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Did you ever see your friend in a cute new outfit and wish it were yours? Of course, we all have. So why not borrow it from her, you think. You're BEST friends, so she won't mind. Besides, you've been a good friend to her. You were her shoulder to cry on after her last breakup. So you do borrow it: the off-the-shoulder shirt with the embroidered neckline from Abercrombie and Fitch and the Tommy Hilfiger jeans, and wear it to a big party on Friday night. They're serving this red punch that's SO good. You grab a glass but are careful not to spill any. But then as you're maneuvering your way to the bathroom—SPLAT! Some guy knocks right into you! "Sorry!" he says. Sorry is right. You rush to the bathroom and blot a HUGE red stain spreading all over the front of your shirt with cold water, but it won't come out. Later, your friend sees you and is horrified. You apologize profusely and she seems to calm down, but you know she's bummed that her shirt is ruined.
Borrowing clothes or money from friends can be a normal part of any friendship. For many, it even enhances a feeling of closeness. The arrangement works fine if you return what you borrowed in good condition within a reasonable time span, or if you pay your friend back promptly. But if you give back her necklace with the sterling silver clasp broken or take months to return her $50, or you borrow 15 of her CDs to make a mix and then keep them for weeks, then there's definitely trouble ahead. If I can just find the time to tape those songs, THEN you'll return it, you think. But a month goes by and you still have them. She finally asks you for her CDs and you make a ton of excuses. But she doesn't want your excuses; she just wants her music back so she can listen to it.
Stop for a second, and think of the last thing you borrowed, and the condition it was in when you returned it. How many times have you asked your friend if you could wear those brown suede boots of hers you covet? Do you borrow things too often? Are you disrespectful when you do? It's hard to admit, but if you have the courage to do so, read on to figure out friend ettiquette on how to curb a habit that might damage a friendship:
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DON'T ever borrow something that's brand-new. Don't even ask. Your friend might feel bad if she has to say no. Think about it: there's too much risk of damaging or breaking it, and then you'd feel HORRIBLE. Even if you're careful, you can't always prevent something from getting ruined.
DON'T borrow something more than twice. If you use it too much, you'll wear it out!! (It might be time to get your own. If you can't afford it, save up your money.)
DON'T keep quiet if you can't currently afford to pay your friend the money you owe her. If you don't speak up, she might think you're never going to pay her back at all. Maybe you can work some sort of payment plan where you pay back a little at a time.
DO return something in the condition you got it. If you wear your friend's shirt, wash it or dry-clean it. If something breaks, repair it or replace it. If it's irreplaceable, then offer the money it would cost to buy a new one.
DO ask permission about how long you'd like to keep something. Be clear on when you'll be able to pay back the cash. If you wear her sweater and would like to keep it for a few days and wear it again, ask if that's okay. Then there will be no misunderstandings.
DO thank your friends for letting you use their stuff. Never take them for granted! Sharing with friends can be a bonding experience. It'll give you the warm fuzzies to know she trusts you and cares enough about you to let you use her stuff. So take a second to remember her generosity when she lends you something and don't betray that trust!
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Nebraska ended their second season in the Big Ten on a sour note with a loss in the Capital One Bowl for the second straight year, but it was still their third 10-win season in the last four years. The Nebraska football program historically has been one of the strongest in the nation, as they've made a bowl game in 42 of the last 44 years. The 2012 team was no less strong despite the losses in that Capital One Bowl and the Big Ten Championship Game to Wisconsin, as they knocked off Wisconsin, Michigan, Northwestern, and Michigan State in the regular season. Quarterback Taylor Martinez returns for his senior year after throwing for 2,871 yards and 23 touchdowns last year. Leading rusher Ameer Abdullah and leading receiver Kenny Bell also return. Nebraska loses linebacker Eric Martin (8.5 sacks in 2012), but four-star recruit Randy Gregory will make an impact on the defensive line. Four-star recruit Johnny Stanton will also wait in the wings for Martinez to graduate before perhaps taking over the job himself. The Cornhuskers coaching staff and scouts have also reeled in eight other four-star prospects, only one of whom comes from within the state of Nebraska. This shows that Nebraska knows how to recruit competitively up against big schools from all over the nation, which bodes well for future Cornhuskers squads.
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Insects 2012, 3(4), 1126-1142; doi:10.3390/insects3041126
Environmental Engineering Approaches toward Sustainable Management of Spider Mites
1 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ichiban-cho 8, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-8472, Japan 2 Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, Chiba University, Kashiwa-no-ha 6-2-1, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan
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Abstract: Integrated pest management (IPM), which combines physical, biological, and chemical control measures to complementary effect, is one of the most important approaches to environmentally friendly sustainable agriculture. To expand IPM, we need to develop new pest control measures, reinforce existing measures, and investigate interactions between measures. Continued progress in the development of environmental control technologies and consequent price drops have facilitated their integration into plant production and pest control. Here I describe environmental control technologies for the IPM of spider mites through: (1) the disturbance of photoperiod-dependent diapause by artificial light, which may lead to death in seasonal environments; (2) the use of ultraviolet radiation to kill or repel mites; and (3) the use of water vapor control for the long-term cold storage of commercially available natural enemies. Such environmental control technologies have great potential for the efficient control of spider mites through direct physical effects and indirect effects via natural enemies.
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After every vacation it's great to have pictures and small souvenirs that bring back memories of your trip. One fabulous way to create these memories is by making a scrapbook of your family vacation. While eliminating, "Honey, where were we again when this was taken?", it also gives your children (toddlers and up) something to do on a rainy day.
To start out with, get your children in the habit of saving one thing from each place you visit. It can be anything from a restaurant napkin to a postcard from a national park, or your children's drawings of the theme park your family has just visited. Another great tip is to bring along a disposable camera for your children. It's a great inexpensive way to allow your children to feel included, and at the same time get their point of view of the trip.
On a rainy day (hopefully you won't have any of those) or a night where you and your family want to take it easy, start putting your scrapbook together. The essential elements that are needed can easily be brought with you: photo-album or scrapbook, scissors, glue, construction paper, stickers and markers. If you feel really ambitious, take the film that has already been used to a 1-hour film-developing center.
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|Three for Brighton
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Three For Brighton brings an interesting set of words to mind. Sweet. Charming. Lighthearted. Fun. Ah, well, I guess that's what the best of the Regency genre offers, isn't it?
Three For Brighton is the story of three young ladies - two sisters and a cousin - who head for the seaside resort with one thing on their minds: marriage. They are desperate. Constance Mitchell and her younger sister, Felicity, have been left nearly destitute following the death of their dissolute father. Regina Farrington, their cousin and dear friend, has been left five hundred pounds by her late employer. It's not much of a dowry. But perhaps, if they are lucky, pretty Constance will snare a rich husband and be able to keep them all from the poorhouse.
Constance willingly agrees to do her very best, wistfully abandoning her dreams of marrying for love. Sharp-witted Regina will masquerade as a widow in order to lend their party an air of genteel respectability. While in Brighton, she also hopes to pursue a lead on the whereabouts of her long-lost father. Lively Felicity will mask her interest in astronomy and pretend to be three years younger than she is.
Nothing turns out as planned, of course. Barely do they arrive when Constance attracts the eye of Wesley Seaforth, a dashing, but penniless, lieutenant; Felicity finds herself drawn to a shy young scholar named Oliver Drayson who believes she's merely a child; and the handsome and wealthy Lord Joel Harcourt becomes intrigued by Regina. As Regina tries to interest Joel in Constance, Joel falls for Regina, Wesley competes for Constance, and Oliver attempts to escape his domineering mother long enough to find out who Felicity really is.
Got that? Well, don't worry if it seems tangled. Sorting it all out is great fun.
Regina and Joel carry the show here, though Felicity, with her high spirits and natural intelligence, isn't far behind. Regina's intelligence and practicality are more than a match for the slightly world-weary Joel. Complicating matters is Joel's mistaken belief that Regina isn't a widow at all, that she's still married and attempting to find her husband. Constance is less detailed; other than being pretty, there's not much to her.
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Seven years ago, Vladimir Putin traveled all the way to Guatemala to woo Olympic leaders with his grandiose vision: hosting the Winter Games in Russia's little-known Black Sea summer resort of Sochi.
Putin's personal pitch - delivered partly in English and French - did the trick as Sochi beat out bids from South Korea and Austria for the right to stage the 2014 Games on the so-called "Russian Riviera."
Putin's political influence and Russia's might bowled over the International Olympic Committee on that day.
It was a risky choice then and it shapes up as even riskier now.
With the opening ceremony less than two weeks away, Putin's prestige and his country's reputation are at stake - riding on a $51 billion mega-project meant to showcase a modern Russia but overshadowed by a barrage of concerns over terrorism, gay rights, human rights, corruption, waste and overspending.
No other Winter Games has faced such an acute terror threat. No other Winter Olympics has been so engulfed in politics. No other recent Olympics has been so closely associated with one man - Putin, the "captain" of the Sochi team.
Amid a politically charged atmosphere and ominous security climate, can Putin and Russia deliver a safe and successful Olympics? Can Sochi defy the grim predictions and dazzle the world with well-organized games featuring shiny new venues, picturesque mountains and the world's best winter sports athletes?
Lest we forget, the Olympics are also supposed to be about sports and athletes: Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby and other NHL stars competing for their home countries on the hockey rink; snowboard great Shaun White doing new gravity-defying flips and twists; South Korean figure skating queen Yuna Kim performing graceful magic on the ice; American teen sensation Mikaela Shiffrin zipping through the slalom gates.
About 3,000 athletes from more than 80 countries will be competing in 98 medal events. Twelve new events are on the program, with women's ski jumping making its debut after being rejected for inclusion at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
The medals race is likely to be between Norway, the United States, Canada and Germany. The Russians, coming off their worst ever Winter Games in Vancouver, are determined to bounce back on home territory. A gold medal from the Ovechkin-led hockey team would be the ultimate prize for a country that hasn't won the Olympic title since a "Unified Team" of former Soviet republics triumphed in 1992.
"Olympics are probably the most important thing for Russians," Ovechkin said.
Sochi will also offer up its share of human-interest story lines:
- the return of the Jamaican bobsled team for the first time since 2002, rekindling the feel-good story of 1988 that inspired the film "Cool Runnings."
- track and field stars Lolo Jones and Lauryn Williams switching from the Summer Olympics to Winter Games as members of the U.S. women's bobsled team.
- British-based classical-pop musician Vanessa-Mae trading her violin for a pair of skis to compete for Thailand, her father's native country.
- and, yes, those wild and crazy pants worn by the Norwegian men's curling team - red, white and blue zig-zag patterns this time.
For now, the world's focus remains squarely on the terror danger posed by the Islamic insurgency in the Northern Caucasus. An Islamic militant group in Dagestan claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings that killed 34 people in late December in Volgograd and threatened to attack the games in Sochi.
Russian security officials have been hunting for three potential female suicide bombers, one of whom is believed to be in Sochi itself. The suspects are known as "black widows," women seeking to avenge husbands or male relatives killed in Russia's fight against insurgents in the region.
"We know some of them got through the perimeter," said Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee. "What we don't know is how many more black widows are out there. ... How many potential cells could be in Sochi and the Olympic Village?"
Russia is mounting what is believed to be the biggest security operation ever for an Olympics, deploying more than 50,000 police and soldiers to protect the games. The cordon includes naval warships, anti-aircraft batteries and drone aircraft. Two U.S. warships will be in the Black Sea to help if needed.
"We will try to make sure that the security measures taken aren't too intrusive or visible and that they won't put pressure on the athletes, guests and journalists," Putin said.
Sochi's preparations have also been clouded by the Western uproar against a Russian law enacted last year that prohibits gay "propaganda" among minors. Critics and gay activists say the law discriminates against homosexuals and could be used against anyone openly supporting gay rights at the games.
Putin has insisted there will be no discrimination of any kind against any athletes or spectators in Sochi, yet his recent comments linking homosexuality and pedophilia have only inflamed the issue.
The IOC, meanwhile, has reminded athletes to comply with "Rule 50" of the Olympic Charter, which forbids protests or political gestures at Olympic venues.
President Barack Obama has seized on the issue by sending a U.S. delegation to Sochi that includes three openly gay members - tennis great Billie Jean King, figure skater Brian Boitano and ice hockey player Caitlin Cahow.
Hoping to show off a resurgent Russia that emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, organizers have built virtually all Olympic facilities from scratch to turn a decaying, Stalinist-era resort into what they hope will be a year-round tourist destination and winter sports mecca for the region.
Sochi features one of the most compact layouts in Olympic history, with all indoor arenas located close to each other in an Olympic Park along the coast. The cluster of snow venues are about 45 minutes away in the Krasnaya Polyana mountains.
"The venues will be perhaps the most spectacular, the best ever," said senior Norwegian IOC member Gerhard Heiberg, who organized the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer.
The project has come at a monumental cost: the $51 billion price tag, which includes construction of news road, tunnels, rail lines and other long-term infrastructure investments, is a record for any Winter or Summer Games. Billions of dollars have disappeared in kickbacks, embezzlement or mismanagement, critics claim.
"What's not good is all the money that's been spent," said Heiberg, head of the IOC marketing commission. "This could influence very badly cities thinking about bidding for the games."
In spite of all the criticism, IOC members believe the Russians deserve the chance to prove the choice of Sochi was the right one.
"Russia today is not the Soviet Union of 1980," Canadian member Dick Pound said. "They are certainly capable of organizing a Winter Olympics. They have created a winter sports complex out of virtually nothing and they did it in 5-6 years. My guess is they will deliver good games."
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Leave it to Peyton Manning to put everything in perspective.
"The Super Bowl is a big deal," the Broncos' record-setting quarterback said Sunday after his team arrived in a frozen Big Apple - well, across the icy Hudson River in New Jersey, actually.
Well, yeah, it's only the biggest sporting event in America, a quasi-national holiday. That's not lost on the four-time NFL MVP and owner of one Super Bowl title.
"I know how hard it is to get here," he added. "I know how much time and sacrifice our team has made in order to have this opportunity to play in this game. We were excited to get on that plane. We were excited getting off that plane, and we are looking forward to being here all week and, hopefully, playing a good game next Sunday."
It will take more than a good game to beat the Seahawks, of course. Seattle brings the stingiest defense in the league to the Super Bowl. It's a juicy matchup between an unstoppable force led by Manning (55 TD passes, 606 points) and an immovable object (231 points allowed, ranked first in overall and passing defense).
And it's exactly what the Seahawks traveled across the country for: the biggest of all challenges.
"Historically, it can't get any tougher," Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. "People can't even dream to have a season (like Manning had). It's an extraordinary challenge, and we'll see how this matchup goes. They have to play us, too."
Plus, both teams might have to fight through the elements in the first outdoor Super Bowl in a cold-weather site.
On Sunday, an icy wind made its way through the Meadowlands, cut across the Hudson and into frigid Manhattan. Looks like Mother Nature is taking seriously the NFL's slogan for this Super Bowl: Best Served Cold.
"Don't let the cold weather get you," is Denver linebacker Wesley Woodyard's mantra. "Once you figure out a point in your mind that you're cold, that's when it gets you. So you just have to block it out and be into the moment."
For the moment, each side is dealing with the distractions that accompany reaching the NFL's super-hyped championship game.
More media, for sure. A glaring spotlight on everything. Spending a week away from home. Practicing in another team's facility: the Seahawks at the Giants' complex across the parking lots from MetLife Stadium, the Broncos at the Jets' place in Florham Park, about 30 minutes from the Meadowlands.
Both coaches, Denver's John Fox and Seattle's Carroll, are concerned about the outdoor practice fields being frozen or covered with snow. Neither sounded eager about working indoors the entire week.
Just another inconvenience that goes along with the Super Bowl, although the NFL said the outdoor fields will be available for practices.
"Cold, hot, snow, rain, football is challenging," Seahawks All-Pro safety Earl Thomas said. "That's why we've got to stay in it (mentally) for the whole game - the personnel, the matchups. It's not about psyching yourself up, it's about the opportunity. You've got the God-given ability and you want to show it off. It doesn't matter where it is."
Where it is, of course, is where every football player seeks to be in early February. Whether the Super Bowl is played on the Meadowlands tundra, in Death Valley or on Mars, every NFL player wants to be suiting up for it.
"I think in order to be a championship football team we've got to be weatherproof, and I think our football team played in all different elements this year," Fox said. "I feel comfortable with where we're at as far as the elements, but it's a part of the game. I think tradition-wise, it's been a part of the league and a part of a lot of championships."
Not one regular Seahawks player has been to this stage, giving Denver something of an edge in experience. The Broncos have four: receiver Wes Welker, tight end Jacob Tamme, cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and that quarterback named Peyton.
Manning, of course, is the only current Bronco to have won a ring, with Indianapolis in 2007. He also lost the Super Bowl in 2010 with the Colts.
On Monday, with the long travel out of the way and the introductory news conferences behind them, each team gets down to business. They can't wait.
"I don't believe in such a thing called distractions," Woodyard said. "This is the moment we have got to be in. It's what you wanted your whole life."
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WELLINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - New Zealand's business confidence held close to a 14-year high in October, while companies were a touch more optimistic about their own outlook, an ANZ Bank survey showed on Thursday.
The survey's headline measure of sentiment showed a net 53.2 percent of respondents expected the economy to improve over the year ahead, from a net 54.1 percent optimism level in the previous survey, which had been the highest since March 1999.
The monthly business outlook showed a net 47.1 percent of companies expect their own business to grow in the next 12 months from 45.3 percent in September.
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Perspectives on Executive Power: Czars, Libya, and Recent Developments - Event Audio/Video
2012 Annual Student Symposium
March 3, 2012Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, John C. Harrison, Sanford Levinson, John C. Yoo, Thomas B. Griffith, Ilan Wurman
Perspectives on Executive Power:
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This panel will address the role of Executive branch officials in making high-level policy decisions, and their relationship to Congress. This is particularly relevant in the context of two recent debates: can the President ignore congressional attempts to strip funding from high-level officials who are not confirmed by the Senate? Is the Obama administration's use of "czars" constitutional? Moreover, what is the power of the Executive branch to start a war without any authorization from Congress? The Federalist Society's Student Division presented this panel at the 2012 Annual Student Symposium on March 3, 2012.
Panel 3: Perspectives on Executive Power: Czars, Libya, and Recent Developments
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- Prof. Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Stanford Law School
- Prof. John Harrison, University of Virginia Law School
- Prof. Sandy Levinson, University of Texas Law School
- Prof. John Yoo, Berkeley Law School
- Moderator: Hon. Thomas Griffith, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- Introduction: Mr. Ilan Wurman, Co-Chair, 2012 Annual Student Symposium
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Nice to meet you :)
Well, hello there. My name is Shannon and I am one of the authors of this blog. I'm really excited to be blogging about Mount Union and my experiences here because I really have had some cool moments and I love to write.
First of all, I'll start with a little bit about myself. I am from Concord, Ohio, which is a town in Northeast Ohio. It is in between Mentor and Painesville. I really enjoy going to Mount Union because home is only a hour and a half away. When looking at schools I considered Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and Baldwin Wallace in Berea, Ohio. Miami was about five hours away from home and I did not want to be that far in case I wanted to drive home for the weekend. On the other side of the spectrum, Baldwin Wallace was about 40 minutes away from home and that was just a little too close. I wanted to feel like I was going away, while still feeling close enough to home, so Mount seemed perfect.
I visited campus my junior year in high school and absolutely fell in love with it. Now, if you've ever been on the campus, you know what I'm talking about. Everything is so green here and the buildings are really nice. Aside from that, the people at this school are incredible. When I came for a visit, I heard a statistic about the ratio of students to professors and was very impressed. This was another deciding factor in why I wanted to come to Mount. I didn't want to go to a large public university and just be another statistic, another number, in a classroom or giant lecture hall. Here, the professors will meet with you outside of class any day to discuss class work or anything else that you are concerned with or interested in. Well, that's a little bit about why I came to Mount Union, now I'd like to tell you a little bit about my life since I've been here…
I am currently in my third year of school here and have been really involved each year. I will probably go further in depth with these positions at a later date, but for now, here are the organizations that I have been involved with. I am currently the assistant editor of our school newspaper, The Dynamo, and have been the commentary editor, student life editor, writer and photographer. I still write and take pictures for the paper on a weekly basis, because as I said before, I have a strong passion for writing.
I am also involved with the radio station here on campus, WRMU 91.1 FM, and I have held the position of news director for the past two years. I am also a member of Student Senate, the Association of Women Students (AWS), our school's television station which is called Studio M, the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and a few honor societies on campus. I have loved being at a small, private school because there are so many opportunities to become involved in and you can really dip into whatever it is that you are interested in.
My major here at Mount Union is communication. Within the major, we have what we call "concentrations" and those are basically just areas to specialize in. My concentrations are media studies and public relations. I also have two minors which are English and psychology.
So, that's a snapshot of who I am and what I do here at Mount Union, I hope you continue to check out the blog to see what else is going on campus, in my life and in the communication department. :}
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- Congressional Republicans support Wall Street banks, credit card companies, Big Oil, and insurance companies - the special interests that benefited from George Bush's policies and created the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. A decade of Republican rule nearly doubled our national debt. Why would we go back?
- Democrats in Congress are fighting to help small businesses create jobs here at home. Democrats are taking America in a New Direction - creating good American jobs, providing the lowest taxes in 60 years for the middle class and small businesses, and closing tax loopholes that send jobs overseas.
Last week, President Obama announced $795 million in grants and loans through the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture matched by over $200 million in outside investment, for 66 Recovery Act broadband projects nationwide. The projects will create approximately 5,000 jobs up front, helping to create jobs for years to come. In total, tens of millions of Americans and over 685,000 businesses, 900 healthcare facilities and 2,400 schools in all fifty states stand to benefit from the awards. [White House, 7/2/10]
Quad City Times (Iowa) - Iowa broadband projects will get $90M in fed money
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The Iowa Communications Network, Iowa Health System and five regional telephone companies will share $90.1 million for broadband projects in the state…
The Iowa projects are expected to create more than 450 jobs at the outset and are designed to drive economic development.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, called the grants a timely "investment in Iowa's future."
"Providing much-needed Internet access to rural communities in Iowa will create hundreds of jobs and spur economic development," he said. [7/1/10]
Bluefield Daily Telegraph (West Virginia) - Stimulus funding to stretch broadband through 8 Va. Counties
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Southwest Virginia is receiving $22.7 million in federal stimulus funds to develop a 388-mile fiber optic backbone project through an eight county region, officials said Friday.
The $36 million project will create 295 direct jobs during the construction and deployment of the broadband network. The project will bring the broadband service within two miles of 18,000 homes and 500 businesses allowing for last mile connections in communities that are currently lacking broadband, U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., said.
"This broadband funding will create new opportunities for employment, education, and entrepreneurship in rural Virginia by wiring homes and businesses," [Senator Jim] Webb said. [7/3/10]
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania) - Federal grant to generate 91 jobs, enhance computer access in Philadelphia
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Philadelphia will receive a $6.4 million federal grant to create or enhance 77 public computer centers in some of the most needy parts of the city, including North, West and South Philadelphia, officials said Friday.
President Obama announced the grant Saturday as part of a $795 million investment in 66 new broadband projects nationwide under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The grant is expected to generate 91 full- and part-time jobs in the city, officials said.
The project aims to increase capacity at 25 existing public computing centers, and create 48 centers and four mobile computing units, officials said.
More than 800 computers will be added to serve about 14,000 more users weekly, officials said. [7/6/10]
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Hawaii) - Stimulus funds pay young workers
Nearly 3,800 students from low- and moderate-income families in Hawaii have been hired this year through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
The state Department of Labor has placed 3,374 students in summer jobs through the program, department spokesman Ryan Markham said. Another 398 youths are working in jobs administered through the city government.
Through the program 'we give our kids the opportunity to have jobs, but the more important thing is to teach them basic skills and build a resume. They learn financial literacy -- they get to understand what a paycheck is all about,' [Lt. Gov. James] Aiona said. [7/5/10]
Glendale News Press (California) - Funds target youth jobs
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Local youth looking to enter the workforce could get a jump-start in energy industry jobs thanks to a job training program funded with $100,000 secured by Rep. Adam Schiff, officials announced last week.
Stakeholders say the program was inspired by the success of the Verdugo Power Academy -- a joint venture of the Glendale Water & Power, Glendale Community College and Verdugo Workforce Investment Board using federal stimulus funding.
…the new training program will target young people trying to enter the job market for the first time.
The training will focus on smart-grid technology, which is being implemented in Glendale and Burbank. [7/6/10]
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- The Telegraph (Illinois) - Carlinville gets grant to improve technology
- Seacoast Online (New Hampshire) - NH awarded $44.5M to expand broadband statewide
- Pomeroy Daily Sentinel (Ohio) - Projects expected to save Middleport repair costs -- Stimulus work nearing completion eases repairs


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Analyses of the spatial relationships between carbon, co-benefits and socio-economic context can support planning and decision-making at national and sub-national scales. When such spatial analyses are based on data developed at an appropriate scale, done in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders, they can help to prioritise among the different benefits and services under consideration and the actions that might best deliver them.
Ecuador is a country with high forest cover and very high biodiversity. However, Ecuadorian forests are under pressure from deforestation and resource exploitation. The government is addressing the issue by planning for a high quality REDD+ mechanism that maximises benefits for the climate, the environment and people. This report presents the result of spatial analyses to support this planning process.Resource Type: Reports
A wide range of tools and resources is available to assist decision-makers and their advisors in planning for REDD+ implementation. As these materials have been developed with different problems and decision-making contexts in mind, it can be difficult to identify the ones that are most suitable in a specific situation. This document is a guide to some of these tools and resources, with a particular focus on those which take account of the multiple values of forests and can support the design of REDD+ interventions that provide climate change mitigation as well as other social and environmental benefits.Resource Type: Reports
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Successful implementation of REDD is likely to require the reduction of deforestation rates on a national scale. Designation of new protected areas and strengthening of the current protected area network could form one strategy for achieving this. This review aims to inform the debate through an assessment of the effects of forest designation and management on deforestation rates, and through consideration of the design and management-related factors that influence protected area effectiveness in reducing deforestation. The evidence suggests that protected areas are an effective tool for reducing deforestation within their boundaries. The extent to which this deforestation is displaced to surrounding areas is unclear. Protected areas designated under the more restrictive IUCN categories (I-II) seem to be more effective than those that may include a focus on sustainable use (V-VI). However, there are only a small number of studies on deforestation within category V-VI protected areas.Resource Type: Reports
Chapter from MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY ISSUES INTO FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE. Abstracts of Poster Presentations at the 13th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity 18-22 February 2008, Rome, Italy.Resource Type: Reports
This publication comprises the proceedings of the conference 'The Restoration of Wooded Landscapes', held at Heriot Watt University in September 2000. The principle aim of the conference was to bring together researchers, practitioners and policymakers to allow a full and free exchange of views, information and ideas on the theme of native woodland restoration at the landscape scale (areas in excess of 1 km2). This includes creating new native woodland, restoring planted ancient woodland, and expanding existing native woodlands.Resource Type: Reports
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Climate change is expected to alter the distribution of habitats and thus the distribution of species connected with these habitats in the terrestrial Barents Sea region. It was hypothesised that wild species connected with the tundra and open-land biome may be particularly at risk as forest area expands. Fourteen species of birds were identified as useful indicators for the biodiversity dependent upon this biome.Resource Type: Journal Papers
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When we formed Mandala Design Works (MDW) we were a circle of friends – four artists living and working in the town of Delaware Water Gap. Our lives and our art were intertwined.
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Steven Artandi
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Current Research and Scholarly Interests Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes that protect chromosome ends and shorten with cell division and aging. We are interested in how telomere shortening influences cancer, stem cell function, aging and human disease. Telomerase is a reverse transcriptase that synthesizes telomere repeats and is expressed in stem cells and in cancer. We have found that telomerase also regulates stem cells and we are pursuing the function of telomerase through diverse genetic and biochemical approaches.
Robert Baldwin
Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly Interests I closed my laboratory when I retired in 1998. I continue to do research, chiefly in collaboration with Franc Avbelj, on problems of protein folding energetics, especially peptide backbone solvation, and to write reviews.
Philip Beachy
The Ernest and Amelia Gallo Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Developmental Biology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Function of Hedgehog proteins and other extracellular signals in morphogenesis (pattern formation), in injury repair and regeneration (pattern maintenance). We study how the distribution of such signals is regulated in tissues, how cells perceive and respond to distinct concentrations of signals, and how such signaling pathways arose in evolution. We also study the normal roles of such signals in stem-cell physiology and their abnormal roles in the formation and expansion of cancer stem cells.
Jason Bell
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Bio During my PhD work with Stephen Kowalczykowski at UC Davis, I studied homologous recombination and DNA repair, which can be applied towards (but not limited to) cancer biology and gene therapy. Homologous recombination is a complex and highly conserved process that involves the sequential processing of various DNA substrates by dozens of proteins. In humans, the recombination pathway is intimately entangled with DNA replication, the DNA damage response, DNA repair, cell cycle control, apoptosis and telomere maintenance. All of these pathways are implicated in cancer biology. Specifically, my dissertation focused on the regulated assembly of RecA on single molecules of SSB-coated ssDNA.
I remained at UC Davis for a short postdoc, where I used single-molecule biophysics to visualize and characterize the biochemical activities of the yeast helicase, Sgs1, which is the homologue of the human BLM protein. Genetic defects in BLM are associated with an anomalously high predisposition for developing sporadic cancers due to genomic instability caused by defects in DNA repair and homologous recombination pathways. I am particularly interested in how the biochemical activity of Sgs1 is regulated during DNA double strand break repair by accessory proteins, including Top3, Rmi1, RPA, Rad51, Mre11 and Xrs2. In addition to my work on Sgs1, I am also collaborating with several scientists in our group to study the molecular mechanism of BRCA2 during homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair using "visual biochemical" techniques.
I have joined Aaron Straight's lab in the Department of Biochemistry in order to study the spatio-temporal assembly of the centromere and kinetochore with single-molecule resolution.
Paul Berg
Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Biochemistry
Current Research and Scholarly Interests For about 10 years until 2000, my lab's research activities were focused on the mechanism of recombinational repair of double-strand breaks in DNA. We focused our efforts on two model systems: one involved the repair of restriction enzyme cleavages at specific mammalian chromosomal loci and the second explored the biochemical properties of purified yeast Rad51 protein, an essential catalyst for synapsing the broken ends of DNA with an intact homologue of that sequence. We also explored the roles of Rad52 and PRA (single-strand DNA binding protein) in the repair process.
In 2000, I became Emeritus Professor in Biochemistry and stepped down from the Directorship of the Beckman Center. Much of my activities since then have been involved in writing a biography of the genetics pioneer George Beadle, published in 2003, plus articles for other publications elaborating on Beadle's legacy for today's science. Over the years I have been and continue to be an activist in public policy issues affecting biomedical issues, e.g. recombinant DNA and more recently, issues concerning embryonic stem cells.
Onn Brandman
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Current Research and Scholarly Interests The Brandman Lab studies how cells ensure protein quality and how they signal stress. To achieve this, we employ an integrated set of techniques including single cell anaysis of stress pathways, structural studies, in vitro translation, and full genome screens in yeast and mammalian cells.
Patrick O. Brown
Professor of Biochemistry
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Brown's research group uses diverse experimental and computational methods to investigate the logic and mechanisms that control a genome's expression program. The Brown laboratory is systematically characterizing the genetic scripts that control the expression of our genes, in normal development and physiology and in diseases like cancer, with a particular focus on post-transcriptional regulation. The Brown lab also develops strategies and assays for early detection and diagnosis of cancer.


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Diamandis' musical style ranges from keyboard-based ballads to more up-tempo new wave-style songs with full band backing. She has cited a wide range of influences such as Daniel Johnston, Blondie, Kylie Minogue, The Distillers, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, Garbage, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, Britney Spears, Yann Tiersen, Elliott Smith, Dolly Parton, Fiona Apple, Shakira, and Madonna. Her stage name consists of Diamandis' first name and the translation of her surname, which means "Diamonds" in Greek. "The Diamonds" are not her backing band, but a reference to her fans.
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Although all parking and traffic citation appeals will be considered the following grounds are typically insufficient, on their own, in order for the Appeals Committee to approve the appeal.
- Signs are not needed to enforce all regulations
- Lack of knowledge or understanding of the regulations
- Legal parking space was unavailable
- Improper display or failure to display the current parking hang-tag
- Inclement weather
- Late arrival for class, meeting, or appointment
- Parking in a handicapped space without the appropriate State and/or University documentation
- Parking in a fire lane for any length of time (no matter how brief)
Instructions for e-Appeal form:
All fields must be filled in to be considered for appeal. Improper e-Appeal forms can be rejected by the appeals committee. All appeals must be filed using this e-Appeal form. Failure to file a formal appeal within 7 (seven) days time limit shall constitute a forfeiture of all appeal privileges. You will be notified of the outcome of your appeal via e-mail of the committee's decision. You are strongly encouraged to attend the committee meetings. Notice: The decision of the appeal committee is final.
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- February 26 (orginally scheduled for Feb. 25)
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Summer meeting 2014
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SPECIAL STUDIES MHS ESSAY Syllabus
Contact Information
Course Learning Objectives
Course Description
Required of all students in the departmental MHS degree program. Provides the opportunity for the student to work with his/her advisor to formulate, research, finalize, and gain approval of the required essay.
Intended Audience
MHS degree students in department of EHS.
Methods of Assessment
Grading Policy: Completion and approval of an essay.
Grading Restrictions: Pass and Fail
Academic Ethics Code
The code, discussed in the Policy and Procedure Memorandum for Students, March 31, 2002, will be adhered to in this class:
Students enrolled in the Bloomberg School of Public Health of The Johns Hopkins University assume an obligation to conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to the University's mission as an institution of higher education. A student is obligated to refrain from acts which he or she knows, or under the circumstances has reason to know, impair the academic integrity of the University. Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to: cheating; plagiarism; knowingly furnishing false information to any agent of the University for inclusion in the academic record; violation of the rights and welfare of animal or human subjects in research; and misconduct as a member of either School or University committees or recognized groups or organizations.
Disability Support Services
If you are a student with a documented disability who requires an academic accommodation, please contact Betty H. Addison in the Office of Student Life Services: email@example.com, 410-955-3034, or 2017 E. Monument Street.


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Even healthy people need health insurance. Having a health plan helps maintain – and may even improve – the health and wellness of you and your family.
Having health insurance can also give you peace of mind. And it may protect you financially in the event of an accident or illness.
When you come to one of our health centers, we will help you apply for health insurance you can afford. You can also find out more about insurance options at the links below.


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If you asked me to guess which metro area in Connecticut had the smallest percentage of obese residents, I would not pick Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk.
My vote would go to Greenwich-Westport-Darien, where the women are mostly teeth and cheekbones, and the men trophy-wife and personal-trainer toned.
However, a new Gallup-Healthways poll found that of 190 metro areas surveyed nationwide, Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk was one of only three that met the minimum standard of a 15 percent obesity rate.
The other two metro areas are in Colorado, although now that the state has legalized the recreational use of marijuana, I would expect the munchies will take their toll.
Another study I came across identified "The 10 Fittest Cities for Baby Boomers." The headline, obviously, was a bit confusing.
Did it mean the city is a good fitness fit for boomers who are into staying fit? Or did it mean the city itself is fit, you know lean government, low metabolic tax rate, six pack abs from budget crunches?
As it turns out, a city's boomer fitness level was determined by such things as life expectancy, medical care, and health insurance, and not just the dedication of sweating boomers spinning in place to blasts from the past.
Anyway, the fittest city in the country for baby boomers is San Jose.
It is, of course, almost impossible for a baby boomer to utter San Jose without thinking "do you know the way," which then leads to the song, which may now be stuck in your head and for that I do apologize while offering the following just to get you started:
"L.A. is a great big freeway.
"Put a hundred down and buy a car.
"In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star."
In case you are wondering, the honor for fattest metro region belongs to McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, where 38.8 percent of the population is obese.
You'll never guess who comes in second — no, not wherever Paula Dean is from —- Binghamton, N.Y., which is just a crispy chicken leg behind at 37.6 percent.
"Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass
"And all the stars that never were
"Are parking cars and pumping gas."


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MIDLAND – Snowmobilers caught travelling on town sidewalks will not be cut any slack by the Midland Police Service.
"Travelling along the sidewalk poses a significant risk to pedestrian traffic," Insp. Ron Wheeldon stated in a press release. "I would ask members of the public who operate snowmobiles to stick to local trails. The police service will take enforcement action if an operator is utilizing their snowmobile on the sidewalk."
A town bylaw states that no person shall operate a motorized snow vehicle along any sidewalk or boulevard within the Town of Midland. A fine of $105, plus victim surcharge, can be levied against violators.
Southern Georgian Bay OPP, meanwhile, urged snowmobilers to take charge of their own safety by preparing their sled, gear and equipment before heading out.
Other factors police ask sledders to consider when getting ready for safe snowmobiling include: having one's sled professionally serviced; carrying first aid, survival and repair kits; inspecting all gear and equipment; carrying a GPS, cellphones, satellite phone or personal tracker for emergency situations; and avoiding riding alone.


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Pros – make a lot of great connections with other employees and learn from senior employees about the company and how things work
Cons – no room for advancement seems to be a lot of favoritism and bullying going on daily by coworkers and they ignore complaints by employees regarding bullying by coworkers on daily basis.
Advice to Senior Management – Leadership is only working for certain favorite employees regardless too much political games.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
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XCash Account. XJuly. Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1 They sold me down the river And I must parded be From all that I love dearly And all that's dear to me Chorus Fare-well my peaceful cabin Beside the old oak tree Fare-well my wife and children All that's dear to me (2nd verse on next page) 3 Oh master do not grieve them and always kindly be And always treat them kindly As you have treated me. Chorus 4 My heart is filled with sorrow There's nought for me but woe, They'be sold me down the river And I alas must go. Chorus,


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Series 8 Episode 1
Three Girls and a Guy Named Bud
Jake finds out about his dad's relationship and leaves.
Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer star in "Two and a Half Men," a comedy about men, women, sex, dating, divorce, mothers, single parenthood, sibling relations, surrogate families, money and, most importantly, love.
Suitable for 12 years and over
Jake finds out about his dad's relationship and leaves.
Lindsey asks Alan to move in with her -- and Charlie says yes!
Alan juggles two homes -- and two women.
Lyndsey and Eldridge move into Charlie's house.
Alan goes out on the town pretending to be Charlie.
Charlie has trouble dating a slightly older woman.
Charlie's girlfriend finds Rose too much to handle.
Jake gets Alan to invite Evelyn to Charlie's house for her birthday dinner
Berta take a few days off and arranges for a replacement
Courtney is released from prison, and immediately hooks up with Charlie.
Unable to buy Lyndsey a birthday present, Alan gets creative.
A depressed Charlie goes to see his therapist (JANE LYNCH).
Alan becomes jealous of Charlie and Lyndsey.
Charlie becomes obsessed with a newly "married" Rose.
Alan's business idea turns into a Ponzi scheme
Rose and Alan uncover each other's secret schemes


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Whats wrong with this photo?
Kandice Megan:
January 2, 2013 at 10:19 pm
....Oh it's the ghetto version of The Princess and The Pea. Got It.
Latricia Musgrove:
January 5, 2013 at 1:00 am
You just took the words out of my mouth. P.S. How tall are they? That mattress is pretty small
Candice Wynter:
January 20, 2013 at 7:41 pm
At least he makes her happy, it doesn't take much but the only thing that matters is she's happy.
Jennell Gause:
February 25, 2013 at 4:33 am
for real???????
Robette Porter:
April 10, 2013 at 10:51 pm
1 boxspring, 1 queen size mattress, 1 full size mattress, and a toddler bed!
Erica Reese:
January 2, 2013 at 10:56 pm
Why is he at home cleaning while you are at work; shouldn't he be at ah- WORK, too? No wonder. Smdh
Gina Arauz:
January 8, 2013 at 6:12 pm
Man might work a night shift...
Sherri Gillette:
April 10, 2013 at 10:42 pm
Maybe he's a stay at home dad; nothing wrong with that.
Melika Matthews:
April 10, 2013 at 10:44 pm
@ erica, i was just thinking the same thing... and gina, most likely he would be sleepin if he workd nights, not cleaning and makin beds. lol
Ashley Thomas:
April 13, 2013 at 6:12 pm
its his day off
Tracey Marshall:
January 2, 2013 at 10:17 pm
I woulda left the cover untucked, so it looked like a big ole bed lol..jus sayin..hahaha.
Ashley Deloris:
April 10, 2013 at 11:25 pm
i know!or a bed skirt!
Anita Cates Hodges:
February 5, 2013 at 3:41 am
I've never seen a bed made like a layer cake!
Angela Word:
July 1, 2013 at 5:22 am
wtf hahahaha wow hay I ain't even mad lmao!
Sherry Hall:
June 11, 2013 at 5:33 pm
New meaning to....
"Make DO!"
Carlyle Mitchell:
June 11, 2013 at 6:55 pm
Hey, sent u a email.
Baughtem Flower:
January 3, 2013 at 5:05 pm
Why is the top bed so little? LOL
Ke Ke Jones:
January 5, 2013 at 5:55 am
Wat a down grade..kmsl .. King to Twin..smh
Ana Cooley SLife:
January 3, 2013 at 8:34 am
what's wrong with this photo? EVERYTHING. Plus why she would be so happy her dude made up a bed? let alone post it SMH.
Nubia Flagg:
April 10, 2013 at 10:47 pm
Why people.....why?
Kathy Jobcreator Thomas-Massey:
January 2, 2013 at 10:14 pm
Uh...never mind.
Merc Benford-McIver:
February 5, 2013 at 3:28 am
I see sumthin under the bed too lol.
ShaTia Harris:
February 5, 2013 at 3:23 am
get the __ out of here.
Sigmonda Hines:
January 6, 2013 at 4:00 am
Hate the bed, but, hate what she wrote even more. No way in hell would I have posted this!
Therese Lindsay:
January 3, 2013 at 8:08 pm
Everything is wrong with the photo & the comment...
Jackie Davis:
January 8, 2013 at 3:42 pm
Too cute
Chontelle Copeland:
January 3, 2013 at 12:12 am
@kandice I'm dying at that comment!
January 2, 2013 at 10:23 pm
ROFL @Kandice..good one! lol


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U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open Monday, after the S&P 500 finished at a five-year high in the previous session.
On Friday, The S&P 500 posted the best closing high since December 2007, following better than expected data from the ISM non-manufacturing index and December's jobs report which showed that the U.S.employment picture was continuing to improve as 155,000 positions were added and the jobless rate held steady at 7.8 percent.
Clashes continue over tax increases on the wealthiest Americans over the weekend. In separate TV appearances on Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a high-profile Republican, and Nancy Pelosi, leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives diverged over whether further tax rises were on the cards. While McConnell completely ruled out raising tax revenue, Pelosi refused to rule out pushing for higher taxes on higher earners.
European shares were flat in morning trading after global banking regulators announced a watering down of key elements of their plan for banking rules meant to create a safer global financial system.
Investors will turn their attention to the fourth-quarter earnings season that starts this week. Aluminum producer Alcoa is scheduled to post results on Tuesday, while banking giant Wells Fargo reports on Friday. Earnings are expected to be slightly better than the previous quarter's lackluster results and analysts' current estimates are down sharply from what they were in October.
Bank of America edged higher after the financial giant reached a $10 billion settlement with Fannie Mae over mortgage repurchases.
Elsewhere, Amazon gained after an upgrade from Morgan Stanley and Intel edged higher after Lazard called the chipmaker a "buy."
But Yahoo slumped after Bernstein downgraded the company to "market perform," though it did raise its price target one dollar to $23.
On Sunday, the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, a group of the world's top regulators and central bankers, agreed to give banks four more years to build up cash reserves.
—By CNBC's JeeYeon Park (Follow JeeYeon on Twitter: @JeeYeonParkCNBC)
Coming Up This Week:
MONDAY: Supreme Court in season
TUESDAY: NFIB small business optimism index, 3-yr note auction, consumer credit, International Consumer Electronics Show; Earnings from Alcoa, Apollo Group
WEDNESDAY: Weekly mortgage applications, oil inventories, 10-yr note auction; Earnings from Constellation Brands, PriceSmart
THURSDAY: Jobless claims, wholesale trade, natural gas inventories, Fed's George speaks, 30-yr bond auction, Fed's Bullard speaks, Fed's balance sheet, money supply, Fed's Kocherlakota speaks, Herbalife analysts day, videogame sales data release; Earnings from Chevron (interim report), Ruby Tuesday
FRIDAY: International trade, import and export prices, Fed's Plosser speaks, Treasury budget, Best Buy to report holiday sales; Earnings from Wells Fargo
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I started reading the book last week but got to the page where it asked if I had made the decision to change...I stopped reading, it felt like as soon as I made that decision I would have to do something, and I believed I wasn't ready.
I was on the bus home from visiting family yesterday morning, having loaded up with skittles and pizza the night before, and feeling a bit bloated and gross that morning, when the bus started filling up with...well...hot guys.
Hot guys from all walks of life too, bros, hipsters, professionals, backpackers...and all of them slim, smiley and relaxed. I had this rush of thoughts through my head
OMG, I love this. So we are starting around the same time. Best of luck to the two of us and everyone else on the program. :)
It is posts like this that get me all fired up!!! You ROCK MrCynical! I support you 100%! Bring it!!!!
Welcome to BFL and Congratulations on your resolve and new committment. Best wishes to ya. Keep Moving Forward and Plan to Succeed!
Day one went well. It was probably the first day I have been without chips or candy in a long time (admittedly, right now I am craving the sweet release of nacho cheese corn chips). My food was good, if anything I probably didn't eat enough in the morning – I still had my pizza/skittles/curry hangover from the weekend. I started off with cardio, and woah, harder than I thought.
It was running along thinking "man I can't believe this is so hard, its only been a couple of weeks since I was last in the gym" when I realised...that 2 weeks is actually a MONTH. So easy to delude yourself!
Just had youghurt and almonds for breakfast, it is weights for the first time in MONTHS tonight, I feel tomorrow is going to be painful!
Gym Song of the Day: Starlight - Superman Lovers
(day before was I Will Survive/Survivor Mashup - Glee Cast)
Day two went well! Food was good, actually excellent as I made Beef Stroganoff from Jamie's 15 Minute meals. OK, sure, it took me 45 minutes, but it was still delicious. I can see why people like him so much, he is pretty damn exuberant about his food. As you can see it is a great combo of protein and carbs and veges, and I kept the portions right and now have leftovers for the rest of the week.
Gym was good, some exercises I really felt the burn, others I was definitely lifting too light. I hadn't been in months so I needed to set the right pace, I made notes and am excited to see what my next upper body workout will be like.
HI Mr Cynical....I am starting today...did I see you are from NZ? I am in Wellington.
Auckland here, good luck to you, how was your lunch? :)
In lieu of my actual pictures (which will hopefully be tonight) here is me any my beef stroganoff last night, of which I am still inordinately proud, considering that time last week it was a massive kebab, sausage roll and a packet of skittles
MrCynical, your beef stroganoff looks delicious! Much healthier than the version my mom used to make when I was a kid. :)
Sounds like you're getting off to a great start on your BFL challenge!
Gym Song of the Night: Human by The Killers
Today = owies.
So my DOMS is hitting from upper body today, which I guess is technically a good thing, as it means i had a decent workout, on the downside though...did I mention owies?
Legs also feeling it today, was on the bike for cardio last night. I normally hit the treadmill but it was busy so I gave the bike a crack. took me literally 5 minutes to get the settings sorted out, but was sweating like a sweaty thing by the end of it..
I had a proud willpower moment too, I got home an hour later than I was planning and was STARVING, as I was doing the "don't eat for 3 hours" thing. I kept telling myself I could sneak in a sandwich, or maybe a piece of candy I have for the trick or treaters...but no, I held strong, hit the gym, waited an hour afterwards and had a stirfry sandwich (veges, protein and carbs).
Thanks Laura :)
Gym Song of the Night: When You Touch Me by The Freemasons
Thought about my habits on the way home last night, left work a bit early so had time to kill and normally that meant going to Burger King...I just read a book instead. I think I will end up saving money after this!
I did lower body for the first time in...literal months last night. LUNGES ARE THE DEVIL!
Feeling it a bit this morning, and tomorrow is going to be hellish. I am definitely looking forward to off day tomorrow, have friends round for a geek night. While it does feel good to eat healthy, I am very much looking forward to some pizza and chips.
I just have to make sure I chuck out the leftovers on Sunday, instead of...you know...eating them
Gym Song of the Night: September by Pompalamoose
Eventful few days!
Friday - pretty good. We had work drinks and I had a small glass of wine, I rarely drink so didn't feel too bad about it, I also decided to skip a couple of bus stops so that meant walking an extra 3k that day. There is something quite special about going to the gym on a Friday evening, like THAT is commitment, other people will still be boozing it up, but here I am sweating my butt off.
Saturday - BINGED! Cripes, probably went a bit overboard. Had the boys over for movies and there was much pizza, candy and guarana based drinks. I know I should feel bad, but man it all tasted so good.
Sunday - ALMOST :S Started off well, got a good upper body workout in, did heavier than my first time and it felt great. However about 4pm I succumbed and finished off that big pack of chips and candy leftover from Saturday. ARGH.
What I Learned from Week One
- stairs are the worst invention in the world
- all unhealthy food on free day must be eaten on free day, leftovers are painfully tempting
- im going to try free day on a friday this week, and go healthy all weekend.
- I wish my bedroom was on the ground floor. Damn you DOMS
- make sure the dumbells with the right weights are ready before your workout if possible, due to my pathetic math skills, took me about 5 minutes to get the right weights for my second set of reps :S
Gym Song of the Night: Outta my Way by Kylie Minogue
Its been a tricky couple of days. Monday started off well, got a walk in, ate well at work, and had a good cardio workout. Then a bunch of work stress arrived on my phone...and out came the skittles. My loving family gave me some massive jars full for my belated birthday and they have been sitting in my room, only to be touched on off day.
Yeah, that didn't last. I went to TOWN on them. Pretty much undoing all my good work that day and then some. Was so frustrating, was lying in bed annoyed and cranky.
The next morning, I threw all of them into the garden. Such a waste, but the temptation is just too much, and apparently I am still very much an emotional eater. The rest of the day was better, but I didn't prepare my lunch and food on Monday so I had to get some cafe food, got some ham rolls, but took a key from other people here and kept my portions down.
Did my lower body workout and was glad for it.
Today is going better, made vegetable jalfrezi last night (and ALWAYS check the cooking time, I thought I was making a 15 minute meal, only at the last moment did I read "simmer for 45 minutes" DOH) and having left overs today.
Won't let a blip hold me back
Gym Song of the Night: Harder Better Faster by Daft Punk
As I am learning today, preparation is key. I am confident I have the workout down, I don't stress about going to the gym, occasionally I will try to talk myself out of it, but I will still end up there.
Food on the other hand :S If I don't have my meals sorted at work, then the bakery is visited. I keep it to filled rolls, and smaller ones at that, but still loaded tih mayo and cheese. Need to make sure my yoghurt, almonds, wraps and fruit are stocked here every monday!
Despite that yesterday was good, got a great cardio work out in and I THINK it was a little easier to put my pants on this morning, but that may yet prove to be an anomoly. I hope not!
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