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Mammoth storm hammers coast
The winds have been constantly blowing out of the south and it's been raining off and on since Wednesday. In fact, Rocky Butte near San Simeon has recorded more than 5 inches of rainfall. Cal Poly's home of record for climatology had recorded nearly 2 inches of the wet stuff as of Saturday.
Not only has it been drizzling, sprinkling or raining since Wednesday, but air temperatures have been mild with daytime highs in the 60s with overnight lows in the 50s. Along our rugged coastline, these persistent southerly winds have created a northerly flowing ocean current and warmer seawater temperatures. Medium to high westerly swells and short period southerly seas have also persisted along the coastline.
The culprit is a large 964-millibar storm that set up shop in the Gulf of Alaska. This intense midlatitude cyclone was more than 1,000 miles across! If you have looked at the surface charts over the last few days, the isobar lines resemble tree rings stretched across much of northeastern Pacific, a large storm indeed!
This parent storm has spun out a series of smaller-scale low-pressure systems that have tapped into abundant subtropical moisture from the southwestern Pacific. The storms have produced remarkable rainfall totals north of San Luis Obispo County. As of Saturday, more than 8 inches of rain had been recorded at Mining Ridge along the Big Sur coastline.
This wet weather pattern couldn't be more different than what we experienced last December. If you remember, December 2011 went nearly dry. Only 0.18 of an inch of rain was recorded at Cal Poly.
Normally, San Luis Obispo receives 3.79 inches of rain during December. Paso Robles was even drier,
only recording 0.07 inches of rain. Historically, Paso Robles receives 2.02 inches of rainfall.
This December, the Climate Prediction Center in Maryland is predicting above-normal temperatures and below average rainfall for San Luis Obispo County. So far, the county has started out on good footing with these recent rains. Actually, by tonight, a few Central Coast locations could reach near-normal levels of rainfall for the entire month of December.
This leads to a question: Where does all this water go? If the rainfall is light, say less than a tenth of an inch, most of it evaporates back into the atmosphere, from which it can return another day.
Heavier amounts of rain will soak into the ground, where it's absorbed by plants and then transported back into the atmosphere by transpiration. An amazing amount of water transpires from the leaves of plants. A single large oak tree in our county can move 100 gallons or more of water into the air in just one day during the summer. An acre of corn gives off about 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of water each day.
During heavier storms, a lot of the water is absorbed by the ground and goes through a process called infiltration. This filtered water recharges aquifers, which can later be pumped from wells and used for industrial, agricultural and residential use. This water also seeps into creeks and streams and provides a base flow. However, impervious surfaces such as paved highways, parking lots and rooftops, even during light rain events, can produce storm runoff which can carry oils and other pollutants into creeks, lakes and eventually the ocean.
If the ground is saturated after a series of storms, much of the new rain runs off, adding to the flow of streams.
In hydrology, there is a concept called "time of concentration." Basically, it is the time needed for a raindrop to fall on the highest point in the watershed and make its way to the watershed outlet.
Jill Ogren, a registered civil engineer with Hydraulic Planning of San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department, calculated that a raindrop falling in the San Luis Creek headwaters at the top of Cuesta Grade would take about 3.6 hours to reach Avila Beach. The time of concentration in Arroyo Grande Creek for a raindrop to go from the farthest point in the Lopez Watershed through the Lopez Reservoir and then down the creek to the ocean would be approximately 10.5 hours. This information is vital in determining the time for a creek or stream to reach its peak flow and aids in flood preparation efforts in the county.
As of last week, Lopez Lake was at 76 percent of capacity, while Margarita Lake was at 58 percent of capacity. Lake Nacimiento and San Antonio were much lower, at 34 and 48 percent of capacity, respectively. It will be interesting to see how much these numbers go up due to this weekend's rain.
According to the United States Geological Survey, an average of some 70 percent of the annual precipitation returns to the atmosphere by evaporation from land and water surfaces and by transpiration from vegetation. The remaining 30 percent eventually reaches a stream, lake or ocean.
The westerly swell peaked Saturday at 13 feet with a 14-second period.
A 9- to 11-foot west-southwesterly (260-degree deep-water) sea and swell (with a 5- to 13-second period) is forecast along our coastline today, decreasing and shifting out of the west-northwest (280-
degree deep-water) to 7 to 9 feet (with an 8- to 12-second period) Monday.
This west-northwesterly swell will further lower to 3 to 5 feet (with a 9- to 11-second period) Tuesday and will remain at this level through Wednesday.
Strong to gale-force (24- to 38-mph) northwesterly winds will generate a 4- to 6-foot northwesterly (300-degree deep-water) sea and swell (with a 5- to 11-second period) Wednesday afternoon through Saturday.
Atmospheric conditions
The last in a series of Gulf of Alaska storm systems will move westward toward the Great Basin. The associated cold front will reach far northern San Luis Obispo County later this morning. This cold front will pass over San Luis Obispo between 2 and 6 p.m., with moderate to heavy rain and strong to gale-force (24- to 38-mph) coastal southwesterly winds. Rain will continue through tonight, ending by Monday morning.
This storm will tap into subtropical moisture from the southwestern Pacific, and rainfall amounts will be impressive, with 1 and 3 inches across the low elevation locations and 3 to 5 inches of precipitation in the mountains. Snow levels will be high and generally above 7,000 feet.
In Northern California, the threat of flooding exists due to the several days of rainfall that have saturated the ground. The Russian and Napa rivers are at flood stage with an additional 3 and 5 feet of rise forecasted to occur with today's storm, which is expected to result in flooding for the communities of Guerneville and Saint Helena.
A weak ridge of high pressure is then expected to build over California on Monday with mostly clear skies and night and morning gentle offshore winds. Little change is expected Tuesday.
A weak front will produce increasing clouds Wednesday but rain is not expected. A ridge of high pressure will then begin to build over the region Thursday, bringing fair and dry conditions through next weekend.
Gentle to moderate (8- to 18-mph) southeasterly winds will continue through this morning.
These fresh to strong (24- to 31-mph) southwesterly winds will develop late this morning and will peak at strong to gale force (24- to 38-mph) levels this afternoon, decreasing tonight.
A pattern of gentle northeasterly (offshore) winds developing during the night and morning hours, shifting and increasing to moderate to fresh (13- to 24-mph) levels during the afternoon hours, will start Monday and will continue through Tuesday. Strong to gale-force (24- to 38-mph) afternoon northwesterly winds are forecast for Wednesday through next Saturday.
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• Have battery-operated flashlights and radios with fresh batteries ready.
To report a power outage, call 800-743-5002.
If you have any questions or comments about weather or this column, I would love to hear from you. You can also subscribe to my daily weather forecast by emailing me at email@example.com.
John Lindsey's column is special to The Tribune. He is a media relations representative for PG&E and longtime local meteorologist.


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Neurology Case of the Month: Tremoring Min Pin
Written on March 10, 2012 by Staff Veterinarian
Signalment: 2yr F Miniature pinscher
History: Acute onset of whole body tremors. The tremors are only noticed with activity and stop with rest or sleep.
Case Video:
Neurological exam:
Mental status: BAR
Gait/posture: Whole body small amplitude/high frequency tremors; intermittent hypermetria FLs; wide based hind limb gait; mild ataxia x 4
Cranial nerves: WNL
Postural reactions: Normal CP/hopping x 4
Spinal reflexes: WNL x 4
Spinal pain: None
Muscle tone: Normal x 4
Muscle atrophy: None
Pain sensation: Normal x 4
Cutaneous trunci: Normal bilaterally
What is your neurolocalization? What are the top differential diagnoses? (SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ANSWERS)
Neurolocalization = Diffuse brain
Differential diagnoses
- Steroid-responsive Tremor Syndrome ("Little White Shaker")
- Tremorgenic toxins
- Moldy food containing mycotoxins (Penitrem A & roquefortine)
- Organophosphates
- Pyrethrins
- Metaldehyde (snail & slug poison)
- Lead
- Bromethalin
- 5-fluorouracil (chemotherapy agent)
- Macadamia nut ingestion
- Theobromine (chocolate)
- Strychnine
- Rare congenital/enzyme disorders
Pre-anesthetic CBC/biochemical profile and U/A were unremarkable. Since there was no history of toxin ingestion, an MRI and spinal tap were performed. The MRI was within normal limits. CSF analysis showed a mildly increased WBC count (12 cells/μL; normal < 5), but a normal protein level. Differential cytology demonstrated a lymphocytic pleocytosis. Infectious disease tests were all negative.
Steroid-responsive Tremor Syndrome
The patient was started on prednisone (1 mg/kg PO BID x 2 weeks) and diazepam (0.5mg/kg PO TID x 1 week). The tremors resolved within a few days and she was normal at recheck exam 2 weeks later. The prednisone was tapered slowly and we were able to completely stop the prednisone at 8 months.
The prognosis for SRTS is very good to excellent if treated early & aggressively. Recurrence is uncommon for SRTS, but can occur in dogs with toxicity if exposed to the same toxin again.

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Being Mindful of the Beer Bubble
Words & Photo - Matthew Curtis
If Monday's post about some possible trends occurring within the cider trade reminded me of one thing, it's that stepping into someone else's bubble can, on occasion, result in a little animosity. In some private messages I received, I was told quite frankly that as a beer writer I really have no right to be wading into cider territory. I was surprised by some of the apparent hostility I was witness to. Thankfully there were also plenty of positive reactions, particularly from smaller, younger cider producers, who appreciated some of the sentiment within the article.
This made me realise that in our beer bubble we're often guilty of similar behaviour. One common example I can think of is when a wine writer, such as the Guardian's Fiona Beckett, covers beer on a national level this is often met with a similar hostility. I know I've been guilty of this behaviour in the past. We can and will grumble that a beer writer, with more experience in the field should be covering covering the topic instead. We'll also attempt to point out miniscule factual inaccuracies within such articles in a vain effort to back up our gripe. What are we achieving with this sort of behaviour?
We should perhaps learn to be more accepting of beer in the mainstream press. As enthusiasts we often forget that we live in a bubble, one where our friends have a similar passion and level of knowledge about beer that we do. Much of the beer reporting in the mainstream press is not aimed at us, the enthusiast, and we should be thankful as opposed to resentful that a window is being opened into our little bubble. We owe it to ourselves, as residents of the beer bubble, to be as welcoming as possible and start the sort of conversations that might make a few more people want to step inside.


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Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Erlotinib in Treating Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00738335
Recruitment Status : Withdrawn
First Posted : August 20, 2008
Last Update Posted : October 4, 2012
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RATIONALE: Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for their growth. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Stereotactic radiosurgery may be able to deliver x-rays directly to the tumor and cause less damage to normal tissue. Erlotinib may make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Giving erlotinib together with stereotactic radiosurgery may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase I clinical trial is studying the side effects of erlotinib when given together with stereotactic radiosurgery and to see how well it works in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases.
|Condition or disease
|Lung Cancer Metastatic Cancer
|Drug: erlotinib hydrochloride Other: immunoenzyme technique Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Other: liquid chromatography Other: mass spectrometry Other: pharmacological study Radiation: stereotactic radiosurgery
|Phase 1
- To determine the acute as well as long-term toxicity (especially grade III neurotoxicity) of concurrent erlotinib hydrochloride and single-fraction radiosurgery in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and brain metastases.
- To determine the freedom from progression in all detected lesions (i.e., radiosurgically treated and untreated) and the rate of response of radiosurgically treated lesions in patients receiving concurrent erlotinib hydrochloride and radiosurgery as compared with historical controls treated with gamma knife radiosurgery alone at UCSF.
- To measure the rate of freedom from any CNS progression in these patients at 1 year post treatment.
- To assess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) distribution of erlotinib hydrochloride by measuring both erlotinib hydrochloride and its major metabolite, OSI-420, in plasma and CSF at 4 or more days after initial erlotinib hydrochloride administration but before radiosurgery, and again at 4 weeks after stereotactic radiosurgery (optional).
- To perform CSF and serum biomarker analysis for NSCLC using 2-dimensional liquid chromatography or mass spectrometry (2D-LC/MS).
- To determine the incidence of subclinical leptomeningeal disease in patients assigned to gamma-knife treatment and who do not exhibit signs or symptoms or carcinomatous meningitis.
OUTLINE: Patients receive oral erlotinib hydrochloride once daily for at least 7 days. Patients then undergo stereotactic radiosurgery on day 0. Beginning the day after radiosurgery, patients receive erlotinib hydrochloride once daily for 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study therapy, patients may continue to receive erlotinib hydrochloride at the discretion of their oncologist.
Patients undergo cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood sample collection at baseline (at least 4 days after starting erlotinib hydrochloride and prior to radiosurgery) for pharmacokinetic and biomarker correlative studies. Samples are analyzed for concentrations of erlotinib hydrochloride by 2-dimensional-liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry and antithrombin by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|0 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase I Open-Label, Dose-Finding Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Concurrent Radiosurgery and Erlotinib Administration in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients With Brain Metastases
|Study Start Date :
|January 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|July 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|July 2009
- Acute and long-term toxicity (i.e., neurotoxicity, gastrointestinal, cutaneous, and hematologic) as assessed by NCI CTCAE v3.0.
- Disease progression
- Response rate of radiosurgically treated lesions in patients receiving concurrent erlotinib hydrochloride and radiosurgery on this study vs the response rate of historical controls previously treated with gamma knife radiosurgery alone
- CNS progression at 1 year
- Distribution of erlotinib hydrochloride in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
- CSF and serum biomarkers
- Incidence of subclinical leptomeningeal disease
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) meeting the following criteria:
Fewer than 5 intraparenchymal brain metastases by gadolinium-enhanced MRI meeting the following criteria:
Maximum diameter ≤ 4.0 cm
- If multiple lesions are present and one lesion is > 3.0 cm, the remaining lesions must be ≤ 3.0 cm in maximum diameter
- No metastases within 3 mm of the optic nerve or optic chiasm such that some portion of the optic nerve or chiasm would receive > 9 Gy from radiosurgery
- No metastases in the brainstem, midbrain, pons, or medulla
No prior complete resection of a single brain metastasis or of all known brain metastases
- Subtotal resection allowed provided residual disease is ≤ 4.0 cm in maximum diameter
No clinical or radiographic evidence of unstable systemic progression (other than the study lesion[s]) within the past month
- Patients with brain metastases at initial presentation do not require 1 month of scans documenting stable disease
- Isolated brain metastases with stable systemic disease allowed
- No leptomeningeal metastases by MRI and/or positive cerebrospinal fluid cytology
- Karnofsky performance status 60-100%
- Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
- ANC > 1,000/mm³
- Platelet count > 100,000/mm³
- Hemoglobin > 10 g/dL
- PT and PTT normal
- AST < 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase < 2 times ULN
- Total bilirubin < 2 times ULN
- Lactic dehydrogenase < 2 times ULN
- Serum creatinine < 1.5 times ULN
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for ≥ 2 weeks after completion of study therapy
- Neurologic function status 0-2
- No history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to erlotinib hydrochloride
- No contraindication to MRI (e.g., cardiac pacemaker)
- No absolute contraindication to lumbar puncture
- See Disease Characteristics
- Prior systemic therapy allowed
No prior cranial radiotherapy
- Prior radiotherapy to noncranial sites allowed
- More than 1 week since prior intrathecal chemotherapy or prior treatment of leptomeningeal carcinoma
No concurrent systemic therapy
- Prior or current erlotinib hydrochloride for treatment of systemic disease allowed provided systemic disease has not progressed while on erlotinib hydrochloride
No concurrent enzyme-inducing anticonvulsant
- If patients are on an enzyme-inducing anticonvulsant (e.g., phenytoin, carbamazepine, or phenobarbital), the agent must be converted to a nonenzyme-inducing anticonvulsant before or at the start of erlotinib hydrochloride treatment
- No concurrent CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers (e.g., Hypericum perforatum [St. John wort] or ketoconazole)
- No other concurrent investigational therapy
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00738335
|United States, California
|UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
|Principal Investigator:
|James L. Rubenstein, MD, PhD
|University of California, San Francisco
|Responsible Party:
|University of California, San Francisco
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00738335 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 20, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|October 4, 2012
|Last Verified:
|October 2012
stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
tumors metastatic to brain
recurrent non-small cell lung cancer
Lung Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Bronchial Neoplasms
Erlotinib Hydrochloride
Antineoplastic Agents
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
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Investments in Education Promote a Strong, Secure Future for Province's Youth
April 29, 2008
Investments in the province's K-12 and post-secondary education system in Budget 2008 will help the students of Newfoundland and Labrador take full advantage of the sustained economic and social growth of the province and secure a promising future."The education system will see substantial increases in funding again this year as we continue to focus on improving our school infrastructure and increasing the quality, affordability and accessibility of education in both the K-12 and post-secondary systems," said the Honourable Joan Burke, Minister of Education. "Investments are being made in key areas to address the needs of our students and to ensure we are giving our young people every opportunity for success."
K-12 Education System
Additional funding has been allocated in Budget 2008 for school infrastructure in the K-12 system. This year, the budget for new school construction and repairs and maintenance is $88.8 million, an increase of $39.5 million over last year. In addition, $28.7 million has been allocated for programming initiatives, to increase funding to school districts and teaching services, as well as to support the implementation of the new teacher allocation model and ISSP and Pathways Commission Report.
"The past two years have been a period of review and renewal in our K-12 system as we have undertaken significant work to identify and address systemic challenges," said Minister Burke. "I was pleased to recently release the report on teacher allocations which will see a significant investment this year to increase teaching resources in support of the new allocation model and to continue our progressive action to reduce class sizes. Another key example of the fundamental changes sweeping the K-12 system is the review of student support services with funding allocated in Budget 2008 to help implement the recommendations of the ISSP and Pathways Commission report. These investments are resulting in an improved educational experience for our students, teachers and parents."
Key investments in the K-12 system include:
– $3.56 million to increase teaching resources in support of the new teacher allocation model and to reduce class sizes this year for Kindergarten and Grades 4 and 7;
– $2.4 million to support the implementation of recommendations of the ISSP and Pathways Commission Report;
– $1.6 million to accommodate distance education students, hire teaching staff for distance learning and provide overall support to school districts to assist with the delivery of distance education;
– $1 million to increase the number of hours for school secretaries;
– $500,000 to school districts for substitute teachers to enhance teacher professional development;
– $500,000 to assist individual schools with the implementation of the School Food Guidelines; and,
– $550,000 to implement the Newfoundland and Labrador High School Social Studies course.
Minister Burke noted that Budget 2008 allocates funding for nine new schools currently under development in L'Anse au Loup, Port Saunders, Baie Verte, Torbay, Placentia, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Port Hope Simpson and two facilities in Paradise. "This is a tremendous amount of new construction activity in our province," said Minister Burke. "I am pleased that we are allocating the necessary funding to ensure these new schools are completed as state-of-the-art facilities in keeping with the standards followed by our counterparts in other jurisdictions in Atlantic Canada."
In addition, the Provincial Government will continue to place strong emphasis on the maintenance and repairs of existing schools with an increase of $5.7 million over last year to the repair and maintenance budget. This funding will help ensure an ongoing and consistent approach to the maintenance and repair of school buildings and that any problems are identified and addressed in a timely manner.
Minister Burke also announced an additional $232,000 to further support public libraries and to enhance electronic library resources.
Post-secondary Education System
An additional $27.2 million will be allocated in Budget 2008 to the public post-secondary system. This investment includes funding for infrastructure, a freeze on tuition rates, White Paper initiatives, expanded programming, adult learning and literacy and the development of the skilled labour market.
"As a government, we have remained steadfast in our efforts to increase support to our post-secondary institutions and to ensure post-secondary education is an attainable goal for all citizens," said Minister Burke. "Our investments this year clearly demonstrate the Provincial Government's continued, unprecedented commitment to quality programming, accessibility and affordability. The initiatives reflect the needs of current and potential students and are focused on making sure our post-secondary institutions are responsive to the needs of industry and the labour market."
Key investments in the post-secondary system include:
– $5 million to maintain a freeze on tuition rates at Memorial University, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College and College of the North Atlantic;
– $500,000 to begin the implementation of a new governance structure for increased autonomy at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College;
– $300,000 to help Memorial University implement mass communications systems in the event of a crisis situation;
– $282,500 to improve service to students under the Student Aid Program;
– $60,000 to establish an Aboriginal Literacy Development consultant in Labrador; and,
– $60,000 to further support the operations of the T.I. Murphy Centre.
Minister Burke noted that the commitment of $5 million this year to continue the freeze on tuition rates will benefit almost 25,000 students. This initiative is a critical element to ensure university and college is a real option for as many people as possible. Combined with the reduction in interest rates and the up-front, needs-based grants established last year, Newfoundland and Labrador is a leader in having the most affordable and accessible post-secondary system in the country.
As reflected in other Budget 2008 announcements, significant emphasis has again been placed on not only making the post-secondary system affordable, but ensuring it is meeting the needs of the province. With an investment of $2.236 million, some of Memorial University's professional schools, such as Nursing, Social Work, Engineering and Business will be expanded to meet the growing demand for human resources in these areas.
In addition, the implementation of the Skills Task Force Action Plan will continue through an investment of $2.045 million to continue the Shop Modernization program at College of the North Atlantic, to upgrade high school fabrication suites for the Futures in Skilled Trades and Technology program, to begin distance delivery of apprenticeship programming, and to hire more apprentices within government departments, boards and agencies.
Key infrastructure requirements of the post-secondary system are also being addressed in Budget 2008 with a $750,000 investment for continued work on the Labrador West campus of College of the North Atlantic, $17.8 million for residences at both Memorial University in St. John's and Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Corner Brook and $6.8 million for a new academic building at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College.
"The people of Newfoundland and Labrador can be assured that as a government, we continue to view education as having a critical role in both individual achievement and our overall success as a province," said Minister Burke. "The funding we are allocating to our K-12 and post-secondary education systems for the coming year will help our students in their efforts to secure meaningful employment through an education and training system that will be sustained for future generations."
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Changing the amount of coffee dispensed
The coffee system is factory-set to automatically deliver approximately the following amounts of coffee:
- Espresso: 1 oz (30 mL)
- Small cup: 1½ oz (45 mL)
- Medium cup: 2 oz (60 mL)
- Large cup: 3 oz (90 mL)
- Mug: 4 oz (120 mL)
These settings can be adjusted up to 6 oz (180 mL)
1. Press SIZE until the display shows the desired coffee size.
2. Place your cup beneath the coffee spout.Press and hold 1 COFFEE until "PROGRAM QUANTITY" is displayed.
NOTE: The coffee system will begin dispensing coffee before "PROGRAM QUANTITY" is displayed.
3. Press 1 COFFEE again to stop the runoff and save the desired amount of coffee for the size.
The machine is now reprogrammed and ready for use.
NOTE: The 2 Coffee button can be used to dispense twice as much coffee as the 1 Coffee button even with custom settings. If you wish to return to the original settings, see "Default Values" in the "Settings" section of the Use and Care Guide.
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Driving a car may be helping to protect millions of older adults from the symptoms of dementia as well as holding back physical signs of ageing, according to new research.
Getting behind the wheel is a way of warding off cognitive decline as it encourages the driver to stay alert, as well as giving them a feeling of self-control, personal freedom and independence, it said.
The use of car can also make the difference for many pensioners without good public transport links to get out and about and be more active.
But the study by epidemiologists also found that when older motorists have to give up driving , their mental and physical health declines and can lead to wider issues such as depression.
Read more: Should all elderly drivers have to sit a retest? The case for and against
It means that though declining health - such as failing eyesight - is a reason for many older adults to give up driving, giving up also leads to further declining health.
Professor Dr Guohua Li of Columbia University, New York, said: "For many older adults, driving is instrumental to their daily living and is a strong indicator of self-control, personal freedom and independence.
"Unfortunately, it is almost inevitable to face the decision to stop driving during the process of aging as cognitive and physical functions continue to decline."
Read more: One of Britain's oldest drivers still behind the wheel at 103
He told the specialist Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study: "When the decision time comes, it is important to take into consideration the adverse health consequences of driving cessation and make personalised plans to maintain mobility and social functions."
The issue of older drivers has proved controversial in recent months, however.
A petition urging the Department of Transport to introduce compulsory age-appropriate retesting every three years once a driver turns 70 has recently garnered huge amounts of support online with more than 200,000 signatures.
The Change.org petition was started by Londoner Benjamin Brooks Dutton, whose 33-year-old wife Desreen was killed in November 2012 as the couple walked home with their young son.
Retired stockbroker Geoffrey Lederman, 85 of St John's Wood, North West London, mounted the pavement, hitting Mrs Brooks.
Lederman was later jailed for 18 months for causing death by dangerous driving.
During the sentencing at Blackfriars' Crown Court, Judge Peter Clarke QC said: "An elderly driver who knows or should acknowledge that he or she is losing his or her faculties is no less a danger than a drunken driver who knows the same."
In October, mother-of-two Zoe Rowell, 40, sustained serious injuries after being hit head-on by a woman aged 97 who drove the wrong way down a dual carriageway. The pensioner died and Zoe was left in a coma for a month.
In November, the General Medical Council told GPs they must tell the DVLA if they know a patient is still on the road despite not being deemed medically fit.
In new draft guidance, the GMC said doctors have a public protection duty to inform authorities if a patient is driving against medical advice which overrides patient confidentiality guidlines, and they do not need a patient's consent to inform the DVLA.
- A free Age UK leaflet is available which includes support and advice for older drivers to help them decide if they are fit to continue, plus information about car adaptations which could make driving easier and safer. Visit www.ageuk.org.uk/travel-lifestyle/people/driving/declaring-health-conditions/ or call 0800 169 2081 for more details.


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What is a customer worth within your online "marketing mix"?
If you can't answer that question about your business, then there is a good chance that you are missing some of the key ingredients that will ensure better performance from your marketing.
The overall thought process in marketing online, is that if you bring enough traffic to one of your sites or offers, it's going to be inevitable that money will eventually change hands and you will have acquired a new customer.
However, for many aspiring online entrepreneurs this just doesn't seem to pan out, and it's not the case at all. Sadly, the famous line of "build it, and they will come" (as in customers) doesn't always ring true for many out there.
Marketing Mix – What the heck is going on?
Here you are thinking that you've just created a product, or series of products, which people are absolutely going to love, except all you can hear coming out of your Paypal account is a bunch of crickets chirping.
"Crap!" your thinking to yourself. "There's got to be something I'm really missing here. I just don't get it."
Committing Entrepreneurial Suicide
It's been said that if you haven't researched your target market well enough, and figured out what they really want, then all you'll basically end up doing is spinning your wheels, and effectively end up committing entrepreneurial suicide.
(Hmmm, you don't say… oh yes, I am)
In fact, this is what's known as the cardinal sin of effective marketing, and its roots can be traced back as far as when people first started creating consumable products for people to purchase. This holds true of whether it's an offline business, as well as online business.
So what's the problem, and how does one go about fixing it?
Creating An Effective Online "Marketing Mix" = Profits!
What's an effective "marketing mix" and why should you care?
An online "marketing mix" is what brings all of the different components of successful selling on the internet into a congruent and cohesive system to achieve its business goals.
It effectively targets the right group of people, with the right products and services, at the right time and place, which all lends itself to the end goal of substantial and increased profits.
It's also been called the 7 P's of marketing.
The 7 P's of the marketing mix include People, Product, Price, Promotion, Place, Process, and Physical Evidence.
Let's look at each of these components in a little more detail:
- Marketing Mix – People
This is where it all begins, people. First it's very important that you find out through research if there are enough people in demand of a certain types of products and services.
Typically you can get a good idea of the demand for certain products and services by conducting thorough keyword research. In certain markets there may be several different types of products which can cater to a particular segment of people.
If there is a high demand of certain types of products, then this can be great news for you. This will help you when it comes to creating your sales funnel, and for future product development for repeat sales to that segment of people down the road.
The "people portion" can also include the people who you have hired to take care of certain tasks and operations for you within your business.
These are the people who might run your support desk, take care of customer service, copywriters, programmers you may need to utilize from time to time etc.
When you can find people who genuinely believe in the products or services that your online business creates, it's much more likely that they'll perform the best that they can for you. Also, they're more apt to give you honest feedback and input into the types of products you are producing.
This can lend itself to that "team spirit" which helps to make things run as smoothly as possible.
That can within itself, give you a huge competitive advantage with your market place. When you have happy staff that deals with your customers in an efficient timely manner, who do you think a customer is going to want to deal with again when it comes to another type of product that your business offers?
Sure, perhaps there might be competitors offering something similar, but if your customers are treated great from the get-go, it's you that they are going to want to deal with again in the future!
- Marketing Mix – Products
Do you have the right products for the market you are trying to target?
As mentioned earlier, you absolutely need to have the right types of products that are in demand for your market. But, how do you know?
A great place for finding out the types of products that your target market might want to get their hands on is inside of online forums.
- What types of questions are they asking in threads?
- What types of responses are they getting to their questions?
- Are there already products available that may address their situation?
If there is, you might want to ask yourself, "Well, what can I do to offer a better product to this group of people than my competitors. What can give me the edge to stand out?"
I can't tell you how many times I've been inside one of the Skype groups I belong to where people are asking where they can find a certain script that does "this or that", or who provides the best solution to a service they are needing.
Skype groups can provide you with some good marketing intel. It may be something you want to consider when looking for a product or service you might want to create. Facebook groups can be great for this type of research as well.
- Marketing Mix – Price
Price is the next thing that's important within your "marketing mix."
This is actually an area where you have to be somewhat careful, plus, be mindful of what your target market might actually be willing to pay.
On occasion myself when I've been looking at a certain product I've said, "Are you kidding me?"
Hey buddy, "Sure, maybe if your name was Frank Kern or Jeff Johnson I was already expecting to pay that much, but who the hell are you?"
This is a touchy area. If you or your company hasn't made a big name for itself already in a particular market, it's unlikely that people would be willing to pay you the types of fees that some of the bigger marketers or businesses command.
That's not to say, they won't in the future, but you must be realistic of where you are positioned in the present time.
Pricing has a lot to do with how a product is perceived as well.
If you price your product too low, then it might be considered as somewhat inferior to your competitions. Then again, if you try and shoot too high, you could be shooting yourself in the foot, since people may not think the benefits of the product or service are worth your asking price.
Be sure to take a good look at your competitor's products and services, their positioning, and how you think you'll best fit in to be competitive in the market.
If you already have current customers, you might also want to survey them to get some good honest feedback.
- Marketing Mix – Promotion
The fourth "P" in the "marketing mix" is Promotion.
This part of your process in your marketing plan can include several components in how you are getting the word out about your product, including:
- Article marketing
- Social media marketing such as Youtube, Facebook, Twitter etc.
- JV partners
- Media buys
Your combination and how you go about promotion will depend on your budget, the message you want to communicate, and the group of customers you are targeting.
Things to consider:
- How much money you have to spend
- Access to partners willing to promote for you
- The types of incentives you can offer
For best results, you may want to consult a professional in this area to lay out an optimal strategic plan for you.
- Marketing Mix – Place
At first glance, you might think place is obvious. Of course, you'll be selling your products or services from your web site; however, you can leverage the use of several sites to help you get more sales.
For instance, you may want to list your product or service inside of one or more affiliate networks. This can be extremely powerful, especially if your product is well received and becomes popular among affiliates wanting to promote for you.
Some places to consider listing your product:
- Clickbank
- JVZoo
- Digiresults
- PayDotCom
- Plimus
- Commission Junction
There are many affiliate networks out there. I suggest you check out several of them to see where your product can fit in well.
- Marketing Mix – Process
The next thing to consider within the marketing mix is the process of how your products are delivered.
This is generally the technical part of the equation. For this you are going to need an effective "sales system".
It's how you are going to get paid, and deliver your products. For most digital products this is all done online. However, if one of your products or services happens to be physical, you might require the use of a distribution company.
There are several effective sales systems available on the market today.
You'll want a system that is capable of handling your main offer and any possible upsell or downsell offers. Of course you'll also want to be implementing a system that is capable of integrating Aweber or Get Response as well, so you can be building your buyers list of customers at the same time.
Some you might want to look into are Infusionsoft, RAP, IDev Affiliate, or others.
There are many to choose from, that fall into different budgets. Take the time to figure out what you think will best suit your needs.
- Marketing Mix – Physical Evidence
When it comes to online marketing "physical evidence" pertains to how you, your products, or your company is presented in the market place.
Branding, Branding, Branding!
Yes, we've all heard of the term "branding".
Branding is extremely important. This can include the professionalism in how your products, your logo, and the entire message that your "brand" is trying to get across to the public is perceived.
It's important that your company and it's products and services come across in a congruent manner, where each part can compliment one another, to create the overall "brand".
Let's face it, when you see the Nike swoosh, or a McDonalds sign, you know immediately what their logos stand for.
When you can create an image that is immediately noticeable, it's definitely going to help you to stand out from the crowded noise that's online.
If you can create a strong brand image, it's definitely going to help you to increase your sales, retain customers, and make you a force to be reckoned with in the online world!
Final Thoughts:
As you can see there are many components that come into play when creating an effective "marketing mix" that includes the 7 P's to effective marketing.
I hope you found this article helpful, and gave you some insight into building your successful future using a successful marketing mix!


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Facebook has fixed a bug today that disabled an unknown number of accounts, which appeared to belong to females, according to the complaints posted on the Web.
"Earlier today, we discovered a bug in a system designed to detect and disable likely fake accounts," a Facebook spokesperson said in an e-mail. "The bug, which was live for a short period of time, caused a very small percentage of Facebook accounts to be mistakenly disabled."
Facebook fixed the problem and was in the process of reactivating and notifying affected users, the statement said.
Complaints about the problems on Facebook and Twitter were from women, or from men reporting on the problem for a female friend or relative. Some people said they had been asked to scan in a government-issued ID to verify their identity in order to get their accounts re-instated.
"When we detect that an account may be fake, we ask the owner to verify his or her identity," the spokesperson said. "In very rare cases where no other form of verification is possible, we may ask the account owner to verify by providing a valid ID. This bug affected a system that uses this type of verification." The spokesperson declined to say how many or what percentage of its more than 500 million active users were affected or provide more details.
The problems come one day after Facebook unveiled a messaging system that will integrate different forms of messages from various platforms.


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The Best Way to Cook Spaghetti Squash
And you never saw it coming.
Spaghetti squash has taken over zoodles as the best low-carb way to curb a pasta caving. Your prep probably looks something like this: slice the spaghetti squash lengthwise, scoop out the seeds, and then bake it. Once it's tender, you can scrape the "noodles" out of the hollow squash. This is the widely known method to prepare spaghetti squash, but our friends at Cooking Light discovered a new way that's undeniably better. How? It reveals longer squash "noodles," which means more squash "noodles."
"More low-carb noodles—tell me more!" is exactly what you're thinking (we assume, at least).
Here's how it's done:
Cooking Light's Executive Editor Ann Taylor Pittman revealed the new way to cook and cut spaghetti squash in a video on Facebook.
To start, cut off both ends of the squash. Then begin to cut 1 ½-2 inch rings down the squash, scooping out the seeds from the middle of each ring as you go. The "spaghetti" strands run horizontally in circles around the squash, which is why this method results in longer strands. Next, take a baking sheet lined with foil and lay the rings down. Be sure to spray them with cooking spray or brush them with oil before baking. Bake the rings at 375 degrees for 45 minutes, and let them cool slightly before the next step, which is where the magic happens. Cut through one end of each ring and remove the exterior to reveal the longest spaghetti squash strands you've ever seen. Although scraped-out spaghetti squash is a great alternative for pasta, it doesn't look very convincing (we know that's you, squash). These longer strands actually look like pasta strands, so instead of just tricking your stomach into eating healthier; you're fooling your eyes, too. Pittman says the longer strands not only give you more food (always a good thing), but they'll hold their texture better than shorter strands.
WATCH: How To Cook Spaghetti Squash
There are countless useful cooking hacks out there, but this one was especially eye opening for us. If you decide to hop on the spaghetti squash bandwagon, this is the absolute best way to cut and cook it.


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One very common but unrecognized skin health issue is cold sores or fever blisters. It is very common but often remains undetected as most of the time the infected individual does not show the related symptoms. The virus of the disease just lazes around your body.
But, many face its adversaries and at a frequent rate. And, as the disease is incurable, the pain remains throughout the life.
Read Also: Use These Home Remedies to Treat Your Cold Sore
So, for those who have or who think they may have and who do not have it yet here is a few words. Everyone is at risk of getting infected with this virus as it is highly contagious.
What Are Cold Sore Lips?
Cold sore or also known as fever blisters is a medical condition located on one's nerves in lips. It is caused by a virus infection upon contact with it. Cold sores are like tiny blisters that appear around the lips of someone affected. They are tiny and filled with fluid forming in a cluster at the edge of your bottom lips. At a time, they appear at one spot. And they may feel tingling and itching or maybe burning in the area. With time the clusters will pop, form a crust and go away. All of that will happen in a span of the 2-4 week time. This virus is also contagious and spreads through body fluid.
How Is Common It?
In a study, it shows that 8 out of 10 people have the virus causing cold sores. And most people get their first infection before they turn 10. It is very common and relatively manageable and less life-threatening in most cases. With time and a bit of care, they can be handled easily. But, they will never be cured for good.
World Health Organization report says around two-thirds of adults aged 50 and older have HSV-1. The University of Michigan's Health Service claims 50 percent of American kindergarten-age children already have HSV-1. These numbers are huge. One good news is that most of the infected people do not show the symptoms. So, despite having the virus they can live a normal pain-free life.
The virus remains in a sleeping state thus undetected. And that is where the main problem or cause of spreading comes as most people don't know if they are infected or not.
Things can take a turn for the worse if not treated in time and if the infected have some already present issues, turning it into a serious illness. So, before the time runs out, detect it and treat it.
How Does It Happen?
Medically speaking cold sores or fever blisters are caused by Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) or also known as Human Herpes Virus (HHV-1). The virus damages the skin as it reproduces making it swollen weepy sores.
The virus is contagious and can be spread through fluids. Most likely it passes when the infected person kisses any other person. The virus often lives in the saliva even when there are any outbreaks or not. Sharing kitchen utensils, glasses, toothbrush, razors or makeup may lead to it. Sometimes, oral sex can also cause partner's genital infection.
The name may be cold sore or fever blister but do not blame the cold. It is not the cause but the trigger and also symptom. The blisters are just outbreaks and in the interval of every outbreak the virus simply just hides inside the nerve cells sleeping. That is why when one is once infected they get infected again and again as the virus never dies and one is never cured completely.
Not all get them (but only the unlucky ones). It is still not sure why but it is thought maybe because of an individual's genes. In another study, it showed about 90% of adults across the globe test positive for the virus of cold sore but most likely most of them will never show the symptoms but some may deal with recurring breakouts.
Where Do the Cold Sores or Fever Blisters Occur?
Around the lips are the most common place for the HSV-1 virus to show up but sometimes it may occur inside the mouth. In other cases, the infected person also gets blisters around the cheeks, chin or nose. It can also happen in the tongue.
Most people cold sores reappear at the same spot each time. Either than that of lips, other areas are not that common. Your eyes can become a victim too. In worsts cases, the virus attacks the brain also causing Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), a rare neurological disorder characterized by inflammation of the brain (encephalitis).
There is also a Type 2 of this virus that affects the area near genitals and rectum. And is sexually transmitted.
What Are The Risks?
They can get spread to another area of the infected body and is contiguous so others may get the virus too. Spreading throughout one's body is rare but it can happen if you touch a cold sore and then again touch a broken skin or a mucous membrane. The mucous membrane is the moist, protective lining found in the places where your body opens to the outside of mouth, nose, genitals. This can lead to herpes skin infection. To prevent this havoc from happening always wash your hands and do not touch the sores.
Another worse possibility is to have ocular herpes where it mostly affects the cornea. If it is untreated then it may lead to corneal blindness. Herpetic whitlow can be another worse condition. It affects the fingers. Kids often get it when they have cold sore but suck their thumbs or fingers. The virus is then transferred to them as well.
What Are the Symptoms?
If it is your first time being infected with HSV-1 then you may have fever, headache, nausea and vomiting. The swelling can be painful and can also get open sores in the mouth. Some get a sore throat as well. The symptoms show within a week of exposure to the virus.
And these symptoms can carry on to the next outbreak. There is also rash and diarrhoea. One can also suffer muscle pain, joint pain, headache and tiredness. The initial outbreak is mostly the most severe and painful one.
The Life Span of This Virus
The American Academy Of Dermatology notes that the first outbreaks appear within 2-20 days after exposure to the virus. Then the symptoms are seen at the onset of the cold sores and can last up to 3-4 days.
The HSV-1 spends most of its lifetime inactive in its residing body's facial nerve cells and usually breakouts when the body fell sick or somehow the immune system is weakened.
There can be a sense of burning or tingling around the edge of lips, 24-48 hours before they emerge. Then the bumps occur. They can be red or inflamed. They soon appear as the multiple connected blisters. The bumps are clear at first and as the immune cells fight off the infection they become cloudy. And, soon they will pop and release infected fluid. Once drained it often dries up eventually crusting with a scab on the skin. The incrustation or the scab has to be kept in check so that it is not affected by outside bacteria and so that the virus does not spread.
The whole process of clearing the sores normally takes up to 7-10 days. However, the wounds may take several weeks to heal. 25% percent of time or cases one will face the infection at the same place where they happened before.
What Makes Them Appear?
People do not usually get the cold sore at the first attack but it appears when HSV-1 reactivates later in life. Many things like illness, stress, poor nutrition or sunlight exposure can be the trigger.
Even dental procedures that stretch the lip may trigger the virus, occasionally. Or sometimes there is no particular reason it appears just because it is there. (So, it is better not to have it there. Keep safety.)
People with weak immune system and other medical problems will face this more often and is highly at risk to get infected in other parts of the body.
Menstruation, general illness (from mild illnesses to serious conditions), fatigue, physical or emotional stress, Immunosuppression due to AIDS or such medications as chemotherapy or steroids, trauma to the affected area, including sexual activity can also be the triggers.
For some, they can only face it once or twice in life. Some people get cold sores twice a year or less. For others, it's a monthly ordeal
Canker Sores and Cold Sores: Two Individual Problem
Cold sores usually appear on your lip. Canker sores stay inside. They affect the inside of your mouth. They don't involve the herpes virus and aren't contagious. No one knows what causes them yet. Some say it is because of deficiency of Vitamin C or when your body has too much Vitamin C. But, all of these are a just untested theory.
Cold sores generally signal their arrival with a warning period of red, irritated skin. Blisters form, burst, and then crust over before they heal. Often children's herpes infection is regarded as canker sores so have them checked just in case.
When Is It Contagious the Most?
From the time your skin turns itchy or red, the virus is likely present on the surface and you can spread it anytime just with a touch. You're most contagious when blisters show up and just after they burst. Once the skin gets completely healed and is back to normal again, the virus doesn't get spread that way anymore. But, you can pass the virus through your saliva at any time, even when you don't have a cold sore or fever blister appeared on the sight.
Treatments for Cold Sore Lips
The first outbreak can take up to 2 weeks to heal while the after ones will not exceed one week likely. There is no permanent cure for this disease but the thing can be done to ease the pain. And not all treatment works for everybody, they differ. For a medicinal approach, one can try things like applying over-the-counter creams and gels, cold or hot compress, etc.
They will reduce the healing time and help to deal with the pain but it is better to have them applied to the very first sight of an outbreak.
Few recommended names are Docosanol cream (Abreva) which is available over the counter and Acyclovir (Zovirax) cream and penciclovir (Denavir) cream are available by prescription. Lysine cream or I-lysine supplements may boost immune system and aid cell repair. Milk contains I-lysine and antibodies.
Hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol cleans the cold sores killing the virus. So, does zinc oxide creams. Pain and inflammation-reducing medication can also help, like ibuprofen.
Soak a cotton ball with 100% pure vanilla extract. It is a natural anti-virus that can help. Apply and hold onto the affected area for about a minute. Do this 3-4 times a day and you will get relief in a few days.
Mix 1Tbsp of liquorice extract with ¼ to ½Tsp of petroleum jelly and apply a thin coat on the affected area. Licorice extract contains glycyrrhizic acid which is considered as an antiviral. You can directly add liquorice powder into water or petroleum jelly and apply on the infected area.
Lip balms that have 1% of lemon balm or drinking lemon tea and using lemon tea compress can help. Peppermint, mint and witch hazel oil are good products. Good old trusty Aloe Vera Gel will soothe the inflamed sores and provide crucial moisture at the same time. Herbs like rhubarb and sage can make a good mixture for remedy.
Vitamin E helps with body damage by repairing damaged cells and growing a new one. You can find vitamin E in nuts, whole wheat, and leafy greens and also vitamin E oils.
Also, vitamin C boosts white cells levels which are the main infection-fighting cells our protector so they help against cold sores and their appearance. Berries, tomatoes, peppers, kiwis, broccoli and spinach are a good source of vitamin C. Often red, orange or deep green colour natural foods are rich in vitamin C.
Applying ice helps. A paste of equal cornstarch and water can do too. Echinacea is an immune booster. And do not touch the sores.
It is near to impossible to cure or control it. All you can do is to keep them at bay by knowing your triggers and avoid them at any cost.
Use sunscreen and lip balms with SPF and stay away from the sun as much as possible.
Do not get stressed as it is also a trigger. And stay healthy to maintain a strong immune system. Plenty of sleep, regular exercise and drinking a good amount of water are needed to stay healthy. When you sleep use extra pillows to alleviate your head so the fluid does not get settled overnight as well as get drained.
Cosmetic procedures like laser, peels and microdermabrasion can trigger the virus. Consult a dermatologist beforehand.
Use lip cosmetics after your sores are gone so that they don't get infected. And make sure they are safe and do not trigger your conditions. For safety reasons do not use other cosmetics.
When you are eating with cold sores or in any other cases do not open your mouth stretching it too much. As it can worsen the situation and increase pain. Avoid eating acidic, salty, or roughly textured food that can stress or irritate the sores.
Wash hands frequently and immediately after touching them. Keep the blisters clean too by sterilising them at times. Use sterile cotton to apply ointments, creams, oil or other treatment, whichever you are doing. And dab it rather than rubbing.
Should You See A Doctor?
Well, you may if you want to. To know if you are affected or not and to get a prescribed medicine or two. But, you must see a doctor when your immune system is weakened when your sores are not healing even after 2 weeks. If your symptoms are severe and they are growing and spreading. If your eyes get the effect or they are itching. Do not delay than at all. And if you get severe or frequent cold sore outbreak then you must consult a doctor and get completely diagnosed and treated well.
Living with the Herpes Virus: Care Is Needed
No matter how much doctors and physicians and friend say it is not a big deal but the thing is it is quite disturbing. Knowing there is a contagious disease living in your body and that it can be spread to others is not easy to live with every day. One may even feel guilty. Also, having ugly blisters and its mark on the face for weeks is also disturbing not to mention the pain. And, it may conflict on your daily life. So, if you can keep it at least under control your life may get easy. Thus, you may not spread it and may not get infected often. Carry your own bag with dignity.


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Today, as part of the Blog Tour for Stories from the Edge, I have Savita Kalhan on the blog with a fab post that relates to her story in the collective novel.
Hi Laura! Thanks for inviting me here today to tell you all about the exciting new book of short stories from The Edge, Stories from The Edge, and about my short story, Aladdin's Lamp.
As you know I'm one of the Edge authors – there are eight of us: Sara Grant, Dave Cousins, Miriam Halahmy, Katie Dale, Paula Rawsthorne, Bryony Pearce and Keren David. We've been running the Edge Blog together and doing events across the UK in schools and libraries for a over five years now. We all write fiction for teens and young adults, and middle grade too.
A short story anthology was an idea we talked about early last year. We are all very busy working on our own projects, but the idea took hold of us and we decided to try and give it a go. Well, the book finally happened and we're all excited about it! Stories from The Edge is a collection of cutting edge and very topical short stories by The Edge writers and we hope that the book inspires reading in schools and generates discussions and debates.
I read lots of short stories – and I enjoy writing them too, because although short stories are similar to novels in many ways, they are also very different. Short stories developed from the traditional art of oral story-telling, which is present in every culture, so by definition they have to be short. Modern short stories often focus on a pivotal moment or emotion or mood, whereas in the past they were more rooted in parables and ethics with the stories having a beginning, middle and end.
Aladdin's Lamp is a combination of both with an element of magical realism thrown in! The story is about a sixteen year old Indian girl called Priti who wants to go to college, to travel, to have a career and eventually to fall in love and marry. But her parents have decided that it's time for her to get married. So they start to look for prospective suitors for her. One of these suitors is a man called RP who Priti takes an instant dislike to, and as the afternoon progresses and she learns more about him, she begins to worry. He has impressed her parents with his lies and silvery tongue. In desperation, Priti rubs the little brass lamp her best friend Jyoti has given her, and inadvertently summons the genie of the lamp. He grants her three wishes.
We all know that genies can be tricky. If any of you have read Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy then you'll know exactly how tricky genies can be!
Priti is a regular girl who wants what most girls her age want. What she knows she definitely doesn't want is to get married to a virtual stranger in an arranged marriage and have to go and live in a foreign country. There's another element to the story too, something that most readers might not get until they reach the end of the story – but I won't tell you what it is so I don't spoil the story for you!
The stories in the anthology are diverse and thought-provoking, ranging from stories of doping in sport, online stalking, terrorism, gender issues, loss and grief, and that's the wonderful thing about an anthology – you can dip into it and find something different each time.
Thanks for inviting me here today, Laura! I hope your followers enjoy reading the book as much as we enjoyed writing it!
Thanks to Savita for this fab insight into Aladdin's Lamp and I can highly recommend all the stories in this book! For more information, check out the website!


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LOWER POTTSGROVE - How many times have you sat behind the wheel at a red light on High Street fantasizing about all the lights in front of you turning green just as you get to them?
Well, the technology exists and that fantasy may become a reality by 2017.
The project is one of hundreds of transportation projects approved by the Delaware Valley Planning Commission in which more than $10 billion worth of work was approved in the greater Philadelphia area.
Called 'the closed loop system,' the project will use fiber optic cable to connect traffic signals at 66 intersections in Pottstown, Lower Pottsgrove and North Coventry, allowing for remote control of the signals.
Automated programs in the municipal buildings could put the signals on a 'night-time' or 'rush-hour' program, as well as manual changes, such as when emergency vehicles need to get through an intersection as fast as possible.
A 'transponder' system in police and emergency vehicles could also make that work, but it is not included as part of the project.
Costs for such a system could run as high as $600 per vehicle, said Lower Pottsgrove Police Chief Michael Foltz.
The system, and its benefits and delays, has been talked about for years in municipal offices around the Pottstown area and more than one official has expressed doubt about the timetables.
But a presentation July 24 before the Lower Pottsgrove Township Commissioners offered hope that the $11 million project will finally move forward.
Wayne Dressler, from Traffic Planning and Design, one of several firms involved in the project, told the commissioners the final design for the project will be completed in December of this year and the project will be put out to bid in May of 2015.
Construction completion is scheduled for 2017, Dressler said.
Full funding for the project comes from the federal government, he said.
In addition to the technological capabilities, the project also includes:
• Modernized and upgraded signals and equipment with LED signals;
• Battery back-up systems; • New signs and pavement markings;
• ADA pedestrian improvements such as curb ramps and count-down pedestrian signals.
'Most of the fiber-optic cable is already installed, but the connections to the municipal buildings have not been made yet,' Dressler said.
He told the commissioners that the order in which those connections will be made will be determined as the project progresses.


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Get the garage door opener that is right for you! Our buying guide will walk you through every aspect of a garage door opener to help narrow down what type of opener you need to fit your budget and lifestyle.
This is the system that pulls the door open or pushes the door shut. It's a motor that drives a trolley along a rail.
Chain Drive- Like your bicycle this system uses a chain to hoist your garage door open and shut. They are noisier, but heavy-duty, budget-friendly, durable and dependable. Work great for aluminum doors.
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How many horses are needed to lift your garage? The higher horse power (lifting power) your motor can supply, the less work it will have to do, allowing your opener to last longer.
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Formerly a 17th-century monastery, hotel Monastero Santa Rosa is an Amalfi Coast rustic retreat surrounded by aromatic, lemon-tree-filled tiered gardens. Somehow still standing on a dramatic cliff above the Bay of Salerno – in a picturesque village called Conca dei Marini – all 20 guest rooms have ocean views, surprising amounts of space and a 100-per-cent-romantic vibe.
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I was walking through the Exley lobby when I overheard a tour guide telling his group that due to student petitions, the University no longer posts the names of the highest-performing scholars in the sciences. According to the tour guide, that decision exemplifies the Wesleyan mentality of collaboration, decreases the cutthroat competition found at other colleges and universities, and removes the emphasis from grades, placing it instead on learning.
Why, then, do we still have the Dean's List? Released last week, last semester's list contains the names of the approximately 140 students, or about 18 percent, of each class who had earned a GPA of 93.35 or above as of last semester. The email sent to the students who made the Dean's List read, "The Dean's List honors [your] accomplishment, and recognizes your hard work, intellectual engagement, and love of learning."
It does? I'm pretty sure the Dean's List simply recognizes a GPA of 93.35 or above. It certainly might recognize hard work, but it could just as easily measure taking easy classes and having the luxury of not holding on-campus jobs. It might recognize intellectual engagement, or it might be the product of memorizing facts and bullshitting essays. And love of learning? I'm not really sure what that even means.
This is not to say that we should not have grades. Grades, too, can be criticized for reflecting not achievement but memorization and wealth, but that question is not the issue of this article. The issue of this article is the public recognition of students with a certain GPA.
Let's deal first with the students on the Dean's List. Perhaps the assumption is that students who are recognized will be sufficiently motivated to keep achieving, but that is simply not the case. According to Alfie Kohn, author of "Punished by Rewards," rewards and recognition are threats to continued motivation.
"There are at least 70 studies showing that extrinsic motivators—including A's, sometimes praise, and other rewards—are not merely ineffective over the long haul but counterproductive with respect to the things that concern us most: desire to learn, commitment to good values, and so on," Kohn writes on his website, summarizing findings that he publishes in his book.
In other words, the Dean's List not only fails to motivate students to excel in the long term, but also fails to cultivate what it professes to produce (or continue): hard work, intellectual engagement, and love of learning. Students who are on the Dean's List might in fact be there because they love learning, are intellectually engaged, and work tirelessly, but being recognized for these things might ironically make them less likely to occur in the future; students who are already intellectually engaged are likely to become less concerned with love of learning when the extrinsic motivator is introduced, and those who are not engaged are unlikely to become so.
Some will of course argue that the Dean's List is not simply about motivating students, but also recognizing the hard work and accomplishment of students with high GPAs. Don't they deserve to be lauded publicly for what they have accomplished? That is a fair question, but I'm not quite sure why recognizing those students publicly is necessary. Why can't it be enough that they know what they've achieved? Their professors know, their parents know, and their advisors know; does it have to be on the website? This is not a cry for humility or modesty, but one for privacy: The Dean's List violates students' right to keep their grades private.
Moreover, there is no equivalent of the Dean's List for arts, sports, or other extracurriculars. It's fine to place the value on academic success—it's a university—but publishing the names of students with high GPAs takes away from other students' major creative accomplishments, such as writing and directing plays, designing clothes for fashion shows, and producing films. Perhaps an even larger problem is that the Dean's List does not even recognize the highest academic achievers who do not receive grades, such as students in the College of Social Studies and the College of Letters.
Grades are important, if you want them to be. But reporting your GPA to your employer can stand on its own; although your being listed on the Dean's List website might look impressive, it is unlikely to strongly influence someone's decision to hire you.
Let's deal now with those who are not on the Dean's List. We've established that students who have been recognized are unlikely to reap enormous benefit from that recognition, but what about those who do not find themselves on the list? Are they likely to be suddenly motivated to succeed because of it? Maybe, but probably not: If a student is hell-bent on making the Dean's List the following semester, ze is more likely to select easier classes—ones in which ze is relatively sure ze'll get an A—rather than try to cultivate intellectual engagement or love of learning.
And what about the effect on our community? The Dean's List does not exactly produce cutthroat competition, and most people do not pay attention to it except for the week it comes out, but in that week—and possibly beyond—it merely breeds resentment and an uncomfortable feeling of competition. Why is this necessary? If it is helpful neither to the awardees nor to the non-awardees, and might in fact be detrimental to both parties, why have it at all? The potential harm is great; the potential benefit is slim.
I'm far from the first person to feel this way. In March of 2011, Rachel Pincus '13 wrote a Wespeak titled, "The Open Dean's List: It Doesn't Get Much More Un-Wesleyan Than This!" I agree with Pincus, who says, "It seems inimical to Wesleyan's values of collaboration, community, and learning for learning's sake to force the quantitative discussion of individual students' grades into the open."
Wesleyan does bill itself as the type of place that fosters collaboration instead of competition and emphasizes joyful learning rather than cramming for the sake of a grade. It bills itself as the type of place that values creative contributions to campus just as much as academic ones, the type of place that encourages growing and learning over quantitative measures such as grades. For the most part, the University delivers. I rarely share grades with classmates and almost never feel that anybody is in competition with me, or I with them. When friends are performing or excelling in a non-academic pursuit, their success feels as valid and important as anything someone does in the classroom. And then the Dean's List comes out.
Davis is a member of the class of 2017