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Shining your shoes with a banana peel is just one of the low-cost tricks you can learn.
This video at Lifehacker shows how you can make your shoes shine with a peel. Apparently, the potassium contained in this "yellow crescent of unparalleled beauty" is the main ingredient in shoe polish. The steps are easy:
- Peel the banana.
- Eat the fruit and save the skin.
- Rub the inner lining of the skin on your shoes.
- Buff with a soft cloth.
- You're done.
Lifehacker is a gold mine of low-budget, but often high-tech, ways to make your life easier. The site's light dash of humor helps, too.
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3rd Annual Arts in Healthcare Conference
Presented by Lesley University
November 30-December 1, 2012
Lesley University is teaming with the Boston Arts Consortium for Health, the International Association for Music and Medicine, the Longwood Symphony Orchestra, Harvard Medical School. Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory to put on its 3rd annual conference dedicated to the arts and health.
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This will mean greater competition for the largest banks, particularly Banamex, which has again shown itself able to offer the widest range of options for Mexican clients.
³In the last year we¹ve seen tremendous activity compared to what we had two or three years ago,² says José Antonio González, Citi¹s head of global banking for Mexico. (Citi bought the Banamex Financial Group in 2001.) Mexico benefited from a strong banking sector during the 2008-2009 crisis and has built on that. So, with Mexico¹s GDP growing at around 4% annually ‹ at a faster pace than Brazil ‹ it is ready with a full slate of services for the uptick in activity.
Citi and Banamex led the league tables in total DCM volume for Mexican issuers, counting both domestic market and cross-border transactions, with $5.43 billion. This year, the bank lead managed a $2 billion 2044 note for the Mexican sovereign and a ¥80 billion ($1 billion) three and five-year Samurai that was the first from the region without a Japan Bank for International Cooperation guarantee.
Citi also brought large offerings to the international buy-side from corporate issuers including the CFE, Bimbo and Pemex.
Mexico¹s local debt capital market has remained active while many of the region¹s other local markets have only seen sporadic activity. With some $70 billion pesos issued ‹ year to date (through late September), González says around $130 billion pesos could be issued in 2012 ‹ this is up from around M$100 billion pesos last year.
Banamex, headed up by chief executive Enrique Zorilla, booked just over $2 billion-equivalent in domestic bond transactions over the past twelve months. Large transactions on the local side have included a $7 billion peso
2015 and 2021 bond sale from government development bank Banobras, deals from corporate heavyweights Mexichem and Grupo Carso, and a $4 billion peso sale from retailer Liverpool.
³In the local market we¹ve seen spread tightening,² says González . ³Issuers have taken advantage of lower rates. Everyone is still bullish on rates. The macroeconomic conditions of the country are favorable. It is a dream come true for an economist and certainly also for an investment banker.² He says the Afores (pension funds) are still liquid and there should be little in the way of inflationary pressure. He foresees a pickup in specialized deals in the local market, with real estate transactions and auto loan securitizations likely to appear more frequently in 2013.
More recently, the bank handled more than $2 billion in debt and equity transactions for Mexichem, following M&A work that occurred during the awards period. Mexicans buying abroad América Móvil has been another notable example is a theme that has many banks eager to generate business in several product areas.
³I expect a process of internationalization of Mexican companies,² says González. ³In the next three years we will see Mexican companies taking advantage of different valuations, mainly in Europe. If these companies explore international expansion they will have access to capital² South America is also a destination for acquisitive Mexican comapnies, says González. Citi-Banamex advised on more than $5.7 billion in M&A deals involving Mexican corporations in the twelve months to the end of August, the second-highest total.
Banamex¹s $374 million Mexican ECM volume made it a leader for the period though historically this figure is not exceptional.
Later in 2012, however, the fortunes for new issuance looked set to pick up, spurred by deals including Santander Mexico¹s $4 billion IPO. Bankers expect more opportunities for small and mid-size Mexican issuers.
³We have a number of new issuers,² González says. ³There is visible supply getting prepared.² LF
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Brian "Head Welch Or Wes Borland?
Brian "Head Welch Or Wes Borland?
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Guitar playing capabilities alone, Wes Borland, but as we all should know; a good guitar player does not always equate with being a good musician per se and many things should be taken into consideration to this question for e.g. the subjectivity of the question at hand. Personally, I prefer the riff capabilities of Mr Welch above Wes and Munky, with the latter being a great rhythmical musician in his own right. Both Wes and Brian are wonderful guitar players, but above all, they are great musicians.
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New price cuts upend console value landscape
Now that the 360 and PS3 are $300, is the Wii the worst value in gaming?
Microsoft official confirmed the worst-kept secret in games: the Xbox 360 is receiving a price cut on its top-end Elite system starting Friday. In other words, the long list of leaked catalog circulars weren't fakes. What this means is that the 120GB hard-drive-toting Xbox 360 Elite that used to be $400 will now be $300--the same cost as a PS3 Slim.
The Xbox 360 Pro, with its 60GB hard drive, will drop to $250 instead of $300, and will keep being sold until it vanishes off shelves. Kudos, by the way, to Microsoft for actually lowering the price on a soon-to-be-discontinued model, as opposed to the fate of the PS3 Fat. The updates are official on the company's Web site.
The Xbox 360 Arcade, however, will continue to cost $200. While that's somewhat fair, considering it's technically the cheapest next-gen console on the market, it's a bad deal. A hard drive, however, is an absolute necessity. The 360's proprietary 120GB hard drive costs $150, so you're effectively saving 50 dollars on the purchase of an Elite. If the 360 had a removable standard hard drive like the PS3 does, we might be singing a different tune on the Arcade.
This only makes the sound of that ticking clock over at Nintendo headquarters even louder. Will the Nintendo Wii reduce its price this holiday season? According to Nintendo's Yasuhiro Minagawa, the company still has no plans to do so. This doesn't mean, however, that a similarly priced bundle with a Wii MotionPlus and possibly a new game (Wii Sports Resort?) isn't in the plans.
Now that the 360 and PS3 are cheaper, the landscape of gaming is shifting in terms of value. We commented on this in terms of handheld systems, but it's also true in terms of the Wii. It can no longer be called a budget system by any stretch.
Realistically, Nintendo probably won't lower the price until one of its rivals makes its fully fledged system even cheaper than a Wii, and that's not likely to happen soon...or ever.
The other question is, has the PS3 leapfrogged the 360 in terms of console value, even with the new Elite price cuts? The Slim consumes less power, has Blu-ray, and is already based on hardware that came out a year after the Xbox 360 hit store shelves. Meanwhile, the Xbox 360 has held the fort with a console that still lacks built-in Wi-Fi, a feature available on the Nintendo DS.
So, which is it...a $300 Xbox 360 Elite, a $300 PS3 Slim, or a $250 Wii?
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Run to music.It's not your fault. The deodorant you bought bragged about its all-natural ingredients. You read the label expecting your aloe-filled pit pores to smell like a lavender field in Provence. So, how come you smell like a plumber in 90-degree heat?
Deodorants and anti-perspirants are very different. Anti-perspirants actually stop the body's natural process of sweating and prevent your pores from releasing toxins. Your underarms are the gateway to your lymphatic system and their job is to fight infections. So taking small steps, such as using a deodorant, can help protect you from any potential health risks. But, most deodorants on the market (even natural touting products we all love) have dangerous chemicals that are not really talked about.
The two biggest culprits are:
Aluminum. Some studies have found a link between Alzheimer's disease and aluminum. A 1993 World Health Organization "Public Health Report" cited autopsies that found high concentrations of aluminum in the brains of those afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. This is a memory you might want to hold onto.
Propylene Glycol. Commonly found in our cosmetics and hair care products, it's a form of mineral oil used in automatic brake and hydraulic fluid, and industrial antifreeze. Nice. It serves as a humectant, helping retain moisture content to preventing things from drying out. The Material Safety Data Sheet warns users to avoid skin contact with propylene glycol as this strong skin irritant can cause liver abnormalities and kidney damage. Honey, you're rubbing it all over your pits.
Just like other beauty products, all deodorants are not created equal. Some help mask odor and soothe while others are duds like that guy you found on yourfuturegroom.com.
So what to buy? No worries. The gals at Healthy B Daily sweated it out for you, and guess who came up smelling like a bed of roses? These picks are aluminum, paraben and propylene glycol free:
SMASHING. LaVanila Healthy Deodorant. It's 100-percent natural and fights odor with powerful antioxidants, antibacterial agents, active botanicals and essential oils. It's a bit on the pricier end, but your pits are worth the extra pocket change. Go Vanilla nutso with Vanilla Grapefruit, Vanilla Coconut, Vanilla Lavender, Vanilla Grapefruit and, of course, Pure Vanilla. $18, www.sephora.com.
SERENE. Hugo Natural Dual-Action Formula. Not as glamorous as LaVanila, but definitely kept us dry and happy much longer than expected. Hey, he even called the next day. Do know, the stick glides on a bit chalky-like but you'll smell like a flower garden. For some, you might have to apply twice a day. $5.26, iherb.com.
SMELLY. Nature's Gate Lavender & Aloe Deodorant Stick. This pretty stick actually has organic essences fresh from a field locally grown in California. It boasts baking soda to help neutralize odor. We didn't omit any bad body odors, but strange ones? Why, yes. Nature's Gate left our armpits with a weird aroma-from-my-freshly-washed-bathroom-floor. Probably best for those who don't sweat during a status meeting. $4.89, Whole Foods retailer or www.wholefoods.com
SIMPLE. Make your own natural deodorant: Mix equal parts cornstarch and baking soda and a few drops of your favorite essential oil in a glass jar. Pat on with a washcloth. Like a spray deodorant? Try combining 1/4 cup witch hazel, 1 tablespoon glycerin and a few drops of essential oil into a small spray bottle. Works like a charm.
Don't sweat the small stuff. You got it figured out.
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About Wesley College
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Wesley College is a United Methodist institution of higher education that seeks to be among the finest student-centered learning communities in the liberal arts tradition. Consistent with our Methodist heritage, the College affirms meaning and purpose in life through justice, compassion, inclusion and social responsibility that enhance community life and respect for the environment. Wesley College exists to liberate and empower its students with the knowledge, skills, ethical attitudes and capacity for critical thinking needed to achieve personal and professional goals and to contribute to the local and global society.
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Texas A&M police say freshman wide receiver Thomas Johnson is missing.
The department says that the 18-year-old was last seen leaving his residence in College Station on Monday at 5 p.m. Johnson went to high school in Dallas and police believe he might have traveled to that area.
Lt. Allan Baron says there are no other details available.
Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin released a statement expressing his concern, saying: ''Authorities are working closely with his family, friends and law enforcement agencies to help locate him . . . We pray for his quick and safe return.''
Johnson has appeared in 10 games this season, and has 30 catches for 339 yards and a touchdown.
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- The twelfth month of the French Republican calendar (1793–1805), originally running from 18 August to 16 September.More example sentences
- Out went the old months - January to December - and in came Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire, Nivôse, Pluviôse, Ventôse, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor and Fructidor.
- The army was called in to support a purge of right-wing deputies on 18 Fructidor, which was repeated at the local level; recently elected departmental and municipal personnel were also removed from office.
- The plan advanced, and in the new calendar 10 Fructidor became the 'Festival of the Old'.
French, from Latin fructus 'fruit' + Greek dōron 'gift'.


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Updated: Monday, February 4 2013, 10:37 AM EST
Chase High School science teacher Jill Francis sees it at least once a semester.
"It may be that they're struggling to stay awake in class," she said. "Or you see a change in their academic performance so their grades start sliding, you may see missing assignments."
A student that is struggling at home and - sometimes - has become homeless.
"Once you get to know them as people, it's really easy to tell when things aren't right," Francis said.
Since the McKinney Vento Homeless Homeless Education Assistance Act was passed in 2001, for teachers like Francis, it's become part of the job: recognizing the signs and getting those students that may be out of a home, counted.
"Teacher communication," said Francis, who has kept tabs on students as what she considers to be part of her job, since she started teaching. "You can talk to another teacher and say 'Have you noticed things in your classroom?'"
The law requires schools across North Carolina to keep a list of homeless kids in classrooms.
"We have outreach specialists, we have school counselors, schools social workers, and so we monitor daily," said Rutherford County Assistant Administrator Barbara Parker. Parker says that, once a child is identified as being homeless, that's when the school can refer the students to the resources available, which, oftentimes, Parker says, the students has already gotten involved with.
Every year the number of homeless children in the district has grown - now at 345 - and the district have taken note.
"I don't really know honestly that programs sprang up, but they became more focused [since McKinney-Vento]" Parker says, adding that the resources are now better utilized because they know exactly who needs tutoring, mentoring, school supplies or extra support.
The law requires schools to count the students, but when you see the numbers, how can you not help?
"It's difficult when you hear an eight-year-old knows when food stamps will come. That that day is a good day," said Amy Revis, a coordinator for the local chapter of the non-profit group Communities in Schools.
The district has come to rely heavily on the group, which, among other services, mentors students, and sends food, supplies and backpacks home.
"You can almost see the relief on their face when they get the backpacks and they're able to go to class and they have everything they need to succeed," said Revis.
"Compared to when I began teaching, all of the supports that are in place - I don't feel as helpless as I once did," says Francis, who has been teaching for 15 years.
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- Building Connections: Understanding Relationships and Networks to Improve Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs
Building Connections describes the structures and dynamics of relationships and networks, and of program approaches that influence youth behaviors. It is designed for field application by program practitioners, researchers, and academics interested in familiarizing themselves with the concepts and practice of social network research. The document is available for downloading as one large file or two smaller files.
Author: Bond K
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- Building Effective, Sustainable Systems for Procuring Essential Reproductive Health Supplies
This white paper highlights the value of a comprehensive approach to procurement capacity development in developing countries.
Author: Cohen J, Reeh C, Neroutsos K
Publication date: January 2011
Region: Global
- Building Next-Generation Vaccine Supply Systems: Supply Chain Modeling and Optimization
This fact sheet describes how project Optimize and our partners, Agence de Médecine Préventive, United Nations Children's Fund, and the Vaccine Modeling Initiative at University of Pittsburgh, are working with countries to model the impact of changes to vaccine logistics and supply systems on vaccine availability, using a powerful new modeling tool called HERMES.
Publication date: May 2012
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- Building Pharmacy Capacity in Vietnam: Improving Knowledge and Skills in Primary Health Care
This project brief describes PATH's work to strengthen the capacity of staff in almost 1,000 pharmacies across Vietnam to deliver primary health care services.
Publication date: August 2012
Region: Asia
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Publication date: 2002
Region: Global
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Every story whispers his name.
A Bible like no other, The Jesus Storybook Bible invites children to join in the greatest of all adventures, to discover for themselves that Jesus is at the center of God's great story of salvation--and at the center of their own story too!
The Jesus Storybook Bible tells the story beneath all the stories in the Bible. At the center of all is a baby, the child upon whom everything will depend. From Noah, to Moses, to the great King David—every story points to him. He is the missing piece to the puzzle—the piece that makes all the other pieces fit together. From the Old Testament through the New Testament, as the story unfolds, children will pick up the clues and piece together the puzzle.
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Tell us a little about yourself. I am a British born children's book writer living in New York City. I came to the States from the UK in 1989--just for a year. I"m still here. I have worked for several years as the publisher of Christian Children's Books for Reader's Digest before leaving in 2000 to write full time. I have written three other best-selling children's Bibles: Baby's First Bible; A Child's First Bible; and The Lift-The-Flap Bible. I can be found at sallylloyd-jones.com
What was your motivation behind this project? I wrote this so children could know that God is for them and loves them with a Never Stopping, Never Giving up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love.
What do you hope folks will gain from this project? The Jesus Storybook Bible tells the Story beneath all the stories of the Bible. It takes the whole Bible to tell the Story. And at the center of the Story, there is a baby, the Child upon whom everything would depend. From Noah to Moses to King David, every story whispers his name. He is like the missing piece in a puzzle--the piece that makes all the other pieces fit together.
Who are your influences, sources of inspiration or favorite authors / artists? As far as writers go: C S Lewis, Edward Lear, A A Milne, James Marshall, to name just a very few... and teachers: Dr Timothy Keller, pastor of my church in New York City; Fredreck Buechner; Helmut Thielecke; Brennan Manning
Anything else you'd like readers / listeners to know: Excerpted from The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name by Sally Lloyd-Jones, Jago. Copyright © 2007. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. "It's like an adventure story about a young Hero who came from a far country to win back his lost treasure. It's a love story about a brave Prince who leaves his palace, his throne, everything to rescue the one he loves. It's like the most wonderful of fairy tales that have come true in real life. You see, the best thing about this story is--it's true. It takes the whole Bible to tell this story. And at the center of the Story there is a baby. Every story in the Bible whispers his name. He is like the missing piece in a puzzle--the piece that makes all the other pieces fit together and suddenly you can see a beautiful picture. And this is no ordinary baby. This is the Child upon whom everything would depend. This is the baby that would one day-- but wait, our story starts where all good stories start. Right at the very beginning..."


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The Buffalo Bills signed DT Alan Branch (Seahawks) to a one-year, $3 million dollar contract Tuesday, April 2nd, with $350,000 in incentives.
Huddle Up: The Bills still have defensive work to do after last year's FA spending spree didn't translate into much improvement on the field. Branch was a disappointment with the Cards, but looked like a player with something to prove in Seattle, making 31 starts over the past 2 seasons.


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New light on Cumbria's future energy needs
Last updated at 15:01, Friday, 16 March 2012
It's not the sunniest town in Cumbria. And Cumbria isn't the sunniest part of the UK. And the UK isn't the sunniest part of the world – or even Europe.
So why would you want to install solar panels on houses in Longtown on the border?
Or any other house in the county for that matter?
One reason is that the panels don't need a crack in the clouds and sunbeams to dance their way into their system – they operate using daylight.
The second reason is that in the long run, they are likely to save you hundreds, if not thousands of pounds in heating bills and fuel costs.
One of Cumbria's MPs says fitting solar panels on all new homes should be compulsory.
We have all sorts of building regulations he argues, why can't this be one?
Carlisle MP John Stevenson believes fitting the panels would slash household energy bills, boost manufacturing and help the Government reach renewable-energy targets.
Some 113,880 homes were built in the UK last year.
Creating such a large market for solar panels, the MP argues, would bring production costs down and so make it more attractive for existing homeowners to install them too.
There has been a rapid growth in solar-panel installations since 2010 when the last government subsidised the price of panels and introduced feed-in tariffs to pay homeowners and businesses for generating green energy.
But the coalition government halved the tariffs for new installations from December, doubling the amount of time it takes to recoup the installation costs.
Further tariff cuts are planned.
Mr Stevenson says solar subsidies were introduced to create a market which has now been established.
He says the cuts in subsidies are offset by the reduction there has been in recent years in the cost of buying the panels.
The MP says this will reduce further as demand increases.
"People think the market is static and it is not, the cost of solar power has dropped with the incentives the government has provided and there is still an incentive there," he says.
"If these were fitted to new houses there would be a market of 100,000 homes a year, people would innovate and there will come a time when the panels are built into the roofs of homes and not on top of them."
Typically, it costs £10,000 to install solar panels and could take as much as 20 years under the new tariffs to recoup this.
Mr Stevenson's scheme has come in for criticism from Graham Watts, chief executive of the Construction Industry Council.
He says: "Anything that improves the energy efficiency of buildings is a good thing but what the Carlisle MP is calling for is unworkable.
"To make solar panels compulsory would add about £10,000 to the build cost of new homes and make them even harder to sell.
"You would drive potential purchasers into buying older, less energy-efficient homes because that were cheaper.
"Technology in this area is changing all the time, you would be embedding today's technology, which would be superseded in a few years' time."
He argues that the Government aim to make all new homes "zero carbon" by 2016 could be achieved without putting solar panels on every property.
Environmental developer Nigel Catterson agrees with the MP and reckons the panels should be widely installed. The 62-year-old is the leader of a consortium that has been green-lighted to redevelop the former armaments depot at Broughton Moor into a revolutionary eco-development.
The 1,050-acre Derwent Forest site will be transformed into a £40m project combining eco-housing, an organic farm, a festival site and a visitor centre where people can learn about sustainable living and care for the environment.
Mr Catterson says: "In principle, I can't disagree with him [Mr Stevenson], anything that is going to make us more energy self-sufficient is worth it.
"I have had solar thermal panels on my house to provide hot water for 10 or 12 years and they have reduced my energy consumption by a tank of oil a year.
"When I had them fitted it seemed an extravagance and I thought it was something I would not see a return on, but given the price of oil now, it looks like a sensible investment and they have more than paid for themselves.
"The way power prices are going, something that might look marginal now, will look like an investment in the future."
Despite the changes in subsidies, major investments in solar power continue across Cumbria.
Riverside Housing Association has fitted nine of its homes in Longtown with solar panels and plans to roll out the scheme to install them on all 140 homes in the town.
Mark Patchitt, director of regeneration at Riverside, says:"Solar panels are expensive and the payback time is lengthy so it is not feasible to install them on every new build.
"Where government subsidy can support solar panels on new build properties, we will utilise it to meet our energy efficient targets but there are often better energy solutions depending on location."
In Carlisle, the city council has installed panels on The Sands Centre and the Civic Centre.
It is estimated the technology will cut £5,000 a year from the combined energy bills and save 26 tonnes of carbon.
Over 25 years, it is expected the scheme will bring savings of £266,000.
Council leader Mike Mitchelson says: "We have been looking to extend the scheme to other buildings such as Tullie House museum and community centres.
"It provides energy savings and it is part of our green agenda.
"The subsidy reductions by the Government have made solar power less appealing and there has to be a good business case for each investment.
"But solar installation does cushion the effect of any future fuel price rises."
Most people who install solar power fit photovoltaic (PV) panels for generating electricity, rather than thermal panels which produce hot water.
And Martin Cotterell, founder and chairman of Sundog Energy in Penrith, finds them by far the most popular of the green energy measures his company offers.
"About 18 months ago, PV generated about 30 megawatts of the country's electricity," he says.
"Now that's around 1,200 megawatts. What that shows is that it's very quick and easy to install."
He admits that the panels won't work absolutely everywhere. "If a roof is shaded by a chimney or a tree then they won't function.
"But almost everybody can find some shade-free area of roof. Not everybody has space for a ground-source heat pump or a windmill.
"PV panels can fit on the vast majority of houses – the places they don't work are very few and far between – so builders have nothing to fear from them."
They can also be a good long-term investment, he says, and not just through the savings on your electricity bills.
Even though government payments through the feed-in tariff are being cut, they still offer a good rate of return for householders.
The rate was 43.3 pence per kilowatt, but that was halved to 21p in December and is likely to be cut again, to around 14p, in July.
However Mr Cotterell argues: "The returns are still probably better than on other forms of investment.
"They're better than an ISA and there are all the environmental benefits as well."
Within the next four years environmental benefits in housing will be compulsory. By 2016, all new home have to be zero-carbon.
Eco Environments, which has a base in Carlisle, provides a range of renewable energy measures, but director David Hunt feels solar panels have distinct advantages over the others.
Wind turbines won't work in the centre of a town or city – and are almost always contentious when placed anywhere else – but solar panels encounter far fewer objections. And those who install them often find them more effective than they expect.
"People talk about it being wet in Cumbria, but these systems consistently outperform predictions, because they don't need bright sunshine – they just need daylight," he explains.
"Obviously the brighter the sunshine the more strongly they will work, but even in the winter people are getting power from them.
"They're very straightforward to install and they are always coming down in price."
He says builders are resistant to fitting them because: "They don't like change. They want to keep doing what they've been doing for the last 50 years."
Householders who had solar panels fitted before December 12 still qualify for the old 43.3p feed-in tariff rate, and many householders in Garrigill, near Alston, managed to get them installed just in time.
"We had a very cloudy December but I'm still expecting about £70, and in the summer months it should be £300 to £400," predicts villager Fiona Gifford.
"It will work out at about £900 per year.
"My house dates back to the 1700s and there weren't any great problems fitting them – it took two or three days. So I see no reason why there should be any problems putting them on a new house.
"They work considerably better than wind turbines. There are so many objections to the turbines that it seems ridiculous that the Government subsidises them.
"I think they should direct it towards solar panels and other schemes, such as wave power."
First published at 14:03, Friday, 16 March 2012
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Updated: Apr. 27, 2011
When two-year-old David's mother brought him to see me for the third time in as many months, she seemed frustrated.
"It's a great day care, but sometimes it seems like a germ factory," she says. "David's always coming down with a cold or an ear infection, and every other month we get a note from the director saying that strep throat or hand-foot-mouth disease is going around. I just don't know what to do to keep him from getting sick!"
David's mom isn't alone. Most parents today work at least part-time, either for personal growth or for financial survival -- which means their child needs to be cared for by someone else. Typically, this care takes place in an environment that puts their child in close contact with other children, and, hence, at increased risk of infection.
Many parents of young children talk to me about how difficult it is to deal with the seemingly constant series of illnesses their child picks up in day care.
I find that explaining why this is so helps them to realize that they are doing nothing wrong, their child is normal, and that some day this will all go away.
To minimize the impact of day care diseases on children -- and their parents -- there are several principles that we need to understand. Most important is that day care centers, by their nature, cluster individuals who are susceptible to diseases.
At young ages children have immature and inexperienced immune systems, so they acquire virtually every virus they are exposed to. As a result, when an infection is introduced into the day care setting, it usually makes the rounds of the entire room, and can even affect all the children in the facility (not to mention the adults).
Another significant factor in day care infections is the close physical contact among the participants -- both children and adults. Infections that spread by the oral route can easily pass from individual to individual as different babies teethe on the same toys or as toddlers suck their thumbs after touching contaminated surfaces.
While most day cares have strict standards for proper hand-washing and diaper-changing hygiene, situations do occur that can interrupt this preferred technique and result in cross-contamination.
Once an infection appears, transmission can be extremely rapid. Studies have shown that when a marked virus is introduced on a toy in a day care room of toddlers in the morning, it can be cultured from 80 percent of the children by the end of the day and 50 percent of the parents by the next morning.
Generally, infants and toddlers in day care have a new viral infection about every three to four weeks and manifest symptoms of illness about every two months. This repeated acquisition of infections may not allow the child's normal physiology to return to a steady state, making some children prone to chronic infections such as ear infections (otitis media).
Finally, the frequency of illness and possible secondary bacterial complications make children in day care much more likely to have had antibiotic treatment. This raises the likelihood that antibiotic-resistant organisms will emerge, complicating treatment.
Fortunately, infant immunizations protect from the most dangerous of these bacterial infections.
While day care may speed up the process, it's important to remember that children will get the vast majority of illnesses that circulate in day cares at some point in their lives, whether they are in day care or not.
Furthermore, most day care infections are caused by viruses and are thus self-limited, meaning that they usually go away on their own.
Typical symptoms of viral illnesses include fever, runny nose, and cough. Viral illnesses can also cause secondary bacterial ear infections. These can be treated with antibiotics, but the underlying physical changes from the viral illness will have to heal on their own.
Rhinovirus, adenovirus, and parainfluenza virus are common year-round. Some cause a barky cough or croup and others cause conjunctivitis.
Among the more serious viral illnesses are respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza, both common winter illnesses. In very young children they can lead to respiratory difficulties and/or high fever. Rotavirus, another winter illness, is a gastrointestinal disease that can cause high fever and prolonged diarrhea.
Children in day care can also be exposed to bacterial, fungal, and protozoal infections. Strep throat is common and contagious by the oral route. Also common and easily transmitted are head lice, giardia (intestinal protozoa), and ringworm (a fungus).
Very rarely, a child in day care comes down with a significant bacterial infection (which can cause meningitis), but this is so infrequent that the health departments usually intervene to treat all those exposed.
Fortunately the most significant disease of early childhood have been prevented by the addition of several new vaccines.
Haemophilus influenzae type b was the most common cause of meningitis in children less than five years old, affecting one in 200 children. The disease has virtually disappeared since the inauguration of H. Flu (HIB) vaccine given at two, four (sometimes six), and 15 months.
Invasive pneumococcal disease, which causes meningitis and bacteremia (blood stream infection), has been greatly decreased due to the Prevnar vaccine (given similarly to the HIB vaccine).
MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) and varicella (chickenpox) immunizations -- given at 12 to 15 months of age -- have virtually eliminated these diseases in day care children.
Rotavirus oral vaccine has greatly reduced the incidence of diarrhea and hospitilaizations due to rotavirus disease.
And, during the winter months, the influenza vaccine has been shown to decrease symptoms and hospitalizations, both in children and in their parents.
But children still get their viral infections -- fortunately most are short lived and mild.
So, what to do? My advice is to choose the smallest day care group possible to minimize the number of people from whom your child can acquire infections. Make sure the day care employees practice frequent hand-washing techniques.
When your child is sick, provide lots of liquids and fever control medications for comfort and encourage him or her to get as much sleep as possible to aid recovery. If a fever persists or returns, bring your child to the doctor to see if a bacterial complication has occurred.
And remember -- your parents survived this, and so will you.
Dennis Clements, MD, PhD, is the chief of primary care pediatrics at Duke Children's Hospital.


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What is a tajine? Well, it's the original slow cooker! Typically made from earthenware, the cooking dish comes with a tall conical lid that can be elaborately decorated and is mainly used for slow-cooking stews of lamb, chicken and vegetables. The word also refers to the dish or stew itself. Tajines or tagines are typical of North African cuisines such as those from Morocco and Tunisia.
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Legislators and unions were more agreeable to Tomblin's proposal to increase access to career and technical programs for younger students. Most students who consider dropping out do so in middle school; he proposed bringing more career and technical programming into middle schools to keep those students engaged.
Revamping the state's vocational offerings is crucial to training all those students whose interests do not lie in college, he said. That means ensuring that every vocational school has at least one program that meets the "rigorous" requirements established by the Southern Regional Education Board.
Tomblin also said the state would pay for all nationally certified teachers to reapply for certification. The state pays for the initial application now, but no re-certification in the future. Lee and Campbell said that was a way to ensure quality certified teachers were in the classroom.
The state pays for teachers to seek and receive national certification. Tomblin wants the state Board of Education to pay for the re-certification every year, as a reward for success.
Campbell also liked Tomblin's proposal to expand preschool programs for 4-year-olds.
"Although our 4-year-old kindergarten program has high ratings, only 68 percent of eligible students attend," Tomblin said. "I will introduce legislation requiring ever county, within three years, to offer full-day 4-year-old preschool."
Campbell, who is from Pocahontas County, has two children. One went through a preschool program and one did not. The one who did was more prepared for school, she said.
Finding ways to increase the effective use of technology in the classroom could be vital to improving scores, Tomblin said. The state will "embrace opportunities" that successfully mesh technology with curriculum. He specifically mentioned Project 24, a program championed by former Gov. Bob Wise.
Wade Linger, Board of Education president, viewed the speech from the balcony seating. He said he and other board members appreciated the emphasis on education.
"I think he literally hit all the bases. And I think he did it in a way that we can get support from all the groups involved, including the Legislature," Linger said. "We're just anxious to get to work."
Legislators will start to introduce bills today. Any education reform measures will have to go through Poling's committee. Members of both parties have called the committee a hurdle to reform.
Poling challenged that idea Wednesday.
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"Why are the teachers disregarded as the experts on education? And the committee members aren't all teachers."
Delegate Suzette Raines, R-Kanawha, is new to the House this year and one of 11 Republicans on the committee. She thinks the members will be open to change in education, and encouraged others to look past political motives when they discuss legislation.
"I am optimistic that the people in that committee will realize what an urgent challenge we have before us," Raines said after Tomblin's speech. "Put party affiliations, memberships with outside organizations afterward. That is not why we are here. We are here because there is an urgent need to address the needs of students."
Last week Tomblin pledged to have all bills to the Legislature within 10 days of the start of session. Alsop said there would be 19 substantive bills, one budget bill and nine supplemental bills coming from the governor's office. He anticipated an education bill to be introduced early next week.
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I'm watching this movie called YellowBrickRoad. I'm finding it really hard to watch. My friend told me to watch it and I'm hoping it's because he wanted me to experience it's suckage first hand.
This is an interesting source of myths for Mythbusters. But I'm curious to see what they do with it. I can think of a few scenes that definitely stood out as pushing the limits of reality. But not many more than that. I think Mythbusters is at its best when it's testing myths from James Bond movies and McGyver.
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I managed to get the first three Ultimate Collections of Ultimate X-Men plus Ultimates for $40 bucks on eBay today - talk about a deal; 51 issues in trades for $40. I just wish that everything else Ultimate was in Ultimate Collections. I've always thought that ~12 issues was the perfect size for a trade.
On a similar note, I'm now officially starting the process of replacing all my Ultimate singles with trades, so I'm looking to sell off my Ultimate collection. And I'm doing it CHEAP - let me know if you're interested. I'd much rather sell these to another Ultimate fan. I've got everything (minus a handful of random issues) except for the first run (1-133) of USM.
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Yeah, it's been the one glaring omission in my collection. I went back a few years ago and got all the back issues of everything else on eBay, but I never got around to buying USM because it was a bit more expensive as a lot and I didn't want to hunt everything down one by one. Plus, I've pretty much got those issues memorized. Though I do need to buy a copy of USM #117 to hang next to my Immonen art.
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Green Lantern #14 preview! Simon Baz's story continues, i really like the design they made for him. :) The Rise of the 3rd Army however is something the GL fans have been waiting for many many years. :b
Green Arrow #17 begins the new creative team to kick-off Green Arrow's new rising popularity: "Animal Man" writer Jeff Lemire and "I, Vampire" artist Andrea Sorrentino will take on the emerald archer for a new direction in the series.
Who here has been watching CW's Arrow? I'm liking it so far! The premiere episode was sadly the most poor man's Batman Begins rip off out there, but while the show has some serious suffers from clichés, it's the character dynamics that make the show entertaining for me. I'm really liking Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, not to mention we'll finally get some Deathstroke this coming episode. It's nice to see Oliver receive more attention out there, despite being a poor man's Batman, he's atleast rather social crusading one which makes him quite cool.
February is the launch of brand new Justice League comics!
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Today, DC Comics announced that for their highly promoted February launch of a "Justice League of America" title by Geoff Johns and David Finch, they will release 52 variant covers for its first issue. Aside from promotionally lining up with their "New 52" line of superhero books, the number will also represent a cover for each of the 50 United States and two representing Washington DC and U.S. Commonwealth Puerto Rico.
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DC Co-Publisher Dan DiDio shared his thoughts on the move with MTV, saying,"We've done a lot of great things with the 'New 52, and now we're putting the focus back on Justice League, with the launch of 'Justice League of America'. We want to make people realize that this is one of our key franchises, and we plan to build it out not just with the main 'Justice League' titles, but other books that tie into them as well." He added of the 52-cover gimmick, "Given the title of the comic and the year in which we're announcing -- an election year -- we wanted to celebrate the country, as well as the various states."
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I know what you're getting at, but it doesn't work since each variant is for each state. Nice try!
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Frank Cho talks The Savage Wolverine!
Link includes 6 pages of uncolored goodness! I'm actually fairly excited for this book.
This made me giggle.
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Yeah, I plan to pick that up at some point. But it's not going out of print anytime so, so I'm in no rush.
It's just so damn big. The end of Venom makes sense as a stopping point, but I hate reading books that big. I feel like Legacy or Public Scrutiny could have worked just as well for the end of volume one. It also means that volume two has to start with Geldoff; as much as we love him, I feel like starting a book with an arc featuring a random Latverian nobody and the X-Men isn't the best idea. I guess their thinking is that they can do the whole book in 4 volumes. But really, there's 172 issues, if you include Six (which they'd be fools not to), 1/2 (which they already did), the annuals (which they certainly will), and the requiems (which they probably should), if they want them as well. So that changes it to 40 (1-39, 1/2), 46 (40-78, Six), 41 (79-117, Annual #1 and 2), and 45 (118-133, 1-15, 150-160, Requiems, Annual #3).
So not only do you get three books that are even harder to hold onto than the first volume, you get some really weird breaks. It would make much more sense to break after Bagley's run and again after Immonen's. Plus, Hobgoblin would probably go in better with the 3rd volume, bringing #2 down to 39 issues. Here's the way I'd do it (and the way I plan to do it eventually with my custom binds):
1) 1-27
2) 28-53, 1/2 (minus #46)
3) 46, Six, 54-71
4) 72-96, Annual 1
5) 97-111, Annual 2
6) 112-133, Annual 3, Requiems
7) 1-15, 150-160, relevant fallout material
8) 1-17 (probably), Spider-men
As far as issue count goes, that's 27, 26, 26, 27, 16, 25, 27, 23. It's not quite perfect, but the divides are a lot better. I'm also going to add the USM 100 project to volume 5 to give it some more size. Though, I'm probably not going to put the Ultimatum issues in with #6, which would bring it down to 18 issues. Requiem is a much better ending, but I'll be doing an Ultimatum bind as well. Plus #128's ending has a very cool "to be continued" vibe (despite that story not continuing until now). #5 and 6 could combine, but I'd rather break it at the art switch, and 34 issues would be quite a bit bigger than the rest of the books.
Yeah, I've overthought this. But that's kind of what I do.
Did you notice that Ultimate Danvers, Zarda, Valkyrie, Shanna, and Amora are in that book also?Frank Cho talks The Savage Wolverine!
Link includes 6 pages of uncolored goodness! I'm actually fairly excited for this book.
I will say though, I'm really digging Cho's panel layouts. His art goes hit or miss for me though.
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I also buy: Captain America, Avengers, FF, New Avengers, X-Factor, among others
I prefer bigger books so they way they're doing this is perfect for me.
Cho is my newest guilty-pleasure artist. He has fantastic layouts but his portrayal of women have a lot to be desired. At least this has dinosaurs! :D
I was persecuted in the weirdest way the other day. I had been singing Last Kiss (by Wayne Cochran) and someone who knows I'm an Atheist said, in all seriousness, "You can't sing that song due to it having to do with heaven". The hell right? It ended in a huge debate with both of us pissed off and ready to punch each other in the face. So stupid.
It's still a bunch of variants, either way, and it's one hell of a gimmick. I personally have no problem with it, it's really no different than the ASM #666 comic shop variants. It's cool that they're allowing stores to order it without having to order extra covers, but that doesn't make it any less of a gimmick. There are going to be collectors who hunt down all 52 to complete the United States. Even if there's just 100 people who do that, that's instantly an extra 5200 copies sold.
Plus, this seems like an odd book to do that with. The JLA title will help boost it, I'm sure, but I can't see this being a big seller with that lineup.
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Daniel was an Old Testament prophet who was among the Jews who were taken captive into Babylon about 2600 years ago. He rose to a high position in the Babylonian government. Daniel saw and described the great world empires that were to come. He also prophesied about a Messiah.
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Daniel 2:32-33Daniel predicted the four great kingdoms
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Cindy Jones, finance officer, prepared three budgets for the mayor and trustees to review. The first has figures without a town manager.
The second scenario has a town manager, town clerk and finance officer in administration. The third scenario has a town manager, town clerk, deputy clerk and finance officer.
The personnel committee recommended a reduction in the police chief's salary. The budget is showing a reduction by $26,602.37. The police chief was paid $98,611.97 in 2013, and under this proposal would make $72,009.60 in 2014.
The staff would do without a cost of living increase in 2014. This is due to a decrease in tax revenue.
The parks contract would not be continued for 2014. Public Works staff would take over those duties. The contract in 2013 was for $36,000. The savings forecast for 2014 would be about $27,416. Jones' notes show that the park salaries for public works staff and for the director would be two percent. Twenty-five percent would be allocated for a new part-time person.
The Workman's Compensation premium will have a 23 percent increase in 2014.
The 2014 budget transmittal letter was written by Cindy Jones, finance officer, Barbara Peterson, town clerk, Scott Leon, chief of police and Travis Loberg, public works director.
They noted that the town has had "decreased revenue from property tax, federal mineral lease and severance tax, sales tax and other sources" since 2009.
In addition to those losses was the sizeable theft by the former finance officer.
But the staff concludes, "Through a variety of policy decisions and management plans, the Town of Paonia has weathered the loss and the recession well, and has been able to successfully maintain the level of services provided to the Community while remaining fiscally sound."
Concerning the two million-gallon water project, the Town of Paonia has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Department of Local Affairs, $847,920 in principal forgiveness from the Water Power Authority and a $35,000 grant from the Gunnison Basin Round Table. The town has received approval for a Drinking Water Revolving Fund loan for the remaining balance for the $5.4 million water project.
The staff proposes "a very aggressive capital improvement budget" with over $155,000 in new projects.
Rates for wastewater treatment and trash pickup remain flat. Water rates were last increased in 2012, and due to the requirements for the loan will possibly be raised again in July 2014.
Budget notes on the proposed 2014 General Fund show that sales tax revenue declined one percent from 2012 to 2013, but in 2014 are expected to be equal to the revenues in 2011. The Highway User Tax is expected to rise by 11 percent in 2014. In 2013, severance tax and mineral leasing decreased by 13 percent. Those revenues are expected to remain flat for 2014 at $88,300.
Legal expenses are being budgeted downward in 2014 at $16,952. The three-year average for legal fees has been $23,000.
As proposed, there will be "no funding available" for the Mountain Harvest Festival ($1,000 in 2013), human resource consulting ($3,000), Paonia Chamber of Commerce ($500), KVNF ($100), Center for Mental Health ($250), HopeWest Hospice ($500), North Fork Horse Patrol ($400), Dolphin House ($200), North Fork Heart and Soul ($2,000), Slow Food Western Slope ($500) and North Fork Mosquito Abatement ($500).
Proposed cuts to donations include Paonia High School from $500 in 2013 to $300 in 2014 and Paonia Senior Citizens from $3,300 to $1,700. All Points Transit was increased slightly from $2,980 to $3,000, Medical Systems from $250 to $340 and the Housing Authority will remain at the same level of $750.
The proposed budget states that "revenues for all funds for 2014 are budgeted at $7.4 million. Expenditures are budgeted at $7.9 million."
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- Release Date 7/6/2010
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- Platform PS2
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Like any supervillain, Gru has a variety of evil gadgets, an archenemy, and a diabolical master plan. In Despicable Me, the movie, he also has three orphan girls that keep getting in the way. In Despicable Me: The Game, Gru gets to focus on doing what he does best: being evil. Lucky you! Play as the evil genius planning to steal the moon in this game inspired by the Despicable Me movie. Command your little yellow minions as you complete missions and solve puzzles. Use freeze guns, magnet rays, and other evil vehicles and gadgets as you battle your rival Vector on your way to completing the ultimate heist.
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This game has little to do with the recent movie of the same name. The majority of the gameplay is puzzle solving platforming that isn't very challenging as much as it is repetative. There are only a few levels that you play through multiple times with little changes to each one. The graphics look ...more
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Barnes & Noble gets FCC nod for e-reader
It's not like it wasn't already pretty clear that Barnes & Noble is planning to do an e-reader, what with the leaked photos and invitation and all.
But for skeptics who needed more convincing, the company has also received FCC approval to start selling such a device. The OK came last month, but most of the juicy parts--the external photos and user manual and stuff were marked confidential.
It should all become totally official on Tuesday, when Barnes & Noble has its event at the Chelsea Piers in New York.
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