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I receive a lot of questions about winter blues and difficulty sleeping this time of year. Many of those who write, or whom I meet in my medical practice, simply express what is so very common this time of year - It is winter and I am tired, why? Some express exasperation over not even being able to sleep. Even more express their concerns over that winter weight gain which seems to accompany the entire pattern! They are often all connected. As the winter seems to just drag on, let us consider once again the connections between that extra weight, winter blues and the need for good sleep.
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1/21/2014 (2 years ago)
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Keywords: Dr Denton D. Weiss, M.D., Beautiful Living, Bella Vitae Foundation, REM sleep, cortisol, Light therapy, S.A.D., seasonal affective disorder, health and wellness
PORTSMOUTH, VA (Catholic Online) - I receive a lot of questions about winter blues and difficulty sleeping this time of year. Many of those who write, or whom I meet in my medical practice, simply express what is so very common this time of year - It is winter and I am tired, why? Some express exasperation over not even being able to sleep.
Even more express their concerns over that winter weight gain which seems to accompany the entire pattern! They are often all connected. As the winter seems to just drag on, let us consider once again the connections between that extra weight, winter blues and the need for good sleep.
There are many causes for those worn out feelings, that funk or just plain feeling blue. We just came off the most celebrated part of the year: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Stress, anxiety, overeating, too much alcohol, cold medication, and that hot chocolate, hot tea, or hot toddy before bed, can all cause a serious disruption in our sleep patterns.
Such choices also affect the overall chemistry of this gift we call our body. When our body is mistreated, our whole person feels the effects, including our emotions and yes, our spirit. We are a unity, body, soul and spirit. Those choices can also lead to sleep deprivation.
The body's response is the release of a stress hormone called Cortisol and BINGO - you have a bigger waist line building up. Sadly, that does not help the self image and the cycle worsens. The winter pattern can feed the winter blues while you feed yourself - thinking it might make you feel better. It rarely does and it feeds even deeper problems.
All of this can interrupt the sleep cycle and, we all know the effect that can have emotionally. Our emotions, our spiritual well being and our physical well being are all connected because we are all connected. We are human persons, body, soul and Spirit. Sleep is essential to what I call beautiful living.
Let me make this perfectly clear - we need REM sleep. No, no not the old rock band called REM; I mean Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. There are two types of sleep. Non Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (NREM) is the first stage of sleep and it represents a build up to the deep REM sleep which we all need. During NREM sleep, people will have possible leg movement, sleep walking, and even night terrors.
In REM we dream, our bodies relax, and true, healing rest is achieved. Without this, our bodies can't recharge and once again that old nasty stress hormone called cortisol is released. You know that inner tube waist I am working on? Thank you Cortisol!
So why do we sleep? The circadian clock or rhythms is often mentioned when sleep is concerned. Simply put the circadian clock is our own internal timing device that our body uses. This clock can be modified by the foods we eat and the life we choose.
Typically, during the day our body builds up a natural enzyme, a fancy name for a sleeping pill. This enzyme, adenosine, builds to a peak level typically at night. The higher the level the more sleepy we get. Our body uses this and its natural clock, remember the circadian clock, to say to the brain release melatonin and decrease the bodies core temperature. Our response is Sleep.
The bottom line is we need to keep our circadian clock normal so our bodies get enough REM sleep. To achieve this, a normal routine of going to bed and getting up is ideal. Our adult bodies require 6 to 7 hours a night to be at our peak performance the next day. Only a few of us have a genetic variation that allows us to sleep less than 6 hour and stay healthy. (P.S. sorry moms if you have one of these little genetic wizards in your brood.)
REM sleep usually occurs somewhere in the last 2 to 3 hours. Adolescents require even more sleep 8.5 to 9.25 hours. (see, research of Carskadon et. Al., 1980). Children and infants can require 12 to 14 hours of sleep during early brain development years.
REMEMBER, the amount of restful sleep is meaningless if you don't have a routine pattern so that your inner clock can work. 7 hours of sleep one night starting at 10 pm and then the next night at 3 am is not going to give you restful sleep. The inner clock is established by those old hormones after a week of routine. We're simply not wrist watches that can just be reset. Now having said that, there are a few things we can do to make our bodies recover our inner clock more efficiently.
After a trip overseas - or with this Great Nation's coast to coast travel - the body's circadian clock can be off by 4 - 6 to even 12 hours. This is what we call jet lag. Jet lag occurs in part because our natural clock is off. Our bodies are trying to reset our inner clock.
Some physicians recommend taking oral melatonin, 2-3 hour prior to your normal sleep time in an attempt to quickly reestablish the normal circadian clock. Ideally take a slow release form and go with the lowest dosage 3 mg or less. Recent studies indicate that doses less than 1 mg are sufficient. Don't use melatonin beyond 2 weeks.
Professor Francesco Cappuccio from the University of the Warwick Medical School has presented work which is very interesting. In 2007 Professor Francesco Cappuccio reflected on his research findings stating, "Short sleep has been shown to be a risk factor for weight gain, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes sometimes leading to mortality."
This makes sense when we look at diet and sleep deprivation. Our bodies crave carbohydrates when we are sleep deprived. We are basically looking for fast energy to keep the engine running. Poor fuel is better than no fuel. This leads to obesity, diabetes... and loss of our vitality.
Two separate animal studies have shown clearly that lack of sleep in a 24 hour period leads to decreased immune function and poor wound healing. This makes complete sense when you consider that the 1st stage of wound healing requires white cells (the immune fighting cells) to move into the wounded area.
Sunlight also seems to play a role in the body's ability to slip into a normal sleep pattern. Extreme variations in weather during the winter months or even in some episodes in the summer can lead to variations in the body's normal rhythms. Some individuals are extremely sensitive to these variations. It may well be that the extreme variations in weather have similar effects as jet lag on some individuals.
Light therapy plays an important role. I know people who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. The acronym SAD fits their experience. Though some may say this is foolishness, the symptoms of depression or winter blues for some people sensitive to less light in the winter months can be devastating!
For these folks, light therapy has been found to be a saving grace. A simple thought: If you have the hibernation blues keep a room in your house lit extremely brightly (Sunlight imitating bulbs are ideal) during the day and early evening. For some, light bars are a great help.
Actually, cooling the body will enhance the feeling of fatigue and slow the body down. Remember a cooling of the body is a trigger to sleep. A room with bright lights and warmth sounds nice right now and will actually help stem the tide of dark day sleepiness.
Finally, winter seems to always be a time of increased food intake and alcohol consumption. Be careful, alcohol will reduce your REM sleep. No hot toddies. Have a single class of wine at dinner and call it good. Really, watch out for those fast carbohydrates (cookies, candy bars, one little chocolate ...eaten 5 times) when you're tired. They will perk you up for an hour and then a big crash will follow. So will a big tummy.
Here it is, simplified. Seven hours of sleep for adults is healthy. Less than 6 -7 hours is unhealthy PERIOD! In order to get this extra 5lbs .Ok maybe 20 lbs off of me I have got to start with sleep.... simple, consistent, rejuvenating, refreshing, healing sleep.
Some call it Beauty sleep I just call it Beautiful living - one night at a time. We need beautiful sleeping for beautiful living.
And on the 7th day he rested. (Genesis 2:2) We need our rest. It is a part of His plan and the path to healthy, happy and beautiful living.
Dr Denton D. Weiss, M.D. is board certified in both Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Weiss' approach to his medical practice flows from his convictions about the meaning of life which are deeply rooted in his Catholic Faith. He and his wife, Michelle attempt to live an integrated approach to life which recognizes the unity of the body, mind and soul, and find great joy in helping others to do the same. They call this approach "Bella Vitae" or "Beautiful Living". They founded a nonprofit charitable foundation to promote beautiful living called Bella Vitae. He, and Michelle, are contributing writers to Catholic Online.
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OMB's Financial Management Line of Business Initiative Continues but Future Success Remains Uncertain
GAO-09-328: Published: May 7, 2009. Publicly Released: May 7, 2009.
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In March 2004, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) launched the financial management line of business (FMLOB) initiative, in part, to reduce the cost and improve the quality and performance of federal financial management systems by leveraging shared service solutions and implementing other reforms. In March 2006, GAO reported that OMB's approach did not fully integrate certain fundamental system implementation-related concepts and recommended OMB take specific actions. This report discusses (1) OMB's progress in addressing GAO's prior FMLOB recommendations and implementation challenges and (2) the effectiveness of OMB's monitoring of financial management system modernization projects and their costs. GAO's methodology included reviewing OMB's FMLOB-related guidance and reports and interviewing OMB and Financial Systems Integration Office (FSIO) staff.
OMB has made progress toward implementing the FMLOB initiative. In March 2006, GAO recommended that OMB place a high priority on fully integrating four key concepts into its approach. As shown in the table, OMB has completed actions to fully address 5 of GAO's 18 recommendations. Although OMB has made progress toward completing the remaining 13 recommendations, extensive work remains before the goals of the FMLOB initiative are achieved. For example, OMB has yet to finalize a financial management system concept of operations, the first and foremost critical building block on which the remaining three concepts will be built. In addition, development of a migration timeline reflecting agencies' commitment for migrating to shared service providers has not yet been completed. Further, agencies are not required to consider migrating until the next major release of their core financial system and much work remains before the software used by shared service providers will incorporate the standard business processes currently under development. Accordingly, FSIO officials stated it could take 15 years or more before software that incorporates these standard business processes is in use governmentwide. We recognize that the FMLOB initiative represents a long-term effort; however, expediting efforts to address our prior recommendations could help achieve more effective and timely benefits. Until OMB fully integrates the four key concepts into its approach, the extent to which FMLOB goals will be achieved is uncertain. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and other information technology (IT) reform legislation contain requirements related to OMB's oversight of agency financial management systems modernization and other IT projects. Achieving FMLOB goals requires effective OMB oversight of agency modernization projects, but OMB has yet to fully address GAO's previously reported oversight-related recommendations such as taking actions to define and ensure that agencies effectively implement disciplined processes and develop a more structured review of agency efforts. In addition, OMB does not obtain and report complete and accurate data concerning agencies' spending on financial management system modernization projects. The lack of sufficient information and processes to effectively monitor agency modernization efforts and their costs limits OMB's ability to evaluate and help reduce the risks associated with financial management system implementations as well as achieve FMLOB goals.
Recommendation for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In July 2010, OMB revised guidance requiring agencies to report information on capital assets and information technology (IT) investments. According to new guidance contained in OMB Circular No. A-11, Part 7, Section 300, agencies are required to list each financial system funded within each IT investment and specify whether the type of financial system is a core financial system, procurement system, loan system, grant system, payroll system, budget formulation system, billing system, or travel system. In addition, according to Section 53 of this guidance, agencies are required to specifically identify IT investments that are core financial systems and, for mixed systems, identify the percentage of funding that relates to core financial system functions. If fully and effectively implemented, OMB's revised guidance should help assure more complete and accurate reporting on federal agencies' actual and planned spending on financial management system modernization projects.
Recommendation: To assist oversight efforts specifically related to federal financial management systems, the Director of OMB should take actions to facilitate complete and accurate reporting of actual and planned spending related to financial management system modernization projects, including the financial portion of mixed systems that significantly support financial management functions, and make necessary changes in existing guidance to meet these needs.
Agency Affected: Executive Office of the President: Office of Management and Budget
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Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults aged 16-64. DLA will continue as seperate benefit for children aged under 16 years.
Initially PIP only applied to those making a new claim, but it is now also replacing existing DLA awards for some claimants.
How is Personal Independence Payment (PIP) being introduced?
PIP has already replaced DLA for new claims by disabled adults aged 16 or over. This is the case everywhere in England, Wales and Scotland. A timetable for PIP's introduction in Northern Ireland has yet to be announced.
PIP is now replacing DLA awards for existing claimants. The date this applies from depends on which postcode area [PDF] you live in and your individual circumstances.
Children turning 16
Children turning 16 who currently claim DLA will be asked to claim PIP after their 16th birthday.
Initially this only applied to young people who lived in certain postcode areas. It now applies to all children turning 16 no matter where in England, Wales or Scotland they live.
Young people turning 16 who get DLA under the special rules for the terminally ill are exempt and will continue to get DLA.
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will write to you when your child is 15 years and 7 months. They will explain what will happen and check whether your child has the mental capacity to deal their own benefit claims or whether they will need an appointee to act on their behalf.
They will follow this up with a second letter once your child is 15 years and 10 months. Finally the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will contact them shortly after their birthday to invite them to claim PIP.
Once your son or daughter is invited to claim PIP they (or you if you are their appointee) must do so within 28 days, by phoning the PIP claim line on 0800 917 2222 free.
Their DLA payments will continue until a decision is made on their PIP claim. This applies even if their existing DLA award was scheduled to end when they turned 16. However if they fail to claim PIP when invited, their DLA payments will stop.
All other claimants aged 16 and above
Apart from young people turning 16, three other groups are invited to claim PIP regardless of where in the country they live. These are DLA claimants who are :
- aged 16 or above and who report a change in their care or mobility needs
- aged 16 or above and who volunteer to claim PIP
- already aged 16 or above and whose existing DLA award is coming to an end.
The DWP has also started the process of of re-assessing all other adult DLA claimants under the PIP rules i.e. those whose DLA award is ending after Sept 2017 or who have no end date on their DLA award. This is being done gradually over a two year period starting with some claimants in postcodes areas beginning BA, BB, BH BL, BR, BS, CB, CF, CM, CO, CT, CW, DA, DE, DH, DT, FY, GL, HX, HD, L, LA, LE, LU, M, NR, OL, PL, PO, PR, RG, RM, SK, SO, SP, SS, ST, TA, TQ, TR, WA and WN.
Not all claimants in these postcode areas will be invited to claim PIP right away. The DWP say that claimants can be contacted at anytime between now and 30 Sept 2017.
Qualifying for Personal Independence Payment
Like DLA, PIP is made up of two parts. There is a mobility component based on your ability to get around and a daily living component based on your ability to carry out key activities necessary to participate in daily life.
Depending on their circumstances your child might qualify for one or both.
In addition:
- it is not means tested or based or national insurance contributions
- it can be paid to both those in and out of work
- there are special rules for the terminally ill
- those getting the enhanced rate of the mobility component of PIP can make use of the Motability scheme
- an award of the daily living component can lead to a carer getting Carer's Allowance.
How much will I receive?
Both components of PIP are paid at either a standard rate or an enhanced rate depending on the level of your child's needs.
The daily living component weekly rates are:
- Standard rate - £55.10
- Enhanced rate - £82.30
The mobility component weekly rates are:
- Standard rate - £21.80
- Enhanced rate - £57.45
How will my claim for PIP be assessed?
As well as having to complete a claim form over the telephone and a paper questionnaire, most people will be asked to attend a face to face assessment undertaken by a health care professional working on behalf of the Department of Work and Pensions.
PIP uses a points-based system to decide whether someone qualifies for the benefit, and if so, at what rate. You receive points depending on the level of difficulty you experience in the following areas:
- preparing food
- eating and drinking
- managing treatment
- washing and bathing
- managing toilet needs
- dressing and undressing
- communicating verbally
- reading
- mixing with other people
- making decisions about money
- planning and following journeys
- moving around.
The number of points you score in the last two categories are added together to decide if you get the mobility component, and at what rate. Your scores in the other categories are added together to decide whether you get the daily living component.
Related information
- See our summary factsheet Personal Independence Payment - a new benefit for disabled people aged 16 and above
- See our guide to Personal independence payment and other benefits at 16 [PDF]
- Sign up to our What's New e-newsletter to receive the latest updates about benefit changes..
- Advice about any aspect of PIP is also available from our freephone national helpline.


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1. Red Hat on Laptops: Sure, Red Hat has publicly stated that the company isn't launching a consumer desktop initiative. But that doesn't mean Red Hat is ignoring the corporate desktop and laptop markets.
In fact, Red Hat's Richard Hughes will host a session on Laptop Power Management, which will show attendees how to "make batteries last longer and how to make suspend work successfully in a modern Linux desktop."
2. Linux on Appliances: The VAR Guy spends considerable time writing about open source appliances, and the growing popularity of network-centric open source products from Untangle, Groundwork Open Source and others.
But how is Red Hat attempting to serve the appliance market, and how can ISVs as well as hardware companies cash in? We may get some clues during an appliance-centric session scheduled for June 18.
3. IBM vs. Microsoft On the Desktop: We all know who won this ugly , one-sided war in the 1990s. This time around, IBM is wisely reaching out to open source developers and partners to aid its desktop cause. IBM's John Walicki will be on hand June 19 to describe customer case studies involving the IBM Open Collaboration Client Solution (catchy name, eh?).
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4. Red Hat Exchange: The company's online software store, known as Red Hat Exchange, launched with great fanfare last year. It was supposed to serve as an Amazon.com of sorts, that would allow customers to buy a range of open source applications from dozens of software providers. But how is Red Hat Exchange actually performing? The VAR Guy will search for answers.
5. Managed Services: Red Hat hinted a few weeks ago that the company planned to more aggressively work with hosting providers as well as managed service providers. During the conference, The VAR Guy expects Red Hat to quietly tell channel partners more about this strategy.
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Along with the Acer ICONIA A500 tablet and ICONIA Smart A300 smartphone, Acer launched the Android powered ICONIA A100 tablet, today at an event in Mumbai. This tablet was showcased earlier this year, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011. Acer ICONIA A100 is the first 7 inch tablet device powered by the Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) OS. This device is focused on providing a more mobile experience and includes video chat and video recording options.
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Acer ICONIA Tab A100 measures 195 x 117 x 13.1 mm and weighs 470 grams. The price of this tablet have not been announced yet. Acer ICONIA Tab A100 is expected to arrive in the market within 4 – 6 weeks. Stay tuned for more updates.
You seem to have mention that A500 is the first 7inch android table, it should be A100 as per the specifications provided for both the tablets
Thank you Acer for releasing honeycomb tablets in india, this will step up the market
Thanks for pointing out. Error rectified
does it come with a usb port?
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THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIREProcura do Editor - Kirkus - Jane Doe
Tangled but worthy follow-up to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2008), also starring journo extraordinaire Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander, the Lara Crofts of the land of the midnight sun. That's not quite right: Lisbeth is really a Baltic MacGyver with a highly developed sense of outrage, a sociopathic bent and brand-new breast implants, to say nothing of a well-stuffed bankbook. The late ... Ler crítica na íntegra
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I awaited THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson with the same fervor that many possess with respect to the latest version of their favorite smart phone, video game, or film. The stories behind what have become known as the Millennium series, and their late author, are fascinating in their own right and well documented elsewhere; I would urge you to familiarize yourself, at least briefly ... Ler crítica na íntegra
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Video: Celebrating the Power of Private Enterprise on International Women's Day
March 08, 2013
In Uganda, a group of enterprising women are building a business that's creating new opportunities for young, single mothers.
Today is International Women's Day, an opportunity to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women across the world. For TechnoServe, it's an occasion to recognize the tremendous importance of women in the effort to end global poverty. Across the globe, we're working to promote economic opportunities for women that will bring long-term benefits to families and communities.
In Kampala, Uganda, Paper Craft Africa shows how a business can be an engine of change in its community. The company employs 25 people, many of them young, single mothers. TechnoServe provided assistance to Paper Craft Africa through our Women Mean Business program, training the staff in areas such as bookkeeping, marketing and human resources. The new knowledge and skills allowed the business to hire more people.
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Look, the eps numbers were terrible.
The only thing that has this stock going is the aquisition.
If LINE stock drops sharply from here, BRY shareholders will not want to do the deal.
Check out Bronte's piece this a.m. -- if that logic holds near term, this could get messy.
I think the shorts are due for some wedgies.
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Baby dies in Texas after mother reports cutting off arms
PLANO, Texas (AP) - A woman with a history of postpartum depression cut off the arms of her baby daughter Monday, then called 911 and waited calmly until police arrived, authorities said.
"She wasn't trying to hide," police spokesman Carl Duke said.
Dena Schlosser, 35, was charged with capital murder after the girl died at a hospital in Plano, a Dallas suburb. Child-protection authorities said the mother had shown signs of postpartum depression in the past, but there had been no signs of violence.
Authorities said when they arrived at the family's apartment, they found the nearly 11-month-old baby in a bedroom with her arms severed. Schlosser, covered in blood, was sitting in her living room.
It was not immediately clear what Schlosser used to sever the baby's arms, police said.
Schlosser lived at the apartment with other family members, including her two older daughters. The girls, ages 6 and 9, were at school and their father was at work when police arrived, Duke said.
Texas Child Protective Services was called to the home in January after Schlosser was seen running down the street from her apartment, with one of her daughters, then 5, bicycling after her, authorities said. When police and CPS arrived, the child told them her mother had left her 6-day-old baby sister alone in the apartment.
Schlosser appeared at the time to be suffering from postpartum depression and seemed to be having a psychotic episode, said Marissa Gonzales, a CPS spokeswoman.
Schlosser was hospitalized for a few days. Her other two daughters were released to their father, who told authorities Schlosser had been acting strangely since the birth of the third child.
Once she was released from the hospital, Schlosser agreed to seek counseling and see a psychiatrist, Gonzales said. Caseworkers continued to visit the family through the spring and summer, and the case was closed Aug. 9.
"There were never any indications of violence with this family," Gonzales said. "The children had always been healthy, happy and cared for."
Gonzales said CPS was interviewing Schlosser's other children and would talk to the father before deciding whether to remove the children from the home.
No one answered the door Monday night at the family's apartment.
Neighbors said she seemed to be a loving, attentive mother.
Dena Livingston, 43, said she saw Schlosser making her rounds with the stroller on Sunday. She saw her Friday waiting with her baby outside the school the older girls attend.
"She didn't give off like she was in a distant world or didn't care about the baby," Livingston said.
Twelve-year-old Fernando Pereira said he watched Schlosser buckle her children's seat belts and lock their car doors each morning as they headed off to school.
"All I saw in the morning was kisses and she gave them hugs. That was it," he said. "She never said anything bad or rude to her children."
Velveeta Vandal? Cheddar chumps? Vermont police hunt down cheese saboteur
MONKTON, Vt. (AP) - Wanted: Cheese vandals.
Someone sneaked into the production house at Orb Weaver Farm and punctured 237 wheels of cheese at the Orb Weaver Farm.
The cheese, a blend of havarti and colby that made up nearly a year's production at the farm, can no longer be sold or eaten because of the contamination last week.
Orb Weaver Farm's Vermont Farmhouse Cheese is sold to local restaurants and stores. It was used in a recipe for macaroni and cheese in the recent cookbook "The Way We Cook: Recipes from the New American Kitchen."
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The CW's freshman drama "Arrow" quickly struck a perfect balance between the sensational (shirtless work-out scenes, anyone?) and the super. When we last visited Starling City, it had been rocked by the Undertaking and Tommy's death. "Arrow" returns to The CW on Oct. 9 at 8/7c, so here are five spoilers you need to know...


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Vital OAP centres face the axe in Camden
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TWO vital day centres for the borough's most vulnerable pensioners are facing the axe – but the feisty OAPs are vowing not to let them go without a fight.
Camden Council is planning to close Great Croft Resource Centre in Cromer Street, King's Cross, and Hill-Wood Resource Centre in Polygon Road, Somers Town, in a bid to save more than £500,000 a year.
The news has devastated the 200-plus pensioners for whom the centres are a lifeline.
One of the women spearheading the campaign is 91-year-old Rosie Ruse, a retired church worker who is at Great Croft nearly every day.
Mrs Ruse, of Cromer Street, King's Cross, said: "If they closed this centre, they would be sending us all home to die. There would be nowhere else for us to go.
"We all live on our own. It isn't like we have husbands to look after us. All our children have moved out of London. And there are prostitutes and druggies all around here, so we don't feel safe going out.
"If I couldn't come here, I would just go home and die. There would be nothing to live for any more."
Camden Council currently pays old people's charity Age Concern Camden a little over £500,000 a year to provide the two day centres, which between them lay on activities and lunches for around 250 OAPs.
The charity has now been told that the council is decommissioning the centres, together with a £50,000-a-year online shopping service.
Because of Government cutbacks, the council needs to save around £100million between 2011 and 2014.
The pensioners are begging council bosses to change their minds.
Retired nurse Benny Barrow, 80, who lives off Rochester Road, Camden Town, and goes to Hill-Wood every day, said: "My husband had a stroke and was confined to his four walls. He was getting into a depression. But I found this centre and they took care of him very well.
"He passed away in April and now the centre really helps me. If I didn't have the centre, I would just be sitting at home and I would be very lonely and would miss my husband much more than I do now."
Retired tailor Jeane Smith, 85, of Burton Street, Bloomsbury, who goes to Great Croft four days a week, added: "I lost my husband just over a year ago, so this is a lifeline for me. It gives me somewhere to go in the mornings. I do arts and crafts, knitting, singing, gardening – and I've got two artificial hips."
While retired charity shop manager Pamela Whitehouse, 86, of Guilford Street, King's Cross, who goes to Great Croft three times a week, said: "We are more than just upset. We are determined to do something about it. Most people are 80 years old and over. They would just be on their own without it."
King's Cross and Somers Town are among the most deprived parts of Camden Some of the users would end up having to go into care homes if the day centres closed.
Gary Jones, chief executive of Age Concern Camden, said: "We are surprised that a Labour council is cutting two centres in the poorest parts of the borough that cater for working class communities and Bangladeshi people. The cuts appear to focus disproportionately on the south of the borough. We are begging the council to think again.
"If the centres close, we will support users and encourage them to go elsewhere. But the council says they will focus on a smaller number of people with higher needs, so there won't be space for everyone."
Camden Council is only obliged to provide essential services for people with the most critical needs and is cutting back on its "discretionary" services. At present, it also pays for OAP day centres in Chalk Farm, West Hampstead and Hampstead.
A council spokeswoman said: "We have been forced to make some very difficult decisions about support we can provide in the future, and we are in the process of preparing letters to all our affected service providers.
"We understand the concerns of providers like Age Concern Camden and we will be working closely with them over the following months to support them to adapt to the new financial challenges, including access to other sources of funding."
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I'm going to get some new tackle soon and start doing some more bass fishing. However, I have been fishing this area for about 6 - 7 years and have yet to get one single thing. I fished Haag Lake, St. Louis Ponds, Woodburn Ponds, down by Clackamette Park, and just about any other hole you can think of, and have never pulled a single thing in, not even a little fish. I have spent so much money in tackle, it's not even funny. Carolina rig, Texas rig, pig-n-jig, spinners, and any other thing imaginable. I caught a bass one time in my life (about a 7 pounder) in a pond outside of Missoula, Montana. That was 10 years ago, I was eighteen and immediately addicted. Now, 10 years later at the age of 28 that is still my defining moment.
If anyone could help me out, maybe fill me in on some decent spots to land a few bass, I would be really grateful. I am a catch-and-release type of guy, and have no plans of ever actually keeping a fish. Still, I'd love to feel that thrill once again. I'd love to maybe meet a few people who fish as well. As it is now, I typically fish alone. After my incident with the bees, and my incident the day before that (will explain that below), I'm not too sure I am up for fishing alone anymore.
The incident the other day goes like this:
I started the day wanting to head to Wilsonville Pond, but had a difficult time finding directions to the pond online. I live downtown, and spend a fair amount of time over in the Oak Grove/Milwaukee area, so I am not real familiar with Wilsonville. Anyway, I got directions from Google Maps, and I ended out on Frog Pond Lane at a dead end near a field full of cows and llamas. I decided since I could not find Wilsonville Pond, and since I lack a GPS system, I would head to Woodburn Pond, whose location I actually know. So I get to Woodburn Pond at about 6:30PM and the place is completely empty -- not another soul in site. There is a farm house (maybe it's a ranch house or cabin, not too sure) right next to Woodburn Pond, and when I was walking to the pond I noticed that the person who lived there was on the roof, shirtless but wearing a pair of shorts and throwing stuff off his roof. Anyway, I park my car at the gate and walk down to a decent location to start fishing. First cast out I feel a little bite, but the fish doesn't take my bait. Well, I am completely excited at this point, because, as stated above, I have not gotten a bass in years and I was really hoping this was a bass. After I reel my line in, I throw it back out and slowly start reeling. I notice that the person who was on the roof is walking down the path towards where I am at, and he has something in his hand. As he gets closer I realize that it is a machete, and I start to feel a bit panicked because I am completely alone and unarmed. The guy walks past me (he's behind me on the path), and continues on about 10 feet. I watch him just to make sure he doesn't come at me. At this point he takes the machete and starts wacking branches on the tree hard -- I mean with all his might hard -- and he's screaming obscenities at the top of his lungs while doing it. Needless to say, I reeled my line in, grabbed my stuff and got out of there as quickly as I could. The guy was shirtless, wearing only a pair of boxers, had a machete, and was talking to himself. Just going to warn you all, whoever lives near Woodburn Pond, I think they may be just a bit off.


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