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SHANGHAI— BMW AG BMW.XE -0.99% Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Germany: Xetra €79.78 -0.80 -0.99% Dec. 12, 2013 5:35 pm Volume : 1.86M P/E Ratio 10.02 Market Cap €51.81 Billion Dividend Yield 3.13% Rev. per Employee €721,448 12/03/13 Buyers Illegally Shipping BMW ... 12/02/13 A Profitable Trade: Illicitly ... 12/02/13 Mercedes-Benz Outruns BMW in U... More quote details and news » said it expects slower sales growth in China this year as premium-car makers grapple with a slowdown in economic growth and intensifying competition in one of their most lucrative markets.
The German auto maker said at the Shanghai auto show over the weekend that it expects China sales growth in the upper single digits. BMW's sales in China increased about 40% last year to roughly 326,000 vehicles.
Double-digit growth in China's lucrative car market may be tapering off. The WSJ's Colum Murphy tells us why some auto makers are factoring in slower growth in 2013.
Shanghai Auto Show
Ian Robertson, management-board member responsible for sales and marketing, struck a more cautious note, saying at the auto show that he doesn't expect growth rates as high as those seen in the past.
"The market is maturing somewhat," he said. "We're expecting normalizing growth figures in coming years."
Some industry watchers say BMW's conservative tack reflects recent changes in China's business environment, including a slowdown in economic growth and a greater emphasis on austerity by newly appointed President Xi Jinping.
Yet some premium-car makers say they still aren't feeling the effects of the austerity drive, and a recent push for government officials to ride in Chinese-brand vehicles.
"We are very conscious of it, but we don't see a big impact," Hubertus Troska, Daimler AG DAI.XE -0.46% Daimler AG Germany: Xetra €58.88 -0.27 -0.46% Dec. 12, 2013 5:35 pm Volume : 3.24M P/E Ratio 8.46 Market Cap €63.27 Billion Dividend Yield 3.74% Rev. per Employee €420,678 12/03/13 High-End Motorcycles Rev Up Sa... 12/03/13 In a Test, Mercedes-Benz to Se... 12/02/13 Chrysler to Challenge Ford's T... More quote details and news » 's board member responsible for China, said Saturday. Daimler owns the Mercedes-Benz brand.
"Certainly we have seen more dynamic times in China, but still see decent growth," Mr. Troska said. He said he is "cautiously optimistic" about market prospects, saying he expects to sell more than 300,000 cars in China in 2015. Mercedes-Benz will add 75 dealers in China by the end of 2013 to the current 262, he said.
Mr. Robertson's comments were at odds with analysts' more robust sales-growth projections for China's premium segment. IHS Global Insight, for example, is forecasting 17% growth for the premium segment in the country this year.
The BMW official's comments suggested the country's luxury-car market could slow even more than expected just as more car makers jostle for a bigger piece of its growth.
"This should be a major warning signal for premium- and luxury-goods manufacturers, as it could affect consumer confidence" in 2013, said Andreas Graef, manager at management consulting firm A.T. Kearney's Shanghai office.
Dietmar Voggenreiter, president of Audi China, played down moves by the Chinese government to encourage officials to ride in domestic-brand cars. Volkswagen AG VOW3.XE -0.37% Volkswagen AG Non-Vtg Pfd. Germany: Xetra €189.70 -0.70 -0.37% Dec. 12, 2013 5:35 pm Volume : 839,238 P/E Ratio 10.90 Market Cap €86.91 Billion Dividend Yield 1.88% Rev. per Employee €353,101 12/12/13 Volkswagen Replaces U.S. Chief 12/10/13 China's Auto Market Is Marked ... 12/04/13 GM, Ford Stocks Wobble on Worr... More quote details and news » 's Audi, the largest luxury-auto maker in China, had been a popular choice among China's ruling classes.
"We're not targeting government customers anymore," he said, adding that 90% of the buyers of its cars in China were private individuals.
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Analysts say factors specific to BMW are also behind its modest growth projections.
Mercedes-Benz has a strong model-launch plan for this year and has worked out local distribution issues, "and that will give it a boost in the market over BMW," said A.T. Kearney's Mr. Graef.BMW also might be aiming to maintain prices to focus on margins instead of market share, he said, adding, "this could impact BMW's sales growth."
BMW had been one of the fastest-growing and biggest luxury-car makers in China. In the first quarter of this year the company sold 80,570 of its namesake BMW-brand cars here, up 7.4% from a year earlier, and 5,500 of its Mini-brand vehicles in the country, up 9.9%.
A spokesman for BMW said its previously strong sales volume in China partially accounts for the auto maker's expected lower growth rate. "With our huge base, growth rate of 10% is not bad," he said.
Visitors to the Shanghai auto show examined an Audi S7 on Sunday. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Overall passenger-car sales in China rose 7.1% last year to 15.5 million vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. The premium-car market accounts for 9% of all passenger-car sales, according to McKinsey & Co., compared with 4% in Japan and 6% in South Korea.
Currently three German brands—Audi, BMW and Daimler's Mercedes-Benz—dominate the premium segment.
Audi China said the company's sales rose 14% in the first quarter to 102,800 vehicles. Mr. Voggenreiter predicted "another successful year" for the company in China this year. He said Audi produced 350,000 cars in China and plans to double that in the future but didn't give a specific time frame.
First-quarter Mercedes-Benz sales in China fell 12% from a year earlier, the company said recently, although sales in March rose 5.4%.
"The premium segment [in China] has a lot of potential," Daimler's Mr. Troska said.
IHS Automotive analyst Namrita Chow said auto makers are fighting "tooth and nail" to get a piece of the premium market. General Motors Co. GM -0.27% General Motors Co. U.S.: NYSE $40.05 -0.11 -0.27% Dec. 12, 2013 4:02 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18.79M AFTER HOURS $40.09 +0.04 +0.10% Dec. 12, 2013 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 109,377 P/E Ratio 15.58 Market Cap $55.78 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $724,174 12/12/13 General Motor's December Clean... 12/11/13 Companies Grapple With Passed-... 12/11/13 'New' GM Doesn't Owe $450 Mill... More quote details and news » announced Friday a renewed push in China to spur sales of its Cadillac luxury brand.
—Vanessa Fuhrmans in Berlin contributed to this article.
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Wittenberg, Hermann (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: Introduction: It would not be an exaggeration to assert that no South African playwright in the 1950s and 1960s received as much international attention and recognition as Alan Paton, until eclipsed by Athol Fugard's emerging career. Paton's own plays and musicals, and the stage adaptations of his novels, had some extensive and successful runs on Broadway in New York, and also played to packed houses in South Africa. Some highly acclaimed artists, ranging from the German avant-garde composer Kurt Weill to South Africa's jazz musician Todd Matshikiza, helped to bring his work to the stage. Yet Paton's theatrical work has received surprisingly scant attention from critics, which is all the more remarkable, given the author's prominence as one of South Africa's most well-known writers. Like his novels, Paton's plays are not simply light human dramas or romantic comedies as much colonial theatre at the time, but serious works that were deeply concerned with the socio-political issues facing South Africa under apartheid. As Paton once put it, he was never interested in "writing a 'jolly good fellow' sort of play." Three of his major plays were written and performed in a crucial period of South African history: the Sharpeville massacre, the implementation of the Group Areas and other cornerstone apartheid acts, the treason trials, and the declaration of the republic. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/744 Files in this item: 1
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Phillips, Julie (Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Background: According to the World Health Organization global alcohol consumption has increased in recent decades, with most of this increase occurring in developing countries. Added to this is the concern of the increased social acceptability of alcohol use and the widespread experimentation with alcohol during adolescence. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to better understand health risk behaviours, specifically alcohol use, among black female high school learners in a designated research locale of a local community in the Western Cape, South Africa. Study design: The method of inquiry in this study was a mixed methods sequential explanatory strategy. Results: A lifetime prevalence of alcohol use was reported by 57.8% of the study sample. All the participants agreed that drinking has a negative influence on adolescent health. Conclusion: Alcohol use in South Africa is an ever-increasing health problem and the current study provides evidence that the prevalence of this behaviour remains a public health concern. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/113 Files in this item: 1
PhillipsAlcohol2008.pdf (68.01Kb) -
Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2011)[more][less]
Abstract: This article first offers a brief overview of the history of what is understood under "natural theology". The contrast between the Barthian critique against natural theology and the dangers of repudiating natural theology as stressed within the context of contemporary discourse on science and theology is highlighted. In response, the author offers a constructive proposal in which the hermeneutic necessity of natural theology is affirmed. This follows from a notion of that which is "natural" which includes human constructs (also ideas). In this sense all theology is by definition natural theology. However, the Barthian critique against natural theology may still be appropriate as a selection of those signs that can express the inexpressible with relative adequacy URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/389 Files in this item: 1
ConradieTheology2011.pdf (59.24Kb) -
Bock, Zannie; Gough, David H. (Routledge, 2001)[more][less]
Abstract: The question of the 'great divide' between orality and literacy has been critically addressed by various scholars of literacy, including social literacy theorists. This paper uses the notions of primary and secondary discourse across both oral and literate contexts to examine this 'divide'. Using evidence from the oral tradition of the Xhosa, it is shown that 'traditional' societies have well-established primary and secondary discourse types. Against this understanding, the issue of 'access' to Western academic literacy is examined. It is argued that within the changing context of South African society and as a direct result of former apartheid policies, individuals may have failed to acquire the cultural capital of both oral secondary and literate secondary discourse types. The literate secondary discourse practices of Xhosa-speaking students at univer¬sity are explored through an analysis of student writing. This paper then reports on several projects which attempt to address some of the concerns of academic staff with respect to student writing. In particular, this section argues for a broadening of the notion of 'academic literacy' and suggests some ways in which texts derived from the oral tradition may be used to develop awareness of secondary discourse types. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/266 Files in this item: 1
Bock_Perspectives2001.pdf (637.5Kb) -
Keng, Choong-Tat; Zhang, Aihua; Shen, Shuo; Lip, Kuo-Ming; Fielding, Burtram C.; Tan, Timothy HP; Chou, Chih-Fong; Loh, Chay Boon; Wang, Sifang; Fu, Jianlin; Yang, Xiaoming; Lim, Seng Gee; Hong, Wanjin; Tan, Yee-Joo (American Society for Microbiology, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The spike (S) protein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) interacts with cellular receptors to mediate membrane fusion, allowing viral entry into host cells; hence it is recognized as the primary target of neutralizing antibodies, and therefore knowledge of antigenic determinants that can elicit neutralizing antibodies could be beneficial for the development of a protective vaccine. Here, we expressed five different fragments of S, covering the entire ectodomain (amino acids 48 to 1192), as glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins in Escherichia coli and used the purified proteins to raise antibodies in rabbits. By Western blot analysis and immunoprecipitation experiments, we showed that all the antibodies are specific and highly sensitive to both the native and denatured forms of the full-length S protein expressed in virus-infected cells and transfected cells, respectively. Indirect immunofluorescence performed on fixed but unpermeabilized cells showed that these antibodies can recognize the mature form of S on the cell surface. All the antibodies were also able to detect the maturation of the 200-kDa form of S to the 210-kDa form by pulse-chase experiments. When the antibodies were tested for their ability to inhibit SARS-CoV propagation in Vero E6 culture, it was found that the anti-S 10 antibody, which was targeted to amino acid residues 1029 to 1192 of S, which include heptad repeat 2, has strong neutralizing activities, suggesting that this region of S carries neutralizing epitopes and is very important for virus entry into cells. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/748 Files in this item: 1
KengAminAcids2005.pdf (244.1Kb) -
Koen, Chris (Oxford University Press, 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: It is assumed that O − C ('observed minus calculated') values of periodic variable stars are determined by three processes, namely measurement errors, random cycle-to-cycle jitter in the period, and possibly long-term changes in the mean period. By modelling the latter as a random walk, the covariances of all O − C values can be calculated. The covariances can then be used to estimate unknown model parameters, and to choose between alternative models. Pseudo-residuals which could be used in model fit assessment are also defined. The theory is illustrated by four applications to spotted stars in eclipsing binaries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/893 Files in this item: 1
KoenDataAnalysis2006.pdf (284.3Kb) -
Koen, Chris (Oxford University Press, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The theory of low-order linear stochastic differential equations is reviewed. Solutions to these equations give the continuous time analogues of discrete time autoregressive time-series. Explicit forms for the power spectra and covariance functions of first- and second-order forms are given. A conceptually simple method is described for fitting continuous time autoregressive models to data. Formulae giving the standard errors of the parameter estimates are derived. Simulated data are used to verify the performance of the methods. Irregularly spaced observations of the two hydrogen-deficient stars FQ Aqr and NO Ser are analysed. In the case of FQ Aqr the best-fitting model is of second order, and describes a quasi-periodicity of about 20 d with an e-folding time of 3.7 d. The NO Ser data are best fitted by a first-order model with an e-folding time of 7.2 d. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/889 Files in this item: 1
Hart, Jeffrey D.; Koen, Chris; Lombard, Fred (Royal Statistical Society, 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: Summary: We report the results of a period change analysis of time series observations for 378 pulsating variable stars. The null hypothesis of no trend in expected periods is tested for each of the stars. The tests are non-parametric in that potential trends are estimated by local linear smoothers. Our testing methodology has some novel features. First, the null distribution of a test statistic is defined to be the distribution that results in repeated sampling from a population of stars. This distribution is estimated by means of a bootstrap algorithm that resamples from the collection of 378 stars. Bootstrapping in this way obviates the problem that the conditional sampling distribution of a statistic, given a particular star, may depend on unknown parameters of that star. Another novel feature of our test statistics is that one-sided cross-validation is used to choose the smoothing parameters of the local linear estimators on which they are based. It is shown that doing so results in tests that are tremendously more powerful than analogous tests that are based on the usual version of cross-validation. The positive false discovery rate method of Storey is used to account for the fact that we simultaneously test 378 hypotheses. We ultimately find that 56 of the 378 stars have changes in mean pulsation period that are significant when controlling the positive false discovery rate at the 5% level. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/848 Files in this item: 0
Bock, Zannie; Mazwi, Ngwanya; Metula, Sifundo; Mpolweni-Zantsi, Nosisi (Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: The main aim of this research is to evaluate "what has been lost" in the simultaneous interpretation and transcription processes of selected Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) testimonies. The testimonies under consideration are those of two of the widows of the Cradock Four who were murdered by the South African Security Branch in 1985 for their work in mobilising resistance to apartheid. The widows testified in Xhosa at the East London Human Rights Violation hearings in 1996 and their testimonies were simultaneously interpreted into English on the day of the hearing. Using audiovisual copies of the testimonies on which one can hear the original soundtrack, as well as the English voice-over, we transcribed the testimonies in the source language (e.g. Xhosa). We then translated these into English and compared our translation with the official English versions which are published on the TRC website. Our analysis revealed that a significant number of meanings were lost under the pressures of simultaneous interpretation. These meanings related predominantly to the 'emotional' content: for example, to aspects of narrative style expressed through gesture, intonation, repetition and the use of direct speech, particularly the verbatim quotes of the police in Afrikaans. We also noted that an understanding of the culture of the testifier was essential to understanding the testimony and that researchers who did not have access to the testimony in the source language and the cultural codes of the testifier would be significantly compromised when trying to understand the testimonies. In addition, we noted the loss of a number of factual meanings as a result of inaccuracies and omissions both during the interpretation and transcription process. We argued that these losses and omissions detracted primarily from what the TRC referred to as the 'narrative truth' or subjective meanings of the testimonies, and, in some cases, the 'factual truth'. We undertook this research because we are concerned that many researchers only have access to the official TRC record. This record, in our view, is in some cases compromised as the processes of simultaneous interpretation and transcription inevitably led to some loss of meaning due to the pressures and constraints under which the interpreters were working. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/214 Files in this item: 1
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Cowan, Donald A.; Mamais, A.; Russell, Nick A.; Sheppard, Devon M. (Springer Verlag, 2002)[more][less]
Abstract: We have applied bioluminescent ATP detection methods to microbial enumeration in Antarctic Dry Valley mineral soils, and validated our ATP data by two independent methods. We have demonstrated that ATP measurement is a valid means of determining microbial biomass in such sites, and that the desiccated surface mineral soils of the Antarctic Dry Valleys contain cell numbers over four orders of magnitude higher than previously suggested URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/162 Files in this item: 1
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Basson, Nicolaas; Grobler, Sias (BioMed Central, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Background: Honey has been shown to have wound healing properties which can be ascribed to its antimicrobial activity. The antimicrobial activity can be effective against a broad spectrum of bacterial species especially those of medical importance. It has also been shown that there is considerable variation in the antimicrobial potency of different types of honey, which is impossible to predict. With this in mind we tested the antimicrobial activity of honeys produced from plants grown in South Africa for their antibacterial properties on selected standard strains of oral microorganisms. Methods: The honeys used were produced from the blossoms of Eucalyptus cladocalyx (Bluegum) trees, an indigenous South African plant Leucospermum cordifolium (Pincushion), a mixture of wild heather shrubs, mainly Erica species (Fynbos) and a Leptospermum scoparium (Manuka) honey. Only pure honey which had not been heated was used. The honeys were tested for their antimicrobial properties with a broth dilution method. Results: Although the honeys produced some inhibitory effect on the growth of the microorganisms, no exceptionally high activity occurred in the South African honeys. The carbohydrate concentration plays a key role in the antimicrobial activity of the honeys above 25%. However, these honeys do contain other antimicrobial properties that are effective against certain bacterial species at concentrations well below the hypertonic sugar concentration. The yeast C. albicans was more resistant to the honeys than the bacteria. The species S. anginosus and S. oralis were more sensitive to the honeys than the other test bacteria. Conclusion: The honeys produced from indigenous wild flowers from South Africa had no exceptionally high activity that could afford medical grade status. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/597 Files in this item: 1
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Fielding, Burtram C.; Mnabisa, Amanda; Gouws, Pieter A.; Morris, Thureyah (Termedia Publishing House, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: Sub-therapeutic doses of antimicrobial agents are administered routinely to poultry to aid growth and to prevent disease, with prolonged exposure often resulting in bacterial resistance. Crossover of antibiotic resistant bacteria from poultry to humans poses a risk to human health. In this study, 17 chicken samples collected from a vendor operating in an informal settlement in the Cape Town Metropolitan area, South Africa were screened for antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacilli using the Kirby Bauer disk diffusion assay. In total, six antibiotics were screened: ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, nalidixic acid, tetracycline and trimethoprim. Surprisingly, Klebsiella ozaenae was identified in 96 and K. rhinoscleromatis in 6 (n = 102) of the samples tested. Interestingly, ~40% of the isolated Klebsiella spp. showed multiple resistance to at least three of the six antibiotics tested. Klebsiella ozaenae and K. rhinoscleromatis cause clinical chronic rhinitis and are almost exclusively associated with people living in areas of poor hygiene. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/743 Files in this item: 1
FieldingKlebsiellaSpecies2012.pdf (68.76Kb) -
Lalu, Premesh (CODESRIA, 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: This paper sets to work on strategies for forging new and critical humanities at the institutional site of the university that appears to be trapped in the legacies of apartheid. The paper suggests that the university's responses to apartheid might hold the key for the realignment of its critical commitments in the post-apartheid present. Rather than merely invoking the Enlightenment traditions of the modern university as sufficient grounds for proclaiming a post-apartheid reorientation, I track the career of notions of academic freedom and university autonomy in the outlines of complicity. I show how the concepts of academic freedom and autonomy obscured a prior contract with the state and how that complicity extended a process of subjection. By deploying the postcolonial strategy of abusing the Enlightenment, the paper outlines the failure of opposing apartheid in the name of academic freedom and autonomy. That failure, I argue, resulted in an inability to investigate the relationship be¬tween the university and the state and blinded the university to its role in the creation of racial subjects. Rather than merely casting the university in terms of the foundational concepts of academic freedom and university autonomy, I suggest that it might be more productive to consider the epistemological and political potential of a renewed reference to the Enlightenment. Apartheid's University, cast as continuity of the Enlightenment legacy, might allow us to rewrite its abject script in the direction of resisting the forms of subjection supported by that process of normalisation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/263 Files in this item: 1
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Xianfeng, Sun; Jovanovic, Nebo Z.; Kapangaziwiri, Evison; Brendonck, Luc; Bugan, Richard Domain Hunter (Water Research Commission, 2013)[more][less]
Abstract: Recharge estimation in arid and semi-arid areas is very challenging. The chloride mass balance method applied in western South Africa fails to provide reliable recharge estimates near coastal areas. A relationship between rainfall events and water level fluctuations (WLF) on a monthly basis was proposed in the rainfall infiltration breakthrough (RIB) model for the purpose of groundwater recharge estimation. In this paper, the physical meaning of parameters in the CRD and previous RIB models is clarified, and the RIB model is reviewed with the algorithm improved to accommodate various time scales, namely, daily, monthly and annual scales. Recharge estimates on a daily and monthly basis using the revised RIB approach in 2 study areas, one in a sandy alluvial aquifer (Riverlands) and the other in the Table Mountain Group (TMG) shallow unconfined aquifer (Oudebosch), are presented, followed by sensitivity analysis. Correlation analysis between rainfall and observed WLF data at daily scale and monthly scale, together with recharge estimates obtained from other methods, demonstrates that the RIB results using monthly data are more realistic than those for daily data, when using long time series. Scenarios using the data from Oudebosch with different rainfall and groundwater abstraction inputs are simulated to explore individual effects on water levels as well as recharge rate estimated on a daily basis. The sensitivity analysis showed that the recharge rate by the RIB model is specifically sensitive to the parameter of specific yield; therefore, the accurate representative specific yield of the aquifer needs to be selected with caution. The RIB model demonstrated in these two cases can be used to estimate groundwater recharge with sufficiently long time series of groundwater level and rainfall available in similar regions. In summary, the RIB model is best suited for shallow unconfined aquifers with relatively lower transmissiv - ity; the utility of the RIB model for application in different climatic areas under different hydrogeological conditions needs to be further explored. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/815 Files in this item: 1
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Leon, Natalie; Schneider, Helen; Daviaud, Emmanuelle (BioMed Central, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: Background: Mobile phone technology has demonstrated the potential to improve health service delivery, but there is little guidance to inform decisions about acquiring and implementing mHealth technology at scale in health systems. Using the case of community-based health services (CBS) in South Africa, we apply a framework to appraise the opportunities and challenges to effective implementation of mHealth at scale in health systems. Methods: A qualitative study reviewed the benefits and challenges of mHealth in community-based services in South Africa, through a combination of key informant interviews, site visits to local projects and document reviews. Using a framework adapted from three approaches to reviewing sustainable information and communication technology (ICT), the lessons from local experience and elsewhere formed the basis of a wider consideration of scale up challenges in South Africa. Results: Four key system dimensions were identified and assessed: government stewardship and the organisational, technological and financial systems. In South Africa, the opportunities for successful implementation of mHealth include the high prevalence of mobile phones, a supportive policy environment for eHealth, successful use of mHealth for CBS in a number of projects and a well-developed ICT industry. However there are weaknesses in other key health systems areas such as organisational culture and capacity for using health information for management, and the poor availability and use of ICT in primary health care. The technological challenges include the complexity of ensuring interoperability and integration of information systems and securing privacy of information. Finally, there are the challenges of sustainable financing required for large scale use of mobile phone technology in resource limited settings. Conclusion: Against a background of a health system with a weak ICT environment and limited implementation capacity, it remains uncertain that the potential benefits of mHealth for CBS would be retained with immediate large-scale implementation. Applying a health systems framework facilitated a systematic appraisal of potential challenges to scaling up mHealth for CBS in South Africa and may be useful for policy and practice decision-making in other low- and middle-income settings. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/552 Files in this item: 1
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Gough, David H.; Bock, Zannie (Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, 2003)[more][less]
Abstract: This paper examines the effectiveness of linguistic analysis in developing scientific thinking skills and scientific attitudes. It reports on a project established at a South Africa university in South Africa which engaged students in the analysis of code-mixed data. Students who participated in the project showed gains in being able to analyze linguistic data using problem solving skills. While transfer of such skills to mainstream science teaching was not investigated, the study confirms the effectiveness of linguistic analysis in engaging students in the activities associated with the development of skills for science. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/282 Files in this item: 1
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Du Toit, Darcy (Juta Law, 1995)[more][less]
Abstract: Introduction: 'n Regsteksboek is nie bloot 'n uiteensetting van regs reels nie. Dit is, in die eerste plek, 'n seleksie van bespreekingspunte en, terselfdetyd, 'n evaluasie van die selekteerde gegewens wat uitgaan van 'n bepaalde referensiekader. Tog konfronteer die eindproduk die student as meer as net 'n boek. Dit word bestudeer (nie noodwendig onkrities nie) as 'n objektiewe verklaring van die onderwerp of, tenminste, van die "feite" wat jy moet ken om te slaag. Direk of indirek beinvloed so 'n boek, en dus die skrywer daarvan se uitgangspunte, die sienswyse waarmee groot getalle toekomstige regspraktisyns en -akademici die betrokke vakgebied sal begryp, die manier waarop hulle geneig sal wees om besondere reels te interpreteer en die doelstellings wat hulle daarmee identifiseer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/720 Files in this item: 1
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Africa, Cherrel; Lynch, Gerry (Unisa Press, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: The administration of elections in South Africa, including the 2011 local government elections(hereafter the 2011 elections), has widely been hailed as a resounding success. Yet competitive elections, an essential component of any democratic system, require more than smooth running administrative systems. Competitive elections require competitive campaigns and an environment where voters can vote and express their opinions without fear of retribution. In this article, we conduct a systematic assessment of pre-election space in the 2011 elections. We present a unique coding scheme developed by the Election Monitoring Network (EMN) to grade individual instances of electionrelated intolerance and intimidation. The coding scheme provides a framework to quantitatively assess a given campaign and election. We also present data on instances of pre-election intimidation and violence gathered by the EMN from 3 March until 13 May. The data reveal that whilst the vast majority of South Africans can vote and express their opinions without fear of retribution, there are underlying tensions which remain a cause for concern. When viewed in conjunction with the Afrobarometer survey data (2008) on perceptions of political space in South Africa, it becomes clear that pre-election campaign space is fragile and not given, and will therefore need to be nurtured in future elections. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/758 Files in this item: 1
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Kanyerere, Thokozani; Levy, Jonathan; Xu, Yongxin; Saka, John (Water Research Commission, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: In rural Africa, scientific evidence is often lacking to guide the scaling-up of groundwater as the safest source of potable water. An investigation was conducted in the Upper Limphasa Catchment in northern Malawi to determine the safety of groundwater sources and to explore factors influencing water quality. Water samples from 17 boreholes, 6 hand-dug wells and 90 households were analysed for selected parameters. Portable incubators, multi-parameter probe and colorimetric standard methods were used for field measurements, and standard methods were used for laboratory water analysis. Results were compared to specified guidelines of the World Health Organization and Malawi Bureau of Standards to establish the potability of water. Statistical results using non-parametric t-tests indicated that the wells were more contaminated with E. coli bacteria than boreholes (p=6.2x10-6), suggesting non-consideration of local hydrogeologic factors in groundwater development. Water from boreholes that tested negative for pathogens at source tested positive at some households (total coliform: p=0.0042 and E. coli p=7.8x10-7) suggesting the effect of handling practices. Water from wells that was not treated with chlorine showed higher levels of E. coli than treated water from the same sources, confirming the effectiveness of chlorine in reducing pathogenic bacteria in households' stored drinking-water, reinforcing the scientific basis for scaling up chlorine as effective disinfectant. However, this study demonstrated that chlorine failed to effectively eliminate all pathogens in drinking water. As a case study in tropical rural environments in Africa, these findings on the suitability of using chlorine as disinfectant and on factors explaining groundwater contamination, though provisional, provide a scientific basis for assessing cost-effectiveness and sustainability of scaling-up the use of chlorine as a curative remedy and of systematically investigating local hydrogeologic factors in order to implement measures to protect groundwater quality in poverty-prone rural communities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/710 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: The South African Deaf community has very limited telephony options. They prefer to communicate in sign language, a visual medium. Realtime video over Internet Protocol is a promising option, but in reality, the quality is often not enough for the Deaf to be able to understand each other's sign language. Furthermore, these applications were not design specifically for the Deaf. This paper introduces an asynchronous video chat system to provide better quality video at the expense of increased latency. It determined a codec/transmission protocol combination in the laboratory environment and tested it out with actual Deaf users. This paper will address the results based on comparison between different codecs, transmission protocol on asynchronous video communication for the Deaf. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/486 Files in this item: 1
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Dognappers alert: Fears that pets are being stolen and owners asked to pay ransom
1:00pm Thursday 12th July 2012 in News By Laura Smith
DOGS are being stolen from across south Essex before being sold on, or ransoms demanded from worried owners.
The website DogLost is urging owners to take care with their pets as they believe at least 12 dogs have been stolen from the Southend and Basildon areas.
The charity works to try and reunite stricken families with their beloved pets, but are finding many are disappearing without a trace.
Jayne Hayes, who works for DogLost, said: "There have been an awful lot in the SS postcode area in the past couple of weeks that aren't turning up.
"We've had about a dozen, which is worrying. I would say to anyone, be very careful with your dogs in that area. Too many are going missing and not turning up at the dogs' homes."
Joanne Holdbrook, 46, of Glenmere, Vange, received an ominous phone call after her patterdale terrier went missing.
A man called at about 11pm saying they had seen one of her lost posters, in which she offered a reward.
The caller said he had found the dog and wanted to meet at Tesco car park in Pitsea, and she should come with the cash.
She said: "I said I'd meet him at the petrol station at about midnight because I know there's CCTV there.
"My husband said I shouldn't go on my own, so he hid in the car.
"A man walked up to the car, but when he saw my husband he walked off."
She has repeatedly tried to call the man's phone number, but there was no answer, and police told her there is nothing they can do, as no crime had been committed.
Another owner, Sue Brennan, lost her dog Tinks in Millennium Park, Barling.
She set up a Facebook group in the hope that someone might have seen the one-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier.
From the group she found out a man was seen near the skatepark at Chalkwell Park trying to sell a dog of the same description for £250.
Mum-of-three Mrs Brennan, who lives in Barling, said: "It's affecting all of my family.
"You hear such horrendous stories abut what happens to some of these dogs."
A spokesman for Essex Police said they had not had any reports of a series of dog thefts.
Southend Insp Matt Bennett added: "I'm not aware of any thefts of dogs reported to the police, and I check the daily crimes."


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It's been way too long since I've handed out some tips o' the hat and wags o' the finger, so here we go...
First of all, a tip o' the hat to Jeremy for his solid take on Wittman.
A HUGE wag o' the finger to Randy Foye's knee. Christ, what horrible news it is that he'll be out at least another three weeks. Jaric's been playing at a fairly high level (for Jaric, that is), and Bassy's been solid at several points this season, but when I watch this team, it's impossible not to realize just how much they need Foye.
They need a reliable guy to handle the offense, someone who can take care of the ball while keeping the offense up-tempo. They need a player who can step up in the fourth quarter, night after night. And they desperately need someone not named Greg Buckner or Rashad McCants who can knock down some jumpers. Those things are exactly what Foye brings to the table...and those things are what we'll have to live without for the next month or so.
The basketball gods must be punishing us or something, because this is just insult to injury. A 1-7 start, and now this news comes out. I hate to say it, folks, but these are gonna be a long three or four weeks- things aren't going to be getting better anytime soon.
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For the recipe, follow the directions for Girl Scout Tagalong Brownie Pie, except use a mini-muffin pan to bake your brownies.
For the recipe, follow the directions for Girl Scout Tagalong Brownie Pie, except use a mini-muffin pan to bake your brownies.
Do I really need to say anything more than: Tagalong Brownie Pie? This recipe features Girl Scout Tagalong cookies, a ridiculously gooey peanut-butter-caramel layer, and toasted walnuts. And it's one of my easiest recipes! PS – When Girl Scout Cookies are out of season, you can substitute another (preferably chocolate-coated) peanut butter cookie…like Little Debbie Nutty Bars or even Nabisco Nutter Butter cookies.
Preheat oven to 350 F. Toast your walnuts on a cookie sheet for about 5-6 minutes, until they're slightly golden brown. Set aside to cool.
Make brownie mix with eggs, oil, and water, according to the directions on the box. I like to use the "extra egg" recipe, which is sometimes in fine print next to the "regular" recipe. That extra egg adds a little more loft and cakiness to the brownie. But that's just my preference; you should build your own brownie world the way you like it. Pour brownie batter into two (2) well greased 9-inch pie pans.
Since you're using 2 pans, your baking time will be much shorter than the box instructs. (My box mix suggested a baking time of 35-40 minutes, but my brownie pies only needed 22-24 minutes to bake.) When a center-placed toothpick comes out nearly clean, that means your pies are done.
When pies have cooled, put about 1/2 cup of peanut-butter-caramel dip on the surface of each pie. Spread it evenly. I intentionally avoided covering the outermost half-inch of brownie, the part where a pie would normally have a "crimp" in the crust. I thought it looked cute that way, plus it helped make serving a little easier.
Using a walnut as a "stand," prop up your cookies. This will make it easier and cleaner for your guests to grab those cookies and eat them with their fingers.
Since there are 15 cookies in a Tagalong box, I put 8 cookies on one pie and 7 on the other. Add 1/2 cup of your toasted walnuts to each pie. I chopped my walnuts into large pieces.
This Tagalong Brownie Pie recipe would make any Girl Scout proud, and I'm sure your troop will love 'em!
Red Velvet Cake is a favorite in my household, almost as much as brownies. Red Velvet Cake is the dessert my mother always made for special occasions — especially birthdays, Valentine's Day, Independence Day, or Christmas. And it's the dessert that, when served, made any occasion special. It's rich, dense, sweet, buttery, and very, very pretty! So its namesake brownie had to be equally special. Here's my simplified, "box mix" approach to this lovely recipe.
Put milk and flour into a microwave-safe dish and mix completely. (I like to use a fork, but that's just me.)
Do this:
(Use 20% power, not 100%. You want to avoid scalding your milk.)
At this point, you'll have cooked your mixture for a total of 4 minutes and you're ALMOST done. Your goal is a smooth, thick consistency, like a gravy you might pour over biscuits. It should take a total of about 6 minutes of cooking time — but you don't want to cook it any longer than you have to.
So now, do this, but ONLY until it gets thick:
Do not overcook. After about 6 minutes total, you should be done. Stir well until smooth. Cover and set aside, so it can cool completely before step 2 of frosting, later.
In a large bowl, add cream cheese and egg. With electric mixer, beat until smooth, about 1 minute.
Add cake mix, water, and oil. Mix on slow speed until blended, then on medium for 2 minutes.
Pour into a greased 9×13 pan.
Bake at 350 F for about 20-25 minutes or until a center-placed toothpick comes out crumbly but nearly clean.
Before this next step, check the temperature of your "cooked flour/milk" mixture. If it is **completely cooled to room temperature**, you may proceed. (Also, if you chose to cool your flour/milk in the refrigerator, let it return to room temperature before moving forward.)
Allow your butter to soften outside of the refrigerator for about 5 or 10 minutes. With an electric mixer on medium-high, beat sugar, butter, and vanilla together in a large bowl until it turns snowy white, about 3 minutes. Next, add the flour mixture.
Start the mixer slowly. Don't be afraid that your frosting will look entirely HIDEOUS at this stage. Consider it a baby swan that will soon grow into an elegant, angelic creature.
Mix on highest speed until you notice a beautiful, magical change in texture–causing it to look and act like real whipped cream–about 2-3 minutes.
Only after your brownies are completely cooled should you add the frosting. Pile it on. Make big fluffy swirls. Remember, this will spread a lot differently than pre-made "tub" frosting. That's. Cuz. It's. Homemade.
This recipe will give you the luxury of a big ol' thick layer. Oh my goo'ness–I'm getting lightheaded as I type this.
With this frosting, you must refrigerate this dessert. A small price to pay for the absolute decadence of it all. Serve your Red Velvet Brownies while wearing red lipstick and a mischievous smile.
It's Easter season and time to make a brownie recipe that features those kooky, adorable Peeps marshmallow treats. Looky! It's a brownie pond… Let's jump in!
Thanks to Jaime Santillan for the adorable studio shot above. Jaime takes amazing photos.
Mix brownies as directed on box, using the "extra egg" version of the recipe. I also suggest using a 13×9 family-size box, as you'll need as much brownie as possible to fill your trifle bowl.
Pour batter into a greased pan, bake as directed on box, and let brownies cool. You can do the next few steps while brownies are baking or while they are cooling.
Mix instant pudding with cold milk and about 3 drops of blue food coloring.
Whisk as directed on box.
At first, your pudding may be blue-green rather than straight blue, because most light-colored puddings are a bit yellow-ish. Don't worry; a few more drops of blue coloring will help. Whisk in a few more drops at a time until you're happy with the color. After a few minutes of whisking, the pudding will be thick. Put it in the refrigerator while you do the next few steps.
Cut your jelly candies into fish shapes. Start by cutting the jelly in half.
Then make a few cuts to create the appearance of a fish body and tail fin. My advice is: "Cut away everything that doesn't look like a fish." If that's not enough direction for you, remember that all you need to do is cut away 4 tiny triangles. Follow the 4 easy steps below.
One by one, stick your fish onto the inside of the trifle bowl, about 1 inch above the bottom. The gooey jelly will serve as a very strong adhesive against the glass.
Crumble one-third to one-half of your cooled brownies into the trifle bowl. Set aside the remaining one-half to two-thirds of brownie to use in a higher layer.
It's OK to use bigger brownie chunks in the center of the bowl, but when you get near the fish, use fine, small crumbles to fit in the crevices between the fish. It will make your fish stand out better.
Get in the frig'. (Not literally. Don't be silly.) Get out the blue pudding and pour it in an even layer over the brownie crumbs.
Add another layer of fish.
Add the rest of your crumbled brownies.
Add 3-4 drops of blue food coloring into the Cool Whip. Mix. You can add more coloring until you achieve the color you want for your pond surface.
Pour 90% of the blue Cool Whip onto your brownie surface.
In the remaining 10% of Cool Whip, add 1 or 2 more drops of blue color. Don't mix it in. Instead, spoon the unmixed blob of Cool Whip and color onto the top of your pond.
Without mixing too much, use a spoon to make round, sweeping swirls on your pond surface. The food coloring will create a nice medium-blue ripple in your light-blue pond water. Cute!
Add your marshmallow Peeps as floating decor on the surface of your Easter pond.
My Peeps looked like they needed company, so I also added a few fresh leaves and flowers from my spring garden. Even the fish looked happy.
I'm stating the obvious here: A 7.5-ounce box of Samoas Girl Scout Cookies just is not enough. They're too delicious to stop eating after only 1 or 2 cookies. Seriously, I can pound down half of that box in one sitting. So I made a brownie recipe that stretches out the coconutty delight of the Samoas, making enough for an entire party!
Mix together brownie mix, eggs, oil, and water as directed on box. Pour batter into greased pan.
If you like Samoas: Pour condensed milk into a bowl. Melt square of unsweetened chocolate and mix it in.
If you love Samoas, open your tub of caramel and stir it until it's smooth.
Set aside half of the chocolate-milk mixture (or caramel). Pour the other half on top of the brownie batter.
Swirl it in with a knife.
Lick the knife. You know you gotta do it.
Bake as directed on box. While baking, chop up the Samoa cookies into pieces.
After brownies come out of the oven, let them cool if you have time. If you're pressed for time, you can move on, but you may have a pretty gooey dessert on your hands. Drizzle the other half of your goo (either caramel or the milk-chocolate mixture) over the top.
Now, if you want toasted pecans in your recipe, add them on top of the sticky goo. If you want toasted coconut in your recipe, add that instead.
Top it all off with the chopped Samoas Girl Scout Cookies.
If you want a more "set-up" brownie, you can chill the pan in the refrigerator before cutting and serving.
Ridiculously delicious. Sticky. Nutty. Caramelly. And, using this brownie recipe, you'll turn a 7.5-ounce box of Samoas Girl Scout cookies into more than 3 pounds of giddy, gooey delight. Dive in!
These green, mint-abulous St. Patrick's Day brownies will wink and say, "Top o' the mornin' to ye."
Serve them for a Saint Patrick's Day party or anytime. They're as rich, cool, and refreshing as the ice cream that donated its namesake. And they have a frosty crunch! You'll want two scoops, for sure.
1 box brownie mix
(For this recipe, I used Duncan Hines Chewy Fudge Family Size)
Eggs, oil, and water as called for on the box
1 tub vanilla frosting
(For this recipe, I used Duncan Hines Creamy Home-Style)
2 tsp mint extract, more or less to taste
Green food coloring, about 4-5 droplets
6 oz green swirl mint candy (like Brach's Spearmint Discs)
6 oz (about 1/2 bag) miniature chocolate chips
(For this recipe, I used Nestle Semi-Sweet Mini Chips)
Mix batter ingredients and bake according to box instructions. Allow to cool.
In the meantime, add mint extract to frosting and mix completely. Then add a few droplets of green food coloring and mix completely. You'll need only 4 or 5 drops to get a good "minty" color. Set aside.
Unwrap mint candies and place in a zippered bag. Beat those pretty green candies senseless with something heavy — say, a rolling pin or a bowling ball, whichever is handy in your kitchen.
This will take a LOT of crushing because you want a lot of fine powder. If you start breaking through the zippered bag, use a second bag. And take pride in your enthusiasm.
Use a sieve to sift the mint powder from the small pieces.
Your goal is to have about 3/4 cup of fine minty powder and 1/4 cup of tiny fragments, no bigger than your pinky nail. Set aside the candy fragments to use as a garnish. Mix the powder into the frosting.
Add 3/4 cup of mini chips into the frosting and stir the frosting.
Spread frosting onto cooled brownies.
Top the frosting with a handful of mini chips.
Add as many of the candy fragments as you like, to create a crispy, crunchy, and appealing garnish for your Saint Patrick's Day creation.
Kahlua is a coffee liqueur. Kahlua is a vodka-based spirit. Kahlua is thick and sweet and dark. Kahlua is, as the commercial says, DELICIOSO. And Kahlua is friends forever with brownies.
I have a simple box-brownie recipe to help you celebrate this lovely friendship. I promise to get you out of the kitchen FAST, giving you more time with your delicioso dessert. This 3-layered recipe of brownie + pudding + mousse is called The Kahlua Mousse Brownie and you can find it right here: http://outoftheboxbrownies.com/2011/11/14/frozen-kahlua-mousse-brownies/
It's just like a cherry cordial — one that's big enough to need a plate. BAM! Cupid just shot a thousand tiny arrows into your taste buds. Deal with that.
Open box mix and set aside the fudge icing packet, which you'll use after the baking. Be careful when buying your brownie mix for this recipe. Don't confuse a "put-the-fudge-packet-INTO-the-batter" mix with a "put-the-fudge-packet-ON-TOP-OF-the-baked-brownie" mix. (The into-the-batter packets are usually not very sweet and won't work as a frosting.)
Pour powdered brownie mix into a large bowl.
Melt butter or margarine in microwave (about 25-30 seconds) and add it to the brownie mix, along with the eggs and water. Mix thoroughly and spread batter in a greased pan.
In a medium bowl, place cream cheese and marshmallow topping. Mix with hand beater on medium speed just until completely mixed.
By hand, mix in the cherries, almond extract, and maraschino juice. It will be the prettiest shade of pink!
Using a tablespoon, scoop up one cherry and a spoonful of the cherry filling. Place this cherry-pink filling down into the chocolate batter. Don't just put a dollop on top of the batter; try to get it down in there.
Plan ahead on how you will space the cherries into your pan. Each brownie should have one cherry in its center. I used an 11×7 pan and I used 24 cherries in 6 rows of 4 cherries.
Bake until a toothpick placed into the chocolate part comes out nearly clean, about 25-40 minutes, depending on the size of your pan.
Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Soften the fudge icing packet by placing it under hot tap water for 30 seconds. Knead packet in your hands to mix packet's contents. Cut away a tiny corner of the packet so it will deliver a thin ribbon of icing.
Drizzle icing over your cooled brownies in a pattern that will be pleasing to you and your valentine. You don't have to go for a "fully frosted" effect here; feel free to leave some areas exposed.
Mmm, mmm. "Love" just isn't a big enough concept for this. Serve with two forks.
When I considered what kind of brownie I'd want to serve at a Super Bowl party, I immediately started thinking about making a beer brownie with a salty-sweet kick. Mmm, mmm. This competitive, showoff of a recipe — with just 5 ingredients — is the result.
Enjoy the Big Game on Sunday. I hope you stuff your face and have a blast. Here's my play-by-play commentary on how to make this brownie:
Pour Guinness into a small saucepan and boil over medium heat until it thickens.
It may take about 10 minutes for your Guinness to thicken up. (If you're a coach who needs the game to go faster, mix 2 T cornstarch into 2 T of water, then add this to your boiling Guinness.) As delicious as this syrupy concoction LOOKS, it's not very sweet; in other words, don't lick the pan. But this syrup will add a dark, smoky undertone to your brownies. Honestly, you can hardly taste the Guinness unless you're really looking for it!
Melt butter or margarine in the microwave, about 20-25 seconds. In a large bowl, mix together the butter, eggs, Guinness, and brownie mix. Pour batter into greased pan and bake for 25-40 minutes, depending on the pan size. While brownies are baking, cut the Snickers into bite-sized pieces.
When brownies are done and the crust is still warm, use your fingers to push the Snickers pieces deep down into the crust. Make sure each brownie will have several bites of Snickers. That's it. Wasn't that easy?
Cool, cut, and serve. Then hope that you don't need to call unsportsmanlike conduct on your guests as they fight to get the biggest one.
According to This Site, today is National Peanut Butter Day.
I can think of 4 mouthwatering ways to celebrate:
1) Order some of those peanut-buttery Girl Scout Tagalong Cookies, which I will feature in a recipe next month, when the cookies arrive. Gotta plan ahead!
2) Make my LunchBox Brownies, but use Peanut Butter slice-n-bake cookie dough instead of the Tollhouse Cookie dough that the recipe calls for. Any kid (or happy adult) will be tickled by these.
3) Make my Elvis Brownie, which honors The King with a pan-fried peanut-butter brownie that is fit for Rock-n-Roll Royalty.
4) Make my Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownie, which is a delicately balanced treat of perfection that you can stuff in your face with grace and style.
Having shared these 4 fabulous ideas for what to do on National Peanut Butter Day, I have just 4 more words for you: HOORAY FOR PEANUT BUTTER!


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The Framingham Heart Study, which has tracked the health of participants since the late 1940s, found that 65 percent to 75 percent of people over age 65 with elevated blood pressure had isolated systolic hypertension.
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Malignant hypertension develops in less than 1 percent of people who already have high blood pressure. Rarely, the appearance of malignant hypertension is the first sign that a person has high blood pressure. The cause of this condition is usually unknown, but occasionally it can be a reaction of your body to a drug of abuse, like cocaine, or a reaction to stopping a blood-pressure medicine. Never stop taking blood-pressure medicine without your doctor's supervision; doing so might cause a sudden increase in your blood pressure.
High blood pressure in the first half of a pregnancy (the first 20 weeks) is called chronic hypertension in pregnancy. High blood pressure in the second half of pregnancy (weeks 20 through 40) could be any of the following:
Sometimes it's not possible to know what causes blood pressure to rise during pregnancy until the pregnancy is over. Protein in the urine any time during pregnancy or in the first 12 weeks after delivery confirms preeclampsia. If high blood pressure goes away within 12 weeks of delivery, and there was never significant protein in the urine, the cause can be diagnosed as gestational hypertension. If high blood pressure does not go away after delivery, chronic hypertension is the culprit. It is even possible to have two causes of high blood pressure during pregnancy. For example, a woman with chronic hypertension may develop preeclampsia in the second half of her pregnancy.


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