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TMC and HD Voice News today announced the addition of their SmartVoice Conference, held January 28, 2014, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. This event will focus on the benefits of Smart Voice services such as call recording/archiving, HyperVoice text-to-speech indexing, voice biometrics and voice analytics. The expo provides attendees with actionable insights from top industry experts and companies on current and future state of the technology.
Call recording/archiving provides a detailed record of sales and call center interactions, as well as standard compliance activities in financial, health care, and legal firms. Adding Hypervoice text-to-speech indexing provides an easy search of all business conversations by key word or phrase with the ability to play back the corresponding. Voice biometrics provide an easy way to authenticate employees and customers, eliminating passwords and pass phrases while speeding up call center interactions. Voice analytics is the tool to datamine call archives, allows businesses to identify the best call center practices and sift through calls to discover market trends.
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- From speech to text to HyperVoice
- Voice analytics -Mining call center traffic for competitive intelligence and business improvement
- Smart Voice, UC, and WebRTC - How do they all fit together?
"Smart Voice is a more efficient and cost-effective way to make calls and in a market filled with Cloud-Based VoIP/UC Services, carriers need innovative new services like this to compete," said Doug Mohney, HDVoice News Editor-in-Chief and conference chairman. "Having an event focused solely on Smart Voice Services gives attendees the chance to explore this growing opportunity and see what products, trends and technologies are coming down the pipeline and how it will increase ARPU."
Registration is now open. The SmartVoice Conference is collocated with ITEXPO, held January 28-31, 2014, at Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Florida. For more information regarding the SmartVoice agenda please contact Doug Mohney.
For media inquiries, contact Ashley Baster. Companies interested in exhibiting, sponsorship or advertising packages for SmartVoice Conference should contact TMC's Joe Fabiano at 203-852-6800 x132.
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TMC is a global, integrated media company that supports clients' goals by building communities in print, online, and face to face. TMC publishes multiple magazines including Cloud Computing, M2M Evolution, Customer, and Internet Telephony. TMCnet is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries, and is read by as many as 1.5 million unique visitors monthly. TMC produces a variety of trade events, including ITEXPO, the world's leading business technology event, as well as industry events: Asterisk World; AstriCon; ChannelVision (CVx) Expo; Cloud4SMB Expo; Customer Experience (CX) Hot Trends Symposium; DevCon5 - HTML5 & Mobile App Developer Conference; LatinComm Conference and Expo; M2M Evolution Conference & Expo; Mobile Payment Conference; Software Telco Congress, StartupCamp; Super Wi-Fi Summit - The Global Spectrum Sharing and TV White Space Event; SIP Trunking-Unified Communications Seminars; Wearable Tech Conference & Expo; WebRTC Conference & Expo III; and more. Visit TMC Events for additional information.
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Because of some technical complications in TCP/IP, at the end of each client connection, it is not enough for Apache to close the socket and forget about it; instead, it needs to spend about one second lingering (waiting) on the client.[43]
[43]More details can be found at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/fin_wait_2.html.
lingerd is a daemon (service) designed to take over the job of properly closing network connections from an HTTP server such as Apache and immediately freeing it to handle new connections.
lingerd can do an effective job only if HTTP KeepAlives are turned off. Since Keep-Alives are useful for images, the recommended setup is to serve dynamic content with mod_perl-enabled Apache and lingerd, and static content with plain Apache.
With a lingerdsetup, we don't have the proxy (we don't want to use lingerd on our httpd_docs server, which is also our proxy), so the buffering chain we presented earlier for the proxy setup is much shorter here (see Figure 12-8).
Hence, in this setup it becomes more important to have a big enough kernel send buffer.
With lingerd, a big enough kernel send buffer, and KeepAlives off, the job of spoonfeeding the data to a slow client is done by the OS kernel in the background. As a result, lingerd makes it possible to serve the same load using considerably fewer Apache processes. This translates into a reduced load on the server. It can be used as an alternative to the proxy setups we have seen so far.
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text: Water rates draw angerMarch 27, 2013MARTINSBURG — Since learning of the Berkeley County Public Service Water District's request to increase its rates, residents have been vocal in their protests. On Ja.... MajoritarianI notice the left no likey when the other party taxes. But then given Democrats represent the largest number of people that pay Zero Federal Income Tax, gee youre sounding awfully political. 0 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse » GeePeeLast i read, it was the bcpsd that wanted to raise the rates, not Republicans. At least they present numbers to substantiate their proposal. Democrats just have an open-checkbook policy and expect taxpayers to jump on board because it's "good for the people". (ugh) 2 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse » Wolverine52who says republicans do not raise taxes..oh wait...they call it fees...oh I get it now. Dont complain...you voted them in 0 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » callieRate increases are expected. This rate increase should be illegal. The fact that the water department was managed poorly for years does not mean the elderly on a fixed income should suffer this burden. This increase should be illegal. 3 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse » WVCommuterThe article doesn't mention the new building the Water Service wants to build--that story came out a few weeks before the rate increase was first imposed. We have enough empty buildings--let them move into one of those. 4 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse » CynakelJefferson is going through the same thing. Snyder keeps trying to raise the rates and is spending countless amounts of money appealing the PSC rulings to limit the amount of increase. So strange with counties that are on the Potomac (and Shenandoah) are having such a hard time finding water. 2 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse » y83141welcome to population growth in the panhandle.when taxes are cheaper than surrounding towns thats what happens. 4 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » Majoritarian"Berkeley County Public Service Water District's request to increase its rates, residents have been vocal in their protests" A new law should be decreed by Prez or Bench--thats how we do these days-- that any increase in gubment rates/taxes should require those asking for it to arrive at town square and personally ask for it. 5 Agrees | 5 Disagrees | Report Abuse » Showing 9 of 9 comments


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crag | Route Climbed: East slope Date Climbed: August 1999 | |
Spent the night at Meysan Lake and got an early start on the East slope. Fun summit block, great view. Lots of rockfall in the gulley. Should have combined with Irvine and/or LeConte. Oh well, next time. | ||
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mtnfoto | Route Climbed: East slopes Date Climbed: 1998 | |
Climbed this as a day hike with Irvine and Candlelight. | ||
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thebeave7 | Route Climbed: Up East Slope, down North ridge Date Climbed: August 29th, 2003 | |
Peak number three on the day. The down climb was a lot more fun. Bob will be happy to know that the West side of the North ridge is a fun Class 3 down climb. I will submit both a trip report and a route report for this. | ||
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Joe Hanssen | Route Climbed: East Slope Date Climbed: August 25 '02 | |
Climbed Mallory as part of the '02 Sierra Mountaineers Challenge. Great back-to-back climb with Mt LeConte. | ||
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asmrz | Route Climbed: From Meysan Lakes Date Climbed: June 2002 | |
Penelope May and I climbed Mt.Mallory from the upper Meysan Lake in June 2002. We took about 5 hours to hike the Meysan Lakes trail on Saturday. Camped at the highest lake below the East Buttress of Mt. Irvine. Early Sunday, hiked up one of the "Five Finger" gullies (see my picture) to the ridge between Le Conte and Mallory and from there, to Mallory's summit. The problem turned out to be our descent down the gully that Secor's 2nd Edition recommends going up. It was steep and hard snow. We had some "interesting" downclinbing facing in, with crampons and ice axe, down this gully. But we made it down safely and after packing up our tent, took 3 hours to hike back to our car at Meysan Lakes Trailhead. This can be easily done on a two day weekend. Mt Irvine and Le Conte as well. | ||
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Bob Burd | Route Climbed: East Slope (ascent) / East Chute (descent) Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2002 | |
Day 9 of the 2002 Mountaineers Challenge. Dayhiking from Whitney Portal, three of us climbed LeConte first. I left the others for an attempt on Corcoran (I got lost, but found some fun scrambling while I blew three hours) then came back to climb Mallory. I thought it would be just a slog, but it turned out to have some fun class 3 at the summit. The big mistake of the day was descending the East Chute. Just finding my way down to the entrance was a pain, as I descended twice from the east ridge only to have to climb back out when I got cliffed out. Finally reaching the chute, it turned out to be incredibly tedious and loose. No short cut there! Trip Report. | ||
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Dave K | Route Climbed: East Slope Date Climbed: August 2002 | |
I climbed it with my friend Mike. Despite an early start from the Portal, we did not arrive back at his truck until after midnight because of some unexpected delays. Still, it was a great day in a beautiful area. We had hoped to climb Mts. LeConte and Corcoran that day, too. | ||
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I admit, I had no idea who Mark Rothko or most of the other male artists referred to in the article were, so I looked them up. Fair to say that these women are not discriminated against in any way shape or form. Both male and female "artists" that seem to dominate the high end art market are equivalent in their ability to convince people with more money than sense to vastly overpay for their garbage.
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MUCH fanfare greeted the $388m made by Christie's post-war and contemporary evening sale in New York earlier this month—its highest total ever. Few seemed to notice that the auction was unprecedented in another way: it had ten lots by eight women artists, amounting to a male-to-female ratio of five-to-one. (Sotheby's evening sale offered a more typical display of male-domination with an 11-to-one ratio.) Yet proceeds on all the works by women artists in the Christie's sale tallied up to a mere $17m—less than 5% of the total and not even half the price achieved that night by a single picture of two naked women by Yves Klein. Indeed, depictions of women often command the highest prices, whereas works by them do not.
An analysis of data provided by artnet, however, suggests that the prospects for women are slowly improving. Compare, for example, the top ten most expensive male and female artists. Admittedly $86.9m, the highest price for a work by a post-war male artist (set by "Orange, Red, Yellow" by Mark Rothko) dwarfs the highest price paid for a work made by a woman—$10.7m for Louise Bourgeois's large-scale bronze "Spider". However, of the top-ten men, only two are living, whereas among the top-ten women, five are still working (see chart below).
"Attitudes are changing generationally," says Amy Cappellazzo, chairman of post-war and contemporary art development at Christie's. "It wasn't long ago that it was hard to be taken seriously as a woman artist. There will be some remedial catch up before women artists have parity on prices."
Compared to the top-ten post-war men, which includes a lot of American Pop and British figurative painters, the work of the top-ten women, particularly the deceased ones, leans heavily towards abstraction. Joan Mitchell, an abstract-expressionist painter who spent most of her adult life in France, is the sales turnover queen. Her work has accrued $199m at auction since the mid-1980s, when artnet records began. Mitchell's stature in the market results from an international collector base, which includes Russian, Korean, French and American buyers. Abstraction always aspired to being a universal language; perhaps the new global elite will make it so.
By contrast, the living women in the top ten are exceedingly diverse. Cady Noland, for example, who holds the record for the highest price ever paid for an artwork by a living woman ($6.6m), is a reclusive figurative sculptor whose work explores the sordid underbelly of the American dream. It has been over a decade since she has publicly exhibited her work, leading some to wonder whether she has stopped making art. Yayoi Kusama, however, an 83-year-old Japanese artist, has an oeuvre that spans five decades and a love of the media. Her work has the highest turnover of any living woman. Her monochrome "Infinity Net" paintings command the highest prices, but her colourful prints contribute to her high volume at auction. In July her profile will receive a boost due to her collaboration with Louis Vuitton on a ready-to-wear and accessories line. The exposure is likely to have a positive impact on her prices.
Cindy Sherman, a New York-based photographer, is a different style of artist again—one whose work is often interpreted as feminist. Last year an image from her 1981 "Centerfold" series set a record for the highest price ever paid for a photograph ($3.9m). Although a work by Andreas Gursky, a German photographer, has since displaced Ms Sherman's picture from the top spot, she is still one of the few women artists whose auction prices are in the same ballpark as her male peers. It is probably no accident that Ms Sherman works in a medium that has only recently been elevated to the status of art and is not overwhelmed by a legacy of male geniuses.
Intriguingly, the auction records for all three women—Mlles Noland, Kusama and Sherman—were the result of winning bids by Philippe Segalot, an art consultant who was then working for Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani, the Western-educated 29-year-old daughter of the emir of Qatar. It is probable that women feel a sense of affinity for art made by women. But perhaps more importantly, younger buyers and advisors find it weird to not include women's perspectives in their collections. It appears the future will be more female. And as Iwan Wirth, a dealer with galleries in New York, London and Zurich, puts it, "Women artists are the bargains of our time."
Almost 50 years ago, contemporary art dispensed with modernist myths that associated originality with heterosexual male virility. Openly gay men—such as Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon—fought that battle and won. Now three of the top-ten most expensive male artists are gay. In the 1960s most women artists shied away from trying to compete for sales, opting instead to focus on garnering intellectual credibility, which led them to rigorous abstract and conceptual-art practices. In the 1980s they started to branch out and diversify. Although increasingly celebrated by museums, women are still emerging when it comes to the art market.
An auction evening sale affords superlative marketing. Oftentimes the simple act of including a young artist, or an unknown older one, results in a high price. Whether their works move from being cultish lots to international trophies depends on collectors, but it's good to see the auction houses finally giving more women a chance. For money is a powerful symbol of cultural worth.


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Eric Young Jr.'s speed is worthy of fantasy attention. (Icon SMI)
With all of the unpredictable injuries, slumps, and job changes, many fantasy owners are already looking to the waiver wire for help in keeping their early season hopes alive. Here are some mixed league options for owners looking to make additions at this point in the season:
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Eric Young Jr. - 2B/OF, Colorado Rockies (6% owned)
Speedy Colorado Rockies prospect Eric Young Jr. was recently recalled to the major leagues and is already displaying the sharp contact and speed skills that make him so exciting to watch. EY Jr. has suffered through some injuries in his professional baseball career, but he was off to a healthy and red-hot start for triple-A Colorado Springs in 2011 and has continued that success by beginning his 2011 big league season with a five-game hitting streak and three stolen bases. He was batting .363 with a .462 on-base percentage and 17 steals (1 caught) at the time of his call-up, and it appears that he will continue swiping bases at will as long as he is in the lineup. Young primarily plays second base but gets occasional starts in the outfield, so he further boosts his fantasy value with dual position eligibility. As long as he's getting on base, he'll bat atop the Rockies batting order and could be an excellent pickup for a team in need of runs and stolen bases.
Aaron Crow - RP, Kansas City Royals (46% owned)
Aaron Crow is probably already on a roster in your fantasy league, but on the off chance that your fellow owners haven't kept up on fantasy news, Crow should be picked up immediately. Royals closer Joakim Soria has, at least for now, been removed from his ninth inning role. Soria has struggled greatly and Crow, a rookie and former first-round pick, has been excellent out of the bullpen. It seems likely that Soria will return to the closer spot when he regains his elite effectiveness, but until that happens Crow will be snagging saves in Kansas City.
Chris Iannetta - C, Colorado Rockies (27% owned)
Another Rockies hitter worth fantasy consideration is catcher Chris Iannetta, who is on pace for a career-high home run total and is a week removed from his best game of the season. On May 28th, Iannetta cracked two homers and notched 6 RBI against the St. Louis Cardinals. Iannetta is hitting just .235 this season, but he followed up his .182 April batting average by hitting .272 in May. He also has 30 walks this season, boosting his 2011 on-base percentage to .379. That number is slightly inflated by his usual eighth position (in front of the pitcher) in the Colorado batting order. Iannetta is available in many leagues and could be a nice source of power for teams in need of offense out of the catcher spot.
Jason Bourgeois - OF/2B, Houston Astros (11% owned)
Houston outfielder Jason Bourgeois was batting .407 with 12 stolen bases in 54 at-bats this season before a strained left oblique sidelined him on May 7th. He was featured in our AL/NL Under the Radar about a month ago and was injured shortly thereafter. Bourgeois is 29 and has played most of his career in the minor leagues, but he's proven himself there as an excellent contact hitter and speedster, as evidenced by his .283 career minor league average. Along with playing the outfield, Bourgeois makes occasional appearances at second base and could earn additional eligibility there. If he can slap hits with the same frequency as he did before his injury, Bourgeois could be useful fantasy player for teams in need of steals.
Matt Harrison - SP, Texas Rangers (34% owned)
After working mostly out of the Rangers bullpen in 2010, 25 year-old lefthander Matt Harrison cracked the Texas rotation in 2011 and got off to a fast start by posting quality starts in his first four games. In that span, Harrison was 3-1 with a 1.88 ERA, including dominant wins over the Yankees and Red Sox. Then, however, Harrison unraveled in a 3 inning, 7 run outing against Toronto on April 26th and a 1 2/3 inning, 4 run start against Oakland on May 1st. But in 3 starts since those two disastrous outings, Harrison has been excellent. He was scratched from his latest start on July 2nd due to a blister on his throwing hand, but once he returns to the mound he is worthy of fantasy consideration. He doesn't post big strikeout numbers, but is capable of shutting down tough offenses and, with the Rangers offense behind him, could post a big win total this season.
Philip Humber - SP, Chicago White Sox (26% owned)
Many around the baseball world are waiting for Chicago White Sox starter Phil Humber's 2011 success to run out, but the 28 year-old journeyman righthander just continues to put up good numbers. Humber has played with the Mets, Twins, and Royals organizations since being drafted 3rd overall in the 2004 amateur draft, and his 4.48 ERA in 664 1/3 minor league innings certainly didn't suggest that he would be sitting on a 3.06 ERA and a 0.98 WHIP through two months of work this year, but Humber has exceeded expectations and forced White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen to keep him in the rotation. The reason for Humber's late-blooming success could be linked to his current pattern of pitching to contact, as he's struck out just 38 batters in 67 2/3 innings this year, good for just 5.1 strikeouts per nine innings (K/9). The Texas native is worth a look this coming week, as the White Sox have light-hitting Seattle and Oakland teams coming to town.
Nyjer Morgan - OF, Milwaukee Brewers (10% owned)
At 30 years old, outfielder Nyjer Morgan may finally have found a permanent home with the Milwaukee Brewers, as his tough play and hitting ability have endeared him to Brew City fans. Morgan has missed a lot of time due to injuries in 2011, but when healthy he has proven himself as a significantly better offensive player than centerfielder Carlos Gomez . Morgan is hitting .383 in just 47 at-bats with Milwaukee this year and was featured in an earlier AL/NL Under the Radar piece. If he can avoid the injury bug for the duration of the season, he could be an asset to fantasy owners. Morgan had 34 stolen bases in 2010 and is capable of posting big stolen base and runs scored numbers this year, particularly if the Brewers continue to bat him second in the lineup ahead of Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder .
Brett Lawrie - 2B/3B, Toronto Blue Jays (14% owned)
Toronto prospect Brett Lawrie has been the subject of a great deal of speculation this week, especially after Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos stated that a call-up to the big club was close. Lawrie is day-to-day at AAA Las Vegas after being struck by a pitch on Tuesday, but his .354 average, 15 home runs, 49 RBI, 19 doubles, and 11 stolen bases (1 caught) in just 52 minor league games certainly warrant a promotion as soon as possible. In the off-season, the 21 year-old was dealt from Milwaukee to Toronto for pitcher Shaun Marcum , and the only question that remains is where he will play defensively. Lawrie was drafted as a catcher in 2008 but converted to second base before seeing any time behind the plate, but Toronto moved him to third base in 2011. He has struggled with his fielding all season and many feel his big league future will be as a corner outfielder, but his bat will get him into any starting lineup. His promotion to Toronto is imminent, and savvy fantasy owners with bench space could get the jump on their competition by scooping him up now. He'll likely play the hot corner for the Jays and could have eligibility at both second and third base, depending on the specific rules of one's fantasy league.
Josh Willingham - OF, Oakland Athletics (25% owned)
Though he posted a home run total of 24 just a couple of seasons ago, Josh Willingham's power-hitting ability has been largely ignored by fantasy owners in 2011. As part of a mostly light-hitting Oakland offense, Willingham has stood out and, with 10 home runs through two months of play, is on pace for a career-high in that department. The knock on Willingham has always been his inability to consistently hit for a high average, and his .240 batting mark in 2011 has only reinforced that perception. Homer-hungry fantasy owners who are willing to absorb a low batting average should consider adding Willingham, as he is one of the primary RBI men and the cleanup hitter for the Athletics and his .268 career batting mark suggests he may improve from this point forward.
Jon Jay - OF, St. Louis Cardinals (13% owned)
It didn't appear that Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay would be seeing much everyday playing time once his teammate Matt Holliday returned from the disabled list this week, but Holliday aggravated his strained oblique and went back on the DL, so it appears that Jay will once again be a regular part of the St. Louis lineup. Jay will likely hit second and have plenty of chances to score runs ahead of sluggers Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman . Like last year, Jay has hit for a very high average in the first couple of months of the season, and he enters play on Friday with a .336 batting average. His batting average on balls in play (BABIP) this season is nearly .400, so that average will likely level off, but as long as he is hitting well and in manager Tony La Russa's batting order, Jay is worthy of a fantasy roster spot in some mixed leagues.
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Published: Monday, October 15, 2012
Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012 16:10
Smoking, drinking, avoiding exercise and practicing unhealthy eating habits are common health risks that affect society. However, research suggests that social interaction is as equally important as the aforementioned health hazards and deserves the acknowledgement that likewise it can be harmful to one's health if abused.
A study published in PLOS Medicine journal supports this assertion, stating: "people who have strong ties to family, friends or coworkers have a 50 percent lower risk of dying over a given period than those with fewer social connections."
Along with increasing longevity, social interaction has also proven to enhance the physical fitness of individuals who intermingle often.
Researchers at Brigham Young University have found that "having few friends or weak social ties to the community is just as harmful to health as being an alcoholic or smoking nearly a pack of cigarettes a day."
Their study continued, summarizing weak social ties as being "more harmful than not exercising and twice as risky as being obese."
The idea behind holding social interaction in such high regard is not to label certain individuals as loners or draw negative attention to introversion. In fact, introverts can be perfectly healthy due to the fact that they are "energized by solitary," as Psychology Today words it.
Frequently, introverts are characterized as shy, or even that they have a personality disorder or social phobia.
Most introverts, however, are fully capable of socializing—they simply choose not to. An article in Psychology Today explains, "the self-styled introvert can be more empathic and interpersonally connected than his or her outgoing counterparts."
Nevertheless, if you know you are an introvert, make the effort to surround yourself with other people -- peers, family, friends or even friendly strangers -- at least once every day.
Forming, building and maintaining social relationships can help reduce your stress levels, build your confidence by providing emotional, psychological, and physical support and improve your positive outlook on life, according to a 2004 study published in American Psychologist.
Instead of setting up camp in your room -- becoming best friends with Netflix or gossiping via Facebook -- try scheduling social outings into your daily life.
Grab a bite to eat in a campus dining center between classes, give a passerby a compliment, make frequent trips to the wellness center and call up mom just to chat.
Once you realize that being around other people makes you feel more accepted, energetic and happy, you will understand how social interaction truly benefits your health.
One of Brigham Young's psychology professors, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, puts a strong emphasis on the importance of social relationships, saying that they "encourage us to eat healthy, get exercise, get more sleep, see a doctor," and be much healthier individuals overall.


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As far as the campus goes, it is small and friendly, and there is usually something going on every week. ASU takes care to have many events in the beginning of the academic year to give students time to meet new people and forge friendships. The residence halls also make sure to have events throughout the year to allow students to meet others who live in their same dorms. The ASU campus is friendly in the West Texas fashion, as most students are from the surrounding area. Students are not afraid to approach each other or make small talk in the elevator.
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i was sponsored this product before becoming a rep and was very pleased with the effectiveness. the flavor is insanely delicious and 1.5 scoops was the sweet spot for me. just enough stim feeling for a good sweat but zero crash or sides.
10/10 - this is hands down the best pwo I've ever had. I was looking to get off of dmma but was worried about losing some energy without it. Volatile didn't let me down at all, great energy, endurance and pumps every time. I found my sweet spot with this was at 1 1/2 scoops about 20-30 mins before lifting (usually dosed, wait 10 mins, then 10 mins light cardio warmup, then lifting). Looking forward to buying myself some of this and hoping for some more flavors too! Blue raspberry would be my first vote!
I was selected to log this & I quite enjoyed it. 1.5 scoops does seem to be the magic number. Great energy & pump & hardly any crash at all. Flavor is good & mixes up easy -
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The objective of this research is to assess how and when environmental management practices impact environmental and corporate performance. Strategic management theory connects management practices with corporate performance through two avenues: cost reduction and value creation. This bifurcation leads to the formulation of two hypotheses connecting environmental and corporate performance. The first hypothesis identifies the set of factors that determines the influence a cost reducing environmental strategy has on corporate performance. In this case, we hypothesize that firms are able to improve corporate performance by pursuing environmental objectives if the costs associated with poor environmental performance are sufficiently responsive to the actions of the firm. The second hypothesis identifies the set of factors that influences corporate performance if the firm pursues a product/process differentiation strategy along environmental dimensions. In this case, the researhcers hypothesize that firms are able to improve corporate performance by pursuing environmental objectives if the firm is able to credibly demonstrate improved environmental performance to its customers and there is sufficient demand for improved environmental performance. Approach: The researchers propose to test their hypotheses in three sectors: power utilities, electronics, and oil and gas. Ther researchers' independent variables on environmental management practices, firms' characteristics, as well as regulatory and competitive environment are gathered through a phone/mail survey questionnaire of 1159 firms. Their dependent variables on firms corporate performance will be derived from public sources namely SEC reports. The statistical analysis will include the seemingly unrelated regression model, the multiple indicators multiple causes model, and simultaneous equation approaches for determining causality between corporate and environmental performance. Expected Results: This research will reveal the set of regulatory and competitive circumstances that make a firm's environmental performance align with its corporate performance. The researchers expect to find that devices, such as third party eco-ratings, or voluntary programs that help firms credibly communicate environmental performance to regulators and consumers are associated with enhanced corporate performance. In highly regulated industries, the researchers also expect that when firms integrate environmental objectives into their organization and engage in open discussion with regulators and members of the community, they will achieve improved corporate performance by reducing regulation and litigation costs. The information gained will help identify environmental policies that work with the firm's objective of enhanced profitability and therefore will result in more cost-effective allocation of federal and state environmental protection resources.Metadata


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A sickle cell test is a blood test done to check for sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disease that causes red blood cells to be deformed (sickle-shaped). The red blood cells deform because they contain an abnormal type of hemoglobin, called hemoglobin S, instead of the normal hemoglobin, called hemoglobin A.
Sickled blood cells are destroyed by the body faster than normal blood cells. This causes anemia. Also, sickled cells can get trapped in blood vessels and reduce or block blood flow. This can damage organs, muscles, and bones and may lead to life-threatening conditions.
The best way to check for sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease is to look at the blood using a method called high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). This test identifies which type of hemoglobin is present. To confirm the results of HPLC, a genetic test may be done.
Sickle cell disease is an autosomal recessive disease. This means that to have the disease, a person must inherit a gene for the disease from both parents. Each person inherits two genes (one from each parent). As a result, a person may have:
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all newborns be tested for sickle cell disease.1
A sickle cell test is done to help diagnose sickle cell disease.
A sickle cell test is also done to screen for sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease. This test may be done for newborns and for people at high risk. Detecting sickle cell trait is important for couples who want to have children and who may be carriers of sickle cell trait.
Be sure to tell your doctor if you have had a blood transfusion in the past 4 months because it can interfere with the test results.
The health professional drawing blood will:
During newborn testing, the blood sample is usually taken from your baby's heel (called a heel stick).
The blood sample is taken from a vein in your arm. An elastic band is wrapped around your upper arm. It may feel tight. You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a quick sting or pinch.
Your baby may feel a sting or a pinch with a heel stick.
There is very little chance of a problem from having a blood sample taken from a vein.
Usually, there are no problems from a heel stick. A small bruise may develop. Babies with bleeding problems may bleed more with usual. Sometimes bleeding problems are found when blood is being collected for the sickle cell test.
A sickle cell test is a blood test done to screen for sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease.
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Abnormal hemoglobin is present.
In babies, a sickle cell blood test may be repeated at 6 months old, or a genetic information (DNA) test may be done.
Having a blood transfusion in the past 4 months can cause a false-negative test result because of the normal hemoglobin from the blood donor.
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The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America is a national membership organization that provides education, research updates, and support around sickle cell disease problems. Its Web site has the Sickle Cell Disease Forum for people of all ages to discuss concerns about sickle cell disease. |
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2007). Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Newborns. Available online: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspshemo.htm.
- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
- Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
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In addition to a full-service spa, Royal International Hotel features a marina and an outdoor tennis court. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center, a technology helpdesk, and technology support staff.
An Internet point is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 580 square feet (52 square meters) include a conference center, conference/meeting rooms, and a ballroom. This Victorian hotel also offers an indoor pool, a children's pool, and a health club. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests at scheduled times. Onsite valet parking is complimentary.
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Huang Ting Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Afternoon tea is offered.
Yi Fan Wu - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
A complimentary grocery shopping service is offered and 24-hour room service is available.
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An outdoor tennis court, a marina, and a health club are featured at the hotel. An indoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a steam room.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, a former first lady who hasn't driven a car or pumped gas in many years because of Secret Service restrictions, joined a blue-collar worker at a filling station Wednesday to illustrate how the high price of gasoline is squeezing consumers.
The Democratic presidential candidate and sheet metal worker Jason Wilfing, 33, pulled into the station in a large white Ford 250 pickup truck, Clinton riding shotgun. Never mind that it wasn't even Wilfing's truck - he had borrowed his boss's larger vehicle to accommodate Clinton's security agent and personal assistant, who rode in the back.
Trailing Wilfing and Clinton was a Secret Service motorcade consisting of six gas-guzzling Suburbans, two squad cars and a green SUV bearing photographers and TV cameras. Several other reporters and cameramen stood shivering in unseasonably cold temperatures, ready to capture the multi-vehicle arrival.
Clinton and Wilfing stepped out of the car and approached the pump. Wilfing chose regular unleaded gasoline, and began filling the tank. The two engaged in chit chat, with New York senator mentioning her proposal for a temporary gas tax holiday to ease the price pinch on consumers.
The tank filled, Clinton looked at the price recorded at the pump and shook her head.
"Sixty-three dollars," she said. "For just about half a tank."
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April 19, 2009
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When we got home I put Evy in her new onesie and she was putting on a SHOW! She loves to smile at us and make us melt. Again, I know these are all very similar but I love each and every picture.
These are some special ones that I took. I was experimenting with the close-up setting on my camera, and it gave me an excuse to document my precious little girl when she's still little.
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- Lindsey said...
Ashley all of the pictures are fantastic! I am so proud of you and your pictures! Evy is such a doll! I love the black and white photos...too precious!
- April 19, 2009 at 7:55 PM
- Kelly said...
Ya'll are both so pretty!
- April 19, 2009 at 8:09 PM
- Tiffany said...
Just catching up....she is too cute. I love the black and white ones, especially the one of her little chubby rolls. We call them "hammies." I loved to tickle my two, when they were just getting to that crawling stage. I'd tell them I'm gonna get your hammies (chubby thighs), and bibits (lil' bum), and ribies (ribs), and rollies (arm rolls), and then I hold their little shoulders and zerbert them on the side of their necks. It makes them squeal with laughter. ---The painting your mom gave you is just perfect for your nursery.-so beautiful. And I can tell you really like it b/c I remember you are not fond of expressions like lovelovelove it or luv it sooooo much. hee-hee, so you must really like it alot. ~Both of mine love the praise baby videos. We have the whole collection. I like to put them on on Sunday mornings as we get ready for church. It sets the mood for worship, and really sets the tone for the day. Enjoy this wonderful baby time. It seems to fly by! ~Blessings sweetie!
- April 20, 2009 at 12:36 PM
- Christy said...
I love the black and white photos!! The chubby thighs and hands are the best :)
- April 20, 2009 at 1:19 PM
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I've gotta catch up on my commenting. Haha. I love all of the pictures - Evy is just little Miss Personality these days! She's getting to the really fun age. I'm so excited for you about seeing Wicked. You're going to love it! And the painting your mom gave you - adorable!!
- April 20, 2009 at 4:02 PM
- mrs.leah.maria said...
Oh my goodness! Those pictures aren't too similar every little smile is just a little different!
I love the little chunker legs too! And those eyes!!! - April 20, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- Ro said...
Oh, I love these. I really need to be taking pictures of little Kimbell, but it isn't happening... I feel so guilty. Tomorrow, I say...but tomorrow is just as crazy as the day before. Ha!
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I found your blog through another, I hope it's ok if I follow you!
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9to5 Mac readers have spotted something very interesting in a review of the Verizon iPhone by the New York Times David Pogue. The review included the following quote about the new iPhones Personal Hotspot feature, which will be coming with iOS4.3:
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Many other app phones have it AT&Ts iPhone gets it on Feb 13.
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The Tradesmen: Making an Art of Work, a new documentary by Richard Yeagley, premieres at the Charles tonight.
The film recontextualizes the work of tradespeople and skilled craftsmen by appreciating its artistry, as well as its practicality and function. After watching Yeagley's film, you'll have a deeper appreciation for the work of plumbers and stonemasons. You'll certainly never take their work for granted.
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound OffGood review, I was gonna do this as my second review but found it difficult since I neither liked it, nor hated it.
Sounds like this be a waste of time checking outDigging: Emancipator - Soon It Will Be Cold Enough
Digging: Emancipator - Soon It Will Be Cold Enough
Album Rating: 4.0no actually this is really good. cant wait for the LPDigging: Morbus Chron - Sweven
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cover screams techno don't really expect this to be good, they have been pretty poor for quite a time
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Offthe first song, "Taraxis" "Altaraxis" Lol, yeah. You sure did screw up the song titles. Good to see this review though. Awesome EP.
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Album Rating: 4.0Great review. And I guess I'm in the minority when I say I love What We All Come To Need.Digging: Wold - Screech Owl
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Album Rating: 3.5It's a pretty good ep, I enjoyed it.Digging: Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else
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Players using current football helmets aren't adequately protected against hits to the side of the head, which can lead to sometimes-lethal concussions and brain swelling, researchers said.
Ten helmets tested by researchers reduced the likelihood of traumatic brain injury by an average of 20 percent compared with no helmet in a simulation using crash test dummies. The most effective helmet reduced the risk by only 30 percent, according to data released Monday.
Concussion risks in sports are under increasing scrutiny as some deaths among young football players may have been prevented if those with head injuries had been kept off the field, according to a 2011 study in the journal Pediatrics. Research published in January 2013 found abnormalities in the brains of former National Football League players compared with those who didn't play the game. Current tests of helmets focus on impacts that lead to broken skulls, and don't adequately assess the chances of traumatic brain injury, researchers said.
"None of them are fantastic, sadly, and maybe that's the take-home message," John Lloyd, the study author and the research director at San Antonio, Florida-based Brains Inc., said in a telephone interview. "Maybe if football players realized that their helmet only reduced their concussion risk by 20 to 30 percent, they'd lead with the head less often."
Professional sports leagues, including the NFL and Major League Baseball, have changed their medical protocols for treating players with head injuries in response to concussion data. Football is the deadliest sport among youths, and 12 percent of football deaths are caused by head or neck injuries involving students who returned to the game after a concussion. Helmets may provide another target to make sports safer, Lloyd said.
The researchers used a crash-test dummy head and neck to see how well they'd respond with and without helmets to 12 mile- per-hour impacts. They conducted 300 tests, and also tried to measure how much the brain twists in the head. The tests allowed the neck to flex on impact, to better simulate rotational forces.
"When the head comes to a sudden stop, if it's rotating, the brain material is twisting inside the head," Lloyd said. "That can cause concussion and brain injury, including life- threatening subdural hematomas."
The best helmet reduced the likelihood of concussion by 30 percent, Lloyd said. That may be because it was lighter than the other helmets, causing the head and neck to rotate less. It wasn't as good at providing protection against direct impacts that might shatter the skull, and didn't perform as well on standard tests, he said.
The study also found that football helmets fared better against linear impacts, which lead to bruising and skull fracture. Compared with dummies with no helmets, the football helmets reduced the risk of skull fracture by 60 to 70 percent and reduced the risk of brain bruising by 70 to 80 percent.
The research was released in advance of a presentation at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting starting April 26 in Philadelphia.
Lloyd suggested that taking the facemask off the helmet and switching to a soft helmet may help diffuse the impact, leading to fewer brain injuries. This is how the scalp works to protect the brain, moving to allow force to be spread and absorbed, he said. Helmets made of softer materials and without facemasks were used in football more than 50 years ago.
"If we got away from hard helmets, we could use advanced materials to provide protection for the head and brain," he said. "The only downside is you wouldn't have anything to attach a faceguard to."
Brains Inc., a company focused on the biomechanics of traumatic brain injury, supported the study.
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Top Workplaces 2013 is an effort to discover the best employers in the Philadelphia region - as decided by each company's employees. More than 26,000 were surveyed by WorkplaceDynamics of Exton. Here are their findings for best large, midsize and small companies, including firms based elsewhere that have a major area presence.
Keller Williams is one of the few national real estate firms to see growth both during and after the recession. Now twice in the past three years, the real estate company has also headed the list of top large workplaces in the Philadelphia region.
How many people go to work knowing that they are making a difference in peoples' lives each day? That's the mission at Accolade, a Plymouth Meeting company, whose professional health assistants help employees at large companies make informed decisions about health benefits and healthcare.
Employees at the South Jersey car dealership believe that going to work every day is more than just a job. For them, it's being with their second family. Many credit their boss, Judith Krupnick, the company's president, with fostering that feeling.
Some employers in the region stood out in our survey based on workers' responses to statements about their company. Here are the top workplaces in those categories.
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Think work is all about the pay and benefits? Then, you probably don't work at one of the top workplaces in the Philly region.
A key measurement of any corporate leader is how much confidence your employees have in you. Doug Yearley, Paul Touhey and Dan Calista were evaluated by their workers as part of the 2013 Philadelphia-area Workplace Dynamics survey, and found to be the best leaders in area business for companies of their size.
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The first edition of A Complaint Is a Gift introduced the revolutionary notion that customer complaints are not annoyances to be dodged, denied, or buried but are instead valuable pieces of feedback – in fact, they're your best bargain in market research. Customer complaints can give businesses a wake-up call when they're not achieving their fundamental purpose: meeting customer needs. Complaints provide a feedback mechanism that can help organizations rapidly and inexpensively strengthen products, service style, and market focus. Most importantly, complaints create a moment of truth when a customer who is deciding whether to return can be made even more loyal.
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For decades, the PT-76 was Russia's dominant light tank, used primarily to support airborne units and as a reconnaissance platform. The tank eventually fell into disuse and was finally abandoned as potently armed IFVs took over its roles.
However, in the late 1990's, Russia introduced its new light tank, the 2s25 Sprut-SD. While type classified as a self-propelled artillery piece, there is no doubt this vehicle is a light tank, armed with the same 125mm gun found on Russia's MBTs. In addition to heavy firepower, the 2s25 is airdroppable, much like the famous AMX-13. As a bonus, thanks to its roots in the BMD-3, the Sprut-SD is not only amphibious, but surf-capable as well, able to ply coastal waters as few other amphibious military machines can do.
Included with this issue is the 2A45M Sprut-B, a towed anti-tank gun and the first towed artillery covered in the series. Also included is an extensive entry on the D-81 series of 125mm anti-tank guns, plus the extensive range ammunition that was developed by both Soviet researchers and the post-cold war Russian arms manufacturers.


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Cyesha Goree had a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Michigan beat Indiana 82-57 on Thursday night in the opening round of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament. Shannon Smith had 16 points and Nicole Elmblad added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Wolverines, who will advance to play Michigan State on Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET. Watch all Thursday games live on BTN/BTN2Go and look at back at this games stats with the GameTracker.
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