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Swimming and soccer the most popular sports for children
Swimming and soccer top the list of most popular sports participated in by Australian kids, according to survey results released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.
ABS Assistant Director of the National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics, Paul Pamment said the Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities survey collects information on participation in sport, cultural activities and use of technology for children aged between 5-14.
"The survey showed that 60 per cent of Australian kids participated in organised sport in the 12 months to April 2012," Mr Pamment said.
"Nearly one in five girls (19 per cent) participated in swimming and almost a quarter of all boys (22 per cent) played soccer.
"Children aged between nine and eleven years were the most active, with two thirds participating in at least one organised sport.
"More boys participated in sport than girls, with two thirds of boys (66 per cent) involved in at least one organised sport compared with just over half of all girls (54 per cent).
"The highest participation rate amongst the states and territories was in the ACT where nearly three quarters (73 per cent) of kids participated in organised sport," Mr Pamment said.
The survey also looked at children's use of technology and the internet.
ABS Assistant Director of Innovation and Technology National Statistics Centre, David Taylor, highlighted an increase in the number of children accessing the internet.
"The data shows that 90 per cent of children had accessed the internet in 2012. This is up from 79 per cent in 2009 and 65 per cent in 2006".
"Nearly one third (29 per cent) of children had a mobile phone in April 2012 and the likelihood of having a phone increased with age, with nearly three quarters (73 per cent) of 12 to 14 year olds having one", Mr Taylor said.
Information collected on recreational activities showed that more kids are spending time on the internet, computers and games consoles than three years ago. However more children are also riding bikes, skateboarding and riding scooters.
On average, children spent 15 hours watching TV outside of school hours in the last two school weeks prior to the survey period.
Participation in cultural activities were also captured in the survey such as playing a musical instrument, singing, dancing, drama and art and craft; and attendance at various cultural venues and events.
The survey reported that more than half of all kids (53 per cent) visited a public library with an average of 15 visits in the 12 months leading up to April 2012. In the same period two in five children (43 per cent) visited a museum or art gallery.
The most popular cultural activity amongst girls was dancing with almost a quarter (27 per cent) participating, whilst for boys it was playing a musical instrument with one in six (16 per cent) participating.
Further information is provided in 4901.0 Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australia, available for free download from www.abs.gov.au.
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Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/bath/8093596.stm http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article6737649.ece http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8174825.stm
Following several doping related incidents 2009 seems to be a year the RFU and Bath Rugby may want to either put behind them or feel proud of.
It all started in January when it evolved that Matt Stevens had failed a drugs test and then in February was banned for 2 years. (see the following link for the full story https://sportslawnews.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/matt-stevens-starts-2yr-drug-ban/)
Then in June Michael Lipman, Alex Crockett and Andrew Higgins quit Bath following claims that they refused to take drugs tests. It was alleged that Lipman, Crockett and Higgins had taken recreational drugs whilst at an end of season party. As a result their then club Bath requested they take drugs test. The 3 players were said to have dodged these requests. However all 3 deny that they were avoiding tests and in doing so they walked out on the club, claiming "scurrilous and unsubstantiated allegations" had forced their exit.
In July Justin Harrison admitted taking cocaine and was suspended from playing or coaching for 8 months for "actions prejudicial to the interests of the game". Harrison admitted to taking the class A drug in the toilets of a West London pub and he also confessed to shouting "Class A, it's OK, everyone's doing it" on a coach carrying members of the Bath academy.
Now we are in the second week of August and following the goings on in June Lipman, Crockett and Higgins have been suspended by the RFU for 9 months after being found guilty of misconduct for failing to comply with their club's request for a drugs test. What is interesting is that all allegations that the players had taken the drugs were dropped at the start of the hearing, which then allowed the hearing to focus on whether the club's requests were reasonable or whether the 3 players actions in quitting the club after being asked to take the tests were reasonable.
The panel chaired by Judge Jeff Blackett fully supported the club's actions and stated, "If the players had nothing to fear from taking a drugs test then they would have taken them." They then went on to say, "The reality of the case was that at the time when asked to take a drugs test, the players believed there was a risk of positive results.
"This was either because they knew they had ingested drugs or they had drunk so much alcohol that they could not remember whether or not they had ingested drugs. Each of the players therefore decided to play for time, keep out of contact and then hide behind legal defence."
Richard Mallett, solicitor acting on behalf of Lipman, Crockett and Higgins, said: "All three players are absolutely devastated by today's result and that they have now been suspended from playing the game they love." However, there is no sign of an appeal at the moment. This is possibly because everything that was stated in the panel's summing up is true and their actions have hit home, after all nothing screams guilty more than refusing or obviously avoiding a drugs test on several occasions. The 3 players will now have a lot to do in repairing their damaged reputations.
Whilst some may feel disheartened that Rugby Union seems to be following in the footsteps of cycling, athletics, swimming etc and gaining a reputation for doping, others may see the shining light at the end of the tunnel. 2009 may be viewed as a breakthrough in tackling drugs in Rugby. Especially with premiership Rugby growing in popularity recreational drugs can no longer be ignored.
"The RFU disciplinary panel takes no pleasure in imposing its sanction as the players involved are decent young men," the judgment added. "There is also a need for a strong deterrent in this sanction."
The RFU supports Bath's tough stance on what seems to be a zero tolerance for drugs, whether they be performance enhancing or purely recreational. In addressing the issues raised players will be subject to a new education programme next season whilst Bath's head coach wants to push through a new code of conduct for all to abide by, which includes a ban on recreational drug use. Other clubs and sports should perhaps take a leaf out of Bath's book by taking the initiative and going above and beyond that which is covered by WADA regulations to preserve the quality and reputation of the sport whilst protecting the health and welfare of its players and all those young people who look to professional sports players as role models.


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Principal Proposed Uses
Other Proposed Uses
- Antimicrobial
- Improving Appetite
- Indigestion
- Polycystic Ovary Disease
- Ulcers
Most Americans consider cinnamon a simple flavoring, but in traditional Chinese medicine, it's one of the oldest remedies, prescribed for everything from diarrhea and chills to influenza and parasitic worms. Cinnamon comes from the bark of a small Southeast Asian evergreen tree and is available as an oil, extract, or dried powder. It's closely related to cassia ( C. cassia ) and contains many of the same components, but the bark and oils from C. zeyleanicum are thought to have a better flavor.
What Is Cinnamon Used for Today?
Based on the results of one preliminary double-blind, placebo-controlled study, cinnamon has been widely advertised as an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes as well as high cholesterol . However, the evidence for this is mixed.
Germany's Commission E approves cinnamon for improving appetite and relieving indigestion ; however, these uses are not backed by reliable scientific evidence. 1
Two animal studies weakly suggest that an extract of cinnamon bark taken orally may help prevent stomach ulcers . 2,3
Preliminary results from test tube and animal studies suggest that cinnamon oil and cinnamon extract have antifungal, antibacterial, and antiparasitic properties. 4-10 For example, cinnamon has been found to be active against Candida albicans , the fungus responsible for vaginal yeast infections and thrush (oral yeast infection), Helicobacter pylori (the bacteria that causes stomach ulcers), and even head lice. However, it's a long way from studies of this type to actual proof of effectiveness. Until cinnamon is tested in double-blind human trials, we can't conclude that it can successfully treat these or any other infections. (For why double-blind studies are so important, see Why Does This Database Rely on Double-blind Studies? )
What is the Scientific Evidence for Cinnamon?
Based on previous animal studies that had suggested potential benefits of cinnamon for diabetes , 11,12 researchers in Pakistan performed a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. 19 In this 40-day study, 60 people with type 2 diabetes were given cinnamon at a dose of 1, 3, or 6 g daily. The results reportedly indicated that use of cinnamon improved blood sugar levels by 18%-29%, total cholesterol by 12%-26%, LDL ("bad") cholesterol by 7%-27%, and triglycerides by 23%-30%. These results were said to be statistically significant as compared to the beginning of the study and to the placebo group.
However, this study has some odd features. The most important is that it found no significant difference in benefit between the various doses of cinnamon. This is called lack of a dose-related effect, and it generally casts doubt on the results of a study. The researchers counter that perhaps even 1 g of cinnamon is sufficient to produce the maximum cholesterol-lowering effect, and therefore, higher doses simply didn't add any further benefit. There is another problem with this study as well: no improvements were seen in the placebo group. This too is unusual, and also casts doubt on the results.
Seven randomized trials that examined the benefits of 1-2 g of cinnamon daily for blood glucose or HbA1c control found conflicting results. Two trials found that daily cinnamon over 3 months was associated with a greater reduction in HbA1c (0.83% change in 1 trial) compared to placebo. 27, 31 Two trials found daily cinnamon helped reduce blood glucose, though one of those trials found no benefit in HbA1c measures.19, 21 However, two trials found no benefits for HbA1c or blood glucose with daily cinnamon23, 25 and an additional trial found no blood glucose benefits alone.20Cinnamon also had inconsistent blood pressure outcomes with one trial finding a reduction in systolic and diastolic pressure in people with diabetes27 but a second trial finding no change in systolic pressure.32
In yet another small study involving 22 prediabetic patients with metabolic syndrome, researchers found that an extract containing 500 mg cinnamon given once daily was effective at modestly reducing fasting blood sugar and systolic blood pressure, and increasing lean body weight. However, the low dosage of cinnamon used in this study raises concerns about the reliability of these results. 26 And, a very small study that evaluated cinnamon for improving blood sugar control in women with polycystic ovary disease found evidence of benefit. 22
Regarding type 1 diabetes, a study of 72 adolescents failed to find benefit with cinnamon taken at a dose of 1 g daily. 23
Systematic reviews can sometimes clarify the existence of benefits but two systematic reviews published in 2012 and 2013 only provided conflicting results. The first review included a meta-analysis of 10 randomized trials with 577 patients who were given an average dose of 2 g of cinnamon per day for 4-16 weeks. The use of cinnamon was not associated with differences in blood glucose, HbA1c, or insulin levels when compared to placebo or usual care. However, most trials in this review had a moderate or high risk of bias, which affect the reliability of the results. 30
The second review included 10 randomized trials with 543 patients who were given doses of cinnamon ranging from 0.12 g to 6 g. Those taking cinnamon showed significant decreases in blood glucose, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels when compared to placebo or no treatment. Although, there was no difference in HbA1c levels between the groups. Unfortunately, the wide variety of doses and length of treatment used in the included trials makes it impossible to determine an ideal dosage for treatment. 29
The bottom line: The evidence regarding cinnamon as a treatment for diabetes or high cholesterol with diabetes is highly inconsistent, suggesting that if cinnamon is indeed effective, the dosage is very unclear and its benefits may be minimal at most.
Typical recommended dosages of ground cinnamon bark are 1 to 4 g daily. Cinnamon oil is generally used at a dose of 0.05 to 0.2 g daily. 13
Safety Issues
As a widely used food spice, ground cinnamon bark is believed to be safe. However, little is known about the maximum safe dosage of cinnamon found in capsules and in essential oil . Confusing the picture is the fact that Ceylon cinnamon (sometimes referred to as "true cinnamon") is different than the cassia variety. Only the latter contains significant amounts of coumarin, which has been shown to cause liver and kidney damage at high doses in rats and other animals. 28 Although there is limited evidence of such harm occurring in humans, it would be prudent for people with known liver or kidney disease to avoid dietary supplements containing cassia cinnamon. There is some evidence that high doses of cinnamon oil might depress the central nervous system. 14 Germany's Commission E recommends that pregnant women should avoid taking cinnamon oil or high doses of the bark. 15
When used topically, cinnamon bark oil may cause flushing and a burning sensation. 16 Some people have reported strong burning sensations or mouth ulcers after chewing cinnamon-flavored gum or candy. 17,18 However, these reactions disappeared within days of discontinuing the gum.
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Several large pirate ships have been spotted in outer rings of Corward systems. Reports forwarded to us at the SSS allow us to exclusively tell readers that traders should keep their wits about them when moving through these areas.
No existing pirate menace has yet claimed ownership.
In a possibly unrelated event one of the FET cartel members claimed nothing was happening in the outer ring of Coptov shortly afterwards. But it could be that they are still trying to catch Empire backed pirates and have nothing to do with the new sightings.
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DEN continue to shoot innocents
The Dewiek have made themselves busy shooting at the peaceful and innocent traders of the SSL. Leader of Solar Spices and Liquors Mr TOAD has been vocal pointing out that the Beast-DEN are being totally unfair. News of a go-fund-me appeal are yet to surface though.
This office is sure that it must have provided the DEN light relief after picking on the equally defenceless Felini. Word is that the DEN faced such an uphill struggle in these recent actions they had to take up Felini inter-breeding to provide some entertainment as the battle reports were rather boring.
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A close associate of the
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has been haunting the
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and like the old Baron it is said he has a meklan connection. It's unclear whether he obtained his meklan nanites via the
but there are rumours that the
may be helping the Liquan relative in a bid to sow discontent in the Stellar Empire. Exactly why they would start in Corewards is unclear although with DEN allies, the
, having strong positions both in the
Sol system
and the old Harcorp systems of
they may be the linking factor.
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Meklan Unleashed on Mobile Bay
Mad Dewiek scientist
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released a number of Meklan on the busy world of
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in the
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. Thousands of civilians have been killed in what is treated by
warlords as an amusing practical joke. Rather than take any responsibility for their affiliation's reckless behaviour, a DEN lord rumoured to be half-meklan himself quipped he would nuke the planet whilst another merely saw it as an opportunity to test some of his greener troops in combat. Surprisingly, the
planetary defence force was up to the job of repelling the insidious incursion. Questions remain whether further meklan are stored elsewhere on the planet and whether anybody will challenge the Dewiek's lack of care for the lives of innocents. Probably not, given how even the mighty
are now cowering from a fight with the DEN (see inside this edition).
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Following the large scale holiday attack by the
against the
the question of who is behind the attacks has been raised once again. What is clear is that the AFA is using ships that were transferred from the
to the
. The organisation and expertise of the operation also reduces the pool of potential candidates. Few can go from commanding a handful of broadswords to half a thousand warships and significant army logistics without a long stint in one of the more combative affiliations. With the
allies the
in close relations with the FET and no recent history of animosity between the aliens and FET, at least since the departure of former one-eye big-bun Norozov, it would be a bizarre turn of events if they were behind these attacks. Frankly, there's no point dancing around it. The IMP are clearly behind the AFA. The question is what can anybody do about this move of significant Imperial resources to a black-flag agency?
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have managed to get their asses kicked by the
yet again after provoking the definitely "not cute or cuddly" Dewiek in the
Crossley system
. The furry punching bags had bought a civilian flagged outpost in the system, without permission or under certain conditions depending on who you ask, and then had the gall to reinforce this error by positioning warships in orbit. The famously patient warlord
did not buy the story these heavy hull armed ships were merely transports and sent a pack to clear the orbit. The mouthy yet green Felini fleet commander
fancied his chances against what looked like a light complement of DEN warships and ordered his own warships to engage in the neighbouring
Winter system
. The result was predictably a wipe out of the FEL forces consisting of forty-seven capital warships at no loss to the DEN. Once again, a series of calamitous decision making resulted in Felini lives being wasted by a leadership barely fit to clean a litter tray. The otherwise untested Halvor can now claim some victory ale although with his penchant for picking on creatures as weak as Gracians, it's not exactly clear how much glory this new breed of Dewiek warrior can claim against the legends of old.
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The governor of a
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entered orbit of Spritzer and opened fire with weapons of mass destruction (WoMD) against a platform, outpost, ground party and ship. Reports indicate significant casualties to Kastorian personnel both in space and on the ground. The
Junta is gruffly warning, with a slightly indifferent air, that everybody better stay out of the sector of the outpost for their own health. It is unclear what measures the KAS have or will take against the DEN on this matter. Such a breach of Yank neutrality has in the past caused the Dewiek to froth at the bit against the Empire for their disregard of 'civilised' norms. Their current silence on this matter speaks volumes.
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Yanni system
with several Javelin class warships in orbit. After noticing the IMP freighter and seeing the public post by
Jack Jones
on subspace, the PIR decided to flee and leave a combined force of IMP and
forces to capture the outpost. A brain damaged three-year old commentator who still believed in the goodness of people and Santa Claus was quick to commend the IMP on their good work, dismissing those who thought it no more than a convenient clearing up operation signifying* completion of operations in the nearby FET claimed systems of Graydown, Canth and Onissian by IMP puppet
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Obamacare: If you like your plan, Coloradans, can you still keep it? More ACA individual policy facts
Some Coloradans with canceled insurance policies for 2014 are angry and confused, and rightfully so, at least on the confused part. I'm not sure even the president understands all the ins and outs of existing insurance policies and what is allowed and what isn't.
So while we sort out what the president said Thursday, and what implications it has for Colorado consumers and insurance companies in 2014, we're passing along here some basic information for perspective, and a link to a well-informed columnist. Bob Semro of the Bell Policy Center carefully analyzes, step by step, which individual policies are grandfathered in and could have stayed in effect even before Obama's reprieve Thursday. He also discusses the implications of Obama's reprieve for non-grandfathered policies. Semro may have an opinion largely favoring the Affordable Care Act, but his analysis of individual plans is spot-on no matter what your ideology. He also footnotes, which is rare in this angry debate.
Some other facts that have been lacking in the debate so far, in part because of slow responses from state insurance officials. In Colorado, the individual policy market covers about 8 percent of the state population, or about 415,000 people. By comparison, more than 700,000 people are covered by Medicaid, a similar amount are under Medicare, and many more are under military insurance. The plurality, if not the majority, of people with insurance are covered by policies under their current employer. So the individual market is small. Of those, about 250,000 people in Colorado this year have received notices their policy will not exist in 2014 for various reasons. Most often, people have said their cancellation letters cited the Affordable Care Act and its new minimum benefits that their policies did not meet.
Again, remember that in any other year, insurance companies had the power to, and often did, cancel or radically alter individual policies based on any number of factors. If their Colorado individuals proved expensive, they might just quit the market, as Aetna and others have done. They might raise rates by 30 percent or more in a year. They might change provider networks or raise deductibles and out of pocket ceilings. HHS Secretary Sebelius has said that in an average year, before "Obamacare," as many as half of individual policy holders might have been told they couldn't keep their policy as-is.


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Right-hander Ben Lively, the Reds' No. 13 prospect, continued his dominant start to the season Wednesday. He struck out a career-high 10 batters in six shutout innings, helping lead Class A Advanced Bakersfield to an 8-3 victory at Stockton.
Through 17 innings in three starts, Lively has yet to walk a batter and has 23 strikeouts. His latest outing extended his scoreless innings streak to 12 and lowered his ERA to 0.53.
Lively's stuff and deception earn some comparisons to Reds left-hander Tony Cingrani. Like Cingrani, Lively has been nearly unhittable at the outset of his professional career. In 58 innings since the Reds picked him in the fourth round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, Lively has struck out 79 batters and posted a 0.76 ERA and a 0.74 WHIP.
Bakersfield's offense was led Wednesday by left fielder Jesse Winker, the Reds' No. 4 prospect. He went 2-for-5 and hit his second home run of the season.


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Recently I used a Singleton Pattern in one of my projects. Find the excerpt of the constraints as below.
I had to develop a Windows service to download data from a Mainframe database for individual entities and create MS Access files from these. I had only read access to the AS400. Also if the Windows services is restarted, it needed to continue from where it left off. So, I needed a datastore to keep track of my Windows service processing.
I was specifically instructed that I could not use SQL Server and had to use a custom XML database as it was for a smaller purpose. Also the Windows service had to be multi threaded to download the AS400 data for multiple entities parallely.
Since I needed to use an XML datastore which was accessed concurrently by multiple threads, I could have only one instance of my XML file in memory at any given point of time.
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Telescopes from the ground up
A site detailing the history of telescopes, from Galileo's telescope to the Spitzer space telescope.
How to build a telescope
Instructions for building two simple telescopes.
Telescope Basics
Introduction to various types of telescopes: Galilean , Newtonian etc.
The Telescope Review Web Site
Contains many detailed reviews and related articles on telescopes and their use in astronomy.
Why a telescope in space?
A series of images and questions about space telescopes such as hubble.
How Telescopes Work
This excellent site gives a good, brief description of how Telescopes work, including refractors and reflectors. Part of HowStuffWorks.com., it contains good, clear diagrams.
Hubble Telescope images
This page includes links to numerous images taken by the Hubble Telescope. It also contains technical details of the telescope and pictures of the instruments developers.
South Pole Telescope
The South Pole telescope (or SPT) is designed to study the Cosmic Microwave background. This telescope provides astronomers with a powerful new tool to explore dark energy, the mysterious phenomena ...
How do telescopes let us see so far into space?
How do telescopes help us to see into space and back through time.
How Hubble Space Telescope Works
How the Hubble Space Telescope works, including the design of the telescope, the instruments it carries and some fascinating pictures that it has taken. From HowStuffWorks.com.


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- 19 September 2012 09:59
McAfee Helps Protect Windows 8
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Sept. 18, 2012 – McAfee announced today that McAfee consumer and enterprise security products support Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, Microsoft's newest operating systems (OS) that are set to be released in October. McAfee security products have been improved to offer comprehensive protection against new and evolving threats for consumers and businesses updating to the latest platforms.
"Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 are products that continue to push the computing industry forward with an extensive array of new features, as well as new security and performance enhancements," said Simon Hunt, vice president and CTO, endpoint security at McAfee. "Our developers have been working with Microsoft to offer consumers and enterprises the tools necessary for protection against all threat vectors and against data loss."
McAfee Enterprise and SMB Products McAfee's enterprise and small to medium business (SMB) products are designed to support Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. By using McAfee products, organisations of all sizes can feel confident that they are using a comprehensive, multilayer security system that offers strong protection against known and unknown threats.
McAfee Consumer Products McAfee consumer products are designed to support Windows 8 to help users be more secure. Consumers with an active subscription to McAfee products with default settings intact will automatically be updated to Windows 8-compatible versions. Those downloading the product from the web or installing from the CD will automatically receive the latest version compatible with Windows 8.
About McAfee McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more securely. Backed by its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security. McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep our customers safe. http://www.mcafee.com
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Well, I can't figure out how to make that into an actual link. But if you paste that address into your browser, it will take you to quite a nice interview with David Bradley, the director of GOSSAMER for the Peoples Light Theater in Philadelphia; and with Maggie Fitzgerald, the very gifted 13-year-old who plays the leading role.
I recently was having to write up some autobiographical material for a doctoral candidate in the UK, and so I was thinking about myself at various young ages. At 13 I was shy, awkward, self-conscious, tongue-tied. How do kids like Maggie Fitzgerald become so self-confident and poised, so young? My granddaughter, Nadine, (who is now 16) was also, at 13, articulate and poised. And neither of them at all obnoxious! I'm in awe of that.


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Corrective Action
Highlighted Resources
RCRA Corrective Action: Case Studies Report (PDF) (32 pp, 1 MB)
RCRA Corrective Action Training: Strategies for Meeting the 2020 Vision
Memo: Ecological Considerations of RCRA Corrective Action Remedies (PDF) (3 pp, 1.2MB)
Memo: Ensuring Effective and Reliable Institutional Controls at RCRA Facilities (PDF) (9 pp, 351K)
2020 Corrective Action Universe
Guidance for Reporting Land Revitalization Indicators and Performance Measures at Corrective Action Facilities (PDF) (19 pp, 88K)
The Unit Cost Compendium (UCC) calculates the cost of the impact to RCRA regulations if a cleanup needs to occur.
Cleanups in My Community
Map of RCRA Corrective Action Facilities: Searchable by state, county, or zip code.
The RCRA Corrective Action Program, run by EPA and 43 authorized states and territories, works with facilities that have treated, stored, or disposed of hazardous wastes (TSDs) to protect public health and the environment by investigating and cleaning up hazardous releases to soil, ground water, surface water, and air at their facilities.
- Learn about Corrective Action: overview of the program, its benefits, and examples of ongoing cleanups.
Corrective Action cleanup enforcement: types of enforcement actions; related authorities and regulations.
Program goals and results: by 2020, EPA and its state partners will strive to construct final remedies at 95 percent of the 3,779 facilities believed to need Corrective Action.
Facility information: access to the 2020 Corrective Action baseline, federal facilities, regional contacts, and facility databases.
Resources: provides guidance, training, regulatory resources and links to meetings.
Corrective Action Lean Effort: An effort to improve the efficiency of the RCRA Corrective Action Cleanup Program
- Contacts: regional Corrective Action contacts


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Our Artisan Cheese Samplers are the perfect way to experience great cheeses from around the world one country at a time. Each of our samplers come packed in a beautiful wooden cheese box and contain a selection of four great artisan cheeses and a loaf of our very own fresh baked artisan bread. Italian cheeses are each as extraordinary and distinct as the regions in which they are made. We've put together four of our best, totaling at least two pounds, for you to enjoy including the king of cheeses, Parmigiano-Reggiano.


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Each graduating class at UTA has special achievements that make it unique. And each spring, those accomplishments are saluted through a series of commencement ceremonies and celebrations. Please enjoy the following overviews that describe the weekend festivities and what makes our Mavericks great.


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Evernote has released a new app made especially for the iPad 2 and its Smart Cover. The app, now available on iTunes, is called Evernote Peek and is a memorization tool similar in functionality to digital flashcards. It's the first app to be made for and operated by the Smart Cover.
Once the app has been installed on the iPad, the user can sync it up to their Evernote or StudyBlue account. Each flashcard set appears on the app in its own notebook. The user chooses a notebook and closes the Smart Cover to begin the exercise.
The app takes advantage of the 3 different folds in the iPad's Smart Cover. When the user "peeks" by flipping up the cover to the first fold, the iPad reveals the first question or clue of the set. To reveal the answer, the user flips the cover up to the second fold. To move on to the next question, the user simply closes the cover completely, then starts the process again.
This is indeed an interesting use of one of the new features of the iPad 2. It will be exciting to see what other apps the Smart Cover may influence!
Want to see the app in action? Check out the video below:


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April 23rd
Beginner, Modeling, Product design, Tutorials
Let's try to model this nice little garden shovel. This tutorial is suitable for beginners and is very simple to follow.
February 21st
Beginner, Modeling, Product design, Tutorials
This tutorial will help you through the process of modeling old vintage wind-up clock. It is fairly easy to follow, so make sure you do it.
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Arc, Blend, BlendCrv, BlendSrf, BooleanDifference, BooleanUnion, Circle, Curve, Cylinder, DupBorder, Explode, ExtractIsoCurve, ExtractSrf, ExtrudeCrv, FilletEdge, Grid, InterpCrv, Intersect, Join, Line, Loft, MakeHole, Mirror, Move, Offset, OffsetSrf, OrientOnCrv, Pipe, PlanarSrf, PointsOff, PointsOn, Polyline, Project, Rectangle, Revolve, Rotate, Sphere, Split, Sweep1, Trim
I have created this Vase definition based on one of my upcoming tutorials. I have created a section of the vase, and started thinking how it would be cool to make this grasshopper
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I want to wish all of you Merry Christmas & Happy new year! I give you this tutorial which will teach you how to make few holiday decorations for your Christmas tree or similar.


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eft necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 31 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Boundary Bay Montessori House (BBMH)
Boundary Bay Montessori House is a small private school near Vancouver, B.C. Our school provides a Montessori environment for about 100 preschool and elementary students. Our existing site http://www.bbmh.com needs an improved look to attract prospective parents and engage our existing community.
We require a web site design with an overall theme that is:
- Warm and inviting
- Emphasizes the Montessori philosophy and the safe, stimulating environment we provide our students
- Reflects the ages of our students, which range between 4 and 13 years
Primary audience is prospective parents (mostly with 3-4 year old children) in Delta, Richmond and Surrey, British Columbia.
Secondary audience is existing parents (with 5-13 year old children) and other members of our community.
We need a design for a home page that incorporates the following features:
- Logo (see attached logo – open to suggested improvements by designer e.g. Font etc.)
- Slogan : Proven Education Creating Exceptional Individuals
- Mission Statement: Boundary Bay Montessori House offers a quality educational program that remains true to the spirit of Dr. Montessori's philosophy of education to help equip children with the tools necessary to become independent adults while allowing their unique personalities to unfold
- Our address : Tel. 604.946.9814, Fax. 604.946.9816, 3800 72 Street, Delta, BC V4K 3N2
- Clickable call to action: "Arrange a Tour"
- Parent testimonials (up to four)
- Recent news (five to ten items)
- Upcoming events (five to ten items)
- Global navigation elements (that will appear on every page)
- About BBMH
- Location
- Teaching team
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Contact
- Login
- Two images from our classroom (attached)
- Photo of school (attached)
No coding please, just design. Design should fit into 960 grid layout. Winner to provide layered PSD files. Fonts used should degrade gracefully for visitors with only common sans-serif fonts.
Preference is to incorporate our images rather than stock photos. If you want to include an area for an image rotator, using on the attached classroom images as an example that would be great.


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The next Paula Deen.
No, I am not the next Paula Deen, but I do love the woman. Maybe it is because I am from the south and she reminds me of a lot of the women I grew up around, but I think she is a wonderful woman with a wonderful story. Yes, she uses a lot of butter, but so do most recipes for baked goods and this is a baking blog so I have no problem with her butter usage. I love Paula so much, that I actually decided to go as her for Halloween and bring along her Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake to the parties I was attending. Apparently I am not the the only Paula lover out there because people loved the costume and the Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake. I describe this cake as pumpkin pie in a bar form. There is cream cheese in the recipe which I did not taste one bit, but I do think it made the texture extra creamy. This recipe would be a great addition to the Thanksgiving menu. They come together really quickly. In fact, I made then just a couple hours before I took them to a party. Just for fun, I have included a picture of me dressed as Paula Deen.
Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake
Recipe from Paula Deen
1 18 1/4-ounce package yellow cake mix
1 egg
8 tablespoons butter, melted
1 15-ounce can of pumpkin
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 tablespoons butter, melted
1 16-ounce box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
To make the cake, combine all of the ingredients and mix well. Pat the mixture into a lightly greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
Prepare filling:
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth. Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter and beat together. Next, add the powdered sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and mix well. Spread pumpkin mixture over cake batter and bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Make sure not to over bake as the center should be a little gooey.


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Lana Del Rey just dropped her new song and it's going to make your Sunday afternoon. It's sleepy and dreamy, and you can almost picture Lana standing and swaying in the studio (her number one dance move) as she recorded this. You can also immediately tell that this song will be featured on the next season of Girls. Not only is it called "Brooklyn Baby" but it's all about how much Lana Del Rey enjoys having feathers in her hair and having a boyfriend in a band (lie: Having a boyfriend in a band is kind of the worst).
Prepare to hear this song everywhere this summer. Plan accordingly.
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The current investment landscape reminds me of the late 1990s. At that time a broadly diversified portfolio underperformed. The reason was primarily due to the bubble which was emerging in tech stocks and because so much capital was allocated to this asset class, performance in the other categories was muted. This is typical of bubbles as they are fueled by massive inflows.
I recall investors saying at the time that value investing was dead and things were going to be very different in the future. However, as we came to realize, markets eventually normalized, value investing again rose to prominence and everybody learned a valuable lesson. Or did we?
During the years following the tech bubble-burst we had a real estate bubble in which stocks fell hard and fast. It seems bubbles are occurring more frequently in recent history. Are we witnessing another Fed-induced bubble in U.S. stocks? Moreover, if there really is a bubble emerging in the U.S. stock market, it is thus far well disguised as multiples remain low. Is it true that U.S. stocks are the only game in town?
Bond Funds
Today, we find ourselves at the end of a 30-year bull market in bonds and interest rates have been artificially low for a prolonged period. As bonds continue to mature bond fund managers have been replacing higher-yielding bonds with lower-interest issues. This has caused average yields to fall and is creating an environment for much lower future bond returns. Then, if interest rates continue to rise, we could see some of the worst bond fund returns in the past 50-60 years. YTD we have seen TIPS and emerging market bonds decline sharply and mortgage-backed securities remain weak. In fact, any bond funds with a longer duration and a lower average coupon will get hit the hardest.
Commodities & Stocks
Broad-based commodities have been in a slump for a couple of years now, the victim of a weak global economy. Emerging market stocks have had their time in the sun, but given their high level of risk, if they continue to sell off, it could be very painful for investors. It's possible that European stocks could do okay, but I wouldn't bet on it considering the massive debt and high unemployment that has plagued this region.
That leaves U.S. stocks. It also leaves us with a lesson to be heeded: As investors seek the hot sector, if enough money flows into U.S. stocks, it is quite possible another bubble will occur and many investors will suffer. However, with 2008 such a recent memory, I would be surprised if a large bubble were to materialize. I think it's more plausible that a smaller bubble will occur. In any event, I would recommend caution and make sure you protect your downside as much as possible.


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Friday, 30 November 2007
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
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Friday, 23 November 2007
Spirits coming and going
To top it off, my Dr. told me to double my pain meds last time I saw him, so I did, and so now I need a refill, and he insists I am asking for them too soon, and doesn't remember telling me to double the dose, so I am going through the hardest part of my life with intolerable pain! God showed me last week that he can take away the pain completely if he wants, so I hope He will do that again so I can help my family through this. Here is a pic of my fuzzy looking sweet grandson. They say he has curly black hair. Well the mom and Dad are dark blonde and red hair, so that's strange! My Dad had black hair and almost latino dark skin, so I like guys with dark skin. Maybe my grandson's black hair came through my Dad's genes. I am the only blonde on both sides of the family, except for a great grandfather, so maybe that's where I got my hair color too.
What a precious father. It will hurt so much to be without him, but it was hurting worse to lay here and know he was suffering and that I couldn't do much to help. I am thanking our loving Heavenly Father for the time that I did get to be with my Dad. What a blessing he has ALWAYS been.
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Thursday, 22 November 2007
Interesting Horoscope
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Both parents in hospital
So my miracle was timed perfectly so that I could help with this crisis. I walked 4 miles a day the past 2 days. I wear my pedometer to measure....but today, I can't walk and struggling to even roll over. I have tried since Monday to get my Dr. to refill my medicine over the phone, but he insists that I come out there. So I will have to go without my diabetes medicine and muscle relaxant, which is not going to make this any easier.
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Sunday, 18 November 2007
Long Day, half sad, half great!
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Saturday, 17 November 2007
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Friday, 16 November 2007
5th day of my miracle SO MUCH TO TELL!
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Monday, 12 November 2007
Oh Heavenly Father, our protector and guide, You are the greatest Friend
and joy we have! To be able to come to You in prayer like this is the
most beautiful part of our lives!
It is not for myself that I want to pray today, dear Father, but for
those who are near and dear to me and about whom I worry. You know
what they are facing, dear Father. And You know most of all the deepest
reasons why these things have come upon them!
And You know how I want to help. Truly I think it would be easier if I
could only face what they are facing. But You know how helpless we are
to help another even though we know what is just and right.
Only You are left, dear Father. Do be with them in all things at all times.
Protect them from enemies and evil, my Father. Forgive them their
sins and put love of others in their hearts.
Oh do make them happy in their lives at home, dear Father, and help them
live as You wouldst have them live. Above all, put in their hearts
Love for You.
And thank You, my Father, for Your goodness to them and to me. Thank You
for Your love and guidance and protection! May we honor you all the days
of our lives. And be happy and uplifted even as I feel right now!
-- Author Unknown
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Sunday, 11 November 2007
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Saturday, 10 November 2007
Dear Father, help me
Couldn't lift my head all day. Had enough water beside me to take pills, but made a big mess because I couldn't lift my head when drinking. So frustrated. So much pain. Just want to disappear. God please make this stop. Please let me start a new life, (there's SO MUCH I WANT TO DO!!!) or please take me home. I can't beat level 10+ pain much longer, alone, and can't bear the thought of not being helpful to anyone. Please God, make it stop. Hold me, comfort me, help me, remind me you love me. *sob* Bless everyone in my life, thankyou for my many many luxuries and blessings. I know things could be worse. Please talk to me Father in Heaven, comfort me, strengthen me. I love you so much.
In the name of your precious son, Amen
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Planning A Whole New Life
"TN (Trigeminal Neuralgia) is a nerve disorder of unknown origin that causes sudden shock-like facial pains, typically near the nose, lips, eyes or ears. It is said to be the most excruciatingly painful human condition in the world."
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Thursday, 8 November 2007
Reply to previous blog and explanation of new unbearable pain
Bluebirdy (who is a little blue lately.)
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Small Idea of My Husband's World
of Pakistan, Swat, is where Bluebirdy's husband works as a translator.
She has called it "the most dangerous city on earth." I am
posting this article not for any political discussion but to give you
all some background about what Bluebirdy and her husband are dealing
with. And of course, let's keep Bluebirdy's husband in our prayers that
he stay safe.
Pakistan fighting wrong enemy
Taliban seize post as police busy beating lawyers
As police beat up lawyers outside courthouses in Pakistan yesterday,
Islamist radicals seized three police stations and a military post in
the town of Matta in the picturesque Swat valley, just a few hours'
drive northwest of Islamabad.
The two images capture the conflict raging in Pakistan.
In Swat, the radicals hoisted black and white jihadi flags over the
captured security buildings and vowed to establish a system of shariah
law in the mountainous region frequently described as the "Switzerland
of South Asia."
Rejecting a British-style justice system they see as foreign,
expensive and corrupt, the rebels, who regard themselves as Pakistani
Taliban, are determined to create a thuggish theocratic state.
In urban Pakistan, meanwhile, up to 3,000 of the country's 12,000
lawyers have been jailed since Saturday as President Pervez Musharraf
moves to crush all opposition to his declaration of a national state
of emergency.
The President claimed to put the country under martial law to stem a
surge in terrorism and extremism.
However, the chief targets of the security forces during the past four
days have been Pakistan's Supreme Court, lawyers, opposition
politicians, human rights activists and a muzzled press.
It is perhaps not surprising that Gen. Musharraf's crackdown on
"judicial activism" has been counterbalanced by an expansion of
Taliban influence in the troubled tribal areas.
Instead of curbing Islamic extremism, the state of emergency may aid
an insurgency by fighters allied with al-Qaeda and the Taliban. As
security forces beat and gas pro-democracy and pro-Western dissidents,
they have little energy or time for counterinsurgency operations.
Instead of hunting terrorists, police are focused on arresting lawyers
who object to suspension of the rule of law.
Yet after eight years in power with virtually no restraints,
Pakistan's military has done little to quash discontent in the tribal
areas bordering Afghanistan.
In that time, domestic terrorism has increased. Foreign and homegrown
jihadis flocked to sanctuaries in northwestern Pakistan, where alQaeda
and a resurgent Taliban plot and prepare for a comeback.
The military has suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands
of radicals, whose latest victory in Swat came when more than two
dozen police and soldiers offered no resistance.
After being paraded in public and declaring they "did not want to
fight these Muslim brothers who are striving for the enforcement of
Islamic shariah," they were allowed to go home.
It's a pattern that's been repeated since August, when more than 250
government troops surrendered to a smaller group of terrorists in
Waziristan without firing a shot.
There are suggestions the mass surrenders indicate the military's
growing disillusionment with Gen. Musharraf. Reluctant to fight their
fellow countrymen in a war that is portrayed as something ordered by
Washington, some rank-and-file soldiers simply give up.
Senior officers have always been ambivalent about fighting Islamist
radicals. Many still regard the Taliban as former allies and a hedge
against U.S. and Indian influence in Afghanistan.
As a result, the homegrown terrorists who have hidden Osama bin Laden
and the Taliban's top leaders since 2001 are no longer restricted to
the untamed border regions. They have infiltrated more settled areas
and the largest cities.
In Swat, a previously quiet tourist district, fighters respond to the
exhortations of Maulana Fazlullah, a former madrassa student who
rallies supporters through his pirate FM radio station.
His followers, backed by fighters from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and
Waziristan, have succeeded in driving government authority from the
region. They have closed a half-dozen girls' schools and regularly set
up checkpoints and direct traffic.
They have set fire to shops selling Western music and Indian films and
beaten barbers who shave beards. More recently they blew up one of
Swat's top tourist attractions a 1,300-year-old carving of a seated
Buddha cut into a 45-metre-high rock face.
"The military-led government will be hard put to show results and
convince the world and the Pakistani people that enforcement of the
emergency has paid dividends and helped make gains against the
militants," an editorial in the Karachi newspaper Dawn predicted
"The world would not be wrong in coming to the conclusion the generals
used the war on terror as a ploy to strengthen their stranglehold over
the country."
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Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Quiet Time
Hello all;
Been laying in intolerable pain for 8 days. I got a break for 1 day so I could shower and wash clothes, then next day (yesterday) it was even worse. I started my third batch of antibiotics which are suposed to be the strongest there is (zithromax). I waited here in pain for so long, unable to eat or get a drink, just sipping water with my pills. Morphine didn't even work, so called my Dr. and he told me to go to the E.R. The ambulance came, mom followed in the car. When you go alone to the hospital here, they are very mean and I wish I had a mini recorder on me. There were insults and snyde remarks and trying to start a fight and I could barely think, then when mom was finally allowed in to be with me, they were kind, because there was a witness there, so they dared not say anything. I was so happy that this is the first time in 10 years that they treated me quickly, took my pain seriously, called my family Dr. They decided the antibiotic was the wrong one, it should never be used in dental infections, it can even make the situation worse, and they told me to tell the dentist not to use it anymore. The Dr. said he gave me more painkiller than he had ever given anyone in his career, due to my high pain/drug tolerance and the nature of the pain. Trigeminal neuralgia is enough, it is called the suicide disease, then add on top of that bone pain, infection, skin graft right from area of the nerve, and lupus causing infection, and I was out of my head. He gave me a shot, then some pills to get me through the night until I could see my Dr. today. Called my Dr. today and he was not in the office, so I will see him tomorrow. I had to go bak to the ER today, same routine, the ambulance men were quite rude, and told me "we can't keep treating you!" I was so out of my head in pain that I thought.."If I can't get treatment when I am in this kind of pain, then I understand how people just kill themselves or walk out into traffic. YOU CAN NOT LIVE IN THAT KIND OF PAIN! I was writhing and rolling in pain and sobbing and my nerves were shot after so many days of that pain, so I was extra sensitive to every bump, every sound, light, etc. I could not even sit up for 8 days for more than a minute without almost passing out. The only reason I am able to type now is because of the painkillers which are stronger than morphine.
Tomorrow I will go out of town to my Dr. by laying on the back seat of the car. I hope the new antibiotics kick in soon and help. If they don't, it means the problem is something different than infection. I did feel like I would die, then thought of my husband in such danger, and wondered if one of us might die before we meet, and that this we are supposed to find out more about the visa, and maybe even both of us will die and have to meet in the spirit world. I don't know. Everything seems so dramatic in this pain and with family problems and every other problem, got credit cards used by fraudsters and about 5 other financial problems that must be straightened out. Just too much stress to handle in this condition. Will write more later.
Blessings, Sheila
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Sunday, 4 November 2007
Set Clocks Back tonight...
Enjoy your extra hour of sleep tomorrow morning. ;o)
Time is free,
and it is priceless.
You can't own it,
but you can use it.
You can't keep it,
but you can spend it.
Once you've lost it,
you can never get
it back ...
~*~ Harvey MacKay
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Friday, 2 November 2007
** Yesterday and today I have been laying flat, almost impossible to sit up, even with all my strong pain meds. I didn't know a person could stay conscious through this.Why is it that I go unconscious from high or loow blood sugar when my pain level is fine, and I could be using that time to get things done, but then when the pain is so severe that I can't believe a person can bear so much pain, I can't go to sleep even if I intentionally raise my blood sugar? It seems so cruel!
**I learned something more about my health that indicated that I should have only 3 years to live. I held my head (which felt like it was going to explode), and tried not to laugh. My odds are getting better! Up until yesterday I had up to ONE year to live." ROFL. I plan to keep increasing the amount of years and health! I think Dr. Oz's book about simple ways to heal all our damage and care for ourselves, ways that have been known since the beginning of the human race, and only forgotten/not taught in the past few generations."You: Staying Young" by Dr. Oz. He has a bunch of other books too. I really hate the modern medical system and have been abused by doctors, but Dr. Oz talks more about natural healing, prevention, how the body works naturally, how to help it work at full capacity without drugs, etc. I will probably go through the library to get them. I'm going broke on books, and most libraries will order books for you if they don't have them, either through intra-library loan, or buying it. They are given a budget each year and if they don't spend it all, it gets cut for the next year, so they usually buy the item you want and then you are the first to read it.
**So? We are all going to die, and no one knows when. We could have a fatal accident. The amount of time does not matter. Its HOW you live that matters. Live in the moment. Enjoy things that you are seeing/smelling/touching/learning/hearing now. We all may leave this world within 10 years anyway due to the second coming of the Lord and the resurrection. I think it doesn't matter too much how much time you have left...I have never been afraid of death...but I have wished I had more help with the pain and with daily living needs and isolation. I've learned a lot through this scare of being told my life might be shortened. I am practicing not worrying...I am still working on that one, but the books about "how to live as if you are dying" and "ONE YEAR TO LIVE" AND "Man's search for meaning" really have helped make life make more sense.
**This week my hubby and I will hear from immigration about whether he can come or not, so we are eager to hear about that. I WANT HIM OUT OF THAT WAR/POVERTY ZONE! He is so brave, intelligent, loving, high morals, loves God, he could go so far if he could get out of there.I want to spend whatever time we have left together...and if possible, time after the resurrection also. We will see what God's will is on the matter when we get the letter from immigration. I know we all are too stressed. I hope we can all learn to handle stress and enjoy our lives. I love the saying "Be kind to others; they are hurting and just trying to survive, just like yourself."
Blessings to you all, I pray regularly for all of those who are in my life,
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Future of Hope to Heal All Our Diseases Ourselves!
**Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz wrote a series of books. One is "You: The Owner's manual" they showed us how bodies work in general, and in YOU: On a Diet, they explained how bodies lose weight and stay fit; both books have sold in the millions. Now, in YOU: Staying Young, the doctors are going to talk to you about what happens as your body ages. As with their previous books, they've conducted tireless research and will introduce fascinating and crucial information in an unforgettable way.
** Most people think of the aging of our bodies the same way we think of the aging of our cars: The older we get, it's inevitable that we're going to break downit could be in just a few ways or it could be in dozens of ways. Most of us hold this notion that once we reach 40 or so, we begin the slow and steady decline of our minds, our eyes, our ears, our joints, our arteries, our libido, and every other system that affects the quality of life (and how long we live it).
**But according to Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz, that's a mistake. Aging isn't a decline of our systems. It's actually very purposeful. The very systems and biological processes that age us are actually designed to help us when we're a little bit younger. So what's our role as part of the aging population? To learn how those systems work, so we can reprogram them to work the way they did when we were younger. Your goal should be: Die young at any age. That means you live a high quality of life (with everything from working joints to working genitals) until the day you die. Because the doctors' real goal isn't just to make you live longer; it's to allow you to maintain vibrancy throughout your entire life. "
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Thursday, 1 November 2007
Opposition In All Things
We must endure the sorrow to appreciate the joy.
I have sort of a miracle to announce! I am a bit scared to say it out loud in case its just a temporary improvement or in case I jinx myself and make the problem return...but if it IS a miracle and gift from God, I would be TRULY ungrateful not to acknowledge it and share it with others.
What is an even more wonderful coincidence, is that this week my hubby is supposed to get news about when he can come home from overseas. If the papers say he can come home, then the Lord had perfect timing (as usual) to improve my health just a month before his return and to show me hope, that I will gain enough strength to help him and be the help and wife he needs!!! I know the lupus and fibro are not YET cured,
In the meantime, I need a virtual hug. Daily my husband calls me and tells me what is going on in the middle of the war front. He is in the most dangerous city on earth right now, SWAT, near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where they are breaking all war rules of the Geneva convention, and beheading people in the streets. They are killing the police first, now kidnapping and beheading all government employees.There are 2 wars going on at the same time. Swat used to be an independent country until 1979 and now some leaders want it independent again, and at the same time,the Taliban decided it would be a great place to fight the Pakistani Army because they are up in the Mountains and there are more places to hide and be strategic in the mountains, but it has not turned out that they were fighting in the mountains. They are fighting int he populated areas, killing innocent people. Three members of my husband's family have been killed and 1 injured so far this month, and still my husband continues to work. I admire him so much! He will be a changed man when he gets home, but he really has an amazing, faith-filled attitude when he talks about it. He is on mild tranquilizers to try to sleep through the bombing and shelling, etc...so am I, and I am thankful for them in times of war and other overwhelming situations.I am SOOO afraid of war. Some people's phobias are snakes or death or drowning, mine is war. If I didn't know better, I would think I was killed in world war 2, then was reincarnated again as a second chance to have a life, because even when I was 3 years old, in my bedroom, when an airplane would fly overhead, I would cover my head, thinking they would drop something from the plane or that they could see me from the plane. When hubby talks about it, it makes me want to jump out of my skin and run forever. I think God knew I could not bear to go through a war,
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22.214.171.124 Summary
First we note results assessed here that reconfirm results from the SAR:
A second category of results assessed here are those that are new since the SAR:
This section investigates the range of future global mean temperature changes resulting from the thirty-five final SRES emissions scenarios with complete greenhouse gas emissions (Nakic´enovic´ et al., 2000). This range is compared to the expected range of uncertainty due to the differences in the response of several AOGCMs. Forcing uncertainties are not considered in these calculations. As well as envelope results that incorporate all the SRES scenarios, six specific SRES scenarios are considered. These are the four illustrative marker scenarios A1B, A2, B1 and B2 and two further illustrative scenarios from the A1 family representing different energy technology options; A1FI and A1T (see Section 126.96.36.199 and Box 9.1). For comparison, results are also shown for some of the IS92 scenarios. As discussed in Section 126.96.36.199 some AOGCMs have run experiments with some or all of the four draft marker scenarios. In order to investigate the temperature change implications of the full range of the final SRES scenarios, a simple climate model is used as a tool to simulate the AOGCM results (Wigley and Raper, 1992; Raper et al., 1996, 2001a). The tuning of the simple model to emulate the different AOGCM results is described in Appendix 9.1. The original SRES MiniCAM (Mini Climate Assessment Model from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) scenarios did not contain emissions for the reactive gases CO, NMVOCs, and NOx (Nakic´enovic´ et al., 2000). To facilitate the calculations, the MiniCAM modelling team provided emissions paths for these gases.
For the six illustrative SRES scenarios, anthropogenic emissions are shown for CO2 in Chapter 3, Figure 3.12, tabulated for CH4 and N2O in Appendix II and shown in Nakic´enovic´ et al. (2000), and shown for SO2 in Chapter 5, Figure 5.13. It is evident that these scenarios encompass a wide range of emissions. Note in particular the much lower future sulphur dioxide emissions for the six SRES scenarios compared with the IS92a scenario.
The calculation of radiative forcing from the SRES emission scenarios for the temperature projections presented here follows closely that described in Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6, with some exceptions as described below. Further details of the forcing for the collective procedures (MAGICC model) are given by Wigley (2000). Atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases are calculated from the emissions using gas cycle models. For CO2, the model of Wigley (1993) is used and as described therein, the CO2 fertilisation factor is adjusted to give a balanced 1980s mean budget. To be consistent with Chapter 3, climate feedbacks are included and the model has been tuned to give results that are similar to those of the Bern-CC and ISAM models for a climate sensitivity of 2.5°C (Chapter 3, Figure 3.12). The strength of the climate feedbacks on the carbon cycle are very uncertain, but models show they are in the direction of greater temperature change giving greater atmospheric CO2 concentration. The climate feedbacks in the Bern-CC model are greater than those of the ISAM model and the feedback strength used here is about half as big as that in the ISAM model. The gas cycle models for CH4 and N2O and the other trace gases are identical to those used in Chapter 4. The concentrations for the main greenhouse gases for the six SRES scenarios are shown in Chapter 4, Figure 4.14.
Except for the treatment of organic carbon (OC), black carbon (BC) and indirect aerosol forcing, the method of calculation for the radiative forcing follows closely that described in Chapter 6 and includes tropospheric ozone, halocarbons, and stratospheric ozone. For OC and BC this report's best estimate forcing values for the present day given in Chapter 6, Table 6.11 are used. As pointed out in Chapter 5, past and future emissions of OC and BC are uncertain. Here fossil OC and BC direct aerosol forcings are considered together and are scaled linearly with SO2 emissions. Biomass burning OC and BC aerosol direct forcings are both scaled with gross deforestation. First (cloud albedo) indirect sulphate aerosol forcing components are included and scaled non-linearly with SO2 emissions as derived by Wigley (1991). A present day indirect sulphate aerosol forcing of –0.8 Wm-2 is assumed. This is the same value as that employed in the SAR. It is well within the range of values recommended by Chapter 6, and is also consistent with that deduced from model simulations and the observed temperature record (Chapter 12).
Estimated total historical anthropogenic radiative forcing from 1765 to 1990 followed by forcing resulting from the six illustrative SRES scenarios are both shown in Figure 9.13a. It is evident that the six SRES scenarios considered cover nearly the full range of forcing that results from the full set of SRES scenarios. The latter is shown on figure 9.13a as an envelope since the forcing resulting from individual scenarios cross with time. For comparison, radiative forcing is also shown for the IS92a, IS92c and IS92e scenarios. It is evident that the range in forcing for the new SRES scenarios is wider and higher than in the IS92 scenarios. The range is wider due to more variation in emissions of non-CO2 greenhouse gases. The shift to higher forcing is mainly due to the reduced future sulphur dioxide emissions of the SRES scenarios compared to the IS92 scenarios. Secondary factors include generally greater tropospheric ozone forcing, the inclusion of climate feedbacks in the carbon cycle and slightly larger cumulative carbon emissions featured in some SRES scenarios.
Figure 9.13b shows the simple climate model simulations representing AOGCM-calibrated global mean temperature change results for the six illustrative SRES scenarios and for the full SRES scenario envelopes. The individual scenario time-series and inner envelope (darker shading) are the average results obtained from simulating the results of seven AOGCMs, denoted "ensemble". The average of the effective climate sensitivity of these AOGCMs is 2.8°C (see Appendix 9.1). The range of global mean temperature change from 1990 to 2100 given by the six illustrative scenarios for the ensemble is 2.0 to 4.5°C (see Figure 9.14). The range for the six illustrative scenarios encompassing the results calibrated to the DOE PCM and GFDL_R15_a AOGCM parameter settings is 1.4 to 5.6°C. These two AOGCMs have effective climate sensitivities of 1.7 and 4.2°C, respectively (see Table 9.1). The range for these two parameter settings for the full set of SRES scenarios is 1.4 to 5.8°C. Note that this is not the extreme range of possibilities, for two reasons. First, forcing uncertainties have not been considered. Second, some AOGCMs have effective climate sensitivities outside the range considered (see Table 9.1). For example, inclusion of the simple model's representation of the CCSR/NIES2 AOGCM would increase the high end of the range by several degrees C.
Since the AOGCM SRES results discussed in Section 126.96.36.199 are based on the draft marker SRES scenarios, it is important to note differences that would result from the use of the final SRES scenarios. Based on a comparison using the simple climate model, the final scenarios for the three markers A1B, A2 and B2 give temperature changes that are slightly smaller than those of the draft scenarios (Smith et al., 2001). The main difference is a change in the standardised values for 1990 through 2000, which are common to all these scenarios. This results in higher forcing early in the period. There are further small differences in net forcing, but these decrease until, by 2100, differences in temperature change in the two versions of these scenarios are only 1 to 2%. For the B1 scenario, however, temperature changes are significantly lower in the final version. The difference is almost 20% in 2100, as a result of generally lower emissions across the whole range of greenhouse gases.
Temperature change results from the simple climate model tuned to individual AOGCMs using the six illustrative SRES scenarios are shown in Figure 9.15. For comparison, analogous results are shown for the IS92a scenario. For direct comparison with the SAR, results are also shown for some of the IS92 scenarios using the SAR forcing and the SAR version of the simple climate model (Kattenberg et al., 1996). The results give rise to conclusions similar to those of Wigley (1999) and Smith et al. (2001), which were drawn from sensitivity studies using the SAR version of the simple climate model. First, note that the range of temperature change for the SRES scenarios is shifted higher than the range for the IS92 scenarios, primarily because of the higher forcing as described above.
A second feature of the illustrative SRES scenarios is that their relative ranking in terms of global mean temperature changes varies with time (Wigley, 1999; Smith et al. 2001). The temperature-change values of the scenarios cross in about mid-century because of links between the emissions of different gases. In particular, for scenarios with higher fossil fuel use, and therefore carbon dioxide emissions (for example A2), sulphur dioxide emissions are also higher. In the near term (to around 2050) the cooling effect of higher sulphur dioxide emissions more than offsets the warming caused by increased emissions of greenhouse gases in scenarios such as A2. The effect of the high sulphur dioxide emissions in the IS92a scenario is similar. It causes IS92a to give rise to a lower 2030 temperature than any of the specific SRES scenarios considered (Figure 9.15a). The opposite effect is seen for scenarios B1 and B2, which have lower fossil fuel emissions, but also lower sulphur dioxide emissions. This leads to a larger near-term warming. In the longer term, however, the level of emissions of long-lived greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide becomes the dominant determinant of the resulting global mean temperature changes. For example, by the latter part of the 21st century, the higher emissions of greenhouse gases in scenario A2 result in larger climate changes than in the other three marker scenarios (A1B, B1 and B2) even though this scenario also has higher sulphur dioxide emissions.
Considering the six illustrative scenarios, the bars on the right-hand side of Figure 9.14 show that scenarios A1FI and B1 alone, define the top and bottom of the range of projected temperature changes, respectively. Towards the middle of the range the scenario bars overlap, indicating that most of the projections fall within this region. In the corresponding sea level rise figure, because of the greater intertia in the ocean response, there is a greater overlap in the projected response to the various scenarios (see Chapter 11, Figure 11.12). In addition, the sea level range for a given scenario is broadened by inclusion of uncertainty in land ice estimates.
By 2100, the differences in the surface air temperature response across the group of climate models forced with a given scenario is as large as the range obtained by a single model forced with the different SRES scenarios (Figure 9.15). Given the quasi-linear nature of the simple model, projections which go outside the range as yet explored by AOGCMs must be treated with caution, since non-linear effects may come into play. Further uncertainties arise due to uncertainties in the radiative forcing. The uncertainty in sulphate aerosol forcing is generally characterised in terms of the 1990 radiative forcing. Wigley and Smith (1998) and Smith et al. (2001) examined the effect of this uncertainty on future temperature change by varying the assumed 1990 sulphate radiative forcing by 0.6 Wm-2 above and below a central value of –1.1 Wm-2. Reducing the sulphate forcing increased the 1990 to 2100 warming by 0 to 7% (depending on the scenario), while increasing the sulphate forcing decreased warming over the next century by a similar amount. The sensitivity to the uncertainty in sulphate forcing was found to be significantly less in the new scenarios than in the IS92a scenario; in the latter the sensitivity to sulphate forcing was twice as large as the largest value for the SRES marker scenarios. Therefore, the smaller future emissions of sulphur dioxide in the new scenarios significantly lowers the uncertainty in future global mean temperature change due to the uncertain value of present day sulphate aerosol forcing. The climate effects described here use the SRES scenarios as contained in Nakic´enovic´ et al. (2000). Any feedbacks on the socio-economic development path, and hence on emissions, as a result of these climate changes have not been included.
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