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Change Management: Getting Employees on Board
By Martin Staubus
I'm an employee – maybe an adjuster at an insurance firm, maybe a marketing assistant at a hardware distributor. I like my routine. I get up every morning at 6:30 a.m., listen to my favorite music, get out the door around 7:20 a.m. Stop at my local Starbuck's (been doing the hazelnut macchiatos this week) and pull into the company parking lot at 7:57 a.m. (traffic willing). A few hellos to colleagues, then plop into my desk-chair. Flip on the desktop, read some news sites (maybe sports, maybe gossip), check Facebook, and log off when the boss stops in.
Same goes for my work routine. I got it down to a science – I can almost do it on autopilot.
And now my boss wants to toss all that out to put in a new system?! Yeah, yeah, greater efficiency, lower costs, blah, blah, blah. It's just a big pain in the neck to me. Why can't we just stick with the old system?
People are homeostatic – they don't like change. http://www.yourdictionary.com/homeostatic. At least not without a good reason that makes the change attractive. So academic studies and real-world experience are chock full of examples of situations in which a company's senior management (usually aided by expert consultants) devised a new and better way to get work done – cheaper, faster, more efficient – only to have the employees sandbag the change initiative. They play dumb, they "forget," they accidentally break the new equipment, and management's brilliant new initiative dies a sorry death.
Change initiatives are notorious for their failure rate. http://journal.acs-cam.org.uk/data/archive/2009/200901-article2.pdf. And that's especially troubling given that change is practically a constant in today's business environment. Is there a way to increase the odds of success?
Yes. Change initiatives fail when the employees have no stake in the upside. Indeed, too often change initiatives represent only a threat to employees – difficult new skills to learn, maybe even the possibility of layoffs. The solution? Give them a stake in the upside.
It Starts with the Why
Humans are not robots. We humans need to care about something before we put real effort into it. So every change initiative needs to start with the "Why." What's the big picture? Why does this change matter? Only after management has communicated this vision of a better future will the employees be ready to listen to the details – the specifics of the change itself. http://www.startwithwhy.com/.
Of course, the "Why" will surely be tied to the positive impact of the change on the company's financial performance. And why should the employees care about that? If you haven't presented a compelling proposition as to why employees should care about the success of the company, let that be your most important assignment today.
If your company is working on a cure for cancer or building the first manned space vehicle to Mars, your challenge is simple. If your company sells insurance or distributes parts for the widget manufacturing industry, you won't be able to rely on the compelling power of your mission. What to do then? Well, consider why the company's owner cares about the company's success. No doubt he is motivated by the personal wealth that he stands to gain if the company grows successfully. He also takes pride in that success. The companies that are growing fastest today have found ways to extend those motives to the employees. (Example: New Belgium Brewing, the fastest growing craft brewery in the U.S. http://www.newbelgium.com/sustainability/Stories.aspx). These companies give their employees an opportunity to participate in the ownership of the company, so that employees have a clear stake – pride and profit – in the venture. These companies practice "open book management" so employees can keep score, follow the action, and see if the business is performing well. http://www.ggob.com/. At these companies, when management presents the idea of a new way to get things done cheaper/better/faster, the employees are all in favor, jumping on the opportunity to improve their company. These companies implement positive change with enthusiasm and success. These companies will own the future.


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Mitsubishi HC7000 Projector Review
A summary of the Mitsubishi HC7000 projector's pros and cons and capabilities.
Mitsubishi HC7000 Projector: Bottom Line
Mitsubishi has built a good one. No, a great one. The HC7000 is their top of the line, 3LCD 1080p projector, and from a picture quality standpoint, performs as you would expect and demand for a projector in this price range. Since the HC7000 (link to projector specifications) is sold only through local dealers, you can expect to pay more, than for comparable projectors sold online, but that all works out, if you are planning to hire a local dealer. I've always believed that local dealers need to make a certain profit per project, and if you buy the projector elsewhere, and give it to the local dealer to install, you are likely to find that you save less than hoped for. (Of course that's just my two cents, but my old company did local sales as well as online.)
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So, back to the HC7000. The HC7000's picture, after calibration, really is a great one. Rich blacks, natural colors, sharp image, quiet operation, all come together for a great viewing experience.
As mentioned elsewhere, for most folks, the only area of performance where the HC7000 takes a hit, is in brightness. That's OK though, as long as you keep brightness in mind in your projector selection process, along with your room conditions, what you watch, and screen size (and surface). If you don't run out of lumens, this is going to be wonderful projector for you, for a long time.
There are still some serious new competitors coming out that might be a better choice for you, but, all considered, you don't get to play with them like I do, picking apart the finer points of each. Sure, maybe if you saw a JVC RS2 – with its best in class black levels, side by side with the HC7000, you might want more, but, for all but the most hard core enthusiasts, the Mitsubishi HC7000 should provide great pleasure and no complaints.
But for brightness, and my large 128″ diagonal screen, I could definitely live happily with the HC7000. Also, brightness issues notwithstanding (and I don't use an anamorphic lens), I definitely have a preference for the HC7000, relative to the less expensive Panasonic PT-AE3000. We'll see shortly, how the other new models compare, but keep in mind, the projectors in this class are all, well, really, really good!
Mitsubishi HC7000 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities
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Tim McGraw tops the country charts with 'Two Lanes of Freedom'
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Tim McGraw is leading the way on the new Country Albums chart with his latest effort, "Two Lanes Of Freedom." Billboard.com says fans picked up 107-thousand copies of the album in its first week out to propel it to the top spot on the chart.
But Tim is falling a little short on the all-genre Billboard 200. He's entering that list at number two behind Josh Groban. Groban's new release, "All That Echoes," saw sales of 145-thousand last week to easily land at number one.
"Two Lanes Of Freedom" is McGraw's first album under his new contract with Big Machine Records. The album features the hit singles "One Of Those Nights" and "Truck Yeah." It's Tim's 14th Country Albums chart-topper, and marks his 15th time in the top ten on the Billboard 200.


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Light pollution is an ambient background and direct artificial light that interferes with astronomical observations; it does this by reducing the contrast of celestial objects with the sky, thus limiting the ability to see faint sources. Groups of volunteers around the world are now showing that effective laws and guidelines can be instated at the local and regional levels of government, which mean that proper outdoor night lighting can be a norm so that everybody benefits-auto drivers, sleeping residents, government budgets, and astronomers alike. Laws mandating full-cutoff light fixtures are already in place in states such as Maine and Connecticut and are pending in some others.
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A middle-aged man has been banned from every library in a county - for FIGHTING among the bookshelves.
Police were called to the hushed corridors of the town library in Llanelli, South Wales, after a brawl broke out.
One library regular was seen to argue with another man - and staff asked the two men to leave.
But a fight broke out and police were called.
Now the regular library user has been banned from every library in Carmarthenshire, South Wales.
A spokesman said: "We do experience occasional disruptive behaviour, however we would not normally expect this kind of thing to happen in a library.
"We will not tolerate this kind of behaviour, and the user has been banned from utilising the services offered by all Carmarthenshire libraries."
It is believed the row erupted over use of a computer in the library.
A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police said officers were called to reports of a fight at the library - but the men left by the time officers arrived.
The spokeswoman said: "Inquiries are ongoing. It would be just speculation to suggest we may throw the book at them."


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Kirsten Dunst, everyone's favorite Interview With the Vampire dimpled child star and Spiderman heroine, has recently kept her distance from the silver screen.
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I have loved football since I was a 10 year old boy. Around that time, a new team was introduced to the NFL called the Jacksonville Jaguars. Instead of following one of the more popular teams at the time, I thought I'd start fresh as a fan with this new franchise. Since then, I have been around through the teams ups and downs.
As a writer, I hope you will enjoy what I bring to Jaguars 101. If you're like me, you're always surfing the web and keeping updated on the state of the front office, coaches, players, and even ticket sales regarding our beloved team. It is my goal to bring interesting articles to Jaguars 101, so readers stay engaged with the site. I will share team news, personal opinions, along with game day analysis that I hope Jag Nation will be satisfied reading on a daily basis.
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On September 21, 22, 2002, Her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak gathered, in Sharm El Sheikh, a wide spectrum of participants, among them public figures, advocates of peace, international non governmental organizations, the United Nations and its specialized organizations, agencies and programmes and many more to reflect and come up with concrete steps for women to foster peace nationally and internationally. The "Women for Peace, Dialogue for Action" conference culminated in the launching of the Women for Peace Movement in a Declaration "Call for Action" urging women to work along side men to accelerate a culture that fosters tolerance, peace and human security in an environment that is wraught with conflicts, wars and terrorism.
As a follow up, H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak officially announced the establishment on June 16, 2003, of the "Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement", as a non profit international non governmental association in Geneva Switzerland with chapters in many parts of the world and a permanent secretariat in Cairo.
The purpose of the Movement is to reinforce the impact of the effective programmes, organizations and institutions working for a world of peace to achieve collectively the following goals:
Advance a coordinated gender-based global response to avert violence at all levels and pursue creative options with vigour and determination that offer viable alternatives to armed conflicts and foster greater tolerance among people.
Empower women to monitor and promote their increased participation as key influencers and effective change agents at all levels of political, economic and social action.
Engage in coalition building
to foster strategic alliances that enhance strength
from consolidated action.
Promote a shared vision of the role of women in formal and informal peace processes.
Ensure the involvement of women as active partners in the elaboration of international policies and action of peace.
Some may question, what can women do? Aren't there many agencies and associations that already exist that have tried and are still trying? Why another one?
To these questions, I can only agree. Yes, we are many who are committed to pursue this cause for it is definitely a worthy cause.
But, I and many who have joined me, strongly believe that women have a vested interest in preventing wars. If we, as women, have been unable to move forward in the way we would have liked to in this area, this should by no means deter us from trying again and again and finding different approaches that we believe will work.
This association has as its main objective to link up with the multitude of organizations and agencies and peace activists that already exist, to offer a platform for all of us to join forces and strengthen the impact of individual initiatives. This is where our agenda is unique. We believe that it is only through unity and synergy that much more can be achieved.
You will agree with me that we must keep trying, and devise new ways to open new doors. If we do nothing now, we will face our conscience in maybe having missed another opportunity for contributing to a better world - a world of peace for the coming generations.
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to consume certain Pure Flavor brand pre-cut vegetables because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria.
The recall affects Pure Flavor brand's Freshly Cut Grillers in Premium Medley, Asparagus Blend, Rustic Blend and Steak Topper trays with expiration dates of Aug. 11 through Aug. 26.
The products, made by Leamington, Ont.-based Pure Hothouse Foods Inc., have been distributed across Ontario.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of the products so far.
Food contaminated with the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria may not look or smell spoiled but can cause listeriosis.
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As of October 28, 2004 there is a new law that changes the way your deposited checks are handled. Prior to this law, most checks were physically transported before clearing. The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (known as Check 21) creates negotiable substitute checks that can be used in the same way you would use the original checks. Some of the benefits of the Check 21 law include less paper, increased security, decreased fraud, and faster check clearing. For more information on Check 21, please.
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Certegy is the most advanced, up-to-date database of bad check writers in the nation. Comprised of data from the nation's largest retailers (such as Kmart and Wal-Mart), Certegy enables you to decide whether or not to accept a customer's check at point-of-sale. If you are part of the Certegy network, you have access to the largest database of known bad check writers in existence – over 10 million unique records from 71,000 locations across the country.
Certegy was developed in 1985 to help retailers combat the problem of bad check writers by sharing information. Since then, it has become the largest check verification network (by dollar volume and transaction volume) in the nation. In 2002, Certegy authorized 3.5 billion checks worth over $200 billion. That is more than twice as much as their nearest competitor.


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We loves you, new 'Porgy and Bess'
NEW YORK – On paper, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (* * * ½ out of four) sounds a little crass.
The much-buzzed-about new musical-theater adaptation of the classic folk opera aims to make one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century more accessible to contemporary Broadway audiences, abridging the work and adding spoken dialogue.
Prominent among the revisions is the title — helpful, as Stephen Sondheim quipped in a letter to The New York Times last summer, "in case anyone was worried it was the Rodgers and Hart Porgy and Bess that was coming to town."
There were many other skeptics. So it's a relief to report that the production that opened Thursday at the Richard Rodgers Theatre is a canny and exuberant re-affirmation of the original's enduring brilliance, neither disrespecting Porgy's creators nor patronizing theatergoers.
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, musician Diedre L. Murray and director Diane Paulus have cut the recitative, which will no doubt irk purists. Happily, Parks' minimal libretto, despite a few too-cute flourishes, doesn't strain against the unmannered poignance and folksy wit of DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin's lyrics.
And while William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke's vibrant orchestrations emphasize the primacy of jazz in George Gershwin's score, the singing reminds us that Porgy's lush crop of standards — among them Summertime, My Man's Gone Now and I Loves You, Porgy— are also glorious arias. Paulus' extravagantly talented cast brings both classical chops and an affinity for the composer's African-American influences.
The show proves an especially winning vehicle for leading lady Audra McDonald. Where her dramatic soprano has seemed a little heavy or stiff in other musical-theater roles, she invests Bess' songs with both technical authority and a fluid, full-bodied sense of character that extends to her spoken lines. Tracing the drug-addled Bess' attempt to turn her life around under Porgy's loving guidance, McDonald is by turns tender and crass, droll and desperate, and always wrenchingly human.
As Porgy, the less-celebrated Norm Lewis is a revelation. That the character walks with a cane here, rather than using the traditional goat cart, only emphasizes the contrast between his lame body and his bursting heart. Hobbling toward McDonald or carefully leaning in to embrace her, Lewis' eyes burn with a soulful urgency that matches his robust baritone.
Other members of the downtrodden, close-knit community of Catfish Row have their own star turns. David Alan Grier offers a charismatic, if intermittently cartoonish, take on dope pusher Sporting Life. Phillip Boykin brings a more glowering heft to Porgy's romantic rival Crown, NaTasha Yvette Williams a sassy swagger to neighborhood matriarch Mariah. Joshua Henry and Nikki Renee Daniels sing brightly and add earthy glamor as the doomed young couple Jake and Clara.
Ronald K. Brown's buoyant choreography re-affirms both the life force sustaining these characters and the validity of Porgy and Bess as a musical drama that tells its story through song, dance and speech. But rest assured that the songs remain the focus, and as rapturous as ever.
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No strike three for Coca Cola and head coach Chot Reyes.
The Tigers rode on their fearless attacking game and championship poise to defeat San Miguel Beer delivered a masterful 92-84 clincher on December 14 in their decisive Game 7 for Samsung-PBA Reinforced Conference championship.
Artemus McClary, named the tournament Best Import, gave 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter.
Clinging to a 65-59 edge entering the final canto, the Tigers opened the stage with a decisive 20-11 exchange, the last nine came from the Coke import who capped the run with a three-pointer for the biggest lead of the game, 85-70, 5:45 left in the game.
But the Beermen, who played the last seven minutes of the match without import Kwan Johnson, found a second wind and behind the hustle plays of Dondon Hontiveros and Olsen Racela, they countered with a 12-2 surge to cut the lead to five, 82-87, 1:39 remaining.
Johnny Abarrientos then put a halt to the spirited comeback with a pair of free throws off a foul by Dorian Pena, 89-82. Hontiveros converted a quick drive but Ato Morano sealed the win with more two free throws.
Morano added 14 points while Finals MVP Jeffrey Cariaso had 13, 11 of them in the second half. Rudy Hatfield chipped in 10, all in the first half.
Dorian Pena paced the runners-up with 23 points and 15 rebounds, with 13 coming off the offensive end. Hontiveros had 19 markers, Johnson and Nic Belasco netted 11 apiece while Danny Ildefonso had 10 but had eight of the team's 18 turnovers, five of them coming in the fourth quarter.
The victory gave Reyes his fourth PBA title and the monicker "Mr. December" after he also piloted Coca-Cola to the All-Filipino crown on Christmas Day last year against Alaska.


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The initiative - 2020 Vision: Achieving Critical Mass - aims to attract investment from around the world.
It will focus on five key areas including developing new technologies, attracting leading scientists and building collaborative projects.
The strategy has been developed by the Life Sciences Alliance in partnership with Scottish Enterprise.
Finance Secretary John Swinney said Scotland was already a hub for life sciences, which contribute more than £2.8bn to the economy each year.
At the strategy launch he added: "Life sciences is an industry that can boost investment in Scotland and, with Scottish expertise, develop revolutionary and potentially life-saving technologies.
"We welcome the contribution this strategy makes to equipping the sector in Scotland with expertise and skills needed to lead global developments."
Jack Perry, Scottish Enterprise chief executive, said: "Life sciences has been one of Scotland's greatest success stories in recent years and it has the potential to become even more significant for the growth of our economy."
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- HAMMOND FARMERS MARKET: 8 a.m.-noon, #2 W. Thomas St., Hammond. Fresh produce, arts and crafts. (985) 277-5681 or email@example.com
- JEANERETTE FARMERS MARKET: 8 a.m.-noon, Jeanerette City Park. Tarleton Street, Jeanerette. Locally-grown foods and handmade items. (337) 276-4293 or jeanerettechamber.org
- LAFOURCHE CENTRAL MARKET: 8 a.m.-noon, Lafourche Central Market Pavilion, 4484 La. 1, Raceland. Local farmers, fishermen, artisans and more. Free. (985) 438-1231
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- PROMENADE D'ART DE FRANKLIN: 3 p.m.-6 p.m., Main Street, Franklin. Art walk featuring local and regional visual artists and published authors. Free. (337) 828-6345
- POLOS & PEARLS NIGHT: 5 p.m., downtown St. Francisville. Presented by the St. Francisville Main Street Merchants Association. Shops and eateries open, local artisans and musicians, trolley transportation available. (225) 635-3873 or stfrancisvillefestivals.com
- LUAU ALMOST SLEEPOVER: 6:30 p.m.-11 p.m., Louisiana Children's Discovery Center, 113 N. Cypress St., Hammond. Dinner, free play, educational activities, games and more. $25; each additional child, $20. (985) 340-9150
- TECHE AREA FARMERS MARKET: 7 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday, and 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Bouligny Plaza, 102 W. Main St., New Iberia. Locally grown produce and homemade products. (337) 369-2330
- AUDITIONS FOR 'A USO CHRISTMAS SHOW': 3 p.m.-5 p.m. singers, and 5 p.m.-6 p.m., variety acts, Sunday; and 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Monday, Essanee Theater, 126 Iberia St., New Iberia. An Iberia Performing Arts League production. (337) 364-6114 or (337) 380-4792
- FIRST REHEARSAL FOR SLU NORTHSHORE CHORAL SOCIETY AND UNIVERSITY CHORUS: 6:30 p.m., choir room, Pottle Music Building Annex, SLU, Hammond. Open to singers from the campus and community. (985) 549-2334 or southeastern.edu/fpa
- GLC FARMERS MARKET: 2 p.m.-6 p.m., GLC Meat Market, 211 N. Main St., Loreauville. Locally grown produce and homemade products. (337) 577-9160
- PAUL AND LULU HILLIARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM: University of Louisiana at Lafayette. "Earth and Element: the Art of George Dunbar," through Aug. 30. "The Walter Anderson Family Legacy: Shearwater Pottery," through Sept. 6. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon Friday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. (337) 482-2278
- A&E GALLERY: 335 W. St. Peter St., New Iberia. Watercolor exhibit by Darnelle Delcambre's students, through Aug. 31. (337) 367-7668
- LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM-PATTERSON: 118 Cotten Road, Patterson. "Cleo Scott: The Wildlife Carvings of a Louisiana Artist," an exhibit of waterfowl decoys and life-sized sculptures of songbirds, through Aug. 31. (985) 399-1268
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"Oh my gosh, yeah. He's my biggest critic. I always know when he likes it when he sees me and he doesn't say anything and he gets kind of flushed. I go, 'Oh-ho. That means you like it!'"
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Due to tremendous growth, Papa Murphy's is excited to announce the opening of its fourth location in the Greenville-area this June. The new restaurant will be located at 2603 Woodruff Road, Simpsonville, SC 29681.
Voted the number one pizza chain according to consumers in Nation's Restaurant News, and Zagat's #1 pizza chain for the third straight year, Papa Murphy's prides themselves on their gourmet pizzas. From vegetarian pizza to a five meat stuffed pizza, pizza offerings can be customized for any taste. Using only the freshest ingredients, Papa Murphy's allows customers to choose from several dough choices, sauces, cheese, and toppings. With a fully customized pizza creation, it's a difference anyone can taste.
Papa Murphy's newest conception is the Stuffed Pizza Line, which allows customers to choose any Large Stuffed Pizza (five meat, Chicago-style, or Chicken Bacon), a side (cookie dough or cheesy bread) and a two liter beverage for only $15 (limited time only).
Stop by any of the three existing locations in Greenville - 6015 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Taylors, SC 29687; 1494 Poinsett Highway Suite A-01, Greenville, SC 29609; 3935 Pelham Road Suite H, Greenville, SC 29615 – to pick up a pizza today.
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The residence hall is home to 176 students in singles, doubles, and suites. Rooms are arranged in horizontal and vertical clusters, with a lounge and kitchenette located within each cluster. The building is formed by two main wings connected by a large common space that includes a game room, television room, formal living room with a fireplace, and a Golden Pear kitchen. Each room has card-swipe access and in-ceiling and floor radiant heat, with adjustable temperature controls.
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The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green building Rating System™, overseen by the U.S. Green Building Council, recognizes environmentally conscious building projects by using a specified list of qualifications. In order to obtain certification, a building project acquires "points" in various categories including water and energy efficiency, sustainable site development, design innovation, and materials. Building plans are then rated on a system from Certified to Platinum. The new residence hall accumulated points across these categories, including the following measures:
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- building is 45% more efficient than the Massachusetts building code requires
- greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 404 tons/year - the equivalent to taking 70 cars off the road
- heat recovery wheel
- continuously monitored building management control system
- daylight dimming and occupancy sensors in public spaces
- green power purchased to run the building for its first two years
- energy efficient lighting with occupancy sensors
- 24 solar collectors provide 22% of domestic hot water
- water efficiency
- efficient plumbing fixtures use 30% less water than allowed by Massachusetts code
Sustainable Materials
- synthetic roof shingles made from 40% post consumer recycled materials
- 20% of all materials used in the building were purchased locally
- renewable bamboo and cork flooring in common spaces
- 15% of all building materials were made from recycled content
- 93% of all construction waste was recycled
Indoor Environment
- CO2 monitoring system
- light pollution reduction
- low emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in carpet, paint, sealants and adhesives
- composite wood products low emitting and free of added urea formaldehyde resins
Sustainable Site Development
- storm water management minimized runoff and utilized retention systems to limit flow to the brook
- removal of invasive species and use of plants and grasses native to the northeast
- orientation maximized opportunities for natural light, views, and ventilation
- prevention of exterior light illumination into the night sky
- reduction of site compactions due to construction activities
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Authorities have been unable to find the body of a man believed to have drowned in a Stanislaus County creek during last week's series of storms.
Two Newman police officers say they saw a man screaming for help in the rain-swollen Orestimba Creek the night of Jan. 19. He apparently had driven past warning signs and tried to cross a flooded road in his Ford Explorer.
The officers says they later saw him floating face down and go underwater.
On Thursday, a California Highway Patrol helicopter searched for the man, presumed to have drowned, but found no signs of the body.
Authorities also haven't identified the man because Department of Motor Vehicle records for the SUV lead to a nonexistent address, and nearby residents who match the name of the registered owner say the Explorer doesn't belong to them.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — With more than 150 wolves shot so far this year by hunters in the Northern Rockies, a panel of federal judges on Tuesday will consider an emergency halt to public hunts for the animals.
Congress cleared the way for hunting in Montana and Idaho last spring. That's when lawmakers took the unprecedented step of stripping Endangered Species Act protections from more than 1,300 wolves across five states.
But wildlife advocates claim the move breached the separation of powers under the Constitution. Previous court rulings had kept protections in place.
Tuesday's hearing is before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena Calif. The court is being asked to stop the hunts pending its decision on the lawsuit.
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THE first San Francisco 49ers quarterback since Joe Montana or Steve Young to start a Super Bowl did not score touchdowns for tradition-steeped Notre Dame or Brigham Young University. He didn't grow up Mormon, in the Monongahela Valley or with a milk moustache.
Colin Kaepernick is half black, half white and all tatted up. He is your counterculture all-American quarterback, communicating through body art instead of social media. He sprints into the Super Bowl this weekend oblivious to the pressure and expectation heaped on a 25-year-old starting his 10th NFL game.
He has a soul patch on his chin and a chip on his shoulder from birth, and if people keep asking him if he ''feels'' for Alex Smith, who took the 49ers to the NFC championship game a year ago and lost his job to Kaepernick after he was concussed during a game, one day he is going to just blurt out the hard truth: ''Sure, I feel for Alex. But I feel a lot more for me, the kid who everybody passed on all through life - the kid whose birth mother was too young, scared and alone to take me home.''
Barely recruited out of tiny Turlock in central California's farming region, he finally got a scholarship offer from Nevada, where you'd think becoming the first player in National Collegiate Athletic Association history to throw for 10,000 yards and rush for 4000 more would amount to more than being the sixth quarterback taken in the 2011 draft.
But this was Kaepernick's lot in life from the beginning, when the mixed-race child was given up for adoption and taken in by a white couple in Wisconsin, becoming the only family he acknowledged - giving him a life an unwed teenager could not.
Asked if he had run into awkward social situations, Kaepernick nodded, adding, ''We would check into hotels and there's always someone asking me if I needed help when I was standing with my parents,'' he said, half-smiling. When ESPN's Rick Reilly said: ''You've been so loyal to them and in not speaking about the other thing. You feel like it shows respect?''
''Not speaking about what?'' Kaepernick asked.
''Your birth mother.''
''Um, I mean, I don't see that as loyalty,'' Kaepernick said. ''I see that as my family. That's all I know.''
The other side to this tale was unearthed by Yahoo! Sports's Jason Cole earlier this season, who gave a Colorado nurse named Heidi Russo a forum to express the pain and guilt she feels over giving up her son for adoption to another nurse at the hospital where she worked 25 years ago, when she held her baby one last time before handing him to Teresa and Rick to raise and nurture.
While Kaepernick's parents recently reconnected with Russo, who yearns for a relationship with her son and has attended several of his games, Kaepernick doesn't want to open that door.
''That's not something I think about,'' he said when asked if we have the right to peel back those layers for him. ''I'm worried about my family.''
Translation: Russo might have grown into a great, responsible woman with the best of intentions, but when she gave him up, she gave up the right to call herself his mother.
He should be allowed to keep that door closed as long as he wants. It might sound cruel, but he didn't have a choice then. He does now. And as much as forgiveness often helps the forgiver the most, he can decide when, and if, he wants to have a relationship with his birth mother - on his terms.
You don't have to be a mental-health professional to realise Super Bowl week in New Orleans, where a second-year player's head is probably spinning trying to cope with the hype and his player's handbook, might not be the best healing place for the past.
This is the week Kaepernick prepares for Ray Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens, who are salivating at the idea of bringing that 192-centimetre, roped-biceps of a quarterback to the ground before he smooches his guns on national television after another 49ers touchdown.
''Favourite tattoo?'' he said, rhetorically. ''Inside my biceps: 'My gift is my curse.' ''
''There are a lot of different meanings to it,'' Kaepernick said. ''One that applies right here is there are a lot of great things about being an NFL quarterback, a lot of perks. At the same time, there's a lot of things you can't do as an NFL quarterback - just walking around as a normal guy.''
For all the great, young rookies who graced the NFL this season, Kaepernick would love to be that new-generation quarterback.
But if Madison Avenue can't deal with the body art or a genuine back story, oh well. ''If endorsements come, great,'' he says. ''If not …''
If not, he knows he's already in the middle of a much more gratifying mission.
''What would you tell kids who are waiting to be adopted?'' he was asked.
''Just keep your head up,'' Kaepernick said. ''God has a plan for them. You might not be able to see it right now, but he has one.''
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Hoyer restores hometown buzz by rejuvenating Browns
The distance separating St. Ignatius High and FirstEnergy Stadium is only 2.2 miles when snaking through the streets of downtown Cleveland, a five-minute drive for anyone who knows the area. Brian Hoyer turned a simple trip around the corner into a nine-year odyssey before finding his way home.
Hoyer, in case you hadn't heard, is the quarterback who came off the bench two weeks ago and led the Browns to consecutive victories over the Vikings and Bengals. He threw for 590 yards and five touchdowns in the two wins. He'll be under center again Thursday night against the Bills.
Glossing over the facts would be trivializing his unlikely emergence and ignoring the impact he has made on his hometown. Hoyer has led a mini-revival in Cleveland, where the Browns are winning again and the Indians are back in the playoffs. For the first time in years, there's hope in a way Buffalo can certainly understand.
"It's exciting," Hoyer said Tuesday during a conference call. "Obviously, when the Browns are doing well, this city is electric. It goes along with the Indians being in the playoffs. It's a great sports town. The fans really enjoy all the teams. For us to be doing well, I'm sure it's great, but it's a long way in a long season."
You may not know Hoyer, but Cleveland does. He was one of the best quarterbacks in Ohio during his days at St. Ignatius. He grew up a diehard Browns fan and was a season-ticket holder. He idolized Bernie Kosar and Eric Metcalf before the Browns packed up their equipment for Baltimore in 1995.
He was 10 years old at the time, too young to understand the reasons for the Browns' departure. He didn't bother watching pro football during their four-year absence, but it didn't prevent him from fantasizing about playing in the NFL. Fourteen years after they returned, he returned as their starting quarterback.
"It's a great story," Browns coach Rob Chudzinski said. "We try not to get caught up in those things too much and focus on what we need to do to take care of our business. Certainly, a hometown kid playing quarterback is a neat thing. A couple of weeks ago, he made sure somebody else was handling all the ticket requests."
The Hoyer Lift was precisely what Cleveland needed, a sturdy support system that could provide a strong back for a franchise that was buckling under its own weight. The Browns were already reeling after trading away 2012 first-round pick Trent Richardson when quarterback Brandon Weeden suffered a thumb injury.
Cleveland had little to lose but a few games when Chudzinski inserted Hoyer into the lineup. He figured to play a game or two and take his customary place on the bench, where he had spent nearly his entire career, when Weeden returned. The Browns would go back to losing and resume their journey to nowhere.
And now … this?
Hoyer has played like he did back at St. Ignatius. He threw for 321 yards and three touchdowns in a win over the Vikings. He backed up that performance with 269 yards and two scores Sunday in the upset over the Bengals. The Browns are 2-2 and relevant for the first time since 2007. They haven't made the playoffs since 2002.
"It was a spark I was hoping for," Chudzinski said.
The Bills intercepted Joe Flacco five times last week, so they shouldn't be worried about Brian Hoyer throwing the ball all over the field Thursday. But after watching him manage the Browns' offense against the Bengals and validate his first win with another, they're bracing for another difficult road game.
Hard-core Buffalo fans will be pulling for the Bills come Thursday, but soft-hearted Buffalonians can appreciate what Hoyer has meant to Cleveland. In only two games, he breathed life back into the organization. The buzz that has been missing in Buffalo for years can be heard from the far side of Lake Erie.
"You can't get too emotional one way or the other," Hoyer said. "You treat it like a job. Obviously, deep down, it means more because it's a team you grew up dreaming to play for."
Hoyer may not have played at all if he had been taken high enough in the 2004 Major League Baseball draft. The big arm he showed while quarterbacking St. Ignatius also allowed him to throw a 94 mph heater. Several big league teams were interested in him as a pitcher, but they backed off when he signed to play football for Michigan State.
His career with the Spartans was largely forgettable. He completed 55 percent of his passes and threw for 29 touchdowns with 20 interceptions over his final two seasons. He was ignored in the NFL draft and signed a free-agent contract with New England, where he practiced with the scout team during the week and held a clipboard on Sundays.
Hoyer attempted 43 passes, completing one for a touchdown, in three seasons while sitting behind Tom Brady. He never saw the field during a season in Pittsburgh. He made one start – his only NFL start before this season – last season in Arizona and was unceremoniously shown the door.
Hometown boy or not, when the Cardinals aren't interested, and the Browns are your fourth team in four years, and you're the backup quarterback, your days are numbered. Now, it appears that he's just getting started with his NFL career.
Weeden is back practicing and healthy enough to play, but Chudzinski can't justify going back to him now. The Browns haven't had three wins in their first five games since 2001, when Hoyer was a high school sophomore. They might as well take him for a ride and see if he can help them turn the corner.
"When it's all said and done, whenever that may be, I'll be able to look back on it," Hoyer said. "For now, there's no time to do that. I take this job very seriously. You don't want to go out there and embarrass yourself. I could be playing in Arizona or New England, and it would still be just as important as it is now."
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Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital, is located in the northeast of the country in the Gauteng Province. Many of the streets are lined with Jacaranda trees, which have a beautiful mauve blossom in spring. These trees have earned the city the nickname Jacaranda City, while plans have been put in place to rename the city to Tshwane.
The centre of Pretoria, Church Square is surrounded by historic buildings, including the Palace of Justice, the Old Capitol Theatre, the Old Council Chambers and the Tudor Chambers.
Shopping malls and chain stores mean its a good place to stop and shop.
If it's your bag check out the Tswaing ('Place of Salt') Crater situated about 50 kilometres north of Pretoria. It gets 12,000 visitors a year because it's one of the best preserved meteor craters in the world. It's got a museum and entry to the area costs around R15 with guided tours available for a little more. To the west of Pretoria you can head out to Hartebeespoort Dam for a day, but the area is generally quite busy with locals flocking to the area on their days off.
Pretoria will be a host city for the World Cup 2010. World Cup matches in Pretoria will be held the Loftus Versfeld Stadium, one of the oldest stadiums in South Africa. The stadium has been used for major sporting events since 1903 and since 1948 it has undergone perennial upgrades. It has been used for both rugby and football matches and is home to one of the country's top rugby teams, the Blue Bulls. Loftus Versfeld is in the heart of Tshwane/Pretoria and currently has a seating capacity of over 50,000.
Due to its copious number of jacaranda trees, Pretoria is often referred to by South Africans as Jacaranda City. In late spring when the trees are in bloom, the area takes on a purplish hue. October's Jacaranda Festival honors the native symbol with family entertainment and a special market.
Pretoria has a fairly moderate climate compared to many other parts in the country. Temperatures average around 27 °C from October to March and around 20 °C from June to August. Nights are roughly around 13 °C to 17 °C during winter, but only around 3 degrees on average in June and July. Extremes of 35 °C and -4 °C have been recorded. May to October is fairly dry, November to March is the rainy season with between 100 and 150 mm of rain each month.
Fly into Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport (IATA code: JNB/). From there the R21 (Albertina Sisulu Highway) leads to Pretoria. Airport shuttles are available at the airport or can be booked in advance.
Shosholoza Meyl is the national railway and the main routes are:
The N1, N3, N4, N12 and N14 national highways all connect in the Gauteng region, making Pretoria easily accessible by car from around the country.
Distances from Pretoria:
Greyhound South Africa, Intercape and Translux all have services to and from Pretoria. Most main cities are connected to Pretoria, including Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.
Pretoria is quite a large city, so it's likely you will need your car to get from your hotel to the main sights. Walking the streets at night is not recommended. Major car rental agencies in Pretoria include Avis, Budget Car Rental, Europcar, Hertz, and First Car Rental.
Either use a metered taxi, rent a car or use the municipal bus service. There is also a very extensive network of informal, cheap minibus taxis, mostly used by local commuters. These taxis have a reputation for being unsafe, but this has greatly improved in recent years and most taxis are now relatively luxurious and not overcrowded, except during peak times. Accidents are rare. Ask locals waiting at taxi stops about routes and rates.
Walking is a good option during the day, but us unsafe after dark in certain areas, such as central Pretoria.
The renowned restaurants include Cynthia's, The Hillside Tavern and Pachas. There are also many franchised diners throughout the city.
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Pretoria is one of South Africa's leading academic cities, and it's home to the country's largest residential, the Tshwane University of Technology.
Big cities and most of the popular places in the country usually have an internet café though they are not as abundant as in, for example, Asia or South America. It's also relatively expensive, usually 20-30 rand an hour, sometimes even more. Many of the accommodation options have internet access available, either wireless with your own laptop or by their own computer(s). Wireless access is also available throughout the country in more and more cafes and eateries, sometimes free and sometimes for a small fee. Note that you usually have to login anyway and agree with the terms and conditions. It is cheapest to buy a prepaid cell phone starter pack (less than R10) and access the Internet with GPRS or 3G. Generally R2 per MB for out of bundle data from most providers (50c for Virgin Mobile), but it becomes a lot cheaper if you buy a data bundle. In general coverage is good except the more rural parts of the northern and northwestern parts of the country (especially Northern Cape).
See also International Telephone Calls
South Africa's country code is 27. Telephone numbers in South Africa are 10 digits, including the local area code. There are also some prefixes like 0800 (toll free), 0860 (charged as local call) and 0861 (flat-rate calls). The general emergency number is 10111, ambulance is 10177 and police is 1011.
South Africa has very good phone facilities, which are also becoming more and more competitively priced, now that more operators are active on the market. The main ones are Neotel and Telkom South Africa. Local phone calls are cheap (about one Rand an hour), domestic long-distance calls are about twice as expensive. International calls start at around 6 Rand an hour but can be (much) higher to less usual countries. Note that public phones are about twice as cheap as new private phone centres. Phone calls tend to be the cheapest during the weekend and during business hours (8:00am to 5:00pm) on weekdays and more expensive during the evening and nights at weekdays.
There are also good mobile-phone facilities, with GSM and 3G networks. There are five cell phone providers in South Africa: Vodacom, MTN, Cell-C, Virgin Mobile and 8ta. SIM card prepaid starter kits are available from R10. You will need a passport and a proof of residential address and it has to be registered before you can call or receive calls. You can buy credit for prepaid phones just about everywhere, remembering you will usually need cash to do so from service stations.
The SAPO (South African Post Office) is the nation's postal service. They have a track & trace system for parcels as well. Post offices are open from 8:30am to 4:30pm from Monday to Friday, and 8:00am to noon on Saturdays. Domestic and international deliveries are reliable but can sometimes take up to several weeks. If you want to send something oversees of any value, try using one of the private mail services, like Postnet. Also international courier companies like TNT, UPS and DHL tend to be fast, very reliable and competitively priced.
We have a comprehensive list of accommodation in Pretoria searchable right here on Travellerspoint. You can use our map to quickly compare budget, mid-range or top of the range accommodation in Pretoria and areas nearby.
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A straitjacket is a type of clothing used to restrain patients in mental health hospitals and psychiatric wards of hospitals. A straitjacket has straps that restrain a person's arms and hands. Hospitals put straitjackets on people who have mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or paranoia, to keep them from hurting themselves, other patients, or hospital staff.


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NY Times, front page article, March 2, 2000. by Kevin Sack, "McCain Is Hit By a Backlash Over Remarks"
This is on McCain's attack on intolerance. On June 22, 2004, I was unable to find this article in the archives. Don't know why. There are some articles from that same date in which Bush was emphasizing race tolerance. But the message I wanted to convey was that a direct attach on a hero is doomed to failure. Consider the recent death of Ronald Reagan. Many politcal analysts have been amazed at the poring out of seemingly endless praise for Reagan's presidency. He is certainly not ranked as one of our greatest presidents. But a "hero" phenomenon took over, and there was little criticism for any of his political or social positions for more than a week of mourning.
Theory: attitude persuasion theory: you don't attack heroes. The hero is chosen to deliver the message because of our dislike of cognitive dissonance. Hero is associated with good. Therefore, hero's message must be good. Negative side of message isn't heard. John Wayne could carry a 6 shooter with no need for the NRA to defend him. He was an "American hero."
Define intolerance.
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Reject the structurally violent behavior, not the child. Hard to do with sound bites and off the cufff. Many of our inter-relational patterns are not at a level of conscious awareness. We automatically connect some things with good, some with bad. Heroes are connected with good. For a deeper theoretical understanding of this consult Measuring Attitudes: Harvard's Implicit Association Test. Try out at least one of the tests, if it won't upset you. Consider again the importance of awareness levels, and of talking over the issues we have avoided for so long, like religion, guns, equality of income, of gender, of race.
On the important of awareness levels consider also Edwart T. Hall's affect changes at the technical, the formal, and the informal levels at which we gained our knowledge. Affect and Learning when the information is given us by a hero or a respected personnage, it is given formally. We resist any attempt to tell us that the information may not be accurate because that would create dissonance with our concept of the authority as hero or respected personnage. Some of what the hero does is also modelled, meaning that we learn it informally. John Wayne whips out his six-gun to maintain justice and order, therefore whipping out a six-gun is a good thing. You see the problem we can have with messages and heroes.


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Lib planning policy under attack as groups support 2030
PROPERTY industry and social services groups yesterday criticised a Liberal Party pledge to scrap the Bracks Government's planning blueprint.
The Property Council of Australia and the Victorian Council of Social Service said the Melbourne 2030 blueprint was a sound strategy. The comments followed the Liberals' launch of Metropolitan Planning A Plan For All, an election policy pledging to withdraw Melbourne 2030.
The Property Council's Victorian chief executive, Jennifer Cunich, attacked the Liberal policy, saying the Property Council wanted to see Melbourne 2030 succeed. "We do not dispute that there have been problems," Ms Cunich said, but added that the Liberals had misrepresented the Property Council's position.
Melbourne 2030 was meant to curb urban sprawl by creating suburban activity centres.
Under the Liberal policy, there are plans to reduce the state planning tribunal's power, make the planning minister's role full time, and reduce state intervention in council planning policy.
Claire Miller, a spokeswoman for Planning Minister Rob Hulls, said yesterday the State Government had not abused its planning intervention powers.
The Government had intervened 394 times between 2000 and April 2005, compared to 495 interventions by the Kennett government between 1997 and 1999, she said.
Victorian Council of Social Service chief executive Cath Smith said: "We can't afford to keep building communities on Melbourne's fringe that have no services, no public transport and no jobs." She said for Melbourne 2030 to work, more public transport was needed.
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UNIONVALE -- West Prince RCMP continue to investigate the Saturday morning vandalism that occurred at a Unionvale business and the owners' residence. Vandals broke into the Western Welding shop, dumped paint cans on tools, equipment and welding projects, cut lines for portable welders and turned on welding tanks. Outside they smashed windows and windshields in five vehicles including two farm tractors, slashed tires and broke a window in the owners' house.
The incident was reported to 9-1-1 around 2 a.m. after the owners were awakened by the breaking of their dining room window.
Const. Matt LeFurgey said police are still actively investigating the file. He invites anyone with information to share on the matter to call the West prince detachment or CrimeStoppers.
Police and firefighters were on scene until daylight on Saturday and a police service dog joined the investigation. Fire fighters were called in because of safety concerns caused by the paint fumes and the open welding tanks. Const. LeFurgey said evidence at the scene has been seized and sent to the police lab for analysis.


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Osteoporosis is the index disease for calcium deficiency, just as rickets/osteomalacia is the index disease for vitamin D deficiency, but there is considerable overlap between them. The common explanation for this overlap is that hypovitaminosis D causes malabsorption of calcium which then causes secondary hyperparathyroidism and is effectively the same thing as calcium deficiency. This paradigm is incorrect. Hypovitaminosis D causes secondary hyperparathyroidism at serum calcidiol levels lower than 60 nmol/L long before it causes malabsorption of calcium because serum calcitriol (which controls calcium absorption) is maintained until serum calcidiol falls below 20 nmol/L. This secondary hyperparathyroidism, probably due to loss of a "calcaemic" action of vitamin D on bone first described in 1957, destroys bone and explains why vitamin D insufficiency is a risk factor for osteoporosis. Vitamin D thus plays a central role in the maintenance of the serum (ionised) calcium, which is more important to the organism than the preservation of the skeleton. Bone is sacrificed when absorbed dietary calcium does not match excretion through the skin, kidneys and bowel which is why calcium deficiency causes osteoporosis in experimental animals and, by implication, in humans.
According to current knowledge, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) is synthesised in the skin from 7-dehydrocholesterol under the influence of sunlight, conveyed to the liver to be converted into 25-hydroxy cholecalciferol (calcidiol) which is conveyed to be kidneys for further conversion into 1,25-dihydroxy-cholecalciferol (calcitriol) or downgraded to 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol. Calcidiol circulates in plasma in nanomolar concentrations, mostly bound to D-binding protein (DBP), and calcitriol in picommolar concentrations, also largely bound to DBP. However, because the vitamin D receptor has a much higher affinity for calcitriol than for calcidiol, the former has much the more powerful action on calcium absorption and bone resorption than the latter and is frequently referred to as the "active metabolite" of vitamin D or the "hormonal form". It should be noted that the hypercalcaemia of vitamin D over-dosage is probably more due to high bone resorption than to high calcium absorption.
The index disease for vitamin D deficiency is rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults, just as the index disease for calcium deficiency is osteoporosis [
Briefly, the disease of rickets/osteomalacia, first described in the 17th century, became rampant in industrialised countries during the 19th century but was not clearly distinguished from osteoporosis until 1885 [
The reason for the overlap between the two conditions is also now apparent in that the secondary hyperparathyroidism which appears early in vitamin D insufficiency increases bone resorption and so accelerates the osteoporotic process but at the same time maintains the serum calcitriol (and therefore calcium absorption) until the D-deficiency is so severe that the calcitriol level falls from lack of substrate which leads to the malabsorption of calcium and phosphate which are a feature of rickets/osteomalacia [
This "new" paradigm, first described in 1960 [
Further experience showed that the plasma radioactivity 60 minutes after the tracer dose (the peak value) was so highly correlated with the absorption rate calculated from the 6 blood samples (
It needs to be emphasised that the small amount of calcium carrier used in this absorption test is crucial to its validity. The low carrier ensures that absorption occurs quickly and over a limited length of small intestine which yields the clean curve that would be expected from absorption at a single point and which is analysable on that assumption. The more carrier that is used, the lower the fraction absorbed, the longer the length of small intestine involved and the less analysable the subsequent curve becomes since it is in fact a family of curves. The use of 250 mg or more of calcium carrier is superficially attractive because that represents a normal meal but it cannot be done with a single isotope—it requires a double isotope procedure. Moreover, the high carrier version of the single isotope test [
As far as vitamin D requirement is concerned, with a half-life of about 20 days, the serum calcidiol will sooner or later reach an equilibrium value on any particular dose of vitamin D sooner or later, as elegantly shown by Stamp many years ago [
It follows from this brief review that the "new" paradigm introduced by Nordin in 1960 [


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Bank funding costs are once again in focus following another interest rate cut that was not fully passed on to lenders.
While movements in deposit costs, which account for the bulk of overall funding costs, are difficult to decipher, the improvement in wholesale funding market conditions have been dramatic.
Since September, the cost of issuing five-year bonds into the US market for an Aussie bank has declined by about 40 to 50 basis points to around 100 basis points over the bank rate – in line with the also markedly improved cost of issuing wholesale debt in the local market.
Peter Aherne, Citigroup's head of North American capital markets syndicate – who is in town updating the banks on funding markets – says few anticipated how strongly credit markets would perform in the final leg of 2012, with Aussie banks among issuers of the top performing bonds.
The big banks were themselves caught off-guard and issued heavily around September, raising $12 billion of "pre-funding" on the basis that funding spreads had run as far as they could. Had they held out for a couple of months they could have saved millions in interest costs.
The Australian banks have usually been active in the US market in the early part of January as they get stuck into their funding task while investors look to put new funds to work, and 2013 is expected to be no different. But this year there is likely to be less emphasis on covered bonds, which were introduced into the banks' funding artillery in October 2011.
Regulators have set a cap on covered bonds at 8 per cent of total assets to prevent too many assets being "encumbered" or pledged as security. But because covered bonds must be used sparingly, it's more beneficial to sell them when the differential between senior bonds and covered bonds is greater.
That gap has narrowed in absolute terms even though covered bond spreads have rallied hard. Some Australian major banks' covered bonds are trading in single-digit spreads in Europe, and at about 60 basis points over the bank rate in Australia. That's a long way from the 175-basis point spread Commonwealth Bank of Australia paid in January for its five covered bonds.
Part of the reason US and global credit markets are running so hot is down to the $60 billion of inflows to investment-grade bond funds this year as investors look for options they consider to be safe.
"There aren't really a lot of alternatives with good attributes. Investment-grade credit is arguably the new sovereign," says Aherne.
An "AA"-rated Australian bank or a corporate such as McDonalds would be a reliable investment, he says.


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Ahmed Anzaldúa
Ahmed Anzaldúa was born in 1982 in Mexico City. He started playing the piano when he was 16 years old. He has had lessons with Zoltan Kocsis, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Menahim Pressler, Ralph Gothoni, Emmanuel Krassovsky, Peter Frankl and Alexander Satz. He received first prize in the "Maria Clara Cullel Teixido" international piano competition in Costa Rica. When living in Madrid, Ahmed studied with Galina Eguiazarova, known best for her pupils Arcadi Volodos and Radu Lupu.
Currently, he is a teacher and accompanist at the Conservatory in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Ahmed maintains a blog called "Allegro Molto", focused mostly on piano and music, on his website at http://ahmedanzaldua.com
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Sticky Pad Dashboard Organizer
This is a very mild recommendation of the Sticky Pad Dashboard Organizer with a couple of big caveats. The sticky pad does keep loose stuff (cell phone, blue tooth GPS, keys) steady on your dashboard, but the product insert has a couple of warnings: 1. It is for cars with padded dashboards and should not be used on hard plastic. I don't know what "hard plastic" means and they don't explain what might happen if you try it anyway. 2. If you leave it on your dashboard for a long time the area under the sticky pad will not fade while the rest of the dash does. When you remove it, you will then have an area that does not match. Otherwise, if you can live with possibly damaging your car, it's a cool product.
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here is the 1st one (you may need to cusomize the variable names etc if you are turning this in for a home work question.. you arn't the first person to ask for this this week. code comments havent been supplied so you can read through it and comment it in your own style)
#include <stdio.h>#include <stdlib.h>struct node {int value;struct node *next;};void addtoend(struct node **head, int value);void printlist(struct node *head);int main(void){struct node *head;int i, value;head = NULL;for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {printf("Enter number %d\n", i + 1);scanf("%d", &value);addtoend(&head, value);}printf("Numbers currently in list:\n");printlist(head);while(1){printf("\nEnter another value\n");scanf("%d", &value);addtoend(&head, value);printf("After adding a new number to the linked list:\n");printlist(head);}return 0;}void addtoend(struct node **head, int value){struct node *newnode;struct node *current = *head;newnode = malloc(sizeof(struct node));newnode->value = value;newnode->next = NULL;if (*head == NULL) {*head = newnode;return;}while (current->next != NULL) {current = current->next;}current->next = newnode;}void printlist(struct node *head){struct node *current = head;while (current != NULL) {printf("%d ", current->value);current = current->next;}}
the second one is comming shortly
Keep in mind that depending on your compiler, you may need to add a system("PAUSE") to the end of main before the return statement.This program makes use of the strtok and atoi functions, which are both very valuable in string parsing programs.
ps I dont know why it said that to you . I am the only one answering the question
#include <stdio.h>#include <stdlib.h>#include <string.h>
was some how left off . put these in the includes