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Washington, October 17, 2008 – Representatives from donor and developing countries meeting in Washington have finalized their choice of countries to serve initially on the committees that will oversee decisions about investments and implementation of the newly created multi-billion dollar Climate Investment Funds (CIF).
The CIF design provides that donor and potential recipient countries should hold an equal number of seats, to be selected through a process of consultation among the countries themselves.
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The design stipulates that one more donor and one more potential recipient country may join each Trust Fund Committee for a maximum of eight seats each.
The Clean Technology Fund will invest in projects and programs in developing countries that contribute to the demonstration, deployment, and transfer of low-carbon technologies. The projects or programs must have a significant potential for long-term greenhouse gas savings.
The Strategic Climate Fund will be broader and more flexible in scope. It will serve as an overarching fund for various programs to test innovative approaches to climate change. The first program under this fund is a pilot aimed at increasing climate resilience in developing countries.
The responsibilities of the Trust Fund Committees include approving the strategic use of the funds, as well as programming priorities. The committees will also provide guidance to the annual CIF Partnership Forum which met for the first time Tuesday to discuss the strategic direction of the new funds.
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Both Trust Fund Committees, as well as the PPCR Sub-Committee, will meet again in November to continue their work, including discussions on how to ensure robust and meaningful civil society involvement in their respective work plans. The first decisions about which projects will receive support via the Climate Investment Funds are expected early in 2009.
Last month, donor nations pledged over US$6 billion to the Climate Investment Funds, created to provide interim, scaled-up funding to help developing countries in their efforts to address climate change in their development strategies.
The Partnership Forum is a venue to provide dialogue on the strategic directions, results, and impacts of the CIF. It also provides a platform to share lessons learned as widely as possible. The first Forum, held in Washington this week, was a broad-based meeting of stakeholders attended by donor and recipient countries, United Nations agencies, the Global Environment Facility, bilateral development agencies, non-governmental organizations, private sector entities, and scientific and technical experts.


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Don't miss an amazing lunch at Villa Crawford. The chef prepares wonderful soups, entrees, and desserts. The food and staff service is just wonderful and high quality. We plan our trips to Charlottesville around having lunch at Villa Crawford.
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At the end of lunch here, my husband said, "That was an inexpensive meal." He liked the hot entrees: tender pork loin and pasta in Alfredo sauce, "Italian macaroni and cheese". The Caesar salad had fresh anchovies. The cold buffet items were high quality, and included a choice of 7 desserts—all you could eat. We had a lunch buffet equal... More
The $19 luncheon buffet is elegant - outstanding food in beautiful setting. The choices are limited, but everything we've had has been really, really good. The soup and salad are served at your table. Then you are invited to help yourself at the antipasto table, then go to the table where the chef is freshly preparing the main course (only... More
Visited Villa Crawford for restaurant week on July 10, 2013. I found the menu ($26) overpriced for the items being served (hangar steak/French fries, mussels, bread pudding - all cheap so the restaurant can maximize profits). Food was okay - nothing amazing. Citrus crème brulee had no citrus flavor what so ever. Steak asked for medium came out medium rare... More
Food was good but it was the setting and the Villa itself that were spectacular. Enjoyed our meal and the service was as attentive as you would expect. However next time I would come for a drink at the bar and just a wander around the property.
Friendly, laid-back service inside and out. Shares a kitchen with Fossett's and offers some of the same dishes as well as lighter ones. First-rate crab-cake sandwich with hot, crisp fries one night, but the real star was the Polyface Farm chicken breast, familiar to fans of Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma. I've only tasted chicken this flavorful once before,... More
Short but beautiful stay. Incredible food - great staff. Will be even better when golf course construction is done.
Had all my meals at Keswick due to the storm--Vila Crawford was very nice for a bar dinner and they put on a very nice lunch buffet. It worked out perfectly
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Melanoma skin cancer is a much more serious form of cancer, but most of it also is diagnosed at an early stage when it is easier to treat.
Dr. Pandelidis says, "Usually melanomas are not subtle. Its usually an ugly-looking mole and people just have a hunch that they should get it looked at. To recognize a mole that may be a melanoma, I always like to remember the ABCD's -- A for asymmetry, B for border irregularity, C for different colors like black and blue, and D diameter, greater than six millimeters which is about the size of a pencil eraser." (See photo below for examples of melanoma on the left vs. healthy-looking moles on the right)
He emphasizes that its easy for any well-trained family physician to remove a mole and send it to a pathologist to find out what it is. "If you don't like the way something looks, you go see your doctor, you say 'I'm worried about this,' and the doctor will look it over, and if there's cause for worry, he or she should remove it."
Unlike basal cell and squamous cell cancer where the problem is cumulative exposure to the sun, melanoma is more related to severe episodic exposure. "I've learned that many of my patients with melanoma, but not all of them, they have a memory of a severe, severe sunburn," Says Dr. Pandelidis. "In my mind its really very simple: don't get sunburned and whatever you can do not to get sunburned is what you need to do- wear clothing, sit under an umbrella, use sunblock and wear a hat. There's no better sunblock than clothing."
And, don't forget the importance of reapplying the sunblock and remembering to put it in places like on your ears and the top of your feet which are places that everyone on occasion gets sunburned. Because, he's seen melanomas in those places. "I tell people that there is nothing wrong with a healthy suntan. What is a problem is a severe sunburn, a severe blistering sunburn you know, a peeling kind of sunburn," he says.
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Curious about the administration of pain medication (Morphine) and possibly speeding up a patient's death.... Read More
1Oct 6, '08 by leslie :-DQuote from uscstu4lfei find it more realistic to be on morphine and die in 3 days, or no morphine and linger in excruciating pain for 3 wks.One of my nursing instructors from school, a Nurse Practitioner, said that morphine hastens death. However, he said to look at it this way: would you rather be loaded up on morphine and die in 3 days, or have no morphine and be in pain and die in 5 days?
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2Oct 6, '08 by Iam46yearsoldGive me morphine, dilaudid, marijuana, anything that eases my suffering in my final days.Julieann79 and twotrees2 like this.
1Oct 6, '08 by leslie :-DQuote from Iam46yearsoldi'm your nurse, sweetie.Give me morphine, dilaudid, marijuana, anything that eases my suffering in my final days.
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4Oct 6, '08 by MAISY, RN-ERQuote from Iam46yearsoldI am with you 100%!Give me morphine, dilaudid, marijuana, anything that eases my suffering in my final days.
Currently in a bio ethics class in a Catholic university, we just had a case study about end of life, the Ethicist who wrote the book and scenarios was perpetuating the myth of addiction. I went crazy and sent a letter to the head of the department, publisher and the author.
Suggested they spent time with a hospice nurse to understand how Morphine is used for palliative care and addiction is the last thing that should be included for young undergrads. If I see one more "kid" tell me that their parent needs to be awake, or wouldn't want addicting drugs as they die I will scream!!!!!!
Sometimes I just want to pinch them sooooooo hard and give them a little pain! What the hell are schools thinking? If I wasn't almost done with this degree I'd bail!
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2Oct 6, '08 by Batman24I only pray that if I am dying and in pain someone will be kind enough to keep pumping me full of pain killers. I see no need for anyone to die in excruciating pain. It's unkind and cruel.Julieann79 and twotrees2 like this.
9Jul 15, '10 by Julieann79To all the wonderful nurses in the world,
I am NOT a nurse so I really have no business even being on this forum, but nursing really interests me. Especially end of life care. It's very dynamic. I recently watched my grandmother die of pnemonia (sp?) back in November of 2009. I'll never forget that night. My Nana was probably given the lowest dosage of morphine, but she wasn't used to pain meds and she was 101 yrs of age. I am glad that the nurses were keeping her comfortable. Even a low dosage of morphine seemed to keep her breathing less labored. She was basically unconscious. She wasn't talking or anything. She cried out "Owww" a few moments before her "last syringe" was administered. I know that the nurse, Rebecca did it to keep her comfortable and I respected that as did my Mother. Rebecca was extremely compassionate not only to my Nana, but also to us. My Mom and I were fortunate enough to not have to see my Nana struggle to breathe or hear her gasp her last breath. That's what we were fully expecting for whatever reason.
My Nana's oxygen levels dropped, the antibiotics didn't work for her (The Dr. had said even a person who was 40 yrs old may not have been able to fight off the pnemonia she had). Eventually her kidneys were slowing down, less and less urine in the cath bag..her legs and hands were clammy. I remember her eyelids were purple, the color in her face just wasn't looking good. Lack of oxygen will do that I guess. The only thing that concerned me about the morphine was that my Nana wasn't conscious so I thought in my mind that my Nana may have not known my Mom and I were there with her and I was haunted by the thought that she maybe thought she "died alone". I don't know enough about morphine to know weather or not your mind is there or not...and I don't know enough about the dying process to know all the stages. Do people generally have a "death smell"? My Nana had a certain smell about her that night, but I couldn't tell if it was her "dying smell" or if they had just recently cleaned the floors or whatever. Eventually my Nana's breathing came to almost a complete halt. I went out to the desk and got Rebecca. I knew the time was near. Rebecca looked at my Nana's eyes and said "She's still fighting-just a few more minutes". It was very peaceful. My Nana actually died with her tongue out. I thought that was weird, but she had an oxygen mask on her throughout the night so that could have been why or maybe it's normal as your tongue is a muscle? It was a sad experience yet peaceful at the same time. Even the nurse was a bit emotional herself that night as my Nana passed away because the nurse had just lost a family member of her own not too long before this. She was extremely nice and compassionate.
I am trying to find a CNA program to get into. I hope to take the class this fall. This may sound weird, but I love hospitals...not to be a patient (unless it's the maternity ward), but a visitor. I take in everything. I want to make a difference in someones life/death.. even if I did hospice I think I could be OK with that. I just want to offer comfort and compassion to not only the dying, but also to their family members. I want to give back to a family what I received the night my grandmother passed away.
I don't think I've ever met a nurse who wasn't compassionate. They have hard jobs and hard decisions to make. I'm sure every day and every situation is different and they have to go on instinct and what they feel is "right". I don't know if I could ever be an LPN or any other type of nurse that administered meds. I think I'd just stick to the basic CNA stuff. I would want to make sure the dying patient or patients in general are comfortable and have what they need. Basically "putting yourself in their shoes" as was mentioned on this forum previously. I just want to service the sick and dying. I feel strongly about it. Now I just have to make it happen.
To all the nurses out there- you all do a wonderful job! Without all of you-hospitals would not be as organized and as efficient as they are. Doctors have hard jobs too, but it's mostly the nurses you see running around with their heads cut off trying to answer family questions, calm families, calm patients, and so on. God Bless you all for making a huge difference in someone's life and death.
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2Jul 15, '10 by talaxandraThank you, Julie.
Some people who are dying, particularly if they're ill for a while and dying over a period of days to weeks, do have an unusual, sweetish, almost chemical smell.
My experience with caring for people who are dying is that they often have n awareness of those around them even when they're profoundly unconscious - the wait for a certain important date (like an anniversary), or until a family member's arrived or baby born, or (like my grandmother) wait until they're alone or not with family before they die. I think it's very possible your grandmother knew you and your mother were with her.
Pneumonia was once known as 'the old man's friend' because it's a relatively quick and comfortable way to die, particularly with a little morphine to ease the respiratory symptoms of the condition.
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1Jul 16, '10 by elizabeth8503RNI lost my gpa M to a heart attack post LLL amputation last October. Immediately following his MI, he was lucid, able to talk, and manageable. As the night wore on, and his heart began to further fail, he became aggitated, combative, and un grandpa like. Had it not been for the morphine and ativan that the nurses gave him, he would have been yelling, screaming, pulling at his IV tubes, and foley catheter until the second he passed away.
In Decmber of last year I lost my grandma F to chronic renal failure along with numerous other co-morbities (previous MI, and pneumonia being a few). Her last days were very peaceful, she did not require alot of morphine, but it was given to her when it even looked like she was in pain.
The last 5 hours of her life I was with her. As she took her last breaths, she became slightly aggitated, her hands started to move around, and it seemed to me that she was having a difficult time breathing. The nurse who was in the room asked if we (my mother and I) would like my gma to have some morphine. We both said yes. She took her last breath as the nurse was drawing up the morphine.
I have worked hospice numerous times over the last 2 1/2 years. Never have I doubted the effects of morphine, and how well it helps the dying. When I die (hoepfully it won't be for a loooooong time) I hope that the nurse taking care of me has the decency to give morphine if/when I need it.Julieann79 likes this.


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Our modern tabloid culture has helped perpetuate some pretty bizarre body image standards, as the media's intense scrutiny of size-zero Eva Longoria proves. Tabloids are constantly looking for the first opportunity to pick apart a celebrity, whether she's fat, wearing a frumpy outfit, doing something 'normal' like shopping for groceries, or showing signs of pregnancy.
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2. HTC One (M8)
We may go on about smartphone design a bit, but with the HTC it's justified. This is one of the best-looking and best-built phones ever, with 20% more metal than its predecessor the HTC One and microSD storage now included. M8 owners will find themselves checking emails too much, just to show it off.
The 5in, 441ppi screen is super-sharp and considerably bigger than the One's 4.7in display – it's not a clear winner but colours look natural, text is smooth and viewing angles are fantastic.
Has HTC fixed the One's niggles? Battery life is slightly better, bringing it on a par with its rivals – you shouldn't need the Ultra Power Saving Mode to last the day. But the UltraPixel camera stays.
This might disappoint those looking to shoot serious images and footage, but for most, the low-light prowess and focusing tricks are good enough. Nothing else needed tweaking – in use, it's as fluid as we expect from an HTC and the feature set gets new tricks here and there, such as the ability to swipe straight into BlinkFeed even when the phone is off.
It might not have the bragging rights of a 20.7MP camera, a removable battery or a heart-rate sensor, but for us, the extras on the S5 and Z2 simply don't compare to the pure gadget joy you get with the HTC One M8.
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Design: 10/10
Some will prefer the old One's iconic design but this is just as tasty. The bevelled edges catch the light where the S5's metal-look edges look cheap. While the G3 looks as metal as the M8, it can't match its premium weighty feel in the hands.If you want those machined lines, choose the Metal Grey variant.
Screen: 9/10
The HTC might have the smallest screen here at 5in but it beats the mighty Sony on contrast and off-axis viewing. Compared to the original One, the palette leans to the green side… but only nerds will notice that.
Camera: 8/10
More than a gimmick, the Duo camera lets you change the focus of pics after you've taken them; and unlike on the Samsung and Sony, you don't need to select a mode before taking the shot. You can 3D-ify pics with Dimension Plus.
OS and apps: 10/10
Still our Android skin of choice, Sense 6 will win over even fans of stock Android. BlinkFeed now keeps tabs on your interests and you can track steps, distance and calories automatically without a tracker.
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Submitted by bronxboyxxx on Fri, 2014-09-12 22:02.
One of the things that's being overlooked about the M8 is it's camera. While in stock form I must admit it's a mess for outdoor landscapes but If you're willing to root you're phone & install Jishnu Sur's HTC One Cam V3.zip mod it corrects most of it's shortcomings. it however doesn't stop there. For even more camra awsomeness, a trip over to Google play to pick up a litle app called Camera FV-5 will have you churning out 4.5 MB Raw .PNG files that will bitch slap every one of it's rivals in their stock form. The ultra pixel Camra HTC hyped up is actualy there. You just have to do a little digging to bring it out. And lets also not forget the sound. as is it's awsome. By simply rooting the phone and flashing the rom you get a choice of either Beats audio (which I prefer) or the Htc one Harman Kardon presets.
Most will likely go for the Harman Kardon presets but as a true audiofile I can tell you first hand that while not as spacious sounding (I feel Harman Kardon over did it with the brightness) Beats audio introduces a warm, rich, ampli spacious quality sound with Bass the likes I have never heard coming from such a small device.
Another one of the HTC's strong points are it's actual data thruput speeds. whether it be with wi-fi or 4G LTE. The phone is one of the fastest out there.
So the bottom line is, If you like to root your device you may want to go for the M8 & if done right your images won't be pixelated and you also wont have a problem with its dynamic range.
The M8 Rooted is just beautifully awesome.
Submitted by adsgp on Wed, 2014-07-30 15:15.
I've personally gone for the LG G3 after reading this review, listening to some advice off friends and then finally being recommended it when i went into a store. personally i love it does everything i want it to, having been an iPhone user since the originals launch i'm loving the freedom the android OS is giving me and the Luxurys of a removable battery and a huge amount of screen space!
That being said i've found the screen to be a bit of a curse. the battery on the phone seems to last a lot longer than that of my old iPhone 5 when it's sitting in my pocket but the minute you turn on that screen it's one huge power drain, so you really need that option of removable batteries.
I also found today when i was out on a sunny walk and was wanting to turn up the brightness on the screen so i could see it in the bright light i was told that i couldn't turn it up any higher because of the temerature of the screen.
...All this being said, still love the phone and would recommend it to people, but that screens a bit of a double edged sword.


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It didnt curl or volumize my lashes at all. All it did was tint them and make them stick together. This was a waste. I kept for a few months, hoping if it dried out a little if would improve somehow, but it didnt. It angers me just thinking about this product.
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I hate this mascara. Sexy Curves did absolutely nothing for my lashes! My lashes looked the same as when i was wearing no mascara. As soon as i opened it it was dried out! It didn't lengthen or volumize my lashes. I will never repurchase or recommend this.
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Terrible mascara! I heard that the original sexy curves mascara was really good and the packaging was really cute so I picked this up. It gave me spider lashes and smelled really bad; It was kinda dried out too. I'll be returning this as soon as possible!
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This is hands down the WORST mascara I have ever bought in my entire life! Absolute crap. First off, it's so "natural" that it doesn't even look like you're wearing mascara, it doesn't hold a curl and it takes forever to dry! No positives at all...personally I think the brush is crap. I tried using a disposable mascara wand but the formula is crap too, despite my efforts to try and dry it out a little. Where I'm from makeup is very expensive and stores don't have return policies so this is going straight in the trash....what a waste of money.
I bought this in the WP version thinking "hmmm, maybe this will curl my Asian lashes at a budget price!" boy I was WRONG. It has a cool brush and package but that's pretty much the gist of the positives. It did absolutely NOTHING to my lashes except make them darker. No length, no volume, no curl, nothing! I guess you get what you pay for! And girls, if you DID buy this since it does have an awesome brush you can always use it for other mascaras! Then it won't feel as a TOTAL waste
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This is the worst mascara I have ever used. I have tried tons of drugstore and high end mascaras, and this was, by far, the worst. It smudges, came no where near holding a curl, Made my lashes look shorter than they were and the formula was horrible. I will never even look at it again, not even as a backup. Save your money and try one of the covergirl lashblast mascaras.
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I needed a new waterproof mascara for the summer since my Lashblast Waterproof (3.5ish out of 5) was expired. I LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE rimmel's sexy curves mascara, so I bought this. Let me say this is the worst mascara I've ever used. I had three eyelashes. It was so terrible, never buy this product. Defenitly try the one in the purple tube though.
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Agree with the others- this is pretty bad. I love the regular 'Sexy Curves' in the purple tube, so I was hoping this would be similar. Its not. It is waterproof and it does darken/define lashes, so I'll give it that. But the formula is so thin, it does nothing to volumize or lengthen, no matter how many coats I apply. There is virtually no product on the brush when I pull it out of the tube, to the point that I can still see the turquoise color of the brush. I think the rubbery brush is prickly and uncomfortable, worse than others of this type. As far as holding a curl, my lashes have a natural curl to them, so at least this doesn't make my lashes 'droopy' or anything. I guess its okay if you want a really, really natural look, but it kinds of looks like I'm not really wearing any mascara at all, which defeats the whole purpose.
This was an awful mascara for me. It did absolutely nothing to volumize or lengthen and took forever to dry.
Horrible mascara. Thick clumpy wet formula. Wand picks up too much product and is hard to use because of the 3 "curves" on the applicator. Takes awhile to dry and is hard to layer without getting more clumps. Good side is that it really is waterproof and stays put. Wouldn't buy again, but I do like the non-waterproof version.


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Charles Carroll of Carrollton was one of the four signers of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland. Although his family had great wealth and land holdings, they were barred from entering public office because of their Catholic faith. Carroll was first educated in secret at a Jesuit school located on the Eastern shore of Maryland and then sent abroad to Paris to complete his education in classical studies. Carroll then went to London to study English law and was subsequently admitted to the Inner Temple in London. After the death of his mother in 1765, Carroll returned to Annapolis and became involved in local politics. When he was elected to the 2nd Maryland Convention in 1774, it effectively ended the ban on Catholics in Maryland politics. After the Revolutionary War, he continued to participate in local and state politics, becoming one of the first U.S. senators from Maryland in 1789.
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The 'Saturday Night' photo series is every voyeur's dream come true. There is no need for binoculars, concealing bushes or darkened streets to enjoy this collection of images. Instead, all one must do is visit the New Photography in Korea II exhibit at Galerie Paris-Beijing in Paris or purchase the art book also titled Saturday Night.
Shot by photographer Sook Kim based in South Korea, the Saturday Night photo series conveniently and excitingly exposes the lives of hotel occupants. Barred windows show 66 different colorful scenes that range from the sad and deranged to the daring and naughty. According to My Modern Met, "Kim explains she is not being critical of the perverse behavior within the hotel, but says she is merely an observer."


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Model Luca Gadjus is eerily doll-like in the latest editorial for Intermission Magazine, titled 'Let Me In.' The photo series depicts Gadjus posing against a faded beige backdrop, her 60s-era ensembles popping against this neutral tone with their vibrant color palettes. Each outfit in 'Let Me In' features bright oranges, blues and yellows which contrast the series' neutral backdrop, making Gadjus burst from the screen like an ethereal doll.
The majority of Gadjus's poses center around a plain wooden stool. She sits with an eerily upright posture while staring blankly into the camera, giving her an inhuman doll-like quality. Photographer Anthony Maule does a wonderful job of side-lighting Gadjus so that her strong facial features burst from the screen.
By combining an understated modelling technique, a vibrant color palette and ingenious photography skills, Intermission Magazine has put forth another editorial that is sure to catch every eye it meets.


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What Robert Pattinson hates most
Comment on this storyLondon - Robert Pattinson hates being called R-Patz.
The 'Twilight Saga' actor - who recently reunited with girlfriend Kristen Stewart after she cheated on him with director Rupert Sanders - has been known by the nickname for several years, but he has never liked it and would like to injure the person who came up with the name.
He said: "I would like to break the hands and mouth of the person who came up with it."
Despite reconciling with Kristen and enjoying a night out at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles together, the pair have so far been promoting the final part of the 'Twilight' series - 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' - separately.
British heartthrob Robert is struggling to trust Kristen again after she was pictured kissing 'Snow White and the Huntsman' filmmaker Rupert.
A source said: "Kristen is working hard to try and force the relationship into what it was before.
"But the truth is, she's going to have to take it slowly with Robert because he's still having trouble trusting her again.
"For him to carry on like nothing happened is very hard. Kristen is eternally sorry for cheating on him and he has forgiven her - kind of." - Bang Showbiz
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While the NHL and IIHF reached an agreement to allow NHL players to participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the future of NHL participation in the Olympics remains in doubt. While frustrating for fans, it's understandable why NHL owners would be concerned about their players participating in the Olympics. After all, it's their money invested and they get minimal to no return on that investment, though you could certainly argue that growing the game via the Olympics should lead to financial gains in the future.
Another concern is that players could potentially suffer an injury during games that have no bearing on NHL success, while others might be concerned more about the wear and tear of playing the extra games that could lead to future injuries and hurt a team's chances of competing for a Stanley Cup.
Related to this concern is how the Olympic break will affect the athletes participating once they return to the lineup. Will there be a letdown after the high of representing their country? Will fatigue set in with the extra games played? Will players play through an injury for an important Olympic game and return to their NHL team hobbled?
I was curious if there actually is any evidence that participating in the Olympics could have a negative impact on a player's performance after the Games. I decided to look at goaltenders first, since they tend to supposedly benefit the most from the rhythm of routine that might be disrupted by the Olympics. I looked at the 2009-2010 season to see if there was an impact on the save percentages of the goaltenders who participated in the 2010 Olympics. I was definitely surprised at the result.
In all honesty, I didn't expect there to be much of an impact. There are a number of reasons why the Olympics could negatively affect a player's performance, but I'm not sure how legitimate any of them are. Fatigue is frequently brought up, but the most games that any of them played was seven, which doesn't seem like it would make that big a difference. Perhaps the fatigue could set in from the events surrounding the games.
The idea of a letdown post-Olympics seemed plausible, but at the same time, many of the players returned from the Olympics to their team pushing for a spot in the playoffs or gearing up for a run at the Stanley Cup, which would seem to be enough motivation to forestall any emotional letdown.
Goaltenders tend to thrive on continuous starts and getting into a rhythm, so heading to the Olympics might disrupt that. But for the goaltenders I'm looking at, the Olympics provided a chance to continue their rhythm, playing games while the rest of the league had a break.
All told, I was skeptical that the Olympics would have a negative impact on a goaltender's performance. That's why I was surprised to see the statistics for the fifteen NHL goaltenders who participated in the Olympics. Only four of the fifteen had higher save percentages post-Olympics than they did pre-Olympics. The other eleven all had lower save percentages, though some saw only a small drop in performance.
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Player | GP | SA | SV | SV% | SA | SV | SV% | Diff |
Tomas Vokoun | 5 | 1717 | 1598 | .931 | 364 | 326 | .896 | -.035 |
Roberto Luongo | 5 | 1449 | 1332 | .919 | 828 | 740 | .894 | -.026 |
Evgeni Nabokov | 3 | 1649 | 1530 | .928 | 926 | 837 | .904 | -.024 |
Miikka Kiprusoff | 5 | 1565 | 1447 | .925 | 470 | 425 | .904 | -.020 |
Thomas Greiss | 3 | 304 | 279 | .918 | 123 | 111 | .902 | -.015 |
Ryan Miller | 6 | 1597 | 1486 | .930 | 705 | 651 | .923 | -.007 |
Ilya Bryzgalov | 2 | 1522 | 1400 | .920 | 694 | 636 | .916 | -.003 |
Jonas Hiller | 5 | 1468 | 1349 | .919 | 392 | 359 | .916 | -.003 |
Martin Brodeur | 2 | 1524 | 1394 | .915 | 606 | 553 | .913 | -.002 |
Tim Thomas | 1 | 999 | 914 | .915 | 222 | 203 | .914 | -.001 |
Jaroslav Halak | 7 | 966 | 892 | .923 | 982 | 908 | .925 | .001 |
Henrik Lundqvist | 3 | 1558 | 1433 | .920 | 551 | 509 | .924 | .004 |
Niklas Backstrom | 2 | 1247 | 1124 | .901 | 385 | 350 | .909 | .008 |
Jonas Gustavsson | 1 | 862 | 774 | .898 | 284 | 260 | .915 | .018 |
The chart includes playoff games, both because it expands the sample size and because playoff performance is definitely relevant to this discussion. If playing in the Olympics hurts a goaltender's playoff performance, that's important to know.
Of the four players who posted a higher save percentage post-Olympics, Halak and Lundqvist were the only actual starters in the Olympics, as both Backstrom and Gustavsson were backups for their respective countries. Halak and Lundqvist both saw modest gains in save percentage.
Of those who saw a negative change, Greiss and Thomas returned to backup jobs in the NHL, so their numbers are from a smaller sample size. Meanwhile, Miller, Bryzgalov, Hiller, and Brodeur saw fairly minor declines in their save percentages post-Olympics, though it is still notable that so many saw a slight drop.
Up at the top of the chart, however, is where it gets interesting. The four goaltenders who saw the most precipitous drop in save percentage post-Olympics saw heavy duty for their respective teams. Vokoun played in 63 games for the Panthers, Luongo played 68 games for the Canucks, Nabokov played 71 games for the Sharks, and Kiprusoff played in 73 games for the Flames. Add in playoff games for Luongo and Nabokov and you get to 80 and 86 games, respectively.
All four were also starters for their international teams, with Nabokov playing the fewest games as he split time with Bryzgalov for Russia. The other three played five games each, with Luongo and Kiprusoff facing the added emotion of playing in a medal game and winning. Miller and Halak, the losing goaltenders in those medal games, did better post-Olympics than the goaltenders they lost to, which is interesting. Perhaps both felt they had something to prove.
The lowest post-Olympics save percentage belonged to Roberto Luongo, who ended up with the worst save percentage of his career in the 2009-10 season, other than his rookie season. He bettered (worsted?) it, however, during the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season, though it's hard to tell how much stock to put into the 20 games he played given the small sample size and turmoil of the goaltending situation in Vancouver.
The counter-argument lies with Henrik Lundqvist, who played in 73 games for the Rangers and improved after the Olympics, posting a .924 save percentage and going 7-1-2 down the stretch as he attempted to carry the Rangers into the playoffs. They fell just short on the final day of the regular season, losing in the shootout to fall one point short. The Olympics did not seem to have a negative impact on his NHL performance.
Still, it does seem odd that all but four of the fifteen goaltenders saw a drop in save percentage, with the average weighted towards the negative. Four goaltenders saw a drop of 20 or more in their save percentage, compared to more modest gains from those who improved, excepting Gustavsson, who only played in 1 game during the Olympics and just 10 games after.
Is this enough to say that playing in the Olympics definitely tends to make goaltenders play worse upon their return to the NHL? Not quite. It's still just from one season, meaning that the small sample size may be skewing results. It's still an interesting trend, however, and it may make some fans nervous as the Sochi Olympics approach and international teams are selected.


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The Future Of Medical Development
In the realm of health, all people are equal where disease is concerned, regardless of ethnicity, educational, social, and economic status. We may all have different purposes in life but we all value and pursue good health - as individuals, for our families and friends and even for society as a whole.
The biggest enemy of health of course is disease, which can rob us of our privilege of a long and healthy life. Throughout history people have persistently searched for ways to conquer illness. In ancient oriental or early Greek medicine the emphasis was on maintaining the unity of body and mind. This philosophy of health was aimed at achieving oneness between people and nature and oneness between the body, mind and spirit. Clinically this manifested as a holistic approach to disease through consideration of the entire person at both the physical and emotional levels. The understanding that the source of physical ailments often comes from emotional turmoil has been tested through time. This approach has been practiced and verified for thousands of years and became the core belief of early medicine.
In the earliest Chinese classic medical documentation, theYellow Emperor's Internal Classic, it has been stated that, "When one is indifferent to worldly desires and in a tranquil state, true qi (the essence of vital energy) will follow, with internal focus on consciousness and intention, disease can not develop; retain vital energy within the body and the pathogenic factors which can cause disease can not disturb; when the pathogenic factors gather together the vital energy within the body must be weak." This document clearly indicates the correlation between the body, mind, spirit, qi development and illness.
Furthermore, about fifteen hundred years ago, the ancient Zen founder Budi-Darmo foresaw the disadvantage of using drugs in treating illness: "Drug therapy is not the solution for curing illness because there are effective and ineffective drugs, and in addition drugs have negative side effects. Drugs only provide temporary relief of symptoms, while the source of illness still remains and the harmful effects of the medications will remain and may cause other illnesses. Disease can also re-occur from such factors as - side effects, weather changes and eating habits. Therefore for those who pursue the disciplines of Qigong and Taoism (natural rules), they must refrain from drug usage and concentrate on the disciplines themselves, such as physical and breathing exercises."
This statement clearly points out the negative side effects of drugs. It also reveals the truth that drug therapy only brings temporary relief and does not restore health. Modern medical practice mainly treats physical symptoms, "It heals the head when one has a headache and heals the foot when one has a pain in the foot." It also has the tendency to use drug prescriptions extensively, which then causes severe side effects and the ability to truly restore health is seriously inhibited.
Material advancement since the 17th Century has brought tremendous improvements in life styles and quality of living. This however has also increased the desire for more wealth and material things. Monetary gain has become the main focus of all sectors of life. This by-product of industrialization has also permeated the pharmaceutical companies. Fierce competition and economic motivation have materially altered their direction and their sacred mission of serving the public and assisting with the provision of good health.
Another recent development is the use of laboratory experiments as the sole validation of new medical findings. The medical community attempts to reveal all the secrets of human diseases through merely relying on anatomy and biological experiments and the development of different medications and antibiotics to treat various illnesses.
Since the ancient philosophy of mind-body medicine and the harmony between nature and people cannot be tested or proven in laboratory experiments at this point in time - it is not considered to be scientifically valid. In addition there is no financial value in pursuing the study of mind-body medicine, which is often perceived as superstition and hearsay. As a result validation is given only to the use of vaccinations and antibiotics, which have achieved significant positive health results in treating acute and infectious diseases.
However the same laboratory-based methods are also usually adopted for treating chronic diseases, which are mostly caused by emotional or mental disturbances. Such laboratory-based methods of treatment – which disregard emotional, psychological, personal and social factors, treating only symptoms but not the sources and treating the locale but not the system - may be effective in reducing the morbidity and mortality of some acute illnesses and infectious diseases. It is however, ineffective in treating coronary disease, diabetics, cancer, reoccurring tumor growth, neurological and digestive ailments, autoimmune disease and other chronic illnesses. Actually the morbidity and mortality associated with these chronic diseases has increased with the development of modern medicine.
In modern medicine, lifetime dependency on medication has become the most common "remedy." Although some drugs may relieve symptoms, they do not provide a cure. Chronic disease patients risk long-term accumulation of toxic effects by using drugs. Over a period of time the side effects damage other organs, which further complicates the illness. Even worse, the patient's immune system and self-healing capability are severely reduced and suppressed. This detrimental result is often passed onto the next generation. The capabilities of self-healing, regeneration, immunity and self-preservation are innate instincts within the human biological system. These natural capabilities have enabled humans to survive and develop through thousands of years. Therefore the most crucial question that modern medicine and medical practitioners have to answer is - whether we should preserve, exercise and strengthen these natural faculties, or weaken, suppress and destroy these natural instincts.
Certain acute illnesses are caused by external sources, such as food poisoning, influenza and accidents. The modern medical procedures of surgery, injections, physical therapy and medications have proven effective since the source of these illnesses is simple and direct. This is the greatest contribution of medical research and development to the area of health.
Nevertheless the chronic diseases that are caused by internal sources, usually lay dormant for a long period of time with only subtle manifestations. They are long and more complex in nature as they are related to the seven emotional factors of happiness, sadness, anger, worries, shock, fear and mental activity. For chronic illnesses the standard medical manipulation and treatment cannot solve the fundamental problems. The matter is further complicated by the side effects of the drugs used to treat these diseases. These ineffective methods should not be applied in treating chronic illnesses.
*On the contrary chronic diseases can be effectively treated through emotional adjustment, qigong discipline, physical strengthening, the balance of the internal Yin and Yang energies and the promotion of self-healing without drugs. Eventually these methods will lead to a true cure for the illness.
Since 1989 I have devoted all of my efforts to helping people heal without drugs for various chronic illnesses through Qigong. Based on the philosophy of not using any modern medical manipulation and medication, I have found an effective cure for many patients with coronary diseases, hypertension, diabetes, kidney failure and digestive disorders. These are diseases and conditions for which the modern medical community usually resorts to recommendations of lifetime dependency on drugs for the patient. I have also helped many others obtain relief from pain, who have suffered from sports-related diseases such as: arthritis, rheumatism, spinal degeneration, spurs and other injuries. Many patients with different ailments which the experts and hospitals have considered irreversible or incurable, have all recovered completely with the help of my Taiji Five Element Self-Recovery System. These ailments include ocular degeneration, long-term deafness, bone marrow diseases, muscular degeneration, etc.
With continuing positive results, since 1992 I have furthered my dedication to research and the application of drug-free Qigong therapy to treat cancer. I have developed a systematic approach of using Qigong therapy to treat cancer without any medication involved. I refined this procedure during a period of more than eight years with actual hands on experience with cancer patients. I provided intensive Qigong training sessions to thousands of late-stage cancer patients, who were mostly rejected by hospitals and told for various reasons that no further medical treatment was available.
The comparative results of pre and post training examinations showed a tumor reduction rate of more than 50% and clearly showed an overall clinically effective rate of 90% or higher. Many terminally ill patients completely recovered and have been in good health for over seven years. In actual fact their physical condition is even better than the pre-cancerous state. The majority of these patients experienced a decrease in tumor sizes, disappearance of other chronic diseases and an improved quality of life through the practice of the Taiji Five Element Self-Recovery System, without taking any medication. Many students with other chronic diseases experienced an even faster and more complete recovery utilizing the same system.
In the past ten years, we have established and perfected a complete system of drug-free self-healing therapy through the Taiji Five Element Self-Recovery System. As we have applied and tested this system through actual clinical experiences, this self-healing system has become more and more operational, has proved to be very effective and is shown to have broad applications in the healing field.
The essential philosophy of this drug-free therapy is to abandon the idea of segregating the human body from the mind and to correct the tendency of treating the symptoms without considering the source. Its focus is on the change of attitude or basic health concept of seeking external help, to one of seeking internal solutions -- moving from passive to active engagement in one's own healing process. In addition to practicing the discipline of the Taiji Five Element Self-Recovery System, students are required to develop virtues with the principles of "Kindness as the foundation, forgiveness as the principle, and selflessness as the first priority." In doing so, students will be able to transform their psychological and emotional state to reach inner serenity, which is an important step towards being simple and empty minded and without desire. Furthermore through the energy experienced in collective qigong practice, Bigu (technical fasting) with gathering qi and continuous practice on their own, students may soon become free of drug dependence and rapidly achieve optimal self-healing. In short, the process of complete recovery is obtained by a fundamental change of one's inner being or consciousness, which is the breeding ground for both disease and well-being.
This drug-free therapy is a complete recovery system, which adjusts the mind-body interaction to achieve fundamental cures and health through a macro and holistic approach. Not only does it cure many chronic, terminal and recurring illnesses, but it also improves, strengthens and promotes the optimal performance of the immune system and self-healing power to actually prevent disease. Tens of thousands of Taiji Five Element Self-Recovery students have completely recovered after the intensive training under the guidance of this drug-free therapy. Yet previously they were considered untreatable lifetime drug dependents, with hopeless chronic diseases or severe cancers.
The most practical way to test or validate the effectiveness of these healing techniques is to utilize case studies not just laboratory experiments. The fact that countless patients in China and around the world were cured during the Taiji Five Element Self-Recovery training sessions is ample proof concerning the validity and applicability of this drug-free therapy. It has helped many people regain their health without any side effects. Instead of weakening, suppressing and destroying the immune system - the self-healing, self-repair capabilities and drug-free therapy helped to preserve, exercise and strengthen these natural instincts. Therefore as the knowledge of the benefits of this system become more widespread, it will no doubt attract more attention in the new century and become the driving force in making fundamental changes to the concepts of future medical development.


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for a user name and password, and I need to know how to retrieve that. I just click on to get this on my lap top, but now I can't get it on the I phone. Any suggestions? I have so many passwords, and thought I had that one written down, but I don't. Any clues? TIA |
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- Posted by ravencajun (My Page) on Tue, Dec 18, 12 at 13:08
It is a very very good idea to get a special notebook to keep those important bits of info in. Every time you register, set up an account etc put it in the notebook and store it where you can find it. If someone breaks into your house manages to steal your pc and also finds the special notebook well they have real skills. Me I figured for them to do that I would be dead and they would have a few rounds in them. |
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You could always use the "forgot my password" link and they'll send you info on how to change it. This would come in handy only if you have your e-mail linked to your IPhone (I have 2 e-mail accounts linked to mine). Also - the IPhone has a notepad and you can store multiple pages of notes. I use mine for grocery lists, reminders, etc. You could store some of the less important passwords there. I wouldn't store bank info or anything like that on there, though. |
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SNIA ANZ announces new training courses
The Storage Networking Industry Association of Australia and Zealand has announced three new training courses in July and August.
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Canberra | July 20-24 | Management & Administration - provides a comprehensive understanding of Fibre Channel SAN and SAN Management technologies from a vendor-neutral perspective. |
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