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as a child in the midwest, i lived near a residential facility for children with polio. i saw the kids. i was one of the fist to be vaccinated against it. although some were only crippled by polio, many spent lives in "iron lung machines"… and the wonderful businesses of the local towns were polluting the waters of the rivers, lakes and streams nearby. some germs were found in amounts 10 million times what it would take to close a Navy pool. i also got whooping cough vaccine as an infant. slight bad reaction to it, and came down with whooping cough ANYWAY (vacines were less reliable then) on a train trip to the west coast, had it for 2 years, lived in a plastic tent, finally got rid of it (and acquired an allergy to sulfa and a taste for codiene cough syrup, particularly terpin hydrate [no longer made]). no vaccine existed for measles, german measles, (rubella) , mumps, chicken pox, roseloa, fifth disease, etc., so most of us got most of them, and some died from them. i'm sure that if a few die from vaccines, it is nothing like the number that died from all these diseases. i don't know what the stats are, but just knowing what i heard about in the small towns, and what i read now in the news, it is no contest. vaccinate your kids. i also have dormant (?)(not active) TB germs, (positive tests since age 6) from way back then. then only good thing is that if it ever kicks in, it'sprobably NOT the totally drug-resistant strains of today. IF there is a problem with vaccines, find it and correct it. don't let these common easily contagious diseases spread again in a population that's not ready for them. that's how the native americans got practically wiped out!. look up history before you make up your mind. gates may be a not-so-nice-guy as a businessman, but he's smart, and is not doing the wron thing with ths vaccination thing.
The Challenge: "All the Easy Vaccines Have Been Made"
When Seattle starts to feel a little too provincial to you, the World Affairs Council delivers on its promise to "link Greater Seattle to the world." Since 1951, the non-profit has been presenting events that interrupt our cloud-enshrouded navel-gazing, through the help of visiting world leaders and visionaries. (If you're in your 20s to 30s, by the way, membership is just $40.)
Following this week's panel "Vaccines: The Global Health Miracle," Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) moderates a talk on June 28, 2011, with Mr. Festus Gontebanye Mogae, former President of Botswana and Chairman of the Champions for an HIV-Free Generation, on how African leaders are leading the fight against HIV/AIDS.
For the vaccine panel, WAC timed their talk to take advantage of the Pacific Health Summit (which is focusing on vaccines this year, besides kicking Tom Paulson around–follow Paulson's coverage of the "Davos of global health" at Humanosphere). So, on the stage were assembled GAVI Alliance's Helen Evans and Aga Khan University Medical Center's Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta, along with local lights PATH's Dr. Chris Elias, Seattle & King County Public Health's Dr. David Fleming, and Seattle BioMed's Dr. Alan Aderem.
It was Aderem who said, bluntly, that "the problem is that all the easy vaccines have been made," where easy is largely defined as instances where there's a successful and remembered immune response to the disease. With HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, noted Aderem, you can't simply expose someone to a weakened form of the virus and have them develop sustained resistance.
You may be startled to learn, as I was, that some 30 percent of the world's population are infected with latent tuberculosis–it's not infectious in this state, but if their immune system is compromised by another disease, TB can become active. The evening's commentary was studded with statistics like that. Aderem again: "Every 30 seconds a child in Africa dies of malaria." Because time is generally of the essence, Aderem is a proponent of using systems biology to "develop predictive models of the immune and inflammatory responses."
In some ways, the "easiness" of early vaccines has worked against us, because scientists didn't have to know precisely what the interactions were in the immune system that made them work. They just did–and using that pragmatic model, vaccines could be produced. Now, it is necessary to understand exactly what the immune system can and can't do, to understand its failures–and to understand if a vaccine will fail before taking years and millions of dollars to run it through trials.
This history has also led us to our current epidemic of vaccine denialism–and by "our" I mean "our": the anarcho-syndicalists of Vashon Island make the New York Times occasionally for 18 percent opt-out rates in vaccination, despite, ironically, Vashon also being the home of Bill Foege, the man who out-strategized smallpox. (The topic provokes reliably lively conversation in the local paper.) As I've written earlier, Washington State leads the nation in voluntarily unvaccinated children.
The problem with great successes in vaccines is that if they work amazingly well, you create a generation of people who have no familiarity with what they're being vaccinated against. (Conversely, what people notice is the rate of adverse reactions to vaccinations, mild and severe, which if relatively rare are not medically understood in a way that promotes confidence among parents with sick children.) Or, if you've set a benchmark of performance that people expect from vaccines, anything below that (due to the evolution of a virus over time) strikes people as ineffective.
David Fleming, though, advanced another theory about King County's vaccination rates: children's immunization is 80 percent and stagnant, HPV vaccination for teen girls is around 30 percent, pneumonia vaccination for senior citizens is 66 percent, the overall influenza vaccination rate is something less than 50 percent. In his view, it's more a combination of the complacency conferred by herd immunity, the complexity of the immunization course, and the hectic nature of modern life. Opt-out rates, he believes, are to some extent a measure of how stressed parents are. He'd like to make the process less of a harried-parent chore and see what that does.
For GAVI's Evans, these might be what's known as "first-world problems." The GAVI Alliance is working on vaccinations for preventable diseases, on scales that would beggar the imagination if they weren't preceded by the numbers of deaths. (PATH's Elias illustrated the difference in scale: the U.S. sees about 40 deaths per year from the rotavirus, while globally some 500,000 people die.) "At least you had the choice," she told the Seattle audience, if any of them had opted against vaccination. The organization's mission is to provide global equity in access to vaccinations, working with funders, co-financing countries, and pharmaceutical companies to get affordable vaccines distributed widely. In the last ten years, 280 million children have been immunized, Evans reported, and they plan to add another 250 million to that by 2015 (thanks in part to a billion-dollar gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation).
Zulfiqar Bhutta could speak to the choice-free perspective as well, having had mumps as a child, a severe case which left him unable to walk for three or four days. He spoke eloquently about the hundreds of thousands of children who die in Pakistan each year from preventable disease (where the average per capita income is about $480 per year), and about the advantages of public health infrastructure that can effect changes at scale, so relatively quickly. For Bhutta, the challenge of vaccines is not adverse events, but the ability to store them at cold enough temperatures so that they can be transported across the country.
If all the easy vaccines have been made, that's clearly not all there is to the story. As Bhutta noted, all the easy ways to deliver vaccines are being used, too. PATH is working hard on "hardening" testing and delivery equipment for use in remote areas; Aderem gave the example of nanotechnology being used to create mini-field labs that will do blood tests, then provide the data in cell-phone transmittable format, so that real lab analysis can be done, real-time.
And now, an extensive slideshow from the event, courtesy of photographer Alan Alabastro:
World Affairs Council: Vaccines – The Global Health Miracle – Images by Alan Alabastro


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How to Facilitate Retention
Client retention is one of the greatest obstacles wellness professionals can face. However, since it is far more difficult to attract a new client or student than to keep a current one, it's crucial to strengthen your retention know-how. Discover how to boost adherence levels by incorporating fundamental coaching elements into your sessions and classes.
Be a Facilitator, Not an ExpertThe most common mistake that wellness professionals make when it comes to client retention is taking on the role of "the expert" with a client, especially during an initial consultation or session. Now you may be asking, "Isn't that what I am?" The answer is yes-—and no. Yes, your credentials say you're an expert in the area of health and wellness. And yes, you do have the knowledge to help your clients reach their goals. However, if you promote yourself as the expert or authority when working with clients, you unintentionally create an imbalance in your relationships that may cost you in the long run.
Any time one party (in this case, the client) views another party (the wellness pro) as an authority figure, interesting dynamics develop. If your clients think you have the authority in the relationship, then they become the subordinate parties by default. As such, they rely on you to supply them with all the necessary information regarding their health and fitness. More important, because you provide all the information, clients also believe that you are responsible for the final outcome.
In a wellness setting, client adherence (and success) relies on clients taking responsibility for their programs. However, if you promote your role as the authority in the relationship, you unwittingly support your clients' impression that the success of their fitness program is ultimately your responsibility, not theirs. Consequently, when they don't meet their goals and expectations, they blame you and walk out the door.
The best way to ensure clients stay with you long term is to view yourself as a facilitator rather than an expert. As a facilitator, you use your skills and knowledge to help clients clarify their objectives and develop plans to reach their goals. For example, if your client Barbara tells you that her goal is to lose 25 pounds, as an "expert" you would usually respond by mapping out a diet and exercise plan that (if followed diligently) would successfully bring about the desired outcome. However, as a "facilitator" you will ask your client for assistance and input in creating a program (e.g., types of foods she likes/dislikes, how much time she has to exercise per day/week, types of exercise or activities she likes, etc.). Based on the information Barbara provides, you will ask her to outline a fitness program that she can commit to comfortably. Then, using your knowledge, you can help her create her own realistic and achievable goals based on what she is currently prepared to do.
A facilitator-type approach to your relationships with clients fosters an atmosphere of "we're in this together"; moreover, clients feel a greater sense of accomplishment and control because they achieve meaningful goals they helped create for themselves rather than objectives set out by someone else (i.e., the trainer).
Mary Bratcher, MA, DipLC, is a wellness coach and co-owner of The BioMechanics in San Diego, California. For over a decade, she has used principles from psychology and life coaching to help people develop better strategies for dealing with life's demands. She is also an ACE presenter, author and continuing education specialist.For the latest research, statistics, sample classes, and more, "Like" IDEA on Facebook here.
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US drones kill 3 'militants' in Datta Khel
US drones killed three "militants" in an area of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that is known to serve as a haven for al Qaeda. The strike is the first in Pakistan in three weeks.
The remotely piloted Predators or the more advanced Reapers hit a vehicle as it was traveling in the Datta Khel area of in North Waziristan, according to AFP. Pakistani officials said that three "militants" were killed.
The exact target of the strike has not been disclosed. No senior al Qaeda or allied jihadist commanders from foreign terrorist groups are reported to have been killed in the strike.
The Datta Khel area is administered by Hafiz Gul Bahadar, the Taliban commander for North Waziristan. Bahadar provides shelter to top al Qaeda leaders as well as terrorists from numerous Pakistani and Central Asian terror groups.
Datta Khel is a known hub of Taliban, Haqqani Network, and al Qaeda activity. While Bahadar administers the region, the Haqqani Network, al Qaeda, and allied Central Asian jihadi groups are also based in the area. The Lashkar al Zil, al Qaeda's Shadow Army, is known to operate a command center in Datta Khel. Some of al Qaeda's top leaders, including Mustafa Abu Yazid, a longtime al Qaeda leader and close confidant of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri, Abdullah Said al Libi, the commander of the Shadow Army, and Zuhaib al Zahibi, a general in the Shadow Army, have been killed in drone strikes in Datta Khel.
Despite the known presence of al Qaeda and other foreign groups in North Waziristan, and requests by the US that action be taken against these groups, the Pakistani military has indicated that it has no plans to take on Hafiz Gul Bahadar or the Haqqani Network. Bahadar and the Haqqanis are considered "good Taliban" by the Pakistani military establishment as they do not carry out attacks inside Pakistan. In June, Bahadar banned polio vaccinations in North Waziristan in protest of US drone strikes.
Background on the US strikes in Pakistan
Today's drone strike in the Datta Khel area is the first in Pakistan in three weeks. The US last hit targets in North Waziristan on Sept. 1.
Today's strike is the 14th in Pakistan since June 4, when the US killed Abu Yahya al Libi, one of al Qaeda's top leaders, propagandists, and religious figures. Abu Yahya was killed in a strike on a compound in Mir Ali in North Waziristan. Uzbek, Tajik, and Turkmen fighters belonging to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan were reportedly among the 14 terrorists killed along with Abu Yahya.
The US has carried out 35 strikes in Pakistan so far this year. Sixteen of the strikes have taken place since the beginning of June; 14 occurred in North Waziristan and two were in South Waziristan. [For data on the strikes, see LWJ reports, Charting the data for US airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2012; and Senior al Qaeda and Taliban leaders killed in US airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2012.]
The drone program was scaled back dramatically from the end of March to the beginning of the fourth week in May. Between March 30 and May 22, the US conducted only three drones strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas as US officials attempted to renegotiate the reopening of NATO's supply lines, which were closed from the end of November 2011 until July 3. Pakistan closed the supply lines following the Mohmand incident in November 2011, in which US troops killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The Pakistani soldiers were killed after they opened fire on US troops operating across the border in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
In addition to Abu Yahya, three other high-value targets have been confirmed killed in the strikes in Pakistan this year. A Jan. 11 strike in Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan, killed Aslam Awan, a deputy to the leader of al Qaeda's external operations network.
On Feb. 8, the US killed Badr Mansoor, a senior Taliban and al Qaeda leader, in a strike in Miramshah's bazaar. Mansoor ran training camps in the area and sent fighters to battle NATO and Afghan forces across the border, and linked up members of the Harakat-ul-Mujahideen with al Qaeda to fight in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden described Mansoor as one of several commanders of al Qaeda's "companies" operating in the tribal areas. He was later promoted to lead al Qaeda's forces in the tribal areas.
And sometime earlier this year, a US drone strike killed Abu Usman Adil, the emir of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Adil succeeded Tahir Yuldashev, the co-founder of the IMU, who was killed in a drone strike in September 2009. Adil is credited with increasing the IMU's profile in Pakistan and Afghanistan after the death of Yuldashev, US intelligence officials have told The Long War Journal. Whereas Yuldashev had been content with confining the group's operations largely to Pakistan's tribal areas, Adil pushed to expand operations in northern and eastern Afghanistan, as well as in the Central Asian republics.
Two senior jihadist leaders are reported to have been killed in drone strikes in North Waziristan in August, although their deaths have not been confirmed. Badruddin Haqqani, a top leader in the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network, is thought to have been killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan. Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid and a Haqqani Network spokesman denied reports that claimed Badruddin was killed, and said he "is in the country and he is occupied with his operational responsibilities." Afghan, Pakistani, and US intelligence officials have said that Badruddin is dead.
And Emeti Yakuf, who is also known as Abdul Shakoor Turkistani, may have been killed in the Aug. 24 drone strike in North Waziristan's Shawal Valley that hit a training camp. Yakuf directs al Qaeda operations in Pakistan's tribal areas.
The program has been scaled down from its peak in 2010, when the US conducted 117 strikes, according to data collected by The Long War Journal. In 2011, the US carried out just 64 strikes in Pakistan's border regions.
So far this year, the US has launched four more strikes in Pakistan (35) against al Qaeda and allied terror groups than it has in Yemen (31) against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. In 2011, the US launched only 10 airstrikes in Yemen, versus 64 in Pakistan.
READER COMMENTS: "US drones kill 3 'militants' in Datta Khel "
Posted by JRP at September 22, 2012 1:31 PM ET:
The U.S.-Pakistan relationship is brutally simple. What passes for foreign aid is really blackmail or extortion money paid by the United States out of fear that if we don't pay it, Pakistan will conveniently "Lose" a couple of nukes.
There can't be any other logical explanation for why we would continue to give a State sponsor of terrorism whose population detests us and whose bandits continuously hijack our convoys millions of American taxpayer dollars.
The big question, of course, is what, if anything, to do about it. There is a distinct possibility that by the end of this decade Pakistan, Afghanistan, and even Iran will all be in one orbit controlled and dominated by religious extremism whether it be the Taliban and Al Qaeda or some other iteration thereof.
Posted by Devendra at September 23, 2012 9:03 PM ET:
The US has been following a wrong policy in Pakistan from the begining. If you have friends like Paksitan, you don't need enemies.
Pakistan is a failed state. There is no law and order. The only language they understand is the dollar or the force. Give them dollars and they coo like dogs and bite you the moment you turn your back on them. They only understand force. It was evident when they acquiesced to all American demands to go after Al Qaeda in Pakistan. They knew the refusal would invite American attacks on Pakistan. Once they were sure that US will not attack them, they started playing their games.
They are no good cretens who only understand one thing - a kick in the ass. Tell them that if they loose a nuke or two and they fall in the terrorists' hands and are used to attack any country in the West, Israel or any other US ally, we would raze Pakistan.
Watch them soil their pants. They will NEVER loose the nukes.
Posted by Brian Scott at September 24, 2012 3:41 AM ET:
have I got this right ?
We're firing missiles at the guys we're trying to negotiate a peace deal with ?
Posted by Gunner at September 27, 2012 1:44 AM ET:
You all do know that pakistan has had many attacks on there cities, and continues to fight the Taliban everyday. Though there military and ISI is very much infiltrated with pro-Taliban leaders. Though u can't really blame them in a way since in the 80s we armed trained and fed the muj through the same pakistani military. And they continued this program towards India. Honestly if we really want to wake the pakis we should should just give the military money we give them to India.


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Needlecraft Magazine, February 1925 Recently, PieceWork's editor, Jeane Hutchins, and I have been spending a bit of time sifting through PieceWork's archival collection in the dim reaches of Interweave's basement. We pull on our archivist's white cloth gloves and pore over the pages of Needlecraft, Peterson's, and Modern Priscilla from the teens, 1920s, and 1930s.
Despite the little bits of dust that drift up from the pages, we have a great time reading through these vintage publications—all of them, the articles, the project instructions, even the advertisements. Sometimes we discover poignant stories of World War I families supporting each other; other times it's a surprising project, such as instructions for tie-dyeing a dress (this from a 1920s magazine!); and then some of the designs have such a contemporary edge that I want to knit them for my trendiest friend confident that she'd love them all and never guess that the designs came from 1919 or 1922.
It's useful, as needleworkers, to have this peek into the windows of our crafts' past, and it's a treat for my twenty-first-century sensibilities, especially when I look at those advertisements for slimming hose, treatments for gray hair, or facial cream to remove freckles and age spots ("freckles banished or your money back"). It isn't the pattern designs only that resonate with today!
Sarasota Sweater, Needlecraft Magazine, December 1923. Perhaps one of the most important characteristics of these magazines is the array of techniques involved; each issue includes instructions for everything from embroidery, crochet, knitting, lacemaking, or something terribly distinct such as a recipe for making your own knitting needles—they're just like PieceWork. Maybe that's why Jeane and I enjoy these old magazines so much. Often our colleagues at Interweave delight at the range and uniqueness of projects in our magazine and they say, "Amazing! Only in PieceWork!" And that's true in today's world, but we are only carrying on a tradition that was begun long before us, this blend of story and diverse range of projects.
We're so passionate about PieceWork because it honors our past in the present, preserves it, and carries it forward. And how much more can you carry forward the traditions of the past than by turning these dear old pages into e-books, and that's just what we've done. Part of PieceWork's archival collection includes the first thirty volumes of Weldon's Practical Needlework from the 1880s. We have reproduced the content of several volumes, exactly as it appeared in the original publications, into downloadable eBooks, featuring knitting, crocheting, and bead embroidery. The whimsy and utility of our needlecraft traditions is now available in one of the most efficient formats.
Happy Crafting,
P.S. And why, you might wonder, are Karen and Jeane rummaging through those old magazines? Well, you'll just have to keep an eye out in the pages of PieceWork and Knitting Traditions to find out!
I have my own archive collection of needlework magazines from the 1800's up, inherited from both my grandmothers. Makes me want to get them out and look at them - not that I need any more projects right now! But you are right, what fun to look at the ads and the fashions and see how timeless many of both are.
Love the Sarasota Sweater. Want to make that one for myself. After all the Christmas knitting, it is my turn! Paula in Iowa
I work for the archivist in our local library and have many occasions to go through old (1800s-1967) newspapers. One of my pleasures is seeing the fashions and the predictions of what will be fashionable. I can understand your enthusiasm for the digging and delving.
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Leaf-cutter ants with worn mandibles cut half as fast, spend twice the energy, and tend to carry instead of cut
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The importance of mechanical wear in the behavioral ecology and energetics of small organisms is an open question. We investigated wear in leaf-cutter ants, Atta cephalotes, because their cutting technique can be imitated and the leaves are the main energy source for the colony. We found that a razor-sharp (50-nm radius) "V-blade" that cuts leaves between the first and second mandibular teeth was dulled (∼10-μm radius) and often nearly worn away on foragers. We found that the force required to cut standard leaves, using mandibles removed from foragers cutting in the wild, varied by a factor of 2.5 with tooth wear, defined as the difference between pupal and actual tooth length. We also found that wear significantly reduced the cutting rate. From the distribution of wear among the cutting foragers, we estimated that the wild colony would have spent 44% less of both energy and time making the observed cuts if the cutters' mandibles had all been pristine. Finally, wear correlated with behavioral differences—foragers with the most worn 10% of mandibles almost exclusively carried rather than cut. This previously unreported form of task partitioning suggests that eusociality may extend useful lifespans by making it possible to switch tasks as skills decline. We developed a model, assuming that ants do work at a constant rate proportional to their mass, to predict the cutting rate from head width, tooth wear, and force to cut leaves with a scalpel (R = 0.62), and we used this estimate to argue that the partitioning of cutting and carrying was sub-optimal but better than random. Wear's strong effect on performance may promote wear-avoiding behavior and wear-resistant mandible composition; it may affect leaf selection and worker lifespan and it raises the possibility that wear is a similarly important constraint for many other small organisms.
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- Atta cephalotes
- Task allocation
- Energetics
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- Kristen D. Emmett (1)
- Jack C. Niedbala (1)
- Michael H. Nesson (2)
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I am hoping to get my small family together to have a family portrait done. There will be my son, daughter in law and their 4 month old baby boy, my husband and myself.
I don't really want to do holiday colors of red and green and would like to keep it not too dressy as I don't want them to have to go out and buy clothes for this. Can anyone make a suggestion? Will go someplace to have this taken. We can do home shots but always seems someone isn't ready or someone looks goofy! |
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This wide sandbox just north of the Golden Gate is sheltered from the wind, making it the place to be on those marginally warm days. Lost the weather gamble? Warm up with cheap booze and a colorful cast of locals at Smileys Schooner Saloon and Hotel, an old timey saloon located just around the lagoon.
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In a restaurant in Middle Village, rows of seats expected to be filled on Monday night remained empty —but no one can blame a rough economy, or even a slow start to the week, for this.
David Weprin, a Democratic Assemblyman running for Congress, canceled his appearance at what was to be his second debate against his Republican opponent, Bob Turner, citing a scheduling conflict caused by Hurricane Irene, and the decision sparked fury amongst members of the Juniper Park Civic Association. The JPCA, and an area newspaper, had planned to sponsor the debate at Bel Mondo Restaurant on Metropolitan Avenue.
"The neighborhoods of Middle Village, Maspeth, Glendale and Ridgewood are being told by Weprin, 'Get lost, I owe you nothing but a smile and a handshake for the cameras,'" JPCA President Robert Holden said in a scathing statement posted on the group's website.
Weprin and Turner are running in the Sept. 13 special election for the 9th Congressional District, which was previously represented by Anthony Weiner.
Weprin campaign officials insisted that no harm had been intended by the cancellation.
"The hurricane caused major logistical and scheduling problems for the campaign, and as a result, David is not able to make the debate this evening," Liz Kerr, a spokesperson for Weprin, said in an email.
Still, Juniper Park officials lambasted the Assemblyman, saying on their website that he "canceled with weak excuses of pre-arranged dates conflicting with Aug. 29, despite the fact that he knew about the debate for over a month and his staff was fully aware of the event."
Turner also criticized Weprin for canceling, and campaign officials said they offered "to drive Mr. Weprin to the debate, if he can't get there himself."
The Republican candidate's campaign issued a press release on Monday afternoon stating that it sent a Turner volunteer to drive from Weprin's campaign headquarters to Bel Mondo Restaurant to prove the route is clear.
"Our intrepid volunteer braved sunny skies and clear roadways this afternoon to chart the course between Mr. Weprin's headquarters in Forest Hills and the site of tonight's debate in Middle Village," said William O'Reilly, a spokesman for Turner. "What he discovered is that, indeed, the 22-minute trip can be made if one is willing to brave two turns and several traffic lights. Now that he knows the route, our volunteer is offering to pick up and drop off Mr. Weprin this evening — so Mr. Weprin can no longer say he can't get there."
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Some employers are using incentives to get workers on the wellness bandwagon. You might qualify for a lower health insurance premium, say, if you stop smoking, or you could earn a $25 gift certificate for completing a health-risk appraisal.
The use of incentives will continue, Evans predicted. However, he believes employers must do a better job of promoting the benefits of health, much like anti-tobacco advocates did by portraying a non-smoking lifestyle as cool, hip and fun.
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Tin Umbrella CoffeeOpened in 2013, this small-batch roastery in South Seattle has already become a neighborhood gem (just ask the locals). The bright, airy café is perfect for a mug to-stay, though soon the vintage Probat-roasted beans will also be available via bike delivery.5600 Ranier Ave. S., tinumbrella.com
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Brad Ross and the Portland Winterhawks have moved on to the WHL's Western Conference final after defeating the Kamloops Blazers 2-0 in Game 7 on Wednesday. After taking a 3-0 lead, the Winterhawks prevailed and they will now face the Tri-City Americans starting Friday.
Ross had a big series as he had 12 points (eight goals, four assists) in the seven games.
In the OHL, Greg McKegg and the London Knights will face Andrew Crescenzi and the Kitchener Rangers in the OHL's Western Conference Final. The seriesbegins tonight in London.
Kitchener trailed in the series 3-2 but stormed back to win the final two games to now face their biggest rival. Crescenzi had a quiet series recording just one assist with a plus two rating and 12 penalty minutes.


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Decided to send it to your personal mail so I dont clog up your office mailbox with so many pictures. This is just a small selection of the vast amount of pix we took. Just to give you an idea that we truly enjoyd incredible India! I had migrated from India in the 80's and was not quite happy wiht a lof things Indian then. I used to visit other cities in the world and used to hope India could be like that. Now permit me to say India has truly come a long way! The roads are good, hotels and service incredible, people more welcoming, flavour intertnational and makes visitors feel like Gods....I am impressed.
But the entire India experience begins with ONE individual who started it all-SANIYA! Yes from that first phone call to me in Nairobi till that last one from Kochi airport on 27th Dec, you proved to be an excellent ambassador of India. You made me feel wanted and almost as if I was someone you knew for a long time. And we have only met once! You are India for me Saniya. If and when I come again may I request for the honour of a cup of coffee with you? You name the restaurant and meal and I will pay the price. You be my host. It will be my pleasure to see/chat with you on a lighter note other than booking holidays/treating me like a client. Will look forward to your response on that.
I am back in Nairobi. Back to work. Back to boredom. But yes it is home for me. Nairobi has much lesser people, less nosie and the pace is very slow. Perfect for my tastes. So I do like it here. Hope you can visit someday and feel the quietitude here. Hard to explain-it is something you need to experience. No one is in a rush here. Family life is much better as we tend to stay closer-Indians being a upper class minority living away from the masses in fairly secluded areas. Still I have the wanderlust in me and every now and then we get up, pack up and go off to some location. next may be Europe. But will come back to India. I still need to do Darjeeling, Ooty and yes Kerala. Never did Kerala properly. Missed on the houseboat experience, Thekaddy and an Ayurveda massage....
Whatever it is I will write to you. So there a long email. Please do write an email now and then.
Ciao and a prosperous New Year to a great Indian-Saniya!
Hi Pallavi,
Thanks for your services for our wonderful tour.I must say we cherish the memories for long long time.
To whovever it may concern,
I strongly recommend Fascinating Holiday for your holiday trip in India.I had been for a 15day vacation covering DELHI--> AGRA-->JAIPUR-->UDAIPUR-->DELHI-->SRINAGAR(KASHMIR)-->GULMARG-->PAHALGAM-->SRINAGAR-->DELHI with them.
Wherever required their representatives were ready to receive and the consultant was always available for contact to attend to our needs.The Accomodation provided all through was very good.The Drivers were well experienced and helpful/understanding &cordial.Defnitely I will look forward for exploring another part of India with them in the nearest future.
Once again Thank you very much Pallavi.
Mahendhar Reddy
Dear Pallavi,
I want to thank you for your excellent service. Like I told you, without your efforts, Armi and I would never have been aware of services you offer.
By looking at these photos you can guess we are really satisfied.
I also want to thank you for your choice of guides. In Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, all of these gentlemen presented a very personal and devoted attitude in their job. We really felt getting so much more out of these few days.
The accomodation provided made us feel getting more than our money´s worth.
We are looking forward to see more of India in future. I certainly will contact Fascinating Holiday the next time also.
My very special thanks goes to Nikki aka Harnek Singh, our driver. Besides being promptly and punctually available whenever needed we learned to appreciate and love the kind personality of this man.
Yours sincerely
Lauri and Armi Vaahtoniemi, Kokkola Finland
Dear Ahana,
As promised I have finally found time to give you some feed back on our holiday to India. Firstly we had a fabulous holiday and much of that was due to your very efficient arrangements.
Our first stop at Channai you had booked us into the Ambika Empire which was a most fantastic place where decor, staff courtesy,food etc.etc.were all top class..For the day we were there I arranged a 4 wheel drive to take myson/his wife and kids around the city area and to a shopping centre. I explained that they did not know either the language or anything about India. The Conseirge briefied the driver and he took them around and in the shopping centre even stayed with them. He also kept in constant touch with the Conseirge as to where they were and he kept me informed. We were really impressed. They really could not do enough for us. Oh by the way the hotel had one of the best Bars I have seen around the world. We have decided that on our next trip we will stay there for a few days.
The Lotus Suites were excellent and just what we needed. Close enough to the city/family but far enough to relax and enjoy the beach/restaurants. The management/staff were great,in fact when I spoke to Mr. Dsouza about a frig.in our room he immediately had us moved to a suite at no extra cost. Somehow Malcolm,Leonna and ch. were put into a suite from the beginning because there was no bed for them and we refused to have mattresses on the floor.
We will definitely return there on the next trip. The problem we had regarding flights was sorted out by my brother and we stayed at the resort for an extra day.
So you see Ahana all 6 of us are deeply grateful to you for the time and trouble you took to make our trip so enjoyable.
Before I conclude ---the New Year function was MAGIC.
Take care and thank you again . I will miss your emails,but I know how to get in contact with you anytime I need your help.
Arlene and Keith Hindley.-----
Dear Dheeraj
We are back in the UK now, returned from Goa last night to very wet, windy and cold weather!
We all just want to say a big "thank you" for your organisation. We thoroughly enjoyed our short but very informative trip to Delhi and Agra and will be reminising over the vist to the Taj Mahal forever. It was breathtaking. We are so glad we had the second visit in the early morning.
Tony and I are hoping to return to India at Christmas so it is quite likely that we will consider a further tour to include Jaipur as well as either Kerala or Goa. So I will be in touch!
Thanks again,
Rosamund Finch
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It was during the life-changing experience of practicing Yoga with him in Mysore India in 1996 that the founder of barefoot yoga drew up and created the first yoga mat bag. It was this product that ultimately launched our company in 1998. And it is the spirit of this dedicated master that will always be with us in our Yogic journey.
I had the great honor to meet Pattabhi Jois in 1996. My girlfriend (now wife) and I were traveling in India, and halfway through the trip decided we needed to do something "intense." We went to Mysore and knocked on the nondescript door of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, hoping to practice Yoga for 2 weeks. Amma, Guruji's wife answered. We were apologetic for coming to the house unannounced. She was very sweet, and in moments, Guruji himself was at the door. We told him we wanted to practice with him for 2 weeks. "No, no - no two weeks. Two weeks too short. 1 month, 2 month, 6 month. 1 month minimum!"
We walked away feeling like we'd been to the wizard of Oz, and had been told to go away. We did not have that much time.
We practiced in our room at the Kaveri lodge for a few days, while deciding if we could swing a month in Mysore. During that time, I got involved in a basketball game at a local park court that was riddled with pot holes. I badly sprained my ankle in one of the potholes, and thought my Yoga opportunity was over. I went to see Pattabhi Jois about it. He suggested an Ayurvedic oil, and to continue the practice. And so I did. We wound up extending our visa, and staying for 2 months. They were very challenging months - I opened up to flexibility I had never known my entire life, and the process caused lots of soreness. At that time I used to sprain my ankles at least 4 times a year, and since that time I have not sprained my ankles.
We've seen him a couple of times since 1996. In 2000 we did a wonderful week with him in Maui, and in 2005 at the Roosevelt Hotel in LA. The very last time I saw him on that last day of practice in LA, I arrived early and set up my mat in the second row, in hopes he would adjust me. On the very last pose of the 1st Series, we are to take are legs into Padmasana, and lift ourselves off the ground. It had been years since I could manage to get my legs into Padmasana, and as we prepared for this last pose, I saw the puffy feet of our leader in the practice standing before me. "Take padmasana!" he barked to the class, and then sharply to me, "Take!!" I pulled my legs into padmasana without a thought. "Lift up!" he shouted to the class of 300, with a sweeping hand gesture. "Lift! he shouted at me, and I did so with a sudden found strength and confidence. He slowly counted to 15, going from 13 back to 8 ("ee-ate") along the way, and then he cackled as I landed back on the mat, exhausted.
Over all the years, while so many of his students simply referred to him as "Guruji," I could not say this comfortably. But, at that moment, for the first time, I really felt the meaning of this word. It was so clear that this man had an ability to draw more from me than I thought I had to give.
In retrospect, the words and actions of this great man were always those of a true Guru. Its true, 2 weeks would not have been enough to even begin to understand the meaning of his simple words. Its true that after spraining my ankle I needed to practice Yoga and release the fear of injuring my ankle further. And I think its true that his Astanga yoga practice like most things in life is 99% practice, 1% theory.
And so, the inspiration of this incredible man will stick with me forever, and I could not be more thankful.
Practice, and all is coming!
David Benninghoff
Official Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Web Site


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. Sally Mathews Inglett and Chris "Kai" Hanson display their original idea for Alzheimer's and dementia patients, which helps users connect to the positive memories of their pasts.
She couldnt see or talk, but she [could hear the cuckoo clock and] responded to it, Inglett remembered. She was in diapers and [used a] feeding tube for 10 years, but she responded to it.
Encouraged by her own mothers attentiveness to the once-familiar sound, Inglett decided to pursue what she dubbed the cuckoo clock original inspiration. The idea was to create a type of software that displays familiar images and/or plays music, which in turn ultimately soothes and calms the person with dementia who is using it. To start her project, Inglett knew she would need others, and recruited fellow WSU student and IT employee Chris Kai Hanson, as well as her own son, Nathan Snyder, a recent WSU graduate at the time.
I needed a team because I didnt have the skills to do the [computer] code, [as well as] other things, Inglett explained. Thats when I brought Kai in. [Hes] our developer, and does all the coding. Nathan is the one handling the business aspects, and I do more of the research and development side of it.
Sally pretty much covers anything else that we need, Hanson added.
The group got to work and founded their startup company, MEternally, LLC, and quickly began the daunting process of trial and error with Ingletts initial idea, which they ultimately named Memory Modules. [We] went from something that was a large project with many facets, to something fine-tuned, Hanson explained of the work, which was to create something that would help people with Alzheimers and other types of dementia as their symptoms progressed.
One of the first signs that they had a product with potential came after the MEternally group entered Microsofts student technology competition, aptly named the Imagine Cup. Even though the team did not make it to the final rounds, the group received positive reinforcement of their Memory Modules with a top 50 finish.
Oh my God, to say that we made top 50 in [Microsofts Imagine Cup] competition that was very inspiring, Inglett said of the experience.
Continuing with their work, the group encountered various bits of information and suggestions from experts that continuously modified the Memory Modules, and ultimately helped to create the products most current form. We went through some major do-overs, Inglett testified. As we got to a certain point and talked to professionals, we found out that it would be more meaningful if we did this or that.
After visiting an Alzheimers unit at the Mayo Clinic, the group learned that they had to be careful with colors because people with dementia often experience depth perception. Along the way, as they visited various dementia units at different hospitals, they also learned that the soothing photos their program displayed on a loop would have to move more slowly, that touch screen would work well, and that overall, simplicity was key. The people with Alzheimers couldnt tell us [what worked and what did not], but the people who work with them could, Inglett said.
Currently, Memory Modules allows a user to have several galleries, which serve as photo albums that display a never-ending loop of pictures (and sometimes sound). Each gallery has its own theme that is somehow related to the user. Say you grew up on the East Coast, Inglett explained. [Your gallery could include] pictures of the ocean, the sound of gulls things that are regional and meaningful to you.
MEternally has created Memory Modules galleries with basic themes, such as scenery and animals, to which users are able to relate. While a dementia patient might not be able to tell what the image or sound is, they can still associate the good feelings it brings them. As Hanson elaborated, They might not remember that they had a dog, but they remember the feelings it gave them.
Recently, MEternally has forayed into more personal elements, such as decades and ages from the past. Early teens to early adulthood, Hanson said of the most popular timeframe for users. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic told the group that dementia patients enjoy going back to those years because those were the best times. Personal photos can be used to trigger positive emotions for dementia patients, as well as happy memories for family members.
I wish I would have had something like [Memory Modules] because I think I would have spent even more time [with my mother] and would have remembered the good times, Inglett said. Its a constant reminder of who that person is.
Right now, Memory Modules runs on a Windows tablet, though Inglett and Hanson ultimately have plans to convert to a software that allows the program to run on a television set, any type of tablet, and through an online application. The only downside to the technology Memory Modules would like to use is the high cost, which has proven to be the biggest hurdle
Its all been out of our pockets, Inglett explained. Little pieces of student loans, money from selling things we have thousands of dollars into it. I brought on a fourth partner, my younger sister, who is an accountant, and she threw a couple thousand dollars into it. Weve used a lot of [the technology accessories] as weve been able to buy them.
Still, even with the impending financial issues and a failed Kickstarter campaign, Inglett and the rest of MEternally are determined to have their Memory Modules used at nursing homes and hospitals. We want so bad to get this off the ground because we really think we can help people, Inglett said.
MEternally will have the chance for more fundraising when it is featured on Crowdfunder this fall on the Fox affiliate in the New York/Toronto area.
To learn more about MEternallys Memory Modules visit http://www.MEternally.com/.


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