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my heart rate goes up and down while laying down and i get lightheaded any ideas why this happens
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Heart rate changes can be due to many things. Depending on your age and other medical problems, an initial test to do would be an EKG. Your doctor can likely do this right in the office. The next test, if appropriate would be a "Holter Monitor" or similar test. In this case, you would wear a device for about 24 hours and it would record the electrical output of your heart. The doctor would then "read" the results and could help tell you if you have a serious problem versus just normal variation in your heart rate.
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i had ekgs and 24 hr monitor everything normal hr goes from 60 to 120 just laying down i take celexa ativan atenolol i am 36yrs old
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Well, it is good to know that the initial work-up has been normal. Atenolol tends to lower the heart rate, as does laying down. So, it is unusual that your heart rate goes up when you do this. There are sensors in your neck arteries that help control this, as they monitor how
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Have you checked your blood pressure while laying, sitting and standing? There is something called postural tachycardia syndrome but this tends to cause faster heart rate upon standing, not lying. Also, did you have these symptoms before you started taking Atenolol?
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had lightheaded and fast heart rate before everything and no one can find any thing i had a normal tilt table test but at hone i check my heart rate on standind and it goes uo 30bmp but no symtoms and if i just walk around the house it gets up to 160 is this normal and one other thing is today i had a stool that was green never had that first time today should i be woried
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I think the stool issue is separate and I wouldn't be worried if you have no other symptoms and it goes away. It could be a dietary issue. Just watch that for now.
Regarding the heart, you have definitely undergone all the right tests. Tilt table test would have been one of my recommendations. This clearly isn't typical, especially with the heart rate of 160s. Was this captured on the 24 hour heart monitor? Have you had an echocardiogram to look at the valves and the movement of the heart muscle?
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no they claim nothing is wrong and said i dont need anymore test no it was not caught on monitor i am very scared they missed something i hace been doing this for 2 yrs with no answers
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It sounds like you have had very extensive testing and your doctors may be right that no further tests are indicated. As it has been going on for several years and you have not developed any further complications, that too should put your mind at ease somewhat.
If you wanted to pursue further testing, the only thing I could imagine would be an echocardiogram, if that has not already been done (taking pictures of your heart). If that has been done, you can always seek the advice of another cardiologist. When you are concerned, it can be helpful to get a second opinion. If the second doctor agrees with the first, that should also put your mind at ease.
I'm sorry I can't be more helpful. I wish you the best of luck with your situation.
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what about the lightheaded i get every day 8hrs a day is that related
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Although light-headedness can be caused by heart issues, from what you have told me it does not asound related. A sensation like that that lasts for so long could be due to a mediacation, inner ear problems, or other issues. Unfortunately, there is no way to really diagnose your head symptoms over the internet. You may want to consult with a neurologist on that.
I think the heart doctors have done a pretty thorough evaluation on the heart.
Best wishes to you with this problem. I know it can be frustrating when you don't get the answers you are looking for but keep working with your primary care doctor who can investigate new leads as they show up.
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my heart rate laying down is 60 is that to low should i try to ween of atenolol is so how should i do that
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60 is a perfectly fine heart rate and is considered normal
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when i started taking all this meds my lightheaded got worst so how should i ween of them one at a time or all at once and what will withdrawal be and how long will they last
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You must discuss with your doctors before stopping or decreasing the dose of any medications. Stopping abruptly could be dangerous. Discuss with your doctor first.
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Under Maine law, children as young as 12 are allowed to operate a motorboat without adult supervision. Anyone younger than that must be under the supervision of someone who is at least 16.
Despite the law, few parents allow children that young to go out unattended in a boat like the one involved in the accident, Tripp said. The boat was capable of reaching 40 mph, he said.
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What kind of plane are you winding? Indoor/outdoor? This will determine what type of stooge you are looking for.
- Norm
I figured it looked pretty simple and since I've done all sorts of carpentry and custom metal fabrication I should be able to whip one up. Since I'm a newbie at this rubber powered stuff, it'd sure help to have a plan to know what's needed as far as functionality.
Here's a basic stooge on Thayer Symes page. http://www.gryffinaero.com/models/ff...er/stooge.htmlI have a similar one except the side plates are 3/8" plywood. Base is a piece of scrap 1 by 2. This would mount on a tail gate or SUV floor.
The stooge below is sold by FAI Model Supply. It's called a Simple Stooge and is very versatile in the types of planes it will hold. See: http://www.faimodelsupply.com/ They have a catalog, but not online. Should be less that $100
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Well, they can be as simple or fancy as you want. I made mine from telescoping lengths of aircraft aluminium tubing and used windsurfing spring buttons to hold it together. It all folds up into a neat easy to carry package that even includes a sewn nylong bag that I put the stakes into.
It's also nice to have a forward support arm so that the nose of the model is not resting on the motor as you're winding. So you need a fold down or insertable arm of some form there as well.
As I recall we had a thread a couple of years back on our stooges with pictures and all. Anyone recall that? Or am I making it up as I type?
I didn't find a thread about stooges here, but if anyone knows of one, please post a link.
There seems to be two ways to go as fas ar hooking the plane in- a solid rear peg, and a tube rear peg. With a solid peg it seems the sides of the stooge need to be close to the plane, fuselages or solid peg lengths would have to be very similar, or you need to have adjustable sides to accommodate different fuse widths. With a hollow rear peg, the sides do not have to be adjustable if you have a decent strength rod to slide through the peg. Seems like with some aluminum or even carbon fiber tube one could always go the hollow motor peg route.
Advice?Can anyone help a newbie out here?
FYI- Nobody in my club flies FF- so I'm going by books and web for all this stuff. After spending time on my rubber/rc Smoothie idea, I decided to start at square 1 and learn about this FF stuff some what from the beginning. (Although I have build experience, and know about cg, trim, decalage, glues, etc. from kit building, scratch building and trimming sailplanes and other r/c models) I've been reading Ross's Rubber Models book, and just received Warner's book on the Flying Aces Moth. The Moth will be my first victim.
Also found a club fairly close to me, so that will be a huge help when I can meet up with those guys. Anyone here a member of the Bong Eagles? (yeah, yeah, yeah... ok, get it out of your systems- jokes expected. But that really is the name of the club !)
Basic stooges are really simple and there are many variations. I was surprised that the Ross book doesn't cover/show stooges. The Ross book does explain winding with a blast tube and this is something you should consider.
Use an aluminum tube for the rear peg. For a Moth 1/8 -3/16 o.d. should be OK.
The Moth is a good place to start.
Order a catalog from FAI Model Supply. You can use it as a source and reference for things like winders, Crocket hooks and rubber.
- Norm
Neither book really covers making a stooge with any detail, although both books discuss a bit about the use of one. From what I've been able to see in pics and gather from what I've read, it's a pretty simple ordeal. You never know what you don't know, so I figured a post here made sense!
Well, it sounds like we need a thread about stooges. It's crazy for a free flight forum to NOT have a definitive thread about stooges.
Lest it get lost in this thread let's start a new one. I'll set mine up and take pictures of it tomorrow and if no one else has already started the the new thread I will.
Stay tuned.....
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You don't have to have anything fancy as a stooge. Mine is made from a plastic spade handle, a length of broom handle, a length of piano wire and a bit of string!
Cut the middle out of the spade handle and drill holes in the sides. Sharpen one end of a yard/metre of broom stale. Bend a loop on the piano wire (music wire? to colonials) and tie it to the handle with string so you don't lose it. Hammer the broom stale into the ground and put the handle on it and you're ready to wind! Admittedly I havn't tried to wind anything fancier than a KK Contestor, nor do I intend to ...
My winder is an old hand drill with another spade handle!
I saw a stooge like this in an old NFFS digest, and cobbled one together out of some 3/16ths craftwood from WallyWorld. (For future reference, I should have measured the angle of the window, instead of putting the support platform 90 degrees to the slots; gotta build another one of these so it doesn't pull down on the nose of the plane to wind it.)
It ain't rocket science! Here's a couple pics of the stooge I whipped up for my smaller indoor models. It's made of lite ply that I scrounged from a box that once held tangerines(!), with some 1/16" ply reinforcements at the top where the piano wire pin slips in. The clamp holds it onto a table for winding.
Nightowl's design looks really handy for outdoor models.
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I too am a 'newbie' and am interested in building a winding stooge. I will try to attach some photos I took at the Bong Eagles fun fly. I have just registered with this site, so I'm not sure this will work.
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Here are a few photos that I took at Geneseo last week.
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Staff members of our department are actively in involved in the Bachelor and the Master programme.
The Bachelor programma of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment consists of six learning trajectories. The learning trajectories comprise all subjects that form a connecting element through the entire degree programme. Together with collegues of other departments our staffmembers are responsible for the education in the bachelor programme.
More information on the bachelor programme can be found here.
In the Masterprogramma the department of Architecture is responsible for the Architecture specialisation studio's Interiors, Dwelling, Complexe projects, Publieke Building and Non-residential Buildings. Currently there are no studio's for the specialisation Non-Residential Buildings. The specialisations MADD, TALL and Hybride Buildings are being run down.
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From: Dominic Sundar ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/open-source-community-up-in-arms-over-proprietary-software-for-ubuntu/3998?tag=nl.e011&s
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=============================================================== From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ freedom of choice is what you got freedom from choice is what you want - Devo
=============================================================== From: William Wade ------------------------------------------------------ I use the nvidia drivers (which Valve has been pushing to get much better) and most have been celebrating Steam for Linux, which is basically the same. I do think that proprietary will remain marginalized in Linux. I would however like to see more proprietary to open source models. A software project that starts proprietary (perhaps pay what you want with a minimum?) and says that when they hit $X,XXX it will be open sourced. Be nice if the ubuntu software center made it easy to tip/flattr/buy a beer for OSS projects. I like bounty systems for OSS as well. Sort of like kickstarter projects, but smaller features. Perhaps even a "I will donate $50 to the EFF if someone adds this feature" setup.
=============================================================== From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ Two things I can always count on people who promote themselves as spokesperson of the open source community being extremely good at. 1. Using the CLI. 2. Bitching about stuff not being open enough. If you don't want to use closed source software, then don't buy it. No one is forcing you to buy it. No one is forcing Ubuntu users to buy it. No one is forcing you to use Ubuntu. "What? You are releasing the software that you wrote under the GPL 2? What are you some sort of M$ Corporate Shill? You should be using the GPL 3. Trust me, I speak for *the* Open Source Community=99=AE=A9 - I am an ex= pert - and I know EXACTLY what YOU should do with YOUR software." *- Chad W. Smith* ) me. a e: arms-over-proprietary-software-for-ubuntu/3998?tag=3Dnl.e011&s
=============================================================== From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ I left out "money-grubbing" and also a correction about calling it GNU/Linux and the spokesperson being Dick Stallman. *- Chad W. Smith* PL expert : ly a , te: -arms-over-proprietary-software-for-ubuntu/3998?tag=3Dnl.e011&s
=============================================================== From: James Nylen ------------------------------------------------------ I mostly agree with Chad. No, it's not 12/21 yet. While openness is important, you can't shove it down people's throats. They have to see the merit for themselves. I think the best way to promote openness is to show what can be done with it. Though not "perfectly" "open", the customized Android ROM community is a good example. GPL e: lly h a e r e ote: n-arms-over-proprietary-software-for-ubuntu/3998?tag=3Dnl.e011&s


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simple to get a match, i havent experienced any lag
but cant communicate with the people you play at all and you have to use friend codes
is it responsive and quick? any problems? is it great?
simple to get a match, i havent experienced any lag
but cant communicate with the people you play at all and you have to use friend codes
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I like it. I have one problem though,and I know alot of other people have it/this problem, that when you search for a game there is NONE. I have to create a game but everytime I do somoneone comes. Lags aren't common at all either. So to sum it up ya it's good.
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you can use matchmaking or friend codes. though ive found myself waiting up to five minutes for a match. no lag though so thats cool.
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the gameplay is great, but the only thing i dont like about it is the opponents. I swear, some of the people i play have to be the dumbest most immature kinds of idiots that you could ever come across while playing online. Theres been a lot of times when, after waiting a while, ill get matched up with someone, and on the first song all they do is press a bunch of random buttons and strum like crazy and then quit. Yeah, youre pretty fricken funny! Or theres the people i play that i guess im just too good for because you can tell that theyre trying, but about halfway through the song they quit because theyre losing too bad. hey guys, dont expect to win a match on expert if you arent very good!!!
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Want the key stats in the sections on this page as a document? or looking for a stats report of the in-depth stats? Use the print function at the bottom of any Cancer Stats page Share this page > Print or your browser options to print or save.
Lung cancer statistics
New cases of lung cancer, 2013, UK
Deaths from lung cancer, 2014, UK
Survive lung cancer for 10 or more years, 2010-11, England and Wales
Preventable cases of lung cancer, UK
- There were around 45,500 new cases of lung cancer in the UK in 2013, that's 120 cases diagnosed every day.
- Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK (2013).
- Lung cancer accounts for 13% of all new cases in the UK (2013).
- In males in the UK, lung cancer is the second most common cancer, with around 24,500 cases diagnosed in 2013.
- In females in the UK, lung cancer is the second most common cancer, with around 21,000 cases diagnosed in 2013.
- Around 6 in 10 (61%) lung cancer cases in the UK each year are diagnosed in people aged 70 and over (2011-2013).
- Since the late 1970s, lung cancer incidence rates have decreased by around a seventh (14%) in Great Britain, though this includes an increase in females (more than two-thirds, 69%) and a decrease in males (more than two-fifths, 44%).
- Over the last decade, lung cancer incidence rates have increased by around a twentieth (4%) in the UK, though this includes an increase in females (around a fifth, 19%) and a decrease in males (almost a tenth, 8%).
- Most lung cancer cases are diagnosed at a late stage.
- 1 in 13 men and 1 in 17 women will be diagnosed with lung cancer during their lifetime.
- Lung cancer in England is more common in people living in the most deprived areas.
- Lung cancer is more common in White people than in Black or Asian people.
- In the UK around 38,100 people were still alive at the end of 2006, up to ten years after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
- In Europe, more than 410,000 new cases of lung cancer were estimated to have been diagnosed in 2012. The UK incidence rate is seventh lowest in Europe for males and seventh highest for females.
- Worldwide, nearly 1.83 million new cases of lung cancer were estimated to have been diagnosed in 2012, with incidence rates varying across the world.
- There were around 35,900 lung cancer deaths in the UK in 2014, that's 98 deaths every day.
- Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the UK (2014).
- Lung cancer accounts for 22% of all cancer deaths in the UK (2014).
- In males in the UK, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death, with around 19,600 deaths in 2014.
- In females in the UK, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death, with around 16,300 deaths in 2014.
- Almost half (48%) of lung cancer deaths in the UK each year are in people aged 75 and over (2012-2014).
- Mortality rates for lung cancer in the UK are highest in people aged 85-89 (2012-2014).
- Since the early 1970s, lung cancer mortality rates have decreased by almost a quarter (23%) in the UK, though this includes a decrease (52%) in males and an increase (91%) in females.
- Over the last decade, lung cancer mortality rates have decreased by around a twentieth (6%) in the UK, though this includes a decrease (16%) in males and an increase (6%) in females.
- Lung cancer deaths in England are more common in people living in the most deprived areas.
- In Europe, nearly 354,000 people were estimated to have died from lung cancer in 2012. The UK mortality rate is 11th lowest in Europe for males and fifth highest for females.
- Worldwide around 1.59 million people were estimated to have died from lung cancer in 2012, with mortality rates varying across the world.
- 5 in 100 (5%) of people diagnosed with lung cancer in England and Wales survive their disease for ten years or more (2010-11).
- A tenth (10%) of people diagnosed with lung cancer in England and Wales survive their disease for five years or more (2010-11).
- Around a third (32%) of people diagnosed with lung cancer in England and Wales survive their disease for one year or more (2010-11).
- Lung cancer survival is higher in women than men at one- and five-years but similar at ten-years.
- Lung cancer survival in England is higher for people diagnosed aged under 40 years old (2009-2013).
- Almost half of people in England diagnosed with lung cancer aged 15-39 survive their disease for five years or more, compared with more than 5 in 100 people diagnosed aged 80 and over (2009-2013).
- Lung cancer survival has not shown much improvement in the last 40 years in the UK.
- In the 1970s, less than 5 in 100 people diagnosed with lung cancer survived their disease beyond ten years, now it's 5 in 100.
- When diagnosed at its earliest stage, more than a third of people with lung cancer will survive their disease for five years or more, compared with around 5 in 100 of people when diagnosed at a later stage.
- A person's risk of developing cancer depends on many factors, including age, genetics, and exposure to risk factors (including some potentially avoidable lifestyle factors).
- 89% (91% in males and 87% in females) of lung cancer cases each year in the UK are linked to major lifestyle and other risk factors.
- Smoking is the main avoidable risk factor for lung cancer, linked to an estimated 86% of lung cancer cases in the UK.
- An estimated 89% of lung cancers in the UK are linked to lifestyle factors including smoking, certain occupational exposures (13%), and ionising radiation (5%).
- Environmental tobacco smoke, ionising radiation, air pollution, and diesel engine exhaust cause lung cancer.
- A diet high in fruit and vegetables may protect against lung cancer – insufficient fruit and vegetables intake is linked to an estimated 9% of lung cancer cases in the UK.
- 'Emergency presentation' is the most common route to diagnosing lung cancer.
- GP referral is the route with the highest proportion of cases diagnosed at an early stage, for lung cancer.
- 'Two-week wait' standards are met by all countries, '31-day wait' is met by all but Northern Ireland, and '62-day wait' is not met by any country for lung cancer.
- A tenth of lung cancer patients receive major surgical resection as part of their cancer treatment.
- Around 9 in 10 patients had a 'very good' or 'excellent' patient experience.
- 9 in 10 patients are given the name of their Clinical Nurse Specialist.
See more in-depth lung cancer diagnosis and treatment statistics
The latest statistics available for lung cancer in the UK are; incidence 2013, mortality 2014 and survival 2010-2011 (all ages combined) and 2009-2013 (by age).
European Age-Standardised Rates were calculated using the 1976 European Standard Population (ESP) unless otherwise stated as calculated with ESP2013. ASRs calculated with ESP2013 are not comparable with ASRs calculated with ESP1976.
Lifetime risk estimates were calculated using incidence, mortality, population and all-cause mortality data for 2012.
Survival statistics give an overall picture of survival and (unless otherwise stated) include all adults (15-99) diagnosed, at all ages,
Routes to diagnosis statistics were calculated from cases of cancer registered in England which were diagnosed in 2012-2013. Staging proportions only include patients with a known stage (cases with an unknown stage at diagnosis are not included in the denominator).
Cancer waiting times statistics are for patients who entered the health care system within financial year 2014-15. Lung cancer is part of the group 'Lung cancer' for cancer waiting times data. Codes vary per country but broadly include: trachea, bronchus and lung, thymus, heart, mediastinum and pleura, other and ill-defined sites of the respiratory system, mesothelioma, secondary cancers of the mediastinum, pleura or other and unspecified respiratory organs.
Cancer surgical resection rates data is for patients diagnosed in England between 2006 and 2010.
Patient Experience data is for adult patients in England with a primary diagnosis of cancer, who were in active treatment between September and November 2013 and who completed a survey in 2014.
Deprivation gradient statistics were calculated using incidence data for three time periods: 1996-2000, 2001-2005 and 2006-2010 and for mortality for two time periods: 2002-2006 and 2007-2011. The 1997-2001 mortality data were only used for the all cancers combined group as this time period includes the change in coding from ICD-9 to ICD-10. The deprivation quintiles were calculated using the Income domain scores from the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) from the following years: 2004, 2007 and 2010. Full details on the data and methodology can be found in the Cancer by Deprivation in England NCIN report.
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Book of Cookery, An edition and translation of the sixteen-century Livre fort excellent de Cuysine"
Professor Tomasik has been awarded to the Richard P. Baepler Distinguished Professorship in the Humanities. His project, "The Digital Renaissance: Visual Culture, Media Aesthetics, and the Humanities in the 21st Century," seeks to address the growing emergence of Internet media and technologies and their importance to education.
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Reactions to the Germany E.Coli Outbreak
By admin | June 14, 2011
A staple in many health food restaurants and a frequent star in salads, sprouts have undergone scrutiny after a deadly outbreak in Europe. Â In Germany, a recent outbreak of the E. coli bacteria in sprouts has lead to a lot of panic and concern. Because the sprouts are shipped all over the world, Americans have become worried about possible contamination in their food source and possible health cases.
While some are reacting with great concern, others have simply written it off as another run-of-the-mill problem. Here's a round up of what some people are saying.
- About Sprouts: Don't Eat Them, and Everything Else You Need to Know: A short summary of what has happened with the E. coli outbreak as it relates to the US and what the contaminated sprouts might mean to Americans. – Rodale
- New E. coli sicknesses in Germany continue to decline; death toll up to 37: A news item explaining that the numbers of E. coli related sicknesses and deaths have slowed dramatically and also highlighted the newest details of what is happening for German farmers. – Washington Post
- Blaming Sprouts Again: A very quick summary of this news item and why sprouts are the culprit of the outbreak.- The New York Times
- Food Is Much Safer Than You Think: An op-ed by University of North Carolina professor and Global Research Institute director Peter Coclanis arguing that the American food supply is actually very safe and the recent E. coli hysteria is unnecessary. – Wall Street Journal
- E. Coli: Don't Blame the Sprouts!: Mark Bittman delves into the root of the E. coli outbreak to understand how it got so bad and takes a look at what the US should be doing differently to prevent future problems. – The New York Times
- European E. Coli Outbreak Could Happen Here: Short piece explaining that E. coli outbreak wasn't a Germany-specific issue and that such an outbreak could happen in the US too. – Civil Eats
- What should consumers do about sprouts?: A news piece explaining the susceptibility of sprouts to bacteria outbreaks and examining whether they are worth eating. – Chicago Tribune
- German based E. coli O104:H4 Outbreak is now second largest and most deadly in history: A round-up of statistics comparing the most recent E. Coli outbreak and its damages to those of the past. – Food Poison Journal
What do you think about the E.Coli outbreak?
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A Shawnee tornado survivor who credits a helmet with saving his life is desperate to find the Marine Core uniform he wore during the Vietnam War.Video Transcript
WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH A TORNADO SURVIVOR IN SHAWNEE WHO SHARED HIS INCREDIBLE STORY WITH US. YOU MAY REMEMBER DAN SCHNACKENBER, WHO TOLD US A HELMET SAVED HIS LIFE. KOCO'S PATTI MOON GOT A CHANCE TO MEET UP WITH HIM IN SHAWNEE EARLIER TODAY. PATTIHOW IS DAN DOING? JESSICA AND PAULDAN'S HOME WAS RIPPED APART ON THE SAME DAY THAT PEOPLE HERE IN CARNEY LOST THEIR HOMES. DESPITE EVERYTHING HE'S BEEN THROUGHHE IS IN GREAT SPIRITS TODAYAND ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE. CLIP 4658:48: Here's the type of anchors it had on it. Anchored it down. THOSE ANCHORS WERE NO MATCH FOR THE TORNADOALONG WITH THE REST OF DAN SCHNACKENBERG'S HOUSE. CLIP 4256:42: And the mobile home sat here and it ran this way. NOWTHIS PILE OF DEBRIS IS ALL THAT WAS LEFT IN ITS PLACE. CLIP 4148:47: I think if it wasn't for that tree there, I think that the trailer would have continued down in that valley possibly. DAN ALSO CREDITS HIS RACING HELMET. HE PUT IT ON AS SOON AS HE REALIZED HE COULDN'T OUTRUN THE STORM. CLIP 4150:37: Nothing serious, just bruises. AND TO HELP THE HEALING PROCESS... VOLUNTEERS HAVE FLOCKED IN TO HELP. DAN SAYS IT'S NOT ONLY RED CROSS WORKERS... BUT MOST OF THEM COMPLETE STRANGERS WHO JUST WANT TO GIVE WHAT THEY CAN. 55:31:43: A couple that came by and helped us. They wrote out a check for 800 dollars and gave it to me. DAN IS PLANNING TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON A NEW MOBILE HOME....HE SAYS DESPITE THE DEVASTATION...THE RE'S NO PLACE HE'D RATHER BE. CLIP 4153:19: It's home, so I'm gonna move back in. NOW...THERE IS STILL ONE THING THAT DAN IS DESPERATELY HOPING TO FIND. IT'S HIS MARINE CORPS UNIFORM FROM WHEN HE SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR. HE SAYS EVEN IF IT'S NO LONGER INTACT...HE HOPES SOMEONE WILL FIND JUST A PIECE OF IT AND RETURN TO HIM. RL, PM, KOCO 5 NEWS. DAN IS CURRENTLY STAYING IN A DORM ROOM AT OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY...WHIC H HAS OPENED ITS DOORS TO TORNADO VICTIMS.
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Income-Based Repayment of Student Loans
In 2011, American students who graduated college had an average student loan debt of $27,200. In the same year, current students borrowed $112 billion to help finance their undergraduate and graduate educations. Today, the outstanding student loan debt in the United States is more than $1 trillion.
(Related reading: How to Find Money For School Before Taking Out Student Loans.)
The standard repayment schedule for federal student loans is 10 years, but there have always been many options available to indebted students struggling to repay their loans, including consolidation, forbearance, deferment and loan forgiveness. Recently, the government has tried to make repayment even easier for responsible student loan borrowers. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) became effective on July 1, 2009. One of the act's components is the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) Plan.
(Related reading: Which Student Loan Repayment Plan is Right For Me?)
IBR payments are based on income, family size and residence, and not on the amount borrowed. Originally they were capped at 15% of a borrower's discretionary income, but in October 2011, President Obama issued an executive order that will lower the cap to 10% by the end of 2012. So far, more than 232,000 borrowers have enrolled in the plan
Use our IBR calculator to quickly calculate your estimated federal student loan repayments based on the Income Based Repayment Plan.
Types of Student Loans
The three basic types of student loans are: federal loans made directly by the government; loans made by banks or other lenders that are guaranteed by the government; and private loans made by banks and other companies.
Direct Federal loans are available to students regardless of financial need and can be obtained either from the government directly or from a private lender. For students who have sufficient financial need, their Direct Federal loans can be subsidized, meaning the federal government will pay the interest on the loan while they are in college. Unsubsidized loans accrue similar interest but must be repaid by the student.
Perkins loans are federal loans made to students who have the greatest financial need. They are always subsidized and have a fixed interest rate of 5%.
Other federal loans are PLUS loans. Parent PLUS loans are available for parents of dependent undergraduate students, and Grad PLUS loans are for graduate students. They are funded directly by the federal government, have a fixed interest rate of 7.9%, and have no borrowing limit.
(Related video: iGrad Guide: How to Access Your Student Loans and Grants.)
Income-Based Repayment Plan Eligibility
Some loans are eligible for IBR and some are not. This handy chart breaks down which are eligible and which are not:
|IBR-Eligible Loan Types
|Non-Eligible Loans
|Direct Subsidized Loans
|PLUS loans made to parents
|Direct Unsubsidized Loans
|Consolidation Loans that include underlying PLUS loans made to parents
|Direct (or FFEL) PLUS Loans made to graduate or professional students
|Private Education Loans
|Direct (or FFEL) Consolidation Loans without underlying PLUS loans made to parents
|Subsidized Federal Loans
|Unsubsidized Federal Loans
(Related reading: What Every Student Should Know About Loan Consolidation.)
To qualify for IBR, a borrower must demonstrate a "partial financial hardship." A formula using adjusted gross income (AGI), family size and state of residence will determine how much a borrower is able to pay. If that amount is less than the monthly amount required under the standard 10-year repayment plan, that student would be eligible for IBR. If a borrower's AGI is less than 150% of the federal government's established poverty line, the monthly payment under IBR is zero.
In addition, if a monthly IBR payment doesn't cover the loan's interest, the federal government will pay the unpaid accrued interest on a subsidized Direct Federal loan for up to three years from the time an IBR plan is implemented.
Every year, borrowers repaying under IBR must resubmit documentation of income and family size to their lender(s). Payments will then be adjusted to conform to any new information. In addition, if income changes radically during the year, a borrower can apply for a recalculation of the monthly repayment amount.
While an IBR plan will save a borrower money in the short term, there is one drawback: since the repayment period can be extended up to 25 years (changing to 20 years under the president's order) a borrower will end up paying more in interest due to the extended payback time frame.
However, if the loan is not repaid by the end of the extension period, the remaining debt and interest will be forgiven. Also, if a borrower works in various public-service professions and makes payments under an IBR plan, their loan(s) may be forgiven after only 10 years of on-time, full monthly payments.
The Department of Education and various other websites provide IBR loan calculators, detailed information on IBR eligibility, guidelines for married borrowers, application procedures and other information. Borrowers are also advised to contact their loan-service company for specifics on the Income-Based Repayment Plan.
(Download Income-Based Repayment Plan paperwork here.)
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Joseph Mahoskey's pastime is weaving piecework rugs on a pedal-driven loom in the garage of his split-level home in Loyalsock Township. He works in a tradition practiced by his father for decades.
"My father worked at Morse Run coal mine," Mahoskey said. "The exposure went off and he was blinded. He spent two months in the hospital. When he came home, they got the loom."
After the 1950 accident, Mahoskey's parents worked out a system so that his father could produce the rugs. His mother acquired the material and planned each piece. His father did the weaving.
"By feeling, he could tell if any of the strings were broken," said Joseph, demonstrating how one would weave without sight on his own loom.
After a heart attack in 1980, Mahoskey retired from Avco Lycoming, now Textron. He then bought his own loom from Orco, a company based in Lima, Ohio.
"Once I ordered it I waited a month for it," Mahoskey said.
The weaving takes a great deal of sensitivity and time. The weaver pulls several dozen strings of "warp" from a spool and attaches them to the loom at a high tension.
Then the weaver inserts strips of material by hand between the warp strings. Then he uses a "shuttle" to bring across the "werf," the string perpendicular to the warp that secures the material into the rug.
"If the (warp strings) break, you have to tie them together again," Mahoskey said. "Then you have to sew them over."
Much of the challenge, though, is in acquiring the material. Warp has become more expensive in recent years, said Mahoskey.
Mahoskey often goes to yard sales to find his material. He uses wool, polyester and denim, or whatever else he can find.
"Those old folks, they have a lot of rags around," he said. "But they don't always want to give them up."
"The polyester is nice because they wash well. Wool you have to watch out with, but they do feel nice."
When Mahoskey's wife, Betty, worked at Trimtex in downtown Williamsport, she often acquired warp for him from the braiding factory.
Many of his rugs have long fringes on the end, where the strings are loose. These require plenty of knotting.
"When it's cold in the winter and you have nothing else to do, you're tying fringes," said Mahoskey.
Mahoskey has had steady customers over the years, although his craft has never become a full-time profession.
"There's a lady in Blossburg who would buy them and use them and give them away as gifts," Mahoskey said. "She had 10 kids, so they used a lot; I'd take 16 or 18 of them up there and she'll buy them all. She still delivers the Sun-Gazette up there."
He follows no special pattern in making his rugs, but he will take orders, Mahoskey said.
"I used to deliver them. Sometimes I just make a crazy carpet, depending on what I have."
"I don't do as many as I used to," said Mahoskey, standing in a basement utility room with rugs stacked waist-high.
The inclination for artistic creation was passed down to the Mahoskeys' son, Mark, who is an artist and professor at Kutztown University.
Mark has had shows in New York City and Philadelphia, and several of his paintings hang in wooden handcrafted frames in Joseph and Betty's home.


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While searching for elegantly beautiful, yet functional cashmere knits, and other heirloom silhouettes for my son and daughter, I realized that the market did not provide the type of garments I was seeking.
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"I can't stand going out to restaurants because a lot of times, when I do go out, people stare at me because of my boobs and they act stuck up and full of themselves," Carrie Ashton told us. Now, that sucks big time. They need to behave themselves or they'll have to answer to us. Carrie continues: "That is not my idea of a good time. I prefer to get takeout and stay home and watch the game on T.V., or, like, a movie or sports. I love sports. I love basketball." Carrie also hit us with a shocker. "The guys that I date are not really boob lovers. I think the guys that I date are more into curves and ass. They like my boobs, but they like the whole package." Notice her pierced nips.
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Chipotle Chicken Fajitas
Yield: 2-4 servings
- * 1 pound (about 6) boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut lengthwise into strips about 1-inch wide
- * 1 chipotle en adobo, minced (about 1 tablespoon)
- * 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- * 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- * 1 medium red onion, quartered and sliced crosswise 1/2-inch thick
- * 3 medium cloves garlic, thinly sliced (about 2 tablespoons)
- * 2 medium bell peppers, stemmed, seeded, quartered lengthwise, and sliced into 1/2-inch strips
- * 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth or water
- * 2 teaspoons roughly chopped fresh oregano
- * 6 to 8 flour tortillas, warmed, for serving
- * Pico de Gallo salsa, optional for serving
- * Guacamole, optional for serving
- * Sour cream, optional for serving
InstructionsPlace chicken in a bowl, add chipotle, and salt and toss until meat is well coated. Set aside.
Heat 1 teaspoon of the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. When it smokes, add half of chicken and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 1 to 2 minutes per side. Remove to a plate and, return pan to stove, add 1 more teaspoon of the oil, and repeat with second batch.
Add remaining 1 teaspoon of the oil, add onion and garlic and cook until golden and soft, about 2 minutes. Add peppers and cook until softened and golden brown, about 3 to 5 minutes.
Return chicken and any accumulated juices to pan, add broth and cook until sauce is slightly reduced, chicken is cooked through, and peppers are soft, about 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in oregano, taste, and adjust seasoning, as necessary. Serve immediately over steamed rice or potatoes.


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As the Net rapidly evolves away from the grand library ideals of its inception, those responsible for the design and implementation of Web-based e-commerce solutions face new challenges. It's not enough to deploy the latest Web technologies, or host on the fastest servers. If you want to sustain your Web-based business, you'll need to take a close look at the user experience. While user experience isn't the holy grail of Web design, when applied intelligently, it can increase customer satisfaction, facilitate purchasing, and drive that ever-important repeat business.
User experience on the Web can be loosely defined as the sum total of a user's satisfaction with your site. As Jakob Nielsen says, system usability, which is closely related to user experience, "has many components, including ease of learning, efficiency of use, memorability, reduced number of user errors, and subjective satisfaction."
Are you user-experienced?
How many times have you been to a site that you just couldn't get your head around? Maybe the navigation was confusing. Or maybe you were just left with an unsettled feeling that something wasn't quite right. Chances are you haven't returned to that site. There's an even better chance that if that site was selling something, you didn't buy it.
User experience is not a new concept. The brick-and-mortar retailing industry has known about it for years. In many ways, positive user experience is a lot like good, old-fashioned customer service. The kind of customer service you'd expect from any of the big retailing chains: pleasant and knowledgeable sales people, clean show rooms, good selection, and stocked inventories. The biggest difference with the Web, however, is that your competitors aren't across town any more; they're just a couple of mouse clicks away.
How can you tell if your site is suffering from poor user experience?
It's not easy to determine if your site problems are the result of poor user experience. As you know, many factors can negatively affect site traffic. You could have the best site on the Net, but without a solid promotional effort, surfers may never find it. Some of the most reliable signs of poor user experience manifest themselves in your traffic and activity logs. These include:
- Lots of traffic, few purchases
- Abandoned items in shopping carts
- Visitors only hitting the top level of your site -- not deeper pages
- Lack of repeat customers
If you notice any of these trends in your traffic analysis, maybe it's time to re-evaluate your site from a user perspective. Your first activity, on your way to user experience salvation, is to determine if you've committed any of the Prime Evils of user-experience design.
The first Prime Evil: Confusing navigation and unexpected behavior
Too often, sites are constructed with flawed or inconsistent navigational models. The first page users see when they enter your site establishes expectations as to how they can navigate your site. You may have an area of your home page reserved for primary navigation; that is, the main pages of your site. Many sites have a secondary navigational area whose content changes based on the primary navigation choice.
By strictly maintaining these reserved navigational areas, you provide your visitors with a comfort level and a sense of place. That is, the users are aware of their relative position in your site and can anticipate how to navigate to other areas of interest. Not being able to tell where they are, how they got there, or how to get out feels uncomfortable. Be kind to your visitors -- don't take them into unfamiliar territory without leaving them a bread-crumb trail.
This Prime Evil can also manifest itself in unexpected behaviors and interactions on a site. Just as every operating system (OS) has conventions that enable users to navigate the desktop and organize their work, the Web has a similar vocabulary of expectation. The best way to understand the importance of consistent behaviors on the Web is to become conscious of the interaction conventions applied in your favorite OS. The simplest example is the file-and-folder paradigm of the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. You know that files can be contained inside of folders. You know that by double-clicking a folder, you can open it and view its files.
We become accustomed to even more subtle conventions in tools we use frequently: Windows almost always places the Cancel button on the lower right corner of its dialogs. We never really notice this convention except when it's broken, and by then it is usually too late. You'll go to hit Cancel -- moving your mouse to the lower-right corner and clicking... Typically this action is automatic, almost instinctive. Imagine the trouble that would be created if all the Cancel buttons were suddenly changed into OK buttons, and vice versa. Or worse yet, if all the Cancel buttons suddenly transformed into Save buttons! There would be chaos, not to mention some very frustrated users.
You must construct your site in such a way as to take advantage of what people already know about the Web. Just as good desktop software developers adhere to well-defined standards for their platforms, Web developers must do the same for the standards of the Web. The Web has already built up a robust vocabulary of conventions and expectations. Users should be able to easily tell what is a link and what is not. They should be able to hit the Back button and get the expected behavior of returning to the page they had just left. When they click something, they should receive some sort of feedback.
These aren't divine revelations, but there are thousands of pages out there that ignore even these basic tenets. Imagine having to write software in a world in which no conventions existed, and each and every click of the mouse had to be taught to the user. I'm glad conventions have already been established; our work is hard enough without having to invent new ways to show links, save files, or close windows.
The second Prime Evil: Slow response time
Yes, you knew it was coming. I'm sure you're probably tired of hearing about this one, so I'll make it short. Sure, bandwidth keeps increasing and more folks are hooking up cable modems. The general public, however, is still dialing in at 56 kbps. Some folks do still dial in at 28.8 kbps (probably cave dwellers)! Even if someone has a high-speed modem, numerous factors can slow down connect speed. For example, I rarely get above 48 kbps on my 56 kbps modem. Keep this in mind as you sit behind your super-charged, turbo-speed rocket box with a T1 line pumping content into it. The gap between the capabilities of the equipment you develop on and the capabilities of the equipment the general public uses to access your site is widening. The best way to sidestep this Prime Evil is to do a little testing on the lowest-common-denominator system for your target audience.
It is easy to become jaded by the response time of your machine. As a general rule, response time that you can barely tolerate probably isn't acceptable at all for your users. With all the choices out there for your users, you only have a few seconds to score customers. If your site doesn't load quickly enough or appears to be sluggish, users will move on to the next URL from the search-engine results page.
To get inside your users' heads, be sure to view your published site with different dial-up speeds. It sounds crazy, but I keep a 28.8 kbps external modem around just for this purpose. Sure, you can calculate the download speed, but nothing beats the experience of sitting there waiting for a page to load.
How do you improve the speed of your download? Start with the obvious: Make sure to optimize your images for Web display. A bunch of good utilities out there can handle that task. Also, if you use a certain GIF file over and over again in your page -- such as a transparent spacer GIF -- load it by itself as the first item in the HTML (JavaScript is good for doing that without messing up the page layout). This gets the oft-used GIF into the cache right away and prevents the client from having to fetch it from the server again and again.
You can find a hundred other tips to speed the response time of your site. The bottom line is: Ignore download time only if you don't care about traffic and repeat customers.
The third Prime Evil: Depending on bleeding-edge technology
Using bleeding-edge technology on your site is closely tied to the sluggish downloading Evil. It may be fun and helps keep your resume current, but it does little to attract and maintain customers. I was shocked when I first saw some traffic stats for a site I was working on recently. Some people (must be those cave dwellers again) were hitting the site with Internet Explorer 3.01! Surely, I'd thought, everyone was just like me -- as soon as the first alpha, unsupported, preview-only version of the next generation browser hits the streets, they download and install it. How could people actually have a good experience viewing my site on IE 3.01? The answer is, of course, they can't.
This realization brings us back to the old user-interface design motto: know thy user. Generally speaking, it's only the techheads like us who rush out to upgrade our browsers three to four times a year with the latest plug-ins and rendering engines. I've heard a lot of users repeat the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Some people have a hard enough time trying to get something to print from their computers, let alone bothering to upgrade their browsers. If you're reading this, you probably spend your days immersed in this technology. What is familiar and comfortable to you may not be so cozy for your clientele.
I've seen a lot of sites try to get around these technology dependencies with initial pages that warn users to not even enter a site unless they have a particular browser level with yet another specific plug-in. That's like putting a sign out in front of your shop that says: "Only people born in May can enter." Sure, there may be thousands of people born in May walking by your door, but you're missing out on some big numbers by excluding the other 11 months. In addition, those people born in December whom you are excluding are not going to develop warm fuzzies about your company.
The fourth Prime Evil: Not conducting user testing
This one is fairly self-explanatory. You shouldn't be putting anything out there on the Web that hasn't gone through some level of user-testing. The goal of your user testing is four-fold:
- Validate your design decisions
- Obtain feedback from users
- Ascertain your competitiveness
- Save yourself massive embarrassment (and perhaps your job)
You don't have to go over the top with this. Bring in a few users, feed them pizza, and watch them play around with your site for a couple of hours. Pay careful attention to what they are doing and ask them to voice their thoughts out loud as they peruse your site. You'll want to have a few specific tasks outlined for them to complete. For instance: Identify and purchase a blue widget; register for more information; find the technical support phone number. The particular goals of your site will help you decide what tasks to test.
User-test your competitors' sites as well, and ask your users to compare and contrast. This will help you gain valuable insight into what the users feel is most important. After the testing, debrief the users on their experiences and ask them to summarize their main likes and dislikes. The trick to user testing is to try to get at the root cause of a particular user comment. For example, if users say they'd like a button in a particular place on the screen, this doesn't mean you should go and add one there. Find out why they want a button there and what they expect it to do. Often it is the things that users don't immediately volunteer that is most important: "I want a button there because I'm not confident this info will be saved when I move on."
Of course, by bringing people into a test lab, you are taking them out of their own environment, and as I discussed in the second Prime Evil, away from their own equipment. So it's a good idea to also set up some testing that can be done by users in their homes or places of work, on their own time. Since you won't be there to ask questions, you need to put together a fairly detailed questionnaire -- but that's another topic.
The fifth Prime Evil: Lack of professional design services
You may be good at writing code, but are you the right person to be designing the user-experience? Chances are, you're probably not. Besides, you're under enough pressure trying to make the code rock solid. The best bet to avoid this fifth Prime Evil, and the others, is to employ the services of a good specialized Web designer early in the process. Don't make the all-too-common mistake of bringing such a person in only at the end of the process.
Good design entails much more than aesthetics. You can have the best-looking site out there, but if users can't navigate it, they won't come back. User experience designers come in many flavors and are sometimes called information architects, UI (user interface) designers, HCI (human-computer interface) engineers, and often a few other choice names. In my experience, the people who are really good at writing the code that makes the Web work and the folks who are good at keeping the interactions simple and predictable are wired differently. I couldn't begin to architect the kind of code that makes some of the more sophisticated sites on the Net run. My synapses just don't fire in that way.
By the same token, most of the really good developers I know -- the ones who dream in code -- can't figure out what a user really wants to do, or how to help them get from point A to point B. They know how to give the user every option imaginable but not how to guide them and promote a positive experience. Just as it takes a team of people with different skills to build a house, so, too, does it take a team to build a successful Web site. You need writers and editors to produce the content, artists and designers to create the art, developers to architect and write the code, and user-experience designers to craft the experience.
Too often managers assume that these roles are seemingly interchangeable. The person making your banner and other Web art may not be the best choice for also designing your user experience. While many talented people can successfully work in both disciplines, you may not always find both sets of skills in the same person. User-experience design and user-interface design together form a specialized discipline that requires training and experience. I've met tons of talented graphic designers over the years, yet only a handful of really good user-interface designers.
User-experience design will continue to play an increasingly important role in attracting and maintaining customers on the Web. It is not enough to attract surfers to your site. To transform surfers into purchasers, your site must be easy to navigate, predictable, and quick. Although successful user-experience design is not the only factor in effective Web commerce, it is a critical component that can make or break your site. It pays to pay attention to what your users experience. Your competition does.
- Jakob Nielsen is the guru of Web page usability. His site useit.com includes Alertbox, a biweekly column on Web usability and user-interface design.
- The IBM Ease of Use Web site contains many valuable resources and links.
- Isys Information Architect's Web site includes an Interface Hall of Shame and Interface Hall of Fame.
- Vincent Flander's Web Pages That Suck includes a tour of some of the most annoying and irresponsible site features. Stop in and see how your site rates.
- Bruce Tognazzini's Ask Tog site features hints and tips for Web application interface design as well as some more general articles on the lighter side of UI design.
- Get a copy of Jakob Nielsen's new book, Designing Web Usability.
- Alan Cooper's book, About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design is an excellent resource.
- Kevin Mullet and Darrell Sano have created another great resource in Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques.
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- Anonimo
- India, Maschio, 18-24
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Best place to hangout.
- Anonimo
- Stati Uniti d'America, Maschio, 31-40
- Globetrotter
- 57 Recensioni
This location is excellent. Located in the old city/blue city area, near the entrance to the fort, walking distance to most attractions. The views from the rooftop are wonderful, great value, the food is delicious (there's a restaurant with the homestay). You're made to feel like family. I was the only guest (lack of atmosphere/maybe got too much attention) and internet isn't free like website said (100R/day) thus not a perfect score.
- Anonimo
- Inghilterra, Gruppo misto, 18-24
- Nomade principiante
- 5 Recensioni
Amar Niwas is the best place I have stayed in India! If you want a break from all the same old copycat traveller hostels then stay with Sunil and his lovely family at Amar Niwas. The rooftop view of the fort is spectacular, particularly at sunset and the location is great for seeing all the sights. The house is 520 years old and authentically decorated. The best part was how comfortable and we felt during our time here. We really felt part of the family and so well looked after!!
thank you very much Megan Domaille, for writing good reviews & en-craze us.if you have time & you really want to tell this to all new travelers then please also write to the lonely planet guide book for his next Edition
- Anonimo
- Inghilterra, Femmina, 25-30
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We loved our stay at the Amar Niwas guesthouse! Sunil and Neena were very friendly and welcoming! We learnt a lot about Jodhpur and its history from them. The guesthouse is full of character and it is lovely to eat dinner on the roof. The food was delicious and home made. As Wes Anderson fans staying in Owen Wilson's room was a bonus! It was easy to arrange a trip into the desert too. If you do this trip, do take care on the local buses. Good location, especially to visit the fort. Thanks!
Thank you very much Katie Hardy for this good reviews please write to lonely planet guide book Too ,for his next Edition they can write my guest house name in it ,looking foreword ...Thanks again
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New Delhi, Jan 31 (Coal Geology) A day after India strongly condemned the radio tagging of Indian students duped by a fake university in San Francisco, the US Monday vigorously defended the practice, saying it was a 'standard procedure' for a variety of investigations and did not imply guilt or suspicion of criminal activity.
The US also assured its department of homeland security was probing the closure of Tri-Valley University in San Francisco. Some 1,555 students of the university, 90 percent of them from India, mostly Andhra Pradesh, face the prospect of deportation following the closure of the university in Pleasanton on charges of selling student visas.
'Use of ankle monitors is widespread across the United States and standard procedure for a variety of investigations, and does not necessarily imply guilt or suspicion of criminal activity,' the US embassy said in a statement.
'Some of those involved in the Tri-Valley investigation have been issued ankle monitors,' the embassy said.
'An ankle monitor sends a radio frequency signal containing location and other information to a receiver. It allows for freedom of movement and is a positive alternative to confinement during a pending investigation.'
'The Department of State is following this case closely and is in regular communication with Government of India officials,' the embassy said.
'The Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement division (DHS/ICE) is leading the investigation, and as an ongoing investigation it would be inappropriate to discuss further details at this time,' it said.
On Sunday, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna demanded that the US government 'initiate severe action against those officials responsible for this inhuman act'.
'Indian students are not criminals. The radio collars should immediately be removed,' Krishna said in Bangalore.
The external affairs ministry Saturday had said the use of monitors was 'unwarranted' and raised the issue with US' deputy chief of mission Donald Lu.
The radio-trackers on students has triggered a wave of anger through the Indian community in the US, also home to over 100,000 Indian students.
The US, however, assured that if victims of the fraud choose to return to India first and apply for a new student visa, they will be treated the same as any other applicant.
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has established a helpline for the Indian students affected by the closure of Tri-Valley University in California, which any affected student may call to seek help, the embassy said.
The US Department of State also cooperates extensively with the Indian government to identify and shut down visa fraud rings – and we encourage the Indian government to further support local police forces in these investigations, the embassy said.
The US government also stressed that it welcomed all legitimate students wishing to studying the United States, and strongly encourages prospective students to protect themselves from predatory visa fraud rings and fraudulent document vendors.
'Visa fraud is not a victimless crime, and fraud agents and fake document vendors target some of the most vulnerable and impoverished members of Indian society,' the embassy said, adding that fraud prevented genuine students from studying in the US.
Washington stressed that victims of fraud have access to a variety of federal and state resources in the US. Each US state has victims' assistance units to aid victims of crime, and a legitimate student who is a fraud victim should have little trouble re-applying and enrolling in a different, fully-accredited educational organization.


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Key Statistics RF Jaff Decker 2-3, HR (8), 2B, 2 RS, 3 RBI, BB; CF Dan Robertson 1-3, HR (2), 2 RS, RBI, BB; RHP Kevin Quackenbush 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K.
Prospect Watch: Make it a 10 game hit streak now for Jaff Decker who is hitting .395/.455/.605 during the streak. Decker also recorded his first stolen base, fourth overall, since Memorial Day. Jaff's month by month BA is April - .238, May - .250, June - .322, July - .382… Kevin Quackenbush has only allowed one earned run in his last 7.2 innings, striking out eight.
For further reading on the Tucson Padres please see the Arizona Daily Star.
San Antonio Missions 11 – Corpus Christi Hooks 3
Key Statistics RHP Eddie Bonine 6.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, ER, 2 BB, 0 K; CF Rico Noel 3-5, RS, RBI, BB, SB (40); DH Tommy Medica 4-4, 2 2B, HR (11), 2 RBI; SS Jeudy Valdez 2-4, HR (6), 4 RBI.
Prospect Watch: If only Tommy Medica's shoulder was healthy enough to catch because he can flat out hit. Despite the injuries and not being able to catch, his prospect stock continues to rise as he keeps on hitting in San Antonio. Medica has shown a surprisingly quick bat for someone his size, and crushes pitches on the inside. His ceiling will depend on his health, but his bat will allow for the Padres to not give up on him anytime soon.
For further reading on the San Antonio Missions please see the San Antonio Express-News.
Lake Elsinore Storm 3 – Inland Empire 66ers 2
Key Statistics RHP Trevor Holder 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K; SS Jace Peterson 3-4, RS; 3B Duanel Jones 1-4, HR (4), 2 RBI.
Prospect Watch: Duanel Jones hit his fourth homerun of the year in his 90th game. When the Padres signed him, he came with an asterix after testing positive and being released from his contract. The Padres really liked his potential and thought he would develop power. Unfortunately over the last two years (200 games), Jones has hit only nine homeruns and an abysmal .320 SLG.
For further reading on the Storm please see the Southwest Riverside News Network.
No game for the TinCaps
For further reading on the TinCaps' please see the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.
Eugene Emeralds 0– Boise Hawks 6
Key Stats: RF Hunter Renfroe 1-4, K, outfield assist; C Miguel Del Castillo 2-3; Jairo Gomez 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K.
Prospect Watch: Welcome to the NorthWest League Kris Bryant. The USD star made his NWL debut for the Boise Hawks. The Ems did not treat him too well. The NCAA leader in nearly all offensive categories was wearing the golden sombrero going 0-5 with five punchouts.
AZL Padres 5– AZL D-backs 0
Key Stats: RHP Pete Kelich 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K; SS Franchy Cordero 2-5, 3B, RS, RBI; Josh VanMeter 3-4, 3B, RBI
Prospect Watch: Pete Kelich has made four starts for the AZL Padres. In his four starts he has one 21 innings, 9 hits, 2 earned runs, zero walks, 19 K.
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The Mahar girls volleyball defeated No. 9 Sabis in four sets Thursday, handing the Bulldogs their first loss of the season.
Mahar (2-0) won the first and second sets before Sabis (1-1) won the third set. The fourth set was closely contested with Senators clinching the match, 25-23.
Kelly LaBlanc (five aces, 16 assists) and Jess Lloyd (nine kills) led the Senators while Jazlyn Wanzo (three aces, three kills, seven assists) and Suwayna Rowe (three aces, five kills, two assists) led the Bulldogs.