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Some diabetes medications could make you gain weight. To put it simply, as you get better control of your diabetes, you no longer lose glucose in your urine, so your body retains those calories. Some classes of diabetes drugs are more likely to cause weight gain than others. Sulfonylureas (such as glyburide and glipizide), meglitinides (Prandin), and insulin can cause weight gain. The drugs most commonly associated with weight gain and fluid retention are the thiazolidinediones (glitazones), such as pioglitazone and rosiglitazone.
It's not safe to let your blood sugar levels increase in order to lose weight. To prevent weight gain, you'll need to improve your lifestyle efforts by making better food choices and exercising more often. You can also talk to your doctor about trying other medications. Some drugs, like Metformin, work like the glitazones, but don't cause weight gain. They can even help with weight loss. You can try switching to this type of drug, but watch for other side effects, including gas, bloating, or diarrhea. Keep in mind that you can't take this drug if you have heart disease. Also, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (such as acarbose and miglitol) don't cause weight gain, but can cause side effects such as bloating or diarrhea.
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While thumbing through my FFF file, I came across Sweet Jessie's site. (edit: Since the time of her feature, her blog is now private) And while there, I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw THIS! I know, I know, there are several things catching your attention………let me help you zero in…………
Like cool old books so you can make cool art. Isn't that amazing?
Guess what this is……………guess.
nope……..it's not a quilt……..even though she does make those too. This is a vintage wallpaper collage. Who woulda thunk.
She uses her scraps to make cool Tee's.
Or fabric banner cards………..these have to be the cutest thing I've seen all day.As if the Tee and the cards wouldn't have been a great teacher gift………..she created her own personal teacher gift. WOW! Have I mentioned that one of my degree's is in Physical Ed K-12? This has me re-thinking my decision to teach in a school.Enjoy poking around. She has lots and lots to look at. You'll have to look for her paint by number "Salon".
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Spanair migrates to Linux
Spanair, one of the largest airlines in Spain, is optimising its performance and cutting costs with Linux infrastructure systems.
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Spanair, one of the largest airlines in Spain, is optimising its performance and cutting costs with Linux infrastructure systems.
Spanair is using Red Hat Enterprise Linux in three main areas. The airline is running its Carmen crew optimiser software on three Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.
The Red Hat platform is also being used in several of the airline's optimisation stations that receive information provided by the central server to execute a number of processes.
Additionally, Spanair is running its Oracle 10g R2 database server on HP Proliant servers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to host its data warehouse.
"When we began considering Linux within our infrastructure, we were looking for solutions to address two main needs: cost reduction and performance improvement. Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers provide good performance when connected to modern fibre channel drive arrays," said Joan Pons, Spanair systems manager.
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AutoNation posts 14 pct profit rise for 2Q
DETROIT AutoNation, the country's largest car dealership chain, made optimistic predictions for the next year as its second-quarter earnings rose 14 percent on strong growth in all of its business units.
Mike Jackson, CEO of the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company, said the fundamentals are in place for continued auto sales growth in the next year, and that means more strong quarterly earnings for his company.
He says people will be replacing older cars for the foreseeable future, they've gotten used to gas prices around $3.55 per gallon, and he expects short-term interest rates on car loans to stay low despite talk by the Federal Reserve that it could reduce bond-buying activity if the economy improves. The bond buying has kept interest rates down to stimulate growth.
Jackson predicted that total U.S. auto sales would rise to the mid-15 million range this year. "There's a good chance it's going to be on the higher end of that," possibly as high as 15.75 million, Jackson said in a telephone interview Thursday. For the first half of the year, sales ran at an annual rate of about 15.4 million. That's up from 14.5 million last year and a 30-year low of 10.4 million in 2009.
AutoNation's net income was $89.9 million, or 73 cents per share, for the April-June quarter. That compares with earnings of $78.6 million, or 64 cents per share, a year earlier.
Revenue grew 13 percent to $4.43 billion on strong sales of new and used cars as well as parts and service and finance and insurance growth.
The earnings matched Wall Street's expectations, while revenue beat estimates of $4.34 billion, according to analysts polled by FactSet.
But shares of the 266-store chain fell 49 cents, or 1 percent, to close at $44.98 Thursday.
The drop could be due to AutoNation reporting that its gross profit per new vehicle fell 8 percent from a year ago to $1,996.
Chief Operating Officer Mike Maroone said there's pressure on prices due to competition, especially among imported and midsize cars. That pressure was partially offset by sales growth, he said.
In midsize cars, the Detroit Three and Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia each have strong offerings, pressuring the two perennial leaders in the segment, Toyota and Honda. "It's a bit of a price war out there," Maroone said.
The chain saw new vehicle sales rise 11 percent overall and 7 percent compared with stores open at least a year.
During the quarter, AutoNation finished changing all of its dealerships from local names to the AutoNation name, the company said.
For the quarter, AutoNation said new vehicle sales rose 11 percent, and are up 10 percent for the first half of the year. Used car sales were up 13 percent for the quarter and 11 percent in the first half.
Income from AutoNation's Premium Luxury business was up nearly 12 percent to $76 million. Income from dealers selling foreign-based brands was up 9 percent to $73 million. The company's Domestic segment income rose 22 percent to $66 million as Ford, General Motors and Chrysler all reported sales gains for the quarter.
Jackson said consumers may not like gas prices around $3.55 per gallon, but they are getting used to them. The new "freak-out" gas price level that would cause people to buy smaller cars or change their driving behavior is now around $5 per gallon, Jackson said.
The reason that $3.55 per gallon doesn't scare people any more is that companies are making more efficient cars that don't force people to compromise, he said. Larger cars and SUVs now are more efficient because fuel is directly injected into the cylinders around the pistons, transmissions have more gears so engines operate at peak efficiency more often, and turbocharging gives people power even though engines are smaller, he said.


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World Council's International Partnerships Program unites credit union movements from around the world to exchange ideas, best practices and technical expertise. The International Partnerships Program builds stronger institutional capacity that ultimately benefits credit union members while demonstrating the cooperative ideals that characterize credit unions and distinguish them as financial institutions.
Partners have engaged in many activities overseas by providing guidance and expertise to their international partners. Here are a few examples:
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World Council seeks to match its members and supporters, both in emerging and developed countries. The partnership is established when each organization, accompanied by World Council, visits its potential partner to observe operations and determine common areas for work.
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Agree to conduct two-to-four joint activities in a year. All partnership activities are implemented in a non-intrusive manner to respect each credit union's internal operations. Partnering countries agree upon partnership activities in semiannual planning sessions. A partnership activity could take many forms, including:
Willingness to become a World Council Supporter. When your annual commitment is designated to your partnership activities, World Council would apply it to supporting the partnership activities with your partner country. World Council suggests a silver (US$5,000–$9,999) or gold (US$10,000–$24,999) annual contribution. All World Council Supporters will be listed by recognition level in World Council publications, our website and at our conferences. World Council Supporters are also invited to two annual recognition receptions — one at CUNA & Affiliates' Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) and one at World Council's World Credit Union Conference. With your payment receipt, you will also receive a special Supporters report on activities made possible by your support. The report is in CD-ROM PowerPoint format, suitable for reporting back to your constituency or board.
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ATLANTA (AP) -- North Carolina State is looking to move to the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference, while progress for Tennessee will be escaping the basement in the Southeastern Conference.
Each team is looking to establish momentum for 2012 in Friday night's Chick-fil-A Kickoff at the Georgia Dome.
N.C. State has 17 wins the last two seasons but finished behind Clemson, Wake Forest and Florida State in the ACC's Atlantic Division in 2011.
Senior quarterback Mike Glennon's 31 touchdown passes last year were the second-most in N.C. State history. Philip Rivers threw 34 scoring passes in 2003.
Tennessee won only one SEC game last season. The Vols lost top receiver Da'Rick Rogers, who transferred to Tennessee Tech. He says failed drug tests led to his suspension from Tennessee.
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For centuries, the peoples of Europe have defined their continental identity against the threat of Islam. So much so that it is hard to imagine a European identity that does not have Islam as its foil.There are, of course, good historical reasons for this.From the eighth century Europe was in fact surrounded by Muslims to the East and South, who ruled much of the Eastern continent for the next millennium.Of course, except in the wildest dreams of jihadists, Europe will not be taken down by Muslim swords today. But for right-wing fear mongers, the contemporary Muslim threat is just as nefarious, only the weapon is different.The ultimate 'other'That Muslim woman in the now infamous poster is not just the ultimate 'other' - totally impenetrable to the Western gaze in a social space where topless women are de rigeur on billboards, magazines, TV commercials and the beach - but, the niqab or burka-wearing Muslim woman is believed to stand for all Muslim women, who, it is assumed, possess little or no control over their own bodies.
And because of this, she is as dangerous as the H1N1 virus currently scaring people across the continent. Underneath her niqab lies a human bomb - not a suicide vest, but a baby; lots of babies, if you believe the hype.All these Muslims babies threaten to transform the fundamental identity of Europe as a "Western," "modern," "secular-yet-Christian" space - the very antithesis of what most Europeans imagine Muslims to be.
In some sense, of course, the return of a robust Muslim presence in Europe would be a return to history, to a time when a good share of Europe was Muslim. But that is a history few Europeans hearken to. In fact, Europe's first post-Cold War conflict, in the Balkans, was driven in good measure by just this fear.Beneath the fear, however, lies that undeniable reality that the combination in Europe of very low indigenous (meaning white and Christian) birth rates and increasing immigration of Muslims with higher birth rates means that the percentage of Muslims will continue to grow.
They will not, however, become a majority in Europe under any conceivable scenario in the coming decades.
In fact, the actual demographic trends show a decline in birth rates by Muslim women as they become settled into Europe, which corresponds to the declining birth rates across the Muslim world (many of whose governments have initiated aggressive family planning programmes).Indeed, as Muslim women live in Europe, learn the languages, get educated and join the workforce, they become more "European" - or more accurately, like women globally, who, if they have the resources and freedom to control their reproduction, choose to have smaller families.Of course, if they are marginalised and, along with their male counterparts, not given sufficient chance to become a functioning part of their new societies, this process will happen more slowly, if at all, creating a self-fulfilling cycle of recrimination and disintegration.
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Either way, it is clear that Europe is going to become more Muslim in the coming decades. The question is whether in the process it will become more Islamic - that is, publicly religious and impacted by Muslim religious symbols and practices - and which version of Islam will define the emerging European Islam.Will it be a "Euro-Islam" that respects core liberal values of tolerance, openness and respect for the rule of law, or a "Ghetto Islam" that produces subcultures that are largely isolated and hostile to the European self-image (one which, it must be remembered, largely excludes Muslims in the first place)? The fear mongers behind the rising tide of Islamophobia in Europe argue that the continent is on the way to becoming "Eurabia" - that is, taken over by a Muslim tide and losing its core Europeanness in the process.It is hard to know how many Europeans buy into this argument. But, while it is rarely a good idea to generalise, the majority would likely prefer Muslims to assimilate into their host societies, to shed the outward appearances of difference, and not integrate - a process that inevitably changes the host culture as well, as it takes on elements of the newer arrival and, inevitably, loses some of its traditions in the process.Picture-postcard Europe
It is not surprising that in Switzerland the focus would be on minarets.More than most countries, Switzerland defines itself by its visual aesthetic. It is the picture postcard of Europe, with nothing out of place, the quintessential European destination.Never mind that Swiss Muslims are among the least conservative in Europe and that the call to prayer is already banned in Switzerland; the presence of more minarets would call out to the Swiss, saying: "We are here and we're not going anywhere. And we're not just going to assimilate to your culture. We intend to keep core parts of ours as well."
Muslims cannot just be; they have to convert others, and the voice of the muezzin "proclaiming down from the minaret" is the most powerful manifestation of this. Or so the backers of the minaret ban imagine.Even Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Switzerland's justice minister, admitted that the result "reflects fears among the population of Islamic fundamentalist tendencies," as if one cannot be Islamic without being fundamentalist.This is the underlying problem in the debate over minarets, hijabs, or yet more troubling, attempts by European Muslims to establish separate courts and laws aligned with their interpretation of sharia to cover personal status issues.At best, it says Muslims are willing to integrate, not assimilate into European society. Comparisons to anti-Semitism In the aftermath of Sunday's vote, many commentators, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, are comparing Islamophobia in Europe today to the anti-Semitism that plagued the continent in the first half of the 20th century.While understandable, such comparisons miss the fundamental difference between the position of Jews in Europe then and Muslims in Europe today.Jews had lived in Europe for centuries and, despite anti-Jewish sentiments among huge swaths of Europe's population, were very much a part of their societies' cultures, economies, and increasingly politics.
Indeed, in Germany it was precisely the increasing full participation of Jews in so many parts of national life that made them such an existential threat.They were Europe's most intimate 'other', inside the very fabric of European identity and increasingly, impossible to tell from "real" Europeans.As such they became a lethal virus that, in the Nazi logic, had to be eradicated to restore the purity of the race.
The situation for Muslims today is very different.Muslims are still relatively new to most European societies; at most a couple of generations old. As one Fox news report put it after a riot in Muslim neighbourhoods of the Swedish town of Malmö, they are "outsiders who are already inside" European societies. What is worrying is that as a new generation of European Muslims come of age and move deeper inside European culture, economies and politics, the fears and prejudices against them will surely grow, especially if, as in Germany of the 1930s, the economic situation continues to deteriorate.Mass violence against Muslims comparable to that visited against Jews is unimaginable. But as Muslims become, welcomed or not, part of the European fabric, the prejudices against them could begin to take on some of the form of the anti-Semitism that plagued pre-war Europe.The larger picture Ultimately, the vote to ban minarets, like other anti-Islamic legislation, is a symptom of a larger problem within contemporary European societies.It is not just that Europeans are increasingly inhospitable to Muslims and other immigrants. These sentiments reflect the fraying of the social fabric of Europe more broadly, particularly of countries that have had strong recent traditions of social solidarity and welfare.The larger implications have not been touched on in most of the commentary and reporting in the multi-lingual Swiss media, or the European press more broadly. Instead, papers such as the German language Neue Zürcher Zeitung, described the vote as a revolt of "the people over the elites" and emphasised the need for rulers to "listen to the people" (a terminology which, in German at least, has alarming historical connotations).
The French language Le Temps questioned: "How can you dialogue when you're crushed by the weight of stereotypes?"The answer is that people are increasingly scared that their social safety nets are fraying and that life is inexorably going to become harder. And they want quick solutions, not long and complicated dialogues.
And herein lies the real problem underlying the vote. It is not merely about Islam. It is also about the solidification of neo-liberalism economically and conservatism politically across the continent, and ultimately, about globalisation more broadly.
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DENIM BY PV GROWS BY 10% AND PREPARES FOR CHINAThe 10th edition of the specialized denim-focused show Denim By Premiere Vision came to a close in Paris last week, held from May 23-24. 2,578 visitors were registered, a 10% increase from last year, confirming the show as an international meeting point for jeanswear insiders (73% attendees came from abroad, compared to 70% in 2001). Aside from French visitors, the majority of European countries showed an increase as well: Spain (+62%), Germany (+53.6%), Italy (+32%), the UK (+30%) and the Netherlands (+24%). Turkey and Tunisia saw an impressive increase of +11% and +53.6%, respectively, with the US reporting a +23.4% increase and Brazil a +41.6% increase.
The show's organization now waits on other significant results from the upcoming debut of Denim by PV Asia, taking place in Shanghai from October 23-24. The show is designed to meet the needs of upcoming Chinese brands and will host about 40 exhibitors, most of which have already participated in the European edition of Denim By PV. The Asian version will be set in the East Dock area, near the Duxi section by the Bund and will occupy about 3.000 sqm, taking place at the same time and in the same vicinity as the Premiere Vision China event, which covers 2.000 sqm, will host 60 companies (mostly haute-de-gamme textile manufacturers) and has been taking place since 2004. "We decided to establish this new Denim BY PV edition because we noticed there was a strong interest among the Asian market's key players," said Philippe Pasquet, President of Premiere Vision. "The concept is the same as the European show and our aim is to run the event twice a year so that it becomes a fixed appointment for premium Chinese denim brands."
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While most analyses of Korean politics have looked to elites to explain political change, this new and revised edition of Korean Society examines the role of ordinary people in this dramatic transformation. Taking the innovative theme of 'civil society' - voluntary organizations outside the role of the state which have participated in the process of political and social democratization - the essays collected here examine Korea as one of the most dramatic cases in the world of ordinary citizens participating in the transformation of politics.
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The Nexus 7 (2013) Reviewby Anand Lal Shimpi on August 22, 2013 6:00 PM EST
Truth be told, Google has made (or at least directed the making of) some of the best tablets on the market today. The original Nexus 7 was groundbreaking in that it offered a totally usable platform, married to the latest version of Android, for $199. The Nexus 10 gave us a very quick, ultra high resolution 10-inch tablet for $100 less than the flagship iPad (and with more storage). Both were easily recommendable due to their value, but this year Google is stepping out of the shadow of value and into one of excellence. It starts with the new Nexus 7.
Based on the success of the original Nexus 7, Google went back to ASUS for the second version. In the 12 months since the release of the Nexus 7, the world has changed quite a bit. Expectations for value tablets had been reset by the original Nexus 7 as well as Amazon's lineup of Kindle Fires. Simply showing up with another good value likely wouldn't do anything to further the brand (or market). I get the distinct impression that Google isn't big on not changing the world.
|Nexus 7 Tablet Specification Comparison
|ASUS Nexus 7 (2012)
|ASUS Nexus 7 (2013)
|198.5 x 120 x 10.45mm
|200 x 114 x 8.65mm
|Plastic + Rubber back
|Plastic + Soft Touch back
|7-inch 1280x800 IPS
|7.02-inch 1920x1200 IPS
|340 g
|290 grams (WiFi), 299 grams (LTE)
|1.3 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 (T30L - 4 x Cortex A9)
|1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064-1AA)
|16 Whr
|15.01 Whr
|802.11b/g/n, BT, NFC
|802.11a/b/g/n, BT 4.0, NFC
|1.2MP Front Facing
5.0 MP Rear Facing w/AF
1.2MP Front Facing
|Wireless Charging
|Yes (Qi Compatible)
$229/$269 (WiFi 16/32 GB)
The result is the new Nexus 7. Identical only in name, manufacturer and screen size, the 2013 Nexus 7 is a downright Apple way to rev a product. Google made it thinner, lighter, faster and better in almost every way.
2013 Nexus 7 (left) vs. 2012 Nexus 7 (right)
The original Nexus 7 was rather thick but it got away with it since the overall footprint of the tablet was so small. The new Nexus 7 truly feels like a slate. It's the type of thing I expect to see carried around on the Enterprise.
I don't miss the rubber imitation leather from the original Nexus 7, it's replaced by a soft touch plastic back. You definitely don't get the premium aluminum feel of the iPad mini, but the device doesn't feel cheap either. The new Nexus 7 is still nice enough that I'm nervous about scratching or scuffing the back.
Both ASUS and Nexus logos are prominently featured on the back. ASUS continues to amaze me by just how far it's come as a company, and the new Nexus 7 is hands down its most impressive tablet creation yet. From a build quality standpoint I really have no complaints about the Nexus 7. While the MeMO Pad HD7 has some creaks and flex in the chassis, the new Nexus 7 feels like a solid slab of soft plastic and glass. It's nice.
Unlike the original Nexus 7, the new model features stereo speakers on back of the tablet. It's an easy feature to take for granted but going back to the old mono design sounds worse.
I agree with Brian that the power/lock and volume buttons are the only real sore spot on the physical execution. They aren't particularly well defined and feel a bit mushy. Even writing this paragraph feels like I'm nit picking though, the build here is really good.
The only other complaint I'd levy against the new Nexus 7 is that the design doesn't particularly stand out as being unique. The iPad has its aluminum, the Moto X has its wood, but the Nexus 7 falls victim to the fact that ultimately it's tough to make these ultra mobile devices stand out. You need a large glass surface and you need a back. Black also tends to be one of the easier colors to sell (get too creative and you end up with inventory problems). It's not a huge deal to me personally, but as mobile devices can often be fashion statements I don't know that the new Nexus 7 has all that much curb appeal.
The Display
What the Nexus 7 lacks in pizazz, it completely makes up for once you power on the display. The 7-inch 1920 x 1200 display produces colors that are not only vibrant but, for the first time ever in a Nexus device, accurate as well. Google really worked on color accuracy this time, with a two step calibration process - once at a high level by the panel maker and once again per device during final manufacturing. The result is just awesome:
The Nexus 7 display is not only visually appealing but stacks up incredibly well in our CalMAN display tests. Although it loses to the iPad 4, the Nexus 7 gets indiscernibly close in many cases and blows the non-Retina iPad mini out of the water. I won't even bother comparing it to everything else in the Android space, they don't hold a candle to it.
The new panel is also incredibly bright. I typically view 500 nits as the threshold for outdoor usability, and the new Nexus 7 definitely exceeds that threshold. The tablet will drink away all of your battery life if you leave it at this brightness setting indefinitely, but if you need to actually use your tablet outdoors for a while the Nexus 7 works.
Black levels are a bit higher than on the original Nexus 7, but the resulting peak contrast ratio is still excellent:
Pixel density shoots through the roof with the new Nexus 7 display as well. Brian was quick to point out that a major advantage of the Android platform is in its flexible resolution handling. The 1920 x 1200 panel presents itself as a 960 x 600 panel to web pages in Chrome, while other apps can use every last pixel for unique content (e.g. games).
The beauty of not having to double the original Nexus 7's resolution but instead settling on an in-between option like 1920 x 1200 is that Google could get away with a performance mainstream SoC instead of something ridiculously high-end.
The display looks great when viewing everything from photos and movies to web pages and eBooks. My only complaint about the Nexus 7's display is its size. A 7-inch tablet is almost pocketable (in fact I did carry it around in my pocket for a day), but the screen can feel a little cramped.
Platform Power & Battery Life
The new Nexus 7 moves to a slightly smaller battery compared to its predecessor (15Wh vs. 16Wh). The result however is anything but a reduction in battery life. ASUS and Google worked hard to reduce platform power consumption as much as possible. I instrumented both Nexus 7s and measured total platform power, excluding display, to look at the impact of the silicon platform (SoC, PMIC, DRAM, eMMC, WiFi, etc...). The results are beyond impressive:
Idle power is cut in half compared to last year's model. This is by far the most important improvement as most mobile usage models tend to have long periods of idle time. We'll see these power gains reflected in our web browsing test which does have significant periods of simulated reading time between web page loads. The power reduction while running Kraken grows to just over 20%, and even while running Geekbench 3 we see a 16% drop with the new Nexus 7. Only our offscreen 3D test manages to draw more power on the new Nexus 7 than the old one, and that isn't taking into account the nearly 5x increase in performance on the new Nexus. In fact, as impressive as these numbers are - they are even more impressive when you take into account performance. To make a long story short, don't worry about the ~7% decrease in battery capacity as there are enough improvements in platform power and performance (and thus perf per watt) to more than make up for the smaller battery.
We'll start out with our WiFi web browsing test. Like all of our battery life benchmarks we run this test with all devices calibrated to 200 nits and connected to 5GHz 802.11 WiFi (if supported). The test itself cycles through a bunch of desktop websites at a very aggressive frequency. Our test ensures that both the CPU cores and wireless stack can reach their deep sleep states during simulated reading periods. The test continues until the battery is depleted.
The new Nexus 7 does better here than any other small tablet we've ever tested. Remember that 50% decrease in idle platform power? That's exactly why we're seeing a 35% improvement in battery life compared to the original Nexus 7.
Our video playback test involves looping the playback of a 4Mbps 720p High Profile H.264 transcode of the last Harry Potter Blu-ray. All displays are calibrated to 200 nits.
Video decode blocks are fairly well optimized to begin with, so there's not a ton of room for improvement here compared to last year's Nexus 7. Despite the ~7% shrink in battery capacity, the new model manages a 10% increase in battery life though. We also have the first small Android tablet capable of beating the iPad mini in a video playback test here - job well done ASUS/Google.
Our final test involves looping the Egypt HD benchmark until the battery is completely drained. Frame rates are capped to 30 fps to somewhat simulate actual gameplay and not penalize faster GPUs.
The new Nexus 7 manages to deliver slightly better battery life here despite driving higher frame rates and more pixels. Overall performance here isn't anything super impressive, the only average showing from the Nexus 7.
Google ships the Nexus 7 with an ASUS branded 7W charger, identical to the one you'd find in the box of a MeMO Pad HD7. Given identical chargers and battery capacities, there's no surprise the new Nexus 7 takes the same amount of time to charge as the MeMO Pad HD7 (~3.5 hours).
The new Nexus 7 also supports wireless charging by implementing the Qi standard. Charge time is a bit slower wirelessly as Qi can only charge at up to 5W. Brian tested Qi functionality in his mini review of the Nexus 7 and didn't have any issues.
CPU Performance
The while the original Nexus 7 was fast for the money, the new Nexus 7 is just fast. Moving away from NVIDIA to Qualcomm, ASUS and Google settled on the APQ8064 Pro. Although we originally assumed this would be a quad-core Krait 200 based SoC, Brian's teardown revealed the part number 8064-1AA. What's special about that part number is it implies newer Krait 300 cores, making the SoC effectively a Snapdragon 600.
The CPU cores can run at up to 1.5GHz, putting it a bit lower than what we've seen from Snapdragon 600 based phones (e.g. HTC One tops out at 1.7GHz, while the US SGS4 hits 1.9GHz).
I was curious as to the impact of the lower frequency when combined with the potentially higher chassis TDP so I compared the Nexus 7 to the US Galaxy S 4. I turned to Geekbench because it offers a nicely woven mixture of single and multithreaded benchmarks, letting me look at peak available single core performance as well as what happens when multiple cores are active and working.
In this first graph we're looking at the first Krait 300 core running the workload. I've zoomed in to a small portion of the benchmark so we can get a better idea of CPU behavior:
The Nexus 7's CPU0 is almost always pegged at 1.5GHz whereas we see a lot of bursty thermal management on the smaller SGS4. This isn't unexpected, but what ends up happening is the sustained performance advantage drops from a peak theoretical max of 26% down to a more reasonable average gain of ~8%.
I was curious to see if multithreaded workloads showed any different behavior. Here we're looking at the fourth CPU core (CPU3). Note that it's not always active, which is why you see parts of the graph drop down to 0KHz. Once again we see similarly static behavior from the Nexus 7. Even with all four cores active, when you need the performance the Nexus 7 delivers a full 1.5GHz. These tests are short enough where we don't see tremendous swings in frequency, but once again we do see some frequency modulation in a smaller chassis.
The end result is that the Nexus 7's 1.5GHz Krait 300 cores are slower than what you'd get in a Galaxy S 4, however the gap isn't nearly as large as you'd expect it to be thanks to the larger chassis and how the platform is tuned. The Nexus 7 can run at 1.5GHz more consistently than Snapdragon 600 based phones can run at 1.7/1.9GHz.
The GPU
Qualcomm seems to be frequency binning here, which is standard industry practice. Using binning to create these different SKUs gives Qualcomm pricing flexibility and also gives it the option to give large customers special treatment.
On the graphics side Qualcomm's Adreno 320 GPU makes an appearance. Clock speeds are also limited to 400MHz, compared to 450MHz for the high-end Snapdragon 600 implementations we've seen.
The APQ8064-1AA's dual-channel memory controller is populated with four x 16-bit DDR3L-1600 memory devices, giving the Nexus 7 a healthy amount of memory bandwidth. Peak memory bandwidth available to the APQ8064-1AA is 12.8GB/s, equalling what's available to Apple's A5X in the 3rd generation iPad with Retina display. Tons of memory bandwidth is obviously a pre-requisite for driving a high resolution display, and the combination of DDR3L-1600 and the Adreno 320 GPU delivers a butter smooth UI in all well written Android apps.
Although CPU performance is somewhat middle of the road compared to the rest of the landscape, GPU performance is faster than any other Nexus device on the market - and pretty much faster than any other similarly sized tablet:
I played Modern Combat 4 as well as Shadowgun, both demanding 3D titles, on the new Nexus 7. Both titles appeared to render at the Nexus 7's native 1920 x 1200 resolution, and both appeared to do so at around 30 fps.
eMMC and FSTRIM
The new Nexus 7 obviously ships with the latest version of Android (4.3), which happens to add a major feature for keeping storage performance high: fstrim. Modern smartphones and tablets fundamentally use a very similar storage architecture to what we see in modern SSDs (solid state drives) in PCs. Instead of a drive featuring a discrete controller, DRAM and NAND flash, these ultra mobile devices typically feature one or two NAND devices with an integrated controller - typically eMMC. To keep costs (and power consumption) low there's also no DRAM cache, which definitely harms performance.
Since the underlying architectures are quite similar, the pitfalls are the same as well. The biggest issue? Performance when operating in a full or near-full state. With tons of files on your internal storage, the data structures that have to track all of those files and where they're located in NAND space get pretty complex, and traversing those structures takes a considerable amount of time. The part that many seem to forget is that once you delete a file in Android, it's not immediately removed from internal storage. The space is freed up in the OS, but the eMMC controller still tracks all of the data as valid bits. It's only when that data is overwritten that the controller knows the previous data didn't matter.
In other words, it's possible to have tons of free space on your internal storage, but have the drive appear full to the eMMC controller (and thus enjoy all of the terrible performance that goes along with it). To make matters worse, you never even have to fill your drive to get it into this state. In order to maintain even wear across all NAND cells (to extend the lifespan of the NAND flash), the eMMC controller will write to new/empty blocks in NAND as much as possible. Let's say you have 10GB of storage and Android writes 1GB of data to new addresses every month and deletes the previous 1GB each time. As long as the addresses being written to never overlap, your drive will be full in 10 months (from the eMMC controller's perspective) but Android will still report 9GB of free space.
fstrim establishes communication between the OS and the eMMC controller to address this problem - and it's enabled in Android 4.3.
Unlike TRIM on standard SSDs, FS_TRIM works more like the manual/scheduled TRIM tools from the early days of consumer SSDs. From Brian's original Android 4.3/TRIM article:
The Android framework will send out a "start idle maintenance window" event that the MountService listens for, and then invokes vold to fstrim filesystems when a few conditions have been met – the device hasn't been touched for over an hour, no idle maintenance window event has been sent in 24 hours, and the device is either off-charger with 80% battery or on-charger with 30% battery. The goal is to have fstrim run roughly once every 24 hours if you're in the habit of plugging the device in to charge every night.
Personally I feel like the rules are a bit excessive and I'd love to see us get to active TRIM on these devices, but I guess it's a bit too early for that. Basically if your device has enough charge and you're not using it, Android 4.3 will issue an fstrim command to the eMMC controller. The command passes along a list of all unallocated addresses in the filesystem, which the eMMC controller can then use to purge its logical to physical mapping table/list/datastructure. The process should complete relatively quickly as no new data has to be written, the controller just needs to do some cleanup of internal structures and add a bunch of addresses to the unused block pool. Keep in mind that this simply addresses the issue of your storage getting slower over time. fstrim does nothing to keep performance high if you actually fill your storage to capacity. Given how bad these eMMC solutions are, my recommendation is to try and keep at least 20% of your internal storage unused/as free space.
To showcase just how bad things can get I actually dusted off last year's Nexus 7 and treated it like an SSD. I first filled the device with sequential data, leaving only 300MB free. I then performed back to back random writes across the remaining free space and the performance reduction:
|Nexus 7 (2012) Storage Performance
|Sequential Read
|Sequential Write
|Random Read
|Random Write
|New After Factory Reset
|25.18 MB/s
|10.63 MB/s
|7.08 MB/s
|0.45 MB/s
|1st Run After Fill
|22.25 MB/s
|1.21 MB/s
|7.62 MB/s
|0.14 MB/s
|2nd Run After Fill
|26.00 MB/s
|1.97 MB/s
|7.8 MB/s
|0.11 MB/s
|3rd Run After Fill
|24.57 MB/s
|3.18 MB/s
|7.96 MB/s
|0.16 MB/s
|After ~24 hours Idle Time
|27.03 MB/s
|11.21 MB/s
|7.65 MB/s
|0.46 MB/s
The columns to pay the most attention to are the write columns (read performance shouldn't change over time). Note that sequential write speed drops by almost an order of magnitude. This incredible drop in performance manifests itself as pauses or stutters. Even when you're just performing simple tasks on your tablet, there are usually tons of background operations going on (e.g. updating system logs). If you look at random write performance here, we see performance drop down to 0.11MB/s - or roughly 27 IO operations per second. If you have more than that amount of IO coming in at the same time, what you'll get are long pauses while the eMMC controller works through its IO queue. Although I didn't include it in the table above, I spent a full day torturing the eMMC on this Nexus 7 and managed to get random write performance as low as 0.02MB/s or 5 IOPS. Sequential write performance in that case was 0.81MB/s, equally disheartening. My point here is that worst case storage performance can get very bad, but looking at the last line of the table you see the incredible impact fstrim has on restoring performance.
I/fstrim ( 118): Starting fstrim work...
I/fstrim ( 118): Invoking FITRIM ioctl on /cache
I/fstrim ( 118): Trimmed 445079552 bytes on /cache
I/fstrim ( 118): Invoking FITRIM ioctl on /data
I/fstrim ( 118): Trimmed 13637656576 bytes on /data
I/fstrim ( 118): Finished fstrim work.
Anyone who had issues with their Nexus 7 slowing down over time will want to upgrade to Android 4.3. Those users considering upgrading to the new Nexus 7 should be fine thanks to fstrim. The only situation where you should see tremendous decrease in storage performance, resulting in IO latency enduced pausing/stuttering is if you physically fill the internal storage close to capacity. Again - my recommendation here is to try and leave at least 20% of your internal storage free. Note that this recommendation applies across Android and iOS.
With all of that out of the way, how does the eMMC solution in the new Nexus 7 stack up? Sequential read performance continues to be quite good for such a small/lower power device. Sequential write speed isn't terrible either. Even random read performance looks solid. It's random write performance that just needs work across the industry. We realistically need to probably be at 10x where we are today in random write performance, perhaps a bit lower if the storage makers can focus on IO consistency/minimum sustained IOPS.
Storage solutions in these tablets are often sourced from multiple vendors, and we can see dramatic differences in performance between them. Brian's review sample was a 32GB model, while the tablet I reviewed had 16GB. The two solutions performed pretty similarly, although my 16GB model did have appreciably better random write performance. Ultimately if you need the space, the 32GB model will be the better performer (you're better off using 45% of a 32GB model than 90% of a 16GB model).
WiFi, GPS
I won't spend too much time on either of these points as Brian already did so in his initial review. WiFi duties are handled by Qualcomm's WCN3660 WiFi combo chip. The new Nexus 7 sees an update to include 5GHz 802.11n support, which is a very welcome addition. There's no 802.11ac, understandably for cost reasons. 802.11ac is probably the only thing missing from this otherwise awesome platform.
When it comes to GPS, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that Qualcomm's GNSS implementation remains the fastest we've tested as far as time to lock is concerned.
The bad news is there seems to be an issue with the Nexus 7's impementation, likely in software, that results in the tablet randomly losing GPS lock. Update: It looks like this has been fixed!
Note that neither my Nexus 7 nor Brian's have exhibited the instability or consistent reboots that I've seen reports of. I had a single unexpected reboot during my GPS testing but that was it. Brian's sample has been running with over 22 days of constant uptime at this point. I also haven't seen any multitouch issues on my Nexus 7, although touch controllers are sometimes sourced from multiple vendors which could explain some of the issues others are seeing. Update: Looks like this one is fixed too!
The new Nexus 7 adds a 5MP rear facing camera, something its predecessor didn't have at all. While I rarely use my tablet for taking photos, I will admit the absence of a rear facing camera on the old Nexus 7 caught me off guard. Image quality out of the rear camera is decent. I threw together a gallery comparing the Nexus 7's rear camera to the iPad mini, MeMO Pad HD7 and Galaxy Tab 3 8.0:
In well lit situations and if you're sharing photos at lower resolutions, the Nexus 7's camera isn't bad at all. It's not the best thing in the world but in a pinch it's fine. I also threw in iPhone 5 samples as a reference in the gallery above.
Video on the Nexus 7 (2013) is 1080p30 at 12 Mbps, H.264 Baseline with 1 reference frame, and 96 kbps 48 KHz single channel AAC audio.
Final Words
I really like the Nexus 7. It's easily the best small Android tablet I've ever used. The build quality is great, the display is amazing and the hardware is fast. The new Nexus 7 also happens to be the most color accurate Android device we've ever tested - easily competitive with the iPad's Retina Display, and delivers the longest battery life we've ever seen from an Android tablet. You also get the benefits of owning a Nexus device: timely updates and unadulterated Android. My only real complaint about the Nexus 7 is that its screen feels cramped. If you've got a large smartphone, the jump between it and the 7-inch display may not be big enough. On the flip side, the 7-inch form factor does make the Nexus 7 quite portable. If you're ok with the tradeoff, then I have no qualms recommending the Nexus 7 over other 8-inch tablets.
I typically find myself at odds with what a manufacturer wants to charge for a product, but in the case of the Nexus 7 that's not true at all. At $229 the base 16GB model is extremely well priced. The adder for the 32GB model is a somewhat reasonable $40. If your Nexus 7 is going to be more of a mobile workhorse, you'll eventually be able to get a LTE model for $349.
The original Nexus 7 gave us a decent Android experience at a very low cost. This year ASUS and Google raised the bar for sure. The new Nexus 7 is no longer just a decent tablet at a good price, it's an incredible tablet. With this Nexus, it's clear that Google no longer wants to rely on value alone. The 2013 Nexus 7 redefines what you should expect to pay for a truly great tablet. If you're in the market for an ultra portable tablet, and definitely if you're shopping for an Android tablet in particular, the new Nexus 7 should be at the top of your list. It's so good that I'm giving it our Silver Award.


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Solar panels [2] aren't usually installed because they're good-looking. But the Swiss design firm Drzach and Suchy [3] thinks that solar [4] power can be beautiful–literally. The pair have created "piksol", a solar-powered pixel that lets architects and designers generate photovoltaic mosaics on building facades.
Drzach and Suchy haven't built a full-sized model of piksol yet–so far, they've just made a small prototype of the shadow-casting panel [6]. But the pair imagines that a series of piksols attached to a building facade could cast pixel-shaped shadows that form larger images. Of course, the images wouldn't be visible on cloudy days or at night.
We love the idea, but wonder how cost-effective and efficient the piksol would actually be in practice. Here's hoping Drzach and Suchy let us find out!
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[6] panel: http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/02/26/worlds-largest-solar-powered-boat-unveiled/
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A desire to help individuals achieve better health and a more rewarding life prompted Marilyn Donnelly, RDN, LD to leave a successful career in the insurance industry and become a nutrition counselor. Marilyn has been a nutrition professional in the Concord community since 1994.
Custom-Tailored, Client-Centered Approach
Marilyn approaches her work with a strong belief that individuals do best with a custom-tailored approach to nutrition, which takes into account their personal goals, life choices and individual physiology.
Rather than simply telling clients what to do, Marilyn uses an individually-centered approach. While providing suggestions, she also directly involves individuals in analyzing their current situation, seeking solutions and setting their own personal goals for change.
Each person comes to her at a different stage of life, with a unique personal history. This type of counseling actively involves clients in becoming the agent of their own change and results in long-term solutions.
Every effort is made to meet individuals at their current stage of change and guide them to progress in a comfortable and results-oriented manner. Marilyn helps her clients focus on meaningful, manageable and sustainable changes that are integrated into an overall healthier lifestyle.
A New Viewpoint
Nutrition information is readily available today, from formal programs and from the media. Many clients have extensive nutrition knowledge and are puzzled that having the information has not resulted in the healthful changes and weight management results they seek. Also perplexing is the fact that weight lost is so easily gained back. Many of her most successful clients have previously been "yo-yo dieters."
Nutrition counseling offers the ability to build on what the client already knows. Marilyn particularly enjoys working one-on-one with people who have failed at diets and who lament: "I know the nutrition information. Why can't I follow it and be successful?" She helps them correct some misperceptions, begin anew, and ultimately succeed. Her new approaches to weight management help ensure long-term success.
Speed of Progress/Magnitude of Change
Lifestyle change is a very individual challenge. Some people are aggressive, seeking rapid but sustainable results. Others prefer to move more slowly, with gradual changes.
Working one-on-one with Marilyn allows clients to choose not only the speed of their progress but also the magnitude of the changes. Her counseling helps each client move at a comfortable, sustainable pace. The synergy of working individually with Marilyn often produces long-term success her clients have not been able to achieve on their own.
Areas of Practice
Healthy Weight Management (both weight loss and weight gain)
Cholesterol Management
Cardiac Disease
Bowel Issues such as Constipation and Diarrhea
Gluten Sensitivity
Celiac Sprue
Non-Insulin Diabetes & Pre-diabetes
Food Intolerances
Food Allergies
Weight Loss for Sleep Apnea
Food-Related Fatigue
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Breast Cancer (post treatment)
Two Weight Management Approaches
Custom-Tailored Weight Management Approach
Based on her own past history of weight management struggles, Marilyn is fully aware that any successful weight loss plan:
- Must include enough food to prevent hunger
- Must include food that tastes wonderful
- Must not be based on foods that cause cravings and uncontrollable urges to eat
This weight management counseling begins with an extensive discussion of the client's weight management history, including medical conditions, lifestyle habits, food likes and dislikes, fluid intake, exercise tolerance, stress levels and other factors that affect eating and weight management.
Marilyn and the client then work together to build a customized plan to meet the client's individual needs.
Working together, Marilyn and the client develop a list of specific ideas for both meals and snacks. This is combined with an exercise plan that the individual is capable of and willing to pursue. The client leaves with personalized written goals, educational materials, recipes and newly acquired knowledge that fits into his or her current lifestyle.
Follow-up visits answer questions, provide support and motivation, adjust goals and modify the program based on the client's individual experience.
The Bottom Line
Marilyn uses a personalized, holistic, therapeutic, approach to guide clients toward healthier eating and overall wellness. Her firm and focused, yet gentle and caring motivation has guided thousands of individuals to permanent lifestyle changes, better health and improved self-esteem, helping them to successfully manage weight, and deal effectively with specific medical diagnoses.
Insurance Coverage
Nutrition counseling is typically covered by most Anthem, CIGNA and Harvard Pilgrim insurance plans. Medicare covers nutrition counseling with a diagnosis of diabetes.


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With summer here, you might be thinking about pulling out your bike from underneath all the garage clutter and hitting the pavement. Whether you ride for fun or for competition, you need to know how to prevent injuries that bicyclists commonly experience.
1. Use proper protective clothing and safety equipment. There is nothing worse than riding your bike without a helmet. If you fall off, a helmet can reduce head injury by 60 percent and severe brain injury by 75 percent. Also, wear protective eyewear. Eyewear protects you not only from the sun's radiation, but from irritants and flying objects that can potentially be hazardous to maintaining control of your bike. If you ride your bicycle frequently, you may experience some discomfort from sitting on your bike cushion. By purchasing seat pads or a padded bike seat, you can reduce your risk of saddle sores or chafing.
2. Make sure your bike fits you. Many common biking injuries are caused by improper adjustments on the bicycle. For instance, some bicyclists experience "cyclist's palsy," which is the gradual onset of numbness, tingling and/or weakness in the ring and little fingers. By adjusting the handlebars properly to achieve minimal force at the wrist, you can help prevent this condition. Wearing padded gloves can also help prevent this palsy.
Some riders experience "cyclist's knee," which is pain experienced on the front of the knee. There are many causes, including overly aggressive hill climbing or pedaling big gears, but another reason could be that your seat is situated too low or too far forward. To make sure your seat is adjusted correctly, take your inseam measurement (while wearing your cycling shoes) and multiply by 1.06 inches. This should be the distance from the top of the seat to the top of the pedal when the pedal is situated at the bottom and centered.
3. Stay hydrated and wear sunscreen. Due to rapid sweat evaporation when bicycling, it is easy to underestimate your hydration needs. Always keep at least two 20-ounce bottles of water with you. Also, it is easy to forget, but when you are out riding in the nice, sunny weather, you should wear sunscreen. Common areas that receive a lot of sun exposure are the arms, thighs and lips. Now that you know how to prevent common biking injuries, you're ready to go find your favorite trail and pedal away. Enjoy the ride!
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text: Biography George BlakeGeorge Blake was born in Rotterdam to a Dutch mother and an Egyptian father in 1922. During the Second World War he became a courier for the Dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation. Blake escaped from Holland in 1942 and on arriving in England joined the Royal Navy as an ordinary officer and eventually became an officer. Blake spoke several languages and during the war was involved in intelligence work. This included escorting agents into enemy-occupied Holland. After the war Blake was recruited into MI6 and sent to Hamburg to build up an intelligence network in the Soviet zone in Germany. Blake was then sent to Korea. During the Korean War Blake became highly critical of the decision by the United States Air Force to bombing unprotected villages. On 24th June 1950, Blake was captured by the North Koreans while at the British Legation. He later claimed that while he was a prisoner he read the work of Karl Marx and was converted to communism. Released in 1953 Blake returned to Britain as a hero. He was appointed the deputy to Tom Gimson of Y section. This involved processing the recordings of telephone intercepts of Russian diplomats and Red Army officers in Europe. In 1955 he was moved to Berlin where his task was to recruit Soviet officers as double agents. While in this post he gave the Soviets details of the 400 MI6 agents working in Germany. In 1959 Blake returned to London where he worked for DP4. This unit was involved in recruiting British businessmen travelling to the Soviet Union and Russian diplomats stationed in Britain. In 1959 Michael Goleniewski, a Polish intelligence officer, told the CIA that Soviet agents were operating in Britain. This information was passed on to MI5 and eventually this led to the arrests of Blake, Gordon Lonsdale, Harry Houghton, Peter Kroger and Helen Kroger. At his trial Blake was accused of supplying information to the KGB that led to the arrests of 42 MI6 agents working in communist countries. Dick White later claimed that Blake did even more harm as a double-agent than Kim Philby. Blake was convicted of spying in 1961 he was sentenced to 42 years, the longest prison sentence ever imposed by a British court. On 22nd October, 1966, Blake escaped from Wormwood Scrubs Prison by climbing over the wall using a rope thrown from outside. He went to the Soviet Union and was employed by the Institute for World, Economic and International Affairs.


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February 7, 2012
"The aim of this intervention research study was to engage senior leaders of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in Malawi in a participatory process to construct an interfaith theology of HIV/AIDS," the authors wrote. The process was created to enhance faith community leaders' capacity to respond more effectively to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
An evidence-driven combination of ethnographic and participatory action research methodologies was employed. During the four-year project, conceptual events -- "innovative participatory action research processes" -- were held, bringing together health service providers, policy makers, and a non-governmental organization in partnership with FBOs and grassroots faith-based communities.
An interfaith theology of HIV/AIDS emerged from the facilitated dialogue. This resulted in "the proposition that a 'spiritualized condom' endorses a 'theology of protecting life,'" the authors wrote. The following convictions supported this proposition:
"Clinicians, non-governmental organizations, health service providers, and policy makers, assisted by health social scientists, can successfully partner with FBOs and their leaders to 1) modify and transform faith-based understandings of HIV risk and 2) bring about attitudinal behavior changes that help to address the challenges association with HIV/AIDS," the researchers concluded.


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Keating: French merely pretend to be blasé about sex scandals
WASHINGTON – The old stereotype is that puritanical American voters obsess about their leaders' sex lives while the French can't be bothered. Take, for instance, the contrast between Bill Clinton, whose extramarital affair dominated American politics for years, and Francois Mitterrand, who was somehow able to spend most of the nights of his presidency staying with a second family without the press, public or political opposition taking notice. (Both "widows" attended his funeral.)
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December 10, 2014
Why do diamonds sparkle? Why is the shower the best place to sing? Where is the 4th dimension in Dali's paintings? If you don't know the answers to these questions, or perhaps didn't even know you didn't know these interesting facts, then John D. Barrow's book will help. Its title, 100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know about maths and the arts, explains what's in it and you can a taster for Barrow's writing in this Plus article. You can be sure it's good though, after all this is Barrow's 22nd book!
If you like your science and maths visual, then we also recommend Barrow's book Cosmic imagery, which explores some key images in the history of science (find out more in our visual podcast). If, on the other hand, you like your arts and crafts to be mathematical, then check out Crafting by concepts and Origami polyhedra design.
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December 9, 2014
If you've got maths friends then you might have noticed that a large subset of them are also Simpsons fans. And there's a good reason for that: as Simon Singh's book The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets explains, a large number of Simpsons writers are mathematicians. The book explores the maths that has been hidden (and not so hidden) throughout the series and will make a great present for maths/Simpsons nerds.
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December 8, 2014
In June this year five mathematicians turned into millionaires when they were awarded the Breakthrough Prize set up by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and internet entrepreneur Yuri Milner. Simon Donaldson, Maxim Kontsevich, Jacob Lurie, Terry Tao and Richard Taylor each received £1.8m. That's more than the £930,000 that's awarded for the Nobel prize and should make up for the fact neither of the five is likely to ever to receive a Nobel: there isn't one for mathematics.
Back in November the five winners gave a lectures at the Breakthrough Prize Symposium, which have been filmed for you to watch. We especially recommend Terence Tao's talk on collaboration in maths (mathematicians seem to be getting more sociable):
Richard Taylor's talk about some beautiful number theory (does get a little technical later but starts very accessibly):
And Jacob Lurie's talk on analogy and abstractions in maths, involving some impossible shapes:
Simon Donaldson and Maxim Kontsevich's talks are a little more technical, but still worth a look if you're a bit more advanced in maths. Just click on the links!
December 8, 2014
Time travel anyone? Human-eating aliens? Exploding Suns? If that sounds good to you, then Keith Mansfield's series of three Johnny Mackintosh books is what you need. And it doesn't matter how old you are. The hero of the books is thirteen-year-old Johnny Mackintosh, who is busy with football and school work when he picks up signals from extraterrestrials and is catapulted into an adventure that culminates in a mission to save the Earth. Which means that those books are great for anyone aged from about 10 upwards with a taste for adventure and sic-fi — and an interest in mind-bending concepts from real science, which are woven into the plot from the start.
Maths and science related books for children that are fun as well us instructive are rare, so we'd like to mention another couple that have gone down very well with our own offspring. Richard Schwartz's Really big numbers and You can count on monsters are beautifully illustrated books that give kids from around 6 to 8 and intuitive understanding of our number system and prime numbers (respectively). So there's no excuse not to give some maths to your younger friends and family this Christmas!
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December 7, 2014
What's your favourite number? If it's 7 then you're not alone. Alex Bellos, one of our favourite maths authors, conducted a survey this year to find the world's favourite number. After polling more than 30,000 people from around the world, he found that the winner was ... 7!
To find out more about the poll, see favouritenumber.net or read Alex's book Alex through the looking glass. We also highly recommend Alex's adventures in number land.
Happy reading!
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December 6, 2014
The square root of half the number of a swarm of bees is gone to a shrub of jasmine; and so are eight-ninth of the whole swarm: a female is buzzing to one remaining male that is humming within a lotus flower in which he is confined, having been allured to it by its fragrance at night. Say, lovely woman, the number of bees.
If only all maths questions could be that poetic! We haven't made this one up, rather it comes from the twelfth-century book Lilavati ("The beautiful"), written by the Indian mathematician Bhaskara. According to legend, Bhaskara had a beautiful daughter whose horoscope predicted she was to remain unmarried and childless. Not wanting to do without grandchildren, Bhaskara decided to defy destiny and built a water clock to determine an "auspicious moment" at which his daughter was to get married. But the girl couldn't resist a peak at the clock — a pearl from her dress fell into it and clogged up the hole, so the auspicious moment could never come. To console her, Bhaskara wrote her a maths book (lucky girl!) and named it after her: Lilavati. It's a beautiful book which would make a great present for anyone who likes maths and history.
We came across Lilavati while writing our book Numericon, and it wasn't the only historical marvel we found. Other highlights were John Napier's 1614 book The description of the wonderful canon of logarithms and Claude Shannon's revolutionary 1948 paper A mathematical theory of communication, which laid the foundations for computers as we know them. Happy reading!
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i want to know what are the symptoms(other than the white spots), how do my fish get it, how do i treat it, and how do i prevent it.
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This can explain it better than I ever could:
One thing that should be noted is that if you have any invertebrates or ever plan to, you should never ever use any meds with copper in them. I've heard some good stuff about Rid-Fungus but haven't tried it yet (hope to never have to!!!)
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The phrase "dance off" likely elicits thoughts of embarrassing moments at a wedding or bad dance movies. This week, though, the informal competition gets revamped into a charitable event (cringing allowed). Watch as Buntport Theater Company takes on professional dance company 7dancers in a move-and-groove battle—complete with random challenges, documentary footage, and a fried chicken prize—to support the theater's 13th season. The best part: Audience members get to crown the smoothest troop . Fri-Sat 8 p.m.


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We've noticed that there are many phases or "faces" of veganism. They aren't in the same order for everyone, but maybe you recognize yourself in some of these. They can last for 10 days or for 10 years. Sometimes all at once.
- I'm vegan! I'm my family thinks I am a freak and I want to be loved so I pretty much never mention it to my grandma, and I downplay any inconveniences and never talk about how others hurt animals around people who aren't vegan. I don't use the world vegan often and nobody at my work probably even knows. Veganism is a personal, private choice.
- I'm vegan and I want some comfort food! I try to make or eat everything that is labeled vegan. It doesn't matter that I haven't eaten a real vegetable in weeks. And I go out to eat with my friends many times a week just to be with like minded people and eat vegan waffles and gravy and cake. Why isn't everyone vegan? The food is so amazing!
- I'm vegan and I want omnivores to know that vegans aren't freaks, and I'm normal, so everyone should know that I am vegan. I've got vegan pride. So I talk about how good vegan food is to anyone who will listen. And I tell my co-workers how good it feels to be vegan. And I make vegan food for my family, friends, and anyone who will eat my food and let sing vegan praises. I invite others out to dinner. I eat healthy so that I can be a good vegan role model. I rarely mention the animals at all. Just food. And I do everything else normal so vegans aren't so scary.
- I'm vegan but all of the animal suffering around me still makes me incredibly sad. I want others to discover how easy it is to be vegan. Someone influenced me once, so maybe I can influence others? How can I be supportive and encouraging while also telling the hard truth about how animals suffer in factory farms, laboratories, fur farms, zoos, circuses, and beyond? I'll do some vegan outreach at the Fremont Fair. I want a vegan world! Veganism is political!
- I'm vegan and I want to help animals right now. I don't need to fit in anymore. Animals are suffering this very moment and I can't turn away. I can't forget them. I want to make a difference. When history is on our side, I want to say that I spoke out. That I made a fuss. That I didn't let let suffering and tyranny run rampant on my watch. That I tried to do something with my time and talents.
Recognize any of this? Board member Pete is fond of the slogan: "Silent = Consent." We don't consent to the horrors that are perpetrated in the name of human desires. We won't be silent. Board member Anika's favorite quote is "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." – Elie Wiesel. She likes it because it admits that she sometimes feel powerless – but that even if that is the case, she should still speak out against injustice.
If you are feeling more and more inclined to speak out against the ways we torture and needlessly kill animals, NARN is here to support you. We can help you follow your passions, join with others, and make a difference in the lives of animals today. Just email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In the American Baptist Resolution on the Church and Ministry with Persons with Disabilities (8024:6/78) (Download PDF 114 kb), the General Board of American Baptist Churches USA calls upon American Baptists "to recognize persons with disabilities as integral members of the Christian fellowship and to take immediate affirmative action to enable their full inclusion in society and in local congregations and in church organizations."
This statement encourages American Baptists to explore ways "to increase sensitivity and awareness of the importance of being in ministry with persons with disabilities" and to see that church and public facilities "provide adequate and accessible accommodations which invite and assist persons with disabilities in being involved with church life."
The statement also encourages American Baptists to explore ways in which churches "individually and ecumenically can enlarge opportunities for employment, training, education and service," while also enabling "concerned and disabled persons to connect with local, state and national support networks."
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ABHMS urges support for Medicaid
American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) and American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) are two of 36 national religious organizations that signed a letter hand-delivered to members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate urging Capitol Hill lawmakers to protect Medicaid from drastic cuts and other harmful changes such as proposed block grants and global spending cap proposals.
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ABHMS asks organizations to sign solidarity statement to support employment of people with disabilities
American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) asks Baptist churches, seminaries, and other organizations to sign a statement of solidarity by Sept. 30, 2011, and pledge to promote employment of qualified people with disabilities.
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