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For a European noon feast at $32++ per person
Inspired by the rustic charm of the French countryside, Cocotte whips up fare that is French, fresh and seasonal. Portions are generous, and the décor whimsical. Its weekday-only three-course set lunch ($32++ per person) is a worthy choice – start with a fresh garden salad, then choose from one of three mains. We like the moules frite (live blue mussels cooked in a mix of white wine, garlic and parsley) served with fries. For dessert, we recommend the chocolate mousse, made from Valrhona araguani chocolate and served with Chantilly and brandied cherries. Coffee or tea is served after.
Book a table here | Address: 2 Dickson Road, Wanderlust Hotel | Opening hours: Mon-Sat noon-2.30pm; Mon-Thu 6.30-10.30pm; Fri-Sat 6.30-11pm
Ding Dong
For Asian-fusion signatures at $35++ per person
Apart from the obvious oriental vogue that sweeps through this Ann Siang inhabitant, Ding Dong lures with its comprehensive three-course set lunch menu ($35++ per person) – complete with a glass of wine or a pint of Singha beer and unlimited servings of rice. For starters, the kingfish sashimi with picked daikon, wasabi and yuzu dressing stands out, and we recommend the tender 48-hour beef cheek rendang with rice puree and crispy herbs as a main. For dessert, try their modern interpretation of the Malacca chendol or a serving of lemon brioche with pink guava ice cream.
Book a table here | Address: 23 Ann Siang Road | Opening hours: Mon-Sat 6pm-midnight
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ETNA Italian Restaurant
For home-style Italian lunch at $16.80++ per person
This Italian ristorante is a slightly upscale establishment that serves affordable Sicilian dishes. Its well-priced two-course set lunch ($16.80++ per person) incorporates authentic favourites, with a potato and leek soup for starters, followed by squid ink tonnarelli with calamari and garlic for mains. There's also the option of coffee or tea to round off your afternoon.
Book a table here | Address: 49/50 Duxton Road | Opening hours: Daily noon-2.30pm, 6-10.30pm
Salt Tapas and Bar
For well-crafted variety and flavours at $33.50++ per person
A stellar choice for those working in the Ciy Hall area, this celebrity chef (Luke Mangan) restaurant incorporates various cuisine styles, but mainly Spanish with an Australian twist. Its three-course lunch set menu ($33.50++ per person) is thoughtful and caters to all tastes – kingfish sashimi and taco of tempura prawn being two of the five entrees and for mains, the sumac spiced veal and pork meatballs is a good choice. The meal can be topped-up with a side of patatas bravas (fried potatoes), chopped salad or sweet potatoes. Finish with a dessert or a cheese plate.
Book a table here | Address: 252 North Bridge Road, #01-22A Raffles City Shopping Centre | Opening hours: Mon-Fri 11.30am-10pm; Sat 11.30am-10.30pm; Sun & PH 11.30am-9.30pm
Sumiya Charcoal Grill Izakaya
For extremely affordable Japanese sets at $12.80++ per person
Take the elevator up to Orchard Central, level 12, for this Japanese eatery that has a communal dining concept – long tables surrounded by simple padded stools. The lunch menu sports a series of sets that is ideal for a quick meal, with the most eye-catching being the Kagoshima wagyu beef steak set (premium beef steak served with chawanmushi, Japanese pickles, soba-styled salad, rice and miso soup, $28.80). Do book a table and arrive early, as there is only six of this particular set daily. Cheaper, but still as good is the sashimi goma chazuke set (three kinds of sashimi on rice with dashi tea to pour over, miso soup, salad, pickles and chawanmushi, $12.80).
Book a table here | Address: 181 Orchard Road, #12-02 Orchard Central | Opening hours: Daily noon-3pm, 6.30-10.30pm
The Song of India
For quality Indian choices in a grand setting at $29.90++ per person
Being seated in this restaurant is like tasting royalty, with a grand interior decked with polished china and cushy armchairs. When it comes to the gourmet lunch buffet ($29.90++ per person), there's no doubt you'll have your fill of North Indian cuisine. Items like tandoori chicken, lamb curry and chicken tikka masala are house signatures, pairing well with the free flow naan and fragrant biryani. For those who drive, there's also free parking within.
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Logitech has unveiled a new product called the Logitech Mobile Speakerphone P710e. Logitech promises that the compact speakerphone offers enterprise-quality audio for conversations for business or home users. The mobile speakerphone is designed to allow users to set up an instant conference room for group conversations just about anywhere they happen to be.


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A fascinating mini-lecture about words connected with electricity. If you're fascinated by etymology (origins of words) you'll love this!
Dr. Diane Shubinsky explains three Academic Reading Skills: Main Ideas, Cause & Effect and Inference.
www.engvid.com Instructions on how to understand what you read in English. We call this Reading Comprehension.
An IELTS academic reading by www.aehelp.com. This video is part 1 — key strategies and practice before the test. It teaches important concepts for IELTS reading section. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WorldESLTutors. This video is a part in a series that teaches the steps necessary to achieve a high score, between 7 to 9, on the IETLS reading section questions. The series is separated into three sections: 1. Introduction with Example, 2. Key Strategies and Planning, 3. Specific question strategies. This series will teach you the skills that will help you to reach success on this question in the 60 minute time limit. Follow the instructions carefully and make sure to practice. It is important to try different types of question for the reading, so you can think quickly and logically. Practice will help with speed and comprehension of reading. Enjoy.
An introduction to this tricky question type: Yes/No/Not Given (or True/False/Not Given).
Although it's not directly applicable to the IELTS test, this introduction to reading academic articles will get you off on the right foot.
How to read and analyze academic research. Very good for anyone reading outside their normal sphere of expertise.
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Samsung introduces 30" widescreen LCD monitor
Samsung Electronics America yesterday introduced SyncMaster 305T, a widescreen, high-resolution 30" LCD monitor. The 305T features a 16:10 widescreen design and 2560x1600 resolution for a variety of professional applications including medical, engineering, control rooms, CAD, graphics and design, and desktop publishing.
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Advantage Credit Counseling Service has a "white paper" out that purports to reveal what a certified credit counseling agency can do for you.
Credit counselors have good programs that are best suited to people who are behind on their bills but can afford at least the regular monthly payment plus continue to save both for retirement and emergencies.
What struck me as odd was the statement they made that their services can "Protect Your Retirement Funds."
Here is where consumers need to be best educated about the pros and cons of a credit counseling program.
You should not assume that a credit counseling program alone will protect or improve your retirement situation unless you can continue to afford to invest while paying off your debt.
If you enroll in a credit counseling program and divert your available monthly funds towards repayment instead of investing it can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost retirement income. That does not seem like a protection of retirement.
Don't believe me? You can use the debt repayment calculator below to see how making repayments instead of getting back to investing for retirement can cost you dearly in lost retirement revenue.
Debt Repayment Calculator
This calculator demonstrates the future retirement financial loss you may experience when electing to repay your debt with an extended repayment program offered by creditors, credit counseling or debt settlement, rather than intervene on your debt with solutions like bankruptcy which terminate the debt quickly and allow you to resume saving again for retirement.
The calculator solves two problems.
Cost of Payment Plan in Retirement Dollars: This is the value of the retirement funds that you could have invested rather than repay your debt through an extended repayment program.
Future Lost Retirement Value: This is the amount you will lose in retirement from entering into a repayment plan to deal with your debt.
If you want to just see the amount lost from the payment plan, leave the "Monthly Payment After Payment Plan" box at 0.
Here is an example:
Current Age: 25
Monthly Payment: 300
Monthly Payment After Payment Plan: 0
Length of Payment Plan: 5
Rate of Return: 10
Estimated Retirement Age: 70
Cost of Payment Plan in Retirement Dollars = $23,231.12
Retirement Cost of Payment Plan = $1,247,526.55
What This All Means
If you elected to pursue some other solution, like bankruptcy, to discharge your debt quickly, you would not make monthly payments into an extended repayment plan. Those funds could instead be used to save towards retirement.
In this example, if our 25 year old debtor decided to enter into a credit counseling or debt settlement program they would repay their debt but that plan would cost them $23,231.12 in retirement funds that would be worth $1,247,526.55 when they eventually retired.
The purpose of this calculator is to not talk you out of credit counseling or debt settlement but to assist you to make a more informed decision about the future costs to you.
Current Age: Enter your current age.
Monthly Payment: Enter monthly payment of debt plan.
Monthly Payment After Payment Plan: Enter any payment you expect to make on a monthly basis into your retirement plan after you get out of debt. Leave this as 0 if you just want to see the future cost of lost retirement from a repayment plan.
Length of Payment Plan: Enter the number of years the repayment plan will take.
Rate of Return: Enter the rate of return you anticipate your retirement plan to have. Keep in mind that a good stock index mutual fund can return 10% or more.
Estimated Retirement Age Age: The age you anticipate retiring at.
And if you don't think worrying about saving for retirement is important, please read The Saddest Avoidable Mistake People Make When Getting Out of Debt.
Why This is Important
Government data shows 41 percent of Americans aged 55-64 have no retirement savings account.
For those in this age group who do have a retirement account, the median account balance is only $103,200. In addition, an increasing number of Americans are retiring without pensions.
The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) finds that 44 percent of baby boomers will fall short of adequate retirement income for basic expenses and uninsured health care costs.
Women, in particular, have an increased likelihood of outliving assets due to, among other things, lower savings and lower private pension coverage. – Source
You don't want to wind up broke in retirement.
As far as protecting retirement funds the one option that legally does that, they appear to fail to mention.
They also say they can also "end collection calls." But the only option I'm aware of that both legally protects retirement funds and requires collectors to stop calling is a consumer bankruptcy. Why don't they mention that as one of the positive options available?
It's just my opinion but for a "white paper" that helps to explain to people what a certified credit counselor can do it sure omits some important options, including debt settlement for those that have the resources to settle now.
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Sled Kite
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Grade Levels: 2-4
Publication Year: 2002
Product Number: EG-2002-06-105-HQ
Subjects: History, Physical Science
In this activity, students build a sled kite that models a type of airfoil called a parawing. The parawing depends on the movement of air over its shape to generate a lifting force. Students keep a journal on the behavior of the kite when variables are changed.
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This morning I found myself being awoken by God at about 5 AM and it was an amazing time as I sat there and God revealed some stuff to my heart. I wanted to share this with you as many of you may be struggling during this holiday season; whether you're struggling because of health reasons, financial, or perhaps relationship issues we need to be reminded how loving our God is and that he never leaves our side.
I found myself recently in the past 6 months allowing a client to stealing consume the joy that the Lord is given me, allowed her to affect how I feel, how I react and even some of the thought processes that were coming through my head. As I sat there at 5 AM listening to the Christmas Carol Joy to the World it became clearly evident that I had allowed a circumstance/person to affect the joy that the Lord has given me.
How many times he be found yourself consumed by the circumstances of life and allowed the circumstances to control your joy or perhaps your piece. Has the circumstances of life change your mindset, stolen your hope or cause conflict in relationships, marriages.
The one thing we need to remember as Christians no matter what life throws at us our God never changes, never changes. What happens during these times in our lives we allow the circumstances are people to change what we know to be truth. We don't do this intentionally I just think it's natural that circumstances and our surroundings can affect us. We need to remember that the enemy prowls around like a roaring lion waiting to devour us, waiting for those moments of weakness where he can attack the mind. The key to overcoming this is a recognizing what is happening recognizing that these distractions need to happen otherwise he loses. The amazing part of all this in the dynamics that we face in the mind and in the spiritual aspect of our live is we already winners.
According to the Scriptures God tells us we are victorious and him, if he is in us.
As I sat there this morning knowing that so many changes have happened in the past 6 months of my life I knew that this was an attack. I knew the impact I can have on people's lives, the fact that I am a light to those around me, that I bring joy and encouragement to those around me so why when the enemy attack that I just had to realize this morning in that quiet time listening to a Christmas Carol after being awoken by the Lord that I needed that joy back in my life. I knew in that moment that I had to just cry out to the Lord fill me with your joy, let me be that light again and as the tears were shed the joy returned.
I know during Christmas especially these days with everything happening around us the dynamics of our nation and the economy, the illnesses the things that happen to people that possibly shouldn't happen in our eyes become we can say more evident during this time of year. This time of year we see a lot of people taking their lives, giving up, taking the lives of others, walking away from marriages and just giving up.
My challenge to you today is that you will find that still quiet time whether it's at 5 AM or the middle of the day and listen to the song joy to the world and listen closely to the words in the song:
Joy to the world the Lord has come!
Let Earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare him room,
and heaven and nature Sing,
and heaven and nature Sing,
and heaven, and heaven, and heaven and nature Sing.
Joy to the world, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
while Fields and floods, rocks, Hills and Plains
repeat the sounding Joy,
repeat the sounding Joy,
repeat, repeat, the sounding Joy
no more let sin and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground;
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as, the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the Nations prove
the glories of his righteousness,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders, wonders, of his love
So if you take a minute and really think about these words, it will bring great joy to us knowing that with reason were celebrating Christmas is because our Savior was sent for us who loves us unconditionally, and wants the best for each and every one of us according to Jeremiah 29:11-13:
For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord.
They are plans for good and not for disaster to give you a hope.
In those days when you pray, I will listen
if you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
So my encouragement to you today is to go back to the joy that you know, cry out to the Lord and ask him to restore that joy and he will be faithful to respond. Make this the most amazing time of year where you can share with others your faith in Christ and let them see that through circumstances you have a hope and a piece that surpasses all understanding.


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Any number of body functions, substances, and medical conditions can cause the muscle walls of the blood vessels to narrow and constrict. This constriction is known as vasoconstriction.
Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular walls of the vessels, particularly the large arteries, small arterioles and veins. The process is particularly important in staunching hemorrhage and acute blood loss.
Vasoconstriction is triggered by stimulation of vasomotor constriction center in the medulla. Impulses from this center travel along sympathetic nerve fibers and cause contraction of the smooth muscle layers of arteries, arterioles, and to a lesser extent venules and veins bringing about constriction of these vessels.
Vasoconstriction is also induced by vasomotor pressure reflexes, chemicals reflex, the medullary is chemic reflex, and impulses from the cerebral cortex and the hypothalamus.
When blood vessels constrict, the flow of blood is restricted or decreased, thus retaining body heat or increasing vascular resistance.
Vasoconstriction is one mechanism by which the body regulates and maintains mean arterial pressure.
Substances causing vasoconstriction are called vasoconstriction are called vasoconstrictors. Generalized vasoconstriction usually results in an increase in systemic blood pressure, but it may also occur in specific tissues causing a localized reduction in blood flow.
The extent of vasoconstriction may be slight or severe depending on the substance or circumstance.
The mechanism that leads to vasoconstriction results from the increased concentration of calcium within vascular smooth muscle cells. However, the specific mechanism for generating an increased intracellular concentration of calcium depends on the vasoconstrictor.
Two common stimuli for eliciting smooth muscle contraction are circulating epinephrine and activation of the sympathetic nervous system that directly innervates the muscle.
Causes of vasoconstriction can vary. Both internal forces as well as exterior variables may induce the response. Vasoconstrictors are different chemical compounds that can trigger the condition. These can be in the form of medications, such as ADHD treatment stimulants, amphetamines, caffeine, antihistamines, and decongestants.
Vasoconstriction can also occur if a person is exposed to severe cold.
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partner for Web-based software development firm 37signals. Joining the company in 2003, he has helped develop Basecamp, Campfire, Backpack and other Web-based applications. Working in similar ways like Web-based e-mail services like Yahoo!
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received his bachelor's degree from the Copenhagen Business School in 2005. In that same year, he moved to Chicago and received Hacker of the Year honors for his work on Ruby on Rails from Google and O'Reilly Media. He runs a blog called
Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in high technology companies and management. He is a Consulting Professor at Stanford in the Graduate School of Engineering STVP Program.
Steve has been a founder or participant in eight Silicon Valley startups since 1978. His last company, E.piphany, started in his living room. His other startups include two semiconductor companies (Zilog and MIPS Computers), a workstation
company (Convergent Technologies), a supercomputer firm (Ardent), a computer peripheral supplier (SuperMac), a military intelligence systems supplier (ESL) and a video game company (Rocket Science Games). Steve is on the board of
CafePress.com, an on-line marketplace, and IMVU, a 3D IM social network. Steve was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Coastal Commission and is the Chairman of Audubon California and on the board of the Peninsula
Open Space Trust (POST.) His Google Tech talk, "The Secret History of Silicon Valley" (available on YouTube) is one of the definitive views on the early history of innovation in Silicon Valley. Steve teaches entrepreneurship and a
methodology of managing marketing, sales and business development in high technology startups. His course text "Four Steps to the Epiphany" is the definitive work on Customer Development and is one of the foundations of Lean
For more than 20 years, filmmaker, music producer, and creative visionary QD3 has been producing hits and influencing culture. QD3 was born in London and raised in Stockholm, Sweden where he got his start in Hip Hop by
touring as a break-dancer. With many gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums and singles to his name, QD3's success spreads to Rap, R&B and Pop. In addition to his many hits with artists such as Tupac, Ice Cube, and L.L. Cool J, he
has composed award-winning musical scores for film and TV projects such as Menace II Society, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Training Day. In 1999, QD3 started a documentary production
company, QD3 Entertainment, focused on chronicling the many dimensions of urban culture, garnering both commercial success and critical acclaim for titles such as the multi-platinum selling Tupac Shakur biopic, Thug
Angel; the BEEF series; and most recently, the Lil' Wayne (Sundance) biopic, The Carter. In June 2006, QD3 went on to form QD3 Digital to take advantage of the technology explosion of broadband video, user
generated content, video on demand, and mobile platforms. In 2009, QD3 Digital will be launching two web-based entertainment properties, qd3.com and ehustle.com. Early 2010 will follow with the launch of its first XBox and PS3 video game,
Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, in partnership with Genius Products, Numark, and Akai.
Weighing in at 150 lbs, is Mark Pincus, frenetic visionary of Zynga. His DNA is one strand entrepreneur and one strand competitive gamer. Mark founded Tribe.net (www.tribe.net), one of the first social networks in 2003.
Prior to Tribe, he was the founder and CEO of SupportSoft (Nasdaq: SPRT), the world's leading provider of support automation software. Prior to SupportSoft, Mark co-founded Freeloader, the first consumer push information
Dr. Craig Barrett recently stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation, a post he held from May 2005 to May 2009. He is a leading advocate for improving education in the U.S. and around the world. He is
also a vocal spokesman for the value technology can provide in raising social and economic standards globally. Dr. Barrett joined Intel Corporation in 1974 as a technology development manager. He was named a vice president of the
corporation in 1984, promoted to Senior Vice President in 1987, and Executive Vice President in 1990. Dr. Barrett was elected to Intel Corporation's Board of Directors in 1992 and he was named the company's Chief Operating Officer in 1993.
He became Intel's fourth President in May 1997, Chief Executive Officer in 1998, and Chairman of the Board on May 18, 2005. Craig Barrett was born August 29, 1939 in San Francisco, California. He attended Stanford University in Palo Alto,
California from 1957 to 1964, and received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science. After graduation, he joined the faculty of Stanford University in the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, and remained through 1974, rising to the rank of Associate Professor. Dr. Barrett was a Fulbright Fellow at Danish Technical University in Denmark in 1972 and a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Physical Laboratory in
England from 1964 to 1965. Dr. Barrett is the author of over 40 technical papers dealing with the influence of microstructure on the properties of materials, and a textbook on materials science, Principles of Engineering
Materials. Dr. Barrett served until June, 2009 as Chairman of the United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development, which works to bring computers and other technology to developing
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As Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Sun, Greg Papadopoulos directs the company's approximate $2B in R&D portfolio with an eye toward innovation, simplicity, and
eco-responsibility. With more than 20 years experience in the technology industry, Papadopoulos is responsible for managing Sun's technology decisions and architecture. His team leads Sun Labs, the DARPA High Performance Computing Systems
program, global engineering architecture, and advanced development programs. Passionate about technology and its possibilities, Papadopoulos supports open development models that stimulate communication, creativity, and innovation, which
he promotes through his blog, Greg Matter, as well as numerous speaking engagements. During his tenure with Sun, Papadopoulos has held several positions, including Vice President of Technology and Advanced Development for the company's
systems business, Chief Scientist for Server Systems Engineering, and Chief Scientist for Enterprise Servers and Storage. Before joining Sun in 1994, Papadopoulos was a senior architect and director of product strategy for Thinking
Machines, where he led the design of the CM6 massively parallel supercomputer. Papadopoulos was an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, where he conducted research in scalable systems, multi
threaded/data flow processor architecture, functional and declarative languages, and fault-tolerant computing. Papadopoulos also worked as a development engineer at Hewlett-Packard and Honeywell, where he designed flight-control systems
for Boeing jetliners. He co-founded three companies: PictureTel (video conferencing), Ergo (high-end PCs) and Exa Corporation (computational fluid dynamics). Papadopoulos participates in several associations, including serving as Chairman
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Eric Ries is the author of the blog Lessons Learned. He was the co-founder and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU, his third startup. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young
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Robin Li is the Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Baidu, Inc., and oversees the company's overall strategy and business operations. Since founding Baidu in January 2000, Li has turned the company into
the largest Chinese search engine, with over 70% market share, and the third largest independent search engine in the world. In 2005, Baidu completed its successful IPO on NASDAQ, and in 2007 it became the first Chinese company to be
included in the NASDAQ-100 Index. Prior to Baidu, Li was already regarded as one of the world's top search engine experts. His hyperlink analysis, patented in 1996, is among the inventions that shaped today's search engine technology. Li
worked as a staff engineer for Infoseek, a pioneer Internet search engine company, from July 1997 to December 1999, and as a senior consultant for IDD Information Services from May 1994 to June 1997. Robin Li received a Bachelor of Science
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Steve Westly is the Founder and a Managing Partner of the Westly Group. He formerly served as the Controller and Chief Fiscal Officer of the state of California - the world's sixth largest economy. As Controller, he
chaired the State Lands Commission and served on 63 other boards and commissions, including CalPERS and CalSTRS, the nation's two largest public pension funds, which together invest more than $350 billion. During his four-year term, Westly
spearheaded innovative tax programs that helped close the State's budget deficit and also led an effort to commit more than $1 billion to clean technology investments. Before running for office, Westly helped guide the online auction
company eBay through its period of most rapid growth, serving as the Senior Vice President of Marketing, Business Development, M&A and International. Westly helped bring eBay to Europe and Asia and developed the marketing and
acquisition strategies that paved the path for the firm's exponential growth. He began his career in Washington, D.C., first working on Capitol Hill and later in the Office of Conservation and Solar at the U.S. Department of Energy. Westly
returned to California to become special assistant to the President of the California Public Utilities Commission. While there, he published two books on alternative energy and the utilities. He?s also held senior positions at Sprint
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Foundation, which provides education and health care services for children and underserved communities throughout California.
Jeff Hawkins is the Founder of Numenta, but he is also well known as the co-founder of two companies, Palm and Handspring, and as the architect of many computing products, such as the PalmPilot and the Treo smartphone.
Throughout his life Hawkins has also had a deep interest in neuroscience and theories of the neocortex. His interest in the brain led him to create the non-profit Redwood Neuroscience Institute (RNI), a scientific organization focused on
understanding how the human neocortex processes information. While at RNI, Hawkins developed a theory of neocortex which appeared in his 2004 book, On Intelligence. Along with Dileep George and Donna Dubinsky, Hawkins
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That shiny and new Control4 touchpad has been installed, and you've been using it to run your home entertainment system. It dims the lights. And maybe you've even got it programmed to open and close the shades, if for no other reason than because you can. But when the novelty wears off, you might wonder, "What else can my Control4 do?" That's where Control4's 4Store comes in. Taking a page out of Apple's App Store playbook, Control4 has filled its 4Store with useful and entertaining applications that can greatly expand the capabilities of your control panel.
The 4Store has only been open since late June, but the list of apps keeps growing everyday. Control4 took some time at the 2010 CEDIA Expo to highlight some of the latest offerings in the 4Store. An Internet Radio app streams radio stations from across the web and across the world. Users can keep a list of favorite and local stations, and the "Now Playing" bar on the Control4 panel allows for volume control and the ability to control different audio zones throughout the home.
If you're a sports fan with a particularly busy College Football Saturday, or you need to keep up with your Fantasy roster on Sunday, the 4Store has a new Multi-Screen "Video Wall" app. From the comfort of your armchair, and with the touch of a button on the Control4 touchscreen, the Video Wall allows for simultaneous control of up to seven video screens. The app allows the viewer to select the stations to be viewed, and can set a default station for each screen. With full control of each screen via one Control4 remote, you'll have no trouble displaying just the right mix of games.
The 4Store also has a new app for energy management. The app provides real-time energy usage statistics from any television or Control4 screen, as well as remote access at Eragy. The app gives users the ability to automatically control HVAC systems, based on their own preferences or through custom options based on the time of day.
The 4Store also has the My Energy app that will work for consumers with a TED 5000 energy monitoring device. My Energy offers the Dashboard, where users can see their home's price per KwH, cost per hour, and other current power usage. The Electricity Use feature offers historical data and graphical representations of energy consumption.
Control4 owners that want to take conservation a step further can do so with the My Yard Sprinkler app. Users can set watering schedules, and, for the first time, the Control4 interface will include support for irrigation.
If security is foremost on your mind, lock manufacturers Kwikset, Yale, and Baldwin have developed apps for the Control4 that allow homeowners to lock and unlock doors, manage access codes, and view status reports from their Control4 panels. A new Vacation app can automatically control lighting and audiovisual equipment, and adjust shades at various intervals to trick the bad guys into thinking your home is occupied.
The 4Store works with Control 4's OS 2.0 and ships with every new controller or touchscreen. A variety of entertainment apps are also available, including Twitter, Facebook, games, news headlines, and live webcams. For more information about the 4Store Marketplace visit 4Store or call 888.400.4070.


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The Tuesday, April 29 episode of "Supernatural," 9x20, "Bloodlines," introduces a potential spin-off about Chicago and its monsters – and this city is ruled by five monster families. Ennis gets pulled into the hunting world when his girlfriend is killed just because he chooses the wrong place and time to propose to her, and after that, plus what we see at the end, he's not backing down.
Because there are so many more characters in "Bloodlines" than "Supernatural" – we get introduced to multiple members of two monster families, plus Ennis just in this backdoor pilot – it's no surprise it's an episode without a lot of Sam and Dean, but honestly, there's less of them in it than expected. Most of the episode is spent introducing these new characters and this new monster-ruled world of Chicago and setting up the relationships that would play out if the CW orders it to series. In fact, we only get a couple of lines about what's been going on all season for Sam and Dean, as Cas gets a line on Metatron, so they have to leave.
As stated above, Ennis is almost immediately pulled into the monster world, as first he gets a look at a monster thanks to a mirror at the fancy restaurant he chooses for his proposal and then when a fight in the back room monster bar spills out onto the street after he takes his girlfriend to the ferry stop because they met on a ferry. After shapeshifter Sal and werewolf Julian exchange a few barbs – "And I want to eat Taylor Swift's heart, but we can't all get what we want," the latter says – and Julian leaves, a clawed figure attacks. Sal stumbles over to the two humans outside, says he's sorry to David and he didn't have a choice, and Tamara pays the price with her life.
Shapeshifter David may be living life as a human and may have left the family business behind, but he still uses his abilities to his advantage to get test answers and sell them – until his sister calls him home about their brother's death. Margo's ready to go to war, while David is the one to suggest that Julian might not be responsible. Margo's response? To tell him that his ex is getting married to seal a deal with New York wolves – and from what we see of her relationship with her brother Julian, that's all he thinks Violet is good for when she catches him meeting with a djinn.
Sam and Dean enter the scene as FBI agents who don't want to go into detail about why they're interested in a stabbing, and when Ennis tells them the thing that killed his girlfriend wasn't human, Dean tells him there's no such thing as monsters…only to then later save him from one in the monster bar. Sam gets to be the one to give him the talk while Dean explores the cabinets of the bar (blood, meet, bag labeled Susan), and then they tell Ennis to stay out of it while they take care of business.
Ennis does not leave it alone, and besides finding silver bullets with etching on them in his father's belongings, he uses the little knowledge he got from the Winchesters to be able to tell that Freddie isn't Freddie and is a shifter (David, to be specific). "It's kind of all in the name," David says to explain what he is, and so begins their attempts to out-one-line each other as the shifter explains about the monster families and how a war would mean both human and monster blood. David escapes, but he, Ennis, Sam and Dean all convene when the clawed figure attacks the shifter when he's visiting Violet – and takes the werewolf.
Sam and Dean too get the rundown on Chicago, and while they're busy tracking Violet's phone, she finds out that it's just a guy who made himself some Edward Scissorhands claws whose son was "killed by an animal attack." He's trying to start a war so the monsters kill each other. Then, as if the parallels weren't clear enough, the two guys who lost their girlfriends to the supernatural world and the two guys with one-liners ready partner up to search for Violet, and because of their forbidden romance, David is taken and hung up next to his ex. She wolfs out when the guy attacks David, and David then stops him from killing the human. However, when the guy then tries to get Ennis on his side, the newbie says, "I only see one monster here" and shoots him, getting off to a great start in his new hunting life.
David brings Violet home, and when he comments on Sal's last words Ennis told him, we get a flashback. See, a few years ago, when David left the monster life behind, he and Violet were supposed to run away together, and it had been her plan. However, what he doesn't know is that Sal found her when she showed up to meet David and gave her the whole "he's my brother, it's my job to protect him" (hey, it's "Supernatural," what did you expect?) and talked about keeping bloodlines pure. Either she could leave alone alive, or he'd kill her if she tried to stay. Love doesn't matter in their worlds, not for Sal, at least. After he and Violet part with a kiss, David returns home and his ailing father tells him that he has to stop Margo from starting a war, so David returns to the family.
Although Sam and Dean drop Ennis at home and promise to send hunters to take care of the monsters, Ennis doesn't walk away, and as the episode ends, he receives a call from someone warning him that if he starts hunting, monsters will kill him. "Dad?" Ennis asks in disbelief, as his father was supposed to have been killed in the line of duty.
So would this work as a series? Right now, there are just too many similarities to "Supernatural," from Ennis and David as the new Sam and Dean, to Ennis' girlfriend being killed, and then with Ennis' father calling him. It seems too much like the ending is setting up Ennis' search for his father being the storyline of the first season, with a side of monster families doing business/starting a war and Ennis teaming up with David sometimes to protect the city/stop a war. However, while the storyline seems a bit iffy, some of the characters are entertaining, especially Nathaniel Buzolic's David, and Lucien Laviscount's Ennis seems to be a good fit for the hunter role. Unfortunately, it just doesn't seem like something that would be a weekly success, at least not with what's in the episode "Bloodlines."
"Supernatural" season 9 airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on the CW. What did you think of "Bloodlines"? Do you want to see it as its own show?
Suggested Links
- 'Supernatural' season 9 episode 21 preview: The angel war and the First Blade
- 'Supernatural' season 9 spoilers: Angels attacked and Dean and the First Blade
- 'The Vampire Diaries' 5x20 sneak peek: Can Stefan keep his secret from Damon?
- 'Revenge' season 3 episode 21 preview: What happened to Charlotte?
- 'Orphan Black' 'Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion' review: A new day


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The following excerpt of Section 10 is taken from the August 1942 version of AR 850-5.
Since we had discussed markings and or no markings, I thought this paragraph I highlighted in blue, was very appropriate as to friendly fire issues.
10. Unit markings.—Gasoline solvent paint or paint as prescribed by the War Department will be used.
a. Unit markings.—National symbol.
(1) A white five-pointed star will be the national symbol of all motor vehicles assigned to tactical units. Administrative motor vehicles operating in an active theater of operations will be similarly marked when directed by the theater commander.
(2) The size of the national symbol will be determined for each type of motor vehicle and will be large enough to take advantage of the surface upon which to be painted. See figures 1 to 34.
(3) Whenever requirements for camouflage and concealment outweigh the requirements for recognition, the national symbol may be covered by lusterless olive-drab gasoline solvent paint, camouflage nets, oil and dirt, etc., or will be removed.


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text: Faculty Profile Picture Eric Palson Adjunct Lecturer Education B.A., Communications, Loyola College Emerson College, Dept. of New Media MBA, Babson College Academic Division Technology, Operations, and Information Management Areas of Expertise Contact 781-239-6349 Page Content 1Eric Palson is the Director of Instructional Technologies at Babson College. In this role he supervises the Blended Learning Group. His responsibilities for the group are in the areas of blended learning, innovation, ideation, and benchmarking academic technologies. Eric's areas of expertise include designing blended learning courses and programs, piloting and implementing new enterprise tools, user interface design, print design, marketing, and advertising. Before joining Babson College, he worked for a number of consulting and design firms, including Nextera Enterprises. Eric also co-founded the design firm Drive Thru Designs, where he is currently on the board of directors. In addition to his work in the Blended Learning Group, Eric is an adjunct faculty member at Babson College, where he teaches User Interface, Web, and graphic design. Eric holds a BA in advertising and graphic design from Loyola University in Maryland. He is also a recent graduate of Babson College where he earned an MBA in the Spring of 2009. His postgraduate studies also include media theory at Emerson College. Specialties: Web design/development, graphic design, instructional design, marketing, branding, user interface design, video editing, pedagogical analysis, training, management.


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Save the Date
You've set the date, picked your venue and now you want to spread the news of the big day. Sending out a save the date card is the perfect way to let guests know when to pencil you in. And with the same rules and etiquette of a wedding invitation, sending a save the date is an easy way to proclaim your day.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Save the date cards should go out 4-6 months before the big day so your guests can mark it on their calendar or input it into their Blackberry. If you are planning a destination wedding, plan on sending your cards about 9-12 months ahead of time, especially if your guests are traveling during a busy season.
Think Out of the Envelope: Channel your inner Martha Stewart and let your imagination run wild. Save the Date cards have come along way from the usual postcards and magnets. From simple e-cards to full-blown music videos, the possibilities are endless. To help get your creative juices flowing check out The Knot, Martha Stewart Weddings and Etsy. They have great ideas that you can purchase or create yourself and many seem simple to recreate. If you are a Eco-conscious bride and want to go the paperless route try Wedding Window or Punch Bowl, they offer free e-cards and templates and have a good selection to choose from.
Mix and Match: Don't worry about matching your save the date cards to your wedding invitation. You can be as creative or as simple as you want. Remember this is going to be the first impression your guests will see of your wedding. So, show your personality and remember to have fun with it.
Words of Wisdom: When designing your save the date cards don't forget the details. You names, wedding date, city, state, and wedding location are a must! It is also important to add "Invitation to Follow" or ""Details to Follow"somewhere on the card so guests know there is more information to come. For more wording ideas check out The Knot.
For more save the date inspiration check out Pinterest.com. Enjoy!


text: In our studio recently we had Ian McCue a chef at the Seadog in Bangor come in to show us what dessert he will be making for the upcoming 7th Annual Celebrity Dessert & Auction.The dessert that Chef McCue will be featuring is a Peach Cobbler. The 7th Annual Celebrity Dessert & Auction will be held Friday, October 19th, 2012 at Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor. The event will take place in Rangeley Hall on campus. Proceeds from the auction benefit Hopsice of Eastern Maine and Pathfinders. The hosts and auctioneers for the event will be TV5's very own Todd Simcox and Joy Hollowell.The doors open at 5:45 p.m. for dessert and silent auction. The live auction will take place at 6:15 p.m.. Tickets are $15 per person and you can purchase them at pathfindersmaine.org, or you can reserve tickets by phone by contacting Wayne Melanson, Hopsice of Eastern Maine at 973-8269. Tickets can purchased at the door as well.


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Holly Fulton unveils hotel's London Fashion Week windows
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Designer Holly Fulton has unveiled a hotel's fashion windows as part of celebrations for London Fashion Week (LFW).
Fulton's hand-drawn graphics inspired by her Spring/Summer 2013 collection now adorn the windows of The May Fair Hotel, the official hotel for LFW.
The designer's signature style is inspired by her love of art deco, Bauhaus styles and cubist fashion and her unique and contemporary take on these genres has become a favorite among the fashion elite.
She is now in her third season showing at LFW, and her designs will be on the catwalk on Saturday.
In addition to the windows, The May Fair Hotel's bar is celebrating with its bespoke LFW Designer Cocktail Collection. Designers include Antoni & Alison, Alice by Temperley, Mark Fast, Corrie Nielsen, Olivia Rubin and Fulton.
LFW is from Friday, September 14 to next Tuesday, September 18.


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Using a script during their doctor visits, the patients described the same symptoms, including morning knee stiffness and pain when they walked up stairs. But when they asked the physicians, "Do you think I need a new knee?" they got different responses. Some 42 percent of the doctors recommended a total knee replacement to the male patient, but only 8 percent suggested it to the female, according to study coauthor James G. Wright, MD, a professor of surgery at the University of Toronto.
Women also appear to bear the brunt of a general reluctance among physicians to prescribe potentially addictive opioid drugs such as morphine and codeine—a reluctance that is not supported by the research. "Most patients who are prescribed opioids for pain, even those undergoing long-term therapy, do not become addicted to the drugs," says a report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Nonetheless, women pay the price for physician prejudice. For example, research published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management shows that among cancer patients who were experiencing pain, women were significantly less likely than men to be prescribed high-potency opioids. Women in the study were also much more likely than men to report that their pain was not adequately controlled.
A case can be made that African-American women are even more likely to miss out on proper treatment. Deborah Chenault-Green, an author and actress who lives in Detroit, began having severe headaches and pain and numbness in her shoulder, hand, neck and arm in 1996. The cause was two herniated disks in her neck, but it took seven years for doctors to make the diagnosis, and in that time she was prescribed few effective pain-relief medications in doctors' offices and emergency rooms. Instead, she received what she calls "fluff drugs," mild pain relievers like Motrin that did not affect her discomfort. Chenault-Green attributes her undertreatment to race. "In the inner city, hospitals are overly concerned about drug abuse. They tend to think that if you come in complaining of pain, you're just looking for drugs," she says.
In fact, a 2008 study found that African-American women are less likely than comparable white women to receive adequate opioid treatment for chronic lower-back pain.
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EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) — Police say a man accused of six burglaries in Edmonds is a garbage truck driver who broke into homes along his route.
The 44-year-old Monroe man was arrested Monday at a home police were monitoring because it had been hit on Friday. The 97-year-old woman who lives there was not at home.
Police have recovered stolen jewelry, TVs, antiques and tools from the man's vehicle and home.
He was armed with a knife and pepper spray when he was arrested but did not resist.
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Out of all the instructions and reminders one will receive during yoga class, the one which pops up most often is regarding the breath. And that's no coincidence - some will argue that the breath is even more important in yoga than the poses themselves.
Mindful breathing can make exercising easier and more beneficial, it can calm you and help you deal with stress, it can help countless health concerns and issues - breath is the life and we need to treat it as such.
On Sunday, March 9, Transform NOLA is offering a breath workshop called Conscious Connected Breathing. Led by a Level III professional breath-worker and New Orleans native, Jack Fontana, the workshop will focus on relaxation, improved breathing, self-acceptance, letting go of stress and anxiety, and more.
Click here for more information and to register.
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It started happening last year.
In his 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama announced his MyRA program.
MyRA is basically an IRA that invests directly in… you guessed it… government bonds.
He pitched it as an easy for Americans to save for retirement "with no risk of losing what you put in".
Step two came when both the President and Treasury Secretary embarked on a blitzkrieg-style marketing campaign to pump the program, pledging that they would aggressively push businesses to sign up their employees.
Now comes step three.
They'll probably wait for some market crash, and then sell it to Americans like this:


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For Immediate Release - March 8, 2000
Contact: Anastasia Burton
Press Secretary
(406) 444-5523
(Edmonton) --- Montana and Alberta will work together more closely under a new agreement signed today by Governor Marc Racicot and Premier Ralph Klein. The agreement formalizes cooperation between the two jurisdictions and commits them to regularly discuss issues for mutually positive outcomes.
The memorandum of understanding puts in place a set of principles that will allow Alberta and Montana to continue working together in key areas such as agriculture, transportation, tourism, trade, education, and the environment. The Montana-Alberta Bilateral Advisory Council (MABAC), created in 1985, will act as a forum for co-operation in these areas and for discussing potential issues of dispute.
"Montana and Alberta share not only a common border, but a unique western heritage," said Governor Racicot. "By bringing together public and private leaders, the Montana-Alberta Bilateral Advisory Council has been able to arrive at co-operative solutions that directly benefit trade and social relations. It is our belief, that by formalizing the work of the Council in a memorandum of understanding, we will set forth the commitment to continuing co-operation on finding grassroots solutions to international issues."
"This is an important step forward for Alberta and Montana," said Premier Klein. "We're building on the valuable relationship we already have with Montana and ensuring that partnership continues for years to come."
By holding informal discussions in areas of dispute, the two jurisdictions can resolve or avoid issues before resorting to more formal appeal mechanisms provided through the North America Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization, or the courts.
"It makes sense for us to talk about issues early on, before they escalate," Klein explained. "It's more efficient, less costly, and better for cross-border relations."
Alberta has worked closely with Montana on a number of projects, including a combined travel guide, the first joint vehicle inspection station on the Canada-U.S. border, an agricultural conference held last year with over 200 producers from Montana and Alberta, and joint work on regional transportation issues.
The new agreement comes into effect immediately upon signing and will be reviewed annually.
For more information, contact:
Office of the Governor
State of Montana
(406) 444-5523
|Gordon Turtle
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Office of the Premier
Province of Alberta
(780) 422-8475
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Startup Entrepreneurs for 2011
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CromWorks Enterprises Inc. provides contract services to the business community including: Scheduling , Budget and Change Management, complex Microsoft Excel template & macro development; customized training, key business metrics and trending, business process improvement, and freelance writing of technical reports, executive summaries, marketing, and proposals.
EgyCan Trade & Services Inc. offers Event and Trade Show management, cultural celebrations and major events focused on the Muslim Community, international trade services and logistics, and marketing and graphic design services.
EMP Group offers Employer Brand Management, Internal Brand Research, Development, and Application, Corporate Culture Evaluation and Enhancement, Personal Coaching and You - The Brand: Training Seminars.
Hang N' Shine Blind Cleaning is a mobile blind cleaning company that will come directly to the customers' residence or commercial business and remove, clean and re-install blinds in an extremely cost effective and efficient manner.
Illustrious Art and Graphic Design is a graphic design company that will work closely with clients to create an array of print media - from brochures and business cards to flyers and page layouts, taking their ideas from abstract concept to a final illustration ready to go to the printer.
Information Marketplace Inc. is a management consulting firm specializing in integrated planning and program evaluation services.
Limux Computer Systems provides top quality products and services, computer repairs and service, network service, internet and web solutions, and future retail products.
Saya Clothing Corporation will offer a woman's clothing line made of fabrics from around the world, where the accessories will match the outfits. The store will also carry interesting styles of décor, offer in-store alteration, special orders and custom design.
Shield Telecom Networks provides residential and industrial structured cabling for data transmission such as Voice, Data, Surveillance and Television installations, High Speed Internet, Wireless and remote, Video conferencing, Troubleshooting, Low Voltage Copper Cabling (Cat 6, Coax), and Fiber Optic Cabling.
Trail Dogs Canada, Inc. is a for-profit club for dogs and people who enjoy the trail, focused on walking, running, skijoring, kicksledding, carting, biking and scootering; providing clinics, classes, a pro shop and events.
Victor-E-Book Keeping Services offers bookkeeping services along with training that helps the owners keep and stay organized in their offices. This business also offers training on how to do- it-yourself to save time and money.
YardGaard Property Services offers lawn cutting and snow removal services to residential and commercial properties. On a seasonal basis YardGaard provides yard cleanup, aeration, and power raking services. The company will always take the time to do a job right and not cut corners in order to save time on a specific job and will deliver top quality customer service.
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Georgia head swimming and diving coach did not promote an atmosphere for compliance when he made special arrangements for a student-athlete to enroll in an independent study course to maintain eligibility.
Brent Lang is CEO and president of Vocera Communications. The former Michigan swimmer credits his leadership style, in part, to time as a student-athlete and interactions with swimming hall of famer Jon Urbanchek.
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Centcom Pick Warns of Iran Influence in Gulf Region
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Iran is positioning its military to deny U.S. access to the Persian Gulf while acting as a "destabilizing" influence in the region, President Bush's nominee to command U.S. forces in the Middle East told the Senate yesterday. Adm. William J. Fallon said he favors using what one senator called "battleship diplomacy" to deter Iran.
"Iranian support for terrorism and sectarian violence beyond its borders, and its pursuit of nuclear capability, is destabilizing and troubling," Fallon said in an opening statement at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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SAM-e and St John's Wort For Depression
Too good to be true?
Sam-e and St John's wort for depression. The success of Prozac and other SSRI antidepressants some 20 years ago inspired the search for their natural equivalents. The answer wasn't long in coming in the form of SAM-e and St John's Wort (SJW), which had been used extensively in Europe for treating depression. Both are available over-the-counter.
The good news is both these agents probably work as well as antidepressants.
The bad news is both these agents probably work as well as antidepressants.
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Sam-e and St John's wort - The Evidence
The only thing predictable about testing any agent to treat "depression" - be it a natural supplement, a talking therapy, or a psychiatric med - is they will all perform marginally better than a placebo at getting about 50 percent of the test subjects about 50 percent better, which tells us next to nothing.
One illustration: A 2002 study published in JAMA found that SJW, Zoloft, and the placebo turned in equally abysmal results (in the 30 percent range), which meant the study was seriously flawed. The study's authors served up ready excuses for Zoloft's poor performance, but were more than willing to leave SJW hanging out to dry.
Otherwise, the SAM-e and SJW studies we have show short-term "success" rates comparable to antidepressants. The trial database is considerably thinner than for antidepressants, but there is enough there to indicate that no surprises are likely.
As for long-term studies, the best data we have is a 2008 study showing an 18 percent rate of relapse/recurrence over six months for those who initially responded to SWJ. This roughly corresponds to findings from antidepressant trials, indicating the value of staying on an agent that works for you, at least for a number of months.
What we don't know is what happens 12 months out. We do know the antidepressant evidence is hardly encouraging. (Only one in four patients in STAR*D got well and stayed well on their antidepressants over 12 months.) Can we infer similar poop-out rates from SAM-e and SJW? No - we need hard evidence. By the same token, however, it is delusional to assume that whatever gets you well will keep you well forever.
The one clear advantage both agents have over antidepressants is their benign side effects profile. This comes in loud and clear from the available clinical trial data, but there is an important caveat or two:
First, as with any antidepressant, SAM-e and SJW have a mania risk. Individuals with bipolar or whose depressions have a highly recurrent pattern need to be careful.
Second, in the regulated world of pharmaceutical meds and medical practice, adverse events from psychiatric meds are far more likely to become known than in the unregulated world of supplements. With prescription meds, patients report back to their doctors. The FDA insists on new warnings on drug labels.
Keep in mind, any decision regarding any agent powerful enough to alter the brain needs to be entered into with the same degree of skepticism and caution that one applies to any psychiatric med. "Natural" does not equate to "harmless."
With either agent, it is important to keep your doctor in the loop.
SAM-e - short for S-adenosylmethionine - is a molecule found in our bodies and is vital to a process called methylation, where one molecule passes a methyl group (one carbon and three hydrogen atoms) to another molecule.
This metabolic pathway involves folate and vitamin B12. Both these deficiencies have been linked to depression. Vitamin B12 converts to methylcobalamin, which is involved in the synthesis of various neurotransmitters.
The major advantage over antidepressants may be faster onset of action (within two weeks), suggested in some studies.
Early studies yielded ambiguous results, owing to the instability of oral preparations. These have improved over the years, but it pays to buy only from a reputable supplier, and buy only enteric coated tablets (which prevents SAM-e from being broken down in the stomach, where it is useless). Don't take the pills out of their containers until you are ready to use them.
St John's Wort
The active ingredients in SJW are hypericin and hyperforin, extracted from the flowering tops of the plant. Hypericin is believed to decrease the production of the stress hormone cortisol via inhibiting cytokine production of interleukin-6. This suggests that the agent may be most effective in treating the stress that triggers depression rather than the depression, itself, or in treating stress-induced depression.
Unfortunately, clinical trials never test for this sort of thing. Instead, what we know about SJW is based on trials for "depression." Not unpredictably, two large trials showed it was something of a wimp for treating major depression (though one of those trials also demonstrated equally bad results for Zoloft). The results are more encouraging for moderate depression.
The main thing to beware of with SJW is its interactions with other meds, including a protease inhibitor used to treat AIDs. SJW is also an inducer of an important metabolic pathway, cytochrome P450, where many prescription drugs are metabolized, including antidepressants and birth control. In other words, your birth control may not work on SJW.
Wrapping Up Sam-e and St John's Wort
SAM-e and SJW may be natural supplements, but in the context of depression it is more helpful to think them as antidepressants. Hence, regard them with the same degree of caution, keep your expectations modest, and use them wisely, as part of a broader wellness strategy.
See also: Supplements, More on Supplements, and Omega-3
This article completely replaces an earlier article, Feb 2, 2011
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Praxis Community Projects is committed to working with vulnerable migrants. We are deeply concerned for the safety and well being of refugees, asylum seekers, refused asylum seekers, people with limited or no recourse to public funds as a result of their immigration status, young unaccompanied asylum seekers, victims of human trafficking, foreign national offenders and others who find it difficult to settle in the UK.
Founded in 1983 through a legacy of the late Robert Kemble, Praxis has worked with people from some of the world's most dangerous and troubled locations including Latin America, Francophone Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East.
Praxis operates a walk in advice service and operates projects which seek to address the fundamental human rights of new migrants.
Praxis has a vision of a world where people are no longer forced to move but are able to do so for mutual enrichment.
Our mission is to be with displaced communities, listening and acting through our common humanity to create and nurture reconciliation, human rights and social justice.
In order to respond to a rapidly changing situation for community members, Praxis will both focus on the most vulnerable of migrants and expand some of its services with a social enterprise model
The core service is our walk in advice services and group activities which accompany it. We also run projects which aim to address the fundamental human rights of migrants: livelihood, shelter and safety and health, family and social life.
Praxis offers a bespoke interpreting service and is developing new services for the teaching of English Language.


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They're great for anyone with kids, says Mark Oleson, director of the Office of Financial Success at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Think of it as the IRA for your child's college tuition.
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Posted on Friday, April 29th, 2011
A new technology allows you to interact with cats in shelters by manipulating their toys with your mouse.
Let's say you are at your desk and aren't in a productive mood. What you really wish you could be doing is playing with some kittens!
Thanks to iPetCompanion, pet lovers from around the world can play with cats at shelters in Idaho and Oregon. By visiting the home page of a participating shelter in Portland, visitors get a glimpse into the cats' home while being able to manipulate a variety of toys.
Dr. Dennis Turner, an author and researcher in animal behavior at the University of Zurich in Switzerland says, "The basic idea of an online kitty play room is great for both people who are, for one reason or another, unable to play with their own cat, and for the kittens, to help with socialization, reduce boredom in the shelter and promote later adoption."
Cat adoption is already up 16% for the Oregon Humane Society. With a response like that, we hope that more shelters will start using the application.
The Oregon Humane Society's site is highly interactive, and is sure to become one of your favorite places to spend just a few minutes online – especially for anybody who loves playing with cats! For more information check out Aprori Control's homepage, or visit the Oregon Humane Society's site and play with a special cat today.


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Juba — Forces loyal to South Sudan former vice-president, Riek Machar claimed they were fully in control of Nasir, a strategic Upper Nile state town.
A military spokesperson for the rebels said forces under the command of Maj. Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth liberated Nasir town from pro-government forces at dawn.
"The liberation of Nasir came about after repeated futile attempts made by Kiir's forces to arrest Gen. Gathoth at his twin bases in Maan-Deng and Jigmir," said Brig. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang in statement extended to Sudan Tribune.
He further said their forces have for the last three days been fighting in self-defense in order to "protect and prevent unlawfully arrest of the top military commander".
"Today at dawn, Kiir's forces were finally repulsed, pursued at neck-breaking speed and as result, Nasir was captured at 700am this morning," partly noted the rebels' statement.
The opposition forces also claimed to have captured three government tanks and allegedly destroyed a number of trucks during the assault on Nasir.
South Sudan army (SPLA) spokesperson, Phillip Aguer earlier told Radio Tamajuz that fighting was ongoing between pro-govermment forces and rebels in Nasir.
But Gordon Buay, a member of other armed groups integration committee disputed the rebel claims, saying opposition forces were repulsed out of Nasir town by pro-government forces.
"The group that attacked the airport and commissioner's office resisted for hours. However, the SPLA forces defeated them at 12:30 PM. At the Airport, around 230 rebels were found dead," Buay said in a statement obtained by Sudan Tribune.
The special envoys from the regional bloc (IGAD) have strongly condemn this attack in Nasir by forces of the SPLM/A-In Opposition, describing it a blatant violation of Cessation of Hostilities (COH) Agreement, signed between the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and the rebels on 23 January.
"While the casualties of this attack are yet to be assessed, the mediation team is saddened by the continued loss of lives not only of combatants, but of vulnerable groups like women and children," IGAD said in a statement.
Both warring parties, the regional bloc said, had on 10 June pledged to "end the war now" and establish a transitional government within 60 days.
"In view of the above and of reports of rising tensions in other areas, the IGAD Special Envoys appeal to the Parties to remain committed to the Agreements signed and to exercise maximum restraints and desist from any further violations," IGAD further observed.
Talks between the two parties, currently on hold, is seen as the best alternative to the country's seven-month old conflict that has killed thousands and displaced nearly 1.5 million South Sudanese.


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1) When was King Tut's tomb discovered?
2) Who was King Tut's father?
3) At what age did King Tut become pharaoh?
4) How did King Tut die?
5) What type of burial structure was King Tut laid to rest in?
6) Who is given credit for the discovery of King Tut's tomb?
7) Who sponsored the digging that led to the discovery of King Tut?
8) At what age did King Tut die?
9) What is the most famous piece of treasure recovered from King Tut?
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________________Did you know that dolphins are just gay sharks?
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|29th April 2008, 10:38 PM
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Online RPG (I'd be game for any role playing system!) would certainly spark my interest, but I'm afraid that differing time zones might pose a problem. Well, that and the fact that I'm not quite as fluent in English verbally (via voice com) than I am when I'm writing.
Currently playing: Elite: Dangerous; Europa Universalis IV
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Hey folks.
I have been a big fan of Fantasy Grounds. It is not a free product, but it is a one time expense. There is a light version and a full version. I highly recommend that everyone buy the full version. The full version allows you to host a session and DM. The light version will only connect to a full version and allow you to be a player only. (No 'upgrading' from light to full, so just go full!) I have not regretted the purchase more than three years later. If a bunch of you go in together you can get a bundle discount. (See the store for more info.)
A D&D 4E ruleset has been developed by members of the FG community and is available for free. I've been playing in a campaign for a little over a month now using it. (They keep adding new features to the ruleset, so we keep moving to the newest version.) By the way, FG comes with a standard d20 ruleset. There are commercial rulesets available for purchase. (Such as Savage Worlds.)
One thing I always note when price comes up is that the cost of the software ensures a level of commitment from players that free programs cannot provide. Paying a one shot price (not a subscription) for a piece of software that I have used for over three years in a handful of campaigns was well worth it in my mind.
That being said, if you must have free, take a look at MapTools. The developers are clearly focused on a slightly different goal from FG, but it looks like a good product.
I do not keep up on which ones run on a mac, but this chart might be useful.
iConvention VTT Comparison Chart
Note there are two pages, so do not ignore the programs on page two. Some folks may have gotten FG running on a mac, but you should check the FG forums for that info. It has certainly been discussed.
As to timezones, using FG I have gamed with people in Asia, Australia, the Americas, and Europe. People all over the world have different schedules and sometimes it works out.
In any event, if you start using a virtual tabletop (vtt) I hope you have fun. Just make sure that you make a decision that works for you. (On that note, I should mention that there is a demo for FG so you can try before you buy. It is not full featured but you can get the basic idea and see if you can get it working. Post questions to the FG forum, they are helpful folks.)
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D&D test drive
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It's been 20+ years since I played a pen and paper roleplaying game - and I loved it back then. Listening to the podcasts of the penny arcade 4th edition adventures (D&D Podcast Archive), I'd be keen to get involved in something too. You forget how much fun using your imagination can be.
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