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- American Heart Association: Tachycardia
- The Mayo Clinic: Tachycardia: Causes
- The Mayo Clinic: Bradycardia: Causes
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Factors That Affect the Heart Rate
There are many factors that affect your heart rate. The heart rate can speed up or slow down because of stress, exercise, medication, trauma or illness. Even breathing can cause slight fluctuations in heart rate. Most of the time a person does not really think about changes in his heart rate. Only when the change is significant does he become aware, and possibly concerned, depending on the effect.
For many people there is a natural occurrence during respiration; the heart rate slows ever so slightly during inspiration. When you breathe in, you might notice your heart rate slow down and then immediately return to normal.
Emotional Stress
Donna D. Ignatavicius, MS RN, and M. Linda Workman, Ph.D., authors of "Medical-Surgical Nursing - Critical Thinking for Collaborative Care," explain that part of the human response to psychological stress is an increase in heart rate. Emotional stress causes the same effects as physical stress. Anxiety and fear cause the release of hormones that make the heart pump faster and harder to provide muscles with necessary energy for self defense or escape.
Physical Stress
Hard work and exercise increase the heart rate of a healthy heart. To meet the body's demand for more oxygen, the heart beats faster and harder. In an unhealthy heart, the increased demands for oxygen may fatigue the heart and cause bradycardia, or a slow heart rate.
Vagal Stimulation
Vagal stimulation involves special sensors in the body that are attuned to blood pressure changes. When a person bears down to have a bowel movement, deliver a baby or lift something very heavy, the increased pressure in the body signals the heart to slow down its rate.
Prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, herbal supplements, diet aids and street drugs can affect the heart rate. Stimulants like caffeine, ephedrine or cocaine can cause an increased heart rate. Beta blockers and digitalis preparations can slow down the heart rate.
Barbara McLean, CCNP, and Janice Zimmerman, M.D., authors of "Fundamental Critical Care Support," discuss how fever and septic shock can affect the heart rate. A fever places an increased metabolic demand on the body, and the heart rate increases to meet oxygen demands. When an infection overcomes the body's defense system, the illness becomes systemic, the person is said to be septic and shock ensues. As the body loses its battle against the infection, the circulatory system collapses and heart rate falls. Other disease processes such as thyroid disease, anemia (low blood count) and trauma are factors that affect the heart rate, either increasing or decreasing it.
Diseased Heart
The American Heart Association explains that heart disease from atherosclerosis (plaque buildup in arteries) can lead to a heart attack, heart failure or irregular heart rhythms called arrhythmias. Arrhythmias can affect the heart rate, making it too fast or too slow. Heart muscle damage can also happen from viral and bacterial illness and drug use.
- "Medical-Surgical Nursing - Critical Thinking for Collaborative Care;" Donna D. Ignatavicius MS RN, & M. Linda Workman Ph.D.; 2006
- "Fundamental Critical Care Support (4th ed.);" McLean, B. & Zimmerman, J. L.; 2007
- American Heart Association: Tachycardia
- The Mayo Clinic: Tachycardia: Causes
- The Mayo Clinic: Bradycardia: Causes
- heart beat medical image by Nicemonkey from Fotolia.com


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"Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you."
I am sure most of you reading this article found themselves at least once in the situation of not having enough spare time. Classes, endless hours spent everyday at work and then home sweet home…or maybe not. As soon as you return your phone starts ringing. When did you last do something just for your own entertainment? If the answer is "a long time ago" it is a clear sign that you must change your routine. And it's not hard at all!
1. Decide what your priorities are. Each morning create a schedule for the day in each you have settled some time for yourself. Do your best to stick to this schedule!
2. Try to become more organized and to improve your time management.
3. Keep an agenda of everything you do. See where you spend most of your time and decide on what you can change. It is also a method to become more efficient!
4. Try to choose a certain order in which you will handle your errands. Try to solve everything at once in order not to waste time returning to town to buy something you've forgotten. Try to shop on the Internet as much as you can.
5. Hire a maid or a gardener if you afford one in order to save more time. A few more hours for yourself can prove priceless!
6. Make technology your friend. Use the cell phone, the e-mail and the Internet as much as you can to gain time and also to become more efficient.
7. Keep your attitude positive even in tough moments. Getting angry won't help you and will only make you lose time and energy!
8. Reward yourself everyday! Try to be active, go to gym, jog or spend some time reading a good book. Plan a little trip to get away from it all-it will definitely change your mood and so you will be again ready for a new day at work.
ADVICE1. Consider your spare time as important as a business meeting! Turn off your cell phone and only answer text messages if you want to.
2. If you have children allow them to help you with the house chores. This will bring benefits for the entire family from many points of view. Hire a nanny from time to time to have some time for yourself or organize a play group for your children. This is not a proof of a irresponsible parent as the children will also feel better with their parents in a good mood.
IMPORTANT1. Learn to say NO to the social events or to the projects you wouldn't like to be part of.
2. Fight the temptation of postponing your spare time! You deserve it!


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Dual-SIM dual-standby Samsung Galaxy Note II in the works for China
After the unexpected success of the first Samsung Galaxy Note phablet, Samsung is getting even more serious about Galaxy Note II. Especially when it comes to what is fast becoming the world's biggest smartphone market – China.
Galaxy Note II for the rest of the world was announced a week ago in Berlin. But for China, Samsung has a special version of the second generation Note, with dual-SIM dual standby support
As you can see in the picture above, this Galaxy Note 2 has 3 card slots. One for microS, one for normal SIM and one for microSIM.
Other specs of the device remain the same – 1.6 GHz Exynos 4412 quad-core CPU, 2 GB of RAM, 5.5" 720x1280px display, S-Pen, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and other goodies.
This dual-SIM Galaxy Note 2 seems to be headed for China Unicom, though it is still not clear when will it get there and how much will it cost.
With Samsung now producing customized versions of Galaxy Note II for Chinese operators, I wonder what they have in store for China Mobile and China Telecom.
Via MyDrivers
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"The diversity of both symptoms and underlying variations of the progression of major depressive disorder confounds the development of targeted treatments for the disease," says study author Mark Hyman Rapaport, MD, principal investigator, and Reunette W. Harris professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. "The discovery of biomarkers that characterize subgroups of patients with MDD is critical to the understanding of its pathogenesis, and to the development of personalized therapies."
In a randomized trial, 155 participants were given either two capsules containing EPA-enriched mix or a placebo, or four capsules of a DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)-enriched mix or four placebo capsules for eight weeks. All participants were previously diagnosed with major depressive disorder.
EPA was found to be effective for a group of patients who had high levels of at least one of four markers of inflammation in their blood. DHA was not effective for this group of patients.
The authors call the finding a proof-of-concept for the idea that anti-inflammatory treatments can be effective in subgroups of patients with depression.
This goes along with earlier studies showing that an anti-inflammatory drug infliximab can be effective in some patients with treatment-resistant depression, specifically those with high levels of inflammation.
According to the authors, these results support the proposition that anti-inflammatory therapy is only beneficial as a treatment of inflammation-driven major depressive disorder, and is ineffective and potentially harmful for individuals whose depression is due to a different physiological disturbance.
The authors go on to say they have preliminary data suggesting that obese patients with depression are more likely to have high markers of inflammation, and might benefit from anti-inflammatory drugs. In future studies, they are going to replicate their preliminary findings and extend them by investigating the influence of other important biological measures and clinical characteristics.
Some of the research was conducted at the Depression Clinical and Research Programs, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
The National Institutes of Health funded the study.
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I went along to the launch of a new report by UNISON on personalisation yesterday. The report, written by senior academics at Bristol University, argues that underfunding is leading to increased privatisation and plummeting standards. The report calls for a sea change in the way employment in social care is viewed, to increase recruitment and retention, and improve training and career opportunities. It recommends a boost in support for personal assistants, for them to be employed and regulated by local authorities, and help for people managing their own personal budget. UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis argues that personalised budgets are being rushed through, without enough funding, risking valued local services such as day centres, and community transport. To accompany the report UNISON launched a powerful video of social care workers talking about the time pressures and lack of training for the responsibilities, such as helping with medicines. One of the interesting issues explored is that those holding personalised budgets can find themselves becoming employers, a role that few would actively want to take on. UNISON's solution is a National Care Service, something that the current government have said they support, but not how they would organise or fund. A White Paper saying more on this is imminent and may be published alongside the Budget. I doubt we will see real progress though until a Royal Commission or some other means of achieving political consensus, takes place. In the meantime, the LGiU and All Party Parliamentary Local Government Group report: Never too late for living, remains an important contribution to the debate because of the consensus that we achieved around key issues.
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Time To Relax!
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Sweet card. Beautiful colours and watercoloured background. Love the bold sentiment... now I'm off to relax. 😉 Thank you for joining us this week at Less is More. 😊 Trina xxReplyDelete
Love that watercolor background. Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I get a Miami Vice vibe here. I like the aubergine colored panel, it picks up the the color of some of the splatter nicely.ReplyDelete
Super make and loving the palm tree silhouette tooReplyDelete
Love how the stamping goes over the edge of the masked space; great card Sandie! Hope you have a fun week planned!ReplyDelete
Now don't we all need to find a palm tree and relax in the sunshine?! Fab card Sandie and thanks for playing at AAA Cards.ReplyDelete
A fabulous holiday card Sandie and the perfect way to 'relax' - it's raining here so could certainly do with a little of that sunshine. Thanks so much for joining us at Less is More this week.ReplyDelete
Lovely card, the soft colors and black are a modern and very nice combo!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card and a super watercolour background... and I'd definitely join you under that palm tree xxReplyDelete
So happy to see your card here Sandie! Such a striking image and sentiment. I love the impact they have on the masked background. Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards!ReplyDelete
Love that sunshine background! Its beautiful. Great sentiment too. Thanks for sharing at AAA Cards.ReplyDelete
Gosh, that background is gorgeous, Sandie ... so dreamy ... perfect with the palm and the bold sentiment! Hugs, Anita :)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful blend for your sunshine background, Sandie. It's gorgeous, and who knew purple would work with this...fab!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita x
A super card, such a fabulous design and great colours.ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us at Less is More.
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This looks wonderful, hon! Very creative, artistic card. I love the background you created and the stamps you used are very pretty. That bold sentiment is fab! Thanks for joining us at Less Is More!ReplyDelete
Beautiful sky. Great place to read a book. Thank you for sharing with us at AAA Cards!ReplyDelete


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Goo Goo is learning how to walk on a leash. We haven't trained her to walk properly yet because she's timid when she's outdoors. Living near a highway and having many tourists make for many loud noises and chatter that this Jersey girl is not used to so we are more focused on having her get used to all the new noises first. Yesterday, she wrapped herself around a street sign pole. Twice.
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The Bookless Library
By Deane Barker on January 23, 2013
A New Chapter? A Launch Of The Bookless Library: The library continues to evolve. San Antonio is launching a library without books.
In keeping with technological advances, the county will house a library of neatly arranged LCD screens and gadgets instead of the traditional banquet of dog-eared print and paper books. The public library will be one of the first digital-only libraries of its kind.
With 50 computer terminals and a stock of laptops and tablets on-site, the building will also offer an array of preloaded e-readers available for the card-carrying customer to take home.
Another library tried this back in 2002, apparently, and immediately ran into a pretty big problem.
And the biggest issue? Most content is simply not available digitally to license and purchase.
"So your selection of best-sellers and popular media just went down the toilet because 99 percent of that is not available to libraries digitally," she says
Related: Librarians and the Book: A Marriage of Convenience


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Whitchurch-Stouffville (2006 population 24,390) is a town in south-central Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of York in the Greater Toronto Area. Situated in the southeast corner of the region, the town primarily functions as a bedroom community for the City of Toronto and its environs.
According to the 2006 Statistics Canada Census
Whitchurch-Stouffville is located approximately 24 kilometres north of the City of Toronto. It is bounded by Davis Drive in the north, Regional Road 30 in the east, and Highway 404 in the west. The southern boundary conforms with a position approximately 200 metres north of 19th Avenue, and is irregular due to the annexation of lands formerly part of Markham Township in 1971.
Motor traffic is served primarily by Ontario provincial Highway 48 and Highway 404, which are in turn complimented by a network of regional roads that form a grid pattern across the town.
Whitchurch-Stouffville is traversed by two rail lines operated by Canadian National Railway although only one, formerly the Toronto and Nipissing Railway, provides passenger service to Toronto. York Region Transit (YRT) and the Greater Toronto Transit Authority operate public transportation services in Whithchurch-Stouffville.
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As the town continues to expands, new facilities are being constructed to accommodate the increasing number of school-aged children in the community. In 2006, construction was begun on a new facility to replace the aging Stouffville District Secondary School, and students entered it's doors in September 2007. Located near the intersection of Weldon and Hoover Park Drive (part of a major suburban expansion project), it accommodates approximately 1,500 students. There are currently no post-secondary education facilities located in Whitchurch-Stouffville.
Whitchurch Township was created in 1792 as one of ten townships in York County. It was named in honour of the village of Whitchurch, Herefordshire in, England, where Elizabeth Simcoe (wife of Upper Canada Lieutenant Governor Sir John Graves Simcoe) was born. Between 1800 and 1802, John Stegman completed a survey of the township which created a system of land concessions. This allowed for the organized distribution of land to settlers, with each concession containing five, 200-acre (0.81 km²) lots. This layout remains visible today, as the road network in the area reflects the locations of the boundaries between concession blocks.
Early settlers of this period included Quakers and Mennonites, from the nearby American states of Pennsylvania, Vermont and New York. They also included Hessian soldiers, who had been granted land in Upper Canada by Britain in exchange for their service the American Revolution against the 13 colonies. Several settlers also established mill sites to process the timber that was cleared from the land, which led to the creation of hamlets at travel intersections throughout the township. Stoufferville was one such hamlet, which grew around the saw and grist mills of Mennonite settler Abraham Stouffer. When a post office was established there in 1832, the name was shortened to Stouffville.
In 1877, the Village of Stouffville was separated from the township. Stouffville's growth was aided by the establishment of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway, built in 1871, which connected Stouffville with Toronto. This connection was created in large part to provide a reliable and efficient means of exporting timber harvested and milled there. Forestry led to large-scale deforestation, eroding the thin soils of northern Whitchurch into sand deserts. Reforestation efforts were begun locally, and with the passage of the Reforestation Act (1911), the process of reclaiming these areas began. Vivian forest, a large conservation area in northern Whitchurch-Stouffville that remains in existence today, was established in 1924 for this purpose. There are currently around 5,000 acres (20 km²) of reforested land, managed by York Region, in Whitchurch-Stouffville.
The suburban expansion of Toronto in the mid-20th century led to a reexamination at the provincial level of municipal governance. On January 1, 1971, Whitchurch Township and the Village of Stouffville were merged to create the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. In addition to the merger, the southern boundary of the town was moved four farm lots south of the original southern boundary of Main Street. This land was formerly a part of Markham Township, and meant that for the first time, residents along the south side on Main Street were legally a part of the town.
The town is currently served by two local community newspapers: the "Stouffville Free Press" and the "Stouffville Sun-Tribune". A community radio station, CIWS-FM, launched in 2008.
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I was advised to get the V-Star 650 as my first cruiser after a 23yr absence from riding and still being on my restricted license this is the biggest I could get, my first only bike ever was a 175 dirt bike and I was a bit nervous getting a bigger bike after not having ridden for so long but its something I really wanted to do and I didn't really want to mess around with say a 250 then in 3 months time turn around and buy a bigger bike, so I thought just go for the bigger bike straight off and I'm glad I did.
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By following our fitness training programme, it will give you the opportunity to reach a good level of fitness in a progressive manner prior to departing on expedition.
The training programme is based upon 3 key elements:
The ability to keep going for a protracted period of time. The basic building block for endurance training is running, but can be supported and complemented by both swimming and cycling.
Preparing the body for the rigours of expeditions. Conditioning for expedition requires the individual to practice carrying a pack and wearing boots for several hours at a time.
To develop the body's core strength to help cope with both endurance and conditioning. The shoulders, back and legs are the key muscle groups to strengthen, but total body strength is encouraged through the use of resistance training.
At the point of signing up, you will be asked by your Programme Manager to work out your Body Mass Index (BMI). Please click below for an online calculator to help you achieve this. We will also ask you to retest this before departure. On your training courses, we will also ask you to take part in a "bleep test" in order for us to assess your progress.
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November 3, 2012 – 7:30pm
November 4, 2012 – 3:00pm
Ticket Price: $40 • $35 • $25
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company brings its celebrated repertoire to the Schimmel. Calpulli will be unveiling its World Premiere of Dia de los Muertos(Day of the Dead), evoking the unending relationship between the living and the departed with music and dance as the language that transcends. Meticulous costuming, passionate live music, and larger than life surprises will have you mesmerized!
Tickets to all events are available for purchase now:
Online at schimmel.pace.edu
By phone via The Ovation Tix Call Center at (866) 811-4111
In person in advance at The Michael Schimmel Center Box Office, open Mon-Fri from 1pm-6pm beginning August 27th.
Day of Show at The Michael Schimmel Center starting two hours before curtain.
Public Transportation within a five minute walk of the venue includes:
# 4, 5 & 6 Subway to Brooklyn Bridge City Hall
# 2 & 3 Subway to Fulton Street
A & C Subway to Fulton Street
J & Z Subway to Fulton Street
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PATH Train to World Trade Center
M1 Bus to Broadway-Nassau Street / Fulton Street
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Located one block east of City Hall and immediately adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge, The Schimmel Center's 670-seat theatre regularly hosts academic and community events in addition to its yearly schedule of the world's finest music, theatre and dance. Over the past twelve years, The Schimmel Center has served as a founding venue for The River-to-River Festival (2002), hosted both The Tribeca Film Festival and The Tribeca Theatre Festival (2001), provided a headquarters for The National Actors Theatre (2002 to 2004), presented the only Democratic Presidential Debate to present all ten candidates for the 2004 election, and actively hosts James Lipton's award-winning Bravo series Inside the Actors Studio, taped on the Schimmel Theatre's stage since 2005.
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The winner of the tenth running of this classic match-racing event and the first Australian to win was James SPITHILL, sailing for Luna Rossa. He defeated Roy HEINER (NED) in an epic four race final by three races to one.
Heiner won the first race of the final with an all Italian crew composing of Claudius CELON, Manuel MODENA and Raimondo TONELLI, but Spithill fought back in the second match, levelling the score at 1-1. Overcoming a circling penalty in the pre-start in the third race of the series, Spithill successfully pass Heiner and open up enough of a gap to take the penalty and the third race. He went on to win a closely fought race four by a mere boat-length, and with it yet another ISAF Grade 1 victory. Spithill is the third skipper to win the Tofeo Roberto Trombini twice, and joins Magnus HOLMBERG and (1997/1998) and Peter HOLMBERG (2000/2001)
In the petit-final, Ian WILLIAMS (GBR) defeated Lars NORDBJERG (DEN) in a three race match that was fraught with aggression and the appearance of a number of protest flags, as well as a bit of bumper boat action. He eventually took the battle 2-1 to finish third in the event.
All in all, fantastic racing and a competitive atmosphere made the tenth Trofeo Roberto Trombini one to remember, especially for the still young James SPITHILL, whose victory cements his standing towards the top of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings for the future.
Full results and flight details are available on the event website at the address below.
Overall Results
1. James Spithill (AUS)
2. Roy Heiner (NED)
3. Ian Williams (GBR)
4. Lars Nordbjerg (DEN)
5. Michael Dunstan (AUS)
6. Flavio Favini (ITA)
7. Bjorn Hansen (SWE)
8. Matteo Simoncelli (ITA)
9. Paul Campbell James (GBR)
10. Sebastien Col (FRA)
11. Eguenyi Neugodnikov (RUS)
12. Peter Wibroe (DEN)
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Iron Cowboy will return to the home of the Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium, for the eighth year in a row in 2017 where Shane Proctor will look to defend his title.
ARLINGTON, Tex. – AT&T Stadium, the largest stadium in the National Football League and home of the Dallas Cowboys, will host the PBR's (Professional Bull Riders) Iron Cowboy for the eighth consecutive year on Feb. 18, 2017.
The Iron Cowboy will be the second PBR Major of the 2017 Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS). PBR Majors are the highest profile events on the BFTS, presenting unique formats, increased prize money and world standings points and all televised on the CBS Television Network.
For one night only, Feb. 18, the Top-40 stars of the PBR will try to conquer the rankest bulls in the world, in an effort to make the 8-second buzzer and advance. Riders who stay on their bull for the required 8 seconds, continue to compete. Those bucked off are finished. The cowboys will continue to ride until all but one is left and is declared the Iron Cowboy.
Earlier this season, before 35,000 cheering fans at AT&T Stadium, Shane Proctor won the Choctaw Casino Iron Cowboy, powered by Kawasaki, and brought to fans locally by Sonic. He took home $115,625 as the winner of the second PBR Major of the season, and in earning 885 world standings points moved from No. 8 to the No. 1 position in the PBR world standings.
"We are thrilled to bring The Iron Cowboy, one of the PBR's Majors and among the season's most anticipated events, back to Arlington for our eighth year," PBR CEO Sean Gleason said. "There's no better venue in the world to cheer on our riders than AT&T Stadium, and we look forward to the Iron Cowboy in the heart of Texas."
On Sunday, Feb. 19, the day following the Iron Cowboy, THE AMERICAN returns to round out this Western sports weekend. The largest single-day cash prize rodeo in history, THE AMERICAN offers a total purse of $2 million with $1 million divided among any qualifiers that win their respective events. THE AMERICAN bull riding event will include the Top 10 bull riders in the PBR world standings after the 2016 PBR World Finals, four qualifiers and one exemption each competing for $100,000 in prize money.
Tickets for the Iron Cowboy are on sale Friday, Aug. 26th and range in price from $20 to $152. They can be purchased at the AT&T Stadium Box Office and Ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800) 745-3000. PBRewards Members can earn PBRewards points and will receive access to the best available seats by purchasing their tickets through the PBR Customer Service Department at 800-732-1727.
For an enhanced PBR experience, fans can now purchase PBR Elite Seats, which provide a behind-the-scenes look into the toughest sport on dirt. This once-in-a-lifetime experience includes early entry; tickets to a premium seating section; a catered reception; a 60-minute, backstage tour by a PBR Host, featuring a PBR 101 presentation and visit with the sport's fiercest bulls; and the opportunity for photos and autographs from the top PBR stars. After the event, PBR Elite Seat ticketholders also will be given premium dirt access, where they can get their complimentary 8 Seconds PBR program, Elite Seat lanyard and other memorabilia autographed by the Top 35 bull riders in the world.
The PBR Elite Seats are available for $500 and also can be purchased through Ticketmaster or by contacting the PBR Customer Service Department at 800-732-1727.
Combo tickets for the Iron Cowboy and THE AMERICAN are also on sale with prices ranging from $40 to $252 each. They can be purchased at the AT&T Stadium Box Office, ticketmaster.com, by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or through the PBR Fan Club at (800) 732 1727.
With the best Western sports athletes in the world converging on AT&T Stadium to compete in the Iron Cowboy and THE AMERICAN, Feb. 18-19 will be a weekend showcasing some of the most talented, toughest and grittiest cowboys Texas has ever seen.
For more information on the PBR Iron Cowboy and THE AMERICAN, stay tuned to pbr.com.
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It's been a while since I processed some images....but I'm back on track now! This shot is from the National Air and Space Museum near Dulles Airport in Washington DC. The Enola Gay is lifted up on risers over several other "smaller" airplanes completely dwarfing anything near it.
No tripods are allowed here so this was 3 shots handheld at 500 ISO plus lots of processing in Photomatix, Photoshop, Topaz and Color Efex.


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South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, WA, held a feel-good diversity event, in which they explicitly banned white students from participating. This news must surely have come like a slap in the face with a wet fish to the white social-justice warriors at the school who sincerely believed that if they debased themselves and ingratiated themselves and prostrated themselves before the "people of color" (colored people) at their school by constantly railing against their own fellow whites, they'd be accepted by those "coloreds."
Not so, honky. "That space is not for white people, that space is for people of color," said Karama Blackhorn, program coordinator for the school's Diversity and Equity Center (they have "diversity and equity centers" at schools nowadays).
Because white liberals don't pay attention to anything not involving themselves, they're actually shocked to learn that this is the genuine attitude of their black classmates. They're probably thinking, "You're turning your backs on us and sticking with your own kind? But, but…we berated and rejected our own kind to make you happy!"
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It's simple if you know how to do it
BoP3 (or the Burden of Paradise) were formed in 2006. Bass player Dave Bowie forced everybody to do whatever they wanted, over and over again, until they all agreed it was a good idea. And they've been on the knife-edge of creative marvellousness ever since.
Snake and Dave met as little flute players in 1978, and have been best mates ever since. Most of their growing up continues to be done together, sharing highs, lows and occasionally girlfriends. Dave defined pop obscurity with his band Really, managed by World Music guru Andy Kershaw. Snake and Dave still enjoy credit as Britain's foremost Northern Soul band, Snake Davis And The Suspicions (once the Alligator Shoes). Snake and Helen explored the seamier side of European union in the 80s on a tour bus with Joe Cocker.
What exactly is the BOP3's secret? A stylish blend of precisely 47% blues, 35% folk and 18% jazz.
The band
Breathtaking skill, warm co-operation and witty anarchic banter. BoP3 invites its audience into a world of tenderness, virtuosity and human frailty.
The music
No drums. Just voice, saxophone and a pulsing engine room of double bass (and a bit of ukulele). BoP's unique interpretations of evocative songs from Dylan to Dowland are spell-binding. "BoP3 is a bit like jazz, but better"
The name
The Burden of Paradise - We are all in paradise, if only we knew it. The burden is to accept it.
Helen Watson. The gypsy. With a heart of gold and a voice of crystal, Helen is nevertheless a geography teacher on a field trip for jazz divas. Her quirky career path has put her in the company of Little Feat, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and producer Glyn Johns.
Snake Davis. 007. He's handsome and he's lethal. Snake was the battle cry of the Sydney Olympics, the soul of M People's Search For The Hero and the heart of Take That's A Million Love Songs. Probably the most distinctive sax sound to emerge from the UK in the past 50 years.
Dave Bowie Jr. The obscure. More intelligent than a bass player needs to be, Dave is clever but remarkably incomprehensible. See if you can figure out what he's on about. He counts the Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain, Martha & The Vandellas and Steve Tilston among his conquests.
The New BoP3 website can be accessed here BoP3
Original member Mark Creswell left the band in 2017 to dig more holes (stop digging Mark). You can still catch him occasionally performing with Snake on other gigs.


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I am Kathy Ritter. This is my foodie blog, K Ritters menu.
This is where I practice my menu's, food stuff, recipes, and food photography and share it. The act of sharing encourages me to cook for inspiring meals, take better photos, and generally have something food worthy to post. It's a win-win for me and anyone who might want to share on this journey with me.
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The relentless toll of the opioid epidemic has prompted six states — Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Virginia — to declare formal states of emergency. In August the White House Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis recommended that President Trump declare a national public emergency, which he promised to do. Among other powers, declaring a state of emergency allows states and localities to extend access to naloxone, an overdose reversal drug, and makes additional resources available to address the epidemic immediately. A national declaration changes the legal and policy landscape to allocate federal funds for treatment and speed up interventions like limiting overprescribing. This webinar examines emergency declarations and their potential impact as well as possible drawbacks.
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Sangma, Naveen playing tribal card: Congress
"Unfortunately, Sangma and his proposer Patnaik are trying to influence voters by projecting him as a tribal and Christian candidate in violation of the Constitution, law and tradition," chief spokesman of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Narsingh Mishra told reporters here.
The Constitution clearly says that voters cannot be influenced on the basis of caste, creed and religion, he said cautioning anyone trying to do so would be disqualified. "Not only the candidate but his supporters also trying to influence voters on these grounds are liable to be punished," he said.
"We condemn this attitude of the candidate, his proposers and supporters for using tribal and religion cards. We want them to refrain from such act," he said. Apart from the Constitution, the President and Vice President Election Act, 1952 also provides that election for these posts can be nullified if candidates resort to undue practice to influence voters, Mishra said.
Mishra said that an attempt was also being made to divide political parties on lines of caste, creed and religion and weaken democracy to get votes. Lashing out at Naveen Patnaik for seeking votes for Sangma using his tribal status, the Congress leader said if the chief minister has so much respect and love for tribals he should make a tribal the President of his BJD party.
None of the five Vice-Presidents and ten General Secretaries of ruling BJD is a tribal which shows Naveen`s lack of concern for tribals, he said, adding "one who does not have love and respect for tribals in his party and state should not use their name for votes." He said Sangma did not visit tribal-dominated Kandhamal area when it was burning amid largescale violence in 2008.


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13 January, 2011
2009 Changtai - "Jingpin Banzhang"
5 comments:
- Sir William of the Leaf said...
Is it habit of producers to press cakes with high quality leaves on the outside to cover up the appearance of plantation leaves?
- 14 January 2011 at 03:12
- Hobbes said...
Dear Sir William,
A good question - you know, I haven't come across such a cake in a long, long time. Years, in fact. This could either be because producers have eschewed the practice of performing such layering, or because I have been tending towards a slightly better standard of pu'ercha over the years.
I still try tons of mainstream tea, however (much of which is excellent, if priced appropriately), and haven't noticed any layering - so perhaps it is due to the former reason rather than the latter.
Cause for celebration, surely!
Have you come across layered cakes of late?
- 14 January 2011 at 11:41
If my mind doesn't play tricks on me we both ordered a very similar cake through taobao...did you try it, yet ??
- 15 January 2011 at 13:43
- Hobbes said...
Oh, bloomin' heck - did we? Now you come to mention it, we may well have. This either means it's in the "holding tanks" (small pile of deliveries that is accruing in my office), or it has disappeared into my stacks without being tried.
A quick check of my tea-storage spreadsheet indicates that we did indeed! You have a particularly fine memory.
I'll bust open the cake and see what's happening. What my spreadsheet doesn't tell me is the grade - was it this "jingpin"? I've also tried the "zhengpin" recently, also kindly sent to me by Kenny, and that was even worse than this - really tough plantation leaves.
- 15 January 2011 at 17:42
- Hobbes said...
Kim - great news! I found the 09 Banzhang bing, and it turns out that it's actually "zhenpin"; i.e., a higher grade than both this "jingpin" and the other "zhengpin" that I mentioned.
I'll give it a whirl as soon as possible :)
- 15 January 2011 at 18:50


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Virgin Gorda December Trip, 2014. Special time with our Italians (Cris, Paolo, Francesco, Gianluca, Carlotta and Cesare), Sharon and Bob (our friends we went with to cruise on the Mekong in March), Maha, Fabio (new food and beverage manager at LDB) and their daughter, Sofia, Judith and Mark (from San Miguel de Allende). Gianluca brought flying lanterns for us on the beach. Lighting fire inside the lanterns makes them fly. Truly spectacular!Read More


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THE PITTSTON COMPANY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Plan, which provides for Performance Awards to be awarded to a select group of management and highly compensated employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, is to promote the interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries by linking financial incentives provided to such employees with improvement in the Company's financial results. 2. Administration. The Plan will be administered by a Committee composed of at least three members of the Company's Board of Directors each of whom shall qualify as (a) an "outside director" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and (b) a "nonemployee director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3)(i) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Until determined otherwise by the Board, the Compensation and Benefits Committee designated by the Board shall be the Committee under this Plan. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have plenary authority, in its discretion, to administer the Plan and to exercise all powers and authority either specifically granted to it under the Plan or necessary and advisable in the administration of the Plan, including without limitation the authority to interpret the Plan; to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan; to grant Performance Awards; to determine the terms, provisions and conditions of all Performance Awards granted under the Plan (which need not be identical), the individuals to whom and the time or times when Awards shall be granted, and the performance measures used to determine any payments of Performance Awards; and to make all other necessary or advisable determinations with respect to the Plan. The determination of the Committee on such matters shall be conclusive. 3. Participation. The Committee may select from time to time key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries to participate in the Plan who, in the opinion of the Committee, have the capacity to contribute significantly to the successful performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries. An employee who is selected to be a Participant for one Performance Measurement Period shall not have any rights to be included as a Participant for subsequent Performance Measurement Periods. <PAGE> 2 4. Performance Awards. (a) Performance Awards may be, but are not required to be, granted annually. Each Performance Award shall provide that a Participant will be entitled to a cash payment following the completion of a designated Performance Measurement Period (which shall be three fiscal years of the Company), subject to the satisfaction of conditions set forth in the Plan, and the achievement of certain goals established by the Committee in connection with each Performance Award. Cash payments to which a Participant may be entitled following the conclusion of each Performance Measurement Period shall be determined based on the satisfaction of various performance measures, as the Committee shall determine in the case of each Performance Award, including, but not limited to, net income, operating income, earnings per share, return on equity, return on capital and/or economic value added with respect to the Company, any Subsidiary and/or business unit of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Committee shall determine and establish in writing, with respect to each Performance Award, the performance measures for each year of the Performance Measurement Period (including the levels of performance measures that must be achieved to receive corresponding levels of cash payments); provided, however, that minimum performance measures for the full Performance Measurement Period (which performance measures may be raised in subsequent years) shall be established in writing no later than 90 days after the commencement of the Performance Measurement Period. Each Performance Award shall include a (i) target level of performance measures which if satisfied will entitle a Participant to 100% of a specified target dollar amount and (ii) maximum payment (specified in dollars) which may not be greater than 200% of the target dollar amount described in subparagraph (i). The maximum incentive payment any one Participant may be entitled to receive (whether or not deferred as described in Section 4(c) below) for any one Performance Measurement Period is $2,000,000. Performance Award shall terminate for all purposes unless the Participant remains continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary until the date established by the Committee for payment of the Performance Award unless the termination is (i) due to Retirement, Disability or death; (ii) approved by the Committee; or (iii) subsequent to a Change in Control. In the event a Participant's employment is terminated due to Retirement, Disability or death, he or she (or, in the event of the Participant's death, his or her beneficiary) will be entitled to a prorated portion of the Performance Award to which he or she would otherwise be entitled based on the portion of the Performance Measurement Period (determined in completed months) during which he or she was continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary and based on the extent to which the performance goals were achieved as determined at the end of the Performance Measurement Period. In the event of a Participant's termination of employment for reasons other than Retirement, Disability or death, the Committee may, but is not obligated to, authorize payment of an amount up to the prorated <PAGE> 3 amount that would be payable under the preceding sentence. In the event of a Change in Control, Performance Awards shall be deemed to be earned at 150% of the specified target dollar amount described in Section 4(a)(i) and shall be paid as soon as practicable following the earlier of the Participant's termination of employment after the Change in Control or the end of the Performance Measurement Period during which the Change in Control occurred. (c) Participants entitled to receive a Performance Award for a Performance Measurement Period will be entitled to receive a lump-sum cash payment on a date selected by the Committee following the end of the Performance Measurement Period provided that the performance measures are met. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Participants may elect to defer the receipt of payment of a Performance Award under the Key Employees' Deferred Compensation Program of The Pittston Company in accordance with the terms of such plan. Any payments made under this Plan shall be subject to all applicable Federal, state or local taxes required by law to be withheld. 5. Designation of Beneficiary. A Participant may designate, in a written election filed with the Committee, a beneficiary or beneficiaries (which may be an entity other than a natural person) to receive all distributions and payments under the Plan after the Participant's death. Any such designation may be revoked, and a new election may be made, at any time and from to time, by the Participant without the consent of any beneficiary (unless otherwise required by law). If the Participant designates more than one beneficiary, any distributions and payments to such beneficiaries shall be made in equal percentages unless the Participant has designated otherwise in writing, in which case the distributions and payments shall be made in the percentages designated by the Participant. If no beneficiary has been named by the Participant or no beneficiary survives the Participant, any amounts due to the Participant shall be distributed or paid in a single sum to the Participant's estate. 6. Nonexclusive Plan. The adoption of the Plan shall not be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Company to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. 7. Nonassignability. No Performance Awards may be transferred, alienated or assigned other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. 8. Amendment and Termination. The Board of Directors may amend or terminate this Plan at any time without the approval of the Company's shareholders. <PAGE> 4 9. Effectiveness of the Plan. The Plan shall become effective on January 1, 2000, provided that the Plan is approved by the Company's shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders occurring in calendar year 2000. 10. No Right to Continued Employment. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor any action of the Board or Committee shall be deemed to give any officer or employee any right to continued employment or any other rights other than to payments under a Performance Award granted hereunder in accordance with the terms of such award. 11. Governing Law. The Plan shall be construed and interpreted under the laws of the state of New York. 12. Definitions. For the purpose of this Plan, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: (a) "Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company. (b) "Change in Control" shall have the same meaning as under The Pittston Company 1988 Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time, or any successor to such plan. (c) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (d) "Committee" means the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Company or any successor thereto unless determined otherwise by the Board of Directors. (e) "Company" means The Pittston Company, a Virginia corporation. (f) "Disability" means a physical or mental incapacity which would entitle the Participant to benefits under the Company's long-term disability plan. (g) "Participant" means an employee who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan. (h) "Performance Award" means an incentive award made pursuant to the Plan. (i) "Performance Measurement Period" means a performance cycle of one or more fiscal years of the Company. The initial Performance Measurement Period shall be 2000-2002 (inclusive). (j) "Plan" means The Pittston Company Management Performance Improvement Plan as amended from time to time. <PAGE> 5 (k) "Retirement" means, with respect to any Participant, the Participant's retirement as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary under the Pension-Retirement Plan of The Pittston Company and Subsidiaries or other retirement plan sponsored by the Company or a Subsidiary. (l) "Subsidiary" means any corporation more than 80% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned by the Company, by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries or by one or more Subsidiaries. "Subsidiaries" means more than one of any such corporation.
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Facebook (FB) earnings rose for the first time since its IPO, but shares retreated late Wednesday as mobile user and ad growth slowed.
The social networking giant's adjusted fourth-quarter profit rose 13% to 17 cents a share. Analysts had expected a third straight quarter of flat earnings.
Revenue for Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook climbed 40% to $1.59 billion, edging views. Sales had grown 32% in each of the prior two quarters.
"There were a lot of expectations, and they confirmed that it's a great quarter with a little bit of upside," said Wedge Partners analyst Martin Pyykkonen. "But it wasn't a crushing number."
Most on Wall Street were eying mobile advertising figures, as Facebook continues to refine its targeted ads for users on cellphones and tablets.
'Mobile First' Isn't Enough
Mobile revenue accounted for 23% of all ad sales at Facebook vs. 14% in Q3. But some views had been for at least 30%, or a less-specific "significant increase," as RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney expected.
"But we're really early in the mobile space and they have a good service, good sponsored stories and traction," said Pyykkonen. "It won't be a success overnight, so I'm happy with 23%."
Shares initially fell 10% after hours, but pared their late trading loss to about 4%. The stock rose 1.5% in the regular session.
Mobile monthly users grew 57% vs. a year earlier, a slowdown from Q3's 67% gain.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg told analysts on the post-earnings con ference call that Facebook is now a "mobile first" business and it will build new apps in 2013.
"We aren't operating to maximize our profits this year," he said. "We're doing what we think is best to grow our platform."
Analysts Still Bullish
Still, Zuckerberg said Facebook is building new multimedia mobile advertisements to add to the text-based ads it started posting in users' mobile "News Feed" in Q2 2012.
It's still "very early" for predictions on how much it will grow in the coming quarters, wrote JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth. But it does look like it's doing well so far, wrote Anmuth.
"We continue to believe that Facebook's ad platform is more differentiated in mobile than desktop," wrote Anmuth, who rates Facebook as overweight. "And the company will continue to push high-quality ads toward the mobile news feed."
Mobile revenue could top desktop revenue by 2014, Anmuth says.
Desktop advertising showed a "slight acceleration" in Q4, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Youssef Squali wrote in a post-earnings note. It grew 41% vs. 36% in Q3.
Total Facebook user growth slowed to 25%, to 1.06 billion. Year-over-year growth had been 26% in Q3 and 29% in Q2.
Facebook's adjusted operating profit margin was 46%, down from 55% a year earlier. That reflects heavier spending as the company takes product development seriously, says Pyykkonen.
Facebook earlier this month rolled out "Graph Search," a social search that analysts view as a challenge to Google (GOOG) Search.
Zuckerberg reiterated Wednesday that Graph Search is "not a Web search." But it could boost Facebook users in 2013, even though it doesn't yet have any monetization, he said.
"Down the line, if we do this well, this could become a meaningful business for us," he said.