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1999 Holden Berlina Ecotec from Australia and New Zealand
Save your money and buy a VE
I bought the car in 2009, and had quite a lot of trouble with it.
After about 2 weeks of owning it, the ignition barrel broke, so I had to get it replaced, as I couldn't drive it.
Within the next 6 weeks, I had the water pump go on me, which took the radiator and thermostat with it.
A few other little issues were power steering rack blew, brake booster failed, passenger electric window stopped working, as did the brake lights.
Would I buy another Holden? Yes. A VT? No.
General Comments:
Overall it handles like a boat.
Had a long first gear (good for the red light battle).
Braking is excellent in these cars, with the twin piston calipers. Given that it felt heavy and gutless over 80 kph.
The steering is hard and not very direct.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
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Fulfilling some international promotional duties, Karolina Kurkova showed up at a press conference for The Pirelli Calendar 50th Anniversary in Milan, Italy today (November 21).
The Czech-born stunner smiled brightly for the shutterbugs in a black and navy ensemble ahead of the big unveiling of the 2014 edition of the coveted calendar.
Earlier in the week, Karolina was back in her native Prague, Czech Republic to attend the Fashion for Kids event and help raise money for children forced to live in group homes and orphanages.
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One of my UI pet peeves is misleading progress indicators.
This morning, I'm running a disk drive diagnostic program. The first test claimed it would take 200 seconds. After only 10 seconds, the display said "10% done". Huh? Last time I checked, 10 ÷ 200 was 0.05, or 5%. Near the end of the test, the display said "100% done" about 10 seconds before it actually completed.
To a user, incorrect progress bars are annoying and useless. I don't know about you, but when something is "100% done", I think of it as, well, done. Not close to done. Those eternal seconds between "100% done" and actually done are immensely frustrating. People have even done research papers on designing progress bars to improve the user's perception of a program's progress. But this kind of research is light years ahead of real life, where we can't even get a decent linear progress bar to work.
From my programmer's perspective, misleading progress indicators are especially perplexing. You have to write extra code to get it wrong. Since programmers are lazy, nobody should be writing extra code, and all of our progress bars should just work.
Consider the disk drive diagnostic. You'd expect a plain jane linear progress indicator to be computed something like this:
indicator_value = work_done / total_work
Pretty simple, right? Ten seconds into a 200 second test should give us 0.05.
Now it's likely that the calculation is done with integer arithmetic, and the final result will be presented as a percentage. So we have to scale up the numbers like so:
indicator_value = 100 * work_done / total_work
Now, 100 * 10 seconds ÷ 200 seconds gives us 5. So why in the world would the disk diagnostic claim 10%? Because somebody decided to do more work than was necessary.
Somebody apparently decided to have the indicator display progress in 10 percentage point increments (10%, 20%, 30%, etc.). Fine, you have to draw the line somewhere. So we revise our code to something like this:
indicator_value = 100 * work_done / total_work / 10 * 10
Mathematicians unfamiliar with integer arithmetic in most programming languages are now scratching their heads. The salient detail is that there's an implicit floor function on the result of each division operation when working with integers. Conceptually, the above is equivalent to:
indicator_value = floor(floor(100 * work_done / total_work) / 10) * 10
Any programmer who find him- or herself at this point should stop, take a breath, and check off the progress indicator feature as complete.
But many programmers don't stop there. Something bothers them. They instinctively worry about the "rounding down" that the integer division does. They want to fix it. They want to round up. Next thing you know, they've written an expression like this:
indicator_value = (100 * work_done / total_work + 5) / 10 * 10
Adding 5 (which is half of the 10 percentage point interval) will bias the number up. In many cases, this is the right thing to do. If you're writing code to credit frequent flier miles to my account, I want you to round up. But we're talking about code for a progress indicator. Don't over-promise. Manage the user's expectations.
It's true that, 10 seconds into a 200 second operation, we're closer to 10% than we are to 0%. But we're not 10% done. We're not even close. And, at the other end, you'll show 100% done 10 seconds before we're actually done. That's an outright lie. User interfaces shouldn't lie to users.
Don't round up on progress indicators. Ever!
"But now users will panic," some of you are sure to complain, "because it'll seem like nothing is happening for 20 whole seconds!"
Perhaps so. Maybe it's time to revisit the decision to show progress in 10 percentage point increments. You could have done even less work.
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REMICS was participating at European Conference on Software Architecture, This Demos and posters session will be held in Polytech'Montpellier in conjunction with the three co-located conferences (ECMFA, ECOOP and ECSA)
E. Cariou, O. Le Goaer, F. Barbier, P.Samson : Characterization of Adaptable Interpreted-DSML, proceedings of 9th European Conference on Modeling Foundations and Applications, Montpellier, France, Lecture Notes in Computer Science #7949, Springer, pp. 37-53, July 1-5, 2013
One of the main goals of model-driven engineering (MDE) is the manipulation of models as exclusive software artifacts. Model execution is in particular a means to substitute models for code. More precisely, as models of a dedicated domain-specific modeling language (DSML) are interpreted through an execution engine, such a DSML is called interpreted-DSML (i-DSML for short). On another way, MDE is a promising discipline for building adaptable systems based on models at runtime. When the model is directly executed, the system becomes the model: This is the model that is adapted. In this paper, we propose a characterization of adaptable i-DSML where a single model is executed and directly adapted at runtime. If model execution only modifies the dynamical elements of the model, we show that the adaptation can modify each part of the model and that the execution and adaptation semantics can be changed at runtime.


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Carlos Arias Delgado is a man of many interests. From leadership to science, Carlos makes sure to give every task his all.
Many readers may be familiar with "911", the US emergency number. Until Carlos made it his mission to fix it, Venezuela did not have a functioning emergency response number. But thanks to his efforts, "171" can be dialed by anyone in Venezuela who is experiencing some type of emergency.
Mr. Delgado has played an important role in the implementation of efficient emergency response systems in Venezuela. He settled into this role because it merged his two main interests and backgrounds: the structure and leadership lessons he gained through past experiences with technology. His leadership experience gave his emergency response systems much needed organization, and the technological developments that he constantly sought out benefit the people of Venezuela greatly.
Delgado has a systems engineering background– he studied it at IPUFAS (El Instituto Universitario Politécnico de las Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales) in Caracas, for six years. He didn't stop there, and went on teach courses at Metro University. These include an advanced course on systems implementation and a course on first aid and immediate care.
Carlos's other interests fall nicely into his line of work, and make sense given his personal experience. He has special personal interests in Cosmology, quantum physics, and human health and well-being. Cosmology is the study of the origin and development of the universe, and seeks to uncover where we've been, where we are, and where we're headed. It's particularly important because it is a science that concerns every single individual person. We are all connected in some way or another, if only by virtue of sharing the same space. As Carlos learns more and more about the interconnectedness of the Universe, he increasingly believes that we have a duty to help one another in the best way possible.


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Thought Broadcasting
A film about psychosis and surveillance. A composite of fact and fiction, the film draws upon real-life accounts of a schizophrenic disorder: the belief that ones thoughts are being transmitted and heard by others. Set against the proliferation of mobile phone masts in the urban and rural landscape, the film reveals a fragmented inner world of paranoid delusions and acute anxiety, off-set by revelations of mass surveillance and data gathering by government security agencies. Filming locations include a psychiatric video recording studio, an abandoned broadcast television station and a military base used for mass communications monitoring and interception.
Part clinical observation, part psychological horror, the film is driven by a tense and dark electronic score by Lord Mongo, and interweaves the flickering detritus of analogue tape, monitors and studio cameras with layers of sampled archive voices; forming a picture of a psychotic state of mind, entangled in an interconnected world.
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2017 - World premiere
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 19 mins
- Director
- Nick Jordan
- Producer
- Nick Jordan
- Editor
- Nick Jordan
- Director of Photography
- Nick Jordan
- Music
- Lord Mongo
- Principal Cast
- Alan Creedon, Clara Casian, Adele Jordan, Andrea Zapp
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And race organiser Robert Benyon is confident that a combined total of around 400 runners will take part in the main 10-mile race and 7km Round the Loch fun run.
Robert said: "The previous highest number of entries we've had was 350 in 2012 and I'm optimistic we can beat that.
"This will be the fourth year that our 10-mile race has been upgraded to Scottish Championship level.
"Scottish Athletics has chosen us over Edinburgh to host this country's premier 10-mile event."
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"I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" - Handel's Masterwork
An Introduction to the Music of Philip Glass
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Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Contentment Made Simple - NOT
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Coping With Loss
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Dante Gabriel Rosetti: The Perilous Ideals
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Grace in the Seeming Mundane
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J. S. Bach: "The Passion According to St. Matthew"
Life at L'Abri
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Relationships: Daily Struggles, Daily Joys
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
How's Your Balance?
One of my favorites is the Entre Leadership Podcast. Subscriber here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-entreleadership-podcast/id435836905
Recently one of the podcasts, hosted by Chris Locurto, mentioned Zig Ziglar's Wheel of life:
This prompted me to challenge myself with a New Year's resolution to seek greater balance.
I started the year by printing the wheel and coloring in where I spent the majority of my time this past year. I basically came clean to myself about where I placed my priorities.
I posted this on the wall of my office and set myself a reoccurring task that simple asks the question, How's Your Balance?
I'll come back to this post at the end of the year and answer the question with a new graph, being completely honest and hoping to see I may not have reach total balance but I've made progress.
So I challenge you to print the wheel, ask yourself (BE HONEST), and seek greater balance.
Find more on Entre Leadership here: http://www.entreleadership.com/home/
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- AnonymousFebruary 4, 2013 at 7:57 AM
If I had had this at your age I might not have had 3 wives. The rub though is that if I had had balance I would not have had the success for myself or my students that I experienced. Being a champion (the best) in any area requires sacrifice. If I had it all to do over again I'm not sure I would change.eg
I would find it interesting to see the differences in 'wheels' as a person moves through life. Should you always be 'balanced'? Are there times in a life when all your focus needs to be in 1 or 2 areas? Do men and women see balance differently? Hmmmmm .... gcReplyDelete


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Current research shows that pre-natal exercise has huge benefits and that women can safely exercise and maintain their levels of fitness during the pre-natal period. Having a Personal Trainer in the build up to the birth gets you all the support and motivation of one-on-one training plus an expert on hand to make sure that you are doing the right exercises the right way, ensuring you and your baby are fit and well before, during and after pregnancy. Post-natal training can speed up your return to a normal weight. If you were entering a marathon you would want to be as fit as possible and would do some specific training to get ready for it. It makes sense then that as you know your body will be going through a traumatic event (birth), you should try to prepare for it by being physically fit and well.
Shorter labour and less intervention
Women who continue to exercise regularly throughout their pregnancies are less likely to need medical intervention during labour and delivery (i.e. pitocin use, forceps delivery, etc.) and experience less time in both active labour and during the second ("pushing") stage. Reports also show that being fit before giving birth makes getting back into shape after the big event much easier. With these findings in mind, more and more women are maintaining or starting exercise during their pregnancies.
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Benefits of pre-natal training
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- Helps to control excess weight gain while helping you to relax and sleep better.
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- Maintains strength and fitness before, after and beyond birth.
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Research shows that babies of mums who exercised during pregnancy:
- Are born healthier
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Even if you consider yourself a couch cabbage you can still benefit from some structured exercise during pregnancy and ensure that you lose your baby weight more easily after the birth.
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Two weeks of too much going on meant too much going out means getting back into writing and reading mode. I haven't got back into my book a week habit (that's reading, not writing one) since before the world cup.
So having said all that about Birmingham being so fantastic there is rarely a need to London, this weekend a few of us are going to see Hair, the musical in London.
I say Hair was the first production I was in whilst at primary school but in a few ways, this is not strictly true; firstly, my debut production was the nativity, 3 months into my school career and I was picked, not auditioned, to play Mary, largely a non-speaking role. I'm sure there may have been another nativity or two before Hair. Now that I come to think of it, I don't remember a production, just rehearsing so maybe it was just part of dance class or the like? My memory is only of waving scarves and swirling around the floor to the tune of 'this is the dawning of the age of Aquarius, the age of Aquariuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus'. That's all I remember, or I could have imagined it all. All I knew at the time was that I was singing about a star sign, growing up as the youngest of 4 sisters and just one brother, I knew about star signs at an absurdly early age.
So, having spent the weekend easily – well not easily, it was bloody hard, I just mean in the end I topped the target of 1000 words on my book – I start as I mean to go on by picking up a new book to read.
I generally don't like chick lit (maybe pick up one a year) but this seems good so far, The Truth About Melody Brown by Lisa Jewell.
Best of all my Radio 2 boys are back after a holiday, Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie 8-10pm, sadly now only on Monday to Wednesday having been replaced with live music on Thursdays. When I say 'live' I mean recorded at some point in the past. If you're going to replace the best thing on radio, now that Wossy has gone (Ken Bruce & popmaster a close 2nd) replace it with something better. Nope, that's not possible; there is nothing better than these two.
These are my reading hours even though I get mightily distracted, not always by the music but by their muso chatter in between perfectly chosen records from now, from the past and most importantly from the future. If I am out, as much as I say I'll pop in for a quick drink after work (strictly speaking it's not my 'after-work', just everyone else's'), it inevitably gets to at least 9 before I think of trying to make an exit, even though I rarely drink. (allergy reasons)
Cocktails in an island
Back to Birmingham, this leads to Tuesday, the only night I've committed to be Out with the Girls and my third attempt to get to the Island Bar. Living in St Pauls, going to the other side of the city is like going to the dark side. For a start it's a good 25 minute walk but I make it and a lovely time is had by all, with the first time I looked at my watch being 9.28. Bang on cue then.
It's nice in there although it took me 10 minutes to ask for my mineral water as the solo barman was busy making something green with herbs. I should have asked for some pink colouring just to make it as fancy as the others.
I was meant to pop in for a drink before we went to see Cherry Ghost at the Alex the other week, but somehow it never happened. They offer cocktails at £3.50 all night on a Monday, I guess we'll be doing that next month, when I may gear myself up for a drop of the hard stuff. It's a recently developed alcohol allergy although I'm not a big drinker anyway.
Coffee & Live Music
On Friday, seemingly the coffee shop to the stars had some welcome live music from Pandemonium Peoples Front Skiffle Experience; 'bringing back skiffle to its coffee bar roots'. They can only be described as skiffle meets folk and runs over the punk on the way. As everyone knows, I'm in there most afternoons to write and although Friday is a day off, I felt it a good enough reason to be at Urban. I've loved live music in coffee shops in the evenings since my early days of travelling solo to New York. If one is not a drinker this a fabulous way to enjoy life music and on a Friday, a great end to the working week/start to the weekend. If not every week it will be great to have this at least once a month.
It's a little loud for a coffee shop ambience as we had to SHOUT TO BE HEARD but otherwise, fantastic.
Flower children
Four of us meet at Snow Hill on Saturday morning to catch a train to London. Why Snow Hill and not the brilliantly fast Virgin train from New St? Because Chiltern trains are running an offer, buy 2 tickets, get four so against my better judgement, I'm persuaded by my three companions that it will be fun if we're all together.
As it turns out, that was the only negative as apparently there was some maintenance work going but the horrendous delays were not mentioned either when purchasing, on the boards or at any time during the very long journey. Nor that we had to change in deepest darkest West London (barely) and jump on a tube. In total we spent over six hours travelling, more time that we went in London. I think I've convinced the others to stick with Virgin and book weeks in advance to get the deal in future.
The 'day' in London however was perfection; brunch, coffee, show, coffee & cake before heading back. A great last free Saturday for me before Match of the Day returns. Next weekend, I'm staying in Birmingham, probably.


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DOODY, SAMUEL (1656–1706), botanist, the eldest of the second family of his father, John Doody, an apothecary in Staffordshire, who afterwards removed to London, where he had a shop in the Strand, was born in Staffordshire 28 May 1656. He was brought up to his father's business, to which he succeeded about 1696. He had given some attention to botany before 1687, the date of a commonplace book (Sloane MS. 3361), but his help is first acknowledged by Ray in 1688 in the second volume of the 'Historia Plantarum.' He was intimate with the botanists of his time, Ray, already mentioned, Plukenett, Petiver, and Sloane, and had specially devoted himself to cryptogams, at that time very little studied, and became an authority upon them. He undertook the care of the Apothecaries' Garden at Chelsea in 1693, at the salary of 100l., which he seems to have continued until his death. Two years later he was elected fellow of the Royal Society. The results of his herborisations round London are recorded in his copy of Ray's 'Synopsis,' 2nd edit., now in the British Museum, which were used by Dillenius in preparing the third edition. He suffered much from gout, and appears to have been rather notorious for a failing which, although not specified, seems to have been intemperance. He died, after some weeks' illness, the last week in November 1706, and was buried at Hampstead 3 Dec., his funeral sermon being preached by his old friend, Adam Buddle [q. v.] His sole contribution as an author seems to be a paper in the 'Phil. Trans.' (1697), xix. 390, on a case of dropsy in the breast.
[Pulteney's Sketches, ii. 107–9; Trimen and Dyer's Flora of Middlesex, 376–8; Sloane MSS. 2972, 3361, 4043; Sherard MSS. (Roy. Soc.); Nichols's Lit. Illustr. i. 341–2, where the index has a misprint of 'music' for musci.]


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Our orchards
|Ashridge Sparkling Ciders are made from apples harvested in old South Devon orchards. All our orchards are certified organic. They are all well established with "standard" trees, many of which are at least 60 years old. There are at least fifteen varieties of genuine cider apple trees which produces a rich and well balanced juice. We use 100% pure juice in our cider, nothing else. The pure juice is fermented and matured using natural wild yeasts. After approximately six months the fermentation ceases. The cider is then mixed with a special champagne yeast and a small measured amount of cane sugar.
First fermentation
|The mixture is then transferred into full strength champagne bottles where a secondary fermentation takes place. The bottles are then stored horizontally at a low constant temperature for a year. The secondary fermentation makes the cider sparkling with a profusion of tiny bubbles. The taste of the cider also assumes some of the characteristics of a classic wine based champagne. This is due to the breaking down or "autolysis" of the yeast and only occurs if the cider is left on the "lees" for a long period.
Secondary fermentation
|The sediment produced during the secondary fermentation is removed by an ingenious method. The bottles are gradually inverted thereby getting the sediment to settle onto the cap. To do this, a nifty rack called a "pupitre" is used to hold the bottles as they are gradually turned and tilted upright. This is done every day for about a month. With the bottle still upside down the top inch is frozen. Then the cap is removed and the "plug" of sediment is forced out by the pressure built up during the secondary fermentation. Any shortfall is immediately replaced by a "dosage" of cider and cane sugar, to the level of "brut" or dry in champagne wine terms. If we are making "Devon Blush" it is at this stage we add the blackberry.
|Finally, a proper champagne style cork is inserted and wire cage attached. The alcohol content is 7.5% vol.This traditional method or "méthode champenoise" is a long, fairly complicated process. Although recently pioneered and resurrected when applied to cider by James Lane from Haslemere, there is evidence that secondary in-bottle fermentation began, not in Champagne, but with ciders in the Forest of Dean in the 17th century. This type of cider was held in high esteem in many quarters, and was often the preferred alternative to French wines.
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|We are not trying to suggest we can compete with the best French wines but feel that we have here a product which stands on it's own merits. It is good value, of high quality, and innovative. There is a long standing tradition of cider making in Devon. Tastes and traditions change with time. The cider apple orchards of today are a mere fraction of what existed say, even 50 years ago. At present there is a significant revival of interest in orcharding. Ashridge Cider, in its own small way is helping to continue the management and survival of our orchards, which are such an important part of the Devon landscape.


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December 1st – 12th 2017, team up with Aaron Rodgers and Kohl's Cares in the fight against childhood cancer and blood disorders.
Since 1976, the MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc.) has been committed to combating childhood cancer and related blood disorders—and your support is needed now more than ever.
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The second installment in Nosy Crow's educational Rounds series.
Every illustration in this series is made out of circles or parts of circles. Additionally, much like a rousing chorus of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," these stories follow the life cycles of living beings—so far, a frog (Franklin Frog, 2012) and a penguin. This adventure begins with Parker, an adult penguin who waddles and slides through his icy world. He spouts facts—in the first person—about penguins along the way. Tapping him prompts declarations like, "I rock from side to side as I walk." Readers can help him do things like skid over snow and avoid predators while swimming. Parker finds a mate in Penelope. They do their awesome mating dance, and eventually, Percy is born, which starts the cycle all over again. Percy meets Pippa, and their mating results in Peter, who mates with Pearl. And so it goes. Navigation is super smooth, and the penguins' charming discourse is likely to teach the adults a thing or two. All the interactions are both interesting and satisfying. The only oversight is that both stories in this series are told entirely from a male perspective. Could the tale not be told from Penelope's, Pippa's or Pearl's point of view? It's unfortunate that the females don't exist until found by a mate.
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New blood test predicts gestational diabetes risk early in pregnancy
For pregnant women, gestational diabetes can be a troubling complication. A form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) causes glucose levels in the bloodstream to be higher than normal, which can pose significant risks to the unborn baby's health.
While GDM can often be controlled through proper diet, exercise and medication, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial for women hoping to manage their high blood sugar and prevent complications during their pregnancy.
In order to better identify the condition in pregnant women earlier, researchers from Tokyo Women's Medical University have identified a biomarker in pregnant women's blood that can help determine her risk of developing gestational diabetes.
"Currently, at mid-pregnancy – 24 to 28 weeks – a glucose challenge test is performed to find GDM," study author Dr. Atsuhiro Ichihara, of Tokyo Women's Medical University, told FoxNews.com. "However, earlier detection of GDM has been needed for early intervention or prevention,"
Ichihara noted that usually only women who have risk factors such as obesity or a family history of GDM are screened earlier on in pregnancy. Therefore, women who develop GDM and do not have these common risk factors often remain undiagnosed until the second trimester – and a delay in diagnosis often means therapies for GDM are less effective.
If left untreated, GDM can increase the risk of jaundice, breathing issues and hypoglycemia in the newborn child. More extreme side effects of uncontrolled GDM include the risk of premature delivery, preeclampsia, and even the death of the child before or shortly after birth.
Through previous research, Ichihara and his team had determined that the protein renin receptor (P)RR plays a significant role in the assembly and function of the enzyme known as vacuolar H+-ATPase (v-ATPase). According to Ichihara, the disruption of this enzyme's functions leads to the development of GDM. The researchers believed that measuring levels of s(P)RR – the soluble form of (P)RR found in the bloodstream – could help predict whether or not pregnant women eventually develop diabetes.
Using the popular diagnostic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test, the team analyzed the blood of 716 pregnant women during their first trimesters, measuring for their levels of s(P)RR. Of the study's participants, 44 women ultimately developed GDM.
Confirming the researchers' hypothesis, tests results showed that women with elevated levels of s(P)RR in their blood were 2.9 times more likely to develop gestational diabetes than the women with the lowest levels.
According to Ichihara, the increased levels of s(P)RR suggest that the mothers are experiencing slowed metabolisms, putting them at risk for GDM.
"The increased s(P)RR levels are thought to reflect the enhanced expression of (P)RR," Ichihara said. "The GDM or pre-GDM patients have impaired metabolism, so the increase in the activity of v-ATPase is required to compensate the impaired metabolism. (P)RR is one of the factors stimulating the v-ATPase activity."
Overall, the research team hopes that this test will be utilized in pregnant women in addition to traditional markers for GDM – such as obesity and high blood pressure. Ichihara said the test could also come in handy for detecting other conditions, as recent studies have found a connection between elevated s(P)RR levels and the birth of larger babies and high blood pressure in late pregnancy.
"The evidence suggests the biomarker is important in the interaction between mother and fetus during pregnancy," Ichihara said.
The research was published in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).


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Another recipe I've made a few times is from Sherry Yards in her book The Secrets of Baking. It is for a brioche donut. It is super rich and not sweet. Also it is built very slowly with only a small amount of yeast to start. It takes 3 times as long to make but part of me really enjoys the process and flavor of slowly risen breads. For this recipe, you must first make a sponge. This is a wet starter that allows the yeast to easily multiply before slowing it down with salt, butter and eggs.
Brioche Donuts
2 1/2 tsp yeast
1 Tbl brown sugar
1/2 C milk
1/2 C flour
Whisk together and then cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let sit for 30-45 minutes.
3 C flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cardamom
1/4 tsp cinnamon
4 eggs
1/4 lb butter
Add flour, salt and spices.
Beat eggs seperately and add to dough. Add butter 2 Tbls at a time.
Knead forever if making by hand, until smooth and shiny.
Cover bowl and let raise until doubled, about 2 hrs. Punch down, cover and raise again for 45 minutes.
Roll out to about 1/2 inch thick.
Cut with 2 1/2 inch donut cutters (or a tin can and a soy sauce cap!) and deep fry about 1 minute for each side.
|after sitting an hour out of the freezer
I've been making the dough up until it is ready to fry and freezing it. This recipe takes far too long to make for breakfast but they can be thawed and fried in an hour or 2.
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powdered sugar
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An important festival in traditional agrarian Korea was the first full moon of the Lunar New Year, called Jeongwol Daeboreum (Jeongwol meaning first month and Daeboreum meaning 'big full moon'. On this day, people would wish for good luck and health throughout the year and participate in all kinds of folk games and rituals, many of which were based on the belief that the light of the first full moon of the year signifies affluence and good luck. The celebrations are held on the 15th day of the first lunar month - Monday 9 February in this year's solar calendar.
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The first person to see the moon rise is said to be assured of good luck all year; therefore, on the evening of the first full moon, this year Monday 9 February, some people still climb mountains to catch the moon as it begins to rise, while others crack nuts with their teeth in a practice (bureom) that was believed would keep teeth healthy for the year ¨C the number of nuts should be equal to one's age. Eating chestnuts, walnuts, peanuts, pine and/or gingko nuts not only strengthened a person's teeth, the sound was said to drive away evil spirits and prevent boils and other skin problems. Cracking nuts was supposed to be done before uttering one's first words of the day.
Another custom practiced on the first full moon, Jisinbapgi , involved burning dry grass on ridges between the rice fields while the children ran around with cans with holes filled with burning charcoal in order to fertilize the fields and destroy worms that fed off new rice crops. Another rite, daljiptae-wugi , consisted of burning a "moon house" made of straw to wish for a good harvest. If the wood burned fast, it was believed that the year would be free of problems. Also, the bigger the fire, the better the harvest.
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UKIP West Midlands MEP James Carver is joining forces with local councillors Paul Bradley and Paul Brothwood to campaign for greater free parking to be provided in Stourbridge.
Mr Carver, has this week said he will work with Amblecote councillor Paul Bradley and Wordsley councillor Paul Brothwood to lead calls, on behalf of small businesses, for additional free parking to be provided to help boost trade.
Both Mr Carver and Cllr Brothwood want to remove trade barriers from our district centres and in turn revitalise local shopping areas.
Mr Carver said: "We need to see a return to the days of a diverse market town not one dominated by charity shops and fast food takeaways.
"These of course have their place on our high streets but we need to enhance Stourbridge through a greater range of businesses to attract people from outside the area
"I will work with Councillor Brothwood and Councillor Bradley to listen to and engage with local businesses to find the right solution."
Cllr Bradley said: "At the moment everyone parks at the Tesco store because of the free parking.
"It's common sense really - the introduction of free parking in other areas would centralise things."
Cllr Brothwood added: "As a local business owner I understand the frustrations of small businesses and look forward to working with James Carver MEP on relieving the pressures on these firms.
"Providing greater free parking provision would fuel additional footfall and trade in Stourbridge. We look forward to taking our campaign to the streets."
Town leaders say Stourbridge is on the up
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Sri Lanka s economy expanded at the fastest pace in five quarters
March 30 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka s economy expanded at the fastest pace in five quarters as the government stepped up spending on new roads and ports after the end of a quarter- century of civil war in the country.
Gross domestic product rose 6.2 percent in the three months ended Dec. 31 from a year earlier after gaining 4.2 percent in the previous quarter, the statistics department said in a statement in Colombo today.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was reelected for a six- year term in January after defeating the Tamil Tiger rebels in May, has pledged to spend $1 billion on ports, roads and power plants in 2010. Reconstruction in the $41 billion South Asian economy is boosting profit in companies including Tokyo Cement Co. Lanka Plc and Central Industries Plc.
The infrastructure investments will have a spillover effect in the economy, Saminda Weerasinghe, research manager at Acuity Stockbrokers Pvt. in Colombo, said before the report. It will help even faster growth in the second half of 2010.
Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Nivard Cabraal on March 18 maintained benchmark interest rates at a five-year low to boost consumer demand and drive growth to as much as 7 percent in 2010. Sri Lanka s reverse repurchase rate is 9.75 percent and the repurchase rate is 7.5 percent.
Low Inflation
Cabraal can afford to keep borrowing costs low because of tame inflation in the country. Consumer prices in the capital, Colombo, rose 6.9 percent in February from a year earlier, almost half the average inflation rate between 2004 and 2009.
Commercial bank loans rose to 1.196 trillion rupees ($10.5 billion) in January from 1.195 trillion in December, the fourth gain in five months, according to the central bank, an indicator of growing consumer spending.
Low interest rates are also critical to support domestic demand as Sri Lanka s exports may slow in the coming months after the European Union on Feb. 15 said it will suspend preferential trade benefits to the island nation because of human rights shortcomings during the war.
Sri Lankan exports rose 6.4 percent in December to $723.4 million after a yearlong decline.
Peace has prompted foreign companies, including HSBC Holdings Plc and Emirates Telecommunications Corp., to start operations in the island s northern and eastern areas that were earlier under the control of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
HSBC Holdings, Europe s biggest bank, in February opened the first branch by any foreign bank in Sri Lanka s northern Jaffna peninsula.
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Etisalat, the United Arab Emirates biggest phone company, started services in Jaffna on Feb. 26 after acquiring Tigo Pvt., the Sri Lankan unit of Millicom International Cellular SA, for $155 million in October.
Demand for building roads and ports after the end of the war helped lift sales at Tokyo Cement by 79 percent in the three months ended Dec. 31.
Sri Lanka plans to invite overseas and local companies this month to set up business in a new $550 million tax-free port zone in the island s south. The country is also seeking foreign investments to help build a new terminal in Colombo port, Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman Priyath Wickrarma said March 5.


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Vy ~ this looks like a fabulous magazine. They ought to hire you to do their PR. I'm off to check it out. As always, your mood boards are intoxicating!
Ciao bella,
I recently found out about a very special zine called At Your Leisure through one of my weekly reads, decor8. I love magazines. I love independent magazines. I love independent magazines that do a brilliant job of combining fashion, design and decor.
Add to that a zine that combines all of these 3 with a color story??? Yes please!!
I ordered my copy of At Your Leisure and it arrived the next day. When I first opened the weighty cardboard envelope, I found a nice little surprise along with the zine. It was an envelope handstamped with the J3 Productions logo – the agency that produces At Your Leisure. The envelope not only bore a little gift that echoed some of the graphic elements of the zine, but it also came in a beautiful shade of aqua echoing those found on the company website.
I leafed through the pages and rather than putting it down and setting it aside for later, I immediately sat down with it. It's an evocative and inspiring zine full of images that took me on a little journey. Sounds corny, I know. But it's very rare these days that I can leaf through a printed magazine from cover to cover and truly get absorbed by the art direction.
What I really loved about it is how the current issue reflects the mood of the J3 Productions website. I'm not a huge fan of Flash sites. If the images take too long to load, I usually skip them altogether. But for their site, I found myself refreshing the splash page several times. The images load quickly! The images are also crazy beautiful! Here a couple that grabbed my attention:
In the zine itself, these are some images you can find in the second issue of At Your Leisure's current incarnation:
The art direction is so fresh and inspiring. I love the consistent use of color stories throughout. And while there were pretty images, it's easily a zine that a man can also enjoy. It can be difficult to capture an audience with aesthetics that cater to both masculine and feminine sensibilities, but At Your Leisure manages to with great verve. So go get yourself a copy – if you find yourself moved by color the way I am, I know you will be happy with this inspired project.
And just so I don't leave you all without a mood board, here is a color scheme I pulled from one of the gorgeous graphics on the J3 Productions site. I'm taken by how the tones of marine blues and greens seamlessly blend together – what a great expression of color! I'll be looking forward to future issues of this special project. There's been a lot of love put into At Your Leisure and I fully appreciate all the special details that makes it unique.
Enjoy and do support this beautiful zine – I know you will be as thrilled with it as I was!
Vy ~ this looks like a fabulous magazine. They ought to hire you to do their PR. I'm off to check it out. As always, your mood boards are intoxicating!
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Pancreatic cancer eyed in Steve Jobs' death
(CBS/AP) What killed Apple's visionary founder and CEO Steve Jobs? Neither his company nor his family have disclosed the cause of death, but medical experts not involved in his care suspect his cancer had returned.
Pictures: Pancreatic cancer spotlighted by Steve Jobs' death
Steve Jobs had battled a rare type of slow-growing pancreatic cancer for more than seven years. Medical experts say his need for a liver transplant two years ago signaled that his cancer had likely returned or spread. They said his death could have been from cancer, his new liver not working, or complications from immunosupressive drugs that prevent organ rejection.
Jobs declared he was cured in 2004, following surgery for a so-called islet cell neuroendocrine tumor. That rare form of pancreatic cancer is considered more treatable than the form of the disease that killed actor Patrick Swayze in 2009.
"Neuroendocrine tumors are uncommon, with only a few thousand cases a year," Dr. Craig Devoe, a pancreatic cancer expert at North Shore-LIJ Health System in New Hyde Park, N.Y, told HealthDay. Devoe speculated that fewer than 1,000 of these cases strike the pancreas. Overall, there are about 43,000 cases of pancreatic cancer each year, which kills nearly 38,000 people.
Treatment options vary but include chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and surgery to remove the tumor or surrounding tissue.
A liver transplant can cure Jobs' type of cancer, but "if it were to come back, it's usually in one to two years," said Dr. Michael Pishvaian, a gastrointestinal cancer specialist at Georgetown University.
Intensely private, Jobs never revealed whether the cancer had spread to his lymph nodes or liver, or the extent of his surgery. Some doctors speculated he had a Whipple procedure, in which a portion of the pancreas and small intestine, the gallbladder, and in some cases part of the stomach are removed and the remaining organs are reattached to allow for digestion.
"It is a big operation but it can be performed very safely by experienced surgeons at experienced centers," said Dr. Steven Libutti, director of the Montefiore-Einstein Center for Cancer Care in the Bronx.
Jobs was dramatically thinner in the years following the procedure. In January 2009, he attributed those problems to a hormone imbalance and said there was a simple treatment for it. Weeks later, he went on medical leave and then had a liver transplant, which was kept secret for two months.
At the time, Jobs would not say why the transplant was needed, though doctors speculated that the likely explanation was that the cancer had spread to his liver.
People with cancer typically don't undergo transplant surgeries, but "there is some support for the idea that a liver transplant can be curative" for a neuroendocrine tumor as long as the cancer has not spread beyond the liver, Pishvaian said.
Patients with neuroendocrine tumors that have spread survive on average for seven to eight years, but some patients have lived an additional 20 to 30 years, said Dr. Martin Heslin, cancer surgery chief at Vanderbilt University.
Sadly for Jobs, this was not the case - this past January, he announced his third and final leave of absence, and resigned in August, CBS News reported.
"I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know," Jobs wrote Apple's board of directors on August 24. "Unfortunately, that day has come."
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has more on pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.


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471 educators in JCPS have obtained the highest possible certification in the teaching profession
By Toni Konz Tatman | JCPS Communications
A total of 53 Jefferson County Public Schools teachers obtained the highest possible certification in the teaching profession in 2017, according to new data released this week by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
"Congratulations to each of these talented, accomplished educators who are truly committed to their profession and to their students," said JCPS Acting Superintendent Marty Pollio. "Obtaining National Board Certification is a lengthy, rigorous and voluntary process that, at the end of the day, provides a direct benefit to children in the classroom. Our National Board Certified teachers love their jobs—and they're really, really good at them."
There are now 471 nationally board certified teachers across the district.
The road to obtaining National Board Certification is difficult -- the process involves hundreds of hours of work and can take up to three years of commitment. It's also costly -- teachers pay approximately $2,000, although under a new contract agreement between JCPS and the Jefferson County Teachers Association, the district will reimburse up to 60 percent of that cost upon successful completion.
Teachers must submit a detailed portfolio that includes examples of student work, an outline of what teachers have done outside of the classroom to improve student achievement and video recordings that show how they teach and interact with students. In addition, they must submit a reflective piece on student assessment and learning and then take a rigorous exam to demonstrate they have mastered the content of their chosen certification area.
Certification is offered in 25 different content areas and age ranges. Successful completion provides a bump in annual salary, plus a $2,000 annual salary supplement as long as they stay certified and continue to teach in their content area.
Officials say the success rate for certification varies from year to year, but about half of those who seek certification in the first year receive it.
These are the teachers in JCPS who obtained National Board Certification in 2017:
Kayla Adams, Kenwood Elementary School
Mary-Adele Allison, Shacklette Elementary School
Rebecca Ames, Jeffersontown Elementary School
Kimberly Beckman, Eisenhower Elementary School
April Board, Binet School
Jill Breitenstein, Fern Creek Elementary School
Paige Buckwalter (Barber), Coral Ridge Elementary School
Kristie Covington, Jeffersontown Elementary School
Jennifer Dowdy, Klondike Elementary School
Michael Duncan, Fern Creek Elementary School
Tiffany Dunn, Lassiter Middle School
Roberta Dunn (Heidorf), Kenwood Elementary School
Megan Fleming, Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School
Susan Fraser, Jeffersontown High School
Tina Gardner, Wheeler Elementary School
Melissa Goodall, Eastern High School
Mary Catherine Graham, Seneca High School
Jonathan Graham, Seneca High School
Heather Gray (Pickle), Wilt Elementary School
Rebecca Gunther, Auberndale Elementary School
Angela Haverstock, Wilt Elementary School
Molly Hazel-Skrodenis, Louisville Male High School
Rebecca Hickey, Trunnell Elementary School
Keith Highley, Fairdale Elementary School
Linda Jessee, Wilder Elementary School
Jessica Kaelin, Wilder Elementary School
Erin Kenney, Fern Creek High School
Daniel Kim, Louisville Male High School
Niki King, Engelhard Elementary School
Torri Martin, J. Graham Brown School
Jodi Meier, Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School
Jennifer Miescke, ESL Resource Teacher
Kirstin Miller, ESL Newcomer Academy
Amy Moore, Engelhard Elementary School
Emily Munson, Norton Commons Elementary School
Kelly O'Riley, Western Middle School
Abigail Palof, Meyzeek Middle School
Neha Patel, St. Matthews Elementary School
Laura Peavley, Westport Middle School
Benjamin Powell, Jefferson County Traditional Middle School
Katlyn Raderstorf, Carter Traditional Elementary School
Heather Ransom, Auburndale Elementary School
Megan Reedy, Dunn Elementary School
Brandon Riddle, Seneca High School
Mary Brooke Schultz, Trunnell Elementary School
Amy Senior (Clifford), Atkinson Elementary School
Dawn Sexton, Watterson Elementary School
Heather Sharp, Conway Middle School
Amy Smith, Carter Traditional Elementary School
Susan Spencer, Cochran Elementary School
Shelley Taylor, Stopher Elementary School
Shelley Williams, Blue Lick Elementary School
Kara Young, Barret Traditional Middle School
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Suddenly the media and internet is abuzz on climate change news and views.
And like everyone and everything else, there is a scramble for carbon space.
So what is the Copenhagen buzz all about and does it mean anything for India?
Here's the deal.
Three days from today, The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be holding its 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) at Copenhagen from 7-18 December 2009 in Copenhagen.
More than 190 countries will gather to agree a way forward on climate change as the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012.
One hopes that the meeting will end in a political agreement at the Head of State Level, with legally binding targets in 2010 and the outcome will be FAB.
Fair, ambitious and binding. Yet another climate acronym!
More than 65 Heads of State, including President Barack Obama – albeit on his way to Oslo to collect his Nobel Peace Prize, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Chancellor Angela Merkel have confirmed their attendance at Copenhagen.
Will Dr Manmohan Singh attend? We do not know that yet.
This is indeed a disappointment.
India will be at the frontlines when it comes to climate impact.
While India has historically not been a major emitter of GHGs and its per capita emission is a mere 1.2 tons/ per person compared to 23 tons/per person in the US, it will suffer severely due to climate change.
Sadly though, as the IPCC states, India will be most vulnerable to climate impacts. We are already feeling the heat of climate change – rising temperatures, shorter and less severe winters in some parts of India, erratic monsoon with impacts on agriculture and livelihoods, droughts, floods, sea surges, cyclone, outbreak of diseases, desertification, disappearing glaciers. For the 700 millions living in rural India, there will be helplessness and uncertainty.
All this will not only have huge impacts on our everyday lives but a huge impact on our economy. India already spends about 2.3 % of its GDP on climate adaptation and this will only increase as the intensity of climate change increases. Food and water security will be one of the biggest challenges facing government. With rapidly melting Himalayan glaciers, that is a source of drinking water for 40% of the world's population, wars over water will be inevitable.
Can India sit back and play the blame game or should we act?
The blame game has lead to inaction while year after year millions have been ravaged by climate impacts. We have wasted far too many years on blaming the developed countries while not doing enough domestically – India has not invested in climate research, nor built climate resilient cities ,nor assessed vulnerabilities at various levels.
It's a tough road ahead for India s policy makers. Development challenges in India are now even more complicated by the reality of climate change – they are linked like never before. Policy makers must counter the climate impact and yet ensure that it gets millions of out poverty. Both daunting challenges but challenges that India can meet and must meet.
India today is the 4th largest emitter of GHG emission in aggregate terms and hence it is inevitable that it will have to be responsible for future emissions. As we go into Copenhagen or COP 15, it has been about 15 years since the first climate conference, we have had enough and more of climate denial and climate inaction by developed countries - its time policy makers across the world respond.
Indian civil society, generation next and the media must come together to ask the Government for more transparency into the climate negotiations and discussions, the Government has to engage civil society much more and not keep Copenhagen discussions in the closet. In the end, it is our future and the future of our children that is at stake.
India must play its part .Whatever maybe the outcome at Copenhagen – whether we see legally binding targets or politically binding targets, whether the US, the world's largest emitter of green house gases commits to targets or not, in India s own self interest we must act.
This is no time for any hesitation – whatsoever.


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i forget where i found this and i don't really understand it, but i can't get it out of my mind (Carlos Cruz-Diez)
1 comment:
- joanne said...
eerie... but so strangely beautiful! i think interior spaces are an art form of their own. it's art that surrounds you... and that takes you in (rather than the other way around!)
have a great weekend :)
- October 18, 2008 at 1:59 AM
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"I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full."
Lord Dunsany
Cheryl and I got married more than a year ago, and we are finally going on a holiday together - just the two of us - for the first very time. It all started when Cheryl was checking out flights back to Penang for the Lunar New Year and we started talking about vacationing somewhere in South East Asia. I wanted someplace that is not on the usual tired list of regional destinations, someplace that both of us have never visited. Almost immediately, we decided that we will go to Laos in February.
I knew nothing about Laos. I only remember constantly misattributing its capital, Vientiane, to Vietnam back in high school because they are spelled similarly. After booking our flights, I popped out to a bookstore and got myself a copy of Lonely Planet's guide to Laos and began studying in earnest. We will only be there for a little less than a fortnight because we have decided to leave Baby Darwin behind with Cheryl's folks. After all, why take him when he's not even making memories yet? Anyway, we can't leave him behind for too long or he'll practically be a different baby when we see him again - all those clichés about how babies grow so so very fast are all horrifyingly true and then some.
|Wat Pha That Luang in Vientiane.
In my last backpacking trip through the Indian Western Himalayas where I had a month to bum around in just a few selected locations, I could afford to travel with just a skeleton sketch of an itinerary. But this time, we only have eleven days and that short span of time calls for serious planning and scheduling if we are to see and do enough to make the trip worthwhile.
After a few days of agonising over what to include or leave out, I came up with a simple 3-stop route starting from the former French colony's capital, Vientiane, and then heading northward to Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang before snaking back down to Vientiane,
|Fun fact: Laos is completely landlocked. It is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
I really wanted to include Phonsavan to visit the Plain of Jars but the detour proved to be too time-consuming due to Laos' lao-sy roads (heh). I am afraid that after spending so much time on the road, we will find ourselves in greater need of a vacation than before we had it. Cutting the Plain of Jars out also gave us more time to spend in the other places and to chill-lao. Some people could travel through Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam in the time we are spending in just Northern Laos, but that sort of hit-and-run travelling style is really not my thing.
My old camera, a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5/TZ15, had been little more than a dust-gathering paperweight for the past couple of years after it died on me so for this trip, I need a new travel camera. I have already ordered my old camera's grandkid, the TZ40, through an online store. It should be arriving any day now.
|Vang Vieng's dramatic karst hill landscape.
At this point in time, our Laos itinerary (which is essentially a timetable I have christened The Laos Valentine Trip Masterplan) is pretty much 99% complete and it includes our fight numbers, our accommodations in each stop, the attractions, the timing of buses and even a breakdown of our total and daily budgets in three currencies - Malaysian ringgit, US dollar and Laotian kip. I am currently still optimising it - pruning it, adding to it and shifting things around. When it comes to backpacking, I can get a little obsessive.
My Laos backpacking trip itinerary is mostly complete. It is basically all temples, waterfalls, rivers, caves & Beerlao.
— Kok Sen Wai (@KokSenWai) January 1, 2014
And I am absolutely addicted to planning my travels through guidebooks, blogs, travel sites and travellers' fora. I can never understand why anyone would leave their entire travel plan in the hands of tour agencies which will take them to the touristy-est of sights, shepherd them to subpar eateries from which they receive commission, and force them to spend hours in tacky souvenir shacks. Why would people pay good money to be treated like that?
|Tat Kuang Si near Luang Prabang.
After being off the trail for more than two years (thanks to my grueling, soul-sapping medical internship), I really can't wait till D-day - D for departure - to get back on the road again. I am definitely going to be doing this at least yearly from now on. For my sanity's sake.
Make Lao not war,
k0k s3n w4i


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The devastating floods in Western Canada have demonstrated the damage water can have in a home. If your home has been infiltrated by water, use these tips for a safe cleanup:
- Do not venture into wet areas before making sure the electrical utility has shut off power to your home. Be very careful as water conducts well and electricity can be deadly!
- Unplug, remove, and clean appliances, then leave them to dry in an open space
- Do not use any appliances until they have been inspected by an electrician, as debris can jam motors or damage wiring
- Remove and clean all light bulbs and their sockets to eliminate water and dirt, wait until they are dry to reinstall them
- Have a technician inspect your heating and cooling systems for damage, they will know best what needs replacing and cleaning
- Remove furniture and any floor treatments (carpet, vinyl, etc) that you can
- Dry and clean/disinfect the floor area quickly
- Check the cleanliness of the removed flooring, if in doubt you may need to discard it
- Inspect hard tile floors as they are rarely water tight and may need to be removed
- Carpets should be cleaned by a professional service
- Don't save anything that has been soiled by sewage
- Take down walls that have been saturated
- Clean the wall cavity and replace damaged materials
- Wash walls from floor to ceiling to remove mold - even if they are not in the immediate water damaged area, high humidity is a breeding ground for molds
- Remove baseboards and mouldings, and thoroughly clean behind them
- Replace any insulation that has signs of water absorption
- Most upholstered furniture that has been saturated in water should be disposed of
- Any upholstered furniture or antiques you wish to restore should be sent to a professional. If sewage was involved, make sure to notify the cleaners
- For good quality wood furniture: Remove all drawers and disinfect surfaces inside and out. Then leave it in an open area to dry away from sunlight
- Dispose of any wet pillows, as mold inside them will be nearly impossible to completely eliminate
Always wear protective gear and wash your hands frequently to protect your health.
Century 21 Canada Limited Partnership is supporting the flood relief effort in Western Canada with a donation to the Canadian Red Cross.
If you'd like to assist the flood recovery, you can make a donation to the Canadian Red Cross online.
Information via Alberta Health Services, get the complete guide here.


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