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FOA Number: CE02-151 - Research Study to Assess Multifaceted Fall Prev Inter Strategies Older Adults
Project Period: 9/30/02-9/29/05
Application/Grant Number: 1-U17-CE522465-01
Principal Investigator: Linda Hale, RN, BSN
State of Wisconsin, Department of Health and Family Services
Injury Prevention Section
1 West Wilson St.
Madison, WI 53702
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The State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, as part of a three-year collaborative project, will develop, implement, and test a comprehensive approach to preventing falls among older adults through two complimentary strategies. They include a broad-based program to engage service agencies and health providers through brief multifaceted interventions, and a targeted strategy of individualized multi-factorial assessment and interventions for high-risk adults age 65 and older.
Goals of the project are to:
- enhance existing community efforts in Dane County to support falls prevention;
- test the effectiveness of a community-wide falls prevention program to decrease the rate of fall-related hospitalization compared to control counties;
- test whether an in-home multi-factorial assessment plus community-wide intervention can decrease the rates of falls among high-risk older adults compared to usual care plus community-wide intervention; and
- test whether a program of in-home multi-factorial assessment plus community-wide intervention can decrease the rate of falls among high- risk older adults compared to in-home, multi-factorial assessment without community-wide intervention.
Year one will include developing training, outreach programs, and other materials in collaboration with community partners. Multi-factorial interventions for high-risk older adults will be implemented and evaluated during years two and three. Research intervention will also be fully integrated into existing health provider and community-based programs to facilitate service consultation during year three.
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If cleanliness is next to godliness, we must be in the midst of a truly spiritual era. Not only do some Americans wipe germs off their hands every few hours, but now a growing number of celebs, as well as perfectly normal women, want to clean up their insides, too—by following a detoxification routine. "I like to do fasts and detoxes a couple of times during the year," Gwyneth Paltrow wrote on her lifestyle website, GOOP. The actress is a particular fan of the Clean program, developed by New York City cardiologist Alejandro Junger. After three weeks on the regimen—juices interspersed with one small solid meal a day—"I feel pure and happy and much lighter," she reported.
Detox diets are based on the unproven premise that our bodies are constantly bombarded with toxins from pollution, chemicals, alcohol, sugar, caffeine, processed foods and other unsavory sources and that these "poisons" can build up and cause health problems. According to this line of thinking, the older we get, the longer these noxious substances have been in our bodies causing damage; hence the perceived need for us to flush toxins periodically and, in theory, restore internal vitality.
To that end, cleansing diets prescribe restricted menus for a defined period of time; offending food ingredients such as sodium, caffeine and sugar are banned. "There's something to be said for limiting choices. You're giving your body a chance to rest, and that's a good thing," says Leslie J. Bonci, RD, director of sports nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The diet may even give you a psychological boost. "Because you're following a program, you can feel like you're in control," says Sandra Haber, PhD, a New York City psychologist who specializes in eating issues.
There are other benefits, too. If you forgo salty, sugary and processed foods—items you probably shouldn't be eating too often anyway—and eliminate or reduce alcohol, "you may feel more energetic," notes Keri Glassman, RD, a private nutrition consultant in New York City and author of The O2 Diet. "Also, taking refined starches and salt out of your diet for a few days can help you feel less bloated and make your belly flatter, since both can cause you to retain water."
However, there's a difference between giving your body a respite and giving it a complete overhaul. What a detox diet won't do is act like a CentralVac that scoops up and gets rid of toxins inside your body. The truth is, you don't need that kind of assist. "A healthy liver and kidneys do a masterful job of detoxifying the body on a daily basis," says David Katz, MD, director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center. And some ingredients purported to help cleanse, such as lemon juice, don't do so (though lemon juice may improve digestion). Others, such as the nightly laxatives recommended on the Master Cleanse, are downright risky: They can dehydrate you and lead to electrolyte imbalances.
In fact, most nutritionists advise steering clear of some cleansing programs. Liquid-only diets, for instance, are unhealthy when they are low in calories and do not contain essential nutrients, Bonci says. A famous example: Master Cleanse, developed around 1940 by alternative medicine practitioner Stanley Burroughs, who was reportedly looking for a way to deal with stomach ulcers. In this plan, you consume a mix of lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water six to 12 times a day for 10 days. Such a regimen can make dieters feel dizzy and headachy and could, within 48 to 72 hours, lead to nutritional deficiencies, according to Katz.
For a more healthful approach, focus on detoxing your eating habits rather than your body. Diets that include regular meals (or "eating occasions") and a varied mix of produce, lean protein and healthy fats can jump-start your efforts to slim down and eat better. The hope is that a short-term cleansing diet will encourage you to reduce your dependence on ingredients like sodium in the long run. Two examples of safer plans are the 21-day Quantum Wellness Cleanse, which calls for fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds and soy products as well as lessons in changing the way you think about food, and the three- to 10-day BluePrint Cleanse, which consists of six raw fruit, vegetable and nut juices daily. The nut products are a good source of protein.
For most women, a shorter cleansing plan is easier to follow. That's why More asked Glassman to come up with a three-day detox plan that will encourage more healthful eating habits long after the diet is over. This 1,000-calorie-a-day regimen is loaded with antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, lean proteins, omega-3 fatty acids and fluids—and is free of added salt, sugar, processed foods and alcohol. (Check with your doctor before following this or any other detox diet.) Bon appétit!
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Developed by nutritionist Keri Glassman, RD, this three-day detox plan offers back-to-nature foods while eliminating less healthful ingredients and helps ease you into a more nutritious eating pattern for life.
6 ounces scrambled firm tofu, mixed with 1 teaspoon ground flaxseeds and 1 teaspoon dried basil
1 cup green tea
1 cup water with 1 ounce lemon juice
Midmorning snack
1 sliced pear sprinkled with 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Steamed kale (at least 1 cup but as much as you want), dressed with the flavored vinegar of your choice (such as fig, raspberry or orange)
3 ounces broiled, baked or poached salmon (no added fat) with 1 teaspoon dried spice, such as oregano
6 walnut halves
1 cup water with 1 ounce lime juice
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½ cup edamame
1 cup green tea
Large baby-spinach salad with 1 cup chopped carrots, tomatoes and red bell peppers, dressed with 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil and lemon juice to taste
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3 ounces turkey (grilled, baked or roasted) with 1 teaspoon herb, such as thyme
1 cup water with 1 ounce lemon juice
1 cup raspberries
Scrambled eggs (made from 1 whole DHA/EPA-fortified egg plus 3 egg whites), mixed with 1 teaspoon
dried parsley
1 cup water with 1 ounce lemon juice
1 cup green tea
Midmorning snack
1 cup blueberries
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3 ounces cod, grilled with 1 teaspoon dried herb, such as rosemary
8 cashews
1 cup water with 1 ounce lemon juice
Midafternoon snack
½ cup chopped celery and ½ cup chopped cucumber
1 cup green tea
3 ounces scallops (approximately 4 large ones), broiled or grilled
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1 cup water with 1 ounce lemon juice
1 cup strawberries
¾ cup fat-free cottage cheese, mixed with ¼ teaspoon nutmeg and 2 teaspoons ground flaxseed
1 cup water with 1 ounce lemon juice
1 cup green tea
Midmorning snack
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Steamed asparagus (at least 8 stalks)
4 ounces firm tofu, topped with 1 ounce lemon juice and 1 teaspoon fresh sage
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1 cup water with 1 ounce lemon juice
Midafternoon snack
1 cup artichoke hearts, topped with 1 ounce lemon juice
1 cup green tea
Large red-leaf-lettuce salad with 1 sliced plum tomato, ½ cup sliced cucumber and ½ cup diced green bell peppers, dressed with 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil and the vinegar of your choice
Steamed Brussels sprouts (as much as you want)
3 ounces grilled tilapia, topped with 1 teaspoon dill
1 cup water with 1 ounce lemon juice
1 cup blackberries
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The Alabama track and field teams put together a big finish to the 2013-14 season last week, coming away from the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon with a pair of individual national titles to go with top-20 finishes for both the men and women's team. It was an exclamation point on year three of Dan Water's tenure as the Crimson Tide's head coach.
Led by freshman Hayden Reed's NCAA discus title, the Tide men finished 15th nationally, while the women, paced by junior Remona Burchell's NCAA title in the 100-meters, took 18th place, its first top-20 finish since 2010.
"Any time you can walk away from an NCAA Championship with individual national titles, you have to be pleased, but I think more than anything else, I'm proud of the way our team fought through every challenge and just kept striving to be the best they could be each day at practice, at every meet and every race," Waters said.
In addition to the men's and women's team posting top-20 finishes at the outdoor championships in the same year for the first time since 1994, this season also marked the first time that both the Alabama men and women finished in the top-20 at both the indoor and outdoor NCAA Championships since 1984. Alabama's men were sixth at the indoor championships, their highest finish since taking fourth in 2001, while the women were 19th, their best finish since 1995.
"This season was another step in the right direction for our program," Waters said. "Things didn't go perfectly, we had to fight through some adversity and rise to the challenge time and again, but we did that, and the result was both the men and the women finished in the top 20 at both the indoor and outdoor national championships. It is the first time in 30 years that both the men and the women finished in the top 20 at both the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships in the same year, which is pretty remarkable. But I think that shows the kind of team we have and the direction we're moving as a program."
Reed uncorked a throw of 205 feet and 10 inches (62.74 meters) on the last of six throws to beat two-time NCAA Champion and collegiate record holder Julian Wruck of UCLA by more than two and a half feet. It was the Orange, Texas native's second best throw of the season.
"Hayden Reed is a tremendous competitor, and I think that's what you saw out in Eugene," Waters said. "From his first throw he was in the mix for a top-three finish and then that last throw, he just put everything into it and came out with a national title. To have that kind of performance at the national championships as a freshman was truly impressive, especially considering the competition."
In the women's 100-meter final, even running into the wind, Burchell raced away from the elite field to win the Crimson Tide's first women's NCAA 100-meter title. Burchell overcame a strong headwind (3.4 meters per second) to clock a time of 11.25, well ahead of the rest of the field.
"As impressive as Remona's win in the 60-meters was at NCAA Indoor, the way she ran away from the field in the 100-meter finals at the NCAA Outdoors was amazing, especially considering the conditions," Water's said. "It's one of those races you'll never forget."
Burchell is the first Alabama woman to win an outdoor national title in any event since Beth Mallory won the discus title in 2005. The Montego Bay, Jamaica native adds the outdoor 100 meters title to her NCAA title in the 60 meters during indoor season, becoming the first Alabama sprinter to win indoor and outdoor titles in the same year.
"We knew coming in that Remona was a special athlete, and she proved that time and again this year," Waters said. "She was at her best on the biggest stage when the competition was the stiffest. She is someone who bought into our program, worked hand in hand with coach (Matt) Kane to get better and just went out there and performed."
Both of the Tide's outdoor national champions, as well as NCAA indoor 200-meter champion Diondre Batson, showed impressive improvement throughout the year, culminating on them being at their best when the competition was the most intense. That improvement, which was visible throughout the roster this season, is attributed to the collaboration between the coaches and the student-athletes.
"I've said it before and we saw it again this season, I think we have one of the best coaching staffs in the country," Waters said. "To have the kind of success we did this season, with points and great performances coming from all over the track, in so many different events, is a testament to our coaches and to how much our student-athletes have committed to doing things the right way here at Alabama."
In addition to national champions Reed and Burchell, Alabama saw top-end points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships from sophomore jumper Justin Fondren as well as the women's 4x100-meter relay.
Fondren took fifth place in the high jump with a leap of 7 feet, 2.5 inches (2.20 meters). The Oxford, Mississippi native was 13th in the high jump as a rookie at last year's NCAA Championships.
A day after Burchell won the NCAA 100-meter championship, she combined with senior Sarah Thomas, freshman Quanesha Burks and junior Dominique Kimpel to take sixth place in the 4x100-meter relay. The quartet crossed the line in a time of 44.19. It marked the first times since 2001 that the Crimson Tide made it to the national finals in the 4x100 and Alabama's best finish since 1993 when the Tide was second.
Overall, 19 members of the Crimson Tide contingent that competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships were honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), including 14 that earned first or second team All-America honors.
"I think one thing that came out of this year is that our young athletes gained valuable experience when it comes competing at the highest level, which is important, because that's where we want to live in the years to come," Waters said. "To compete at the NCAA championships as a freshman or a sophomore and to learn what that is all about will help us take the next steps."
Altogether, Alabama sent 11 freshmen and sophomores to the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, including six freshmen. There were also three additional student-athletes who advanced to one of the two national championships in their first year with the Crimson Tide program.


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'Faust, Economics, Psychology, and Models': What Faustian bargain has wound up biting us? Do we need to include in models explicit economic variables and (gasp) psychological variables to cope with the insanely low market prices of some securities?
'Models, Phenomenology, and All That': Quotes from my book on my Philosophy of Models. You can't live with them and you can't live without them. How much of Models, Quantitative Finance, and Risk Management is "science"? How much is "phenomenology"? And what about "model rigor disease"?
'New Paper: Multivariate Integral Perturbation Techniques - I (Theory)': This paper introduces a perturbation method for evaluating an N-dimensional multivariate Gaussian integral, breaking it down into a sum of one-dimensional integrals.
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'Trovatore and Butterfly': The New York Grand Opera performances for summer 2009
'Mitchell Lurie, clarinetist': Mitchell Lurie, who recently passed away, was one of the premier clarinetists of the 20th century. I took clarinet lessons from him long ago, and he played a pivotal role in my life.
'The opera Doctor Atomic': This powerful opera forces attention to be refocused on nuclear weapons, which still constitute a clear and present danger to humanity.
'New York Grand Opera Update 2: Aida performance': Picture from the performance of Aida.
'New York Grand Opera Update: Traviata and Aida for Summer 2008': Curtain call photo for Traviata and information for the upcoming performance of Aida on Aug. 13.
'New York Grand Opera Update: Tosca, Pagliacci performances in 2006-07': Pictures on NYGO website with some background
'Efficient Music Practice Techniques and the V.R. - Think Method': This is a 'how-to-do-it' guide for efficient practicing on musical instruments.
'And Now For Something Completely Different': Here's a quiz: What is a guzla? This post has the answer.
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'EPA Hearing on Greenhouse Gases': My testimony at the recent EPA Hearing on the need to regulate greenhouse gases.
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'The Large Hadron Rap: Watch Me!': Watch the music-rap video "The Large Hadron Rap" to learn about the big new high-energy particle accelerator at CERN in Switzerland, and the physics behind it. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6aU-wFSqt0
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The most interesting this about this creepy camera brought to you by the kind folks at the Defense Advance d Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is the fact that just like in George Orwell's classic dystopic novel 1984, the government wants you to know they have this technology. From ExtremeTech:
DARPA and the US Army have taken the wraps off ARGUS-IS, a 1.8-gigapixel video surveillance platform that can resolve details as small as six inches from an altitude of 20,000 feet (6km). ARGUS is by far the highest-resolution surveillance platform in the world, and probably the highest-resolution camera in the world, period.
ARGUS, which would be attached to some kind of unmanned UAV (such as the Predator) and flown at an altitude of around 20,000 feet, can observe an area of 25 square kilometers (10sqmi) at any one time. If ARGUS was hovering over New York City, it could observe half of Manhattan. Two ARGUS-equipped drones, and the US could keep an eye on the entirety of Manhattan, 24/7.
The original goal was to deploy ARGUS in Afghanistan, but that never came to pass. It isn't entirely clear what ARGUS's future is; it was meant to be mounted on Boeing's high-altitude A160 Hummingbird helicopter (pictured right), but the chopper has since been scrapped. If ARGUS is to be deployed, it will most likely be strapped to the underbelly of a Predator drone. Where it will be used, however, with the war in Afghanistan apparently winding down, is another question entirely. Its efficacy in a military setting would be unsurpassed, but it's easy to imagine how ARGUS could be used here at home in the US, too.
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NASA is on track to conduct the first flight test of its new Orion manned spacecraft in December, agency officials said June 18.
During the four-hour mission, which will begin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Lockheed Martin-built vehicle will lift off aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket and fly about 3,600 miles above Earth. Orion, which will not have a crew aboard, will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 20,000 miles per hour before splashing into the Pacific Ocean.
NASA is developing the Space Launch System (SLS) to allow Orion to carry astronauts to an asteroid, Mars or other deep-space destination. Orion's first flight aboard SLS is planned for 2017. Orion's first manned flight is scheduled for 2021 aboard SLS.
In a press briefing at Kennedy Space Center, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that while the long-range Orion will be capable of flying to the International Space Station, his agency has no plans to use it for such relatively short trips. Three industry teams are currently competing to provide spacecraft that will transport people to and from the low-Earth-orbit laboratory.
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An incurable form of tuberculosis has turned up on the subcontinent.
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An incurable form of tuberculosis has turned up on the subcontinent.
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The UK's universities minister announces a plan for a new science and tech university funded entirely by non-government dollars.
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A roundup of recent discoveries in behavior research
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In Chapter 8, "Pirates at the Picnic," author Marlene Zuk considers the wisdom of describing the behavior of ants in human terms
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Flowserve Receives Pump Order for Mississippi Power's Kemper IGCC Project
Flowserve announces an order to supply process pumps to be used in the carbon dioxide capture process at Mississippi Power's Kemper County integrated gasification combined cycle power station project.
DALLAS, March 14, 2011 – Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS), a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced an order to supply process pumps to be used in the carbon dioxide (CO2) capture process at Mississippi Power's Kemper County integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power station project.
Flowserve ISO 13709/API 610 process pumps will be used in the facility's CO2 capture unit. The Kemper County IGCC power plant is designed to capture approximately 65 percent of the CO2 emissions that would normally be released to the atmosphere. The CO2 will then be sold for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations. One of the first commercial projects in the United States to employ carbon capture at a power plant, the facility is an important milestone for low-carbon electricity production. The order was booked in the first quarter of 2011.
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|Will CLT Bail Out the Bogged Down ELT in Bangladesh?
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|Rural failure in English learning and the socioeconomics of ELT. Over 24 million children learn English as a second/foreign language in primary and secondary schools in Bangladesh. These children start learning the language as a required subject in Grade 1 and continue learning it (if they don't drop out) until Grade 12, and later at the tertiary level. Officially, they are taught English communicatively using Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) methodology, as it was envisaged that CLT would develop learners' 'communicative competence', and thereby strengthen the human resource development efforts of the Government of Bangladesh (NCTB, 2003). Nearly a decade has passed since CLT was first introduced in the national curriculum. It now seems appropriate to ask to what extent has it developed learners' competence and improved the declining standards of English in the country (Rahman, 1991).
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Statement by the IMF Staff Mission to KosovoPress Release No.11/80
March 15, 2011
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Costas Christou visited Kosovo during March 7–15 to continue discussions with the authorities on the first review under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). At the conclusion of the mission Mr. Christou made the following statement today in Pristina:
"An IMF staff mission assessed economic and financial sector performance, and held discussions on the draft budget for 2011 as part of the first review under the Stand-By Arrangement. The discussions on the 2011 budget advanced but could not be concluded during the mission's stay and will continue in the period ahead. One of the outstanding issues is the substantial increase in the government wage bill envisaged in the budget draft. This increase is not in line with the program objectives under the SBA.
"The economic recovery is on track amid robust growth and private sector credit. Real output growth is expected to reach 5½ percent in 2011. There are encouraging signs that, despite an adverse trend in nonperforming loans, the banking sector remains stable and adequately capitalized overall."


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Red Raiders enjoy second record-breaking season at Jones Stadium
January 7, 1997
LUBBOCK, Texas - For the second-straight season Texas Tech has enjoyed one of college football's highest attendance increases and, over the past two seasons, has the third-highest increase in the nation, according to statistics released recently by the NCAA.
The Red Raiders recorded the 12th-highest average increase in the nation this season as 45,317 fans attended Texas Tech's five home games for an average increase of 7,135 fans per game. For the first time in school history, Tech posted three-straight sellouts surpassing Jones Stadium's capacity of 50,500.
Over the past two seasons, Texas Tech has enjoyed an over 50 percent increase in average attendance, marking the third-highest total over a two-year period in the nation. Pac-10 Conference champion Arizona State, who went undefeated during the regular-season, has an average increase over 15,914 fans since 1994, while Louisiana State owns an average of 15,279 ticket holders over the same period. Texas Tech is averaging 15,153 more fans than two seasons ago.
"We are really proud of the support that our football team received this season," said interim athletic director Gerald Myers. "Our entrance into the Big 12 Conference, having an exciting team that went to a record fourth-straight bowl game and a tireless group of people that all have the same objective for success all contributed to our increase in support. I would expect our support to continue to rise as we move forward with all of our athletic programs."
Last season Texas Tech enjoyed the nation's seventh-highest average increase and the eighth-highest percentage increase per game at 27.3 percent. Tech averaged 38,184 fans per game in 1995, an increase of over 8,000 from the previous season.
Attendance Increase Since 1994 Team 94 Avg. 96 Avg. Diff Arizona State 48,446 64,360 15,914 Louisiana State 64,240 79,519 15,279 Texas Tech 30,164 45,317 15,153 Kent 8,652 21,201 12,549 Ball State 6,739 18,110 11,371 Memphis 24,991 35,752 10,761 Tennessee 95,637 105,418 9,781 Ohio 11,707 20,883 9,176 South Carolina 70,470 79,535 9,065 Air Force 38,427 47,408 8,981 Oregon 34,059 41,962 7,903 Iowa State 35,593 43,371 7,778 Average Increase By Average in 1996 Team Att. Avg. Avg. Increase Arizona State 64,360 17,203 Memphis 35,752 15,826 Kent 21,201 14,813 Ohio 20,883 11,740 Vanderbilt 38,270 10,843 Tennessee 105,418 10,724 South Carolina 79,535 10,108 UCLA 57,532 8,425 Texas 74,745 8,223 California 41,095 7,352 Tulsa 24,814 7,294 Texas Tech 45,317 7,153


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LOS ANGELES—New adult production company Assence Films has inked an exclusive deal with Exile Distribution. Created by industry veteran Mike Kulich, Assance will unveil four new titles every month, starting in February 2012.
"Exile is very particular on whom we sign with," said Howard Levine from Exile Distribution. "when we saw their product we knew it would be a perfect fit."
Assence Films CEO Mike Kulich commented, "I've worked with Howard for the past five years, and I have the utmost confidence with him handling our distribution.
Assence also announced today that is has retained the services of Galaxy Publicity to fulfill their public relations needs.
"Galaxy is one of the most respected publicity companies in the adult industry, and we are looking forward to working with them," stated Kulich.
"We're excited about working with Monarchy Distribution and Assence Films," said Galaxy Publicity owner James Bartholet. "We believe in their company and the product they will be putting out, and we're sure the consumers will enjoy these DVD's and come back to get more."
The company's debut titles, which will be released in February, include Anal Artists, starring Missy Stone and Sasha Grey (in one of her last scenes), The Office Assistant, starring Mya Diamond and Claudia Rossi, Double Teamed Double Creamed, starring Sabrina Rose and Sasha Knox, and The Fuck-Book Diaries, starring Amber Rayne and Ashley Jordan.
All four titles include five hardcore scenes and plenty of DVD extras to satisfy consumers and critics alike. Kulich launched Assence Films after spending seven years working in sales in the adult industry. His goal is to bridge the gap between internet and DVD studios. Kulich created a new line of original productions a few months ago and has many other interesting new production titles and ideas coming up during the year.
"One of our main goals is to make a well branded and well respected name for ourselves in the industry and to our fans worldwide," said Kulich. "I want to produce a product that people can pay $20-30 for and feel like they got their money's worth."
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My query is regarding how to specify a physical host, to serve virtual machines, and what 'rules of thumb' you would use regarding how many virtual instances could reside on a physical host. I appreciate that this can vary greatly depending upon the server instance, and the workload, and these are easy to understand in isolation, but this changes once you start putting several VMs on a box, they compete for resources, and you need to think about the overall performance of the server, rather than the individual VM.
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(TODAY) - He makes nutritionists frown, but a man who ate all of his meals at McDonald's for six months says he's lighter and healthier as he nears the end of his unconventional weight-loss plan.
John Cisna, a high school science teacher in Colo, Iowa, who gained national attention for his experiment, says he has lost 56 pounds, lowered his cholesterol and lost a total of 21 inches off his chest, waist and hips while dining only at the fast food emporium.
As enthusiastic as Cisna is about the results, even he's incredulous about what he's done. He documents his experience, which ends on March 15, in the new book, "My McDonald's Diet."
As Cisna first told TODAY in January, he followed a 2,000 calorie diet, using the daily recommended allowances for carbohydrates, proteins, sugar and fat; and he walked 45 minutes a day.
When the experiment began on Sept. 15, the 6-foot-tall teacher weighed 280 pounds, amounting to a body mass index (BMI) of 38, which is considered obese. Now at 224 pounds, his BMI is down to 30 -- still obese but very close to the overweight category.
Cisna said he had no problems sticking to his diet, except one time when he was waiting for a flight at LaGuardia Airport after a long day and couldn't find a McDonald's.
While enjoying his weight loss, Cisna is particularly excited about the results of his blood tests: He says his total cholesterol dropped from 249 to 190, including a 25 percent decrease in his LDL or "bad cholesterol." Despite concerns that he was eating too much salt, Cisna said his sodium levels and blood pressure are normal.
While applauding Cisna's efforts to lose weight and improve his health, his McDonald's diet is not realistic or reasonable for most people to follow long-term, said Elisa Zied, a registered dietitian nutritionist in New York and author of "Younger Next Week."
Much of Cisna's results have to do with cutting his calorie intake, so it's not surprising that he lost weight and lowered his cholesterol, Zied said. But it's likely his diet was high in sodium, low in fiber and not as rich in vitamins and minerals as it could be because it lacked a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other nutrient-rich foods, she added.
She advised people trying to lose weight to cook at home more, eat out less, and follow current Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
As for Cisna, he plans to stick to eating 2,000 calories a day, though not necessarily from McDonald's.
Cisna said he's not a paid spokesman for McDonald's, though local franchises donated his food. He was largely inspired to do the experiment by Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary, "Super Size Me," which Cisna called "irresponsible journalism."


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Verizon's Motorola Xoom won't have MotoBlur, could land at BestBuy on February 17
MotoBlur may make sense on some of Motorola's Android smartphones, but would it be useful on a Honeycomb tablet like the Motorola Xoom? No, it wouldn't.
That's why Motorola has confirmed to IntoMobile that the Xoom would not be launched with MotoBlur – thus it will be a Google Experience tablet with stock Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
The Moto Xoom is the world's first Honeycomb device and it will be available at Verizon Wireless soon. There's no official word on how soon, but, according to the document seen below (found by Engadget), the tablet will hit the shelves at Best Buy on February 17 – in less than one month from now.
As for the price of the Motorola Xoom, it looks like it's going to be $699.99 – at BestBuy, at least. Certainly, the price with a new contract agreement will be lower – it will depend on how much Verizon wants to subsidize it.


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Bebe Miller Company - A History
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A History
World Premiere
"What makes Miller's choreography so moving are the sudden moments of mystery...coolly thoughtful yet dispatched with consummate ease."—New York Times
Ohio State's own Bebe Miller premieres A History, her latest dance theater work, following a series of Wex-sponsored creative residencies with her team of collaborators. Both reflective and forward thinking, A History mines the creative processes Miller has closely developed with dancers Angie Hauser and Darrell Jones and longtime dramaturge Talvin Wilks to generate fresh material for an evening-length duet.
Miller's art of making is made visible as she delves into the behind-the-scenes methods of construction of past works such as Necessary Beauty (2008), Landing/Place (2005), and the Bessie-winning Verge (2001)—which were also supported by Wexner Center residencies—analyzing how their connective links to opened up new possibilities for metaphorical leaps, imaginative staging, and creative movement ideas. Miller and the dancers reveal the nuanced interpersonal dynamics that inform their joint creative quests, while video by Lily Skove amplifies the impact, juxtaposing the dancers' live and virtual bodies. As the Washington Post has said, "Bebe Miller is a cartographer of human emotions, mapping the landscape of the passions of her dance with luminous intelligence."
The premiere of A History is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Bebe Miller: Tracing History, on view downtown at Ohio State's Urban Arts Space from August 23 to September 29. Curated by Jerry Dannemiller of the Wexner Center, this exhibition provides further insight into Miller's trajectory as one of the leading choreographers of her generation and features a new video installation by Maya Ciarrocchi that will tour nationally as a companion piece to A History.
Bebe Miller was the recipient of two major honors recently. Ohio State students named her one of this year's winners of the Sphinx Award, which recognizes outstanding faculty and staff members who have been role models and inspirations to their students. In addition, Miller was selected as one of first class of 21 Doris Duke Artists, a program that extends direct funding of up to $275,000 to outstanding performing artists. She is in excellent company; the Doris Duke Artists include many other innovators familiar to Wexner Center audiences, among them Anne Bogart (of SITI Company), Young Jean Lee, and Bill Frisell. Congratulations to Bebe Miller for this prestigious recognition of her contributions to our campus community and to the field of dance.
Bebe Miller Company's A History was commissioned by the Wexner Center through its Wexner Center Artist Residency Award program and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. A History was also developed with support from Wesleyan University's Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance.
The creation of A History was made possible with support from The Ohio State University's College of Arts and Sciences Grants for Research and Creative Activity and the Department of Dance, as well as by the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, and the Department of Women's Studies and their Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women grant program.
The creation of A History was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the MetLife Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
This presentation of Bebe Miller Company's A History was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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October. RESET Goals.
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Hello, shiny new month! I've been sputtering stop and go all of September. I managed to take off 4 pounds though, so I guess that's not nothing, right? :) Funny how I think I suck and then I look back and see progress after all! I just deleted all my prior goal info, so today's a clean slate, no more yellow goal line that's outdated and way below where I actually am! That's bugged me forever, so I got rid of it. Goal line starts from today!
The past couple days I've been taking walks outside, it's about a 3 mile trip and I've been doing it in about 50 minutes. So that's a nice effort! Feels good, looks pretty along most of the route. My brother also started taking walks over the past few weeks. He's been photographing the scenery along the way, and posting them on his facebook page. I'm considering stealing his idea, because it's pretty! And it's nice to post something along the lines of I did it today! Without being so blatant about it.
So, this month I want to get myself in the healthy habit of moderating my food once more. I've been very, shall we say, indulgent lately! I've not tracked very consistently. Yesterday I tracked all my eating, despite going over it's still a win that I did it.
How lame to continually be picking myself up, and dusting off the same defeats?! It's easy as 1-2-3 to make good healthy weight loss progress:
1. Drink water
2. Track eating (for me, tracking lends itself to keeping myself in range more often than not)
3. Get some exercise!
On one hand, I'm SO annoyed with myself for stumbling so much! On the other, I'm very very proud that I'm not giving up! I feel silly for repeating the same story, but it's mine so I'll keep on sharing it with whoever wants to listen. :) As discouraging as it is to seemingly continually be getting in my own way, I'm still pushing on, getting out of my own way eventually to make a little progress here and there.
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on shedding those pounds! Ata Girl! Lol
Thanks for sharing your story bcz it's my story too without the 4 pound loss
The 1-2-3 thing is super cool. Can it really be that easy for people like us?
I think you're doing a Sparktacular job! And instead of telling yourself how lame your actions are or how frustrated you are maybe try telling yourself more about what an awesome job you're doing and how you can do better?
You ARE doing a job to be proud of Emily. Four pounds is a lot of butter - or a bag of sugar but if you lost that much without giving it your all ..... just imagine.
Let's get healthier this month. It's required.
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By swalker on Jan 25, 2012
Do you need Training on Demand?
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How does an Easter season family, fun getaway with opportunities to spend some quality time at a top notch waterpark and also enjoy a lavish Easter buffet sound? Well, it can be yours when you book the Easter Buffet Getaway Package being offered by Kalahari Waterpark & Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. Sandusky is approximately a one hour drive from Cleveland.
A Bit About Kalahari Resort This resort with an African theme is home to America's largest indoor waterpark. Its water attractions include indoor surfing, a wave pool, lazy river, tube slides, body slides and family raft rides. There are also a number of thrill rides including Tanzanian Twister, Rippling Rhino, Swahili Swirl and Victoria Falls.
Other indoor activities include a mini golf course. For adults there is Spa Kalahari featuring a variety of body treatments including hot stone massages. The Resort also offers Zakanaka Imports for shopping and several dining options including the Great Karoo Marketplace Restaurant.
The Resort also features a Safari Animal Park and Kalahari's Outdoor Adventure that includes a ropes course, CTS zip line and adventure climbing walls.
Easter Buffet Getaway Package The package includes an overnight stay in either a Hut Room, a Desert Room or a Lodge Suite for up to 4 guests, admission to the Waterpark for each registered guest and an Easter Buffet for two adults and two children (4-12). Buffet reservations are required even with the package. Call 419-433-5543 to make reservations.
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June 2, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Arizona freshman volleyball player Madison Kingdon was named to USA Volleyball's A2 All-Tournament team after her stellar play at the National Championships this weekend in Dallas.
Kingdon, a spring semester early enrollee who will play as a freshman in 2011, led the USA A2 Red Team with 16 points, including 15 kills on a 48 kill percent.
The only player on the A2 national team to have played high school last fall, Kingdon joined USC's Natalie Hagglund, California's Tarah Murrey, Texas' Ashley Bannister and Oklahoma's Brianne Barker on the All-Tournament A2 team.
As well as being on the collegiate A2 national team, Kingdon is also on the USA Junior National Team and will be one of 12 players representing the United States at the FIVB Women's Junior World Championships this summer held July 20-31 in Peru.
Information courtesy of USAVolleyball.org


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The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) says that at most urban polling stations, some voters were not permitted to vote for a variety of reasons.
On election day, urban voters were further systematically disenfranchised. At 82 percent of urban polling stations many urban voters were turned away and not permitted to vote for reasons which include names not appearing on the voters roll, turning up at the wrong ward for voting. 75,000 urban voters were missing on the voters roll compared to rural voters.
The chairman of ZESN, Dr Solomon Zwana, urged the African Union and SADC teams observing the election to be objective.
ZESN calls on the African Union, the Southern African Development Community to be objective in their evaluation of these elections and take into cognisance of the pre-election issues that have a bearing on the ability of citizens to genuinely choose their government.
The chairman of the African Union observer mission to Zimbabwe, Olusegun Obasanjo, said the election was free and fair.
From what I saw and what has been reported so far from our observers who went out in the field, the conduct of the election everywhere they went have been peaceful, orderly, and free and fair.
Malian politicians Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Soumaila Cisse will face off in their countrys second round of presidential election on August 11, following the failure of the rivals to secure a majority in the first round.
Official figures indicated that former Malian Prime Minister Keita won nearly 40 percent of the vote, while his main rival Cisse garnered 19.4 percent.
Cisse, a former finance minister, has accused the government of allowing fraud after Malis Interior Ministry said over 400,000 ballot papers had been spoiled out of the roughly 3.5 million votes cast.
In preparation for the second round, I urge the government of Mali and its partners to take strict measures to ensure a clean and clear expression of the will of the people, he told a media conference in the capital, Bamako.
The 63-year-old added that thousands, or even tens of thousands of the voters could not find their names on voting lists, or even the correct polling station.
The first round of the voting was held under heavy security measures on July 28. However, no major violence was reported as polling stations closed 10 hours later.
Voters could choose from 27 candidates, following a recent French-led war and months of political tensions in the West African country. France launched the war on Mali on January 11, under the pretext of halting the advance of rebel fighters in the country.
After the voting ended, the European Unions top observer said around 50 percent of those eligible to vote had participated in the election. The official turnout was recorded at 51.5 percent.
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's party claimed a landslide election victory on Thursday that would secure another five years in power for Africa's oldest head of state, but its main rival said the vote was invalidated by "monumental fraud".
Wednesday's voting was peaceful across the southern African nation, but the conflicting claims heralded an acrimonious dispute over the outcome that increases the chances of a repeat of the violence that followed a contested vote in 2008.
Releasing unofficial results early in Zimbabwe is illegal, and police have said they will arrest anybody who makes premature claims. Election authorities are due to announce the official outcome by August 5.
But a senior source in 89-year-old Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, who asked not to be named, said the result was already clear.
"We've taken this election. We've buried the MDC. We never had any doubt that we were going to win," the source told Reuters by phone.
Responding to the claim, a high-ranking source in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party described the election as "a monumental fraud".
"Zimbabweans have been taken for a ride by ZANU-PF and Mugabe. We do not accept it," the source, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters.
The MDC was to hold an emergency meeting later on Thursday.
As riot police took up position outside the MDC headquarters in central Harare, an independent election monitor, who also could not be named for fear of arrest, said early results were looking like a "disaster" for Tsvangirai.
Western observers were barred, but the head of an African Union monitoring mission said on Wednesday the polls had initially appeared "peaceful, orderly and free and fair" - an assessment at odds with the view of the MDC and independent agencies.
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), the leading domestic monitoring body, said the credibility of the vote was seriously compromised by large numbers of people being turned away from polling stations in MDC strongholds.
It also cast doubt on the authenticity of the voters' roll, noting that 99.97 percent of voters in the countryside - Mugabe's main source of support - were registered, against just 67.9 percent in the mostly pro-Tsvangirai urban areas.
In all, 6.4 million people, nearly half the population, had been registered to vote.
"It is not sufficient for elections to be peaceful for elections to be credible," ZESN chairman Solomon Zwana told a news conference. "They must offer all citizens... an equal opportunity to vote."
Several political sources told Reuters that top MDC members had lost their parliamentary seats, including some in the capital, Tsvangirai's main support base since he burst onto the political scene in the former British colony 15 years ago.
Party insiders spoke of their shock at the result.
If confirmed, Mugabe's victory is likely to mean five more years of troubled relations with the West, where the former liberation fighter is regarded as a ruthless despot responsible for serious human rights abuses and wrecking the economy.
More than a week before the election, the United States, which has sanctions in place against Mugabe, expressed concerns about the credibility of the vote, citing persistent pro-ZANU-PF bias in the state media and partisan security forces.
The view from Brussels, London and Washington is key to the future of Zimbabwe's economy, which is still struggling with the aftermath of a decade-long slump and hyperinflation that ended in 2009 when the worthless Zimbabwe dollar was scrapped.
An easing of sanctions against Mugabe and his inner circle would allow Harare to normalize its relations with the IMF and World Bank and access the huge investment needed to rebuild its dilapidated economy.
It would also spark a rush to exploit rich reserves of minerals such as chrome, coal, platinum and gold.
Source: Reuters
Lol: The price of freedom and the chances of voting, especially in Africa, (if possible) is what drive a nation to succeed; therefore, voters of any political party will do anything to cast their vote for their candidates.
Chizema Majika, 80, is transported on a wheelbarrow after casting her vote in Mbare township outside Harare July 31, 2013. Zimbabweans voted on Wednesday in a fiercely contested election pitting President Robert Mugabe against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who has vowed to push Africa's oldest leader into retirement after 33 years in power.
photo via Reuters: Siphiwe Sibeko
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As Wednesdays national election nears, the political temperature in Zimbabwe is steadily rising, suggesting weeks of peaceful election campaigns by the countrys two main political parties, Zanu (PF) and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), could easily spiral into fresh conflict.
Several events at the weekend appear to have the potential to turn the political tide.
On Sunday President Robert Mugabe, campaigning in Harare, threatened MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai with arrest should he unilaterally announce election results and usurp the privilege of making the announcement from the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC).
The MDC, frustrated by the ZECs bungling of the special voting exercise for police and soldiers earlier in July, has expressed reservations about the competence of the ZEC to run the election, in which 6.4-million people are expected to vote.
Political observers say the air of paranoia has been increased by the arrest of a top MDC official, Morgan Komichi, who was found in possession of special vote ballot papers, and attempts by the police to ban the MDCs final rally on Monday.
Police later backtracked from their intention to fully ban the MDC rally, but placed restrictions on its organisation. The ZEC, in response, said it had handed Mr Komichi over to the police as it had "severe reservations" and did not find "credible" his telling of how he had received the special vote ballot papers.
There are also indications that the ZEC is now in a last-minute attempt to change the electoral laws, which would see ballot papers counted at its command centre in Harare and not at the 9,600 polling stations a move that is raising eyebrows over transparency.
An independent think-tank, the Research and Advocacy Unit, said the ZEC was being swayed by political considerations and presidential preferences rather than its duties and mandate under the electoral act. "The ZEC should thus not be surprised if any confidence that the public may have had in its impartiality and independence has been seriously shaken," the unit said.
Last week, the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the ZECs application to extend a second chance to 26,000 members of the uniformed forces who were unable to cast their ballot during the two-day special vote. They will now be able to do so on Wednesday.
Zimbabwes electoral laws do not allow a second chance to vote and legal experts have warned of the possibility of "double voting", as the ZEC has sole discretion to determine which police and soldiers would vote again.
Voters roll
Access to the voters roll has also been an issue. ZEC chairwoman Rita Makarau said on Monday that the voters roll would be available only on hard copy from the registrar-generals office.
"We dont have the voters roll. Under law, all political parties must have access to it, but we are concerned that days away from the election we still have not had access to it. There is a lack of transparency on the part of the ZEC," said Alex Magaisa, a senior adviser to Mr Tsvangirai on Monday.
Education Minister David Coltart, who is also the secretary for legal affairs in the smaller faction of the MDC, said: "The provision of a voters roll goes to the very heart of a free and fair election and its nonsupply undermines the credibility of this election. It also raises very serious questions about what the registrar-generals office is up to regarding the roll.
"This matter has been brought to the attention of the AU and Sadc observer teams and we look forward to receiving their comments regarding this very serious breach of the law and the electoral process."
Ms Makarau said: "Copies of the voters roll can now be obtained from the registrar-generals office in hard copy, but electronic copies cannot be obtained.
"Each polling station will now have a copy of the voters roll. Due to logistical problems we cant issue out electronic copies of the voters roll.
She said, however, that the electoral commission was ready and did not have any "nightmares" over bungling the election on Wednesday.
The ZEC had printed 35% more ballot papers than needed 8.7-million ballots had been printed against 6.4-million voters in case of mistakes, and "each and every ballot would be accounted for".
Registrar-general Tobaiwa Mudede refused to answer questions on allegations of voters roll irregularities that include dead persons and ghost voters. "I have briefed Sadc and am yet to brief other observers, that is all I can say for now," Mr Mudede said.
Despite the logistical nightmares of preparations for the election, the thumbs-up given last week by African Union Commission chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has partially helped to boost the credibility of the election in Zanu (PF)s favour.
Mr Mugabe needs a credible election to be endorsed by both regional and continental peers, which would bring a modicum of legitimacy to his rule, should he win again.
The European Union earlier in July indicated its shifting stance and said it was ready to remove all the outstanding sanctions imposed against Mr Mugabe and Zanu (PF)s top brass pending the findings of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) election observer missions report.
An election special report released by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition noted that political parties had made efforts to restrain political violence, as they were desperate for a Sadc-endorsed election outcome should they win.
"Sadc has been clear about its distaste for political violence and intimidation, and this will be one of the clear templates through which this election will be judged," the report said.
Mr Mugabe is seeking a seventh consecutive term in office but faces a stiff challenge from his rival and former partner in the unity government, Mr Tsvangirai.
Despite his old age, Mr Mugabe addressed 10 rallies across the country in the lead-up to the election. They were marked by an average of two-hour-long speeches that included tirades against the West, the mediation efforts of South Africa, gay rights and the philandering ways of Mr Tsvangirai.
Pedzisai Ruhanya, director of the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute, said Mr Mugabes rallies were boosted by the use of state institutions to force crowds to attend them. He said the numbers were not necessarily indicative of support for him.
"The huge rallies are misleading. They are provincial rallies where most of the districts bus their supporters in because the president is only addressing a single rally in the province. This mainly explains the huge numbers at the rallies," Mr Ruhanya said.
Source: bdlive
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Red-lipsticked women everywhere were irate when rapper Rakim "A$AP Rocky" Mayers criticized darker-skinned women for wearing bright lipstick.
In The Coveteur, he stated, "I feel like with the red lipstick thing it all depends on the complexion. You have to be fair skinned to get away with that."
Photo galleries were created to prove A$AP Rocky wrong, displaying chocolate celebs looking glamorous in brighter shades of lipsticks. But women who just aren't into lipstick or really bright colors saw where A$AP Rocky was coming from. What didn't get as much attention in the interview was his salute to natural beauty.
"Makeup is the worst thing you can do to your skin. I love girls natural, but I don't mind makeup. There's nothing wrong with it, there's really nothing wrong with it. See, guys like us we just like -- well me, I only speak for myself, but guys like me, I'm used to normal. I'm used to real."
Sometimes less is more.
Questioning "natural" lipstick
Some men complain about makeup getting on their own skin. Others want women to look as glamorous as possible and pound it on. And then there's that group in the middle who doesn't hate or love makeup. They just want it to be convincing. This is when natural makeup shades come in handy. Not the questionable "nude" shade that is usually found in pantyhose lines and is nowhere near nude on brown-skinned women.
"Natural" for shades of chocolate means dark reds, bronze, browns and glosses.
The best looking makeup is the kind of makeup that doesn't look like it's been painted on. These shades compliment skin, lips, eyes and cheeks instead of transitioning them into a new face. While trying out tester lipstick shades may not be the most hygienic option, it beats wasting money on lipstick colors that play tricks on the eyes.
For example, Queen Latifah's Queen Collection line has a plethora of bright red lipsticks (ex. Javalicious, Burgendelicious, Coffee Break and Mocha Locha) that initially appear to be deeper reds and neutral or dark browns on the bottom of the containers. Iman and Fashion Fair are much easier to predict from the bottles.
For other lipstick brands, the nicknames are a bigger trick than the bottles. For example, SMB Essentials' Naked Truth is supposed to look like a "naked" or natural lip color. However, skin hues tell a different tale on each woman.
One man's reaction (my grandfather) to me trying Naked Truth on was, "Looks like you've been eating pancake mix."
As with A$AP Rocky, he gave his honest reaction. I agreed that it looked ridiculous, but I knew it would before I put it on. Even from first glance, trying out enough of the wrong lip shades are a surefire way to become an expert at the most complimentary lipstick colors. Never be afraid to experiment.
Lip Gloss Challenge
For women who prefer a more subtle approach to makeup, lip gloss may be the way to go. Rappers like Eve and reality stars like Jennifer Williams perfected how to make lip gloss complimentary to other face makeup or how to dress up casual attire with just lip gloss.
Four lip glosses were put to the test for the best one.
Plain Jane Beauty (Divine Lip Shine)
- Color: Sweet Coral
- Moisturizer Rating*: 1
- Unique Perks: Although the color is Sweet Coral, it shows up as such a light pink that it almost looks like the natural color of lips. Unlike pink lipstick, this is a universal shade that compliments various complexions. My grandfather's reaction to this one: "Now that's the one. I like it!"
- Downside: It dries up too quickly on naked or color lips, and constant reapplications will be necessary.
- Overall Rating: 3
- Color: Diamond Dust
- Moisturizer Rating: 4
- Unique Perks: The glittery reflection on the lips is subtle. You'd have to be within kissing distance to notice it. It brings out a reflective glow on most lipsticks.
- Downside: My grandfather's first impression, "She went and put bacon grease on her lips." Candie's lip gloss is very shiny and has the thick appearance of clear glue, but eventually it blends in.
- Overall Rating: 3
Mary Kay NouriShine Plus Lip Gloss (Au Naturel)
- Color: Natural (Clear)
- Moisturizer Rating: 5
- Unique Perks: This lip gloss can easily be used as everyday chapstick. It stays on for as long as the lipstick stays on, and even if the lipstick slightly rubs off, the gloss still hangs on. It's the perfect top coat for naked lips or color.
- Downside: For shoppers who like convenience, this one won't be found in department stores or the cosmetics section at popular retail stores.
- Overall Rating: 5
Flirt! Glamourazzi Extreme Lip Lacquer
- Color: High Style (06)
- Moisturizer Rating: 5
- Unique Perks: The twist brush eliminates the issue with lipstick drying up. This also simplifies the application process and makes cleaning the brush as easy as rubbing the brush with your fingers and handsoap. This color is just enough of a blend between bronze and gold with a hint of glitter. It's not so sparkly that it looks cheap, but anyone within whispering distance will immediately notice.
- Downside: Be careful with turning the gloss too many times. Once it squeezes out, there's nothing you can do but wipe the brush off like lotion.
- Overall Rating: 5
- Color: Spotlight (07)
- Moisturizer Rating: 4
- Unique Perks: Spotlight is a bit more on the pinkish side. For dark brown-skinned women, it'll have a pronounced appearance. The Flirt! gloss has the same thick texture of Plain Jane Beauty's Sweet Coral but it's glossier. The cleaning process is as convenient with this brush as it is for High Style.
- Downside: Be careful with turning the gloss too many times. Once it squeezes out, there's nothing you can do but wipe the brush off like lotion.
- Overall Rating: 4
* Ratings are based on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best.
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Largesse is extreme generosity. If your neighbors bring you an expensive watch from Switzerland because you fed their cat while they were traveling, thank them for their largesse.
Though pronounced "lar JESS," the word largesse looks sort of like largeness. That's an easy way to remember what largesse means: think of it as largeness of spirit. Largesse can describe the generosity of someone giving gifts, or it can describe the gift itself. You could dispense largess by buying your brother a flashy car from your lottery winnings.
Definitions of largesse
n liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
- Synonyms:
- largess, magnanimity, munificence, openhandedness
- Type of:
liberality, liberalness
the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament


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I am trying to understand a proof of a variant of the Riesz representation theorem.
Consider a linear functional $l$ on the space of continuous functions on $[0,1]$. Assume further that $l(f)\ge 0$ when $f\ge0$ on $[0,1]$.
We are going to define a function $F(u)$ on $[0,1]$ that will be used to construct a Lebesgue-Stieltjes measure. Define a collection of auxiliary functions $f_\epsilon(x,u)$ so they are $1$ on $[0,u]$, $0$ on $[u+\epsilon, 1]$, and linearly interpolated between those two intervals. The graph from left to right of such a function is a horizontal line with $y=1$, a downward sloping line, and then a horizontal line along 0.
Define $$F(u)=\lim_{\epsilon\rightarrow 0}\ l(f_\epsilon(x,u)).$$
We see that $F$ is increasing, and as shown in the answers, right-continuous. Why do we have
$$l(f)=\int_0^1 f(x)\ dF(x)$$
where the above is a Lebesgue integral.


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When a small quantity of nickel is added to an iron-based alloy, the new material can retain its original from temperatures ranging from -196°C to 240°C.
Toshihiro Omori, lead author at the Tohoku University's Department of Materials Science, said that the innovative alloy is more elastic compared to other superelastic alloys, which do not have the potential to recover their original shape outside the -20°C to 80°C range.
The new material has temperature insensitivity and is cheaper than other competitive alloys. It could prove suitable for large-scale applications and may be utilized in environments that are continuously exposed to very high temperatures. The applications of the ferrous alloy include controls and joints in spacecraft, airplanes and cars.
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Last week, the House voted overwhelmingly to pass an energy efficiency bill similar to a proposal currently floating around the Senate since last year, except the Senate bill does more.
The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act (formerly the Better Buildings Act) passed by a whopping 375 to 36. The bill pertains to energy conservation in commercial buildings and the private sector.
Ben Adler asks this question in his recent article on the bill in Grist, "So why did House Republicans do something even the most ardent environmentalists can applaud? According to the bill's sponsors and environmental activists, there are three reasons: (1) the bill focuses on energy efficiency rather than on environmental protection as such; (2) there is no spending in the bill; and (3) the bill places no requirements on businesses."
Basically, Republicans are willing to pass laws that don't put them in a position of having to compromise and they are dogmatic about not supporting anything that openly portends to protect the environment.
The passage of the EEIA law by the House will face amendments in the Senate that will be objectionable to Republicans, because it goes further toward actually helping the environment, says a report in the Heritage Foundation.
Meanwhile, environmentalists are applauding the House bill, even if H.R. 2126 is only a baby step.
The Natural Resources and Development Council says the bill will do the following;
- Create a "Tenant Star" program, modeled on Energy Star, which would establish best practices for efficiency in commercial tenant spaces and set up a voluntary certification system.
- Require federal agencies to adopt best practices to minimize electricity consumption by information technology, especially data servers.
- Require federally leased buildings without Energy Star labels to benchmark and disclose energy usage data.
Nonetheless, House Republicans recently passed a bill blocking Obama's linchpin Climate Action Plan rules to reduce emissions from new coal powered plants, but it faces an uphill battle in the Senate and the White House has said it would be vetoed if it were to pass.
Furthermore, this week House Republicans have renewed their attack on the Environmental Protection Agency's rules to use the Clean Air Act to require new carbon-capture technology be included in new-plant construction.
Rules for existing coal plants that have been pumping pollution laden with hazardous toxic particulates along with dirty C02 emissions for decades will be released this summer.
According to an ABC report, Republicans rail against Obama's so-called "War on Coal" by calling the administration's goal of reducing coal-related emissions "one of the most extreme regulations of the Obama administration," "[which would] make it impossible to build a new coal-fired power plant in America," said Ed Whitfield, Republican from the coal state of Kentucky.
Such hyperbole is the mainstay of every Republican argument, say critics, because adding carbon-capture technology shouldn't be conflated with making it "impossible" to build new plants.
Moreover, there aren't any known plans to build a single new coal-powered plant across the nation as competition from cheaper natural gas heats up.
Critics believe the GOP is a draconian, self-absorbed bunch, so unwilling to see past their own agenda that even this week's chilling Pentagon report on the threat of climate change to national security has not bumped them from their perch on top of climate-denier cliff.
A few baby steps on the road to curbing greenhouse gases will do in the face of that or nothing, but the US needs to lead on bolder and more aggressive action to reign in the destruction, cost, toll in human lives and impacts on national security that will be brought by increasingly extreme climate anomalies.


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Theodore Eugene Hazelwood
Position: T-DT
Height: 6-1 Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: April 25, 1924 in Silverwood, IN
Died: February 27, 2005 in Bellingham, WA
High School: Frankfort
College: Purdue, North Carolina (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 16th round (144th overall) of the 1946 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)


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According to the Gita Equanimity is the Goal to Achieve in Life
According to my understanding is that we Humans do not know what is going on inside!
This question is crucial to ask yourself:
What is going on?
We all are very well aware what is going on outside. There is so much information there on the internet and the people we meet now days are very knowledgeable.
But, what is going on inside?
There I am puzzled most of the time. The confusion I collect from the outside is affecting my inside and this creates a problem for me.
I now know that my inner world is exactly creating the outside. So my next thought is; if my inner world is disturbed, I will consequently also be disturbed in the outer world.
It sounds so easy; I totally relax my body and consequently my mind and the peace I find there is so vast that it penetrates everything I come in contact with.
Here Coherency is a word to remember.
What I talk, I have to practice!
There are too many people in the world who talk very sweet, but their practice is of different nature.
So what is the lesson to learn here?
1. we need to be calm and relaxed to face any situation.
2. equanimity means to be dis-attached from pain and joy, from loss and gain
3. instant conflict resolution
4. freedom in immediacy of perception
Put yourself first, this is not an egotistical thought. It means that if you are in peace – always – the world is also in peace.
It is that simple.
George/centreoflight Friday, November 06, 2009 9.22 A.M.


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Canada Doesn't like BPA
Canada has declared Bisphenol A, a chemical is used to make polycarbonate bottles, as dangerous—is a ban next? TreeHugger is on it:
Martin Mittelstaedt of the Globe and Mail writes "Independent researchers in dozens of studies have linked trace BPA exposures in animal and test-tube experiments to conditions involving hormone imbalances, including breast and prostate cancer, early puberty and changes in brain structure, particularly for exposures during key points of fetal or early neonatal development.BPA is quite the crown prince of bad news. Just get a load of all this:
Until now, regulators in other countries have accepted the industry's assertion that BPA is harmless at the tiny, parts-per-billion type exposures from canned food and plastic beverage containers. A part per billion is roughly equal to one blade of grass on a football field, although natural hormones such as estrogen are active at far lower concentrations, around a part per trillion."
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