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Supporting People with Dementia Using Pervasive Health Technologies
Part of the series Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing pp 221-234
Technology and Dementia: The Way Ahead
- Jeffrey KayeAffiliated withDepartments of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Center for Aging and Technology, Oregon Health and Science University
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This chapter is an overview of the future state of the art in using technology to help people remain functionally independent and in their residence of choice. This is perceived to be the direction and ultimate goal of dementia treatment and prevention. Of course methods and new approaches gained in striving toward an era of prevention may be immediately applicable to those who unfortunately nevertheless may succumb to dementing illnesses as well. This chapter describes first what current and then prospective generations of senior's experiences and interactions can tell us about how technologies may be shaped and used in the future. This is followed by a vision of the future based on the view that the multiple technologies now available will continually undergo mixing and hybridization such that increasingly the home will become the basic unit of assessment and care provision in an environment of multifunctional ambient technology monitoring and health maintenance. Finally, key challenges to achieving this environment are described at the person level as well as the technical and systems level. Ultimately, these are perceived as challenges that can be surmounted ushering in an era of personalized health maintenance and care that also provides better population-based policy and management.
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Anybody about?
*goes to make more tea*
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"Herbal medicine's been around for thousands of years! Indeed it has. And then we tested it all, and the stuff that worked became medicine. And the rest of it's just a nice bowl of soup and some pot pourri." - Dara O'Briain
Hmmm. The latest person to join is 4in_nipple_hair.
Cigarette time, I think!
Feeling a little dodgy from all the vodka last night.
Mmmmmmm nicotine.
I wonder where Mort is…
* silently cries: "she has forgotten me…." *
The Kruger-Dunning effect is rampant on internet fora.
J. Kruger & D. Dunning (1999), Unskilled and unaware of it: how difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. J Pers Soc Psychol. 77, 1121-1134
Hi guys! Vodka eh Boo? Good night then?
"Do you realise the sun doesnt go down, its just an illusion caused by the world spinning round"
Ah LaMa, who could forget you?
Well, y'know, Mort's usually on about the same time I am.
Good morning to you both!
*hugs LaMa, then slaps him upside the head*
Not really an exciting night, Dee, just one with vodka.
How are you both?
Good, thanks, apart from being somewhat fuzzy in the head because of the sleeping pill last night.
Spent 2.5 hours on the phone with Bunny again yesterday evening.
Great thanks! Had a lovely night last night - bottle of vino with my bestest friend, whereupon we got senselessly immature and giddy - it was great!

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Cessation of Health Care Benefits
The Law
Section 109.075, Wisconsin Statutes, provides that employers with 50 or more employees in Wisconsin who plan to discontinue health care benefits to current employees, retirees, or dependents of employees or retirees, must provide the affected individuals with 60 days' notice of the cessation of benefits, in most instances.
Poster Requirement
Employers with 50 or more employees in Wisconsin must display the Notification Required for Cessation of Health Care Benefits Poster in one or more conspicuous places where notices are normally posted.
Complaint Form
Employees, retirees, or dependents who feel this law has been violated may file a complaint with the Equal Rights Division, using the Cessation of Health Care Benefits Complaint Form. Complaints must be filed within 300 Days of the alleged violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which employers must comply with this requirement?
Employers who operate a business in Wisconsin that employs 50 or more persons in the state must provide advance written notice of their intention to cease providing health care benefits to employees, retirees, or their dependents.
Who is an entitled to notification under the law?
Employees, any union representing employees of that business, retirees, and dependents of employees or retirees currently covered by the health care benefit plan are entitled to receive 60 days' written notification that their benefits will cease.
Why should affected employees file complaints about not receiving 60 days' notice of cessation of health care benefits?
If the Department finds a violation of this section, it may require the violating employer to pay the complainant either (1) the value of the insurance premiums for the period without proper notice or (2) the actual value of medical expenses incurred during the 60-day notice period.


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Explore a dress that is perfect for going out and feeling like a queen. Whatever be your body type or style you can find some amazing midi dress that can really make you shine. From designs with spaghetti stripes to a simple A-line white dresses, midi dresses are perfect for every occasion. Fashion yourself an elegant purse and let your hair down to complement these dresses with perfection. Stand out and be counted with amazing embroidery that flows over your dress like water on a glacier. Memorize everyone you meet with a dazzling array of styles to choose from.
We embrace women, all shapes, sizes, colors, and depths. And so our clothes just keep on getting better and bolder every year in order to give every female figure in the world the best look possible. Now that the women of today have evolved into many different personalities, with many different occasions to attend to, I'd say there's always just about the right midi dress at the corner.
Midi dresses are graciously cut a little below the knee, styled and accented in a way that would give women that gorgeous, sexy, and chic silhouette. Yes, you heard it, a mini dress can now afford you that sultry look without wearing something skimpy and revealing anymore. So you ask, what midi dress means my style?
This century is definitely raining powerful women CEOs, entrepreneurs, and politicians. What better way there is to show feminine prowess and authority without being rigid than having one of those mini formal dresses with clean lines and smooth hemlines.
Because midis cut the legs half-way, designers creatively play with the necklines and hems, even the waists, to achieve an elongated contour. As in corporate midis, you can choose tight fitting sleeveless midi, halterneck midi, off-shoulder bodycon midi, or an elegant puffed sleeve midi. Sometimes, designers also play the hemlines with assorted yet conservative cuts and slits to give you an aura of subtle sexy. You can go for that if you want.
For women who are up and about every night for a cocktail or private dinner, sexy midi dresses would be fitting. They are relatively easy to put on and comfortable to move in. You can either choose a drape midi, waist-knotted midi, or a sexy boutique neck midi. If you're daring enough to sport a two-piece bandeau midi dress, accented with a chic choker and smoldering eyes, then you will most definitely turn a lot of heads in a roomful of men and women.
Ladies with preference for anything flowing and floral also have just the right kind of midi dress for her needs. Your best tip is to look for those frills, laces, and flowing cuts, and voila, you'll instantly have that girl-next-door look in a 1950s film.
Oh yes, if you've ever taken a glance of Audrey Hepburn and Nicole Kidman in Stepford Wives, that's exactly what elegant and stylish these midis are all about. Only that, this millennium gives women more room for bolder designs.
And just as there is every bit of midi dress for different occasions, there's also just the right midi dress for your budget. There are indeed cheap midi dresses that are as fashionable as those designer labels. From bohemian to denim, from bodycon to drapes, there's a midi dress hanging at the store, waiting to be purchased. At the end of the day, it isn't so much about the cost of the dress. But the manner you carry it.
One more thing though, your most expensive and chicest midi dress can look repulsive if worn with the wrong pair of shoes. So always the mind the shoes....MORE LESS


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As a quick introduction before getting into the meat of my questions, I'd like to begin by saying I'm by no means a newbie programmer, and I program almost exclusively in C and occasionally some assembly depending on the platform. After tinkering with consoles like the Wii using devkitPPC and the Gameboy Advance among others, I'd like to get to the down-and-dirty of programming my first videogame from scratch, engine and all. I'm sure people will at some point get on my case about not using C++ or some other language, and to stimy this, let's just leave it that I have my reasons for not having a strong desire to use C++. I'm not all against the language itself or anything, but I'd rather not deal with the additional overhead it comes hand-in-hand with, personally.
I have some experience with some of the more low-level concepts after years of poring over the Doom and id Tech 3 source, and I think I have a pretty good idea how I'm going to go about designing the engine in itself and all the memory management stuff (simple 2D sprite-and-tile-based engine, maybe support for scaled/rotated sprites if I find that I am competent enough to implement the feature cleanly), but I'd like a little help on things like libraries and maybe some open-source projects that have been completed in the past.
I concern myself first and foremost, of course, with getting a working model that behaves the way I want it to, but I am also very concerned with how efficient my resulting engine will be. I know this isn't some AAA studio I have with 200 other programmers to write professional, clean, fast code with me, but I'd also like to not end up having to statically link 200MB of libraries with my 4MB game.
My questions, basically, are:
1) Are there any particularly amazing 2D sidescroller engines I could look at the source for, preferably if it was written in C or C++?
2) I'm considering using SDL for my humble project. Can anyone tell me if it'd come with more overhead than it's worth? Is there a lighter-weight library I could use opposed to SDL?
3) I know my ins-and-outs of trig and matrix-multiplication, but the last time I dealt with sprite effects is feeding the Gameboy Advance and SNES arbitrary values that the hardware would deal with for me to modify sprites. Are there any awesome tutorials out there I could use to better understand how to implement sprite scaling and rotation using, say, SDL?
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Leleux Ties School Vault Record To Highlight Relays
March 24, 2012
ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia freshman Morgann Leleux used her first outdoor meet with the Lady Bulldogs to tie a school record in the pole vault during the second day of the Georgia Relays in Athens on Saturday.
Thanks to a series of national-leading marks and victories, Georgia head coach Wayne Norton was impressed with his team's day two performance.
"Not to be too dramatic, but this has to be one of our best first meets in my 20-plus years as a coach," said Norton. "Part of it had to do with the ideal weather. But the meet went the way we wanted it to go. With a small meet like this, it allows us to focus and for everyone who enters to do what they want to get done. This meet, we kind of got to see where we are and next week (at the Yellow Jacket Invitational), we know we'll have people coming after us.
"We had a lot of personal bests today or near (personal bests) so that means there is potential there. And not just potential to be decent, potential to be really good. I am very excited about where we are now and where we can go from here."
Leleux, a New Iberia, La., native, cleared the bar on her second attempt at 14 feet, 3 ½ inches to tie a school record and move to the top of this year's NCAA performance list. Thorey Elisdottir previously held the record at 14-3.50 set at the 2001 Spec Towns Invitational.
Leleux, who also made three attempts at the Olympic A-cut height of 14-9, is coming off a runner-up finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships after clearing 14-5.25 in Nampa, Idaho, in mid-March.
Also soaring in the high jump for Georgia was junior Saniel Atkinson-Grier. Atkinson-Grier went over the bar at the country's top height this year (6-0) to cruise to her first victory of the season after clearing all four of her heights on the first try. Atkinson-Grier, who matched her personal best on Saturday, is coming off an indoor season where she was the runner-up at SECs and advanced to the NCAA Championships.
In the discus, sophomore Hilenn James exploded for a 39-foot personal-best effort in the discus to take over the national lead as well. James, who went from being unranked in the Lady Bulldog record books to No. 3, watched her fourth attempt travel 180-4. This is the longest throw for Georgia since 2000.
James opened the year at 141-4 last season before fouling out of five meets as she learned the event.
On the men's side, sophomore Burke McCarty bounced back from two consecutive fouls to win his second collegiate meet with a career-best mark of 180-10.
McCarty's top attempt was 10 feet passed freshman Ray Drew who took second with a 170-3. After practicing with the football team on Saturday morning as an outside linebacker/defensive end, Drew opened with his longest throw of the day to finish second out of the 15 competitors hours later.
Senior Matt Cleaver returned to competition on the Spec Towns Track for the first time since winning the school's first SEC 3000-meter steeplechase crown last May. Cleaver was the only competitor on Saturday to break the 9:00 mark after clocking a national-leading 8:55.74 to finish first.
Sophomore Charlie Sparks managed a second-place finish (9:27.14) while senior Nick Long was fourth (9:30.33) in the steeplechase.
Senior John Smith shot to fifth on the national performance list by winning the pole vault. Smith avoided the bar at 17 feet as sophomore Caleb Ebbets took over the No. 9 spot on Georgia's all-time top-10 list with a mark of 17 feet, to take second. In addition, freshman walk-on Cameron Meyer was third after clearing 16 feet.
The Lady Bulldogs went 1-2-3 in the women's steeplechase with junior Leslie Boozer claiming the victory. Boozer recorded the nation's third-fastest time this year (10:42.20) to top her teammate Stella Christoforou (11:07.13). Sophomore Savannah Kirk was the third-place finisher after completing her laps in 11:24.34.
The Georgia men also swept the top three spots in the 5000. Sophomore Luke Baker shot to a personal-best time of 14:54.45 to win the event after working with senior teammate J.P. Hackney for the entire race. Baker passed Hackney, who was second with a 14:55.46, on the final straightaway as junior Kyle James took third (15:29.95).
Returning after redshirting last outdoor season, junior Kristie Krueger opened 2012 by winning the 1500 with the sixth-fastest time in the nation this year. Krueger, who took control of the race from the starting run, recorded a time of 4:29.03 as sophomore teammate Megan Malasarte, running in her first collegiate race of this distance, was second (4:34.20).
On the men's side, junior Danny Neff earned runner-up honors after having a mark of 3:53.03. The third-, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-place finishers were also Bulldogs as junior Fraser Reade took third with a career-best 3:53.26.
In the men's 4x100 relay, freshman Chris Foster, sophomore Waymon Storey, junior Eric Harris and senior Phillip Adams combined to clock the fifth-fastest time in the nation this year to open their season with a victory. The foursome sped to a 40.17 finish to leave a pair of teams behind them.
The same Bulldog foursome also left the field behind in the men's Gainey Special, which is a 100-100-200-400 race in honor of former Georgia head coach Lewis Gainey. Storey distanced the Bulldogs from the field as Foster increased the separation on the anchor leg and helped the team finish in 1:28.16.
The Lady Bulldogs won the Gainey Special in 1:44.03 in the women's competition. Junior Keisha Spates led off with freshmen Torrenzia Lyles, Taylor Hollingsworth and Quintunya Chapman completing the relay.
Competing in her first collegiate meet, freshman Allison Updike picked up her first victory in the javelin. Updike worked up to a mark of 156 feet to finish first and move into the No. 7 spot in the school record books.
Two-time defending SEC indoor triple jump winner Colleen Felix was second in the javelin. Felix, who won the triple jump on Friday, opened with a toss of 146-6 to top the third-place finisher by more than 25 feet. In 2011, Felix was fourth in the javelin at the SEC outdoor meet.
Sophomore Braydon Anderson opened his season with the second-longest javelin throw of his career to take third overall. Anderson, who had a personal-best effort of 218-2 for third at last year's SEC meet in Athens, launched his second attempt 215-11 before suffering three fouls to end the competition.
Competing in her final season for the Lady Bulldogs, senior Carin Walker hit a personal-best distance of 19-5.50 to win the long jump. Walker, who entered the day with a personal best of 18-6.50, had her best mark on her fifth try as she came back to edge East Tennessee State's Katerina Vodova (19-2.75).
Forty-nine year-old Roald Bradstock won the men's javelin after hitting a world-leading mark in the Master's division of 237-4 to win.
Senior Phillip Adams grabbed the top collegiate finish in the 400 hurdles after wrapping up his lap in 52.44. Former Bulldog All-American LaRon Bennett surged ahead of the pack in the final meters to win with a time of 51.56.
Also of note, junior Daniel Grass, a middle-distance runner, finished with second-place honors in the 400 (49.07) as he continues his training. Since Grass is used to races in the 800, he did not use the blocks in his runner-up performance in the 400.
Georgia returns to action at the Yellow Jacket Invitational in Atlanta starting on Friday.
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The Solution to Your Shopping Addiction is at the Bank
If your income, including tax refunds and bonuses, has a habit of disappearing fast, you could be fueling a shopping addiction with easily accessible funds. Fortunately, your bank can temper the temptation of hazardous spending with long-term savings accounts like a long-term CD.
A survey of 2,000 women by OnePoll found that women in particular spend about 170 hours per year shopping for clothing, shoes and accessories. Moreover, women venture on 90 shopping trips annually for clothing, shoes, accessories and toiletries.
Unlike the common misconception that women tend to overspend more, men are also susceptible to careless purchases and can benefit from a long-term CD to get their savings in check.
According to an Integer marketing study, men are less likely to to be "price sensitive" compared to their female counterparts, as only 39 percent of male shoppers look for cheaper items in stores. This behavior might be attributed to men's desire to get in and out of stores faster.
With so many factors influencing spending — for women, this might be overspending on impulsive items while browsing aisles, or for men, a lack of price-conscious shopping awareness — investing in CDs can be a great way to reign in one's poor spending habits.
Sock Funds Away by Investing in CDs
There are many investment options available to put work bonuses or monetary gifts toward, but they often have drawbacks.
Some long-term savings options pose a high risk, while other deposit accounts like a checking account or savings account can be too accessible, making it easy to dip into the funds.
While current CD rates aren't what they once were in their heyday, long-term CD accounts solve the problem of not being able to lock funds away. Today's two-year CD rates are at an average 0.47% APY, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) — not so appealing with regard to return potential.
But with the sole purpose of setting your money aside untouched and away from the checkout counter, a two-year CD or even a longer-term account can keep retail therapy at bay. The rationale behind this approach is that withdrawing funds against the CD account will result in penalties against your earnings — and if you haven't allowed the long-term CD to grow interest yet — possibly your principal deposit. This penalty would ideally dissuade you from spending your deposited funds.
This monetary loss is what prevents shopaholics from spending their money because, unlike spending checking account funds with no consequence other than doing a disservice to your savings goals, withdrawing from a CD prematurely will jeopardize too much of your return.
Related: When Can You Expect CD Rates to Generate Passive Income Again?
When to Use a Long-Term CD for Savings
Before jumping into a long-term CD, you should evaluate your personal economic situation, such as total income, monthly bills, emergency savings fund status and expendable income after all these factors have been accounted for.
The locked-in nature of CD accounts means that they might not be ideal for those who are living paycheck to paycheck, or for those who have not grown a separate emergency savings cushion for life's what-ifs. When unexpected financial challenges arise, pulling funds from CD accounts can lead to drastic penalties and wasted money.
If you've already established a healthy rainy day fund, opening a two-year CD (or longer) and taking advantage of long-term CD rates can be a promising avenue for habitual spenders.
Current CD Rates Aren't Bad Everywhere
If setting your money aside is a financial goal, but the current CD rates from the FDIC's rates update has you still a bit hesitant, keep in mind that this percentage is simply the national average.
Many financial institutions, primarily local banks, online banks and credit unions offer competitive interest rates that can curb your retail addiction while earning you a decent return on principal funds compared to a regular savings or checking account.
For example, two-year CD rates from these institutions are at an average 1.20% APY, which is still a significant return, especially if your money would've been otherwise spent on feeding your closet with piles of clothing.
Buckling down with a long-term savings plan can be challenging, but not having money to put toward your future financial stability can cause much more heartache later on.


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The British newspaper, Independent, recently carried a series dealing with a rather unusual issue pertaining to abortion. The story claimed that it was common among certain ethnic groups in Great Britain to have an abortion if ultra sound indicated the foetus was that of a girl. The British Pregnancy Agency denounced the article as false claiming that sex never was an issue in relation to abortions. Obviously, there is not a survey that can offer absolute evidence that sex plays a role in abortion. However, we have Chinese statistics which clearly prove that more male than female babies are born-statistically impossible. There are similar numbers in India where among many it is common to abort a female foetus if the family wants a male heir.
The Independent interviewed a woman named, Samira, who was born in England of Pakistani heritage. She made clear that her husband wanted an abortion once they discovered she was pregnant with a female child. "I think about running away with her and have the baby elsewhere, but the thing is I can't leave my children with him. I have my duty to my other children."
This is anecdotal evidence, but is it true about the story for many women?


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Woodland bird projects
Woodland bird survey 2008
In 2008, staff and volunteers from the RSPB, DNPA and Natural England surveyed the breeding birds of a selection of upland oak woods. The aim of the survey was to carry out a baseline assessment of bird populations in woodlands that were being entered into management agreements or those where there is ongoing management and where a survey would provide a useful update on bird populations.
The surveys were in response to national studies which have revealed that birds of the upland oak woods, notably wood warbler, pied flycatcher and redstart, have declined nationally since the mid 1980s. Of particular significance in the South West is wood warbler, which has suffered a 63% decline in Devon and Somerset over this period, whereas the other species have remained relatively stable. Research is underway to understand the reasons behind the declines, and advice is now available to guide woodland management to benefit bird populations.
Of the six woodlands that were surveyed in 2008, wood warblers were recorded in four of them, with the Bovey Valley and Yarner Wood appearing to hold the highest densities.
Pied flycatcher nestbox scheme
The pied flycatcher is a migratory bird species, spending the winters in sub-Saharan Africa, and coming here to breed in summer. It prefers Western oak woodlands where it nests in tree-holes, but it also readily takes up breeding in nestboxes. In woodland near Okehampton, the pied flycatcher has been monitored ever since they bred in the first nestboxes in 1974, and thousands of them have been ringed, their movements followed and their life-spans calculated. The bird is fairly site faithful, so it is quite likely it will return there to breed. By visiting the site year-on-year it is possible to calculate the return-rate from Africa, and thus survival rates and longevity of the species.
Weekly visits are carried out to the site in May and June, and the progress of a breeding pair followed - from making the nest through to fledging of the young. In addition, the adult pair and their brood are ringed on the nest, as part of the British Trust for Ornithology's bird ringing scheme.
The pied flycatcher has proven to be a valuable species to research, enabling studies of mating, breeding and productivity. In the longer-term, information gathered on return dates, laying dates, and breeding success can be evaluated and calculated, providing valuable information for conservation organisations and enabling decisions to be made on how to best conserve Britain's wildlife in the face of a changing climate.
There are also well-established nestbox schemes running in other Dartmoor woodlands such as Yarner Wood, Dendles Wood and Dunsford Wood.
Willow tit survey
The willow tit is one of the rarest species of tit in the UK. It is easily confused with the more common marsh tit, in that it has a large sooty-black cap extending to the back of the neck and a small black bib. It is mid-brown above, with white cheeks and pale buff-grey underparts. However, the song of the two species is quite different, and this is the safest way to tell the two apart in the field.
Willow tits live in wet scrubby woodland, with plenty of standing dead wood, and stands of impenetrable birch or willow carr. They require dead wood in which to excavate their own nestholes, rather than using existing holes in trees like most other tit species. On Dartmoor, this sort of habitat occurs in patches within ancient woodland, but more commonly along the scrubby edges of Rhôs pasture. Although occasional sightings of willow tits are reported, no real baseline exists for the distribution on Dartmoor. So, between 2009 and 2011, in the early springs - the period of peak activity for willow tits - nine volunteer surveyors and a National Park ecologist surveyed fifteen wet woodlands on the edges of Dartmoor. The sites were surveyed using a tape lure playing willow tit song – on the one hand to attract the birds to the surveyor and make it more likely to be counted, and also to make sure that the bird was in fact a willow tit, and not a marsh tit. The surveyors found eleven singing individuals (which indicates eleven pairs) on six sites. It appears that the wet scrub surrounding Rhôs pasture is the most suitable habitat for this species on Dartmoor.
Further work is now being carried out on the site that had the highest density of willow tits: special nestboxes have been made and erected in suitable habitat to encourage willow tits to use them, and to allow the project team to monitor their breeding success. A netting and ringing project is being undertaken to help gain an understanding of their movements and juvenile dispersal. The project is also planning to link in with other partnerships and organisations, such as Action for Wildlife, the RSPB and Natural England to ensure that expertise is pooled, landowners are advised on their requirements, and ultimately, that suitable habitat for willow tits remains and the species does not decline yet further.


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Quote of the Week: Rhoda and Ken Leffler
Tanzania was everything we hoped it would be – and more. With one of us extremely eager to go and the other more reluctant, the fact that we both enjoyed ourselves so much is a testament to the breadth and knowledge of our experience. From the meticulous attention to detail in the printed information we received before the trip to the prompt personal service each time we had questions, every concern of ours was addressed. This led us to be well-prepared for our safari. But once again, nothing prepared us for the reality of it. On the second morning, as we watched dawn break over the Serengeti, we arrived at a vast plain still green from recent rains. Herds of elephant, zebra, giraffes, impala and even buffalo, munched together peacefully on their morning meal. It was as if we had arrived back in time to the Garden of Eden, a singular privilege we will never forget.
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Jan 14, 2014
| 216 Pages
Jan 14, 2014
| 216 Pages
This 1,500-year-old self-healing exercise strengthens the immune system, mitigates chronic illness, prevents and heals cancer, reduces stress and anxiety, and improves focus and well-being. Dragon and Tiger medical qigong is based on Chinese medicine's acupuncture wellness model. The practice consists of seven movements which regulate and strengthen all of the acupuncture meridians of the body. Grounded in the ancient spiritual traditions of Taoism and Buddhism, Dragon and Tiger medical qigong is known for its powerful ability to prevent and heal cancer and reduce the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy. Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong: Volume 1 taught students the physical movements. Volume 2 teaches students how to take their practice to the next level and more effectively reap the health benefits for which this qigong practice is renowned:• Releases stagnant chi that cannot move freely due to physical, emotional, or psychic blockages of energy. • Increases the speed, strength, and evenness of the circulation of chi, blood, and other fluids, balancing the body's energy. • Quickly raises the energy levels of the body to boost its natural healing capacities. Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong: Volume 2 teaches how to cultivate and direct the flow of qi in the body and make the feeling of qi tangible. Qi, or "internal life-force energy," is the foundation of acupuncture and all Chinese medicine. The stronger the qi moves, the greater the health benefits of qigong will be. Once the feeling of directing qi becomes tangible, the principles can be applied to other internal martial arts such as tai chi and other qigong practices such as sexual qigong. Practitioners of healing arts will find this book valuable as a means for becoming sensitive to qi energy in themselves and others. Healers will also learn how to get rid of stagnant qi buildup and thereby avoid burnout when working with other people's energy. Partial Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Maintaining Awareness Chapter 2: Exercises for Loosening Shoulder Blades, Arms, and Feet Chapter 3: Developing Hyper-Coordination in Dragon and Tiger's Movements Chapter 4: Basic Energetic Principles Chapter 5: Basic Energetic Exercises Chapter 6: Feeling the Energy Pathways in Dragon and Tiger's Movements Chapter 7: Intermediate Energetic Principles
Bruce Frantzis is the author of nine books, including Tao of Letting Go, Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body, and The Power of Internal Martial Arts and Chi. He contributes regularly to magazines such as Men's Health, Empty Vessel, andInside King Fu. Frantzis has… More about Bruce Frantzis
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Jan 14, 2014
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| 7-3/8 x 9-1/4
"Frantzis' insight into the heart of these ancient meditation techniques makes the understanding of these precious teachings easily accessible to the mind of the Western seeker." –Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, author of The Crystal and the Way of Light
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With a stay at Campanile Delft in Delft, you'll be convenient to Vermeer Centrum and Nieuwe Kerk. This hotel is within close proximity of Oude Kerk and Markt.
Make yourself at home in one of the 95 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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- Meeting rooms 4
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- Total number of rooms - 95
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- Number of floors - 4
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has cracked the whip on the contractor of the Bandhwari solid waste treatment plant, AKC Developers Ltd, giving it a 48-hour ultimatum to make the second unit of waste segregation operational latest by 4pm on Thursday.
Since the launch of the plant in 2010, only one segregation unit is functional and this is affecting the waste sorting process, reducing the plant's capacity by half.
The MCG has also asked the contractor to mandatorily put in place the second weighing machine at the main entry-exit gate, according to the contract.
As the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad and MCG have a joint 30-year agreement with the contractor, any action against the firm needs to have the mandate of both the civic bodies.
MCG commissioner Ashok Sangwan has written a letter to his Faridabad counterpart Dr Abhe Singh Yadav for joint action.
Confirming reports of talks between the two corporations, Yadav hinted at revisiting the agreement clause and making needful changes for the benefit of the two NCR cities.
"I have received letter from the MCG commissioner and we are jointly working together to ensure that the firm improves the waste plant's functioning and if it does not visibly happen, we will not hesitate in terminating the contract after ten days, by the end of the month," Yadav said.
"Both the corporations are really concerned about nuisances such as groundwater contamination, land filling, slow waste sorting, below-capacity functioning etc. We are not going to compromise on these issues," he added.
Anju Chaudhary, joint commissioner, MCG, said the shortfalls amount to gross negligence by the contractor and it is resulting in slow waste sorting and land filling in Aravalli.
According a former MCG official, garbage trucks from Gurgaon and Faridabad wait for hours at the main gate.
"The trucks dump the waste in the Aravalli Hills to avoid wastage of time and fuel," he said. A week ago, the MCG had asked the plant management to enhance its functional capacity from 600 tonne to 1,200 tonne daily, asking the contractor to submit its plan by the end of March.


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Where have you been Karl ??
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. - Ayn Rand
Where have you been Karl ??
We can always hope for the same historical outcome for current "hope, changey" administrators"
Thanks Karl and I am wearing plenty of blue today!


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I have had this FEG 9mm for a few weeks and today was the second time shooting. I could not hit the target for anything in the world. I tried my H&R 22 to make sure I could actually shoot straight this morning and I could hit the 8" target from 30 feet with the .22. but I put 35 rounds through the FEG and shot at the top, bottom, sides and dead center of the target and never hit close to where I aimed.. I may have hit the top of the target once.
has anyone else had similar experience with the PA-63? I know it is a short barrel and something I may have to get used to, but I thought I was a little better marksman than I showed today.
any suggestions on what I can do if it is the gun with the problem?


text: Hello all, I Know there are other threads on simluar issues but I wanted to tell my story...please? I got an 2007 Suburban LTZ.. Great truck. It has separate driver passenger climate controls. Well the HVAC back in the winter started blowing cold on the driver side. It would about freeze me to death and it would never stay on FACE... It seems to want to switch to defrost and foot. Driving along it switches all by its self. It will be blowing defrost and foot even when set to FACE with the indicator showing FACE. You can run the temp all the way down 60 and back up to 90 and it will blow warm for a short time on the driver side. At the same time, you can cycle it back to FACE and it will stay there for maybe 20 min and then back to defrost and foot. At the same time it starts blowing cold on the driver side. I just did the best we could to get through winter but now we have the same sort of deal. The driver side blow cold good cold AC and the passenger side will start blowing hot. Of course we can run up to 90 and back to 60 on the passenger side as well as putting it on FACE but it then switches back to hot and in the defrost and foot.... Also the back does the same thing with switching to hot and changing mode.... Because it is hot here, I was trying to trouble shoot a little. I found some the actuators and was able to determine the function of each. I got the truck running and set the AC running. With the AC blowing cold on both driver and passenger, I disconnected the blend actuator on the passenger side.(It is on the top of the heater box pass side behind the glove box). With the blend actuator disconnected it blows cold all the time...... I went to the back of the truck took out the tray in the panel and was able to setup the hot/cold blend actuator the same way.... Now with both actuators disconnected the AC is good but switches to defrost/foot in the front and from top to bottom in the back. They can be rests by cycling them around but the same deal... Just not blowing heat because the hot/cold actuators are disconnected. Ok, now that I have that much figured out. I am at a loss as to what to try next. Would one thing he would have all 5 actuators in the truck bad or maybe it is the control unit... The control unit, I assume is the part in the dash/console with the buttons on it? All these issues seem to have started going down at the same time... so I am hard pressed to think that all 5 when at the same time... I talked to the close Chevy dealers near me and of course they won't tell me anything. They just want me to bring it in for them to do the diag and repair. One told me it could cost in the area of 1300 to 1800 to fix... So I am guessing the know what the issue is and just not wanting to help. One dealer ship told me they have replaced a lot of these actuators but really no detail other than, just bring it in and let us fix. Knowing how they are, I would bet there is a service bulletin out on it and they won't tell. So what do you think control unit or actuators? Do you know if these actuators have logic on them where they can change at will? Any help would be so much appreciate.. oh, do you think any damage can be done running it with the actuators disconected? Oh, yes, I wanted to add that pulling the fuse or discon the battery only fixes the issue for like 20 min.. I know is all over the fourms as resolution for other simular issues but does not correct the issue. Thank, God bless Michael www.dadschevy.com