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The pistol appeared in his hand the way a dove appears in the hand of a good magician, as if it materialized out of thin air. "You think I won't do it right here in the open. But you'd be surprised.... You'll drop before you get the breath to scream." The truck driver is decked out like a rhinestone cowboy, only instead of a guitar he's slinging a gun - and Odd Thomas is on the wrong end of the barrel. Though he narrowly dodges a bullet, Odd can't outrun the shocking vision burned into his mind...or the destiny that will drive him into a harrowing showdown with absolute evil.
How do you make sure a crime that hasn't happened yet, never does? That's the critical question facing Odd Thomas, the young man with a unique ability to commune with restless spirits and help them find justice and peace. But this time, it's the living who desperately need Odd on their side. Three helpless innocents will be brutally executed unless Odd can intervene in time. Who the potential victims are and where they can be found remain a mystery. The only thing Odd knows for sure is who the killer will be: the homicidal stranger who tried to shoot him dead in a small-town parking lot.
With the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock riding shotgun and a network of unlikely allies providing help along the way, Odd embarks on an interstate game of cat and mouse with his sinister quarry. He will soon learn that his adversary possesses abilities that may surpass his own and operates in service to infinitely more formidable foes, with murder a mere prelude to much deeper designs. Traveling across a landscape haunted by portents of impending catastrophe, Odd will do what he must and go where his path leads him, drawing ever closer to the dark heart of his long journey - and, perhaps, to the bright light beyond.
©2013 Dean Koontz (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"Koontz gives his character wit, good humor, a familiarity with the dark side of humanity - and moral outrage." (USA Today)
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"Odd Once Again"
Odd Thomas is back for the sixth time in what is supposed to be a seven part series; and the end seams near.
"Deeply Odd" begins with Odd and Annamaria together in a small cottage along the California coastline; but Odd must leave to follow his instincts. Soon after leaving the small cottage he runs into a physcopathic, rhinestone wearing, cowboy truck driver that immediately tries to kill him. During the struggle Odd has a vision of this man committing a horrible act.
Odd gets away from the man but then must track him down to try and stop his vision from coming true. Along the way he meets a very interesting elderly woman, Edie, that helps him on his journey. There is also a cameo appearance from Alfred Hitchcock again.
As is with all of the Odd series, this is a disturbing look into the darker side of humanity and Odd will be pushed into becoming something he does not want to become, a killer; but he must kill in order to protect the innocent. Odd is changing and like many I miss the Odd in previous books but also realize characters do change.
The end is coming as Odd's path seems to be headed back to Pico Mundo and a reunion with Stormy Llewellyn, and with a few twists and hints of a parallel universe the ending should be epic.
I would not recommend this book if you have not listened/read the previous ones as there are references to the past as the series winds down.
A word about David Aaron Baker; I have read a few of the Odd books and found with David doing the narration just reading this story falls short of the experience the audio version offers. Mr., Koontz obviously is a gifted writer but David Aaron Baker is Odd; no pun intended.
I am an avid listener. I listen between 75-100 hours per month on my iPhone: 60% fiction to 40% non-fiction.
"Oddly Excellent!"
What does an exploding cantaloupe and a simile equating perfect hash browns to driving speed have to do with the new Odd Thomas installment? You'll have to listen to find out. The plot is laid quickly, Odd finds himself going head-to-head with a maniacal trucker who tries to kill him not ten minutes in and the vision of what he is bound to do is grizzly. Even though the mission is somber, like all adventures, Odd is full of metaphors and witticisms as usual. Odd keeps collecting folks and Edie will charm your shocks off.
The great thing about the Odd Thomas stories is how deeply sincere and amusing the character is. I love how self-effacing and humble he is; and, with each story we learn more and more about him and his journey. You would think that this would get old given we've been we Odd through heartbreak and triumph and pretty much think we know him. But Koontz continues to unravel us a little more each time as he writes another one of these stories. He not a FBI agent of a Forensic Scientist from a Lincoln Child or Patricia Cornwell – he is simple Fry Cook, a very, very interesting Fry Cook.
This is book seven for David Aaron Baker who is now the voice off Odd Thomas. His narration fits the quirky nature of Odd Thomas and very much like his easy going narration.
I love these series! My heart still aches for him and Stormy Llewellyn way back from book one. Koontz has managed to tap into a vein with the Odd Thomas stories that keep you reading and wanting more. Perhaps it is the simplicity that surrounds the deeply complex Odd Thomas as his enigmatic cast. I highly recommend this installment of Deeply Odd – please give it a listen.
Avid reader who is also a mommy. Audible saved my reading time!
"Great Start, Rushed Finished..."
Yes, there are parts of all the Odd books that are good.
The gradual realization by Odd that Edie is more than she appears is fun to watch evolve. There is way too much self reflection and slow to understand parts that take forever to wade through in a listening format. If this was a book, there were whole pages/chapters I might have skipped without missing anything of the story.
David Aaron Baker IS Odd Thomas.
Yes, I really enjoyed the first movie and thought the actors were perfect.
Enjoyable listen, not long enough to become tedious.
"I love this series"
I have been thoroughly enjoying watching odd make his way and this book doesn't detract from the series.
"Another spooktacular adventure!!!"
I really enjoyed this book series. Hate to see that it is coming to quit close (I think) even though Stormy will be happy
"Odd Love"
Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas series continues to delight and illuminate all that is Odd!
Highly recommend!
Five stars for Koontz!
"Another ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for Koontz"
I haven't read a book from this author yet that I didn't like. And I love the "Odd" series, and he has a new one coming out soon, Saint Odd, can't wait. :)))
"Get it. NOW."
I loved every bit of it. If you like the series is a must-read. Enough said.
I started the book yesterday and couldn't stop until the end. Truly a fantastic story. I like the character of Odd Thomas and the secondary characters were good too. Very well performed by David A Baker. The voices of the different characters were very good .I will certainly be following the series starting from the beginning.
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"Best Odd Since #1"
This is not quite as good as the first Odd Thomas book, but it is better than all the others. Deeply Odd captures the best aspects of Koontz and Odd Thomas. After the loss of Stormy, books 2-5 had the humor and quirkiness of the first book, but were missing some of the family feeling that I enjoy in most Koontz books. This book may have the best human ghost of the series (Alfred Hitchcock), a great eccentric spontaneous family, a good dog, and a nice story that does not over do it. Annamaria makes only a cameo appearance in this book (which was OK with me).
The narration is just about perfect, capturing the Oddness of all the characters (and he does a respectable Hitchcock).
very well narrated and a very good story with a nice ending for a change cheered me up on many shifts
"Enjoyable entry in the sequence"
Enjoyed this book, the continuation off off Thomas story. Nothing amazingly different about it though it does feel more like it's heading somewhere than the last two which didn't seem to have much of an arc. Hoping it all pays off in book five or might be disappointed!
"Really enjoyed it"
Interesting, thought provoking as well as exciting and at times very tense. Looking forward to the next book.
"An excellent addition to the series"
Another brilliant Dean Koontz Odd Thomas tale. David Aaron Baker's voice captures Odd and the other characters layers and quirks. Deeply Koontz, deeply addictive.
"Opened up a lot of questions?"
Enjoyed it of course? but who is Edy Fisher? Side series maybe?
Book was very much Odd Thomas, we find out a little more about him and we pick up a couple more friends along the way, some of them mysterious. Found myself wanting to know more about the side characters than was revealed.
*possible spoiler alert *
The Rhinestone Cowboy was a good bad guy, but did not get the reason that reality warped? Wasn't explained in Saint Odd either?
"Not the usual ."
I have read the Odd Series and enjoyed them. This seemed to be lacking something to ensure you were on the same wavelength as Odd.
No. Not the best.
I enjoyed the narration.
If there is a follow up it needs more kick to it other wise they are to predictable and monotonous.
Not one of the better ones.
"Best Odd Thomas book"
yes, such a great story you get to know the people in the book
Odd Thomas He's so kind and thinks of other people
He made the story come alilve
"Best Odd Book Yet"
This is the best Odd Thomas book to date. Lots of action, horror and supernatural events in the usual Dean Koontz style. When you get to the end it still leaves you wondering who and what his new friends are and if Odd is the same. I hope there are more Odd book on the horizon.
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Understanding Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
On this page: Dry AMD • Wet AMD • Symptoms • Causes • Treatment
Age-related macular degeneration, often called AMD or ARMD, is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among Americans who are age 65 and older. Because people in this group are an increasingly larger percentage of the general population, vision loss from macular degeneration is a growing problem.
AMD is degeneration of the macula, which is the part of the retina responsible for the sharp, central vision needed to read or drive. Because the macula primarily is affected in AMD, central vision loss may occur.
About 1.75 million U.S. residents currently have advanced age-related macular degeneration with associated vision loss, with that number expected to grow to almost 3 million by 2020.*
Wet and Dry Forms of Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration is diagnosed as either dry (non-neovascular) or wet (neovascular). Neovascular refers to growth of new blood vessels in an area, such as the macula, where they are not supposed to be.
The dry form is more common than the wet form, with about 85 to 90 percent of AMD patients diagnosed with dry AMD. The wet form of the disease usually leads to more serious vision loss.
Dry macular degeneration (non-neovascular). Dry AMD is an early stage of the disease and may result from the aging and thinning of macular tissues, depositing of pigment in the macula or a combination of the two processes.
Dry macular degeneration is diagnosed when yellowish spots known as drusen begin to accumulate in and around the macula. It is believed these spots are deposits or debris from deteriorating tissue.
Gradual central vision loss may occur with dry macular degeneration but usually is not nearly as severe as wet AMD symptoms. However, dry AMD through a period of years slowly can progress to late-stage geographic atrophy (GA) gradual degradation of retinal cells that also can cause severe vision loss.
No FDA-approved treatments are available for dry macular degeneration, although a few now are in clinical trials.
Two large, five-year clinical trials the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS; 2001) and a follow-up study called AREDS2 (2013) have shown nutritional supplements containing antioxidant vitamins and multivitamins that also contain lutein and zeaxanthin can reduce the risk of dry AMD progressing to sight-threatening wet AMD.
But neither the AREDS nor the AREDS2 study demonstrated any preventive benefit of nutritional supplements against the development of dry AMD in healthy eyes.
Currently, it appears the best way to protect your eyes from developing early (dry) macular degeneration is to eat a healthy diet, exercise and wear sunglasses that protect your eyes from the sun's harmful UV rays and high-energy visible (HEV) radiation.
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Wet macular degeneration (neovascular). In about 10 percent of cases, dry AMD progresses to the more advanced and damaging form of the eye disease. With wet macular degeneration, new blood vessels grow beneath the retina and leak blood and fluid. This leakage causes permanent damage to light-sensitive retinal cells, which die off and create blind spots in central vision.
Choroidal neovascularization (CNV), the underlying process causing wet AMD and abnormal blood vessel growth, is the body's misguided way of attempting to create a new network of blood vessels to supply more nutrients and oxygen to the eye's retina. Instead, the process creates scarring, leading to sometimes severe central vision loss.
Wet macular degeneration falls into two categories:
- Occult. New blood vessel growth beneath the retina is not as pronounced, and leakage is less evident in the occult CNV form of wet macular degeneration, which typically produces less severe vision loss.
- Classic. When blood vessel growth and scarring have very clear, delineated outlines observed beneath the retina, this type of wet AMD is known as classic CNV, usually producing more severe vision loss.
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Symptoms and Signs
Age-related macular degeneration usually produces a slow, painless loss of vision. In rare cases, however, vision loss can be sudden. Early signs of vision loss from AMD include shadowy areas in your central vision or unusually fuzzy or distorted vision.
An Amsler grid consists of straight lines, with a reference dot in the center. Someone with macular degeneration may see some of the lines as wavy or blurred, with some dark areas at the center.
Viewing a chart of black lines arranged in a graph pattern (Amsler grid) is one way to tell if you are having these vision problems. See how an Amsler grid works by taking a macular degeneration test.
Eye care practitioners often detect early signs of macular degeneration before symptoms occur. Usually this is accomplished through a retinal exam. When macular degeneration is suspected, a brief test using an Amsler grid that measures your central vision may be performed.
If your eye doctor detects some defect in your central vision, such as distortion or blurriness, he or she may order a fluorescein angiography to examine the retinal blood vessels surrounding the macula.
What Causes Macular Degeneration?
Though macular degeneration is associated with aging, research suggests there also is a genetic component to the disease. Duke University and other researchers have noted a strong association between development of AMD and presence of a variant of a gene known as complement factor H (CFH). This gene deficiency is associated with almost half of all potentially blinding cases of macular degeneration.
Columbia University Medical Center and other investigators found that variants of another gene, complement factor B, may be involved in development of AMD.
Specific variants of one or both of these genes, which play a role in the body's immune responses, have been found in 74 percent of AMD patients who were studied. Also, variants of complement factor C3 have been associated with increased risk of developing AMD.
Ophthalmology Clinics of North America reported in December 2003 that deteriorating, oxygen-starved cells within the retina likely help trigger neovascularization and accompanying damage in wet AMD. Neovascularization is activated by a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), targeted in macular degeneration treatments by anti-VEGF drugs.
Who Gets Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
Besides affecting older populations, AMD occurs in whites and females in particular. The disease also can result as a side effect of some drugs, and it seems to run in families.
New evidence strongly suggests smoking is high on the list of risk factors for macular degeneration. Other risk factors for macular degeneration include having a family member with AMD, high blood pressure, lighter eye color and obesity.
Some researchers believe that over-exposure to sunlight also may be a contributing factor in development of macular degeneration, but this theory has not been proven conclusively. High levels of dietary fat also may be a risk factor for developing AMD.
Commonly named risk factors for developing macular degeneration include:
- Aging. Significant vision loss accompanying more advanced forms of AMD increases from fewer than 1 percent among people in their 60s to more than 15 percent among people in their 90s, according to the Canadian Medical Association Journal (February 2004).
- Obesity and inactivity. Overweight patients with macular degeneration had more than double the risk of developing advanced forms of macular degeneration compared with people of normal body weight, according to one study reported in Archives of Ophthalmology (June 2003). In the same study, those who performed vigorous activity at least three times weekly reduced their risk of developing advanced AMD, compared with inactive patients.
- Heredity. As stated above, recent studies have found that specific variants of different genes are present in most people who have macular degeneration. Studies of fraternal and identical twins may also demonstrate that heredity is a factor in who develops AMD and how severe it becomes.
- High blood pressure (hypertension). Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science reported the results of a European study demonstrating that high blood pressure may be associated with development of macular degeneration (September 2003).
- Smoking. Smoking is a major AMD risk factor and was found in one British study to be directly associated with about 25 percent of AMD cases causing severe vision loss. The British Journal of Ophthalmology in early 2006 also reported study findings showing that people living with a smoker double their risk of developing AMD.
- Lighter eye color. Because macular degeneration long has been thought to occur more often among Caucasian populations, particularly in people with light skin color and eye color, some researchers theorized that the extra pigment found in darker eyes was a protective factor against development of the eye disease during sun exposure. But no conclusive evidence as yet has linked excessive sun exposure to development of AMD.
A small study reported in the British Journal of Ophthalmology (January 2006) found no connection between the eye disease and sun exposure. In fact, the same study found no relation at all between lighter eye color, hair color and AMD. That finding is contradicted by several earlier studies indicating that lighter skin and eyes are associated with a greater prevalence of AMD.
- Drug side effects. Some cases of macular degeneration can be induced from side effects of toxic drugs such as Aralen (chloroquine, an anti-malarial drug) or phenothiazine. Phenothiazine is a class of anti-psychotic drugs, including brand names of Thorazine (chlorpromazine, which also is used to treat nausea, vomiting and persistent hiccups), Mellaril (thioridazine), Prolixin (fluphenazine), Trilafon (perphenazine) and Stelazine (trifluoperazine).
The American Academy of Ophthalmology notes that findings regarding AMD and risk factors have been contradictory, depending on the study. The only risk factors consistently found in studies to be associated with the eye disease are aging and smoking.
How Macular Degeneration Is Treated
There is as yet no outright cure for age-related macular degeneration, but some treatments may delay its progression or even improve vision.
Treatments for macular degeneration depend on whether the disease is in its early-stage, dry form or in the more advanced, wet form that can lead to serious vision loss. No FDA-approved treatments exist yet for dry macular degeneration, although nutritional intervention may help prevent its progression to the wet form.
For wet AMD, treatments aimed at stopping abnormal blood vessel growth include FDA-approved drugs called Lucentis, Eylea, Macugen and Visudyne used with Photodynamic Therapy or PDT. Lucentis has been shown to improve vision in a significant number of people with macular degeneration. [For more details, read our article about macular degeneration treatments.]
Nutrition and Macular Degeneration
Many organizations and independent researchers are conducting studies to determine if dietary modifications can reduce a person's risk of macular degeneration and vision loss associated with the condition. And some of these studies are revealing positive associations between good nutrition and reduced risk of AMD.
For example, some studies have suggested a diet that includes plenty of salmon and other coldwater fish, which contain high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, may help prevent AMD or reduce the risk of its progression.
Other studies have shown that supplements containing lutein and zeaxanthin increase the density of pigments in the macula that are associated with protecting the eyes from AMD.
Visit and bookmark our Eye Nutrition News page for the latest developments in nutritional research that may prevent or limit vision problems from AMD, cataracts and other eye conditions.
Testing and Low Vision Devices for
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatment
Although much progress has been made recently in macular degeneration treatment research, complete recovery of vision lost to AMD is unlikely.
Your eye doctor may ask you to check your vision regularly with the Amsler grid described above.
Viewing the Amsler grid separately with each eye helps you monitor your vision loss. The Amsler grid is a very sensitive test and it may reveal central vision problems before your eye doctor sees AMD-related damage to the macula in a routine eye exam.
For those who have vision loss from macular degeneration, many low vision devices are available to help with mobility and specific visual tasks.
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Dietary carotenoids, vitamins C and E, and risk of cataract in women. Archives of Ophthalmology. January 2008.
Complement C3 variant and the risk of age-related macular degeneration. New England Journal of Medicine. August 2007.
Macular pigment response to a supplement containing meso-zeaxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin. Nutrition & Metabolism. May 2007.
Associations between intermediate age-related macular degeneration and lutein and zeaxanthin in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS). Archives of Ophthalmology. August 2006.
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Buddhism and the 12 Steps
Both Buddhist practice and 12-Step programs encourage followers to have faith in their own experience.Rodale.
How Can I Believe?
Buddhism offers a safe way to approach faith. The Buddha invited people to "come and see," ehi-passiko-to come and see for yourself. In the same way, Twelve Step programs don't recruit members but use their members' success in dealing with addiction to speak for itself, a policy called "attraction rather than promotion." Nobody's trying to sell you something with Buddhism or the Twelve Steps-quite literally, since both are primarily supported by donation-but rather they invite you to see how they work for others and yourself before making a commitment.
The Buddha understood the challenge of faith. In the India of his time, many competing teachers claimed to be the repositories of Truth. One community of eager spiritual seekers, the Kalamas, were confused, and asked his advice. In his famous and fundamental teaching, "The Dilemma of the Kalamas," the Buddha explains how to decide whether a teacher or teaching is useful.
The Buddha starts by sweeping away the past as the container of wisdom. It doesn't matter what people tell you or what's been written down; you don't have to believe something just because it's got the weight of history and tradition behind it, he says.
He goes on to assert that it's not enough that a teaching appeals to our intellect, our logic. While the ideas behind a teaching may be appealing, that doesn't mean they work in real life. What's also implied here is that, just because a teaching "feels right" doesn't mean it is right-a critical point, since we are often drawn to ideas that fit with our own preferences, whether accurate or not.
Finally, he warns against accepting an opinion just because your teacher holds it.
The Buddha takes away many of the standard routes to faith: scripture, tradition, logic, authority. And what he says then is that if you want to know the value of a teacher's offering, you have to try it out and see what the results are. If the results are good, keep it up; if not, drop it. But, to guard against bias in your own interpretation of the results, you should also check with the wise. One way to determine if someone is wise is to see if they are living a skillful life. In Twelve Step terms, "Do you want what they have?" To check with the wise means to listen to the advice of those we trust: a sponsor, mentor, therapist, sibling, parent, friend, or teacher. (Although we don't do something automatically because someone else said we should, we do not dismiss out of hand the suggestions of those who are close to us.)
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Rated 4 out of 5 by TeCoa Not All Plugs You May Need are Included I haven't used it yet but it got here and I discovered it doesn't have the non-grounded plug I need; I have to get it from somewhere else. FYI, there are no Grounded Plugs included in this kit. Non-Grounded Plugs Not Included: Type E: for South Africa and India (see United Kingdom); and Hong Kong and Ireland Type F: for India, Afganistan, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and UAE Most of the above countries have more than one non-grounded plug that will work. However, South Africa only works with type E non-grounded plug which is NOT included in this kit. October 20, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 by slopeboy40 Great product. 2 years old and still going strong Purchase this unit 2 years ago for a trip to Europe. Worked perfectly all of the time. Used it at hotels in London, Amsterdam and Lucerne Switzerland, Worked perfectly for 7 days on a Rhine River cruise. Used it to charge our cell phones, digital cameras and to use my notebook computer. Dug it out of the closet almost 2 years later and took it for a week to Paris. Worked perfectly again staying in a private apartment, charging phones, cameras and using my computer. Taking it to Europe again this summer and having my adult daughter get the same thing as she is joining us. Yes it hums, yes it gets warm, and yes it works. May 20, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Annetheresa1 Voltage valet was unnecessary in United Kingdom This kit was extremely heavy and added significantly to the weight of my carry-on bag. Once in the UK, I found the "Voltage Valet" was not needed. For my CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine and my iPhone, i merely used the three-prong adaptor and plugged into the wall. Both pieces of equipment functioned well without malfunction or loss of data. When I tried the Voltage Valet, my iPhone went crazy and appeared about to crash. I cannot speak for countries other than the United Kingdom. July 16, 2010
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Dust is yet to settle in the higher echelons of the ruling party as well as in its grass-roots politics in the wake of the recent cabinet overhaul and radical changes in district administrators.
In the latter case, for instance, plenty of documentation is being produced on how close associates of the president's son, who is widely believed to be an adviser of sorts to his father, got plum DC appointments similar to the run-up to the 2010 general elections.
And in at least one instance, the opposition Chadema party is canvassing district opinion against the appointment of Abihudi Saideya, claiming that he was rejected by the people at a former station he had been posted, while other newspaper reports link him with associates at the highest level of government, etc.
Even more phenomenal was a spirited statement of self-defence or fending off attacks and jeering on the part of former Natural Resources and Tourism minister Ezekiel Maige, who defended his record by insisting that he took measures to control illegal wildlife trade, only that he stepped on some powerful figures' toes.
If that is the case it would imply that part of the need for the cabinet reshuffle was to please vested interests that may have been hurt by the actions of some ministers – in that sense including Maige who featured prominently in stories about live wild animals which were captured and illegally exported last year.
It is the same story with most of the dumped ministers, that the MPs had an axe to grind with them for personal reasons.
It isn't inconceivable that the end result of the cabinet overhaul at the instigation of MPs will leave a bitter after taste in the mouth, for it was clearly a result of a fear of public opinion, as the president wasn't convinced of the ministers' personal wrongdoing, blaming the whole thing to bureaucratic conflicts and misbehaviour.
For instance, plenty of the wrongs cited in the report of the Controller and Auditor General date back to the financial year 2009/2010, when some of the dropped ministers (including Maige) were not handling the errant ministries at the time.
In addition, the rules governing parliamentary work leave a lot to be desired, for personal purchases by a minister are 'revealed' in the House, an institutional shortcut.
In his explanation, ex-minister Maige said that each MP was entitled to a loan amounting to 290m/- for the asking, and it isn't difficult to obtain a bank top-up facility of a similar amount, for instance the borrower mortgages a house to the lending bank, which is precisely what he did.
If, for instance, MP James Lembeli (whom Maige did not mention in his response over the social media) had queries with the 400m/- amount that the minister said was the price of the house, it does not appear that the floor of the National Assembly was the right place to raise the matter, instead it should have gone to the Ethics Committee.
It is where leaders declare their property, in which case the public has a right to clarification, and MPs ought to use the same channel, not a one-stop shop called Parliament.
Suddenly the ruling party, and to some extent, the wider administration was becoming a beehive where everyone talks whatever they want to talk, in which case one could hear ministers taking personal initiatives. For instance, Lands minister came up with a beach houses demolition plan, saying the buildings were legally permitted by faulty at a policy level.
That is evidently a depiction of confusion, and it is this sort of thing that makes people despair with the government or probity from time to time, for the one issuing a building permit should be aware of the prevailing policy, and if a minister comes after five years and discovers an error, it isn't the fault of the builder. But then everyone seeks popularity…
What was more interesting was to hear that at least one regional commissioner had berated district commissioners for becoming a 'burden,' listing all sorts of negative things on their part, some speculating that they were holding portfolios of campaigners for the 2015 presidential candidate nomination in CCM.
Whether an RC, by the job description, is entitled to raise public ire about DCs is one thing, but this is complemented more than sufficiently by moves to prosecute district executive directors for misuse of public funds, without having to establish if this wasn't willed by the councils themselves, that is, the representatives. Everyone is looking for some popularity, a bit of it.
Equally difficult to figure out as to its rationality was an aspect of reports coming out of the ruling party's National Executive Committee, where it was said that CCM chairman Jakaya Kikwete told NEC members that if ex-premier Edward Lowassa wishes to leave the party, he was free to to so.
Chances though are that the former premier will battle his way right up to 2015, and remain in a pivotal position for the top, then place himself as kingmaker as to who takes over that position. This idea doesn't seem too far from the highest level strategy for end game 2015. When it was being said that the Alliance for Democratic Change was linked with Lowassa's options, didn't JK show his interest?
There is however a silver lining to this confusion, that it has at least one value that was also discernible in the 'skin-shedding'campaign of last year, namely the need to take away the microphone from Chadema, to give them trouble getting people to follow what their leaders say or do.
It was more or less for the same reason that CCM took over the 'war against corruption' from Chadema after the 'list of shame' was given at a Mwembeyanga rally in September 2007, and indeed CCM MPs made it one better by getting rid of the prime minister on an issue that wasn't quite distinct from Chadema's claims, though in its depth it was a question of refusing reform. Why Dowans instead of funding Tanesco?
That is why it is hard to ascertain that the cabinet overhaul or extensive reshuffle has on the whole been positive for the ruling party, that on the whole it has calmed the fears of its Chadema-sensitive wing, that when the opposition shouts that ministers are 'thieves,' it is no longer possible to say that this is an opposition view, and instead it starts looking as if it is true.
When,for instance, Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe asked that the CAG look into the accounts of the Terminal II building at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, whether indeed it required 3m dollars from the government and 6m from China Sonangol Holdings Co (CSHC) as reported was right or the 3m dollars from the government was largely enough for the purpose, no contradiction came up. The Speaker ruled that the government should do as the opposition leader said.
This effort to upstage Chadema at each instance is to the detriment of cohesion in CCM, now throwing overboard the cardinal rule of collective responsibility – where it would be necessary for upper levels of the cabinet to be sure of a minister's wrongdoing and saying so, such that the departure of a minister becomes something that arises within the cabinet.
Still this kind of reaction isn't a fourth phase innovation, as most previous administrations provide ample examples of how they reacted, contrary to own feelings, to remove ministers who came under attack from parliamentary quarters.
Then Finance Minister Simon Mbilinyi and his deputy, Kilontsi Mporogomyi, left in a hurry when opposition leader Augustine Mrema alleged on the same floor of Parliament that 900m/- kickbacks from fish fillet traders had been shared at the top levels of the state, while ex-Industry and Trade minister Iddi Simba was falsely accused by the MPs of causing the sugar price's large hike by having issued permits to industries to import sugar – while facts of the matter were altogether different.
The price hikes came from a 100 percent rise in import duty to please a few local producers against the protocols of the World Trade Organization, which however came into force later, while the sugar duty hike was in 1998.
In that case there is a scenario where CCM is tiring its own constituencies when it gives an impression that whatever the opposition says against it is true, including the whole issue of 'writing a new constitution,' despite having had peace for 50 years with the old one.
As the outbursts of newly elected MP Joshua Nassari demonstrated, the demand for a new constitution is ploy to accommodate all sorts of demands that were carefully weeded out so that national cohesion and harmony can be assured.
There are two big demands that shall see to it that the new constitution bid fails.
First, seeking to put the union in question to a referendum, and secondly the reduction of the powers of the president, so that chaos can set in quite easily.
When all the dropped ministers return to their constituencies and say that there is no leadership in cabinet but listening to cooked-up stories and penalizing upright people to please a noisy lobby with an axe to grind after the failure of the MPs' demand for a huge hike in daily allowances, it is hard to see how CCM will be able to pull together towards 2015.


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It may seem obvious, but it's worth saying that we eat for many reasons — hunger and appetite, of course — but also to celebrate, to be social, to soothe and to relieve boredom. To prevent overeating and weight gain, we first have to understand what drives us to eat.
Hunger: The physical sensation that you need to eat
Think about the rumbling in your stomach. That's a physical sensation. Numerous studies have looked at how hormones initiate and end eating — playing a major role in determining body weight. These include ghrelin, which seems to trigger hunger, and leptin, which reduces it. The physical sensation of hunger — or its absence — is tied to these hormones. The time of day, timing of meals, emotions such as stress or contentment, and even the types of foods you eat all affect these hormones.
Appetite: The desire to eat
"Oh that looks good enough to eat!" You get the picture. Problems with appetite regulation can be mild and contribute to gradual changes in weight — or they can be severe such as anorexia and bulimia. Appetite problems may be caused by disease, medications or even psychological issues.
Satiety: The condition of physically feeling full
Say it with me now, "I couldn't eat another bite." Research has shown that feeling full turns off hunger and appetite. You can feel fuller longer by eating solids over liquids, not skipping meals, choosing high-volume and low-calorie foods (vegetables and fruit), and substituting whole grains for refined grain products. The answer is still out, however, on whether individual diets — for instance high versus low carb or protein or fat — offer an advantage when it comes to satiety.
"Mindless" eating: Eating in response to factors other than those above
This is a term coined for all of the other reasons that we eat. Do you fall prey to mindless eating? Have you noticed that when you order a super-size meal you typically eat all of it? Do certain situations, such as watching TV or talking on the phone, trigger overeating?
Yes, the reasons we eat are complex. Given the epidemic of obesity in this country, it's obvious that overeating is a significant problem. It's critical to find ways to turn down hunger, normalize our desire for food, feel full and satisfied, and deal with the situations that trigger us to mindlessly eat.
What are your thoughts about this? What triggers overeating for you? Better yet, share what works for you when it comes to controlling what you eat.
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We know obesity cuts life short. We know it doesn't look good on anyone. Have you ever heard anyone say "Oh, how wonderful. You're able to shop in the hefty women's section now!"
When I don't care about myself or life, I eat like there's no tomorrow and put on 50 lbs (I'm not exaggerating. It's happened 3 times in my life). When I care, I count calories, take walks, stop and think about what I'm eating before I indulge.
I've tried eliminating processed foods, bread, desserts from my daily diet. After 3 months, I felt deprived, so I indulge lightly in them or reward myself once a week. So far, without a tremendous efforts, I've lost 20 lbs in just a few months. My next plan's to exercise better - something more than weekend walking.
I live alone now after the end of a 10 year relationship. I dislike being alone and have turned to food for comfort- eating way more than I used to. The result is discomfort and obvious weight gain. I'm now doing exercises and trying my best to change my eating habits.
The busier I am - the less I eat
I have been obese for past twenty years, by then I had tried all diets known with some luck, but weight always came back. My last attempt with weight watchers helped me lose 70 pounds, then had health problems, stress at work ended up gaining it back. Currently have been getting treatment for heart failure, hypertension and back pain related to spinal stenosis, I was encouraged to do non wt bearing exercise, currently do water aerobics. I am tired , have thought of lap band surgery. I read the article about newest intervention with a balloon
Would appreciate ideas to help me get started again to lose some weight thank you
I have a hard time feeling full. I wonder if it is a lack of Liptin. What can I do?
How about the brain funcational factor ---- that the center of the brain which detects sasiety doesn't receive or recognize fullness?
Hello I'm Obviously Obese.
I have been suffering with this condition since childhood. Food is my love. I weigh 340lbs. I don't have hypertension, diabetes, or high cholesterol. I just turned 37. Food make me feel good. I actually get a rush when I am eating something full of calories like a honey bun or a bowl of ice cream.
Portion size is also an issue. I don't feel full with the correct portions. I know excercise is right to do but I can't seem to get the motivation to begin. I know it is sad. I don't want to die. Help.
Blah, blah, blah... If I don't exercise 2hrs. a day and keep caloric intake under 1,100cals. I don't lose and can easily gain. I got off of blood pressure medication doing this. Only by keeping my own kitchen free of hydrogenated fatty food, high lean protein, low sodium and high in fiber can I keep it off. Also I must spend a huge amount of time prepping for the week so I can eat without thinking to much. I've fought this plague all of my life! My mom and sister were over-eaters, obese and suffered many illnesses from it. My dad did not over-eat but he ate plainly yet he loved and indulged in cakes and mini pies daily and had no problems health wise or with his weight; he did however die of cancer. I've fought with bulimia since the age of 11yrs. old, then anorexia for decades. 20yrs. ago I went for treatment for bulimia but several yrs. after started compulsive eating. It is a cruel joke nature played on me because I naturally love fresh healthful food but still compulsively eat. Food tastes so damned good and the sensation of crunching and chewing is very pleasurable; why would I want to stop? An by the way even after 6mos. of religiously exercising 2hrs. daily I never stopped being sore until I stopped! I know I will do this ritual yet again hoping it will stick this time but I will never enjoy being sore all over or having to analyze every scrap of food that goes into my mouth. The only things I love about it is when I stop exercising and how relaxed I feel for a few hours and how hot I look slim and tone. Sorry it isn't really about health for me - never was.
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First good thoughts,thoughts of helath.Second eat raw nuts,seeds,fruits and vegetables as much as possible.Third fresh squeezed orange juice with graoefruit.Wheatgrass juice or powder with spirulina.Fresh carrot and apple juice with a combination of other vegetables.Organic apple cider vinegar.Unrefined sesame oil-internally-externally.Boken dead sea salts for soaking.I have been off high blood pressure meds.since Nov.2010 and have not taken anything for psoriasis in a year and a half.My psoriatic arthritis of my knee which used to be as big as a softball is great.All thanks to my husbands persistence in finding what works.And by us experimenting.I am also doing my own personal study on drinkin a blend of tea all day,which my husband and I found we lost weight but by not changing our habits.I shouldnt say that That was before we were treating our symptoms with proper nutrition.anyways Happy Trails and Good Luck I cant go without mentioning I know God was part of my healing That is part of those good thoughts
I am 73, have Type 2 diabetes, am overweight, and need to lose weight. Only recently have I been informed of the existence of ghrelin and its effect on weight. Since I have been unsuccessful losing weight, one doctor suggested the gastric sleeve, which she has and has eliminated her diabetes as well as 70lbs. I am trying to find more info about this and the effect of SSRI's on all of this. I've been on Paroxotene and am phasing it out.
Someone on the web stated your clinic identified 3 chemicals and how they "make you feel hungry" Where would I find that research on your site? Thank you
I lost a total of 70 pound and have kept it off for 7 years. It wasn't easy but I had to do something due to my high blood pressure. After loosing all of the weight I can now run 7 miles! You just have to find something that motivates you to live a healthier lifestyle. It could be for your family, but make sure that you do it for yourself. They will love you for that!
I have an interesting experience as a morbidly obese person. I recently (4 months ago) started a medication that provides a very different physical response to food. I have lived almost 40 years without a sense of being full. I think I have been experiencing hyperphagia. In addition to lifestyle, programs, self-control, and all the attendant things we do in our culture, I have tried appetite suppressants and anti-depressants and also provigil for sleep problems because I eat to get enough energy to get through the day. None of those helped. But a new psychiatrist had me try a combination that is helping. The drug that seemed to make the difference was for attention deficit--vyvance. It was revolutionary the first day to feel full. It is impossible for those who have that shut off valve (be it neurological, chemical, etc--in my case this is affecting a neurotransmitter) to understand what it is like to have no sensation of being full and to have this kind of hunger. It does come with a physical anxiety that is also impossible to describe unless you have been anxious in your body and then you are able to feel deeply relaxed all of a sudden. I do not have any rapid weight loss and I am not going to push myself into any additional stress around weight loss. But I can tell when I am full and it's after only 1/4 of what I usually eat. This is revolutionary and helped me realize this is not a moral issue and was never my choice. I was born without the mechanism to control appetite.
Thanks for going into all these different issues, I know what has helped me a lot in dealing with why I over eat, is trying to address the underlying issue behind my eating, for me that is my negative voice I got from my mother.
It's funny I have just been reading over on Emotional Brain Training News about how those large things effect even the small choice we make about what we eat. Anyway, I thought others might be interested. :-)
I am about 50lb over weight I am under a great deal of stress and sometimes I work 20 hr, sleep 2 hr then go back to work again I am sole support of my family so I do what I have to do. I really don't eat that much and on some days I may only eat one time a day. Any suggestions?
I have lost 40 pounds since January and maintained that since June! 25 more to go, but I am confident :-) I really had to look at what I ate, how much, why, and how I felt after eating, phsyically and emotionally. In my family we get together just to eat, eat a lot, eat a lot of bad stuff (though it tastes amazing) and eat some more. To top it all off I love carbs and eat when I am bored and lonely. To remedy all of these problems, first I concentrated on eating healthier alternatives to my usual fare such as bringing a Healthy Choice Steamer to work instead of eating out. I looked up nutrition facts about my favorite restaurants and chose the better meals when I went out. Making and putting smaller portions together controlled amount of food I ate. I realized that I actually didn't like to feel uncomfortably full and stopped eating too much at once. I keep more whole foods and fresh fruits and veggies in my house now to fall back on, spend more time preparing meals rather than depending on prepackaged. If I'm going to be alone for the evening I find projects to keep me occupied and remember how crappy phsyically and emotionally I'll feel if I eat a whole pint of ice cream. It took a lot of work to figure all of this out. For my next 25 pounds I want to concentrate even more on whole foods... great lifestyle change for me so far!
Eating is never a problem for as long as we eat in moderation and most especially if partner it with exercise. Being healthy is important.
Why no mention of blood sugar's role in hunger? Eat a load of carbohydrate and spike your blood sugar, then watch it crash down and send you back to the well in 2-3 hours. Control the carbs and control the hunger. Today so far I have eaten two eggs, two sausage patties and some cheese (8AM), 2 cups of salad (lettuce, a few berries, 3T of olive oil/balsamic/mustard dressing with a 4-5oz pork chop (11:30 AM), and one square of dark chocolate (3PM) and I'm not particularly hungry at 4:30. I've consumed about 10-15g carb all day.
Anyone who loves a 99 Cent store or dollar store and Rachael Ray is going to be in hog heaven. Rachael Ray has unveiled a book, full of recipes using ingredients that are found in the average 99 cent store, and a lot of people are on board with that kind of thinking. The author, Christine Jory, pointed out – being the sage that she undoubtedly is – that many of the things that Ray uses in her cooking show can be found in discount stores instead of going to high end groceries. You could eat for a year without worrying about a secured loan. Good food that you never need a cash advance for – I'd buy the 99 cent store cookbook.
Read more here: http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/06/15/99-cent-store-cookbook-big-hit-frugal/
I have found that over-eating for me has more to do with the time. If it's 8am it's time for breakfast, if it's 10am it's time for a snack, 12pm it's lunch, 5pm snack before dinner, 6pm to 7pm it's dinner and 8 to 9pm another snack. This is a schedule I have been on for years and my weight has blossomed. So is over-eating more a matter of really bad habits than what we eat?
It's sooo defeating! Even after eating more than is needed, and/or foods I shouldn't have, even when I feel nearly 'stuffed', I still want more! I do stop at that point, but not much before. I'm carrying about 20 pounds too much, have cholesterol issues, and am pre-diabetic, but still I can't rein myself in; I need some of that leptin! :) I think Pixie S's comments make the most sense: There is something driving the eating that has nothing to do with hunger.
I was raised by a mother who was an excellent cook and made sure I had a very healthful diet. Somewhere along the way, I discovered that hamburgers, fries, brownies, etc. tased so much better than the home-grown vegetables and fruits I had as a child. I am now 67 years old and 20 lb. overweight. I wish I had never tasted the fattening foods that I like so much better than healthy foods. At my age I would rather eat what I like and have a shorter life than eat healthy and live a longer life filled with the saddness that old age is bringing me. aW96KR
Over eating. I can't say I have that problem. I have been working in a fitness center, and I have listened, read and talked about all health and nutrition topics possible. Eating healthy is a life style. Eating healthy and unhealthy is learned behavior. I find that people eat unhealthy because they are not educated on what healthy really means. Have a cheese burger and watch your arteries clog or have a salad with fresh tomatoes, baby spinach, red and green peppers and have all the vitamins that your body needs to keep you and every organ in your body working properly. So many processed foods just add salt, fat, sugar and uneccessary calories to your diet. I believe everyone should give themselves a fair chance and read about health and nutrition. If jobs or communities have a nutritionist available, then I say jump at the chance to meet with one! You will be surprized at what a little blood work will reveal about your diet! If people could stop and look at whats in their hand before they put it in their mouth and ask themselves what a healthier alternative would be, everyone would feel the difference in energy, nevermind lose a few pounds. Over eating itself is a battle to over come. Everyone is human, we all indulge once in a while, but if you know you do it on a regular bases, then maybe its time you visit your dr. They are there to help us. What do you have to lose? I find talking to myself about what I should eat and how much helps me make the right choice. Try it!
I know I'm an emotional overeater and overeat for a variety of reasons. Give me a feeling or emotion and I'll eat until I don't feel anything but too full. Usually all the wrong things too. Another contributor to overeating: I enjoy the socialness of eating with family and friends. I agree with Pixie S: it starts with a hole that needs filled and food is always handy when friends and/or family are not. But I've noticed if I have a wide variety of tastes, textures and recipes, I don't mindlessly eat; I just eat too much. Adding more vegetables and using smaller plates has helped too. But it's never been easy to get my appetite or weight under control. It's been the most difficult thing I've tried during the last 40 years. (You can tell I still haven't controlled it.) I'll take Pixie's suggestion and try therapy and nutritional counselling.
I wish someone could develop a pill to help me control my appetite and hunger. I do feel that it is a vicious cycle after age 65 and all the meds we find ourselves on--esp. meds for dibetes. I am on Actos. Do you find it increases appetite?
Sometimes, I overeat for the following reasons:
1. Pre-menstrual syndrome. I don't know if this has been scientifically proven but I can't seem to stop eating a week before my period.
2. Even when I'm already full, I tend to finish what's left over on my plate. To me, it's such a waste to throw leftovers to the trash. To think that a lot of people in the world are experiencing hunger...
3. Sometimes, I overeat to save money (especially if I didn't pay for what I'm eating). Overeating (eg., in breakfast) makes me feel full even until the next meal (eg., lunch) so I won't have to buy/prepare anymore for that meal.
I've been watching my husband overeat for about 20 years now, we've been married 30 years. It seems he eats the wrong foods (over processed) at the wrong times (night) and too much (large portions, double burgers and fries, a whole pizza, etc.) too fast. He often skips breakfast or lunch. I have never been over weight and find that even when offered fresh food of
"real" value he simply doen't "like" them. He is now diabetic and suffering all the problems of excess weight like knee and foot problems, heart problems and tooth decay. I only wish he shared my eating habits, but unfortunately it doesn't happen. If I were to try to find the why, it would be a mother who insisted on a clean plate, fed a child beyond what he needed at an early age for fear he "wouldn't eat enough or not grow" and allowed poor food choices like pop, frys, overprocessed bread, chips, excess milk drinks taken to bed and/or snacks like cookies at bedtime. Education of young mothers on proper nutrition and as well as meeting the emotional care of children would go a very long way in influencing the healthier bodies of a nation.
Personally, I don't like that "full to the gills" feeling of overeating. I pay attention to how I feel when I'm eating and how certain foods make me feel after eating them. Most people don't pay attention to how they feel physically, emotionally or spiritually in relation to food.
I think the mindless eating described in your blog is habitual eating, it correlates to cigarette smoking. Most smokers have activities, points in their commute to work and specific moments in the day that they smoke. Yes, eating a bowl of popcorn or ice cream at night is mindless and a habit.
My experience with working with women with weight issues or eating disorders indicates that there is a deeper, spiritual component not addressed in diet programs. There is a deeper hunger. In working with an obese woman, there has usually been an event - divorce, death - that created a hole in her soul that she tried to fill with food.
It's only by addressing that deeper hunger along with cognitive therapy, nutritional education and other traditional therapies that obesity can be treated.
Satiety is not "I couldn't eat another bite." Maybe people should ''recalibrate'' their satiety sence. We should not eat untill we fell we'll explose soon!!! When my meal seems less attractive, it doesn't taste as good as the first bite and i lost my appetite, I stop eating. Satiety is when i'm not hungry anymore and my appetite is gone. Listen to yourself!
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New Year's Resolutions: 5 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Now
It's time to break free from old habits and start the new year fresh. Losing weight and quitting smoking are common new year's resolutions—and also on the list of top 10 most commonly broken resolutions. Try something new this year by making a pact with the planet for a leaner and greener carbon footprint. Here's how: 1. Drive more efficiently or take transit: Depending on the size of your car, you could be reducing a ton or two or more of carbon dioxide a year by combining trips, mapping out your trip and opting for public transit when possible. You can also fit in aerobic exercise and enjoy the fresh air by walking or biking. 2. Ditch your old bulbs: Compact fluorescent light bulbs and light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs are available for more energy-efficient lighting, which reduces your carbon footprint by using one-third or less of the energy. A single bulb could save you around $40 or more over its lifetime. 3. Stop the junk mail: It's estimated that clearing forests for junk mail produces as much greenhouse gas emissions as 9 million cars. You can dramatically reduce your junk mail through the service of our nonprofit partner 41pounds, which will contact dozens of mailing companies to remove your name from lists, including catalogs you specify. The cost is $41 for you or a household for five years, and 41pounds will donate $15 to Carbonfund.org to support our carbon reduction efforts. Sign up now. 4. Eat fresh: When life gets hectic, it may be easy on you to rely mostly on prepackaged foods for meals, but it can take a toll on the environment. Start the new year with a resolution to plan some meals drawn from locally sourced food. Make this commitment easy by joining a farm co-op or getting local produce from your market. 5. Go carbon neutral: Make reducing your carbon footprint an integral part of your life by committing to reduce what you can and offset what you can't this year to support third-party validated projects that are reducing emissions globally. Check out Carbonfund.org's calculators to reduce your climate impact from your home, travel or business and consider going carbon neutral as a ZeroCarbon™ individual or family in support of our innovative projects. Check out these energy-saving tips for more ways to do your part for our environment in the new year.
Thursday, 04 November 2010 11:41
Win a Clean Air Lawn Care Franchise
Second chances are rare. Opportunities for redemption in the business world are especially scarce in our current economy. That's why successful business and Carbonfund.org partner Clean Air Lawn Care pledged to share the wealth by giving away a franchise and an opportunity for a fresh financial start in the new year. Opportunity 2011 is the second annual contest that searches for someone who has the skills, passion and determination to do something positive for themselves and their environment, but who doesn't have the means. Clean Air Lawn Care is the nation's leading full-service sustainable lawn care company, which stands out in the industry with its use of solar-powered lawn mowers, organic fertilizers and quiet electric equipment. The winning candidate will be provided a Clean Air Lawn Care franchise and start-up package worth more than $35K, including training and equipment. Apply by November 5th to win a chance to start the new year fresh with your own environmentally conscious business. Check out the video entry from last year's winner, James Turner of Wilmington, NC.
Friday, 20 May 2011 14:34
Walmart is Spinning Yellow Chicken Sludge into Green Gold
You may know that Walmart has set a goal to eliminate all US landfill waste by 2025. You may not know to what creative and slimy depths they will go to meet that goal. Sam's Club, Walmart's warehouse retailer, launched a program to recycle the grease generated by the rotisserie chickens sold in the stores. In an interesting Triple Pundit article, writer Leslie Back discovered:
- In 2010, Sam's Club collected 236,000 gallons of grease, with 611,000 pounds recycled into biofuels (enough to power 18 semi trucks for 1 year) and 1.2 million pounds recycled into animal feed (equivalent to feeding more than 5,000 chickens for one year).
- The grease trap required traditionally held 2,500 gallons. However, according to Sam's Club, because of this program, the trap has been reduced to only 1,500 gallons.
Friday, 25 March 2011 11:06
Vote for Carbonfund.org in TreeHugger's Best of Green Awards
Carbonfund.org is thrilled to be nominated in TreeHugger's annual Best of Green Awards. We love what we do, and it's great to be recognized, but awards like these really are a testament to supporters like you who share and spread our mission to reduce and offset our climate impact and hasten the transition to a clean energy future. So let's spread the love, folks.
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Monday, 15 November 2010 20:15
Unilever Seeks to Make Consumption More Sustainable
Consumer products company and Carbonfund.org events partner Unilever has unveiled its Sustainable Living Plan, which uses the company's global reach to double sales while also halving the water, waste and carbon impacts of its products over the next 10 years. To achieve these goals, Unilever took into account the life-cycle of their products, from the sourcing of raw materials, manufacturing of products, transportation and storage, all the way to the waste produced by consumer use of these items. Unilever seeks to lead the consumer industry in reducing the environmental impact of their products and saving money in the process. Other goals for the Sustainable Living Plan include: • Sourcing 100 percent of agricultural raw materials sustainably by 2015, including 100% sustainable palm oil. Unilever buys three percent of the world's annual supply of palm oil. • Making drinking water safer in developing countries by extending sales of its Pureit home water purifier. • Improving standards of living by working with agencies such as Oxfam and the Rainforest Alliance to link 500,000 small-scale and related distributors to the Unilever supply chain. "Consumers want more," Unilever chief executive Paul Polman told the UK's Guardian newspaper. "They see food shortages, malnutrition and climate change, and governments are not addressing those problems. Companies that do this will get a competitive advantage. Those that do not will put themselves at risk."
Thursday, 13 January 2011 17:05
Swedes Harvest Body Heat to Warm Building
First they brought us the sweet sounds of ABBA and Ace of Base. Then they delighted us with the home decor empire Ikea. Now Sweden's hottest idea export is a clever source of cheap and renewable energy: body heat capture. Stockholm Central Station is the busiest train depot in Scandinavia with over 250,000 travelers and shoppers bustling through each day. Engineers for real estate company Jernhusen figured out how to harness the heat energy generated by the moving bodies and use it to heat an office across the street, lowering that building's energy bill by 25%.
There are about 250,000 people a day who pass through Stockholm Central Station. They in themselves generate a bit of heat. But they also do a lot of activities. They buy food, they buy drinks, they buy newspapers and they buy books. All this energy generates an enormous amount of heat. So why shouldn't we use this heat. It's there. If we don't use it then it will just be ventilated away to no avail. -- Klas Johnasson, one of the system's creators and head of Jernhusen's environmental divisionThe commuters in the train station aren't left out in the cold to warm the office dwellers across the street. What happens is Central Station is heated appropriately, and then heat exchangers in the ventilation system convert excess body heat into hot water, which is then pumped into the office's heating system. This isn't the first instance of body heat harvest, but it is the first to figure out how to transfer energy to a different location. Can you imagine how much clean, renewable energy could be generated by the sofa-slipcover-seeking hoards of the 316 Ikea stores worldwide? Sounds like a match made in Sweden.
Tuesday, 07 December 2010 13:13
Supreme Court to Review Utility Emissions Case
Can states sue electric companies for failing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions? The Supreme Court has agreed to hear this case. The high-profile case, American Electric Power v. Connecticut, established in 2004 that coal-burning utilities were liable for lawsuits because of public nuisance for their contribution to global warming. The review by the Supreme Court is seen as a win for the utilities in question—American Electric Power, Duke Energy, Southern Company, Xcel Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority—as it gives them the opportunity to try reversing the lower court's decision. The power companies assert that this is not a judicial issue but a legislative one that should be handled under the EPA's Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases, essentially that the Clean Air Act trumps common law decisions. However, as explained by UCLA law professor Jonathan Zasloff:
The EPA's regulation only applies to mobile sources, not stationary sources like power plants. Thus—and here is the kicker—until the EPA actually starts regulating all sources of carbon dioxide, the Court said that it can't really determine whether or not displacement has occurred. This holding is potentially significant, because it can put polluters in a real bind. Their normal strategy is to tie up new regulations in the courts for several years—maybe until they can get a more friendly administration. But now, the Second Circuit has told them that the only way to get rid of the public nuisance lawsuit is to let those regulations go into effect. The judges have told the power companies to choose their poison.The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the appeal in March 2011.
Monday, 24 January 2011 16:43
Environmental Standouts at Sundance Film Festival
Over the years the Sundance Film Festival has introduced a number of groundbreaking environmental documentaries that surprised the world with the depth and scope of their popularity. Films like The Cove, An Inconvenient Truth and Who Killed the Electric Car all debuted at the annual Salt Lake City festival and leveraged their critical acclaim to catapult their message into the public eye, garnering support and notoriety along the way. This year's film festival is at about the half-way point and includes two environmentally focused films that are already sold out and booked solid. The Last Mountain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0563_RTvx6s
It's easy to forget that each time we turn on a light, we are contributing to the ecological damage caused by the coal that generates electricity in this country. The Last Mountain gives us plenty of reasons to remember. Contaminated air, soil, and water; coal dust, cancer clusters, and toxic sludge are all by-products of this widespread energy source. Focusing on the devastating effects of mountaintop coal removal in West Virginia's Coal River Valley, filmmaker Bill Haney illustrates the way residents and activists are standing up to the industry and major employer that is so deeply embedded in the region. With strong support from Bobby Kennedy Jr. and grassroots organizations, awareness is rising in the battle over Appalachian mountaintop mining. Forces are aligning to prevent coal removal on Coal River Mountain and preserve the region's precious natural resources. Superb storytelling and exquisite photography combine to remind us that this environmental calamity impacts us all.If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDBb1F2tiNs
Marshall Curry's documentary tells a timely story of political action and environmental beliefs at loggerheads. His reconstruction of the recent history and unraveling of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) is a fascinating exploration of a modern revolutionary movement and its efficacy. Fusing fervent concerns about ecological imbalance and capitalism run amok, ELF members and sleeper cells employed economic sabotage by destroying facilities involved in deforestation to remove the profit potential from companies wreaking environmental destruction. Focusing on Oregon-based activist Daniel McGowan, Curry relates the tale of a mild-mannered, middle-class citizen driven to extremes and brought to trial on charges of terrorism for his participation in ELF-related arson plots. Detailing activists' past disillusionment with public protest—and the police brutality and inertia that often followed—the film poses difficult questions about the possibility of effecting change from either within or without the system and examines the changed stakes for revolutionaries today in a world fixated on branding all dissenters as terrorists.
Tuesday, 13 September 2011 16:22
New Social Game Cleans Up on Facebook
Carbonfund.org Foundation is proud to partner with GUERILLAPPS for Trash Tycoon (www.TrashTycoon.com), the first 'Upcycling' game for Facebook. Trash Tycoon allows players to maneuver around a visually whimsical world to recycle, collect litter and 'pitch in' to help make the planet a more beautiful and sustainable place to live. Players become eco-entrepreneurs as they earn game money and points by collecting trash and upcycling it to create marvelous new products. They can even manage a worm farm and control their "worm families" in a mini-game within Trash Tycoon. Trash Tycoon also features a Charity Contest where players get to vote on their favorite Carbonfund.org carbon-mitigation program to take environmental action in the real world. Players can vote for reforestation, renewable energy or energy efficiency, and each month the game will donate 10% of the voters' virtual currency revenues to the program with the most votes. "Trash Tycoon is a fun, interactive game with a great underlying message," said Eric Carlson, Carbonfund.org president. "We're excited about this project because it's a fresh, easy approach toward making environmental consciousness a part of our everyday lives."
Carbonfund.org supports domestic and international renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects that reduce carbon dioxide emissions. All of their projects meet the highest standards and are third-party validated to ensure every donation is making a positive impact. By playing Trash Tycoon, users are supporting clean technology and reduction projects that drive investment and innovation, and hasten the market transformation to a low carbon future.Carbonfund.org and Guerillapps hope Trash Tycoon can harness the power of Social Networking games to help teach consumers about the environment and resource conservation, and, with the use of in-game campaigns featuring social goods, rally players together to help in the fight against climate change by contributing to carbon offset projects while enjoying game play. Trash Tycoon was created by GUERILLAPPS, a company building online social games that tie in with real-world brands and activities. "With the help of Carbonfund.org, we are able to gamify charity donation, make it fun and give back to the environment," said Raviv Turner, Co-Founder & CEO of Guerillapps.
Wednesday, 26 January 2011 12:40
Sneak Peek at New EVs from Detroit Auto Show
Electric Vehicles (EVs) stole the show at this year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit. As if showing up without a battery-powered prototype was just bad manners, automakers dutifully curated their collections to show off the latest engineering in emission-free vehicles. Volkswagon Golf Blue E-Motion Hits the market: 2014 Stats: Goes from 0-62 mph in 11.8 seconds Tops out at 84 mph Driving range is 93 miles Tesla Roadster Hits the market: Already out Stats: Goes from 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds Drives 245 miles per charge Plugs into nearly any outlet anywhere in the world [caption id="attachment_7590" align="alignnone" width="524" caption="Image courtesy of Honda.com"][/caption] Honda Fit EV Hits the market: Scheduled for 2012 Stats: Five passenger, four door hatchback 100 mile driving range Tops out at 90 mph [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="564" caption="Image courtesy of Ford.com"][/caption] Ford Focus Electric Hits the market: Late 2011 Stats: 112 mile driving range Tops out at 100 mph Electric Vehicle app allows you to monitor your car's battery life from your smartphone Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell Hits the market: Unknown Stats: Gullwing doors (hinged at the top) 60 kWh lithium battery and four electric motors 130 miles driving range Goes from 0-60 mph in four seconds Porsche 918 RSR Concept Car Hits the market: Don't hold your breath Stats: 563 horse power at 10,300 rpm Two 75-kW electric motors powering the front wheels only Boosts maximum power to 767 horse power Captures energy from breaking and re-releases it with the push of a button All images courtesy of naias.com


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Hi everyone, I am a beginner of sorts.....pick up knitting a year ago after a LONG break. We I purchased on Knit Picks the Impressionist Afghan. Did I get in over my head?
Anyone else buy it?
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That is wonderful! take a snapshot of it -- or a part of it - and let us see! I have just taken it up in earnest and had to start over (I had started the first color when you first began posting so that I could help with the pattern)! I am really liking the way it builds, though.
I'd LOVE to see a piece of yours! Congratulations!
Hey guys,I finally started on the afghan and I must say that Cathie was right, once you start it, it makes sense, lol, I'm on the green color now and started about a week ago, so I'm not doing to bad. Again, thank you for all your help, without it I wouldn't have even known where to start,
That's great, Darlene!
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That's pretty cool! Nice work.
Here is my finished repro of the map which will be featured in THE HOBBIT. Original artist is Daniel Reeve. I looked at pictures online to draw this. Map size is around 11.5x15.4 . Done on 90lb. Watercolor paper.
Here it is in natural lighting outside.
Here is another map. This one is not 100% my hand drawing. For this one, I used the mountain, hand with runes and dragon at top of mountain. I traced them then colored and replaced my drawings with them. I really liked the detailed lines on the mountain, made most likely with a square nib. I then water colored for aging.
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That's pretty cool! Nice work.
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Thank you for the kind words.
Really looking forward to the movie. Loved the look of the map shown in some of the trailers and hoped to get a replica, but they are expensive at the weta store. Decided to make my own. Really pleased with the way this one turned out. When held up to a light source the moon letters become visible.
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How did you do those moon runes so that they are highlighted when held up ?
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Back of map is black except for the rune letters so light passes through runes more than the remaining surface area.
This looks amazing!! Great Job!!
Wow, I'm impressed! Not only is this a fantastic replica, but the rune letters trick was really clever. Have some rep.
Thanks. While I did come up with the idea myself, I later learned that it is the same method used on the prop replica for sale at the weta cave store, so it isn't my pioneering. Thanks for the kind words and rep.