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82% of Managers Are Working at the Wrong Energy Level
The energy level for many business leaders isn't quite right, new research suggests.
Too many business leaders are working above or below their optimum energy level, which translates to a loss of productivity all around, according to the recent Leadership Pulse study. Specifically, 82% of business leaders are not working at their best energy level, which is when they maximize productivity, meet challenges head on and look for opportunities to accomplish more.
Of the 540 business leaders who participated in the study, 61% reported working below their optimal energy level, while 21% are working above their best energy level. Just 18% of those studied were working at their most productive energy level.
The findings are a cause for concern, said Theresa Welbourne, an affiliated researcher at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and the study's author.
"We have over 15 years of research from hundreds of thousands of individuals showing that optimizing and directing energy positively drives high performance and growth," Welbourne said in a statement.
Welbourne said working above your best energy level is counterproductive because mistakes are made more frequently, and small obstacles easily become big problems. She said working at this level for too long can lead to burnout.
Conversely, when leaders work too far below their optimal energy level, they avoid challenges and boredom sets in easily, Welbourne said. The research found that among the leaders surveyed, this was particularly a problem for senior managers, vice presidents and CEOs.
Welbourne said in order improve energy and productivity business leaders need to measure and understand their own energy and that of their employees.
"Energy changes on a regular basis; thus, to optimize and direct it, more frequent measurement needs to be taken," she said. "Once an organization knows what the energy levels are, then leaders, managers and employees can focus on how to make improvements that directly drive positive energy."
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Different types of diabetes
What is Type 1 diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that occurs when T cells attack and destroy most of the beta cells in the pancreas that are needed to produce insulin, so that the pancreas makes too little insulin or no insulin. Without the capacity to make adequate amounts of insulin, the body is not able to metabolise blood glucose, to use it efficiently for energy, and ketones can be produced. The onset of Type 1 diabetes may be triggered by environmental factors such as a viral or other infection.
What is Type 2 diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes usually appears in middle-aged or older people, although more frequently it is being diagnosed in younger overweight people, and it is known to affect people from high prevalence ethnic backgrounds at a younger age. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body is not making enough insulin, or the body is not able to respond to the insulin properly. The risk of developing Type 2 diabetes can be reduced by changes in lifestyle.
What is monogenic diabetes?
Monogenic diabetes is diabetes caused by a change in a single gene. This can broadly be separated into neonatal diabetes and maturity onset diabetes of the young.
- Neonatal diabetes is diagnosed at less than six months of age and mutations in at least 22 genes are known to cause neonatal diabetes. As mentioned previously all patients with diabetes diagnosed at less than six months of age (whatever their age now) should be referred for genetic testing as they are highly likely to have a monogenic cause of their diabetes.
- Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is characterised by three key features:
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- autosomal dominant inheritance (diabetes passed down from an affected parent to their child, with diabetes in 2 or more generations
- non insulin dependent diabetes (or evidence of endogenous insulin production more than 3 years post diagnosis).
There are a number of genes now identified in which mutations cause MODY. The different types of MODY cause different phenotypes. The commonest MODY genes and their key characteristics are briefly summarised below:
- GCK (Glucokinase) MODY: Mild hyperglycaemia, fasting blood glucose 5.5-8mmol/l, HbA1c 40-60mmol/mol or 5.8-7.6%), often detected during routine screening, no treatment needed, reduced risk of complications.
- HNF1A MODY: Diabetes often develops during adolescence, sensitive to low dose sulphonylureas, have a low renal threshold for glucose, at risk of diabetic complications, early myocardial infarction.
- HNF4A MODY: Macrosomia and neonatal hypoglycaemia may be present, sensitive to low dose sulphonylureas.
- HNF1B MODY: Diabetes and renal cysts, low faecal elastase, low magnesium, usually require insulin treatment, may have uterine abnormalities or gout.
There are other rare causes of monogenic diabetes including Mitochondrially Inherited Diabetes and Deafness (MIDD), Familial Partial Lipodystrophy (FPLD) and you can find out more about these on our Diabetes Genes website.
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Inhalants are substances that produce chemical vapors that, when inhaled, result in mind-altering effects. The term inhalant is used because these substances are rarely, if ever, used by any other means. These substances are common household, industrial, or medical products. But most people do not think of them as drugs, because they are not meant to be used in that way.
Inhalants commonly used include:
When inhalants are breathed, they cause alcohol-like effects: slurred speech, lack of coordination, and dizziness. The person can become lightheaded and may have hallucinations and delusions. The effects last only a few minutes. After heavy use of an inhalant, the person may have a headache and feel drowsy for several hours. The person who inhales repeatedly over several hours can lose consciousness and die.
Aerosols can be sprayed directly into the nose or mouth. Nitrous oxide can be inhaled directly from balloons. Several terms are used for the way inhalants are breathed into the lungs, including:
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Inhalants are often not detected with urine or blood drug screening tests, because they have usually been eliminated from the body by the time the test is done.
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But when the URL worked, the online operation peddled home loans for low rates that were adjustable and not fixed, as advertised.
The Houston-based company has been ordered to pay a $225,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that accused the outfit of misleading potential borrowers.
The FTC charged that the GoLoansOnline.com – a "lead generator" that operated several mortgage lending web sites – deceived consumers about terms, namely by advertising low interest-rate loans as fixed that were actually adjustable and "could become more expensive for borrowers over time," a commission news release said.
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If you would like to explore this Benedictine path as a way of life growing out of your meditation we will be happy to help you understand what it involves. You will find basic vision by reading John Main's Community of Love.
The article 'Monastics in the World" below is also important to reflect on.
The first step in seeing if the WCCM Oblate Community is for you is to contact your National Oblate Co-ordinator. If there is not a coordinator in your country you can contact Trish Panton, the International Coordinator. They will be happy to answer your questions about the oblate path within the World Community. They will be in touch with you and send you information that clearly sets out the steps in the process of becoming an oblate and discuss what it means.
If you already know an oblate of the community you might like to ask them about how their life is enriched by being as an oblate and see if there is an oblate cell meeting near you that you could visit. Larger gatherings of oblates meet at the annual John Main Seminar and other events and retreats organized by the meditation community locally, nationally or internationally.
'Oblate' literally means 'one who is offered'. Originally in the Rule of St Benedict it referred to children who were 'offered' by their parents to the monastery for formation and education. When these children reached the age of decision they could chose to stay on in the monastery or leave and live outside. These who left would often keep close links to the monastery though. Later on, in the Middle Ages, it referred to lay people who wanted to be linked to the spirituality of St Benedictine by becoming associated with a particular monastery.
JOHN MAIN's VISION
John Main is the founding father of the community and the first thing an Oblate does is familiarize themselves with his teaching. The teaching on meditation is available through many books and CD's. John Main had a vision of 'a new monasticism'. He speaks of this in a collection of essays published as 'Community of Love'. For those who can read English (and so far it is only available in English) it is a valuable text to see how meditation fits into the monastic tradition. The same theme is covered in the recently published 'Monastery without Walls'- a collection of John Main's letters to the community.
Alongside the prayer most Oblates have a growing sense of being part of a community and they try to foster this by going to retreats, schools and seminars when possible. This is all part of an ongoing formation – a commitment to what St Benedict called 'conversion of life'. To meditate together is also a celebration of our common prayer and most Oblates would try to attend a Christian Meditation group regularly where possible. There is also an Oblate Network with a twice year Oblate Newsletter and Oblate retreats and pilgrimages which foster the 'common life'. There is also a tradition of 'Oblate Cells' which are small groups of Oblates (two is enough) who meet regularly to share some reflection on the Rule and its influence in their life. The 'Cell' helps to build the bond of a local Oblate community.
An Oblate would also commit themselves to some form of 'Lectio Divina' during the day. For many this takes the form of 'the Divine Office' which is some part of the daily prayer of the Church; psalms, readings, intercessions etc. These are normally woven in around the times of meditation. For others it may be a time reflecting on a Gospel passage or psalm each day. The World Community for Christian Meditation has also received 'Silence and Stillness for Every Season' (Ed. Paul Harris) that gives a reading for each day of the year.
Apart from the prayer and community there is the creative venture of living out the spirituality of St Benedict in our daily lives. Primarily that means applying it to the context of family, relationships, leisure time and the workplace, living a life of prayer and meditation though the commitments, opportunities and responsibilities of our life. The Rule needs to be adapted to circumstances in a spirit of obedience, stability and conversion of life. 'The tools for good works', as St. Benedict calls them, need to be used creatively. The way we live out our
Oblation and calling is unique for each person.
St. Benedict writes in his Prologue to the Rule: "We intend to establish a school for the Lord's service". In founding it we hope to introduce nothing harsh or burdensome. But if a certain strictness results from the dictates of equity and for the amendment of vices or the preservation of charity, do not at once be dismayed and fly from the way of salvation, whose entrance cannot but be narrow. For as we advance in the religious life and in faith, our hearts expand and we run the way of God's commandments with "unspeakable sweetness of love"


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VIDEO DOWNLOAD - Sean Waltman Shoot Interview
The career of Sean Waltman has always been surrounded in controversy. Whether he was making headlines by himself or with the group of people he associated with, Waltman has been right in the middle of wrestling history. During his original run in the WWE as the 1-2-3 Kid he became known as a member of the very political behind the scenes group called the "Kliq" with Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, & Shawn Michaels. While he was not in WCW when Hulk Hogan, Hall, & Nash formed the NWO, Syxx was always considered an original member. He returned to the WWE as X-Pac in Degeneration X and joined the group that changed the censorship rules in sports entertainment forever. This interview was conducted in the early morning hours on October 20, 2002. The actual interview last over 3 hours. Here is a list of some of the topics we discussed:
-Getting into pro wrestling
-Training with The Malenkos
-Who came with with the name Lightning Kid
-Memories of his series of matches with Jerry Lynn
-Memories of his match against Sabu at NWA Grandslam
-Behind the scenes stories from Global
-Thoughts on Joe Pedicino
-How is was offered to work a tour for New Japan
-Working tryout matches for WWE & WCW
-Why he wasn't hired by WCW
-Thoughts on the 1-2-3 Kid name
-Memories of his matches with Razor Ramon (Scott Hall)
-How did his friendshlip with Hall, Nash, & Michaels start?
-Thoughts on being called "The Kliq"
-How much power did The Kliq really have
-How did the rest of the locker room react to them
-Thoughts on Bret Hart at the time & how did he change
-Thoughts on the Bret Hart-Shawn Michaels conflict
-Opinion on Shane Douglas
-What happened between Douglas & The Kliq
-Memories of wrestling against Shawn Michaels
-Thoughts on the comment that a lot of people say that Shawn Michaels faked a lot of injuries when it came time to drop titles
-How did he end up in drug rehab?
-Thoughts on Hunter being puished for the Kliq Curtain Call at MSG and who knew ahead of time that they were doing it
-Getting his release & going to WCW
-How did Hogan treat him when he same in
-What were Sting & Lex Luger like
-Thoughts on Vince doing the fake Razor & Diesel and Scott Hall's phone call to the WWE
-Thoughts on wrestling Jericho, Rey Misterio Jr, Juventud Guerrera, Dean Malenko, & others.
-Memories of wrestling Eddy Guerrero at Souled Out in the ladder match what problems they had in that match
-Discusses having his neck broken and still wrestling
-Dealing with Scott Hall and his problems
-What type of backlash did the NWO receive for doing the skit immitating the Four Horsemen
-What happened behind the scenes leading to the match in Charlotte with Hall, Nash, & Syxx vs. Flair, Piper, & Kevin Greene
-His feelings towards Ric Flair
-Dressing room politics
-Problems between Hogan, Hall, & Nash
-His opinions on adding other guys to the NWO
-Thoughts on Jim Cornette's shoot comments about him on Raw
-What games were being played behind the scenes that led to him being fired while sitting at home being injured
-His real feelings on getting fired -Thoughts on the Hogan & Bischoff comment about "Syxx not cutting the mustard"
-Memories of showing up on Raw and doing the angle to form DX
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The USDA has confirmed that a case of mad cow disease was found in a California dairy cow. It is the fourth case of mad cow, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), found in U.S. cattle since the first in December 2003. Los Angeles-based Baker Commodities confirmed that the cow was discovered in a Hanford, Calif. transfer station after workers selected the cow for random sampling. The company does not yet know which farm the cow came from.
USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford said Tuesday afternoon that the cow did not enter the human food chain and that all U.S. meat and dairy supplies are safe. Further mitigating the risk to the public, milk does not transmit BSE.
According to the USDA, the animal's carcass is being held under state authority at a California rendering facility and will be destroyed. "It was never presented for slaughter for human consumption, so at no time presented a risk to the food supply or human health," Clifford said.
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Testing for mad cow disease fell 90% since 2005
Bloomberg reports on the changes in mad cow testing since the first case in 2003:
About 40,000 cattle were tested in the 12 months ended Sept. 30, down from 399,575 in 2005, according to data from the USDA. The agency said the drop was related to a temporary surge in testing done for research.
The decline in testing means the U.S. is relying more on other prevention methods, such as restrictions on what can be fed to cattle, and that is worrisome because those other safeguards are not foolproof, Chris Waldrop, director of the Food Policy Institute of the Consumer Federation of America, a Washington-based safety advocacy group, said in an interview.
Most buyers of U.S. beef keep importing
Major markets for U.S. beef from Canada to Japan stayed open to imports on Wednesday after the first U.S. discovery of mad cow disease in six years on assurances that rigorous surveillance had safeguarded the food system.
Japan takes no action against U.S. beef
Japan's official important policy was unchanged after Tuesday's announcement of mad cow found in a California dairy cow. The AP writes:
Japan, the world's third-largest consumer of U.S. beef and veal, restricts its imports of U.S. beef to cows of 20 months or younger.
"There is no need for change," in Japan's import rules, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told reporters.
2 major South Korean stores pull U.S. beef
Following earlier news that South Korea would halt U.S. beef imports, the AP reports that 2 major South Korean retailers pulled U.S. beef from their stores following the discovery of mad cow disease in California:
South Korea's No. 2 and No. 3 supermarket chains, Home Plus and Lotte Mart, said they halted sales of U.S. beef to calm worries among South Koreans. But within hours, Home Plus had resumed sales and cited a government announcement of increased inspections. Lotte kept its suspension in place.
"We stopped sales from today," said Chung Won-hun, a Lotte Mart spokesman. "Not that there were any quality issues in the meat but because consumers were worried."
South Korea is the world's fourth-largest importer of U.S. beef, buying 107,000 tons of the meat worth $563 million in 2011.
The new case of mad cow disease is the first in the U.S. since 2006. It was discovered in a dairy cow in California, but health authorities said Tuesday the animal was never a threat to the nation's food supply.
Mad cow discovery was stroke of luck
The AP confirms that the discovery of mad cow disease in a dairy cow carcass at a California rendering facility was purely a matter of luck:
Tests are performed on only a small portion of dead animals brought to the transfer facility near Hanford.
The cow had died at one of the region's hundreds of dairies, but hadn't exhibited outward symptoms of the disease: unsteadiness, incoordination, a drastic change in behavior or low milk production, officials said. But when the animal arrived at the facility with a truckload of other dead cows on April 18, its 30-month-plus age and fresh corpse made her eligible for USDA testing.
"We randomly pick a number of samples throughout the year, and this just happened to be one that we randomly sampled," Baker Commodities executive vice president Dennis Luckey said. "It showed no signs" of disease.
The samples went to the food safety lab at the University of California, Davis on April 18. By April 19, markers indicated the cow could have bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a disease that is fatal to cows and can cause a deadly human brain disease in people who eat tainted meat. It was sent to the USDA lab in Iowa for further testing.
On Tuesday, federal agriculture officials announced the findings: the animal had atypical BSE. That means it didn't get the disease from eating infected cattle feed, said John Clifford, the Agriculture Department's chief veterinary officer.
It was "just a random mutation that can happen every once in a great while in an animal," said Bruce Akey, director of the New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Cornell University. "Random mutations go on in nature all the time."
In humans, experts say it can occur in one in 1 million people, causing sponge-like holes in the brain. But they say not enough is known about how and how often the disease strikes cattle.
The disease cannot be transmitted by contact among cows, and experts say it's unclear whether this rare type of BSE ever has been transmitted from a cow to a human by eating meat.
Unwelcome development for the cattle industry
The discovery of mad cow is unwelcome news for an industry already struggling with weakened demand over record high beef prices stemming from a perfect storm of drought and foreign demand, along with public outrage over "pink slime."
Cattle rancher Daniel Mushrush told the Wall Street Journal, "It's the last thing we need. It's not going to help demand at a time when we need demand."
"Our main concern is just what it does to the market. It's frustrating because we know we do everything right," said John Harris of Harris Farms in Coalinga, California.
Vilsack: "I am going home and I am having beef for dinner."
In an interview on CNN, Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack proclaimed, "I am going home and I am having beef for dinner, and that is no lie." In a statement released earlier, the secretary said, "The systems and safeguards in place to protect animal and human health worked as planned to identify this case quickly, and will ensure that it presents no risk to the food supply or to human health."
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, was less assured, Bloomberg reported: "Where'd this cow come from? What's its feed?" he asked.
Canada and Mexico: Mad Cow case will not affect trade
Canada says trade with the U.S. will not be affected after a cow tested positive for BSE.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday both countries have implemented science-based measures to protect animal and human health. The agency also noted that U.S. officials have confirmed that no part of this animal's carcass entered the food system.
The United States closed its border to Canadian beef in 2003 after sick cows were detected in Canada.
Reuters reports:
Mexico, which buys more U.S. beef than any other country, said it has no plans to halt imports and that it would maintain the same regimen of inspections for trade across the border.
South Korea will halt U.S. beef imports, Japan decision forthcoming
Bloomberg reports that the South Korea government will halt new U.S. beef imports after Tuesday's news. Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is "checking on the reported case and will comment later today," Bloomberg reported.
Infected cow died at dairy, was randomly selected for testing at rendering facility
Dennis Luckey, executive vice president of Baker Commodities Inc., told the Wall Street Journal that mad cow was detected on a carcass brought in for processing at the company's Hanford, California rendering facility, after being selected for random sampling.
Baker Commodities processes animal byproducts, including dead cattle, to make commercial commodities. According to the company's website, these products include "high-protein ingredients for poultry feed and pet food, and tallow, a valuable ingredient in soaps, paints, cosmetics, and more." While a diseased animal could have been processed without being tested, it's unclear if an infected cow would have been rendered for feed or pet food at the facility.
The Associated Press adds:
Michael Marsh, chief executive of Western United Dairymen, said it was an adult cow over 30 months old, not a downed or sick animal, and it appeared normal when it was last observed. He said the cow was first tested on April 18.
Dr. William Schaffner, chair of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, told ABC News that it was unlikely any more cows would contract BSE. "Mad cow occurs in animals as it does in humans — rarely and sporadically. At this point, I would not expect there to be another cow to be found," he said.
The animal tested positive for a case of "atypical" BSE, "a very rare form of the disease not generally associated with an animal consuming infected feed," the USDA said.
The Associated Press reports:
"There is really no cause for alarm here with regard to this animal," Clifford told reporters at a hastily convened press conference.
Clifford did not say when the disease was discovered or exactly where the cow was raised. He said the cow was at a rendering plant in Central California when the case was discovered through regular USDA sample testing.
Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. The World Health Organization has said that tests show that humans cannot be infected by drinking milk from BSE-infected animals.
The disease is always fatal in cattle, however. There have been three confirmed cases of BSE in the United states, in a Canadian-born cow in 2003 in Washington state, in 2005 in Texas and in 2006 in Alabama.
In people, eating meat contaminated with BSE is linked to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare and deadly nerve disease. A massive outbreak of mad cow disease in the United Kingdom that peaked in 1993 was blamed for the deaths of 180,000 cattle and more than 150 people.
There have been a handful of cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease confirmed in people living in the United States, but those were linked to meat products in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cornell professor of food science and doctor of veterinary medicine Martin Wiedmann told the Huffington Post that the discovery of the infected cow actually speaks to how effective the BSE testing procedure is in the U.S.
The USDA's BSE surveillance program tests approximately 40,000 high-risk cattle each year, which only allows detection of BSE at a level of one case for every one million adult cattle. However, it exceeds the World Organization for Animal Health's (OIE) recommended testing levels assigned to the U.S.
According to the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, the USDA increased its BSE testing from 40,000 cows per year to 375,000 after the discovery of the first BSE positive cow in the U.S. in 2003. After 18 months of testing, the number was scaled back to 40,000.
The USDA said that they have begun notifying authorities at the OIE as well as U.S. trading partners. The USDA does not expect the detection of mad cow to affect U.S. beef exports.
The Wall Street Journal, however, notes the possible trade repercussions:
Analysts said the biggest risk to the beef market from a confirmed case would be if large international beef customers such as Japan and South Korea were to impose a temporary ban, but they said that new bans were unlikely if the animal was kept out of the food chain.
CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports that it takes about 15 years for a human to show signs of mad cow disease. Therefore, once a person exhibits signs of the disease, it is way too late to take the meat out of the food system. "If even one person ate U.S. meat and got sick from mad cow disease, it would just be devastating," she says.
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association released a statement Tuesday afternoon, concluding, "The bottom line remains the same – all U.S. beef is safe." "The U.S. beef community has collaborated with and worked with animal health experts and government to put in place multiple interlocking safeguards over the past two decades to prevent BSE from taking hold in the United States," the organization said.
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell the exchange limit of 3 cents (2.6%) Tuesday afternoon to $1.11575 a pound, the lowest level since July.
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"As part of our targeted surveillance system, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the nation's fourth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a dairy cow from central California. The carcass of the animal is being held under State authority at a rendering facility in California and will be destroyed. It was never presented for slaughter for human consumption, so at no time presented a risk to the food supply or human health. Additionally, milk does not transmit BSE.
"The United States has had longstanding interlocking safeguards to protect human and animal health against BSE. For public health, these measures include the USDA ban on specified risk materials, or SRMs, from the food supply. SRMs are parts of the animal that are most likely to contain the BSE agent if it is present in an animal. USDA also bans all nonambulatory (sometimes called "downer") cattle from entering the human food chain. For animal health, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban on ruminant material in cattle feed prevents the spread of the disease in the cattle herd.
"Evidence shows that our systems and safeguards to prevent BSE are working, as are similar actions taken by countries around the world. In 2011, there were only 29 worldwide cases of BSE, a dramatic decline and 99% reduction since the peak in 1992 of 37,311 cases. This is directly attributable to the impact and effectiveness of feed bans as a primary control measure for the disease.
"Samples from the animal in question were tested at USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa. Confirmatory results using immunohistochemistry and western blot tests confirmed the animal was positive for atypical BSE, a very rare form of the disease not generally associated with an animal consuming infected feed.
"We are sharing our laboratory results with international animal health reference laboratories in Canada and England, which have official World Animal Health (OIE) reference labs. These labs have extensive experience diagnosing atypical BSE and will review our confirmation of this form of the disease. In addition, we will be conducting a comprehensive epidemiological investigation in conjunction with California animal and public health officials and the FDA.
"BSE is a progressive neurological disease among cattle that is always fatal. It belongs to a family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Affected animals may display nervousness or aggression, abnormal posture, difficulty in coordination and rising, decreased milk production, or loss of body weight despite continued appetite.
"This detection in no way affects the United States' BSE status as determined by the OIE. The United States has in place all of the elements of a system that OIE has determined ensures that beef and beef products are safe for human consumption: a mammalian feed ban, removal of specified risk materials, and vigorous surveillance. Consequently, this detection should not affect U.S. trade.
"USDA remains confident in the health of the national herd and the safety of beef and dairy products. As the epidemiological investigation progresses, USDA will continue to communicate findings in a timely and transparent manner."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger put his acting career on hold when it was discovered he had a in-no-way-surprising secret love child with his housekeeper. That threw a wrench into Justin Lin's Terminator 5 but producer Megan Ellison, who now holds the rights to the franchise, isn't going to sit around waiting until the public moves on to the next scandal and forgets that Schwarzenegger is no hero. With that in mind, What's Playing has some interesting rumors to report on the film.
First up, the new film may bring back original characters Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor but it may do so in a Star Trek-style alternate timeline fashion where new actors could play the roles and take them in a new direction. Since the franchise has always included some element of time travel, a fractured timeline wouldn't be a crazy idea (especially since they already used that premise to spin off the short-lived The Sarah Connor Chronicles). That's a solid way to reboot the franchise and it would be even better if they could just cut out Schwarzenegger entirely. But I could live with his casting if it didn't mean another disturbing rumor coming to fruition. Hit the jump for more.
What's Playing also reports "this Terminator would mostly be anchored by a new, younger male lead (Paul Walker's name keeps coming up – could he possibly be Lin's pick for Kyle Reese?)." While Lin and Walker have worked together on the last two Fast and Furious movies, the only time Walker has ever shown a spark of personality and charisma was in Running Scared and that was a ballsy film that took some serious chances. Lin has shown he's a competent action director, but I doubt he's going to shake-up the visual style of Terminator franchise and that will likely leave Walker as a wet dishrag protagonist.
While it would be cool if the reboot could figure out a way to bring Anton Yelchin back into the fold to reprise his role as Kyle Reese, it looks like Terminator Salvation was effectively the end of that direction for the franchise and the only way forward is to look back. That's why I have a problem with Schwarzenegger coming back. He's an albatross hanging around the next of the new film and the series needs to grow beyond him.
The compromise may be to reduce Schwarzenegger's screen time in this movie, "so it's less work and less of a commitment for him and thus, it'll be easier to talk the big guy into doing something this year." I can live with Schwarzenegger moving into a supporting role. I just don't want another Rise of the Machines.


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Performing simple Backups with Cfengine 3
Today I noticed that it might be useful to backup some folders on one of my VMs from time to time. At first I thought about creating a new cron job, but then I noticed that Cfengine 3 is running on that VM. So – why not letting Cfengine 3 do all the work? Writing […]... Read More


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Pitchers have time to get ready
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- With the World Baseball Classic adding an extra week to the length of Spring Training, the pitchers who reported Monday know they have to take it easy. They'll have close to seven weeks to get ready for the start of the season.
That means there's plenty of time for bullpen sessions, live batting practice and game action.
"You have to take your time," right-hander Bud Norris said. "You have seven weeks down here. It's not being ready for the first day of camp to throw a 100-pitch game, it's just really taking your time and getting your throwing program and workout program dialed in, and that's going to carry you through September and October, hopefully."
General manager Jeff Luhnow said that with 61 players, the Astros have one of the smallest Spring Training rosters in baseball. Combined with the fact they have seven weeks to settle on a roster, it's an ideal situation.
"For us, that's a good formula because we really want to take our time and be sure everybody gets enough of a look," he said. "Our philosophy is going to be as soon as we know someone is not on the club, we'll send them out because we want to allocate that playing time to the ones that are left."


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Essays on Teacher Preparation by Workshop Participants
Dan Barstow
TERC Center for Earth and Space Science Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts
TERC's Center for Earth and Space Science Education (CESSE) creates innnovative materials for Earth and space science education, featuring science as inquiry, Earth as a dynamic system, and interactive visualizations. Several of these projects involve partnerships with other institutions and all have some form of embedded professional development.
Examples include:
- Exploring Earth -- web-based investigations and visualizations in collaboration with McDougal Littell's widely used high school Earth science program
- ISS EarthKAM - students control a digital camera on the International Space Station
- GLOBE - students worldwide conduct environmental measurements for use by scientists
- Mars Quest Online - students investigate Mars with images from NASA Mars missions.
CESSE also conducts professional development in Earth science in two innovative programs:
Earth Science by Design - inquiry-based professional development in the "big ideas" of Earth science, based on the principles of "Understanding by Design" (contact email@example.com)
Earth Science from a new Perspective - on-line professional development program engaging teachers in Earth science investigations, focusing on the Nile River as a deep example (contact email@example.com)
For more information about CESSE, contact:
Daniel Barstow
Director, CESSE
2067 Mass. Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
CESSE also produced the report of the National Conference on the Revolution in Earth and Space Science Education (along with Dr. Ed Geary, PI). This report sets the larger stage for the "revolution" in Earth and space science education in which scientists, educators, policy-makers and professional organizations are at work.


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Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Girl Child 2011
Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Girl Child 2011
UGC Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Girl Child Post Graduate Education 2011
Compensating direct costs of girl education to all levels especially for such girls who happen to be the only girl child in their family.the objectives of the proposed scheme of the UGC are to support post-graduate education of single girl child in non-professional courses only.The value of scholarship is Rs.2000/- per month for a period of two years only. No other additional grant will be payable in lieu of hostel charges and medical charges etc.
i) Any single girl child of her parents. In a family if one son and one daughter is available then girl child will not be considered for scholarship under the scheme.
ii) The scheme is applicable to such a single girl child who has taken admission in regular, full-time 1st year Masters Degree course in any recognized university or a post graduate college.
iii)This scholarship is available to PG-I year student only.
iv) Admission to PG Course in distance education mode is not covered under the scheme.
Age: Girl students up to the age of 30 years at the time of admission in PG courses are eligible.
Apply online at www.ugc.ac.in/sgc
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Feature #5054
Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 4 years ago
Though as matz said at rubykaigi2011 ruby is a quite good language, many people hate a long sequence of `end` `end' like this: ```ruby module MyModule class MyClass def my_method 10.times do if rand < 0.5 p :small end end end end end ``` So, I'd like to propose introducing a special keyword, en(n+)d. Using this keyword, we can rewrite the above example like this: ```ruby module MyModule class MyClass def my_method 10.times do if rand < 0.5 p :small ennnnnd ``` I know matz's already rejected a python-style block. He wrote: > it works badly with > * tab/space mixture > * templates, e.g. eRuby > * expression with code chunk, e.g lambdas and blocks http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/108457 These bad things won't occur by introducing en(n+)d. Some implementations already exists. JRuby - https://gist.github.com/1088363 CRuby - http://www.atdot.net/sp/raw/kn9iol - http://d.hatena.ne.jp/ku-ma-me/20110718/p1 Thanks for your consideration.


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NWS: Another round of snow for New England coast, up to 10 inches possible in Maine
BOSTON (AP) � Heavy snow and strong winds are expected to blow across the New England coast and drop as much as 10 inches on parts of the region still buried by last week's storm.
A winter storm warning is in effect Sunday for the Boston area, where the National Weather Service said 4 to 8 inches of snow could fall by night. Strong winds are expected to accompany the snow, gusting up to 55 mph along the coast.
In Rhode Island, Providence can expect 6 to 8 inches while central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire could get up to 6.
Farther north, a blizzard watch is in effect for parts of Down East and Northeast Maine, where 10 inches of snow is possible along with wind gusts up to 60 mph.


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WASHINGTON – He was likely asked the question more than any other during a campaign that drew national attention: Would Angus King, as an independent U.S. senator, align himself with the Senate's Democrats or Republicans?
On Wednesday, King may finally answer that question.
"I am going to try to," he told reporters Tuesday when asked whether he would announce his decision in time to participate in Wednesday's selection of party leaders. "I am having some further discussions today and will probably have some comments for you sometime tomorrow."
King's staff said late Tuesday that the independent senator-elect from Maine will hold a press conference at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday near the Senate chambers, although the topic of King's talk was not specified.
Many lawmakers, Capitol Hill staffers and congressional observers will be surprised if he doesn't decide to caucus with the Democrats, even though the two-term governor indicated again Tuesday that he hadn't ruled out joining the Republican caucus.
Some organizations already lump King in with the Democrats to give the party a 55-to-45 edge over Republicans in the Senate.
In another potential indication, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada has spoken with King several times since the election Nov. 6, and met with him in Washington on Monday.
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky had not spoken or met with King as of Tuesday evening.
"I know he has been very cagey, but I can't see him caucusing with this Republican Party," said Ross Baker, a politics professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey who is a former longtime congressional staffer and research associate at the Brookings Institution.
King drew national attention throughout his eight-month campaign because of the possibility that he could tip the balance in the Senate, even though most observers expect him to caucus with Democrats because of his support for President Obama and more left-leaning social views.
Democrats strengthened their Senate majority in last week's elections, reducing King's potential leverage in a more closely divided chamber.
On Tuesday, King met with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Roy Blunt of Missouri, who holds leadership positions in the Republican Conference and on his party's whip team.
About 20 journalists gathered in Collins' office to watch the pair exchange gifts — cuff links for King and a tea-maker for Collins — then waited outside for the two to speak afterward.
Collins said it was "wonderful to welcome a fellow centrist to the Senate" and she "would love to have Angus King as a member of our Republican caucus," noting that she believes his fiscal perspective fits nicely with her party.
Yet even King's future colleague from Maine didn't appear to be making a hard sell on the caucus issue — at least not publicly — after a meeting in which the two talked about committee assignments and working together.
"I am positive that he will not be an automatic vote for either caucus and instead will look at the issues on their merits," Collins said.
King's caginess didn't seem to trouble Maine voters. Unofficially, the former two-term governor got 53 percent of the vote in an election with five other candidates, including two party candidates.
King refused during the campaign to affiliate himself with either party even as many observers said he would likely side with Democrats. He claimed throughout that he was running against the partisanship in Washington that prompted Maine's Sen. Olympia Snowe — a moderate known for working across the aisle — to drop her re-election bid in February.
"The important thing is, whichever decision I make … I don't consider that building a wall between myself and the other party," King said Tuesday. "When I was a governor as an independent, I worked with both parties."
King did say several times during the campaign that he would remember who ran ads against him. The Republican National Senatorial Committee and two other Republican-aligned political action committees each spent more than $1 million on ads opposing King or supporting his Republican opponent, Charlie Summers.
King has spoken with the two current independents in the Senate, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
King met Monday with Snowe, who will retire at the end of this term. In a prepared statement, Snowe said they discussed issues and she offered to help King with his transition.
"I believe his bipartisan approach is right on target and is what is required for the people of Maine, as it is critical for members of Congress to work across the aisle to address the enormous challenges facing the nation," Snowe said.
King and other soon-to-be senators spent much of Tuesday attending special introductory sessions and workshops, having a joint luncheon and beginning the process of setting up offices.
As a new senator, King has been assigned temporary office space in the basement of one of the Senate buildings until permanent space becomes available.
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In an exclusive media invite, we had a sneak peek of the much anticipated HTC TyTN II (pronounced Titan II) or more widely known by its "Kaiser" moniker.
For weeks, the tech world had been abuzz with news about the HTC TyTN II's arrival and from the photos that were leaked all over the web, the TyTN II looked very promising. Though touted as the direct successor to the Dopod 838 Pro (TyTN), the HTC TyTN II is not exactly a chip off the block. Even though it retains QWERTY input via a sliding keyboard, the way it does it is the exact opposite of what was done to the Dopod 838 Pro in that it now slides out in a right-to-left fashion, which is a more natural motion.
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A manaforge is a nether-collecting structure that harvests mana from the Twisting Nether. Manaforges suck energy from Nether (same energy that mages use at their spells) and it goes directly along the pipes to Tempest Keep, into Kael´thas use. Now ethereals smuggle energy in manacubes to the Isle of Quel´Danas, where Kael´thas and his army has moved.
Their original purpose is unclear, but a questline with Exarch Orelis in the Inn at Area 52 reveals that Kael constructed the Manaforges using technology taken from Tempest Keep. Thus, they appear to be of Naaru design, but only because the core technology is. Perhaps they used physical materials from Tempest Keep, or perhaps Naaru design is so integral that to use the technology necessitates using the very same physical forms, materials, and sigils.
According to Exarch Orelis, Manaforges are a form of energy recharger, which was never designed to be used so close to land. This use is ripping Netherstorm apart and accelerating its deterioration.
Interestingly, the pipeline connected to Tempest Keep actually doesn't run into the nearby ground, as it does with the Manaforges. Instead it terminates far away from it, near Eco-Dome Midrealm. How the pipes connect is unknown.
The blood elves control all manaforges except Manaforge Ultris, which was taken from the blood elves by the Voidwalkers, along with the mine beneath it.
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Who says politicians don't have a sense of humor?
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a classic comeback in response to "The Daily Show" funnyman Jon Stewart's rant against his home city-- which included several critical remarks about deep-dish pizza -- by sending the talk show host a couple of said pizzas loaded with anchovies.
The pizzas included a note which read "Jon, Deep Dish With Dead Fish, Love, Rahm," and a tweet saying "No hard feelings?"
We also sent @TheDailyShow some real pizza for lunch today. No hard feelings? pic.twitter.com/sdnZ61EyTu — ChicagoMayorsOffice (@ChicagosMayor) November 14, 2013
Stewart began his anti-Chicago diatribe on Wednesday night's show by referencing Rahm's reaction to the decision to list New York's Freedom Tower as taller than the Willis Tower, and the controversy over whether the WTC building's antenna should be considered part of the structure.
Rahm said this week "if it looks like an antenna, acts like an antenna, then guess what? It is an antenna."
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Rahm's "dead fish" reference harkens back to the days when the brash former congressman and White House chief of staff sent a dead fish in a box to a pollster who was late with results.
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But Stewart didn't stop there, also referencing Chicago's high murder rate and for good measure -- hot dogs.
Stewart wasn't going to let Rahm get the last laugh, and thanked him by posting a Vine video on the @TheDailyShow Twitter account, showing a dog refusing to eat the deep dish pizza.
Chances are, if this was the Rahm of say, 30 years ago, this battle may have been over in a New York minute.


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Typical Scenarios for Outsourcing Products to a Foundry
Need for second source
Very often end customers require dual sourcing for supply security reasons, typically from different geographical regions. Customers can thus establish a second source with X-FAB in parallel to their own fab; alternatively, X-FAB can also offer double sourcing for many technologies within its fab portfolio.
Re-assignment of internal capacity
Whenever other, more strategic products demand larger capacities, less strategic products or products with limited volume or residual life time will have to free that scarce capacity and move to other fabs.
Flexibility in capacity management
When extreme demand fluctuations of certain products create significant financial risks for a fab, a foundry offers the flexibility to adjust production accordingly. The same applies to the use of a foundry as capacity buffer to cover demand peaks.
Unsatisfactory internal cost structure
Internal fabs, especially those not or no longer fully utilized, can create product costs that no longer allow being competitive in the market. Transferring load management and the corresponding cost optimization to foundries that can better leverage through a multitude of products and technologies is the best way forward.
Planned fab closure
Economic or technical reasons can lead to a situation where the economic life of a fab ends and the fab can no longer be operated profitably. Especially when many products sourced from the fab are moving to feature sizes beyond the fab's capabilities, the remaining products have to be transferred to other fabs to enable a fab closure or complete revamp.
Going fabless
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Port tasting: Great Port tasting at Vine Wine Room, 12420 Memorial; 6-8 p.m. Thursday; $25; 713-463-8463.
Vermeil tasting: Dick Vermeil wine tasting at the Corkscrew, 1308 W. 20th; 6-8 p.m. Dec. 13; $15; 713-230-8352.
Wine workshop: Tour Italy through the wine offerings at Central Market, 3815 Westheimer; 6:30 p.m. Monday; $10 per person; 713-993-9860.
French macarons: Learn to make the Basic Macaron Shells and variations, along with a variety of fillings at Well Done Cooking Classes, 1208 E. 29th; 10 a.m. Saturday; 832-782-3518.
Holiday cookies: A family event: Bring your mom, grandparents, kids so everyone can join in as you all learn secrets to rolling out, cutting and decorating delicious holiday treats. 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sur La Table, 1996 W. Gray; 713-533-0959. $39 per person.
Buche de Noel: Learn the art of the traditional holiday yule log. Beginning with the genoise (sponge cake), learn how to perfect rolling it, create the meringue-piped mushrooms and the delicious chocolate ganache covering at Urban Chef Cooking Classes, 3651 Weslayan, Suite 204; 2-4 p.m. Saturday; $60 per person; 713-504-1700.
Holiday tamales: Bring a friend and learn the age-old tradition of making tamales, hands on, at Sur La Table, 1996 W. Gray; 6:30 p.m. Monday; $69 per person; 713-533-0959.
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A few months ago I added some flower pomanders to my shop, and I had promised to write a DIY for them…I know it took me long enough, but here it is, finally.
These are so easy to make, and they come out really beautiful. I made this one in a smaller size with tiny flowers for an ornament, but you can use a larger Styrofoam ball with bigger flowers to make a wedding pomander instead. Or…how about wedding pomanders, and then smaller ornaments to match, for wedding favors or bridesmaids' gifts? I think that would be awesome.
Here's what you'll need to make one like mine:
- A Styrofoam ball. (I used a 3″ ball for this ornament)
- A bunch of straight pins
- Craft glue
- Seed beads
- Scissors
- Ribbon
- Silk flowers. The amount you'll need depend on the size of the flowers and the ball you'll be covering of course, but for mine, I used tiny little cherry blossoms that I found at Joann's (they have them in a few different colors) and it took me about 2 bunches. Each bunch only cost about $1.50, so this can be a pretty cheap little project.
All you need to do is pop a flower blossom off of its stem:
And then snip off the plastic backing, staying flush against the back of the flower:
Make sure to keep the little plastic stamens in the center of the flower (this is the back view):
Now thread a seed bead (I used iridescent pink beads) onto a straight pin, and then stick that through the center of the flower…the little plastic stamen will keep the bead and pin from slipping right through the center of the flower:
Dip the end of the pin into a little glue (I like to use old medicine cups for this):
And start pinning them to the Styrofoam ball. I really wish this was more complicated so I looked cooler.
Just keep pinning…just keep pinning…
And feel free to go pour yourself a Blue Moon.
To make a hanger, just pin one of your flowers through a loop of ribbon before attaching it to the ball. I used narrow satin ribbon, doubled up, and left a few inches hanging loose at the end because I thought it looked pretty.
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