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You may have side effects caused by your diabetes but feel afraid to talk about them with your doctor. You may be concerned about:
Do not pass off such concerns as being "just your diabetes." Be honest about what is on your mind. It is OKAY TO ASK your doctor questions and to share what is worrying you. It is okay to be your own champion in achieving success with diabetes.
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Normal eye exam with no sign of diabetic retinopathy
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Smoking Status and Stop Smoking Advice
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** ADA-Recommended Goal
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My how things change. On a blog hosted right here at Library Journal, an LJ editor has made a point of attacking the Annoyed Librarian on several occasions. And now here's the AL hosted at LJ. Apparently neither of us is very careful about the company we keep.
Just think, a few weeks ago I was sitting in my lonely writer's garret writing the AL. Now I sit in my beautful new corner office on the thirtieth floor overlooking the park looking for things to be annoyed about. Selling out to the Man? I highly recommend it!
Last week, of course, was
Band "Banned" Books Week, or BBW, the week when the ALA remembers that libraries used to promote books and reading instead of video games and Internet pornography. It's also the week where those nice folks at the Office of Intellectual Freedom try to redefine "censorship" so they can make it look like they're really protecting us from something powerful and sinister – like some rube in Bumflap, GA trying to get Heather Has Two Very Excited Daddies removed from the library. Oooh, I shudder at the power these powerless rubes wield over us all. Scary stuff!
An argument broke out in the comments section of my fluffy post last week over the meaning of censorship, what library schools are teaching about it, and what the ALA thinks. My most popular commenter (the ubiquitous "Anonymous") suggested I take a "refresher course" in ethics because I think it's censorship only when governments suppress information, not when rubes protest the fact that a widely available book is in a particular library collection. It's quite possible that I do need a refresher course. In fact, I've never had a course in ethics at all, though I do keep a copy of Kant's Metaphysik der Sitten to pull out during faculty meetings. The concentration it takes to read it makes it easier to drown out whatever it is my colleagues are droning on about. In library school, I think the instructor of "Libraries, Society, & You!" might have spent a day on the topic, but in that class I tended to sit in the back of the room furiously scribbling in an effort to finish my dissertation and occasionally reflecting in retrospect that bangs weren't really a good look for me.
However, unlike this particular critic, I'm really smart and I know that we can't just make words mean whatever we want them to mean, at least if we want to communicate intelligently with other people. (I realize intelligent communication isn't everyone's goal, though.) Maybe in Library Cloud Cuckoo Land you can claim with a straight face that the book-challenging rube is a "censor." Outside of that land, the rest of us know what the word means. Consider for example this quote: "If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." — Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. in Texas v. Johnson. That's right, the government prohibiting expression of an idea. Perhaps ALA has heard of it. Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure they have, because I found the quote on an ALA website called Censorship Basics. It's about the only thing on the page, but it's about as basic as it gets. If the government isn't prohibiting it, and you can buy it easily, then it's not censored, baby, and that's that. The folks at ALA might not understand the concept because they live in a country with almost no censorship. Instead of considering themselves lucky, they give us book-challenging boogie men every year so we think they're doing something worthwhile.
The ALA likes to play fast and loose with language, but according to one of my readers, at least one library school might be even more ridiculous in their use of language than the ALA. From the comments to last week's BBW post:
I just got finished with a Modern Course in Ethics. You know, what you are calling a "refresher course."
I'll just tell you right now: it has gotten worse then what AL is stating.
Before, what you state was the definition of censorship. "No library has to stock any book that doesn't meet their selection criteria" was a perfectly Good argument. Today, the very notion of "Selection Criteria" is now also Censorship. A librarian browsing a catalog and selecting materials based upon ANY set rubrics, is censorship.
The original critic wasn't having any of it, and suggested the commenter was either lying or a product of a bad library school. I'm not sure how we could establish that a library school wasn't bad, but that's neither here nor there. The commenter continued:
I don't know if I should be miffed or offended with how you have purported to know precisely what was taught in MY Ethics course, the one I WAS in and you WERE NOT this very last summer, at the conclusion of my degree.
We spent a week on the subject of censorship [I know, absolutely not enough time!] and this idea was supported with readings and powerpoint presentations – and the definition of censorship in this class was quoted word for word straight from the ALA Literature. The readings in conjuction with this topic removed all concious librarian tasks from the collection development process.
I assure you, very much so, that this IS what was taught in my Ethics course as the definition of censorship, and it makes perfect sense because my MLS school, like most others, is VERY cozy with the ALA. It is afterall, an ALA accredited MLS hampstermill."
That has a ring of honesty about it to me, but I can't verify it. Who knows for sure if this really was taught. Is there a library school professor out there even less intellectually rigorous than some of the ALA folks? It could very well be. Not all library school professors understand the distinction between selection and censorship. Partly that could be because they DON'T WORK IN LIBRARIES. Oh, and NEITHER DO THOSE FOLKS AT THE ALA. If not selecting a book is censorship, then most libraries in the country are censoring most books and every library is censoring some books. If anyone wants to give us the actual class and professor who taught this, that would be nice. If such a professor exists, he or she is probably not reading this because he or she likely can't read at all.
But is this what the ALA actually says about the topic? Regardless of what some nitwit who managed to be hired to teach a library school course says, does the ALA claim that selection is censorship?
It turns out they don't, at least not explicitly. That's a relief. I'd hate to think my ALA dues are going to support people that dumb. Here is what they do say, on the website Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q & A:
"Don't Librarians Censor Everything They Choose Not To Buy For The Library?
No library can make everything available, and selection decisions must be made. Selection is an inclusive process, where the library affirmatively seeks out materials which will serve its mission of providing a broad diversity of points of view and subject matter. By contrast, censorship is an exclusive process, by which individuals or institutions seek to deny access to or otherwise suppress ideas and information because they find those ideas offensive and do not want others to have access to them. There are many objective reasons unrelated to the ideas expressed in materials that a library might decide not to add those materials to its collection: redundancy, lack of community interest, expense, space, etc. Unless the decision is based on a disapproval of the ideas expressed and desire to keep those ideas away from public access, a decision not to select materials for a library collection is not censorship."
Up until the last sentence, that actually made good sense, and good sense is so rare to find in ALA pronouncements that I want to applaud the effort. Good job, ALA! At least they don't say that selection based on any criteria is censorship.
However, and with the OIF there's always a however, their good sense is undermined by their lack of understanding of what constitutes censorship, and for that matter "intellectual freedom." First of all, a librarian might decide not to buy a book for her library because the book is stupid, stupidly written and full of stupid ideas. She says to herself, "oh my, this book is stupid. I don't think we should waste our money on stupid books, plus I don't particularly want stupid books in my library." That objection doesn't bother me, and if the book is freely available for sale, it certainly isn't censorship. The ALA would still call it censorship, though. On the same web page is their definition:
"What Is Censorship?
Censorship is the suppression of ideas and information that certain persons—individuals, groups or government officials—find objectionable or dangerous. It is no more complicated than someone saying, "Don't let anyone read this book, or buy that magazine, or view that film, because I object to it! " Censors try to use the power of the state to impose their view of what is truthful and appropriate, or offensive and objectionable, on everyone else. Censors pressure public institutions, like libraries, to suppress and remove from public access information they judge inappropriate or dangerous, so that no one else has the chance to read or view the material and make up their own minds about it. The censor wants to prejudge materials for everyone."
My goodness, what a load of fecal matter. So if some rube gets a book removed from some library, that's the "power of the state" suppressing ideas? What a tremendous leap in logic. Since most book challenges seem to be about books for children, the argument becomes even more bizarre. So, EVERY book is suitable for children? Oh, even on the off chance some librarian actually removed a book, how does that suppress ideas for any of us? If a book is gone, does that really mean "no one else has the chance to read" it? How dumb do you have to be to believe this stuff?
The ALA likes to make everything "censorship" for a reason, though. They think it makes them look good. They don't like to make distinctions between words. Ideologues never do. If we classify everything as "censorship," then stopping the poor rube from getting a questionable (or as the ALA would say, "questionable") book removed from some hick public library is just as heroic as fighting deliberate government suppression of information. Plus, it's a heckuva lot easier to fight the ignorant rube than, say, the FBI or President of the United States. Win win scenario! We're all supposed to go along with this semantic legerdemain so we can feel good about ourselves.They think it makes them look bold and heroic. I think it makes them look silly and stupid.
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Whoever came up with the concept for I Wanna Marry "Harry" deserves a bonus, a garter of some order or other, a ceremonial sword and a small crown with the jewels carefully pried loose.
You can't just be giving away jewels.
The point is that it has been a while since a reality show's concept was so outlandishly irresistible that it created the instant rush of anticipation that "Harry" has. It premieres Tuesday (9 p.m.) on FOX.
Imagine 12 young American women with no more polish than Eliza Doolittle – for that matter, imagine 12 American Eliza Doolittles – dropped off at a Downton Abbey manor house. They are led to believe that a strapping redhead who arrives via helicopter is none other than Prince Harry, the royal ginge.
We know, of course, that he is a commoner, Matt Hicks, who happens to look like Harry if you are a young American woman cast in a FOX reality series precisely because you might buy into this illusion.
You could probably bring in a tall man in a furry costume and bowler hat and carrying an umbrella and convince them it's the Earl of Bigfoot.
The women are quickly launched on a series of Bachelor-type encounters and dates with this fake Harry. (Even if he isn't Harry, they speculate that he's a powerful, rich aristocrat or noble or something.) Meanwhile, Harry/Matt has vaguely tender concerns that they will be distressed when they discover he's no prince, but he hopes they will ultimately love him as Matt.
Having written all that, I am sorry to inform you that the show is a wasted opportunity: What should be jolly good stupidity is just stupid.
A lot of reality television requires a viewer to indulge foolish and suspect behavior – I mean on the part of the contestants, not the viewer – but after a certain point the amusement pales. You sit there like Queen Victoria getting over influenza while worrying if the sun is starting to set on any corner of the empire.
For one thing, it should be instantly apparent that this is not the original Harry – if anything, Matt looks like a possible third son of Charles (his long, slightly equine face bears a stronger resemblance to Prince William's). For another, anyone with the most casual acquaintance with British history or royal gossip knows that the Windsors don't extend the bloodline through reality shows.
Not yet, anyway.
There is also a valet/butler wandering in and out in a rather unpleasant supercilious fashion. He reminded me of the attendant egging Jack Nicholson on to homicide in The Shining.
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Devil Fruit Q&A plus Discussion
Ok, i believe that there are classification of fruits, heres why and wat:
there are fruits that share similar properties with others and it seems to connect somehow:
body fruits put permant changes on a person's body :Gomu Gomu, bara bara, Toge Toge, Mr 1's blade one
Shape shifters allow the eater to change into 3 forms.: inu, human, falcon, bison, etc
ghost fruits nullify physical damanges. It allows them to avoid all physical attacks, but they have weaknesses that turns them solid: smoke, sand
elements, its ovbious... one of the 4 elements: wind, fire, lighting.
unknown?: yea theres a lot.
wat do u guys think?
|2003-12-15, 07:08
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Well, oda has given certain categories to the fruits himself, i can't remember what they're all called, but basically theres the category luffy has, and the most common, which simply changes the properties of the body. There are then the zoanthropy groups, which change people to animals, and theres then the logia category, which while meaning elements (i think) contains ALL fruits that allow the eaters body to actually come apart, such as smoker and and Crocodile.
|2003-12-15, 09:11
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Well, I think it all comes down to El Diablo-san's categories, sine Oda-sama said it himself.
Don't forget Eneru's fruit is one of the "high-ranked" But Ace's fruit doesn't seem to be a "high-ranked", and he ate the Fire Fruit after all. So all the 4 elements don't seem to be "high-ranked"- other than Lighting, there must be other "high-ranked" fruits unknow to us yet, but Fire isn't one of them.
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Well, it's like how one of the charecters said in one of the higher episodes (don't remember who or which episodes regreatably) that it's not WHAT power you have, but HOW you use it. You could have the most powerful devil's fruit and be beaten by some lame-o with one of the lowest devils fruit powers simply because you don't know how to use your powers right.
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|2003-12-15, 21:58
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i wonder how good chopper is to change the frequency of his fruit to make it do things that has almost nothing to do with his fruit.
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Questions about devils fruit powers
Just curious of something. I've seen these charecters, but I'm a tad confused as to exactly what their devils fruit powers are.
1. Chopper
2. Robin
3. Mr 2.
4. Crocodile
What exactly are their powers and what can they do with them?
|2004-01-07, 20:21
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Join Date: Jan 2004
1. Chopper ate the Hume hume fruit which allows him to trainsform into a human, but it also allows him to become a hybrid of deer and human.. thats why his transformations are all deer based but some areas stay human and some area stay deer
2. Robin ate the hana hana fruit, which allows her to grow extra body parts anywhere she wants.. I don;t exactly know how she fights with it.. but all I know is she can grow multiple eyes, arms, legs, possibly ears and otehr parts
3. Mr.2 ate the Mane Mane fruit which allows him to take someone's face and body and use it as his own, to transform he uses his right hand, and uses his left to revert back
4. Mr. Crocodile fruit is some Sand Fruit which allows him to turn into sand.. which is very powerful sense he mastered how to use it so well, he is only afriad of water because thats how hits connect
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London, Ont. mayor Joe Fontana faces fraud charge
LONDON, Ont.
The mayor who said he isn't going anywhere is going to court.
Joe Fontana is to appear in a London courtroom Jan. 8 on three criminal charges arising from using a federal government cheque to pay the deposit on a son's wedding reception in 2005, when Fontana was a federal Liberal cabinet minister.
QMI Agency broke the story about the use of two Public Works cheques worth a bit more than $20,000 on Oct. 19.
The charge announced Wednesday relates to a $1,700 cheque, it's understood.
The RCMP confirmed Fontana, 62, faces three counts: breach of trust by a public officer, fraud under $5,000 and uttering forged documents.
They relate to when Fontana was the Liberal MP for London-North-Centre and housing and labour minister in Paul Martin's government.
The Mounties had been called in by an all-party House of Commons committee that oversees MPs' spending.
Fontana, London mayor since 2010 and midway through his four-year term, didn't respond to calls for comment Wednesday. His lawyer, Gord Cudmore, said a news conference will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. to respond to the charges.
Fontana is expected to make a brief statement at that time.
Faced with an RCMP investigation, Fontana at first said he'd produce personal documentation relating to the wedding reception for his son Michael at the Marconi Club. But after he hired Cudmore, Fontana clammed up. Still, he repeatedly said he had no plans to step aside for the duration of the investigation.
"I'm not going anywhere," he vowed at one point.
It's understood Fontana appeared at the RCMP's "O" Division headquarters in London Wednesday and was formally arrested and released on a promise to appear in court.
Some council members tried to ask Fontana to step aside as the investigation continued, but they failed to win enough support for council to consider the idea.
Another attempt is expected next week, as some members of council who've steadfastly supported Fontana said Wednesday they were shaken by the charges.
Amid the controversy embroiling the mayor, tempers have flared during council and committee meetings among members. A sharp clash broke out at council Tuesday between Fontana supporter Stephen Orser and Joni Baechler, who wants the mayor to step aside.
As mayor, Fontana is head of a municipal corporation that spends about $1 billion a year. He also has a seat on the police services board.
Fontana is an honorary member of the East London social club where his son's 2005 wedding was held.
The investigation began a couple of weeks after a Sept. 18 council meeting at which Fontana rejected the post of integrity commissioner at city hall. He said his ethics and those of council members are above reproach.
"I just happen to hold a position of trust from the public," he told council. "I don't believe anyone's integrity should be questioned."
A source told QMI Agency the cheques were routed through Fontana's MP office, rather than his ministerial one.
— With files by Jane Sims
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"Every official who, in connection with the duties of his office, commits fraud or a breach of trust is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, whether or not the fraud or breach of trust would be an offence if it were committed in relation to a private person."
Fraud "Everyone who, by deceit, falsehood or other fraudulent means, whether or not it is a false pretence within the meaning of this act, defrauds the public or any person, whether ascertained or not, of any property, money or valuable security (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years, where the subject-matter of the offence is a testamentary instrument or where the value of the subject-matter of the offence exceeds one thousand dollars."
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Compression Sleeve Use with Lymphedema
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
Do I need to wear my compression sleeve (for arm lymphedema) when flying? Is it ok to lift with the affected arm as I was told not to lift more than 10 lbs and read somewhere that lifting is o.k.
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Deciding what to do about your compression garment when travelling and exercising can be confusing. The National Lymphedema Network (NLN) recommends that if you have a diagnosis of lymphedema, you should wear your sleeve during air travel. Because of the changes in air pressure that occur you are at risk for a flare up if you do not wear your sleeve. If you are wearing a sleeve, make sure you are also wearing a hand piece (either a glove or gauntlet) with it. For more information, see the NLN website.
Until recently, doctors were often recommending that women who had undergone treatment for breast cancer limit all weight lifting to less than 5 -15lbs. The reason for this recommendation was to limit the women�s risk of developing lymphedema or of causing flare ups in lymphedema. In 2009, Katie Schmitz, PhD, MPH published groundbreaking research looking at Weight-Lifting in Women with Breast-Cancer Related Lymphedema. In this study, Dr. Schmitz and colleagues found that in women wit h breast-cancer related lymphedema, slowly progressive weight-lifting did not cause an increase in arm swelling. It is important to note that the women in this study followed a supervised exercise program and they wore their compression sleeve with handpiece during the exercises. Before you start any exercise program, you should talk to your doctor. If you are interesting in doing the exercises that were done in the study, we recommend you work with a trainer or physical therapist that has experience with lymphedema. There are personal trainers at YMCA�s who have specific knowledge and training in Dr. Schmitz�s protocol. The Abramson Cancer Center has some information on where to find this type of trainer and more information about this research.
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!ReaxFF (for "reactive force field") was developed to bridge the gap between quantum chemical(QC) and empirical force field (EFF) based computational chemical methods. A bond order/bond energy relationship lies at the centerof the !ReaxFF-potential. Bond orders are obtained from interatomic distances and are continually updated at every MD or energy minimization (MM) iteration, thus allowing for connectivity changes. These bond orders are incorporated in all valence terms (i.e. energy contributions dependent on connectivity, like valence angle and torsion angle energy) ensuring that energies and forces associated with these terms go to zero upon dissociation. Furthermore, !ReaxFF describes non-bonded interactions between all atoms, irrespective of connectivity. Excessive short-range repulsive/attractive non- bonded interactions are circumvented by inclusion of a shielding term in the van der Waals and Coulomb interaction. See !ReaxFF Manual and also the online presentation Development of the !ReaxFF reactive force fields and applications Recently, !ReaxFF have been used in conjunction with LAMMPS framework for dynamic bonding and application modeling DNA. A study of the first steps of DNA damage by free hydroxyl radicals has been conducted using !ReaxFF.
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SAN ANDREAS - The public Mark Twain Health Care District is launching an effort to recognize and fund individuals and organizations that contribute to the health and well being of Calaveras County residents.
SAN ANDREAS - The public Mark Twain Health Care District is launching an effort to recognize and fund individuals and organizations that contribute to the health and well being of Calaveras County residents.
The first Golden Health Awards ceremony will be held during a dinner Feb. 9 at Kautz Ironstone Vineyards in Murphys.
Although the Health Care District is a separate entity from the privately owned Mark Twain Medical Center, the two work closely with each other and with the Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation.
The Foundation, in particular, raises money to support various health needs and is teaming up with the district to sponsor the Golden Health Awards. Representatives of the district and the foundation hope to make the awards an annual event.
This year, five organizations will receive $1,000 community service awards: The Resource Connection - Calaveras Food Bank, Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program and Foundation, Blue Mountain Coalition for Youth and Families, Calaveras County Behavioral Health and Calaveras Senior Center.
One of the five organizations will receive an additional $4,000 and be honored for its outstanding achievements in 2012.
Individuals being honored are Colleen Smart of Murphys, a longtime member of the Health Care District board and a founding member of the Medical Center Foundation; and Ryan Thompson, also of Murphys, a physician who opened the Mind Matters clinic that serves individuals coping with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and related syndromes.
A champagne reception starts at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner and the awards ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $55 a person. Tickets can be purchase at marktwainhealthdistrict.org/golden-health-awards or by downloading the form from the website and mailing a check, with "Golden Health Awards" specified in the notes area, to Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation, 768 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas, CA 95249.


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Channing Tatum Marries Jenna Dewan
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan tied the knot on Saturday (July 11) at the Church Estates Vineyards in Malibu, Calif.
Here are some wedding details via Us Weekly:
– 200 guests attended the nuptials, which began at 3:45 p.m. PST.
– Jenna's maid of honor was Entourage star Emmanuelle Chriqui.
– Other bridesmaids included Channing's sister Paige and Haylie Duff, who was accompanied by the groom's pal Nick Zano.
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HONG KONG For many of the richest people in Hong Kong, one of Asia's wealthiest cities, home is a mansion with an expansive view from the heights of Victoria Peak. For some of the poorest, like Leung Cho-yin, home is a metal cage.
The 67-year-old former butcher pays 1,300 Hong Kong dollars ($167) a month for one of about a dozen wire mesh cages resembling rabbit hutches crammed into a dilapidated apartment in a gritty, working-class West Kowloon neighborhood.
The cages, stacked on top of each other, measure 16 square feet. To keep bedbugs away, Leung and his roommates put thin pads, bamboo mats, even old linoleum on their cages' wooden planks instead of mattresses.
"I've been bitten so much I'm used to it," said Leung, rolling up the sleeve of his oversized blue fleece jacket to reveal a red mark on his hand. "There's nothing you can do about it. I've got to live here. I've got to survive," he said as he let out a phlegmy cough.
Some 100,000 people in the former British colony live in what's known as inadequate housing, according to the Society for Community Organization, a social welfare group. The category also includes apartments subdivided into tiny cubicles or filled with coffin-sized wood and metal sleeping compartments as well as rooftop shacks. They're a grim counterpoint to the southern Chinese city's renowned material affluence.
Forced by skyrocketing housing prices to live in cramped, dirty and unsafe conditions, their plight also highlights one of the biggest headaches facing Hong Kong's unpopular Beijing-backed leader: growing public rage over the city's housing crisis.
Leung Chun-ying took office as Hong Kong's chief executive in July pledging to provide more affordable housing in a bid to cool the anger. Home prices rose 23 percent in the first 10 months of 2012 and have doubled since bottoming out in 2008 during the global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund said in a report last month. Rents have followed a similar trajectory.
The soaring costs are putting decent homes out of reach of a large portion of the population while stoking resentment of the government, which controls all land for development, and a coterie of wealthy property developers. Housing costs have been fuelled by easy credit thanks to ultralow interest rates that policymakers can't raise because the currency is pegged to the dollar. Money flooding in from mainland Chinese and foreign investors looking for higher returns has exacerbated the rise.
In his inaugural policy speech in January, the chief executive said the inability of the middle class to buy homes posed a threat to social stability and promised to make it a priority to tackle the housing shortage.
"Many families have to move into smaller or older flats, or even factory buildings," he said. "Cramped living space in cage homes, cubicle apartments and sub-divided flats has become the reluctant choice for tens of thousands of Hong Kong people," he said, as he unveiled plans to boost supply of public housing in the medium term from its current level of 15,000 apartments a year.
His comments mark a distinct shift from predecessor Donald Tsang, who ignored the problem. Legislators and activists, however, slammed Leung for a lack of measures to boost the supply in the short term. Some 210,000 people are on the waiting list for public housing, about double from 2006. About a third of Hong Kong's 7.1 million population lives in public rental flats. When apartments bought with government subsidies are included, the figure rises to nearly half.
Anger over housing prices is a common theme in increasingly frequent anti-government protests. Legislator Frederick Fung warns there will be more if the problem can't be solved. He compared the effect on the poor to a lab experiment.
"When we were in secondary school, we had some sort of experiment where we put many rats in a small box. They would bite each other," said Fung. "When living spaces are so congested, they would make people feel uneasy, desperate," and angry at the government, he said.
Leung, the cage dweller, had little faith that the government could do anything to change the situation of people like him.
"It's not whether I believe him or not, but they always talk this way. What hope is there?" said Leung, who has been living in cage homes since he stopped working at a market stall after losing part of a finger 20 years ago. He hasn't applied for public housing because he doesn't want to leave his roommates to live alone and expects to spend the rest of his life living in a cage.


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Wednesday, February 12, 2014) – The Colorado Rapids acquired allocation money in a trade with FC Dallas on Wednesday, with midfielder Hendry Thomas heading to Dallas in exchange. The Honduran midfielder played one and a half seasons with the Rapids, featuring in 35 matches and scoring two goals. The allocation money that the team acquired can be used in signing players or buying down players' salary cap numbers.
"The allocation money that we've gotten in this deal will give us flexibility to continue adding strength and depth to our squad," said Rapids Technical Director Paul Bravo.
"We had negotiated with Hendry during the offseason but ultimately we decided to move in other directions, so we're glad to get value in return at this point. He was an important part of our team over the last two years, and we want to thank him for his professionalism and contributions to our club."
Thomas signed with the Rapids in August of 2012, playing in Colorado's final eight matches of the season, then playing 27 matches in 2013, scoring twice and adding one assist in his time with the club. He previously played in England at Wigan Athletic, joining the then Premier League team from Club Deportivo Olimpia, where he spent his first eight seasons as a professional.
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If the confidence interval, according to the formula, is too wide, you can cut it down by using a larger sample. From the formula you can infer that if you multiply the sample size by four, the confidence interval will shrink into half. Note that the formula is independent of the size of the population.
The formulas for calculating statistical significances are exact but somewhat cumbersome to use because you have to use a different formula for almost every type of statistic. That is why these formulas are not presented here. A very rough rule of thumb says that for doing analysis of variance you will need 30 cases, for regression analysis 40 cases multiplied by the number of variables, and for a Chi test at least five cases in each cell in the table of distribution. In important projects with ample resources, a statistician is usually consulted for calculating the size of a sample. In a research project with limited resources, the rule of thumb is: Use as large a sample as you can afford.
There is no formula to determine the size of a non-random sample. Often, especially in qualitative research, you may simply enlarge your sample gradually and analyse the results as they come. When new cases no longer yield new information, you may conclude that your sample is saturated, and finish the job. This method is however very sensitive to biased sampling, so you should be careful and make sure that you do not omit any groups from your population.
Remember also that if a sample is biased it does not help to increase the sample size. The added sample will be just as biased if you use the same method of selection as for the original sample.
If you can afford to make a second sample, try creating it with another method of selection. Keep initially separate the data from each of the samples. By comparing them you have an excellent means of judging the presence of bias in either of them.
Before deciding the size of a non-random sample, you might want to read how to assess the results from a non-random sample. Otherwise you might experience quite a nasty surprise when trying, too late, to define the field where your results could be declared valid.
It often happens that some cases in the sample turn out fruitless because they cannot be reached, measurements fail, interviewees refuse to co-operate etc. The most usual method is to overdimension the sample slightly, and then simply forget the failing cases.
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Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing as a field of study has gained great significance at with advancements in the field of biomedical research paving the way for innovative pharmaceutical products. Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing Journal thus discusses the latest happenings in the drug design, production and delivery in order to offer efficient solutions to mitigate the public health concerns.
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Paleontologist Diego Pol, part of the team that discovered the new Titanosaur in 2014, joins Macaulay Curator of Paleontology Mark Norell and Provost of Science Mike Novacek for a chat about the stupendous sauropod and its scientific significance.
New Leech Species Named for Author Amy Tan
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A newly developed technique makes Chtonobdella tanae the first soft-bodied animal to be described using CT scanning.
The Titanosaur Arrives
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One of the world's biggest dinosaurs makes its debut at the Museum this week.
Museum Researchers Discover Glowing Sea Turtles
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A Museum researcher observed biofluorescence—the emission of light by plants and animals as a different color than it was absorbed—for the first time in a wild sea turtle.
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Midrange generator set meets U.S. EPA Tier 4 Interim emissions standards
Caterpillar has its first midrange generator set meeting U.S. EPA Tier 4 Interim emissions stands, powered by the Cat C15, ACERT Technology
Caterpillar Inc. has its first midrange generator set meeting U.S. EPA Tier 4 Interim emissions standards (PDF). Powered by the Cat C15 engine, the ratings for the 60-Hz package is 500-ekW (standby) and 455-ekW (prime). Building on the attributes of the C15 diesel generator set with ACERT Technology, this package offers service intervals, fuel consumption rates, and power density.
Using an electronically controlled air management system, the advanced emissions control on the engine acts to lower combustion temperature, achieving decreased NOx output. The EPA-regulated levels are met without the need for after-treatment. By relying on engine technology alone, customers reportedly benefit from the most cost-effective solution, which minimizes impact on installation size, operating practices, and maintenance complexity.
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The VSGC Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship Program provides awards of up to $8,500 to rising juniors and seniors who are enrolled full-time in a program of study in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) and have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance. Applied Health Sciences majors are not eligible for this program
Awards are one-year, non-renewable scholarships. Students may apply for the following:
The maximum award per year cannot exceed $8,500. This is a competitive scholarship program, funded by NASA and the Commonwealth of Virginia contributions, with the goals of:
Required Application Components:
A statement written by the student in consultation with the faculty advisor should describe the key elements of the proposed research and plan of study. Applicants should submit a proposal for research that is 2-3 pages (not including references) and clearly describes the research objective and methodology. All research projects must be mentored by a faculty member and this mentor will be required to submit a letter of reference for the project. Applicants will be asked to specifically identify how their research relates to NASA's Mission Directorates.
The selection committee is made up of university faculty in a variety of disciplines. Applicants should present their proposed research in a form that will be understandable to a range of readers. Only one Undergraduate Scholarship application per student per year is allowed.
For a list of research titles and abstracts recently funded by the VSGC through the Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship Program, visit the VSGC Student Research Conference web site.
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May 04. 2014 7:27PM
Granite Staters split on NH minimum wage hike proposal
By JULIE HANSON
Union Leader Correspondent
— Many Granite Staters have already made up their minds about setting a minimum wage in New Hampshire as the New Hampshire State Legislature prepares to debate the issue.
New Hampshire currently follows the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour but HB 1403 would establish a state minimum wage of $8.23 an hour and raise it to $9 within two years. It goes to the floor Thursday with a recommendation from the Senate Finance Committee that it not pass.
Finance Committee vice-chair Lou D'Allesandro, who represents Goffstown along with wards three, four, 10 and 11 in Manchester, and committee member Sylvia Larsen voted in favor of the legislation. Committee Chair Jeanie Forrester and members Peter Bragdon, Chuck Morse and Bob Odell do not support the bill.
D'Allesandro said it's important for people to have a living wage and HB 1403 would have many positive effects, such as increasing disposable income.
"I'm in favor of increasing minimum wage and I'll speak to that when the bill comes before the Senate," D'Allesandro said.
Local residents seemed evenly split on the matter, some citing the difficulties of raising a family on minimum wage while others said the effect on small business owners and consumer must be considered.
"I think it should be raised," said Erika Brown, of Hudson.
It can be difficult for those making minimum wage to cover basic needs, Brown said, and many will benefit from an increase.
At a local coffee shop, Bill Masse, of Bedford and Richard Chandonnais, of Manchester said the time has come to raise minimum wage.
Masse said that minimum wage earners are struggling in this economy.
"I think they ought to raise the minimum wage," Masse said. "Half the people can't live on what they're making now."
Chandonnais agreed.
"I'm for it 100 percent," Chandonnais said. "It should have been done a long time ago."
Mark Henniker, of Bedford, pointed out that federal legislators get a mandatory pay raise every year while many Americans face tax increases and inflation without a cost of living increase.
"I think minimum wage should go up quite often," Henniker said.
Dan Lieb, owner of The Original Martin's House of Cloth in Bedford, was on board with the idea of increasing minimum wage given the cost of rent and other necessities.
"From what I've seen with my friends and with the way the economy is it's just really hard for people to make a living on what minimum wage is."
Others take a different view. "I don't agree that it should be passed," said Lia Sicsai, of Merrimack.
Small businesses that can't afford to absorb the cost will have to pass it on to consumers, Sicsai said. People making a higher minimum wage at entry-level jobs will also be less motivated to try and better their skills and their situation, Sicsai said.
Larry Brown, owner of Goffstown Hardware, agrees that raising minimum wage won't raise many people out of poverty.
His business often hires teenagers at minimum wage, making them eligible for a raise after 90 days based on performance. Having to start them at $9 or $10 is a costly proposition that would only benefit a small group of young employees at his company.
He doesn't know of any full-time employees trying to raise a family on minimum wage, Brown said. In the long run a higher minimum wage will make it difficult for high school students to find part-time work, Brown said.
"I don't think it's a great idea," Brown said.
The lunch crowd in downtown Goffstown felt that the minimum wage can't be adjusted without considering how it affects small business and consumers.
"I think it's a Catch 22," said Sean Casewell, of Weare. "If you raise minimum wage you raise the cost of goods to cover it."
Bob Bissonnette, of Goffstown, said small business owners who can't afford to pay the minimum wage will have to cut benefits, giving their employees less hours.
"If you raise minimum wage there won't be any 40-hour-a-week jobs," Bissonnette said.
Covering the cost of goods and services has to be taken into consideration before making any type of minimum wage adjustment, said Bob Cloutier of North Sutton.
"Once you raise minimum wage everything goes up," Cloutier said.


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It may be the most natural thing in the world, but as every mom learns, giving birth is only partly instinctive. The rest is a matter of going with the flow -- adapting to the unique circumstances of your own pregnancy and labor -- and making the most informed choices you can. But are women as aware of the options they have along the path to parenthood as they could -- or should -- be?
A landmark survey conducted by Harris Interactive for the Maternity Center Association with support from Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute, uncovered some surprising answers. Polling nearly 1,600 first-time and veteran mothers across the country, the wide-ranging questionnaire touched on everything from caregiver choices to pain relief options. And while the numbers show that women are more involved than ever in mapping out their own birth plans, the poll also uncovered some basic gaps in our knowledge about labor and delivery. Of course, we can only fill in the blanks if we know what we're missing. For that, read on.
1. Planning a healthy pregnancy begins before conception.
The majority of women (60 percent) carefully planned their pregnancies -- yet less than one in three (30 percent) of the women consulted a health care provider before sperm met egg. Why let your doctor in on your plan to get pregnant? Plenty of reasons, says David Plourd, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. "Counseling lets your caregiver see things in a larger context," explains Dr. Plourd. Points that a health care provider covers:
- Medical History
It's important to go over your immunization record -- specifically, to see if you're protected against rubella, chicken pox, and hepatitis B, diseases that pose grave risk in a fetus. In addition, your caregiver will want to know whether you've had a sexually transmitted disease or are at risk for acquiring one (chlamydia, for example, can damage fallopian tubes or leave scar tissue), or if you smoke or use drugs.
- Weight. Getting your weight within a normal range before you start lessens the risk of hypertension, gestational diabetes, or preeclampsia (if you're overweight) or delivering a low birth weight baby (if you're underweight).
- Diet and exercise. Increasing your intake of folic acid to help prevent neural tube defects is just one of the important ways nutrition plays a part in pre-conception planning. In addition, starting a modest exercise program eventually will pay off when you go through the ultimate workout of labor.
2. Some labor coaches could use more coaching.
Almost all of the women (99 percent to be exact) received support during labor, with most moms choosing their husbands or partners to coach them through delivery. Nurses assisted 83 percent; doctors, 53 percent; family members or friends, 50 percent; and midwives, 11 percent. Doulas accounted for only 5 percent. Some lucky women received support from several sources (for example, from a husband, a friend, and a caring nurse).
When it came time for women to rate the quality of support they had received, doulas came out on top and husbands fell to the middle of the pack. Why the flip-flop? Most dads simply have never witnessed something this intense, nor have they undergone much training to help them know what to do or say. Even second-time dads may not be prepared, since each labor and delivery is unique. Doulas, on the other hand, are trained labor coaches with delivery-room experience.
While it would be fantastic if we could all have doulas, the truth is not all of us can afford them. So how can we help our nonprofessional labor coaches to be even better? Attending childbirth education classes (for both new and experienced dads and partners) is a great start. In addition, sitting in on more than a few checkups will keep him in the loop as will reading all of those baby books that are on your nightstand. That said, we're thrilled to point out that most husbands did a wonderful job, with an amazing 59 percent of moms rating them as "excellent" coaches.
3. Inductions are fairly common, but may bring on more medical procedures.
Tallying the final numbers, it would seem that Mother Nature gets a lot of nudging. Over half (54 percent) of first-time moms had their labors induced, while 46 percent of moms who had already had at least one child also got their party kick-started. Pitocin, a synthetic hormone that triggers strong uterine contractions, was the jumper cable of choice, sparking 86 percent of the women into labor. Fifty-nine percent had membranes broken by their caregiver, 31 percent had them stripped, and 26 percent had prostaglandin (a gel, pouch, or tablet applied that loosen the cervix).
Why the rush? Forty percent cited health concerns (which might include toxemia -- a sudden surge in blood pressure -- and gestational diabetes). But disturbingly, nearly 20 percent of the women elected to be induced: "I wanted to go into labor with the doctor or midwife I preferred." "I wanted to be done with my pregnancy and have my baby." "I wanted to control the timing of birth to make work or personal plans." From these responses, it's clear that many women viewed induction as a way to gain control over when, where, and with whom they delivered their babies.
What women often don't know, however, is that artificially starting labor can lead to their having less control over the experience. Studies show that inductions can bring on more painful contractions and longer labors (the average lasting between 24 and 36 hours), which in turn, can lead to further medical interventions -- from using external fetal monitors to epidurals to having c-sections. Inductions are also linked to an increased incidence of uterine rupture. It's important that women considering an induction confer with their healthcare providers before D-day to weigh the benefits against the risks.
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4. There's more to know about pain relief than you think.
Most moms actually went for the meds, with a huge 80 percent of all women (and 90 percent of first-time moms) opting for pain medication. Of the drug free minority, over 60 percent favored using breathing techniques or postion changes to work through their pain. Yet neither of these methods was considered "very helpful" by the majority of these women. In fact, almost a third rated the breathing techniques as "not very helpful" or "not helpful at all."
Conversely, one of the least prevalent drug-free methods -- immersion in a tub or pool -- garnered relatively high marks for pain relief. While only 6 percent of women used a tub (possibly becase this option isn't widely available) 49 percent of them found it "very helpful" in dulling the pain.
As for women receiving medication, over 60 percent went with an epidural analgesic. This isn't surprising, considering that over 50 percent of the moms surveyed said that even before they went into labor, they believed epidurals provided the most effective pain relief. When asked specific questions about their epidurals, however, many women didn't have all the facts. For example, a large number (43 percent) didn't know what type of epidural they had received -- a "light" or "walking" epidural that leaves some sensation below the waist, or a stronger spinal block. One-fourth of the moms couldn't name possible interventions that follow epidural use, such as an increased use of Pitocin and bladder catheterization. Although epidurals generally are safe and effective for most women, it wouldn't hurt (pun intended) to ask your caregiver about the full range of pain relief options and their effects.
5. Special procedures or devices used to hasten or manage labor ("medical interventions") are not the exception.
Sixty-one percent of women reported having between six and ten medical interventions. The most common was an electronic fetal monitor, that was used on more than 90 percent of women. An intravenous drip was done on 87 percent of women; having membranes broken, on 55 percent; Pitocin, on 53 percent; bladder catheterization, on 52 percent. More than four in ten (43 percent) reported having between three and five major interventions, which include inductions, episiotomies (a preemptive cut in the perineum to make a larger vaginal opening), vacuum extractions or forceps, and c-sections. How did women feel about interventions? Only about a third of the women were adamantly for (19 percent) or against (12 percent) them (unless medically necessary), while the majority of moms rejected the notion that interventions were completely right or wrong. More surprising, the women not only kept their options open to accept or refuse a procedure; 66 percent of them said they knew it was their legal right to do so.
Since the numbers suggest that most women are likely to face a medical intervention at some point during labor and delivery, it's important that you discuss the procedures with your caregiver. While rates of episiotomies are down nationally (and only 27 percent of those surveyed reported having the incision), it's helpful to know where your health care provider stands on this and other interventions.
6. Once a c-section, not always a c-section
Following the national trend, most of the women delivered vaginally (76 percent), while about one-quarter had c-sections. Over half of these operations were scheduled. No doubt this was due in part to the fact that 77 percent of c-section moms were going in for a repeat surgical delivery. While more than half of those women (56 percent) had the option for a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), approximately one-third said that their caregiver was unwilling to consider it, and 15 percent reported that the hospital didn't allow it. Yet most women (70 percent) who had a cesarean said that next time around, they were "not likely at all" to want to have another operation.
The fact is that a VBAC is not a viable option for all women, but that it should be available to women who are ideal candidates. Factors that increase the danger of uterine rupture during a VBAC include having a second baby within 18 months of the first, having a vertical incision on the uterus, and inducing labor via prostaglandin gel. Pregnant women who have previously delivered by cesarean should discuss the option with their caregivers to find out whether they carry these risks or if a VBAC might be a viable option. In addition, women need to know at the outset if their caregivers and their hospitals are willing to allow VBACs.
7. Childbirth is an amazing experience.
Yes, labor hurts. But the survey shows that women are happy with their birth experience. Despite surprises, 95 percent report that they received satisfactory health care. And, in the weeks following delivery, 86 percent described themselves as "very competent" in their new mom roles. This is great news, and as women continue to educate themselves about childbirth, their confidence in and satisfaction with the experience will surely grow.
Kitty O'Callaghan is a freelance writer and mother of two boys in Brooklyn, New York.