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LoLa, Jax Boulder, Jax Denver, The West End Tavern, Zolo, Centro … and now Dave Query opens Happy Noodle House.
Dave Query is one of downtown Boulder's Independent Business Community Icons—along with, say, Mike Smith of the Trident, Doug Emerson of University Bikes, Richard Foy of Comm Arts, Mark Van Grack of Hapa Sushi, David Bolduc of the Boulder Bookstore, Mark Menagh of the Farmer's Market, Sylvia Tawse of FIG…Mr. Query is one of those omnipresent figures who rules Boulder (and parts of Denver, too) with a grin, a wink and a nod. He, along with the others above, knows everyone (a little) and everyone knows him (a little)—he's one of those folks who ties communities together in the old-fashioned, non-virtual, pre-Facebook manner.
His batting average in opening successful, hip, niche-filling, big league and ever-greener restaurants is close to MVP status—so the opening of his latest, Noodle House ("Happy, Happy, Soy, Soy" appears to be its motto) represents something to look forward to for yours truly, and any other Boulder citizens bored of our 10 or 20 favorite going-out options.
When Happy Noodle House opens its doors in early February it will be a unique restaurant whose inspiration is unmistakably Asian. Executive Chef / Partner James Van Dyk will be creating wholesome, innovative and delicious Asian inspired noodle dishes based on authenticity.
In the Bitter Bar mixologist and bar manager James Lee will be handcrafting 'classic old school' cocktails infused with fresh Asian ingredients. Each cocktail has been formulated with the goal of finding the perfect balance between your first sip to your last bite.
Fresh, unique and affordable cuisine paired with attentive and friendly service and unforgettable cocktails create the Happy experience.
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When I got Query on the phone last week, he was more wound up than a dog with two tails. "This whole thing is so killer. I can't even tell you how excited I am about it," he enthused. "It's going to be a completely authentic, traditional and super affordable Asian-inspired noodle house with all noodles, all the time – udon, soba, ramen, hot and cold – and you want to know what else?" he asked, the words tumbling out of his mouth far faster than I could scribble.
"James Van Dyk, who cooked at Cliff Young's and ran the Gateway Cafe in Lyons for 11 years is going to be the executive chef. This is a guy that got the first working visa as an American chef in Japan. He's an all-star," Query said.
The noodle house, which Query says will also feature "the most creative and crazy cocktail list you've every seen," is scheduled to open in six to eight weeks for dinner nightly and take-out and delivery only during lunch. "We're hiring bar chefs," quipped Query, adding that he's "putting as much emphasis on the integrity of cocktail ingredients as ingredients on the menu."
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14 Responses to "LoLa, Jax Boulder, Jax Denver, The West End Tavern, Zolo, Centro … and now Dave Query opens Happy Noodle House."
I got a band name for Dave Query (if he ever decides to go country)> "Westend Happyjax & The Centrolola Cowboyz"
Big Red F lost a lot of respect in my book by killing Rhumba, but Happy should be an interesting addition to the group.
In or list of local restaurant titans, let's not forget Pete Turner of Illegal Pete's fame.
And let's also not forget Boulder's favorite noodle house: Fat Cat on the Hill.
[…] go out, whatever it is that normal people do instead). Who declared me crazy? Why, the utterly sane Dave Query, of course—whose new restaurant, Happy Noodle House, I checked out tonight at the soft opening […]
I, too, was so looking forward to this addition to the Boulder dining scene, having developed a love for asian food hanging out in Hawaii. I have been talking it up based on the other Big Red F restaurants and the website….alas, it was all too good to be true. I was uber disappointed with the veggie selections, the noodles were woefully overcooked (both the udon & the ramen), they put mushrooms in an entree even though we alerted them of an allergy, the other entree we ordered had significant ingredient substitutions we weren't notified of, and to top it all off, we were overcharged (should have been $25, they charged $45!) Last but not least, when I tried to call, the number listed on the menu isn't connected! Finally got ahold of them (at a different nukmber) and the most the manager would offer was to refund my card the difference between 25 and 45, would not even refund the tip! Sadly, I was hoping for more in terms of food, service, and attention to detail. Hopefully these are all just growing pains, but it will be hard for me to go back.
[…] (who I didn't know about), Chipotle, Silk Soy, Itoen, Bohemian Foundation, Dave Query's Big Red F restaurants and […]
[…] the tableside of their chosen chef. The evening includes a cocktail reception with The Happy Noodle House, live entertainment, and silent and live auctions, anchored by an unforgettable, irreplaceable […]
[…] Lunchtime? I recommend The Kitchen Cafe, a block from St. Julien, or Happy Noodle House, half a block away, or Chipotle if in a rush (healthy, cheap, ecoish), or sitting outside at Hapa […]
[…] a benefit for a fallen friend and colleague, and then a party hosted by LOHAS / elephant / Gaiam at Happy Noodle House. Now, as the Spring rains fade into Colorado's dry summer, there won't be any tall […]
[…] the third rule at The Bitter Bar's Happy Noodle is, don't take flash photos (an homage to speakeasies of yore, James Lee, Dr. […]
[…] I'm veggie, I stopped by good ol' Jax Fish House (home of Top Chef Hosea, David Query—and most importantly, Kaitlyn) in Boulder, Colorado last week for a drink with my buddy Ryan Van […]
Centro is casual restaurant and an undeniably cool restaurant with a bar that pours some stiff drinks, its food is good, smart, original and stubbornly uncompromising.
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Garey Dozier, principal of WTES, stated that since 1998, the school has received this award 12 times.
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•Met AYP in 2009 and 2010
•Achieved a campus rating in Spring 2010 of Exemplary
•Achieved a campus rating in Spring 2009 of either Exemplary or Recognized
•Achieved a campus rating in Spring 2008 of either Exemplary or Recognized.
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This event has grown considerably over the last few years so why not come down with friends and family and enjoy the fun and festivities!
There is a great variety of entertainment on the main stage with local band One Last Secret opening the event. Ayrshire Youth theatre, Angelstar and special guest Nicholas McDonald will also be performing and look out for our alternative Scottish traditional band - a wee nod to St Andrews day.
Over on the Community stage we have performances from local schools and community groups and the Christmas market is in Bank Street from 12 noon - 5.30pm.
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I have done away with fresh coconut because dried is so much easier, but if you have the time, fresh coconut is tastier.
1.2 litres/2 pints water
250g/9oz chana dhal (also called Bengal gram lentils), thoroughly cleaned
½ tsp ground turmeric
1 heaped tsp ground coriander
1 tsp garam masala
salt, to taste
2-3 tsp sugar
2 tbsp mustard oil, unsalted butter or ghee
5 green cardamom pods, lightly crushed
1 tsp cumin seeds
5 cloves
1cm/½in cinnamon stick
½ tsp brown mustard seeds
1-2 dried red chillies
2 dried bay leaves
3 heaped tbsp flaked or desiccated coconut or ¼ small fresh coconut, flesh chopped into small cubes
Heat the water, lentils and turmeric in a pan and bring to the boil. Simmer for about an hour, or until soft. If necessary, add a bit of extra water.
Stir in the coriander, garam masala, salt and sugar, to taste. Cook until the lentils are completely soft and beginning to break up.
Heat the oil or butter in a small pan. Fry the cardamom pods, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, mustard seeds, chillies and bay leaves for 30 seconds. (Be careful as the seeds may pop a bit.) Add the coconut and stir until it turns golden-brown.
To serve, stir the spice mix into the lentils and divide among four serving plates.
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Controversial new signing Riki Wessels made a flying start in his attempt to make an impression for Nottinghamshire this summer with an unbeaten century in his first innings for the county in their pre-season match against Surrey at Trent Bridge.
The 25-year-old former Northamptonshire wicketkeeper-batsman accepts that he will play second fiddle to Chris Read with the gloves, but has already staked a strong claim to be considered as a specialist batsman.
After Surrey had been skittled for 109 – Andy Carter taking four for 24 including three wickets in an over, and Charlie Shreck continuing his latest comeback from injury – Wessels opened up with Neil Edwards. They put on 188 before Wessels retired on 120, with Edwards going on to 88 – and both earning praise from the county's batting coach Paul Johnson.
"It's the first time I've seen Riki play in two years and big scores from our batsmen in pre-season will give Mick Newell a nice selection problem when we prepare for the Hampshire match," said Johnson. "It was great to see Neil Edwards do well alongside him and we want to go into the season with confident bowlers and batsmen fighting for places in the team."
But Wessels's reappearance in county cricket flies in the face of England and Wales Cricket Board attempts to limit the number of registrations of overseas players.
Wessels has apparently exploited a loophole in the tightened-up regulations to secure an obscure Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa. He also reportedly set up his own company with a minimum £200,000 in a bank account and employed a website operator to beat the system after initially hoping to qualify as a Kolpak player via marriage, before the wedding fell through.
Nottinghamshire miss out on the opening round of County Championship fixtures to give them more time to reacclimatise after their trip to Abu Dhabi to face the MCC, and instead have a three-day game against Oxford University in the Parks before the serious business starts against Hampshire at Trent Bridge on April 14.
"We've still got some time to work on a few things and what we've seen in Abu Dhabi combined with this game and the Oxford match will have an influence on who gets a place when it gets serious," added Johnson. "Anyone who is on the staff and scoring runs will want to get into the team and we want to see players earn the right to expect a place."
Wessels has been playing for the Mid West Rhinos in Zimbabwe since leaving Northamptonshire at the end of the 2009 season – three years after the departure of his father Kepler, the former South Africa and Australia dual-international, who had been coach at the club.
"Riki was very young when he broke into the Northamptonshire side and showed great promise which I think he's ready to deliver on," said Newell. "He'll provide back-up for Chris as a wicketkeeper but beyond that he's a one-day batting option and he'll be keen to break into the team on merit."
"I want to play as much as I can and I know that I will need to push hard to force my way into the Nottinghamshire team, especially in four-day cricket," Wessels said.


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I just saw it. LOVED IT It makes me so proud to have a passion for video games.
The story was surprisingly really good. Although I wish there were more cameos later on. If only Mario was in the movie! I really liked the dynamic between Ralph and Vanellope. Turbo made a great villain. Overall I enjoyed it.
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MONDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers in Japan report that they've grown new teeth in mice with the help of bioengineered tissue, an early sign of progress in the effort to grow new organs in humans.
The research provides "convincing" proof that bioengineered teeth can be fully functional, said Dr. Fei Liu, a researcher at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the Texas A&M Health Science Center, who's familiar with the findings of the study.
Liu cautioned that "the general public should be aware that this kind of research is still far from application" in humans. But in the future, he predicted, people will prefer "biological" teeth like those created by the Japanese researchers to porcelain replacement teeth because they will look better and be more functional.
The researchers behind the study wanted to find out what would happen if they took bioengineered tooth "germs" -- tissue that holds the instructions to building a tooth -- and transplanted it into the jawbones of mice.
What happened was that teeth developed from the bioengineered tissue. And the mice had no trouble eating with the new teeth, said Takashi Tsuji, a researcher at the Tokyo University of Science and a co-author of the study. The teeth also developed nerve fibers that could feel pain.
A report on the study appears online in the Aug. 3-7 early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Why bother developing technology to regenerate teeth in the first place? Because it could help humans whose teeth are malformed, said Dr. Louis J. Elsas, interim chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
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Decreased the cinnamon and red pepper. Also add sliced mushrooms, a diced red bell pepper, sweet onion and more pineapple juice + cornstarch or flour to make a sauce. Comes out wonderfully flavored (and the red pepper was a welcome touch of color) and not too spicy. Serve over rice.
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Ingredients1 tablespoon olive oil
2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
1 (8 ounce) can pineapple tidbits with juice
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2 tablespoons brown sugar
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Studies and Progress Notes (April 2008)
Intuition is one of the best validated subjects in scientific studies Intuition has been validated in meticulously performed studies, amply replicated and confirmed in meta-analyses. Surprisingly, many in Western medicine and science remain ignorant of these studies. One suspects that they find these so outside their usual frames of reference that they cannot believe this could be true, or are so uncomfortable that it exceeds their 'boggle threshold' and they refuse to consider or accept the evidence. I will review the meta analyses on parapsychology research here and in the next few issues of this eZine, as this information is published in parapsychology journals that suffer from publication and referencing biases that give them limited distribution. The first meta-analysis examines telepathic and clairsentient perceptions in studies that allowed the subjects to respond freely to the questions asked (rather than being forced to choose between a limited series of options). This paper reports a meta-analysis of free-response studies in which participants were in a normal, waking state of consciousness Seventy-eight studies, reported in 55 papers by 35 different senior authors, were included in the database. Some 2,682 individual trials were conducted overall (median 16 trials per study, range 5-240), involving 1,158 percipients (median of 10 per study, range 1-74). The number of studies per senior author ranged from one to 11, with a medican of two. Most studies (68%) used unselected subjects. The mean effect size of the 78 studies was 0.160 (SD = 0.288) which is statistically significant (p < 10-7, one-tailed). [In everyday language, this means that the results could have occurred by chance only once in a million.] Source: Milton, Julie. A meta-analysis of waking state of consciousness, free-response ESP studies. In Zingrone, NL/ Schlitz, MJ, eds. Research in Parapsychology 1993, 31-34, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press 1994.
IJHC - WHR Observations The parapsychology research database has been built over the past century into a massively convincing support for the existence of telepathy, clairsentience, precognition and psychokinesis (mind influencing matter). These are components of spiritual healing and of many other CAM modalities, generally identified clinically as 'intuition.' Skeptics, seeking every possible way to discount such studies, have suggested that only studies with positive results have been reported by parapsychologists. (This is nicknamed the 'file drawer effect,' on the assumption that researchers file away studies with negative findings without publishing them, so that their beliefs will be supported by the remaining studies with positive findings, which are published.) This is not only an insult to the integrity of these researchers, but patently unlikely. Statistical analyses show that 866 negative studies would have had to be performed in order to achieve this level of significance by chance. Because there is limited funding available for parapsychology studies, this is, clearly, an impossibility.
The IJHC/WHR E-Zine features monthly suggestions for future research in healing. READERS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS FOR TOPICS TO STUDYIf your topic is chosen, you ill receive free access to the IJHC for a month, including the current issue and all back issues.
Studies of clinical intuition Many doctors, nurses, psychotherapists and CAM practitioners have told me of times when they simply knew intuitively that they needed to go immediately to see a person under their care who turned out to be in urgent need of care; that a person had a particular problem; that a particular treatment would be of benefit; and so on. Sadly, nearly all of the conventional practitioners have not shared their intuitive experiences with colleagues or students. They are rightly fearful of severe criticisms from their peers or professional organizations, who would most likely criticize, censure or even discipline or fire them for expressing beliefs that are outside the range of conventional norms for clinical practice. Studies of intuition would not be difficult to initiate. I am available for consultation if any readers are interested and have a clinical setting in which this could be done.
* * WHOLISTIC APPROACHES * * "Cortisol reactivity is a marker of vulnerability for a variety of stress-related diseases that likely arise from the contributions of both genetic and environmental sources of influence." Cortisol is a stress hormone that the body produces in new, unpredictable or uncontrollable contexts that are stressful to the individual. The cortisol level in saliva is frequently used as a marker for stress in research. This study explored the genetic and environmental components contributing to responses to stress.
The researchers hypothesized that cortisol levels in children exposed to the same stressful conditions would be influenced by genetic and environmental factors. To tease out which factor was controlling children's responses at the age of 19 months, they studied 130 identical twins (with 100% shared genes) and 216 fraternal twins (with approximately 50% shared genes). Each child (with her or his mother), was presented with a clown and a noisy robot, both stimuli that excite but do not usually traumatize children at those ages.
They measured the children's cortisol levels in their saliva prior to and following these stimuli, and then compared the results according to each child's family situation. "Familial adversity was defined as the presence of 7 risk factors during perinatal and postnatal development (eg, at 6 and 19 months of age): maternal smoking during pregnancy, low birth weight, low family income, low maternal educational level, single parenthood, young motherhood, and maternal hostile or reactive behaviors. Twins exposed to 4 or more risk factors at either time were considered as having been exposed to high (vs low) familial adversity (23.4% of the sample)."
They found that children raised in a favorable family environment showed cortisol responses suggesting that genetics account for 40% of the individual differences in cortisol response to unfamiliar situations. In contrast, those children raised in stressful family circumstances had responses showing that their environment completely dominates their stress responses and the genetic influence is minimal.
It remains to be seen whether these differences in childhood persist into adulthood. They suggest, however, that early interventions may be advisable, to reduce the likelihood that high reactivity to stress will become habitual.
Source: Ouellet-Morin, Isabelle; Boivin, Michel; et al. Variations in heritability of cortisol reactivity to stress as a function of early familial adversity among 19-month-old twins, Archives of General Psychiatry 2008;65(2):211-218.http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/2/211
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There has been controversy for decades about whether 'nature' or 'nurture' dominates human behavior, with general acknowledgments that both factors probably contribute to the diversity of people's responses to similar circumstances. This is an exciting study that begins to tease out evidence that 'nurture' is probably of enormous importance in setting up habits of response to stress in early life.
This is more than just an issue of academic interest. It suggests that early intervention programs to help children learn to deal with stress may provide a vital head-start in their lives. The cumulative effects of high stress responses are known contributors to physical dysfunctions and illnesses and to and psychological disorders of all sorts.
The archives of the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine are now posted online. Past issues from 1967 through 2002 are available for downloading, at no charge, at http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom/index.shtml
"36 years of important material is now freely available to everyone," said Steven J. Carter, Executive Director of the Toronto-based International Schizophrenia Foundation, which publishes the Journal.
The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine has led the way in presenting, in advance of other medical journals, new health concerns and treatments including niacin therapy for schizophrenia and coronary disease; vitamin C for cancer; and the nutritional treatment of behavioral disorders, and drug and alcohol abuse. The JOM was also the first medical journal to publish papers on the nutritional treatment of allergies, autism, and AIDS. JOM published pioneering research on candiasis in 1978, mercury amalgam toxicity in 1982, and chronic fatigue syndrome in 1988. The Journal has published over 100 papers on nutritional medicine and cancer, and over 400 articles on schizophrenia and other psychiatric illnesses. JOM is peer-reviewed.
The Journal was founded in 1967 as the Journal of Schizophrenia, and subsequently titled the Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry until 1986. Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling authored 9 papers in the Journal from 1970-1992. It was Pauling that gave nutritional medicine the name "orthomolecular." Says JOM Editor-in Chief Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD: "In 1968, Dr. Pauling proposed the term orthomolecular (1,2) which we recognized as the correct word to define the total interest in nutrition, clinical ecology, and the use of vitamin and mineral supplements. All the pioneers in orthomolecular medicine have reported their findings in this journal. It thus represents a unique source for these earlier and current studies which provide a basis for the increasing growth of nutritional medicine."
Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine is a valuable resource for anyone seeking nutritional approaches and supplements that can help in the treatment of psychological disorders.
Beware of Lyrica, the newly approved fibromyalgia medication of Pfizer
The drug company Pfizer obtained approval for its product, Lyrica, for treatment of fibromyalgia. Lyrica is a drug originally designed to treat diabetic nerve pain. It was rejected because its results were very limited and it also had numerous side effects, such as edema, weight gain, dizziness and sleepiness. It is highly suspect that the recommendation to use Lyrica for fibromyalgia is an attempted Pfizer rescue job for a medication that is ineffective. Drug Approved. Is Disease Real? By ALEX BERENSONNew York Times January 14, 2008http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/health/14pain.html?ex=1357966800&en=20865e4d0f0b61d9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Not only does Lyrica have a poor track record with pain, it mimics symptoms of fibromyalgia, particularly weight gain, dizziness and sleepiness. People with fibromyalgia have difficulty sleeping and are chronically tired. They often complain of 'brain fog.' They are at risk for having these side effects of Lyrica mistaken for symptoms of fibromyalgia, for which higher doses of Lyrica would naturally be recommended.
Much better choices for fibromyalgia: Acupuncture for fibromyalgiaBerman BM, Ezzo J, Hadhazy V, et al. Is acupuncture effective in the treatment of fibromyalgia. J Family Practice 1999, 48(3), 213-218.
Deluze C et al. Electroacupuncture in fibromyalgia: results of a controlled trial, British Medical J 1992, 305:1249-1252.
Homeopathy for fibromyalgiaBell, IR. 1Improved clinical status in fibromyalgia patients treated with individualized homeopathic remedies versus placebo, Rheumatology 2004, 43, 577-582.http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/keh111v1
Flower essences for fibromyalgiaHolisticonline.comParticularly for various facets of depressionhttp://www.holisticonline.com/Remedies/cfs/fib_bach.htm
Nutrition counseling for fibromyalgiaIndividualized counseling by a nutritionist familiar with fibromyalgia is recommended
Spiritual healing for fibromyalgiaCouncil for Healing - Research abstracts and summarieshttp://councilforhealing.org/heal_res_lists_abst.html
Massage/ aromatherapy for fibromyalgiaMassage therapy improved sleep patterns and decreased pain, fatigue, anxiety, depression and cortisol levels in adults with fibromyalgia.Sunshine, W., Field, T., Schanberg, S., Quintino, O., Fierro, K., Kuhn, C., Burman, I., and Schanberg, S. (1996). Fibromyalgia benefits from massage therapy and transcutaneous electrical stimulation, J Clinical Rheumatology, 2, 18-22.
Field, T., Diego, M., Cullen, C., Hernandez-Reif, M., Sunshine, W., & Douglas, S. (2002). Fibromyalgia pain and substance P decrease and sleep improves after massage therapy. J Clinical Rheumatology, 8, 72-76.
Field, T., Delage, J. and Hernandez-Reif, M. (2003). Movement and massage therapy reduces fibromyalgia pain. J Bodywork and Movement Therapies,7, 49-52.http://www6.miami.edu/touch-research/research.htm#MTS
Counseling for fibromyalgiaCurrent evidence suggests efficacy of low-dose tricyclic antidepressants, cardiovascular exercise, cognitive behavioral therapy, and patient education. Goldenberg, Don L; Burckhardt, Carol; Crofford, Leslie. Management of Fibromyalgia Syndrome, JAMA. 2004;292:2388-2395.http://www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm/ID/7515/T/CFIDS_FM/searchtext/counseling
Larun, L. and Malterud, K. Identity and coping experiences in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A synthesis of qualitative studies, Patient Education and Counseling 2007, 69(1-3), 20-8.
Carefully graded physical exercisesAustralian government health sitehttp://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Fibromyalgia
Busch AJ, et al., Exercise for treating fibromyalgia syndromeCochrane review http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003786.html
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TEXT "WATER" AND CLICK ONLINE TO HELP SIERRA LEONE SLUM "An Internet campaign by Save the Children is setting out to raise money to cut phenomenally high rates of infant death and disease in Sierra Leone's Kroo Bay slum, and at the same time allow donors to watch how their money is being distributed. The aid agency has two people living in Kroo Bay compiling footage and stories for this website http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/kroobay/ which allows you to become a virtual neighbour to the residents there. Donors can text one of seven short words NUT, NET, WATER, BLANKET, JAB, THERM, SALTS to 81819 - and a preset sum of money ranging from $2 to $10 will be sent to pay for items such as mosquito nets, peanut butter, rehydration salts and vaccinations http://members.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17731545.htm .
The campaign coincides with a report by the agency called Saving Children's Lives http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/docs/saving-childrens-lives.pdf which compares countries' child mortality rates to national income per person. Bangladesh comes out as a success story while oil-rich Angola comes bottom in failing to make a real difference to the number of child deaths. Contact the Save the Children Media Unit mailto:email@example.com in London on +44 (0)20 7012 6841 or 07831 650409." Source: Alternet
This is of interest as much for its technology of linking communities globally as for the specifics of the proposed aid.
Federal appeals court strikes down EPA's plan on mercury
A federal appeals court unanimously declared that the Bush administration ignored the law when it reduced requirements on coal burning power plants (the greatest source of mercury pollution) to limit their mercury pollution. The increased levels of mercury could cause neurological problems in 60,000 newborns annually. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made the decision three years ago, allowing some power plants to not install improved mercury control technology through the purchase of pollution credits. These changes would decrease the effectiveness of mercury pollution control from 90 percent down to 70 percent.
This system would create areas where toxic levels of mercury would develop around these power plants, which are the greatest sources of mercury pollution. A variety of health and environmental and groups, along with 17 states combined forces to block this legislation.
This Federal action was initiated in a lawsuit by the state of New Jersey (filing the suit), joined by California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. 17 health organizations, including The American Public Health Associationand The American Academy of Pediatrics supported the suit.
The EPA indicated it was reviewing the decision, and was not giving up on its proposals.
In the meantime, there is no regulation in effect on reducing mercury emissions from any plants.Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_go_ot/epa_mercury_pollution
The callousness of the Bush administration about health issues or any other concerns about health and human welfare is well known. The EPA, however, is supposed to be an agency that protects the health of US citizens. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the EPA is serving the interests of industries, including those of the power companies and pharmaceutical companies.
Epidemic obesity
"Inactive lifestyles and poor diets are driving the obesity problem. Professor Philip James said the challenge of obesity was so great that action was needed now, even without clear evidence of the best options. He also called for stricter rules on marketing and food labelling.
Professor James, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, was speaking in Boston at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)"
Contributing to obesity are the sedentary lifestyles that are becoming more prevalent. There is "a collapse in the need for physical activity, and now a targeting of children to make profits by big industry in food and drink."
Prof. James recommends concerted governmental plans and comprehensive, coherent programs to deal with obesity. One helpful suggestion is labeling with "traffic lights" that alert consumers to the fat, sugar and salt content of packaged foods. These have been adopted by som UK supermarkets. However, the EU commissioners have apparently succumbed to intensive lobbying from the food industry and are not going along with this initiative.
"Ten percent of the world's children are either overweight or obese, twice as many as the malnourished, said Professor James." This impairs their school performance and their earning capacities and shortens their lives. A Scandinavian study shows that obesity in children 7-12 years old predicts early death from heart disease and other health issues.
A study of 5,000 people of both sexes who took off an average of 70lbs and maintained their lower weights over a period of six years, revealed that major lifestyle changes were required, e.g. exercising 60 to 90 minutes daily.
"The obesity epidemic won't go away simply because people switch to skimmed milk from whole milk," said Professor Rena Wing, at the same conference.
"They need to substantially cut their calories and boost their physical activity to get to a healthy weight - and keep minding the scale once they do."
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7250608.stm
That obesity is a problem is well known. That children are beginning to show problems is a growing concern. This is part of the reason for the rapid increases in diabetes in children.
Children will copy their parents' behaviors. If parents are spending lots of time on the couch in front of the TV, children will do the same.
Education and public lobbying to get government to raise public awareness is important. The sad thing is that we are faced with a vast food industry lobby that has lots of money to spend to promote its own interests - that are not necessarily in your best interests or mine.
APA supports psychologist's program for veterans and their families The lead article in the new issue of the American Psychiatric Association's *Psychiatric News* "The creator of the program was moved by the great need of U.S. soldiers, veterans, and their families for mental health services. Retired psychiatrist Daniel Benor, MD, stands ready to donate an hour a week to American troops and their families who need help with the psychological reverberations of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Benor is just one of a thousand mental health professionals who have signed up with Give an Hour, an organization founded to fill the gaps in mental health care for military personnel and their loved ones. Although the U.S. armed services offer a variety of mental health services, some troops have difficulty accessing them, especially those in the National Guard or Reserve who live far from military bases, founder Barbara Romberg, Ph.D., a psychologist in private practice in Washington, D.C., told Psychiatric News. Others may prefer discussing their concerns with someoneoutside the military system, fearing adverse effects on their careers. Still others may not live near providers authorized by TRICARE, the Pentagon's contract health system; may not be covered for some services; or can't get care when they need it. For instance, TRICARE does not cover marital counseling even if the primary patient receives individual therapy under its plan, said Romberg." www.giveanhour.org/cms/ index.php<http://www.giveanhour.org/cms/%20index.php> .Levin, Aaron. 'Give an Hour' program gets APA support, Psychiatric News March 7, 2008, 43(5), 1.- 2008 American Psychiatric Associationhttp://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/43/5/1-a IJHC - WHR Observations It is a travesty that the US is not providing support for soldiers who have returned from the war zones with psychological trauma. It is a credit to the psychotherapy community that people are coming forth to offer help not only to the Vets but also to their families, who often suffer from secondary emotional trauma.
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[BbSis's OS] I'll rebirth for you – WMatsui Version OS
Hi~ BbSis here o/ I decided to share this one with you, because I really like it. My idea is write OS' with this plot, changing the pairs and circumstances. I hope you all enjoy it^^
I already have a MariMii version ready and the third one will be an Atsumina.
It was proofread by Calyrica. (My sense of dignity told me I had to mention this)
Note: It can be interpreted in two(or more) ways, I would like to know how you interpreted it.
I'll rebirth for you
(WMatsui version)
Little Rena was as happy as her parents. Though she didn't understand why. Her parents told her they would move into a new house. A house they bought with their sweat money. That was a great house with low price. But they didn't tell little Rena why such a great, beautiful house was sold. They didn't want to scare their cute daughter.
The house was western styled with two floors. It had a spacious living room, a nice kitchen. And what little Rena liked most: a room just for her. On their old house, they slept on the same room. So the idea of having a single room for her was fascinating. And also left her a bit scared. For the first time on her short life she would spend a whole night alone.
Little Rena walked in the room it meant to be hers. It was already with the few furniture she had. Her bed was leaned on the wall on her right side. On the other side of the room was her study desk. She ran and jumped into the bed. Her mother, who was watching her fascinated daughter from the start, warned the little girl it was dangerous. Little Rena sat and apologized. Feeling her daughter would be fine on her own, the woman left the room.
The little girl stayed on the bed giving small jumps and wondering where her mother put her favorite doll. That was when she heard someone crying. Little Rena stopped what she was doing. She looked around and saw nothing. Then, she get off the bed and tried to find where the cry was coming. She thought that it might be coming from the closet. Rena approached the door and slowly opened it. For her surprise, there was a girl shrunken inside. The girl seemed to be a high schooler. She had short black hair, extremely pale skin and her dark brown eyes were red and wet from crying. She looked at little Rena quite confused.
"Hi." Little Rena started. The girl dried her tears with her hands and kept looking at Rena.
"Can you see me, kid?" The girl asked Rena pointing a finger to her own face.
"Un!" Rena answered shaking her head. The girl smiled. Her lips curved in a funny way that little Rena thought it was cute. A cute cat like smile. "Why were you crying?"
"Something really bad happened to me and I was sad." The girl answered.
"And you are fine now?" The girl limited her answer to a nod. "What's your name?"
"I think it's Jurina…" The girl looked up vaguely. "Yeah. My name is Jurina!" She looked back at Rena smiling.
"Nice to meet you, Jurina-onee-chan. I'm Matsui Rena." Little Rena introduced herself and offered a hand.
"Nice to meet you, Rena-chan! Call me just onee-chan." Jurina said. Little cute Rena-chan might get in trouble if someone caught her saying Jurina on that house. Jurina raised a hand and reached Rena's, but it passed through. Little Rena's eyes widened and Jurina gave her a sad smile.
"Onee-chan… Are you a ghost?" Rena asked cautiously. Jurina nodded again and waited Rena start cry. But the kid just kept staring her. "How old are you?"
"I had fifteen when I died." Jurina said with a dry voice. "And how old are you, Rena-chan?" Jurina asked smiling. Rena liked that smile.
"I'm four, but I'll be turning five soon." Little Rena answered showing her fingers. Jurina thought it was just too cute. "Onee-chan, will you be my friend?"
"Sure! Just don't tell anyone about me, ok?" Jurina asked.
"Un! Let's play then!" Jurina laughed and floated out the closet.
The little girl and the ghost played a lot, even though they couldn't really touch each other. They chatted and Jurina found so funny how much a four-year-old girl had to talk about. Rena's parents liked to see their daughter so happy and talkative.
The days were passing. Rena couldn't wait to arrive home to play with Jurina. She learned to play silently with Jurina when elders were around, because she knew they couldn't see the dead girl. Every day, Jurina helped Rena with homework; played with the little girl on the bathtub; talked about what Rena did at school. At night, on sleep time, Jurina watched over that little girl that was so gentle with her.
Eventually, Rena's parents started to get worried. They notice that their beloved daughter acted weirdly sometimes. Like when she was at home, her plays seemed to be for more than one person and she always acted like there was someone with her. Rena often talked to herself and laughed about something they didn't heard. So they consulted a psychologist. Was their daughter with some kind of problem? The professional said it was normal for child of her age get an imaginary friend. And it was probably due to the stress of all the changes on her life, like exchange house and school.
One day, Rena's parents sat her on the couch and sat down one on each side of the girl. They asked her if she had an imaginary friend. Rena looked at Jurina, who was floating in front of her. The ghost girl told the little to confirm. When they asked what its name was, Jurina placed her index finger on her lips. "It's onee-chan." Rena said. Jurina smiled Rena's favorite smile and showed up her thumb. Rena's parents smiled and said it was okay.
So, the two friends started to play openly. It was fine as long as they thought Jurina was Rena's imaginary friend. And Jurina grew attached to the little girl. Every moment with Rena was a happy one. She waited patiently that kid arrive from school, but it wasn't a lonely wait anymore. Jurina felt that all the hate and anger imprisoned inside her was slowly going away and that a peace and warm feeling was filling her emptiness. Unconsciously, she knew what that meant.
It was Rena's fifth birthday. Their parents held a small party just to their daughter little friends from school and the neighbors who often came to play. Jurina watched from afar Rena happily plays with other kids. Rena often looked at the ghost girl, who kept saying that Rena should enjoy the day and not worry about her. Jurina was happy just to see Rena happy. It fulfilled her. She knew something was going to happen.
At night, after Rena's mother put her on bed and gave her a good night kiss, Rena was tired and almost sleeping. Jurina was floating above the bed, looking fiercely at the girl behind her with the cat like smile on her face. Suddenly, the darkened room shone up.
"Onee-chan, why are you shining?" Rena said with a sleepy voice.
"Rena-chan, listen carefully." Jurina started. "I think I'm free from the feelings that held me here." Rena's eyes grew wide. Despite the young age, she knew what that statement meant.
"So, onee-chan is going to leave me?" Rena asked tearing up.
"My soul has to go to the other side. But I'll never leave you. If you ever miss me, think about me with your heart," Jurina touched her own chest. "I'll be there. My feelings for you will never fade. I love you, Rena-chan. You are the greatest friend I've ever had." Then, Jurina leaned down and mimicked a kiss on Rena's forehead.
"I love you too, Jurina-onee-chan." Rena said sobbing. Jurina gave her best cat like smile and her lighting specter slowly fade away; and the room turned dark again. Rena cried silently. She gently touched her forehead where she felt a slightly pressure. The sleep came without she noticing it.
On the next day, a sad little Rena said to her parents she no longer had an imaginary friend. At first they didn't believe. But then they noticed that their daughter didn't talk to herself anymore, she didn't acted like she was with someone else, she didn't laughed alone anymore. Slowly, she recovered and backed to her lively behavior.
A month or so passed and every night Rena thought about Jurina. On her mind, she told Jurina about her day, school and what she played with her friends before sleep. One day, her mother said she had a surprise for her. Her parents took her to eat in a nice place. And when she was distracted with the food she didn't eat every day, her mother said she was going to be a big sister. Little Rena smiled larger than ever. She was so happy with the idea of being a big sister.
Little Rena was fascinated by how her mother's belly grew through the months. They said that Rena could choose her younger brother's or sister's name. Rena said if it was a boy, the name would be Jun; if it was a girl, the name would be Jurina. She waited patiently to see if she would have a little brother or sister. After eight months, the baby decided to birth.
A beautiful girl was born. Rena was so happy and excited that she almost couldn't sleep at night. She asked her parents if, after the first's months, she could share the room with her little sister named after Jurina. Despite the fact the house had left rooms, Rena's parents conceded her daughter's request.
As time passed by, Rena took good care of Jurina. She gave her little sister the love she always had from her parents. The first word Jurina spoke was "Rena-chan", for the joy of the girl. They grew attached to each other. There would have only few moments when you find one of them without each other. They shared almost everything.
But the teenage came first for Rena. Of course she loved her sister and was always thinking about her, but now others thoughts occupied her mind as well. She started to worry about vanity and boys. She turned into a beautiful teenager and attracted the attention of all the boys. When Jurina was near, she would scare away them; Rena was her untouchable big sister for Christ's sake! She wouldn't allow any bastard get closer to her sister. Then, Rena lectured Jurina, saying she WANTED to have a boyfriend and that the girl should stop to drive off the boys. Against her will, Jurina stopped.
Few years passed and Rena's love life was like a rollercoaster. Every boyfriend she got left her for no reason, they cheated on her or they assumed they fell for her little sister. Of course she disliked that, but for the last option, she couldn't get mad at Jurina. Her little sister turned into a pretty mature-looked girl. If Rena was a boy, she would surely fall for her.
Jurina's possessiveness didn't decrease. She just learned to look like cooled down. But at night, when they were on their bunk, she leaned off her head and looked down at Jurina's sleeping face. She always felt happy doing this. Jurina turned to be a popular girl with both boys and girls, but it didn't matter to her. None of them were able to drive her attention towards them.
It was Jurina's fifteenth birthday. As it was a week day, she and her parents decided to hold a party on the weekend after. Jurina arrived from school, ate something light and went to her room wait for Rena come back from her part time job so they can do something together to celebrate. She ended up sleeping on her bed, the upper part of the bunk. She woke up with the sound of someone sobs. As she was at her room, the sobs could only be Rena's. Jurina opened her eyes and noticed it was already dark outside. She wondered what had happened to her sister and climbed down to the underneath bed.
"Nee, Rena-chan, what happened?" Jurina asked with a gentle voice lying beside Rena. When Rena was like that, she refused to call her one-chan.
"Yun-kun…" Rena started, but wasn't able to finish. Jurina knew what had happened just by hearing Rena-chan's boyfriend name. Or should she say ex?
"He broke up with you?" Jurina asked. Rena nodded embracing Jurina. "That bastard! I don't want to hear the reasons. He didn't deserve you. None of your boyfriends did." Jurina said rashly. Then, she softened her tone. "Rena-chan you shouldn't let that bother you. Okay? I'm here for you. So don't be sad."
"Un!" Rena tightened her hug. They stayed in this position for a long time. When Rena seemed to have relaxed, Jurina leaned over Rena and looked at her straight into her eyes. That sudden movement startled the older girl.
"Rena-chan," Jurina said and Rena had a nostalgic feeling. "I think it's about time to show you why I'm so overprotective with you." Rena got really confused by that statement.
Jurina leaned down on Rena and kisses her forehead. Suddenly, a flow of sad memories invaded her head. She recognized Jurina, but it was another one. She saw tons of the moments of the girl. The happy ones; the sad ones; and the tragic one that led her spirit to be locked into the house everything happened, her own house. Until the moment the ghost girl met a cute little girl. Rena cried hard, harder than ever. Even with all the pain Jurina passed through, she was still able to smile her beloved cat-like smile to her, to only her.
"Jurina…onee… chan…" Rena said between sobs. Jurina leaned down her body over to Rena's and hugged her. Rena embraced her tightly. "Why haven't you told earlier?"
"I just couldn't. I had to wait until my previous life death age." Jurina explained.
"I prayed for you every night. I kept praying even after you were born…" Rena started. Jurina caressed Rena's head.
"Yes, I know. They reached me every night, without fail. It is a warm feeling that I know it could only be from you." Jurina said gently smiling, backing to her initial position beside Rena. Rena smiled looking into Jurina's eyes. They drowned into each other gazes.
"I love you, Jurina." Said Rena breaking the silence. Jurina was with that cat-like smile she loved so much.
"I love you too. Rena." Jurina said holding Rena's hands and touching their foreheads. They felt so comfortable and save into each other that the two ended up sleeping.
After that Rena stopped to worry about boyfriends and started to worry about her own life. She finally realized how happy she was just having Jurina at her side. She finally understood the feeling Jurina held from the beginning.
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This is my first "planned trip around the world" and I have to admit that planning it is rather fun. I've lived overseas extensively but never planned this type of a trip. I've already finalized plans and found accommodation in Argentina and Chile. Im currently in the process of finding an apartment in Medellin Colombia but have a few friends that say I should go to Cartagena instead. I will be spending 1-3 months in each country setting up a base and then backpacking from there to my destinations when time permits (we all have to work right?). My first leg of my itinerary around the world is already quasi finalized with South America. My South Africa (not the country the area) and Asia itineraries need a some refinement.
I've never been to Asia so I would love your input, comments, feedback, and suggestions! (Especially on leg 3)
South America Itinerary: Leg 1
Confirmed apartment in San Telmo Argentina right on the corner of Plaza Dorrego. One of the incredible Buenos Aires barrios I plan on sharing and why its the best for Buenos Aires accommodation.
Argentina Itinerary:
- Iguazu Falls (2nd visit) – Brazil/Paraguay side and (cross my fingers) helicopter ride
- Patagonia – Penguins in Puerto Madryn, Bariloche, Ushuaia, La Tierra Del Fuego
- Mendoza – Argentine wine country
- Cordoba – Heartland of Argentina
Brazil Guide:
- Rio de Janerio, Sao Paulo, Salvador, others not finalized
Chile Guide: Confirmed apartment in downtown Santiago
- Valparaiso, Santiago, Antarctica, Easter Island, Glaciers, Atacama Desert
Colombia Guide: Set base in either Medellin or Bogota
- Medellin, Cartagena, Bogota, Cali, Barranquilla (Angel Falls, French Guyana, and Guyana)
Peru Guide: Set base in Lima (Linares Peru)
- Machu Pichu, The Death Highway (The Death Road), Uyuni, La Paz, Quito, Galapagos,
Africa Guide: Leg 2
Kenay Guide: Set base in Nairobi
- Mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro, The Great Migration, Mombasa
- South Africa, Stone Forrest, Victoria Falls/Devils Pool
Asia: Not solidified yet.. any suggestions?
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My Yoga Is… ~ Abby Vernon
My Yoga is…
Compassion, discipline, love and respect for myself, others, all living beings as well as the source from where we originated.
Living a life of awakened and purposeful action, causing no harm, abusing no resources, being a light amongst the darkness of ignorance, greed, and deception.
Observing with kind eyes, speaking with gentle words, embracing with loving touch.
Accepting paradox as a part of life, allowing life to gift me wisdom with grace and passing it on to those whose paths I cross.
Service to my community.
Constant change.
Patient progress.
Gratitude and growth.
Infinite possibilities.
Healing, learning, teaching, inspiring.
So much more than handstands, hard bodies and spandex.
Embracing being fully alive in every moment and the excitement and pure joy that brings
And when I wander from this path, coming back to my yoga, the ever-present source of light, guidance, support and strength that resides in my heart; always and forever.
This is what yoga is for me…what is your yoga?
Abby Vernon is a passionate yoga lifer, writer, teacher, green-drinker, hip-hop enthusiast, fun-haver, survivor, semi-feminist, former bad girl. Open to everything…except that. Follow her on Twitter @YoginiAbbyV or keep up with her on her blog www.yogabyabbycom.
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Nuclear smugglers pitching arsenal to terrorists
The smuggler made his pitch to a client: €2.5 million ($3.94 million) for a job lot of radioactive caesium.
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Carson's massacre comments under fire
Alan Rappeport 6:10 AM Candidate suggests victims should have had the courage to attack their killer.
Howard's anti-immigration speech echoed
Nick Miller 5:09 PM A senior British government minister has echoed John Howard in a controversial speech declaring need "to control who comes to our country".
Taiwan's ruling party candidate stays defiant
Philip Wen 2:31 PM The embattled presidential candidate for Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang, Hung Hsiu-chu, has defied calls to step down, despite facing a likely landslide defeat in the forthcoming January election.
US to release 6000 inmates
US prisons are about to get a lot less overcrowded, as the first of potentially 50,000 inmates are released.
England's plastic bag battles: green win
Some critics predicted chaos, confusion and "bag rage". This week's introduction of a 5 pence charge for plastic shopping bags in England has had a mixed reception.
Latest world news
Model says she woke to find Bill Cosby 'biting her toes'
Richard Winton 8:00 AM Just when you thought Bill Cosby couldn't be in any more trouble, a woman has sued him, alleging the legendary comedian drugged and sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008.
Cairns 'repeatedly involved in match-fixing', court told
Nick Miller 7:23 AM New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns lied on oath about his involvement in the corrupt world of gambling, prostitutes and match fixing in India's private Twenty 20 league, a London court has been told.
His name is Cayden: Racist Facebook post goes viral
Ernie Suggs 7:13 AM When a man posted a selfie with a co-worker's son to Facebook, it became a magnet for racist comments. Now his mother, their employer, and her supporters on social media, have hit back.
Russian warplanes in Syria destroy US-trained rebels' weapons depots: commander
6:56 AM Russian air strikes have destroyed the main weapons depots of a US-trained rebel group in Syria, their commander said on Wednesday, in an expansion of Russian attacks on insurgents backed by foreign enemies of President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia fires missiles 1500km as Syrian troops start new ground offensive
Erin Cunningham 6:33 AM Russian warships fire salvos across the Caspian Sea - and Iran and Iraq - in an escalation of the Syrian conflict.
Scientists win chemistry Nobel for mapping how cells repair damaged DNA
Rachel Feltman 3:01 AM Three scientists were honoured for their work, which could lead to therapies for everything from cancer to old age.
Kickstarter using crowdfunding to aid Syrian refugees
Michael D. Shear 1:45 AM As Syrian refugees continue to flee the violence at home, President Barack Obama is turning to the modern tools of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship as a supplement to the more traditional means of humanitarian relief.
New Zealand dairy worker handed down longest-ever prison sentence for animal cruelty
1:16 AM A dairy worker has been handed what is believed to be New Zealand's longest-ever prison sentence for animal cruelty, after cows were beaten, had their tails broken and were shot in the kneecaps on a farm he managed.
Iran's Supreme Leader bans negotiations with the US
12:46 AM Iran's Supreme Leader has banned any further negotiations with the US, putting the brakes on moderates hoping to end Iran's isolation.
Australian woman investigated in Bali over illegal adoption
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa 12:42 AM A 66-year-old Australian woman is being investigated by Bali police over the possible illegal adoption of three Indonesian children.
Barnaby Joyce signs agreement with Indonesia to combat illegal fishing
Jewel Topsfield 12:40 AM Agriculture minister does a deal with an Indonesian minister famous for her policy of blowing up illegal fishing boats.
'Muslim Merkel' controversy as migrant relocations due to begin
Lia Timson 11:41 PM A German television network has been accused of racism after broadcasting a photoshopped image of German Chancellor Angela Merkel wearing a chador.
It's the end of the world as we know it ... apparently
Alana Schetzer 6:09 PM If you woke up today, October 7, than you should consider yourself lucky – you survived a would-be apocalypse.
Nuclear smugglers shopping arsenal around to terrorists
Desmond Butler and Vadim Ghirda 5:45 PM Over the pulsating beat at an exclusive nightclub, the arms smuggler made his pitch to a client: €2.5 million ($3.94 million) for enough radioactive caesium to contaminate several city blocks.
Harvard debate team lose to prison inmates
3:54 PM Months after winning a national title, Harvard's debate team became the latest scalp for inmates of a maximum-security jail.
Fatalities from South Carolina's historic flooding on the rise
Colleen Jenkins 3:10 PM South Carolina grappled with the damage wrought by record rainfall, as the death toll from widespread flooding rose to 15 and residents braced for more evacuations in areas near swollen waterways and dams across the state in the south of the US.
Paraplegic jockey sues over fall
Lloyd Jones 2:17 PM An English jockey who became a paraplegic after a race fall in NSW was the victim of "the most dangerous single manoeuvre on a race course", a court has heard.
BBC casts doubt on British paedophile ring claims
Katrin Bennhold 12:27 PM Britain has been consumed for three years by a growing list of investigations into alleged pedophile rings, but now there are growing doubts about the credibility of someone the police regarded as a major witness in one of the most explosive of these cases.
China's new glass-bottom walkway cracks
11:53 AM A group of Chinese tourists were left terrified after a glass pane on a new transparent walkway shattered suddenly.
World famous 'Harperman' public servant pulls the pin
Noel Towell 10:28 AM But former Canadian public servant has 'no regrets' about protest song.


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Social media should not be about scale but about connection
Social media may actually inhibit true connection when it's used to satisfy an urge for fame, argues David Cushman, managing director of social media consultancy Ninety10 Group and former Bauer digital development chief
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Awards as a Habit
A little over a year ago I wrote about some issues with award ceremonies in schools. I shared some of the things I was learning about rewards, punishments, and competition in schools with the staff at my middle school. We discussed it and are looking at alternatives that work best for all kids. Teachers were wondering what students thought about all this. I had discussed these issues a few times with my advisory group and they were excited thinking of different ways to show appreciation and honor all students without leaving anyone out and without providing rewards to everyone. They actually are getting the idea that if you reward something then the reward becomes more important than the good things you were doing in the first place! But we wanted to see what other students thought so my advisory kids came up with some questions for everyone.
Below are seven of the eight questions (I'll share results from the 8th one below because the answers aren't graphable) and the results. About four advisories submitted their responses on paper and 26 students took the online survey. So these results are from 73 students out of about 250 in our middle school, so almost 30% of our students have responded. (You can click on the graphs to see a larger graph image.)
These results are very telling. What they tell me is that we've convinced so many kids that to be appreciated they need a certificate or award. That doesn't seem right. Years of getting awards, stickers, and other rewards for doing the right things have taught them that without those rewards we don't appreciate them. A teacher whose blog I read recently wrote some blog posts about these same issues. When I shared our results with her she wrote a post on motivation and achievement. Here are some quotes from those who want to keep awards in our assemblies:
"It [the award] might make them [kids who don't get awards] want to try harder." (Cause we know that works, right? No!)
"I feel accomplished." (So if you don't get a certificate you don't feel accomplished? What have we done?!)
"Not appreciated [if they don't get an award]" (So I've been asking, how can we show each other appreciation without calling some out for an award and leaving others behind?)
"I feel awkward," or "I feel embarrassed." (When called up for an award.)
"I wouldn't feel special." (That one hurts.)
One person even wrote that they believe that being called up and put, "in the spotlight," causes more bullying because kids in middle school can use anything against you.
These are just my opinions. What do you think? Have we damaged these kids or is this what we want of our children? I don't want my son or my daughter waiting for an award to feel accomplished or to feel special. I've heard some people wonder what will happen when they get a job and their boss doesn't give awards or doesn't praise them. (Read this about praise to get some ideas on how to do it better.) If our kids have a growth mindset and can self assess and are confident in their abilities, then won't they succeed?
The last question asked kids what they would like to see during our monthly assemblies. Here are some things they came up with:
- interactive
stuff about bullying
having assemblies on holidays and special days
talent shows on our themes
shout outs
playing instruments
funny stuff
students choosing
Sounds good to me.
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From → Ed News
Gabriella Ashford
Recently having been to a Lego Store, my kids suggested we change "candy" spelling bingo to "lego" spelling bingo. They were inspired by the wall of Lego bins they could pick from at the Lego store.
They came up with a great new way to inspire themselves. I upped the Ante, by suggesting that bonuses would be awarded when they worked as a team helping each other hit their individual targets. AND their bonus awards go only towards Mindstorm lego parts. Nothing like sneaking a little STEM reward in when no one is watching!
The point though is that awards and accomplishments should be changed frequently and be based on independant learning plan achievements. Bous challenges can be created so friends can help friends reach goals together! Teamwork incentives! And of coarse, when the kids design the incentives, it really means that THEY GET IT! Ditch the assemblies and go grassroot.
http://educatoral.com/ Alfonso (Al) Gonzalez
Gabriella, I've been rethinking how we use rewards to motivate students (and adults!) and what keeps nagging at me are the works of Alfie Kohn and Dan Pink. Read this article by Alfie Kohn on rewards: http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/ror.htm
And watch this TED Talk by Dan Pink on motivation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y
Those two have brought up some points about how rewards may help in the short term but don't help in the long term. Since I am in the business of encouraging students to see themselves as life long learners I prefer giving my students feedback instead of rewards or incentives to do things. Even if it's something they don't want to do forcing them with punishments or enticing them with rewards seems manipulative to me. It's a fine line because I do have to daily convince some of my students that it will be better for them to work and learn, thereby gaining good habits, than it is for them to goof off and avoid the work we're doing in Science. I would much rather motivate by helping my students than by forcing them to work. They just need to accept my help.


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Imperial Put Trades Soared to Record Ahead of U.S. Probe Report
Imperial Holdings Inc.'s bearish options trading surged to a record before the financial firm said some executives are under investigation, sending the shares down by more than half yesterday.
Volume for puts to sell shares totaled 1,948 on Sept. 27, or 85 times the daily average since the options were listed on exchanges in February and 35 times the number of calls to buy. Put volume that day was more than double the 882 contracts that changed hands since the options began trading in March, and were the first transactions for the derivatives since Sept. 12.
"This feels like a trade with prior knowledge of a news event, or extraordinarily good timing," said Ophir Gottlieb, managing director of client services at San Francisco-based Livevol Inc., which sells options-market analytics.
Imperial, the provider of insurance-premium financing that raised $189.2 million in its U.S. initial public offering in February, was served with a federal search warrant on Sept. 27, the Boca Raton, Florida-based company said in a statement after the market closed that day.
Chief Executive Officer Antony Mitchell, 45, and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Neuman are among employees "under investigation in the District of New Hampshire" in connection with the company's life-finance business, the company said yesterday in a regulatory filing.
Imperial plunged 65 percent yesterday in New York, closing at $2.19. The stock had dropped 41 percent since its IPO through 1:42 p.m. on Sept. 27, when trading was halted, according to exchange data sent to Bloomberg.
The Palm Beach Post reported at 2:26 p.m. local time that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation had raided Imperial's headquarters.
Blocks of 80
The most-active options on Sept. 27 were October $5 puts, which accounted for more than half of all volume. Those contracts, which had never traded before that day, changed hands in blocks as large as 80 starting at 11:25 a.m.
Those puts first traded at 10 cents and increased more than 27-fold to $2.75 yesterday. A block of 80 contracts conveys the right to sell 8,000 common shares.
Material information about an investigation and search warrant can be obtained ahead of a public disclosure without breaching insider-trading rules, according to John Coffee, a securities-law professor at Columbia University in New York.
"People around courthouses aren't always quiet, there's a lot of gossip in the hallways," Coffee said yesterday in a phone interview. "If it's mere gossip, and someone hears it, they're basically free to trade."
'Complete Surprise'
The probe is "a complete surprise," Mitchell said in the statement. "We are not aware of any wrongdoing and will cooperate fully with all relevant authorities to assist them in their investigation."
Mitchell, Neuman and David Sasso, Imperial's director of investor relations, didn't respond to phone messages yesterday. John Kacavas, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, declined to comment on the investigation.
"Any criminal or civil investigation may affect the ability of the company to continue as a going concern," Scott Valentin, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets, which led the company's IPO, wrote yesterday in a note. Valentin cut his rating on Imperial to "market perform" from "outperform" and now predicts the stock may trade at $6.20 a share within the next year, down from $15.
Imperial, which ended yesterday with a market value of $46.4 million, retained law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, according to the statement.


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Hawks Outlast Raptors in Overtime for Fifth Straight Win
The Hawks were able to notch their fifth straight win beating the Raptors 118-113 in overtime. Jeff Teague tied a career-high with 34 points on 11-of-18 shooting (11-for-11 from the free throw line) and added five assists and three rebounds. Despite a tough start, Paul Millsap found a way to impact the game in a number of ways... »
Scouting Report: Toronto Raptors
The Hawks, currently riding a season-high four-game winning streak, will welcome the Raptors into town for a tilt that has serious playoff seeding implications. The Raptors sit in the three-seed in the East at this moment, but are just one game up on the Bulls. The Hawks extended their lead over ninth-place New York... »
Hawks Close First Half With Loss In Toronto
The Hawks (25-26) dropped their fifth game in a row heading into the All-Star break as the Raptors (28-24) were too much in the second half, rolling to a 104-83 victory. DeMar DeRozan led all scorers with 31 points and, after a 1-of-6 start, finished on a 10-for-13 shooting run. Without DeMarre Carroll (hamstring), the... »
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For every home game this season, we'll be gathering some intel on the opposing team from someone who knows them best — a team employee, a rival blogger, beat writer or broadcaster. For the Hawks' home game Wednesday night against the Raptors, we reached out to Mike Ulmer, who writes about Toronto for the team's official... »


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The Daily Show: August 11, 2008 - VIDEOS
The Senator's weak attempts to defend himself seemed twice as bad punctuated by Jon's looks of disapproval. Case in point: "First of all, it happened during a period after she was in remission after cancer."
"Super News Blaster Breaking News Update: Ass-shattering News-plosion": I bet John Edwards has never been so super-thankful to hear about a deadly conflict on the other side of the world, creating a media diversion. Russia and Georgia (not the peachy one) are fighting, as the rest of the world is duking it out in the Beijing Olympics. I've been steadily watching the Olympics since the opening ceremonies and have been anxiously waiting to see what TDS had to say about President Bush's behavior.
The camera caught Bush looking super-bored several times through the opening ceremonies. As I recall, each time NBC cut to the President, he was chatting with Russia's Putin, checking his watch, or being reluctantly enthusiastic for Iraq's athletes. I saw him pay attention once, peering through is binoculars. But really, he could have been looking anywhere. Anyway, TDS focused more on his activities during the actual games and his interview with Bob Costas. I definitely wasn't expecting to see him, right as I was getting ready to watch some kids do some deadly flips in the air and possibly snap their necks. They didn't mention that slightly bitchy brush-off at the end of the interview, but they caught his remarks about China's need for religion and "I don't see America having problems." At least he played nice with the US athletes.
"Chasing the Dragon": Senior Olympic Correspondent Rob Riggle filed his first report from the Beijing Olympics about... himself. God, it really is adorable seeing Rob running around Beijing, towering about the Chinese people. The appearances from gymnast Kerri Strug and CBS Sports' Jim Nantz were really well done. And if you're one of those people that needs to look around the room to see if there's a Chinese person laughing at that joke about Chinese stereotypes before reacting... I laughed (really hard) at the ending. Actually, this was probably one of Rob's funniest reports. I'm looking forward to more throughout the week.
The night's guest was Ron Suskind, author of The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism. Mr. Suskind's book makes some pretty heavy accusations, saying that this administration forged letters to link people and events in the Middle East in order to justify the invasions. This interview was pretty interesting, and Mr. Suskind did a fine job of rolling with Jon's jokes, even managing to throw in some of his own. By the way, "it's in the book."
Jon/Stephen: Stephen Colbert is a giving man, who does things for charity. Sort of. Bonus, character break. Moment of Zen: Bernie Mac. RIP.


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Hawks Injury Report: Smith, Petro Stay In ATL
Josh Smith suffered a right ankle sprain in Friday night's game against the Rockets and will not travel with the team to Oklahoma City, the Hawks reported on Saturday. In addition, center Johan Petro will continue to rehabilitate his back and will not travel as well.
Going to OKC is a tall task as it is, and all the more so without Smith in the mix. Still, Danny Ferry did a good job building depth in the offseason, and that depth will be tested against the defending Western Conference champs.


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Muskegon roller derby team presentation at Loutit District Library
Photos by Mark Brooky
Muskegon Miniskirtz roller derby team makes a presenation at Loutit District Library on Feb. 24, 2011.
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