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Determining your body fat percentage is useful for weight management, bodybuilding, sports training, and health risk assessment. You can find out:
- Approximately how much body fat you have
- If you have too much body fat
- How your body fat may affect your health risk
How to Use Body Fat Knowledge
It's worth knowing that all body fat measurement methods have limitations. Some tools, like body calipers, may not sufficiently evaluate the fat that is stored around internal organs (visceral fat). This type of fat increases risk for heart disease and diabetes more than fat stored in tissue just under the skin. Further, individuals who are on the overfat side but who exercise consistently may be fitter and perhaps healthier than, for example, a skinny smoker who does not exercise.
Although you should feel free to monitor your body fat for fitness and weight management purposes, your doctor (perhaps with the assistance of a nutrition professional) is the best person to make health risk assessments. He or she will take all of your disease risk factors into account, such as blood cholesterol, glucose measurements, body fat, and fitness level.
Body Fat Charts
Defining absolute "healthy" body fat levels is less desirable than setting ranges of acceptable fat percentages. Women naturally carry more body fat than men, and a healthy range could be from 18 to 25 percent for relatively inactive women and 12 to 20 percent for athletes and fitness enthusiasts, although the distinction is contrived. For men, 12 to 18 percent for non-athletes and 5 to 12 percent for fitness enthusiasts are the normal ranges, even though some charts have higher maximums. For men and women over age 40, the percentages are usually adjusted upward, although this needs reviewing in my view.
Frankly, many of the professional body fat charts project an unfortunate spin on body fatness even though they are only meant as a guide. Some use categories like "underfat," "healthy," "lean," or "ideal." In my opinion, that suggests that being in the "underfat" or "lean" sectors is unhealthy. This is just untrue for many fit people. I don't accept that a 20 year-old woman with 15 percent body fat who runs more than six miles in 50 minutes and deadlifts 100 pounds should be categorized as underfat and by inference, unhealthy. The notation in these charts is plainly unhelpful and needs updating that's in line with current community standards of health and fitness.
One point to note is that women who get down to around 12 percent body fat experience hormonal disturbances that may result in loss of periods, bone loss, and disordered eating. This is called the "female athlete triad" in sports medicine. Endurance athletes and some women strength trainers may compete effectively at this body fat level, so this is not necessarily unhealthy. But it does require the management and advice of a sports medicine professional.
Body Mass Index or BMI
The body mass index is a body weight and height formula designed to provide a snapshot of your body fatness. It is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters, squared. The easiest way to calculate this is to use an online calculator like this one from the US Heart Blood and Lung Institute. It allows you to calculate your BMI using pounds, feet, and inches as well as in kilograms and meters.
The BMI categories of are as follows:
- Normal weight = 18.5 to 24.9
- Overweight = 25 to 29.9
- Obese = 30 or greater
The BMI gets consistently criticized by exercise professionals because, like the charts above, athletes or other heavily muscled people are not factored in. That tends to skew the results by placing bodybuilders and heavily built people in the overweight category.
In a sense, this criticism is unjustified because the BMI is only one tool in the hands of experienced health professionals. A keen eye plus a waist measurement is often all that is required to establish if someone is overweight.
Waist Measurement
Waist measurements have evolved to be a useful risk assessment tool for both men and women. Naturally, a thin waist does not a healthy person make--you could be malnourished or ill from any number of chronic diseases. Yet waist measurements--being a measure of body fatness--can be indicative of one's risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes.
Healthy waist measurements Here are the healthy waist sizes for men and women based on the International Diabetes Federation consensus worldwide definition of metabolic syndrome:
- Caucasian men: 37 inches (94 centimeters)
- Caucasian women: 31.5 inches (80 centimeters)
Values for other groups may be different; Asians' may be lower while those for Pacific Islanders may be higher.
That sounds slim, doesn't it? And it is, but don't panic. The best way to apply this is to consider that your risk of metabolic syndrome, and subsequently heart disease and diabetes, will start to rise as you exceed these baselines. And your other disease risk factors play into this, as well.


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The American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission has identified Central Piedmont Community College's associate degree program in Culinary Arts as "exemplary." The CPCC Culinary Arts program is the only associate degree program in North Carolina and one of 60 in the nation to earn the exemplary designation.
The Culinary Arts program at CPCC qualified as an exemplary program after undergoing the process of renewing its accreditation earlier this year. CPCC met or exceeded nationally recognized American Culinary Federation Education Foundation (ACFEF) standards for eligibility, program mission and goals, organization and administration, faculty and staff, curriculum, facilities, student services, and internal assessments.
"Being declared an exemplary program by the American Culinary Federation is a clear indication of the quality of culinary arts at CPCC and the hard work and devotion of our faculty and staff," said Bob Boll, director of CPCC's Hospitality Education Division. "Our primary goal is student success and preparing students for great careers in the restaurant and hospitality industry."
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Game Day- Sens Shoot for 4th Straight
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Zibanejad Headed to Sweden
It should not come as a huge surprise (hinted at it yesterday) but the Ottawa Senators have decided to return 18 year old Mika Zibanejad to Sweden for the remainder of the season. While
A Well Deserved Shootout Victory
It was more dramatic than expected this was a much deserved win for the Ottawa Senators. Jason Spezza scored the lone goal in the shootout and Craig Anderson stood tall as the Senators survived
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Austrian red wine earns top Parker kudos for first time
- Thursday 5 March 2009
Moric Blaufränkisch Neckenmarkter Alte Reben 2006 scooped the 'Extraordinary' ranking in a Wine Advocate tasting of over 640 wines, of which 16 scored 95-plus, and nearly 250 earned 90-94.
'If you have put off experiencing the potential of Burgenland Blaufränkisch, the 2006s should be the occasion,' said David Schildknecht, who was responsible for the tasting.
'The list of French vignerons from the Côte d'Or to Roussillon who are getting excited by these wines would surprise readers.'
Of the 16 that got 95 points or more, ten were Rieslings - including three from cult Wachau producer F X Pichler. There were four sweet wines – two from the late Alois Kracher – and one Grüner Veltliner from Willi Brundlmayer.
The success of the Burgenland red echoes the triumph of another central European red wine – a German Pinot Noir – in last year's Decanter World Wine Awards.
Weingut Meyer-Näkel Dernauer Pfarrwingert Spätburgunder Grosses Gewächs 2005, from the Ahr, won the International Pinot Noir Trophy (Over £10), and was praised by judges for its 'very seductive fruit and length'.


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Back pain is a medical problem that many people suffer from. Since treatment can be difficult, most sufferers are unsure of the best methods to alleviate it. This article provides many tips and much good advice on how to get rid of back pain.
When buying a mattress, make sure it is firm enough to prevent back discomfort. It is commonly understood that soft mattresses can be bad for backs. While firm mattresses are always better, take care that a mattress is not too firm, as this can produce more back discomfort as well. It is important that you shop at a variety of stores, when purchasing a mattress, so that you can try out all the different types out there until you find the perfect mattress for you.
Learning to be comfortable after an injury is important since it generally will take a few days to get in to see your doctor. If you are trying to get some rest while you wait for an appointment, consider laying down with your back flat on the mattress and your knees bent into a comfortable position. This position reduces tension in the tendons and muscles which start in the back and continue through the legs.
Certain fitness programs help deal with back problems. Yoga, for example, is a great way to stretch out your back muscles, while also increasing flexibility. Also, exercises that work your core will strengthen your back and help you get through your daily tasks more comfortably.
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POLICE issue warning after an attempted burglary in Southend.
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Imagine walking down the aisle holding a brooch bouquet made by hand using your favorite heirloom vintage brooches. It takes a bit of patience and some clever crafting, but it's possible – and your bouquet will last forever…
We featured some of our favorite brooch bouquets in the past and I have always wondered how to make my own. Since I already planned my wedding I plan to make a bouquet for my home. :) We spotted this clever tutorial via Fancy Pants Weddings which shows you how to make your own brooch bouquet by hand. Take a peek at these images:
If you don't like the fabric wrapping, you can also use fresh flowers. This bouquet is so stunning:
Ready to get crafting? Head on over here for the full scoop – this is the best brooch bouquet tutorial we've found yet and also explains how to select the heirloom pieces for optimal sentiment, inspiration, and value. (My favorite point: do not use anything too valuable in the bouquet, as it's not worth losing on your wedding day.) If you do make your own brooch bouquet, tell us about it and we'd love to share your photos with our readers. Happy crafting!
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The Growing Divide Between Americans and Their NSA
Cold-war era intelligence agency now faces a 'totally different problem,' former spy chiefs say.
The NSA is struggling to manage growing discontent over its surveillance practices and increasingly complex national security threats.
The American people and the NSA have a lot of making up to do, following reports that the cloistered spy agency collects and analyzes bulk records of telephone and internet usage.
The NSA has conducted an intense public relations campaign in the months since expatriate Edward Snowden's leaks, releasing formerly classified documents it says demonstrates the government's oversight of its spying practices. President Barack Obama has also ordered an internal review of these techniques.
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But privacy experts and many in the public say this is not enough, citing the need for fundamental change at the agency, founded in the wake of World War II and honed against Soviet intelligence during the Cold War.
Two former directors of the agency recognize the growing disconnect between these cyber spies and the people they are trying to protect.
"I never contemplated in 1978 what would happen with the digital revolution," says Bobby Ray Inman, a retired U.S. Navy admiral whose tenure as director from 1977 to 1981 included the implementation of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. "I also never contemplated people coming to the U.S. on legitimate travel visas, and then engaging in reconnaissance, training, and then flying planes into buildings."
"Suddenly the need to track individuals moving around the country as opposed to identifying foreign representatives was a totally different problem," says Inman, 82, now a professor at the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs.
He cites the Edward Snowden leaks as an example of why the closest-guarded intelligence should be more compartmentalized, to prevent one person from being able to hack it.
"I do not comprehend how Snowden could have accessed as much as he did with so little check and balance," says Inman.
The former director also points to what he says is a double standard in how the average Internet user views privacy. Web giants such as Facebook and Google sell advertising information from what they gather on a particular user's preferences.
"You're going to trust Google, but you won't trust the government," says Inman. "I find that offensive."
"If you really want privacy, don't go on the Internet. If you do, you make a personal trade-off," he says. "Post things for your friends, enjoy it, but accept you make a decision to surrender your personal privacy."
[ALSO: Yahoo, Facebook CEOs Criticize the NSA]
Privacy advocates and critics of the NSA's espionage, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, also recognize this growing divide.
"National and international laws have yet to catch up with the evolving need for privacy that comes with new technology," EFF says on its website.
"Respect for individuals' autonomy, anonymous speech, and the right to free association must be balanced against legitimate concerns like law enforcement," EFF says. "National governments must put legal checks in place to prevent abuse of state powers, and international bodies need to consider how a changing technological environment shapes security agencies' best practices."
Leakers like Snowden and former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning were born into a generation that views privacy entirely different than those who instituted the 1947 National Security Act, which created the CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says Michael Hayden, who served as NSA director from 1999 to 2005. The act established the traditional organization that would work to anticipate and respond to threats against the U.S.
Hayden questions whether that composition will be able to address 21st century electronic threats that stem from outside traditional sovereign governments.
"Are they the right players in the room?" Hayden said, while speaking at the Air Force Association's annual Air and Space Conference. "In a world in which hard power is less efficient, what other things can we contribute?"
[MORE: Making Spies Play by the Rules]
"Snowden and Manning are bad and they're criminals," said Hayden, a retired four-star general who also served as director of the CIA. "They're also representatives – they're bad representatives – whose definition of privacy and secrecy is pretty much unlike anyone else in this room. It's generational."


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Ziggo rejects Liberty Global takeover bidOctober 16, 2013 1:17 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
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Time Warner Cable's Rob Marcus, who was named as the cable operator's CEO and chairman this past summer, will join the board of directors at Equifax. Marcus, who will take over the top executive positions from Glenn Britt at the start of next year, will start serving as a director on Equifax's board on Nov. 1.
Person of theYear: Glenn BrittOctober 16, 2013 11:49 am | by Mike Robuck | Articles | Comments
In his 41-year career, Britt has worked in finance, programming, venture investments, and programming positions. He has spearheaded services such as data and voice, which are now cornerstones of not only Time Warner Cable but of the cable industry as whole, as well as driven the development of multi-screen apps and services, Start Over, Look Back, and cloud-based user interfaces, to name a few.
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Aereo, a service that delivers broadcast television stations over the Internet, will come to Android devices on Oct. 22. Earlier this week, a court in Boston denied a request by an ABC station owned by Hearst, WCVB, for a preliminary injunction to stop Aereo's service.
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Charter Communications announced this morning that Justin Venech was hired for the position of vice president, communications. Venech joined Charter from Time Warner Cable where he was vice president, public relations. In his new job, Venech reports to Alex Dudley, senior vice president, communications and public affairs.
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A slate of executives from Comcast, Liberty Global, Time Warner Cable, and RDK Management who are helping to lead the charge on the implementation of the RDK will discuss where the program is and where it's going at a panel session at Cable-Tec Expo in two weeks.
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Time Warner Cable has expanded its fiber footprint in the Southeast by reaching an agreement to buy DukeNet Communications for $600 million in cash. Time Warner Cable reached the agreement, which included the repayment of debt, with Duke Energy Corporation and investment funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners, both of which had 50 percent stakes in DukeNet.
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Comcast Business announced this morning that it has added web conferencing vendor AnyMeeting into its cloud-based Upware virtual marketplace. Comcast Business' Upware, which made its debut near the first of the year, is a virtual marketplace that was designed to serve the needs of small and medium-sized (SMBs) businesses.
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Cable One has just removed several Turner Network channels, and Media General blacked out programming from Dish Network subscribers in 18 markets. With two months to go in the year, TV consumers have already been subjected to 101 blackouts in 2013, versus 91 in 2012 and 51 in 2011.
Comcast names VP of sales for Mile High RegionSeptember 30, 2013 1:31 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
Comcast today announced that David Tashjian has been named Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Mile High Region. In this role, Tashjian will provide strategic leadership to support and grow Comcast's residential consumer products.
WOW widens network reach with interconnect dealSeptember 27, 2013 11:43 am | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Wide Open West (WOW) recently signed a bilateral interconnect agreement with Global Capacity that expanded the reach of its network footprint. WOW's interconnect deal with Global Capacity's One Marketplace Chicago point of presence (PoP) connected its on-net assets to a wider national and global market
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Fixed LTE and DOCSIS 3.0 shipments boosted the broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) market in the second quarter of this year. According to a recent report by Infonetics Research, worldwide broadband CPE revenue reached $2.7 billion in second quarter, up 8 percent from the previous quarter and up 29 percent from a year ago
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First year Bluestem High School football coach Kyle Wallis knew he had a lot of work to do to turn the team into a winner. It didn't take long.
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China's Political-Economic Future:
Is China's Emerging Economy a threat to U.S. PrimacyKeith P. Marino
China's impressive economic growth as a result of currency devaluation, artificial labor costs, and massive exports of cheap goods has created an unfair playing field for global markets and at the same time made the global markets largely dependent on China's sustainability. As China's economy continues to prosper, their demand for finite resources will cause severe reaction to global price increases in commodities such as oil, steel, and food. But, can China sustain its growth? Or will its rising food costs, restrictive population controls and a massive inflation eventually slow this economic powerhouse? I try to address these questions and several others in this paper.
US-China Political-Economic Future:
Is China's Emerging Economy a threat to US Eurasian Strategy
Following the economic reforms instituted in China in 1978, the world has witnessed an incredible economic engine turning relentlessly in the East. With the introduction of China into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, global markets had access to the world's most populous nation; a prospect that promised significant economic boosts not only to China's economy but to other economies benefitting from China's cheap exports. Aside from these tremendous steps toward globalization and free market principles, China's economic future is fraught with challenges that could help to ensure the balance of influence in Eurasia remains largely in America's favor, and ensuring America's global primacy.
China is massive. With a population of 1.3 billion and an area of 9,596,960 square miles (Factbook) it boasts the largest population and the 4th largest land mass on the planet. Its economic growth has been unprecedented and by many accounts, largely unsustainable. Several sectors of China's economy, including massive inflation, artificial labor rates, devalued currency, substantial poverty and income disparity, declining workforce, negative birthrates, an aging population, and an increased democratic awareness among its people, cast dark shadows on its potential for a promising future and are bleeding into its foreign policy initiatives. Indeed, the challenges China must overcome to ensure its political economic model survives are somewhat mind boggling.
China's near-term foreign policy will be regulated largely on its domestic economic policies. The paramount economic concern for China is inflation as cautioned by World Bank President, Robert Zoellick and echoed by Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao (Kurtenbach, 2011). Posting consumer price increases of 6.5% for 2009 and 6.2% for 2010, China is scrambling to trim back the flow of money. As is the case with inflation, it is causing substantial increases in everything from food to fuel. With a significant proportion of per capita income going to the purchase of food, consumer purchasing power of other goods has steadily decreased, causing China to become ever-more reliant on its export market to sustain its GDP. John Stepak, Money Week Editor, nicely summarized the dilemma China faces stating:
The danger facing the country is clear. If it tightens too late, inflation takes off, and social unrest explodes, setting the stage for a hard landing. If it tightens too hard and fast, economic growth collapses, bad debts surge…(Stepak, 2011).
As will be asked several times throughout this paper, the question of "How does this affect America?†will be addressed. Regardless of the direction China takes with its monetary policy, America may find itself back in a position of greater economic leverage in Southeast and Central Asia. The doomsday scenario involving China's inflation may result in future investments shifting away from China and placed in India. Although not directly influencing American markets, a shift by foreign investors from China to India would have significant geostrategic implications on the balance of power in Central Asia, a key aspect to US Eurasian geostrategic initiatives.
Domestically, China's inflation problem will have substantial effects on the Chinese population's perception of its government. As the cost of living continues to climb, the potential for massive public unrest exists and could severely hamper the growth of the Chinese economy, especially if wages are not increased to keep pace with the inflation rates. What's more, the Chinese economy is so dependent on the condition of the global market, current economic conditions like the one we've been experiencing the past couple of years have had a substantial impact on China's growth. With most Chinese citizens unable to afford the products China exports, the portion of GDP as part of domestic purchases remains extremely low considering the massive population, and impacts China's ability to hedge itself against external market conditions.
Several other economic concerns currently plague China's future growth potential. The reforms of 1978 implemented very restrictive family planning law that has limited Chinese families to one child. In an attempt to control an exploding population, the "One child†policy is now beginning to show its effects thirty years later. Meant to last only one generation, Three generations have passed under a policy that has mandated a national negative birth rate which has resulted in a shrinking labor pool and an ever-increasing aging population. Many of the nation's working class have migrated to city life and careers, allowing China's rural population to command higher wages, subsequently causing further increases in the cost of food (Stepak, 2011).
The results of China's population control aren't limited solely to the number of people available to continue the nation's robust growth. It is also having a substantial effect on the tax base. The average Chinese female fertility rate of 1.75, (Chang, 2008) although it could be as low as 1.4 for the decade between 2000 and 2010, falls well short of the 2.1 needed to sustain or stabilize the population. Unfortunately, these restrictive family policies have impacted Chinese females more than their male counterparts. According to a scholarly journal by Mina Chang, the need of rural families to have male children is viewed as critical to the sustainment of the family's existence and patriarchal dominance. Male children are seen as future providers for their elderly parents and grandparents. As a result, orphanages are inundated with little girls and female infanticide is a stark reality. The resulting gender balance could mean big problems for the continued ascendancy of China on the global stage.
Getting past the population problem will be challenging but the hurdles do not end there. As a participant in the WTO, China agreed to adhere to certain international rules consistent with free-trade principles. According to Thea Lee of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), China's government is not playing by the rules of the WTO, causing significant trade imbalances (Brown, 2011). She goes on to say China's artificially evaluation of its currency, egregious violations to labor rights, and an unwillingness to allow the same unfettered access to its markets that it enjoys of so many other nations is partly to blame for high unemployment in the US and around the world. Myron Brilliant, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Chamber of Commerce, disagrees somewhat here by stating "China is good for America†but concedes China needs to abide by the rules it agreed to when it joined the WTO.
These sorts of statements are not unique to the US and the longer China ignores the international community, the more it stands to ostracize itself. British Prime Minister David Cameron echoes the sentiments of many around the globe. He believes a "dangerous tidal wave of cash†from one side of the globe to the other riskes pushing economic growth back into reverse (Chapman, 2010). In today's economic climate, it is easy to assume diplomatic relations would also sour and potentially isolate China from foreign markets, especially western markets. China must either raise interest rates to stem the tide of borrowing or it must allow inflation to take hold, forcing it to raise the prices of its exports which will necessarily raise the value of the Renminbi. In either case, China should start to expect reductions in its historic growth over the next decade. In an International Monetary Fund Working Paper, Kai Guo and Papa N'Diaye discuss in great detail and draw the conclusion that in order for China to maintain its impressive growth, China will need to focus more attention on the percentage of GDP from domestic consumer spending (Guo, N'Diaye, 2009).
So how does the US mitigate the growth of China and if it can't mitigate its growth, what options does the US have to ensure regional security? The answer involves food and energy. Already a major head-hurter for the Chinese government, China is importing a massive amount of wheat in order to feed its people due to overgrazing, over-logging and the substantial loss of ground water (Pocha, 2006). According to The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) China has sufficient arable land to cultivate its need of approximately 500 million cubic tons of wheat per year, but it makes clear there is no guarantee China will do so (Heilig, 2004). In the six years following Heilig's article, China was importing millions of tons of soybeans wheat and corn, not only to feed its people but also to feed large-scale hog farms to meet the country's increasing demand for meat (Wui Yap, 2011). As shortages of food become more prevalent, food costs necessarily go up and could eventually mean the beginning of an even larger problem of social revolution.
Liu Rui, Economics Professor at the People's University of China, in an interview with the Associated Press (AP), discussed the disparity between the rich and the poor as indicated by the difference between civilian dinner tables and posited the very real danger of social unrest if the food crisis is not averted (Sloan, AP, 2011). According to Karen Sloan of the AP, Chinese leadership is well aware of the dangers inherent of food shortages and has acknowledged the crisis in Egypt in May, 2011 being caused, in part, to the high cost of food. Massive income gaps seem to be par-for-the-course in the communist model and so are, to the detriment of its leaders, revolutions. If China does not get a handle on food prices, which is most likely a result of its inflation, there is little, if any, reason for the U.S. to fret over an emerging China. China will fall victim to a self-induced diet.
America is not immune to hikes in food prices. It is expected overall food prices will raise between 2% and 3% in 2011(Andrejczak, 2010) [UPDATE: Actual Food at home Index rose 6.2% according to Bloomberg. (Scheuble, 2011)] which will further dampen America's economic recovery. But even in these economic times, the average American still has vastly more wealth then the average Chinese, making America much more capable of weathering food inflation. As one of the world's largest exports of corn, wheat, soybeans and other commodities, China's holding of $1 trillion dollars in treasury bonds (debt) as leverage begins to lose some of its sting. How would China react to massive starvation of its people? Would it forgive the US of some of this debt or would it allow its people to starve just to spite the US? Would the US continue to export to China if China is unable to pay its grocery bill? or would China begin chipping away at the debt it holds in exchange for food exports at a reduced rate? The point is, all the talk about China demanding repayment due to a loss of faith in the dollar is premature when considering the ramifications that decision may have on commodities exports from the U.S.
After food, China needs far more energy to meet the demands of millions of new drivers each year and its massive industrial sector. As the number of vehicles in China increases and the assumption China's industry will continue to grow, China's demand on world commodities like steel and oil will rise. Already a major player in the New Great Game, China has a vested interest in the Caspian Sea and its oil. However, as games often go, there are competitors seeking to siphon off as much of the energy from the area as possible and these competitors are major players of a global scale. Russia, India, Turkey, The EU, Iran, and last but not least, the U.S. all have valid, very different reason for their interest in the Caspian, but a common thread through all players is the desire to tap into the Caspian's $5 trillion potential (Lavelle, 2007).
China's looming economic problems present some serious road blocks to its sustainable development over the next 10 to 20 years and considering the magnitude of the issues listed throughout this paper, it becomes poignantly clear the direction China is headed when we considered the items not necessarily mentioned in this paper. Based on the assessments made concerning China's inflation problem, population demographics, and food shortages, there is good reason to believe China's ascension as the next global super power may never come to fruition. For now, the U.S. should continue to interact with China to the extent America's purposes are served. However, there is absolutely no reason for the U.S. to kowtow to the Chinese because of what they 'might' become. There is more reason to believe China will be the catalyst to their own demise then to speculate their demise would come by the hands of another power which means ultimately America needs to do nothing to mitigate the emerging Chinese threat.
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The Great Playstation Debacle of 2011
Written by Hiram OCicero-McKnoxt // May 11, 2011 // Video Games // 1 Comment
On April 23rd I sat down to write an article about the Playstation Network being down. I then, however, was promptly distracted and abandoned the project. I didn't revisit the project the next day because I assumed that the problem would be fixed by the time I got the article posted, and it wouldn't be topical.
Here we are today, at great risk to my reputation, effort, time, and motivation I've put upon myself the task of bringing up the outage of PSN.
The argument has been made that Xbox Live is inferior to PSN in that it costs money, and honestly I'll buy that argument, I'm already paying 15 dollars for 4 maps for Call of Duty, why should I pay $60 a year for the right to buy overpriced games and add-ons?
The truth is that with the exception of the Dreamcast, Microsoft was the first to market with a user-friendly, fully integrated gaming network; and back in the day, that's something people were willing to pay for, and that service kept growing, and improving, it was updated, and new features were added, some deleted. All at once, the gaming community fell in love with Halo 2 on Xbox Live, and now Xbox Live is an inseparable element of the Xbox brand. I'm a fairly lazy person, but if I turn on my Xbox to play a single player game, and I can't log into Xbox Live, I'll work to get my connection to work, because turning on your Xbox now means logging onto Xbox Live.
Nintendo (as much as I love them) hasn't yet figured out how to make online gaming work. Granted, a lot of it may have to do with child safety concerns, but using Nintendo's online gaming network feels a lot like using dial up on Sega Genesis: each person has to put in an 87 digit code to add each other, then call to say "hey buddy wanna Super Smash Brother Brawl?" then hang the phone up and play, then want to talk trash and realize that there's no way of communicating. So they have to call their friend back and say "stop edge guarding you noob!" then hang up and repeat the process.
With PSN, it's a bit different, I'm not a Playstation user, but I understand that there's some sort of "the sims" type game involoved and they ripped-off pretty much all the rest of their format from Xbox Live. One stark difference is that when you mod a PS3 and get caught, not just you but your console is banned for life, where as with Xbox you get banned for maybe a few weeks, then you can get back on and never do it again having learned your lesson, and it was actually Sony's aggression toward hackers that brought about this mess in which they've caught themselves…
Enter Anonymous: the altruistic pirating libertines of the internet, hell bent on protecting internet freedom and the rights of gamers and users to freely exchange and modify for their purposes other peoples work. In the months before the 4-20 raid on PSN, Sony had gone after a fellow who calls himself Geohot. Geohot was accused of "distributing code to circumvent the PS3's copyright protection technology to run pirated software" or jailbreaking the PS3. While that seems common, (iPhone, Nintendo DS, Xbox, Xbox 360, etc) Sony really went the extra mile and announced in mid February that they were going to ban any of its users who hack the system for LIFE. So, a month later, against all odds and fighting the ever-increasing immaturity and apathy of the amateur hacking/trolling world, Anonymous was able successfully to launch a DDoS attack on Sony that took down the PlayStation Network, problem solved, Sony learned their lesson. Oh, and also in the chaos someone was able to hack the personal information of around 25 million users, and apparently the hole that was used to steal that data was fairly large, because they've been working to repair it since 4-20.
Also Nintendo came out and announced that they're rinky-dink online system may have some security flaws too.
So what does this mean? It means that there's a contract between gamers and developers, much in the way that there's a social contract between the governed and the governing in a properly functioning society, the people have relative freedom (so long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others) and they pay taxes to help keep up an infrastructure to protect the populace and help the populace thrive within that government, and when that government becomes cruel, unreasonable, unresponsive, or useless it is the right and natural response of the governed to upset the establishment to rectify those grievances.
We are citizens of the internet, and we deserve freedom, we also deserve punishment when our behavior results in limiting the freedom or fairness of others' access to the internet. Governing is a light touch, Xbox will ban a player temporarily for modifying their Xbox, or cheating in-game, or for offensive behavior, but it's temporary. In much that way that every rational person doesn't believe that people should be imprisoned for the possession of marijuana, most rational gamers believe that the death sentence shouldn't be handed down to gamers with the wherewithal to get cheap or free games, and I don't mind paying taxes to a gaming network that keeps my data secure, works, is fun, useful, easy to use, and has reasonable rules. That's why you can look me up on Xbox Live.
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This project was commissioned by the organisers, The Commonwealth Foundation, via a global invitation to tender and (paid) creative pitch process.
The People's Forum is a gathering of Civil Society groups from across the Commonwealth, in the weeks before the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHoGM).
The Forum exists to debate and put forward proposals and recommendation to CHoGM. The particular challenge was to create an identity that sat alongside the existing CHoGM logo but had a life of its own and could be used in isolation. We adopted an element of their existing identity (the shape that represented Western Australia) and used it to create a colourful pinwheel shape.
The pinwheel shape makes a powerful graphic logo (with a hint towards different nations coming together) and gives us a bold graphic device that we can use in a range of different contexts, from serious reports to more light-hearted communications.
We created the branding amd implemented it on a wide range of publications and materials for the event in Perth, Western Australia, in October 2011.
Commonwealth Foundation : CPF - CPF Logo
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It was wonderful to work on a project with such global reach. We produced a conference backdrop used by Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, documents for Heads of Government throughout the Commonwealth, and reports that were submitted the United Nations.
Commonwealth Foundation : CPF - Guidelines Spread 2
Pages from the comprehensive brand guidelines, a set of instructions that allowed The Commonwealth Foundation to commission on-brand communication materials in Australia. The last page shown, demonstrates how the CPF logo sits alongside the CHoGM logo in a consistent lock-up.
Commonwealth Foundation : CPF - E Newsletter
The first official outing for the branding, an email invitation to delegates and dignitaries. We designed the email as a 'responsive' template, compatible with mobile phones as well as traditional computer platforms. It was used for many different communications about the event.
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Many thanks for the wonderful visual identity for CPF. We felt really proud when we arrived and saw it so well displayed throughout the venue in Perth. Your designs have really helped us to affirm the credibility of the event and confirm the key association with the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
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The Central High FFA Junior team of Cooper Phillips, Camryn Lucas, Brooke Cox and Coy Kern were the state champions in livestock judging at the Oklahoma State University Big 3 Livestock judging event, July 17-19 in Stillwater.
It was one of 75 FFA teams competing in the three day contest in the junior division. A total of 300 teams from across the state competed in the FFA and 4H contest in both the Junior and Senior divisions.
Tuesday during sheep day, CH's team was first place with Camryn Lucas as the high scoring individual for the day. Wednesday the team was second with Coy Kern, second and Cooper Phillips, third in high individuals for the day.
Thursday during the swine day the team was fourth with Cooper Phillips High point individual.
In the overall standings the Central High FFA team was 15 points in front of the other competitors for first place.
Cooper Phillips was the high overall individual by 10 points and Coy Kern was fifth high.
Ag instructor Ron Curry said 22 students from Central High FFA competed in the contest at OSU.
In other judging activities, Friday "the 13th" was a good day for the Central High FFA chapter, he noted.
The Junior FFA team was first at El Reno at the Canadian/Grady county livestock judging contest held at Royce Ranch of Redlands Community College, team members were Camryn Lucas, Coy Kern, Connor Kern and Cody Fishgrab.
Deekota Williams was third high in reasons and Cooper Phillips was fifth overall at the Connors Livestock judging camp in Warner.


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Below are some of the questions frequently asked by students as Commencement Weekend approaches.
Your class committee will be putting together a schedule of activities for Senior Week.
You will be sent a detailed schedule near the end of Spring Semester.
No! You may invite as many people as you like. Even if it rains, our indoor site will have plenty of seating.
Yes! Guests will need to pre-register for tickets for any meals served by the College during Commencement Weekend. The two meals that you will particularly want tickets for are the Family Dinner on Friday and the Commencement Picnic on Saturday.
Your parents will receive a registration flier in the mail in late February. There will be online registration through the web site from March 1 until April 30.
Your family does not need to order meal tickets for you. Your meals are already covered.
Guests do NOT need tickets for any ceremonies or events (other than meals), and you may invite as many people as you like.
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An e-mail will be sent out in the first few weeks of second semester asking you to attend our Grad Fair at the Bookstore right after spring break where you will sign up for your cap and gown, order announcements, take a look at class rings and pick up information on special services for seniors from various office representatives.
All gowns will be distributed at Commencement rehearsal the Thursday before graduation. You must pick up your own gown - you cannot pick up gowns for friends.
If the forecast calls for rain (or temperature extremes of any kind) outdoor activities will be moved to inside locations. In case of inclement weather, the alternate site for both Baccalaureate and Commencement is the Toan Track of the Kenyon Athletic Center.
Students will be notified of the final weather decision by e-mail on the morning of each ceremony.
If Commencement is outdoors, Seniors will line up on Middle Path beginning near The Village Market.
If Commencement is indoors, Seniors will line up in the KAC tennis courts. If the ceremony is going to be indoors, students will receive an e-mail that morning.
Regardless of site, students should arrive to line up no later than 10:00 a.m.
Graduates and their guests must be out of the dorms and apartments by 7:00 p.m. on the day of Commencement. Be sure to take a look at the "End of Year Closing Information" page on the Housing and Residential Life website.
The Phi Beta Kappa committee cannot make their final determination until after Senior grades have been submitted to the Registrar. While important, grades are only one of several criteria considered by the committee.
Qualifying students will be invited to join Phi Beta Kappa during Senior Week. The spring induction into Phi Beta Kappa will be held on the of Commencement Weekend, at 10:30 a.m. in Rosse Hall Auditorium.
No. Kenyon has a very strict policy of not allowing seniors to walk if they have not finished all of their graduation requirements.
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If you have further questions that were not on this list or answered by the information on the Commencement web pages, please contact the Commencement Office at pbx. 5075 or email@example.com.


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Each year, the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance partners with select companies on special promotions that increase awareness of ovarian cancer and raise funds to support our programs. Here are a few ways you can support women with ovarian cancer during National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in September.
Miss USA 2012 Olivia Culpo, a keynote speaker at the Alliance's Annual Conference in July, will wear teal on September 7 and share facts about the disease on social media throughout the month. In addition, Miss USA will promote a partnership between the Alliance and Same Sky, a trade-not-aid initiative that employs HIV-positive Rwandan and Zambian women to craft beaded necklaces and bracelets. Same Sky will donate 10 percent of September sales from its teal bracelets to the Alliance. Miss USA modeled many of these bracelets in a special ovarian cancer themed photo shoot with Same Sky, which will go live on September 1 at www.samesky.com.
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A spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation.
Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth?
One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen.
For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat, though, something happens that changes everything for him. Now, he has one last chance for salvation, and it lies with June's eleven-year-old daughter, Claire. But between Shay and Claire stretches an ocean of bitter regrets, past crimes, and the rage of a mother who has lost her child.
Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish?
"Clunky prose and long-winded dissertations on comparative religion can't impede the breathless momentum of the Demon-Drop plot." - Kirkus Reviews.
"Picoult moves the story along with lively debates about prisoner rights and religion, while plumbing the depths of mother-daughter relationships and examining the literal and metaphorical meanings of having heart. The point-of-view switches are abrupt, but this is a small flaw in an impressive book." - Publishers Weekly.
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Change of Heart
This book was not my normal type of reading. It is a contemporary story and I am a history person. I started reading it because it was a book club choice. With that said, my feelings after reading it is that I am not sorry I read it but I did not like it - sort of like taking nasty medicine because it will be good for me.
The reasons that I did not like it are various:
1 - Jodi Picoult and I apparently stand at opposing poles on religion and politics. I believe firmly in her right to her opinon but that does not mean I cannot feel offended when she seems to champion putting down what I believe. I think it is interesting to keep in touch with the thoughts of those who think differently from me so that is why I am glad I read it.
2 - There was nothing new in the book for me - the plot was too much like other things I have read. I like books that sell me on new ideas or ways of thinking.
3 - I would have like to really find out Shay's thoughts. A friend told me that his thoughts were sprinkled throughout the book - but actually that was just "hearsay" evidence - other people telling us what he said or did. We never did get inside his head - he was not one of the people speaking directly to us in the book.
4 - It offended me that she gave Shay the initials of I.M. - there is only one "I am" for me.
5 - I understood why some people kept thinking of The Green Mile as they read the book. I, however, was more inclined to liken it to The Shack. At times as I was reading The Shack I was startled - but when I got done I was able to stand back and appreciate it as literature. This time I feel the author was not writing to create a story but to advance her beliefs. I believe in our right to have different interpretations and visions of God but I guess I draw a line and Change of Heart stepped over my line. (PS - don't ask me to explain my line - I cannot verbalize it.)
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the most amazing and intriguing book i have ever read. the suspense and tension holds every inch of your attention throughout the entire book. It's a very intimate and capturing book, heart touching and just simply amazing. I would certainly recommend this book to anybody.
Jodi Picoult is the bestselling author of the following novels: Songs of the
Humpback Whale (1992), Harvesting the Heart (1994), Picture Perfect
(1995), Mercy (1996), The Pact (1998); Keeping Faith (1999),
Plain Truth (2000), Salem
Falls (2001), Perfect Match (2002), Second Glance (2003), My Sister's Keeper
(2004), Vanishing Acts (2005), The Tenth Circle (2006),
Nineteen Minutes (2007), Change of Heart (2008), Handle with Care (2009), House Rules (2010), Sing You Home (2011). She is also the author of Wonder Woman: Love and Murder (a collection of Wonder Woman #6-10). In
2003 she was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction.
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