text: Hi Roger here. I live in a little fishing town called Folkestone in the county of Kent England with my wife Tessa. Born August 27 1947 in Birmingham England. Moved to Folkestone in 2009 to be near family. I've been a photographer for about 25 yrs. I got into digital art about 5 Years ago. I love turning 2 or 3 mundane photo's into something different. My aircraft art are mainly model aircraft or full size replicas.They have never actually flown or ever will,but i like to bring them to life. I get most of my subject matter from Steve Bowe of Bowemodels who very kindly lets me use his photo's of the aircraft he's built. The results you can see on my Website Hope you see something you like Roger T.


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Tara Reid cleaned herself up at the mall last night, hiding her hacked up abs under a short black dress, to attend the red carpet of The Women in LA. Um…which junior publicist invited Ghetto Tits to the premiere of a film about female friendships and the experiences that test them???
Have not seen The Women so can't say if it's alright but even if it's not alright, can't it still be a success? Wild Hogs sucked large donkey ass – three middle aged men and one flying pilot hidden homo in a "family movie" managed to earn over $100 million at the box office.
The Women features no men, few if any women under 30, and focuses largely on women well beyond: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, and Candice Bergen too. Hollywood worships youth but will take a chance on a woman past adolescence… occasionally. If The Women is successful, perhaps those chances will come more often.
Check out Will and Jada, lovey as usual in public. Jada plays a lesbian in the movie which is amusing gossips to no end considering the Beard Purse smut that seem to be getting louder every week. Will is rumoured to be coming to Toronto to support The Secret Life of Bees. Will keep you posted.
PS. Am so over Debra Messing.
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Seniors, do you have health/beauty tips for a 17-year-old girl that will benefit her in the long run? I was wondering what you wish you knew back then to help stay in shape, wrinkle free, or just healthy in old age. I already know that smoking and tanning are horrible for wrinkling, but what are your others tips or advice?
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Kauri Dam Walk
On the Kauri Dam Walk you'll meander through regenerating forest and by the remains of an old timber dam before coming to a viewing area. About 3 hours rtn
The track travels through regenerating forest along a flat terrain for the first 5 minutes. It then drops down to enter some larger canopy trees such as totara, towai and tanekaha. The last 2 minutes walk is quite steep and slippery when wet as the track drops down to a tributary of the Pikiwahine Stream. The track ends at a railing and a viewing area.
Getting there
Kauri Dam Walk is in the Tangihua Forest, located halfway between Whangarei on Northland's east coast and Dargaville on the west coast.
Your best access into Tangihua Forest is from Omana Road. The Omana Road Tangihua access car park has parking for 15 cars. You will need to walk 30 minutes along a formed road to the bush line.
The Kauri Dam Walk enters the forest off the road to the Lions Lodge. You will find the entrance sign near the viewing platform and turnaround area.


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(a) SINGLE APPLICATION FORM- Section 498(b) (20 U.S.C. 1099c(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking `and capability' and inserting `financial responsibility, and administrative capability';
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
`(3) requires--
`(A) a description of the third party servicers of an institution of higher education; and
`(B) the institution to maintain a copy of any contract with a financial aid service provider or loan servicer, and provide a copy of any such contract to the Secretary upon request;';
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting `; and'; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
`(5) provides, at the option of the institution, for participation in one or more of the programs under part B or D.'.
(b) FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STANDARDS- Section 498(c) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the first sentence, by striking `with respect to operating losses, net worth, asset to liabilities ratios, or operating fund deficits' and inserting `regarding ratios that demonstrate financial responsibility,'; and
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting `, public,' after `for profit';
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting `that the Secretary determines are reasonable' after `guarantees'; and
(3) in paragraph (4)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking `ratio of current assets to current liabilities' and inserting `criteria'; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking `current operating ratio requirement' and inserting `criteria'.
(c) FINANCIAL GUARANTEES FROM OWNERS-
(1) AMENDMENT- Section 498(e) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any individual who--
`(A) the Secretary determines, in accordance with paragraph (2), exercises substantial control over an institution participating in, or seeking to participate in, a program under this title;
`(B) is required to pay, on behalf of a student or borrower, a refund of unearned institutional charges to a lender, or to the Secretary; and
`(C) willfully fails to pay such refund or willfully attempts in any manner to evade payment of such refund,
shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be liable to the Secretary for the amount of the refund not paid, to the same extent with respect to such refund that such an individual would be liable as a responsible person for a penalty under section 6672(a) of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the nonpayment of taxes.'.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be effective with respect to any unpaid refunds that were first required to be paid to a lender or to the Secretary on or after 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
(d) APPLICATIONS AND SITE VISITS- Section 498(f) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking `; SITE VISITS AND FEES' and inserting `AND SITE VISITS';
(2) in the second sentence, by striking `shall' and inserting `may';
(3) in the third sentence--
(A) by striking `may establish' and insert `shall establish'; and
(B) by striking `may coordinate' and inserting `shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate'; and
(4) by striking the fourth sentence.
(e) TIME LIMITATIONS ON, AND RENEWAL OF, ELIGIBILITY- Subsection (g) of section 498 is amended to read as follows:
`(g) TIME LIMITATIONS ON, AND RENEWAL OF, ELIGIBILITY-
`(1) GENERAL RULE- After the expiration of the certification of any institution under the schedule prescribed under this section (as this section was in effect prior to the enactment of the Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998), or upon request for initial certification from an institution not previously certified, the Secretary may certify the eligibility for the purposes of any program authorized under this title of each such institution for a period not to exceed 6 years.
`(2) NOTIFICATION- The Secretary shall notify each institution of higher education not later than 6 months prior to the date of the expiration of the institution's certification.
`(3) INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES- The Secretary shall promulgate regulations regarding the recertification requirements applicable to an institution of higher education outside of the United States that meets the requirements of section 102(a)(1)(C) and received less than $500,000 in funds under part B for the most recent year for which data are available.'.
(f) PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATION- Section 498(h)(2) is amended--
(1) by striking `the approval' and inserting `the recognition'; and
(2) by striking `of approval' and inserting `of recognition'.
(g) CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP- Section 498(i) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(4)(A) The Secretary may provisionally certify an institution seeking approval of a change in ownership based on the preliminary review by the Secretary of a materially complete application that is received by the Secretary within 10 business days of the transaction for which the approval is sought.
`(B) A provisional certification under this paragraph shall expire not later than the end of the month following the month in which the transaction occurred, except that if the Secretary has not issued a decision on the application for the change of ownership within that period, the Secretary may continue such provisional certification on a month-to-month basis until such decision has been issued.'.
(h) TREATMENT OF BRANCHES- The second sentence of section 498(j)(1) is amended by inserting `after the branch is certified by the Secretary as a branch campus participating in a program under this title,' after `2 years'.
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Sub-regional Training Course for the 2nd Arabic Version of the World Heritage Education Kit
AMMAN, Jordan
18-30 May 2004
Workshop Recommendations
- Enlisting an item on the Agenda of the Arab National Commissions' Meeting to be held in June, 2004, at Sana'a , Yemen on: The Role of ASPnet in enhancing role of quality education through its pioneer projects, particularly UNESCO Project, related to Youth's participation in the protection and preservation of world heritage.
- Coordination and Continuous communication with ALECSO and ISESCO organizations to support "World Heritage in Young Hands" Project in the Arab Region.
- Calling upon ALECSO Organization to declare "Arab Heritage Day".
- Calling upon Arab National Commissions to cooperation with UNESCO Office in Amman to launch Twin Project among Associated Schools to UNESCO, to enhance the protection and preservation of heritage and to communicate with peoples and respect other cultures, with taking into consideration the existence of electronic mail (e-mail) and web-site on the Internet, as well as time-difference, in order to enhance Arab-European dialogue.
- Forming national commissions to supervise the project on teaching world heritage, that would include mainly the national coordinator for Associated Schools to UNESCO, coordinator for Project on Teaching World Heritage for Youth, and representatives for Ministries of Education - Culture - Tourism & Antiquities - Environment.... Civil Societies and media representatives.
- Launching orientation campaigns with all their forms, in cooperation with media representatives, official and non-official institutions and local society.
- Preparing a media plan for the project and providing UNESCO with it.
- Inserting the teaching of file and training programs of teachers' institutes, as well as the training courses held by Ministries of Education for teachers during service, at Teachers' training institutes, to Associated and non-Associated Schools.
- Circulating World Declaration on Cultural Diversity.
- Stressing the fact that historical heritage is not separated from environment and it encourages at the same time internal and external tourism, as well as expresses cultural diversity.
- Serious and continuous work on simplifying the file to allow the participation of children in benefiting from it.
- Convening a rotating national meeting to evaluate the flow of work of the project and to develop a new method
- Specifying a part of programs of school radio broadcasting to show values of forgiveness in religious beliefs, to achieve peace culture among peoples.
- Displaying video films which show peoples' cultures and what is connected to their heritage.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defence Ministry said, prompting Western powers to urge Pyongyang to exercise restraint.
Launches by the North of short-range missiles are not uncommon but, after recent warnings from the communist state of impending nuclear war, such actions raise concerns about the region's security.
"North Korea fired short-range guided missiles twice in the morning and once in the afternoon off its east coast," an official at the South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman's office said by telephone.
The official declined to speculate on whether the missiles had been fired as part of a drill or training exercise.
"In case of any provocation, the ministry will keep monitoring the situation and remain on alert," he said.
A Japanese government source noted the three launches, but said none of the missiles had landed in Japan's territorial waters, the Kyodo news agency reported.
Tension on the Korean peninsula has subsided in the past month, having run high for several weeks after the United Nations Security Council imposed tougher sanctions against Pyongyang following its third nuclear test in February.
The North had for weeks issued nearly daily warnings of impending nuclear war with the South and the United States.
The United States declined to comment directly on the reported launches but said it was monitoring the situation.
"We continue to urge North Korea to exercise restraint and take steps to improve its relations with its neighbours," the State Department and the Pentagon said in a statement.
Britain's Foreign Office said: "We have been clear to North Korea that its long-term interests will not be served by threatening the international community and increasing regional tensions."
North Korea conducts regular launches of its Scud short-range missiles, which can hit targets in South Korea.
It conducted a successful launch of a long-range missile last December, saying it had put a weather satellite into orbit. The United States and its allies denounced the launch as a test of technology that could one day deliver a nuclear warhead.
During the weeks of high tension, South Korea reported that the North had moved missile launchers into place on its east coast for the possible launch of a medium-range Musudan missile. The Musudan has a range of 3,500 km, putting Japan in range and possibly the U.S. South Pacific island of Guam. (Reporting by Jane Chung; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)


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Touring the sports world, here and there …
That new ticket pricing system for Angels games is going to make sense when we all get used to it. It is based upon the simple market concept of supply and demand.
Looking at the first two Angels home games, April 9 and 10 against Oakland, provides a good example. People think they absolutely must be at Opening Night, so the cheapest seat available Tuesday morning for the April 9 game was $53.50 for the left-field pavilion. You can get the same seat for April 10 for $26.25.
An opening night seat on the field level behind the right-field foul pole is $84.50, while an upper view seat between first and third base is $67.50. Upper view between first and third provides a superior view of the game, but there are some who strangely believe that you can see the game better from that low angle a couple of hundred feet from the diamond where most of the game is played.
How many times have you seen this on the streets near a stadium or arena? One guy is holding a makeshift cardboard sign that reads, "I Need Tickets" and 10 feet away is a guy holding up a fistful of tickets for sale.
Angels reliever Ryan Madson, still on a rehab program, stretched his throwing distance to 75 feet Monday. That's 14 feet, 6 inches beyond the distance that most concerns Angels fans.
It would be cool if the Angels, en route to Orange County from Arizona at the end of spring training, played a weekend's worth of games in Palm Springs for old-time's sake. The Angels played spring training games at the little stadium there from 1961-92. The Palm Springs Power of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball League plays there during summers now.
The Lakers will make the playoffs, and they will advance once they get there. All an NBA team has to do is win one road game to swing things its way, and veteran clubs such as the Lakers always are a threat in a playoff road game.
The San Antonio Spurs are old, but they will continue to win if they keep running half-court sets better than any other NBA team.
A lot of people are interested in how Danica Patrick will fare on the NASCAR circuit because she is an attractive woman. A lot of people want Danica Patrick to fail because she is an attractive woman.
With the Kings moving into playoff contention, soon it will be time to get excited about the potential for what would be an epic Ducks-Kings playoff series.
A lot was made of it on Dan Patrick's radio show on KLAC/570 Tuesday morning, but the measuring of NFL prospects' hand size has been around for a while now. It's a good measurement to have when evaluating receivers and quarterbacks. Dave Krieg was said to have Hobbit hands, but he had a good run as Seattle's quarterback in the 1980s.
The San Diego Chargers probably wish fumble-prone running back Ryan Mathews had tentacles instead of hands.
The Chargers should spend most of their time at the combine looking at offensive linemen. Chargers quarterbacks in 2012 were sacked 49 times, second most in the NFL. Also responsible for that statistic was wide receivers' inability to get open. Tight end Antonio Gates does not get open as much as he used to, now that he no longer can make those quick cuts.
The Oakland Raiders want to restructure the contract of quarterback Carson Palmer. The Santa Margarita/USC alum is scheduled to make $13 million this year. He could be in a good bargaining position because, going into the draft, the Raiders' only other option there is Terrelle Pryor, who does not look like a franchise quarterback.


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This section explains the policy attributes that govern password expiration.
To ensure that users change their passwords regularly, you can configure Directory Server to have passwords expire after the passwords reach a certain age, by setting pwdMaxAge(5dsat).
Users must be informed that their passwords are going to expire. You can configure Directory Server to return a warning that the password used to bind is going to expire. Use pwdExpireWarning(5dsat) to define how long before expiration that the warning should be returned when a client binds. Notice that the client application gets the warning. The user does not get the warning directly. Client applications must notify the end user when the applications receive the warning that the password is about to expire.
You can allow users one or more tries to bind with an expired password, by setting pwdGraceAuthNLimit(5dsat). Users who failed to change their passwords in time can thus still bind to change their passwords. Be aware that, when a user binds with a grace login, the user can perform any operation. A grace login works as if the password had not expired.
Directory Server updates the operational attribute pwdChangedTime(5dsat) every time that the password on the entry is modified. As a result, if you wait to enable password expiration, user passwords that have already aged expire immediately when you enable password expiration. Use warnings and grace logins if this behavior is not what you intend.


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March 10, 1941 - September 24, 2013
New Windsor, NY
Chin S. Quicksell of New Windsor, entered into eternal rest on September 24, 2013 at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY.
She was born on March 10, 1941 in Korea. She was the loving wife of Donald Quicksell since 1967. Chin was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in New Windsor.
Survivors include her husband, Donald of New Windsor, and her two sons: Edward of New Windsor and John of Campbell Hall.
Visitation will be held on September 26th from 5 to 8 p.m. at Brooks Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Ave, Newburgh. A Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 27th at Brooks Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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SEK Symphony performs March 13
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
The Southeast Kansas Symphony will present its third subscription concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, in the Sharon K. Dean Recital Hall, McCray Hall, on the Pittsburg State University campus.
The concert will feature cellist Matthew Herrn, peforming the timeless Saint-Saëns cello concerto No. 1. The program will also include Leonard Bernstein's famous "Mambo" from "West Side Story," Edward Elgar's "Ninrod" from "Enigma Variations" and Arturo Márquez's "Danzón" No.2.
The Friends of the Symphony and the Southeast Kansas Symphony board will recognize Paul Carlson, a longtime member of the symphony and PSU Music Department professor emeritus, with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Carlson still collaborates with the ensemble and plays in the first violin section.
The symphony will dedicate one of its pieces to the University of Southern Mississippi School of Music for damages caused by a tornado in February. Southern Miss has initiated a rebuilding campaign, but classes are still being held in churches, high schools, and other alternative places since any of the three buildings.
Symphony Director Raúl Munguía is a USM alumnus who was living with his family on the Southern Miss campus when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
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Dr Pepper Cherry is Sealed with a (Gene Simmons) Kiss
Plano, Texas-based Dr Pepper, a brand of Dr Pepper Snapple Group, just got a whole lot smoother with the introduction of the new flavor Dr Pepper Cherry in two varieties Regular and Diet. This new blend combines the taste of Dr Pepper with just a kiss or the perfect amount of cherry flavor.
"We're excited to offer consumers a smooth new way to enjoy Dr Pepper with the availability of Dr Pepper Cherry," says Allison Methvin, director of marketing for Dr Pepper. "It's a whole new reason to try Dr Pepper."
Dr Pepper has searched the Rock Legends to find its latest pop culture doc, Kiss front man and founder of the legendary rock band Gene Simmons, to introduce new Dr Pepper Cherry. Simmons stars in a new commercial, letting fans know that Dr Pepper Cherry has just a kiss of cherry flavor, making it amazingly smooth. Simmons' "Dr. Love" will be the third Dr in the "Trust Me, I'm a Dr" advertising campaign, joining the ranks of basketball legend Dr. J (Julius Erving) and Dr. Frasier Crane (award-winning actor Kelsey Grammer).


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I hope you enjoyed taking a virtual hike of Sowbelly Canyon. As the pictures showed, it was a canyon of varying terrain. Some of it burned quite badly, and it will take years before the soil allows regrowth. But, amazingly, … Continue reading
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The buttes in the canyon were quite beautiful and easy to hike to. I was amazed to find a small pine tree, unaffected by the fire, growing out of one of the buttes. It was quite the image of determination. … Continue reading
We were lucky to have several springs and a running creek in the canyon. It's a rare thing in the West, which is suffering from a horrible drought. The water ran cool and clear. … Continue reading
This blog entry is really a photo essay of rebirth in the canyon. You may recognize the locations in the first pictures…or maybe you don't. They were very badly burned and are pictured at the beginning of the hike, back … Continue reading
As spring approached, it became clear that the canyon was going to be even more beautiful than before the fire, something we had never imagined to be possible. Buttes that had been invisible could now be seen. And along with … Continue reading
There was an interesting weather phenomenon called freezing fog that happened in the canyon after the wildfire. Fog moved in during the winter and because it was cold, it froze on many things in the canyon. Many times, because of … Continue reading
With all of this devastation, you might think that nothing could grow back or that if it did, it took a very long time, perhaps waiting until the next spring. We did still have black hillsides even a year … Continue reading
The ranch where Tapestry was located in Nebraska was not your ordinary working ranch. We didn't have any cows, for example. We had personal animals, wild Mustangs and wild buffalo. Thanks to the help of local people, we were able … Continue reading
When we moved to the canyon, we knew the forest was overgrown. It had many dog-hair thickets – trees growing so close together that they become very thin and tall. The thickets were created by logging done over the years … Continue reading
The landscape after a wildfire like the one we had is very interesting. It's very quiet because all of the animals have moved to safer ground or, sadly, been consumed by the fire. It's very ashy and very black. The … Continue reading


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Want to know where you figure into the income percentages? This page will tell you, But to answer at what level one is in the 1% (with 99% of Americans making less than you), here's a small chart:
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I was surprised that the cutoff point for being a 1%er was so low! I think most of us assumed that to be in the 1% club you had to be at least a millionaire, not a "hundred thousandaire."
If only they limited themselves to houses. Much of their spending benefits workers in other countries. And even with houses, how scrupulous are they to make sure the labor isn't illegal immigrants?
Enough Americans would be willing to pick produce if the farmers paid what is regarded as a living wage in America. Some sort of minimum wage enforcement for farm workers tied with some enforcement to make sure minimum work conditions were maintained would bring Americans into the produce picking workforce. I can't blame Americans for not wanting to pick produce under the conditions undocumenteds from south of the border work under.
If someone wants an avocado to make some guacamole, what option would they have? If it were to involve fresh vegetables, it might mean buying avocados grown and picked by Mexicans IN Mexico clearly marked "Produce Imported From Mexico," keeping the price down and inviting Mexicans not to cross the border.
Both, actually.
You still haven't mastered the art of clicking on the Reply link in the post you want to reply to? This reply of yours is actually a reply to yourself not to my post about why so few Americans want to pick fruit and vegetables.
I suspect the people who came up with the 99%/1% split as a bit of demagoguery wanted to go after multimillionaires but found that trying to say 99.9%/0.1% (or whatever the correct proportion is; I figure I can't be too far off!) was just too cumbersome.
I personally had ONE year in the top 1% as the result of a windfall, never to be repeated; the tax bill alone was more than I had made any other year of my life. Counting that year and the year before it I've bounced all over that chart from then until now, including a year of being bottom 10%..
This is a crazy statistic:
78 percent of NFL players are bankrupt or facing serious financial stress within two years of ending their playing careers and that 60percent of NBA players are broke within five years of retiring from the game
Many people do not know how to handle large amounts of money prudently. The same sort of thing happens to lottery winners as well.
There's some anecdotal evidence (see #4) that chronically poor people have a tendency to think of spending the money before it disappears. (I've seen the behaviors described in the linked article personally as well.)
There was just an item on a national news broadcast which linked life expectancy to income. The upper income levels have the highest life expectancies, probably, according to the item, due to the greater access to doctors and quality health care.
The disparity n income levels is widening, not narrowing.


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Tweet with peers and experts Tuesday, May 1 at 10 a.m. PST, about increasing mobile devices on your network and how you're managing. #ciscowifi (what is a Tweetchat?)
When you live in the Bay Area, few things are consistent. With so many innovators in our midst, technology, culture and food are always evolving. The one thing we can count on is traffic. From Silicon Valley to the Golden Gate Bridge, there is nothing more predictable or aggravating. Which is why we treasure the ability to work from home, keep our hours flexible and leave our cars at home whenever possible. With bridge construction planned for the weekend, I knew I'd be relying on my bike to get around San Francisco without the frustration of getting stuck, waiting for space and looking for parking.
Similar, but slightly more technical, is preparing your network for high density as the influx of tablets and smart phones starts to crowd the network and affect performance. In both cases, the ideal scenario is to understand that there will be roadblocks, but to plan accordingly to maintain steady movement and efficiency. Our recent Mobility Tech Deep Dive Webinar "Understanding the Challenges and Solutions of Increasingly Crowded Networks" discussed the challenges organizations are facing and how they can plan for and avoid these challenges. Read my previous blog for a short introduction to the main points of that webinar.
From educational institutions to stadiums to business campuses, more users are counting on the network to make video calls from conference rooms, stream information, access business applications and all of them are relying on an average of 2-3 devices per user!
In order to make any progress, wireless reliability, secure network connectivity, high throughput and pervasive wireless coverage are essential. Cisco Technical Marketing Engineer Jim Florwick walked us through Cisco's 802.11n optimized data, voice and video applications along with best practices for assessment and configuration. Additionally, he explained how Cisco ClientLink 2.0 improves reliability and coverage while extending battery life of a device. By understanding the importance of and how to integrate Cisco CleanAir, VideoStream, Unified Policy and Access Management (just to name a few) into a network, any organization can avoid the major roadblocks and jams that could derail a network from providing secure, high quality connectivity.
Riding my bike all over town, I did end up with a bit of a sunburn. I was so busy getting things done, instead of cooped up in the car, that I didn't notice how long I'd been out and that it might be time to reapply. Just like your organization may be so excited with the way things are going that nobody's realized it's time to migrate up… but that's a topic for another day!
More info and upcoming Cisco Mobility events:
May 17, 8:00 a.m. PST: Understand IPv6 for Mobility (Can your network support IPv6 for the deluge of new devices?)
May 23, 8:00 a.m. PST: Cisco BYOD System Overview – Learn more about the Cisco Architectural Approach to BYOD
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Art of Astonishment Volume 3
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Last in a three volume set of books. Included essays and conversations with Eric Mead.
|Art of Astonishment Volume 3
|Paul Harris
|André Hagen
|A-1 MultiMedia
|Tony Dunn
|Publication Date
|Preceded by
|Art of Astonishment Volume 2
|Denis Behr's Conjuring Archive
- 2 Astonishing Editor: Andre Hagen.
- 5 Other Side of Astonishment.
- 13 Shape of Astonishment (New Stuff). The image of the head side of a coin is embossed on a scrap of foil. When the coin is turned over the image changes to the tail side.
- 17 Window of Opportunity (New Stuff). While performing magic at party your signed business card vanishes and reappears inside an unopened envelope that someone else mailed to your host.
- 21 Hot Chocolate (New Stuff) Produce a full bar of chocolate from the folded wrapper you carry in your wallet.
- 23 Anything Deck (New Stuff). You display and set aside a small packet of cards. Then you have a card selected and ask for a 'special' word. The special word is used to locate the selection. Finally, the packet of cards is displayed and each has a large letter on it's back. The letters spell out the special word.
- 27 Peanut Butter and Jellyfish (New Stuff). Floating bread
- 29 Rumpled Splitskin (New Stuff). A pair of business cards (one of which is signed) magically weld together.
- 31 Free Ride (New Stuff). A simple method of adding a card or cards to the deck during a performance.
- 33 Arrow Split Arrow (New Stuff). A card is tossed into the air and boomerang's back into the deck splitting a card.
- 37 Bat Fishing (New Stuff). A dollar bill is borrowed and a eight cards are selected. The numerical values of the eight cards make up the serial number of the borrowed bill.
- 41 Membrane (New Stuff). A card is selected and turns out to be the one with the 'secret mark'. The mark is then transfered onto the card case, vanishes from there and appears on another card.
- 45 Membrane with a Pack of Smokes (New Stuff).
- 49 Swing Thing (New Stuff). A packet of Equal sweetner (or sugar) is opened, dumped into a folded bill, and then restored to it's original state.
- 51 Tic-Tac (New Stuff). Coin in the bottle done with a dime and a box of Tic Tacs.
- 53 Leaf (New Stuff). A leaf is removed from a plant, marked and reattached.
- 57 Bizarre Vanish (Close Up Fantasies Finale). The Bizarre Twist mutates to a method of vanishing a card.
- 63 Close Quarters (Close Up Fantasies Finale). Daryl's method of welding two quarters into a half dollar.
- 65 Heartburn (Close Up Fantasies Finale). A playing card is struck on a matchbook and ignites.
- 67 Mickey Mouse Math (Close Up Fantasies Finale). A nine spot is split into two and a seven. The two is subtracted from the seven leaving a five. Futher magical math is done until the selection is created.
- 71 Torn and Restored Deck (Close Up Fantasies Finale). The illusion of a torn pack of cards.
- 75 Shuffle Time (Close Up Fantasies Finale). Cards are produced to show that the deck can tell time. However, the time is incorrect until the magician waves his hands and changed the time zone to local time. The cards then display the correct time.
- 79 Strange Exchange (Close Up Fantasies Finale). A transposition between a card and a coin.
- 83 Just Call Me Mr. Wonderful (Close Up Fantasies Finale). A flourish for removing the pack from it's case using only one hand.
- 87 Bill Collector (Close Up Fantasies Finale). A card penetrates a bill and rises from the deck.
- 91 Guts (Close Up Fantasies Finale). Signed card to wallet
- 99 Improvised Screwed Deck (revised) (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A deck is twisted so that one end is face up and one is face down and then restored.
- 105 Hi There BabyCakes (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A name and phone number, written on two cards fuse together on one card.
- 109 Perfectionist (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A three phase routine in which the cards separate into red and black piles, the piles transpose and the deck instantly mixes using 'reverse psychology'.
- 115 Instant Replay (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A card hops off the deck and into your other hand. It then hops back onto the deck.
- 119 Simple Switch (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A 'both directions at once version' of Instant Replay.
- 121 Headache (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A King of Hearts stabs himself in the head with a sword.
- 125 Bad Estimate (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A demo of cut estimation goes wrong with entertaining results.
- 129 Return of the Bizarre Shrink (revised) (Close-Up Kinda Guy). The Bizarre principle is used to shrink a playing card.
- 133 Chocolate Coin (Close-Up Kinda Guy). The surface of a quarter is pulled back revealing that it is a clever Swiss (chocolate) counterfeit.
- 139 Cardcuffs (Brainstorm in the Bahamas). While his thumbs are locked in a pair of thumbcuffs made from a playing card a selected card is found.
- 141 Bent Copper-Silver Transposition (Brainstorm in the Bahamas). During a simple penny and dime transposition a spectator bends the penny.
- 143 Hefty Penetration (Brainstorm in the Bahamas). A card, locked inside a Ziplock bag rises and penetrates the bag.
- 147 Hedonist Makes Up All The Rules (Brainstorm in the Bahamas). A card trick without cards.
- 153 Card Well Hung (Brainstorm in the Bahamas). Card on coat hanger.
- 157 Free Lunch (Brainstorm in the Bahamas). Visual oddity wherein a cocktail weenie is produces at the spectator's fingertips.
- 161 Diary of a P H. Video (Close-Up Seductions). Humor.
- 163 Limo Service (Close-Up Seductions). A Aces and Jacks routine. The jacks are magically transported into the card case while the audience is "distracted" by the aces.
- 167 Seductive Switch (Close-Up Seductions). a Blackjack themed transposition.
- 173 Blue Tattoo (Revised) (Close-Up Seductions). One by one a number of red cards absorb a bit of blue ink from a blue card and change color. This fades leaving you with red cards once again.
- 177 Unhinged (Close-Up Seductions). A folding deck effect.
- 181 10 (Close-Up Seductions). From guest contributor Jay Sankey. An Ace, Two, Three and Four are merged into one Jumbo Ten.
- 185 Bushwhacker (Close-Up Seductions). A version of Larry Jenning's "Close Up Illusion" without the slit card.
- 191 Sweet Stuff (Close-Up Seductions). A coin and the contents of a sugar packet change places.
- 195 Michael's Proposition (Close-Up Seductions) Michael Ammar's addition to to Free Flight which causes the final coin and the card to appear under the spectator's hand.
- 197 Bleached Blackjack (Close-Up Seductions). Showing a bad hand of sixteen the magician erases the six, leaving a blank card. The blank card is transformed into an Ace giving the performer a winning Blackjack hand.
- 205 Mead on P.H (Magical Arts Journal). Essay by Eric Mead.
- 207 Whack Your Pack aka Reflex (Magical Arts Journal). A spectator thinks of a card, it vanishes and reappears in your pocket under test conditions and with amazing humor.
- 211 Juke (Magical Arts Journal). David Harkey's take on Reflex.
- 215 Free Flight (Magical Arts Journal). Coins vanish from your hand and appear under a single playing card.
- 219 Tap Dancing Aces (revised) (Magical Arts Journal). Aces vanish from your hands and appear in and one the deck.
- 227 P.H. Invisible Palm aka Open Travelers (Magical Arts Journal). Humorous pseudo-explaination of how the Tap Dancing Aces works.
- 235 Mondo Nifty Invisible Palm (Magical Arts Journal). More invisible palm stuff.
- 241 Big-Time Las Vegas Leaper (Magical Arts Journal). TCards Across routine ever.
- 249 Biological Shuffle (Revised) (Magical Arts Journal). The performer accidentally shuffles his fingers into the deck. Extracting them a number of cards stick to his fingers... they turn out to be four of a kind (your choice).
- 253 Galaxy (Magical Arts Journal). Paul takes on Out Of This World.
- 259 Break-Out Group Boredom Buster (Secrets of the Astonishing Executive). Names are written on the backs of five business cards which are ripped in half and mixed then dealt into pairs of halves. EVERY pair turns out to be matched with it's other half.
- 263 Client-Confidence Sugar Shocker (Secrets of the Astonishing Executive). The old double-headed coin con using sugar packets.
- 265 Instant Incompetency l.Q Test (Secrets of the Astonishing Executive).
- 269 Burbling of a Pea (Secrets of the Astonishing Executive). A pea floats on a cushion of air, coming out of your mouth.
- 271 Perfect Ten Paper Clip Paradox. he old mathematical puzzle done with office supplies.
- 275 The Late For Lunch Miracle Maneuver. A waiter is asked to set your watch to a random time and conceal it's face from you. You borrow a friends watch and set it to a random time. They match.
- 277 Mom's Come and Go but a Rolex is Forever (Secrets of the Astonishing Executive).
- 281 Cube (Misc Pieces of Paul). A cube is made out of playing cards. The four fours are shown. One vanishes and becomes part of the cube.
- 285 Bizarre Stretch (Misc Pieces of Paul). A streching card illusion.
- 291 Torn Mentalist (Misc Pieces of Paul). The card case flap is torn from the card case and handed to a spectator who jabs it into the middle of the deck. He manages to place it right between the two cards written on the unseen other side of the case flap. As an afterthought the magician restores the torn card case.
- 295 P.H. Breakthrough (revised) (Misc Pieces of Paul). A deck is set atop it's case then pushed through the top and back inside.
- 299 Shuffling Lesson (Astonishing Friends). Chad Long's wonderful handling for the spectator finds the aces. Under the guise of a shuffling lesson a spectator manages not only to find four of a kind but to beat the magician's four of a kind.
- 303 Voodoo Card (Astonishing Friends). Damage done to a specator's card also occurs to a close mate card (3 clubs /3 spades).
- 307 Dollar Box (Astonishing Friends) Origami fold for turning a dollar into a box.
- 311 Hot-Shot Cut (Astonishing Friends) Paul's handling of Daryl's flourish.
- 313 Sankey on P.H.: Paul Sankey's essay on Paul.
- 317 Kitchen Magician (Conversations from the Edge)
- 319 NoWhere Man (Conversations from the Edge) Two almost possible trick concepts give an entertaining look into Paul's creative process.
See also
- Art of Astonishment the video
- Art of Astonishment Volume 1
- Art of Astonishment Volume 2
- Paul Harris effects not included in AoA
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We were miles from any road it seemed, but chukar habitat in North America is generally not near agricultural land. So we did some serious driving in with the help of a sturdy four wheel drive to where we could hike in. Not for photos or fun, but stalking what was becoming, to me, as elusive as a steelhead trout. For we weren't hunting the "raised to be hunted" chukar, who can't run, can't fly and has all the cunning of of parakeet, lounging on it's shrubbery couch on a "preserve", somewhere flat. We were after the wild chukar.
The bird is known as chukar partridge, red-legged partridge, rock partridge, Indian hill partridge, kau-ka, keklik and, for people without spell check, chukka, chukkar, chukker, chuker, or chukor. The full scientific name of our subject is Aves Galliformes Phasianidae Alectoris Chukar.
The name comes from the sound they make, though like most game birds, the vocalizations are divided into the categories of alarm, courtship and social contact. The chuck, chuck, chuck is the most common call from both sexes that over time sounds more like a chukar-chukar, and can be heard from a surprisingly long distance.
Chukar were first introduced into North America in 1893 by W.O. Blaisdell from Illinois who imported five pairs from India. Alectoris chukar was introduced en masse during the 1930's and have established populations in all of the western states and into Canada. I was hunting in Carbon County, in Montana, where my family is from.
I've pheasant hunted in Iowa and I can't remember walking in so hard and so far to chase a little bird that, size wise, would be simply a snack to the average lumberjack. With pheasants you can hunt where it's flat, places good for aging knees and a hiker with an extra 20 pounds. Chukar? These boys like to live up near a ridge line that a goat would get altitude sickness at.
Chukar hunting is not for those that don't like to hike uphill. This bird likes slope grades over 7 percent with a rise of at least 200 feet. It's also not for the hunter who is not prepared for a small bird that, when spooked, reacts like a pilot of a high performance aircraft, turning altitude into speed as he flies downhill faster than you can get your bead on him. There he is! Where'd he go? The chukar is not a shy little schooboy like the bobwhite. He's a elusive little guerrilla fighter. That's part of what makes a chukar hunt worth the cramping muscles, the blister and the dangers of high, crumbling elevations.
Our eyes searched back and forth, looking for sign. Chuker droppings naturally, or an area of possible roosts. Chukars roost on the ground, usually under an outcrop, or lacking that, some brush, the nests being little more than simple scrapes, sometimes lined with their own feathers or grasses. Spotting one of these will be like spotting a hint of sense in a legislative bill. Doesn't mean you don't try though. If there are nests, they will be within 2 miles of water and water was nearby.
From up above, the siren call, chuck chuck chuck, not laughing at me as some hunters say about the call, but rather bring it on, bring it on. Not a mock but a challenge, telling me come on up and join me, pit your forces against my world. A challenge I can't resist. In Indian mythology, the Chukar sometimes symbolizes intense, and often unrequited, love, the chukar allegedly in love with the moon, sending out it's call to it's desire. It's a call I can not ignore.
I was hunting with friends from work, walking 40 yards apart or so, the dog forming a small four legged shadow to me, panting, eager. The tail began the wag. A sign that she smelled that extra treat in my pocket or there were birds in the area. A few loners, or a covey? A covey is formed of adults and their offspring, meeting up with other small groups around a common water source. You could easily see a hundred birds in a group like that. But this area had recently had a spring rain. With the rainfall, the birds would have likely scattered like leaves and those small groups remaining together would be the smaller and tightly knit family groups.
We knew well enough about the rain, we'd been caught in it. I don't care how hardy you are, there's nothing worse than a cold soaking rain when you're out in the wild, not expecting it. There's just NO getting warm. Movement is treacherous, the ground is a food sucking mess, alternating with slippery rock that would just as soon fling you down the mountainside, then give you a firm footing. The rain washes the scent from the air til even your dog starts getting cbored and cranky. It can be miserable. It can be mind numbing. The sensible thing to do would be to pack it in and go home and watch "Mythbusters". But when you look at the terrain of Chukar Country the word "sensible" just doesn't come to mind.
Today, though was cold but dry, so we continued until that moment came. It was the one I'd waited for, the dog going into point, the screech and a whistle of a bird too frantic to stay, exploding from an outcropping, diving down slope, green eyes looking up, looking down, and the burst from a 12 gauge echoing down the canyon. There was nothing left in the air but the shadow of motion and speed , the bird plunging to the ground 75 yards downhill. No one spoke. I stood, and there was only the snow, and the frigid air and the smell of gunpowder in the air.
The bird is small, hardly enough to feed the three of us, but that's not why we are here really. As a dense, gray feathered rocket bursts forth from the last hiding spot, I realize, it's not about the bird, it's seizing that last brace of freedom for both predator and prey.
From 40 yards to my 3 o'clock position comes an artillery of birds from a group of low shrubs. Guns raised, I simply wait, giving them their shot. Sharing with my friends that brief, unsubstantiated moment of glory that can not last, but will. Moments remembered in those quiet times when flesh hesitates to speak, but memory remains. Memories of the high country, a fierce little bird with many names. Chasing it down the draws that led me deeper into the wilderness of my heart.


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Engineers for NASA's Mars Odyssey mission are examining data from the orbiter to determine whether onboard backup systems never used by the 6-year-old spacecraft could still be available if needed.
Odyssey reported last week that a power processing component of the backup, or "B-side," systems had stopped working. The component, the high-efficiency power supply, has a twin that is continuing to serve the "A-side" hardware, which is operating normally. Odyssey has stayed on its A-side systems, including the A-side flight computer, since launch on April 7, 2001. However, the A-side power supply cannot serve most systems on the B-side, including the backup B-side computer. If engineers do not determine a way to restore the B-side power supply, most of the backup hardware would not be available, if it were ever needed.
Odyssey is in its second extended mission. The orbiter is conducting scientific observations and also serving as the primary communications relay for NASA's Mars rovers. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Odyssey Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft.


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Sometimes, no matter how hard one tries to make bill payments on time and to avoid excessive debt, bad credit happens. Everyone with a credit record also has a credit score and lenders use these scores to determine loan rates and possibilities. A higher score is better than a lower score.
Loan officer and Great Plains Federal Credit Union manager Elizabeth Wine said cleaning up bad credit is imperative to raising a lending score to acceptable status.
"The first thing one needs to do is go to one of the credit bureaus online and get an up-to-date credit report," Wine said. "Then start with the most recent entries and try to clean them up."
Wine suggested writing letters to entities noted on the credit report, starting with the most current entries.
"The most recent marks are the most important," she said. "Older credit infractions do not carry as much weight for the lender."
Many financial advisers suggest that individuals review their credit scores at least once a year. While federal law requires lenders and other companies to provide accurate information to credit bureaus, mistakes do happen.
Wine said that people should check to make sure their credit rating accurately reflects bill payments. It is also important to verify that the accounts listed are accurate, especially if relatives share common names.
"Credit scores can be raised by closing unnecessary credit card accounts," Wine said.
When a person detects a mistake in his or her credit report, the best way to fix them is in writing. Credit bureaus are required to investigate written complaints within 30 days of receipt of letter. The law also requires the source of inaccurate information to correct the record at all three main credit bureaus.
"Credit reports do not fix themselves," Wine said. "It might take a little bit of hard work and effort, but anyone can better their credit score by simply checking and following up on problems."
Credit scores play a big part in determining if lenders will support a loan request. Other factors they consider are the amount of manageable debt and cash flow.


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1. Solvay Conference - 1927
(The International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, are located in Brussels. They were founded by the Belgian industrialist Ernest Solvay in 1912, following the first world physics conference. - 1911 Conseil Solvay.
This photo was taken on October 1927 during the Fifth Solvay International Conference on Electrons and Photons, where the world's leading physicists met to discuss the newly created quantum theory. The leading figures were Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr.Einstein, disenchanted with Heisenberg's "Uncertainty Principle," remarked "God does not play dice." Bohr replied, "Einstein, stop telling God what to do.")
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(Captivating sunrise seen from Nudgee Beach, Queensland, Australia.)
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(This image breaks down the majority of common drugs and stimulants into tranquillizers, depressants, stimulants and hallucinogens and shows you how much it falls into each category.)
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(Although not targeted by hunters the Iberian Lynx is a category 1 endangered species which means that there are less than 100 in the wild. Their main staple diet is the hare. Most of the ones killed, lose their lives in traps set for other animals. )
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(Its body is 14-20cm long and the tail length is 10-14cm. It weighs 150-220g. It is nocturnal, and during the day it rests in holes in trees. It eats seeds, fruit, tree leaves, buds and bark. It faces threats from habitat destruction. )
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(Even the squirrels stop to smell the roses.)
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(An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length by total internal reflection.)
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(Thomas Edison and his early phonograph.)
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(A magnificent photo of a volcanic eruption.)
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(A close up photo of an astronaut in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle. Click here for the high-resolution.)
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(Sunset through the contrail of a rocket launched from Vandenberg Air-force Base near Los- Angeli's viewed from a mountain ridge in Tucson AZ.photo by Peaquod. )
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(The Suns size compared to the Earths.)
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(The test of twin Linear Aerospike XRS-2200 engines, originally built for the X-33 program, was performed on August 6, 2001 at NASA's Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. The engines were fired for the planned 90 seconds and reached a planned maximum power of 85 percent. NASA's Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle Program , also known as the Space Launch Initiative (SLI), is making advances in propulsion technology with this third and final successful engine hot fire, designed to test electro-mechanical actuators. Information learned from this hot fire test series about new electro-mechanical actuator technology, which controls the flow of propellants in rocket engines, could provide key advancements for the propulsion systems for future spacecraft. The Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle Program, led by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is a technology development program designed to increase safety and reliability while reducing costs for space travel. The X-33 program was cancelled in March 2001.)
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(On January 27th 2011 the skies above southern Japan were darkened by the explosive eruption of Mount Shinmoedake. This photo catches a massive electrical buildup in the volcanic plume.)
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
~ Dalai Lama
Liquid error: internalAs the project manager for our community outreach program, these words really resonate with me. In my former position as a prosecutor in the States Attorneys Office for Baltimore City, MD, every day of my life's work was devoted to serving the people of Baltimore. I had a passion for prosecution because while you could never really make the victim of a crime whole again, you had the chance to make a difference in their healing process and, in turn, the healing of a community. I had witnessed many instances where my clients (victims) would come to court hungry. At that time, I was limited in what I could do to help, and that always broke my heart. So when the opportunity to champion a food drive came about, I was thrilled to be a part of the project.
In late April, I contacted St. Vincent de Paul - a local food pantry which is a ministry of St. Frances de Sales Catholic Church - located in Lake Zurich. It was then that I began what came to be a real journey of renewal for me. I have to say that when I undertook this project, I was not fully prepared for everything I would come to realize and re-discover.
I became acutely aware of the real need for food right here in our surrounding communities. My first thought was to begin the food drive around the holidays. In my mind, that is the time of year when folks are in a giving mood. They are buying food for their own holiday celebrations, so it just made sense to me that it would be a good time to ask them to pick up a few extra canned goods to donate. But, I quickly learned that in the summer months, when people are traveling or buying fresh fruit and vegetables from their local farmers market, donating food is just not "top of mind" and so that creates a severe shortage of donations.
So, I kicked things into high gear, and I was very thankful when Cushman & Wakefield agreed to co-sponsor this outreach event and worked to get the support of the other tenants at Kemper Lakes, where WarmlyYours is headquartered. Also, WarmlyYours President, Julia Billen, promised a "dollar for dollar" match of any monetary contribution made by a WarmlyYours employee.
The St.Vincent de Paul food pantry is a "client choice" pantry. In other words, folks come to the pantry and select from what is available on the shelves. This pantry services Lake Zurich, Palatine, Kildeer, Wauconda, and Mundelein, in addition to other area communities. They provide about 3 tons of food a month and service 200 families a week. Those facts alone made my head spin. The overwhelming need for food in our own backyard is alarming to me.
The food drive ran for 2 weeks, and I was amazed at the outpouring of support from the people that worked in the various companies at Kemper Lakes. They don't know me and they certainly don't know the families that they were donating food to. It reminded me of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire when she said, "…I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." And, I thought to myself, the food pantry clients will surely know from these generous donations that the spirit of giving is alive and well, even in these extremely tough economic times when raises are few and far between and so many are unemployed.
And, I really had to look no further than to my own colleagues at WarmlyYours to know the true meaning of kindness and generosity. The human heart knows no limits. Like the Kemper Lake tenants, many contributed canned goods, juice, cereal, baby products, personal hygiene products, and so much more. My truck was filled to the brim. But, even more heartwarming was the amount of money my colleagues donated – a total of $425 dollars. WarmlyYours matched that amount for a grand total of $850! To put it in perspective, $100 buys 400 lbs of fresh meat from the Food Bank. Think of all the fresh meat, fruit, and vegetables this money will buy for hungry families in the surrounding communities. My colleagues have truly touched me, so much so that I found myself spontaneously hugging them in the office!
People are basically good and kind. That's not an epiphany for me. I have always believed this even after seeing the worst that society had to offer when I was prosecuting truly evil and violent criminals. But, what I am so amazed by is the willingness to help others in need – perfect strangers – even when so many of us are challenged in so many ways ourselves, whether it be financially because of the economy or just simply by the demands of everyday life. Refreshed and renewed in the human spirit, I am hopeful that you will find a way to make a contribution to your local food pantry - whether it's food or money - so that you, too, can experience the goodness that comes from giving back.
Vickie L. Wash, Esq.
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text: Alessandra Ambrósio is yet another member of the Brazilian model army who rose to fame in the late '90s. She enrolled in modeling class at 12 after she got cosmetic surgery to pin the large ears she was insecure about back. (She suffered complications years later and has said it discouraged from ever getting plastic work done again.) Like countrywoman Adriana Lima, she signed with Elite, is best known for her work as an Angel for Victoria's Secret and consistently makes Forbes highest-earning models list. (She last clocked in at No. 6.) She was the first spokesmodel for the company's "PINK" line when it launched in 1999. She's graced more than 70 magazine covers from Vogue and Elle to Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Glamour and has appeared in ads and on runways for brands like Armani, Revlon, Dolce and Gabbana, Escada, Calvin Klein Prada and Louis Vuitton. She's appeared in several TV shows including "Entourage," "Project Runway" and "Gossip Girl." This ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is mother to daughter Anja (b. 2008) and son Noah (b. 2012) with her fiancé businessman Jamie Mazur.


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Fatigue After Lung Cancer Treatment
My father-in-law has received chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment for small cell lung cancer in both lungs and his head. He has been told that the tumor in his lungs has been burned away with part of his lung. He is now anemic and very tired and constantly feels unwell. His doctor will not give him any medication to help even though his treatment finished over 6 months ago, and his general health and energy level have not improved since treatment finished. We are very worried about him. He is 73 years old, and we want him to have some quality of life back. Is this a typical situation after this type of treatment?
Barbara Campling, MD, Medical Oncologist, responds:
It sounds like your father-in-law is having a difficult time. You and your family have good reason to be concerned about him. Do you know whether his cancer was confined to the chest ("limited stage") at diagnosis? Patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) are often treated very aggressively with chemotherapy given concurrently with radiation therapy to the chest. The goal of this aggressive treatment is to try to completely eradicate the tumor. If the tumor goes into a "complete remission," meaning that the tumor can no longer be detected on any imaging scans) with this therapy, then there is a chance that the cancer will not come back and patients can be cured. This is what we are always hoping for when treating limited-stage SCLC. However, the successes come at some expense, and most patients are thoroughly exhausted by the time they are finished with this course of therapy.
If his cancer was "extensive stage" (meaning that the tumor spread outside of the chest) at diagnosis, the goals of therapy are quite different. The cancer is still quite likely to respond to chemotherapy, but unfortunately, it cannot be cured with any form of treatment. However, treatment can still be very effective in relieving symptoms and prolonging survival.
You mentioned that the tumor was "burned away with part of his lung." Do you mean that there is no evidence of any tumor on his imaging? If so, this is very good. Normally radiation therapy to the tumor will damage some of the normal lung adjacent to the tumor. This is an expected side effect of therapy. In some cases, toxicity to the lungs can be more severe and may require treatment.
You mentioned that your father-in law had radiation therapy to his brain. It is not clear to me whether the radiation therapy to the brain was given because there was recurrence of the cancer in the brain, or whether the brain irradiation was given prophylactically to try to prevent recurrence in the brain. His outlook is very different in these two situations. Patients whose cancer is in a complete remission are often advised to have radiation to the brain ("prophylactic cranial irradiation") at the end of their treatment. This treatment has been shown to significantly reduce the chance of recurrence within the brain, reduce symptoms caused by brain metastasis, and prolong overall survival. If he had the radiation therapy because there was recurrence of cancer in the brain, then the goal of therapy would be to palliate his symptoms.
Patients with SCLC usually have symptoms from their cancer at the time the diagnosis is made. The treatment for SCLC usually works very well initially. When the tumor regresses, most patients start to feel better, despite the significant side effects of the therapy. However, towards the end of the treatment, many patients may feel run down from the treatment itself. It may take several weeks or even months for patients to regain their energy after completing either chemotherapy or radiation therapy, and many patients note that their fatigue lasts longer if they receive radiation therapy to the brain, as your father-in-law has. Your father-in law has been feeling unwell for over 6 months after the completion of therapy. This is clearly too long. You should talk to his doctor about arranging some further investigations at this point. It is most important to determine whether there is any sign of the cancer recurring. If this can be ruled out, his doctors need to look for other underlying medical problems, which could make him feel fatigued, such as low blood counts or depression. You mentioned that he is anemic. Often, chemotherapy can cause anemia. However, he has been off of chemotherapy too long to attribute the anemia completely to chemotherapy at this point. Is there some other reason for anemia, such as iron, vitamin B12, or folate deficiencies, any of which can be managed with medications that can improve his symptoms? Anemia is a treatable problem, and the treatment depends on the cause. Even if a cause cannot be found, it should be possible to treat the anemia either with a transfusion or with erythropoietin (a drug that can stimulate the production of red blood cells). If his fatigue is from the anemia, this should help. Is it possible that he could be suffering from depression? It would not be unexpected for a person with a life-threatening illness to suffer from depression. Depression, unfortunately, is very common among lung cancer patients. Even if there are other medical explanations for his lack of well-being, depression could still be a contributing factor. Depression is also a treatable problem, but it needs to be diagnosed before it can be treated.
I hope that his ongoing lethargy proves to be due to a treatable problem, and that he can get back to enjoying his life again.


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Queen Street UMC members bring school supplies to
Four days before the first bell rings to start a new school year, a church makes an effort for classrooms at Southeast Elementary School to be well stocked when students arrive Monday.
Members of Queen Street United Methodist Church were at Southeast Elementary School Wednesday morning to hand deliver school supplies to teachers for the upcoming year. The project is part of the church�s Hand in Hand ministry.
According to Ann Laws, the project head, supplies are donated to help students and parents who can't afford them or don't have a means of transportation to get out to the stores. It helps teachers cut down on paying for supplies out of their own pockets. Donations apply strictly to the needs of the teachers.
�We take the class lists and give to the teachers specifically what they need,� Laws said.
Kindergarten teacher Christina Clark-Zoltek, who has been teaching at Southeast Elementary School for 16 years, expressed her appreciation for the donations.
�It is tremendously valuable, not only to the students, but to the staff and parents as well,� Clark-Zoltek said.
In addition to donating school supplies the church also helps out Southeast Elementary with other programs. There are monthly birthday parties for students, a clothing closet, prayer cards sent every month to all staff members and volunteers who read to students once a week.
The clothing closet is stocked with new clothes which are used for emergency needs, such as if a student requires a change of clothes during the day; also if there is a more permanent need like a new pair of shoes, Pastor Allen Bingham pointed out.
According to Hand in Hand coordinator Dee Adkins, the partnership between the church and school is now in its 13th year.
The program began in 2000 with the prayer cards, and the physical presence � such as the clothing closet � started in 2001, Adkins said.
Laws said many church members are retired teachers and know they can empathize with staff members.
�We know how much teachers have to spend out of their own pockets,� Laws said.
Belinda Coleman, who has been teaching for 37 years, is now teaching the grandchildren of some of her first students. Coleman said she is grateful for the church's involvement in the school.
"It is good to know we have someone who is there when we have a need," Coleman said.
Southeast Elementary School, along with all Lenoir County Schools, will begin classes on Monday.
Noah Clark can be reached at 252-559-1073 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ nclark763.


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Public Enemy, Rush Among Nominees for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
(NEW YORK) -- The nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2013 were announced early Thursday, and they include Rush and Deep Purple. The veteran rock acts will make a bid for entry into the Rock Hall for the first time, as will influential rap groups Public Enemy and N.W.A.
The other nominees are Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Randy Newman, Procol Harum, Donna Summer, Kraftwerk, Chic, Albert King, The Marvelettes, The Meters and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
The inductees will be announced in mid-December. Fans can help decide who's inducted by casting their votes on RollingStone.com from now until Dec. 5. The top five acts will make up a "fan's ballot" that will be included among the ballots of the 600 artists, music historians and members of the industry who will select the class of 2013.
The 2013 induction ceremony is scheduled for April 18 in Los Angeles.
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Professor Jim Kakalios recently received an Honorary Degree from the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom for his "significant contribution to pioneering research and public dissemination in physics."
Professor Kakalios also delivered a public lecture on the "The Uncanny Physics of Superhero Comic Books."
At the University of Minnesota's School of Physics and Astronomy, his research interests include nanocrystalline and amorphous semiconductors, pattern formation in sandpiles and fluctuation phenomena in neurological systems. However, it was his love of comic books and physics that saw him catapulted into the spotlight in recent years. The Physics of Superheroes was published in 2005 in the U.S. and the U.K., and has since been translated into German, Spanish, Korean, Chinese and Italian. His second title, The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics, was released in October 2010 and his most recent book, The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day, was published by Crown Books in May 2017. This latest book reveals the mind-bending science behind the seemingly basic things that keep our daily lives running, from our smart phones and digital 'clouds' to x-ray machines and hybrid vehicles.
Professor Kakalios was the Chair of the American Physical Society (A.P.S.) Committee on Informing the Public, Past-Chair of the A.P.S. Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public, winner of the 2014 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Public Engagement with Science Award, and the 2016 Andrew Gemant Award for outreach efforts from the American Institute of Physics.


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After spending three weeks in Kenya (a third one in Tanzania reaching the summit of Kilimanjaro) and having the chance of experiencing the realities of the field as a Kiva Zip fellow I can't feel more blessed with life for being here.
I define it as opportunity for learning while doing an impact and that is everything I need for my life at the moment. I am having the perfect exposure to gather the strength and confidence I need in order to achieve catalyst change in the way people think and act. Only with the sake of bringing process to humanity.
Being in Africa is only strange when I get to think about it. When I am working in the field or just having a matatu ride in the packed roads of Nairobi I just forget about everything else. I compare it to playing any sport you feel passionate about, where all that matters is the present moment. A present that came as a blessing for having found a home away home.
I can't deny nonetheless that there were some particular events that I would like to remark from these weeks. Just like a football match where there are always highlights throughout the game:
- Showed off that I reached the summit of Kilimanjaro on a snow storm. Oh Yeah! You also want to hear about it?
- Slept in a couch for 12 days before I found an apartment where I could stay.
- Played basketball with a professional player from the national Kenyan team. She is currently running Safe Spaces a trustee organization from Kiva Zip that empowers young women from the slums through reproductive health training, arts, sports and entrepreneurship.
- Visited Kibera, the second largest slum in Africa. Some people would say 200k people live there, others would say 2 million. The only truth is that the word Kibera means jungle in Nubian language.
- Visited more than 25 delinquent borrowers and tried to understand the reasons for their delinquency.
- Watched the Kenyan presidential debate and got really into the future of a nation that is not mine.
- Played football at Strathmore University with a bunch of teachers and felt like a student again.
- Skyped with my girlfriend every night while surrounded by 6 other female fellows making fun of me because of how many times I say "mi amor" to her. #latinsarecorny
"Credit without strict discipline is nothing but charity. Charity does not help to overcome poverty. Poverty is a disease that has a paralyzing effect on mind and body. A meaningful poverty alleviation program is one that helps people gather will and strength to make cracks in the walls around them"
And it doesn't end there, my other challenge revolves around the usage of mobile technology. Our main cornerstone in order to achieve the goals of the Kiva Zip model:
- Lower costs for the borrowers (0% loan interest rate)
- Increase access for under deserved an under banked populations through mobile technology (70 % of the population in Kenya have an MPESA account)
- Deepen connection between borrowers and lenders through mobile sms communications
In concrete I am putting my two cents through the redesigning and testing of a mobile loan application so we can unblock one of our trickiest bottlenecks that is the paper work burden and loan supply. I am first assessing the reception of the mobile loan app from the borrorwers and so far 28 out 30 have chosen the mobile option. Second, I am iterating with the app creating new versions so we can get consistent data for the borrower profiles. Wish me luck because for version 1 I haven't been getting the most ideal responses:
From one of the borrowers:
Q1: FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS YOUR ANSWERS WILL BE POSTED TO THE INTERNET FOR LENDERS TO SEE. PLEASE ANSWER HONESTLY. Where did you grow up? What was it like?
A: Village
Q2: Where do you live today? What is life like?
A: Village
That is all for my now dear readers! Keep sharing Kiva love and don't miss my next blog about how a Kiva Coordinator has become a Kiva Fellow!


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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
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Software Verification and Verifiable Witnesses: Report on SV-COMP 2015Zeit: Thu 12.3.2015, 17:15, 60 Minuten
Ort: S3-055, Science Park 3
ZusammenfassungSV-COMP 2015 marks the start of a new epoch of software verification: In the 4th Competition on Software Verification, software verifiers produced for each reported property violation a machine-readable error witness in a common exchange format (so far restricted to reachability properties of sequential programs without recursion). Error paths were reported previously, but always in different, incompatible formats, often insufficient to reproduce the identified bug, and thus, useless to the user. The common exchange format and the support by a large set of verification tools that use the format will make a big difference: One verifier can re-verify the witnesses produced by another verifier, visual error-path navigation tools can be developed, and here in the competition, we use witness checking to make sure that a verifier that claimed a found bug, had really found a valid error path. The other two changes to SV-COMP that we made this time were (a) the addition of the new property, a set of verification tasks, and ranking category for termination verification, and (b) the addition of two new categories for reachability analysis: Arrays and Floats. SV-COMP 2015, the fourth edition of the thorough comparative evaluation of fully-automatic software verifiers, reports effectiveness and efficiency results of the state of the art in software verification. The competition used 5803 verification tasks, more than double the number of SV-COMP´14. Most impressively, the number of participating verifiers increased from 15 to 22 verification systems, including 13 new entries.
VortragenderDirk Beyer is Professor of Computer Science and has a Research Chair for Software Systems at the University of Passau, Germany. He was Assistant and Associate Professor in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University, B.C., Canada, and Postdoctoral Researcher at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland (2004-2006) and at the University of California, Berkeley, USA (2003-2004) in the group of Tom Henzinger. Dirk Beyer holds a Dipl.-Inf. degree (1998) and a Dr. rer. nat. degree (2002) in Computer Science from the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus, Germany. In 1998 he was Software Engineer with Siemens AG, SBS Dept. Major Projects in Dresden, Germany. His research focuses on models, algorithms, and tools for the construction and analysis of reliable software systems. He is the architect, designer, and implementor of several successful tools. For example, CrocoPat is the first efficient interpreter for relational programming, CCVisu is a successful tool for visual clustering, and CPAchecker and BLAST are two well-known and successful software model checkers.
Einladender: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volker Strumpen, Institute for Computer Architecture
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The pains of Monday, the gray of growing
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In the emergency room, Monday is the worst. There's no way around it. People hold off coming in during the weekend; they hope their symptoms will get better, figure they can hold off just a little longer. And this sentiment begets the Monday afternoon flood of patients – inevitable, painful, never ending. There are some days when things are simply off – today was one of those. My rhythm was broken – in part by an extra person in my critical care area, in part by the patient volume. And so I limped along, feeling as though I was missing something on every patient. There are days like this, I have come to realize. There are days when I find my rhythm easily, get in the groove of things, and then there are days when this breaks down and frustration builds. Unhappy patients who have been waiting hours to be seen does not help the situation. It breeds a highly tense environment, where I feel that I need to first calm people down, then need to care for them properly, and – lastly – to calm myself down. Easier said than done.
The light at the end of the tunnel is here, though. Tomorrow will be my last shift in the emergency department as a third year resident. Hard to believe, really. Only seven more months to go in the coming year, and I will be an attending physician. My blog post on On winter solstice, or becoming real is ever present in my mind and my heart. This is really it. I am savoring every moment left I have with an attending shepherding me, offering his or her insight. And at the same time, I feel as though I am ready – more than ever – to fly. For my patients, I have a strong, growing desire to execute my own plans rather than those of my supervisor. I am ready to be their doctor.
I used to believe that residency was a mountain I needed to climb, and that as soon as I reached the summit, things would become clear. But residency is just a small part of a much larger journey – an uphill climb – continuing to learn, continuing to improve my skills, continuing to question myself. Becoming a doctor is a lifelong process. It requires constant questioning, self-reflection, and yes – even self doubt. To become a good physician is to continue working and learning, day in, day out, year after year.
Because no patient is ever black and white. Each one is gray, with subtleties to their stories that can trick you, trap you, mislead you. The skill and art lies in finessing your skills in interpreting each and every shade of gray, in considering each subtlety, each shadow of doubt that crosses your mind. It lies in continuing, no matter how many years of experience you have, to harbor that fine element of uncertainty, of imperceptible fear, that keeps you on your toes, that keeps you wondering. We doctors will never have all the answers. Thoroughness, experience, compassion, and most of all humility are the best we can offer our patients.


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Pink, 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss)' — Song Review
Pink is back and up to her old tricks with 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss).' The final version (a much more polished product than her leaked demo) hit the web today (July 2) and hits shelves tomorrow (July 3).
From the tongue-in-cheek title to the barn burning chorus, the tough-yet-vulnerable gal blasts another breakup track akin to 'So What' — but does she succeed?
You bet she does.
Pink, nee Alecia Moore, combines her confessional lyrics (she complains about a drunken lover's ineptitude by simply snapping, "Whiskey d—!") with her own trademark "grrr" defiance. Kelly Clarkson may be known for her breakup anthems for their sheer quantity, but Pink is quickly edging on her lead in terms of quality — and circling her in terms of borderline profanity. The parenthetical title and chorus both get her point across and should save her some censorship. Let it never be said the girl ain't clever!
For fans who worried that the singer's reunion with once-estranged hubby Carey Hart and subsequent birth of daughter Willow Sage had softened the heavily tattooed starlet, fear not. She's still feisty, she's still funny and you better believe she's still vengeful, singing, "You'll be calling a trick / 'Cause you no longer sleep / I'll dress nice / I'll look good / I'll go dancing alone / I will laugh / I'll get drunk / I'll take somebody home!" This is an ideal breakup playlist song, because it's simultaneously relatable and danceable, making even the most shattered heart feel a bit better, if only for a little over four minutes.
The song begins with electronic touches before evolving quickly into pop-rock in terms of instrumentals. The track is signature Pink, from the harmonies to the rock-style drums to 'Raise Your Glass'-esque shout-along chorus to the liquor references. Much like the original 'Raise Your Glass,' if this played in your local pub — where it certainly wouldn't be out of place — you'd be compelled to actually raise your glass, despite her not explicitly instructing you to do so this time.
Listen to Pink, 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss)'


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Ender XMAS Compilation Rolls Around Once Again
December 28th, 2013
Check the 4th installment of the annual Ender XMAS compilation. Featuring a slew of cats, these tracks cover some ground. From cinematic soundtrack compositions, jungle madness to some cutting edge electronica, this is well worth a DL. Donations raised go to the aftermath of cyclone Haiyan that devastated large parts of the Philippines last month. Features a broad variety of Australian producers, including Dank Morass' Walrii and Dub Temple's Sauce, Voodoo Dred and Science Project. Support!
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Latino Diabetes Initiative
Joslin Diabetes Center launched the Latino Diabetes Initiative in July 2002. The Latino Initiative is part of the world renowned Joslin Clinic, which means that patients receive the highest quality education and clinical care.
The overall goal of the Initiative is to improve the lives of Latinos affected by diabetes or at risk for the disease through culturally oriented patient care, education, outreach and research.
Risks for Latinos
- More than half of the growth in the total population of the United States between 2000 and 2010 was due to the increase in the Hispanic population.
- 1 in 6 adults has type 2 diabetes and only 58.7% know they have it.
- Uncontrolled diabetes shortens their lifespan by 10 to 15 years.
- Approximately 17% of all Latinos in the U.S. have diabetes. In comparison, the prevalence of diabetes in the white population is approximately 8%.
- Approximately 76% of Hispanic adults in the U.S. have 1 or more cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, diabetes, and/or smoking).
- Among Latinos 33.7% of men and 36.0% of women have 3 or more metabolic abnormalities (central obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, hyperglycemia) also known as metabolic syndrome.
- A Latino child born today has a 50% chance of developing diabetes in his/her lifetime.
- 25% Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans over 45 years of age have diabetes.
- Data from the Hispanic Community Study/ Study of Latinos shows that 10.2% of South Americans, 13.4% of Cuban Americans, 17.7 % of Central Americans, 18.0% of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, 18.3% of Mexican Americans have type 2 diabetes and the prevalence is growing.
- Depression affects 14-16% of Latinos; depressed adults have a 37% increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
- Latinos consider diabetes as the main health concern, well above cancer and other chronic conditions.
The Latino Diabetes Initiative welcomes philanthropic support. Each contribution advances our mission to improve care, advance research, and provide education and outreach to the Latino community. Each year, the LDI hosts Ritmos de Salud, a cultural performance to benefit the initiative. This year's Ritmos de Salud will be held on October 6, 2016 at the Revere Hotel, Space 57. To learn more about our event visit us on Facebook, or you can purchase tickets here.


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The College of the Environment recently announced the winners of the 2014-2015 Dean's Office Scholarships, and we were thrilled—though certainly not surprised—to see six of our students among the honorees! Check out the specific scholarships and recipients below:
Nancy Wilcox Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship is made possible by the generosity of former UW Provost Phyllis Wise, who established it to support students pursuing degrees in the College of the Environment. Dr. Wise named the endowment in honor and memory of her late sister, Nancy E. Wang Wilcox, a middle school teacher who tried to develop the minds of young adolescents using creative and innovative ways of learning. It is this legacy that inspired Provost Wise to establish this endowment to carry on her sister's commitment to helping others achieve their educational goals.
SEFS Recipients: Dana Chapman, a sophomore ESRM major, and Emily Richmond, a junior ESRM major.
College of the Environment Scholarship
This scholarship is made possible by the generosity of donors. The scholarship was created to support both undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in the College of the Environment.
SEFS Recipients: graduate students Benjamin Antonius, Benjamin Roe and Maria Carrere Zamanillo, and sophomore Natalie Pollett.
Congratulations to all of you, and keep up the great work!


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