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Skip to 0 minutes and 4 seconds Last week, I talked about the key features of a thermodynamic system. That's a quantity of matter that can exchange energy with its environment. And we looked at how we can release energy that will do useful work for us. This week, I'm going to talk about heat and mass flows in and out of a thermodynamic system. Heat and mass both carry energy with them. And we can use their movement to our advantage, such as in heating systems and jet engines. Or, we can control them, such as in double-glazed windows.
Skip to 0 minutes and 36 seconds We will develop a special case of the first law of thermodynamics, known as the steady-flow energy equation, which allows us to perform quantitative analysis on systems with mass flows, such as hand dryers and fireman's pumps. At the end of the week, there'll be a summary of the course so far, a multiple choice quiz for you to test your knowledge and understanding, and we'll launch our perpetual motion design competition.
Week 3 Introduction
Eann introduces this week's topics: heat and mass flows. He talks about how we use heat and mass flows in heating systems, jet engines, etc. He will also cover how we control heat flows, for instance with double-glazing.
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Clinical Focus
- Anesthesia
- Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
- Pediatric Anesthesia
- Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
Academic Appointments
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Honors & Awards
Teacher of the Year, Stanford University Department of Anesthesia (2004)
Teacher of the Year, Stanford University Department of Anesthesia (2008)
Teacher of the Year, Stanford University Department of Anesthesia (2011)
Teacher of the Year, Stanford University Department of Anesthesia (2015)
Professional Education
Board Subspecialty Certification, American Board of Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology (2013)
Board Certification: National Board of Echocardiography, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (2012)
Fellowship, Stanford University Medical Center - Packard Childrens' Hospital, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Anesthesia (2002)
Diplomate, National Board of Echocardiography, Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (2001)
Board Subspecialty Certification, National Board of Echocardiography, Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (2001)
Fellowship, Stanford University Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia (2001)
Board Certification, American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology (2000)
Residency, University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, Anesthesiology (1999)
Internship, Columbia University Medical Center, Internal Medicine (1996)
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Columbia University - College of Physicians and Surgeons (1995)
Community and International Work
2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 - Pediatric Facial-Plastic and ENT Reconstructive Surgery, Cusco, Peru
Ongoing Project
Opportunities for Student Involvement
2006,2007 - Pediatric Facial-Plastic and ENT Reconstructive Surgery, San Salvador, El Salvador
Ongoing Project
Opportunities for Student Involvement
2004 - Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Esteli, Nicaragua
Ongoing Project
Opportunities for Student Involvement
1998 - Pediatric Anesthesia (Visiting Resident), Prague, Czech Republic
Partnering Organization(s)
Karlova Universita (Charles University) Hospital at Motol
Ongoing Project
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Additional Info
2020-21 Courses
Independent Studies (5)
- Directed Reading in Anesthesiology
ANES 299 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Early Clinical Experience in Anesthesia
ANES 280 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
ANES 399 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Medical Scholars Research
ANES 370 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
ANES 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Anesthesiology
All Publications
- Acute Alcohol Toxicity in a Neonate Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology / American Academy of Pediatrics 2013 Annual Meeting
- Anesthetic Management of Cardiac Biopsy-Induced Severe Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation in a Recent Heart Transplant Recipient (Complex Case) Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 2013 Annual Meeting
- Severe Lung Injury Following Unroofed Coronary Sinus Repair in a Patient with Undetected Subtotal Cor Triatriatum Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 2013 Annual Meeting
Case Report of an Awake Craniotomy in a Patient With Eisenmenger Syndrome.
A & A case reports
We present a detailed report of an awake craniotomy for recurrent third ventricular colloid cyst in a patient with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension in the setting of Eisenmenger syndrome, performed 6 weeks after we managed the same patient for a more conservative procedure. This patient has a high risk of perioperative mortality and may be particularly susceptible to perioperative hemodynamic changes or fluid shifts. The risks of general anesthesia induction and emergence must be balanced against the risks inherent in an awake craniotomy on a per case basis.
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Pulmonary Hypertensive Crisis Following Ethanol Sclerotherapy for a Complex Vascular Malformation
The Journal of Perinatology
2014; 34 (9): 713-715
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Role of ketamine in the management of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure.
Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
2012; 26 (3): e24-5
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A method of rapid robust respiratory synchronization for MRI
2010; 40 (10): 1690-1692
Respiratory motion degrades MRI exams. Adequate detection of respiratory motion with pneumatic respiratory belts in small children is challenging and time-consuming.
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- Congenital Heart Disease in the Pregnant Patient (subchapter) in chapter entitled "Structural Heart Disease in Pregnant Women" in textbook entitled Obstetric Anesthesia and Uncommon Disorders, Gambling DR, Douglas MJ, and McKay RSF (eds), Second Edition, Cambridge University Press 2008
The effects of dexmedetomidine on cardiac electrophysiology in children
2008; 106 (1): 79-83
Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is an alpha2-adrenergic agonist that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for short-term (<24 h) sedation in adults. It is not approved for use in children. Nevertheless, the use of DEX for sedation and anesthesia in infants and children appears to be increasing. There are some concerns regarding the hemodynamic effects of the drug, including bradycardia, hypertension, and hypotension. No data regarding the effects of DEX on the cardiac conduction system are available. We therefore aimed to characterize the effects of DEX on cardiac conduction in pediatric patients.Twelve children between the ages of 5 and 17 yr undergoing electrophysiology study and ablation of supraventricular accessory pathways had hemodynamic and cardiac electrophysiologic variables measured before and during administration of DEX (1 microg/kg IV over 10 min followed by a 10-min continuous infusion of 0.7 microg x kg(-1) x h(-1)).Heart rate decreased while arterial blood pressure increased significantly after DEX administration. Sinus node function was significantly affected, as evidenced by an increase in sinus cycle length and sinus node recovery time. Atrioventricular nodal function was also depressed, as evidenced by Wenckeback cycle length prolongation and prolongation of PR interval.DEX significantly depressed sinus and atrioventricular nodal function in pediatric patients. Heart rate decreased and arterial blood pressure increased during administration of DEX. The use of DEX may not be desirable during electrophysiology study and may be associated with adverse effects in patients at risk for bradycardia or atrioventricular nodal block.
View details for DOI 10.1213/01.ane.0000297421.92857.4e
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- Postoperative Respiratory Depression in Children Anesthetized with Remifentanil With or without Spinal Anesthesia for Open Heart Surgery Anesthesiology 2002: 96: A1223
- Comparison of Remifentanil With or Without Spinal Anesthesia for Children Undergoing Open Heart Surgery Anesthesiology 2002: 96: A1222
- The Effect of Arteriovenous Malformations on the Distribution of Intracerebral Arterial Pressures American Journal of Neuroradiology 1996; 17: 1443-1449

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New Chief Economist announced for DIT
Richard Price has today (25 November 2016) been appointed Chief Economist and Head of Analysis at the Department for International Trade
As part of the department's ongoing drive to build capability across all corporate areas, Richard Price has been appointed as the Chief Economist and Head of Analysis at the Department for International Trade (DIT).
Richard Price brings with him a broad range of experience in the application of economic analysis to policy making that will help build DIT's economic and analysis team and shape the UK's trade and investment agenda.
For the past five years Richard served as Chief Executive of the Office of Rail and Road, the transport regulator. Prior to that he was Chief Economist at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), having previously worked in a number of government departments including Home Office, Cabinet Office and the Treasury.
Richard has helped to shape policy-making that promotes the UK as a place to do business and invest, worked on opening new markets in transport and other sectors, and managed the trade components of the Treasury's forecasts.
International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox said:
Richard Price brings a wealth of experience in leading teams focusing on high profile and important government policy. His economic expertise will be vital in building the analytical capability of the department.
As Chief Economist, his team's crucial work will directly support the development and delivery of the UK's international trade policy as we move towards leaving the EU.
Richard Price said:
It's a privilege to join the department at this critical time, working to promote free and open trade and to counter protectionism. I look forward to helping more UK businesses to thrive in global markets and promoting the UK as an international destination for trade, business and investment.
Richard's career
Richard Price joined the Civil Service after gaining his MSc in Economics. He spent four years at HM Treasury, working on tax, trade policy and climate change, before moving to work as a consultant for NERA Economic Consulting, where he advised businesses and governments on the economic regulation of large infrastructure projects and utilities.
He returned to the Treasury as a senior policy adviser before moving to the Home Office as Chief Economist and then Strategy Adviser to the Permanent Secretary, working among other things on the funding and performance framework for the police. He later became a project director at the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and then led the Treasury's Enterprise and Business team, working on the development of industry and enterprise policy to drive UK economic growth and trade.
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Every few months, R. Kelly slithers out of his sex-weed dungeon to manically and maniacally spatter the product of his prolific undertakings into the ears of the world. His recent time away from the spotlight was even more productive than usual. The infamous R&B megastar dropped a tell-all autobiography, Soulacoaster; a new album, Write Me Back; and just announced a two-month-long U.S. tour, the amusingly titled "Single Ladies Tour."
10. R. Kelly Can Still Sing
The New York Times set out to review the new Trey Songz album, but half the piece was about how awesome our boy Kells is. The Grey Lady described the man who penned the lyrics to "Ignition (Remix)" as "a channeler of outrageously deep sentiment" and "in easy command of his gift."
9. R. Kelly Doesn't Hang Out With Tyler the Creator
Look, we love that Frank Ocean record like the good content-leech bloggers that we are. But what's he doing hanging with those Odd Future roughnecks?
8. R. Kelly Still Chills With Jay-Z
Hova is exactly the kind of positive association you want to keep if you're trying to be successful as a lurid R&B vocalist. However, Count Grind can't help but wonder how hip-hop's royal hierarchy sorts itself these days. Matters only get more complicated when you figure in that Jay-Z is sharing his throne with Kanye West.
7. R. Kelly Wrote an Autobiography Even Though He Is Illiterate
Much like the majority of the writers constituting the blogosphere (present company included), His Majesty can barely spell his own fucking name. But at least he's honest about it.
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6. R. Kelly Brought Postmodernism to Hip-Hop Soul
Before The-Dream or The Weeknd were crooning silky-smooth R&B jams about silky-smooth R&B jams, R. Kelly was the first raunchy balladeer to go meta.
5. R. Kelly Could (Should?) Star in a One-Man Musical
Speaking of the postmodern canon of Robert Kelly, has anyone in any pop genre composed anything as rich and ridiculous as Trapped In The Closet? There have been other hip-hoperas. But there is only one Sylvester.
4. R. Kelly is Still Trapped in the Closet
BTW, we hope you enjoyed the first 22 vertiginous chapters of TITC, because The King is about to drop 32 more!
3. R. Kelly Still Loves "Single Ladies"
Maybe the singer's success demonstrates the power of suggestion? And/or positive thinking? You know, manifest your own reality, "If you name it, they will come," etc.
2. R. Kelly On His New Album: "There Will Be Dirty Songs About Sex"
The internet is billing this as Kelly's "return to raunch," but we have to pose the question: Did he ever really leave it?
1. R. Kelly Peed on an Underaged Girl and Got Away With It. WTF?!
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I am so excited! Today Beth Troy was kind enough to take a moment from her busy schedule to visit and give us the inside scoop to her early writing years. More on that later. I finished Lu awhile ago and have been eagerly awaiting to share it with you. But life kind of gets in the way, and well, you know how it goes. It was such a great book. I remember it as if I just read the last words. I cannot wait to see what is next for Lu in the sequel! If you haven't read this book yet, I recommend you get yourself a copy. By the way, you have a chance to win a copy here today. Woohoo!
About the Book
"There's great hope where the road meets the sky – maybe even an answer. But this road leads home. Just home. I thought I'd finished writing that story years ago, but then yesterday's story happened – the one about the boy who cheats and the girl who leaves." Lu Sokolowski never planned to return to her small hometown of Dunlap's Creek, but it's the only place she can think of to go after her boyfriend cheats on her. Moving back in with her family lets her run away from her problems, but it also means suffering their attempts to reassemble her failed life, including arranging a job as the wedding beat writer at the local paper and setting her up with Jackson, the divorced pastor of her family's church. Unexpected success and friendships restore Lu to the family and faith she'd left behind. But when the small-town life Lu never intended shakes up, will she run again? Lu's story is a journey of a woman back to her family, her faith, and herself. It's about second chances and the unchosen circumstances that press the point of who we are and what we believe. Are we the sum of our successes and failures, or does our identity rest in a greater hope?
My Perspective
I could not put this book down. It had so much going for it. Great characters, lots of emotion, a charming love interest, and a cute setting. On top of that, Lu was such a relatable character that I could at times picture myself in her shoes. She reacted like I might react, and I found myself just really liking her. The only thing that put me off was her faith in throughout the story. That was not like me at all, however I think it was necessary for her story. Hey, we've all been there at one time or another in our lives, and it was so great to see the Lord working on her as the story went on.
There were a lot of fun parts to this book too. My favorite? Lu and Jackson playing cornhole. It was just a cute scene that made my giggle a little bit. Then later on when Lu was doing research and attending the weddings for her newspaper bit, I just thought that was a great way to break up the emotional parts. But know this, the emotional parts are powerful. They will speak to your soul and you will be moved. Her journey is wonderful. My only complaint…the story ended! At the time I didn't realize there was a sequel. Thank goodness there is!! I cannot wait to see what is next.
About the Author
I'm Beth Troy, and this is my first book. I live in the Midwest with my husband and three boys, and you can read more about my writing and life on my blog at www.bethtroy.com.
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My Writing Resume: The Early Years
- The first book that inspired me to write was Little Women. In fact, I recently received a 3-star review (what?!?!) on Goodreads, and so of course, I checked out that person's other reviews. Little Women – that fantastic story of Jo March and her sisters – also received three stars from her. I'll take it!
- The first book I wrote was Red & Blue about my great-grandparents' pugs (of the same name). I don't remember the story, but I do remember I illustrated each page. My artistic skills have not improved since that time, and at that time, they hadn't improved since Kindergarten. I let the illustrating dreams die with that publication.
- The writing dreams continued, however! I titled my second book Southern Accents, a work of historical fiction that opened with a riveting paragraph about a curtain catching the breeze and a girl awaking from a deep slumber. You would have gained 1,000 calories just in reading through all of the adjectives.
- I flunked my first paper for ninth grade honors English. We were to write on the topic of My Most Prized Possession. I titled the essay accordingly, began it with the sentence, "My most prized possession is …" and ended with, "This concludes my paper on my most prized possession." You can't say the "F" was for lack of clarity!
- I split my high school writing efforts between writing notes to friends in class and writing a column for the high school newspaper. The notes definitely contained the better material, though they probably centered too much on boys named Aaron, Jason, and Don.
- All I ever wanted to study in college was journalism, but when decision time rolled around, I decided no. Three months into my college freshman year, I decided yes, but was at a school without a full journalism program. Huh.
- Journalism 101: At best, people will skim your stuff. Write well anyway.
- I tried – for example, the time I wrote about bike polo, though I'm sports' illiterate. I left with a great story and a bloody finger.
- My day job at the time was a technical editor for accounts receivables software. Anyone still awake after that sentence?
- Technical Editing 101: At best, no one will read your stuff. Write well anyway.
Could I one day write well and catch and keep people's attention? Check out Lu and decide!
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More than a third of women have gone through a sex drought lasting at least a year, according to a new survey.
And, they're more likely to be promiscuous when they have sex for the first time after a long-break.
A quarter of women have ended a break in sex with a one-night stand or a casual fling, compared to 34 per cent of men. A further 36 per cent of women have resumed sex by sleeping with a friend with benefits - a pal they can enjoy sex with but not date.
While just a quarter of men take this option.
These sex dry spells don't just happen when people are single - almost three-quarters of married couples have experienced a prolonged break from sex.
Many celebrities have talked frankly about their own sex droughts in recent years.
Singer Katy Perry, 29, admitted that she had gone without sex for up to a year.
Katy, who divorced her comedian husband Russell Brand last year, said: "For me the most important thing about sex is connection.
"I've gone maybe six months or a year without having sex."
Rihanna, 26, admitted on Alan Carr's Chatty Man TV show that she had gone through sex droughts, describing them as "pathetic".
The results come in a new survey of 1,500 people by the sex toy firm Lovehoney. It found that 86 per cent of people have gone through prolonged sex breaks in their adult lives.
At least half of those questioned have gone through at least three or more dry spells.
Both men and women found this period of abstinence increasingly "frustrating" as it dragged on and they were keen to bring it to an end.
Interestingly, women coped better with 23 per cent saying they were fine going without, compared to just 13 per cent of men.
Lovehoney's poll found that 35 per cent of women had gone without sex for up to a year during their adult lives.
A Lovehoney spokesman said: "Virtually everyone has through a sex drought at some point in their adult lives - they even happen to pop stars like Katy Perry."
Lovehoney is Britain's biggest online sex toy retailer, selling a third of all toys bought online in the UK.
It is the official supplier of all Fifty Shades of Grey sex toy merchandise and is gearing up for a busy year ahead of the movie release next February.


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Save the monkeys! In the Flip the Robot Monkey platform game you have to help Flip navigate multiple levels to save his monkey friends. Watch out though, along the way you will
Fruit Snake
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Answering management's call: "Find ways to reduce operating costs!"
- The owner of a 300-bed, acute care medical center constructed in 1996 was searching for ways to reduce operating costs in order to improve financial performance.
- Three chillers operate during summer months (1500-ton centrifugal and two 400-ton scroll), and two operate during other months (450-ton centrifugal and 900-ton absorption). Three natural gas boilers produce steam for space heating, sterilization, and domestic hot water.
- The air distribution system includes 18 air-handling units (AHUs) and both variable air volume (VAV) and constant volume (CV) terminal units.
- A building automation system (BAS) enables programming of most HVAC equipment, including the chillers, boilers, and AHUs.
- In order to maximize energy savings at minimal cost, and given the capabilities of the medical center's BAS, we recommended that the owner pursue retro-commissioning through the local utility's incentive program.
- With our help, the owner applied to participate in the local utility's retro-commissioning incentive program; the proposed project was accepted.
- During the cooling season, we identified eight energy-saving opportunities with the potential to reduce annual electricity use by over 440,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh).
- We returned during the heating season and identified an additional 280,000 kWh of electricity savings and over 60,000 therms of natural gas savings through a combination of no-cost/low-cost and capital investment measures.
- Although the owner decided not to implement all energy-saving measures, they realized significant savings, and a simple payback of six months, from those they did implement.
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Sony laptops generally tend to be particularly good at being two things: big, high-end media experiences, and small, slim executive powerhouses. The new Vaio F and S series laptops, announced today, offer a bit of both for laptop shoppers willing to spend over $1,000.
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The 13.3-inch Vaio S series is only .95 inch thick, and also relatively light: just 3.6 pounds, despite having an optical drive. The closest equivalent we can think of is the Toshiba Portege R835. Unlike the Portege, the Vaio S has a higher-resolution display--1,600x900 pixels--and optional discrete graphics. The Vaio S comes with a second-gen Intel Core i7 CPU and optional AMD Radeon HD 6630 Hybrid graphics, and a wide variety of high-end features such as optional Blu-ray, a backlit keyboard, and a face-tracking low-light Exmor-sensor Web camera.
Meanwhile, the new Vaio F series laptop is a super-size beast that probably won't stray far from your desk. A 16.4-inch, 1080p, 1,920x1,080 display, 3D front-surround Dolby Home Theater speakers, a Blu-ray optical drive, Nvidia GeForce GT 540M or 520M graphics, and the same high-end Exmor-sensor Web camera are part of an attractive package that includes a quad-core second-gen Intel Core i7 CPU.
The look is similar to the new F series laptops we first saw at CES 2011, but at least this 3D-free version costs less than the 3D Vaio F.
The Vaio S series starts at $1,370, and is available in four colors including the newly added pink and blue. A sheet battery for extra charging costs $150.
The Vaio F series will start at $1,100. Both are currently available for preorder on Sony's Web site. Hopefully, we'll have both in for review soon.


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Philip W. Carper (9935)
William B. Carper (7946)
William Carper (11013)
Zachariah Crawford (17559)
William Dean Sr. (12416)
William Fahnestock (36773)
G.H. Carter (4781)
M.C. Carter (4780)
William A. Carter (10294)
Osmin Chamberlin (19126)
Charles E. Clevinger (36716)
Joseph Clowser (42973)
Levi Cooper (17400)
William A. Evans (20788)
Bernard Fetzer (21793) (Grave) *former Confederate
George R. Fletcher (10708)
Joseph E. Funkhouser (18883) (Grave) *Early war Confederate militia
Lyles Grim (7947)
Abner Hodgson (2633)
Elijah Hodgson (12440)
Samuel Hodgson (48731)
Lewis N. Huck (55242)
Daniel Huff (8333)
Meshack Johnson (17510)
Milford Jones (41794)
George W. Keller (10331)
Samuel L. Larew and Henry S. Singhass (48749)
James W. Lewis (12114)
Mary B. Lovett (7041)
John S. Magill (20584)
W.H.M. Mahaney (Joseph P. Mahany; Grave) (21301)
Mary Ann McCauley (9936)
Charles B. Meredith (7950)
Thomas H. Mules (21619)
Elizabeth Mummaw (51463)
Leroy Newcome (41817)
John W. Owen (20583)
Jonathan E. Pitman (15320)
Samuel Rees Pritchard (14653)
Mordecia Purcell (14027)
James Rea (1188)
George S. Rinker (41831)
James Russell (16874)
Lycurgus E. Savage (43064)
Alfred Seal (8408)
Barbary A. Shearer (7951)
James Sherman (20308)
Henry C. Shipley (14315)
Zephariah Silver (8697)
Jacob Spillman (20307)
William H. Stewart (48781)
Joseph Stine (18553)
Edward Webb (10329)
Elijah Williams (11490)
Other Identified Unionists (list being developed)
George Aulick (Grave)
Joseph F. Bean, Co. A, 87th Ohio Infantry
Mordecai Bean
Henry Beson (Quaker)
J.L. Bowers
John Bromley
Charles Fectigue Cather (Grave)
William Cather (Grave)
Charles Chase (Grave)
Julia Chase
Rev. Alfred Griffith Chenoweth
John F. Chrismore, Sr. (Grave)
John Clendenner
David Crone
George B. Dieffenderfer (Grave)
William Dooley
Charles W. Gibbons
Caroline Heater
David Hinkle
Elijah Hodgson (voted for Lincoln)
L.L. Hodson (Quaker)
Joseph S. Jackson (Grave) (Quaker)
Thomas Laws
V. Lidner
Helen Johnson Pritchard
M.L. Real
William Riple
G.H. Snap (George H. Snapp, from Shenandoah Co.?)
Charles Snively
Job Throckmorton (Quaker)
Amos Wright (Quaker)
Rebecca L. Wright (Grave)
L.P. York (Sydney P. York?)
Note: This is an ongoing project. Data is currently incomplete, and will be updated as additional data is collected. At present most of the above named persons are only those who are reflected in Fold3, as having filed an application to the Southern Claims Commission. Others identified (to date) as Unionists appear in the last subcategory. In time, USCTs and others will be added.


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How to sell in online marketplaces
Choose the right online marketplace and create listings that make sales
On this page
- Choose the right marketplace for your business
- Create effective listings to attract sales
- Selling through an affiliate website
There's an array of online marketplaces such as eBay, Alibaba, Amazon Marketplaces, Etsy, Big Cartel and Eventbrite that provide businesses with a channel to make high volume sales.
As the popularity of these marketplaces increases, so does the competition. Using the right marketing strategies and tactics on these channels is key to setting you apart from the pack.
There are various aspects that influence how successfully your product will perform in a particular marketplace, so it's important you sell in the channel that's right for you.
Choosing the right marketplace for you
When assessing which marketplace is best for you and your business, consider the following:
- How well does this site rank when searching for similar products and services?
- Will customers go to this site, and if they do, will they be persuaded to buy other products?
- What options exist for setting up a business page that includes your brand?
- What fees are charged? Are ongoing monthly fees included and/or per transaction charges?
- How easy is it to update on your products online?
- How well is the site promoted in other forums including offline forums?
Create effective listings
To ensure you've listed your products effectively, ask if:
- your title describes the product well – is it unique and does it include keywords? Use the same technique as you would for good search engine optimisation.
- your photos or logos are clear and well lit, and do they relate to your product and fit the marketplace specifications for images?
- your description clearly describes the product and explains how it would benefit customers'?
- you've included your business name?
Selling via an affiliate websiteSelling through an affiliate business website can increase your reach to potential customers. It involves placing your product or service on another business's website.
An advantage of selling through an affiliate is that it can expand your market place, particularly if the affiliate has a popular site. Disadvantages include your product typically being included as an advertisement, or the affiliate site taking a percentage of any sales made via their site.
Case study: Setting up an online retail store
'You have to think of different ways to market yourself, and that is the way we approached our move to an online business.'
Christine Metcalfe, The Ark
Read more about Setting up an online retail store
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Geography 11
The aims of the geography syllabus at SL and HL are to enable students to:-
• Develop an understanding of the interrelationships between people, places, spaces and the environment
• Develop a concern for human welfare and the quality of the environment, and an understanding of the need for planning and sustainable management
• Appreciate the relevance of geography in analysing contemporary issues and challenges, and develop a global perspective of diversity and change.
• Locate and differentiate elements of the Earth's surface
• Interpret, analyse and, when appropriate, construct tables, graphs, diagrams, cartographic material and images
• Undertake statistical calculations to show patterns and summarize information
• Research, process and interpret data and information
• Collect and select relevant geographic information
• Evaluate sources of geographic information
• Produce written material (including essays, reports and investigations.)
There are four assessment objectives (AOs) for the SL and HL Diploma Programme geography course.:-
• AO1 – Knowledge and understanding of specified content
• AO2 – Application and analysis of knowledge and understanding
• AO3 – Synthesis and evaluation
• AO4 – Selection, use and application of a variety of appropriate skills and techniques.
Students will be formatively and summatively assessed using a wide range of assessment tasks. This may include, for example, essays, presentations, case studies, worksheets, statistical analysis, graphing, past paper questions and tests.
Students at standard level (SL) and higher level (HL) in geography are presented with a syllabus that has a common core and optional themes. HL students also study the higher level extension. The syllabus requires the development of certain skills, attributes and knowledge as described in the assessment objectives of the course.
Grade 11
Part 1: Core theme—patterns and change (SL/HL) – Content is examined in Paper 1 in the I.B Geography examination
There are four compulsory topics in this core theme:-
• Populations in transition
• Disparities in wealth and development
• Patterns in environmental quality and sustainability
• Patterns in resource consumption
Students will be introduced to Optional theme – Hazards and disasters—risk assessment and response. They will undertake fieldwork locally in April and produce a piece of internally assessed coursework of 2,500 words in May.


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Last week we brought you exclusive photos of a new goalie mask being worked up for Kings' prospect JF Berube.
If you thought it looked great then, check out the finished product below.
Kudos, as always, to artist Sylvie Marsolais for her amazing work.
She sent over a note saying they originally started with a sketch using some […]
PICS: JF Berube's new mask pays tribute to LA Kings legends
Last week we brought you exclusive photos of a new goalie mask being worked up for Kings' prospect JF Berube.
Robitaille on Rogie and Roenick – Hall of Fame worthy?
Luc Robitaille was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 9, 2009.
That was about as 'no-brainer' of a selection as the committee has had in recent years. He finished his career with 668 goals and a Stanley Cup, just to name a few of his accomplishments.
Going back even further in Kings history […]
Clearing the Crease… with Jonathan Bernier
In the interview below goaltender Jonathan Bernier says "Sometimes it doesn't go your way."
For him personally and for the LA Kings, that's a quick synopsis of the season to date.
By this point the team was expected to be near the top of the Western Conference. On this homestand specifically, they were expected to create some breathing room […]
Holiday Series – Gifts of Christmas Past
[Part one of a three part series]
In Charles Dickens' classic novel A Christmas Carol the reader is taken through a spiritual awakening of Ebenezer Scrooge, a process that includes visits from the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
That tale began on Christmas Eve, however we're going to begin a day earlier and […]
Kings to Honor Three '70s-Era Legends
Did you like those vintage purple and gold jerseys the Kings wore on opening night?
Well, they'll be making their Staples Center debut on Saturday, January 15th when the Kings host the Edmonton Oilers for Rogie Vachon Night.
As noted in the press release – Vachon was the first player to have his number retired by the […]
Looking Back with Jonathan Bernier
By now, even casual Kings fans know who Jonathan Bernier is.
However, the goalie of the future is still waiting for his chance somewhat. Sure, he set the world on fire last year in the minors – becoming the AHL Goaltender of the Year. Yet, here in LA, Jonathan Quick was having his own strong season and […]
Throwback Thursdays – An Interview w/ Robb Stauber
For an organization that five years ago had zero credibility when it came to developing goaltenders, the Kings have made quite the turn around under the direction of GM Dean Lombardi and Assistant GM Ron Hextall.
Today, goaltending is a strength…with names like Quick, Bernier, Zatkoff, Jones and Berube set to man the nets next season for the Kings […]


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Home buyers searching for the perfect new home in Suwanee have one more reason to visit Three Bridges by The Providence Group! Not only does Three Bridges offer spacious single family homes and townhomes in a gated setting with fantastic amenities including HOA maintained lawns, clubhouse, pool and tennis courts, but the community is now also offering a special home buyer incentive too! Home buyers can now earn free blinds and refrigerator for their new Providence Group home for new contracts closing on or before November 30, 2014.*
The final phase at Three Bridges has several homes under construction including single family homes on basement home sites priced from the $340s and three story townhomes with finished terrace levels from the $230s. Single family homes offer up to five bedrooms, four full baths and 2,150 – 2,733 square feet. Townhomes offer approximately 1,900 square feet featuring three bedrooms, three and a half baths, finished terrace levels and two car garages. If home buyers act fast, some designer options may still be personalized at The Providence Group's new Design Center.
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The country's on track for the snowiest February in 115 years, which means business, is anything but usual.
Major retailers like Home Depot, Sears and K-Mart tell us they've closed a handful of stores because of weather and loss of power.
Target and Costco say that while their stores are open, they're monitoring the weather.
Costco's CFO noted that because this storm came on so fast, it didn't even get the benefit of the pantry stocking that usually boosts sales right before a storm.
And even if stir-crazy people make it to the mall, they certainly won't want to buy the spring merchandise that retailers are already featuring in stores. Though Wall Street's expecting a 2 percent or 3 percent increase from February same store sales on Thursday, Weather Trends International CEO Bill Kirk warns that storms could push monthly retail sales to one percent, or even to negative territory.
What about movie theaters?
Box Office Guru CEO Gitesh Pandya tells me that this storm is sure to affect ticket sales. The fact that it's hitting top markets like New York, Boston and DC on a weekend is bad news for the studios launching new films this weekend. But Pandya points out that the long term affect of the storm depends entirely on how good the film is — the box office could end up simply being displaced by a few days. "Avatar" (NWS) is a perfect example of this: its opening weekend box office was hurt by a blizzard in the Northeast, but the movie has more than compensated for that weak opening weekend.
The real winners from the winter storm? Dominos, Papa Johns, and Video-on-Demand.
Pizza delivery gets a major boost from this kind of weather. Weather Trends International CEO Bill Kirk says that pizza delivery increases an average of one percent for every degree the temperature drops from the prior year, and snow can triple that increase. Today New York is ten degree's colder than last year, which could mean a 30 % jump in pizza delivery from last year.
I would bet that video-on-demand, Netflix streaming, and TV ratings would also see a healthy jump this weekend.
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Well I have decided I wanted to try and making writing blog posts a more regular thing. It has been over a year since my last post and I am a little embarrassed to admit that. However, I feel like this is a creative outlet that I enjoy, but sometimes I struggle with consistency and content. Over the last year I have had so many opportunities to write about many things that I plan to tackle some of those in future posts. I will start from the beginning and work my way forward. These posts I am going to try and steer away from nursing topics some and move toward what I do in my daily life and other things I enjoy. Occasionally I will loop in some nursing, but I don't want to violate any confidentiality.
Starting from the last post I will move into June/July of 2017. We went tent camping with some friends a little bit north of San Francisco close to Point Reyes. SO. MUCH. FUN. It's interesting how connecting back to nature really helps center you, and how it helps you get back into a normal circadian rhythm (those of you night shifters out there, HAAYY) One of those big struggles working night shift is figuring out a sleeping schedule that works and then messing it up frequently.
Here is a bonus very flattering photo of my in our tent.
Anyway, we were able to spend a couple of glorious days hiking and spending time outdoors and an afternoon in Point Reyes enjoying the sites and the food. Those of you who know me know I am very motivated and driven by food so anything delicious and I am down. Ethan frequently jokes that I love food more than I love him, which we all know isn't true, but the reaction that it provokes is a bit comical at times. Just the other week I was eating cheese and shrieked when Ethan tried to take it from me. Not my proudest moment, but hilarious none the less. I would really love to go back this year or some time soon, it was so peaceful and the sunshine felt so nice it would be good to just take a few days and relax.
Bonus, here is a cute picture of Ethan and Ozzie, that special relationship makes me laugh. They harass each other and I think its love. I love them both in their own ways, but this is just a cute photo from this time and I couldn't resist.
Here we are on another gorgeous summer day in Golden Gate Park. We decided to go spend some time in the sun and hang out with a good friend. This was prime zone for people watching. We spent the better part of an hour watching someone try and fill one of those inflatable lounger things with little to no success. They refused help from their counterparts so we decided to sit back and enjoy the show. They were finally successful but only after many attempts. The sun was warm and there was a mild breeze and with a lovely picnic we spent the afternoon just relaxing.
That's it for now, drop me a comment on thoughts or anything you would like to hear about.


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Former Yale pitcher Pat Ludwig has no trouble with the (Altoona) Curve
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Pat Ludwig was armed with a chemical engineering degree from Yale and a job lined up in the pharmaceutical industry.
He was also armed with, well, a terrific right arm, one that led to a strong senior season in which he earned All-Ivy League honors and shared Yale's Ducky Pond Pitching Award.
Ludwig was also selected in the 10th round of the 2012 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and that was all he needed to put off the pharmaceutical industry for a while and chase his major-league dreams. That has meant plenty of long bus rides and below-poverty wages for Ludwig over the past couple of years, and likely for at least a couple more. But he hardly regrets his decision.
"It's the love of the game," he noted. "My family has supported me, they're all for it. They understand it's a dream. I'm getting the opportunity to chase my dream. I think if you ask 100 random guys if they had the opportunity to play minor-league baseball, almost all of them would say, 'Yeah, I'm gonna give it a shot and see what I can do.'
"That's what I'm fortunate enough to be able to do. And I have my degree, and I've taken the GRE, so I can go back to school and look at a job once they tell me I've gone as far as I can in the game. So, I have that backup plan in place, where I can really commit to this and not worry so much about what the rest of my life is going to look like."
Hopefully, that time doesn't come for many years. Ludwig's pro career has certainly gotten off to a promising start. He pitched to a sterling 1.47 ERA in 18 appearances between rookie ball and Class A after being drafted. Last season, Ludwig went 8-2 with a 3.54 ERA between Class A West Virginia and High-A Bradenton. He began this season back in Bradenton, going 2-1 with a 3.96 ERA in 15 outings (four starts) and was promoted to Double-A Altoona two weeks ago.
In his first start for the Curve, Ludwig allowed a run and six hits over five innings against New Hampshire. His second start, on Wednesday against the Rock Cats at New Britain Stadium, didn't work out as well: four runs, seven hits over five frames.
Still, Ludwig is firmly in the starting rotation with Altoona and couldn't be happier where he is right now.
"Everything that I've done so far has just been a token of my hard work, and the Pirates giving me the chance," Ludwig said on Tuesday. "Very rarely do they move guys up within their first season, so I was really appreciative of that opportunity. It put me in a better place last year where I started out, went through the league and was comfortable and knew what to expect. I finished last year in Bradenton, went back there to start this year, was pretty comfortable with the league."
Ludwig is only the latest example of Ivy League players — Yale players in particular — proving themselves on the diamond. From the 2012 draft class, there are currently five Ivy Leaguers playing at Double-A or higher. Nolan Becker, taken shortly after Ludwig in the 11th round, is shining at Class A Dayton with a 1.17 ERA in eight relief outings.
Ludwig was the seventh Yalie selected in the top 10 rounds of the draft and the highest since Ryan Lavarnway was a sixth-round pick by the Red Sox in 2008. He hopes to follow in the footsteps of Lavarnway and the program's current most established big-leaguer — Trumbull product and Red Sox reliever Craig Breslow.
"Guys like Lavarnway and Breslow, they've really shown the course that there is legitimate baseball talent there," Ludwig said. "I think what gets underestimated and undervalued is the work ethic that you learn going to an Ivy League school while playing a sport. Your time there, the type of maturity you devleop through that, that gets undervalued. It's really helped me a lot, as far as focusing on baseball when I'm at the field."
Ludwig remembers Breslow and Lavarnway returning to school at different times and imparting their knowledge on the Yale players.
"They just kind of described what minor-league life was like," he said. "(Yale coach John) Stuper had a great streak of having guys drafted in every year for 15 years there, so I talked to a bunch of guys that I had played with that had been drafted. It gets you prepared for what this lifestyle is like. Yes, it's professional baseball, but it's not exactly what you expect when you look at the big leagues.
"But, it's what I love to do," Ludwig added, "and I'm getting a great opportunity to do it."
Hirsch Has Power
Another product of a New Haven-based college is also pitching in the Pirates' organization. Henry Hirsch, a 22nd-round selection by Pittsburgh in 2013 out of the University of New Haven, is 1-3 with a 3.31 ERA in 21 appearances (one start) for the Class A West Virginia Power. The right-hander from Colorado City, Colorado, needs to work on his control: he's walked 24 batters in 49 innings.
Like Father, Like Son
After hitting .292 with seven homers, 45 RBIs and 11 stolen bases in 66 games with Class A Savannah and earning a spot in the South Atlantic League all-star game, L.J. Mazzilli was promoted to High-A St. Lucie last week. The Greenwich and UConn product hasn't missed a beat, hitting .308 with a pair of homers in his first seven games.
Mazzilli, of course, is the son of former Met and Yankee Lee Mazzilli. L.J. was a fourth-round pick by the Mets in 2013.
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Everybody tells you to have the right tools if you want to get the job done right. You must have an online project management tool that does this, that and the other thing.
Okay. But there are so many choices on the market. Do you just need some Excel and Word templates or a more robust software that is cloud-based and fosters collaboration through easy file sharing?
The truth is there are a lot of great project management tools out there, chock full of features that are designed to help manage your project.
- Dashboards
- Project Planning
- Task Management
- Reporting
- Timesheets
- Workload Management
- Online Gantt Charts
Before you run out and start using one, do the research to determine which is the right solution for your project.
To get you started, we've compiled a helpful guide to PM tools, detailing their different functions and how they can help you work more productively as you plan, execute, monitor and report on your project.
A dashboard is a quick way to get a view of your project. Like the dashboard on your car, you can see at a glance how the project is running and if anything is moving into the red.
When you have an online PM tool, the dashboard is instantly updated when a team member updates their status or timesheet. That way you're on top of everything and can act before the project goes off track without having to put in the time and effort of manually inputting data to a spreadsheet.
If you're running multiple projects they can all feed to one dashboard, so you can monitor the workload, budget and progress across your entire portfolio. Of course, you can drill down to one project if, say, you need to look more closely at its budget. And with an online project management tool those details are in real-time.
The dashboard is made up of charts and graphs offering a visual accounting of your resource allocations, budget tracking, task management and more. You have control to view the dashboard view the way that works for you by customizing the dashboard by team or customer or department.
Another great feature of a project dashboard is that all of these graphs and charts can be easily printed or shared with a keystroke. Now you have an easy way to generate materials for a meeting or to share via email with team members, stakeholders or clients. And you can customize the view to reflect the target audience.
Project Planning
PM tools should integrate with your Excel spreadsheet, so it's easy to import your task list. But if you want, create a project plan and then just fill in the blank fields on the project plan template when you create a new project.
Once you've got those tasks listed, update them with the planned due date and the Gantt chart on the right will reflect the duration of those tasks in a timeline. Those timelines will get shaded as your team members progress through their tasks and update their status, so you can have an accurate view of the project as it progresses.
You want to be able to invite team members to the project plan so you can then assign them to specific tasks. That way they can collaborate with you at the task level by adding files and comments. If the PM tool is online then your team can simply update their tasks from their desktop or mobile device, depending on where they are when they finish the task.
If your project planning is cloud-based and updated in real-time, you get the added benefit of seeing activity on that plan as it happens through automation like email alerts. You can set these for yourself or the whole team, so everyone knows when one task is complete and another can begin. It keeps everyone in the loop.
Task Management
There are tasks to manage for your team, of course, but also for yourself. Therefore, you want a project management tool that can give your team and you a task list to see what needs to be done today, even if you are working on multiple projects at the same time.
You want a task list that can be accessed online so it can be updated easily. It should be able to also have attachments, so you and your team can add notes, files and links that relate to the task and any discussions around the work. This will facilitate collaboration in real-time.
To never miss a deadline, the task management tool should integrate with your email to automate alerts. This keeps you and your team on the same page, reminding them and yourself when work is due. To that end, sharing should be simple, too, so those tasks can be share the tasks with anyone in the system.
You know that you want to be able to generate a report with one click, whether it's the project status, tasks, timesheet, workload, expenses, etc. And those reports should be easily customizable, allowing you to filter information so that the data you share is appropriate for whomever is receiving the report.
But you need reports that can calculate planned versus actual progress in the project, too. Whether it's to tell you the number of days you're ahead or behind schedule or how close you are to meeting the estimates on your budget, reports can help you identify when an aspect of your project is moving off track.
If you're investing in a reporting tool you are going to want it to have access to all the projects in your portfolio, so you don't have to move from one program to the next to get that data, and drill down to get the details you need.
Those reports should be able to run in any format, whether you need to print it, export and share online or offline as a PDF, Excel or CSV file. By having them easily shared you, again, are making collaborations possible. Whoever you share with is notified in the system and by email, all the comments and emails exchanged are saved in the system, so conversations are in one place.
You want a project management tool that makes time tracking easy to use, with timesheets that are easy to share with team members, so all they have to do is enter their hours. Then you can access their timesheets and approve the entire team's workflow, or lock them and send out email alerts.
Better if you can get those timesheets synced to the tasks on your project plan. That way when your team updates their tasks and timesheets both are updated to your dashboard. It's another way to give you a clear picture of the project's progress. You can track costs, tasks and resource progress in real-time.
There are other uses for timesheets that might not come immediately to mind. They can help you determine what team member is right for which task or point to those on your team who may need further training. Timesheets also are a good matrix for measuring team efficiency. So, you want PM tools that give you timesheets with flexibility to take full advantage of what they can do.
Workload Management
It's best to have a workload management tool that puts all the work across your team on one page. That way you are able to schedule ahead because you know how much work everyone on your team has been assigned. You can see if someone is over- or under-assigned, making it easier to balance the workload.
Knowing where to allocate resources is important. But just as crucial is the ability to assign more or less work to a team member with but a click of your keyboard. And if workload is color-coded, so that one color means over-allocated, another color indicates someone is under-allocated and yet another indicates vacation, balancing workload is even simpler.
Naturally, you want this data all collected in real-time to help you monitor the true workload and not capture a picture of the project that has already passed. It should also, like your other tools, be easy to export and share, allowing for comments to assist in more efficient resource management.
Online Gantt Chart
Gantt charts were mentioned briefly above in the section on planning, but there's so much more you can do with this valuable PM tool. A Gantt chart is great for noting task dependencies, when one cannot be started until another is completed.
Thought Gantt charts are often thought of as difficult to create and edit, a Gantt chart tool that offers drag-and-drop editing, where you can adjust start and end dates with your cursor, makes them a breeze to use. And color-coding adds to their readability.
When the Gantt chart is online it's even more useful as a collaborative tool. Team members can discuss tasks at the task level, attaching files and notes as needed. Plus, when cloud-based, updates are instantly populated to your dashboard. It's a great way to track real-time project performance.
This Is Just a Quick Guide to PM Tools
While this overview is helpful, there is so much more that project management tools can do. The best PM tools can be used with big and small projects, so they can in a sense ebb and flow as needed. See what tools are right for you and get on the road to project productivity.
Now that you've taken a tour through what PM tools can do to help you manage a project, you'll want to go out into the market and try the different projects available. Which one is the best fit for you? Only you can say. Whatever you choose, look for a PM tool like ProjectManager.com, which is cloud-based, giving you the power of the internet to help team members update statues anywhere and feed your dashboard with the most up-to-date information, so you can make smart choices and lead your project to success. See for yourself by taking our \30-day free trial.


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Guarantee your place at every home game
Supporters can now get behind the Dons during the remainder of 2012/13 by purchasing a half season ticket for the Cherry Red Records Stadium.
It promises to be an exciting second-half to the season as Neal Ardley aims to revitalise the Dons and help Wimbledon climb up the League 2 table.
.Half Season TicketsAnd we are pleased to announce that you can now apply for a half season ticket by visiting the Season Tickets section of the official website. Full details, including an application form, questions and answers, along with terms and conditions, can be found by clicking on
There is currently availability in all areas for half season tickets, though there are limited numbers in the Paul Strank Stand and the Tempest End.
.Season Ticket enquiriesIf you have any other queries, please e-mail the club by clicking on


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Troublesome Trojan horses, virulent worms, nasty viruses--sometimes it may seem like the Internet exists just to let the bad guys attack your PC.
If you're on the ball, you already have a subscription to protective antivirus software that you renew annually. Now some of the leading makers of this type of software want you to upgrade--and not just to the latest version. They're eager to nudge users over to full Internet security suites that add antispam, firewall, and intrusion-detection components to basic antivirus features.
How are they making these suites more attractive? In some cases, they're doing that by making the subscription prices on older, stand-alone products more unattractive.
Should you be persuaded?
Money Matters
Symantec recently increased renewal prices for subscriptions to its Norton AntiVirus and Norton System Works software to US$20. That US$5--or 33 percent--increase follows similar increases in previous years.
But even as it raises these prices, Symantec is keeping the subscription renewal price on its Norton Internet Security suite flat at US$30, just US$10 more than the renewal fee for the stand-alone antivirus product. (Norton Internet Security retails for around US$70, compared to around US$50 for Norton AntiVirus.)
The subscription fee pays for updated software and antivirus definitions to protect against new threats, including adware, spyware, and keystroke logging programs, says Laura Garcia-Manrique, director of Symantec's consumer group.
"We recognize that while (Norton) Antivirus is a significant package, it doesn't provide enough protection. We wanted to provide an attractive price differential with Norton Internet Security and encourage customers to move up," Garcia-Manrique says.
McAfee also has increased subscription renewal prices for off-the-shelf versions of its VirusScan product. Subscription renewal prices have climbed steadily in recent years, from US$5 in 2000 to US$20 today, according to Bill Kerrigan, senior vice president of McAfee's consumer division.
Increased Threats
Symantec and McAfee officials say the fee increases are the result of an increasingly dangerous computing environment that demands solutions for threats such as spam, Trojan horses, and spyware.
"In the last year, we had Blaster, Welchia, and Sobig--three huge worms in eight days. Our infrastructure has to handle over three million hits an hour, and 1.1 million (antivirus signature) updates in one hour alone. Subscription renewals help us make the incremental investments necessary to handle those demands," Garcia-Manrique says.
But upgrading to a full security suite may not be the best course for consumers, either financially or from a security standpoint. While it is important for most users to have a firewall and spam protection, PC World's testing has found that security suites often offer inferior protection to that provided by a set of stand-alone products.
And many PC users appear to be living with the subscription price hikes: McAfee's Kerrigan says renewal rates for VirusScan subscriptions are more than 80 percent. But at least some users are choosing to upgrade--whether to the latest versions of a stand-alone package or to the suite.
Feeling the Pressure?
Industry experts say that factors other than new Internet threats may be behind the price hikes, including anticipated competition in the antivirus market from software giant Microsoft, which has recently beefed up its Windows firewall and has made no secret of its intentions to enter the antivirus software market.
"Microsoft is going to play a huge factor," says Brian Burke, a research manager with IDC.
Fred Hoch, vice president of software programs at the Software & Information Industry Association, a trade association for the software industry, says that the entry of Microsoft and smaller competitors into the antivirus and desktop security software market could drive down prices in the future.
"It's going to be a competitive market for some time, and prices could come down," he says.
At McAfee, the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, which included more security features, and competition from companies such as Computer Associates International Inc. and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. contributed to a decision to keep prices for many of its products flat in 2005, Kerrigan says.
Name Brands
Smaller competitors of the big-two antivirus companies, and even some industry experts, say that consumers are already paying a hefty premium for brand-name recognition.
Annie Chen, product marketing manager for consumer products at security software vendor Trend Micro, says her company has added many of the same features to its PC-cillin Internet Security product suite that Symantec and McAfee added to their product suites in recent years, including antispam capabilities and Web pop-up blocking. But the company hasn't increased the US$50 price of its product suite or the US$25 annual subscription cost in three years.
Customers may be willing to sacrifice brand recognition if cheaper options are available. But, the message for PC users is to shop around--and not let software vendors pressure them into getting a suite.


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Whole grains are often recommended as a 'safe' diabetic food and yet are they?
Well I could give you my opinion but it would be just that, my opinion – which at the end of the day doesn't stand up to much.
So in my usual style I decided to search the web and the medical journals to see what evidence really exists for recommending whole grains to type 2 diabetics – I'm always learning too.
In today's post on whole grains and diabetes I'm going to present a few different views and the research that currently exists.
As usual it gets my back up when I start reading things. The amount of bad and wrong information, the lies and deception – well at least that's how I think of it.
I encourage you to read the whole post because I'd like to hear your perspective on things once you read it.
Whole Grains vs. Refined Grains
Whole Grains
One of the easiest way to distinguish a whole grain is by it's brown coloring, as compared to refined grains, which are white.
As the Minnesota Department of Health explains, the whole grain kernals are made up of 3 parts:
- Bran – Outer layer of the grain that contains fiber, antioxidants, B vitamins, phytochemicals, and 50-80% of minerals in grains like iron, copper, zinc, magnesium
- Endosperm – middle largest layer containing mostly carbohydrates, protein, and small amounts of some B vitamins and minerals
- Germ – inner component containing healthy fats, B vitamins, phytochemicals, and antioxidants like vitamin E
Refined Grains
Refined grains are all the white stuff – white pasta, white rice, white bread and so forth.
When you eat refined grains you are only getting the endosperm – the middle layer containing the highest carb count and the lowest nutrients.
Basically all of the nutrition has been stripped from the grain, which isn't ideal because this means they have low vitamin and mineral content.
We need vitamins and minerals for many important functions in the body.
So if you are going to choose any type of grain, choose only whole grains.
But there is more to the story…
Reduced Risk vs. Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
Study after study after study shows that whole grain intake is associated with reduced risk, prevention, decreased incidence of type 2 diabetes.
Without a doubt, you go searching through the medical journals and you'll find plenty of research that suggests this.
BUT reduced risk is different to treatment.
Reduced risk generally means someone doesn't yet have diabetes, treatment refers to how someone who already has diabetes can benefit.
I find many people use these terms interchangeably but they are completely different scenarios so you can't just lump them into the same bucket.
Whole Grains Evidence
What does the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) think of the evidence behind whole grains and diabetes?
Here's an excerpt I found on Today's Dietitian:
When evaluating evidence for health claims, the FDA considers well-controlled clinical trials to be the gold standard for approval. For the whole grains and type 2 diabetes petition, the agency reviewed six such trials but found no significant association between whole grain consumption and fasting blood glucose or insulin resistance in five other studies. Most of the research on whole grains and type 2 diabetes has been observational in nature (ie, studies of populations, what they eat, and the incidence of disease). Of the 41 observational studies the FDA evaluated, the agency concluded that it couldn't draw any conclusions for 38 because of inconsistencies in the way whole grains were defined and identified. Establishing an association between health and the consumption of any type of food is possible only if the food is clearly described and can be easily identified.
Overall, the FDA determined that only three observational studies and one intervention study supported an association between whole grains and a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, while the others either found no association or provided inadequate definitions of the whole grain foods consumed in the study population.
However, after the FDA's assessment, a systematic review and meta-analysis of whole grains and type 2 diabetes was published online in October 2013 in the European Journal of Epidemiology, which concluded that "our results support public health recommendations to replace refined grains with whole grains and suggest that at least two servings of whole grains per day should be consumed to reduce type 2 diabetes risk."
Conclusion: The FDA finds poor evidence.
And again the evidence is all about reduced risk, not treatment.
Be on The Lookout For Rubbish Information
It annoys me no end to see rubbish articles like this, which are everywhere – written by a dietitian, someone that should have their facts straight.
The beginning of the articles says: YES, type 1 and type 2 diabetics should eat whole grains.
But it then goes on to give research based on reducing risk and how carbs are the thing that has the biggest impact on blood sugar – so… IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!
That's just bad information in my opinion.
Are people actually thinking about this when they write things?
There's simply no logic in it.
I just feel like people are insulting your intelligence. Seriously, if you had the right information would you work to change your diet?
I bet you would because you want to feel better.
Just because people do commonly consume grains doesn't mean they have to. And it also doesn't mean we should keep recommending it just because that's what people commonly eat!
Diabetics want, and more importantly need to know what to eat to improve their health, period!
Sure, it's tough to get to the bottom of it. But, can these dietitians and health organizations just stop regurgitating the status quo and present a properly constructed evidence based argument?
Anyway, now that I've said my bit, let's get back on point.
Evidence Behind Whole Grains for Diabetes TREATMENT
There is VERY limited evidence that whole grains are actually good for diabetic treatment.
One study took 11 obese subjects (note these are not diabetic and 11 is a very small study). The people had hyperinsulinemia – meaning they had insulin resistance and were prediabetic. They did find that insulin was 10% lower in the whole grain diet compared to the refined grain diet (well it doesn't take science to reach that conclusion).
Another common argument is that grains are low glycemic index (GI) and low GI helps diabetes.
Again, while that may be true to a certain extent, the reality is that the thing that influences your blood sugar and A1C the most is the amount of carbohydrate you eat.
Let's repeat…
The thing that influences your blood sugar and A1C the most is the amount of carbohydrate you eat.
Anyway, I decided the best place to dig for more research was the highly regarded Cochrane Library.
The Cochrane Library is a medical journal that contains all the randomized control trials and highly regarded systematic reviews. Randomized trials are considered the highest form of evidence we have.
What I was looking for was research that shows whole grains actually have a benefit in treatment – not just in reducing risk.
Here's the very limited evidence I found.
Research on Benefits for TREATMENT of Type 2 Diabetes
Study: 23 type 2 diabetic patients – the study looking at glycemic control and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in T2D.
Conclusion: "High-fiber cereal foods did not improve conventional markers of glycemic control or risk factors for CHD in type 2 diabetes over 3 months." (1)
Study: 14 obese prediabetic people – comparing whole grain to refined grain.
Conclusion: "In conclusion, a WG diet reduces blood glucose by enhancing peripheral glucose uptake and pancreatic function in prediabetes independent of fat loss." (2)
There were a couple of other studies showing slight benefits for obese people with metabolic problems – but these are not type 2 diabetics.
Overall conclusion: There is virtually no evidence that shows any benefit for consuming whole grains for treatment of type 2 diabetes!
If you know something I don't please step forward with the info – I'd love to hear it, as I'm sure readers of this blog would too.
Whole Grains Are A Better Choice
For once the American Diabetes Association and I agree:
"There is no end in sight to the debate as to whether grains help you lose weight, or if they promote weight gain….
One thing is for sure. If you are going to eat grain foods, pick the ones that are the most nutritious. Choose whole grains. Whole grains are rich in vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and fiber."
Whole Grains and Diabetes
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So…Should Whole Grains Get the Cut?
Some people can eat small portions (1/4-1/2 cup max) of whole grains without seeing too much of an impact on their blood sugar levels.
MOST people can't get away with it and need to go grain free, cutting out pasta, rice, noodles, and so forth – at least high carb ones anyway.
At the end of the day it is your choice and your body, so test, test, test, and then work toward making better choices.
I know this comes as a shock to many people – I mean what are you going to eat if you can't eat pasta and rice??
That's why Diabetes Meal Plans is here. We've got a 30 Day Turnaround Program that takes you through all the foods step by step.
And we've also got ready-made meal plans to help make it easier.
Anyway, I hope this has given you some food for thought. 😉
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- Jenkins et al. 2002. Effect of wheat bran on glycemic control and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes.
- Mailin et al. 2014. Whole grain diet improves glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, and beta-cell function in overweight prediabetic adults.


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SLOVAKIA will probably have to return money received from European Union structural funds due to prevailing problems with public procurements, particularly over the way the country has organised some of its tenders. The country's representatives are currently discussing the exact sum with the European Commission, which will then have to be substituted with money from the state budget, the Sme daily reported in its August 22 issue.
Deputy Prime Minister for Investments Ľubomír Vážny expects the sum to be anywhere between €30 million and €100 million. The EC did not comment on the expected amount, saying that they are still in negotiations. The final sum should be set in September, Sme wrote.
No one assumes that Slovakia will come out of this without having to return any money.
"It is possible we will have to return part of the money even this year," Vážny told Sme.
One of the areas criticised by Brussels are the deadlines for the bidders. Yet, Vážny says that they are in compliance with Slovak law, which the EC does not take into consideration. He added that everybody has been making mistakes with these deadlines, and that this problem has persisted since 2008, as reported by Sme.
The country has already spent nearly €5 billion from the budget allocated for the years 2007-13. If the error rate in public procurements within all operational programmes was set at 7 percent, the country would have to return about €350 million, according to Sme.
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In Patch 8.1.5, we'll be getting a new set of Tortollan Seekers world quests. One is pretty straightforward if you've already saved countless turtles for the Beachhead quest except this time, you'll be killing them as you play the role of a predator.
If that's not your scene, you can always try the Calligraphy quests if you enjoyed those rune-drawing tasks from Narthalas Academy. This is a simpler version since you'll only need to trace one of three basic shapes. Each faction will get their own version with Alliance sticking to Kul Tiras and Horde staying in Zandalar. To make it slightly more difficult, the outline only lasts a few seconds before it disappears so you may need to try this more than once. Achievement hogs will probably want to do them once for Master Calligrapher. Check out a preview of all the Calligraphy world quests on YouTube.
What do you think about these new world quests?
Personally, I still love the helping Loh through the mazes and the shell game is a quick enough quest when you're trying to complete three for the emissary. Beachhead is another story though. In the last couple of weeks, the targeting mechanic seems a little off when trying to shoot down the seagulls. Have to admit, knocking off a couple of turtles at a time was kind of fun.


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Looks like LA caused Joseline to glow TF up because she and Mimi are playing extra nice in this Love & Hip Hop Atlanta sneak peek.
Joseline realizes that being cool with Mimi is in everyone's best interest but the real boosh comes out when it comes to Miss Karen King. Joseline she pulls out some serious receipts on Stevie J's "sister" KK. There are mugshots, criminal records, and a bunch of bleeps as it relates to "sister dearest."
While Joseline is promoting the peace by inviting everybody to her video release party, including Tommie and Chris, something tells us it won't quite end up so copacetic.
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- Pam Codispoti created the now-legendary Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card, and now she runs JPMorgan Chase's expanding retail branch network.
- The bank is adding 400 new branches over the next five years and hiring more than 4,000 new employees.
- In a recent interview, we asked Codispoti what she looks for in hiring new talent.
- She said adaptability, as well as the capacity and willingness to continually learn, are paramount at JPMorgan Chase.
Business Insider recently spoke with Pam Codispoti, the JPMorgan Chase exec responsible for creating the Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card that became a sensation, about millennials, myths, and the other challenges she'll confront in her next job.
After her success running branded cards at JPMorgan, Codispoti was promoted back in October to run the banking giant's retail branch network. Unlike the many banks that are scaling back their brick-and-mortar presence, JPMorgan is making a contrarian bet and expanding its physical bank presence with 400 new locations in the next five years.
Codispoti will be guiding the expansion, and all those new branches mean she'll be overseeing a lot of hiring – the new locations will require more than 4,000 new employees – as well in her new role.
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Next month, Housing Assistance Corporation and Community Development Partnership will launch the Cape Housing Advocacy Training, a collaborative effort between the two nonprofits to provide people throughout the region with the tools to support affordable housing in their communities.
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Topics will include: how housing is created, common arguments against housing (NIMBY), counter arguments to support housing (YIMBY), how to tell your story, speaking with confidence, how town government works, and how you can have an impact.
The training is tied to the Cape Community Housing Partnership, a larger initiative which HAC and CDP are undertaking together to address the region's housing needs. In the fall of 2017, the two agencies trained more than 125 municipal officials in the Cape Housing Institute. They will also introduce a public education campaign focused on changing attitudes about affordable housing.
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