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Written by Rohaan Solare on Saturday, February 5, 2011 12:37 - 13 Comments
The Great Global Awakening Has Arrived
The Great Global Awakening (GGA) is much more than a sweet sounding religious or spiritual platitude, even though two of the three main views on the GGA are from spiritual points of view.
The Christian view of the GGA is more of a globalizing and marketing effort to continue asserting Christian enthnocentrism.
Eclectic spiritualists on the other hand believe that we are fast approaching a "spiritual awakening" that will usher in a new socio-cultural era devoted to universal peace and prosperity regardless of individual spiritual beliefs.
Eclectic spiritualists believe that the GGA will spring forth from vague and spontaneous internal changes within each and every one of us. This "internal shift" will somehow result in a more altruistic state thus allowing a more compassionate policy to dominate the affairs of humanity so they reason.
We may discount the Christian view of the GGA based on its self serving enthnocentrism. The simplistic and unfounded causality of eclectic spiritualist perspectives renders their take on the GGA as naive and even counterproductive for it implies a passive posture to the matter of social change.
Failure to properly understand of the workings of a system results in the inability to generate the kinds of results one wants.
A third view of the GGA takes into account planetary scaled views of enviro-socio-economic conditions, growing political discontent, increasing online activity and the free flow of information.
Let's equate ignorance of the fundamental socio-political principles at work in modern societies with being metaphorically asleep or unaware. While an "awakened state" means awareness of the fundamental socio-political principles and the subsequent internal reactions that take place upon learning about the rules of the game.
The rules of the official game or the government and corporate monopoly on law making are based on the sheer exploitation of other's weaknesses as exemplified by the practice of waging economic militarism on weaker countries. And by exploiting the collective ignorance of its population in order to justify the projection of unjustifiable force or means.
All injustices spring from the projection of force as a means to assert power over and from the exploitation of ignorance of actualities in order to gain power over. In actuality, we later learned that Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction.
Believe it or not, but the great power of so called great nations is derived entirely from those two simple, but socially devastating operating principles. The awakened individual reacts first with self protective interest and then with indignation at the scale and magnitude of such systematic exploitation.
Indignation at enviro-socio-economic injustices usually leads to political activism and the goal of the awakened political activist is to change the rules of the game so as to favor policies based on non-exploitation and transparency.
Awakened now takes on a very practical, demonstrable and workable meaning. Awakened in this context means that political activism is kindled by knowledge of the Establishment's primary mode of operation. It is the great growth of awakened political activism that has the political Establishments of the world on red alert. Signs that the Establishment has growing concerns over the mounting challenge to its brand of authority is evidenced by two very high profile events.
Event 1: Official Recognition at the Highest Levels
Even the Establishment is talking about the Great Awakening. Have a look at what Zbigniew Brzezinski has to say about the "great awakening". And who is Zbigniew Brzezinski? Mr. Brzezinski is likely the West's most highly regarded geopolitical strategist. He was Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser and he co-founded the Trilateral Commission with David Rockefellor.
He is also a member of the notorious Council on Foreign Relations and Bilderberg attendee. Anyone familiar with any three of those organizations knows that they represent the master think tanks of Western Imperialism. If anybody has a handle on the intricacies of geopolitics and politics in general it is Mr. Brzezinski.
Books by Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Between Two Ages : America's Role in the Technetronic Era
- Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser,
- Game Plan: A Geostrategic Framework for the Conduct of the U.S.-Soviet Contest.
- Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the 21st Century
- The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives,
- The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership.
- Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower
- America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy
- Alternative to Partition: For a Broader Conception of America's Role in Europe
- The Implications of Change for United States Foreign Policy,
- International Politics in the Technetronic Era
- The Geostrategic Triad : Living with China, Europe, and Russia
From the Horses Mouth
Excerpt from Zbigniew Brzezinski's talk before the shadow government front known as the Council on Foreign Relations.
"For the first time in human history almost all of humanity is politically activated, politically conscious and politically interactive… The resulting global political activism is generating a surge in the quest for personal dignity, cultural respect and economic opportunity in a world painfully scarred by memories of centuries-long alien colonial or imperial domination…
The worldwide yearning for human dignity is the central challenge inherent in the phenomenon of global political awakening… That awakening is socially massive and politically radicalizing… The nearly universal access to radio, television and increasingly the Internet is creating a community of shared perceptions and envy that can be galvanized and channeled by demagogic, political or religious passions.
These energies transcend sovereign borders and pose a challenge both to existing states as well as to the existing global hierarchy, on top of which America still perches"…
The youth of the Third World are particularly restless and resentful. The demographic revolution they embody is thus a political time-bomb, as well… Their potential revolutionary spearhead is likely to emerge from among the scores of millions of students concentrated in the often intellectually dubious "tertiary level" educational institutions of developing countries.
Depending on the definition of the tertiary educational level, there are currently worldwide between 80 and 130 million "college" students.
Typically originating from the socially insecure lower middle class and inflamed by a sense of social outrage, these millions of students are revolutionaries-in-waiting, already semi-mobilized in large congregations, connected by the Internet and pre-positioned for a replay on a larger scale of what transpired years earlier in Mexico City or in Tiananmen Square.
Their physical energy and emotional frustration is just waiting to be triggered by a cause, or a faith, or a hatred…
[The] major world powers, new and old, also face a novel reality: while the lethality of their military might is greater than ever, their capacity to impose control over the politically awakened masses of the world is at a historic low. To put it bluntly: in earlier times, it was easier to control one million people than to physically kill one million people; today, it is infinitely easier to kill one million people than to control one million people."
I am astonished by the ease with which that this man speaks of killing millions. As if he were talking about how easier it is to make hamburgers now than in the 40's and 50's… a time when the "civilized" Western world was indeed make hamburger out of tens of millions—something utterly incomprehensible to the vast majority of us.
From my vantage point as socio-cultural analyst, Zbigniew Brzezinski scores a BULLSEYE. As a top level political analyst his job is to advise the corporate front men roaming the halls of Congress. His very bold and out in the open warning to the Establishment serves to bolster the belief that great changes are afoot and that the future looks uncertain in terms of the Establishment's ability to maintain the status quo.
Zbigniew Brzezinski's talk before the
infamous Council on Foreign Relations.
The Great Global Awakening is a blossoming reality that we ought to recognize sooner than later. Many of us have become jaded, cynical, desensitized and apathetic to national and international affairs, but look the Establishment is taking note and identifying the movement as an awakening—nothing new agey about that.
Hope and collective action are blossoming in unison,
therein lies the true path to change.
The Establishment is preparing for mass uprisings as the system caves in under the weight of its unfathomable corruption and as more and more wake up to the many harsh realities of Govcorp tyranny.
Egypt and Beyond
Are the ongoing North African uprisings a harbinger of things to come?
Trends tracker Gerald Celente seems to think so.
Over the last 2 years every major European country, including Euro-America, has experienced ongoing bouts of increasing social unrest. It's relatively quiet in Europe right now, but only because it's winter time.
The underlying problems remain unresolved and therefore civil unrest will continue until adequate and popular reforms are in place. As I write this Egypt is in flames, revolutionary fires are still smoldering in Tunisia and breaking out in other places such as Yemen, Jordan, Libya and Algiers to name just a few.
Egypt is the most important native geopolitical entity in the Middle East if for the sole reason of having direct control of the ultra strategic Suez Canal— a choke point for mass commerce and oil—the life blood of modern civilization.
The neocolonial US-Israeli alliance will not permit any political change Egypt that could compromise their current control of Egyptian politics. The Suez canal is far too vital to Western interests to be left in the hands of people who have good reason to hate the Judeo-Christian culture complex—oppressors of the world at large.
The People of Egypt and other countries are not only fighting not their despot leaders, but the vast imperialist power I call the Euro-American-Israeli TRIAD. We can be sure that Mubarak's replacement will be someone that is also owned by the TRIAD.
If the people of Egypt where to elect somebody who might actually have their best interests in mind you can be sure that the TRIAD would somehow intervene to influence the outcome that best serves its interests.
The Genie is out of the lamp for good, but Jafar is addicted to his great power and will likely resort to desperate measures to regain control of the Genie.
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What you are describing is a model of how you believe ideology functions. Ideology is how people form systems of thought in groups. I think it would be valuable for you to learn more from the continental philosophers of europe.
The problem with your model of ideology is that you argue that somehow people can be 'ideology free,' but the reality is that ideologies beget ideologies, and when one crumbles, another takes it's place. Therefore there is no 'enlightenment' just a change over from one system of thought to another.
Also, you seem to take a conspiratorial tone on many of your posts, suggesting that certain powers are pulling the strings, and that they designed the system that way themselves. I think that is a real low probability. Power itself functions in such a way that certain types of people rise to the top. In human culture, power flows a certain way. Perhaps there are means of changing that, but if anything, pushing conspiracies only strengthens those who hold the power.
@ Eric I think you are mistaken about what you think I believe. The post is not about ideologies, the post describes trends and themes as I and other see them. Brzezinski's and Celente are not conspiracy buffs, they are empiricists like myself. I don't even mention or even refer to the terms enlightenment, ideologies or conspiracies.
What I piece together is not based on hearsay, but on what's out in the open for anybody to see. Some can connect the dots and some can't. Quite frankly your comment is way off topic.
My comment most specifically referred to your section about "The Matrix." So yes, it is very on topic.
@ Eric Thanks for being more specific it helps. My comment on the Matrix is but a small quip compared to the rest of the article. Let's see the piece on the Matrix describes a learning process in which the subject in question learns something totally to the contrary of what he thought to be true.
I then describe the subjects cultural condition as metaphoralized by the imagery in the picture. If I am to interpret your comment of "meta understanding" then enlightenment means to learn something that goes contrary to what one thinks is true. Ideology is a system of ideas. So the subject had been taught one system of ideas and then he learns that those ideas are false. That is an every day occurrence.
Then you said something about a "conspiratorial tone". I do make the overarching claim that the current and dominant World System as defined by the leading operational dynamics of Western civilization as being founded in the principle of exploitation in the parasitic sense. Is that what you consider a "conspiratorial tone" ?
I think the internet is indeed accelerating the pace of political awareness. But what political reality are we becoming aware of? You said it's 2 things:
1) "exploitation of other's weaknesses as exemplified by the practice of waging economic militarism on weaker countries
2) "exploiting the collective ignorance of its population in order to justify the projection of unjustifiable force or means"
I summarize these as: The powerful exploit the weak and the ignorant on a massive scale.
While this is true enough, it's hardly news to pragmatically-minded people. The part we don't understand is how we get it to stop. Can we just remove the corrupt establishment from power or is the problem a systemic one? I think this part requires a more detailed and comprehensive kind of awakening.
Can I suggest that you be more specific about the identities of the Establishment, Govcorp, and TRIAD. Who exactly are you referring to? Specific examples would be more helpful than pop culture metaphors.
Your focus on the conflict between "the Establishment" and ordinary people is oversimplified in my opinion. The rich and powerful exploit each other all the time too. In fact, the path to power is often marked by intense infighting. I don't think the Establishment is quite as established as your article suggests.
As evidenced throughout recent history, the toppling of an Establishment can leave behind a power vacuum in which chaos and violence reign (e.g., Iraqi self-determination). Certain types of people, like gangsters and sociopaths, actually thrive in this environment. A new Establishment inevitably rises in response to the absence of power.
I usually find Mr. Brzezinski's analyses to be insightful, but I'm not sure what to think of his declaration that a global political awakening is now occurring. I think his comments on the matter show HIM to be the one who has finally awakened to the social reality of globalization!
Anyway, I enjoy your provocative style of writing and hope we can learn something from each other.
@ Josh Thank you for your sincere inquiry. You ask
Can we just remove the corrupt establishment from power or is the problem a systemic one? I think this part requires a more detailed and comprehensive kind of awakening.
It is both corrupt establishment and a systemic problem. Meaning that we are led by the most damaged and deranged among us. Phenotypes who over the generations have "moved up" the socio-economic ladder by way of addiction to great power and sheer predatory ruthlessness. We must remember that the Western civilization is first and foremost advanced by militarism. Therefore its leaders are called forth from militarized/predatory bloodlines.
I mean these people have killed family members in their quest for power. If they don't think twice about killing blood relatives then how much easier is it for them to wage war against total strangers. A predatory leadership will in turn create a predatory system of social organization to sustain itself. Its laws and institutions are designed to domesticate and parasatize those they exert influence over. Taxation and the web of financial laws are but subtle non-destructive forms of predation. Human husbandry of the Modern era. So to answer your question those who currently call the shots must be removed from power and in order to remove them from power we must reform the system of laws that gives them their great power.
You then ask me to be specific about what I mean by the Establishment, Govcorp and the TRIAD. The ESTABLISHMENT is characterized by existing state structures, e.g. governments and their primary supporters in the private realm. Primary supporters being those who aim to promote a particular socio-political-commercial agenda via their financial contributions to entities within the governmental realm.
GOVCORP is a term I use instead of fascism. The meaning of Govcorp is more readily understood than the obscure and technical fascism. Govcorp denotes the full blown merger between commercial and state entities. They have become indistinguishable in our day and age.
The TRIAD consists of the most powerful economic and political entities of the Western World. Namely they are the key member governments of the EUROPEAN union, the wealthiest and most politically active non-governmental entities of Europe. The UNITED STATES Government and the wealthiest and most politically active non-governmental entities of the U.S. And finally the ISRAELI Government and the wealthiest and most politically active non-governmental entities closely affiliated with Israel.
Regarding you comment about how established the Establishment is. I will just say that they are established enough to dictate the economic and socio-cultural affairs of hundreds of millions of people within and beyond the borders of their respective countries.
Thanks for your response Rohaan.
Here is the dilemma that I think the previous commenter Eric brought up: The people in power achieved their status by destroying opposition and winning conflicts – all the way to the top. Your point of view in this article is in direct opposition (anti-establishment) to those in power, so aren't you trying to beat them at their own game? Stoking outrage at the establishment may awaken a few ants but it also awakens sleeping giants. Furthermore, genuine outrage is regularly exploited for donations, advertising revenue, and career advancement. Perhaps a new approach will emerge in our culture someday?
I'm still not clear on the *specific* identities of the Establishment, Govcorp, and TRIAD. You seem to be using "the Establishment" not to refer to a particular entity, but the dominant paradigm of deal-making (You scratch my back, I scratch yours).
You said that Govcorp is "full blown merger between commercial and state entities" which are now indistinguishable. You don't seem aware of the contentious relationship between the US Chamber of Commerce and President Obama. There are numerous other examples of state and private entities trying to influence each other (usually through bribery) which demonstrate that governments and corporations are actually quite distinguishable.
Your explanation of TRIAD is also a bit vague. Can you name specific persons, departments, or corporations to avoid confusion? Which entities in the United States are part of TRIAD? The CIA, FBI, White House, State Department, and Congress are each individual entities with their own interests and goals. Grouping them all together I think misrepresents who we're actually dealing with. Grouping together all of "the most powerful economic and political entities of the Western World" into one entity is even more nebulous.
When tearing down corrupt institutions, be careful not to destroy the ones trying to build something better in the midst.
@Josh you asked "so aren't you trying to beat them at their own game?". I would say hardly. They Establishment advances itself by deceit, subterfuge and violence. The post in question only identifies the element is a big picture way.
All of my writings are in the public view, I advocate transparency and I DO NOT advocate violence of any sort. So to answer your question NO In no way am I trying to beat them at their own game.
Within the Establishment there are of course competing cartels each jockeying for control of the various aspects of the political machinery. When Bush-Cheney got elected the Military Industrial Complex and the Petro-Chemical industry set the political agenda.
Obama is more aligned with the banking cartel and that's why the Obama administration is infested with former banking executives. Obama has had to primarily deal with matters pertaining to "financial stabilization" of major industries.
The TRIAD. The American arm of the TRIAD are the elements you named and outside think tanks like the CFR, the Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberg group. For the purpose of this article I was specific enough.
My reply to @EricSchiller's claim that he makes "good arguments" and that he does not merit the label of troll I have conferred upon him. I referred to @ericschiller and his motley crew (@ericschiller @rocking_g_real @RolandKapferer @mrteacup @IlllllllllllllI @LChakoian) as trolls because based on what they have had to say to me they are no more than band of disoriented hecklers and useless critics for critics sake.
Further down I make my case based on the so called "argument" you left on my blog and the various pot shots your troll buddies made on Twitter
Critics for critics sake is a sure sign of mediocre and uncreative minds. You replied in your last tweet tweet that I referred to you as troll because you challenged me with a "good argument".
You call yourself a critic and that's fine, but don't try to come off as anything more than a critic for critics sake. Your style of critic is the refuge of those have nothing to offer in terms of creativity or intellectual value and so you resort to the type of criticism you do because you can't say anything of added value.
If something exceeds your understanding then it must be wrong because you can't compute and so the critic in you comes out. And by the way as I am about to show you, you don't even know how to critique.
Here is the comment you left on my blog. The link is included.
I have numbered your statements for ease of reference.
1.) What you are describing is a model of how you believe ideology functions. 2.) Ideology is how people form systems of thought in groups. I think it would be valuable for you to learn more from the continental philosophers of europe.
Statement 1) tells me what you believe I am doing. Statement 2) gives me your definition of ideology. Statement 3) suggests I do something.
So far no critiques, no arguments and not a even position in reference to a point I made in my article.
4). The problem with your model of ideology is that you argue that somehow people can be 'ideology free,' but the reality is that ideologies beget ideologies, and when one crumbles, another takes it's place. 5). Therefore there is no 'enlightenment' just a change over from one system of thought to another.
Statement 4) looks like a good candidate for your first critique, but it fails miserably because nowhere in the article in question and much less to the specific item you reference do I speak about or reference anything about people being "ideology free".
Statement 5) tells me something about "enlightenment" and that is equally curious because I don't use the term enlightenment in the article.
So far no critiques and no argument. Just more vague assertions that don't even pertain to the subject matter of the article in question.
6). Also, you seem to take a conspiratorial tone on many of your posts, suggesting that certain powers are pulling the strings, and that they designed the system that way themselves. I think that is a real low probability. 7). Power itself functions in such a way that certain types of people rise to the top. 8). In human culture, power flows a certain way. 9). Perhaps there are means of changing that, but if anything, pushing conspiracies only strengthens those who hold the power.
Statement 6 makes the general accusation that many of my posts seem "to take on a conspiratorial tone" and you finish by asserting that you think the probability is low.
Neither of part of that statement is an argument.
Statement 7 tells me your position on how power functions to move people to the top.
Statement 8 reasserts in vague terms what you said in the statement 7 but now you have included the term culture.
Statement 9 tells me what you think a conspiratorial tone does.
Statements 7, 8, and 9 are not arguments since they all reference your general statement of "conspiratorial tone". A conspiratorial tone is not a point so how can you argue for or against it and what good or use is a general critique of irrelevant matter?
The curiousness of your so called arguments and critiques obliged me to reply to your initial comment by asking you what in the world you where referencing since your comment did not apply to my post nor did you specifically refer to any point I made.
You replied by saying that you were referring to my quip about a scene in the movie the Matrix.
Well that was even more befuddling because your statements where even less meaningful relative to what I quipped about the Matrix.
You made a total of 9 statements and NOT A SINGLE statement qualifies as an argument nor a valid critique since you don't give any specifics.
It is for the reasons mentioned herein that I referred to you and the others as trolls because your statements and their Twitter rants are nothing more than troll slobber.
And who merits the label of troll?
According to wikipedia a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29
You made extraneous and off topic remarks in your comments and your twitter buddies made inflammatory remarks.
You are your buddies fit the description of trolls to a tee.
I have now shown you what a good argument looks like and that you do indeed merit the label of troll.
I referred to specific comments you made and I made my counter arguments to your assertion that you make "good argument" by unequivocally demonstrating that you made NOT A SINGLE argument for or against anything in your comment.
@ericschiller's reply to my point by point deconstruction of his assertion that he knows how to formulate "good arguments". His reply via twitter was a cowardly and lame "get a life". Need I say more? The following is a link to the picture of his twitter reply. http://emergent-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/schiller.jpg
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I'll clarify. My point was that they are looking to win now, and we would probably have to offer an equal or better player for them to be interested. Unless we have other players that can step right and replace the player we traded away, we would just fix one problem and create another. When one of our defensive prospects are ready for top 4 duties I agree that Stewart would be a very attractive and possible addition, but I don't envision that happening during this season (hence the "at this point in time" comment). I would love to be wrong on that part though
I don't think we have a lot of expendable assets that are attractive to other contending teams. We have plenty of expendable pieces attractive to teams looking to rebuild.
I'm saying he's one of their better trade baits to include in a trade for possible upgrades in positions of need.
At the very least, in addition to Schultz, Klefbom and Musil looks very promising, while Petry has looked good so far in the NHL. I don't see young defensemen as a need for them, unless it's a potential #1.
My thinking towards the Blues was that Martin or Orpik could both look like good fits for them. For that matter Niskanen is plenty comfortable playing the left side.
For Edmonton the same three might interest them(maybe not Orpik as much for thier long term approach) as well as Despres, Morrow and Dumoulin(Despres might especially draw attention by deadline/offseason).
Not to say that I'd neccessarily want to trade those guys for Stewart or the Winger formerly Known as MPS. Im just saying that I think those two could make good trading partners depending on what we want to do.
Maybe in a few seasons if our defense is a logjam on the left we could trade Despres or any other young dman who proves himself to St Louis who might by then find a TJ Oshie or Perron type expendable, just like the Goligoski trade.
In the shorter term I could definatly see Dumoulin or Morrow making Niskanen, Orpik or Martin expendable for a Chris Stewart type. Depending on how thier all playing.
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Paul Williams, one of the most beloved and respected music creators in the world today, will be the next guest for the┬Ā"Conversation With…" series, presented by Southwestern's Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute. Professor Steve Krone, Director of the Biederman Institute, and Professor Jay Gendron will conduct the discussion on Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Southwestern.
A lyricist and composer, Williams won an Oscar Award, two Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, and earned induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His songs, from "We've Only Just Begun," to "The Rainbow Connection," have touched millions of people for generations. As President and Chairman of the Board of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), he is also a leading spokesman for music creators in the digital age. Earlier this year, he received a Grammy Award for his collaboration as a vocalist and composer with Daft Punk on the band's Album of the Year, "Random Access Memories."
"Jay and I couldn't be more excited to have the opportunity to explore art, life and the music business with Paul," Professor Krone said. "We're both enormous fans of his work and his humanity."
Williams' standards have been recorded by diverse musical icons that include: Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, David Bowie, Tony Bennett, The Carpenters, Luther Vandross, Willie Nelson, REM, Anne Murray, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, Diana Krall, Sarah Vaughn, Sarah McLachlan, Jason Mraz, The Dixie Chicks, Gonzo and Kermit The Frog. Continue reading…
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Preventing Complications
If you have COPD, you can take these steps to prevent complications and control the disabling effects of the disease.
- Quit smoking.
- Avoid exposure to pollutants and lung irritants.
- Take precautions against the flu.
- Talk to your doctor about the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
- See your doctor on a regular basis.
- Follow your treatments for COPD exactly as your doctor prescribes.
Quit Smoking
If you smoke, the most important thing you can do to prevent more lung damage is to stop smoking. Quitting can help prevent complications and slow the progress of the disease. It is also important to stay away from people who smoke and places where you know there will be smokers.
To help you quit, there are many online resources and several new aids available from your doctor or health care provider. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has information on smoking cessation. Visit SmokeFree.gov , or check out NCI's Clear Horizons, a quit smoking guide for people 50+. You can also visit The American Lung Association, or call 1-800-QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669).
Avoid Exposure to Pollutants and Lung Irritants
Try to stay away from other things that could irritate your lungs, like dust and strong fumes. Stay indoors when the outside air quality is poor. You should also stay away from places where there might be cigarette smoke.
Take Precautions Against the Flu
The flu (influenza) can cause serious problems for people who have COPD. Do your best to avoid crowds during flu season. In addition to avoiding people with the flu, remembering to wash and sanitize your hands can be one of the best ways to guard against getting sick.
Talk to Your Doctor About the Flu (influenza) and Pneumonia Vaccines
Talk with your doctor about getting a yearly flu shot and whether and when you should get the pneumonia vaccine. Flu shots can reduce your risk of getting the flu, and the pneumonia vaccine lowers your risk for pneumococcal pneumonia (NU-mo-KOK-al nu-MO-ne-ah) and its complications. Both of these illnesses are major health risks for people who have COPD.
See Your Doctor Regularly
See your doctor or health care provider regularly even if you are feeling fine. Make a list of your breathing symptoms and think about any activities that you can no longer do because of shortness of breath. Be sure to bring a list of all the medicines you are taking to each office visit.
Follow Your Treatments
Follow your treatments for COPD exactly as your doctor prescribes. They can help you breathe easier, stay more active, and avoid or manage severe symptoms.


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AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal`s Varanasi rally – As it happened
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal says he will contest against BJP`s PM candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi.
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6:45 pm AAP chief concludes his speech.
6:40 pm Kejriwal says he will contest against Narendra Modi from Varanasi.
6:39 Kejriwal wins referendum, gets majority opinion in favour of fighting against Narendra Modi from Varanasi.
6:31 pm AAP chief holds referendum, asks people whether he should fight form Varanasi or not.
6:30 pm Arvind Kejriwal dares BJP`s pm candidate Narendra Modi for an open debate on Gujarat`s development model.
6:20 pm In desperation to get 272+seats, to become PM, Modiji has brought together all the corrupt in the nation, says ex-Delhi CM.
6:15 pm Gujarat has no Opposition. That is why Modi has been winning for three consecutive terms: Kejriwal
6:12 pm Kejriwal stops his speech in between after hearing a call for `Azaan`.
6:11 pm Whosoever wins (BJP or Congress), the control is in Ambani`s hands, says AAP chief.
6:10 pm Have no interests in becoming PM: Arvind Kejriwal.
6:05 pm Kejriwal further adds Modiji`s model is to shut down all the small scale industries/traders and promote only the big corporates/industrialists.
6:00 pm Congress & BJP will both bring FDI in retail. This will kill kirana shops. If you vote Modi, small scale industries will be shut: Kejriwal
5:59 pmFrom April 01, gas prices were to be doubled, but we have stopped that for two months, says AAP chief.
5:45 pm Kejriwal says if Modiji was really `vikas purush` then I would have stood beside him.
5:31 pmModi is similar to what Manmohanji & Soniaji have been doing to this country: Kejriwal
5:30 pm Arvind Kejriwal addressing a public rally
Addressing a public rally in Varanasi, the Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal said, "Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi`s defeat in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will be people`s victory.
"Both Congress and BJP are looting the country," Kejriwal added.
4:45: Digvijay Singh is welcome to fight from Varanasi, says Arvind Kejriwal
Speaking to a news channel, the AAP chief said, "If Congress pits Digvijay Singh as its candidate from Varanasi, I welcome the move."
"Our priority will be to defeat Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. 2014 Elections will be a turning point. However, the polls will take place again after a year," Kejriwal added.
3:05 pm: Black ink thrown at Kejriwal
Black ink has been thrown at Kejriwal during his roadshow in Varanasi. The police had to resort to mild lathicharge to control the crowd.
2:50 pm: I will defeat Modi, says Kejriwal
"I don`t see Banaras as a losing battle. I will defeat Modi" in the Lok Sabha election, the former Delhi chief minister told a television channel.
"Fighting against Modi is a small thing," Kejriwal told the channel. "Saving the country from corruption is a big issue now."
12:50 pm: Kejriwal meets mahant of Sankat Mochan Temple
Kejriwal met mahant of Sankat Mochan Temple, professor Vishwambhar Nath Mishra, ahead of his rally.
12:40 pm: Eggs thrown at Kejriwal
Eggs have been thrown at Kejriwal`s car outside the Kashi Vishwanath temple, with the protesters steadily raising anti-Kejriwal slogans and asking him to leave the Hindu holy city.
Calling him a "traitor", hundreds of slogan-shouting people blocked his cavalcade while raising slogans of "Modi, Modi".
Smeared with sandalwood paste as he exited from the Vishwanath temple, Kejriwal did not speak to journalists and merely smiled even as the vocal protests continued.
11:10 am: Arvind Kejirwal faces protest
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal faced protest in Varanasi after coming out of Bhairon temple. According to reports, Narendra Modi`s supporters raised slogans against him.
10:50 am: Kejriwal `pained`
Arvind Kejriwal prayed at the Bhairon Mandir. He, clad in a green lungi, also took a dip in the Ganga. Talking to reporters, he said he was pained to see that the Ganga is so polluted and dirty. It is all due to corruption, added Kejriwal.
10:35 am: BJP on Kejriwal`s Varanasi rally
Congress is not stepping into the battlefield but is sending its pawns, senior BJP leader and spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Kejriwal`s Varanasi rally.
8:40 am: Kejriwal to hold referendum
With the Lok Sabha battle set to kickstart next month, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal is all set to make one of the most interesting poll-related announcements on Tuesday.
The former income tax officer-turned-activist-turned-politician is likely to hold a `referendum` at a rally today seeking people`s approval for his decision to take on Bharatiya Janata Party`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
The die, however, has been cast and it is just a matter of a formal announcement, said an insider in the Aam Aadmi Party team.
8:20 am: Kejirwal arrives in Varanasi
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has arrived in this ancient city on the banks of the Ganges by the Shiv Ganga Express from New Delhi. Sources say he will drive to the Kaal Bhairav temple. Bhairav is the `shahr kotwal` (city inspector), and everyone seek his blessings before a new venture.
Kejriwal will then visit the Kashi Vishwanath temple, perhaps the city`s best known temple.
He will interact with morning walkers at some parks, besides calling on retired academics and current professors at the Banaras Hindu University.
For the former chief minister of Delhi, `Battle Varanasi` will be no less than an epic battle.


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CIFOR Forests News has compiled the 'best and worst' quotes relating to forests during the UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar.
Among them are words by Tony Simons, Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre, including: "If you want more than a glass, plastic, concrete and steel future for our children, then let's make sure that forests and trees are well represented in our landscapes."
Robert Nasi, Director of CGIAR's Forestry, Trees and Agroforestry research program is quoted as saying: "Let's do it, let's try to develop a way to manage this multifunctional landscape to provide ecosystem services, livelihoods and to sequester carbon to reduce emissions, even if we know that what we are doing is not perfect, because if we wait to have the perfect solution, we are all going to die."
The article asks whether the talks achieved anything in relation to forests, which have traditionally conflicted with agriculture. As Simons says, "The dream of the Collaborative Partnerships on Forests and the organisers of agriculture day is that together agriculture and forests can be much stronger."
Read the full story: Getting down with the 'landscapes' lingo at Doha: COP18 in quotes


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It was, as we discovered for a small fee to be guided down steep steps into tunnels where candles flickered along the walls and intermittent daylight appeared through vertical shafts above our heads (the mounds we had seen), an ancient irrigation system, now dry because of the huge reservoirs at ...
... deep enough for me to swim in places. Cinnamon red rock stretched out from the water and then straight up to canyon walls that burst through the Earth like chicken bones. An arid wind caused my tongue to stick to my throat and dried out my nostrils. Bushes full of pink flowers with loopy petals brought life to the gorge, and smelled of cherry ice cream.
People lived here too, in places. They'd used what water flew past ...
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Posted by Richard Fichera on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on September 22, 2014
Very much in the shadows of all the press coverage and hysteria attendant on emerging cloud architectures and customer-facing systems of engagement are the nitty-gritty operational details that lurk like monsters in the swamp of legacy infrastructure, and some of them have teeth. And sometimes these teeth can really take a bite out of the posterior of an unprepared organization.
One of those toothy animals that I&O groups are increasingly encountering in their landscapes is the problem of what to do with Windows Server 2003 (WS2003). It turns out there are still approximately 11 million WS2003 systems running today, with another 10+ million instances running as VM guests. Overall, possibly more than 22 million OS images and a ton of hardware that will need replacing and upgrading. And increasing numbers of organizations have finally begun to take seriously the fact that Microsoft is really going to end support and updates as of July 2015.
Based on the conversations I have been having with our clients, the typical I&O group that is now scrambling to come up with a plan has not been willfully negligent, nor are they stupid. Usually WS2003 servers are legacy servers, quietly running some mature piece of code, often in satellite locations or in the shops of acquired companies. The workloads are a mix of ISV and bespoke code, but it is often a LOB-specific application, with the run-of-the-mill collaboration, infrastructure servers and, etc. having long since migrated to newer platforms. A surprising number of clients have told me that they have identified the servers, but not always the applications or the business owners – often a complex task for an old resource in a large company.
Posted by Michael Barnes on the Customer Insights Professionals Blog on April 29, 2013
I've noticed a growing trend among Asia Pacific organizations over the past 6-12 months: complete IT resistance to SaaS has steadily given way to more pragmatic discussions, even if IT has come to the table grudgingly. Over the next two years I expect this trend to accelerate. In fact, I believe that many SaaS solutions, particularly those that cross business and functional boundaries, will be rapidly subsumed within the broader IT portfolio, even if they were originally sourced outside IT.
Many SaaS vendors report already seeing more IT involvement in procurement, requirements definition, RFP creation, and negotiations. The clear procurement guidelines published by the IT department of the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) is one high profile example. Don't get me wrong, in most instances business decision-makers will still lead, particularly in identifying the required business processes and determining how best to consume SaaS-based services. But IT decision-makers are getting more involved, particularly around integration.
Some areas to consider as you look to work more closely with business decision-makers to evaluate and negotiate SaaS and other public cloud deals:
Posted by George Lawrie on the Application Development & Delivery Professionals Blog on November 18, 2011
Retail is experiencing substantial change because consumers are now empowered by the web with information about price, availability, and merchandise features.
The retail industry is still served by solutions that are too fragmented to adequately balance the asymmetry introduced by radical price transparency. There are solutions for transactions, web site, stores, and so on but little to empower the cross-channel retailer to really meet the consumer's needs.
I've recently been looking at IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative and its portfolio that integrates:
1) Store applications. IBM has well-established high-volume store apps appropriate to high-volume, low-touch retailing but correctly identifies these as inappropriate for fast-growing specialty retail with low-volume "high touch." This is why it acquired the "asset" of Open Genius.
2) Web metrics. IBM acquired Coremetrics in order to bring the discipline of measuring traffic, conversion, and average order to cross-channel retailing. It's only by monitoring such metrics that retail can understand which marketing strategies are really successful and which market segments are most receptive.
3) Direct-to-consumer initiatives. IBM acquired Unica as a platform for integrating automated direct-to-consumer marketing with its cross-channel offering.
Posted by Richard Fichera on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on December 17, 2010
I just spent some time talking to ScaleMP, an interesting niche player that provides a server virtualization solution. What is interesting about ScaleMP is that rather than splitting a single physical server into multiple VMs, they are the only successful offering (to the best of my knowledge) that allows I&O groups to scale up a collection of smaller servers to work as a larger SMP.
Others have tried and failed to deliver this kind of solution, but ScaleMP seems to have actually succeeded, with a claimed 200 customers and expectations of somewhere between 250 and 300 next year.
Their vSMP product comes in two flavors, one that allows a cluster of machines to look like a single system for purposes of management and maintenance while still running as independent cluster nodes, and one that glues the member systems together to appear as a single monolithic SMP.
Does it work? I haven't been able to verify their claims with actual customers, but they have been selling for about five years, claim over 200 accounts, with a couple of dozen publicly referenced. All in all, probably too elaborate a front to maintain if there was really nothing there. The background of the principals and the technical details they were willing to share convinced me that they have a deep understanding of the low-level memory management, prefectching, and caching that would be needed to make a collection of systems function effectively as a single system image. Their smaller scale benchmarks displayed good scalability in the range of 4 – 8 systems, well short of their theoretical limits.
My quick take is that the software works, and bears investigation if you have an application that:
Posted by Jost Hoppermann on the Application Development & Delivery Professionals Blog on April 15, 2010
Recently, I discussed complexity with a banker working on measuring and managing complexity in a North American bank. His approach is very interesting: He found a way to operationalize complexity measurement and thus to provide concrete data to manage it. While I'm not in a position to disclose any more details, we also talked about the nature of complexity. In absence of any other definition of complexity, I offered a draft definition which I have assembled over time based on a number of "official" definitions. Complexity is the condition of:
Posted by George Lawrie on the Application Development & Delivery Professionals Blog on February 26, 2010
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote, man is born free and is everywhere in chains. So too Enterprise app deployments are conceived as self contained yet everywhere are integrated with legacy and complementary apps.
My colleague Ken Vollmer and I are looking at packaged apps integration best practices and how these might change as some apps move to the cloud. We are asking:
What kind of middleware do you use?
How do you help process owners to assemble (composite) processes that have transactional integrity?
What do you do about the conflicting data models of apps from different stables – for example yours and those of a third party or perhaps in –house?
How far can so called "canonical" data models and meta data help to overcome such problems?
If you have experience and an opinion about what constitute the top three best practices in such packaged apps integration, or if you can warn about the three most egregious pitfalls to avoid we would love to talk with you.
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A colour dot painting on canvas featuring three concentric circles painted brown, black and white at the top surrounded by wavy brown and white lines. There is concentric circles and half circles with short black curves surrounded by white dots. The background is brown with yellow, red, black and aqua dots. On the reverse is handwritten text some of which reads 'ATSIC / C-1793 ...'. The canvas is stapled to a wooden strainer, has a white backing board and masonite in the corners.
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How can we ensure that drivers know just what they need to?
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|Everything you need to know. With our intelligent information management solutions, drivers are always networked with mobile devices such as cell phones and satnavs, as well as with vehicle systems and the vehicle environment. This means that all the important information is in the line of sight and comfortably within reach. This will make enjoyable driving even smarter, safer and more efficient in the future.
We take information management in hand. In our Interior division, we create technologies and concepts for gathering, prioritizing, preparing, and presenting information.
With our product portfolio as a basis, we are working on three different themes. The first of these is the interface between human and vehicle, because the new technical capabilities must be communicated to the driver in the best possible way. Secondly, we are applying ourselves to the area of networking: the vehicle with itself, the vehicle with the outside world, and vehicles with each other. Thirdly, we think in terms of systems and look at the vehicle as a whole in order to develop scalable solutions for modern vehicle architectures and new features.
We are all online, so why aren't our vehicles?
A permanent exchange of data from the vehicle is one of the aims of our "Always On" vision and is a key step in the move toward automated driving.
Continental's solutions network the vehicle with mobile devices, other vehicles, and the surrounding infrastructure. The connection to the Cloud is particularly important. It allows real-time access to traffic or weather information via the Internet, for instance. What is more, processing capacity can be released and new features made possible –online diagnostics services, parking space reservations, or precisely tailored insurance premiums are just a few examples.
How can the person at the wheel keep everything in hand?
A further focus is on the arrangement of the interface between the person and the technology, i.e. the human machine interface (HMI).
It all began with the eddy current speedometer patented in 1902. This speed indicator was the first objective information that was available to drivers beyond their own perception.
Now, more than 100 years later, there is a great deal more information that is provided by sensors, antennas, and control and operating units. This needs to be optimally prepared for the driver. One of the latest developments is the head-up display, which projects the important driving information onto the windshield, directly in the driver's line of vision. Technology at eye level, which doesn't require drivers to take their eyes off the road, enabling extra safety and convenience.
In addition to this, high-tech interfaces also generate trust with regard to automated driving, because they show drivers how reliably their vehicles can recognize the world around them.
|Who is bringing the Cloud into the vehicle?
The Internet and all its associated services are becoming increasingly important for drivers and passengers. We see ourselves as specialists in systems integration and a partner for vehicle manufacturers. In addition to Internet-based services for fleet management and the provision of carfriendly apps, our range of services is also geared in particular toward reliable and powerful end-to-end solutions and Cloud computing. We develop ideas for the car in this age of information: "Always On," userfriendly, more intelligent than ever, and at one with its driver.
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Date of Stay: May, 2015
Old and tired park. Too many trees. We had to change sites as at the original site we couldn't get one slide open because the tree was too close. Moving our rig away from the tree made the electric cord too short. Just feel too closed in. Noisy, noisy road. We have a 40' rig.
Date of Stay: March, 2007
We stayed here two nights. It was convenient for checking out Little Sahara Recreation Area. We will not stay here again. The owner or manager, not sure which, has a dog that roams the campground and does his business wherever it wants. We were happy to see grass in our space until we took our cat out for a walk and found dog waste all over in the grass. Not very pleasant.
Date of Stay: March, 2007
We stayed here for 12 days in space #41. Great space. Lots of room with a great view. The only thing we had a problem with was not being able to ride our quad through the park to access the staging area for dune/trail riding. We had to rent a trailer in Hurricane. We were not aware that you could not ride from your camp spot directly to the dirt road leading to the OHV staging area. We will go back again as we both loved it there.


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DBRS strengthens EMEA structured finance group
Sandstrom's role will focus on structured credit products, where his responsibilities will range from quantitative research and C++ model development, to ratings support and client interaction. He will report to Norbert Jobst, senior vice-president of the structured finance quantitative group in London.
Sandstrom joins DBRS from Credit Suisse, where he spent two years as a quantitative analyst responsible for model validation across a range of credit derivatives products. Before this, he held a credit risk research role at ABN Amro in Amsterdam.
"He will play an important role in growing our business in Europe. He comes with significant structured credit product knowledge, and will help strengthen the quantitative work of the team," said Kai Gilkes, managing director of DBRS Europe's structured finance quantitative group.
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The Three Adepts
The Sorceress looked up from her work as the three maidens entered, and something in
their appearance and manner led her to rise and bow to them in her most dignified
manner. The three knelt an instant before the great Sorceress and then stood upright and
waited for her to speak.
"Whoever you may be," said Glinda, "I bid you welcome."
"My name is Audah," said one.
"My name is Aurah," said another.
"My name is Aujah," said the third.
Glinda had never heard these names before, but looking closely at the three she asked:
"Are you witches or workers in magic?"
"Some of the secret arts we have gleaned from Nature," replied the brownhaired maiden
modestly, "but we do not place our skill beside that of the Great Sorceress, Glinda the
"I suppose you are aware it is unlawful to practice magic in the Land of Oz, without the
permission of our Ruler, Princess Ozma?"
"No, we were not aware of that," was the reply. "We have heard of Ozma, who is the
appointed Ruler of all this great fairyland, but her laws have not reached us, as yet."
Glinda studied the strange maidens thoughtfully; then she said to them:
"Princess Ozma is even now imprisoned in the Skeezer village. for the whole island with
its Great Dome, was sunk to the bottom of the lake by the witchcraft of Coo-ee-oh, whom
the Flathead Su-dic transformed into a silly swan. I am seeking some way to overcome
Coo-ee-oh's magic and raise the isle to the surface again. Can you help me do this?"
The maidens exchanged glances, and the white-haired one replied
"We do not know; but we will try to assist you."
"It seems," continued Glinda musingly, "that Coo-ee-oh derived most of her witchcraft
from three Adepts at Magic, who at one time ruled the Flatheads. While the Adepts were
being entertained by Coo-ee-oh at a banquet in her palace, she cruelly betrayed them and
after transforming them into fishes cast them into the lake.
"If I could find these three fishes and return them to their natural shapes -- they might
know what magic Coo-ee-oh used to sink the island. I was about to go to the shore and
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A wildfire in the Six Rivers National Forest in Northern California that has forced the evacuation of about 50 homes was moving away from a nearby town Tuesday, officials said.
The Dance Fire had jumped Highway 96 and was moving up a gulch away from the community of Orleans, forest spokeswoman Julie Ranieri said. Orleans is located in Humboldt County about 300 miles northwest of Sacramento.
"It's progressing, and it's spotting ahead of the fire," she said.
Ranieri said two homes and several outbuildings have been destroyed since the fire began Monday evening. Power and phone lines have also been knocked down. The fire was threatening 20 other structures in addition to the 50 rural homes.
The blaze has burned about 650 acres. It was 25 percent contained.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
At least some of the evacuees were from Orleans. Officials expected to lift evacuation orders for portions of Orleans late Tuesday or early Wednesday.


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In July 2012, app stores — first popularized by Apple — will be four years old. There is still a lot of room to improve the discoverability and sharing of apps. For example, locally relevant content and monetization options are often missing. Adding social discovery, personalization, and recommendation features are key to improving the user experience.
However, app stores have already had a dramatic impact on the distribution of games and are starting to offer new forms of engagement between brands and consumers. Consumer usage of the most popular mobile apps has exploded in the past two years. A third of European online consumers ages 18+ who own a smartphone are using apps daily or more frequently. Seventeen percent are using apps several times a day. Stickiness and frequency of usage vary tremendously from one app category to the other. Among European online consumers ages 18+ with installed apps on their smartphones, 57% use social networking and 48% use news apps at least daily, while 69% use finance and banking apps at least weekly.
First-generation apps — aside from gaming apps — rarely made the most of the unique attributes of the mobile platform and were rarely integrated with back-end systems. We believe the market is poised for a second wave of consumer apps that are more personalized and contextual. Here's what to expect:
■ "Big data" will enable more contextual experiences on mobile apps.
■ We'll see smarter, connected apps.
■ There will be a shift from native to hybrid and web apps.
■ Multiplatform apps will reign supreme.
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After months of rumors and a good marketing orchestration, Samsung has just unveiled its new flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy S3. Samsung will first launch the HSPA+ device in Europe at the end of May to benefit from the current weaknesses of its competitors — in particular, Nokia. It will release in the US in an LTE version later this summer. The aim is clear: to take the lead from Apple's iPhone in the high-end smartphone segment and do even better than the Galaxy S2, which sold more than 20 million units.
Samsung is positioning a wide range of products in all segments and in multiple consumer electronic categories, leveraging its scale and scope and its vertically integrated approach (screens, processors, storage components, etc.). Despite the growing dependence on the Android OS, Samsung does not have all its eggs in the same OS basket. However, it clearly needs to catch up in the software and services space. That's the reason I continue to believe that, in the premium segment, Apple is still in the best position to offer a seamlessly integrated experience across devices. Samsung's cloud component is still missing, and it will need to continue its efforts to close the gap with Apple.
On the contrary, Apple — still one of Samsung's largest clients (chipsets and screens) — has few models and higher margins and is in a position to leverage a different ecosystem around its OS, apps, and iCloud models. Thanks to the phenomenal success of the iPad, the Apple brand is reinventing itself and expanding into hardware categories that represent new growth drivers from which Samsung is not yet able to benefit.
Beyond the Samsung/Apple high-end leadership war, the great news is that these new smartphones will increasingly enable consumer-facing brands to launch innovative new product experiences. Some of the new services introduced by the Galaxy S III highlight this phenomenon:


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I love to read through project suggestions and examples for the Arduino and other platforms. It keeps my mind constantly running with ideas for projects. I was recently provided a copy of Environmental Monitoring with Arduino to review and it doesn't disappoint in keeping the idea train running.
Environmental Monitoring with Arduino: Building Simple Devices to Collect Data About the World Around Us, written by Emily Gertz and Patrick Di Justo and published by O'Reilly's Maker Press, presents a great set of projects centered around the Arduino and sensing the environment around you. The book won't give you any great insight if you are already fairly knowledgeable on electronics but is a great introduction to many concepts if you are getting started. The book even opens with a chapter to introduce you to the basics of the Arduino board, setting up the Arduino Integrated Development Environment, and writing some basic code.
The next couple chapters give the reader their first taste of sensing their world and providing feedback. The reader is introduced to perceiving sound with a microphone, sensing electromagnetic radiation, and detecting the conductivity of water. These first couple chapters also give the reader a familiarity with a couple different ways to indicate the value the sensors are measuring. We are introduced to output using an LED bar graph, a seven-segment display, a speaker, and serial output to a computer.
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School board approves new music curriculum, says goodbye to Keller
July 5, 2012
By BECKY THOMAS
Staff Reporter
District music teachers looked ahead to a new curriculum and equipment and the Cheney School Board looked back at Larry Keller's term as superintendent at Keller's last board meeting before retirement June 27. The meeting also included approval of the 2012-13 budget.
The board approved a new music curriculum, the first in 17 years. High school choir teacher Harlan Henderson, who led the curriculum adoption effort over the past year, said the new curriculum and new equipment were sorely needed.
"Things are getting old and worn out," he said.
While the new two-year curriculum adoption will supply new instruments and classroom materials, the biggest change is the addition of a strings program. Henderson said strings would be taught next spring as a pilot program for fifth-grade students, with secondary education to follow.
Over the next two years, Henderson said music teachers would be finalizing schedules and implementing common assessments.
The board thanked the teachers in attendance for their work on the new adoption, then turned to the 2012-13 budget. The $40.8 million budget was approved unanimously, and board members thanked finance director Brian Aiken for his work and for explaining the budget to the board at a recent work session.
The board also approved an amended policy for hiring retired school employees as well as voting to continue with the same company for student medical coverage.
To end the meeting, board members spoke to retiring Superintendent Larry Keller. Keller came to the Cheney School District in 2008, and board members thanked him for his leadership in passing the largest capital bond in district history, securing $79 million to build three new schools in the district.
"We did everything we asked you to do and then some," board member Larry Haskell said.
Board member Marcie Estrellado said she appreciated Keller's involvement in the community and visibility at school events.
"You were everywhere I went and I know you were everywhere else I didn't go," she said.
Keller said he felt proud of the new schools that began construction during his tenure and thanked the board for its leadership. Ultimately, he said, he was happy to make a positive impact on the children in the district.
"My passion is about those kids," he said.
The next regular meeting of the Cheney School Board is July 18 at 6 p.m. in the Fisher Administration Building.
Becky Thomas can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Board to hold work session on new elementary school name
The Cheney school board will conduct a work session July 12 to discuss the naming of the new elementary school being built at Hallett and Holly roads. The board will vote on a name at its July 18 meeting The work session, 5:30 p.m. July 12 at the Fisher Administration Building, is open to the public but no public testimony will be taken.


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FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Tuesday, October 23, 2001
Second-year players Lindsey Bradt (Bishop
Maginn H.S.) and Megan Davis (Greenwich H.S.) were named co-captains
of the 2001-02 women's basketball team at Hudson Valley Community College.
The duo helped Hudson Valley post a 24-3 record and earn a No. 1 national
ranking among Division III junior colleges last season.
"Lindsey Bradt and Megan Davis both lead by
example, and they'll provide a very intense brand of leadership to our
team," said Colleen Ferris, head coach of the Lady Vikings. "They expect
a lot from themselves and their teammates, and they're very hungry to win
this year."
Bradt, a 5-foot-8 guard/forward, averaged 18.3
points and seven rebounds per game in 2000-01, earning NJCAA Division III
Region III Player of the Year status. She also established a new NJCAA
Division III Region III free throw shooting mark, hitting 84.9 percent
of her attempts (Joanne Ihrig of Ocean County College made 84.1 percent
of her attempts in 1997-98). Bradt, who recorded 75 steals in 27 games,
was presented with Hudson Valley's Lester Higbee Memorial Award, which
is given each year to the college's outstanding female athlete.
Davis, a 5-foot-4 point guard, routinely guarded
the opposing team's best offensive player in 2000-01. She also averaged
6.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game last season, and she
recorded 50 steals and made 67 percent of her free throw attempts. Davis
was presented with Hudson Valley's President's Award for Hustle, which
is given each year to the student-athlete whose hard work, determination,
hustle and attitude have enabled them to make valuable contributions to
their team.
The Lady Vikings begin their 2001-02 campaign
at Finger Lakes Community College on November 2. The team's Media Day is
scheduled to take place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31,
in the gym at Hudson Valley's McDonough Sports Complex.


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text: Social How much should social media and news really mix? Written by Simply Zesty on 6 November 2011 Journalists today seemingly have an increasingly complex role, that has come about with the rise of social technologies. Now journalists are not only expected to produce more news, quicker, but the onus is on them to use social technologies to both source and distribute this news in an entirely new way. But with all the positives that social technologies have brought for news, there are other implications to consider. Namely, what does it mean when the role of journalist is stretched to cover both their personal brand on social networks, as well as the 'normal' requirements that come with their job to produce the news. Can we expect them to do both, and indeed should they do both?Associated Press social media guidelinesShowing just how much journalism and social media are moving closer together, the Associated Press have recently released an updated version of their social media guidelines for journalists. This includes topics such as : privacy ; retweeting ; friending ; interacting with users. While as the end user we may just see the outcome of a journalist using social media i.e. the public tweets on their account, there is a lot more going on behind the scenes to promote use of social media in the right way. While we may see it as simply a route for the journalist to open up a conversation with their readers, it is a tricky medium that must cover many different aspects of journalism - not only how they interact with readers, but how they source news, protect information (both of the journalist and their sources) and how journalists handle the privacy risks associated with sharing information, when everything is so susceptible to becoming public, quickly.An extract from the report on retweeting, shows the extent to which journalists' use of social media is something that has to be carefully considered, and differs very much due to their duties & responsibilities that are unique to their role :Should social be more important than the news itself?A move made by Google+ this week shows some of the associated dangers that come with mixing social media and news too far. And the change made by Google shows the need for external organisations to better consider the outcome of mixing their own policies with that of news distribution. Google, I believe, made an error when they decided to mix Google News with Google + , by promoting journliasts with a Google + profile, with a photo byline pulled into a story on Google News. Initial reaction to this might be seen as positive, as it socialises news even more, but it is in fact a dangerous move by Google. As Emily Bell points out, this benefits no-one other than Google themselves.What Google are doing here is allowing their own agenda (a desire to promote Google Plus to users and journalists) to influence the news agenda. This may not be as extensive as filtering news depending on Google Plus, but the change nevertheless changes the news pages in some way. It means that journalists that are social are going to get a better deal from Google here, based on a platform that is entirely separate from Google News and that shouldn't really implicate how news results are shown.The move by Google brings up an important question in the consideration of journalists and social media. It is one thing to look at the use of 'social media' in general by journalists, and how this has changed both the production and distribution of news. But it is then quite another to look at the individual sites that the journalists are participating in. Here the journalists' practices are subject to the interpretation of a third party. As seen with the Google News example, it is Google that gets to decide which journalists are given a higher profile in News results.While this may call on more journalists to be social, it is a worrying outcome that a behemoth like Google could begin to influence the news that we are shown (even more so than they currently do with Google News). Guidelines issued by the Associated Press, which may seem overly prescriptive, are necessary to ensure that social media impacts journalism only in a positive way, opening up the agenda and democratising it, rather than instead providing a new hierarchical structure.


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EY launches Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013
EY is calling for nominations from business leaders who have helped increase growth in tough economic times, turned around struggling businesses or led the way in exports.
The launch of UK Entrepreneur Of The Year programme, now in its 27th year globally, will recognise those who are providing growth and optimism in the economy despite the economic challenges. Last year's award was won by Lance Uggla of global financial information services company Markit.
The awards are open for entries until 8 March 2013. The finalists will be announced in April, and regional finals will take place in June covering London and South, Midlands, the North and Scotland during June culminating in the final in October.
To enter the competition entrepreneurs must have demonstrated risk through investing a personal financial stake in their business, either directly or through share options. The business must be based, or have its chief operations in the UK and be incorporated for two years.
Steve Varley EY UK & Ireland Chairman and Managing Partner said: "I believe the best way out of the recession and key to the UK's long term economic strength is business-led growth. Entrepreneurs create many of the UK's most dynamic and successful companies. We are passionate about helping such high potential businesses grow their operations, both in the UK and overseas. Last year the regional finalists in the programme had combined revenues of £18billion and created jobs for over 60,000 people."
EY's UK Overall Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012, Lance Uggla of Markit, said: "The main benefits of the awards programme were definitely the networking, and meeting so many other clever and bright people with similar ambitions."
Former category winners have included Hilary Devey, star of BBC's Dragons' Den and former Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Matthew Riley, of Daisy telecoms, who grilled candidates in last year's The Apprentice, and Peter Cowgill of JD Sports.


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Not quite sure what this is. I am Honored to be picked. Even my sisser Gretchen is next to me on the page.
Mom got this email :
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Dogster wanted you to know that Sheena Marie is one of today's featured diaries and it will be displayed all day on our Diary Central page at http://www.dogster.com/diary/dcentral.php under 'Today's Picks'.
I know I know, we're barking like mad over here too!
Thanks so much for running with the Dogster pack and keeping a diary.
Mom over slept cause the electric went out at 3:45 this morning. That was just after the two of us had gotten up to go potty. I can not hold it thru the night like I use to. The warm wind was howling and taking the snow away, Very balmy outside. She was surprise that all three of us were in the bed when she woke up. It was a 3 dog night.
Boy, did the weather change by the time we went out at 9:30 this A.M. it was a cold, cold wind. We are all snuggled inside even tho the heat went back on at noon. We had a special treat scramble eggs and cheese and bits of hot dogs for our first meal of the day.That was of course after we ate our kibble and chicken broth. Mom now will finish the baking we started from yesterday.
I am feeling better because yesterday I went to the vet and got my Adequan shot for my arthritis. I am still taking two Zinc capsules a day for a zinc deficiency which runs in older Nordic dogs. The vet changed my eye ointment to one with a stronger med. It has a long name Erythromycin Ophthalmic . I am keeping my paws crossed that it works better.
Need to go now, cookies need taste testing
It has been raining (cat & dogs)since yesterday. The only good thing is some of the ice has gone away from the deck and driveway. It gets us all wet and Sheena takes a loooong time to dry. Mom lets us have a smoked bone while she watch us enjoy it. I wasn't quite finished with it but she took it away anyway. Said it was too small to have anymore. Bummer!!! Mom said to get ready to make some dog friendly cookies from the Camp Bow Wow newsletter. Yummo. We are her official taste testers. We take that job very seriously.
We need to send some to our four legged cousins in Ohio in their pkg. We have included the recipe here in case you want your moms or dads to make them for you.
Recipe of the Month - Snickerpoodles
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup shortening
1 cup honey
2 eggs
3 ¾ cups white flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup cornmeal
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Mix up the oil, shortening, honey and eggs. Beat well. Add flour, soda and cream of tartar. Knead dough until mixed well. Shape dough by rounded teaspoons into balls. Mix the cornmeal and cinnamon together in a bowl and roll balls in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet. Press the balls down with a fork. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 400F. Cool on a rack. Feed to the dogs. Store in airtight container. Feed some more.
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Breakfast Sandwiches: Time Bomb in a Bun?
Fast-food breakfast sandwiches are typically doughy bread concoctions featuring some type of meat and a heap of cheese. So, yeah, they're not the healthiest food choice to start your day. Now research shows just what a high-fat breakfast sandwich does to your body before the clock strikes noon.
The health impact of breakfast sandwiches is of interest because they're a booming segment of the fast-food industry. Almost every fast-food chain is now open early with breakfast offerings. According to the market research firm NPD Group, breakfast meals now account for 12 percent of fast-food sales—about $42 billion annually. An estimated 80 percent of breakfast meals purchased outside the home come from fast-food restaurants.
It turns out that kind of popularity can have a big impact on heart health. Canadian researchers asked 20 healthy, college-age students who did not have any type of heart disease to eat a high-fat, commercially available breakfast sandwich that had 50 grams of fat. Researchers measured the participants' endothelial function before the meal and two hours after the sandwich. Endothelial function explains just how well your blood vessels are working. If arteries are not functioning well, there is an interruption or slowing down of blood flow. If they are working well, the vessels open wide and blood vessel hormones are at their optimal levels.
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The study showed that two hours after eating the sandwich, blood flow in the arteries had slowed by 15 to 20 percent. The slow-down is temporary but is a stark sign that the blood vessels were "unhappy," says the lead author of the study, Dr. Todd Anderson, director of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta. Anderson presented his research this week at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress.
The study shows that a high-fat breakfast sandwich can do more harm, more quickly, than anyone imagined.
"This study reminds us that our behaviors are the backbone of preventing heart disease," says Dr. Beth Abramson, of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. "Remember that whether you eat at home or go to a restaurant, you're still in charge of what you eat. So consider all the choices, and try to cut down on saturated and trans fats, calories and sodium. That's one of the keys to decrease your risk of heart disease and stroke."
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Many breakfast sandwiches are high in those categories. A review of popular sandwiches by Eating Well magazine found several big offenders:
- Dunkin' Donuts Sausage, Egg & Cheese on Croissant has 710 calories, 20 grams of saturated fat, 0.5 grams of trans fat, 1,370 milligrams of sodium and two grams of fiber.
- Au Bon Pain Sausage, Egg and Cheddar on Asiago Bagel has 810 calories, 20 grams of saturated fat, 1,340 milligrams of sodium and two grams of fiber.
The website acaloriecounter.com cited Arby's Sausage Gravy Biscuit as an artery-killer with 961 calories and 3,755 milligrams of sodium while Jack In The Box Spicy Chicken Biscuit has a whopping seven grams of trans fat.
Bear in mind that the federal government recommends that your daily limit on saturated fats each day should be less than 10 percent of your daily calories. So, if you eat 2,000 calories a day to maintain your weight—a typical adult male—than you should consume under 200 grams of less of saturated fat in a day. Trans fats should be avoided whenever possible, and sodium should be held to less than 2,300 milligrams daily.
RELATED: The School Breakfast Debate Rages on Despite the Number of Kids Coming to Class Hungry
The breakfast-sandwich raters have found some healthy choices, too. Eating Well praises Starbucks Spinach & Feta Breakfast Wrap, which has 290 calories, 3.5 grams of saturated fat and 830 milligrams of sodium. Consumer Reports cites Subway's Egg White and Cheese on Flatbread. Consumer Reports advises consumers to substitute egg whites for whole eggs when ordering breakfast sandwiches or leaving off the cheese or meal to avoid excess fat.
Question: Do you think about the nutrition value of a fast-food breakfast sandwich before purchasing one? Tell us what you think in the comments.


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Wait, these are golf shoes? Where's the little fringed flap that hangs down over the laces? And shouldn't they be bright blinding white, or at least saddle-shoe style? Next you'll be telling us golfers don't wear plaid knickers and floppy hats anymore, either.
Are you really not selling the ones you put in the pic?
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Huh. Looks like it might have dropped off at the last minute. Sorry about that.
For small footed men only...
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Definitely order these AT LEAST one size smaller....I'd honestly say even up to 1.5 sizes. They are very wide and absolutely, 1000%, not true to size. I ordered a pair of 12's when they were offered for the first time during the normal one-day offering, and I can't even wear them. When compared to a friends 14 shoe, it's almost exactly the same length and width. I can't even return them either. So if you want to waste money like me, order your normal size.