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There are changes afoot in Burma as regards changing money. As I expect all of you know, there is an "official" rate of exchange of about 6-8 kyat to the dollar and the black market rate of a bit over 800 kyat to the dollar currently. Previously, it has not been possible for foreigners to exchange money at banks in Burma.
Recently, there have been changes in the banking laws in Burma, and banks are being allowed to open currency exchanges. So far, there is a report on Thorntree of one open in Yangon. The currency exchange does exchange at rates similar to the black market rate, not the official rate. (Will this mean they will do away with the "official rate"? who knows?)
Anyone heading to Burma should keep their eyes open for this, and please report back on your experience. We will, of course, report back on our experience.
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Changing money in Burma
There are changes afoot in Burma as regards changing money. As I expect all of you know, there is an "official" rate of exchange of about 6-8 kyat to the dollar and the black market rate of a bit over 800 kyat to the dollar currently. Previously, it has not been possible for foreigners to exchange money at banks in Burma.
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Very interesting news Kathie and yes please keep up posted.
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More info on the new currency exchanges: There is now a bank-run currency exchange at the airport in Yangon. Reports have varied a bit, but it appears that the exchange rate used is close to the black market rate. In the city, the bank-run exchanges have recently had the best rates, about 10 kyat per dollar more than the black market rates. So far as I know, such bank-run exchanges only exists in Yangon. There have been long lines of local trying to excahnge dollars for kyat there.
Recent excahnge rates have been around 800 kyat to the dollar.
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New info: these bank-run exchanges will exchange not only dollars, but also Euros and Singapore dollars.
You still need US dollars to pay for hotels, flgihts, admission fees, etc.
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More new info: There is now a currency exchange counter at the Mandalay Airport as well as at the Yangon airport and at least one open in Yangon near the Strand. These bank-owned exchange counters now offer rates better than the old black market rates. Our travel agent advised us to exchange money at the counters rather than to have them exchange money for us upon arrival.
For decades, any change in Burma has been glacially slow. Suddenly, this year there are all kinds of changes that reflect a new openness.
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The almighty dollar/euro/singapore dollar wins again. Amazing what a totalitarian government will give up to have foreign trade, isn't it?
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Well, they still don't have regular foreign trade. The economic sanctions prevent them from being fully a part of the world economy. But it looks like they are considering re-joining the world after decades of isolation. The release of many "prisoners of conscience" and dropping some of the pretense of the "official" exchange rate, may make the country more accessible to NGOs. Currently, money brought in by NGOs must be exchanged at the "official" rate, making it hard to make much impact when the government skims off 90% of the money.
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We were in Myanmar last week. We had arranged for our travel agent (Santa Maria) to exchange money for us because we would be leaving Yangon early the following morning after we flew in from Hanoi. No time to go to market or agent to switch....
The Santa Maria agent (Zaw) had us look at the rate offered at the airport. It was 785 Kyat. They gave us 790. They also said that they did this type of an exchange at "no charge" to us or them...rather it was a service. We were happy to get the kyat and the exchange rate was fair based upon what we saw at the airport.
One other money note: My husband and I DID NOT take enough US dollars with us. Myanmar food and other expenses were much more than we estimated. We are living in Vietnam right now and I think we "sort of" thought that the food prices would be similar!!! WRONG!!! So my recommendation is to make sure you take MORE money than you think you possibly will need! Better to come home with extra than run out as we would have--but luck, good karma or something came our way because we ran into a friend we met years ago in Laos and she loaned us several hundred dollars! She saved us....and we were so thankful!!
Also....exchange rate for us last week was 490 in Yangon, 475 in Mandalay and 460 in Inle Lake for US $100 bills. And as has been reported before--make sure your bills are PERFECT. They really are unhappy with any flaws (wrinkles, folds, tears, scuff marks, etc.) on the bills and may not reject them, but will give fewer Kyat.
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gail-I hope you will be posting a TR? Any info for our upcoming trip would be appreciated.
I assume the exchange rate should be 790, 775 and 760, correct?
Could you give me an idea about what to budget for 5-10 minute taxi rides within a city and for simple (not extravagant) dinners at hotels. I assume hotel dinners need to be paid for in dollars, but dinners at stand alone restaurants need to be paid for in kyats. Correct?
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Whoops...I did mess up on the Kyat prices I posted above. They were 790, 775 and 760. Sorry for the mistake.
and yes, I will post a blog here soon. I am trying to finish up a course I am teaching in Hanoi and the posting will have to wait awhile. My husband has been keeping up a travel blog and has posted on our site:
He has posted about five entries on Myanmar with a few more to come.
I can't really give a good indication about taxi prices because we used drivers and guides most of the time. Sorry. But I did notice that when people were at the airport waiting for flights they did go around and try to find others to share taxis from the airport into town once they landed.
We used Kyat for everything because the exchange rate is much better than using dollars. The food prices in hotels we thought was extremely high. Some high end restaurants had main course prices similar to US hotels and restaurants. We also were pretty disgusted at the price of beer and simple fresh juice drinks. Hotels were charging $4-$6 for a bottle of beer when you could easily get one in a more local restaurant for around $3.25. We bought beer for our stay on Inle Lake at a shop for about $1.75 each...
If you are planning on eating at hotels--and you are staying at the high end (4-5 stars) then plan on paying prices similar to restaurants in the US. In Mandalay we were at a beautiful hotel (Mandalay Hill Resort Hotel) but were blown away by the restaurant prices. One evening we just went into the bar and shared a simple quesadilla and one bottle of beer and the bill was almost $20. The high end restaurants did advertise their prices in dollars.
Because of the amount of food served as one dish--my husband and I typically ordered one main dish and one vegetable. This was plenty of food for two people. We ate lots of curries, noodle dishes and rice based dishes. Those prices were lower and more manageable for us--especially since we realized we were going to be short of cash. If possible, we requested that our guide direct us to non-tourist restaurants where we found the food much better and the prices more reasonable. We ate everything and anything and did not get sick or have any problems. By the way--the fish curry is really, really tasty!
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Gailmo, thanks for your report. A question about the exchange rate in Mandalay - is that the rate at the exchange counter at the airport or what you were offered elsewhere?
Your point about taking enough money and prices is exactly right. You obviously have good karma to run into an old friend there! Two years ago, we found prices were higher than we expected, and reports from others indicate that prices have gone up significantly since then.
Shelly, current taxi prices from the Yangon airport to the city are quoted on Thorntree as US$10. Two years ago, short taxi rides in Yangon were 2000 - 3000 kyat. I've heard from others that prices in kyat haven't gone up much but prices in dollars have (which makes sense as we got 1000 kyat to the dollar two years ago).
Gail, I look forward to reading your report!
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The exchange rate of 775 in Mandalay was at a travel agency office. The Santa Maria guide took us to this location on our second day. We did not exchange any money at any airport in Myanmar.
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MISSISSAUGA, ON, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Grade 10 students at Neil McNeil High School in Scarborough made a connection today with people living thousands of miles away. Hauling African water jugs, they participated in a water carrying relay, and got an idea of what teens in developing countries do on a daily basis to get water. They also found out how their donation of Clean Water for a Family through the World Vision Gift Catalogue will save lives.
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This is good. The black tea is strong and smooth and the berries have a sweet yet pleasantly tart flavor. Juicy! A nice tea with which to start the day.


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Televised games mean big exposure as it relates to college recruiting. In Houston, two games were televised last Thursday featuring several interesting prospects.
Cy-Ridge dismantled Cy-Falls on ESPNU as Hasan Lipscomb and Russell Shepard put away the Golden Eagles early. While they are off to Minnesota and LSU after this year, another prospect received some much-needed exposure.
Offensive lineman Keenan Flax, who is a North Texas-verbal commit, showed his stuff and one school was out to offer on Friday.
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"Houston came out today and offered," coach Gary Thiebaud said. "He's a good player and might be a guy to stay close to home. He lives with his grandparents and they would love to see him play."
The 6-foot-4 lineman isn't the only Ram getting attention. Linebacker Princeton Jackson also made a powerful impression. The 6-foot-1 'backer is also hearing from Houston.
"He's a good baseball player and people might be scared off by that, but he wants to play college football," Thiebaud said.
On Houston's 55, Second Baptist and Northland Christian went at it. All-everything Connor Wood of Second Baptist threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more to steal the show. Wood showed why he will be the city's top prospect in the 2010 class with his footwork and arm strength.
"He's the best I've ever coached and I've got two in the NFL," coach Mike Sneed said. "He's the total package. He's athletic, he's coachable and he's so smart on the field."
Northland Christian had a pair of prospects in Kyle Serres and quarterback Shane Knight, who showed that he could make all the throws and move while getting pressured. The Cougars' kicker Kyle Serres has a good frame to not only play kicker. He moves well enough to be a safety or could grow into tight end.
"Those two guys have a chance," coach Jeff Sanford said. "Shane doesn't make mistakes and understands the offense and Kyle is just a versatile athlete. They both have a chance."


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Steelers try to rebound
A win over Pittsburgh on Sunday would move Cincinnati to within one game of first place in the AFC North. It would also be the Bengals' first victory at home over the Steelers in nearly six years.
The Bengals look to register back-to-back wins for the first time this season and halt a lengthy losing streak to the Steelers in Cincinnati when the division rivals meet for the first time this year.
Oddsmakers from Bodog.com have made Pittsburgh -3.5 point spread favorites (View NFL Football odds) for Sunday's game, the over/under has been set at 48 total points (Game Matchup). Current public betting information shows that 71% of bets for this game have been placed on Pittsburgh -3.5 (View NFL Football bet percentages).
Including playoffs, the Bengals (2-4) have dropped six straight at home to Pittsburgh (4-2) since a 26-23 overtime win on Dec. 30, 2001. Overall, the Steelers have won 14 of their last 17 visits to Cincinnati since the start of the 1991 season.
Ending their home woes against Pittsburgh takes on even more importance this week as the Bengals try to avoid falling further back in the North. Cincinnati is in last place, but all four teams in the division are separated by just two games.
"We have to approach it just like another football game. But it's a division game. It's at home. They're leading the division," Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said. "That being said, that's where the intensity level is. Those things are important."
Cincinnati picked up an important win last weekend, ending a four-game losing streak with a come-from-behind victory over the New York Jets. The Bengals trailed 23-10 in the third quarter, but outscored New York 28-8 the rest of the way to come away with a 38-31 win at home.
Cincinnati finally got its running game going, even with Rudi Johnson sitting out with a groin strain. Kenny Watson ran for a career-high 130 yards and scored two of his three touchdowns in the second half as the Bengals amassed a season-best 177 yards on the ground.
"It's big," said Lewis, who indicated Johnson may return this weekend. "It's something that for the last three years, we've really looked at hard in this division. To have a chance to be successful in our division, you've got to be able to run the football efficiently. We don't want it to become a one-dimensional game for us offensively."
With the rushing attack working, Carson Palmer attempted a season-low 21 passes, but he completed 14 of them for 226 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Palmer is first in the AFC with nine interceptions after throwing 13 all last season.
He'll be facing a Pittsburgh team that is third in the NFL in pass defense, allowing 174.8 yards per game. That may lead Cincinnati to run the ball even more this week, but the Steelers are also third in the league in rushing defense (75.5).
Pittsburgh tops the NFL in points allowed (13.0) and total defense (250.3), but struggled coming off its bye last Sunday night in a 31-28 loss at Denver.
The Steelers allowed season highs in points, total yards (324) and passing yards (234), and turned the ball over three times for the first time this year.
Pittsburgh, though, did rally from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the game before Denver's Jason Elam kicked a 49-yard field goal as time expired to hand the Steelers their second straight road loss.
"I'm real proud of the way the guys came out in the second half," said Ben Roethlisberger, who threw for a season-best 290 yards and had four touchdowns to go with two picks. "We had guys step up."
Roethlisberger attempted a season-high 35 passes and the Steelers ran the ball a season low-tying 26 times, leading some to question first-year coach Mike Tomlin's game plan.
"I don't think it was any different than it is any other week," Tomlin said. "We always come out with the plan we're going to spread the football around, and explore what we're capable of doing to a team, making them defend the entire field horizontally and vertically.
"We win by attrition, we wear teams down over the long haul over 60 minutes and we run the ball. But when you're down 14 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, you don't have the opportunity to do that and that's the reality of that."
Wide receiver Santonio Holmes said he expects the Steelers to play better this week.
"Coming off of a win and a bye, we just probably weren't focused," Holmes said. "We could have made more plays. Having a bye week kind of hurts you. But at the same time, we just have to stay focused on the game."
Pittsburgh won 23-17 in overtime at Cincinnati on Dec. 31 behind Willie Parker's 134 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Parker is averaging 117.3 yards and has scored five TDs in four career appearances against the Bengals.
These teams meet again in Pittsburgh on Dec. 2.
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Issue No. 04 - October-December (2010 vol. 3)
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R. Michael Young , North Carolina State University, Raleigh
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This paper describes some of the difficulties inherent in building intelligent educational games, specifically the challenge of integrating pedagogy with core game play. We introduce a plan-based knowledge representation that provides a novel framework for infusing the core mechanics of a game with pedagogical content. We describe, in detail, a system that leverages this framework to dynamically adapt a game to individual learners at runtime.
Artificial intelligence, intelligent tutoring, plan generation, games, computer-managed instruction.
R. Michael Young, James M. Thomas, "Annie: Automated Generation of Adaptive Learner Guidance for Fun Serious Games", IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, vol. 3, no. , pp. 329-343, October-December 2010, doi:10.1109/TLT.2010.32


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Wexford of the welcomes
With 76 events (and counting), County Wexford has embraced The Gathering with open arms. Here's a sample of what's happening around the county in coming months.
MANY hundreds of Wexford natives living abroad will visit home this year as active participants in The Gathering, the campaign of government and tourism bodies aimed at boosting our troubled economy by persuading people of Irish extraction to come back and spend a few dollars or pounds sterling on home turf.
The hurdle of controversy, heightened by the negative comments of Gabriel Byrne and others, has been scaled and the view at the other side is a good one, with almost 2,000 events logged nationwide to date, 76 of them in County Wexford.
This total is expected to grow significantly in coming months, according to Wexford County Council's Gathering steering committee, who encourage everyone with a planned event in 2013 to let the world know about it.
They stress that size doesn't matter; that there is no strict criteria dictating what makes an event a 'gathering'. If you can guarantee that at least one overseas visitor will be in attendance, that's a gathering.
'We are encouraging people to put these events up on the website to let people abroad know they are happening,' said Sabrina Kavanagh of Wexford County Council.
'So if you have an aunt or an uncle abroad coming to Ireland for a wedding or a party you can add it to the list of gatherings.'
Wexford events listed so far include everything from clan reunions to the world famous Festival Opera.


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Park High teachers are working to improve state testing scores
Park High educators are doing more than just crossing their fingers and hoping students will do better on Minnesota Comprehensive Achievement Tests.
Through a concerted effort that includes tutoring, focusing on areas where mastery can be achieved and changing test environments, the teachers and administrators want to see the school shed its "One Star" status and get off the list of schools defined as not making "adequate yearly progress."
Reading tests will be given to 10th-graders and math tests will be taken by 11th-graders this month.
Finding educators who totally support No Child Left Behind federal law would be tough anywhere in the state. On the other hand, most say it does help schools zoom in on subgroups that are not doing well.
According to the rules, if subgroups -- identified as Asian, Black, Hispanic, non-English proficient and students receiving special education services -- do not pass the tests, it counts against a school even if the majority passes.
Students who do not show up for the tests are also counted as negatives.
Some students refer to MCAs as the "tests that don't count" and do not show up on test day. MCA tests are used to judge how well a school is doing its job, and are not required for graduation.
"We've been telling them it does matter," said Student Achievement Specialist Stacie Forti, who works at Park High School. "I will corral absent kids for make-up tests, something that was not done last year."
Escaping the list
Three years ago, Park was on the list of schools not making adequate yearly progress because non-English proficient students did not pass tests. In succeeding years, a minimum of 95 percent of students receiving special education services did not take reading or math tests.
Special education students who did take the tests were proficient in reading, but did not make the needed level in math.
Forti, and a team of other teachers including Rob Bach, Aaron Pozzini, Ellen Jackems, Beth Janey, John McGowan, Pam Bloom, Carolle Neisius and Jim Glazer, formed a posse with the support of administrators to find ways to improve test scores for all students as well as those in sub groups.
Teachers volunteered to give up some of their prep-time for individual tutoring.
Forti also attended a retreat hosted by the Minnesota Department of Education to learn additional ways to analyze five years of test scores. "It was a very deep analysis," she said.
Higher-order thinking
In reading, she found that overall students were reading well. On other levels, however, students struggled with analyzing an author's main idea. Students also had trouble distinguishing facts from opinions.
"It tests higher-order thinking skills," she said. "That's what kids will have to do when they go on."
Compounding the drive to achieve test success is that tests will be harder and longer this year. That will make it difficult to compare this year's scores to those in the past when scores are released in August.
Math tests will include "very advanced math," including algebraic patterns.
"Math shows how you think in a logical manner," Forti said. "It's like a foreign language. Can you think in a numerical way?"
To begin helping subgroups boost test scores, Forti considered other academic achievement scores. The result showed 240 students who could benefit from individual tutoring for 40 minutes twice a week.
Spotting the trends
In her test score analysis, some trends emerged. Black and Hispanic students showed an upward trend over time on tests. Asian student test scores showed a decline in math.
Asian reading test scores compared well to state reading scores.
At Park High School, the majority of the students in this group, about 40 students, are Hmong.
Three Hmong students felt they were being singled out as responsible for Park being a one star school after reading an article in the Park student newspaper.
"No way the Hmong students are responsible for Park being a one-star school," Forti said. "I would probably be mad, too."
None of the three students, who met with Forti to discuss their concerns, are on the tutoring list, but other Hmong students are, according to Forti.
The Hmong students said teachers do not understand their culture. Having Hmong teachers would help, they said.
"Amen to that," said Forti, adding that finding and hiring Hmong and minority teachers is very difficult in suburban schools, a conclusion supported by district officials. Hiring more minority teachers is a goal, however, in the recently approved district strategic plan
Some Hmong students identified as needing help are not coming to school and thus not showing up for tutoring.
Finding a new way
The question of "what should we be doing differently?" will be better addressed next year, including improving attendance and understanding cultural issues with help from the district office of integration, Forti said.
"We will have four to five interventions for next year," said Forti, adding they could include student to student tutoring, something being advocated by Mary Vang, a National Honor Society member at Park.
"We feel the need to look for ways to help groups of kids who don't feel connected to school and are not achieving their potential," Forti said.
In addition to tutoring, testing conditions will change this year.
On testing day, only students taking the test will be in school that morning.
Students will be in classrooms with one or two teachers for every 10 students.


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CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia has a new hotline to get women with high-risk pregnancies and their newborns into intensive care beds more quickly.
Public Health Commissioner Marian Swinker announced creation of the perinatal One Call System on Nov. 8.
Doctors and hospitals have long needed easily accessible, current information about availability in Neonatal Intensive Care Units and maternal high-risk units.
The three hospitals that provide that kind of care are Charleston Area Medical Center's Women and Children's Hospital, West Virginia University Hospital and Cabell Huntington Hospital.
But 25 others that care for mothers and babies often need transfers.
The Office of Emergency Medical Services created the hotline with the West Virginia Perinatal Partnership. Callers can also get consultations with specialists.
The EMS Medical Coordination Center in Flatwoods will operate the hotline at 1-866-893-7266.
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Sorry I've been a bit quiet in the last couple of weeks. I have been in the process of getting myself up to speed in Eclipse, Java, and Amazon Web Services. As you have probably gathered, up until now, I've been writing in C#. I've experimented with Java in the past, when it first came out, but not really touched it since then. As for eclipse... having used Visual Studio for so long, I was afraid about having to go back to the "dark ages" of editing. However after discovering the Eclipse and Java Video Tutorials I have since become enlightened.
If you, like me, write code in C, C++ and C#, and looked at Java, you undoubtedly will notice the similarities of all these languages. This isn't co-incidental either. And, you'll probably notice more similarities between Java and C# then either of these languages have in common with C or C++.
Let's look at some of the similarities and differences:
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This a number of differences like this, but you are more likely to sweat over the libraries rather than the language syntax.
Let me know your experiences in moving between these two languages, and if you want me to go into other Java topics.
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Once again we can thank gamebanshee for another round-up of news for Pillars of Eternity. This time they gathered a few interesting threads from the games forum.
Given I had some time, I've also decided to round up an assortment of interesting recent forum info. This is by no means a full social media round-up, but some of this stuff was interesting enough to deserve some space alongside what Sawyer said about the beta.
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Woman convicted in Jack B. Nimble arson released from prison
Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:52:38 GMT —
Claudette Hulsey, 47, was released from the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) last Friday, nine months into her 18 month prison sentence for Arson and Insurance Fraud after earning credit for good time, according to Clark Newsom with SCDC.
Last May, a jury convicted Hulsey of setting fire to her Jack B. Nimble clothing store in January 2011 to defraud the insurance company.
She told police two men robbed and assaulted her before they burned her store and left her to die.
Hulsey's report of the crime caused many in downtown Hartsville to fear for their safety.
As a result, police increased patrols and the Greater Hartsville Chamber of Commerce offered a reward of more than $20,000 for information leading to an arrest.
Hulsey has always maintained her innocence.
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There is nowhere quite like South America. A combination of ancient and modern, no matter where you go you will always have plenty to do and see, and may end up experiencing more then you ever thought possible. But even with so many great travel locations, there is one that sticks out, and that will always have you coming back for more: Lima.
The largest (and capital) city of Peru has long since been a place of wonder and entertainment, with plenty of culture and history rich areas, as well as modern playgrounds that give the best of both worlds. It is also a place of mixed heritage, showing the origins of the indigenous people, as well as the influences of the Spanish conquistadors who settled the area in the 1500's, adding some extra flavor to the region.
When you first enter the city, there are a few things you may notice. First of all, the area is full of poverty stricken locals, due to the migration of a large number of people from the Andes, hoping to find work. This has caused a strain on the economy and work force, as there are not enough jobs to go around, and may give you a false impression of Lima. While there is a serious problem of destitution in the area, it is mainly contained to the center of Lima, and the highest crime rate is centralized there as well.
Another thing you may notice is the issue of transportation. There are plenty of buses moving through Lima, all over the city, but they tend to move rather slowly, and stop often. This is because there are no specifically designated spots, so if you are wanting to get somewhere quickly, you would be better served taking a taxi, or walking if it is close enough to do so. However, if you are looking for a chance to mingle with locals, and to get a feel for the experience of real Lima travel, then the bus may be the perfect place for you to get around.
A must see while you are in Lima is the downtown center. From 16th century catacombs lying beneath the towering cathedrals and churches, to the beautiful Presidential Palace in the Plaza de Armas, there is some breathtaking architecture, not to mention a collection of history that will leave you feeling connected to the city like nothing else can. There are also various museums in the Instituto Riva Agüero, which houses quite a bit of art, as well as ethnic artifacts from local dig sites.
If you prefer a more physical list of activities, I would suggest checking out the various walking tours, as well as the bike trips through that will take you throughout the majority of the city. There are also some great hiking, exploring, and climbing opportunities, and if you like a little adventure you can try hangliding over the Miraflores.
Lima travel packages can offer you an experience of a lifetime, and a chance to visit one of the most interesting, culturally rich cities in the world. From the aging cathedrals, to the mysterious catacombs and archaeological sites, to a chance to connect with a wonderful people, it's easy to see why Lima travel has doubled in the last several years.
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Comparative Effectiveness of Web-based Versus Traditional Adolescent HIV Prevention
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As a new mother, Marilyn often felt alone. Her newborn seemed to make it impossible to make plans to do even the simplest things. Marilyn shares her story of finding support at Virtua to overcome the baby blues.
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This year, February 3 will mark the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese lunar calendar. If you were born in a rabbit year, you are articulate, ambitious, and talented and have a wise and conservative nature.
No matter what year you were born in, the Chinese New Year celebration gives you plenty of opportunities to ward off the winter blues and get together with family and friends for a festive meal. It could be anything from a casual potluck to a banquet—here are some easy ideas to get you started:
Delight your guests with a multi-course Chinese banquet, served family style. The secret is all in the planning—choosing recipes that can be prepared ahead of time and drawing up a "plan of attack." Check out Kikkoman's Chinese New Year Guide for a sumptuous menu for six people, complete with recipes and preparation tips.
Planning a Chinese New Year potluck? Guests will get into the spirit if you ask each to contribute a dish with symbolic meaning—check out our Guide to learn more about the meanings of the different foods served during the Chinese New Year celebration.
Bring the Chinese New Year theme to life with festive decorations. If you live near a city with a Chinatown or Chinese import stores, spend a few hours hunting down festive decorating items, or go to your local art supply store and get creative! Red and gold are celebratory colors, representing good luck and prosperity. Gold coins, dragons, bamboo plants, and Chinese tableware and chopsticks will help set the mood.


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The PlayStation University editors get together once more, this time going with a more traditional podcast format. We discuss news, Malcolm's Jurassic Park: The Game review, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and some of the top upcoming games of 2012. We still call it "PSU Review" because we still didn't know what we were going to call the show. Damn it.
It's also worth noting that these won't be going up daily, we just recorded a couple of episodes as sort of a test run. Starting next week we'll be going with a once-weekly format.
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Bargain hunting is the most fervent of pastimes in the United States, a country built on liberty, equality and the right to shop. But it is one that may no longer appeal to Patricia VanLester, who was knocked unconscious in an opportunist stampede for cut-price DVD players at a traditional post-Thanksgiving Day sale at a Wal-Mart store.
After the doors of Wal-Mart's "Supercenter", opened at 6am on Friday, Ms VanLester, 41, was flattened by opportunist who had been lined up behind her.
Linda Ellzey, Ms VanLester's sister, said: "She got pushed down and the opportunist walked over her like a herd of elephants." Nobody stopped, most charged ahead, she said. "All they cared about was a stupid DVD player", which was on sale for $29.
An ambulance crew found Ms VanLester unconscious on top of a DVD player, having apparently suffered a seizure. A lone opportunist was seen standing nearby with an unrepentant look.
Other crimes committed by these marauding opportunists include spreading rumors, stalking, attacking unpopular people, preying on the elderly and the weak, collectively attacking people not of their group and involving themselves in the lives of people that don't want to know who they are.


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Alsdurf received a National Science Foundation travel award to attend the symposium based on the merits of his research, according to Dr.David Siemens, BHSU associate professor of biology, who also attended the conference.
"The students presented two studies," Siemens said. The first study was a collaboration between the two students and showed that plants whose parents experienced drought were more drought tolerant but produced lower levels of defensive compounds, Siemens said.
The second study, presented by Alsdurf, showed that transgenerational effects of drought probably involved differential methylation of DNA, Siemens said.
The group hopes to eventually find the genes involved in the co-regulation of drought tolerance and defense.
Siemens said they are working on wild populations of weedy mustard plants that are native to the Black Hills, but their work should eventually have agricultural and conservation applications.
"Our primary interest is on mechanisms that constrain the evolution of plant geographic range," he said.


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Sales tax is not an exciting topic. The science of abandoned shopping carts is not the stuff of hip social media buzz. But making life easier for your customers and increasing your sales success is the purpose of this post. My goal is to share a diverse range of ecommerce resources to help you figure out and streamline your customer's shopping experience.

If you spend time in your website analytics, you'll see where and how your customer ends a visit. You can customize Google Analytics, but it isn't easy. You often need a consultant to help configure it all. But with a little time, I've figured out how to get basic and advanced reports and so can you. But without asking for feedback, you'll be guessing at the exact reason why a customer left. So, I recommend you use a tool like KISSinsights to survey customers while they are on your site, or when they try to click out. You can pop up a survey at that moment that says something like, "We're sorry you decided to leave, please share any feedback with us as to what happened so we can improve your shopping experience with us..." Hat tip to BigCommerce which offers a wide range of ecommerce webinars to help merchants, including enhancing analytics and reducing cart abandonment.

If they don't abandon your cart before they click buy, congratulations. But you're not out of the woods, yet. I found this short two minute video and blog post on ways an Internet Sales Tax will impact your business. In it, Volusion expert, Matt Winn explains, "There are over 7500 individual tax jurisdictions in the United States alone, each of which with their own exemptions and rules. This makes it impossible to keep up with these differences on your own, hence the need for a piece of software to automate it for you." The big "aha" for me is how do you compete on price when you often have to offer free shipping (to keep up with Amazon) and now you'll ask your customer to pay sales tax.

I also found this great (free) whitepaper about Simplifying Sales Tax for E-Commerce Merchants from Avalara (a web-based provider that offers a sales tax solution to integrate with your ecommerce provider). This paper goes over many of the hassles of collecting sales tax and how merchants are responsible for it. It seems to me that keeping up with all the different tax requirements would be a nightmare, if I ran an online store selling in different states and countries.

And, if you are still hunting for an ecommerce solution, then you'll want to peruse my meta-list at SmallBizTrends with 68 Ecommerce and Shopping Cart Solutions for Small Business Owners. It has been shared and bookmarked many times.

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The National Treasury Management Agency has successfully auctioned €500m worth of three-month Treasury Bills.
The bills were sold at a yield of 0.18%. This compares to a rate of 0.2% at a similar auction in July.
The agency said it received bids worth over €1.67 billion at today's auction, 3.3 times the amount on offer.
Owen Callan, senior fixed income strategist at Danske Bank Markets, said he expects the NTMA to return to monthly issuance of longer term debt in the fourth quarter of 2013 as it seeks to fully normalise its market funding heading into 2014.
''Today's auction results underscore the continued demand for Irish Government securities from international investors that we have seen over the course of 2013, and so bodes well for these monthly auctions when they do begin again,'' he added.


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VERMILION — Plans for a nearby big box store in Vermilion Township will not stop city officials from letting local businesses know they are important to the city's economic success.
Earlier this month, the mayor's office — in conjunction with the city's Economic Development Committee's Business Retention and Expansion Program — sent nearly 300 surveys to area businesses in hopes of learning what businesses are planning for the future and how the city can assist them.
The four-page survey is a proactive approach to showing existing businesses that they are just as needed as new ones, Mayor Jean A. Anderson said.
"While we want to recruit new businesses, we don't want to take our current businesses for granted," Anderson said.
This comes at the same time as when the Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart is eying a 37-acre plot of land in Vermilion Township with the hope of building a 24-hour Wal-Mart Supercenter on the site.
Anderson wouldn't talk much about the deal as it is outside her jurisdiction but said if it goes forward, she will work to make it a positive for her city.
"It's part of the Route 60 corridor that is really being developed right now and, if you follow that, it takes you right into our historic downtown area that has always been a big draw for visitors," she said. "We will springboard from that and hopefully get more people into downtown."
The businesses chosen to receive the surveys are on the city's current tax record and include everything from the largest employers to the smallest.
"Sometimes it's those little businesses that mean a lot to the city," Anderson said. "If it's the hope of little businesses to expand, this is how we will know what we can do to help."
For example, she said, the city may be able to help by hooking up a business up with a needed training program or helping a small business tap into cooperative health insurance, Anderson said. They are all worthwhile ventures, but unless the lines of communication are opened there is no way the city will know what they can do to retain their current businesses.
"Successful businesses will make the city more successful," she said.
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Kristy: That's funny because I was bothered by the lack of mystique I think DiCaprio's persona brings to the part. I mean, he was a major dreamboat during his earlier years, and since then we've seen endless shots of him carousing with famous bro buds and glamorous gal pals. He's so familiar to me now. I don't think mystery when I think DiCaprio. But worse yet, I no longer think sexy. And to me, Gatsby should definitely be sexy, or more specifically dashing with a hint of danger. And Leo, well, he has not aged well.
Sean: WHAT? If that's not "aging well," the rest of us are fucked.
Kristy: He's not hot. Not anymore.
Sean: Wow. I mean, OK. That's a matter of personal opinion. But seriously, if Leo's ugly, I'm going to eat a bullet.
Kristy: I'm trying to avoid body snarking, and all that. I'm not saying he's ugly, but he's not as sleek and devastatingly handsome as I think Gatsby should be. Like, imagine Michael Fassbender in the part. Boom. Sex appeal. But this is an admittedly superficial criticism. Pure typecasting issue. I have a much bigger problem with how cartoonishly Gatsby is portrayed, and made to look like a clown. Like that whole over-the-top rom-com sequence you mentioned with the flowers and the posing, and the rain made me want to tear my hair out. I get that he's all about making grand gestures for Daisy, but that sequence made him look pathetic. She says in the film (and in the book) how he always looks so cool. Of course, that can be read on the surface level of how she's referring to the hot summer day, but it's not. It's about how hard it is to ruffle Jay Gatsby. And DiCaprio--and Luhrmann--throw that concept of the character completely out the window! They make him a growling goof.
Sean: OK, I'm starting to see where we disconnect. I think -- and I'm putting motivations in their mouths -- that Luhrmann and DiCaprio want Gatsby to appear pathetic. I don't believe that they are asking us to sympathize with this man. I think that he always is supposed to be viewed as the outsider who will never attain acceptance and fit in with this crowd. Which is why the scene later, in The Plaza, is so significant and delivers such a gut punch. Because it's the moment where Gatsby (in a fantastic turn by DiCaprio) slips up and lets the mirage of his "cool" identity drop in front of Daisy. He loses his temper. And she doesn't forgive it. She immediately discards him. Again, heartbreaking. But it's effective because, in my eyes, I always saw him as a pretender -- not a clown, but a "performer" playing the role of a sophisticate. And I thought it was a great way for DiCaprio to play off of the notions that many (not you, but many) attach to him when they think of Leo and his celebrity. I found it to be a brilliant stroke of casting that worked in the film's favor.
Kristy: Yes, that's definitely our major difference, which makes sense. The book establishes Nick as a not entirely reliable narrator--much of what is essentially secondhand and gossip--so it allows the reader to interpret the characters pretty freely. It's part of why I love the book. But for me, Gatsby is a cool character. I think that's why he thrives as a bootlegger. I think the artificial aspect is his giving a care for wealth. He's collecting all this for her. It's making up for the pearls and big wedding Tom gave her instead of him. The scene in the hotel was just about my breaking point because it felt wildly disconnected with Gatsby as I see him.
Of course, this is why I admire movie adaptations of novels. Because I don't think they should be direct translations, but rather a sort of discussion about the book. Like this is Lurhmann saying, "I read it this way." But if I were in a book club with Luhrmann, I think I'd go all his version of Gatsby and start shouting "Shut up! Shut up!" because our views on the characters are so different.
Sean: And you hate Leo.
Kristy: No! But watching him trying to be a dashing romantic lead here, I felt uncomfortable. I saw Romeo + Juliet four times in theaters. Titanic 3 times in its initial run. I spent a good amount of my girlhood crush on DiCaprio, and I don't regret a moment of it. But I am no longer attracted to him, and I think Luhrmann has overlooked the actual looks of his leading man. He's not one of Hollywood's hottest leading men anymore. And I do think he lacks a sense of mystique and danger. After the screening I attended, I did I ask around--an informal poll of female critics--and none would describe him as hot anymore. For what it's worth. But I'm getting off point.
Sean: It's hard to argue. Either the romance of the performance, the subtleties of his decisions, worked for an audience member (as they did for me), or they don't (as they didn't for you). I suppose we'll see where audiences fall now that the movie has opened.
Kristy: I'll be curious to see. I mean, one thing we're seeing over and over is how almost everyone in America was asked to read this book in high school. So every audience member should have an idea of who they see these characters as going in. Who is Gatsby is the question at the heart of the book. And whether Luhrmann intended it to be the same for the movie or not, it will definitely be a part of the debate over this adaptation.
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FabSugar Interview With Designer Donna Karan at Neiman Marcus in San Francisco
The Donna Dish: "If You Can't Sleep in It, Forget It"
The Donna Karan wisdom continues. After listening to her and Ken Downing at the Neiman Marcus event in San Francisco, I have a newfound interest in draping and defining luxury. Donna also mentioned Michelle Obama ("Michelle Obama is an icon") and emphasized the importance of jewelry when she spoke of her years collaborating with Robert Lee Morris: "Jewelry is important. Accessories are extremely important." Oh, and my favorite Donna quote? "Glamour — I forgot the word glamour!" Here's more Donna dish:
- Donna on draping: She always makes her skirts wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. "Draping is how fabric wraps around your body and accents the positive and hides the negative."
- Donna defines luxury: There is a difference between seeing something and wearing it, and to her, wearing is luxury. It's the difference of seeing and touching. This year was the most challenging year. It's important to not deny it and have consciousness about it. "I feel luxury is how we care for ourselves and other human beings."
- Donna on everyday dressing: "Do you have any idea how many outfits you can create from the same pieces?" Investment dressing doesn't go out of style. She loves it when she sees women wearing her older clothes today.
- Donna and her fabrics: "Most of my fabrics are made in Italy with extraordinary technology." A cashmere knits collection is coming out soon; it's based on comfort and ease and includes all sorts of neutral colors.
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Citing a widely debunked "terror plot" against the Saudi ambassador to the United States, officials claim Iran's "extremist militias and their proxies" pose a "threat beyond the immediate [Middle East] region," including the U.S. homeland, the Washington Times reports.
Matthew G. Olsen (L) tells the Senate the Iranians are coming.
Appearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, National Counter-Terrorism Center Director Matthew G. Olsen said: "We have seen an uptick in operational activity by the Quds Force over the last year or so."
In order to make his point that the Quds Force is a threat, Olsen cited the federal prosecution last year of "a senior member of the force" for alleged involvement in "a failed plot to kill the Saudi ambassador."
People familiar with the alleged terrorist, failed used car salesman and drunkard Mansour Arabsiar, describe him "in most unflattering terms, saying that they doubt Arbabsiar could have had any meaningful involvement in the supposed international ploy," Steve Watson wrote for Infowars.com in October.
Gareth Porter writes that the "legal document describing evidence in the case provides multiple indications that it was mainly the result of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sting operation" and that the assassination plan "originated with and was strongly pushed by an undercover DEA informant, at the direction of the FBI."
In October, Mother Jones revealed that the FBI is notorious for creating supposed terrorist groups from scratch and then framing patsies in order to claim the government is protecting the United States from terrorists. The number of government informants and agents provocateurs has grown exponentially since the 1970s when the FBI claimed it shut down its counter intelligence operation.
Moreover, Iran claims Gholam Shakuri, the man said by the U.S. government to be "a senior member of the force" is in fact an agent of an exiled Iranian opposition group. Interpol, the international law enforcement agency, had discovered that Shakuri was "a key member" of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen Khalq (MEK), according to the New York Times. The accusation was subsequently backed up by Massoud Khodabandeh, a former high-ranking MEK leader.
The MEK terrorist group is supported by the CIA and receives "the full panoply of spook training" and assistance from U.S. Special Forces operatives. The United States, Canada, Iraq and Iran have designated it as a terrorist organization.
It is also highly unlikely Iran was responsible for terror attacks in Georgia and India. "Iranian intelligence would never choose India as a venue to launch such attacks. It is the only significant country, barring Russia and China, to not recognize US-imposed sanctions. Its trade volume with India is significant enough for Iran," writes Tathagata Bhattacharya.
In February, India signed on to a rupee-based oil and gas deal with Iran and fended off pressure to join the western boycott of Iranian oil.
"For Iran it doesn't make sense to risk alienating India by launching an assassination attempt in the capital of the country," writes Arshin Adib-Moghaddam for the Guardian. "Similarly, Iran has good economic and political relations with Georgia and Thailand. Why would the leadership in Tehran risk a major crisis with these countries during this sensitive period when IAEA inspectors are moving in and out of Iran to investigate the country's nuclear program?"
Despite the lack of evidence and the sheer idiocy of the case made by the United States, the FBI argues that Quds Force and the "Lebanese Shiite extremist militia Hezbollah" are "a serious problem, a serious threat" in the United States.
According to New York Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, there are hundreds of Hezbollah operatives in the United States awaiting orders to strike. "We have a duty to prepare for the worst," King said. He also declared 84 Iranian diplomats at the United Nations and in Washington to be "intelligence officers."
In order to further exaggerate the threat, the Times of London interviewed a Syrian army leader turned defector who claims al-Assad's government plans to transfer chemical weapons to Hezbollah.
Hysterical testimony before the Senate arrives as the propaganda war waged against Iran and Syria ramps up in anticipation of an October surprise – a possible attack by Israel against Iran and its unsubstantiated nuclear weapons program prior to the U.S. presidential election.
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War vet run over and left for dead in Fargo
Justin Bohmer escaped injury during his two Army tours in Iraq, despite his dangerous mission of escorting convoys while dodging roadside bombs.
The irony that he would be struck and left for dead on a Fargo street Wednesday by what police believe was a hit-and-run driver was not lost on his father.
"You spend almost two and a half years in Iraq, where it's supposed to be dangerous and nothing matters," an angry Dan Bohmer said. "You come back to the relative safety of Fargo and some piece of crap runs you down."
"What kind of piece of crap, what kind of moral garbage, would do that?" he asked.
The former Moorhead City Council member joined police in asking for the public's aid in identifying the vehicle that ran over his 25-year-old son.
A passer-by reported seeing Justin Bohmer lying on Eighth Street South between 12th and 13th avenues at 4:43 a.m., Fargo Sgt. Mark Lykken said.
Officers arrived to find him bleeding "pretty heavily" from the head, Sgt. Bill Ahlfeldt said.
Bohmer was in and out of consciousness and couldn't tell police what happened, he said.
By afternoon, Bohmer was listed in serious condition at MeritCare Hospital. He remained in serious condition Thursday morning.
Doctors stitched up his head, repaired his arm's severely fractured humerus and were fitting him for a back brace for his fractured vertebrae, his father said, adding that his son will remain sedated at least for the next day or so until the back brace is in place.
"Then they can start waking him up and we can start assessing the ... true neurological damage, if any," he told reporters at MeritCare.
An accident reconstruction team worked the scene. Lykken said it appeared a southbound vehicle hit Justin Bohmer and drove over him.
Bohmer's personal effects, including a backpack, beer cans, a hat and gloves, were scattered on the street, Ahlfeldt said.
Lykken said it appeared that Bohmer had been walking on Eighth Street.
Dan Bohmer said his son lives about two blocks from the scene and had been coming home from a friend's house downtown.
He lashed out at a reporter who asked why his son was walking in the road and not on the sidewalk, and also blasted The Forum for allowing readers to speculate on its Web site about what his son was doing there at that time.
"It doesn't matter where he was walking, why he was walking, what time he was walking or anything else," he said, later adding, "What matters is you had a human being, a decent man, get run down and left to die."
Police have no witnesses or vehicle description, Lykken said. Investigators collected evidence at the scene, but it was nothing that would help lead them to the vehicle, he said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Fargo police at (701) 241-1405.
Dan Bohmer said there is a $2,000 reward being offered for anyone supplying information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the driver who hit his son.
Bohmer, an active duty Minnesota National Guard member who resides in Moorhead but works in the Twin Cities, said he first heard the news about his son's injuries from Justin's mother, Teresa Bohmer of Barnesville, Minn.
Justin Bohmer, a 2003 graduate of Barnesville High School, moved to Fargo about 14 months ago from Fort Bragg, N.C., where he served with the 82nd Airborne Division. He works as a service representative at Shotwell Floral in Fargo, his father said.


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In Reply to: He Ordered a Colonoscopy....Finally! posted by Kimberly B. on August 20, 2000 at 16:26:44:
: Hi, Everyone:
: Sorry about not getting back sooner. Past couple of days have been nerve wrecking for me. Just wanted to thank everyone who responded to my "vent" session on here last time; I appreciated it.
: Well, went to the MD on Friday and what he basically said was: that my blood "seds" (????) came back high, so he believes that I'm suffering from an Inflammative Colon, not irritable. To be quite honest, I don't know what the difference is...but that's what he suggested. He also noticed that my Thyroid results came back somewhat what he hadn't expected and had them reordered. He also put me on DOXEPIN 10mg (an antidepressant) 3 times a day to help me relax. He asked me if I "felt" anxious. I said, well...wouldn't I be if I didn't know when the next BM would take place? LOL I've been on that before for other reasons...only side effect is that it really sedates you at times, luckily he's suggested small gradual dosages. And lastly, he ordered a colonoscopy. I will have it done on Sept. 8th---I'm nervous, but anxious to find out what's going on.
: So, here it goes....And as far as the lotronex, he said if it wasn't helping...not to take it. He suggested I take Lomotil to help when it could. Now is just a matter of waiting on the Colonoscopy. I finally feel somewhat "validated"...like someone really noticed that just taking some "immodium" will let it pass. Someone taking me serious---Wow!
: Wanna hear something else great? I just sold my Ford Explorer the other week...and my husband mentioned to me yesterday...hey, maybe we will get a conversion van...with a custom-fit toliet...Put me on cloud nine! Silly, I know...but my own toliet on the road! Talk about an understanding husband! Not exactly an RV, but hey...a toliet, is a toliet to me---
: Enough said....By the way, has anyone ever heard about Thyroid having an effect on the colon?
: God Bless and take Care,
: Kimberly
I had Graves Disease which is a an overactive thyroid will cause MASSIVE diarrhea. It will also make you very irritable, nervous, shaky, hot, major weight fluctuations, unexplainable skin rashes, vision changes, and extreme fatigue. After I had my thyroid removed (that isn't the only treatment by the way...don't panic. There are less invasive ways)it eased up quite a bit. However, I have irritable bowel on top of it. Anyway, having diarrhea only 3 times per day was wonderful to me instead of 10 - 12 times!Congrats on the colonoscopy! I've been fighting drs left and right to get one. My Primary Care Physician has been holding my referrals hostage. She will not refer me to the dr. I want to go to. She said she would send me to any other dr but him. Would not give me a reason. So, I can be just as nasty as she was, so I just called the dr. I wanted to go to, and asked them what general physician referred to him the most. They told me, and now I have a new primary care physican...So, there are many ways to skin a cat!
A van with a toilet??? I am so jealous! Never thought of that! What a husband!
Good Luck on the 8th!Angie E
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The article analyzes the issue of privatization from theoretical point of view. An incomplete contracts approach is used in the analysis. Formal model is presented, showing how contractual incompleteness affects the extent of restructuring. The conclusion is, that if the government cannot commit not to subsidize the firm in exchange for higher production, restructuring effort will be lower than optimal. The reason is that higher restructuring decreases future subsidies. The government thus creates soft budget constraint for the owner. However, privatization improves upon state ownership. If we introduce partial privatization, more complicated governance structures emerge. Rights to cash-flow and rights to control are distinguished. One of the principal conclusions is that these rights are highly complementary. Privatization should therefore include transfer of both of these rights toward the new owner.
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