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Get this: There are more than one billion smokers on planet Earth. Yep, that's a billion people around the world whose nicotine addiction is leading to high rates of cancer and emphysema, increased air pollution and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking causes more deaths each year than HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined!
So what to do about it? For starters, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared May 31 as "World No Tobacco Day." For this year's theme, WHO is focusing on women and girls—who make up about 20% of all smokers worldwide. That's more than 200 million women and girls who may not be getting all the facts!
But fortunately, the trend with teens is going in the right direction. The latest Monitoring the Future report of teens in 8th, 10th and 12th grades found that cigarette smoking among U.S. teens is at its lowest point since the survey started in 1975. That's a fact worth celebrating, since smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in this country, which means the best way to avoid these negative consequences is not to start.
Other trends are not so good, including the one showing that advertisers are targeting more girls outside the U.S., who may not know as much about the dangers of smoking.
Everyone can take a step toward making May 31 tobacco-free—in your family, your school, your community, or the world. If you or someone you love smokes, get the facts. The American Cancer Society is a good place to start, with a Guide to Quitting Smoking.
Make every day a No-Tobacco Day!
I really hate smoking and as long as possible I want my boyfriend to quit smoking because I am pregnant because I hate it if I can smell the smoke. I support this one. [removed commercial link]
I hate smoking very much. I am always wondering that why so many people like smoking. I have a friend who smokes three packages of cigarettes every day. He has this bad habit for about eight years. And, his lung has very serious problem now. I have made the decision that I will never smoke in my lifetime. I am a young painter in China, specializing in creating different kinds of oil paintings. [removed commercial link] Thank you.
I dislike smoking because it just shortens your life
I hate cigarette smoke makes me short of breath .. please stop making cigarettes in the world, but I'm also thinking about how people live in my country Indonesia from cigarettes, cigarettes contributed the largest foreign exchange here
Yah most of people dislike smoking including me. But e-cigarettes solve our problem. I smoked 3 to 4 packs per day and was able to stop completely on the very next morning after starting to smoke J&J electronic cigarettes. As incredible as it seems, I was still able to work out and exercise although I smoked so much, but now I'm hardly ever out of breath and my disgusting hacking smoker's cough has COMPLETELY disappeared. I don't cough. I have no "tickle" in my throat. I don't smell. My house doesn't smell. I feel 100% better
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a laboratory analysis it did of electronic cigarette samples found that they contained toxic chemicals similar to ingredients used in antifreeze! That can't be good. And even though e-cigarettes turn these chemicals into a vapor to be inhaled, that vapor still contains nicotine, which is real addictive. Don't let the flavors fool you. And anyway, who wants to be addicted to cigarettes, battery-operated or not?
I love smoking it makes me relax, I know the consequence but I don't care
I smoke electronic cigarettes. Way better than regular ones. But read reviews before getting yourself one, most are low quality
very good resources on how to quit smoking is [commercial link removed]. All free, relevant and helpful information from true educators.
I stuble on this site and it was what I needed it work no problem i have been smoke free for 90 days now
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One of the concerns about e-cigarette use is that it is modeling addict behavior. It looks like smoking. Why not use a nicotine patch so you can break the behavior and break the burden of addiction? I guess I would wait until ALLL the research is done before diving into the use of an unregulated substance.
My ecigarette has no nicotine, only food products I buy in the grocery store and mix myself. I quit smoking in less than a week while using ecigarettes. I'm not alone in this. I understand addiction, formerly being an intraveinous drug user of cocaine, heroin and abusing many other substances. ADDICTS NEED ALTERNATIVES WHICH THEY FREELY CHOOSE or the cycle continues. If it's at least 'safer' than smoking, ecigarettes are a move in the right direction. In my own case of not using nicotine in my ecig, what I ingest are FDA approved food items - glycerin & flavoring extracts only. Chewing gum can be modeling addictive behavior. The real issue is: are you addicted?
With the patch, you're still addicted.


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Kiwayu 18" x 18" Pillow Cover
These cuddly pillows were handwoven in Kenya from the softest chemical-free cotton. The yarn was pre-dyed creating beautiful, subtle variations in color which coordinate with the rest of our collection. A crocheted flange and bone buttons give this eco-friendly pillow cover extra character.
Measurements: Appr. 18" x 18" Color: Blue Mist Insert Not Included
About our Kenyan Weavers:
Empowering those affected by HIV/AIDS, supporting the elderly with jobs that fit their physical capabilities, flexible working arrangements for women with children... the compassionate approach of the couple who founded the weaving group we work with in Kenya is endless. Whenever any of their products are purchased it helps them continue providing assistance and jobs in rural Kenya. I am crazy about their supple chemical-free raw cotton and eco-friendly operations which utilize coconut shells, discarded wood and bone to create buttons and other accessories.

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Thinnification Articles
Celebrity weight loss, typically but not exclusively for the purpose of career advancement and not always due to health reasons.
Countdown to Young Johnny
Less than two months to go now to the release of the next Pirates Of The Caribbean movie: Johnny Depp needs money. They screened it at CinemaCon in Vegas yesterday and, according to Variety Full Story
Mark Wahlberg lost 60 lbs
Somewhere between bulking up with The Rock and running away from giant (extinct) Hasbro toys, Mark Wahlberg lost 60 pounds. Did you notice? He wanted you to notice. In a new interview with USA Today Full Story
Porny in the backseat
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Oh now this is just too easy… Jessica Simpson posted this shot on Instagram the other day with the caption: Hiding from the paparazzi, so why not pose for Eric? As IF she hides from the paps. She wasn't hiding from them when she was leaving dinner the same night in the same outfit. Full Story
Face or Body: Man edition featuring Jake Gyllenhaal
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A quick refresher for those of you unfamiliar to Face or Body: as my friend Lara always says, faces need some fat on them, especially after 30. But that can mean sacrificing a bony ass to look younger. And many (most?) women in Hollywood choose body over face. They'd rather be very thin in the body and look older in the face than look younger in the face and have some curves down below. Full Story
Emmys Worst: Claire Danes
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It's partly her own doing, I think. Had she showed up just on her own as Claire Danes, then she would have just been Claire Danes and the hair and the tan and that dress, which is not getting enough criticism, would have been judged on their own. But she showed up for most people's first time on Ryan Seacrest's carpet, hijacking the Lena Dunham interview and essentially pushing him off camera. Full Story
Emmys Worst Thinnification: Julianna Margulies
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I think I've been clear here, before, that I really like the Marg. I spell her name wrong with regularity, of course, but I like her. She's always kind of got some quiet sass about her, rocking the latter part of her career, and she knows exactly what's up, I feel, at these events. Full Story
Emma, Andrew, and thin Colin
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Andrew Garfield showed up in costume at Comic-Con – click here if you missed Sarah's recap earlier today—and then flew straight to the South of France to see his girlfriend Emma Stone where she's working on Woody Allen's new movie with Colin Firth. Full Story
The thinnification of Chris Evans
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When I first started writing for LaineyGossip back in 2010 (oh my God—it's been three years?!) I had a big Freebie Five crush on Chris Evans and Lainey gave me sh*t all the time. But then he got super jacked for Captain America and I wasn't feeling it as much, as beefcake isn't my favorite flavor. Full Story
Kate Upton: the Vogue cover...finally
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Last year, Page Six reported that Kate Upton, unlike many of her model peers, was made to pay her own way into the MET Gala by Anna Wintour. This year at the MET Gala, Upton wore DVF and it was one of the most tragic looks of a night that was dominated by tragic looks. Full Story
The Thinnification of Lily Collins
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Lily Collins is the star of the upcoming The Mortal Instruments film series, based on the YA books by Cassandra Clare. The first installment is due in August. You previously saw her in last year's Mirror, Mirror. Collins has tried the celebrity spawn reality show thing, she's tried journalism, and now the goal is a franchise, to occupy a place in Hollywood somewhere around Kristen Stewart and Jennifer Lawrence. Full Story
Grammy Face or Body: Faith Hill
My friend Amy D, a big country music fan, emailed me last night during the Grammys. OMG what happened to Faith Hill?!? My response: Face or Body. She's choosing Body. In the choice not to have a big ass, sometimes, unless you're Halle Berry, you sacrifice your face. This, I imagine, is why fillers became so popular. Full Story


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About The Book
Bohdan R. Bociurkiw's book is a pioneering study of the suppression of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church under Stalinist rule. It is the fruit of a lifetime of painstaking research. The study takes into account all the most important publications on the subject. It draws on publications that have appeared in a great variety of religious, Ukrainian underground, Soviet and non-Soviet (especially émigré) journals, newspapers, propagandistic pamphlets, and leaflets.
Many of the Soviet archival materials from Communist Party and government (including KGB) repositories used by the author had been classified and have hitherto remained unknown to scholars and analysts. These sources have been supplemented by documents from ecclesiastical archives in Rome and Ukrainian church repositories in the West. Furthermore, the author availed himself of a number of oral informants, including victims and eyewitnesses of Soviet repressions against the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, thereby including in his considerations vital insights that otherwise would not have been preserved.
Dr. Bociurkiw judiciously pieces together these disparate and scattered bits of information to narrate the planning, realization, and immediate consequences of the Soviet liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church. The book carefully analyzes Soviet policy toward the church from the first occupation of Galicia by the Red Army in 1939 through the liquidation of the institutional structures of the Greek Catholic Church in Galicia, Poland, and Transcarpathia in the mid- and late 1940s. The study shows what Soviet authorities sought to achieve through their policy toward the Greek Catholic Church in the context of preceding and contemporary Russian and Soviet nationalities policy and reveals the mechanism through which the Stalin regime sought to meet its objectives regarding Ukrainian Greek Catholics. In so doing the author identifies the main executors of the Kremlin-ordered "reunion" of the Greek Catholic Church with the state-controlled Moscow Patriarchate, including NKGB/MGB agents, officials, and propagandists, often hiding behind pseudonyms plausibly deciphered in the book, and ecclesiastical figures. Given the sensitivity of the subject matter, the perfidy of some actors on the stage, the heroism of others, and the difficulty of separating well-intended fiction and deliberate disinformation from documented facts, Bohdan Bociurkiw's solid, well-informed, and balanced analysis of the Soviet attempt to liquidate the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine is a major accomplishment. This is a must read for anyone interested in the history of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church or in the suppression of religion under Soviet rule.
About The Author
Bohdan R. Bociurkiw
Dr. Bociurkiw (1925–98) was Professor of Political Science (with special emphasis on Soviet politics, Soviet Ukraine, and church-state relations) at Carleton University where he founded the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies (now Institute of European and Russian Studies) and served as its first director (1969–72) and as Associate …
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- A review in Ecumenism, No. 125, March 1997, p. 46
- A review in First Things 72 (April 1997)
- Gregory Woolfenden's review in Eastern Churches Journal, Autumn 1997, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 167-69
- A review in the Forum Magazine, No. 97, Fall 1997, p. 34
- C. Simon's review in Orientalia Christiana Periodica, Vol. 63, No. 1, 1997, pp. 267-71
- A review in Glaube in Der 2. Welt, No. 11 (1997), p. 30 (in German)
- Serhii Plokhy's review in Harvard Ukrainian Studies, Vol. XXI (3-4), (1997), pp. 482-85
- Georg Seide's review in Osteuropa, 47 (1997), H. 7, pp. 743-44 (in German)
- Bill Mikhail's review in the Journal of Church and State, Vol. 40, No. 2, Spring 1998
- Eugene Huskey's review in the American Historical Review, April 1998, pp. 560-61
- Myroslav Shkandrij's review in the Canadian Book Review Annual, Vol. 23, July 1998, p. 115 (2159)
- Andrew Wilson's review in The Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 76, Pt. 1, (1998), pp. 168-71
- Myroslav Tataryn's review in the Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 40, Nos. 3-5 (1998), pp. 454-55
- George O. Liber's review in the Journal of Modern History, Vol. 70, No. 3, (1998), pp. 756-57
- L. Delmotte's review in Istina, No. 1 (1999), pp. 84-85 (in French)
- Frank Golczewski's review in Zeitschrift fuer Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, 48 (1999), H. 2, p. 316 (in German)
- Katrin Boeckh's review in Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas 48 (2000), H. 1, pp. 139-41 (in German)
- Roman Cholij's review in St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 1 (2000), pp. 103-8
- Sophia Senyk's review in the Russian Review, (Spring 2002), pp. 132-33
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It has reached epidemic proportions, I tell you: bad lock jobs, and even more serious, cheap cable locks, everywhere I look! I was eating dinner outdoors with my family at a lovely cafe this weekend, near a bicycle rack with five bikes locked up, all with cheap cables. Then a guy showed up with a road bike and a U-lock, and I thought, finally! THANK YOU! He proceeded to hook the U-lock through the quick release front wheel only. NOOOOO!!!!
I have good intentions here. Overall, having your bicycle stolen is a rotten experience, so in the long run, deploying my Little Yellow Public Service Cards (LYPS cards) (not to be confused with the old LIPS laser printers) would increase the overall happiness level, or, alternatively, decrease the sum of suffering, wouldn't they? Yet, people are unpredictable. Some would not welcome this gentle admonition. A few would fly into a rage. Most would probably ignore it. Suffering due to bicycle theft enabled by cheap cable locks and bad locking technique would continue. Perhaps an experiment: place a few cards on candidate bicycles, use a hidden camera to capture the results? Or more open and honest, excuse me, did you notice the Friendly Security Note affixed to your ride, near your terrible lock? What is your reaction, are you likely to consider using a U-lock properly in the future because of it? On a scale from 1 to 10, how happy would you say you were overall, before you saw the card, compared to how you felt afterwards? Great, now compare that to how you would feel if your cheap cable lock were cut with a cheap cable cutter and your sweet ride was stolen by a ne'er-do-well in search of an easy twenty bucks, where would that put you, 1 to 10? Get up. Go ride. Lock up.


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When we arrived at the The New Diorama Theatre in London we didn't know what to expect. The universal machine is a musical about the life of mathematician and WWII code breaker Alan Turing. I have only seen one musical in my whole life, Cats, and it made me feel ill, so I really could not fathom how this was going to work. But as it turned out, we loved it.
It's always good to see other people make mistakes, so a book about serious errors committed by some of history's greatest scientists is bound to be a good read. But Mario Livio's new book isn't just about reassuring
ordinary mortals like me, and it's not at all about poking fun at less ordinary ones. It's a thoughtful look at science, the often hap-hazard path of its progress and the limitations of the human mind.
Superposition, an audio-visual performance written by Ryoji Ikeda, is not for the faint hearted. We certainly wouldn't ever be tempted to listen to the sound track on its own. But despite its challenging nature, it is a wonderful experience which evoked a sense of beauty from chaos, mathematics, and physics, carried across by visual art and music.
It's not often the very first person you meet in a movie is a mathematician. The second, third and fourth people on screen also being mathematicians is even rarer. But the movie Travelling Salesman is a rare movie: not only are almost all of the characters mathematicians, the central plot also hinges on the solution of one of the most important problems in mathematics.
Quantum physics is hard. And weird. There's just no getting around it. It takes Plus a lot of tea and biscuits to write anything about the quantum world. But since discovering John Polkinghorne's book it thankfully has become a little bit easier.
Sometimes it doesn't feel like the world is a very nice place. The news is filled with war, political conflict, crime – it seems we just can't get along. So it is very cheering indeed to read a book dedicated entirely to convincing you that we are actually very helpful to one another and that the whole world as we know it is only possible thanks to cooperation. And surprisingly the authors don't use psychology or sociology to make their argument – they use maths.
Higgs Force traces the history of the human quest for understanding how the Universe works, starting from the atomic ideas of the ancient Greeks and finishing with the launch of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. It is a remarkable fact that the author was able to present it as a continuous story, tracing the analogies between the earliest ideas of elements (fire-air-water-earth) and the accepted current theory of elementary particles.
Reading this book feels a bit like putting on a CD of a virtuoso pianist to help inspire my own amateur playing . It does not, and does not try to, give a real taste of what it is like to be a professional mathematician. But the book gives a good picture of a selection of the topics that mathematicians study and have studied, how those topics have developed over the last two thousand years, and how they have profoundly influenced the world around us.


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Orlando_cardoso necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
I'm a software developer at Intuit, the makers of TurboTax, Mint, and QuickBooks. I'm pitching an idea around the company, and would love a fantastic logo that captures the essence of what I'm hoping to produce.
The product is an attempt to help people forecast their financial lives in a fun, easy, non-threatening way.
Concept wise we're hoping to use Hot-Air balloon imagery within the application, so would love to see some concepts take that into account. However, we're also pretty open to other ideas.
Should we end up developing this concept, the logo would potentially end up on the Web, Mobile Platforms, and event print (t-shirts, etc).
Our primary audience is 30 something year olds with big life decisions looming - do I buy a house? Have a kid? Am I saving enough for retirement? etc. Within that market, folks that would find us appealing generally find current options like 401k calculators at Fidelity way too boring, drab, and depressing. We're hoping to give them a better picture of where they are today financially, and we're they're heading - while remaining fun and hopeful.
While are target is 30 something year olds, we do expect a wide audience from 20 - 65 to be interested.
You pretty much have full artistic range. Ideally the logo would look coherent when side by side with Mint's, but should be able to stand alone. The ideal logo would indicate this product is about personal finances, but reflect the fun and hope we intend to convey throughout the product. Our tentative tagline is 'Forecast your financial future', and we have a hot air balloon motif going on within our initial concept. You are welcome to try to incorporate those elements, or use your own judgement to experiment with other elements or concepts.
Otherwise, see the attached screenshots.
The first, LifeCaster.png, is a bad example - it's what you get when a developer has to create a placeholder.
The second is Mint's, in case you're not familiar with it.
The 3rd and 4th are screenshots from JacquieLawson.com. We don't want to go this far - and certainly don't want teddy bears, but want to be closer to here than your traditional financial product logo.
The final one is TaxCaster - another product of ours. http://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tool…taxcaster/ The iconography would probably be similar - but the color pallette would probably be closer to Mint's.In terms of product functionality and layout it would be pretty close to this.
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U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Weekly Update
Bill Kauffman
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: 719-228-6800
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COLORADO SPRINGs, Colo. (Oct. 23, 2008) - The U.S. Women's National Team Weekly Update for Oct. 23 includes briefs on several U.S. Olympians competing professionally overseas, player stats, trivia questions and a list of all players competing overseas.
The full PDF document can be viewed by clicking here, while highlight segments can be found below.
BOWN ON TARGET IN ITALY: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), a three-time U.S. indoor volleyball Olympian, continues to shine for her Italian professional team during the early season matches. She tallied eight kills on 11 swings to go with a block in leading Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi to a 25-16, 25-13, 25-13 victory over Tena Santeramo on Oct. 19. Jesi currently is 2-0 in the Italian Serie A standings after two weekends. Bown's Jesi squad next plays undefeated Bergamo on Oct. 26.
SCOTT-ARRUDA DOUBLE-DIGITS: Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.), a four-time U.S. indoor volleyball Olympian, tallied 10 points for CGF Recyle Florens Castellana Grotte in a 25-20, 16-25, 25-22, 29-27 loss to undefeated Foppapedretti Bergamo on Oct. 19. She scored her double-digits via six kills, three blocks and an ace. CGF Recyle Florens Castellana Grotte is now 1-1 over the first two weekends of the Italian Serie A season. Scott's team challenges undefeated Unicom Starker Kerakoll Sassuolo on Oct. 26.
WILLOUGHBY BOASTS 19: Kim Willoughby (Napoleonville, La.), who competed on the U.S. Olympic silver medal team at the 2008 Olympic Games, came off the Despar Perugia bench to score a match-high 19 points, but it was not enough as it lost to Unicom Starker Kerakoll Sassuolo 25-23, 19-25, 25-18, 25-15 on Oct. 19. She tallied 18 kills on 39 attacks with a block to reach her 19 points. Perugia is still in search of its first victory through the first two matches of its Italian Serie A season. Perugia battles Zoppas Industries Conegliano (1-1) on Oct. 26 for Willoughby's next match.
HANEEF-PARK PREPARING FOR V-LEAGUE: Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.), a two-time U.S. Olympian and silver medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games, has returned to Japan to compete for the Pioneer Red Wings in the Japan V-League. Haneef-Park, who competed last year in Turkey, last competed professional in Japan for Takefuji Bamboo in 2004. During that season, she was the league's leading scorer and scored most the kills. Pioneer, coached by 2004 U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Team Head Coach Toshi Yoshida, opens its 2008-2009 season on Nov. 1 versus Densoearibizu.
TOM TAKES ON JAPAN: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time U.S. Olympian and silver medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games, will be competing for Japan V-League member Hisamitsu Springs in 2008-2009, in her sixth different country professional league since 2003. Tom's previous professional seasons have included stops in Brazil's Superliga (MRV/Minas in 2003), Italian Serie A Jesi in 2003-2004 and Chieri in 2004-2005), Switzerland (Volero in 2005-2006), Spain Superliga (Spar Tenerife Marichal in 2006-2007), Russia Super League (Dinamo Moscow in 2007-2008) and Japan's V-League (Hisamitsu Springs in 2008-2009). At the 2008 Olympic Games, Tom was the elite tournament's Best Scorer in leading the Americans to the silver medal. Hisamitsu opens the season on Nov. 1 against Hitachi Sawa.
KAWAKITA WORKING IN V-LEAGUE: Gen Kawakita, who has served as a volunteer coach with the U.S. Women's National Team including at the 2008 Olympic Games scouting opponents, is now working for Hisamitsu Springs in Japan's V-League. He is serving as an assistant coach and English interpreter for Logan Tom, a three-time U.S. Olympian and silver medalist in the 2008 Olympic Games. Among his other top assignments with the U.S. Women's National Team, Kawakita served as the lead assistant coach at both the 2008 Pan American Cup and the 2007 Pan American Games.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS: USA Volleyball has processed eight transfers of U.S. Women's National Team members to compete for foreign volleyball clubs during the 2008-2009 season. Setter Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu) will return to VBC Volero in Switzerland. Middle blockers Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.) will compete in Italy's Serie A League. Bown competes for Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi, while Scott-Arruda plays for CGF Recycle Florens Castellana Grotte. Japan's V-League has secured the talents of outside hitter Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) and opposite Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.). Tom competes for Hisamitsu Seiyaku Springs, while Haneef-Park is on the Pioneer Red Wings roster playing for former U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Toshi Yoshida. Middle blocker Jennifer Joines (Milpitas, Calif.) and outside hitter Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah) play for Russia's Fakel Novyi Urengoi club, while outside hitter Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) also will compete in Russia with Universitet Belogorie.
2009 PAN AMERICAN CUP COMING TO MIAMI: USA Volleyball will host the Eighth Annual Women's Pan American Cup June 26-July 4 in conjunction with the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championship in the Miami area. The nine-day Pan American Cup, which will tentatively have three of the four 2008 Olympic Games semifinalists (Brazil, USA and Cuba), will be played on the campuses of the University of Miami and Florida International University. "USA Volleyball is extremely excited about the opportunity to host one of the largest international volleyball events in Miami and to pair it with the 2009 USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships," USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal said. "It will provide a unique opportunity for our developing young volleyball players to be exposed to elite international volleyball teams from North America, South America and the Caribbean. The two events will also generate terrific excitement in the community and lead to greater popularity for the sport." USA Volleyball is hosting its first-ever Women's Pan American Cup, which serves as a qualifying event into the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. The event is the largest international volleyball event hosted by USA Volleyball in terms of country participation. Team USA has not hosted a women's senior-level international tournament since the 1998 FIVB World Championship Qualifier tournament in 1998. Due to international scheduling and professional league commitments, matches on domestic soil have become a rarity with only seven contests against foreign teams in the most recent Olympic quadrennial (2005-2008).
OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE APPRAREL ON SALE: USA Volleyball has unveiled five commemorative logo designs to appear on apparel saluting USA Volleyball's medal successes at the recent Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing. Apparel can be purchased by clicking on the commemorative apparel link on www.usavolleyball.org. Men's and ladies' T-shirt designs are $15, while the youth T-shirt size is $13. Long sleeve t-shirts are $18, crew sweatshirts are $23 and hoodies are $30. Sizes XXL and larger have a slightly higher price. USA Volleyball's success on the Olympic grand stage in Beijing has never been achieved by any other nation since volleyball was added to the Olympics in 1964. The U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team, which was named the United States Olympic Committee Team of the Month for August 2008, captured the gold medal at the Olympic Games without losing a single match. Women's Beach Volleyball (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) and Men's Beach Volleyball (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers) both came back from Beijing with Olympic Games gold medals. The U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team captured the silver medal in Beijing, as did the U.S. Women's Sitting Team during the Paralympic Games. No other country has ever participated in the gold-medal match of all four Olympic Games volleyball disciplines during the same year. Team USA added a fifth gold-medal appearance at the Paralympic Games.


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October 26, 2011
Engineer's work at home in the final frontier, earning him Ad Astra nod
Submitted by Communications and Marketing
Bill Kuhn's research can best be described as out of this world. Literally.
Kuhn, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Kansas State University, along with a team of university faculty and students, is working with NASA to create and test new wireless technology that can be used in space exploration. He was recently recognized for his work by the Ad Astra Kansas Initiative, which named him as one of the top 150 scientists to operate in Kansas throughout its 150 years of statehood.
With astronauts' health and safety a concern, Kuhn and teammates are designing wireless technology for space suits. These products will monitor an astronaut's health and can communicate that information to short- and long-range health-monitoring systems.
Kuhn and his graduate students, together with colleagues at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and engineers at Peregrine Semiconductor, also created a micro transceiver designed to help in the search for water -- and ultimately life -- on Mars. These new transceivers are 30 times smaller in size, 100 times lighter and 10 times more energy efficient than the previous transceivers NASA currently uses. Because of the transceiver's portability, now smaller planetary scout craft can be used for exploration missions and multiple vehicles can be carried in a single launch.
"Having grown up during the days of the moon landings and learned about wireless technology through ham radio during my precollege years, combining the two interests was a natural progression," Kuhn said. "I focused on electronics in undergraduate school and on radio design in grad school. This research area is also a great fit for the talents of students who choose to concentrate in the wireless technology at Kansas State University."
Ad Astra's project, "Science in Kansas: 150 Years and Counting," is a celebration of the state's sesquicentennial. It is meant to emphasize the importance of science and the career possibilities in research and innovation to K-12 students. Throughout the year the initiative is spotlighting Kansas researchers, inventors and engineers from the past to the present who have advanced their field. Kuhn is the 12th active faculty member at K-State to be named a top scientist. The organization has recognized other historically noted Kansas researchers like George Washington Carver, Charles H. Sternberg, Clyde Cessna and Clyde Tombaugh.


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Fortook: If you spend much time trying to have intelligent discussions with and try to reason with BlueWarrior, you will very quickly have the urge to He's a war monger, and probably so from spending too much time playing violent video games. Granted, he has made a few good points in this thread, seems to have the ability to read news stories and likes the people in northern Iraq. The Kurds in Northern Iraq got majorly shafted by Saddam and almost completely exterminated so it is good that they are now living without constant fear of getting gassed.The Hussein regime was bad news for pretty much everybody in that area of the world, including Saddam himself with the way it worked out for him, his family and cohorts in the end. Bummer for them, but luckily that is what typically ends up happening eventually to evil, greedy and violent people. Was it worth the $$ spent and lives lost to try to help bring peace to the middle east and encourage the governments and populations of people in the area to behave in more civilized, less violent ways? I don't have an answer to that question. Maybe in a few decades or centuries historians might have some good facts/information/news to publish and write about regarding that area of the world. A boy can hope and dream!! Political leaders and military forces from all around what is called the western world and other more evolved countries/areas have been trying to intervene diplomatically and otherwise with force to try and figure out how to create some semblance of peace, civility and to provide and establish basic daily living conditions (daily needs: housing, food, plumbing, medical care, etc.) for the populations of people in the region for well over a few hundred years without success. Without looking up a historical reference, if I remember correctly, I'm pretty sure the violence, strife, hatred, killing, far from humanitarian behavior activities, sectarian violence due to biases and other prejudiced fueled and other uncivilized behaviors have been going on in the region for thousands of years. Nobody has been able to fix it no matter which approaches they have attempted. It's up to the people and leaders of those areas to work it out. I've got a few simple ideas about how to pave the way to make those areas less violent and the inhabitants being able to live decent lives daily.#1: Affordable housing with air conditioning. If I had to live in and walk around in sometimes up to 130°F temperatures in the desert just to find something to eat each day while the leaders are building lavish palaces and having fun shooting people and blowing things up I'd be pretty pissed off too. #2: [Related to #1] Leaders, use some of that $$ you get from selling the oil you keep pumping out of the earth below you to fund idea #1. If you do that you won't miss a dime and will still have plenty of $$ for everything you desire.#3: Better infrastructure, use some of the oil $$ revenue to improve that stuff, you've got plenty of land to develop things on. Dubai, Saudi Arabia and a few other places are doing a good job of that on small plots of land in the area. #4: Education. Build more schools, colleges, etc. and educate the populations with stuff beyond stupid regime designed propaganda. Better educated people tend to behave more civilly, rationally and less violently. #5: Westernized countries, stop selling weapons, artillery, ammunition and military warfare gear to unstable countries in the region. #6: Just chill, be cool, and stop loving the AKs, RPGs and other weapons so much. Keep them out of the hands of the young uneducated, possibly brainwashed kids.My main view about what to do about the situations now from a USA/Western Country perspective is containment. Make sure no crazies with bombs or whatever weapons to kill get out of the countries/get over here or into other countries to use or detonate them, don't sell them/let them have any more weaponry, and then just let them work it out among themselves for now. My short form principle: More education, less weapons/artillery for killing and violence. Educated people tend to behave and interact with others in much more civilized, less violent ways. Maybe NATO or whoever else should drop-ship a bunch of books/instruction manuals along with some MREs into the bad regions. /end_rantPS: Blue, RE: your post on the previous page where you criticized me. You are the one that is confused, not me. I'm happy that you at least cut down the pirate talk for now. Maybe where you live people use aye instead of I, it sounds like local Caribbean Islands slang, but it is bad English to use on an American law school discussion forum, especially when you are talking about and wanting to have discussion about USA politics/policies/actions/elections/etc. .
I already miss talk like a pirate day .Chuck, I like some of you approach and its is definitely better than killing people, but they aren't like us. Middle Eastern problems need to be solved with Middle Eastern means. They aren't like us, as much as we think they should be and as perfect as we think we are. Kill your air conditioners. Man, do I hate, hate AC.
Hmmm. We may have found a major point of contention between our differing points of view: I not only trust them to govern themselves, but to do so responsibly. If they do not do so responsibly, it is not my place to force them to be like me- to me, its a respect issue. I don't necessarily think we are better than them. To me the question is: why would I? I wouldn't have supported the crusades either and the modern middle eastern invasions are way to similar- just replace the word "Christianity" with "Democracy" and everything else meshes. Too creepy an historical similarity for me. Blue, you seem to feel the opposite: it is our responsibility to force them to behave responsibly, as a matter of decency, regardless off the cost or disrespect. To "help" them by making them like us.
^^ exactly, you seem to want them to behave like us- with our values and our perspective. Saying you know better than them who rules them? Not that its directly relevant, but you argument would hold more weight if: 1) the majority of the population asked the US to invade, 2) the majority, not one small group that wants a regime change, but most people want us there or 3) the majority, over %50 of the population, not less than %10 do not want the US to leave.As it turned out, other than a few minority groups who were being abused, no one wanted the US to invade, over through the government or stay after the conquest was complete. Not even mention why we should be pissed about it- THE GOVERNMENT LIED TO US and killed 100,000s of people in the process.
Are you writing about dictators and regimes or people? Because aye think that regimes are the problem...not the people. Aye trust people to govern themselves but regimes like the one in north korea are not people governing themselves.See the difference?We have Not close ties with n. korea so diplomacy would have no human rights commentary on the treatment of their people. And 0 influence over their people directly or indirectly. We have ties with china so diplomacy often has human rights issues wind in with it's business and political discourse...and human rights issues become cultural/media advertisement. Even human behavior becomes a part of scrutiny by another culture. Didn't the chinese government send out the signal to cut down on public spitting during the 2007 olympics ? Although the initiative was executed by the chinese, doubtful there wasn't some western influence at play..There is also a universal concern for women's rights which bombards governments in which we have business and political ties..we chastise their lack of concern and continue dealing until a dictatorship cracks ...or a regime cracks or crosses the line...the gassing of people should be a clue to a regime crossing the line...yet while progress is made On women's rights issues and basic human rights it's a long way to go...nations of the world are intertwined on many levels in diplomatic and business dealings...we can't help rub off a little of our chinese brothers and sisters...we also can't help rubbing off on those who got rid of ali, mubarak, and quadafi---/we helped with getting the last mentioned.\The west rubs off on the middle east and we influence them one way or another...it happens not through force but an idea that they want the regime gone and a different quality of life...aye don ' t care...call it enculturation; call it diplomatic intercourse...but eventually we all have to stop the habit of spitting in public places...and every now and then until it is a perfect world---some dictators will step down---some will hang--then someone will set themselves on fire to make a point about police cruelty in tunisia. and some people think a revolution is born...at this point they are doing it utilizing their own methods..so aye think we are in agreement on that.Quote from: fortook on February 26, 2012, 08:59:46 AMHmmm. We may have found a major point of contention between our differing points of view: I not only trust them to govern themselves, but to do so responsibly. If they do not do so responsibly, it is not my place to force them to be like me- to me, its a respect issue. I don't necessarily think we are better than them. To me the question is: why would I? I wouldn't have supported the crusades either and the modern middle eastern invasions are way to similar- just replace the word "Christianity" with "Democracy" and everything else meshes. Too creepy an historical similarity for me. Blue, you seem to feel the opposite: it is our responsibility to force them to behave responsibly, as a matter of decency, regardless off the cost or disrespect. To "help" them by making them like us.


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This blog's been percolating for a bit…so the "today" I mention really happened in early November. I actually thought I had published this already, so thanks, David, for the nudge! Here goes…
I've been having trouble blogging lately and I think I've figured out why. I think somehow, somewhere along the line, I began looking at blogging as inciting something rather than sharing what I do and reflecting on what it is I do. Today something got pushed into my mailbox and I saw this blog, which ended with this statement: "I believe blogging is a central part of what academics have to offer the world. It's about taking all our hard-earned knowledge and sharing it with broader circles than journal readers and conference attendees. What could be more important than that?"
I do believe it's important for us to share what we're doing in our classrooms as we figure out how to use social media, get kids thinking globally and encourage them to think for themselves. This fall, I've taken on quad blogging, redoing our learning space to accommodate movement and flexible areas, pushing my various years of wiki kids to connect across years (I have a 7th grader who volunteered to help younger kids with their wikis) and I'm actually using a wiki that I share with parents to organize my teaching of both my math group and my literacy group. I haven't had a literacy group in years, and I am struggling with keeping up with the prolific readers I have. I am spending nights and weekends reading princess and fairy books, adventure and realistic fiction, as well as historical novels and historical fiction. I love historical fiction myself, but many of these kids have read little of it–though they are professed history lovers.They just haven't had someone do book talks about historical fiction enough, I don't think.
I come in on Mondays after my what-are-becoming-every-weekend-visits-to-my-cheap-book-store with books–and hand them out to the kids I was thinking of when I picked them up. Kids are loving my choices–but even more they are enjoying finding out about how I think about questioning, worrying about asking them at the high level of Bloom's taxonomy and getting them to think deeply about their reading, the connections they can make through it, and the thinking they do. (We recently had a lesson on those levels, where I described them and we analyzed a typical set of questions I found online about one of the books we were reading. Kids were blown away by the number of low level questions versus the higher level ones.) What they don't know is that now that they understand the levels, they will be asked to make up questions for themselves that are high level–I hope to deepen their ability to question, not only what they read, but themselves and their thinking as well! My emphasis is more on the questions they ask than the answers they give.
I don't want to impart knowledge…only, as many believe is the job of "teacher." I want to share thinking and questioning, and re-engage those lifelong learner habits and attitudes these kids came to Kindergarten with. I love having the individual conversations about books with kids–and probing to find out why they like the genre of books they do–or how they choose books. I had one kid tell me she never picked out good books for herself–so she was just going to let me do it all year for her since I did it so well. What???? Nope, she and I go to the library and I talk through my strategy of looking for books as I do it, with her standing right by me. In my Monday book talks, I share what intrigued me about the books I chose and why I thought of Johnny or Susie, or Petey as I looked at that book. They know I listen to them and try to figure out how to share stuff so they become more passionate and knowledgeable and thoughtful people.
So why haven't I been listening to myself and sharing online more? There are lots of reasons, and frankly, I just quit trying in many venues, backing up to do it in my classroom, with my parent community and with trusted critical friends…but today's push into my email box–the comment I began with, "I believe blogging is a central part of what academics have to offer the world. It's about taking all our hard-earned knowledge and sharing it with broader circles than journal readers and conference attendees. What could be more important than that?" reminded me we need to push through that reticence when we feel it. We need to speak up and share–whether that be as a match or a slow flame, burning to ignite–or nurture–the fire of learning in others. What I know best, I need to share–and what I know best is what I do with my kids.


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Thanks for ten great years of Open Source Bridge
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On June 29 we came together to acknowledge all that the Open Source Bridge community has built over the last ten years. Christie Koehler started the day with a look back at the history of the conference and our local tech community.
Together we created an amazing body of work that will continue to influence others. We should all be proud of this.
Kronda Adair followed with a personal history of her experiences at Open Source Bridge, and of building her business. She offered these take-aways on the work we still need to do to create a truly inclusive and equitable industry.
Listen the Startup podcast series about Arlan Hamilton, the founder of Backstage capital. You'll learn what radical wealth redistribution looks like. You'll upgrade your definition of hustle. Hint: it's not taking a summer off and flying around the country to get 50 of your rich friends to give you 5 million dollars and then starting a VC fund.
If there's one theme that pervades my experience in tech, it's that the people who have traditionally have the least access to money and resources are the best at sharing what they do have with others. But as Arlan likes to say, we're done settling for crumbs. We're here for the cake.
Make a list of the products and services you regularly use and recommend to others and then find some black and brown entrepreneurs who provide those services and start using them and recommending them to your networks.
Ask your boss if the women and people of color in your company are being paid the same as their white colleagues for the same work. If you're white, tell colleagues how much YOU make.
Check out the Ascend Project repo and run your own version of it.
If you have the skills and the free time, make a website for a business owner who doesn't have one.
Pay someone who's given you free advice that helped you grow your business or advance your career. In cash.
Stop looking for underrepresented people to be your junior developers and start looking for us to be your CEOs, CTOs, and CFOs. I'm tired of watching companies hire us for VP of diversity positions and then blocking real change. There's a lot of white people out here talking about they want to help but you don't want to give up any of YOUR privilege. That's not how it works.
These are just a few suggestions that I'll leave you with as you go and consider your unconference topics for the day.
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Find ways to transfer MONEY, ACCESS, NETWORKS and POWER to those who have the least of those things.
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We had a full set of unconference sessions, spanning the breadth of our community's interests.
Updated unconference schedule! #osb18 pic.twitter.com/KKwZ7tYWDs
— Open Source Bridge (@osbridge) June 29, 2018
We collaborated and created things in the Hacker Lounge, including buttons.
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And we talked about what comes next. You're welcome to join us on our new Zulip Chat and be a part of this conversation.
Audrey shared her thoughts on Open Source Bridge ending in a blog post, Saying Goodbye to Open Source Bridge.
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Thank you everyone for being a part of this community and the work we did together! We're excited to see what all of you create next.


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A few months ago I purchased a copy of Alan Bates's book, "The Belle of Louisville." I expected the book to be purely technical in nature, but for the most part was mistaken! I was pleasantly surprised to find many fantastic tales about the boats early days as the Belle and the people who were involved with her operation and rebuild. I also learned to enjoy the writing style and wit of the author. This prompted me to buy another of Alan's books, "Naval Architect," which is written in largely the same style and offers a vignette of Alan's career designing excursion boats. In addition to those, "The Log of the Betsy Ann" and "Pilotin' Comes Natural" (both by Frederick Way, Jr.) have become two of my favorites. I believe these books are so interesting because they have a human element, and aren't completely technical in nature.
Some of these books were harder to find than others, and there are still a few on my list that I'm searching for. I think the above listed works should be considered essential reading for anyone interested in the topics of steamboats, life on the western rivers, or anyone who enjoys tales about times-gone-by. So, what other books are out there that should be considered essential reading? And what better place to compile a list of these works than the forums! To begin:
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- "Naval Architect" by Alan Bates.
- "Pilotin' Comes Natural" by Frederick Way, Jr.
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- "Moonlite at 8:30" by Clarke Hawley and Alan Bates.
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Osi Umenyiora is no stranger to antagonizing his NFC East foes. But yesterday on WFAN, he shifted his aim further down I-95, to a certain can't-miss superstar quarterback:
"Who is this RG3 guy you guys keep talking about?'' Umenyiora said. "You talking about Bob Griffin? You guys are giving him a cool nickname already and everything. When he does anything in the NFL we're gonna call him RG3. Right now he's Bob Griffin.''
Meh. Just trash talk; there's nothing wrong with giving an athlete a nickname, even using it more frequently than his actual name. (Except "Black Mamba." Kobe gave himself that nickname. You don't get to give yourself a nickname. None of us should give him the satisfaction of using it.)
It's not as if it's a cool, performance-dependent nickname either, like the Braided Assassin or Code: Burgandy. RG3 is RG3 because his actual name is so cumbersome. Not the Robert Griffin part—that's boring, and makes him sound like a white dude from Hingham. It's the "III," that for whatever reason has to be appended every time you use his full name. Maybe this isn't a problem for broadcasters, to slip a "the third" in there, but it's so awkward to break out the Roman numerals in print. And as a grown man, I can only type "RG3" so many times. How about we agree to call him just Robert Griffin? No one's going to get confused. There are no other Robert Griffins in football. (Except the Jets' Robert Griffin, also from Baylor, but whatever.) He can still have his oh-so-marketable nickname, and we get to avoid cluttered up headlines and copy.
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Developer Rocco R. Termini's plan to return a highly visible North Buffalo building to its former glory won approval Tuesday from the Planning Board.
The former home of General Railway Signal Co. on Elmwood Avenue is known to many in Buffalo as the now-closed FWS furniture store. Termini has seen past the light gray paint and the windows that have been filled in with concrete and glass block and will remake the 1916 landmark into about 35 apartments, a distillery, restaurant, retail and office space.
The windows will be restored to look as they did nearly a century ago, and the paint will be stripped from the bricks, Termini said.
The "Distillery Lofts," at 1738 Elmwood, just south of Hertel Avenue, will be listed on the National Historic Register, and the state Office of Historic Preservation is in the process of approving plans for the building, Termini said.
The building originally was designed by architects Esenwein and Johnson, as were additions to the Hotel @ the Lafayette, another of Termini's redevelopments.
The project is part of a $30 million investment Termini's Signature Development is making in the area. Plans for Houk Lofts, at 316 Grote St., were already approved by the board. The project is named in honor of Houk Wire Wheel Co., which made wheels for Pierce-Arrow automobiles at that location.
Regarding the FWS site, two nearby businessmen told the board they were concerned that their industrial activities, with associated noise and truck traffic, might not be appreciated by the building's new tenants.
"It's a commercial area," said Lee Singer of Niagara Metals. "It's an industrial area. It is not a residential area at all."
Termini did not appear concerned. "These developments go on in every city; they're in industrial areas because that's where warehouses are," he said after the meeting.
Environmental reviews are under way and could last three or four months. A yearlong construction period then would start, Termini said.
The board Tuesday also issued a key approval to Mighty Taco after its site plan for a new restaurant was amended slightly in response to neighborhood concerns.
The restaurant chain is preparing to open in a former bank building at 396 Kenmore Ave., just west of Englewood Avenue in the University District, later this year.
Also Tuesday:
• Pearl Street Grill and Brewery won approval to expand its second-floor patio by 1,100 square feet and add copper canopies to the third-floor deck to protect patrons from direct sunlight in the late afternoon.
• Representatives from scrap metal recycler Ben Weitsman and Son of Buffalo gave a lengthy presentation to the board about traffic and noise concerns raised in an earlier meeting, but the board ultimately held off on approving the project for two more weeks and told the company to investigate noise concerns. Later in the day, the Common Council's Legislation Committee also delayed action on the proposal.
• Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. presented to the board its plans for "Conventus," a $98 million medical office building at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, where Kaleida Health and UBMD, a medical group associated with the University at Buffalo, will have offices.
A public hearing on the project was scheduled for 8:15 a.m. on Jan. 29.
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Research and general acceptance
NutriSystem is a commercial weight loss program based in the Philadelphia area that delivers heat-and-eat foods directly to the customer's home in 28-day packages. Its products have been described as ''fast food for weight loss.'' Customers select one of six specialized subprograms, each of which offers a prepackaged assortment of food items called ''Favorites Package'' or a completely customized selection. As of 2007 NutriSystem has about 800,000 customers in the United States and Canada. In addition to its meal delivery programs, the company offers dietary supplements, including a multivitamin called Nutrihance. It has also recently formed a business partnership with a network of franchised fitness centers called Slim and Tone. In early 2007, NutriSystem combined its direct online marketing of diet foods with its network division of franchised consultants. The company's market value was estimated at $2 billion as of early 2007.
NutriSystem began in 1972 as a producer of a liquid protein diet, which it abandoned in 1978 as a result of competition from Slim-Fast, Carnation weight loss products, and other over-the-counter liquid diet drinks. NutriSystem then started a chain of 1,200 bricks-and-mortar weight loss centers roughly similar to Weight Watchers; dieters came to the centers in person to weigh in and then purchased prepackaged portion-controlled meals to take home. The company went bankrupt in the early 1990s but reinvented itself in 1999 as an online meal delivery service. As of the early 2000s, customers may order their monthly food assortments by telephone as well as online. Although a free weight loss counseling service is available by telephone or online chat, fewer than 20% of customers make use of it.
Interestingly, the company's advertising that is aimed at women differs from that of its competitors in nothiring celebrities. The company president has been quoted as saying, ''Celebrities are risky. If they don't lose the weight, it can work against you.''
The next demographic that NutriSystem is seeking to attract is older customers. Two of the company's six subprograms are designed for people over 60, and offer such options for health-conscious seniors as green tea and gingko biloba supplements to improve memory.
NutriSystem does not ask customers to sign a contract. To begin the program, the client either chooses one of the six programs online and continues to fill out the order form for their 28-day supply of prepackaged foods, or calls the company's toll-free number to order over the phone. As of early 2007, the six subprograms are:
- Women's Program.
- Silver for Women (women over 60). This program includes a free multivitamin supplement.
- Men's Program.
- Silver for Men (men over 60). This program also includes a free multivitamin supplement.
- Type II Diabetic Program.
- All-Vegetarian Program.
To complete the first order, the dieter selects one breakfast, one lunch, one dinner item, and one dessert (dessert choices include non-sweet snacks like pretzels or nacho chips) for each day of the 28-day package. The total meal plan is designed around eating five times a day—three meals and two snacks. The NutriSystem foods do not require refrigeration; they are prepared by a ''soft canning'' process and can be stored at room temperature. Some items, such as the
snack bars and nacho chips, are ready to eat; the others are prepared on the stovetop or in a microwave oven. Some require the addition of hot water. There are at least 120 different items for the dieter to choose among in each program, with new items added from time to time. In addition to such predictable standbys as cinnamon oatmeal, chocolate pudding, and tuna casserole, the food choices include thin crust pizza with cheese, pot roast, vegetarian chili, chicken cacciatore, fettucine Alfredo, and almond biscotti.
NutriSystem claims that its food selections are based on the glycemic index (GI), which measures foods by their effect on a person's blood sugar level within two hours after a meal. Foods ranked low on the GI index raise blood sugar levels slowly and gradually, thus allowing a dieter to feel satisfied for longer periods of time. The company advertises this aspect of the program as the ''Glycemic Advantage.''
The dieter's first order arrives with a ''Welcome Kit'' containing a meal planner, which outlines the meals and snacks and includes a daily food diary for keeping track of the dieter's consumption of fresh foods as well as the prepackaged items. The Welcome Kit also explains the support services available, including online chat groups, classes, newsletters, and the ''Daily Dose Motivational Message'' as well as the option of one-on-one telephone contact with a counselor.
The daily cost of the three prepackaged meals and dessert is about $10, which means that the dieter must allow close to $300 per month for the NutriSystem program in addition to the cost of fresh dairy products and produce. As of early 2007, the company is offering 7 days' worth of meals with the first 28-day package. In addition, customers who choose the auto-delivery option for their second and subsequent deliveries get a 10-percent discount for each month they remain in the program.
NutriSystem is intended as a moderately paced weight reduction program for people who prefer the convenience of prepackaged portion-controlled entrees, whose schedules do not fit well with weigh-ins or group meetings, who do not have time to cook or plan diet menus, or who simply prefer to diet at home. It is not a rapid weight loss program, detoxification diet, or total lifestyle regimen.
Some people who have tried NutriSystem are pleased with the range of food choices available as well as liking the taste of the foods. One customer said on a general diet weblog (not one sponsored by NutriSystem), ''I find the food very good and actually good value considering all—I am never hungry and enjoy this diet very much.'' Another benefit mentioned by some customers is that the food choices are well within mainstream tastes; those who would feel intimidated by a diet designed for ''upscale'' clients like the familiarity of the NutriSystem options. One customer remarked, ''I do not have a sophisticated palate. . . . I am a happy camper, and I can afford [NutriSystem].''
Many customers state that the convenience of the prepackaged foods is what appeals to them most. One person acknowledged, ''I am lazy…I love the box arriving; the prep without thinking; the learning to eat small portions.'' The NutriSystem items can be easily taken to work and consumed during lunch hour, since they don't require refrigeration. People who cook only for themselves also mention the convenience of not having a refrigerator full of leftovers, since the NutriSystem items are one-meal portions.
A common criticism of the NutriSystem program is that dieters do not learn to plan meals, gauge portion size, or cook for themselves after they have lost the desired amount of weight on the program. To counter this criticism, the company published a book in 2004 that contains recipes, tips for sizing portions, and other advice about maintaining weight loss for NutriSystem clients who are making the transition to their own cooking and calorie counting.
The program also does not place much emphasis on exercise; in fact, some of the advertising copy for the men's program contains such remarks as ''Whenever you get low on NutriSystem meals and snacks, another batch arrives at your door. You don't even have to leave that comfortable chair in your living room.''—hardly an incentive to physical activity.
Another difficulty some clients have with the NutriSystem program is that it does not fit well into family meals unless everyone in the household is using the program. Many customers report that they must prepare a second meal for the rest of the family—a common source of temptation to go off the diet.
The NutriSystem program seems safe from a nutritional standpoint for most dieters who have had a medical checkup for previously undiagnosed conditions or food allergies. It does not depend on appetite suppressants, fasting, or other practices that may be dangerous to health.
Research and general acceptance
NutriSystem does not appear to have been used in any clinical trials reported in the medical literature, most likely because of its heavily commercial emphasis as well as the number of different subprograms it markets. Its chief dietitian, Jay Satz, has apparently never published a research article in a professional medical or nutritional journal. NutriSystem has not yet been rated or evaluated by the American Dietetic Association. Existing feedback about this diet program is informal as of early 2007, consisting solely of testimonials in television commercials and the website itself, and comments or reviews on various Internet diet websites and online chat groups.
The only nutritional information that NutriSystem supplies is that its meal plan ''meets, and in many cases, exceeds the government standards for healthy eating,'' the government standards in question being the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005. There are no endorsements by physicians, dietitians, or other health care professionals on the website, although a physician is listed as the second author of the 2004 book on the NutriSystem program.
General acceptance of the NutriSystem program is mixed. Some people who have tried the system report that the meals vary considerably in tastiness and overall quality. A 2005 article in Business Week reported that the company's own chief dietitian acknowledges that some of the items are less than delectable. The reporter continued, ''The meals and snacks, all packaged to keep without refrigeration, are not unlike offerings from competitors and have a mushy nursing-home quality when heated…. [No visiting] Frenchman would stomach the beef Burgundy with rice. And the Thai noodles with peanut sauce and tofu, left on my desk for two days, sent a vegetarian colleague fleeing.'' One unhappy customer said, ''I couldn't stand NutriSystem but was able to get a partial refund …. They were really quite nice about everything, considering I told them I didn't like their food's taste and consistency.''
The company maintains a blog called NutriSystem Food Reviews and Recipes Blog at http://www.nsfoodreviews.com, where people can leave reviews of the various food choices available. Dieters who are unhappy with their selections may return unused food items within 30 days of receipt for refunds with no questions asked. In addition to the poor quality of some of the foods, another customer complaint is the occasional unavailability of popular items around holiday seasons. The average customer stays on the plan
for about 9 weeks and loses an average of 20 pounds; about a third will return to the plan within a year. Most, however, regain the lost weight; in fact, the company's business strategy is based on this fact. The president has been quoted in print as saying, ''It's a sad thing from the consumer's standpoint; but it makes a very attractive business model.''
NutriSystem and Dr. James Rouse NutriSystem Nourish: The Revolutionary New Weight-Loss Program. Hobo-ken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2004.
Scales, Mary Josephine. Diets in a Nutshell: A Definitive Guide on Diets from A to Z. Clifton, VA: Apex Publishers, 2005.
''The 200 Best Small Companies: –1 NutriSystem.'' Forbes, October 12, 2006.
Kiley, David. ''My Dinner with NutriSystem.'' Business Week, September 19, 2005, 84. Available online at http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_38/b3951108.htm (accessed March 31, 2007).
''NutriSystem Lures Men with Pizza, Sex.'' CNN.com, January 30, 2006. Available online at http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/30/diet.nutrisystem.ap/index.html (accessed March 30, 2007).
Palmeri, Christopher. ''How NutriSystem Got Fat and Happy.'' Business Week, September 19, 2005, 82. Available online at http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_38/b3951105.htm (accessed March 31, 2007).
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Dietary Standards for Americans 2005. Available online in PDF format at http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Rising senior Jens Talbert (Little Rock, Ark.) and rising junior JD Dornes (Lancaster, Pa.) were announced to the Division I Northeast PING All-Region Team on May 22.
The GCAA selected 157 honorees across six regions - Northeast, East, Southeast, Midwest, Central and West. The 2013-14 season marks the second consecutive year Talbert has been named to the All-Region team, while Dornes has earned his first selection.
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To check if a number is even, you can do this:
if (num % 2 == 0)
The Java API: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/
A better way is too look for the next number that's not zero, and start marking off it's multiples. Also, remember in a sieve you can't go to just the sqrt(bound), you have to go through the entire array, marking off all the multiples. Another efficiency modification you can make is to increase your inner for loop by the value you're marking off (that's the multiple you're marking off), rather than by 1. Also, it's not necessary to have an array that contains numbers, but just true/false for prime/non-prime (a tricky optimization is to have prime=false and non-prime=true).
for (int i = 2; i < primes.length; i++) { if (primes[i] == true) { continue; } for (int j = i + i; j < primes.length; j += i) { primes[j] = true; } }
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rsala004 (October 27th, 2009)
thanks, i think thats exactly what i was looking for.
but also with this sieve i think actually once you progress through 1 -> sqrt(n) you cover all non-prime multiples.
To find all the prime numbers less than or equal to a given integer n by Eratosthenes' method:
1. Create a list of consecutive integers from two to n: (2, 3, 4, ..., n).
2. Initially, let p equal 2, the first prime number.
3. Strike from the list all multiples of p greater than p.
4. Find the first number remaining on the list greater than p (this number is the next prime); let p equal this number.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until p^2 is greater than n.
6. All the remaining numbers on the list are prime.
Last edited by rsala004; October 27th, 2009 at 10:15 AM.
False, all multiples are non-prime All the multiples in the sieve of eratosthenes must be marked off
You only use the sqrt trick when you're checking if a number is prime by running through the multiples.
Ex: is 100 prime?
only have to check integers from 1 to sqrt(100) by using the "naive" primality checker.
However, if you use the sieve, you must mark all multiples of 2 up to 100, all multiples of 3 up to 100, all multiples of 5 up to 100... etc.
this could have been why you were getting 49 being marked as prime.
If you're bound was 100, then it would mark:
2,3,5,7 as being prime correctly, but everything else greater than 10 would be marked as prime (or, not marked as non-prime)
Take a look at the animated picture on wikipedia's website about the sieve of eratosthenes, and you'll see they're marking up to bound, not just sqrt(bound)
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I'm new in programming and I was looking for a simple code for the Sieve of Eratosthenes and all I found was optimized and a little difficult for understanding code..so I want to post this one for the beginners like me.
public class Erathostenes { private static int MAX = 10000; /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub int [] numbers = new int[MAX]; int [] primes = new int[MAX]; // 0 = not used ; 1 = prime ; -1 = erased // initialize the arrays for(int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) { numbers[i] = i; } primes[0] = primes[1] = -1; //crossing 0 and 1 for(int idx = 2; idx < MAX; idx++) { // check if erased if(primes[idx] < 0) { // erased, skip it continue; } // the first not erased is prime primes[idx] = 1; // check and erase for(int i = idx+1; i < MAX; i++) { // check if erased if(primes[i] < 0) { // erased, skip it continue; } if(numbers[i] % numbers[idx] == 0) { // erase primes[i] = -1; } } } for(int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) { if(primes[i] > 0) { System.out.print(numbers[i] + ","); } } } }


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SANTA CLARA — A man trying a daring hotel-rooftop escape from police last week got stuck in a tree and needed rescue from the same authorities he was trying to elude, according to Santa Clara police.
He still might rank second on who had the more embarrassing Thursday morning: His female companion was caught after starting on the same dash while stark naked.
Officers went to the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara on Great America Parkway, across from Levi's Stadium, about 8:40 a.m. to serve an arrest warrant to a woman on parole. When they announced their presence at the woman's hotel room, she and a man in the room fled through a back window and onto a third-floor roof, police said.
The man jumped off the roof's edge and onto an adjacent tree, but that's where his path ended. Police called the Santa Clara Fire Department, which brought a ladder. The man climbed down and was arrested.
Meanwhile, the woman, who police said was not wearing anything, thought better about making the same leap and surrendered, police said.
A search of their hotel room and vehicle turned up a host of stolen items, including credit cards, jewelry, cellphones and other electronics, as well as drugs and accompanying paraphernalia, and burglary tools, police said.
The male suspect was also wanted on a $50,000 felony arrest warrant in Redwood City.
Police brought the two to headquarters, where they were interrogated not just by local detectives but by investigators from four other Bay Area police agencies who were looking into area burglaries. Additional details about the suspects were not immediately available.
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