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Picks is an iOS app designed to help you choose your favorite photos to share and get rid of the rest. Picks was made in a weekend at PennApps Winter 15 and placed in the top ten.
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On Sunday, the Edmonton Oil Kings captured their first Memorial Cup title since 1966; beating the favored Guelph Storm 6-3. When they laced up their skates, they weren't just doing so for their team, nor their city, nor each other; they were also doing so with heavy hearts, dedicating their entire championship season to their fallen former teammate.
An Edmonton Oilers prospect, Kristians Pelss drown last summer in his native Latvia.
"We were always talking about Pelss, always remembering him. We were playing for him, and I'm sure he is watching us right now and he is very happy," said Oil Kings forward Edgars Kulda.
Like Pelss, Kulda hails from Riga, Latvia. In fitting fashion, he was named tournament MVP; scoring seven points in five tournament games (including three in the championship game alone). Passed over in 2013 draft, Kulda certainly increased his chances of being selected this year with his performance.
Trailing by one after the opening frame, the Oil Kings used a big second period to overcome the potent Storm attack.
"So proud of these guys," said head coach Derek Laxdal. "The effort they put into tonight to beat an unbelievable team in Guelph, it just shows you what we've gone through all year."
In addition to the tally by Kulda, the team got goals from several NHL prospects, including Cody Corbett (Colorado Avalanche), Mitchell Moroz (Edmonton Oilers) and two from Henrik Samuelsson (Phoenix Coyotes); who had a five-point night. The team also got a tally from Tyler Robertson., who will be eligible for the 2015 draft.
After outscoring opponents 18-7, Guelph was undefeated in round robin play; including a 5-2 win over the Oil Kings. Certainly a disappoint end to a season that saw them accumulate a franchise-record 52 wins.
"They out-willed us," Guelph coach Scott Walker said of Edmonton. "They were big, but we usually use our speed and we weren't speedy tonight. When your let their size take advantage by not using your speed, it's tough."
The Storm qualified for the Memorial Cup by winning the Ontario Hockey League championship. The Oil Kings were the champions of the Western Hockey League.


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Running & Scheduling Data Services Jobs from Linux Command Line using Third party Scheduler
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Document Title:
SAP Data Services - Running & Scheduling Data Services Jobs from Linux Command Line
Document Purpose:
The purpose of this document is to provide details on starting Data Services (BODS) Jobs from Linux/Unix Command Line utility and scheduling the Jobs on Unix Platform.
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SAP BODS - Starting Jobs from Linux Command Line.DOCX
Admin Guide: http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir32SP1/en/xi321_ds_admin_en.pdf
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Using a third-party scheduler
- To export a job for scheduling.
- Setting up a cron job in UNIX-type operating systems.
- To execute a job with a third-party scheduler
- About the job launcher
- Job launcher error codes.
1. Introduction
SAP BODS Jobs can be started & Scheduled from other Operating Systems like Linux, HP-Unix etc in addition to windows using third party utilities.
This Document provides information on running & scheduling the SAP BODS jobs from UNIX command prompt utility (Crontab).
2. Using a third-party scheduler
When you schedule jobs using third-party software:
• The job initiates outside of SAP BusinessObjects Data Services
• The job runs from an executable batch file (or shell script for UNIX) exported from SAP BusinessObjects Data Services.
When a third-party scheduler invokes a job, the corresponding Job Server must be running.
3. To export a job for scheduling
- Select Batch > repository.
- Click the Batch Job Configuration tab.
- For the batch job to configure, click the Export Execution Command link.
- On the Export Execution Command page, enter the desired options for the batch job command file that you want the Administrator to create:
File name
The name of the batch file or script containing the job. The third-party scheduler executes this file. The Administrator automatically appends the appropriate extension:
• .sh for UNIX
• .bat for Windows
System configuration
Select the system configuration to use when executing this job. A system configuration defines a set of Datastore configurations, which define the Datastore connections.
If a system configuration is not specified, the software uses the default Datastore configuration for each Datastore.
This option is a run-time property. This option is only available if there are system configurations defined in the repository.
Job Server or server
Select the Job Server or a server group to execute this schedule.
Enable auditing
Select this option if you want to collect audit statistics for this specific job execution. The option is selected by default.
Disable data validation
Select this option if you do not want to collect data validation statistics for any validation transforms in this job. The option is not selected by default.
statistics collection
Enable recovery
Select this option to enable the automatic recovery feature. When enabled, the software saves the results from completed steps and allows you to resume failed jobs.
Recover from last failed
Select this option to resume a failed job. The software retrieves the results from any steps that were previously executed successfully and re-executes any other steps. This option is a run-time property. This option is not available when a job has not yet been executed or when recovery mode was disabled during the previous run.
Use password file
Select to create or update a password file that automatically updates job schedules after changes in database or repository parameters.
Deselect the option to generate the batch file with a hard-coded repository user name and password.
Collect statistics for optimization
Select this option to collect statistics that the
optimizer will use to choose an optimal cache
type (in-memory or pageable). This option is
not selected by default.
Collect statistics for monitoring
Select this option to display cache statistics
in the Performance Monitor in the Administrator.
The option is not selected by default.
Use collected statistics
Select this check box if you want the optimizer
to use the cache statistics collected on a
previous execution of the job. The option is
selected by default.
Export Data Quality reports
Generates and exports all specified job reports
to the location specified in the Management >
Report Server Configuration node. By default,
the reports are exported to
Distribution level
Select the level within a job that you want to
distribute to multiple Job Servers for processing:
• Job: The whole job will execute on one
Job Server.
• Data flow: Each data flow within the job
will execute on a separate Job Server.
• Sub data flow: Each sub data flow (can
be a separate transform or function) within
a data flow can execute on a separate Job
- Click Export.
The Administrator creates command files filename.txt (the default for filename is the job name) and a batch file for the job and writes them to the local LINK_DIR\log directory.
(E.g. C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Data Services\log )
You can relocate the password file from the LINK_DIR\conf directory, but you must edit the filename.txt file so that it refers to the new location of the password file. Open the file in a text editor and add the relative or absolute file path to the new location of the password file in the argument –R "repositoryname.txt".
If you are Exporting the Job for Unix Environment append ".sh" extension to the File Name
4. Setting up a cron job in UNIX-type operating systems
Cron jobs can be used for setting up scheduled Job runs in UNIX-type operating systems, e.g. UNIX, Linux, FreeBSD and Darwin (Mac OS X).
Note: The syntax may differ, depending on which version of cron is present on your computer.
Open a root shell and type the following:
crontab -u root -e
to open a VI style editor. Press 'i' to insert text.
The crontab comprises five entries indicating the schedule time, and also the name and path of the program to be run. Use a space or a tab between each entry:
minute(0-59) hour(0-23) day_of_month(1-31) month(1-12) day_of_week(0-7) /path/Job_BODSJobNM.sh
NOTE: "Job_BODSJobNM.sh is the name of the .sh file Exported form BODS Administrator"
You can replace a field value with "*". So:
"0 10 * * * /path/script.sh" is the same as "0 10 1-31 1-12 0-7 /path/script.sh"
The Job would run at 10 each morning.
For example, to run a BODS Job at 8 o'clock each night in Linux, use:
0 20 * * * /usr/local/bin/directory/BODS
Names can be used (e.g. March) for month and day of week. In day of week, Sunday can be 0 or 7.
When you have created the crontab, press 'Escape' to leave insert mode.
Type 'ZZ' (upper case 'z' twice). A message similar to the following should be displayed:
/crontab.zUcAAFwPVp: 1 lines, 24 characters
crontab: installing new crontab
The crontab has now been set up. Cron will automatically send an email to root to confirm that the scan has run. For more information on cron and crontab, read the relevant manual pages. For example, type:
man crontab
to see the crontab manpage.
5.To execute a job with a third-party scheduler
- Export the job's execution command to an executable batch file (.bat file for Windows or .sh file for UNIX environments).
- Ensure that the Data Services Service is running (for that job's Job Server) when the job begins to execute.
The Data Services Service automatically starts the Job Server when you restart the computer on which you installed the Job Server.
• You can also verify whether a Job Server is running at any given time using the Designer. Log in to the repository that contains your job and view the Designer's status bar to verify that the Job Server connected to this repository is running.
• You can verify whether all Job Servers in a server group are running using the Administrator. In the navigation tree select Server Groups
> All Server Groups to view the status of server groups and the Job Servers they contain.
- Schedule the batch file from the third-party software.
To stop an SAP BusinessObjects Data Services job launched by a third-party scheduling application, press CTRL+C on the application's keyboard.
6.About the job launcher
SAP BusinessObjects Data Services exports job execution command files as batch files on Windows or CRON files on UNIX. These files pass parameters and call AL_RWJobLauncher. Then, AL_RWJobLauncher executes the job, sends it to the appropriate Job Server, and waits for the job to complete.
Do not modify the exported file without assistance from SAP Technical Customer Assurance.
The following shows a sample Windows NT batch file created when the software exports a job. ROBOT is the host name of the Job Server computer.
All lines after inet:ROBOT:3513 are AL_Engine arguments, not AL_RWJobLauncher arguments.
D:\Data Services\bin\AL_RWJobLauncher.exe
-r100 -T14
-CTBatch -CmROBOT -CaROBOT
-CjROBOT -Cp3513"
The job launcher starts the job(s) and then waits before
passing back the job status. If -w is not specified, the
launcher exits immediately after starting a job.
The time, in milliseconds, that the Job Server waits before
checking a job's status. This is a companion argument for
Status or return code. 0 indicates successful completion,
non-zero indicates an error condition.
Combine -w, -t, and -s to execute the job, wait for completion,
and return the status.
Name of the engine command file (path to a file which contains the Command line arguments to be sent to the engine).
Prints AL_RWJobLauncher version number.
Lists the server group and Job Servers that it contains using
the following syntax:
For example: "SG_DEV;inet:HPSVR1:3500;in
The location and name of the password file. Replaces the
hard-coded repository connection values for -S, -N, -U,
Generates and exports all specified job reports to the location
specified in the Management > Report Server Configuration
In order to use this flag, you must disable the security for the
Export_DQReport operation in the Administrator > Web
Services > Web Services Configuration tab.
There are two arguments that do not use flags:
• inet address: The host name and port number of the Job Server. The string must be in quotes.
For example:
If you use a server group, inet addresses are automatically rewritten using the -S flag arguments. On execution, the first Job Server in the group checks with the others and the Job Server with the lightest load executes the job.
• server log path: The fully qualified path to the location of the log files. The server log path must be in quotes. The server log path argument does not appear on an exported batch job launch command file. It appears only when SAP BusinessObjects Data Services generates a file for an active job schedule and stores it in the following directory:
- Name.
You cannot manually edit server log paths.
7. Job launcher error codes
The job launcher also provides error codes to help debug potential problems.
The error messages are:
Error number
Error message
Network failure.
The service that will run the schedule has not started.
LINK_DIR is not defined.
The trace message file could not be created.
The error message file could not be created.
The GUID could not be found. The status cannot be returned.
No command line arguments were found.
Invalid command line syntax.
Cannot open the command file.


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First Tuesday. Dallas Museum of Art. First Tuesday programming is specifically designed for children ages five and under, but all ages are welcome. Enjoy thematic art-making activities, story times, performances, and gallery activities. 11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. Free general museum admission. View the current exhibit The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. 11:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Admission $10.
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Gallery Talk. Dallas Museum of Art. Melissa Barry, McDermott Graduate Curatorial Intern for Contemporary Art, DMA will discuss Beyond the Gallery Walls: Robert Rauschenberg and Mark Bradford. 12:15 p.m. Free admission with a general museum admission ticket.
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Thursday Night Live. Dallas Museum of Art. 6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. Jazz in the Atrium will feature the 4th Annual Tenor Madness. Some of the area's best tenors pay homage to Marchel Ivery, the legendary Dallas jazz tenor player of this era. 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Free admission with a general museum admission ticket. C3 Artist Encounters: Think Creatively!: Inquisitive Minds—Motivation. Join creativity expert Magdalena Grohman, Ph.D. for this workshop where visitors practice using creative thinking tools and then get the chance to put their new skills to use with an art project. 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Free admission with a general museum admission ticket. Registration is required. To register, call (214) 922-1311 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. The Boshell Family Lecture Series on Archaeology presents The Hindu Art of Love: Illustrating the Kama Sutra. Join Dr. Anne Bromberg, the DMA's Cecil and Ida Green Curator of Ancient and Asian Art, as she discusses works in the collection that illustrate the Hindu nature of love. 7:30 p.m. Free admission with a general museum admission ticket. To reserve your seat online, visit www.tickets.DallasMuseumofArt.org or call (214) 922-1818.
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Artful Bites. Crow Collection of Asian Art. Spend your lunch noshing at the gourmet food trucks on Flora Street in the Dallas Arts District with the education staff and then enjoy a quick fifteen minute gallery talk at the Crow Collection. Education staff will discuss Festival of the Blossoming Peachtrees in the Paradise of the Queen Mother from the exhibition Fabled Journeys in Asian Art. Lunch begins at 12:00 p.m., and the gallery talk begins at 12:30 p.m.
First Fridays at the Modern will feature music by Outer Circles. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. 5:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Free admission. Tour of the Galleries. 6:30 p.m. Admission $10 or less.
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Marijuana Stocks Show Minimal Gain: Mid-day Outlook - Transbyte Corporation (OTC:ERBB) had a good jump on other marijuana stocks this morning, trading at 0.0313, up 0.0005(1.62%). The company's marijuana connections lie with their brainchild the Altitude Organix Corporation, one of the first publicly- traded medical marijuana dispensary brands in the world.
Recent News: The company recently reported that official tests have started between Altitude Organix and Bloom Dispensaries (http://www.bloomdispensary.com). Bloom Dispensaries, based out of Arizona, specializes in Medical Marijuana dispensaries.
GrowLife Inc. (OTCBB: PHOT) is currently being traded at 0.4048, up 0.0298(7.95%). The company, which devleops, markets and deploys products and services of legal cannabis, reported Tuesday the completion of its first GrowLife Infrastructure Funding and Technology program (GIFT) transaction with CMMS, Inc. CMMS Inc. is known better in the Colorado mountain ski communities as LEAF Aspen and Fat City Test Kitchen. According to a recent press release, "The GrowLife Infrastructure Funding and Technology program (GIFT) allows fully-licensed and compliant growers and dispensaries in well-regulated cannabis markets to spread the cost of infrastructure builds over time. The GIFT program is intended to facilitate near term infrastructure needs paired with long term exclusive supply relationships for the expendables required by fully licensed growers and dispensaries."
Far from other marijuana stocks still trading for pennies, Medbox Inc. (OTC: MDBX) is on the upswing trading at $32.17, up 1.47(4.79%). The company received some good news today, announcing their expanded licensing agreement with Bio-Tech Medical Software Inc. Bio-Tech is the force behind the BioTrackTHC marijuana cultivation tracking system, and has been in business since 2007. They've also made headlines with their awarding of Washington State's recreational marijuana program. This morning, the company announced via press release that, "Medbox provided patented tracking and dispensing technologies at the point of sale at licensed marijuana dispensaries. As a result of this amended licensing agreement, Medbox technologies can provide "seed to sale" tracking, covering every aspect of marijuana cultivation and inventory management, all the way to the point of dispensing."


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The warble of a flute introduces you to Felipe Salles' Ugandan Suite. Further drawn in by the exotic rhythms of Movement 1, "The Buffalo", the listener falls into a world of dancing polyrhythms and spontaneous emotion. Saxophones, played brilliantly by Salles and bandmate David Liebman, mimic a buffalo call. An air of mystery leads the listener. What will be next? What previously unheard instrument, what new sound, new melodic line will draw the ear?
Birds call and respond in the playing of Damascus Kafumbe's ndingidi tube-fiddle. A bari sax joins in, representing the deep earthiness of the elephant, the animal inspiring movement two. But this elephant is on fire with energy! Informed by Eastern Ugandan imbalu, isonja, and kadodi dance styles and by the minimalist style of Steve Reich, this is the most classical-inspired movement.
Movement 3, The "Leopard", begins quietly before turning into an all-dance party. Pianist Nando Michelin reconnects the African to Brazilian baião in his opening solo, simply and lovingly declaring themes to be heard later as the party gets moving. Salles and Liebman do that job midway through with joyously stated melodies and a tenor solo that brings in some Carribean flavor. This movement is truly world music, not just African music.
Movement 4, the Rhinoceros, is filled with rolling percussion and a brooding tension, as one might expect for a piece dedicated to the unpredictable beast. Percussion, including xylophone are used in both western and the African madinda style and maintain tension throughout. Movement 5, "The Lion" brings back the light, celebratory vibe of "The Leopard" with traditional African call and response, beautiful jazz saxophone and the more modern African taste in hip-hop and rock sounds.
Ugandan Suite is a truly entertaining album and a gorgeous celebration of the diversity that music has to offer. Music is truly a world language and brings people together in ways other languages cannot. Though this is truly an ensemble album, huge credit must be given to the two ethno-musicologists in the group, Salles and Kafumbe, who have clearly added their heart and soul to this album. Nzuri kazi!


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The SAG Awards 2014 red carpet has been rolled out for Saturday night's event, which according to a Jan. 17 CBS News report will bring out some of Hollywood's hottest stars including, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Kerry Washington, Oprah Winfrey and Lupita Nyong'o.
Nyong'o a fast star on the red carpet fashion scene is nominated for an Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role SAG award for her phenomenal performance in the Oscar nominated drama "12 Years a Slave." She is up again America's current sweetheart Jennifer Lawrence, nominated for "American Hustle," Julia Roberts, who is nominated for "August: Osage County," Oprah Winfrey for "The Butler," and June Squibb for "Nebraska."
As the Examiner previously reported, both Lawrence and Nyong'o appear to be front runners for this award. The question is will a Dior-clad Lawrence beat Nyong'o for the award?
While Nyong'o is no doubt one of the most talented actresses to grace the silver screen last year, all eyes are poised on the red carpet for her SAG Awards red carpet debut. If her stunning red Ralph Lauren dress at the 2014 Golden Globes and her white hit at the Critics' Choice Awards are any indication, then Nyong'o will top the 2014 SAG Awards best dressed on the red carpet list.
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Upon initial glance, tackling Portland's selection of over 600 food carts clustered in "pods" all around PDX seems daunting. We're talking a foodie scene that has moved way beyond serving pretzels and hot togs to offering flavorful dishes ranging from Africa to Malibu.
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In under two hours, the guide will escort the group through two pods located in downtown Portland and sample a total of 10 food carts. During one tour, the guide started at the 9th and Adler Street pod where guests sampled offerings from the Dump Truck, el Taco Yucatero, Korean Twist, Aybla Grill, Altengartz, Kargi Gogo, and Steak Your Claim. Then the guide went over to the 3rd Avenue pod to sample the wares from Salmon Fusion, Cultured Caveman and All Jarred Up.
These tours set out every Friday and Saturday at 1pm. As the tours are limited to 3 to 14 people, the group can easily nosh down and then move out without the long waits that come with booking a larger more commercialized tour. Due to the small size of the group, buy tickets in advance when possible via their website.
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The conversation took me back to Yahoo!'s IPO in 1996. At the time, I didn't believe what I was hearing about Yahoo!, an unproven company that was going public on the promise of online advertising. Needless to say, I didn't understand the fundamentals and chose not to buy in. I've had a few other moments like that—I didn't buy Apple stock when the market crashed in 2008 and I wasn't in on BlackBerry's initial run—so I wasn't about to miss this opportunity.
So, I sat wondering what to do about Facebook. Would the stock catapult to more than $80 out of the gate or would it be a flat launch?
Reflecting on the hype that surrounded the IPOs for Yahoo! and Google (and other digital companies like LinkedIn, Groupon and Zynga) raised several red flags—and reminded me of the beginning of the dot-com boom. But I really didn't want to miss out on the craziness that can occur surrounding a high profile IPO like Facebook.
As I spoke to my advisor, we got to talking about Google. For those in the digital space, Google isn't just a search engine. It is becoming one of the most integrated, sophisticated learning databases in the world. If you haven't seen the company's YouTube video about the Knowledge Graph, it's pretty impressive. Google is learning from every search a person makes to not only personalize that person's future searches, but to help improve search overall.
Google's strategy for the future
Google is in a time of transition and through the integration of its various technology developments and acquisitions, along with the effort being put behind Google+, the company is executing its strategy for the future. Google realizes that to be sustainable, you need to have three things:
- Critical Mass of Community
- Integrated Technologies
- Data Analytics
To sustain its critical mass of community, Google knows it needs to make search more relevant. That's why having users of Gmail and Google+ is so important to the company. When people sign into their Gmail accounts on Google's Chrome platform or +1 content they like, the company can track their searches, improve personalization, and deliver more relevant search results.
That search data combined with Google+ profiles is turning Google's data into a knowledge map that will not only enable Google to use data analytics to identify trends and insights, but will allow the company to provide real-time search results that learn from each user.
Only a few other digital companies currently have the critical mass of community, ability to acquire and integrate technology and data analytics, these include Microsoft, IBM and Apple. But, with Facebook's IPO on Friday, Mark Zuckerberg now has the funds to start taking on these true behemoths.
Can Facebook compete?
There is no doubt Facebook has the critical mass of users. The social networking site is entrenched in people's lives. But only time will tell whether Facebook will be able to ensure its relevance against competitors like Google+, Twitter, Pinterest and others yet to have even emerged. I'm pretty confident Facebook isn't going away any time soon, unless it makes a major mistake in an area that remains the company's Achilles heel – privacy.
Another issue is the integration of technologies. Well, Facebook just raised $16 billion US. It now has the cash to buy both competitive and complementary technologies and integrate them into its platforms (There are going to be some wealthy technology folks over the next two to three years).
Now we get to the area that I think will be the truly defining element; data analytics and the ability to monetize it. I think Facebook is behind Google on this front, but I'm sure it's trying to figure out how to use its data beyond just targeted advertising.
The so-called experts are saying the fundamentals are not there to support the stock price. I hear many people saying that it's a $20 stock. Are they right? Perhaps.
In my 20 years in the digital space, I've seen too many well-funded organizations like Yahoo! grow quickly and lose focus or fall behind other new emerging organizations. But at the end of the day, now that the digital space has come of age, the question for Facebook will be whether it can grow and make its business model sustainable like Google, Microsoft and Apple have.
At the moment Facebook has the benefit of almost one billion users, and now $16 billion to invest in order to remain sustainable and deliver shareholder value.
It will be really interesting to watch how the strategies for Google, Microsoft, Apple and now Facebook will unfold in the coming months.
Needless to say, I bought stock in Facebook at $40 (I'm ready to average down my price as it continues to drop) and I also picked up even more shares in Google.


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Mental Health
What Is Mental Health
Most of us, unfortunately, don't consider our health until we have an illness. This is true for our physical and mental health. When we do seek help, it normally comes within the type of a pill.Now do not get me wrong…all the things has a goal, including tablets and I'm sure some of us have needed them at one point or another.I know I did.However, society does not teach us a lot about prevention. Either for the prevention of physical or mental health. As a way to understand the right way to stop sickness, we must first understand what means to be healthy.
|Mental Health Problems
If I simply wrote that mental health is an absence of mental illness it wouldn't be incorrect. Yet it would not adequately explain what it's to be mentally healthy. The definition the World Health Organization provides us a bit more thorough.The World Health Organization or WHO defines psychological health as:"a state of health during which the individual realizes his or her personal skills, can deal with the conventional stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and it is ready to make a contribution to his or her community".
One factor to recollect, although that is definitely a starting point everyone excellent mental health might be barely different. Mental health can range from tradition to culture and might even differ between individuals. While balancing one's life is key, I am going to speak about balance later, each of us has completely different needs and even various degrees of those needs. For instance, all of us need social interaction.Nevertheless, a few of us want more than others. Another difficulty with actually assessing mental health is that unlike figuring out physical ailments which have a check, like say..taking a blood sample. A mental health assessments has to rely on decoding someones ideas and emotions and this can get somewhat tricky. These assessments are by their very nature, subjective and open to skilled bias. Nobody can make the willpower as to what is normal. In addition, none of us is in a state of perfect mental health. Instead our mental health varies from day-to-day, month to month. It varies as we deal with the stress life locations upon us. It varies as we have financial problems, emotional and bodily problems.
Key Elements Of Good Mental Health
1. Enjoy Life – That is fundamental and so..I imply so critical. Life should be something to enjoy. Although if we tried to say we enjoyed every thing in life, that in itself may get us labeled unbalanced. Nevertheless, we must always have the ability to enjoy the present. Usually not being able to benefit from the current comes from living in the past. Such as obsessing over previous events or traumas, or feeling responsible over past mistakes. To be comfortable and luxuriate in life you should let go of the previous, forgive and live within the moment. Another issue stopping us sometimes from enjoying life is living within the future. Sure, we should plan. But if this planning becomes an obsession or results in continuous worrying about future actions, life becomes unbearable and we miss out the joys of life.
2. Stability – All of us have basically the identical needs. Nevertheless, every of us has varying levels of these wants, so a balanced life is different for every of us. . We want nutrition, social interplay, we need to laugh, relax and feel needed. Our mental effectively-being suffers when our wants aren't met. Keep work and play in balance. Preserve social interplay and time spent alone in balance. Even one thing like not getting enough daylight or time outdoors can impression your mental health.
3. Resilience – So as to keep good mental health you must have an ability to bounce back or get well from the dangerous-times that all of us go through. This trait is not understood and will really be hereditary. You only want to look at people who have experienced traumatic events. Some go on to nicely-balanced lives. Some even achieve phenomenal success regardless of their trauma. While others languish and are never really ready to deal with life.
4. Flexibility – To actually be emotionally wholesome it's best to have the ability to really feel and express a full range of emotions. People that can't specific anger, love or ache tend to be much less emotionally wholesome than individuals that can categorical their feelings. One other form of inflexibility that can cause mental health issues is somebody that has a viewpoint or perception that's so rigid and inflexible that it damages their ability to get pleasure from life.
5.Self-actualization – Understand your skills and pursue your dreams. Watch out nevertheless and keep away from getting slowed down in guilt and blame in the event you're slow to realize your desires or make full use of your talents. That is about the journey. "It's better to travel effectively than to arrive." Buddha
Mental Health Disorders
Statistics about mental health disorders at the moment are changing into more more and more alarming. The important thing factors in the apparent rise in mental health disorders have not but been totally determined. In fact, authorities might have launched inaccurate figures since people have a tendency to cover psychological sickness or ignore them. This is also the reason why many psychological health disorders worsen. Perhaps, the only excellent news to come out from this is that there are some common mental health disorders and situations among the many statistics. Based on the information of a variety of Washington-primarily based psychiatric hospitals, there are 3 particularly frequent strands of mental health disorders that have been recorded.
Amongst all of the frequent mental health disorders, despair is acknowledged as being the most common. Roughly 80% of the inhabitants has skilled clinical despair at one level of their lives. In the early stages, this problem can be alleviated through counseling. Nonetheless, the issue lies in the fact that most individuals are likely to see the early phases of depression as just a negative mood swing. Since it is usually difficult for most people to detect depression till it has taken full impact, the situation can typically go completely unnoticed. For some individuals, the physical and psychological modifications are gradual, which only makes it more durable to detect the problem.
Bi-polar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, as in contrast with depression, is harder to detect. The condition causes the individuals temper to swing, being manic one moment and depressed in the next. Whereas this usually matches the stereotype of individuals with this specific pressure of psychological health sickness, the fact is that there are periods the place the individual displays a relatively normal mood. This period of normalcy between the high and low factors is often enough for ordinary observers to see the possibility of an individual having bi-polar disorder. Often, ordinary observers and the affected person himself will solely be aware the frequency of the mood swings and the potential for an issue much later on. On occasion, a session of psychiatric counseling mandated by company policy can detect the problem. Nonetheless, not all corporations have such a system in place.
Roughly two million individuals are affected by schizophrenia at any given time, which ought to be a cause for alarm. The condition is usually characterized by the affected person hearing "voices" in their head that nobody else can hear, a typical trait of schizophrenia. This mental health situation has a lot of sub-varieties and may successfully disable a person's capacity to work together with others if left unattended or treated. Schizophrenia may typically trigger other mental health disorders. Whereas there are medicines which have been proven to alleviate the issue, there are still some cases the place medicine must be complimented by counseling. Roughly 20% of people who develop schizophrenia never totally recover and times of great stress and anxiety can generally lead to a relapse.
Alternative approach to mental health
In various strategy to mental health care that emphasizes the interrelationship between thoughts, body, and spirit can play an vital role in restoration and healing. Although some folks with mental well being issues recover using different methods alone, most people mix them with other, extra conventional remedies akin to remedy and, perhaps, medication. It's essential, nonetheless, to consult with your health care providers in regards to the approaches you are using to achieve mental health.
Acupuncture is among the various therapies that are getting a number of consideration for mental health. On this follow, your body is regarded as a system of energetic pathways. When one among these pathways is disrupted, it can trigger mental health problems. When the acupuncturist identifies the blocked pathway, nevertheless, after which inserts a needle into the realm, they will help to improve the energy movement, reducing the mental health symptoms. Though this was as soon as dismissed as a false science, extra research are showing that these needle therapies do work – and so they can work in the long term. Yow will discover acupuncture practitioners in nearly every city by heading to your telephone book.
Exercise and Diet
Whereas this will not be considered different, most people would not suppose that way of life changes could contribute to their mental health. But surely it is true. Since your physique is comprised of a vast number of techniques that require the correct vitamin and blood move with a purpose to work correctly, it stands to cause that taking on wholesome habits will can help you additionally enhance the mental health of your body. Nerve cells which are well-nourished may be higher able to stay balanced. An attempt to add thirty minutes of exercise to on daily basis and consuming a healthier diet is a good start.
Used for hundreds of years, the apply of meditation continues to be thought-about a great way to calm the thoughts and sometimes still any mental health disorders. By sitting in a comfortable position and simply making an attempt to clear the thoughts from your mind, people have seen they really feel extra centered and serene. A person does not have to take a seat in a lotus place and even chant in order for this apply to work. Take about ten minutes a day to take a seat in a quiet place in your house (sporting headphones to drown out noises if you cannot discover peace and quiet) and easily let any thoughts that enter into the mind out again. Whenever you begin to think about something, just let it go and focus on your breathing. In time, you should have fewer and fewer ideas, helping to calm down your body in addition to your mental health.
Massage therapy
The underlying precept of this approach is that rubbing, kneading, brushing, and tapping an individuals muscles may also help against stress and bad emotions. It has been used to deal with trauma-related despair and stress.
Whenever you imagine in something larger than your self, research is shows that you just might have a smaller likelihood of mental mental health issues. There seems to be something about recognizing the idea that you aren't in command of all the things, so whenever you give that control to somebody or one thing else by way of prayer, you can get out stability in life. By simply sitting down and praying each day, you'll be able to start to ascertain your home in the world.
Music/Sound Therapy
It is no coincidence that many individuals activate soothing music to relax or snazzy tunes to assist feel upbeat. Research suggests that music stimulates the body's pure "really feel good" chemical substances (opiates and endorphins). This stimulation leads to improved blood circulation, blood strain, pulse charge, breathing, and posture changes. Music or sound therapy has been used to treat disorders comparable to stress, grief, depression, schizophrenia, and autism in kids, and to diagnose mental well being needs.
Mental Health Disorders (common)
Acute Stress Disorder
Adjustment Disorder
Alcohol Dependence (Alcoholism)
Amphetamine Dependence
Anorexia Nervosa
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Asperger's Disorder
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Autistic Disorder
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Brief Psychotic Disorder
Bulimia Nervosa
Cannabis Dependence
Cocaine Dependence
Conduct Disorder
Cyclothymic Disorder
Delusional Disorder
Dementia Associated With Alcoholism
Dementia of the Alzheimer Type
Dependent Personality Disorder
Depression (Major Depressive Disorder)
Dysthymic Disorder


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TUCSON, Ariz. ?- The No. 55 Arizona men's tennis team (8-12, 2-10 Pac-10) qualified one doubles team along with one singles alternate to the NCAA singles and doubles championships later this month, in College Station, Texas.
In doubles competition, the No. 20 pair of senior Colin O'Grady and junior Roger Matalonga earned a selection after compiling an 18-10 record through the 2004-05 season. The Wildcat tandems earned an at-large bid and await a First-Round opponent once the bracket is filled following the team championship.
In singles competition, No. 56 Matalonga gained an alternate bid and will not know if a slot opens until the days before the singles competition is scheduled to begin.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 25-30 at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center, following the conclusion of the team championship (May 21-24).


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Aug. 19, 2004
ATHENS, Greece - The U.S. men's water polo team absorbed its first loss of the 2004 Olympic Games at the hands of reigning World and Olympic champion Hungary. UCLA senior Brett Ormsby scored scored his first Olympic goal and former Bruin goalie Brandon Brooks made 11 saves in the losing effort. The U.S. got some stellar defense and cage play against Hungary's 6-on-5 but failed to convert on several key player-up chances of its own en route to a 7-5 loss. U.S. head coach Ratko Rudic was pleased with his team's play but sees the need for improvement on the player advantage. "We played very well and were very disciplined," he said. "We actually dominated most of the game but we have to analyze our 6-on-5 problems. Our 5-on-6 defense was excellent because we prepared all week for Hungary with a special, specific defense." Whatever the plan, it looked to be paying dividends early with Team USA matching the World Champs goal for goal. Early in the first quarter, Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, CA/Stanford/Long Beach Shore) disrupted a Hungarian breakaway by knocking the ball away from lefty Peter Biros. Biros was kicked out in transition, but Azevedo's 6-on-5 attempt sailed wide of the cage, keeping the score locked at zeros. The doughnut was finally straightened out when USA resident big man Ryan Bailey (Long Beach, CA/UC Irvine/Newport WPF) took a pass from Layne Beaubien (Coronado, CA/Stanford/New York AC) at the four meter line and put it past his defender and Hungarian keeper Zoltan Szecsi to give the U.S. a 1-0 lead. Hungary evened the score on a putback goal by Rajmund Fodor at the 2:04 mark, but the U.S. jumped ahead less than a minute later on a player-up skip goal by Olympic rookie Brett Ormsby (El Cajon, CA/UCLA/Bruin WP). Hungary cashed in on a 6-on-5 of its own the next time down, with Norbert Madaras putting the finishing touches on the play from the lefthanders' position. Just past the midway point in the second quarter, Team USA was whistled for back-to-back exclusions, first on Ormsby, then on Chris Segesman (Santa Barbara, CA/Long Beach State/Los Angeles WPC). Hungary made good on the ensuing 6-on-4 opportunity, getting a second goal from Madaras to take a 2-1 lead. The U.S. came down to earn an ejection the other way, but Beaubien's shot was hauled down by Szecsi, sending Hungary out on the counter. Hungary seized its first lead of the game on a penalty throw by Tamas Kasas, a skip into the low right corner, at 1:25 to make it a two-goal game. Azevedo cut that lead to a goal with a player-up score six meters out on the right side at 1:06, but Hungary pushed the advantage back to two on the scoreboard with a goal from the right post by Tamas Varga. With just three seconds left in the half, Azevedo rifled a long, crosscager into the high left corner to pull the U.S. to within one at the break. USA goalkeeper Brandon Brooks (Honolulu, HI/UCLA/Los Angeles WP) made his bid for play of the day at the 4:35 mark in the third quarter, stuffing a 1-on-nobody breakaway by the always deadly Biros. Biros was denied by Brooks again on the next trip down, this time from the perimeter, sending the U.S. on a counter. Madaras was excluded in the front court, prompting U.S. head coach Ratko Rudic to take a timeout. After the x's and o's session, the U.S. worked the clock well, but turned the ball over on an attempted pass into the hole. Gergely Kiss got into the act for Hungary late in the frame, burying a man-up goal from the perimeter to send his squad out to a 6-4 lead. In the final ticks, Azevedo worked for inside water and got tackled from behind for a whistle that never came, keeping Hungary with a two-goal lead heading into the final quarter. On Hungary's first possession of the fourth quarter, Segesman was called for his third and final exclusion of the game, drawing some protest from Rudic on the bench. Rudic was awarded a yellow card for his outburst, but the U.S. managed to stop Hungary on its attack. Brooks rose to the occasion again at 4:27, making another 6-on-5 stop in the low right corner. Team USA drew an exclusion on the ensuing possession and got a score from out on the perimeter by Jesse Smith (Coronado, CA/Pepperdine/New York AC) to close the gap to 6-5. Later in the quarter, Brooks stifled another Hungarian player-up chance with a block of Hungarian lefty Kiss to keep it close, but Varga's man-up conversion at 1:27 put Hungary back up by two. A field block and a save by Szecsi on a Team USA player advantage in the final minute helped keep the momentum in Hungary's favor. USA captain Wolf Wigo's (New York, NY/Stanford/New York AC) delivery in to Ryan Bailey at two meters was intercepted with 37 seconds left. Hungary drew an ejection in transition and played keep away for the remainder to hold on for the 7-5 victory. Asked whether he thought Team USA's play would help earn the respect of the other teams in the tournament, Ryan Bailey replied: "For me, respect doesn't matter. I want to win. I really don't care what the other teams think about us." The U.S. finished the game 3 for 11 in the player-up department. "In our power play situations, we need to spread out, and we're going to have to make better passes and take better shots," said Bailey. The win pushes Hungary to 3-0 in Group A, with group games still remaining against Kazakhstan and Russia. Team USA goes to 2-1 and is looking ahead to games with Russia (Saturday, Aug. 21) and Serbia and Montenegro (Monday, Aug. 23).


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Owner, Marie Sanchez cookbook author and master baker of Sweet Maria's www.sweet-marias.com located on 159 Manor Street in Waterbury Connecticut is offering a rooster of baking classes for children and adults from February through March.
On February 8 from 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. for example, there is a kid's valentine cookie and cupcake workshop where kids will make Valentine sugar cookies and cupcakes and have the fun of decorating them. This workshop also offers snacks and hot cocoa for the junior chefs as well as a fun pack of treats to take home. The cost of this workshop is $35 and classes are limited to 15 participants.
For adults, that want to learn the tricks of the trade, there is a hands on cake decorating class on February 26 that could come in handy for spring bridal showers. Sweet Maria's will provide step by step instructions on how to fill, frost and decorate a buttercream cake. This workshop starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $75.
Just for fun on March 12, Sweet Maria's is hosting a "Girls Night Out"... a cupcake mania class for lovers of those delectable treats. Sweet Maria's provides the tools and frostings, all you have to do is bring your best friend! This workshop includes instruction for buttercream decorations, rolled fondant, ganache and more plus adult beverages and snacks. Just think of the great cupcakes you can take home to wow your friends. This class is limited to 15 and the cost is $75.
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"'You're gonna make our kitten radioactive,' I said. She didn't look at me. We called our baby a kitten because Cate said when the baby kicked it felt like a kitten kneading its claws on Cate's insides." By Cote Smith
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57 year old male presents to correct his right pectoral implant placed after failure of his right pectoral muscle to develope after a traumatic accident. His current pec implant was of impropper shape and displaced. he is seen 3 1/2 months after reshaping and repositioning his right implant using STRATTICE dermal graft to repair the pocket and securely holding the implant in proper position.
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The Polish American Community In ToledoThe first wave of Polish immigrants arrived in Toledo beginning in 1871. Most were Roman Catholics escaping oppression in Prussian Poland, where German chancellor Otto von Bismarck had instituted "Kulturkampf," a policy of cultural assimilation. The first formal association of the Toledo Polonia (Toledo Polish American Community) occurred on October 16, 1875, when twenty-five families formed St. Hedwig Parish on that saint's feast day. By 1900 Toledo had become a center of Polish population in America, and many Poles found work here in the growing glass and automobile industries.
The Polish American Community of Toledo Lays the Cornerstone of Their New ParishSince its founding in 1875, St. Hedwig Parish has been a center of the Toledo Polonia. In 1876, the parish erected its first church and school building on Dexter Street under the direction of Rev. Wincenty Lewandowski (1841-1900) where an Ohio Historical Marker is placed. [Click Here] Bitter differences arose after rapid growth of the parish prompted its division, culminating in tragic riots in 1885 that caused three deaths and fire damage to the church. The present St. Hedwig church building on LaGrange Street replaced the original structure on Dexter in 1892. In 1916, the Order of the Sisters of St. Francis designated the old St. Hedwig building as its motherhouse, directed by Mother M. Adelaide Sandusky, O.S.F. (1875-1964). This community, now located in Sylvania, was initially devoted to training teachers for Polish American Community parishes throughout the Midwest.
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I am trying to write a Tkinter application that will automatically display a particular dialog box on top of the application when it is initialized. (Like a word processor opening a "File Open" dialog as the first thing that happens when you enter the application.) How do I do this? I have a method that invokes the dialog box, but I cannot call it until after my app's mainloop has started; but once the mainloop has started, I can't call it from the program, either! I'm sure I'm overlooking something obvious here. Example (skeleton) code: from Tkinter import * class NewPageDialog(tkSimpleDialog.Dialog): def body(self, master, title="Select Target"): Label(master, text="Target page:").grid(row=0) self.targetpage = Entry(master) self.targetpage.grid(row=0, column=1) return self.targetpage def validate(self): return True def apply(self): pass class GuiApplication(Frame): def __init__(self, master):(Continue reading)


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Carrot Cupcakes with Cream-Cheese Icing
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- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 1/2 cups shredded carrots
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup shredded coconut, plus more for garnish
- For the Icing:
- 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 tablespoon vanilla extract
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Make the cupcakes: In a bowl, combine sugar, vegetable oil, orange juice, vanilla extract, and eggs.
2. Stir in baking powder, baking soda, allspice, and salt. Add flour; mix. Stir in carrots, walnuts, and coconut.
3. Oil a standard muffin tin or line with paper cups; distribute batter evenly.
4. Bake until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, 25 minutes. Let cool before frosting. Garnish with toasted shredded coconut.
5. Make the icing: In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth.
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We didn't lose our brains - Di Canio
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Boss finds positives in late defeat.
Paolo Di Canio couldn't fault his players' effort and application after they suffered a late defeat at Spurs.
An 89th-minute goal from Gareth Bale seperated the sides at White Hart Lane after it looked like Sunderland's concerted rearguard action would earn them a point.
"We're obviously disappointed with the result but the lads have done a very good job," Di Canio said.
"They gave everything in terms of commitment and desire but we're still going back with zero points from the game."
Spurs created numerous chances but couldn't get the better of Simon Mignolet and the Sunderland defence until Bale's late intervention.
The visitors' back line held out under constant pressure with their last line of defence producing big saves when required.
But Sunderland's keeper could do nothing about Bale's winner – a thunderous shot from outside the box for his 21st league goal of the season.
"Gareth Bale made the difference once again for Tottenham with a great piece of play," said Di Canio, who saw David Vaughan sent off for a second bookable offence with a quarter of an hour remaining.
"I'm very happy with the performance; it was disciplined and we didn't lose our brains.
"Sometimes in final games the players are too relaxed and thinking about their holidays, but that was not the case today. Spurs had to work hard to get their three points.
"The team did well considering players like Jack Colback and Sebastian Larsson weren't in their normal positions."
Meanwhile Di Canio reserved praise for the travelling fans, who turned out in numbers to cheer their side through the final game of the campaign.
"A big thank you to the fans," the head coach said. "They sang all the way through the game and I loved seeing them in their section of the stadium in their red and white shirts.
"I wish we could have got a point for them to have something to celebrate. Unfortunately that didn't happen, but the players wore the shirt and played the best way they could today."


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There is a chance of snow showers Sunday morning, then another clipper will bring another round of steady snow to the area Sunday afternoon into Sunday night. Temperatures will rise ahead of the clipper on Sunday, then another surge of arctic air will overspread northeastern Ohio Sunday night and Monday in the wake of the system.
Snow showers will linger across the snow belt on Monday, otherwise it will be partly sunny.
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Despite economic downturns and Kawasaki's MotoGP cost-cutting, it seems that the MotoGP world will stay afloat just on Valentino Rossi and Yamaha. A marketing machine in himself, Rossi has just signed a new contract with energy drink Monster, ex-sponsor of John Hopkins.
The Rossi-Monster two year agreement is a sponsorship worth 2.5 million euros, with an extra half a million on the table should Rossi win the next world championship. The Monster-Rossi accessory range is already available, with hat and helmet adorned with the three-scratch "M" logo.
It's not the first motorcycling sponsorship for Monster, with a Motocross deal between the American company and Team Yamaha's Rinaldi brothers, including David Philippaerts and Joshua Coppins in MX1.
Rossi, a personality by nature or by marketing selection, you choose, still manages to create a spectacle of himself, whether looked on by motorcycling experts or not. Another case to prove that it's all about the publicity, not the sport. At least someone is keeping up the business end of the MotoGP in all this economic crisis.
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Soda Consumption Linked To Asthma, COPD, Study Says
If obesity and heart disease haven't stopped you from over-consuming soda, the increased risk of developing a chronic breathing condition just might do the trick.
A new study out of the University of Adelaide has shown that too many fizzy drinks can lead to an increased risk of developing asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).
Australian researchers analyzed the health and soda drinking habits of 16,907 people age 16 or older in southern Australia between 2008 and 2010, according to the Guardian.
Their findings revealed that people who consumed at least a half a liter of soft drinks a day were more than twice as likely to develop either breathing condition compared with those who refrained from the drink altogether, Med Page Today reports.
"The amount of soft drink consumption is associated with an increased chance of asthma and or COPD. There exists a dose-response relationship, which means the more soft drink one consumes, the higher the chance of having these diseases," the researchers wrote in the journal Respirology, in which the results of the study were published.
However, the researchers were only able to establish an association between guzzling too many soft drinks and lung disease, not a distinct causal relationship, Health.com explains.
Not surprisingly, study participants who also smoked upped their chances of developing lung disease, notes Nursing Times. Smokers who consumed more than half a liter of soft drinks a day had a 6.6 times greater risk of COPD than those who refrained from both habits.
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Makes sense to me. I am a diet soda addict. Funny, none of my siblings have Emphy. They all guzzle it too. We were not allowed candy or soda growing up-----------oops????
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Wow, I am one of seven and the only one with Emphysema too.
We were not allowed store bought candy growing up and I didn't even know there was such a thing as soda until our mother made home made root beer when I was 9. and then later at Claggett Church camp where they had a canteen where we were allowed to by something, and I saw red soda in a bottle, well I bought it and it was good.
Anyway interesting how our stories are some what the same
Sally, and we both grew up on farms too...
Thanks for your response Sally.
Love Holly
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Hi Holly,
I was looking at the Science daily article on same subject earlier
Great minds ;o) etcetera
The fizz does tend to bloat the abdomen making it more difficult on the breathing as we know. The amount of E additives and artificial sweeteners in fizzy soft drinks are bad news for health all round I think.
I read something else the other day about scientist saying the government should regulate sugar the same as alcohol and tobacco, as the artificial sweeteners pose dangers to public health.
I'll bet your Mother made a real tasty root beer Holly. My grandfather was a greengrocer and our bag of treats was peas in the pod which I loved, and once a month grandmother would make us an extra special treat of ice cream soda!! mmmm was delicious.
Easy breathing all and thanks Holly and Sally for sharing here.
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I feel lonely now with you all have brothers and sisters....
I was the only one!!!
I do have an 1/2 sister who was 18 years older then I....so I really am only child of my dad's.
Besides I didn't live with my sister growing up....saw time to time, today haven't seen her in 20 plus years.
Well I did call her the other day funny thing....she don't have ths copd thing and is 82 years old. yup that isn't funny.
but still strange....
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Wonder if they substitute the word soda with say milk if they would get the same results?
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and----speaking of milk. I was an avid milk drinker. My newborn baby was covered with red welts which were ecxema. (sp??) My doctor put me on an elimination diet to discover what was traveling through my breast milk into my baby. It was MILK. Yup, my son was allergic to cow's milk. That was when I switched to the dreaded soda. Dumb. I should have drank water. When Brian was old enough to be weaned; he did very well on soy milk.
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Mr. Nod--a very astute question! LOL vicki
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With the release of their second expansion Blizzard's World of Warcraft has reasserted its place as the number one MMORPG on the market and the sales records for Wrath of the Lich King are certainly proof that the game's popularity continues.
After playing Wrath of the Lich King for a couple of months I have to admit that these kudos are well-deserved. In this expansion players are introduced to the land of Northrend where Arthas, a.k.a. the Lich King, five years after disappearing into the frozen wastes, has risen and begun his dedicated attack on Azeroth. It is your job to join your fellow heroes in battle against his unholy forces and determine the fate of Azeroth and much more.
First, the graphics. While subtle, the improvements to the game's graphics have created a visually enchanting and moving environment. The scenery inspires both awe and fear depending on the area you're exploring. On many occasions I found myself hesitant to enter an area simply because of the foreboding and ominous surroundings. Second, the music. I was extremely impressed by the quality and composition of the soundtrack. It added significantly to the immersive qualities of the game. The story is much more involved and addresses characters on a personal level. Arthas appears much more often and plays an integral part in your questing. On many occasions you will finish a quest just to see Arthas conspiring with his forces, but just out of your reach. Another enhancement is the in-game cut scenes. Whereas most games take you out of the action to show you a cut scene, these scenes take place during the game and feel more like a part of the game-play. The use of vehicles such as dragons, tanks, aircraft and gun emplacements are a much more utilized feature. While I thought the vehicles were cool and a nice addition, sometimes, as a disabled player, I found the vehicles difficult to control, but I always managed to complete the vehicle missions—I just had to repeat them. The items in this expansion feature better balanced abilities. Before this expansion if that piece of armor had a higher armor class you'd automatically equip it. If you do that in Wrath, you may be trading a 100 hit rating for a 58 or trading that critical strike rating for an intellect boost. On many occasions you will find yourself conflicted on item improvements, so you have to consider them with a little more care. Also, when players begin exploring Northrend they have a choice of two starting points. I explored both just for the fun of it.
I explored most of Northrend. I did an aerial survey of Icecrown which looked deadly. I tried to do the same with Wintergrasp, but violating that airspace made my flying mount vanish and I spent quite some time parachuting into the middle of scourge territory. The most beautiful places included Grizzly Hills, Sholazar Basin and, if you like snow, Storm Peaks. Reaching level 77 allowed me to train for Cold Weather Flying, which is the only way you can use your flying mount here. It's worth it and makes travel here much easier.
With this expansion comes the addition of the Achievement system. Players are rewarded for completing any number of tasks or reaching certain goals. It adds another level of challenge and accomplishment to the game-play.
Of course, with a new expansion come new bugs and drawbacks. Just like Burning Crusade's Outland, Northrend has no auction houses or class trainers. However, once you connect to the city of Dalaran, it provides one-way portals to each faction's capital cities and battlegrounds. One annoying issue I discovered was while fighting a boss, that same boss would respawn right there. I didn't even have to kill the boss before he respawned. On several occasions I found myself fighting two incarnations of the same boss, unsuccessfully at that. Another bug in the game is that certain add-ons will interfere with the vehicles. There were a number of times I had to log out of the game, turn off my add-ons and log back in to the game just to complete a vehicle quest. In Burning Crusade I found the expansion to be more battle-centric, but in Wrath I think battle and storytelling are better balanced.
With this expansion characters are allowed to move beyond the level 70 cap to level 80. I managed to advance my hunter to level 80 before writing this review. I did it purely through questing, no raiding or instances. Now, with a level 80 character, I'm ready to give those aspects of the game a shot.
This expansion also introduces a new character class—the Death Knight. Since I had a character that was higher than level 55, I was able to roll a Death Knight and run him through his beginning quests. Starting out at level 55, you find yourself in league with the Lich King and doing quests for him and his minions. All but two of the quests were easy enough to complete, the other two were accomplished with a little help from other players. The Death Knight's storyline is probably one of the most interesting. Playing in Azeroth with a Death Knight is a rewarding experience. Being disabled, playing a melee character can be very difficult. But not so here. Playing a Death Knight made a melee character fun for me again. However, that character is only level 59 as of this writing.
As for playing the game, the controls are the same as in the original game and the first expansion—utilizing mouse and keyboard throughout. Right-clicking is a necessity and I cannot recommend the Control-Click method that the game suggests for Mac users. KeyStrokes works with the game in windowed mode and activating windowed mode can be achieved by selecting the option or by pressing Command-M on the hardware keyboard.
With impressive visuals, stunningly beautiful music and new content plus familiar game-play, Wrath of the Lich King is a fun and engaging game expansion. It is well worth the $39.95 US price tag (as long as your character is at least level 55). Happy Warcrafting!
Macintosh System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4.11 or newer
- PowerPC G5 1.6GHz or Intel Core Duo processor (Recommended: Intel 1.8GHz Processor or better)
- 1GB RAM. (Recommended: 2GB RAM)
- 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 64 MB VRAM such as an ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce Ti 4600 class card or better (Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA 7600 class card or better)
- 12 gigabytes or more of available hard drive space.
- Internet Connection: Broadband.
- Mouse: Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended.
Windows(R) XP (Service Pack 3), Windows(R) Vista (Service Pack 1)
- Intel Pentium4 1.3GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+ processor. (Recommended: Dual Core Processor such as the Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2)
- 512 megabytes or more of RAM, 1GB required for Windows Vista users (Recommended: 1GB Ram, 2GB for Vista users)
- 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with at least 32 MB VRAM, such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better. (Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better.)
- 12 gigabytes or more of available hard drive space.
- DirectX(R) 9.0c or above.
- Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card.
- Internet Connection: Broadband.
- Mouse: Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended.
- Wrath of the Lich King is an Expansion set to World of Warcraft. You must already have a properly installed version of World of Warcraft and World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade in order to install and play this expansion.
- You must upgrade a World of Warcraft account before you can play World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.
- You must have an active Broadband Internet connection to play World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.
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"I've actually watched the Super Bowl a few times, was anyone else struck by how many of Indys passing routes were repeated? That 3rd down drop by Garcon on the slant under Jabari was a play they had run successfully once or twice before. And the interception, they ran that same play a few times for relatively short (5-7) yardage. Porter immediately said it was a matter of film study, but if you watch the Super Bowl a couple of times, you will see the same plays repeated over and over.
Remember the McKenzie interception in the Patriot game? It almost looked like they knew what was coming - because he wasn't covering the receiver as much as he was positioning himself in the PATH of the ball.
The same thing with that play in the Superbowl where you saw Vilma call a defensive audible while he was right up on the defensive line, next thing you knew, he was 30 yards back defending a pass to the tight end on the goal line.
I remember a game in Atlanta in 1991 where the Saints won, like 27-6, where they gave up less than 10 first downs and less than 175 total yards to the Falcons that day. Some of the Falcon players said after the game, when they came to the line of scrimmage, the Saints were telling each other what play they were about to run!
Point is, so much of the technical stuff in coaching seems way beyond the average fan's ability to grasp. But REALLY GOOD coaches can make other teams look bad. That's how sometimes a smaller less-talented team can beat a better more talented team that mails it in. We were that better team in 2008 - we didn't have the defensive brains at coordinator.
But isn't it funny how we all want to understand the game better because we just want to extract every drop of enjoyment out of this team? Look at the sophistication of these posts in the chat board here...we want to really and truly 'get it'.
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Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has apologized to Jewish victims of the Holocaust in his country and called for restitution for Croatian Holocaust survivors.
In an address to the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, last week, he declared: "We need to look into our hearts, and to come to terms with the darkest stain in our history. Here I am, standing before the parliament of the Jewish state, and more importantly, in front of people born in Croatia, and with no ambiguity, I apologize and I ask for forgiveness from all the Holocaust survivors and all the victims,".
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