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As I mentioned last week, I gave a new talk at FSOSS on Saturday morning. I spoke about what is involved on shipping open-source software to millions of users (I will add the presentation in another blog post). I had the opportunity to bring my sweet beloved Veronica with me and according to her "[my] presentation was wonderful! best looking guy there ... and [my] talk wasn't too bad either!... I learned so much (though your handsome face was quite distracting! :) )". A little biased but I got to say that it felt like it came about right and I had a lot of fun.
|During Q&A for my presentation.
I had started working on this presentation on Tuesday and had the opportunity to run it through Mike Hoye who had encouraged me to give the talk a month ago. His input was valuable and helped me with some problems I was having.
Besides my presentation there were many things that happened on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
As soon as I got my bag of swags I realized that most sponsors (and not sponsors) were represented in it (see pic below). I was surprised that I did not see anything from us even though Mozilla was the biggest sponsor of the event.
|Mike Hoye giving his presentation.
|No Mozilla swag on the welcome bag.
|Me, Jeff Griffiths and two Microsoft evangelists
I spent most of my day with Jeff Griffiths at the Mozilla booth. Over there, I realized what big of a brand Mozilla is and the affinity that Seneca students have with us. I was overwhelmed with how many came to us to find out how to contribute or how to take part of an internship.
I also noticed a couple of things while I was at the booth. I noticed there were a couple of non-open-source booths like Microsoft. I guess events like this need sponsors to give money regardless of how much open-source they do. Regardless of this, I went and spent some time with them as I was curious on the Microsoft phone (which felt much better than I had expected). I was really impressed that they had three people and all sorts of cool swags and phones all over. They also had a very cool shirt that says "I love Windows phone" with icon-apps rather than words (see pic). I also like their slogan "Make web not war" which is catchy.
I wish this event was more widely known and have more people coming to it as there are some good talks. Seneca staff and students did an excellent job at running this event. It felt like they do this every day.
I also had an opportunity to meet again many of my former professors and Shaz (I used to work for her as a student ambassador at student services). Tim McKeena (Seneca prof.) was extremely excited to hear my talk and gave me a small gift from Seneca.
I wish I attended more sessions but working on the booth and preparing for the presentation took most of my time.
Keep it up Seneca!
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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. -- With one match remaining on the course due to darkness, the United States holds a slim 6 1/2 to 4 1/2 lead over Europe after six morning foursome matches and five afternoon mixed four-ball matches at the 2012 Junior Ryder Cup. Play was delayed 90 minutes in the morning due to frost at Olympia Fields Country Club.
The Junior Ryder Cup, a premier international team match-play competition, features 12 junior golfers from the United States hosting their European counterparts.
The United States team was led in the morning foursomes by Casie Cathrea of Livermore, Calif., and Samantha Wagner of Windermere, Fla., who won their match, 3 & 2, over Bronte Law of England and Quirine Eijkenboom of Germany.
"We lost a few holes in a row a few times today, but we didn't get down and kept each other up all day," said Cathrea, 16. "We played well as a team and it feels great to get a point for the United States."
Wagner and Cathrea were the second group off in the morning, and captured the first point for the United States.
"We putted well all day and that's what you need to do on these greens," said Wagner, who finished runner-up in the 2012 Junior PGA Championship. "It was important to get that first point for our team."
The United States' three girls' teams swept their foursome morning matches.
The European team was led in the morning foursomes by Matthias Schwab of Austria and Dominic Foos of Germany, who won their match in convincing fashion, 5 & 4, over Scottie Scheffler of Dallas, Texas, and Robby Shelton of Wilmer, Ala.
Schwab, 17, was runner-up in this year's British Amateur Championship.
Jim Liu of Smithtown, N.Y., and Esther Lee of Los Alamitos, Calif., paced the United States in the afternoon mixed four-ball, winning their match by a convincing 6 & 5 over the Swedish duo of Victor Tarnstrom and Linnea Strom.
"I had a lot of putts lip out in the morning match and it was pretty frustrating," said Liu, who lost his morning foursomes match, 3 & 2. "But both Esther and I played well this afternoon and were able to help the team out with a full point."
U.S. Captain Roger Warren was pleased with the play of his team on the opening day.
"Any time you come out of the first day with the lead, it's very good," said Warren. "We still need to finish well tomorrow morning and you never know what can happen in singles."
European Captain Stuart Wilson is looking forward to singles play and the opportunity to capture the team's first Junior Ryder Cup since 2006.
"There are still a lot of points to play for tomorrow," said Wilson. "My players will have no problem getting motivated for tomorrow and hopefully we can close well and see what happens."
The final mixed four-ball match, featuring Gavin Hall and Alison Lee from the United States and Matthias Schwab and Quirine Eijkenboom from Europe, will resume at 8:00 a.m. CT. Hall and Lee have a 1-up advantage through 16 holes.
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Leaders say progress made, work still needed in race relations
Around 100 residents gathered at the steps of the Lenoir County Courthouse for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. march.
After an opening prayer, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity�s Young Man of the Year, Martavus Grady, addressed the crowd.
Grady spoke about King�s efforts on behalf of African Americans and expressed his gratefulness for the efforts of King and others who lived during the era.
�It compels me to continue to strive, and be an example of what you can be for your African American men and women,� he said. �Because of Martin Luther King Jr., I can apply to any college of my choice and no doors are automatically closed to me. I can own a home anywhere I want to and respectfully voice my opinion to any person of any color.�
Following Grady was a speech by The Rev. Michelle Gooding in which she addressed the progress in race relations.
Gooding said there are there approaches a person can take to the subject: optimistic, pessimistic or realistic.
She said an optimist would point to the strides that have been made over the last few decades and conclude the problem is just about solved. However, a pessimist would argue that only minor strides have been made and there can be no progress.
Gooding said she would like to set forth the theme of the realistic approach.
�The realist in the area of race relations seeks to reconcile the truth of two opposites, while avoiding extremes of both,� she said. �The realist would agree that we have come a long way, but would balance that by agreeing that we have a long way to go. As we onward march, let�s make an assessment of ourselves and ask ourselves what can we do to move forward.�
The march led participants to United American Free Will Baptist Tabernacle on Dr. J.E. Reddick Drive for a unity service.
The keynote speaker there was Lin Dawson, director of the Lin Dawson Organization and athletic director for Elizabeth City State University.
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- Coach K is showing no signs of slowing down as he prepares for his summer stint leading the US Men's National Team again. The FIBA World Championships take place in Turkey in mid-September, and the team will be chosen from a pool of 27 players next month. We're guessing that the names might include the following: Kobe, LeBron, Dwight, Melo and Kevin. As for Duke, even though K has to replace three starters, his team next year is probably more talented.
- In this report, Big 12 coaches talk about their feelings as it appeared their league was going to dismantle last month as a result of the almighty football dollar. Mark Turgeon and Frank Martin's comments about how NCAA Tournament revenue finances the rest of the NCAA's championships is the salient point here. The NCAA needs to figure a way to get in front of the next round of massive expansion or face the ugly specter of eventually getting crowded out completely.
- Former Memphis guard Roburt Sallie, a player who averaged just under six PPG yet famously dropped ten threes and 35 total points in the 2009 NCAA first round against Cal State Northridge, is transferring to Louisville for his senior season. If he finishes his undergraduate degree this summer, as expected, he will be eligible to play immediately for Rick Pitino's team. His 11/4 averages and 44% three-point shooting will help UL immediately, a team reeling from losing its top four scorers from last year.
- If you had to guess the game with the largest online viewing in history (subject to change annually, we're sure), would you choose the US-Algeria World Cup game (during work hours on a Thursday morning) or… Florida-BYU from last year's NCAA Tournament (incidentally, also on a Thursday during work hours). Each game had over 1.1M online viewers, but the hoops game had slightly more.
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Okay if Ozzy and Amanda have a sexy shower scene,... are we at merge already? Why woudldonly those two be on the reward?
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Gastric catastrophe: Eat right to avoid stomach cancer
Can you stomach it? I've learned, with my middle-aged wisdom, to learn to be more tolerant of things that don't quite settle well in my stomach, such as news stations named after animals, bumper stickers that say "Bite Me," and Charlie Sheen.
Asian people in general have strong stomachs, which is why we can eat spicy foods that would make The Towering Inferno seem like a mere bonfire. However, no one is completely immune to stomach woes.
Can we detect stomach cancer soon enough?
Gastric cancer is the number-two cause of death from cancer in the world. This stomach cancer is most prominent in Asia, parts of South America, and Eastern Europe. It affects men more than women. On our big blue marble in space, about 870,000 new gastric cancers are diagnosed each year, and about 650,000 people die annually from it.
Gastric cancer is nothing new. In fact, Egyptian hieroglyphics from 3000BC describe the disease.
Although the incidence of gastric cancer has been decreasing over the decades, the overall number is still increasing because babies continue to be born, and in general we are living longer.
Two main types of gastric cancer exist: "diffuse" and "intestinal." Diffuse is not as common, but has a worse prognosis than intestinal, affects younger folks, and is found equally in both sexes. This discussion focuses on the intestinal type of stomach cancer.
Chronic gastritis– inflammation of the stomach lining– can lead to atrophy (shrinkage) of the stomach cells. This leaves the stomach unprotected in ways that allow cancerous cells to develop.
H. pylori is something you might have heard of. It's the bacterium associated with ulcers and gastritis. Persons with H. pylori have a six times greater risk of developing gastric cancer, so treatment with a couple of antibiotics and antacids is usually recommended.
Eating citrus fruits such as oranges, fresh veggies, milk, and vitamin A lower the risk of gastric cancer. Exercise and winning the battle of the bulge both also lower the risk. See, mom was right when she told you to eat your vegetables and fruit– although I don't think most parents (or school cafeterias) these days do much to insure kids get a balanced diet. (And speaking of extra weight, some bariatric surgeries may increase the risk of gastric cancer.)
Processed meats and fish, fried foods, smoking, and especially salt are main risk factors for gastric cancer. I think of men in Asia who are eating smoked fish, soy sauce (with a ton of sodium), smoking cigarettes, and drinking liquor (so Memoirs of a Geisha). Maybe that's why Asian men are at high risk for gastric cancer. As far as alcohol, some studies show wine to reduce the risk.
The incidence of gastric cancer was so high in Japan that routine gastric cancer screenings were introduced in the 1960s. In the '70s, not only did disco become queen, but endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) became king– king of gastric cancer prevention. By use of an endoscope through the mouth and into the stomach, dysplastic gastric cells (pre-cancer) can be removed before they turn to cancer. EMR is very successful because about 90 percent of patients with dysplastic cells will survive for at least five years. The treatment appears to be as effective as surgical removal of the stomach.
As with most cancers (such as melanoma, breast, and colon), catching the disease before it spreads can save lives as well as minimize suffering. A very close family member just had EMR, and I pray he will have many happy years ahead.
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KIGALI - Rwanda achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on sanitation and surpassed it by eight percent, State Minister for Energy and Water, Eng. Colette Ruhamya announced yesterday.
According to Ruhamya, about 58 percent of Rwandans have access to adequate sanitation.
MDG target 7c calls for reduction by half (50%), the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015.
The minister made the remarks at the official announcement of the upcoming continental conference, AfricaSan 3, slated for next month in Kigali.
"It's a privilege for us to host this conference; Rwanda is the only country in the sub-Saharan Africa that has achieved the MDG on sanitation. However, this is not where we want to be, we are aiming higher than this," said the minister.
She added that despite the experience the country will be taking to the conference, all stakeholders will forge ways of renewing commitment for sustainable sanitation in Africa.
The conference will specifically focus on challenges of accelerating sanitation and hygiene programs on the continent.
"During the conference, delegates will mark the official regional launch of the five years sanitation drive and advocacy program endorsed by the UN General Assembly for engaging countries to improve access to sanitation worldwide," she said.
Over 700 participants from 50 African countries are expected to attend the high level conference.
The representative of the African Council of Ministers in charge of Water, Oseloka Zikora, said that Rwanda has made significant strides on the issues of sanitation and that other African countries could leant from.
According to the World Bank's Senior Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist, Yolande Coombees, countries are currently struggling with turning policies and strategies into action to achieve sustainable sanitation, adding that the Kigali conference will discuss strategies on how to achieve that.
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Home is where the heart is — and for Mila Kunis, that means home is where boyfriend Ashton Kutcher is. Namely, at his 9,000-square-foot mansion in the Hollywood Hills. As the Feb. 25 issue of Us Weekly revealed, Kunis, 29, and Kutcher, 35, are taking their relationship to the next level: cohabitation
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Shia LaBeouf's exit from Broadway's Orphans sounds even more dramatic than the play itself! After producers announced Wednesday, Feb. 20 that LaBeouf would be leaving the show "due to creative differences," the actor is shedding new light on exactly what those differences were — and who they were with. Shortly after his departure was made official, LaBeouf, 26, posted a video of his audition for Orphans as well as screen shot images of alleged email exchanges with director Daniel Sullivan, playwright Lyle Kessler and costars Alec Baldwin and Tom Sturridge.
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Josh Brolin and Diane Lane are going their separate ways. A little more than eight years after they tied the knot, the Cinema Verite actress, 48, and her Gangster Squad actor husband, 45, have split, reps for the couple tell Us Weekly exclusively. "Diane Lane and Josh Brolin have decided to end their marriage," the reps tell Us. Adds an insider: "It was a mutual decision. It is very amicable. It's not ugly, it's just over."
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Scotland have made three changes ahead of their Test with Samoa at the weekend as they look to preserve their 100% record while on tour.
With John Barclay heading home to prepare for his wedding, Sale Sharks back-row Richie Vernon comes in. Coach Andy Robinson has also opted to promote Chris Cusiter and Sean Lamont to the starting XV with Mike Blair and Max Evans dropping out.
"Chris Cusiter has had a really good impact off the bench, so we have given him a start in this game," Robinson said. "He has done well and the competition between the two players [Cusiter and Blair] has been really close. They are both playing good rugby at the moment.
"For Sean, we will need to establish some real go-forward against the big hitters in the Samoan team. We think Sean will give us that. With the number of big hitters in their team, we think Sean will give us another impact runner."
Both Cusiter and Lamont said that they expected Robinson to stick with the same back line that downed Fiji last weekend, but Lamont was understandably delighted to get the nod.
"I had presumed he [Robinson] would go with the same team as he did last week, with me on the bench," Lamont said. "I am grateful that I have an early chance. I still love playing for Scotland so any chance to go on the field is good.
"My first cap was against them, so was my 50th. Outside the Six Nations, the only team I have played more often than Samoa is Australia."
For Cusiter, one reason he is there is to mark the Samoan dangerman, Kahn Fotuali'i, out of the game. The rival scrum-halves know each other well from club meetings in the RaboDirect Pro12 - Fotuali'i plays for the Ospreys and Cusiter for Glasgow - and the Scot said: "Kahn Fotuali'i is a cracking player.
"He has had a good year at the Ospreys, he played very well in their game against Japan the other day and is a key player for them. They have a a lot of guys back in the side who play in Europe and we know them a lot better than we did the Fijians last week, so it is going to be a different challenge.
"I think the chance to come over here is unique and it brings its own challenges, just with the heat and the weather conditions, as well as the quality of players they have got."
Scotland: S Hogg (Glasgow); S Lamont (Scarlets), N De Luca (Edinburgh), M Scott (Edinburgh), T Visser (Edinburgh); G Laidlaw (Edinburgh), C Cusiter (Glasgow); R Grant (Glasgow), R Ford (C) (Glasgow), E Murray (Newcastle), A Kellock (Glasgow), R Gray (Glasgow), A Strokosch (Gloucester), R Rennie (Edinburgh), R Vernon (Sale)
Replacements: S Lawson (London Irish), G Cross (Edinburgh), T Ryder (Glasgow), R Harley (Glasgow), M Blair (Brive), D Weir (Glasgow), M Evans (Castres)
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A Little Preventative Maintenance With Some New Steering Adjuster Sleeves From CPP May Save You Big Headaches Down The Road.
When NASA's space shuttle first went into service 30 years ago-yes, it's been that long-nobody ever intended it to be flying for three decades. To be sure, it's been upgraded, refurbished, and well maintained, but we've also lost half the fleet. The point here underscores the importance of regular care and upkeep on our antique hot rods. Even with the best loving care, it's easy for some very important items to slip between the cracks.
The steering system of a 40-year-old muscle car was likewise never meant to suffer the outrageous punishment of the highway for that long. Our '68 Chevelle project car, though well taken care of, has a laundry list of lesser components that if not addressed over time have the potential to wreak havoc. Making the situation more critical is the extra power and handling we've put into the Chevelle. The old factory steering pieces were just too overstressed. One such component is the stock tie-rod adjuster sleeve, of which there are two. As part of the tie-rod assembly, all the Chevelle's substantial cornering load was being transmitted through a stamped steel production adjuster sleeve.
In previous issues (Dec. '08 and Jan. '09), we upgraded our brakes and master cylinder with components from Classic Performance Products (CPP), and at that time we took the opportunity to swap out the stock adjuster sleeves. These are the pieces that allow the toe-in to be adjusted; the inner tie rod threads into one side, and the outer tie rod threads into the other side. The adjuster sleeve and the two tie-rod ends make one complete tie rod assembly, and there are two of these on each Chevelle. Right- and left-hand threads are provided on each tie rod to facilitate adjustment (think of it as a really beefy turnbuckle).
CPP sells an entire range of suspension, steering, and braking components for GM A-bodies ('64-72). In many instances, there are several levels of strength, from stock to full-on race. CPP offers three levels of tie-rod adjuster sleeves for Chevelles-the stock stamped piece with clamps, a cylindrical stainless steel piece with machined adjustment "flats," and the new hexagonal aluminum pieces that we installed. These newest aluminum units are lighter, and with a hexagonal shape, they afford much easier adjustment.
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All over the world the demand for new consumer electronics like LCD TVs, computers, cell phones, and PCBs, is rapidly increasing. In order to stay on top in this competitive marketplace, it is crucial for consumer electronic brands to launch new products quickly and efficiently. Naturally this puts a lot of pressure on the manufacturers. They have to produce high quality products and deliver high volumes within shorter and shorter time spans.
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The SKF super-precision bearings played an important role in making the spindles work flawlessly with high performance. By working closely with our machine tool customer, we improved the spindle design with our engineering knowledge and customized solutions to help improve productivity – and consequently bring even higher quality smart phones and consumer electronics to market faster.
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With the non-tender deadline now past and the Winter Meetings set to begin on Monday in Nashville, Milwaukee has wasted no time in beginning its quest to rebuild a bullpen that at times was more of a liability than an asset in 2012. Their first acquisition comes in the form of former Tampa Bay Rays' and Florida Marlins' reliever Burke Badenhop.
Badenhop, a righty, was acquired by The Brewers in exchange for minor league outfielder Raul Mondesi, Jr. Mondesi, who spent 2012 in the Helena Brewers organization, is probably best known for not touching home plate and costing his team an extra-innings comeback victory earlier this year.
Badenhop is coming off of a 2012 which saw him set new career marks in ERA (3.03), WHIP (1.203) and BB/9 (1.7). He holds a career stat line of 16-17 with a 4.08 ERA over 313 innings pitched over 5 major league seasons. Additionally, Badenhop is a ground ball pitcher, a skill which should come in extremely handy in the friendly confines of Miller Park.
Badenhop joins Brewers' closer John Axford in a bullpen that Milwaukee seems determined to overhaul for the 2013 season. No surprise as the Brewers bullpen ranked last in the Majors last season with a 4.66 ERA and 29 blown saves.
Today's news comes hot on the heels of the teams decision to non-tender lefty Manny Parra on Friday making him the fifth reliever to be cut loose by the organization this off-season. The team previously cut loose Kameron Loe, Livan Hernandez, Francisco Rodriguez and Jose Veras.
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Amazon Employees Are 14.2% More Attractive Than You
Amazon.com Inc. may lag Google Inc. in the smartphone market, but it is winning in at least one other category: employee attractiveness.
The number crunchers at Hinge, a social-networking app that matches young professionals, have found that workers at the online retailer are more sought-after than their peers at Google. Users swiped right on the profiles of Amazon employees, indicating they'd like to connect, about 14% more often than on the average Hinge profile, according to the data. Googlers' profiles were right-swiped about 7% above average.
Hinge, based in New York but with networks in several American cities, also tracked the numbers for employees of Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp.


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Nyhetsbrev fra Nepal
Our staff in Nepal regularly put together a newsletter which is sent to volunteers working in Nepal at the time, those signed up to join a project in Nepal and to previous volunteers. The newsletters contain information about the country and our projects, stories written by volunteers, advice on what to expect when volunteering abroad in Nepal and much more. If you're considering overseas voluntary work the newsletters are a great way to gain a better idea of what to expect.
950KB Nepal Nyheter - Februar 2015
In February I! had the chance to visit Projects Abroad volunteers in all three of our Nepali regions. From the heat of the Nepali jungle, to the cool mountain air of some of the nation's highest peaks, I am amazed by the diversity of our projects.
906KB Nepal Nyheter - Januar 2015
This adorable girl is from Devghat. Devghat is a picturesque little village known for its peace and quiet. Mostly elderly people who don't have any family to take care of them live within this village and someone told me even the formal King of Nepal wished to die there, but I have no clue if this is true.
1,05MB Nepal Nyheter - Desember 2014
One morning I stepped through the district of Thamel to find the ground sticky with freshly laid tarmac. I rushed through the acrid air, worrying for my shoes and thought nothing more of it. Later I saw my first functioning traffic lights of Kathmandu, followed by women crouched by the roadside painting the kerb. Suddenly, everywhere I looked, Kathmandu was being given a face-lift. Just a cosmetic mind you – paint can't hide the tangled electricity wires or crazy traffic.
22,96MB Nepal Nyheter - November 2014
That night we stayed with a local family. All six volunteers slept on mats on the floor in our comfortable room. We were fed rice pudding and tea until our stomachs were bursting. We met every cousin and neighbour in the district and they couldn't help but laugh as we tried to speak Nepalese with them. Overall I had an amazing experience. I learnt a lot professionally, as well as gaining insight into life in rural Nepal.
3,18MB Nepal Nyheter - Januar 2014
There is so much that could be said about Nepal. There is never a dull moment; whether you are with your host family or at your placement. My host family was so open, caring and considerate. It took no time to warm up them and I miss them sill! We bonded over meals, and they even taught me how to cook some traditional Nepali food. Being with a host family makes the experience so much more fulfilling and comfortable.
1,39MB Nepal Nyheter - August 2014
Harriet, Lois, and Sophie spent their free time organizing events to coincide with Beaconsfield High's charities week. First, a talent show featuring acts by students and the faculty. This was followed by a scavenger hunt around the school. At both events, they encouraged participants to pay what they could, and were happy to share information about their upcoming journey with Projects Abroad.
1,30MB Nepal Nyheter - Mai 2014
For a moment on the way back from school it was if my heart had stopped. For nearly 70 years I had heard tell of the famous Himalayas, the highest mountains in the world. And suddenly, there they were, lifting their giant, shining heads out of the haze as if to challenge the heavens.
1,23MB Nepal Nyheter - April 2014
For my first six months in Nepal I lived in Bharatpur, in the Chitwan Region. As I drove into Bharatpur for the first time, along the main highway, it seemed like a busy town, not unlike Kathmandu. The road is chock full of tuk-tuks, trucks, motorbikes, bicycles and the odd buffalo or goat.
1,31MB Nepal Nyheter - Mars 2014
Clare grew up in Sydney, Australia, and studied International Communication and Geography at university. She spent six months studying in Sweden, travelling all over Europe and parts of North Africa.
1,05MB Nepal Nyheter - Februar 2014
In December 2013, I journeyed to the land of the Himalayas, where I took part in a medical volunteer project. After spending fifteen hours up in the clouds, I finally arrived and was warmly greeted by the Projects Abroad staff.
985KB Nepal Nyheter - Januar 2014
Projects Abroad Nepal is starting a new blog series, highlighted in the monthly newsletter, #PlacesWeLove! The premise is simple: write about your experience at a Nepali location that you love, that stood out to you, that you'll travel back to while daydreaming at your school desk or office cubicle. The place can be your favorite cafe, your host family's home, or even a dusty road in the middle of Nepali nowhere.
1,24MB Nepal Nyheter - Desember 2013
The Proof Is in the Pudding - I don't know where this colloquialism originated, or what exactly it even means for that matter, however, it seems to fit the purpose for titling this post.
468KB Nepal Nyheter - November 2013
The foundation was established in 1990, but even before that, myself and a partner were giving scholarships to children, to orphans, to disabled kids, to blind kids, to street kids, the most disadvantaged children.
454KB Nepal Nyheter - Oktober 2013
It's on the cover of the brochure for the Projects Abroad conservation project, and yet not a single Red panda sighting has been confirmed in the Himalayas for three years. Despite this fact, the volunteers in Ghandruk set out to find one! We may not have actually spotted one, but it did prove to be a great trip!
644KB Nepal Nyheter - September 2013
What originally brought me to Nepal (apart from the opportunity to help out by volunteering) was how foreign it was, the pull of being one of the foreigners to visit since it had been open to tourism for the West for only around 60 years. It absolutely did not disappoint. Nepal is an incredible country, where you can see the strange effects of recent western influence.
1,01MB Nepal Nyheter - August 2013
Kathmandu city reminds me a lot of Kuta, Bali. The retailers all sell the same products, however, by contrast they don't hassle you as much. Trekking shops by the hundred line the streets along withrickshaws and taxis.
1,27MB Nepal Nyheter - Juli 2013
My name is Eamonn and I am 19. I am currently on a gap year between college and studying medicine in London, UK. I'd volunteered in Borneo before and I enjoyed it so much that I wanted to do more, and decided to spend 6 weeks in Nepal.
934KB Nepal Nyheter - Juni 2013
I had been manually assisting the breathing of a dying trauma patient for about an hour when it occurred to me; this was the kind of work I had chosen to go to Nepal to do. It was my third week at the Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital (CMCTH) and just my second day in the emergency department.
1,28MB Nepal Nyheter - Mai 2013
My four week placement at Patan Community Based Rehabilitation Centre was a life-changing experience that I will never forget. It is fantastic that such an organisation exists in Nepal to benefit those who suffer with disabilities. I was sad to learn that it is common for disabled individuals to not be accepted into the Nepalese society. This is why I believe Patan CBR to be such a rewarding and fulfilling placement, as you know it supports such a worthwhile cause.
1,18MB Nepal Nyheter - April 2013
When Niklas Walendy decided to do a volunteer teaching placement in Nepal with Projects Abroad he never thought he'd perform in a concert. But when the principal of Tri RatnaSchool asked him if he would sing for the students, he gladly accepted.
1,92MB Nepal Nyheter - Mars 2013
My name is Adam, I am 20 years old and I come from Charlottenlund, Denmark. I finished high school last summer and I am now working as a care volunteer with Projects Abroad in Nepal. I will volunteer for 3 months.
1,11MB Nepal Nyheter - Februar 2013
If you have an interest in conservation and looking for a project with a view – you can't beat our Nepal Conservation project! Based in the small village of Ghandruk, at around 2000m above sea level and in the heart of the Annapurna Conservation Area, if the altitude does not take your breath away, the view certainly will.
1.002KB Nepal Nyheter - Januar 2013
So one of the most common questions I like to ask our volunteers when they arrive here is how they decided on Nepal as their volunteer destination. I have to admit I'm a bit disappointed that 80% of the time the answer, at least in part is "because it was the cheapest destination on the list".


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5 Ways to Stay YoungBy Steve Edwards
It's not that we age but how we age that matters. We're all going to grow old and, from all scientific accounts, eventually die. Some of us will do it more gracefully than others. Although genetics will play a role, we have a lot of control over how the aging process affects us. Modern medical enhancements have allowed us to alter the aging process to a degree, but there is no reason to get upset if you can't afford a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, because nothing can modify the way you age like a few lifestyle changes. Here are five steps that will help you age more gracefully than Hollywood's elite.
- Exercise harder (though not necessarily longer). Far and away, the most important thing you can do to offset the aging process is exercise. You don't need to spend a lot of time doing it, however. Short bouts of intense exercise are more effective than longer workouts. Long, easy workouts have their place in a fitness program, especially for aerobic efficiency and fat burning, but nothing comes close to high-intensity training for keeping your body young (try programs like P90X® and Turbo Jam®).
Your body loses muscle mass as you age. Resistance training creates hypertrophy (muscle building), which will offset some of that loss. Furthermore, increasing your heart rate to 90 percent of its maximum for short intervals (by doing things like jumping, sprinting, and heavy resistance training) raises capillarity, mitochondrial activity, and bone density—all important components to counteract aging.
Here's why high-intensity training can counteract aging. High-intensity training forces your body out of its comfort zone. Your heart rate rises beyond your anaerobic threshold—the point at which you can no longer eliminate lactic-acid buildup and your workout time becomes finite (you'll fail in less than a minute, perhaps far less). When this happens, your body uses something called the Krebs cycle to produce energy without oxygen. During this anaerobic ("without oxygen") process, your body is pushed to its physical limits—and this creates a hormonal response to keep it going. The subsequent hormone production is in direct opposition to the aging process. As we age, our bodies produce fewer hormones over time, leading to the inability to rebuild ourselves, until we eventually break down and die. Intense exercise counteracts this by forcing our bodies to produce more hormones than are produced naturally at a given age. This keeps our muscles, bones, and organs from deteriorating as fast as they naturally would. The result is that, with continued exercise, the aging process slows down.
You may have heard of hormone replacement therapy. Intense exercise is the cheaper, natural way of doing the same thing. It's also more effective. Ten to 20 minutes a day of pushing yourself to your physical limit is all it takes for this response to occur. It's also addictive due, again, to hormone production. And of all of the possible addictions in life, this is the one that will benefit you the most.
This may be in contrast to what you generally hear about aerobic exercise being important, especially for the elderly. There are a few reasons for this misunderstanding, but most of what you hear is simple misinformation. Aerobic exercise is healthy and important. Aerobic is defined as "with oxygen," so this could be anything you do that is under your anaerobic threshold. However, this is a broad statement because there are actually many training zones that lie in your aerobic realm. Regardless, the overall point is the same. Lower-intensity exercise is generally safer than high-intensity training. It's also healthy—very much so. A steady diet of low-level aerobic training is a million times better than no exercise at all. It can be done by almost anyone, no matter their physical limitations; it's relatively easy and painless; chances of injury are low; and it will keep your heart and circulatory system healthy. Therefore, it's easy to recommend aerobic training to almost anyone. But it doesn't have near the effectiveness of high-intensity training. And, furthermore, the cardiovascular effects of high-intensity training are just as good for your heart, which must work overtime once your workout goes anaerobic.
- Eat less food, especially sugar. A now-famous study was done on two monkeys, in which one was fed a yummy, filling diet (no overeating) and the other was deprived of calories. The monkey on the "normal" diet aged much more quickly. Even starker was the contrast in lifestyles—the calorie-restricted monkey was extremely virile and active into old age. Studies in humans are recent but seem to show a decrease in free-radical damage to proteins, lipids, and DNA. The older you get, the lower your caloric requirements. This doesn't mean you shouldn't eat, but small frequent snacking is the way to go, and calories should be altered daily depending on your activity level.
Calorie restriction is now popular enough that it has its own acronym, CR. And while many of its practitioners seem a bit wacko and have yet to gain the immortality status they're after, there is no denying, through science and lore, that eating less has its benefits. In fact, when we break down what CRers actually eat, they're hardly starving. Most average around 2,000 calories a day, which is around what the average American "claims" to eat. The reality of those claims (which came from numerous surveys) is a stark contrast to the 3,900 calories per person of food that we produce. So unless half the food we produce goes uneaten, chances are, we're overeating, which is also pretty easy to confirm using nothing but anecdotal evidence.
CR practitioners are fastidious eaters. This seems prudent for anyone limited in the number of calories they are eating. If you aren't going to eat much, what you do eat had better be packed with nutrients. And we don't need science to tell us that eating high-quality foods is healthier than eating junk, which brings us to the easiest way to eat less food: eat less sugar.
Sugar is the single largest caloric source we consume. And it's bad for us. It hastens the aging process because eating sugar hinders our bodies' natural production of growth hormones—one of the key players in the aging process. GH (growth hormone) levels decrease as we age. You can supplement HGH (human growth hormone), but studies are still inconclusive as to whether or not this has adverse side effects. It's also expensive. The natural way includes intense exercise and eating less sugar and other starchy junk foods because all high-glycemic carbohydrates reduce GH production.
- Supplement your diet with aging in mind. As stated above, nothing increases hormone production as well as exercise. Second on this list is doping—also know as anti-aging medicine that includes hormone injections, which some professional athletes such as Barry Bonds purportedly use (though apparently not Roger Clemens). The cheaper—and safer—alternative is to use natural food supplements. Remember that hormone production is a natural process and that the healthier your body is, the less quickly hormone production will diminish as you age. Therefore, almost any healthy dietary supplement is a plus. This means that simple multivitamin (ActiVit® multivitamins are a great option) and mineral supplements help with the anti-aging process, as do pretty much any positive changes that you make in your diet through foods, drinks, or supplementation. Here are a few that are more directly responsible.
Amino acids. Even if you get plenty of protein in your diet, supplemental ornithine, arginine, and glutamine will help increase your body's GH release. And an arginine/citrulline mixture has also been shown to work as a vasodilator, which can help with alertness, playing sports, and sexual performance.
Fish oil. Its fatty acids, EPA and DHA (which have become increasingly scarce in our diets), are two of the more important nutrients for myriad functions. Furthermore, our diets have become unbalanced in relation to how much omega-3 fatty acid we get compared to omega-6. Balancing our omega consumption will help reduce chronic inflammation brought on by a poor diet, smoking, drinking, breathing unhealthy air, etc. This is not the same type of inflammation that you get when you, say, sprain your ankle. Chronic inflammation is a state that weakens your body's ability to stave off disease. Being stiff and achy, which we often associate with getting old, is often a sign of chronic inflammation. Our Core Omega-3™ is a high-quality fish oil supplement that can help satisfy your omega-3 needs.
Melatonin. A hormone that your body makes less of as you age. Melatonin, known more as a sleep aid, has powerful antioxidant properties that have been shown to stimulate the immune and endocrine systems. Since your natural levels drop radically beyond age 30, supplementing with small dosages (under 2 mg) a few times a week can counteract this process, and may also help you sleep better. On that note . . .
- Improve your ability to sleep. Sleep also increases GH production, along with many other things that repair breakdown from the rigors of living. Sleeping 7 to 8 hours a day—along with short naps when you can manage it—will keep your body tuned and ready to run. Deep sleep is where we make the most dramatic changes in our bodies' physiologies. Those changes are directly related to what we do when we're awake but, if we don't take the precautions to ensure we get a good night's rest, our hard work can get sidetracked.
Here's what happens in a nutshell. When we're awake, our bodies are constantly wearing down. During sleep, our bodies vary their behavior to rebuild themselves even more efficiently. Among other things, we make more proteins and release hormones at different rates. So while we tend to think of sleep as a passive process, it's actually very active. It all begins with our brains. Instead of shutting down for the night, our brains signal our bodies about what to do during the various stages of sleep. In short, neurotransmitters (one you've probably heard of is serotonin) signal the body that it's time to switch modes. Once this occurs, our bodies begin a five-stage rebuilding process that we call sleep.
The main things that affect our sleep are food, exercise, medications, chemicals, and temperature. The neurotransmitters that tell us to sleep are all influenced by these factors and can be misled. Some of the more obvious examples of things that affect our sleep are caffeine, which we often consume when we want to stay awake, and medications, which usually provide warnings on their labels. But what's also important to consider here is how some of these things affect our sleep cycles. Certainly "sleep aids," such as alcohol, make it easier to fall asleep but harder to get into deep sleep. Improving your ability to sleep is generally as easy as improving your lifestyle. The biggest factors affecting sleep patterns are diet, exercise, hydration, and the ability to relax and unwind.
- Take care of your skin. Your largest organ, your skin, needs both internal and external protection, and most of the steps listed above help keep it smooth, elastic, and youthful looking. Another huge factor is hydration, which, conversely, helps all of the other processes as well. Drinking enough fluid, water to be precise, is a huge factor for overall health, but nowhere will the effects of dehydration be more obvious than on your skin. You should drink six to eight glasses of water per day, at a minimum, and more when it's hot or you're exercising.
Daily moisturizing can also keep your skin soft and vibrant. It's best to apply it as soon as you get out of the shower, and do your best to make this a ritual. Post-shower, when your natural oils have been washed off, is a vital time for moisturizing. Even if you're pressed for time, taking a few minutes to add moisturizer to your entire body is worth it, since your skin absorbs it best when it's warm and damp. You don't have to limit this to once a day—your skin would be pressed to get too much lotion—but after a shower is by far the most effective time.
Try finding products free of fragrance and parabens. Also, don't buy products that contain mineral oil or petroleum. Both of these will clog your pores and can trap sweat and dirt, thus causing acne. For your face, you should also try to use a moisturizer that contains sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15. Small doses of sun are good for your skin, but overexposure is as bad as advertised.
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Tony's Top 10 SnacksBy Tony Horton, creator of P90X®
I rotate through this list of in-between goodies all week long. I'll even use the PROBAR and the protein shake as meal substitutes. Most of the things on this list can be packed up for travel time. The bars, pretzels, nuts, and graham crackers are perfect fast foods for when you're away from home. So no more excuses! Here are my top 10 snacks.
- My sticky bar of course (with banana, peanut butter, and granola); see below
- Almond butter (thinly spread) on organic whole-grain toast
- Snyder's of Hanover Organic Oat Bran Pretzels
- PROBAR nutrition bar (original blend), 380 calories of pure joy—and 100% vegan
- Protein shake—made with banana, half cup of frozen blueberries and strawberries, one tablespoon of flaxseed meal, two ice cubes, protein powder, and rice milk
- Food For Life's Ezekiel 4:9 cereal with almonds mixed into 8 ounces of plain nonfat yogurt and half cup of fresh blueberries
- Handful of raw mixed nuts
- Mi-Del Honey Grahams (whole wheat; eight crackers are 280 calories)
- CLIF Nectar bars—I like the cinnamon pecan (four organic ingredients and only 170 calories)
- LARABAR snack bars (ingredients: dates, pecans, almonds; 220 calories)
Tony's Sticky Bar
1/2 medium-size banana
1/4 cup chunky peanut butter (organic minus hydrogenated oils, preferably)
1 cup unsweetened granola
Mix and mash all three ingredients into a bowl. Spoon onto a sheet of wax paper. Roll up the contents into hot dog/cigar shape. Stick in the freezer. Ready in about 90 minutes. Cut off little bites or eat the whole thing. Eat it frozen or throw it in the microwave for 10 seconds. Serves 2.
Preparation Time: 10 minutesNutritional Information: (per serving)
Freezing Time: 90 minutes
Calories: 389 Protein: 14 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Fat Total: 17 g Saturated Fat: 4 g Carbs: 47 g
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Test Your Anti-Aging Food IQ!By Monica Gomez
True or False?
- True: Soy can help maintain healthy bones. Soybeans are rich sources of iron, phosphorus, B-vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, and fiber. Several soy foods are also naturally high in calcium. One 0.7-ounce serving of fresh, raw edamame (about 10 pods), which are immature green soybeans, contains 39.4 milligrams of calcium and 124 milligrams of potassium. Soy is also a good source of protein (2.6 grams per serving). Soy provides magnesium and boron—two important factors of calcium for promoting bone health. Isoflavones found in soy foods may prevent the breakdown of bones. A 1993 study by Erdman focused on post-menopausal women who consumed 40 grams of isolated soy protein daily for 6 months. Results showed that the subjects of this study significantly increased bone mineral density. A separate study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine in September 2005, showed that soy food intake was associated with a markedly reduced risk of fracture—especially among early post-menopausal women.
- True: Garlic helps protect the body against heart disease and cancer. Garlic is a great source of manganese, vitamin B6, and vitamin C. Regular garlic consumption may help stimulate the production of nitric oxide in the lining of the blood vessel walls, which helps relax them. As a result of this, garlic can help fight against atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. A study published in Preventive Medicine showed that garlic inhibits coronary artery calcification. A separate study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that study participants consuming the most garlic had a 39 percent reduced risk for cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx, a 57 percent reduced risk for esophageal cancer, a 26 percent reduced risk for colorectal cancer, a 10 percent reduced risk of breast cancer, and a 22 percent reduced risk of ovarian cancer (those consuming more onions showed similar benefits).
- False: Avocado is a source of unhealthy monounsaturated fat. Actually, avocados are a good source of healthy monounsaturated fat that may help reduce levels of a bad type of cholesterol in the body. Avocados contain oleic acid, the monounsaturated fat that may help lower cholesterol. Among an avocado's myriad benefits are its potassium and vitamin E content. A 1.1-ounce serving of a California avocado provides 152.1 milligrams of potassium as well as 3.9 milligrams of calcium and 2.6 grams of total carbs (including 2 grams of dietary fiber). Potassium can help prevent fluid retention and high blood pressure. Vitamin E can help maintain healthy skin and prevent skin aging—vitamin E may even help alleviate menopausal hot flashes.
- True: Ginger has a long history of effectively treating gastrointestinal problems. Ginger is regarded as an effective carminative—a substance which promotes the elimination of intestinal gas. It's also known as an intestinal spasmolytic, which is a substance that relaxes and soothes the intestinal tract. Ginger has antioxidant effects, the ability to inhibit the formation of inflammatory compounds, and direct anti-inflammatory effects. It can prevent motion sickness—especially seasickness—and its associated symptoms, including dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and cold sweating. Research presented at the 2003 Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research conference suggested that gingerols, the main active components in ginger, may inhibit the growth of human colorectal cancer cells. These gingerols are believed to reduce the pain associated with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. There are many ways to enjoy this beneficial anti-aging food (ginger lemonade; grated ginger on a rice dish; in a salad dressing; on sautéed vegetables; and ginger tea).
- False: Tomatoes are poor sources of vitamin C. One cup contains 57.3 percent of the daily recommended value of vitamin C,* making tomatoes good sources of vitamin C. Somatoes are also excellent sources of vitamins A and K, potassium, and manganese. Lycopene, a carotenoid found in tomatoes, has been studied for its antioxidant and cancer-preventing properties. The antioxidant function of lycopene is its ability to help protect cells and other structures in the body from oxygen damage. This antioxidant function has also been linked to the protection of DNA inside of white blood cells. Lycopene has also been shown to be protective against a list of cancers: colorectal, prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and pancreatic. One 4.3-ounce serving (approximately a medium tomato) contains only 22 calories, and 4.3 grams of total carbs (including 1.5 grams of dietary fiber), 1.1 grams of protein, 12.3 milligrams of calcium, and 291.5 milligrams of potassium.
*Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Google+ Offers Many Sharing Options
En español | Editor's Note: AARP TEK stands for technology, education, and knowledge. TEK helps people 50-plus who want plain language and user-friendly information on how to best use personal technology. The free program provides comprehensive online and in-person technology tips, trends, tools and hands-on lessons.
Curiosity. It's a core component of using Google+. The company best known for its search engine merged popular elements of Twitter and Facebook and put them into its own social network.
Ian Cunningham
Twitter is a powerful network of information; its search will turn up all kinds of information from users you may not know. Facebook gives you a way to connect with friends and share a tremendous amount of information and images.
See also: Step-by-step guide on how to join Google+ (PDF)
Google+ does both: It allows you to discover people you do not know, and to share content with people you want to see your content.
There are two main ways to start following people on Google+: searching for friends who are already using Google+, and searching for topics that interest you and finding people you want to follow to learn more about that topic. Once you start adding people into circles, your feed will fill with information. You can also just read specific circles one at a time if the home feed seems too busy.
It can take time to explore Google+ and get comfortable with the many ways to follow information and reshare. The best tip for enjoying Google+ is to just jump in and explore. You may find all kinds of resources you have never seen before.
Take a look at the AARP TEK step-by-step guide that gives recommended steps on how to dig in and start experiencing Google+. You can also learn how to use the social network's popular webcam feature and more.
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Sons of Hippies – Spaceship Ride (7″ EP)
Debut single 'Spaceship Ride' from Sons of Hippies with bonus track 'Mirrorball'
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Debut single 'Spaceship Ride' from Sons of Hippies with bonus track 'Mirrorball'
High in the mountains of Tennessee, Sons of Hippies was conceived amid fellow music lovers at a festival on a 700-acre farm on a sunny June afternoon; their name originated when Brazilian native Jonas Canales and Florida-bred Katherine Kelly probed familial bonds to discover they were, indeed, children of hippies. The duo's dreamily melodic but complexly synthesized music required the mentorship of Pro-Pain guitarist Tom Klimchuck who produced and played bass on the band's March '09 debut, Warriors of the Light, which received the critic's choice award from Tampa's popular Creative Loafing publication for "Best Modern-Sounding Record" of 2009.
While on tour throughout the East Coast, Sons of Hippies wrote their sophomore album, A-Morph (also produced by Klimchuck,) which was released in September 2010 and was accompanied by a journal Kelly kept detailing the recording sessions. During this year the group also recorded but never released an EP, Invisible Personalities, titled after a rogue AM radio transmission that was captured in their studio on Kelly's loop station.
In the summer of 2011 the band released a 5-song space rock concept album called Fade to White which was distributed with a typewritten lyric book.
Bassist David Daly joined S.O.H. in 2011. David is also working on a solo project called Completely From Mountains.
In December 2012 the band signed with Cleopatra Records and a full length album is scheduled for release in 2013. The album was mixed by Jack Endino ( Nirvana, L7, Mudhoney ) and mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Andy Walter (Radiohead, David Bowie, U2).
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Sons of Hippies
Spaceship Ride
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June 4, 2013
Cleopatra Records
7" LP Vinyl
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Spaceship Ride


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Blake and Emma
About us
As of 6 June 2009 I am creating this site to tell our story. There is a blog about Emma's condition, and how we're dealing with it. The background page is about how we met, and photos are primarily of the family, Emma doesn't care for photos of herself.
Emma has passed on to her heavenly father's care. By her wishes there will be no services or memorials. She asked that you each remember her by raising a glass in her memory, and I request that if you feel moved to do so, please contribute to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in her name. This website is her only memorial. I may visit and update the blog on events related to her or me, her story is not over as long as we remember her.
I have completed a book about Emma's last year, titled "Surviving". It is available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Proceeds from the sales will be used to keep ads off this site and to make contributions to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Thank you for visiting and honoring Emma's memory.
Site Contents
You're on the Homepage, there's a counter so I can see how many people have visited (since almost no one signs the Guestbook or leaves comments)
The Blog is updates on Emma's condition and how we're dealing with things. Last entry 4 July 2011
Background is how we met, I find it romantic.
Photos are family pictures, with a page devoted to Autumn, our cat.
Guest Book gives you a chance to let us know you stopped by.
More Information is a collection of links to information about Pancreatic Cancer and the procedures Emma is going through, and a couple of diversions.
Tangents, thoughts outside the blog, will probably turn into a stream of consciousness page.
Condolences is a page of condolence messages received off the website
You can email me at any of my other addresses, or through the link at the bottom of the page.
At The Alamo
Strangely enough, Dr Klien made an Alamo reference when he was speaking to us about pallitive care.


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Two shots of a toy based on the 2011 VW Touareg way ahead of the Geneva Motor Show in March. What do they reveal? A VW Golf grille on a 2011 Porsche Cayenne. Or is that the other way around?
Like its Porsche doppelganger, the new Touareg is expected to shed a little bit of weight as any pretension of off-road ability is dropped while interior space and quality should increase. Expect the usual array of VW engines, including a TDI, but also the new generation of twincharged TSI engines under the hood. [via WCF]


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Pence caps special day with game-winning hit
San Francisco, CA – Hunter Pence's game-winning bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 win over the San Diego Padres in the season finale for both teams.
The Padres held a 6-5 lead entering the ninth, but Francisco Peguero led off the bottom half with a game-tying homer into the seats in left-center off Huston Street (2-5).
Tony Abreu then singled before Brandon Belt walked. Buster Posey was then intentionally walked after Abreu scampered to third on a passed ball to load the bases.
Pence, who finalized a five-year deal worth $90 million earlier Sunday, stepped up next and belted a single to deep center to plate Abreu.
"That's a tough one, whether it's April, May, June, July, August or September," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Huston has been so reliable for us the past couple of years and it just goes to show that players are not invincible."
Pence finished with two hits and three RBI for the defending World Series- champion Giants (76-86), who won four of their last five games to close the year.
"You couldn't ask for a better story today with everything that happened," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "It felt like a playoff game. I guess the guys really wanted a piece of third place."
Sergio Romo (5-8) tossed a scoreless top of the ninth to pick up the win
Jedd Gyorko smacked a grand slam for San Diego (76-86), which had won three of its last four tilts coming in.
The game was tied 2-2 after four innings before Gyorko cracked his blast over the wall in left in the fifth to give San Diego a 6-2 spread.
San Francisco got a run back in the home fifth on Belt's RBI double and Pence brought home two more in the seventh with a single to pull the hosts within 6-5.
Game Notes
Giants starter Guillermo Moscoso allowed five runs on four hits and four walks over 4 1/3 innings, while Padres starter Tyson Ross fanned seven and surrendered three runs on seven hits and a walk over six frames.


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Local urban gardeners seeking organic food self-sufficiency are increasingly turning to raising egg-laying hens -- without running "a fowl" of the law.
Backyard chicken owners don't expect to scratch out a living raising hens, but there is a payoff. While many people start out with the aim of putting fresh eggs on the table, they find themselves revising their thinking once the hens have been pecking around the garden for a while.
"They animate and add life to the yard," says Travis Young, who has three Red Rock Cross and three Barred Rock Cross birds. "They all have different personalities."
He says that Cheesecake, Chicken Little, Spider, Ginger, Betty and Veronica (the last two named because they look alike) will follow him around whenever he is working in the garden. They help keep the garden free of bugs and slugs. Although he doesn't have children yet, he has seen how kids are drawn to the birds.
Most bylaws prohibit the sale of the eggs, but that doesn't mean they can't be given away. "I never connected with my neighbours until I went over with some eggs," says Young, who is a manager at the Saanich branch Buckerfield's. "Now I know everybody."
While they are raised for eggs, chicken are also beneficial for gardens. Chickens eat commercial chicken feed -- which costs between $11.60 and $20 for a 20-kilogram bag -- but they also consume kitchen scraps including most vegetables, fruit and meat. Young's six chickens go through a bag of feed every two or three weeks -- a bit more in the winter. Young collects their manure and mixes it with the compost, producing a rich soil that he tills into his garden.
Most municipalities in Greater Victoria allow chickens in the yards of single-family homes. But urban chicken fanciers live in closer proximity to their neighbours than their rural counterparts. Keeping chickens in the backyard can ruffle some feathers. Animal control officers get involved only when neighbours get into a flap over such issues such as odours and flies.
Ian Fraser, the senior animal control officer with the City of Victoria and Oak Bay says the best recommendation he can give is for prospective homeowners take the time to build a suitable chicken coop.
"I urge people to use common sense," he says. "Don't locate it too close to your neighbour's fence and build it large enough to be able to enter and clean it."
Marilyn Murphy must have taken his advice to heart. While some chicken coops are not much more than a few pieces of cardboard placed together, Murphy's girls rule the roost in a custom coop designed and built by her ex-husband, a master carpenter.
"He had a real eye for the design," says Murphy, who has been keeping chickens in her Fairfield backyard for 25 years. "It's pretty deluxe for a chicken coop."
Chicken coops should be a secure and sheltered place for chickens to roost overnight. Victorians won't find any foxes in the henhouse, but raccoons are just as bad and will abscond with the birds if given the opportunity.
Owners might also want to have some sort of screen or other deterrent above the chicken run to prevent predation from eagles, owls and ravens. A net might prevent birds from flying the coop, but determined hens have been known to scale a six-foot fence.
But an occasional errant bird doesn't ruffle a lot of feathers.
"I just throw them back over," says Lorne Kirby, who lives on Dallas Road beside a house where four chickens have the run of the property.
"I come from a farm, so I don't see any problem with having chickens. I'd rather have them than pigeons. Compared to the last tenants, the new neighbours [who have the chickens] are really nice."
But some commercial farmers think those keeping backyard hens are just a bunch bird-brains.
"It's just a fad," says Gordon Galey, owner of Morning Fresh Farms, who has 6,000 laying hens. "They don't have safeguards so sooner or later they will attract rats and neighbours will get upset."
His free-run chickens are safely contained in a building, which protects them from the weather, predators and direct infection. Commercial farmers in British Columbia produce 60 million eggs per year. There are 18 commercial egg producers on Vancouver Island.
Getting started is simple enough. Businesses such as Buckerfield's sell chicks every season. Vaccinated chicks -- ready just after Easter this year -- sell for $3.99 each. Customers buying $75 worth of equipment and feed from Buckerfield's will even get six free chicks to start.
A laying hen will generally produce one egg a day -- fewer in the winter -- for about five years. Hens have been known to live up to 18 years, but longevity varies with the breed.
"Chickens are generally low-maintenance," says Malcolm Macartney, a veterinarian and owner of the MacKenzie Veterinary Services. "I usually get calls to deal with parasites, such as mites. If they get infections, antibiotics work well."
He suggests people interested in getting eggs avoid raising chicks and buy "point of lay pullets," birds about five months old that are about to start laying.
Murphy, who has exotic breeds such as Bantam Old English hens and Sumatra chickens, agrees buying older birds is more efficient, but points out hens will turn out friendlier when handled more often when they are chicks.
"When you raise them from chicks, you effectively become mom in their eyes," she says.
There are about 129 egg producers in B.C. who raise about 2.4 million layer hens.
They produce 60 million eggs per year.
There are 18 commercial producers on Vancouver Island.
Egg farms raise an average of 17,000 hens.
Producers who have more than 99 birds are required to register with the B.C. Egg Marketing Board. Producers are issued with a quota.
The majority -- 88 per cent of the hens -- are housed in cage systems in large, climate-controlled structures.
The remainder in other flock management systems -- free run, free range, certified organic free range (includes some with specific feed requirements).
Source: B.C. Egg Marketing Board
Bylaws governing keeping chickens in a residential neighbourhood vary by municipality. It is recommended interested parties contact their municipal hall or local animal control office. Roosters are not permitted in any urban municipality.
No limit to size of flock
Eggs for personal consumption and cannot be sold
10 chickens on land 1,114.8 square metres to 1,858 square metres
30 chickens on land lots between 1,858 square metres and 0.4 hectare
No limit on land more than 0.4 hectare (or one acre)
Four chickens on any parcel of land zoned for single family residential use
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Requires a poultry-keeping permit
Five chickens on land greater than 745 square metres but less than 1,858 square metres
Eight chickens on land between 1,858 square metres and 4,047 square metres
10 chickens on land greater than 4,047 square metres (or one acre)
10 chickens on land 12,000 square feet to one acre
20 chickens over one acre to two acres
30 chickens over two acres
No more than five chickens on a parcel of land less than 1,858 square metres
No more than eight chickens on a parcel of land greater than 1,858 square metres and less than 4,047 square metres
No more than 10 chickens on a parcel of land of 4,047 square metres or more


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Crockery is a family of tableware cast in fine bone china from plaster models carved by Max Lamb. Made in Staffordshire, England.
Fine bone china, biscuit exterior, glazed interior.
Designed by Max Lamb for 1882 Ltd
London-based Max Lamb was born in Cornwall, England, an upbringing that imbued him with a love of nature and a creative spirit which have manifested in his practice as designer and maker. He graduated from the Royal College of Art, London in 2006, was named Designer of the Future at Design Miami/Basel in 2008 and continues to both produce and exhibit his work internationally.
Lamb is known for creating beautifully crafted pieces that have materials and traditional processes at their core. He looks to design products that stimulate dialogue between maker, product and user through a visual simplicity that effectively communicates the obvious.
'Crockery', a collection of fine bone china tableware cast from moulds carved by Lamb, is testament to his maxim to use materials honestly and processes transparently, to give both their own voice rather than impose his aesthetic.
The name of their company evokes the deep roots of the Johnsons' heritage, for 1882 was the year that Johnson Brothers was founded.