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Kenneth Eckstein is co-chair of Kramer Levin's 45-attorney Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department and has played a prominent role in many of the largest and most complex chapter 11 reorganization cases over the past 30 years. His practice includes both in and out-of-court restructurings of financially distressed businesses on behalf of debtors, creditor committees, major secured and unsecured creditors, bondholders, trustees, examiners, and third parties seeking to acquire the assets or businesses of financially troubled companies.Mr. Eckstein has represented the debtors in the bankruptcies of Genco Shipping & Trading, General Maritime Corporation, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, Bally Total Fitness, Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Ascendia Brands, Malden Mills, MicroWarehouse, Berry-Hill Galleries, Elite Models, Cross Media and The Wiz, Inc. Mr. Eckstein's representations also include the official creditor committees of Residential Capital LLC, General Motors, Chrysler, Cooper‑Standard, Magna Entertainment, Leap Wireless, Big V Supermarkets, SGL Carbon Corp., Cityscape Financial, Olympia & York, Integrated Resources, SLM International, Financial News Network, PSNH, Eastern Airlines and Texaco. His other representations include the Caesar's Entertainment First Lien Bondholders, Dewey & LeBoeuf Lenders, Adelphia/FrontierVision Bondholders, Owens Corning Bank Group, Calpine Canada bondholders and the Dow Corning Claimants Committee. He has represented bondholders, bank groups, acquirors and other major creditors in Washington Mutual, Tribune Company, Charter Communications, Steve & Barry's, Calpine Corporation, Northwest Airlines, PTS, Enron, Warnaco, NTL, Twin Lab, Amerco, Mediq, PacCoin, Big City Radio, Jitney Jungle, LTV, New Valley, Herman's Sporting Goods, Tucson Electric and Farley Industries. He has led his firm's representation of Deloitte LLP for the purchase of assets of BearingPoint's Public Services practice, the Examiner in Bruno's Inc. and the Independent Restructuring Advisor in Coram Healthcare. He has also represented the Trustee in Island Mortgage and in Sharp International.Mr. Eckstein regularly represents a wide range of lending and other financial institutions and distressed investors in chapter 11 cases, workouts and out of court restructurings. These institutions include JP Morgan Chase, Credit Suisse, BNP-Paribas, Morgan Stanley, Centerbridge, Anchorage Capital, Aurelius, Harbinger, Elliott Associates, Angelo Gordon, Farallon and others.Mr. Eckstein is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, an honorary association of approximately 800 leading senior insolvency professionals.


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I'm bored, so word game xD.
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Ashley Young admits he is ready to change his role with Manchester United in order to impress new boss Louis van Gaal.
United's new Dutch manager looks set to play wing-backs and Young has been tried there in pre-season, and he is enjoying it.
The 29-year-old - whose future Old Trafford looked uncertain - is now hoping for a fresh chance under van Gaal in the new role.
"I'm enjoying playing there,\" Young told the Daily Mirror.
\"I can play in both wing-back positions and if the manager calls on me to do something I've got every confidence in myself to go out there and play well.
"The Inter game was only the second time I had played there, but we go through it in training, it's a new system and I feel capable of going out there and doing well.
"I'll have to see how it goes and it's down to the manager what happens because he picks the team that goes out there.
"But whenever I'm called upon, I'll give 100 per cent and if I can continue producing performances like the one in Washington, then I can hopefully stay in the team.
"I've always been determined to go out and play and I hope I can stay in the team.
"Of course it was disappointment to miss out on the World Cup, but it's a new season and a new manager has come in.
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So Many Jokes: October 5, 2014
Quote of the Day: October 5, 2014
From yesterday during the Baylor-Texas post game, actually.
"I'll have to be honest with you, my head is still spinning trying to think about it [the Texas defense]. They threw so many looks at us, coverage wise…I couldn't tell you what they did on consecutive plays."
— Bryce Petty
Great game by the Longhorn defense. Fix special teams and get even a mediocre game from the offense, and we're in it to the end.…
Read the rest of this entry...More Thoughts on the Ebola Patient
As always happens with major news, further details have brought clarity and inflection to the situation.
First of all, the patient allegedly lied on his exit paperwork in Liberia, claiming that he had not knowingly been exposed to Ebola. He had, in facts been helping Ebola patients.
Apparently, Liberia plans to file charges against him.
This is unfortunate, but not unexpected. Someone who's been exposed to Ebola, will likely face any consequence to come to the United States, where his …
Read the rest of this entry...Quote of the Day: Wednesday, October 1, 2014
… Read the rest of this entry...We have some depth at the D-line but, in the secondary, I may have to put my uniform back on. But I can't take a step without something about to break. That's our concern right now. We don't have the depth that we need. We're trying to get some young guys to step up right now. I'm telling the guys 'right now.' I don't need scout team defensive guys. I need guys that I can put out there and there
Why I'm not Especially Concerned About the Ebola Announcement
Some backgrounds: My wife works in an ER. I've been around medical professionals my entire life. I work with quite a few in my professional life.
With that in mind, here's why I'm not panicking over yesterday's announcement of a confirmed case of Ebola in Dallas.
1) I've had time to mentally prepare.
It's been clear for months that a diagnosis of Ebola within the United States was going to happen sooner or latter. The world is too flat …
Read the rest of this entry...Karma is a Cruel Mistress
Detroit's Stephen Tullock sacked Aaron Rogers yesterday. He got up and did a discount double check, and managed to to blow out his ACL.
Out for the season.…
Read the rest of this entry...News of the Day: The Woman with Three Breasts
From Florida, naturally, comes the story of Jasmine Tridevil, the woman with three breasts.
My whole dream is to get this show on MTV.
I'm dumping every penny I have into this. If this doesn't work, I'm through.
Well, she could always fall back on Rule 34 for a Plan B.…
Read the rest of this entry...News of the Day: Armpit hair fire causes crash
The biggest shock of this story is that it didn't happen in Florida: Armpit hair fire causes crash that injures teens.…
Read the rest of this entry...Quote of the Day: Friday, September 12, 2014
"PRESIDENT OBAMA's declaration of war against the terrorist group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria marks a decisive break in the American constitutional tradition. Nothing attempted by his predecessor, George W. Bush, remotely compares in imperial hubris."
– Bruce Ackerman in the New York Times…
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"It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it."
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5 Short Sighted Stock Spinoffs
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) - Divestitures became a major 2011 strategy as some of America's biggest blue chip stocks like Kraft Foods (KFT), ConocoPhillps (COP), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Tyco (TYC) and Marathon Oil (MRO) spun assets to unlock value in their shares.
Shareholders big and small may cheer the flurry of recent spin offs, but in some cases divestitures can be a sugar high that comes at the expense of long term earnings.
Shareholder spins are a quick way to get the full value of businesses that may be weighing on operations, while opening up new avenues for growth. Existing shareholders benefit from owning stakes in divested businesses that oftentimes become far more valuable with brighter prospects as an independent concern. Meanwhile, management accountability to shareholders is easier to track and investors have a much easier time valuing simpler businesses.
The mother of all spinoffs was the Sherman Act breakup of John Rockefeller's Standard Oil in 1911, which made shareholders' stock multiply many times over when the broken up "baby standards" - among them ExxonMobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) - turned into some of the most valuable U.S. companies.
One hundred years later, vestiges of the Standard Oil empire and others in the energy sector slimmed down after a generation of consolidation in 2011. Along with ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil, Sunoco (SUN), Forest Oil (FST), Sunoco (SUN), Williams Companies (WMB) and Chesapeake Energy (CHK) all announced 2011 spins. Meanwhile, what was once the $100 billion-plus market cap Tyco International (TYC) empire underwent an epic dismantling in two separate spin deals . Thursday, Murphy Oil (MUR) CEO David Wood said he's considering a spin of the company's downstream businesses, a positive sign for 2012 industry divestitures. Across all sectors, corporate divestitures were a bright spot for deal makers, rising 165% from 2011 and representing 5% of all deals activity, according to Dealogic. In the U.S., divestitures also didn't slow in the second half of the year, as companies spun assets to bolster shares, streamline their strategy and raise capital. The moves may have launched many stocks higher, but it's to be seen whether they will they will generate long-term outperformance. For instance, the Claymore Beacon Spin-Off (CSD) exchange traded fund recently of spun off entities showed mixed results, underperforming Dow Jones Industrial Average and gaining on Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Ascent Capital (ASCMA), Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS), Phillip Morris (PM), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIP), Lorillard (LO) and HSN (HSNI) were the largest holdings in the portfolio as of Jan. 25, according to its Web site. Meanwhile at the parent company, spin moves represent a snapshot in time. Those who own shares prior to a spin gain a stake in any new company, while new investors only get a claim on the earnings prospects of what remains at the parent. For some, it means that spinoffs actually can rid companies of a growth asset, or one that provides balance sheet or cyclical stability. Here's a look at five asset spins that raised capital while jettisoning a needed asset. With the spin dance expected to continue in 2012, a look at past deals shows that some companies may view spinoff decisions with regret. For more on 2012 deal predictions, see Morningstar's 10 top M&A stock investments and 5 big deals that may flop in 2012.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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(Scott Johnson) We learn that Occupy supporter, Senatorial candidate and Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren claimed minority status based on her purported Native American ancestry. Funny, she doesn't look Siouxish. Our friend Susan Vass is not an amateur punster, but rather a professional comedian. She writes to ask: "Could Ward Churchill and Elizabeth Warren marry and franchise a ch
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It's time to drop the charade, paleface. (Polisat) Senator Scott Brown called on Harvard to correct its diversity statistics after it was discovered that Democrat senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren was not a Native American as sh... Read Post
Senate candidate, Harvard law professor, and 1-percenter Elizabeth Warren, apparently at an earlier, less established point in her cursus honorum, claimed a Native American pedigree — based not on the proverbial Jim Crow 1/16th drop... Read Post
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For the fourth time in its history, CASW's New Horizons in Science briefing will be held in the Boston area in 2015. The 53rd annual presentation of emerging research and science issues will be hosted by the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of ScienceWriters2015.
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Special case-study sessions on challenges for scientists and science writers were highlights of the 2013 and 2014 New Horizons in Science briefings. CASW welcomes proposals for "Science + Science Writing... more
CASW is accepting applications for Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for the 2015-16 year through March 29, 2015. For the second year, the application period will close in the spring to accelerate... more
In the second Patrusky Lecture at CASW's New Horizons in Science, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson traced the sweep of knowledge about the human family tree, insisting that human survival may depend on... more
New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal, a physician and newspaper correspondent for 20 years, is the recipient of the 2014 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting.Rosenthal was... more
The winner of the 2014 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is Azeen Ghorayshi.Ghorayshi (@azeen_g) received the award and its $1,000 prize for "Bio Hackers,"... more
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Other than Ron Paul they are all puppets of the Council on Foreign Relations, Kucinich may not be, but he is anti Second Amendment and that makes him unelectable.
If we ever allow our guns to be taken away then we become subjects rather than citizens.
"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."


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We knew that Starburns' tragic demise would bring some major Chang-ges to Greendale, but no one could have seen this one coming: An all out '60s style riot, ultimately leading to the expulsion of the entire "Greendale Seven." So, how did we go from a casual mourning session in the study room to helter skelter in the cafeteria? Well, for once, it wasn't Britta's fault.
Apparently, Starburns cared more about the study group than we initially thought. He left his ashes, as well as the task of creating a video tribute of his life, to Abed. Troy and Abed's meddling roommate, Annie, did not approve of the way that Troy and Abed were handling their 'grief' in the wake of Starburns' death. And unfortunately for the Greendale Seven, she just wouldn't let it go.
In the study room, when Annie prodded, Jeff made a perfectly logical point: Death is a part of life, none of them really knew Starburns, and "By the time I finish this sentence 100 people will have died in China." ("Why did you stop talking?" asked a panicked Troy.) Once Troy confirmed that his Chinese pen-pal was not dead, it was time for Britta to turn the whole thing into a psychology experiment.
Meanwhile, in the Dean's office, Chang and his gaggle of Jewish teen mercenaries approached Sir Dean with a crazy list of security demands: Cavity searches, permanent detentions, marital law, and no soft-serve. The Dean refused, but was then given some terrible news: Professor Kane had resigned due to Starburns' death, meaning the Greendale Seven had all failed biology. That meant summer school.
Of course, this didn't sit well with the gang, who vented their anger at Starburns' memorial. Naturally Jeff took the podium to spit out a hateful tirade on Greendale, because NO ONE would keep Jeff Winger in school for the summer. "Starburns was a hero to us all the whole time, because he did the one thing that none of us tried to do -- he got out," Jeff said. "And then he exploded. Because Greendale hates its students." (And the Dean's heart shrunk three sizes that day...) Surprisingly, Annie's eulogy was just as bad: "Our school flag is an anus!" she said. "We're not even the best community college in our community! Shame on you, Dean." Once Annie dropped the mic, it was all over: The students began to rebel, throwing chairs, breaking windows, and stealing the ingredients from the Subway stand. "Let's burn this mother down!" Pierce said. The Dean panicked, and finally signed Chang's list of outrageous demands.
Don't be fooled, as Annie was, by the teenaged mercenaries' adorable tiny riot gear: These kids will push you down, pepper-spray your face, and generally steal your dignity. In the nurse's office, the study group nursed their wounds. Troy was crying: Not because he had been pepper sprayed, but because he was "chased by a gang of scary 12-year-olds." In the wake of all this insanity, Subway threatened to pull out of the school, drastically cutting Greendale's funding. They would need to investigate the leaders of the riot: The Greendale Seven.
Of course, given Chang's total insanity, the group thought they had this in the bag. But Chang had a gaggle of tricks up his sleeve: He took out the Dean with a dart-gun, replacing him with a look-a-like who would sing his praises to the Subway board. He also came armed with cookies, and a professional demeanor that instantly won over the board. And the matter was settled: The Greendale Seven were at fault, and instantly expelled from Greendale Community College.
The group was devastated. Annie began drinking, and Troy was anticipating his family's disappointment. "I was going to be the first one in my family to graduate from community college," he moaned. "Everyone else graduated from normal college." In a great throwback to "Remedial Chaos Theory," Abed wondered if this was, indeed, the darkest timeline. But Troy said it wasn't: "We're going to get through this. We're all alive, and we're all fine. And Britta -- you're not the worst. You're the best." (Aww) This timeline was meant to be, the the Greendale Seven would surely live to see another day -- Unlike Starburns, who was given a memorial video so dynamic that it has to be seen to be believed. (Picture sharks, jet packs, and making out with fake models.)
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I am pregnant with number 3. I had a c-section with my first because the baby didn't want to come out and his heart rate went up. The c-section went great epidural was no problem. Just a little strange with the shocking feeling you get.
Baby number two I had a scheduled c-section that did not go so well. I was feeling pretty confident going into it since the first one went so well. But this time they decided to do the epidural in the operating room instead of the l&d room like the first time. The anesthesiologist was really rushed and couldn't get the needle in the right spot. She poked me a whole bunch of times. I told her to stop and just give me general anesthesia but as soon as I said that she said "nope I got it lay down". So I did... only to get a rush to my head. The doctor came in and started getting me ready for surgery. Next thing I know my chest was getting numb and it was hard to breathe. I told the anesthesiologist I couldn't breathe and she said I was breathing fine if I was talking to her. My breaths were getting shorter and shorter until I was laying there awake not able to breathe at all. Next thing I know I'm waking up in the ICU a few hours later with a tube down my throat. She had put the epidural in too high and numbed my whole body. I had to be intubated and then on a ventilator until the epidural wore off and I could breathe on my own. I couldn't wait to get the tube out of my throat. They told my husband that I shouldn't be able to remember anything... but they were wrong I remember everything. I was so sick afterwards to. Throwing up from all the medicine they gave me. I also had an epidural headache for like a week.
I am so scared about the anesthesia this time around. I have considered just doing general so I don't have to have another epidural but I know the risks are greater with that.
Has anyone else had a bad experience... im just looking for some support.
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Tuesday August 20, 2013
WHO DAT - Physicians - WHO DAT
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The goal of the organization is to provide a strong, unified voice for patient advocacy and professional development for the physicians in Jefferson Parish. From the core of 35 physician members, the Jefferson Parish Medical Society now has 450 actively practicing physicians, 105 retired physician members, 227 physicians participating in specialty training as medical residents, and 35 medical student members.The physicians who chartered JPMS in 1959 were the leaders who influenced the extraordinary growth of health care delivery in Jefferson Parish, now recognized as the premiere provider of medical care in our area. Today, we are an organization of physicians – men and women, of every race, ethnic group and creed – devoted to our profession. We are the leaders who advocate for physicians' rights as related to Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurers. We are the physicians who fight to maintain Act 817, the medical malpractice law we passed in 1975. During the current Legislative Session, we successfully defended our profession against the unprecedented encroachment by the nursing and insurance industries. Your medical society exists to represent you.JPMS can help patients find a doctor in Gretna, Harvey, Kenner, Marrero, and Metairie as well as provide information about our doctors. We hold educational meetings, publish quarterly newsletters and an annual directory. An important function of the organization is acting as liaison with other professional medical associations such as the American Medical Association (AMA) and Louisiana State Medical Society to provide government/industry leaders with impartial information relevant to Louisiana physician/patient issues.
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As a brand new facility one new program we are implementing is an AAU organization. Players will benefit from calling a large facility like Metro West Sportscenter their home, complete with 5 full size batting tunnels and a 5,000 square foot turf field. Also, a home field in Ashland to play home games at Stone Park. We are looking to round out our inaugural team of 12 players for U15 and U14. The program cost will be $1500 and includes a 25 game schedule, weekly practice time at the facility starting in January, uniforms and apparel outfitted by Mizuno, free tunnel usage and private lessons package, and one travel tournament. Please call us at 508-881-9300 or check out the website at mwsportscenter.com for more info or to register. Thanks and we will see you on the diamond soon!!
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5 Well worth the buyPosted: 15/04/2010No boast intended but I was well into MGMT (Management) before they became big. I found out about them through AMG before Oracular Spectacular came out. Of course I was utterly blown away when the CD was released but didn't expect it to be such a hit despite all the catchy tunes: one doesn't necessarily lead to the other, take Yeasayer as a recent example. Several months later and it seemed almost everyone was into them. The first reviewer here is clearly disappointed: I think it really depends on your expectations and what other music you like listening to. To me there is a strong Secret Machines influence on Congratulations: MGMT seem to be doing what they like best which is to be free of an obvious song structure which has its origins in the Syd Barrett era, prog-rock etc. Anyway I feel that the first 5 tracks are strongest (Siberian Breaks goes on too long for me) and it really does need Brian Eno to liven things up again. I also found the last two tracks weak but perhaps I haven't listened to this enough yet. Not a classic but well worth buying. Four stars: but adding an extra one to balance the overly negative reviews that will appear given time.
5 Well said Tedman1Posted: 05/02/2010Wasn't too sure at first: there is, after all, a different feel to this than previous Midlake. It takes a few listens to get into, slowly lulling you in. But once you're there, as it were, you will be truly overwhelmed - haven't stopped listening to this since it arrived. Hopefully it has the same longevity as the Fleet Foxes CD . Favourite of the year so far. Wonderful - but let it grow on you.
1 Awful, really awfulPosted: 04/10/2009Predictable, cliched and flat, need I say more - had the misfortune to see this on the big screen. A free preview so the only loss incurred was two hours of my life. Would have avoided if I'd read the review in the Guardian, which rightly slates this dross. Suppose I'm not the intended demographic - this is really a chick flick, after all, but really one of the worst made in the last year or so. If you haven't worked out the ending within five minutes this may well appeal to you.
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5 AmazingPosted: 17/06/2009Yes, this is possibly if not probably the best game on the Wii - can't understand some of the bad reviews out there. Motion Plus adds a whole new dimension - feels almost like the real thing. Some have said they've had trouble with it - could this be another Tiger Woods 09 when bad reviews come in because people haven't got the hang of it? Online is superb, career mode superb, can't see Virtua Tennis beating this. A must buy. Love it.
5 Keep fit and have fun - great ideaPosted: 28/04/2009Brilliant concept forcing you to jog on the spot to be able to play - Mario Power Tennis works very well as does Sonic Rush. Shame price has dropped since buying it - well worth the money though. Good construction and design.
5 Best snooker game so farPosted: 21/04/2009Snooker is a slow game, so it's not for anyone who wants a quick arcade blast. Settle down with a nice cocoa on a damp day and it is a pleasure to play. I have this on Wii and 360 - prefer the Wii though because the cue attachment adds something fresh.
5 Wow!!!!!!!Posted: 05/03/2009Outstanding. Literally outstanding. Okay, the influences are transparent - Mary Chain, Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine, but these are whirled into a staggeringly rich and original texture. The first time you hear this you will be bemused, perhaps disappointed, but with each listen it will make more and more sense, and you'll find yourself stirred. Nu-gaze doesn't get any better than this. My CD of the month, if not the year. Wonderful.
5 Brilliant again - but much lighterPosted: 24/02/2009I've been fortunate enough to get hold of a preview copy and it doesn't disappoint - a much, much lighter feel to the first and with less shoe-gazing - but after a couple of listens it begins to make sense. The only downside is that it's over way too soon so I'll be buying the double CD version when it comes out. Okay, not as good as the first one but how do you surpass perfection?
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5 Seems pretty good to me - advice belowPosted: 22/01/2009Just been playing for an hour. First twenty minutes I was tearing my hair out and then the penny dropped. You have to bring back your hand with wiimote the way you would a real dart and then thrust forward, releasing 'a'; it's all in the timing and composure - if you jerk too much you won't release the dart or it will go awry. Played a tournament, got to the final and lost by a whisker. Very tense really - like real darts. Shame you can't play on-line. Perhaps you need to reduce the sensitivity if having problems.
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Jimmy Carter: Discrimination and Abuse of Women is the Greatest Challenge of new Millennium by WDET
"There is no other thing that could possibly challenge [the discrimination of women] as the worst problem on earth." Jimmy Carter
Since leaving the White House in 1981, Jimmy Carter has achieved much in his post-presidential years. He has spoken out boldly, and sometimes controversially, on many of the most important issues of our time. In his latest book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power. President Carter addresses the abuse of women as the greatest challenge of the 21st century. He spoke to WDET's Martina Guzman.


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CNN, the liberally biased compassionate, sensitive news agency has a Comedian in it's midst, one of their sh!t-heads commented on the air "I wonder if Nichole Smith is still dead" :singing: I wonder what the reaction would be if Sean Hannity said this. I agree with him, what in the name of God did this embarrassing exibitionist circus freak ever do to get the publicity she is now recieving, her funeral will be bigger than Jackie Onnasis and Ronald Reagan combined. STOP THE WAR LOWER THE NATIONS FLAGS CLOSE THE SCHOOLS CLOSE THE FEDERAL BUILDINGS ANNA NICHOLE SMITH HAS DIED FOR CHRIST SAKE LET HER REST IN PEACE--WHO THE HELL CARES WHAT THE F-CK HAS HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY
I believe that he was making fun of the American media for tripping over themselves to cover the death of a borderline celebrity when there are certain other, more important stories going on. Like, oh I don't know, a war. Besides, Hannity couldn't have said it. He's too busy reporting a story that he knows for a fact to be untrue (http://www.hannity.com/index/news-app/story.1457/menu./sec./home).


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Hello everyone , our gsd bitch who is 15 months old seems to be filling out well except from her rear end which is really soft and feels like there no muscle mass there at all , im getting really worried I took her to the vet but the vet said it may be ok. This is my first german shepherd and I really don't know why her rear is so soft with no muscle but everything else is filling out, she gets walked about an hour or 2 hours everyday and gets fed on royal canin, can someone give some advice?
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I would do rear-end exercises like rear-end awareness/pivot work on a pedestal and some on a yoga ball/fit paws ball, etc.
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I'm just trying to get a better idea so others can jump in. She may not be getting enough exercise to build her rear end. What else does she do besides walk? Is she off leash to play? what does she look like when she runs, turns, etc. Is she long legged? A little more info might be helpful.
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Version 1.5.0 of the free virtual machine Virtualbox has just been released.
One of the new features the release includes is a seamless window mode for Windows as a guest system, removing obstacles to interaction between applications. Virtualbox now also supports virtual serial ports, 64 bit Windows systems and guest additions for OS/2 Warp.
Vendor Innotek has also put a great deal of effort into optimizing the performance of the Virtual Remote Desktop (or VRDP for short). Windows graphics drivers now include Direct Draw support. On Linux, Virtualbox now supports X.org version 1.3 meaning that state-of-art systems such as Fedora 7 and Ubuntu Gutsy will run without any trouble on the virtualizer. The changelog has a full list of changes.
As usual, two versions are available for downloading: a commercial version, which is free for private use, and a GPL'd variant.
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April 20, 2009
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Students who are passionate about public health and also have a creative side may be interested in applying for this week's Scholarship of the Week, the Dr. Alma Adams Scholarship. Adams Scholarships are awarded to students for their outstanding community service and use of artistic abilities to increase awareness about the toll of tobacco within underserved communities. The awards recognize Alma Adams, a professional artist, educator, North Carolina state legislator and former board member of the American Legacy Foundation.
Up to two scholarships will be awarded each year to students who are pursuing a career related to public health and who have placed an emphasis on working with disadvantaged communities or groups that have been particularly targeted by tobacco advertising campaigns. Adams Scholarships are awarded to students who have shown a commitment to educate members of these communities about tobacco and drug use, especially through creative campaigns.
High school seniors and current undergraduate or graduate students planning to pursue a career in public health, health communications, social work, education, or a related field. Applicants must demonstrate financial need and must have received a GPA of at least 3.0 in the most recent academic year. Applicants should also have previous experience working with an underserved community, particularly working to prevent tobacco or drug use.
April 30, 2009
Required Material:
A completed scholarship application, a personal statement of 500-600 words, a copy of your Student Aid Report and most recent transcripts, and samples of your originally developed health communication materials.
Further details about the application process can be found by conducting a free college scholarship search on Scholarships.com. Once the search is completed, students eligible for this scholarship award will find it in their search results.
April 27, 2009
This week's Scholarship of the Week is the Akash Kuruvilla Memorial Scholarship, an award created to keep alive Akash Kuruvilla's legacy of leadership, diversity, integrity and academia by rewarding students who share these same values. One male and one female undergraduate student will receive a $1,000 scholarship award based on academics, extracurriculars, work and volunteer experience, financial need and a response to the question, "What does the phrase 'the American dream' mean to you, and how do you embody the American dream?"
High school seniors and current undergraduate students who will be enrolled full-time in an accredited degree program in fall 2009. Applicants must have a GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale if high school seniors, or 3.0 on a 4.0 scale if current undergraduates.
June 1, 2009
Completed scholarship application, copy of most recent academic transcript, Student Aid Report from FAFSA, résumé, two letters of recommendation, a personal statement, and a 750-word scholarship essay on the American dream.
May 4, 2009
This week's Scholarship of the Week is more than just a scholarship award, but a chance to speak out on issues that matter to you and potentially bring about meaningful change. Scholarships.com is now accepting applications for the annual Resolve to Evolve Essay Scholarship.
The Resolve to Evolve Scholarship is about more than just making resolutions—it's about creating change and furthering our evolution as individuals and a society. We must resolve to proactively and progressively confront challenges, however daunting. The "R2E" essay scholarship is an opportunity to move beyond finger-pointing and offer constructive criticism and workable solutions for problems facing an administration or an organization. Winners will not only receive a $1,000 college scholarship, but will also have their essays forwarded to officials who have the power to potentially act upon each essay's suggestions.
This year, the themes focus on calls for change and general education requirements in colleges. Applicants may respond to one of two questions: 1. Do general education requirements add to or detract from the ability to attain a useful and meaningful college degree? How can colleges both prepare students for careers in their intended fields and produce well-rounded graduates? or 2. After an election filled with calls for change, what changes are most important for America to undergo, and what steps must be taken to make these changes?
Prize: Five $1,000 scholarships
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Deadline: July 31, 2009
Required Material: Applications require three parts. The first part is a 300 to 800 word response to one of two essay prompts. The second is a shorter personal statement, answering the question "What do you feel has been or will be your biggest obstacle in attending college, and how do you think your degree will help you achieve your goals?" The third part of the application is a letter of recommendation from an individual who knows you well enough to speak authoritatively about your character and abilities. Applications must be printed (not handwritten) and mailed to the address provided in the scholarship information.
May 11, 2009
College and high school students between the ages of 16 and 21 have the chance to win money for college by making a video promoting safer or more environmentally aware driving in this week's Scholarship of the Week. The Bridgestone Safety Scholars video contest asks students to create an original public service announcement addressing either automotive safety or automotive environmentalism.
Videos must be either 25 or 55 seconds in length, must be the creator's original work, and cannot incorporate content or locations the creator does not have legal permission to use in a film. Entries can be submitted online between May 27 and June 17, and on June 25 the top ten videos selected by Bridgestone Americas will be posted online. Three grand prize winners will then be chosen from the top ten by popular voting. Winners will receive both $5,000 in scholarship money and a trip to the 2010 Chicago auto show.
Prize: $5,000
Eligibility: Students ages 16 to 21 who are United States citizens or permanent residents and are currently enrolled in either high school or an accredited college or trade school.
Deadline: June 17, 2009
Required Material: An original video, 25 or 55 seconds in length, that addresses issues of either automotive safety or automotive environmentalism. Videos must be uploaded to the Safety Scholars website between May 27 and June 17 along with a completed registration form.
May 18, 2009
The current state of the economy has made it increasingly difficult for students with poor or average credit to borrow money for college. With many student loan companies announcing plans to cease or greatly scale back lending, and other companies drastically increasing credit requirements, student borrowers may feel like they have nowhere to turn. College scholarships, such as this week's Scholarship of the Week, can help bridge this gap, however. The SpendonLife Credit Challenged Scholarship offers awards of up to $5,000 to students struggling to pay for school after being denied student loans based on credit.
Prize: Up to 10 scholarship awards in amounts ranging from $500 to $5,000
Eligibility: High school students and college students ages 17-25 who will be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in the 2009-2010 academic year or who are currently enrolled in college. Applicants must be legal residents of the U.S. and must have been rejected for a private student loan based on credit.
Deadline: June 15, 2009
Required Material: A completed scholarship application and an essay of 500 words or less answering the question, "How has the slowed economy personally affected you, either financially or emotionally?"
May 26, 2009
Healthcare is constantly growing and changing in many ways, making it one of the most interesting fields to enter as a career. Even people who don't plan to devote their lives to health professions often find themselves following medical advances with interest. A major step in the evolution of healthcare in coming years will be the adoption of medical software that will allow for more universal recordkeeping and hopefully better patient care. This week's Scholarship of the Week gives current college students an opportunity to research this topic in depth for the chance to win $2,500.
To encourage college students in all disciplines to think and write about this topic, Claricode is sponsoring a scholarship essay contest asking students to discuss the potential of medical software in essays of 500 to 1,000 words. Essays will be judged on the following criteria: idea development, clarity of vision, creativity, practicality, and spelling and grammar.
Prize: First place: $2,500; Second place: $1,500; Third place: $1,000
Eligibility: Any U.S. citizen or resident age 18 and up who is currently enrolled full-time in an accredited degree program and will remain enrolled full-time when the scholarship is awarded in January 2010. Applications are welcome from students in all areas of study.
Deadline: October 31, 2009
Required Material: Completed scholarship application and scholarship essay of 500-1000 words addressing the question, "How will medical software improve the future?"
This week's Scholarship of the Week is an essay scholarship that should appeal to fans of political science and U.S. history, though it's open to students of every major. The Lincoln Forum's Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest offers a top prize of $1,000 for student essays on one of America's most influential presidents.
The 2008 elections brought a renewed interest in Abraham Lincoln, with frequent comparisons made between him and President Obama. Building on this theme, The Lincoln Forum is inviting current undergraduate students to submit essays on the topic, "Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln: Getting Right with Lincoln." The scholarship essay contest asks students to discuss which other presidents, in addition to Obama, have been inspired by Lincoln, and to also explore what lessons can be learned from Lincoln's presidency by the Obama administration.
Undergraduate students who were enrolled full-time in the spring semester of 2009 at an American college or university. U.S. citizenship is not required.
July 31, 2009
A completed scholarship essay addressing this year's theme in 1,500 to 5,000 words. Essays must be typed and submitted via postal mail or e-mail and must include a works cited page or bibliography.
June 8, 2009
Current college students who are passionate about confronting global climate change have a chance to win up to $9,000 to help pay for school through this week's Scholarship of the Week. The Blade Your Ride Scholarship Program will award scholarships of $3,000 to $9,000 to three students who create the best short video webcasts addressing the issue of global climate change and the potential for small changes to make a significant difference. Sabertec, the sponsoring company, feels strongly about this issue, and encourages students to explore the potential of their product, Blade, as part of their video webcasts.
Three finalists will receive $3,000 scholarships and one grand prize winner will receive an additional $6,000 scholarship, for a total award of $9,000.
Undergraduate students or graduate students with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a bachelor's or master's degree program at an accredited college or university in the United States. U.S. citizenship is not required.
June 30, 2009
A video of 1-2 minutes in length, accompanied by a résumé, transcript and letter of recommendation.
June 15, 2009
There are scholarship opportunities out there for every talent, interest or skill. Through this week's Scholarship of the Week, the Calm-A-Sutra of Tea Scholarship Competition, you can win a $15,000 college scholarship just for demonstrating your knowledge of tea and your ability to drink it creatively. Students are asked to create a 1 to 2 minute video of themselves drinking black, green, white or oolong tea while describing the health benefits of tea and to upload the video to YouTube. Entries are judged on their health-related messges, creativity, individuality and popularity. No scholarship essays require
College and high school students age 16 and older who are legal residents of the United States and Puerto Rico.
August 2, 2009
A video of 1-2 minutes in length, showing you drinking tea in an unusual manner while explaining the health benefits of tea. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube then submitted to the Tea Council via their website.
June 22, 2009
International relations and national security remain hot topics in American politics, so it's no surprise that scholarship opportunities exist to foster new thinking and innovative ideas in such fields. Students interested in issues of national security, counterintelligence, and international affairs are invited to apply for this week's Scholarship of the Week, the Jim and Anna Hyonjoo Lint National Security Scholarship. This scholarship essay contest awards $1,000 to the student who writes the best original essay addressing an issue of importance to national security and related fields. In addition to the scholarship prize, winners will also see their essays published by the Lint Center.
Applicants must be admitted to a university and must plan to enroll as undergraduate students or graduate students in the fall semester. The scholarship is open to students of any major who show an interest in national security, counterintelligence, or international affairs.
Completed scholarship application, including an application essay, personal statement, letter of recommendation, and official transcript.
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The wildly popular GoPro camera seems ubiquitous these days, having made its way into most active sports from surfing to mountain biking to rock climbing, and, of course, to scuba diving. And for good reason: the small cameras deliver high quality, full-HD footage in a travel-friendly, fairly inexpensive package.
However, as most people who've bought one have discovered, buying the camera is only half the battle. Learning to use it, along with purchasing a range of extra accessories, will help you get the best footage possible during your sport of choice. In this article series, we'll cover all you need to know to make your GoPro into a lean, mean, dive footage-creating machine.
First and foremost we must look at the housing. The original GoPros came with a durable housing, rated to 60 meters (197 feet). It was somewhat large and cumbersome, though, and had a few diving-related problems, such as a moderate wide-angle effect intended for land-based shooting. GoPro subsequently redesigned their housing and camera to be smaller, lighter and more suited to diving. The current version, the GoPro Hero3+, features a much slimmer housing, but it's only rated for 40 meters (131 feet). GoPro has also produced a separate, dive-specific housing, rated to 60 meters. Although recreational dive limits top out at 40 meters, because of the difference in dynamic and static pressure, it's recommended that if you routinely dive to 60 feet or deeper (18 meters+), you get the dive-specific housing to reduce the risk of flooding. The good news about the new version is that the wide-angle capabilities are much better than on previous versions, allowing divers to move very close to the motif of the photo, while still capturing all of, say, a reef shark. We'll get into shooting practices in a later article.
Light starts to fade away as we descend, but we don't lose light equally across the spectrum. Normal light contains all the primary colors, which fade away one by one as we get deeper. The first to go is red; the last is blue. Because of this, underwater photography and film footage often seems blue, a tendency that increases the deeper we go. To remedy this effect, a red filter is a highly useful for underwater photography. There are filters for all types of cameras, including the GoPro. Some filters simply click on over the lens; other, multiple filters allow divers to switch between them on a multilevel dive. The latter configuration makes it possible to account for the lighting conditions at any given depth, but these filters are typically more expensive and bulkier, and determining which filter goes with which depth takes some training. Other filters are made for specific lighting conditions, such as the greenish hue of freshwater, or for night diving. In any case, a red filter will greatly enhance your photos, and along with a photo light, make the colors and details pop, ending the age of blue or green dive photos.
Photo and video lights
Which brings us to lights. Again, light disappears as we descend, and while compensating for this with a filter is important, so too can be compensating for the general loss of light. Powerful photo and/or video lights can help. Think of photo lights as underwater flashes that shoot off a burst of light as you take a picture, helping to illuminate the scene. Video lights are more like flashlights or dive torches that shine continuously, illuminating the scene as you film. When using either, instead of being directly beneath or directly above the lens — as in a traditional camera flash — it helps to put the light at an angle to help reduce backscatter. Our next article will cover more on light placement and mounting options.
In its most basic configuration, the GoPro works pretty well as an underwater camera, in particular for snorkeling and shallow dives. But to take it up a notch, requires a little more of an investment, including lights, filters, and possibly a dedicated dive housing. With these, you're ready to take your underwater photo and video to the next level.
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The Philippines is a photographer's dream. The astounding landscape both topside and underwater glistens with colour and is calling out to be explored.
Start your adventure by passing through Manila, Philippines manic capital, perhaps stopping to take a ride on a rainbow coloured Jeepney – a kitsch vehicle that is one of the most popular forms of transport in this busy city. Once out of the city hub the variety that exudes within this tropical archipelago is hard to look past.
A perfect destination for scuba divers of all experience levels, the Philippines is in the heart of the coral triangle and is world renowned for nutrient rich currents and consequently some of the world's most fascinating marine life.
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Although nitrox has been used for recreational diving for almost 25 years, it is still often misunderstood. As an instructor, I've found myself correcting countless students who are under the impression that nitrox enables a person to dive deeper than normal air — just one of the common misconceptions about nitrox diving. Although specific training is required before diving nitrox for the first time, these basic facts will help to make more sense of what it is and what it can do for you.
What Is It? Quite literally, nitrox refers to a mix of nitrogen and oxygen, regardless of the percentage of each in the mix. The nitrox we use while diving is more properly called enriched-air nitrox, and refers to any blend of nitrogen and oxygen in which the oxygen concentration is greater than that of normal air. This means an oxygen level of 22 percent or higher, although the most common enriched-air nitrox blend is 32 percent. The recreational diving limit is 40 percent oxygen.
What Does It Do? As every entry-level diver knows, increased pressure at depth causes the nitrogen in the air we breathe to be dissolved into the bloodstream. The time that we can spend underwater is limited by this nitrogen absorption — as we dive deeper and for longer, we absorb more nitrogen at a greater rate. Our no-decompression limit correlates to the amount of nitrogen our bodies can absorb before we must perform compulsory decompression stops or suffer the consequences of decompression sickness.
Enriched-air nitrox slows down the rate at which nitrogen dissolves into our bloodstream, because there is less nitrogen available to be absorbed from the mix that we're breathing. The higher the percentage of your enriched-air blend, the more nitrogen is replaced with extra oxygen.
Benefits There are several reasons divers use enriched-air nitrox. One of its biggest benefits is an increased no-decompression limit, which means longer bottom time. The lower percentage of nitrogen in the nitrox you're breathing means your bloodstream is also absorbing nitrogen more slowly. For example, on normal air a diver has a no-decompression limit of 50 minutes at 60 feet; using a 36 percent enriched-air mix at the same depth will extend this limit to 130 minutes. In terms of increasing bottom time, enriched air is most useful for depths between 50 and 100 feet; any shallower and no-decompression limits are already so long that divers usually have no need to extend them.
Surface intervals are usually shorter on nitrox as well. Since there is less nitrogen to off-gas, a diver on enriched air will be able to re-enter the water sooner than a diver using normal air after completing the same profile. This also means that divers using enriched air typically have longer maximum bottom times on repetitive dives, and less off-gassing means that enriched air divers are often less tired at the end of the day than divers using normal air. Enriched air can be a valuable safety buffer for divers who choose to use it while following normal air tables, computers, profiles and procedures. Doing so creates a considerable conservative margin that further reduces the risk of decompression sickness, and may be advisable for anyone who may be susceptible to it, such as those who are tired, overweight, older, have suffered decompression sickness before, or are diving with injuries.
Myths, Considerations and Dangers Although the benefits of diving with enriched air are significant, doing so also involves certain risks. One of the most common misconceptions about enriched air nitrox is that users can dive deeper than with normal air; in fact the opposite is true. Under pressure, oxygen becomes toxic. The percentage of oxygen in normal air (21 percent) only becomes toxic at depths greater than the recreational limit, but the increased percentages of oxygen in enriched air mean that toxicity can become a problem at much shallower depths. Toxicity causes convulsions that put a diver at risk of losing his regulator and subsequently drowning. However, enriched-air courses teach divers how to work out their maximum operating depth using the percentage and partial pressure of the oxygen in their mix. As long as the maximum operating depth is adhered to, oxygen toxicity should not be a problem.
Oxygen also requires caution in the sense that it is an exceptionally flammable gas. Although standard scuba equipment is safe to use with air blends containing up to 40 percent oxygen, the process by which an enriched-air cylinder is filled often involves much higher concentrations. Partial-pressure blending exposes the cylinder to pure oxygen that is later diluted with normal air, and cylinders that are not treated for exposure to such high levels of oxygen can explode. Therefore, any part of the cylinder that comes in to contact with pure oxygen needs to be "oxygen clean," and cylinders used for enriched air and normal air are not interchangeable. Enriched-air cylinders require decals or stickers to differentiate them from normal ones; they should be serviced annually.
There are a few other equipment considerations to bear in mind when considering enriched-air diving. Before each dive, you are personally responsible for checking the percentage of oxygen in your cylinder. If it is even slightly off, your maximum-operating depth calculations will be too. To check, you will need an analyzer, and although you can usually borrow one from your dive center, it's a good idea to have your own if you intend to dive nitrox regularly. If you dive with a computer, you need to make sure that yours has enriched-air settings and correlates to the details of your mix before beginning each dive. Remember that enriched air does not improve air consumption, and neither does it give immunity to decompression sickness. Continue to check your gauges, depth and time limits as often as you would when diving on normal air.
With these precautions and the necessary training, enriched-air diving is a fantastic way to get the most out of your diving experience. You'll spend more time in the water, and less time waiting to get back in.
By Polly Philipson
Many people feel anxious before a dive when they are starting out on their scuba diving journey. It is completely understandable as it is a new realm that is being explored. Beginners don't know what it is going to feel like underwater or if they will enjoy it. It feels like there are so many things to think about to start with. These tips help build confidence that will assist you prepare for your amazing underwater experiences
1 – Professional Training Builds Your Diving Confidence
Years of research and tried and tested techniques have gone into formulating today's scuba diving courses. Modern scuba diving training has been specifically designed to alleviate stress and slowly build on skills to a point where divers are ready to go out into open water. Organizations, such as PADI, have skills and procedures that divers must learn in sequence – these standards are adhered to by PADI Instructors worldwide. Studying theory, watching videos and learning skills in the pool is followed by practicing in the sea with your instructor. This allows you to slowly develop at your own pace – only progressing when you are comfortable with each section.
2 – Knowing Your Equipment Increases Diving Confidence
During your scuba diving training, you will learn how to set up, adjust, check, and don your equipment. Understanding how your equipment works will give you added confidence and alleviate stress. Making sure everything is fitted correctly and securely, with the help of your instructor or buddy, is very important.
3 – Confined Water Practice Raises Diving Confidence
As mentioned earlier, your training is performance-based, and you will have ample time to learn and practice scuba diving skills in the pool before heading out to the open water. Your instructor will assess your capabilities and allow extra time for practice if needed. Likewise, if you haven't dived for a while then it's a great idea to jump back into the pool for a Scuba Review.
4 – Correct Weighting and Buoyancy Assist Diving Confidence
Divers perform weight checks on the surface before a dive to determine that they have the correct amount of weight. You will be taught this during your training. If you are worried when you start your open water dive that you may be under weighted, then ask the instructor to carry spares or have spare weights available at the end of the dive on a descent line. It is a mistake to overweight yourself, as this will make you consume air faster and alter your buoyancy and trim when underwater.
5 – Breathing Techniques Help Diving Confidence
Begin your dive relaxed and calm – give yourself time at the start of the dive to become relaxed with slow, deep breathing. Allow yourself to orientate to being underwater by pausing after your descent. Take time to regulate your breathing, check your equipment and computer, and to signal to your buddy that everything is OK. Then you can focus on having fun and discovering the amazing marine life!
6 – Discuss Diving Confidence
Build your confidence by talking to your instructor and other divers about their experiences. You will find people's passion and love for the sport is infectious; divers love to share their underwater adventures and knowledge. If you feel nervous before a dive then talk to your instructor or buddy. They will assist you in identifying what is causing your nerves and help you to solve any issues.
7 – Watching Videos
Training agencies such as PADI have videos that complement their courses. They are a great way to see what it is like underwater before you go! Watching videos will prepare you for your first experience by visually demonstrating the theory you have learned. Popular online sites such as YouTube are a good resource for finding footage of various dive sites and marine life.
8 – Relax and Enjoy!
The final piece of advice is to relax, take your time and enjoy. Don't rush to set up your equipment and work at your own pace when getting ready for your dive. When you rush, you create stress and may not follow the procedures you have been taught. Similarly, don't rush around underwater – take time to appreciate what nature has created and enjoy the full experience of breathing underwater.
Although scuba is technically a sport, for most of us, diving is more about calm than cardio. One of scuba's biggest attractions is the relaxation it offers, as well as the chance to escape from the frenetic pace of life on land. Most dives require very little physical work once underwater, and so it's hard to think of scuba as part of a fitness regime. But a day of diving always leads to a good night's sleep and a disproportionately large appetite, so perhaps we're expending more energy underwater than we realize. Although diving requires a relatively low level of physical activity, other factors combine to make it effective exercise, which is good news for those of us who would rather spend our time beneath the waves than in the gym.
The conditions of the underwater environment are a considerable factor in scuba's value as a fitness tool. Although you may not feel as though you're exercising while diving, the water around you is conducting heat from your body 20 times faster than air, so you must work hard to maintain its core temperature. Even in tropical climates, metabolic activity increases significantly in order to combat heat loss; in cooler parts of the world, the body must expend even more energy to counteract frigid temperatures at depth. Some dives require more physical activity than others — anyone who's ever had to contend with strong current knows just how tiring swimming against the flow can be. Similarly, keeping up with marine life, attempting to stay in one place for photography purposes, or any kind of underwater activity that involves hard finning results in additional calorie expenditure.
The technique used to fin properly, i.e. from the hip rather than from the knee, is key to strengthening core muscles as well as glute and back muscles, according to PADI's director of communications Theresa Kaplan. She attributes diving's toning and strengthening properties to the fact that water is a medium "hundreds of times more dense than air." Water resistance is instrumental in defining scuba as a valuable form of low-impact exercise. Diving's low impact also makes it a good alternative to conventional exercise for those with weak or injured joints, as it puts considerably less strain on the body than most land-based physical activities. Diving is therefore not only a good workout for healthy individuals, but also a great form of physical therapy for those recovering from injury. Some scientists even believe that scuba may decrease the time it takes for wounds to heal, thanks to the body's consumption of concentrated levels of oxygen at depth.
Diving can also aid long-term fitness, as breathing techniques used to improve air consumption teach the body to absorb more oxygen for every inhale. Normally, the body uses only a quarter of the oxygen it inhales, but diving can increase lung efficiency over time. And the dive itself isn't the only part of the sport that offers a workout. The routine of kitting up, carrying gear to the point of entry, getting in and out of the water and de-kitting also contributes to scuba's overall fitness value. A dive cylinder weighs between 30 and 50 pounds; carrying a full scuba unit strengthens core muscles, particularly during shore entries. Lifting cylinders, weights and other equipment often involves actions comparable to weight-lifting exercises used in the gym. Diving is therefore not only a cardiovascular workout but a muscular one as well. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, the physical demands of diving are significant enough to be treated with caution; those suffer from significant health conditions or obesity should seek medical advice before attempting to dive.
The benefits of scuba to general physical fitness were acknowledged by the 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities, which compared it in terms of metabolic activity with ice-skating, power-walking and casual soccer. On average, a man weighing 180 pounds can expect to burn as many as 600 calories during an hour dive, and many more if swimming in strong currents or particularly cold water. Several online calculators can work out the calories burned during a specific dive, based on weight and the time spent underwater.
Scuba is beneficial not only as a viable form of physical exercise, but also for mental and emotional wellbeing. The peace, serenity and beauty of the underwater world encourage positivity and give real joy to those who experience them. Diving is a great way to tone and strengthen your body, burn calories and boost your serotonin levels, ultimately making it both a rewarding and enjoyable way to keep fit.
By: Megan c/o PADI


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Death risk for such fake bribes to Greek doctors
Dear Editors,
It would be very dangerous to try to fool with such fiat currencies corrupt Greek medical doctors in public hospitals!
They would just let you die unassisted.
Corruption in Greece is widespread among medical doctors. [1][2][3][4]
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[2] http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4607?tab=responses
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Kudos to the person creating the fake Rupee notes, putting officials on notice that corruption is no longer acceptable.
This tongue-in-cheek initiative definitely made me smile. Nice to see that people like Vijay Anand can poke a bit of fun at such emotionally charged topic as corruption and I can imagine that in some situations handing fake money would work very well. Just imagine dealing with irritating policeman on a busy intersection.
For those commentators who pointed out that often times people are hostages to corrupt officials and have to pay no matter what, I would like to point you to a project we've been working - http://bribespot.com There you can report incidents anonymously and with enough people sharing their stories be able to see hotspots of corruption highlighted on an interactive city map.
The service is anonymous, so it removes people out of the harm's way and allows to aggregate bribery information, which is notoriously hard to come by.
Very lofty initiative. But try being a peasant in any third world country in need of some government certificate to register your child in school and go through the following steps:
1. Proudly hand the zero-value note to the corrupt official
2. Feel magnificent for standing up against corruption
3. Watch your child stay illiterate
4. (Optional)Humbly hand a >zero note to the now enemy and corrupt official.
but In India it may gain some value as demand is so high. Then corrupt officials will take it and sell it.
If you report a bribe, it can easily be reverse engineered. Unless the report is vague enough to also be worthless.
Seeds of honesty & dishonesty are existing in human psyche. If the system is conducive for dishonesty to prosper, we see dishonesty in the system. If system prospers honesty then we may honesty in the system.
Basically it is system dependent and regrettable part is that we are trying to deter dishonesty with punitive mechanism but chronic dishonesty mostly rises over it. China has capital punishment for corruption still it is rising.
Perhaps the solution lies in prospering honesty which on its own will contain dishonesty, as I think.
Legalize corruption. Make it competitive.
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NASA solicited questions via YouTube for the event. Interested participants can also use Google+, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook to pose questions during the event.
Space enthusiasts eager to learn more about what it's like to live in the cosmos are in luck: NASA is hosting a Google+ Hangout with astronauts aboard the International Space Station from 11 am to noon EST on Friday, February 22.
From February 7 to 12, NASA solicited questions for the chat via YouTube and garnered about 150 submissions for potential queries.
"We're thrilled with the questions since many of them were really good questions," says Jason Townsend, NASA's deputy social media manager.
The event will connect NASA's robust social media following with astronauts on the ground, as well as those living and working aboard the laboratory, which orbits 240 miles above Earth.
NASA has 1.7 million Facebook fans and 3.5 million Twitter followers.
Google+ Hangouts allow up to ten people to chat face-to-face via their computers or the Google+ mobile app. According to NASA, thousands more can tune in to watch the conversation live from NASA's Google+ page or via the NASA Television YouTube channel. NASA has 400,000 followers on Google+ and 213,000 YouTube subscribers.
To be considered as possible questions, video clips had to be uploaded to YouTube, tagged with #askAstro and had a limit of 30 seconds. During the event, several video questions will be selected. In addition, fans can use #askAstro to submit questions on Google+, YouTube or Twitter during the event. On the morning of the event, NASA will also open a thread on its Facebook page for questions.
The hour-long event will be connected to the International Space Station for 20 minutes, during which time astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn of NASA and Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency will provide insight into what's it's like to live aboard the station. Astronauts on the ground will answer questions for the remainder.
Marshburn and Hadfield give peeks into their lives on the Space Station via their Twitter accounts. @AstroMarshburn has 19,000 followers. @Cmdr_Hadfield has 362,000 followers.
According to Townsend, the Space Station currently has a total of six inhabitants who are conducting research and performing maintenance during their November 2012 to March 2013 stay.
"Their life aboard the station in near-weightlessness requires different approaches to everyday activities such as eating, sleeping and exercising," NASA says.
This marks NASA's first Google+ Hangout with the International Space Station. Previous Google+ Hangouts include: NASA's Charlie Bolden and SpaceX's Elon Musk; Celebrating Small Businesses Contributions to the Mars Curiosity Rover; and Beyond 2012.
Like previous social endeavors, Townsend says NASA seeks to spark scientific curiosity with this Google+ Hangout. This particular event helps highlight the notion that there are actually human beings living and working in space, far above the earth.
"We are trying to connect with as many people as possible," Townsend says. "We want to share in what's going on at the International Space Station."
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