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The conference included three major events allowing investment professionals to review major industry challenges, explore state-of-the-art investment techniques and benchmark practices to research advances.
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Frédéric Ducoulombier, Director, EDHEC Risk Institute Asia, will be speaking on the topic "From Smart Beta to smart allocation: New approaches to defensive equity investing for insurers" at the 4th Asia Investment Management Summit for Insurance. This event will take place in Hong Kong on 27-28 November 2015.
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
- Muscular dystrophy, oculopharyngeal
Your QuestionMy husband has a family history of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. I am worried that he may be affected. Can the symptoms of this condition occur at earlier ages in susequent generations? Could this condition affect sperm mobility? What are the chances that a child we have together could be affected?
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Questions on this page
- What is oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy?
- What are the symptoms of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy?
- What causes oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy?
- How is oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy inherited?
- Can the symptoms of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy occur at earlier ages in susequent generations (a phenomenon known as anticipation)?
- Could being affected by oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy affect sperm mobility?
- What are the risks posed to any child that my husband and I would have to be affected by oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy?
What is oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy?
What are the symptoms of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy?
Individuals with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy may also have double vision (diplopia) and frequently have weakness in the muscles near the center of the body (proximal muscles), particularly muscles in the upper legs and hips. The weakness progresses slowly over time, and people may need the aid of a cane or a walker. Rarely, affected individuals need wheelchair assistance.[1][2] Life expectancy on this condition is not reduced.[4]
What causes oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy?
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is caused by mutations in the PABPN1 gene. The PABPN1 gene provides instructions for making a protein that is active (expressed) throughout the body. In cells, the PABPN1 protein plays an important role in processing molecules called messenger RNAs (mRNAs), which serve as genetic blueprints for making proteins. The protein acts to protect the mRNA from being broken down and allows it to move within the cell.[2]
Mutations in the PABPN1 gene that cause OPMD result in a PABPN1 protein that forms clumps within muscle cells, and hence they cannot be broken down. These clumps are thought to impair the normal function of muscle cells and eventually cause cells to die. The progressive loss of muscle cells most likely causes the muscle weakness seen in people with OPMD. It is not known why abnormal PABPN1 proteins seem to affect muscle cells in only certain parts of the body.[2]
How is oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy inherited?
Most cases of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, which means one copy of the altered (mutated) gene in each cell is sufficient to cause the condition. Individuals have two copies of each gene; one copy having been inherited from each parent. An individual with the autosomal dominant form of OPMD may have inherited the condition from an affected parent, or less commonly, the condition may occur for the first time in the affected individual. Each child of an affected individual with this form of OPMD has a 50% (1 in 2) chance to be affected and a 50% chance to be unaffected.
Less commonly, OPMD is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, which means that both copies of the disease-causing gene in each cell must have a mutation for an individual to be affected. The parents of an individual with an autosomal recessive condition each carry one copy of the mutated gene (and are referred to as carriers), but they typically do not show signs and symptoms of the condition.[2] When two carriers of an autosomal recessive condition have children, each child has a 25% (1 in 4) chance to be affected, a 50% (1 in 2) chance to be a carrier like each of the parents, and a 25% chance to be unaffected and not be a carrier. The children of an individual with autosomal recessive OPMD will always be carriers (obligate heterozygotes) for the disease-causing mutation. The risk of a child being affected if his/her parent has autosomal recessive OPMD is less than 1%.[5]
Can the symptoms of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy occur at earlier ages in susequent generations (a phenomenon known as anticipation)?
Could being affected by oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy affect sperm mobility?
What are the risks posed to any child that my husband and I would have to be affected by oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy?
Genetic counseling may help you both better understand the above-mentioned testing, your husband's health status, and the risk of passing this disease on to the next generation. Visit the Services section of the resources page to find a list of online resources that can assist you in finding a genetics clinic near you.
- McLoon L, Lee M. Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal. National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). 2007; http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Muscular%20Dystrophy%2C%20Oculopharyngeal. Accessed 12/7/2008.
- Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Genetics Home Reference (GHR). December 2008; http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=oculopharyngealmusculardystrophy. Accessed 12/8/2008.
- Facts About Rare Muscular Dystrophies. Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). June 2008; http://www.mda.org/publications/fa-rareMD.html. Accessed 12/7/2008.
- Brais B, Rouleau GA. Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy. GeneReviews. June 2006; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=opmd. Accessed 12/7/2008.
- Bernard Brais, M Phil, and Guy A Rouleau. Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy. GeneReviews. June 22, 2006; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1126/. Accessed 5/2/2012.
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Tetris was a little known Russian puzzle game, picked up by the big N and transformed into the most popular action puzzle game of all time. But as the series begins to loose it's attraction, join us as we explore the future of this once triumphant series.
Back in 1989, Nintendo needed an innovative new title to show off their new hardware, the Gameboy. They needed a sort of snazzy tech demo that would come bundled with every new console. So they looked the way of Alexey Pajitnov of the Soviet Union and his tile matching puzzle game.
From here on in, the Tetris series received mind-blowing success and made Nintendo's new handheld an absolute sell-out classic. Name any console in video games history and there is bound to have been a Tetris game released onto it. That alone, states the popularity of the Tetris franchise.
But the problem comes, when the most iconic games in the series' history were the earlier titles. The most popular Tetris games were born in the NES and Gameboy era. Whilst the newer games are just as good, they haven't exactly been extremely popular.
Whilst the block slotting game may still appeal to classic gamers, the game doesn't appear to attract the modern smartphone audience. The likes of Angry Birds appeal to rushing commuters and the days of pulling your GameBoy out on the bus, are more than long gone.
Today, new Tetris games arrive every so often. They are received in a satisfactory manner by the critics and no-body really bothers to buy 'another Tetris game'. This deeply saddens veterans of the series.
We struggle to see a way forward for the Tetris series. But maybe it's best not to think about the future, and just cherish the fun times that the Russian puzzle game has given us. We say, drop your smartphones and play Tetris. Re-discover the legend and re-discover the Russian love.
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Basically, if the person you were with admits the adultery then you will not hear any more about it.
If the person does not admit the adultery then it's possible that it could proceed on a defended divorces basis, there is a possibility you would be asked to go to Court here but in reality only a tiny fraction of divorce cases are defended in this way. because the legal fees are very large for these.
In all probability she is making mischief and it's coming from a place of hurt. If you are named in the petition and the husband admits it then that's it as far as you are concerned. Even if he does not admit it he may propose divorcing on an unreasonable behaviour petition and this may be accepted by the wife and , again, you will hear no more about it.
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Chesapeake Energy panel: No intentional misconduct by CEO Aubrey McClendon
Chesapeake Energy Corp. on Wednesday absolved itself and outgoing CEO Aubrey McClendon of any wrongdoing in dealings that raised allegations of shoddy governance at the Oklahoma City-based oil and natural gas company.
The announcement likely will not mark the end of the scrutiny facing Chesapeake, which is being investigated by at least four federal and state agencies. Its board also faces more than a dozen breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits filed by shareholders.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette will continue his inquiry into collusion allegations against Chesapeake and Canadian rival Encana Corp., even though both companies have cleared themselves in internal investigations.
"The importance of independent — rather than internal — investigations cannot be emphasized enough in a case involving antitrust bid-rigging allegations," spokeswoman Joy Yearout said Wednesday. "Our thorough, independent investigation into these serious allegations will continue."
Chesapeake also has acknowledged ongoing investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, IRS and Justice Department.
On Wednesday, the company said a board review of McClendon's finances found no evidence of intentional misconduct or conflicts of interest.
The board also concluded Chesapeake did not violate antitrust laws in a 2010 Michigan land sale, although it is still cooperating with Justice Department investigators.
Oppenheimer analyst Fadel Gheit said Wednesday's announcement removes some of the uncertainty facing Chesapeake.
"Whatever uncertainty was associated with the investigation, it eliminates it or reduces it," Gheit said. "It is definitely a step in the right direction."
Chesapeake's stock was down 12 cents Wednesday to $20.24 a share.
"All in all, I think shareholders are better off today than yesterday. Most investors do not like uncertainty," Gheit said. "We already have operating challenges, market challenges, environmental challenges and pricing challenges."
"We don't need another layer of uncertainty. That's the last thing people want."
Chesapeake remade its board last year under pressure from its two largest shareholders. Last month that board won a power struggle with co-founder McClendon.
McClendon, who will step down as CEO this spring, had been under fire for nearly a year since Reuters reported in April he had secured more than $1 billion in loans against his stake in company wells.
Some of the financing involved a private equity firm that had invested in Chesapeake.
The company's board said its audit committee, led by director Burns Hargis, and its independent counsel reviewed "millions" of pages of documents and interviewed more than 50 people.
"The review of the financing arrangements did not reveal any improper benefit to Mr. McClendon or increased cost to the company as a result of the overlap in the financial relationships," the company said Wednesday in a news release.
The review covered McClendon's financing of his expenses under the Founder Well Participation Program, which allows him to invest in each well Chesapeake drills, and the activities of a hedge fund that had been operated inside the company.
"Based on the documents reviewed and interviews conducted, no intentional misconduct by Mr. McClendon or any of the company's management was found by the board concerning these relationships and/or these transactions and issues," the company said.
McClendon will leave Chesapeake on April 1, but the board has said its review was not the reason for his departure.
The company also announced the board has concluded Chesapeake did not violate antitrust laws in connection with its acquisition of oil and natural gas rights in Michigan in 2010.
Reuters reported in June that Chesapeake and Encana plotted to limit land prices in Michigan's Collingwood Shale.
Chesapeake said it has provided documents about its leasing activities to the Justice Department based on a subpoena it received in June, and a thorough review by outside counsel led to its conclusion that it did not violate any antitrust laws.
Encana concluded in September that it did not collude with Chesapeake in the Michigan land sale.
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It doesnt really matter what i apply for.I need to be able to apply for what ever can keep me from having to be seperated and out of the house for all the reasons i stated. The daughter is 18 in 6 months and wants to live with me. but the cost of me moving out and paying for everything is too much
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im slightly confused you said it is possible to live under same roof if you dont live together as husband and wife, but if under the same roof how can that not be concedered husband and wife . And is there any thing else i can file under
let me try to wrap this up by asking .The wife has a major temper . my boy who has slight autism is 20yrs and my girl is 17 but when she gets mad she to her face calls her fat amoung other names and the boy she calls retarted. Icould get the kids to testify to this and theire was adultry several times by her a few years ago by her but how would i prove it. And finally what about disolution if i by some miracle get her to agree then can ifile right away
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HUNTERSVILLE – The town's first homicide since October 2011 came as a shock to community leaders. The fact that it was a teenager made the situation all the more tragic.
Peter Michael Jordan, a 19-year-old Cornelius resident, spent the evening of Feb. 19 with friends at The Landings apartment complex off Sam Furr Road near Birkdale Village. Witnesses, according to the Huntersville Police Department, said a black Chevy Impala sped through the neighborhood, fired multiple gunshots and killed Jordan. Three or four black males were in the car, which drove off at a high rate of speed, according to Huntersville Police Capt. Kevin Johnston.
Jordan graduated from Hough High last year, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Police officers continue to seek out a motive as they comb the area for clues. Johnston spent most of the night Feb. 19-20, along with much of the police force, at The Landings. The scene at the secluded apartment complex was full of rescue vehicles, police cars and television news stations, Johnston said.
Help wanted
The police department hosted a brief press conference Feb. 20 to provide an update on Jordan's death.
Johnston offered few details as to a motive or suspects beyond the car's passengers, but said there are "persons of interest" relative to the case.
"If I tried to address a motive at this point, it would be pure speculation," he said.
Johnston urged residents to reach out to HPD or North Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers if they have information regarding the case.
"We're asking for your help," Johnston said. "If anyone can help us identify them, please come forward. We're identifying individuals of interest. The persons of interest we'd like to speak with are the three or four black males in the Chevy Impala vehicle that left the area at a high rate of speed."
Johnston declined comment on the number of shots, or whether they were inside and outside.
"If anyone knows anything else about it, what (Jordan) was doing the day before, who he was with, we need to know," Johnston said.
The Landings apartment complex has had calls to HPD in the past.
"There have been calls to the police department from every part of Huntersville, but nothing of a serious nature like this (at the Landings)," Johnston said.
The apartment complex declined comment on the investigation.
'Town is still safe'
Police officials and town leaders regard Jordan's shooting in two ways: It's an awful tragedy, but it was an anomaly.
Assistant Town Manager Gerry Vincent – who is the acting head of Huntersville public safety as the town seeks a police chief – said the low homicide rate in town speaks to the good job the police department does.
"Our community is safer, but understand that crimes of this nature are very rare for Huntersville," Vincent said. "You may see a heavier (police) presence (throughout the town) since this horrible crime, but the community is safe."
Huntersville Mayor Jill Swain said the town's police force keeps residents safe.
"My understanding is that this was an isolated, though tragic, incident," she said. "This is certainly not indicative of any trend. I am so sad for the victim's family."
Johnston said the police department is doing what it can to soothe residents' concerns.
"We're going to continue what we've been doing," he said. "This appears to be an isolated incident. We are going to be in The Landings for the next week (or more). "We're going to help that community recover. Huntersville's a safe place, it's been a safe place, and it's going to continue to be a safe place. We're going to do everything in our power to keep it that way. We want to be part of the community. We're there to facilitate their needs."
No affect on police chief search
One aspect that sets this homicide investigation apart from the previous one in 2011 is that there's no police chief on which residents can lean for support.
Phil Potter retired as Huntersville's chief last August after a nine-year run as the head of the town's police department. His retirement didn't last long.
Potter took a job in Alcoa, Tenn., a small town with a population about one-sixth of Huntersville's (50,000-ish to 8,500).
Deputy Police Chief Michael Kee left in November. Vincent took over leadership since then, but the department's captains, Johnston said, have a key role in day-to-day operations.
One-hundred seventeen people applied for the police chief job, according to Town Manager Greg Ferguson.
The five-month search process, Johnston said, won't be stalled by the murder investigation, or vice versa.
"(The police chief search) is irrelevant to this," he said. "No issue."
Recently promoted Lt. Andrew Dempski is leading the department's criminal investigations division, which oversees the Jordan murder case.
Ferguson told The Herald Weekly on Feb. 24 that the chief search has been shortened to eight candidates, with a further round – cutting the list to four – expected to come soon.
Jordan tributes come in
Jordan's funeral was held Feb. 23 at Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home. His family set up The Memorial Fund for Peter Michael Jordan, which residents can donate to at any Wells Fargo bank.
Family members also set up a Facebook page, "In Loving Memory of Peter Michael Jordan," on Feb. 23.
Jordan was the brother-in-law to Christine Mahoney-Jordan, who posted on Feb. 25: "Today I had to go to work like nothing happened. Our lives have changed forever. No one could have ever asked for a better brother-in-law. Thank you for being the person that you were. Thank you for accepting me as your second sister Christine. I am grateful for the memories I have of you (and) they will be forever in my heart."
Jordan's brother, Tommy, and sister, Christine, posted photos on the page – which drew dozens of supporting comments from those who knew Jordan.
Jordan's family requests privacy and is still grieving.
"They just lost their 19-year-old," Johnston said. "They're doing exactly as any other family would in those circumstances."


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Two Cook Island Cabinet Ministers given larger portfolios
Two Cabinet Ministers in the Cook Islands have been given greater responsibility following the resignations of the former' Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Terepai Maoate and the Minister for Outer Islands Development Tangata Vavia last week.
Nikao MP, Ngamau Munokoa who was named Deputy Prime Minister last week, is also the Attorney General, and takes on nine portofolios which include Transport, Civil Aviation and Shipping.
Akao MP Tapi Taio, who becomes Minister for Finance, is responsible for a number of portfolios previously handled by Dr Maoate which include the Bank of the Cook Islands, and the Development Investment Board.
Mr Taio takes over the office of the Minister of Outer Islands Administration and the Ports Authority from Prime Minister Dr Robert Woonton, who retains Foreign Affairs and Immigration among his nine portfolios.
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Tip of the day: Slow-cooker carnitas
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Monday rolls around (my second day off), and I am ready to make a meal plan for the week.
I try to get in at least one night that is vegetarian. I try to get a good mix of other things to keep the plan interesting. I try to make things we will like but that Ben can eat, too.
And, very important, I try to make things that are pretty easy. The slow cooker helps with that. A lot.
A new recent favorite is a slow-cooker recipe for carnitas. Click here to see the recipe.
It's not too spicy, so Ben can eat it. But it has a lot of flavor so we can enjoy it and Ben gets stuff that is not bland. I am a big believer in giving the kid all kinds of flavors and textures and ingredients in his diet.
So far we have been very lucky that he eats pretty much anything we give him, so we will just keep up with the variety.
The citrus in this gives it a boost and the cumin flavors it just enough without making it spicy. And I like that I can choose the cut of meat and make sure it is well trimmed of fat. I like carnitas when we go out for dinner, but sometimes they can be a bit fatty for my liking.
And even though it cooks for 8-10 hours, it took less than 15 minutes to prep the meat for the slow cooker. In fact, it took me longer to get the rest of the stuff ready for the tacos: avocado chunks (a Ben favorite), lime wedges, chopped cilantro and white onion (some stores sell it pre-chopped to save time), pre-shredded cheese, a favorite salsa. Really, whatever you like.
I just warmed some tortillas. Again, whatever kind you like will be a good wrapper for these yummy carnitas.
To make it a meal I sauteed some sliced yellow squash with a chopped shallot and a chopped clove of garlic. When that was done I tossed in a can of organic black beans and cooked that until the beans were just heated through. And yes, Ben ate this, too.
Oh yeah, and it makes awesome leftovers: tacos for lunch or again for dinner. Or make an omelet with the leftover meat, onions, cilantro and cheese. Garnish with salsa and avocado.
Jill Reed is a photo editor for The Orange County Register. Her son just celebrated his first birthday.
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When I got out of college I could think of no other vocation that appealed to me more than filmmaking.
So, like most graduates, I sent out resumes extolling my wonderful academic achievements, packaged in specially purchased, elegantly designed resume envelopes.
In the days that followed, I awaited the influx of telephone calls from would-be employers, eager to snatch up such a talented candidate.
Suffice it to say a couple weeks with no responses were my introduction to the catch twenty-two of having no working experience. I remember walking into the few interviews I managed to schedule, equipped with my black briefcase and firm handshake, knowing the interviewer would overlook any technical shortcomings and hire me on the spot.
Invariably, these imaginings faded with the screech of my student film being fast-forwarded through the VCR; my interviewer holding the controller, explaining he wanted merely to "look at the framing."
Regardless of how I perceived myself in a town revolving around motorcycles, my dwindling bank account was a stabbing indication that ambition combined with stubbornness could be a curse. So instead of California and New York, I started my career in York. York, Pennsylvania, that is… except I wasn't pitching package deals to major studios or for that matter, any studio. Instead I was pitching household appliances, like washers and dryers and microwave ovens.
In the weeks that followed, I gained twenty-six pounds and added another chin to what was once a pretty chiseled jaw line. I joined the "Midnight" bowling league and was pleasantly surprised to learn that the inability to button my trousers had no effect on my bowling release. Thus, my scores increased and I became a familiar face among a culture of beer drinking, hard-edged factory workers. And, in retrospect, I was drowning my dreams with beer and cheeseburgers.
After bowling, I would go back to my parent's house, plop down on my bed with a cupcake and a glass of milk and I would just watch Top Gun for hours, pretending that instead of Tom Cruise, it was me. I wanted to barrel down the highway to the danger zone on a cool motorcycle. I wanted to date hot chicks. I wanted to be someone. I wanted to move to Hollywood and make movies.
In the morning, I would wake up with cupcakes mashed in my hair, stare at my fat face in the bathroom mirror, and leave for my appliance sales job. When sales were slow at the store, I would order cheeseburgers, and start eating. One day, when I really felt bad about my sad existence, I decided to do something. I went into my cubicle and started writing a screenplay. Since I never wrote a screenplay, I had no idea what I was doing. But I was so frustrated, and fat, and hating my life, that it didn't take long until I had a first draft…


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Description and Student Learning Outcomes
Physical therapist assistants (PTAs) provide physical therapy services under the direction and supervision of a physical therapist. PTAs help people of all ages who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their ability to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives.
Some of the care provided by a PTA may include teaching patients or clients exercises for mobility, strength and coordination, training for activities such as walking with crutches, canes or walkers, using manual therapy, physical agents and electrotherapy such as ultrasound. PTAs also observe the patient's abilities and report their observations to the physical therapist. Unlike a physical therapist, the PTA cannot evaluate a patient, update a plan of care, or discharge a patient.
Generally, physical therapist assistants are employed wherever physical therapists work. Hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, home and public health agencies, schools, private physical therapy practices, and the armed forces are major employers.
At the completion of the Physical Therapist Assistant program,students will be able to:
Admissions Requirements
Students will be admitted to UAA Physical Therapist Assistant program as a pre-major. Prior to being admitted as a full major, Students must complete prerequisite coursework and an application process prior to being admitted into the full-major program. Please see the Application Procedure page for additional information.
Special admission and application procedure requirements apply. Interested students should contact the Physical Therapist Assistant department for selection criteria. Completion of admission requirements does not guarantee acceptance into the program. Due to the risks associated with working in a healthcare setting, students will also be required to have health insurance and show evidence of current immunizations. Health insurance is available for purchase through the UAA Student Health and Counseling Center.
Prerequisite Requirements
General Degree Requirements not included in prerequisites
Major Requirements
A total of 61 credits is required for the degree.


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April 2014 Data Released on 05.15.2014Offers Stay up With Most Wines Priced Less Than $20Flash offers for domestic wines in April were 4% higher than the total in April 2013 continuing a trend of a high rate of offers in 2014. Last Bottle Wines held a special "marathon sale" in late April that drove its total offer count to 62 and its average retail price to $79. April's total was just slightly less than in March.
Flash Reseller Offers » Month 12 Months April 2014 459 4% 5,706 7% April 2013 440 5,320
The flash market is still dominated by offers for wines with flash prices of less than $20. In the past 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014, 60%, or 3,417 of the 5,708 offers for domestic wines, had flash prices of less than $20. Of the offers for less than $20, about eight out of every ten wines had a flash price between $11 and $19.99.
Compared to the 12-month period of May 2012 to April 2013, the number of offers for less than $20 grew by 25%. The increase in offers for wines priced less than $20 came with a decrease in the number of offers for wines with flash prices of $20 to $29.99. The number of high-priced flash offers for wines, or those higher than $30, stayed relatively the same and accounted for about the same percentage of total offers.
The breakdown of offers for less than $20 also stayed relatively the same in the past 12 months compared to the same period a year earlier. About half of the offers for less than $20 are for wines with flash prices of $15 to $19.99, and roughly 35% are for wines with flash prices of $11 to $14.99.
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text: The Magazine returns for summer special 28 Jul 2014 UTV's The Magazine returns this week for the first of three one hour summer specials, with host Sarah Travers. Share Share Share Story by UTV Staff, Belfast In the first edition, Sarah will be catching up with MasterChef's John Torode, who was recently in Belfast for a food and drink event, and during their chat he admits to Sarah he was very much impressed with the city."It's an amazing city, I had no idea! It's beautiful," he said. The celebrity chef is well known for not giving many interviews, so Sarah was one of a privileged few he has spoken to so candidly in the past."I think the thing about interviews is, they don't really put you across as the person you really are," he said."The fact is, what I do is, I cook and I love food and I love people. It's really hard to stand in front of somebody and explain what you do."Also on the show, Sarah catches up with the Celtic Tenors who reveal what they have been getting up to in recent months and their plans for the future.The Magazine will also be taking a look at the recent Maritime Festival in Derry~Londonderry, which welcomed the round the world Clipper Race, including the city's own Derry~Londonderry~Doire crew.Meanwhile, Sarah will be hoping to get a few tips from a troupe of Flamenco dancers who recently visited The Magazine's rooftop studio.Finally, Eamonn Holmes returns to his old work place and chats to Sarah about family holidays while he was growing up in Belfast, and the fond memories he has of his yearly visits to the Antrim coast."If you were from Belfast you were either a Down coast person or an Antrim coast person and we were Antrim coast people," he said."We would have our two week holiday in Cushendall and it was our everything."You know the way they say "we made our own entertainment", but we did because the adults, in those days, would just stop off at the nearest watering hole and we would be left to play in the car park or be inside pretending we were drinking beer with brown lemonade!"The Magazine's first one hour summer special airs on UTV on Tuesday 29 July at 8pm.Viewers can follow all the action from the show by tweeting along with @UTVMag using the hashtag #utvmag.We're back!! Don't forget, the first of three Magazine summer specials tomorrow night, UTV, 8pm!— The Magazine (@UTVMag) July 28, 2014 © UTV Share Share Share


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Apologies for the barrage of Cat 5 reports, but no one else is racing (or at least posting about it), so here goes:
The afternoon race had 47 entrants owing to the clouds and forecast rain, I think. They decided to split the field anyway. The crit is on a dead flat 1.4 mi course, but there was a bit of wind this time around. I lined up near the front, so was in the first group, now known as "Group 1". I was in with a bunch of my teammates, and a couple of teammates were in the group that was to start 1/2 a lap behind us "Group 2".
I worked to the front of the main group on the first lap, and somewhere near turn 1 on the second lap there was a small attack/breakaway. After drafting off a rather large (not fat, but just LARGE) triathlete with his LG aero helmet for awhile (he seemed happy to push the big ring into the wind), I pedaled hard through the corner and closed the gap up to the lead group. We'll call this group 1a. The pace was fast on the back, into the wind and of those 8 or so, three attacked again. I hopped on a wheel that was trying to catch up for a few hundred yards then pulled around to take my turn chasing the group. Coming around the turn, I suppose his wheel overlapped mine and there was a fair amount of contact. Miraculously he didn't go down, but I let off the gas for a few seconds. It was about this time that we caught group 2 (They must have started late/slow, because they hadn't finished their first lap yet). There was a big mixup here with intertwining races, etc, and here is where the cluster-f**kery began.
I soloed off the front of group 2 trying to catch 1a for WAAAAY too long and by the time I sat up to wait for the rest of my race, there was really only one pack besides 1a. To their credit the 8 guys in 1a kept the pace up and rode by themselves for the last 35 minutes of the race. kudos to them (I'm still a little steemed at myself for missing the chance to get with them).
The rest of the race was pretty tame, with the random people who didn't get away with 1a being pulled into the mess, along with passing cyclists who looked like they were out for a sunday spin who'd been dropped, lapped and kept going.
No one really knew which race they were in, and with whom. I attacked going into the last lap, the idea being to sacrifice myself and set up a sprint for teammates. They ended up winning (or getting 2nd, apparently someone was right next to him and the finish wasn't all that clearly marked), but not because of my attack. It was WEAK. I had NO juice left for it, but decided to try anyway, coming from about 10 back I passed the lead guy and that was about it. I had a good time and felt a lot better about racing in general, although I have no idea where I placed. Must have been 8+~10 guys in the pack who were in my race, plus a ah, who knows. I rode hard and didn't get dropped. That's it, not a very coherent report, but then again the race was far from coherent.
I heard a rumor that the mentoring sessions before the races counted towards the 10 mass starts we need for Cat 4, can anyone comment on this?


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Fallen Wall Street tycoon Rajat Gupta was today sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a USD five million fine by a US judge who termed Indian-American's insider trading fraud as "disgusting" and a "terrible breach of trust".
Gupta, 63 was also ordered by US District Judge Jed Rakoff to serve a year of supervised release after the end of his prison term.
The IIT and Harvard-educated former Goldman Sachs director would have to surrender to a designated prison on January 8, 2013. Rakoff denied Gupta's request to remain free on bail while he appeals his case.
A court could have taken about two years or more to rule on Gupta's appeal.
While the judge agreed to a request from Gupta's lawyers that he be assigned to New York's medium-security prison in Otisville, the final decision rests with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Dressed in a dark blue suit, Gupta looked tensed and appeared to hold back tears as his sentencing proceedings began in Manhattan federal court here yesterday. He sat expressionless as Rakoff read the 15-page sentence at the end of the hearing which lasted over two and a half hours.
Gupta's sentencing comes exactly a year after he was charged with securities and conspiracy fraud, for which he had faced a maximum sentence of 25 years and marks a stunning fall from grace for the Indian-American who rose through the ranks to become one of the most prominent titans on Wall Street.
Rakoff, who on multiple occasions gave Gupta credit for his life of philanthropic works, said at the heart of Gupta's offenses is his "egregious breach of trust."
"He is a good man," Rakoff said.
"But the history of this country and the history of the world is full of examples of good men who did bad things."
Rakoff said the evidence that Gupta passed illegal information about Goldman Sachs to now-jailed hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam was "not only overwhelming, it was disgusting in its implications... It was a terrible breach of trust."
Rakoff said the urgency and manner in which Gupta shared information about Warren Buffet's five billion dollar investment in Goldman Sachs with Rajaratnam "was the functional equivalent of stabbing Goldman in the back."
"In the eye of the law, Gupta's crime was to breach his fiduciary duty of confidentiality to Goldman Sachs; or to put it another way, Goldman Sachs, not the marketplace, was the victim of Gupta's crimes as charged,"


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from the
book Old Myanmar Paintings in the
Collection of U Win (05 April, 2006)
Ba Nyan had an extraordinary ability to create art. His inborn aptitude for
painting made him renowned internationally. He was the fourth of six children
raised by U Ba Oh and Daw Nyo. He had a talent for painting since childhood and
copied everything from nature. He studied the application of colour and the
principles of depicting arabesques and dragons under the guidance of U Pho Maung.
U Ba Nyan stayed with him for four years as a disciple.
One day, the Maubin
district officer, Major Roberts, visited Pandanaw, and observed U Pho Maung's
art workshop. The major saw the results of U Ba Nyan's workmanship, and as he
had a smattering of basic art, formed an estimate of the young man's ability to
be an up-and-coming painter. In 1915, at the major's recommendation, the
government supplied U Ba Nyan with a stipend to study painting at the Norman
School in Mawlamyaing with Sayar U Ba Lwin, a master who had studied Myanmar
traditional art as well as perspective drawing. After he passed the seventh
standard at Norman School in 1911, U Ba Nyan painted a portrait of King George
V. This painting received first prize in the All Schools of Myanmar Art
Competition. Mr. Kinch, headmaster at St. Matthew's in Mawlamyaing, sent for him
and taught him the European painting style.
A tuberculosis
specialist, Doctor Lancaster, staying with his friend, the Royal Consultant
Chief Officer Sahar Court Butler, visited many Myanmar towns and villages during
his observations of the disease. While on tour, he came across some of U Ba
Nyan's paintings at the Norman School. Doctor Lancaster mentioned these
paintings to Royal Consultant Chief Officer Sahar Court Butler at dinner. The
next day, this official wrote a letter to the Norman School headmaster Mr. Mart
asking him to bring U Ba Nyan's paintings over as soon as possible. As a result,
with the arrangement of Sahar Court Butler, U Ba Nyan proceeded to Yangon.
Professor K. M. Ward, who had earlier seen and appreciated U Ba Nyan's paintings
during a stay at Mr. Kinch's school, appointed him assistant drawing master at
the Yangon High School. He tried painting Myanmar designs in the Myanmar style
repeatedly. After three years, he became well trained in this style of art.
In 1920, the Burma Art
Club expanded its classes. Professor Ward taught oil painting, Martin Jones
taught the anatomy of the human figure and U Ba Nyan taught basic design. He was
the ost
class teacher among Myanmar teachers at the
Burma Art Club. In early 1921, the Ministry of Education textbook committee
bought U Ba Nyan's Myanmar designs. On 24 August 1921, U Ba Nyan left for
England together with a scholarship architect, U Thar Dun (page 16). His
sketchbook was full of seascapes, skies, wharf labourers and sailors on deck.
Upon arrival, he proceeded to learn painting at the Royal Art Academy. At about
the end of 1922, he moved to the Yellow Door Fine Arts School, the fashionable
establishment of the artist Stephen Lat. The master taught him separately at his
studio. On 18 July 1924, the title of "Royal Etcher" was conferred on U Ba Nyan.
In that year, the Wembley Exhibition was held in London. Backgrounds of Myanmar
were needed for two paintings at the exhibition. So the Office of India assigned
U Ba Nyan to paint these backgrounds.
In early 1925, he
returned to Myanmar, together with over three hundred of his paintings. He
attended weekly classes at the Burma Art Club and communicated his experiences
whenever he got the opportunity to talk about art. Soon an exhibition was held
to show his paintings brought from England. U Ba Nyunt, owner of the Myanmar Ah
Swe Film Company, commissioned U Ba Lone and U Ba Nyan to paint film posters.
The name of the film was Hmime Wai Wai. U Ba Nyan painted with bold
brushwork, lively colours and rough strokes. A poster competition held by the
Marketing Board received three paintings by U Ba Nyan. He won first prize at the
competition. This prize, a round-trip ticket, entitled him to travel all over
Europe within the next one and a half years. Moreover, he received sixty pounds
each for the three posters. Before the end of 1925, U Ba Nyan left for England
for the second time.
continued studying at the Yellow Door Fine Arts School. At this time he became
acquainted with the artist Frank Brangwyn and the headmaster of the Royal Art
Academy, Sir William Rothenstein, using these contacts to keep in touch with
local associations of artists and oil painters. He also had the opportunity to
take part in seasonal art exhibitions. When the British Colonial Office arranged
to hang paintings that depicted products from the colonies, they accepted U Ba
Nyan's representations of Myanmar oil fields, forests, mines and farmland.
January 1927, he visited Europe. While in France, he submitted three paintings
to the Paris Salon Museum, all of which were sold. When he returned to London in
1928, his scholarship had expired. He kept on studying
on his own. In 1929, he sent some paintings from his
three or four boxes full by ship to Myanmar. One day he
saved a man from drowning in the river Thames. On hearing the news, King George
V conferred an honorary certificate upon U Ba Nyan. In June 1930, he came back
to Myanmar. With the permission of Mr. D. G. Sloss, the Head of the University,
he stayed at Thaton Hall.
Then, with Mr.
Sloss's permission, he moved to an apartment at the B.O.C College consulting
with U San Win. Every Sunday, he gave an art lecture at the College. On 19
August 1930, at the house of the Royal Consultant Chief Officer, U Ba Nyan held
a one-man art show. On 6 September 1930, he met with other great artists to form
a local association. He was elected as vice-chairman. The chairman was U Tun Hla.
In February 1931, there was a special art exhibition of U Ba Nyan's work. On the
wall of the Jetty and Wharf Office, he applied poster colours to depict the
Yangon wharf and various kinds of transportation in Myanmar. He was also
commissioned to paint two pictures for the Union Building at Yangon University.
He painted portraits of the Sawbwa (ruler) of Hsipaw and his Queen. In
addition, his designs of a "dance peacock" and a "fighting peacock" were
accepted to appear on the original flag of Do Bama Aisayone
December 1934, U Ba Nyan was appointed as an art master at the Teachers'
Training College. In the rainy season of 1934, his one-man art show was held at
the house of the Royal Consultant Chief Officer for the second time.
In 1943, he was
appointed headmaster of the newly opened Art Academy. The Chancellor, Dr. Ba
Maw, bought three of his paintings. In November 1944, Dr. Ba Maw presented one
of them, "Night of the Shwe Dagon," to the Japanese Emperor. The other two
paintings were given to the Royal Consultant Chief Minister Kuniaki Koiso. After
making watercolour sketches, U Ba Nyan tried to paint "The Abduction of Mae Thi
Dar' and "Mae Ma Di Coming Back after Searching for Fruit." His masterpieces of
this period included "The Shwedagon," "Prosperous Myanmar," "Portrait of Father
U Ba Oh," "Fat Man" and others. He passed away on 12 October 1945.
His work, praised in
England as equal to the standards of academic painting and of the British royal
artists, contributed to the acceptance and popularity of Western-style
techniques in the Myanmar art world. While U Ba Nyan was studying painting in
London, a well-known Chinese artist, Shu Pae Hone, was painting at the National
Art Institute in Paris. After Shu Pae Hone arrived back in China, he was able to
improve and cause Western-style painting methods to flourish in his country. U
Ba Nyan played the same role in Myanmar.


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Dual Action of Liraglutide and Insulin Degludec in Type 2 Diabetes: A Trial Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide, Insulin Degludec and Liraglutide in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes (DUAL™ I)
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This trial is conducted globally. The aim of this trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of insulin degludec/liraglutide (IDegLira) versus insulin degludec (IDeg) and liraglutide (Lira) in subjects with type 2 diabetes. Subjects are to continue their pre-trial treatment with metformin or metformin + pioglitazone throughout the entire trial.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Drug: insulin degludec/liraglutide
Drug: insulin degludec
Drug: liraglutide
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A 26 Week Randomised, Parallel Three-arm, Open-label, Multi-centre, Multinational Treat-to-target Trial Comparing Fixed Ratio Combination of Insulin Degludec and Liraglutide Versus Insulin Degludec or Liraglutide Alone, in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Treated With 1-2 Oral Anti-diabetic Drugs (OADs)With a 26 Week Extension
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Diabetes Type 2
Drug Information available for: Insulin Insulin human Liraglutide Insulin degludecU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Novo Nordisk A/S:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Mean change from baseline in HbA1c (glycosylated haemoglobin) at week 26 [ Time Frame: Week 0, week 26 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Mean change from baseline in body weight at week 26 [ Time Frame: Week 0, Week 26 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Number of hypoglycaemic episodes [ Time Frame: Weeks 0-26 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Change from baseline in incremental area under the curve 0-4h (iAUC0-4h) derived from the glucose concentration profile during meal test [ Time Frame: Week 0, Week 26 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Mean actual daily insulin dose [ Time Frame: Week 26 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: IDeg
Drug: insulin degludec
Insulin degludec treatment will be initiated with 10 U and titrated (individually adjusted) twice weekly according to the mean SMPG (fasting). Insulin degludec is injected subcutaneously (under the skin) once daily.
|Experimental: IDegLira
Drug: insulin degludec/liraglutide
Insulin degludec/liraglutide treatment will be initiated and titrated (individually adjusted) twice weekly according to the mean self measured plasma glucose (SMPG) (fasting). Insulin degludec/liraglutide is injected subcutaneously (under the skin) once daily.
|Experimental: Lira
Drug: liraglutide
Liraglutide will be started with 0.6 mg and subsequent 0.6 mg weekly dose escalation to 1.8 mg. Liraglutide dose of 1.8 mg/day will be continued for the remaining part of the trial. Liraglutide is injected subcutaneously (under the skin) once daily.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with type 2 diabetes
- HbA1c 7.0-10.0 % (both inclusive) with the aim of a median HbA1c of 8.3%. Accordingly, when approximately 50% of the randomised subjects have a HbA1c above 8.3%, the remaining subjects randomised must have a HbA1c of below or equal to 8.3%, or when approximately 50% of the randomised subjects have a HbA1c of below or equal to 8.3%, the remaining subjects randomised must have a HbA1c above 8.3%
- Male or female, age 18 years or above (Taiwan: 20 years or above for a site 653 in Taiwan: Taichung Veterans General Hospital)
- Subjects on stable dose of 1-2 OADs (metformin [at least 1500 mg or max tolerated dose] or metformin [at least 1500 mg or max tolerated dose] + pioglitazone [at least 30 mg]) for at least 90 days prior to screening
- Body Mass Index (BMI) maximum 40 kg/m^2
Exclusion Criteria:
- Treatment with insulin (except for short-term treatment due to intercurrent illness at the discretion of the Investigator)
- Treatment with GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) receptor agonists (eg exenatide, liraglutide), sulphonylurea or dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors within 90 days prior to trial
- Impaired liver function, defined as alanine aminotransferese (ALAT) at least 2.5 times Upper Normal Range (UNR) (one retest analysed at the central laboratory within a week from first sample taken is permitted with the result of the last sample being the conclusive)
- Impaired renal function defined as serum-creatinine at least 133 mcmol/l (at least 1.5 mg/dl) for males and at least 125 mcmol/l (at least 1.4) for females, or as allowed according to local contraindications for metformin (one retest analysed at the central laboratory within a week from first sample taken is permitted with the result of the last sample being the conclusive)
- Screening calcitonin at least 50 ng/L
- Subjects with personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2)
- Cardiac disorder defined as: congestive heart failure (NYHA class III-IV), diagnosis of unstable angina pectoris, cerebral stroke and/or myocardial infarction within the last 12 months and planned coronary, carotid or peripheral artery revascularisation procedures
- Severe uncontrolled treated or untreated hypertension (systolic blood pressure at least 180 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure at least 100 mm Hg)
- Acute treatment required proliferative retinopathy or maculopathy (macular oedema)
- History of chronic pancreatitis or idiopathic acute pancreatitis
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01336023
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Novo Nordisk A/S
|Study Director:
|Global Clinical Registry (GCR, 1452)
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|Responsible Party:
|Novo Nordisk A/S
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|NCT01336023 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 13, 2011
|Last Updated:
|January 6, 2014
|Health Authority:
|Australia: Department of Health and Ageing Therapeutic Goods Administration
Canada: Health Canada
Finland: Finnish Medicines Agency Fimea
Germany: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
Hungary: Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs
India: Ministry of Health
Ireland: Irish Medicines Board
Italy: Ministry of Health
Malaysia: Ministry of Health
Mexico: National Institute of Public Health, Health Secretariat
Russia: Federal Service for Control of Health Care and Social Development
Singapore: Health Sciences Authority
Slovakia: State Institute for Drug Control
South Africa: Medicines Control Council
Spain: Ministry of Health
Taiwan: Department of Health
Thailand: Ministry of Public Health
United Kingdom: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
United States: Food and Drug Administration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Endocrine System Diseases
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Insulin, Globin Zinc
Insulin, Long-Acting
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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This year, I jumped on board with 40 bags in 40 days and I am so glad that I did! I'm only 5 days in right now, but I can tell already that this project is going to be a huge blessing to my home! You know all those little things you never get around to because you're already up to your elbows in dishes and laundry? Well, now is the time ladies, and it's not too late to get started! :-) I've … [Read more...]
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Saint Valentine's Day Poetry Tea {A Simple Way To Celebrate}
Each week, we have a "poetry tea." I need to write a post about it sometime, but essentially, we just have tea with lunch and take turns reading poetry while we eat. (Some of you may remember our All Saints' Day Tea and Lydia's First Communion Tea Party.) We've been doing this for a couple of years now, and absolutely love it! I usually keep it simple, but sometimes get "fancy" for special … [Read more...]
Catholic Bible Journaling- Finding A Bible
I've been seeing a trend on Pinterest and Instagram when it comes to reflecting on your Bible. It goes by many names (bible journaling, illustrated faith, bible art, documented faith..) but it matters not what you call it- once I saw it, I knew it was for me!!! (Go to my Bible Journaling Pinterest Board to see some examples) There's one little problem when it comes to Bible Journaling for … [Read more...]
Decluttering During Lent- Frivolous Or From The Heart?
I am beginning my journey of 40 Days 40 Bags today. Each day during Lent, you fill a bag of stuff from your home, and you get rid of it. Simple, yet effective. But... is this truly about Lent? Or is it just some selfish excuse to do some home-improvement projects? One of my favorite scriptures! <3 As I've already mentioned this year in my post about 40 Days 40 Bags, I am going to be … [Read more...]
Sacrifice With St. Therese {Free Printable!}
I have lots of sacrifice ideas for Catholic kids here. There's the sacrifice crown of thorns, the sacrifice beans, the sacrifice beads... what am I forgetting? So why, do you ask, have I designed yet another sacrifice device for Catholic kids? Well... first of all, teaching the concept of making sacrifices is very needed, and something our society teaches us to avoid at all costs. So it's … [Read more...]
Lenten Planning Pages- Free To Print!
Last year I came out with The Advent Christmas Planner, which was very helpful in planning a smooth Christmas season for my family. I wanted to write a Lent Easter one, but looks like that has gone on the back burner until next year. In the mean time, here's a very abbreviated version to help you out... a whole pack of Lenten planning pages! Best part about this Lenten Planning Pack? It's … [Read more...]
Almsgiving During Lent- Let's Give Better Than Our Worst To The Poor
We are all called to prayer, fasting, and almsgiving during Lent. There are endless ways to do this, and donating bags full of stuff is just 1 way. If you haven't heard of 40 days 40 bags, it's a simple concept. Each day during Lent, you fill 1 bag of stuff from your home, and donate it. You choose the size of the bag. I love doing hands-on almsgiving with kids. It's easy to forget that … [Read more...]
Lenten Sacrifice Beans- How To Plus Free Printables!
Sacrifice beans for Lent are very simple to put together, and can be a great teaching tool for kids during this special season. Usually I do the crown of thorns sacrifice thing where you pull a toothpick each time you do a good deed, but last year, even going into the attic for the crown of thorns felt like too much. So we did sacrifice beans. Honestly, it was nice to have a change! We used … [Read more...]
Saint Valentine's Day With Catholic Kids- Free Printable Pack
I was thinking about St. Valentine's Day coming up, and I couldn't believe that I don't have St. Valentine in my Alphabet Saint pack! So I decided to make a separate pack for 'ol St. Valentine. Best part about this Saint Valentine Pack? It's free for subscribers! You'll find the download on the Subscriber Bonus Page. If you're currently reading this in an email because you're already an … [Read more...]


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Can Kenya's new climate center pull green investors to Africa?
In an attempt to reposition developing economies "towards low carbon, green growth paths," the World Bank has opened its first Climate Innovation Center in Nairobi, Kenya.
The center, which will act as the heart of green economic and technological activity in Kenya, aspires to support over 70 climate-based technology ventures in the first five years. But what constitutes a "climate technology venture"? And how does the center plan to support them?
Based on reports from infoDev, the World Bank program handling the project, "climate technology ventures" encompass a wide range of potential projects: off-grid technologies, water management and purification, micro-hydro, technologies for handling flood and drought, agriculture and bio-energies. The work would include anything from solar panel stoves to better waste management. The bottom line is the center hopes to support green practices as well as increased innovation in the field.
As for how it would work, the center has proposed a wide range of services available to anyone seeking to become part of the green technology movement. Among their proposed services are the following:
- Finance: Provide risk capital through a flexible fund of $25,000 to $100,000. Lure investment beyond its initial funds by syndicating investors, building partnerships with banks for working capital and facilitating consumer finance.
- Advocacy: Work closely with local government to support clean technology adoption and raise the visibility of the center, the innovators it supports and the investors who fund them.
- Advice: Offer business and technical training including the use of equipment and greener manufacturing practices.
- Market information: Improving market visibility by developing and providing databases containing current pricing for various technologies for entrepreneurs, funders and consumers.
Despite the fact that the goals seem lofty, they were made with careful consideration in conjunction with Kenyan stakeholders. The investment pool represents a diverse range of groups including R&D facilities (2 percent), universities (6 percent), Government (14 percent), international institutions (12 percent), NGOs (23 percent), private investors (12 percent) and small-to-medium businesses (29 percent) all operating within Kenya. InfoDev spent eight months consulting these groups and identifying market gaps to understand how best to fill them.
So how does the program propose to help Kenya specifically? The center has identified several core issues facing Kenya overall that intersect with the center's goals:
- Only 14-16 percent of Kenyan households are connected to the grid.
- Traditional biomass-based fuels for cooking and heating are currently the most important source of primary energy, meaning wood fuel accounts for 68.3 percent of total consumption.
- Availability of clean water and sanitation facilities remains limited. Access to safe water is around 60 percent in urban areas and 40 percent in rural ones, while only 14 percent of the country has proper sewer systems.
- 80 percent of Kenya's land is classified as arid or semi-arid and overall rainfall is less than 1000 mm a year . However agriculture continues to be the main source of employment with over 80 percent of people employed by the farming industry.
As reiterated in infoDev reports, these issues underline the critical need for an organization such as the CIC that can foster climate innovation to help alleviate such problems.
The initial investment in CIC Kenya numbered at $15.2 million to be spread over the course of five years. The center aims to be 70-100 percent financially sustainable after a 10-year period pending "investment returns and other potential revenue." Upon its opening, CIC Kenya directly created over 4,000 new jobs with the hopes of indirectly creating another 24,000 over the next five years through supported entrepreneurship.
The project is not without risks and challenges, and infoDev has not been inclined to ignore them. In its business report on Kenya the organization identified several key market risks, from financing to market demand. However, given the fact that CIC Kenya will be the acting model for several other planned centers around the globe, it is obvious the World Bank has faith in the this project's potential for return.


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We truly appreciate the interest this group is showing in the potential combination of Sanford and MeritCare. Community support is at the foundation of what has made MeritCare a strong health system.
All members of the community, including the Citizens for MeritCare, have been invited to a Sanford-MeritCare Town Hall meeting hosted by Dr. Roger Gilbertson, MeritCare president/CEO and Kelby Krabbenhoft, Sanford president/CEO at 7 p.m. on Wed., Aug 12, Fargo Public Library Community Room. We look forward to a good discussion of the facts and concerns.
We continue to have great confidence that the region's interests are well represented by our Board of Trustees.
To read answers to community questions and get upcoming dates for additional regional town hall meetings please visit sanfordmeritcare.com.
Dr. Roger Gilbertson
MeritCare CEO/President


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News › Noted: "On the ground in Africa"
Noted: "On the ground in Africa"
November 30, 2011 by Kate Adams
International Rescue Committee president George Rupp moderated a panel discussion, "Committed: On the Ground in Africa," on Monday at the Princeton Club of New York.
The event was hosted by the Princeton in Africa fellowship program and featured personal accounts from journalists and aid workers including former IRC communications officer and Princeton in Africa fellow Emily Holland.
Emily is the co-author, with Agnes Kamara-Umunna, of "And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation." The book chronicles the experiences of former child soldiers in Liberia and the woman who recorded their stories.
Emily described a trip with the IRC to Darfur, Sudan, where she met children so traumatized by war they drew only pictures of airplanes dropping bombs. After spending time in "child-friendly spaces" run by the IRC these children showed promising signs of recovery, she said.
"They were drawing flowers, bugs, houses – all the things that children draw."
The other panelists were documentary filmmaker Michael Davie; Guinean radio journalist in exile Nasser Diallo; Femi Oke, senior editor and correspondent for WNYC's The Takeaway; and Ben Skinner, author of "A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-day Slavery."
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Why do we still have a traditional land line phone? In turns out that we don't need one.
Have you priced traditional landline telephone services lately? I admit this is something that I haven't really paid much attention to until recently.
I say recently, because like many out there, I've been spending time trying to figure out how to save a few dollars.
In my household of six (counting my eldest in college), we have six cellular phones for six people.Yet for some reason, we still have the landline based home phone which we don't dare make a long distance call from because those cost extra, while "long distance" is included with our cellular plans.
In addition, our cellular phone use has become so pervasive, we find it is often more efficient to call or send a text announcing events like dinner, then it is to scream throughout the house.
To complete the confession, I decided to look at the local landline phone bill and compare it to what we paid in 1990 and 2000 (Yes, I know it is a little weird to have this data stored in the family archives). Anyway, in 1990, the local only charges were $17.75 per month.
In 2000 our local charges were $36.75 and presently in late 2009 they are a whopping $42.00 per month – for the same features.
Now, in fairness, it is probably not a perfect comparison because the 1990 bill was from New Jersey Bell, the 2000 bill was from Alltel, and the 2009 bill was from Qwest – so there would be some variance by region and company.
Also, my monthly cost for the enhanced basic cable package (you know, the plan you get if you don't want a cable box), went from $24.50 to $44.50 to $62.50 over the same period (cable and Internet blog might be in the future…hmm).
Now, just in case you think we are complete fools, there is a reason why we still have a traditional landline phone from a traditional telephone operating company in our home.
It is because everyone knows that number – the schools, community organizations, etc. and we like having a family number, a number that says the Young household instead of a bunch of individual numbers.
Of course, there are also those intangible reasons like getting our name listed in the phone book, keeping ourselves open to the plethora of telemarketing calls, and because we've always done it that way. So given that I have come across recent enlightenment, what should we do?
As it turns out, the big cell phone companies (you know who they are) all have an add-a-phone plan if you already have a family account.
The terms vary from carrier to carrier, but effectively you can add a phone to your family account for an addition $9.99 per month and this amount includes voice mail and caller id.
In turns out that there are two solutions – cordless phone docking systems for cell phones, and landline to cellular gateways.
The gateway will make all your existing phones be extensions of up to three different cellular phones whereas the cordless phones just give you a lot of cordless handsets tied to one cell phone.
Either way, you can get the free Bluetooth enabled phone from your carrier (with contract of course) for the $9.99 and go to town, saving $30+ per month. Of course you need to buy the docking station for about $80.
The other nice thing is that, when away from home, you can take your home phone with you.
Joel Young, VP of Research and Development and CTO at Digi International, has more than 22 years of experience in developing and managing data and voice communications. He joined Digi International in June 2000 and in his current role he is responsible for research and development of all of Digi's core products.
Prior to joining Digi, Joel was VP of Sales & Marketing at Transcrypt International where he was responsible for sales, marketing, and product development for all information security products. During his tenure at Transcrypt, he also served as VP of Product Development and VP of Engineering where he was responsible for engineering, research and product development for wireless communications products, cellular telephony, wireline telephony and land mobile radio, data security and specialized digital radio products.
He also served as District Manager for AT&T Business Communications Services where he was responsible for the creation and implementation of voice processing and network database strategies, including deploying new voice processing platforms into the AT&T switched network for private network and other outbound calling services.
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Sanskrit Name: Ajna
Location: Located at the center of the forehead in the space between the eyebrows. It governs the lower brain and nervous system, the ears, the nose and the mind. Through the third eye chakra we consider our spiritual nature of insight and intuition.
When Balanced: This chakra attends to helping us develop our visualization and imagination skills to see beyond the physical world. Clear perception and intellectual abilities feel healthy and rewarding.
When Unbalanced: The effect is difficulty focusing in life, detachment and intellectual stagnation. Our bodily dysfunctions are headaches, poor memory and fuzzy thinking.
Painting, drawing, meditating and keeping a dream journal are all helpful ways in bringing balance. Working with images on a conscious level helps us to stay in control, since we're bombarded with unconscious stimulation in the environment on a daily basis.
Yoga postures are therapeutic to helping balance and maintain healthy chakra functioning. Some of the poses which benefit the sixth chakra have a forehead and visualizing focus. They help us bring awareness to the inner knower by developing our internal gaze that helps to free up our wisdom and brain power. Physi-cally opening this area also helps stretch weary eye muscles and release tension in the scalp and skull.
Here's an easy one to practice on a break during work or at home.
Eye Circles: Sit up straight or lie down comfortably. Pause and take a long deep breath in and long deep breath out to relax. Close your eyes. Imagine there's clock in front of you. Behind your eyelids, begin to circle your eyes starting at 12 o'clock. Slowly move your eyes clockwise, pausing at each number. Then go counterclockwise. Keep breathing and notice if you skip over some numbers more than others and slow down to stretch your eyes to "see" them all, without straining. Repeat three full rounds (or more). Then rub your hands together till you feel heat and massage with your fingertips around your eyebrows, temples, hairline, nose and ears. This helps release tightness and mental clutter and creates space to receive new ideas. It's a great exercise for writers block and mental fatigue. Enjoy the positive fresh energy flow that follows.
If you like, you can use one of the following to help enhance your experience while you're in the posture.
Color: Violet -- visualize this shade and its slow vibration in the opened area.
Sound: Om (rhymes with home) -- repeat this over and over, drawing out the letter "m."
Mantra: "I am the witness" -- repeat this slowly and mindfully (aloud or to yourself).
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Free Crochet Pattern from Lion Brand Yarn, formatted for input to refreshable Braille displays or Braille software
Rainbow Ribbon Scarf
Lion Brand® Incredible
Pattern Number: 30333
SKILL LEVEL: Easy (Level 2)
SIZE: One Size
4 inches x 72 inches excluding fringe
CORRECTIONS: None
520-207 Incredible Yarn: Purple Party
Brilliant gold, cerise, lavender, warm purple and sage green
Quantity needed: 3 Skeins
Estimated Price: $ 17.97
Lion Brand Crochet Hook - Size K-10.5 (6.5 mm)
Quantity needed: 1
Estimated Price: $ 2.65
Additional Materials
12 inches piece of cardboard
11 sc = 4 inches (10 cm). 4 rows (in pattern) = 1 inches (2.5 cm). When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. The needle or hook size called for in the pattern is based on what the designer used, but it is not unusual for gauge to vary from person to person. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make your swatch, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles. Making a Gauge Swatch
Exact gauges is not imporant to this project.
Row 1 Ch 200.
Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across - 199 sc.
Row 2 Ch 1, sc in first sc, *ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next sc.
Repeat from * across - 100 sc and 99 ch-1 spaces.
Row 3 Sc in first sc and next ch-1 space, *ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next ch-1 space.
Repeat from * to last sc, sc in last sc - 101 sc and 98 ch-1 spaces.
Row 4 Sc in first sc, *ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next ch-1 space.
Repeat from * to last 2 sc, ch 1, skip next sc, sc in last sc - 100 sc and 99 ch-1 spaces.
Rows 5 - 14 Repeat Rows 3 and 4 for 5 times more.
Row 15 Sc in each sc and ch1 across.
Fasten off.
Wrap ribbon around a 12 inches piece of cardboard 48 times.
Cut ribbon at lower edge.
Using 3 strands for each fringe, fold in half to form a loop.
With wrong side facing, insert crochet hook into short end of Scarf and draw loop through.
Draw ends of fringe through loop and pull gently to snug knot up to bottom of Scarf.
Attach 8 fringes evenly across each short end of Scarf.
ch(s) = chain(s)
ch-space = space previously made
sc = single crochet
Every effort has been made to have the knitting and crochet instructions accurate and complete. We cannot be responsible for variance of individual knitters and crocheters, human errors, or typographical mistakes.
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What's New
This is the second release of The ONLINE Annotated VRML 97 Reference
by Rikk Carey and Gavin Bell. This site is based on the printed book, The
VRML 2.0 Reference Manual, published by Addison Wesley Longman,
Inc.This new online version includes a variety of improvements in the Web
experience. In particular, Chapter 2 Concepts and Chapter 3 Nodes
have been divided into smaller chunks and thus results in much faster access
(Concepts has been divided into one section per page and Nodes
have been divided into one node per page). Also, the navigation bar at
the top of every page includes a pulldown menu for fast access to any section
in chapters 2 and 3 (see "Jump to a concept" and "Jump to a node").
Please let me know if you find problems or wish to comment on the site:
Rikk and Gavin
Please let me know if you find problems or wish to comment on the site:
Rikk and Gavin


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