

 

Why do I get Postmaster@xxx,com  Delivery xxx —>Status or System Administrator —> Undeliverable xxx.

Someone who has your email address in their address folder has a virus and is sending emails with your email address.

Create a Restore point

XP Start  —> Programs —> Accessories —> System tools —> System Restore

Create a Restore Point —> CCLEANER14

 

Windows  Release

(Check the release Level of the operating system Control Panel —> System —> General tab

AVG will not install unless the operating system is at least at the windows release listed.

Windows XP Service Pack 2 or 3, WIN 7 all, Vista all , Windows 2000 SP4 + Update 1,.

 

64 Bit Win 7

64 bit Windows 7 Requires a different program.

 -  Control Panel —> System  or Start —> programs —> Accessories —> System Tools —> System Information

 

Windows  Release

Vista All

Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Pack 3

 Windows 2000 SP4 + Update 1,

 

Windows XP Service Pack 3  316mb

The update takes at least 30 minutes. I carry this on a memory stick.

 

 

Software Presents

Check and write down your computer specifications before purchasing any computer game.

Start —> Run —> DXDIAG   —> System Tab and Display Tab      

Start —> Run —> MSinfo32  —> System Summary Tab and  Components —>Display

Examples

Processor   Clock     Memory             Display          Display Ram

Celeron        1.6GHz     768MB         Intel 945             64MB

Pentium 4    3.2GHz     512MB          Raedon 9600    128MB

 

TV Questions

Current Digital SD (Standard definition)

SKY — Satellite Freeview -Satellite

HD TV

Currently, there are three HD standards defined by the International Telecommunication Union: 720p, 1080i and 1080p, with 1080p being 'Full HD,'

The widescreen images have a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Sep 08

In NZ the HD signal will only be on UHF. Trackside on a SD TV is on UHF.

SKY HD digital $49 installation fee plus $15 per month  or  a one off $599 joining fee 

Freview Satellite are not broadcasting HD.

Articles

Stuff  DSE WIKI   Sony

Vodafone  Emails not working

 

Check the webmail first.

https://webmail.ihug.co.nz/

If this can be accessed the internet (ADSL Router etc) is working.

This proves if the problem is your setup or the IHUG incoming mail (POP) server.

http://www.ihug.co.nz/motd.html

Handy link with IHUG problems

 

 

Web Design

This  site is designed using  Microsoft Publisher 2003. Please email if a link does not work. Links are added as the site users recommend new links.

Tides 

Times used in the tide predictions are in New Zealand Standard Time (NZST1), so a daylight saving allowance of plus one hour must be made between 28 September 2008 and 5 April 2009.

Daylight savings

A patch is needed to change the clock on your computer on the correct date.

Buy a box of medical gloves and put a pair in your common places in a zip bag. Car, Computer bag, car jacket. Beware of touching anyone without Gloves. HEP C, AIDS   and other viral diseases are spread by fluid contact..

Sony VAIO recall.

Car History Money Owing

Check this LEXUS LS460 2008 out

http://www.carfax.co.nz/car/?plate=NZ

scroll down to “Plates history”

Wellington Airport

Fuel Pricing Tips  Our largest operation cost is fuel. Try these tips

http://www.pricewatch.co.nz/

Click On Region

View pricing Minimum

Click on square eg Row = Shell Column = 91 the Stations are Displayed

The prices are a couple of days old.

Caltex will give 4c off for any voucher at most stations

Pak n Save   Varying discounts depending on amount spent. Valid for 1 week only at the store issued. Watch for extra discounts on special days.  Voucher not collected so see Caltex.

 

New World Varying discounts depending on amount spent. Valid at BP

 

Countdown, Woolworths, Foodtown

Varying discounts depending on amount spent. Valid for 1 month at Shell or Gull.

Watch for extra discounts on special days.

 

McDonald's fuel-up combo

The Fuel-Up Combo offers 10 cents a litre off fuel at Mobil service stations when buying a Big Mac, medium fries, medium soft drink and a hot apple pie for $9.50.

Reports

13 Tribro & 3 Mitchell companies collapse     Counties sponsors

Sovereign Yachts (NZ) wound up     Sovereign Yachts (NZ) wound up

Receivers enter MyVirtualHome International

 

 

.http://softlink.softsource.co.nz/newsletters/images/GraftonGourmet_CaseStudy_Final.pdf

http://www.chamber.co.nz/pdfs/JuneCaseStudy_15Jun07.pdf

http://www.microsoft.com/nz/casestudies/directory/grafton_gourmet.mspx

 

 

Receivership: Receivers enter Grafton Gourmet (2005)

Company: Grafton Gourmet (2005) Ltd

Directors: Cindy & Michael Dorn, Howick

Receivership date: 12 December

Receivers: Brian May o-Smith & Shaun Adams (BDO Spicers Ltd)

Other details: Mr Dorn is a director of Advanced Software Technologies Ltd, Complete Computing Solutions Ltd and M&D International Ltd, and is a former director of Creative Foods Ltd

.http://softlink.softsource.co.nz/newsletters/images/GraftonGourmet_CaseStudy_Final.pdf

http://www.chamber.co.nz/pdfs/JuneCaseStudy_15Jun07.pdf

http://www.microsoft.com/nz/casestudies/directory/grafton_gourmet.mspx

 

 

New Zealand's Most Trusted Professions List - 2009

1. Firefighters
2. Ambulance officers
3. Nurses
4. Doctors
5. Pharmacists
6. Veterinarians
7. Members of the Armed Forces
8. Teachers
9. Police officers
10. Judges
11. Scientists
12. Dentists
13. Childcare providers
14. Farmers15. Locksmiths
16. Bus/train drivers
17. Electricians
18. Chefs
19. Hairdressers
20. Plumbers
21. Accountants
22. Psychologists/counsellors
23. Social workers
24. Mechanics
25. Religious ministers
26. Lawyers
27. Bartenders
28. Financial planners/advisers
29. Taxi drivers
30. Domestic cleaners
31. Professional footballers
32. Corporate CEOs
33. Journalists
34. Psychics/astrologers
35. Real Estate agents
36. Politicians
37. Car Salesmen
38. Sex workers
39. Telemarketers

 

Home Page Merlin IT

 

Windows XP Service pack 3 does not have the correct Daylight Savings patch applied for New Zealand

XP SP 3 NZ daylight saving time patch Microsoft Web   Merlinit

 

Smoke Alarms

One of the most important fire safety devices for the home is the smoke alarm

The primary job of our smoke alarm is to protect you from fires while you are asleep

Smoke alarms need no maintenance other than changing batteries and an occasional vacuuming of dust or cobwebs. Smoke alarms should be tested at least once a month. All smoke alarms have a test button that you push to check out the entire alarm,

Daylight Saving is a good reminder to change the batteries.

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