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Infectious disease management essentially consists in identifying the microbial cause(s) of an infection, initiating if necessary antimicrobial therapy against microbes, and controlling host reactions to infection. In clinical microbiology, the turnaround time of the diagnostic cycle (>24 hours) often leads to unnecessary suffering and deaths; approaches to relieve this burden include rapid diagnostic procedures and more efficient transmission or interpretation of molecular microbiology results. Although rapid nucleic acid-based diagnostic testing has demonstrated that it can impact on the transmission of hospital-acquired infections, we believe that such life-saving procedures should be performed closer to the patient, in dedicated 24/7 laboratories of healthcare institutions, or ideally at point of care. While personalized medicine generally aims at interrogating the genomic information of a patient, drug metabolism polymorphisms, for example, to guide drug choice and dosage, personalized medicine concepts are applicable in infectious diseases for the (rapid) identification of a disease-causing microbe and determination of its antimicrobial resistance profile, to guide an appropriate antimicrobial treatment for the proper management of the patient. The implementation of point-of-care testing for infectious diseases will require acceptance by medical authorities, new technological and communication platforms, as well as reimbursement practices such that time- and life-saving procedures become available to the largest number of patients.
Despite significant advances in sanitation and medicine, infectious diseases still annually claim in excess of 15 million lives. In the 20th century, antimicrobial therapy has provided medicine with powerful tools to combat infectious diseases, but the promises of antimicrobial agents have been hampered by the development of resistance and more recently, of multiple resistance to widely used drugs, induced by an overutilization of broad-spectrum antibiotics and complicated by the drought in the antimicrobial drug pipeline [
Personalized medicine is generally described as a discipline that relies on the genomic information of an individual to guide the prescription of an appropriate therapeutic regimen in perspective with her/his anticipated response to a particular drug or combination of drugs
Infectious diseases are rarely considered as model applications of personalized medicine, as evidenced in the document
A good example of an integrated personalized medicine strategy addresses the rapid detection of
Although not identified as such, personalized medicine has also been driving the management of HIV/AIDS since 2001, in the form of the TruGene™ (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics) or ViroSeq™ (Abbott Molecular) nucleotide sequencing tests that are used to adjust the antiviral treatment of HIV-seropositive and AIDS patients according to the genotype of the virus circulating at the time of testing, upon interrogation of a database of known antiviral drug resistance mutations [
There is also evidence suggesting that the management of tuberculosis could be dictated by an integrated personalized medicine approach taking into account genetic information from both the microbe and the infected individual, to better exploit the potential of molecular diagnostics. For example, while the recently introduced Xpert® MTB/RIF test (Cepheid) can provide rapid
In the healthcare system, the arrival of a febrile, potentially infected, patient initiates a diagnostic cycle consisting of several time-consuming steps (see
Personalized medicine in infectious disease management. The implementation of rapid point-of-care (POC) microbiology shall decrease the length of the diagnostic cycle in order to accelerate infectious disease management.
One of the rationales for implementing rapid molecular microbiology in clinical settings is to compensate for the extended period of time,
In the daily practice of medicine, if the result of a microbial identification test performed on a very symptomatic patient would be available within an hour or two, the physician would dispose of highly useful information to initiate an appropriate therapy. In addition to speed, another major advantage of molecular microbiology over classical microbiology lies in its capacity to detect fastidious or unculturable microorganisms [
In this context, the main cultural challenge to overcome is the time required to complete the diagnostic cycle (
Nucleic acid-based tests and molecular microbiology methods amenable to near POC for infectious disease management come in different methodological configurations requiring relatively high technical skills which may impose a higher level of procedural and physical confinement. Real-time PCR was the first technology approved for clinical microbiology testing that enabled microbial detection and/or identification in less than 1 hour directly from a clinical sample [
More recently, two other technologies, less compact but possibly implantable in near POC laboratories have emerged in infectious diseases molecular diagnostics: 1° mass spectrometry capable of delivering post-blood culture microbial identification in a matter of minutes [
Theoretically, a reduction in the number of human interventions and physical proximity shall accelerate the availability of results, thereby leading to shorter turnaround time and more effective infectious disease management. The cost-effectiveness of near POC diagnostics will require further health economics studies, but when one takes into consideration that the cost of a complicated sepsis case can exceed 500,000 USD [
Point-of-care testing can be defined as
The current market for infectious diseases POC testing is dominated by rapid microscopy or immunological diagnostic tests that can be realized outside clinical laboratories, but often lack in sensitivity and/or specificity [
In the last ten years, many nucleic acid-based tests have been approved for clinical diagnostics by the FDA [
Notwithstanding the fact that molecular diagnostic assays must be analytically and clinically equivalent or superior to gold standard procedures, the implementation of true molecular POC testing for infectious diseases will necessitate a major change in culture such that diagnostic interpretation, therapeutic management decision(s), and antimicrobial treatment (prescription) could be delegated to medical staff other than microbiologists and clinicians. However, envisaging near POC testing in decentralized laboratories of hospitals (intensive care units, pediatrics department,
In light of the (FDA) regulatory approval constraints, most
Multiparametric detection platforms can accomplish what they are intended for as long as extremely important issues dealing with the preparation of microbial nucleic acids from human clinical samples and molecular contamination of the sample or of the testing environment are taken into account:
sample preparation shall enable the concentration of microbes and/or the recovery of intracellular pathogens. Indeed, achieving this should prevent the detection of (soluble) DNA liberated by dead or damaged pathogens exposed to antibiotics and improve the probability of detection of a microbial target against a lesser background of human DNA. The significance of microbial DNAemia is seldom raised against the utilization of PCR in clinical microbiology but, for the management of life-threatening infections, we concur with Bauer and Reinhart [
the recovery of pathogens and nucleic acid extraction from a relatively large sample volume, for example 1 to 30 mL in the case of neonatal or human bloodstream infections is a major challenge that might require some external sample pretreatment, in order to deliver a concentrated subsample containing the target analyte(s) more easily subjected to the amplification and detection processes;
nucleic acid extraction or purification must enable the removal of PCR inhibitors known to hinder the performance of enzymatic components, and;
strict precautions to control the cross-contamination of personnel and equipment by amplification products that would negatively affect the performance and clinical validity of the test.
The introduction of multiparametric detection platforms in
Microfluidics is a relatively adaptable technology that has provided analytical (bio)chemistry with miniaturized devices capable of streamlining analytical processes. To accede to the near POC status, we believe that the next generation of diagnostic instruments will drive sample-to-answer devices bearing modules enabling sample pre-treatment, preparation, nucleic acid extraction, and microarray hybridization with or without molecular amplification of microbial genomic targets. The requirements for future miniaturized lab-on-a-chip platforms operating at near POC impose the integration of many technical steps typically performed in clinical laboratories, such that a diagnostic result is provided hopefully within 1 hour after sampling [
In the last several years, our research group and GenePOC, a young start-up company, have been developing integrated microfluidic centripetal device (MCD) technology platforms that are designed to encompass most of the abovementioned requirements and to operate at POC. The versatility of the MCD technology shall make it applicable not only to nucleic acid-based tests, but also to protein biomarker-based methods [
A greater penetration of rapid molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases in the healthcare system of developed and developing countries offers the promises of faster disease management, more adequate antimicrobial therapy, better allocation of healthcare human and laboratory resources, and less morbidity, mortality, and costs. Depending on the type of healthcare system, the (administrative) compartmentalization of healthcare facilities budget practices constitutes a major obstacle to the implementation of rapid molecular diagnostics in the sense that assay costs are taken into account without considering the mid-to-long term impacts of the technological advance on the health of the clientele and the efficiency of the organization. In this era of exploding healthcare costs, the arrival of novel technologies and methodological practices cannot be done without thoughtful planning, such that the rational choices initially made will serve to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness and clinical usefulness and motivate further development within the organization of clinical microbiology and infectious disease care. This section comprises examples of clinically-relevant applications of POC or near POC molecular diagnostics which may serve to benchmark the personalized medicine of infectious diseases.
In recent years, hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections have become a major concern in healthcare facilities worldwide, their management being greatly complicated by the emergence of resistant and multiresistant Gram-positive (methicillin-resistant
In the case of Gram-negative hospital-acquired pneumonia, Arnold
Bloodstream infections are life-threatening situations for which the critical time window for appropriate management is estimated to be less than 6 hours. Indeed, it has been demonstrated that every hour gained to initiate an appropriate antimicrobial therapy of febrile patients significantly increases the probability of survival [
Strategically, performing the detection of MRSA on positive blood cultures is faster than current culture-based procedures, but the timeliness of PCR-based detection of MRSA could be even more important if detection was achieved directly from blood. In a recent review, three commercially-available molecular amplification tests theoretically capable of detecting bloodstream pathogens in less than 12 hours have been compared, SeptiTest, Septi
The management of influenza is a recurrent annual problem in the healthcare system, as clinical symptoms evaluation seldom leads to unnecessary and ineffective antibacterial therapy [
To ensure a proper utilization, sustainability, and better penetrance of molecular diagnostics at POC or near POC, we believe that decentralized laboratories should offer a highly strategic choice of technologies and tests, while we await the arrival of real POC molecular testing. Here are suggestions of infrastructures minimally anticipated in healthcare institutions. First, obstetrics wards should offer 24/7 rapid rtPCR tests (BD GeneOhm™ StrepB or Xpert® GBS) for the detection of
In the last ten years, molecular diagnostics has proven to be a transforming discipline in clinical microbiology, catalyzed by the regulatory acceptance of rtPCR as the driving technology capable of accelerating the management of infectious diseases. In fact, molecular diagnostics is a critical component of the emerging concept of "precision medicine" [
In terms of regulatory approval, we believe that the approval of the Xpert® tests and instruments by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the moderate-complexity status given under CLIA '88 regulations constitute major milestones that will have paved the way to other microfluidic systems and devices designed for performing molecular microbiology at near POC, especially if equivalence to or superiority over gold standard method(s) is demonstrated [
The acceptance of newer technologies cannot be done without a proper evaluation of the costs. Clinical microbiology has the opportunity to literally "renovate" itself and this does not only imply the purchase of expensive instruments, the upgrade of laboratories in response to the confinement requirements of molecular microbiology, and the daily operation of these infrastructures, but also an intellectual "price" imposed by the training of staff. POC devices and tests shall alleviate many of the abovementioned obstacles.
Inasmuch as the personalized medicine management of infectious diseases principally targets the genomic components of the pathogen(s), the determination of the pharmacogenetic and/or immunogenetic profiles of a patient might provide the physician with additional clues to adequately fight an infection, we do not believe that infectious diseases personalized medicine will be hampered by the social issues and ethical debate that eventually led to the approval of Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 by the United States legislative bodies [
In this article, we have presented a personalized medicine model by which patients could greatly benefit from improved infectious diseases management practices guided by clinically-relevant genomic information extracted from microbes in specialized POC devices and tests done near patients, or in near POC laboratories and rapidly relayed to the treating physician, to alleviate time-consuming and error-prone interventions occurring in the pre- and post-analytical phases of clinical microbiology testing.
In this context and in the expectation of real CLIA-waived POC testing, we suggest that healthcare systems initiate near POC testing pilot programs proposing a menu of nucleic acid-based tests approved by regulatory authorities, to demonstrate the advantages of this "culture without culture" changing concept. In addition, feasibility studies should be supported by pharmacoeconomic studies for 1° demonstrating the socio-economical potential of the approach to decrease the unnecessary morbidity and mortality associated with life-threatening infections for which the empiric management and inappropriate antimicrobial therapy often lead to treatment failure with dramatic consequences, and 2° accumulating evidence for convincing governing bodies and insurance companies to reimburse testing costs [
Finally, and according to the principles of POC testing, we also believe that near POC laboratories could also provide a research and validation platform for (showcasing) the next generation of simple-to-operate, yet technologically sophisticated, compact microfluidic systems
Luc Bissonnette declares having no conflict of interest, while M. G. Bergeron is the founder of Infectio Diagnostic (IDI) Inc. (now BD Diagnostics GeneOhm) and of GenePOC Inc. of Québec City, Canada.


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In science fiction, aliens often threaten to vaporize the Earth. At the beginning of
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zapping the planet to make way for a highway. Scientistshave simulated the atmospheres of hot Earth-like planets, such as CoRoT-7b, shown here in an artist's conception. CoRoT-7b orbits so close to its star that its starward side is an ocean of molten rock. By looking for atmospheres like those generated by the simulations, astronomers should be able to identify Earth-like
exoplanets. (Image courtesy A. Leger et al.
Scientistshave simulated the atmospheres of hot Earth-like planets, such as CoRoT-7b, shown here in an artist's conception. CoRoT-7b orbits so close to its star that its starward side is an ocean of molten rock. By looking for atmospheres like those generated by the simulations, astronomers should be able to identify Earth-like
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In science fiction, evil overlords and hostile aliens often threaten to vaporize the Earth. At the beginning of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, officiously bureaucratic aliens called Vogons actually follow through, destroying the planet to make way for a hyperspatial express route. But vaporizing the Earth might have scientific benefits—at least if done safely within the confines of a computer simulation, some researchers say. This exercise could help astronomers figure out whether distant, rocky planets are Earth-like in their makeup. Some of these worlds really are partially vaporized, and that may create bizarre effects such as pebble rains, scientists claim. "We scientists are not content just to talk about vaporizing the Earth," said Bruce Fegley, a planetary scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, tongue firmly in cheek. "We want to understand exactly what it would be like if it happened." Fegley and colleagues Katharina Lodders, also a scientist at Washington University, and Laura Schaefer, a graduate student at Harvard University, carried out the virtual vaporization. By baking model Earths, they're trying to figure out what astronomers should see when they look at the atmospheres of alien "super-Earths" in other solar systems. This could help them understand the planets' compositions. Super-earths are planets outside our solar system that are heavier than Earth but lighter than Neptune, and consist mainly of rock. Because of the techniques used to find them, most known super-Earths orbit close to their stars—within rock-melting distance. The research, described in the Aug. 10 issue of The Astrophysical Journal, finds that Earth-like planets as hot as these would have atmospheres composed mostly of steam and carbon dioxide, with smaller amounts of other gases that could be used to distinguish one planetary composition from another. The team is collaborating with a research group led by Mark Marley at the NASA Ames Research Center to define how these gas abundances would be detectable in terms of reaching our telescopes. Under favorable circumstances planet hunting techniques let astronomers not just find alien planets but also to measure their average density, or compactness. That, along with theoretical models, lets astronomers figure out the chemical composition of giant gaseous planets. But in the case of rocky planets the possible variety of rocky ingredients can often add up several different ways to the same average density. If a planet passes in front of its star so that astronomers can observe the light from the star filtered by the planet's atmosphere, they can also determine the makeup of the planet's atmosphere, which lets them distinguish alternative planetary compositions. "More people are looking at the atmospheres," Fegley said. "Right now, there are eight transiting exoplanets [planets in other solar systems] where astronomers have done some atmospheric measurements and more will probably be reported in the near future." "We modeled the atmospheres of hot super-Earths because that's what astronomers are finding and we wanted to predict what they should be looking for when they look at the atmospheres to decipher the nature of the planet," he added. The team ran calculations on two types of "Earths," one with a composition like that of the Earth's continental crust and the other, called the BSE (bulk silicate Earth), with a composition like the Earth's before the continental crust formed. The difference is water, Fegley said. Earth's continental crust is dominated by granite, but you need water to make granite. Without it, you get a "basaltic" crust like Venus. Both are mostly silicon and oxygen, but a basaltic crust is richer in elements such as iron and magnesium. The super-Earths the team used as references are thought to have surface temperatures ranging from about 270 to 1700 degrees Celsius (C), or about 520 to 3,090 degrees F. The team determined what would be gaseous at such temperatures. "The vapor pressure of the liquid rock increases as you heat it, just as the vapor pressure of water increases as you bring a pot to boil," Fegley said. "Ultimately this puts all the constituents of the rock into the atmosphere." The continental crust melts at about 940 C (1,720 F), Fegley said, and the bulk silicate Earth at roughly 1730 C (3,145 F). There are also gases released from the rock as it heats up and melts. The calculations showed that the atmospheres of both model Earths would be dominated over a wide temperature range by steam and carbon dioxide. The major difference between the models is that the BSE atmosphere is more "reducing," meaning it contains gases that would combine with oxygen if it were present. At temperatures below about 730 C (1,346 F) the BSE atmosphere, for example, contains methane and ammonia. That's interesting, Fegley said, because methane and ammonia, when sparked by lighting, combine to form amino acids, key ingredients of life. At temperatures above about 730 C, sulfur dioxide would enter the atmosphere, Fegley said. "Then the exoplanet's atmosphere would be like Venus's, but with steam," Fegley said. The gas most characteristic of hot rocks, however, is silicon monoxide, which would be found in the atmospheres of both types of planets at temperatures of 1,430 C (2,600 F) or higher. This leads to possibility that as frontal systems moved through this exotic atmosphere, the silicon monoxide and other rock-forming elements might condense and rain out as pebbles, Fegley said. In only some runs of the simulation did the team crank the temperature high enough to vaporize the whole Earth, just to see what would happen. 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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, 4 September 1981, Houston, Texas, USA. Knowles made her initial impact on the international music scene as the leader of the hugely successful urban group Destinys Child, before launching an equally impressive solo career in 2003 with an international chart-topping single and a bestselling debut album.
Knowles first began performing with Destinys Child when she was only 10 years old, and during the late 90s and early years of the new millennium gradually established herself as a leading performing and songwriting force on the urban scene. She became the first African-American female artist to win the annual ASCAP Pop Songwriter Of The Year Award. Following the release of 2001s Survivor, the three members of Destinys Child elected to take a break from the group to concentrate on solo projects. Knowles made her first foray into acting with an appearance in the MTV drama Carmen: A Hip Hopera, before landing a major role (as Foxxy Cleopatra) opposite comedian/actor Mike Myers in the 2002 movie Austin Powers In Goldmember. Work It Out, lifted from the soundtrack, was Knowles first solo hit. She enjoyed further success later in the year with her guest vocal on boyfriend Jay-Zs hit single, 03 Bonnie & Clyde. She teamed up with the rapper again on the first single to be lifted from her solo debut, also the first release under her shortened moniker. A hypnotically catchy slice of funked up R&B, Crazy In Love, shot to the top of the US charts in July 2003 and repeated the feat in the UK. The attendant Dangerously In Love was hyped as one of the years most important releases, and featured a stellar list of co-writers and guest stars, including Jay-Z, Jamaican dancehall singer Sean Paul (on the massive US chart-topper Baby Boy), and soul legend Luther Vandross.
In February 2004, Knowles tied the record for most Grammys ever by a female artist when she picked up five awards at the Los Angeles-based show. These were: Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for Crazy In Love (shared with Jay-Z), Best Female R&B Performance for Dangerously In Love, Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for The Closer I Get To You (shared with Vandross), and Best Contemporary R&B Album for Dangerously In Love.
Later in 2004 Beyoncé rejoined Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams to record another Destinys Child album, Destiny Fulfilled. The trio then completed a world tour before calling an end to the group in September 2005. A new Beyoncé track featured on the Destinys Child compilation album #1s, Check On It (featuring Slim Thug), reached the top of the US charts at the start of 2006. The singer resumed her solo career later in the year with the transatlantic hit single Irreplaceable (which spent 10 weeks at the top of the US charts) and chart-topping BDay. The deluxe version released the following year included a hit collaboration with Shakira on the single Beautiful Liar. The album also provided Beyoncé with her second Grammy when it picked up the Best Contemporary R&B Album award. Despite her music career being in the ascendant, the singer continued to pursue a parallel acting career, starring in The Fighting Temptations (2003), The Pink Panther (2006) and Dreamgirls (2006).
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Investors are so worried about renewed inflation that for the first time ever they paid for sub-zero yields on TIPS.
The government on Monday auctioned $10 billion in 4½ year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, better known as TIPS, at a yield of -0.55% — the first time TIPS ever sold for a negative yield.
TIPS pay a modest fixed interest rate, but the government adjusts the principal in TIPS to track the change in the consumer price index. So investors' returns are compensated for inflation.
Investors pushed up the price of the TIPS auctioned Monday to $105.50 for every $100 of face value, resulting in its -0.55% yield. If inflation stayed at zero the next five years, the fixed interest payments — currently 0.5% — wouldn't be enough to repay the purchase price, resulting in a negative yield.
Bond investors apparently weren't worried that inflation will be flat, or that deflation — a period of falling prices — will set in. Inflation would have to average about 1.5% a year for these TIPS investors to break even.
"That's fairly modest inflation," says Gregory Whiteley, portfolio manager at DoubleLine Capital, which specializes in bond investments. Inflation has averaged 3% a year since 1926, according to Ibbotson Associates, a Chicago research firm. The 12 months ended September, the CPI has risen 1.1%.
If the Federal Reserve's actions push inflation to 2%, those who bought TIPS at the -0.55% yield would make money, says Mihir Worah, managing director at Pimco. If the Fed lets inflation get even higher, TIPS investors would do quite well.
And, with money market rates near zero and inflation at 1.1%, even losing half a percentage point to inflation via a TIPS investment is better than losing a full percentage point.
The TIPS auction represented a marked turnaround for the bond market, which has been expecting deflation the past few months. The Fed has been keeping short-term interest rates at nearly zero in an attempt to combat deflation and get the economy going.
The Fed has also discussed another round of quantitative easing to pump even more money into the system by purchasing securities on the open market, paying for them with newly created money.
But the market is now starting to price in future inflation. "Every day for the last month or so, deflation is getting priced out of the market," Worah says.
Demand for TIPS was high at Monday's auction. Investors put in $2.84 of bids for every $1 in TIPS being auctioned. That ratio — called the bid-to-cover ratio — has averaged $2.38 to every $1 offered the past 10 auctions.
Large institutions, including foreign central banks, bought about 39% of Monday's TIPS offering, Treasury says.
Individuals, too, are starting to get worried about inflation, says Worah: Pimco is seeing increased flows to commodity funds and other inflation-sensitive funds. "People are voting with their dollars," he says.
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Congratulations James, the fifth day was the worst for me,
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On my 5th day with NONE! My 1 yr old has made me wish to live!
I was one angry SOB that day.
Seemed after that it got a lot easier.
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I guess the "habit" part is the hardest to break.
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My parents say they care about what im going through but they arent doing anything about it. I have tryed to ask for help but no one listens. How do i get through being depressed? Can any one give me any advice on what to do?READ MORE
Living with depression and have no support system
Hello, there, militarybrat. I'm sorry you're feeling depressed and that your parents aren't listening to you. Have you said to them, straight out, that you want to see a psychologist? If they've said no to that, maybe you could get them to take you to a regular doctor. If the doctor thinks you're depressed, he or she would probably make a recommendation to your parents to have you see a psychologist. You can tell the doctor that's what you'd like to do.
Another alternative would be to talk to someone at your school - a counselor, a teacher you trust. Maybe this person could talk to your parents and get them to understand how you feel. Sometimes parents don't want to admit that there is anything wrong with their children, or they think it's a bad reflection on them, so they put off doing anything, hoping it will just go away.
Please know you can write here any time and we will try to help however we can. I hope you'll let us know how you're doing and that you'll be able to get the help you need.
I agree with talking to someone at your school---a teacher or counselor. Maybe they can make your parents understand about your depression. Many people who don't understand depression want to bury their head in the sand and pretend it doesn't exist. But if another adult contacts them about this, maybe they will wake up. Take care. I care.
I want to help you! Everyone needs a support system! You are very smart to reach out on here to find help! I just stumbled on to this site by chance and maybe it as to help you and others like you! I am a mom and the mom in me wants to give you a BIG hug! I had a ruff childhood and like you had a difficult time getting my parents to listen to me. I felt all alone for a bit untill I thought about what my mom had been teaching me about God. It was hard at first to blieve in something I couldn't see but over time, when I felt like I had no one else, I would close my eyes and pray to God to help heal my heart. May sound crazy but It worked! I didn't know what all to say in a prayer. So it wasn't all pro like maybe they would say at church, it was just between me and the big guy upstairs so I just prayed like I would talk to a friend. As things started looking up I began to believe more and pray more. I'm not saying I didn't fall off the wagon a time or two or three and do things I was ashamed of now and again. But the good thing was that everytime I really would get in a mess, God was there for me. He won't let you down. If you believe in him you are never alone and you will have the best support system ever!
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I cannot say enough great things about America's Grow-a-Row!! Every single staff member loves what they do, and are innovative and full of energy! They put intense care and attention towards making sure that volunteers and recipients know how much they care and appreciate them! Having been an intern at America's Grow-a-Row for several months now, I have been able to work in many different aspects of the organization! It has been truly amazing to help with after-school cooking sessions in Jersey City, and then get to see some of those same children at the Kids Farm Days and Free Farm Markets! It has been an honor to be able to volunteer my time with such an exceptional organization, and I can't wait to see how much more America's Grow-a-Row expands over the next few years!
I've been volunteering with America's Grow a Row for more than 5 years. Planting and harvesting at the farms, delivering to the free farm markets and helping with year round gleaning. The atmosphere that Chip and his team create makes you want to keep coming back to volunteer again and again. It's an amazing thing to join a group of people for a few hours and pick thousands of pounds of fresh produce knowing it's headed to the tables of grateful recipients. The idea that people deserve access to healthy food seems so simple but yet so many are not given that opportunity. AGAR is up for the challenge. They've already made great strides and I can't wait to see what the future holds for them. I'm very proud to be part of this incredible organization.
America's Grow-a-Row is a wonderful organization. From what started as a fairly simple initiative, it has grown into a meaningful organization that is helping thousands of people in NJ that are food insecure or live in food deserts. I originally became aware of AGAR through my son's school when he did some volunteer work for them and then we got the whole family involved. It is one of the few charities where kids can get directly involved in helping out in addition to learning about the need for improving nutrition and access to fresh fruits and vegetables for those in need.
America's Grow-A-Row is a wonderful organization! We love volunteering with them and they truly provide a rewarding volunteer experience. Their staff is always organized, friendly and grateful for our efforts and it is amazing to play even a small part in their incredible mission. The impact they are making in the community on so many different levels is truly inspiring!
America's Grow a Row is inspirational. I have only recently become involved with the organization, yet I have become immersed in a culture that fosters a greater good for the greater community. The nonprofit nobly helps people have access to farm fresh produce who would not otherwise. I have worked with community harvests, the Kids Farm Days, gleaning from ShopRIte, and will work with the Free Farm Markets and start a program at my school to support the nonprofit. The interactive environment enables people -- particularly ones from food deserts or areas of food insecurity such as Newark -- to learn about where their produce comes from and how to make healthier choices in their eating habits. The people in the organization have such spirit in their philanthropic mission. I have been treated like a valuable resource in the organization and have therefore promoted AGAR to my friends and family. I cannot wait to volunteer more with AGAR, as the organization's remarkable growth is a sign of its positive reception in both the agricultural and greater community.
Where does one begin when attempting to do justice for an organization as stellar as America's Grow a Row? Our family has been dedicated to working with AGAR practically from the beginning. We have watched Chip and his team create an organization that does so much good for so many. AGAR isn't only feeding people physically, but emotionally, spiritually, academically, and relationally as well. Every time we step foot on the farm or at an event or at an offsite farm market, we feel the spirit of what AGAR is about: the unconditional desire to help others. It has been and continues to be an honor to volunteer for and support AGAR.
Chip Pailex and his team are truly exceptional and caring human beings! I have volunteered with Grow a Row since 2010 and have been so impressed with their mission to bring healthy fruits and vegetables to inner cities in New Jersey. I find Grow a Row to be a very organized and efficient organization, and yet run by incredibly humble staff. It has been amazing to watch the organization just blossom and evolve over the years, as well as its expanding ability to serve and educate those in need. As a mom, I love that our entire family can volunteer at the farm together, whether it's planting seeds or gleaning produce. We always leave the farm feeling very grateful and a part of something worthwhile!
America's Grow a Row is a dedicated organization that grows more than vegetables for those in need, I have seen it grow people. This organization gives to those in need and gives back to those that give. It is an organization where families serve together, where I am fortunate to be able to have my children experience the benefits of giving along with the education for themselves on the benefits of being closely connected to our food source and educating them on healthy choices. So much is gained from having these children with diverse backgrounds share in the experience of picking food for others together. In an era where obesity, heart disease, and diabetes are rampant, AGAR is a beacon for us all to be challenged to eat better and show the next generation how. AGAR is dedicated to the communities it serves in delivering vegetables to food deserts for improving the lives of those in need, to the education it provides to everyone who touches the organization. Thanks to the leadership and vision of Founder and President, Chip Paillex, AGAR will be providing healthy, fresh produce to our neighbors in need for a very long time!
Extremely well run, true to mission, wonderful presence within the community. Been involved for approximately 10 years. Great to see their growth and success.
My family and I have been volunteers for America's Grow-A-Row since 2005. There are so many wonderful things about this organization—it is one of the few where families can volunteer together. I think back to the first night we picked corn in the sweltering heat, with dirt all over us, so amazed that our group had picked over 7000 pounds of corn in two hours and it would make it to those in need the very next day! It was a wonderful, yet humbling experience. I know my daughters looked at the world a little differently after that experience…We have been blessed to see AGAR grow over the years and touch so many lives…My wife wanted to get more involved so she has been the Gleaning Coordinator for a local grocery store since 2008. It was such a simple yet powerful idea—think of all the "not quite for retail" produce that gets thrown out each day in grocery stores. We have volunteers who pick up fresh produce on a daily basis that might not look good in a fruit bowl, but would make an excellent apple pie or tomato sauce. When she first started, the employees of the store told her how happy they were that the fruits and vegetables were not going to waste. To be able to provide fresh produce to those who cannot afford it or don't have easy access to it, is a wonderful feeling.


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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA =================== ==VERSION HISTORY== =================== 1.0 - Initial release of the guide. ===================== ==TABLE OF CONTENTS== ===================== SECTION 1: HISTORY OF THE DYNAMITE KID SECTION 2: SKILL AND PARAMETER STATS SECTION 3: MOVELIST SECTION 4: STRATEGY SECTION 5: CLOSING ========================================== ==SECTION 1: HISTORY OF THE DYNAMITE KID== ========================================== When you mention the word "influential" in wrestling terms, a handful of names come to mind, names of individuals who -- through their undeniable impact on professional wrestling -- have redefined the sport as we know it today. And while that list of names is numerous, in the junior category, three names stand out above the rest of the pack; Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, and Tom Billington, better known to fans as the Dynamite Kid. Billington got his start in pro wrestling working the rough-and-tumble English circuit before eventually moving to Calgary, Canada and working for Stu Hart's storied Stampede Wrestling promotion. It was there he enjoyed his first taste of major success, and became known for being one of the tougher grapplers out there, if not exactly the biggest. His ambition was never to be the best talker, or even the best looking guy out there, only the best in-ring worker. It was this ethic that lended an air of excitement and credibility to his matches. During these early days in Stampede, Billington was met backstage by a starry-eyed Canadian boy, who told him he was going to grow up and become a great wrestler someday, wrestling in the same style as Dynamite. That boy's name? Chris Benoit. True to his word, the influence Dynamite has had on Benoit's own style is undeniable. Dynamite was eventually sent overseas to do some dates for Antonio Inoki's New Japan Pro Wrestling, working against future Japanese icons such as Tatsumi Fujinami and a wrestler named Satoru Sayama who would be debuting a new gimmick, the masked wrestler Tiger Mask. Dynamite, at that time a stereotypical Western heel to Japanese audiences, was chosen as Tiger Mask's first opponent. And the rest, as they say, is history. The two went on to have one stellar match after another in the early 80's; athletic, high-paced nad exhilarating matches that redefined the modern junior style of wrestling. The nimble Sayama, the Japanese worker trained in the lucha libre style of Mexico with a gifted set of martial arts skills, and Dynamite, the equally nimble English heel trained in the more methodical Western style, were quite simply a match made in wrestling heaven. Dynamite would later join up with his nephew, Davey Boy Smith, going under the tag team name of the British Bulldogs. After Stampede Wrestling folded, the Bulldogs moved on to the WWF, and it was here that they became a household name among American wrestling fans, eventually becoming the WWF Tag Team Champions. After a long and grueling career that took him across several continents, it appeared as though the Dynamite Kid had finally hit the big time. But even though Billington's career was seemingly at an all-time peak, the fact was that behind the scenes he was headed on a one-way collision course with disaster. As his work schedule became more and more hectic, he found increasingly himself mired in drug and alcohol abuse to cope with his frantic surroundings. Ignoring the warning signs his body was giving him, he continued to wrestle far beyond the point when he should have left his in-ring career behind him. Unfortunately, his high-impact style of wrestling, along with his hard- living lifestyle, eventually took its toll on Tom Billington's body, and he was eventually left paralyzed from the waist down, a tragic career ending for one of wrestling's true originators. Diehard wrestling fans everywhere should do themselves a service and seek out a "Best of the Dynamite Kid" compilation tape or DVD to see this awesome wrestler in his prime, I guarantee you won't be won't be dissapointed. Recommended reading: "Pure Dynamite," the Dynamite Kid autobiography. In my opinion, one of the most honest and moving pro wrestling biographies out there. Recommended Dynamite Kid match: Vs. Tiger Mask, take your pick. Nearly every one of his early-80's bouts with Sayama is a true classic in every sense of the word. ======================================== ==SECTION 2: SKILL AND PARAMETER STATS== ======================================== SKILL ----- Real Name...............The Dynamite Kid (Tom Billington) FPR Name.....................Dynamic Kid Promotion.........................Legend FPR Promotion.................View Japan FPR Faction.......................Legend Size...............................Small Class.............................Junior Height............................180 cm Weight............................105 kg Gender..............................Male Birthdate......................12/5/1958 Country..........................England Wrestler Rank..........................C Charisma...............................B Stance.............................Power Offensive Skill...................Junior Return Skill....................Orthodox Critical Type...................Finisher Special Skill.............. Quick Return Recovery..........................Medium Recovery (when bleeding)..........Medium Respiratory........................Above Respiratory (when bleeding)........Above Willpower.........................Medium Willpower (when bleeding).........Strong Neck Endurance.......................Low Arm Endurance.......................High Back Endurance......................High Leg Endurance.....................Medium Movement Speed...............Medium Fast Ascend Speed.................Medium Fast Ascend Skill..................Can Ascend Favorite Weapon..............Steel Chair PARAMETER - OFFENSE PARAMETER - DEFENSE ------------------- ------------------- Punch.............6 Punch.............7 Kick..............4 Kick..............7 Throw.............5 Throw.............6 Joint.............6 Joint.............7 Stretch...........6 Stretch...........7 Power.............6 Flying............9 Instant-P.........9 Crush.............5 Arm Power.........5 Arm Power.........4 Technical.........8 Technical.........9 Rough.............7 Rough.............7 Ground............3 Ground............5 Entertainment.....1 Entertainment.....9 TOTAL SKILL POINTS (on a scale from 0-380): 231 ======================= ==SECTION 3: MOVELIST== ======================= Specialty moves are marked with [S]. Finisher is marked with [F]. KEY: ([]) = Square button (X) = X button (O) = Circle button STRIKES ------- Standing ([])....................................Punch Standing (X)......................................Kick Standing (O) + d-pad.....................Lariat Attack Standing (O)...........................Football Tackle Standing ([]) + (X)...........................Dropkick Running ([])..............................Kitchen Sink Running (X)..................................Elbow Pat Running (O)............................Takedown Lariat Running Counter ([]).......................Back Switch Running Counter (X)......................Overhead Toss Running Counter (O).............................Lariat Running to corner...............................Lariat Co-op Irish whip to corner...................Elbow Pat Corner-to-center attack...........................none GRAPPLES -------- Grapple ([])...............................Elbow Smash Grapple ([]) + Up.................High Angle Body Slam Grapple ([]) + Left/Right...................Armbreaker Grapple ([]) + Down........................Hammer Blow Grapple (X)...................................Headbutt Grapple (X) + Up..................KAMISORI BRAINBUSTER [S] Grapple (X) + Left/Right...................Side Suplex Grapple (X) + Down........................CHIN CRUSHER [S] Grapple (O).........................Multiple Headbutts Grapple (O) + Up...............Back Flip (Samoan Drop) Grapple (O) + Left/Right..........Bulldogging Headlock Grapple (O) + Down...................Oklahoma Stampede Grapple ([]) + (X)........JUMPING TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER [S] Back Grapple ([]).............................Headbutt Back Grapple (X)............................Sidebuster Back Grapple (O)..........................Sleeper Hold Back Grapple (O) + Up/Down...........Vertical Backdrop Back Grapple (O) + Left/Right............German Suplex Back Grapple ([]) + (X)..............Back Brain Lariat Back Grapple Counter ([])....................Elbow Pat Back Grapple Counter (X)......................Arm Lock OPPONENT DOWN MOVES ------------------- Opponent Face Up at Head (X)......Chickenwing Arm Lock Opponent Face Up at Head (O).................HEAD DROP [S] Opponent Face Up at Feet (X)...................Pinfall Opponent Face Up at Feet (O)........Head Drop to Groin Opponent Face Down at Head (X)............Camel Clutch Opponent Face Down at Head (O)...............Knee Drop Opponent Face Down at Feet (X).................Pinfall Opponent Face Down at Feet (O).........Stomping (back) Running at Downed Opponent (O)...............Head Drop MOUNT MOVES ----------- Mount Position ([])............Guard Position Headbutt Mount Position (X)............Guard Position Elbow Pat Mount Position (O).........................Boston Crab Mount Position Counter........................Arm Lock Front Facelock Attack ([])..................Body Punch Front Facelock Attack (X)..............Front Neck Lock Front Facelock Attack (O)............Back Mount Switch Front Facelock Attack Counter...............Hammerlock Back Mount Position ([])...........Back Mount Headbutt Back Mount Position (X)...............Back Mount Elbow Back Mount Position (O)..................Choke Sleeper Back Mount Position Counter........Escape through legs POST AND APRON MOVES -------------------- Post ([])......................Diving Double Knee Drop Post (X).........................SUPER DIVING HEADBUTT [F] Post (O)..................................Sledgehammer Post ([]) + (X)...........................Missile Kick Run-Up Post vs Standing ([])......................none Run-Up Post vs Downed (X).........................none Corner Grapple (O) + Up...........Top Rope Brainbuster Corner Grapple (O) + Left/Right....Corner Shoulder Ram Corner Grapple (O) + Down..............Corner Stomping Front Avalanche Counter.......................Headbutt Back Avalanche Counter.......................Fall Back Apron Grapple from inside...............In-ring Suplex Apron Grapple from outside..........Out-of-ring Suplex Running to out of bounds..................Tope Suicida Slingshot to outside...................Plancha Suicida Slingshot to inside.................Flying Body Attack Cage Dive.........................................none DOUBLE AND TRIPLE TEAM MOVES ---------------------------- Two Platon Front Grapple................W. Brainbuster Two Platon Back Grapple....................W. Backdrop Two Platon Corner............Top Rope Bulldog Headlock Three Platon Front Grapple.............Triple Beatdown Three Platon Back Grapple..............Triple Beatdown Three Platon Corner......................Triple Impact PERFORMANCE ----------- Entrance....................................Eyes crowd Analog Stick Left......................Pumps both arms Analog Stick Right....................Single arm raise Analog Stick Up.............................Eyes crowd Analog Stick Down.....................Double arm raise ======================= ==SECTION 4: STRATEGY== ======================= GENERAL STRATEGY The legendary Dynamite Kid is among Fire Pro R's upper elite in the junior division, a fitting place considering his status as one of the more influential junior wrestlers to ever set foot inside a ring. No matter what style of wrestling match you'd prefer, Dynamite is more than up to the challenge. His offensive style is quite well-rounded, with a decided focus on both technical and high-flying moves. Defensively speaking, Dynamite is exceptionally well-equipped, especially for a junior, and his Quick Return special skill means that opponents may have a tough time trying to capitalize on their "opponent down" moves. With above-normal respiratory stats (even while bleeding), the Dynamite Kid can easily outpace most opponents without fear of getting winded. This means you won't be paying the price that most wrestlers do for being overly offensive in the ring. Even roughhousing and bloodshed -- two factors that technical wrestlers are usually ill-equipped to deal with -- have no ill effect on Dynamite. In fact, bleeding actually increases his willpower! If Dynamite has one Achilles' heel, it is his Neck Endurance stat. You'll want to protect him from submission/stretch moves to this area, and if you're fighting against him, this is where you'll want to focus. At least his Quick Return skill helps him a bit here, as he's not likely to lay prone on the ground and wait for an opponent's submission hold! Climbing the turnbuckle late in the match in an absolute must with the Dynamite Kid, not only to perform his finisher, the Super Diving Headbutt, but to emulate his real-life strategy, where his desperation to finish a match often leads him to resort to high-risk manuevers. Taking all of his strengths into consideration, the best overall match strategy for Dynamite is definitely "win by all means necessary". This means not only frequently connecting with strikes and winning grapples at the start of the match, but also being willing to get nasty if the occasion rises, even busting out weapons as needed. And finally, when the opponent starts dropping and staying down, take to the air for the finish. Above all else, stay aggressive -- start strong, finish strong. STRIKES Dynamite Kid has the very basics here (punch, kick, etc.), but what he has to offer is solid, if unremarkable. His Punch skill is slightly higher than his Kick skill, not that it makes a whole lot of difference. To sum things up, striking is something you should do quite often to mix things up, but by no means should it constitute the majority of your offense. If climbing the turnbuckle could be considered a striking skill (and in Dynamite's case, it should be), then this is where his greatest striking skill lies. Of course, his finisher, the Super Diving Headbutt, can be attempted as often as you'd like, although you really need to wear the opponent down a bit to guarantee its success. GRAPPLES Dynamite Kid's grapple moves are mostly an assortment of rough attacks (headbutt, chin crusher, etc.) and technical skills (suplexes, backdrops, etc.). These moves play to his strengths perfectly, and his three Special Moves in the grapple category (including two in the Medium grapple set) means that you should exploit grappling as often as possible. Perhaps the greatest weapon in Dynamite's grappling arsenal is his devastating Jumping Tombstone Piledriver, which is a Special Move in his ([]) + (X) grapple slot. This one's a real closer, and besides, it just looks painful to boot! ====================== ==SECTION 5: CLOSING== ====================== In closing, I would like to thank Jason Blackhart for statistical information, and Michael "maikeru" Leal for movelist information. Fire ProWrestling Returns Character Guide: The Dynamite Kid (c)2005 Bill Wood


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At my first Tuesday night league night I couldn't help but notice that I was one of about 30 that had a bow that could actually be taken into the woods and hunted with... I guess I really want to update my bow for a great 5-spot shooter but don't want to loose the choice to take it hunting. So that means no shinny chrome or 50" lengths... What do you say folks, what are the best target bows that are still hunt able, but keep in mind that the primary use will be either 3-d or 5-spot.
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An easy way to archive your vinyl to CD or MP3 and stuff your iPod full of the best from your record collection.
The Numark TTi is a USB turntable with iPod dock that delivers the kind of quality you'd expect from Numark. USB connectivity, and the convenience of using your iPod are now fused together. The USB turntable with its built-in universal dock for iPod on the back left corner easily transfers your old vinyl collection to your iPod. The TTi turntable comes with EZ Vinyl Converter 2 (PC) and EZ Audio Converter (MAC), 2 of the simplest ways to record and convert vinyl directly to iTunes or your iPod. EZ Vinyl Converter 2 features Gracenote MusicID technology which analyzes your vinyl and automatically retrieves album, artist, and song information for you. EZ Audio Converter lets you easily enter track information. On Mac or PC, you can now digitally archive your collection to CD or MP3 in just a few mouse clicks.
The TTi turntable's integrated line-level output allows quick, easy connection to any mixer for instant playback from your iPod or vinyl records and ±10% pitch control is included to enable adjustment of playback speed.
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"Sherry is one of my all-time favorite models. So I wanted her to be among the first fitness women I worked with as I move into making feature-length DVDs." - Bill Dobbins.
SHERRY GOGGIN, former Fitness America Champion, has gone from competing on stage to a career as one of the top international models in the fitness industry.
This DVD follows Sherry through a day in her busy life, from handing out trophies at Muscle Beach, to participating in a glamorous photo shoot, working out at Gold's Gym in Venice, California, and enjoying her California lifestyle by the pool at her home in Los Angeles and in the hills above Malibu. "I have to work very hard at training, diet and staying in shape," says Sherry. "Because I seem to spend most of my life in a bikini. Or a mini-skirt." Of course, given the kind of bikinis that Sherry normally poses in, she jokes she can carry six or seven outfits to a job in a very small purse.
Along with providing plenty of eye-candy for the men, in this DVD Sherry also has something for the women - explaining in detail her views on how to become a fitness model, all about posing, knowing how to dress, applying make-up and picking the right swimsuits to fit your particular body type.
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NASA has taken the next step toward turning real life into a video game:
It has married augmented reality to heads-up-displays and come up with a system to let pilots see through fog, glare, darkness and other conditions that contribute to the single most common factor in airline crashes.
Global positioning systems tell pilots exactly where they are, but don't have any information about rolling terrain, buildings, mountains and other obstacles that are as deadly as they are hard to see in challenging conditions.
"If pilots are not familiar with the airport, they have to stop and pull out maps," said Trey Arthur, an electronics engineer at NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia. "This display, in the new world where these routes are going to be digital, can tell them what taxiway they're on, where they need to go, where they're headed, and how well they're tracking the runway's center line."
The augmented-reality headset fits over one eye and display what looks like the actual runway, taxiways and other directional data as the plane is on the ground as well as the runway centerline and terrain details during the approach to landing.
The headset is a new product in itself, but doesn't use any GPS or terrain data that aren't already available, according to NASA. The system works in ways similar to the heads-up-displayes fghter pilots use, but incorporates data from high-precision efforts to map the Earth's surface such as the Space Shuttle's Radar Topography Mission in 2000.
It has been tested in a unique NASA plane with two cockpits – one normal, with windows, the other totally enclosed so the "blind" pilot has to fly using only data from the augmented reality system.
The setup helped keep test pilots from crashing, but was primarily designed to verify the quality of NASA[s terrain and location data, the accuracy of the augmented reality display and the ability of pilots to fly using only a virtual picture of the real world.
NASA has been working on Synthetic Vision systems for civilian use since 1993. This headset, which is designed for airliners, could also be adapted to help drivers in cars, though the challenge of gathering enough detailed terrain data to make it practical for cars is a huge challenge.
The challenge of landing a plane, not to mention the downside of failing to notice the bit of terrain into which you're about to fly is incalculably higher. The number of locations needed to make the device useful for pilots and level of detail needed about airports is far lower than trying to provide the same level of detail in a form that would be useful for drivers on any of the 10s of thousands of miles of roads in the U.S.
If the headset ever makes it into the consumer market, it won't be for quite a while.
The headset does not yet even have an official name. NASA is still looking for commercial business partners who can bring the headset to market aimed specifically at pilots. The auto version will have to wait until later.
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A Decade of Change
Ten years back, IT outsourcing vendor from India had the opportunity to hire top notch talent from premier institutes only. However, the equation in India has changed over last ten years. While 10 years ago, the total requirement for IT companies would have been in the range of 3000+, today it is in the order of 200,000+. This has created huge supply-demand gap for quality and trained resources in Indian market and a challenge for IT outsourcing vendors including multinationals trying to establish it's presence in India. While 10 years back if an organization got 10 personnel from these outsourcing companies, it was very likely that managers were extremely happy with each one of the individuals or at least 8 out of 10 resources, today out of 10, may be there are 2 or 3 resources that create the same level of awe to managers and customers. This in turn reflects the lower value add to customer organization per vendor resource deployed.
Outsourcing IT vendors have tried to address this issue to some extent by strengthening the training process, mandating technology training and requiring certifications per year and so on but the issue of poor quality of staff remains.
IT organizations should try to perform either fixed price projects or should put the candidates thru interview process by their own organization in case of Time & Material engagement or perform engagements based on SLA (Service Level Agreements) to address the issue of not getting so desired resource quality. Project level outsourcing works well with price not to exceed clauses where Outsourcing IT vendors can manage the work and do blend the resource skill mix. The support level work need qualified and trained resources to address application issues. Most of the support work is considered as helpdesk work with scripting requirements. Lot of IT support work requires knowledge e.g. EDI mapping error, application interface issue, performance throughput issue.
The value of dollar with respect to Indian currency is declining - Outsourcing exposes risk to foreign currency fluctuation and value of dollar. Current trend and trade deficit have been putting pressure on dollar and eating up cost advantage of outsourcing and it has to be seen how long outsourcing can sustain. Indian currency (rupee) has been rising. Last year alone, the Indian currency has risen more than 12%. This in turn is putting pressure on Outsourcing IT vendors based out of India. While a currency's appreciation is linked with higher productivity, this is not the case in IT (at least nothing documented). Therefore, outsourcing vendors will negotiate rates or at times even change the working hours.
For example if offshore is working 8.8 hrs a day, the organization might increase the offshore working ours to 9 hrs a day, an effective increase of 2-3% increment in addition to rate increases. Vendors typically do not provide increased per day productivity per vendor resource to account for this increased hours & cost.
IT organizations have very little to control over it and hence the organization should move either to SLA based or fixed price based engagements to mitigate their risk of increasing cost or request for data to substantiate increased productivity
Salaries of IT personnel in USA & India have been rising
Also the cost of IT personnel experienced with new technologies is higher and even vendors would charge a higher rate for their personnel experienced with newer technologies for example people experienced in J2EE, Data-warehousing etc. Also vendors might not provide people with lot of experience in newer technologies to justify the higher rate. For example out of 50 J2EE developers deployed in the project, 30 odd developers might have around 1 year experience or even less experience.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - A Russian court has ordered two Greenpeace crew members to be released on bail but kept one in jail following a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic.
The three were among 30 people on a Greenpeace ship seized by the Russian coast guard on Sept. 18.
The judge in St. Petersburg on Monday ordered the release of freelance photographer Denis Sinyakov and ship doctor Yekaterina Zaspa on bail of 2 million rubles ($61,500) each, but declined to free Australian Greenpeace activist Colin Russell.
Investigators had asked St. Petersburg courts to extend the detention period of all 30. Hearings for others on the Greenpeace boat are expected in the coming days.
During similar hearings two months ago, the rulings were the same in all 30 cases.


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Houston Home Sales Decline for First Time in Three Years
Houston home sales have declined for the first time in three years. But that's not necessarily an indication of a bad economy.
Houston Association of Realtors chairman Chaille Ralph says it's not exactly good news, but it's not evidence of a housing bubble bursting, either.
"The home sales decline I think still really appears to be a supply and demand issue that we're seeing. We still have many buyers in the market and home sales are strong we just have limited inventory at this point."
Ralph says she wouldn't hesitate to put a home on the market.
"I wouldn't be concerned about putting a home on the market. Obviously sales prices are still up; average price was over $280,000 and the median price for May was $200,000 -- both record numbers."


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The 18th century is sometimes referred to as the early modern period, the century in which modern man was born. In stylistic terms, 18th-century painting moved in several directions.
In the first part of the century, the style known as Rococo was dominant. Paintings were private and intimate in nature, with a bright, cool palette. Motifs were still drawn from antiquity, but the emphasis was on the sensual and erotic rather than the heroic.
In the late 18th century, two main movements predominated. From Rome and Paris came a classicizing ideal with a cool palette and a fondness for classical mythology. The other movement emphasized art's emotional content and drew inspiration from the new-found interest in nature, which had originated in England.
The art of the 18th century also includes paintings that can be seen as realistic depictions of simple everyday objects and domestic interiors.
Nationalmuseum has one of the world's finest collections of 18th-century French art, thanks to Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695–1770), ambassador and royal art dealer. The works he acquired included The Triumph of Venus by François Boucher, direct from the artist's studio.
With the Enlightenment, more and more people began to take an interest in educating the masses. Education, literature and art were discussed in the drawing room. Church and clergy began to lose their power. The first museums were built, again for educational purposes. Sweden gained its first museum in 1793: Gustav III's museum of antiquities in the Royal Palace.
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Things Hoped For
Gwen X Robert
Summary: Robert broke up with Alicia then meets Gwen again a month later. Is this fate?
Disclaimer: I do not own "Things Hoped For". Andrew Clements is the proud owner of this AWESOME book.
Jana (me): Hello guys! I wanted to make a "Things Hoped For" fic because there was none, so I thought "What The Hell". This book is awesome!
Sasuke: Ahem... ANIME?
Sakura: Don't tell me you've lost interest in us?
Jana (me): OF COURSE NOT! I WILL ALWAYS LOVE ANIME TILL THE DAY I DIE!
Sasuke: We all know that...
Sakura: *giggles* Sasuke-kun~
Sasuke: Hey babe~ *smirk*
Jana (me): Don't do it in front of moi! Well, let's get on with the story! HEY! NOT ON MY BED!
Robert's POV
It's been a month since I broke up with Alicia and I've already moved on. I'm here in NYC and I'm just in a cafe two blocks away from Carnegie Hall. College is tough and kind of tiring, but I'm glad that we get a month off for resting. Although, somehow I can't seem to get a certain person out of my mine... Gwen...
I was about to leave the cafe, but then a familiar face showed up.
"Gwen?" I said shocked and happy to see her again. Just think two years ago we were trying to solve where her grampa died... Well, He was in the freezer.
"Robert? Oh My GOD! How long has it been? How's college?"
"College is fine. We got a month off to rest abit." I replied. 'Well, cool! Us too! How's Alicia?"
Gwen's POV
How's Alicia... Man... I can't seem to get him off my mind again. I feel like I'm going back to my previous feelings for him. 'We broke up." He said... I was ecstatic! Well, I know it's kind of mean to be, but after hearing him say that they broke up makes my infatuation on him get stronger.
"So, want to hang out?" He asked and of course, I agreed. We spent the whole day together. We wnt to Carnegie Hall, watched a scary movie (IT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME!) and went walking on the shoreline. It was capital R-O-M-A-N-T-I-C. Night fall came and we were in a restaurant called Maid Latte. (Sorry couldn't think of anything...)
"This was fun." I said while grabbing hold of my Cola. "Yeah, like old times."
Robert's POV
Old times... Somehow I'm growing more fond to her, and not just in a friend-type way, but I think I'm falling in love with her.
"Say... Um... Let's have one more stop." I asked. "Sure. Like... the park?"
"You know me too well" I replied as we got off our seats and head out to the park.
"It's beautiful here." She said. "yeah, you are."
"Um... " She started blushing as she stated.
"Gwen... One of the reasons why I broke up with Alicia is you. I couldn't get you off of my mind."
"R-Robert... " I started to take her hand and said: "Gwen, I love you."
Gwen's POV
He... Loves... Me? I was ecstatic. "You have no idea how long I've wanted you to say that. I've been crushing on you ever since we met and it grew more than infatuation. I love you too." I said as I started crying tears of joy.
"Beautiful girls like you shouldn't cry." He said as he wiped a tear off my face and we started staring into each other's eyes as we started moving closer and closer until... Our lips collided. We kissed.
"One more thing." Robert said as he broke off the kiss
"What is it?" I said blushing. "Be my girlfriend." He asked... as if he doesn't know the answer. "Of course." i replied as we walked back home, hand-in-hand, together... as a couple.
Jana (me): Hello! How was it?
Sasuke: I think you should've made this into a SasuSaku fic.
Jana (me): You would just ruin it by making out.
Sakura: Well... We do make out a lot.
Sasuke: Who cares about that. *Starts making out with Sakura*
Jana (me): *facepalm* As always! Review anyone?


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by Karl Utermohlen | September 20, 2013 12:26 pm
An apparel manufacturer has come under fire for allegations of fixing prices of sports bras with some of the U.K.'s largest department stores.
CNBC reports[1] that the U.K.'s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) alleges that John Lewis, Debenhams and House of Fraser artificially raised the price of sports bras by working with French bra manufacturer DB Apparel. OFT is investigating these companies based on events that allegedly took place between 2001 and 2008 where DB Apparel and the stores agreed on the resale price of Shock Absorber bras.
If these allegations are true, the companies could be in trouble as this would be an infringement of competition law. A DB Apparel spokesperson discussed the allegations and said that these allegations were not true.
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