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Spring has arrived and with it comes lots of reasons to dress up--Prom, garden parties, graduation celebrations, summer weddings. Make a statement at the season's most important events with one of these 3 colorful trends. --Angel
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Rose Arbor & Wildflower Lodge, located in Osseo, Minnesota provides the following services: Assisted Living, Senior Community, In-Home Care, and Alzheimer's Care. Rose Arbor & Wildflower Lodge has a very good hospital, Mercy Hospital, located nearby, which scored a 88 out of 100 in its most recent Medicare review. The Rose Arbor & Wildflower Lodge's nearest hospital is 5 miles away. The zipcode (55311) in Minnesota, where Rose Arbor & Wildflower Lodge is located, has an above average safety rating based on recent crime statistics.
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A Man's Role In IVF
Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Dave Kreiner, MD, IVF, Reproductive Health, Stress Relief, Treating Infertility
A husband's experience when going through an IVF cycle varies depending in large part on how involved he gets. When a husband participates actively with the IVF process it helps to relieve much of the stress on the wife and on the relationship. The more involved he is the more he will feel more invested in the entire experience and more in control over the outcome.
Many husbands pride themselves in their new found skill with mixing medications and administering injections for their wives. It helps many men who are used to caring for their wives to be in control of administering the medication for them. Successful IVF then becomes something he's has played a very active role in and related better to the experience, his wife and the resulting baby.
Despite a lack of prior experience, most people can learn to prepare and administer the medication. Whether it is the feeling of "playing doctor" or the knowledge that he is contributing significantly in the process and supporting his wife, most men relate that giving their wives the injections was a positive experience for them and for their relationship.
Along the same line of thinking, accompanying your wife at the time of embryo transfer can be most rewarding. This can be a highly emotional procedure. Your embryo/s is being placed in the womb and at least in that moment many women feel as if they are pregnant. Life may be starting here and it is wonderful to share this moment with your wife. Perhaps you may keep the Petri dish as a keepsake as the "baby's first crib". It is an experience a husband and wife are not likely to forget as their first time together as a family. I strongly recommend that men don those scrubs, hats and booties and join their wines and partners as the physician transfers the embryos from the dish into her womb. Nine months later do the same at delivery for memories that last a lifetime.
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| Box Score (PDF)GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Georgia Tech volleyball team (7-2) fell to No. 15 Florida (6-2) in four sets (25-22, 15-25, 21-25, 22-25) in the final match of the Active Ankle Challenge Saturday night at the Steven C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla.Seniors Monique Mead and Bailey Hunter were named to the All-Tournament team. Mead averaged 3.70 kills per set and hit at a .275 clip throughout the tournament, while Hunter averaged 3.20 kills per game and a .244 hitting percentage.Ziva Recek led the Gators with 23 kills in the match and was named MVP of the tournament.Tech trailed, 4-2, early in the first set. The Yellow Jackets rallied and went on a 6-0 run to take the lead, 8-4, behind the serve of Monique Mead and key blocks by Quinn Evans and Kaleigh Colson. In the rally, Tech blocked a dump by Florida setter Taylor Brauneis to tie the game, and a tip by Colson gave Tech the lead. Mead served the next point and the ball never made it to the Jackets' side of the court as Evans and Colson put up three consecutive blocks to give Tech a two-point cushion and the lead for the rest of the set.The Gators tied the match 1-1, after winning the second set behind offensive powerhouse Recek, who hit 7-for-10 with one error (.600). Tech was held to just 15 points, the lowest for the Yellow Jackets all season.The third set was full of ups and downs as the score was knotted eight times and the lead was traded four times. The Gators' balanced offensive attack was too much as four players hit .500 or above in the stanza.The Gators used the momentum from the second and third games to win the fourth and final set. Florida took a 9-6 lead and Tech eventually pulled within one point, 13-12, to force a Gator timeout. Florida then went on a 7-2 run to take the lead 20-14. A four-point Tech rally put the Jackets with in three, but the Gators prevailed and ended the match on a kill by Recek.The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Friday, Sept. 14 when they open conference play against Clemson as part of the Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic. Game time is set for 7 p.m. at O'Keefe Gym.
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Daiquiri Dick's Announces Upcoming Pet Picnic
Published Dec 4, 2012, 5:37pm - (Updated Dec 18, 2012, 4:07pm)
Best friends can share a wonderful early afternoon at the 7th Annual Pet Picnic. The patio at Daiquiri Dick's restaurant in Puerto Vallarta will play host to this event. Join the fun on Saturday, December 8th starting at 11am. There's a costume contest, raffle and other surprises. It will wrap up by 2pm. The costume contest starts at noon, so be prompt. Tickets are $275 in advance and $300 at the door. They can be bought at the restaurant, which is located on Los Muertos Beach, Olas Altas 314, in Colonia Emiliano Zapata.
The price includes a boxed lunch with choice of sandwich and a doggie bag for your buddy, beverages are extra. This event has grown over the years, so get your tickets early. Last year there were around 40 dogs with about double that amount for humans. The Pet Picnic was the first event in Banderas Bay that included all four-legged friends. It's worth seeing even if you do not have a dog. This is a great way to meet other animal lovers.
All monies raised are donated to PEACE/Ayuda a los Animales. They have high volume, mobile, spay and neuter clinics in Jalisco and Nayarit. This program is grass roots and reaches out to those that cannot afford to go to the vet and the service is free. They typically set up the clinic in colonias at homes, businesses or government buildings. The clinics run three to four days and the vets can sterilize up to 25 dogs and/or cats per day. The two vets have performed over 4000 operations so far.
The mobile spay and neuter clinics prevent unwanted births, and reduce the number of dogs and cats on the streets hit by cars, poisoned, diseased or starving. Spaying and neutering also reduces or can eliminate many health problems and injuries that are difficult and/or expensive to treat. Additionally, the amount of male dog and cat fights are radically reduced. Humans are less likely to be injured by cats and dogs and communities are cleaner and safer. Many animal shelters in Mexico are not operating due to a lack of government funds, even though shelters are required by law.
If you are interested in donating directly to PEACE or want more info, here's the link to their website, http://www.peacemexico.org/index
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A Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort product, the 20-year-old Maddie Bowman helped solidify Lake Tahoe's standing as a region that producers excellent halfpipe freestyle skiers.
Bowman joined Reno's David Wise as a freestyle halfpipe gold-medal winner. One of the coolest and lasting moments of the 2014 Winter Olympics was Bowman atop Wise's shoulders, draped in the American flag, celebrating her gold-medal victory.
Her second run, which included two 900 spins and a backwards 700, scored 89.00. Bowman had an 85.80 on her first run.
"The way I've gotten here is taking it one day and one competition at a time and having absolutely as much fun as I could. And hey, it worked out," said Bowman, who has won gold medals at the past two Winter X-Games.
Three of Bowman's American teammates joined her in the final, but each fell at least once and failed to make the podium. U.S. teammates Brita Sigourney (6th), Annalisa Drew (9th) and Angeli Vanlaanen (11th) each crashed in finals.
The humble Bowman offered congratulations afterward to Sigourney, who fell hard and scraped her face on the bottom of the pipe, leaving a nasty gash in her nose.
Sigourney's coaches and medical staff rushed out to help her. Right behind them in her ski boots was the woman wearing bib No. 2 – Bowman.
"Maddie is so funny. She said that she wanted me to win and that she's so proud of me. I told her to shut up because she deserves this more than anyone," Sigourney said. "It was the most technical run out of any girl skiing. It's more technical than any run any girl has done all year, plus it's got amplitude and style. She's just got it all."


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The Catholic League's Long Island Chapter will host a cocktail reception at the Nassau Bar Association on Friday, October 21. The League will present an award to Dr. Henry Viscardi. Catholic League president William A. Donohue will be the featured speaker.


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Guatemalan children at U.S. border there because of U.S. backed genocide
The arms used in this genocide were supplied to the Guatemalan military by successive U.S. administrations beginning with that of Ronald Reagan.
Six incredibly bad films inspired by the Cold War
For some filmmakers, the Cold War became a convenient excuse for moronic plotlines, insufferable jingoism, and unapologetically reactionary politics.
"J. Edgar": masterpiece film about master manipulator
Does Clint Eastwood reveal the ugly truth and dark past about the life of America's most notorious secret policeman in his newest film "J. Edgar?"
Red-baiting muddies the waters
More than anything, American public opinion is galvanized in its revulsion to the horrific crimes committed in Tucson, Ariz.


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Sun Open Storage: Backbone for new data-transfer world record
By rebekah on Dec 11, 2008
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) just announced they have set new records for sustained data transfer among storage systems, using the Sun Fire X4500 and X4540 storage servers.Sun Fire X4540 storage server
An international team of physicists, computer scientists and network engineers achieved a bidirectional peak throughput of 114 Gbps and a sustained data flow of more than 110 Gbps among clusters of servers at SC08 in Austin, Texas.
Caltech's exhibit at SC08 demonstrated new applications and systems for globally distributed data analysis for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, which is expected to resume operations in the spring. As I blogged about in September, CERN is also utilizing Sun Storage to handle the massive amounts of data that will be generated by the LHC.


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R3 is pleased to learn of today's announcement that Britain will opt out of plans to introduce a European Account Preservation Order (EAPO). R3 had repeatedly warned of the threat to the UK's rescue culture over the plans.
The Global Trader Guide to Latin American & Caribbean Markets 2012 is now available.
Two initiatives are being announced today to harness the power of shipping to help navigate the world to more sustainable waters.
NEST has signed up to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), a framework for responsible global investment. There are currently 120 UK-based signatories to the PRI, including 26 asset owners. Globally, there are 930 signatories.
Prime minister David Cameron has revealed plans for ships sailing under the British flag to be permitted to carry armed guards in a bid to protect them from piracy, particularly vessels sailing off the coast of Somalia.
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LAREDO, TX (KGNS) - Some future athletes are prepping early for the upcoming Special Olympics.
UISD Early Childhood Special Education students had the opportunity to compete in the district's Special Games for students in the district with special needs.
The students ranged from ages 3 to 7 years old, and competed in all types of physical activities. The age participation in the Special Olympic competition is 8 years of age.
"It's important for students to demonstrate their ability," said Area Director Maribel Santoya-Maciel. "Every child has an opportunity and should have an opportunity in our community to demonstrate their sports abilities."
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O'Connor W, Bianchi G, Willis MS, McCudden CR, Testicular Mass in a 40-year-old- man. Lab Medicine 2011 July 42:388-394.
Cerhan JR, Putnam SD, Bianchi GD, Parker AS, Lynch CF, Cantor KP. Tea consumption and risk of cancer of the colon and rectum. Nutrition and Cancer. 2001 Jan; 41(1 - 2): 33-40. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 12094626.
Putnam SD, Cerhan JR, Parker AS, Bianchi GD, Wallace RB, Cantor KP, Lynch CF. Lifestyle and anthropometric risk factors for prostate cancer in a cohort of Iowa men. Annals of Epidemiology. 2000 Aug; 10(6): 361-369. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 10964002
Bianchi GD, Cerhan JR, Parker AS, Putnam ST, Cantor KP, See WA, Lynch CF. Tea-Consumption and Risk of Bladder and Kidney Cancer: A Population Based Case-Control Study. Am J Epidemiology. 2000 Feb; 151(4): 377-83. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 10695596.
Cerhan JR, Putnam SD, Bianchi GD, Lynch CF, Cantor KP. Tea Consumption and risk of cancer of the colon and rectum. Ann Epidemiol. 1999 Jan; 9(1): 453 Cited in PubMed; PMID: 12094626
Stovsky MD, Seftel AD, Mulcahy JD, Bianchi GD, Hampel N, Stoup RT.. Infectious Complication of Penile Prosthesis Surgery in a Diabetic Man. Infections in Urology. 1998 Feb; 11(1): 20-25.
Kroin JS, Bianchi GD, Penn RD. lntrathecal Baclofen Down-regulates GABA-B Receptors In the Rat Substantia Gelatinosa. J. Neurosurgery. 1993 Oct; 79(4): 544-549. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 8410224.
Kroin JS, Bianchi GD, Penn RD. Spinal Cord Transection Produces Long Term Increase In GABA-B Binding In the Rat Substantia Gelatinosa. Synapse. 1993 Aug; 14(4): 263-267. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 8248850.
Bianchi GD, Cerhan JR, Parker AS, Putnam ST, Cantor KP, See WA, Lynch CF. Tea-consumption and risk of kidney cancer: A population based case-control study. Am J Epidemiology. 1998 Jun; 147(11): 166.
Bianchi GD, Griebling T, Sueppel C, Fountain K, Kreder K. Improvement in objective symptoms and quality of life outcomes after biofeedback training for management of urinary incontinence and dysfunctional voiding. J Urology. 1997 Apr; 157(1): 1385.
Bianchi GD, Maynard M, Williams RD. Differentiation of Prostatitis from Prostate Cancer Using Ratio of Free to Total PSA. J Urology. 1996 May; 155(1): 458, 425A.
Kroin JS, Bianchi GD, Penn RD. Long-term Effect of Spinal Cord Hemisection on GABA-B Binding In the Rat Substantia Gelatinosa.. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 1991 Nov; 17(1): 187.
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Duke OAB Virtual Grand Rounds: Diagnosing and Managing Overactive Bladder in Primary Care. Launch Date March 9, 2011. Joyce Copeland, MD, Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, Gregory D. Bianchi MD http://www.dkbmed.com/OAB/
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text: Dec 11, 2012 07:52 Letter: BR already has a children's museum Letter: BR already has a children's museum Advocate story Comments Those who have built Baton Rouge's 52-year-old children's museum, the Louisiana Art and Science Museum, have acted with characteristic grace in not pointing out the ignorance of The Advocate when it declares, "The absence of such a museum in Baton Rouge has been a glaring one." LASM began as a children's museum and over the years has grown in its mission to provide a first-rate museum experience for young and old alike. Young people have been able, over the years, to experience the delights of hands on experimentation that demonstrates how things work and fascinates the curious minds of our children at the Discovery Depot. My granddaughter, Megan, now 17, wanted to visit LASM from the time she was 3 on her annual trips to Baton Rouge from Michigan. She still loves it as did her mother when she was growing up. But she also loves the planetarium shows that have been added and, of course, the walk through the mummy's tomb. She also has an adult museum she can grow into. Doubtless, the folks at LASM are completely in favor of the expansion of the children's museum experience in Baton Rouge and would never raise an objection that might hurt that effort. But this does not excuse The Advocate for denigrating one of Baton Rouge's greatest assets for our children. C. Ward Bond technologist Baton Rouge Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Since being forced out halfway out of of his rookie season in MotoGP in 2009 (to make room for Gabor Talmacsi), Yuki Takahashi has switched to three different Moto2 teams in three years. He spent 2010 with Tech3 where he took a first place at Catalunya and second place at Brno finishing 12th overall. 2011 saw him on Gresini's Moriwaki and finish 11th overall with two podiums, while 2012 was his most disastrous year ever since his debut in GP racing as he finished 30th overall with Forward Racing's FTR machine.
However the Japanese rider will once again be in Moto2 in 2013 as Honda Asia Team Tady - run by 1997 500cc World championship runner-up Tadayuki Okada - has decided to give Takahashi who tested the team's Moriwaki MD600 bike during the post-season test at Valencia an opportunity to continue in the series.
Honda Asia Team Tady has been set up to help promote Japanese talent in the World championship which has seen their numbers dwindle in recent years and it will also be Moriwaki's chancce to return to the grid as their chassis, after winning the inaugural Moto2 championship with Gresini's Toni Elias, has slowly and progressively been dropped over the past two seasons by teams for other chassis makers.


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CrossFit is described as the sport of fitness. It encompasses exercises that are constantly varied, high-intensity, functional (multi-joint) movements that help prepare you for random physical challenges. CrossFit is designed to elicit metabolic adaptations that lead to favorable improvement in physical performance and body composition. In simpler terms, CrossFit KICKS YOUR BUTT INTO 5th GEAR, helping your body burn calories, gain lean muscle mass and get stronger and fitter, FASTER.
CrossFit strengthens and conditions your core and optimizes physical competence in ten different fitness domains that CrossFit identifies as being the foundation for performing any sport or activity.
The ten domains are:
1 ) Cardiovascular and Respiratory endurance
2 ) Stamina
3 ) Strength
4 ) Flexibility
5 ) Power
6 ) Speed
7 ) Coordination
8 ) Agility
9 ) Balance
10 ) Accuracy
There are 9 fundamental functional movements introduced in CrossFit. You'll learn these fundamental movements before advancing towards lifting heavier loads or attempting higher skilled exercises. They include the following:
1 ) Squat
2 ) Front Squat
3 ) Overhead Squat
4 ) Shoulder Press
5 ) Push Press
6 ) Push Jerk
7 ) Deadlift
8 ) Sumo Deadlift Highpull
9 ) Medicine Ball Clean
You will learn the importance of "core to extremity" muscle recruitment and your knowledge will be reinforced through the practice of these fundamental movements and through exercise progressions. CrossFit highlights the critical role of core strength for all physical activity.


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None of those situations are ideal for obvious reasons and Direct2Drive may have a solid solution. The game dealer has launched a rental service that lets gamers buy five hours of play for $5. That's enough time to gauge your interest in a game and cheap enough to negate buyer's remorse. What's more, if you decide to purchase the title after five hours, the initial $5 rental charge is applied toward the game's total price.
The current rental catalog is pretty limited with only Silent Hill: Homecoming, Grid, and Divinity II available, but Direct2Drive plans to expand that selection in the near future. There's no word on what titles will be added, but the company probably wants to test the waters before jumping in with both feet. How successful do you think the service will be? Would you pay $5 to test a game before eating the full retail price?


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Through Kickstarter, online donations, and private donors, The Blue Ribbon: ME/CFS and the Future of Medicine has managed to raise a total of $25,000 and is currently in production. However, the production will require an additional $25,000 in order to reach its goal of completion and distribution via film festivals, Hulu, iTunes, and Amazon Video on Demand.
In addition to general distribution, we are creating a two-tiered program such that physicians, nurses, patients, and families can directly benefit from the documentary in a timely fashion:
1.) CME Course Credit–With further funding, we can create a system by which physicians and nurses who watch the film can receive continuing medical education (CME) credit
2.) Direct Information–Physicians today are increasingly taught to become partners with engaged patients who bring significant knowledge and research to appointments. Physicians also have less time to read multi-disciplinary journal articles. As part of that trend in medicine, we are creating a system and information package such that patients can give the documentary directly to their physicians in order to improve care.
Slated for release in late 2014, the documentary is being made with a lean budget, but continues to welcome all donations and contributions from those wishing to support the cause for ME/CFS awareness.
The crew has filmed in California, Nevada, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida. They have filmed innovative research ongoing at the Open Medicine Institute, Simmaron Research, the Hunter-Hopkins Center, and the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine.
They have filmed many of the top experts in the field: Daniel Peterson, Andy Kogelnik, Ron Davis, Nancy Klimas, Gordon Broderick, Charles Lapp, Judy Mikovits, Staci Stevens, Chris Snell, Mark Van Ness, and many others.
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The Perfect Storm Is Heading Toward the Debt Market
Remember the cheering stock brokers? Now it's the bond brokers' turn -- but for how long?
The problem with the high-yield market is found in its structure, how it's traded and who is buying it.
In most cases, these types of debt instruments are traded broker-to-broker in the so called OTC, over the counter, market. This means that if you are looking to buy an asset, you would normally call up a broker to get a price quote. In many ways this means that the way high-yield bonds are traded in 2012 is not very different from how high-yield bonds were traded in 1985.
This is exactly the opposite of the situation in the stock market, where it is obvious to anyone what the price of an asset is – you just check the quote. The information is right there. In the bond market, it is still a one-to-one market, it is really only the traders that know what the prices are.
Albeit some systems have created a sliver of modernity in the bond market, namely the bond trading platform run by the investment firm BlackRock (NYSE:BLK), the market is still a highly lucrative for the brokers, due to the low level of transparency.
In a world where stock brokers are almost a non-existent profession, the bond broker is still making the big bucks. This gives the big banks and brokerages a very high incentive to keep churning out debt, before the ride stops.
The money is just too good. Just look to Norway's biggest brokerage, DNB Markets. It recently published quarterly earnings, revealing that "income from international bond holdings" went from a small loss a year ago to gains of $126 million in the latest quarter. That gain represented about half of the bottom line for the brokerage.
So who's buying the debt instruments? Well, increasingly, it's the unsophisticated investors-the so-call dumb money-who are adding money to the pot.
A few years back we were told by several brokerages that all their high net worth customers were rushing into bonds. Now it's the rest of the investors.
Several people I've talked to are now waiting for that moment. You know that moment. When you, as a financial professional, enter a taxi, meet a financially illiterate relative or a hairdresser and that question pops up: "So, what do you think about those high-yield bonds?"
That's the moment. The moment when you sell it all and go short.
Blow up risks
How bad a downturn might be in numbers is really anybody's guess, but how it might happen is probably a little easier to figure out. The bond market is actually nothing close to the stock market in the way it functions. The primary problem is the liquidity. Or lack thereof.
High-yield bonds, especially those issued by smaller companies, are simply not traded very much. While a stock might be traded thousands of times in a day, creating an accurate market price, a bond might be untraded for days, weeks, months, and in some cases during the entire lifetime of the bond.
Regardless of this, the bonds get a market price on a daily basis, based on a number of factors. This works great when the markets doing well. The charts are smooth and everybody makes money.
But the blowup risks are massive. Consider this example presented to me by a fund manager:
Most bond investors don't buy the bonds directly, but do so via high-yield bond funds. These have offered tremendous returns for years.
These funds have a cash buffer. This is to make it possible for investors to exit their investment, without the fund having to liquidate a not-so-liquid bond position.
Let's say an event, on the macro level, causes a few investors to dump the fund at the same time. This would deplete the cash. The fund now needs to liquidate some of its bonds. But at what price? Some of these bonds might be traded at an infrequent basis. So what is the price that is quoted?
The price will probably be significantly lower than the previous "market" price. Let's imagine that a number of these funds suffer similar draw downs are forced to sell at the same time. This will naturally cause prices to drop. This price drop will most likely cause other investors to try and get out.
And thus: you have a run on the fund.
Perhaps it's not smart to be out fishing for yield right now. Perhaps it's better to head back to shore and brace for a storm.
Because it really is calm now…This story by Kathy Willens originally appeared on Quartz.
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In the beginning, life formed in the sea. The phospho-lipid membranes of our cells wrapped themselves around primordial saltwater, enclosing water, salt, and other chemicals. Our blood today includes those chemicals as evolutionary remnants of our origins. In the last twenty years a new chemical has been added to our blood. Bisphenol A (BPA) now flows in the blood of nine out of 10 Americans, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The chemical is manufactured worldwide at a rate of 7 billion pounds per year (13,000 pounds a minute) for us in plastics including CDs, eye-glass lenses, beverage cans, sports bottles, and baby bottles.
Is this safe? Will this miracle of modern chemistry cause unforeseen consequences? On September 16, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) committee tasked with determining the safety of BPA met, and spokesperson Laura Tarantino, head of the FDA's office of food additive safety said:
"Right now, our tentative conclusion is that it's safe, so we're not recommending any change in habits." -Yahoo News
The FDA bases this conclusion on reviews of scientific studies, and as an administrative agency concerned with the welfare of American citizens, I'd like to trust its findings. But regular Celsias readers will recognize this video discussing the possible health impacts of BPA.
In animal tests, Bisphenol A (BPA) has been shown to act like the hormone estrogen, lowering birth weights, damaging genetic material, and affecting growth and development of animals. BPA has further been linked in animals to diabetes, obesity, and cancer. But what about BPA in humans?
On the same day that Laura Tarantino gave her tentative reassurance that BPA is safe, a crucial report was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association: the largest human study on BPA to date. The researchers collected data on a representative sample of 1,455 people. The group's urine was analyzed for BPA levels, and the individuals were asked about their health histories. Individuals with the highest levels of BPA in their blood were twice as likely to have diabetes and heart disease as those with the lowest levels of BPA.
Now this study is just a snap-shot in time, and it only establishes a correlation, not a causation. Just because high BPA occurs at the same time as diabetes and heart disease doesn't mean that BPA causes either of those diseases. There could be some third factor (soft-drink consumption?) causing both, or there could be no relation at all between the two. In order to determine causality, a long term study would have to be done, a study that could record many different factors effecting peoples' health.
But this correlation does mean something. It means there is a risk that this chemical causes significant harm to human beings. Common sense tells us we might not want to be ingesting this chemical - or feeding it to our babies through bottles, toys and pacifiers - until we've further looked into how BPA relates to our body chemistry. The FDA's failure to follow the common sense precautionary principle in this instance is a failure of the agency to "protect and promote" Americans' health.
The precautionary principle, a tenet of European Union Law, is a moral and political principle stating that in cases where actions might cause harm to people, those advocating the action have the burden to prove the action safe. This principle of informed prudence places the welfare and safety of people who might be affected by BPA above the possible benefits of using this compound. The precautionary principle tells us the level of harm caused to infants sucking on bottles or athletes chugging on Nalgenes ought to be established before we allow people to use the products.
Here's another way to look at the precautionary principle. When a new chemical is developed, its use is inherently an experiment. We test the chemical out to see what kinds of effects it has. Does it cause cancer (asbestos)? Does it cause holes in the ozone layer (CFCs)? Or is it a safe compound like glass or stainless steel? We can do this testing in any number of ways. We can test it out on animals, in a controlled environment, in a computer model, or in the open market. When we test chemicals in the open market, selling it to the public without full knowledge of its effects, we can easily analyze its effects twenty, thirty, and forty years later. When a generation of babies develops unusually high cancer rates or diabetes rates, then we'll have incontrovertible proof of the harm that BPA causes. Of course, it might be that babies raised sucking BPA into their bodies will be perfectly healthy.
The difference between the open market test and continued private testing is timing. Do we understand the chemical before or after it hits our homes? When chemicals are tested on the open market, we all become guinea pigs in an experiment we didn't sign up for. Count me out. Plastic companies and chemists can find someone else to experiment on, I'll be using my glass bottle.
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"Yo Adrian!" The 72 steps in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art immortalized in the Academy Award winning movie "Rocky" could be in the path of a major expansion plan for the attraction.
The Art Museum is considering a 24-foot window in the center of the staircase that would connect underground galleries to an outside view of the Philadelphia skyline. If approved and implemented, the changes to the steps would mark the most significant alteration to the exterior of the Art Museum since its completion in 1928.
The blueprint for the museum's enhancements come from renowned architect Frank Gehry, who is best known for dramatic, modernist designs, including the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.
While not definite, the changes affecting the iconic Art Museum steps are an option for consideration according to Timothy Rub, the museum's director and chief executive officer.
Plans for the museum's expansion are expected to be unveiled on July 1st. The expansion could take a decade to complete but when finished would add as much as 169-thousand-square-feet of space and allow the museum to show off more of its collection of 230-thousand objects.
The "Rocky" steps as they are known in Philadelphia rank among the most popular tourist attractions in the city where visitors can often be seen running up and down the steps re-enacting scenes from the Sylvester Stallone movie. The "Rocky" statue also continues to be a premiere photo spot for tourists and residents alike visiting the Art Museum. The movie-prop-turned-museum-statue sits to the side of the famous steps and continues to be a popular draw to have wedding photos or selfies taken today.


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Health and ageing are key strategic issues for the city. The Health & Wellbeing Board are taking these issues forward so there is no need for a dedicated SEB champion. SEB work closely with The Health & Wellbeing Board and are kept up to date on key developments.
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Funko Star Trek The Original Series Mini Figures
The super-cute Funko style is spreading between the crew and aliens from Star Trek. If you like the famous sci-fi franchise, let's go on checking the Star Trek: The Original Series mini figures.
Funko POP! Audio Batman Vinyl Figure Speaker
Funko recently announced a new vinyl figure. If you're a faithful fan of Batman, you may like to enjoy your favorite songs via the POP! Audio Batman vinyl figure speaker.
Funko POP! Game of Thrones Vinyl Figure Series
No doubt, Game of Thrones is a medieval fantasy franchise. If you're a fan of A Song of Ice and Fire, the following Funko POP! Game of Thrones vinyl figure series should be able to catch your eyes.
Funko POP! Sanrio Hello Kitty Vinyl Figure Series
We introduced Funko's The Walk Dead POP! series last week, but if you prefer the cute cartoon cat, the POP! Hello Kitty vinyl figure series may be more suitable for you.
Funko POP! The Walking Dead Vinyl Figure Series
Funko has announced its latest POP! The Walking Dead vinyl figure series. If you're a faithful fan of the zombie themed television series, let's go on checking the POP! bobble heads.
Funko POP! Plant vs Zombies Vinly Figures
The battlefield between plants and zombies will be moved onto your desk soon. If you're curious, let's go on checking Funko POP! Plant vs Zombies vinyl figures.
Funko POP! Star Wars Vinyl Figures Series 2
Funko recently unveiled its latest POP! Star Wars vinyl figures series 2. If you like these cute bobble heads, let's go on checking.
Funko POP! The Simpsons Series 1 Vinyl Figures
Apparently Funko not only wants to add some adorable elements to Superheroes and characters from Star Wars. The Simpsons has joined the line of cute POP! vinyl figures.


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Care and Share Associates is a social enterprise which develops franchise companies in which the workforce are the owners. Employees are able to participate in the decisions that affect their working lives. In our experience, this produces a higher level of commitment to the organisation and to the quality of the services that we deliver, because every employee is supported to achieve their personal and professional best.
For further information about our company, including details about our origins, click here.
Our family of companies already delivers services in Knowsley, Leeds, Halifax, North Tyneside, Newcastle and Manchester.
As a social enterprise, our purpose is not to maximise profit. Our main commitment is to the communities we serve. This commitment means creating better jobs, supporting our employees' professional development and offering a high quality, flexible service to those individuals who rely on us for their care needs.
High quality care and support is all about the workforce. What we have done is to find a way to tap into people's natural creativity and commitment, by giving them a stake in their business. CASA's approach to workforce planning is therefore about more than recruiting and training staff, it also means defining a positive workplace culture.
In developing innovative services we recognise that social care providers are now required to offer a range of support options beyond the traditional boundaries of residential, day and home care. As levels of demand for care and support continue to increase, CASA is determined to look ahead to new models of provision which will achieve cost savings whilst ensuring choice, control and dignity for individuals who use services. We have recently invested in additional capacity in quality management so that we can ensure a consistent approach to quality and outcomes across the whole group.
Our longer term strategic vision is to continue to expand and make a real difference in the social care sector.
CASA's future strategic direction of travel includes:
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Before one is well acquainted with the fundamental basics of makeup application one just assumes that all you need is a clean face, a small dab of lotion and then foundation and you're all set!
We couldn't be so wrong! Apparently the best way to apply makeup is to start off with a primer that will enable the foundation to settle in a way to give off a flawless finish.
For those of us that are not familiar with makeup primers let alone how to use one, it's very important to start off with a good one.
There are makeup primers out there specifically for the eyes and for the face. This list is for makeup primers that are geared for the face and are well known for their legendary results. Here are 7 fool proof makeup primers for beauty newbies and veterans alike..
1. Laura Mercier Foundation Primer $20 sephora.com
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3. Neutrogena Shine Control Primer $12 target.com
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As cases of Ebola virus continue to climb in West African countries, the World Health Organization is considering the biggest Ebola outbreak in history a "public health risk" to other nations, referring to the health systems in place to contain it in affected countries as "weak." Except for two Americans with Ebola who were infected in Africa and were flown to the United States for treatment, all known current cases of Ebola remain in four West African nations.
"A coordinated, international response is deemed essential to stop and reverse the international spread of Ebola," according to a prepared WHO statement, which referred to the outbreak as a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern."
New cases of Ebola and deaths from the often-fatal infectious viral disease have occurred in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. To date, the totals are 1,134 confirmed cases and 622 deaths, not including 654 "probable" cases and 339 "suspect" deaths.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is reporting it is sending extra disease control specialists to help with the outbreak in the four African countries.
The WHO statement notes that particular concerns about the outbreak are:
- Workers are inexperienced in dealing with outbreaks and don't always understand the disease and how it is transmitted. In fact, a "high number of infections" have occurred in health care workers, indicating they are not practicing adequate infection control measures.
- The WHO is asking for heads of state to take control of the epidemic by creating a state of emergency, and by having health ministers meet regularly with communities and health facilities.
- Designated emergency operation centers should be set up, and supplies such as personal protective equipment for workers should be readily available for health care workers, laboratory technicians, cleaning staff, burial personnel, and others who come in contacted with infected people or contaminated materials.
- Other measures include having adequate security enforce control of the outbreak, avoiding mass gatherings in affected areas, and screening people at airports, seaports, and other major travel areas for illness (especially fever).
- People who handle and bury the dead must be trained in how to handle bodies safely to prevent transmission via blood and other body fluids.
There is no ban on international travel or trade. Travelers to Ebola-affected areas should receive information on how the virus is spread and how to reduce their risks of exposure to it. Ebola cases must be detected, investigated, and managed, especially in getting specimens from people suspected of having Ebola to qualified diagnostic laboratories. And finally, the public should receive "accurate and relevant information" on Ebola, according to the WHO.
On Monday, August 11, the WHO will convene a panel of medical ethicists to determine if the use of experimental drugs should be used in the Ebola outbreak, and if so, which patients should receive them. There are no currently available treatments for Ebola.
On August 12, Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of WHO, will give a briefing on the outbreak to the United Nations and other organizations in Geneva. Representatives from affected countries have been invited to speak as well.


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Tax season is upon us. Many of us have received our W-2's and income statements or will be in the coming days. Free tax filing assistance is available online, over the telephone, and in person. These services are provided by the IRS in conjunction with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE).
Taxpayers can call 1-800-829-1040 toll-free for personal tax issue assistance, and 1-800-829-4933 for business related tax issues. If you require in person assistance help is available at our local Taxpayer Assistance Center, located at 1240 East Ninth Street Cleveland, OH 44199. Their hours of operation are Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. Taxpayers can call 216-522-4048 to make an appointment although walk-in service is available.
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Gluten-free for 30 days - The Beginning
Monday, April 22, 2013
Stuck at this uncomfortable place... I have not been serious enough about really losing. Decided it was just way too hard of work when I lost the 12 lbs 2 years ago. I wasn't ready for that again. But...
I have this motivational phrase hanging on my computer:
"When the pain of staying the same is greater than the fear of change - we will change!"
Right now, none of my clothes fit comfortably, some not at all. I just spent a weekend at the beach and didn't even take a bikini because I'm too embarrassed of my belly fat. My recent lab work including some numbers like LDL cholesterol and fasting blood glucose to be creeping up. I am slower on the tennis court. It is not comfortable being where I am. But how to make the change? How to do this without suffering as much as I did before... always hungry, drinking some awful tea prep... ??
Since I eat very healthily compared to many... I eat tons of fruits and veggies, I eat healthy whole grains, lean protein and very little meat. Almost zero red meat. I drink lots of water. I rarely eat out. I bring a healthy lunch to work every day. I don't binge. Rarely eat anything after dinner other than a couple of squares of chocolate on occasion... I figured it just had to be quantity. But when I cut back on amounts I get too hungry and then eat too much later on.
I received the book "Wheat Belly" for my birthday and have been reading it. Maybe this is what is the problem. Maybe my metabolism is more sensitive to wheat and high-glycemic foods than I realize. So, today I begin my experiment. 30 days gluten-free. Well, as close to gluten-free as I can be without being a fanatic. No bread, crackers, pasta, etc. for 30 days. I am going to journal about how I feel and my energy levels, digestion, etc.
I'm going to try to blog here on a weekly basis to keep track of how it is going and my challenges. I hope it may be seen by one or two and may be helpful for anyone else who decides to try this. But mostly, I need to have this project to get me motivated!
I started to try while I was in San Diego this weekend for my birthday. We had to eat out every meal since our hotel did not have a kitchen or microwave. It was not as difficult as I thought to try to avoid the obvious like bread, toast, bagels, breaded, etc. But it is what may have been inthe Thai green curry sauce that I don't know... and even though something may be gluten-free, it can still have lots of high glycemic ingredients like sugars and rice, potato, tapioca starches, etc. It will not be perfect, but let the journey begin! Feel free to come along for the ride!
Day One: 149.8 lbs on my work scale 33.9% fat
Food so far:
Blueberries, 1.5 banana with 2T peanut butter (natural, no additives)
Coffee - 2 cups - with 1% milk
3.5 ounces rotisserie chicken
1 cup mixed veggies with spices and olive oil.
1 medium apple
Dinner will be more of a challenge... wish me luck!
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Darrell Wallace Jr. led a race-high 85 laps in the Drivin' For Linemen 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Ill., near St. Louis on Saturday night, with most of those laps coming in the first half of the race. He got back up to the front late and drove to the win. German Quiroga finished second, and Timothy Peters was third.
Cole Custer started on the pole, but Wallace took the lead at the start and led until a series of green-flag pit stops that got underway around lap 57. A yellow flag interrupted the cycle after Wallace had pitted. To make matters worse, his truck fell off the jack during the pit stop. Wallace wound up restarting 12th, while Matt Crafton and John Hunter Nemechek restarted on the front row.
"I didn't even worry about it," Wallace said of the trouble on pit road and the loss of track position."
Nemechek took the lead on the restart, but he was unable to shake Crafton. Crafton got back by with 40 laps remaining, but soon after, experienced a tire problem and hit the wall, retiring from the race.
Nemechek got off pit road first during the caution for Crafton's wreck. Wallace was back neaar the front to restart second, and Wallace's Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Erik Jones restarted third. Both Wallace and Jones got by Nemechek soon after the restart to take the top-two spots. Fewer than 20 laps later, Nemechek spun while running third, bringing out the sixth caution of the race.
With Nemechek out of the picture, the two KBM teammates restarted first and second, with the Red Horse Racing duo of German Quiroga and Timothy Peters in third and fourth. Wallace and Jones raced side-by-side for the lead for several laps, and Jones was finally able to get by and take the top spot. But as soon as Jones took the lead, he was on the receiving end of contact from Quiroga that sent him into a spin.
"We were driving really hard," Quiroga said, also commenting that Jones was already sideways before the contact. "I just kept it going."
After a caution that included a scuffle on pit road between Jones' and Quirogas' crews, Quiroga restarted in the race lead, and Wallace was second with three laps to go. As soon as the race returned to green, Wallace took the lead for good.
"He was a little better than me in one and two, and then I guess he fell asleep or something and I got around him in three and four."
Johnny Sauter finished fourth, and Ron Hornaday was fifth. Custer finished sixth, Ryan Blaney seventh, John Wes Townley eighth, Chase Pistone ninth, and Tayler Malsam rounded out the top-10.


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NEW HANOVER COUNTY | The 2012 Regional Science Fair was held on Feb. 11 at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. More than 14 school districts and private schools participated. Special award winners and division winners from New Hanover County Schools are listed below.
Wayne Hanson Scientific Excellence Award Brittany Williams, Laney High School.
Division winners: Elementary: Elizabeth Kinsey, Anderson. Senior Biological Science A: Garrett Leatherwood, second, Isaac Bear Early College. Senior Earth and Environmental: Christine Chow and Matthew Stanbury, first, Isaac Bear Early College. Senior Physics and Astronomy: Kevin Frink, first, Isaac Bear Early College; Brittany Williams, second, Laney; Erika Brigantti and Marissa Morrison, third, Isaac Bear Early College. Senior Technology and Engineering: Richard Everhart, first, Isaac Bear Early College.
Special award winners: Outstanding Creativity Senior Category, Brittany Williams, Laney. American Meteorological Society: Christine Chow, Matthew Stanbury, and Kevin Frink, all of Isaac Bear Early College. Keep America Beautiful: Drew Cummings, Holly Shelter Middle School and Savannah Clary, Noble Middle School. North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher: Christine Chow and Matthew Stanbury, both of Isaac Bear Early College High School. UNCW Women in Science: Brittany Williams, Laney High School
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With education and education technology (edTech) diversification, it has become increasingly challenging for the teachers and school administrators to keep abreast of all the novel concern that education technology brings along. School administrators and teachers can love the changes or they can hate it but they most certainly cannot ignore the edTech.
Implementation of common core state standards has made it mandatory for the schools to implement teaching through the present day education technology or edTech. The examination of students, right from grade 3 onwards, would be conducted through computers. The new format of examinations prepared by PARCC and SBAC also involve the use of present day edTech and thus, it is but obvious that the schools have to incorporate technology in education.
However, a bigger challenge that the schools face is the cost of procurement of technology and technical devices for education. While schools always have an issue of funds, rather than making the huge investment in technology an easy way sort out is to allow students to Bring Your Own Device or BYOD. You must obtain a detailed insight of what is BYOD, its framework and advantages of BYOD for schools before you make up your mind.
Along with the edTech comes connectivity i.e. the students are permitted to go online and search the global library for their education. However, to limit the curious and creative students, who have access to the entire world through their electronic device, is a huge challenge in its own self.
A challenge that comes along with BYOD in the classroom is, "how can the teachers keep a check on BYOD students?" Hereunder listed is a checklist with the top seven BYOD readiness questions for the teachers
Are you sure of what to expect from your students? Create clear fair usage guidelines
Specify very clearly in plain and simple words of what do you expect from your students.
• When to use their device?
• What can they access?
• What they must not access?
• The applications that are permitted and the applications that are prohibited
• When (and if) do the students need any special permission to access certain restricted applications and sites?
• Paring of the devices – is it permitted explicitly or under any special circumstances?
• When can they access the school blog (if any)?
• Are they allowed to texting and messaging via applications or communicate through sites during school hours?
• Which social networks are accessible and when?
• What can be the consequences if the student is caught misusing the device or not complying with the fair usage policy?
Stating your guidelines and expectations in the very beginning are of the prime importance. Also, ensure that your policies and guidelines do not overrule any guidelines and policies that have been laid by the school administration or district administration.
Are you able to comply with the common core curriculum guidelines?
One of the main reasons to permit the students to bring their own technology or device to school is the common core guidelines. Carefully analyze how and when you want the students to access their device. Pace your teaching and lessons and have a clear laid out plan of how you desire to use the technology to optimize teaching and education.
For example,
• you can prepare you presentations in advance and place them on your blog for all the students to access and observe while you explain the concept in the classroom,
• you can choose to give them a few questions as do it yourself, or
• you can ask them to study the presentation on their own and come to your classroom prepared with doubts and questions.
As stated earlier, the technology must be used as a tool to deliver the outlined curriculum content in the best and utmost optimized manner.
Will your students be safe while they are online?
When your students are permitted to go online, the first thing that you must educate them about is how to remain safe on internet. Viruses, frauds and scams, phishing concerns, identity theft, and so on and so forth are scariest demons of the virtual world. It is really important to ensure that all the students are made absolutely aware of how to keep themselves safe when they access various websites.
Do not forget to stress on the importance of strong passwords and even more to keeping their virtual identity private. As information technology emphasizes, "Information is power" and thus, "your personal information is too precious to be shared".
What of do to stop students from copying from internet? Enrich students on digital authorship
With great powers comes great responsibility thus, the second most important aspect that each student must learn about is how to act responsibly and respect others. They must be educated that as global citizens they ought to respect not just others privacy but also about the copyrights. Even the common core standards have laid guidelines on educating about source citation. Above all the students are being allowed to connect via internet is to be better at what they learn and not to simply claim someone else's work as their own. There would be dual side effects of the same. First, it would hamper their learning and would ruin their moral, as teachers would find out through either plagiarism checker or through programs such as Intuit. Second, it could lead to serious authorship issues leading to legal disputes.
While they have the immense power as global citizens, they must act accordingly as well.
How to effectively implement classroom management and observing discipline with BYOD?
Simply, because you decided to go digital, it does not mean that you should be more stressed (as obviously, the digital devices will open doors to unforeseen issues and concerns). You must right from the beginning focus on the long-term and solution-oriented methods to resolve the issues.
• Make your own rules of not letting the devices become a distraction such as use of words like 'devices away' or 'attention on the whiteboard, please' so that the class becomes accustomed to your authority.
• Keep the simple and frequently asked questions answered in form of posters on the wall. Each time a student asks you the same repetitive question as 'how do take a print out of this page?' all you need to do is point towards the answer posted on the wall.
• Make it mandatory for the students to email their assignments to you or to post them on the blog as soon as they finish them. Thus, they will not be able to make excuses such as, 'though I did my assignment, I cannot submit it as my device is down.'
• Educate yourself on how to access internet history and how to recover deleted files so that you remain a step ahead of your students and they respect your authority.
• Offer access of device to the students as a part of incentive. As and when a student finishes off the class-work early, let them go to the internet and study more about that concept.
• Define the hours of device access, the way you defined various other rules and guidelines to keep your classroom disciplined.
How will you keep yourself updated and in-charge? Educate yourself
To keep up with the latest technology and the latest trends, be a part of the online communities. Voice your concerns and learn from experiences of others.
Subscribe to the relevant e-mails and weekly newsletters that keep you informed and updated.
Be an active user of the computers and internet and the issues that you face yourself will help you learn through personal experience.
How will you control the digital simulation?
When you provide access to social media networks, learning through gamification, and messengers, etc. it is extremely difficult to take charge and keep control. Never let the focus shift from learning to networking. The e-learning platforms that you choose must be dedicated to more of learning and less of winning attitude. If possible, keep the messengers (yahoo, gtalk and skype, etc.) banned during lectures.
Digital simulations can me the biggest distraction and you need to keep a thorough check on the social media networking as well. Though, it is a bit challenging initially, if the students will be able to sense your sincerity, there is a lesser chance of them going awry as well.
Will you be able to maintain your communication loop with parents as well?
Since, the parents are going to purchase the device and pay for its maintenance as well as, they have all the rights to remain informed about its use as well. It is healthy to keep the parents involved and updated. Parents would love to remain informed about what their child is being educated about, how their investment is beneficial for their child and how they too can participate in their child's education.
As a teacher, you can use your blog or the educational software's platform to keep parents, students and school administration informed in the loop and to share the concerns and achievements at the same time. You will be amazed when you reap the splendid benefits of maintain the communication loop.


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It isn't the Badgers' year. It won't be the Hoosiers' year, either, but they will win this one and get to a bowl game. That would be great for their kids that have known nothing but failure. And it will ease the disappointment when they can't beat the Badgers in basketball again this year.
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eddie, is that you or did you loan your password to someone? I have not given up on Badger's ability to run the football and control game tempo which will be the recipe for success in Bloomington. I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Phillips delivers with Mr. Canada's winning game plan. Pregame rant: RUN THE DAMN FOOTBALL WITHOUT GETTING TOO CUTE!!
I don't know, mac, just one of those feelings. I expect the Hoosiers to be sky high at home for this one; just see them getting out to a lead and the Badgers not in a good position to play catch-up football.
Say it so Eddie. Hopefully you have jumped the shark as a prognosticator. IU held to under 20 bet the under...
That is not a good scenario you outline eddie and could, admittedly, spell trouble. If Canada & Co. can control tempo with their ground game, I think you can minimize the outcome as you described. So............about 15-18 pass attempts sounds about right. And then there is the turnover factor that could, as always, make a negative impact. That is actually a bigger concern of mine, especially with a "new" QB under center.
I'm with Eddie. Expect the Badgers to leave disappointed.
No excuses, Wisconsin should smash Indiana, period. Indiana is improved but I'm sorry they are not good or even close to it. The Hoosiers this year have lost to Navy and Ball State.
I think the bye week helps a lot. Badgers should and are I think at full health, especially important for Ricky Wagner.
I see this game being classic Badgers, smash IU with the run. Forget Phillips, O'Brien, Stave, whomever, pound the rock. Indiana is something like 106th in Rush D in the nation, last in the B1G. Their D has never been good this year. Take the gameplan from Purdue and copy it here. Heck, in a lot of ways IU & Purdue are similar on both sides of the ball.
I see a big game from Montee and James White, and an efficient but not crazy game from Phillips. I bet we see Barge a lot and we also see Curt Phillips pass less than 20 attempts.
38-14 Badgers win. IU can't defend the run, and with a healthy Ricky Wagner and a bye week to heal and to refine, I see UW running them to the ground. IU's offense is solid, but guess what, Wisconsin currently has the #16 overall Total Defense in the nation and 3rd ranked D in the B1G. Wisconsin has had troubles at times this year, but other than 1 half against Nebraska they've played great all year. As long as Wisconsin plays fundamentally sound they should blow IU out. Only way IU wins or even stays close is if Wisconsin makes a lot of dumb mistakes and turns the ball over. I see ball security being stressed the most here, Bielema takes the safe & easy route and rides MoneyBall to a win.Hide replies
One can only hope they properly execute the obvious game plan. If the coaches lay an egg on this one, could be trouble.
The Badgers have alternated between crushing Indiana and inexplicably losing to them over the last two decades. For that reason alone, this game makes me nervous.
It's time for Phillips as starter or OB in relief to step up. With two options, the odds are good that one qb will prevail against an improved but still weak defense. If not, insert the game youngster Knox to win a close one. Why not? Gaffy, any thoughts?
Ever so cautiously (too cautiously given the David and Goliath recent history of the two programs), my prediction is:
I think we'll be fine as long as we don't turn the ball over. Always a concern with a new QB. Indiana will come out sky high as noted. Best way to take the air out of them is to score on the first drive. Let's hope so.
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In addition, Ingrid Manley, Director of Bon Secours' Enterprise Information Services Support Center, was named a finalist for the first-ever 2014 Gallup Manager of the Year award. Manley has worked for Bon Secours Health System since 2007 and every year under her leadership, her department has surpassed the 90th percentile ranking for employee engagement.
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Should I wake my 3 month old up to feed?
My 3 month old goes to sleep for the "night" around 6 (after his 5:30 feeding) and we have been waking him up around 9 to feed him the last feeding for the day. He sometimes will sleep straight until 4 am and other times he will wake up throughout the night. We only feed him again at 5:30-6:00 (since he isn't waking up for hunger reasons). Our question is, if we didn't wake him at 9 would he sleep through longer or should we be waking him up still?
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I wouldn't! 3 months is around the time a lot of babies start sleeping through the night, and what's normal varies by baby. Some only go 5 hours, some go 12 (our son only went 3 hours until 4 months, at which point he started sleeping 10 at a time). His body will let him know when he's hungry, and he needs a lot of sleep too. Consider yourself blessed with a baby that likes to sleep! As long as he keeps gaining weight at a normal pace if you don't wake him up, enjoy it.posted 01/31/2008 by lizzieb788
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