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From the article: Mixing Bleach and Vinegar
Mixing vinegar and bleach strengthens the cleaning and disinfecting properties of the chemicals, yet it also produces toxic vapors. Do you mix vinegar and bleach for specific purposes? If so, what is your use of the mixture?
- I was dumping out dirty waterfrom the mop bucket into my shower drain didnt think anything of it . I was quick to poor water and bleach in the bucket and completely forgot vinegar was leftover and voila , a coughing fit burning eyes . Mind you I live in an old house , so there isnt much ventilation but I have all the doors and windows open to no avail . Its effects are horrible cant get the smell out of my nose and the light headedness .
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The devil is in the dilution
- "At alkaline pH values of about 8.5 or higher, more than 90% of the bleach is in the form of the chlorite ion (OCl-), which is relatively ineffective antimicrobially. At acidic pH values of about 6.8 or lower, more than 80% of the bleach is in the form of hypochlorite (HOCl). HOCl is about 80 to 200 times more antimicrobial than OCl-. "
- —Guest googleit
Vinegar & Bleach Cleaner
- Mix one gallon water with 2 oz. bleach and 2 oz. vinegar in a spray bottle; the most effective disinfectant cleaner for counters, floors, sinks, etc. and helps prevent fruit flies.
- —Guest Keyna Welenc
Bleach IS an acid! DANGER! Author lied!
- Chlorine bleach contains sodium hypochlorite or NaOCl. Because bleach is "Sodium hypochlorite in water, the sodium hypochlorite in bleach actually exists as hypochlorous acid:" I worked calibrating chlorine detectors. And if you mix Bleach with vinegar it produces chlorine gas! It is deadly and should NOT be done under any circumstance! Danger to life article here http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/intridl4.html also see: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/832336-overview
- —DayoIII
Bleach is not an acid.
- Bleach is not an acid, it is a strong base. adding vinegar WILL lower the pH, but since bleach has a HIGH pH, adding vinegar will only neutralize it. Another use for mixing vinegar with bleach is to create a strong oxidizing chemical, used to turn (for example) steel wool into iron oxide (Fe2O3), used for color pigments, or chemistry experiments.
- —Guest Professor
good to know!
- these are good things to know! especially being someone who is just starting to live on my own and not living in the nicest places that are available. Getting rid of the mold and smells are important, but not that important. My go-to chemical is straight up comet bleach. It worked for my grandmother and my mother and it works for me! Less risk of dangerous fumes than mixing or the liquid since it is powder form.
- —Guest CHEM II Student
"Good God!""It wasn't a Miracle cleaner"
- I believe the miracle is that i am still alive and breathing! because about 4hrs ago i mixed up a large amount 1/1 mix of bleach /vinegar the only time in my life desperately seeking inexspensive solution to molds/parasites in a large outdoor aviary/cage which also houses a small "shop" that i spend a great deal of time with my cat in He just came in from the area the "l" were "sizzilleing". Will he be OK? I did it to protect him from potentially harmfull spores/ect.. but what have i done! Im so worried for him the tiny little fellow! and what happens when it rains tonight does it start reacting again. Or should i rinse well w/garden hose or should I avoid re-wetting it, I even bent down closer to the ground watching it react ! and observed for at least 1/2 hr? yeeeeeps! stupid girl!. I cant tel if my throat /chest hurts or not I think maybe yes or my worried imagination?
- —Guest Judy
still suffering
- I was cleaning a rather old shower,still had the stainless steel base. I spray sellys 3 min mold cleaner on the shower walls and polaris stainless steel cleaner on the base. I left it to work for 3 mins then went in and scrubbed the base,as i did this my eyes started burning and coughing.I didnt know that the two cleaners where reacting,just thinking the bleach was rather strong.it wasnt until i got home 3 - 4 hrs later my husband said id inhaled chloric gases given off from the two products.I rang the poision center and was told to flush the eyes for 15mins and go to the local hospital. I flushed my eyes but didnt go to the hospital.2 weeks later im still suffering from acute sinus and headaches.Do Not under estimate the dangers of bleach.
- —Guest Kiwi
I almost died
- Today I was cleaning my kitchen floor with vinegar and liquid dish washing detergent. I scrubbed the floor and still could not get all the stains out. Thought I'd use a little bit of bleach. Boy! It was like the vinegar potentiated the odor of the bleach (now I know the chlorine gas was released). I was coughing, entire airway irritated. Felt close to losing consciousness and struggled to get kitchen windows open. I did, but I was just to overcome. Left the kitchen and went upstairs. Opened up 3 more windows and just could not get myself straight. It's been about 4 hours since the incident. My airway is still irritated and Wheezing is audible, and I consider myself stupid but alive. I have always respected bleach, but just didn't appreciate that household vinegar could react with it with such dire consequences.
- —Guest Brenda
Outdoor Nastiness
- I use it to clear up mold and mildew on the patio. The fumes aren't a problem outside and it does a number on discolored yuckiness outdoors.
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Combine the water, butter, salt and sugar and heat until the butter is melted. Add the flour and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until the dough forms a firm ball and breaks away from the edges of the pan. Remove the dough from the pan and beat in the eggs, one by one. If the eggs are very large, you may not need 4, if they are small, you may need more. Use enough to make the pâte à choux firm, smooth and waxy.
Add the cheese, mustard and a few grains of cayenne to the pâte à choux and blend thoroughly. Butter a baking sheet and drop the dough by spoonfuls, or force it through the plain tube of a pastry bag, making small round mounds on the sheets. Sprinkle with a little additional cheese and a little cayenne or a few dashes of Tabasco.
Bake in a 375°F oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the gougère to dry out in the oven for a few minutes before removing them. This will prevent them from weepingthat is, showing drops of moisture.
Serve the gougère either hot or cold.
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Professor Naila Kabeer on 'Inequality: The Great Paradox of our Time'
Professor Naila Kabeer, Professor of Gender and Development at the Gender Institute, has contributed to the pamphlet produced by the Labour Campaign for International Development on 'Beyond Aid: Labour's Ambition for a Radical Development Agenda'. The pamphlet is available to download here and Naila's article is called 'Inequality: The Great Paradox of our Time'.
Professor Dianne Perrons speaks at conference on 'The Challenge of Economic Inequality to Recovery and Wellbeing'
Professor Diane Perrons, Director of the Gender Institute, spoke at the Annual Conference on 'The Challenge of Economic Inequality to Recovery and Wellbeing', which was co-hosted by TASC (Think-tank for Action on Social Change) and FEPS (the Foundation for European Progressive Studies). Her talk was on 'Finance, austerity and inequality: towards gender equitable alternatives'. To listen to her talk at the conference, please click here.
Alexandra Hyde on 'Remembrance and the reserve-reserve army of labour'
Dr Alexandra Hyde, an alumna of the Gender Institute, has written an article for openDemocracy on 'Remembrance and the reserve-reserve army of labour'. Alexandra Hyde is working on an ethnography of a British Army Regiment focusing on gender, migration and militarisation.
The Gender Institute's New Undergraduate Course - Gender, Politics and Civil Society (GI200)
The Gender Institute will be offering a new undergraduate course to all 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates, which will focus on using the remarkable resources of The Women's Library. The Women's Library, now situated in the LSE Library, holds an abundance of material, both written and visual, recording the social, political and economic changes in women's lives and relations between women and men in the past 200 years.
Gender in the Media by Niall Richardson and Sadie Wearing (2014)
Sadie Wearing, Lecturer in Gender, Culture and Media at the Gender Institute, and Niall Richardson have published a book on Gender in the Media. This lively and engaging text introduces students to the key contemporary issues in the study of gender and the media. Integrating cultural theory with text-based criticism, Gender in the Media analyses recent debates in feminist cultural theory, masculinity studies and queer theory, before applying these cultural paradigms to critical readings in relevant media contexts.
The SAGE Handbook of Feminist Theory (eds) Mary Evans, Clare Hemmings, Marsha Henry, Hazel Johnstone, Sumi Madhok, Ania Plomien and Sadie Wearing
Edited by and featuring Gender Institute faculty, The SAGE Handbook of Feminist Theory will be published in August 2014. At no point in recorded history has there been an absence of intense, and heated, discussion about the subject of how to conduct relations between women and men. This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to these omnipresent issues and debates, mapping the present and future of thinking about feminist theory. It is an essential reference work for advanced students and academics not only of feminist theory, but of gender and sexuality across the humanities and social sciences.
Diane Perrons and Ania Plomien on 'Managing the gender divide' in the Financial Times
Professor Diane Perrons and Professor Ania Plomien have written an article for the Financial Times Advisor on 'Managing the gender divide' in paid and unpaid employment. The article focuses on how women's contribution to the economy can be assessed in a number of ways and it depends on how we conceptualise the economy and, relatedly, what counts as a contribution.
Naila Kabeer on the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls from a European Union perspective
Professor Naila Kabeer has written a background study for the delegation of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament (FEMM). The study is on the challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls from a European Union perspective.
Mary Evans talks about Love on BBC Radio 4 programme, Thinking Allowed
Mary Evans discusses 'love' with the social historian, Claire Langhamer and the philosopher, Pascal Bruckner on the Thinking Allowed programme led by Laurie Taylor. To listen to the discussion, click here.
Mary Evan's article for openDemocracy is featured as part of 'Best of 2013'
Mary Evans, LSE Centennial Professor at the Gender Institute, wrote an article on 'Love in a time of neo-liberalism' for openDemocracy and it has been selected as one of the 'Best of 2013'. To read the article, click here.
Hazel Johnstone honoured with MBE
Hazel Johnstone, departmental manager in LSE's Gender Institute, received her MBE for services to higher education. Hazel has overseen the transformation of the Gender Institute, from a working group to a department that offers five different masters programmes and a PhD programme.
Naila Kabeer responds to Esther Duflo's view on 'women's empowerment and economic development'
Naila Kabeer has written a blog post for the International Association for Feminist Economics, in which she responds to Esther Duflo's view on the connection between women's empowerment and economic development. To read the blog post, click here.
Naila Kabeer participated in Expert Group Meeting on Millennium Development Goals
Naila Kabeer presented a review of the Millennium Development Goals at the Expert Group Meeting in Mexico City for UN Women. Experts were called upon ahead of the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which will focus on the 'Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls'. To read Naila's report presented at the Expert Group Meeting, click here.
Naila Kabeer talks at the Yale School of Law
Naila Kabeer, Professor of Gender and Development at the Gender Institute, joined Professor Martha Chen and Professor Muneer Ahmad in the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women's Rights: Reconsidering Voice: "Gender, Agency and the Role of Law in Development". Special thanks to Harold Shapiro for the photographs. To watch the lecture, click here.
Gendering the Euro Crisis by Ania Plomien and Diane Perrons
Dr Ania Plomien, Lecturer in Gender and Social Science, with the Director of the Gender Institute, Diane Perrons discuss the implications of neoliberal pro-growth measures and austerity on economic inequalities. They emphasize that underlying economic inequalities have not been addressed in pro-growth policies and austerity is disproportionately hurting women.
See also The Observer article, which reports on the impact of austerity on women, Spending cuts hit women worse, says report.
Our Bodies, Whose Property? by Anne Phillips (2013)
Anne Phillips, Gender Institute Director, releases a new publication in 2013. Drawing on analyses of rape, surrogacy, and markets in human organs, Our Bodies, Whose Property? challenges notions of freedom based on ownership of our bodies and argues against the normalization of markets in bodily services and parts. Anne Phillips explores the risks associated with metaphors of property and the reasons why the commodification of the body remains problematic.
Anne gave an interview on the themes covered in Our Bodies, Whose Property to ABC's The Body Sphere.
Gender Institute Faculty & Researchers Win Teaching Prizes
The Gender Institute has won four Teaching Prizes in 2013. Sumi Madhok and Sadie Wearing both won Major Review Teaching Prizes for their outstanding contribution to teaching.
Gender Institute researchers Alessandro Castellini and Amanda Conroy were also honoured. Alessandro won a Departmental Teaching Prize for his contribution to the Gender Institute core course Gender Theories in the Modern World, while Amanda's award recognised her contribution to the Department of Sociology's core undergraduate course Key Concepts in Sociology.
Naila Kabeer joins the Gender Institute in 2013/14
Prior to joining the Gender Institute, Professor Kabeer has been: Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex where she worked for many years.
She has also worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Department for International Development, UK between 2009-2010. She was the Kerstin Hesselgren Professor at the University of Goteberg, Sweden in 2004-2005 and Senior Sabaticant with IDRC Regional Office in South Asia in 2005-2006. Her research interests include gender, poverty, social exclusion, labour markets and livelihoods, social protection and citizenship and much of her research has focused on South Asia.
Her publications include Reversed realities: gender hierarchies in development thought, The power to choose: Bangladeshi women and labour supply decision-making in London and Dhaka and, more recently, Gender and social protection in the informal economy. She has carried out extensive training and advisory work with national and international NGOs (including Oxfam, ActionAid, Women for Women International, BRAC, PRADAN and Nijera Kori) as well as for a number of international development agencies (including the UNDP, UNICEF, World Bank, SIDA, NORAD and UN Women). She is currently on advisory editorial committee for the journals Feminist Economics, Development and Change and Gender and Development and she is also on the board of the Feminist Review Trust.
Professor Kabeer will contribute to the MSc Programmes at the Gender Institute, especially the MSc Gender, Development and Globalisation.
Naila Kabeer writes for The Guardian
New Gender Institute Professor Naila Kabeer writes that gender equality must be a development priority in its own right. The UN high-level panel that meets to discuss development cannot ignore the importance of a dedicated gender target. Written with Jessica Woodroffe.
Gender Institute Book Launch
Five books have been published by GI faculty over the past few months. Check out the publications here.
Anne Phillips has been honoured with a Doctor of Laws from The University of Bristol in recognition of her profound impact on politics around the world. Professor Phillips began her academic career by graduating from The University of Bristol with a BSc in Philosophy and Politics.
Professor Clare Hemmings' book, Why Stories Matter: The Political Grammar of Feminist Theory is the recipient of the 2012 FWSA Book Prize. Clare writes: "I'm really delighted to have won the FWSA Book Award 2012, and to find myself amongst the excellent company of previous winners Margaretta Jolly, Wendy Harcourt and most recently Sara Ahmed, all outstanding interdisciplinary feminist scholars. Since disciplinary contexts tend not to fully recognise feminist work, the FWSA prizes are incredibly important, not least as a way of forcing feminist scholars to celebrate each other's work in public. I'd like to thank the executive committee and external readers for the award, for their hard work on the prize: more hard work behind the scenes – another feminist tradition. Thanks again – I'm totally chuffed."
Exciting news as Anne Phillips, Director of the Gender Institute and Professor of Political and Gender Theory will be made the next Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government. The professorship stands as testament to Anne's contribution to the field of political science, notably in political and gender theory.Anne will give an inaugural public lecture entitled 'The Human in Politics' later this year, echoing Graham Wallas' own focus on humanity
Dr Jenevieve Mannell, a recent Gender Institute PhD alumna, was asked to write a publication by UN AIDS on the Impact of the global economic crisis on women, girls and gender equality.
Diane Perrons, Professor in Economic Geography and Gender Studies at the Gender Institute contributes her article 'Global' Financial Crisis, Earnings Inequalities and Gender: Towards a More Sustainable Model of Development to the most recent edition of Comparative Sociology.
As Feminist Review celebrates its 100th issue, Mary Evans assesses its lasting contribution to academic debate. 'A Home of One's Own' written for the Times Higher Education Supplement in April 2012.
Read Professor Evans's other articles on the LSE Politics Blog. Mary Evans has written that ownplaying the public acknowledgement of the achievements of women in sport is rather like saying everyone should have a government but only men can vote for it. Professor Evans's post Criticizing the rioters being labelled as "scum" is the LSE Politics Blog's 3rd most popular post of 2011, with over 3,100 views since publishing on the blog and over 400 Facebook shares. Her post on David Willetts' blaming of feminism for male working class unemployment is the 4th most popular post of 2011, with over 2,800 views since publishing
Dr Ania Plomien, meanwhile, has been blogging for European Politics and Policy at LSE. She discusses how one of the European Union's main priorities is tackling growing unemployment. However, she argues the current approach fails to deliver. While Europe undertakes a number of labour-supply-measures such as training schemes and apprenticeships, it is the demand for labour in Europe which is still essentially lacking
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What type of food does your pet eat? Do you know what's really in that food?
In 2013, the news story every dog owner was talking about involved tainted jerky treats, which sickened nearly 3,600 dogs and killed hundreds. A newer article from the Washington Post brings up those bad memories again, saying the FDA is still trying to "nail down what might be behind the illnesses."
Our furry children are our family, and many Americans are thinking harder about what they're feeding their families, moving toward less processed, more organic options. So of course there are many questions surrounding the kibble our pets eat. Do all store bought pet foods provide the same nutritional value? How can we be sure the food we buy is safe? Should we go with dry or wet foods? You want to choose the very best nutrition for your pet at a price you can afford.
At Kanawha County Public Library, requests for books about pet nutrition and health are increasing. If you're like me, you find the food aisles at your favorite pet store overwhelming, and maybe you are struggling to understand the choices there. Here are some resources that you can trust to help you navigate food choices for your dog or cat.
Online Resources
"The Chemistry of Kibble," by Mary Roach, featured in Popular Science.
While this article won't help you choose a brand or type of food, it is an engaging peek into the pet food industry, written by a favorite author of nonfiction readers.
"FDA and Pet Food" (Online video).
This is a video from the FDA which discusses roles the agency plays in regulating the manufacture of pet foods. The information is a little dry, but if you're wondering just how much oversight there is over your pet's food, this may answer some of your questions.
"Choosing the right pet food" by Dr. Cynthia Maro, featured in the Ellwood City Ledger.
Here's the short and sweet: what to look for in a pet food, from a veterinarian, written for the layman.
Books Available at Kanawha County Public Library
Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine, by Marion Nestle
In 2007, reports of sick animals led to a massive recall of pet food. The "trail of tainted pet food ingredients" led officials to sources that involved human food supply. This expose highlights connections between pet food and human food manufacturing and identifies gaps in international food safety oversight.
Feed Your Pet Right, by Marion Nestle
Nutritionist Marion Nestle, author of Pet Food Politics and What to Eat, teamed up with veterinarian Malden Nesheim to create this guide on selecting healthy food for pets. The authors shine light on industry practices and marketing tricks to help pet owners objectively evaluate pet food labels and nutritional quality.
Healthy Homemade Pet Food Cookbook, by Barbara Taylor-Laino
Not satisfied with commercially available foods? Frightened by the massive contamination scares of the last decade? This book includes recipes for feeding pets at every stage of life, including snacks and treats and suggestions for supplementing store bought pet food with homemade.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, by Liz Palika
You might scoff at the "Complete Idiot's Guide" series, but these are excellent, highly researched reference books. This one is no different. While this book covers a range of topics, there is special focus on food and nutrition. You'll find lots of excellent information here on how food can affect your pet's health.


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Turn on your smart phone and it works like charm. But explosive global adoption of smart phones with feature-rich applications is stressing mobile networks like never before. For mobile network providers, the challenge couldn't be more acute: Find new ways to deliver more mobile bandwidth even as the average revenue per user remains flat.
In this AIS interview, LSI's Jeff Connell, director of mobile networking product marketing, talks about how network providers are turning to heterogenous networks (HetNets) to reduce the cost of deploying, scaling and managing mobile networks. One way network providers are streamlining deployments is by using equipment built with smart silicon like LSI Axxia. The highly integrated ASIC helps customers cut the cost and power of new network equipment designs.
Reducing network latency
Speed is the currency of smart phone communications. Users want their information without delays. Here, Jon Devlin, director of networking ecosystem at LSI, discusses the importance of reducing network latency for applications including mobile video conferencing and voice over IP.
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The problem with multicore processors isn't that they have a lot of cores. I hope my IC designer colleagues don't jump me when I say that having more than one core on a chip is a simple matter of cut and paste. The tricky part is getting all those cores to work together – a coordinated, efficient effort is key. After all, if it were enough for the cores to work independently, we would just use multiple single-core processors. To be sure, the devil is in the details of connecting cores and managing how they share resources.
A key value of a multicore processor is using the processing muscle of additional cores – all working on a problem at the same time – to accelerate system performance. Basically, two heads are better than one. And 16 are even better. That is if they don't get in each other's way. When multiple cores are working on one job, they need to deftly hand off information to each other and to other on-chip resources like memory and I/O. Managing and streamlining the movement of all that information to minimize delays can require complex traffic management. If one core or another resource becomes a bottleneck, the entire performance benefit of multiple cores can be lost.
The challenge of cache coherence
Another complexity of coordinating multiple cores is cache coherence – the process of ensuring the consistency of data stored in each processor's cache memory. Processors store frequently accessed information in this small, fast memory so they don't have to access it again and again from slower storage such as main memory or disks. For example, if a core is running an application for ordering products online, it might load the inventory record for a particular product from disk into cache, modify it, and then write it back to disk when the transaction is complete.
The rub arises when more than one core caches the same data. If two cores were running the online ordering application, they might both cache the same inventory record. Both cores might then execute a transaction to sell the last unit of that product and not detect that the product is sold out. In a system with coherent cache, when one core makes any changes to cached data, all other cores storing the same data are notified that their cache is outdated, prompting an update for consistency. Tracking all cached data and making sure it is coherent is a formidable effort requiring highly sophisticated cache management.
A third challenge in getting multicore design right is choosing the number and type of cores. Networking system workloads consist of varying tasks. Some are large complex tasks that require powerful general-purpose cores running complex programs. Others are very simple, quick tasks that are executed millions of times a second and are best handled by specialized compute engines. And of course there are tasks that fall between these extremes. Getting the right number and mix of compute engines requires detailed understanding of the applications the multicore processor will be used in. Too many cores and the processor consumes too much power. Too few of one type of core and the others sit idle wasting cost and, again, power.
Striking the right balance of interconnect, cache coherence and cores
The problem with multicore processors is getting the right combination of interconnect, cache coherence and number and type of cores. LSI's latest solution to the multicore challenge for enterprise networking is the Axxia® 4500 family of processors. For general-purpose processing, the Axxia 4500 features up to 4 ARM® Cortex™ A15 cores that deliver high performance and power efficiency in a standard Linux programming environment. For special-purpose packet processing, the new chips offer up to 50Gb/s packet processing and acceleration engines for security encryption, deep packet inspection, traffic management and other networking functions. Connecting all these compute resources is the ARM Corelink CCN504 interconnect with integrated cache coherence and quality of service technologies for efficient on-chip communications.
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No, you are not about to read some Luddite rant about how smart phones are destroying our society. I love smart phones and most of you do too. It's remarkable how quickly we have gone from arguing over the definition of a smart phone to not being able to live without them. In fact, the rapid adoption of smart phones has led to the problem I am going to talk about: smart phones can overwhelm dumb wireless networks.
Many of the networks that carry the wireless data to and from our smart phones are built with chips that were designed before Apple announced the first iPhone® in June of 2007. It takes a year or two to get a new semiconductor chip designed and built. Then another year or two for network equipment manufacturers to get their products into the market. By the time that new equipment has been deployed into networks around the world, five or six years have passed since chip designers decided what features their networking chips would have.
Even the latest 4G networks are built with chips that were designed before Apple invited everyone to store their music libraries in the cloud and before Vine enabled every kid with a phone to create and distribute videos. Today's networks were not designed with these wireless data applications in mind and they are struggling to keep up.
Making dumb networks smarter
The problem is proving hard to solve because data traffic is growing faster than the obvious ways to cope with it. Network operators can't simply deliver more network capacity. Available spectrum is limited as is the capital to invest in expanded networks. The seemingly inevitable improvements in technology performance aren't enough to solve the problem either. Demand for data traffic is growing faster than Moore's law can answer. Doing more of the same thing or doing the same thing faster isn't enough. Networking companies need to figure out new ways to handle data. We need to make dumb networks smarter.
When I say "dumb networks," I am referring to the fact that most of the existing wireless data networks were designed to move a packet of data from point A to point B in a reasonably short time. That's a fine approach when wireless networks can easily carry occasional stock updates and photo uploads from a few million early adopters. But now, when 90% of handset sales are iPhones or Android® phones, the networks have become overwhelmed with data. Treating data packets with equal importance – whether they are part of a VOIP phone call, business critical data or the 40 thousandth download of a cute panda video – doesn't make sense anymore.
Prioritizing data for higher speed
As networks get smarter, they will be able to triage data – for example, identifying voice packets to maintain call quality. Smart networks will know if the same video has been downloaded 5 times in the last minute, and will store it locally to speed the next download. Smart networks will know if a business user has contracted for a guaranteed level of service and prioritize those packets accordingly. Smart networks will know if an application update can wait until times of the day when the volume of network traffic is lower. Smart networks will know if a flow of packets contains virus software that could damage your phone or the network itself.
To be smart about the data being transported, networks need a higher level of real-time analytical intelligence. We are now seeing the introduction of networking chips and equipment designed in the era of the smart phone. Networks are now gaining the ability to distinguish the nature of the data contained in a packet and to make smart decisions about the way the data is delivered. Networks are, in a word, becoming smarter – better able to manage the crush of data coursing through them every day. Smart networks may soon be able to stand up to smartphones, and perhaps even outwit them.
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The Corporation has made its first appointments to the newly-formed Department of Statistics, Charles F. Mosteller, chairman of the Department, announced.
The three men named were William G. Cochran, as professor of Statistics; John W. Pratt, as assistant professor; and Howard Raiffa, associate professor.
Cochran comes to Harvard from Johns Hopkins University, where he was chairman of the Department of Biostatistics. Educated at Glasgow and Cambridge Universities, he has also done work at Princeton. Cochran is an expert in sample surveys and the design of experiments, especially in the fields of agriculture and medicine.
A Princeton graduate, Pratt was formerly in the department of Statistics at the University of Chicago. He is known for his work on probability theory and classical statistics.
Raiffa has become a member of both the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Business School. He was formerly an assistant professor at Columbia and has coauthored a book, published last week, entitled Games Theory and Decision Theory.
Mosteller said that the new department, located in the Reliance Bank Building, will submit a petiton to the Committee on Educational Policy in November, requesting an undergraduate concentration program in Statistics. He also expects a fourth appointment to the department will be made soon.


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Archaeologists excavating a large burial mound in northern Greece that has captivated the public's imagination have asked politicians and others seeking guided tours of the site to leave them in peace.
The Culture Ministry appealed Thursday for "understanding" while the Amphipolis excavation proceeds.
The partially uncovered tomb from the end of Greek warrior-king Alexander the Great's reign, which was found inside the mound, has sparked intense media interest amid wild speculation that it may contain rich treasures or the bones of an ancient celebrity.
Alexander inherited the throne of Macedonia, in northern Greece, from where he set off to conquer a vast empire reaching India. He died in 323 B.C. at age 33 and was buried in Egypt — although the precise location of his grave is one of the enduring mysteries of archaeology.
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has already visited the Amphipolis excavation and state TV daily leads news bulletins with incremental developments about the dig.
So far, archaeologists have uncovered part of the late 4th-century B.C. tomb's entrance, which has two large marble sphinxes placed on a lintel just under the barrel-vaulted roof. Underneath lies the doorway, still covered in earth, with traces of painted plaster decoration.
"It's astonishing, the biggest tomb we have found in Greece so far," said archaeologist Chryssoula Paliadelli, an expert on the period who is not involved in the excavation. "It clearly shows the wealth that allowed construction of what was, at the time, a hugely costly monument."
But the tomb may well have been looted hundreds and hundreds of years ago.
Part of a stone wall that blocked off the subterranean entrance is missing, while the sphinxes — originally two meters (6 feet) high — lack heads and wings. Near the sphinxes, excavators have found fragments of a large marble lion that originally capped the mound, which indicates the site was severely damaged and dug up in later antiquity.
Nobody knows yet who the mound was built for.
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Two big events involving Maryland athletics took place on Saturday. On a serious note, the school is now in talks to join the Big Ten Conference. On the less serious side, the school's @UofMaryland Twitter feed was hacked.
Four since-deleted tweets sent out from the account in a 12-minute span pertained to the Terps' potential new home in hilarious fashion:
- "New Road Trips!"
- "Goodbye, Carolina Bias!" (in reference to how conference rivals purportedly feel that the league is centered on Duke, UNC and NC State)
- "Men's Basketball Championship will be in a real city. So long, Greensboro."
- "Terps in Rose Bowl!"
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Study, work, family – you know the drill.
Life is great but sadly I don't seem to have much time to craft. I seem to steel a quick minute here and there for knitting & crochet but I have not had anytime to sew.
It is more than that though, over the last twelve months my desire to sew has come and gone…right now, it's in menopause and I am A.OK with that.
I loved quilting when I was in the thick of it but life seems to be taking me in a new direction, one which I am really excited about.
With all of this in mind, I have decided to let go of my Juki. My loss is your gain, if you need a fantastic machine to quilt with – look no further.
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It all begins when New York City Attorney Hailey Sutter receives an anonymous letter one day that simply reads: "There is no statute of limitations on murder. Look closely". Immediately Hailey knows that the note has something to do with her mother's death, which happened over twenty years ago but has always been shrouded in mystery and silence. As a matter of fact, she has been estranged from her sister and brother her entire adult life, and her father, who practices for the same law firm as Hailey, always closes up whenever the subject is brought up. Continue reading Review: Look Closely


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Buaqable (Sh.M.Network- A man slaughtered found across the street of Buqaqabe in Hirran district.
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In the following essay, Cronk explores the function of the allusions associated with the names of the children, Paul and Virginie, in Flaubert's tale "Un Coeur simple."
So, they took the curator to where they kept the reserve collection. You want a parrot? they said. Then we go to the section of the birds. They opened the door, and they saw in front of them … fifty parrots. "Une cinquantaine de perroquets!"
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We've saved the best for last. In this final installment of our "Becoming Juliet" interview with principal dancer Samantha Galler, we learn how personal the role has become and that there's no room for nerves.
AB: How do you prepare for Juliet outside of rehearsal?
SG: Preparing for a role like Juliet takes concentration inside and outside the studio. When I leave the ballet every day I like to write down Tracey's and Roger's comments from that day. It is important to keep your mind going when not in rehearsal. It is like when actors have to become a character for a movie; they sleep, eat, and breathe like that character would. It is important that I do that on every level so that I am most prepared for rehearsals and performances. I also video tape my rehearsals when I can and send them to my teacher Frances Kotelly, who I mentioned earlier, for feedback.
AB: What is the most difficult part about this role?
SG: The most difficult part about this role is depicting something in just a few seconds and doing it so well that the story is able to transition appropriately. Three pivotal scenes where this happens include the end of the Balcony scene in Act I, the moment where Juliet decides to take the poison/sleeping potion in Act III, and the death scene in Act III. These scenes each have a split second where something changes in Juliet and it gives the audience the answer. In the Balcony scene, Juliet develops from a timid girl to a girl in love with Romeo. Although the whole scene shows her development, the kiss at the end basically locks in her decision and this couple of seconds leads to the rest of the story. In the death scene, dancers must visualize themselves in a tomb which is pretty frightening. Along with that, a dancer must understand the horror of death and portray a heart wrenching realization. This should give the audience goose bumps and hopefully make them cry.
For me, the death scene is by far the most difficult scene. It is difficult because I have to break down the idea and come face to face with death. I try and use my real life experiences. For example, when my closest friend, Janine, died at age 17, I was so distraught. I still am every day because it was a tragedy. When I stab myself at the end of the ballet, I do it because I decide on my own that I cannot possibly live without the love of my life. This is the only way to be with him. The hardest part is understanding that there is no right or wrong way to portray it.
AB: What are you most looking forward to in this Ballet?
SG: I am most looking forward to dancing the entire ballet all the way through and living it. There is always something that comes out only on stage because a dancer becomes so involved in the story that emotions take over. Sometimes, an entirely new emotion comes out that was not rehearsed and this makes it interesting.
AB: What are you most nervous about?
SG: I am not nervous at all because I know I am going to get to perform it and I have a partner that will be there for me. I do always get a little worried for the scenes where I have to run up and down the stairs.
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Last Sunday, the Basel Committee announced that it plans to defang a rule that requires banks to maintain easy-to-sell assets. They committee also extended the compliance date to 2015, at which time banks will only be required to meet 60% of the required liquidity.
The liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) has been the persistent target of the banking lobby for months. The watered down requirements, which allow banks to count a wider array of riskier assets toward a required liquidity buffer, demonstrate a major victory for the banking lobby.
"The rule in its original shape," reports the WSJ, "would have forced banks to hold enough liquid assets to cover all their expected outflows over a 30-day period in 2015. That deadline is now put back to Jan. 1, 2019, and banks will only have to show a ratio of 60% in 2015. Importantly, banks will now be able to use certain equities, corporate debt and residential-mortgage-backed securities to cover up to 15% of their LCR."
Surprisingly, what was being hailed as a victory for banks may only be a pyrrhic one. National supervisors have now told bankers that they cannot relax already attained compliance with the Basel Committee's LCR rule.
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Chargers' 2010 schedule: start is road-heavy
With early road games, five prime-time appearances and another Christmas away from home, an element of difficulty was infused in the Chargers' 2010 schedule when times and dates were announced yesterday by the NFL.
But all things considered, this season sets up pretty well for the Chargers.
"There are some stretches that are difficult," head coach Norv Turner said. "Because four of the first six are on the road, that is a challenge. But you flip it over, that means six of the next eight are at home. And there is a bye involved in there, so it does give you a chance to be more rested."
The Chargers will open for the second season in a row on the road on ESPN's "Monday Night Football," this time Sept. 13 in Kansas City.
Their home opener is six days later, Sept. 19, against the Jacksonville Jaguars. A game Oct. 3 against the Arizona Cardinals is the Chargers' only other home game in the season's first six weeks.
In the seventh week, the Chargers play the Patriots at home on Oct. 24. They play four more night games after the trip to Kansas City, including back-to-back prime-time appearances in November and December.
Coming out of their Week 10 bye, the Chargers host Denver on Monday, Nov. 22, and travel to Indianapolis to play the Colts on "Sunday Night Football" six days later.
"That will challenge our guys," Turner said.
On Dec. 16, the Chargers host the San Francisco 49ers for a Thursday night game. They travel the following weekend to Cincinnati for a Dec. 26 night game.
"Two years in a row, on the road on Christmas, that will challenge us," said Turner, whose team beat the Titans in Nashville last Dec. 25.
After finishing the past two seasons at home, the Chargers close the regular season Jan. 2 at Denver.
The Chargers' strength of schedule, based on their opponents' combined 2009 winning percentage of .453, is rated the fourth-easiest in the NFL.
And for the first time since 1992, the Chargers do not play a true East Coast game. They only go to the Eastern time zone twice (Cincinnati and Indianapolis). The Chargers have five games that are at least two time zones away, their fewest since 2006.
With his annual disclaimer that it is impossible to judge the strength of a schedule in April and that every game presents its own challenges, Turner essentially said the makeup of the schedule doesn't matter.
"To be honest, we have a real good football team that's getting better," he said. "When you have a good football team, when you get the schedule, it gets exciting. You see what you're working for."
Also yesterday, the times and dates for the Chargers' preseason games were announced. They will open with 6 p.m. home games Aug. 14 against the Chicago Bears and Aug. 21 against the Dallas Cowboys. Road games Aug. 27 at New Orleans and Sept. 2 at San Francisco close out the exhibition slate.


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English Major in Writing (Creative Writing)
THE CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM (The English Major in Writing), an undergraduate concentration within the English Department at Northwestern University, teaches the writing of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as courses that cross genres. By asking students to examine poems and prose works with the eye of a writer, and by encouraging students to apprentice themselves, as energetically as possible, to the best literary models, the Creative Writing Faculty hope to help promising artists in their craft, as well as to educate the discerning readers of the future. Some features of this unique and rigorous undergraduate program include the intensive writing course-sequence, the honors seminar and tutorial, the cross-genre minor, and the visiting writers festival in the spring.
All students interested in the Writing Major must take two introductory writing courses, one in poetry (206)and one in either fiction (207)or creative nonfiction (208), before applying to the program. On the 200-level, no prior knowledge of the genre is required. Admission to the next stage, the year-long 300-level advanced course sequences, is competitive. Admission is granted primarily on the basis of manscript quality and promise. An applicant may be admitted to study as a major, a minor, or a sequence-only student. No preference in admission is currently given to those who apply to the major, though there are later opportunities only open to majors including participation in senior honors, one-on-one conferences with visiting writers-in-residence and end-of-year senior readings.
1 No writing course may be taken pass/fail or audited.
2 The School of Continuing Studies also offers courses under 206, 207 and 208. These do not count toward the English Major in Writing.
3 Freshman may not register for 206 until the spring quarter of their first year. Seniors may not register for 206 until add / drop week.
4 Note that in the event further work in fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry is desired outside the year-long sequence, 206, 207, and 208 may be repeated up to two times for WCAS credit. Advanced one-quarter courses in creative writing (306, 307, and 308) are also offered for non-majors (see Writing Outisde the Sequences above).
Theory and Practice of Poetry (393), Fiction (394), and Creative Nonfiction (395)
These sequences ask students to pursue a rigorous program that includes close reading of literary texts, explication and critical writing, imitation and modeling, and original creative work. Departing from Northwesterns typical quarter system, the sequences are arranged in two consecutive semesters. They begin in the fall semester with specialized courses in the fundamental technical and rhetorical bases of each genre. Poetry students study the uses of metaphor and mode, and the theory of prosody (including both the major form of poetry in Englishaccentual-syllabic verseand the minor forms -accentual, syllabic, and free verse). Fiction students consider the tenets of realism and its alternatives, and practice different approaches to style, characterization, structure and point of view. Creative nonfiction students focus on essay forms, logical method, authorial tone, and techniques of discourse and description. In all genres, imitations and models of great writers are assigned. The second semester in each genre, with a second instructor, is devoted to intensive writing of a longer original worka poem of at least 120 lines or an essay/ novella of 50 to 70 pages.
Students not pursuing a creative writing minor through one of the year-long sequences will now have a new way to minor in writing that provides advanced training in a core genre as well as opening up the curriculum to the crossing of genres. There will be a variety of new courses to choose from, including one-term core genre workshops on the advanced level offered by distinguished visitors both in the Center for the Writing Arts and by continuing appointments in the English Department such as fiction-writer Stuart Dybek, poet Ed Roberson, and the Blattner Visiting Professors in Fiction; a creative option for some literature courses taught by Creative Writing Faculty; and the option of stepping outside the core genre to explore a course that combines genres.
In addition to the sequences, MAJOR students must take The Situation of Writing (392), which investigates the writers relation to the culture, both currently and historically, AND a Third-Genre Intro Course, either 207 or 208, whichever has not been completed prior to admission to the major. The Situation of Writing, which is typically offered in the fall quarter, addresses such questions as the relation of criticism to imaginative literature, the rise and fall of specific literary genres, the effect of the university on the production and consumption of literary works, the state of the publishing industry, and international literary contexts. The "Third-Genre Intro" requirement ensures that writing majors will have had experience reading and writing in all three major non-dramatic modes of imaginative writing. MAJORS and MINORS must take six and two, respectively, 300-level literature courses in the English Department. These courses must be pure literature; that is, courses in which the bulk of the reading is literature and not criticism or theory. MAJORS must also take two non-literature courses related to one another, taught in other department(s). These courses, in areas such as history, art, classics, and gender studies, broaden the students background for the study of literature. These must be approved by the major advisor.
Contributing to the lively atmosphere for undergraduate writers at Northwestern are several publishing and academic initiatives including the student run and published PROMT literary magazine. The University-wide Center for the Writing Arts also hosts visitors for entire terms. Writing by students at Northwestern is recognized by the award-winning student literary magazine, Helicon, and by the Department of English Annual Writing Competition, held in the spring.
The Department of English also houses the Regan Library, open to writing majors and minors. Located on the 2nd floor of University Hall, the Regan Library offers books, literary periodicals and magazines focused on the craft of writing, as well as postings about summer writing institutes, graduate school programs and calls for submissions to writing competitions and literary magazines.
In the Freshman Year:
ENGLISH 210-1,2 English Literary Traditions OR
ENGLISH 270-1,2 American Literary Traditions
(while not required, these are excellent background courses for writing students, and also serve as prerequisites for the English literature major)
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Fall, ENGLISH 206 Reading and Writing Poetry;
Winter, ENGLISH 207 Reading and Writing Fiction OR
ENGLISH 208 Reading & Writing Creative Nonfiction
Spring (early May), application to the Program, then conference with new faculty advisor.
Students may apply for admission to the Writing Major through the English Office, University Hall 215, in the spring of each year.
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The primary series of preliminary reports for the Ziyaret Tepe project is published in the journal Anatolica through the NINO in Leiden, Nederlands. Below is a listing of journal articles and book chapters organized chronologically.
Matney, T.
2013 "The Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Transition: A Perspective from the Upper Tigris River" In, A. Yener, editor, Across the Border: Late Bronze-Iron Age Relations between Syria and Anatolia. Leuven: Peeters Press. Pp. 329-348.
Matney, T., J. MacGinnis, D. Wicke and K. Köroğlu
2013 "Fourteenth Preliminary Report on Excavations at Ziyaret Tepe (Diyarbakır Province), 2011 Season" Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 34(1): 241-252.
Wicke, D. and T. Greenfield
2013 "The 'Bronze Palace' at Ziyaret Tepe" In, D. Kertain and P.A. Miglus, eds., New Research on Assyrian Palaces. Conference at Heidelberg, January 22, 2011. Heidelberger Orientverlag: 63-82.
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Hopes that we have extra time to rein in emissions and avoid severe climate change are missing the bigger picture, says an energy industry watcher
Editorial: "We can't afford to wait on climate change"
DOOM-MONGERS of the climate variety might want to look away now – we apparently have more time to save the planet. A recent study published in Nature Geoscience suggests it will warm more slowly than feared, perhaps buying an extra decade for action.
There are other reasons to be cheerful. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has just said nations can get back on track to keep warming below 2 °C at no net economic cost. President Obama is talking tough on emissions and the US and China, the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, are, incredibly, collaborating on efforts to curb them.
So it all adds up to an unexpected opportunity to get ahead of the crisis – or at least catch up. Or does it?
The idea that preventing the worst of global warming might be not only sensible but also economically sound is not new: in 2007 the UK's Stern review concluded it would cost just 1 per cent of global GDP. Of the recent developments, what is really surprising is the IEA's suggestion that keeping the hope of 2 °C alive until 2020, when a new global treaty could come into force, can be achieved effectively for free.
Even more surprising, the IEA's plan to achieve this rests on just four policies: improved energy efficiency; limiting use of the most inefficient coal-fired power stations; reducing methane leaks from oil and gas production; and phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. It says these could deliver 80 per cent of the reductions needed by 2020. Unfortunately it all looks like pie in the sky.
The biggest questionable assumption is the reliance on efficiency to deliver half of the projected emissions reductions. Of course, like motherhood or world peace, efficiency is hard to knock. But history suggests that in a straight fight with economic growth, it usually loses and emissions continue to rise.
There are exceptions. The latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy points out that energy consumption in the industrialised world has fallen in four out of the last five years, and that in three of those four the economy grew. Last year, for example, energy consumption in the OECD countries, mainly advanced economies, fell 1.2 per cent while the economy grew 1.4 per cent. Apparently it is possible to loosen the ties between growth and energy consumption, but perhaps only when growth is feeble.
Unfortunately it is not true where it really matters. Since 2008, when the West plunged into recession, energy consumption in the OECD has been increasingly overtaken by the non-OECD nations, such as China, India and Brazil. They now claim 56 per cent of global energy. Great strides have been made in improving efficiency too, but these have been overwhelmed by growth. China has roughly halved its emissions per unit of economic output over the past 20 years, yet despite this its energy consumption and emissions have more than doubled as the economy boomed over the past decade.
In 2012 alone, the IEA notes approvingly, China's energy efficiency improved 3.8 per cent – yet still its emissions rose by 300 megatonnes, contributing three-quarters of the entire global increase. In other words, global carbon dioxide emissions have climbed inexorably to record highs, and an atmospheric concentration of 400 parts per million, in spite of significant efficiency gains by the world's biggest emitter and the OECD.
There seems little reason to expect these trends will change in the coming decade. China's economy has proved resilient in the face of widespread slowdown, and per capita GDP and energy consumption are still a fraction of those in the West. A senior Chinese official said last year the country's emissions would grow until per capita GDP had risen fivefold. In this context, it is hard to imagine the IEA's efficiency measures – sensible as they are – making much of a dent.
Some of its other proposals – phasing out fossil fuel subsidies in the Middle East, for example, where dirt cheap petrol and electricity are vital to defending the thrones of local tyrants – look equally forlorn.
If the IEA's plan looks unlikely to keep a 2 °C trajectory alive until 2020, it is not even clear that this is the right target, or that we have any "extra" time as has been suggested. On the contrary, many climate scientists, including James Hansen and Pushker Kharecha, argue that 2 °C of warming would trigger catastrophic consequences, and the increase must be limited to 1 °C.
This would mean leaving most known fossil fuel reserves alone, never mind the emerging unconventional resources such as shale oil and gas, the amount of which in the US was recently estimated by the country's Department of Energy to be equivalent to 10 years of global demand. Given that we have already started exploiting non-conventional oil and gas sources, it would imply immediate and continuing cuts in fossil fuel consumption.
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With the ability to "check-in" at points of interest around town, Facebook is giving popular geo-targeted apps such as Foursquare and Yelp a run for their money. Recent enhancements enable users to also find places nearby their current location. If your business does not currently allow people to "check-in" on Facebook, designate thecategory of your business's Facebook page as a Local Business or Place and add your address to allow "check-ins" to take place. If people see that their friends are "checking-in" at your place of business on Facebook, you help to build instantly credibility for your brand.
2. Make sure that your business's webpage is mobile friendly.
When running a social campaign on Facebook in an attempt to direct more traffic to your company's webpage, you will be more successful at earning new business is you take the time to make your website mobile friendly. With more than half of all Facebook users accessing the social network from a mobile device, chances are high that they will be visiting your business's website from one too.
3. Go mobile with your other marketing efforts too.
For example, if you have a booth at a trade show, consider having QR codes on displayed signs that will direct visitors to your Facebook page simply by scanning it.
For more reasons why you should make your Facebook page mobile friendly, be sure to check out our infographic about trends in online marketing for small businesses.
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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (September 24) that the lifesaving services at Hap Mun Bay Beach, Kiu Tsui Beach and Trio Beach in Sai Kung District were resumed. The lifesaving services at the three beaches were suspended earlier on as lifeguards were unable to go to the beaches by ferries due to inclement weather.
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I cried a lot in 2012 – FAR more than my normal cry-quota allowance for a typical year. No one died, thankfully, but I did feel loss, estrangement and despair. In fact, I wanted to die and had convinced my foolish little self that I was headed directly to Suicide City.
All my problems with life merged into one, big, Godzilla of a problem. For one, I was 23 and single. Two, I had a job I loathed to the point where I'd wake up in the morning and mock-curse that I hadn't died in my sleep. Three, I didn't want to be in Ireland anymore – all my close friends are away in Korea, Edinburgh and Spain, and some of those friends and myself have already lost touch. It depressed me.
But I didn't self-harm or drink, or do drugs to compensate for my loneliness. No. I'm too frightened of the heavy stuff. You might be breathing a sigh of relief at this, but it left me hating myself even more; I'm such a fucking spa, I can't even do out-of-control well enough. I had and still have huge confidence issues. It goes all the way back to my mother scolding me for something and getting impatient with me when I stammered, and to my time in secondary school where I let the fat kid bully me and the hot guy spit on me. I don't think I'll ever recover from those years.
So in 2012 when I undertook my MA in journalism I was struck down with anxiety at having to deal with the fact that I truly saw myself as a good-for-nothing, never-gonna-make-it, idiot. I had convinced myself I couldn't write, couldn't do a tap. But the years of toiling away stacking shelves and confronting horrible customers daily spurred me on to apply to DIT. To this day I still think trying to write, even if the outcome of my soul searching is shit, is better than offing myself. Wouldn't you agree? (I should hope so!)
In January of last year I sought out my college counsellor. I couldn't digest my food and I had lost a bit too much weight for my liking. I also felt queasy much of the time. We talked about my issues with retail, the bullying I've received from a number of people over the years, the fact that I hate myself for being so nice, why I'm afraid to travel, and why after falling in love for the first time, the rejection nearly killed me. We made it through six months of me crying. I always left her office bin piled high with tissue.
Fast forward to winter 2012:
- I finished my dissertation on female journalists in conflict zones, an unplanned feminist analysis of wimmin in war zones.
- I got moved to another department in work because I told my HR manager (err, broke down and blubbered to her seems more accurate) I just couldn't take life anymore if she didn't help me out.
- I realised that if you fall in love with someone in an instant it's pretty likely you'll fall out of love with them eventually.
By December I had made great efforts to move on. I left my retail job of nearly five years, and moved to SpunOut towers in Temple Bar. SpunOut is a youth charity dedicated to empowering 16-25 year olds. It seemed like a job I not only wanted, but personally needed. The different work environment is unlike any other place I've heard of; shared management, everyone needs to get on this.
My name is Aileen Donegan, I'm a sub-editor for SpunOut. Well, this statement sent my heart racing in a way that made me so thankful I'm still alive.
It took me such a long time to realise just how depressed I had been. I didn't realise it when I walked through the aisles of Dunnes Stores numbed between the ears. I didn't realise it when I got too drunk at a party and told the nearest human being how much I longed to kill myself but couldn't muster up the confidence to do it. I didn't realise it when I went to a job interview lackluster and morose because that guy I fell in love with – and barely speak to now – took me seriously when I said (in a fit of drama) "I don't think we should talk anymore."
I didn't realise how depressed I had been until now, in January 2013, when I feel the happiest I have ever felt because I found a counsellor who helped, and got a job I love.
Here's to a great 2013, lads.


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The final Pew poll before Tuesday's presidential election shows Barack Obama with a 49-to-42 percentage-point lead over John McCain:
Though still a significant lead, it's suddenly a much tighter race than Obama's 15-point lead from last week.
There are two things closing the gap, says Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center. First, McCain has made some gains among whites, independents and middle-income voters. But the other boost he's enjoying comes from narrowing the pool of responses from registered voters to likely voters.
Typically, Republican voters tend to vote more regularly than some Democratic voting groups — particularly young people and blacks, Kohut says. So while turnout is up among those groups, it's also up across the board — giving Republicans a boost when the poll focuses on likely voters.
It may not be as strong as a week ago, but Obama's lead in the Pew poll agrees with several national polls that have him ahead by a 5-point average.
"This is a pretty substantial lead," Kohut says. "We haven't had a lead for a candidate this substantial since 1996, when President Clinton was leading Sen. Dole in the final weekend of the campaign."
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Had plans today but the rain is putting a damper (No pun intended) on those activities. All of the images below were taken during the light rains except the last one. That one was taken from beneath my front yard oak tree when the heavier rains started.
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Dressed in a "tartan dress," Cat Deeley brought a little bit of Craig Ferguson's homeland flavor to last night's The Late Late Show. Craig commented "It reminds me of the country from which I came … You can take it off now."
The two had each other in stitches throughout the entire interview, which was chock-full of comedy, bits about SYTYCD, a behind the scenes audio on Cat's annual SYTYCD 4th of July BBQ and "awkward pauses."


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FARMERS who defaulted on loans from local banks risk going out of business due to the punitive penalty interest rate regimes used by some financial institutions.
Some maize and wheat farmers who failed to repay loans taken in the 2010/11 agricultural season said unfavourable weather affected their yields, but banks have declined requests for a new repayment plan. Instead, banks are attaching assets which farmers had used as security, leaving them with no collateral for further borrowings.
However, some observers noted that while some reasons being given by farmers might be genuine, it was possible that some might have misused the money.
They said some farmers have a tendency of diverting the money meant for inputs to non-productive purposes once they access the loans, thereby compromising the yields.
While the above factor can not be ignored in its entirety, the interest rates being quoted by some banks appear punitive and out of line with rational business practice.
It has been established that farmers who borrowed from banks and failed to repay their loans in full have been slapped with penalty interest rates of up to 80 percent.
Farmers who were interviewed by Herald Business this week argued that while they did not seek to have the loans written off, they were willing to negotiate a new repayment plan since they had lost some of their crop due to bad weather.
Some have also requested access to the collateral they had surrendered to access new loans, return to the field and generate funds to settle the old debts.
Apart from poor weather that reduced yields, farmers said delays in payments for grain deliveries have also forced many farmers to be in breach of their contracts.
"We are not saying that we do not want to pay but they should review the contracts. We can have a new payment plan basing on sustainability of our plans to repay," said one farmer.
"Bad apples can be found the issue should not be generalised. Some are genuine."
Analysts said while the farmers willfully signed the contracts, the penalty interest rate "is obviously irrational and excessive for purposes of just deterring deliberate defaults."
"It means, farmers who genuinely failed to repay loans due to the effect of weather on the crop and yield, might have fallen into a debt trap they may never get out of," agricultural economist Mr Eric Mvududu said in an interview.
Unfortunately, there is no law stipulating the maximum penalty interest rate threshold, meaning banks can easily take advantage of borrowers desperate for funding.
And despite the absurd interest and penalty rates attached to loans extended by local banks companies and individuals alike desperate for funding still apply for the loans.
This is partly because the majority was still to fully understand the implications of and possible outturns in a dollarised environment until they fell into a debt trap.
Mr Mvududu said in order to allow farmers to continue borrowing; Government could raise a bond and take over the debt while giving farmers time to honour their obligations.
"The problem we are having with new farmers is that the moment they get loans for farming purposes, some are diverting the money for non productive purposes," said one observer.
"Farmers will now be forced reduce quantities of recommended inputs for a given size of land. As a result, their yields are compromised and might not harvest enough."


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After the spate of 458 deaths, we bring you the Italia in its glorious (living) prime
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"It really is, absolutely, unbelievably, mesmerisingly, brilliant." (J Clarkson, 2010)
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Ferrari 458 Italia. You may remember it from such recent hits as "Ferrari 458 on fire", or "Ferrari 458 Italia crashed". All of these, we hasten to add, a result of "excited new owner" error.
We, however, prefer to remember it from the time it gave Jeremy a fully-blown on-screen crisis recently. Or when we drove it. Or when we first saw it.
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OUTIGERHere is a picture from the Cedar Ridge member /guest. My partner was an All-American punter at OU Jeff Ferguson. He is no where near an All American golfer. haha. One of the few pictures taken over the week.
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I need a new pair of those slides. Are they on the website. Haven't seen them.
They should be available to order from any FJ retailer.
35's would be great. 36's keep slipping and I have to *** it in to button the 34's
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The replacement of Reagan by Clinton seemed to hallow anti-government paranoia.
Old English halgian "to make holy, to honor as holy, consecrate, ordain," related to halig "holy," from Proto-Germanic *hailaga- (cf. Old Saxon helagon, Middle Dutch heligen, Old Norse helga), from PIE root *kailo- "whole, uninjured, of good omen" (see health). Used in Christian translations to render Latin sanctificare. Also used since Old English as a noun meaning "holy person, saint." Related: Hallowed; hallowing.
to render sacred, to consecrate (Ex. 28:38; 29:1). This word is from the Saxon, and properly means "to make holy." The name of God is "hallowed", i.e., is reverenced as holy (Matt. 6:9).


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