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Hi Jan! Congratulations on your first giveaway! ^_^ReplyDelete
Follow you on Google Friend Connect.ReplyDelete
I follow you on Networked Blogs (although the widget didn't update with my icon yet).ReplyDelete
I "LIKED" your Facebook page.ReplyDelete
I liked you on Facebook. You are so good with your Calligraphy and your cards are just so pretty. g(dot)jeanne(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
Hi Jan, I come from Donna's (Champuru) blog! You have lovely cards!ReplyDelete
I also added you to my FB likes! :)ReplyDelete
And I have followed you on Google Friend connect! :) Good luck with your lovely business!ReplyDelete
Love LOVE your art work Jan but also like & appreciate what an inovative business woman you are.....You are using all the latest communication tools available - way to go!
See you soon back in the 'hood :-)
I love all of your always!!!Remember I have some of your earliest works!!!!I especially like your new FB pg.!!!ReplyDelete
Correction to above: I love all of your work always!!!MickeyKReplyDelete
Yay! Now there's even more Jan Designs to "Like"! :)ReplyDelete
yay-- thanks for the first giveaway@!
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gorgeous cards, jan!!! you are such a sweetie-pie to share them with us!!! xoxReplyDelete
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lovely cards! (here via Donna/Champuru)ReplyDelete
Handmade cards truly show how much you love someone without words....ReplyDelete
PS...I also "liked" on your FB page. Too bad there isn't a "love it" button!ReplyDelete
These are beautiful! Hard to find handmade cards these days! Love them!
Your handcrafted creations are lovely!ReplyDelete
I love your art work...you should be selling them in stores;)
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I just adore your usage of ribbon. I would love to enter.
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I "like" your blog via FB. Username chasNkau but you will see the same avatar!ReplyDelete
I follow via Network Blogs. Same user name as FB above.
:-) Thank you for this lovely opportunity!
Such a beautiful Greeting card designs i like it...
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Such a wonderful greeting card! Glad I stopped by here in your beautiful blog. Thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the give-away! You created a very cute card! I getting excited about Christmas. Can't wait to hear Christmas songs.ReplyDelete
I designed the cover for this "He Hits" book several years ago. It is a story of Domestic Violence written in poetry form. The author has given me permission to sell this on my website and artblog for $7.00 each.


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Q&A with Maura Nevel Thomas Author, Personal Productivity Secrets: Do what you never thought possible with your time and attention… and regain control of your life (Wiley, John & Sons, Inc.) ISBN-13: 9781118179673
As an author, speaker and trainer, Maura Nevel Thomas is on a mission to help people get the most out of the tools in their hands and have more control over their time, attention and quality of life. In this interview, she talks about why attention management is so important to her, why it's critical to success at work and home. Plus she shares a few secrets from her new book.
You say that "time management" and "information overload" are outdated concepts. Why? Aren't we ultimately managing our time each day?
Our minutes and hours are the building blocks of our days, but managing our to-do's in terms of minutes and hours is an outdated concept. To truly be more productive with those building blocks, the most important skill to master is managing our attention.
How is attention management different from time management?
Time is fixed — we all have 24 hours in a day. Our attention is something we can sharpen and improve, and when we improve our attention, we improve our productivity. The more focused we are, the more we can accomplish. The extent to which we manage our time to perform any task or project only matters to the extent that we also apply our attention. I teach people how to defend their attention and manage their personal information using the latest tools available to us.
Aren't the tools you're talking about the same things that distract us? Our smartphones, social media, the Internet in general.
Yes, and that's why learning to manage our attention is so important. For example, it's wonderful to be able to look up anything and answer any question using your computer or smartphone. But we shouldn't spend our entire day that way. I believe in Empowered Productivity, which encourages us to choose how we spend our time and attention. I teach a process that helps people keep track of all of their questions, to do's, and commitments in one place. So, for example, when you have a question pop up, you don't have to let it distract you from what you're doing. You can use your smartphone to put it on your to-do list.
You are not a big fan of multi-tasking. Why?
When we multi-task, we get worse at everything that we do. Studies of "cognitive switching" show that we increase the time it takes to complete a task and decrease the quality of the tasks. That said, not all multi-tasking is bad. In my book, I give an example of "good" multi-tasking, such as talking on the phone and emptying the dishwasher at the same time. Now you wouldn't have a business call that way, but you could catch up with a friend. At work, conference calls are notorious sources of multi-tasking, with people instant-messaging, chatting, emailing during a call. Given that a typical employee at a large company handles 200 email messages a day, it's hard to blame them. That's why I spend a lot of time training people how to manage their email more successfully — and hopefully, they won't have to multitask during conference calls.
The convergence of our tools – for socializing, entertainment, information and working – makes it harder to manage our attention. It takes an enormous amount of control to ignore your email inbox when it's on the same device that has your music and friends' phone numbers.
Our work is everywhere, we seem to take it with us wherever we go. Is that making us more productive, or less? It depends on how well we are managing our attention. Surveys in the workplace show that people feel more productive when they take breaks. It's convenient to have your work available to you if you'd like to check in, you just have to make sure to remember that your device are there for your convenience, not others', and to remember that downtime, when you are completely unplugged, will energize your productivity and your creativity.
Your book is titled Personal Productivity Secrets. So what's one of your secrets?
Learn to manage your attention is the first secret. A tactical "secret" is to organize your tasks by category and location, not by time. A third "secret" — master your tools to work for you. Use your smartphone and applications to simplify and support your most productive lifestyle.
In your book, you say a lot of people are stuck in reactive mode, or "stage one" productivity. We all have to deal with things that come up every day. Is it realistic to make it to "stage three" where we are working on major goals every day?
Yes, it is realistic, and I see it happen for people all the time. When we take control of our attention and have a process for keeping track of our commitments, communication and information, we are freed to work on bigger goals, a little each day. We are not distracted or stressed by the daily tasks, and we find that there's suddenly enough time to get things done. Focus and attention is greatly enhanced by adopting a personal productivity process. I'm proud of the Empowered Productivity(tm) system, because I truly believe it's the most universally useful process for managing the details of a busy life.
Do you have a personal productivity question for Maura? Send a tweet (@mnthomas), leave a comment on Facebook or send an email to info [at] regainyourtime [dot] com.
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After suffering disappointment, an ingenious boy from Manhattan takes a train to a wondrous world and embarks on a quest in this debut middle-grade fantasy novel.
Hugo Doppel looks forward to the annual Mad Science Day at his elementary school, Great Beacon Academy, because he plans to present his latest invention: a machine with the ability not only to create any weather he desires, but also to stop current conditions. Unfortunately, when his machine fails to prevent the snow coming down during his demonstration, he becomes the school's laughingstock. Dejected, he starts to walk home, coming across an old subway token for something called the "Menlo Express." He wishes he could be whisked away from Manhattan to a place of adventure, and soon, in a burst of snowflakes, he is, finding himself in a train station he's never heard of before that is curiously named after him. Boarding the train, he winds up at the Junkyard of Goofy Inventions, guarded by Inventaur the Centaur, whose boss, Henry Pendleton, presents him with a letter from Magnus Winterbach the Wizard. The missive states that Hugo's discovery of the mysterious token signifies that he is meant to free Magnus and many others from the tyrannical rule of the Skull Face Witch, who has wreaked havoc on the Kingdom of Menlo for many years. Weger stuffs his ambitious novel with fanciful scenes and whimsical characters, arguably to a fault. Although Hugo proves to be a resourceful and likable hero, the book relies less on plot and character development to propel the narrative, focusing instead on increasingly silly worldbuilding—including a desert of wet sand, an anthropomorphic bus, enormous cockroaches, and more. These facets, which are often entertaining, ultimately become exhausting, rarely providing true storytelling substance. While the novel often hearkens back to other classic examples of children's literature, in which young, ordinary protagonists travel to magical lands, it rarely displays the finesse and heart of such genre titans as Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and the Narnia series.
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The UN's humanitarian chief, Valerie Amos, said that human rights abuses against civilians continue in Syria (File/AFP)
The United Nations' humanitarian chief Valerie Amos says that Syrian civilians continue to be victims of "flagrant" violations of basic international law and human rights as a result of the foreign-backed militancy ravaging Syria.
Amos, the UN's under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, voiced concern over the targeting of Syrian civilians, as well as the human rights abuses they are subjected to.
Attacks on medical facilities are at their highest levels, the UN official said.
She added that vital services, including the main water pumping station in Aleppo, had been targeted, interrupting the supply of clean water.
"Almost one million people remain without safe drinking water, in temperatures as high as 50 degrees Celsius," she said
Last week, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the head of the Independent UN Commission of Inquiry for Syria, said that the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group ISIL had committed gross human rights violations in the country.
Violence has gripped Syria for more than three years, leaving over 160,000 people dead and millions of others displaced.
According to the UN commission, there are between 10,000 and 15,000 foreigners working with militant groups fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, causing great numbers of civilian casualties.
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Isn't just flat out stating that the UAE government (along with all the other Arab governments) is illegitimate and is simply a puppet of the US? Please note: I am NOT saying that the UAE government is illegitimate and a puppet of the US. But I don't see any other way that Abdul Bari Atwan's statement could be interpreted. Am I missing something here?


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Here's a freshly released still of Hugh Jackman as Wolvering that has been making rounds on the internet faster than that delicious piece of fried chicken travels into your cakehole. I don't know, it's good that he's furry and all but those veins are only good for taking blood samples – not for sexy times!


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So, after many weeks adding up to months of anticipation, I saw The Master last night in Boston. This undoubtedly comes as welcome news for my friends and family, as now I'll probably finally be able to shut up about it. Maybe. (Apologies also to those following my tweets; I know it's been inordinately heavy on the #THEMASTER70MM hashtag lately.)
It was also my introduction to the Coolidge Corner Theatre, which has the only 70mm print of The Master in New England. It's a seriously cool venue. It has the trappings of a vintage movie house, the auditorium is cozy and charmingly theatrical, and they have beer on tap. The screen was nice and big, and the sound was nice and loud. I could see myself frequenting the place every week, if only it wasn't three hours away.
Here's a panoramic view from where I was sitting.
The 70 mm experience was delightful. It was the first time I've ever seen a 70 mm projection and I think I'm in love with it. Every frame compelled my interest. Colors seemed especially lush, and details were startlingly clear (especially on some of the closeups). It was really quite gorgeous. And of course it had that analog "warmth" as well; it was quite something to see those "cigarette marks" alerting everyone that a changeover of reels was about to occur. In an age when the term is, for better or worse, an anachronym, it was really exciting to see a true "film" once again.
So what did I think of The Master? Well, I liked it. In truth, I'm a little in awe of it. The common refrain is that it all but requires multiple viewings, and I suppose I endorse this point of view since I'm planning to see it again next week, this time a mere 3 miles from my house. (And in digital, which will be good for comparison's sake, image quality-wise.)
I think it was not as big a revelation as There Will Be Blood, but only because PTA prepped us for this new one with his previous film. In many ways, I think The Master is a more shocking and audacious movie than TWBB, which bodes well for its impact down the road, when we decide just how good it is, really. (Instant classic? Or failed experiment? Or something in between?)
I could write a review that would probably end up being embarrassing 6 months or 2 years or 5 years down the road. I remember coming out of TWBB and not exactly knowing what to make of it. If you had forced me to put down my thoughts right then, it'd probably read like a lot of asinine babbling now, especially when I'm pretty much on board with everyone else who says that it's a modern classic, an assessment that was not at all clear to me after the initial viewing.
What I'm coming to find out about movies by true visionaries is that you don't need to make a decision whether they are "good" or "bad" right away. Let it turn over in your mind a little, and if it's compelling enough, you'll revisit it. I've found that to be the most important question after a movie: Is it compelling? If it's compelling, you'll rewatch it, even if you didn't think it was very good. And during those rewatches, you'll open yourself up to the movie again, and you'll be responsive to any of those little things a director puts in a movie that he or she thinks will make the movie better and a more worthwhile experience and maybe even the best thing ever put on screen. And if the movie is made by eminently talented people, there's a good chance you're seeing great art.
But if a movie isn't compelling, it really just sort of lies there, neither art nor entertainment, just a vague memory of passing time. If you thought it was bad, it remains bad. If you thought it was good, it never exceeds that initial judgment—it stays just as good as you initially thought. And maybe it actually isn't very good, or, perhaps, it's even better than you thought, and if it is in fact great art, there's almost no way you would be able to take in all the nuances it has to offer with just one viewing. (Maybe if you were Pauline Kael you'd be able to, but I'm talking about the rest of us mortals.)
Compelling things offer us the chance to have a conversation with them, to engage in an intellectual and emotional back-and-forth, to change as we change, to grow alongside us. These are the sorts of interactions that have the best chance of ultimately enriching our lives, to affect the way we think, feel, respond—forever. And that's a lot more rewarding than just saying "This is good" or "This sucks" all willy-nilly. Making snap judgments is pretty unfulfilling and empty, and no one comes to art to feel emptier. That's why, when something singularly compelling comes along, we should be excited instead of rushing to praise or condemn it. In an ephemeral world, compelling things have a defiant permanence. In a world where there is accretive pressure to get everyone to think the exact same way, compelling things give you thoughts you've never had before. They are opportunities for personal growth.
I'm not sure if it's a modern classic, but if there's one thing The Master is, it's compelling. Very, very much so. And that is more than enough reason to celebrate it.


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Friday, July 10, 2009
A little blog experimentation
As if you hadn't noticed, I'm experimenting with background wallpaper patterns for my blog from www.squidfingers.com. Let me know what you think...
Posted by littlegirlpearl at 7:47 AM
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- icicle said...
I think it goes well with your designs and sweetens up the page.
There is that first moment when it's all you see before the rest comes online, but I don't think it made the page load any slower.
- July 10, 2009 at 9:26 AM
- Cathy said...
Ohhh this is very pretty...like a robin blue! :)
- July 10, 2009 at 9:29 AM
- Melissa said...
This one's too busy-- but I like the blue background for the text. I liked the pink (looked like AMH!) but it loaded funny and all I saw for a while was pink fans.
- July 10, 2009 at 8:41 PM
- littlegirlpearl said...
Yeah, I know what you mean. When you first load up the page, it's a bit overwhelming!
I liked the pink too, but it seemed a little bit too much to me! I'll keep experimenting!
- July 11, 2009 at 8:01 AM
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A/V or Home Office: A/V
Favorite Source: For ideas, old Popular Mechanics magazines. I love their DIY optimism and sheer geekiness. For stuff, Apple. They make the sort of smart, durable, functional, beautiful, and human-centered technology that I love.
What inspired you? I'm inspired by last century's idea of the future. My Harmon Kardon tube amplifier from the 1960's still gives a rich, round sound, and I'm fascinated by its "Ambiance" knob. Its function is a mystery, but I keep it on Max anyhow.
Another prize is a toy called a Flashy Flicker, also from the 60's, which is basically a toy gun with a flashlight and slide viewer, and I also have several old typewriters. All this was once cutting-edge technology that still works today. Some modern technology seems cold, but I think my A/V room feels inviting and playful.
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At a distance of a half days march between Fort Apache and the city raised hides have been installed to ensure a safe stay in case of an emergency.
These are equipped with water and durable food and accessible through a hatch on the underside of the platform.
The hatch can be opened with a long pole from the ground and one can climb a rope ladder up.
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Walk MS turns ordinary Stamford woman into an "extraordinary machine"
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Sara Bromley, Stamford native and captain of the Extraordinary Machine Walk MS fundraising team, poses by the Norwalk Harbor outside of the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter, office in Norwalk. Bromley, a development coordinator for the Connecticut Chapter, was diagnosed with MS in 2006. Last year Team Extraordinary Machine, which steps out at the Stamford Walk MS site, raised nearly $11,000. The 2012 Travelers Walk MS, presented by North American Power, will be held Sunday, April 22, at 12 locations statewide, including Cove Island State Park in Stamford and a new site at Western Connecticut State University's west side campus in Danbury. For more information or to register please visit www.ctfightsMS.org.
STAMFORD, CT - Sometimes a stranger has an uncanny ability to understand your feelings better than anyone else. For Stamford native Sara Bromley, singer-songwriter Fiona Apple filled those shoes.
When Apple released her third album "Extraordinary Machine" in 2005, she certainly did not have MS in mind. The first track, which features the same name, addresses Apple's struggle to feel like herself again after the end of a long-term relationship. Sara Bromley wasn't going through a breakup at the time, but Fiona Apple's words seemed to resonate with her deeper than any other song she had heard before.
But I'm good at being uncomfortable, so I can't stop changing all the time
Bromley, who has lived with multiple sclerosis since her diagnosis in 2006, was planning to participate in her first Walk MS. However, after a rough adjustment period, she was secretly hesitant to jump back into the mix of life.
"It took a few years before I even wanted to do anything," Bromley confesses.
That is when she heard "Extraordinary Machine" on the radio.
"But when I heard that song, I was overcome with such motivation and strength. Every word seemed to be written just for me," Bromley remembers.
Since that moment, Bromley decided to let go of her inhibitions and walk for MS, and for herself. That day her team became known as "Extraordinary Machine," and has been ever since.
Simply walking each year would be considered a small feat in and of itself for Bromley, who lives each day with the chronic pain and fatigue, which stems from her MS, but her participation goes far beyond one day a year.
Bromley (center, kneeling) poses with her Extraordinary Machine team at last year's Walk MS in Stamford. Extraordinary Machine will step out once again at Cove Island State Park in Stamford at the 2012 Walk MS, presented by North American Power. For more information or to register, please visit ctfightsMS.org.
Along with dedicating her life to the fight against MS, working as a development coordinator in the Norwalk office for the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter, Bromley has been able to raise nearly $11,000 in donations for her walk team last year alone.
If there was a better way to go, then it would find me
So what is Bromley's strategy to raise such a large amount of money for the cause? Her advice is very simple.
"Ask anybody and everybody," she answers. "The worst that they can say is no."
Bromley credits her own success with her ability to talk about her personal connection to MS, and never being embarrassed to ask for a donation.
"The more people know about your individual connection to the disease, the more people will be willing to help," she says.
To those trying to step up their fundraising this year, Bromley's greatest suggestion is to never underestimate the power of small donations.
"Every donation doesn't have to be $100," says Bromley. "Ten dollars here and five dollars there is great. It all adds up in the end."
I still only travel by foot, and by foot it's a slow climb
Although her job will require her to work the event, instead of personally walk with her team in Stamford this year, Bromley finds pleasure in taking a step back once in a while.
"Even though everyone is there to support their own tie to MS, they are supporting me in doing so," she explains.
Although Sara Bromley has dedicated her life to trying to do good for the world, with previous careers working with senior citizens and teaching children, she is not shy about admitting that she participates in the walks each year because of the happiness that it gives her. As for seeing her team walk each year, Bromley is overwhelmed by their love for her, but also takes pride in the fact that they are just as excited as she is about participating.
Bromley, a graduate of Stamford High School, explains that "so often my family and friends are there to support me in times of need, like when I need a ride to a doctor's appointment, or am too tired to get out of bed to make dinner, but for this occasion I am not asking for help. I am instead just asking for them to join in something fun and exciting. This is my favorite part of walking each year."
The 2012 Travelers Walk MS, presented by North American Power, will step out from 12 sites statewide on Sunday, April 22. Lunch will be provided compliments of Subway and Coca-Cola.
"This walk allows me, and countless others living with multiple sclerosis, to see their supporters coming together for a positive reason, instead of the negative that is too often associated with MS," she states.
I promise you, everything will be just fine
More than 6,000 Connecticut residents, like Bromley, currently live with the effects of multiple sclerosis. The cause is unknown and there is currently no cure. Symptoms can include anything from numbness in the limbs, difficulties in vision or speech, stiffness, and in some more severe cases, total paralysis. The progress, severity and symptoms vary from person to person and cannot be predicted.
Bromley, who has been living with MS for close to six years, attributes her positive attitude to her ability to keep going on with her daily life, no matter how hard that may be.
"Getting up everyday and going to work, even if it's only for an hour or two, is the key," she explains.
She recognizes that being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis makes the individual feel that they now have to live within the confines of the disease.
However, Bromley wants people to know that after a while, living with MS becomes a new normal.
"You do have to learn how to live again, but things will be ok."
Just like the song that gives her so much strength states, Bromley "will make the most of it. She's an extraordinary machine."
Funds raised at events such as Walk MS ensure ongoing scientific research to find a cure and provide a continuation of vital programs and services offered by the chapter. Community partners include WTNH News 8 and The Fox 95.9.
To register for Walk MS, or to learn more about multiple sclerosis or how to get involved, please visit the Connecticut Chapter website at www.ctfightsms.org.
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Johannesburg: If you only require a cellphone for making calls, then you don't necessarily need a touch screen, according to a new study.
Indeed, touch screens are not strictly essential for a number of popular activities - be it surfing the web, taking pictures or listening to music. What might be needed is a multimedia mobile. However, the market for these devices is shrinking fast.
That's because for several people, mobiles are becoming anything but phones. Ads focus on how rapidly they can go online, display high-definition video or let the user access graphic-intensive games. Mention of telephone features can nearly be an afterthought.
But, when it comes to multimedia mobiles, making calls and sending text messages remain two of the key functions. Internet access and playing MP3 audio files are also available functions, but are of much lesser importance.
Michael Wolf of Stiftung Warentest, a German consumer products testing organisation, insisted that a mobile needs to fulfil four basic functions to be considered a smartphone.
"For internet surfing, it needs a certain display size and fast internet access via UMTS or wi-fi. Additionally, smartphones have an open operating system that can be expanded with apps," News24 quoted him as saying.
The last requirement is a keyboard with letters. But that does not imply a physical keyboard. The widespread virtual keyboards seen on so many touch screens more than fit the bill.
"The borders between smartphones and multimedia mobiles move a lot."
Of course, it's not as much fun with a smaller display and without a touch screen. Still, many manufacturers offer some programmes and games to download onto older mobiles.
"But there`s no comparing that with the offering from Android or Apple devices," Wolf warned.
The wide range of apps and games is one of the reasons for the widespread success of smartphones, he said.
"In the meantime, even older people and those less open to technology are opting for smartphones, because they want a phone with a good MP3 player or a good camera," Wolf noted.
Additionally, anyone who can deactivate the mobile broadcast function and download apps via a wi-fi connection can, theoretically, use them for free.
"Smartphones advanced past regular mobiles a long time ago," said Roland Stehle of the German Society for Entertainment and Communications Technology (gfu).
"And, in the coming years, they``re only going to build upon their lead."
But mobiles without apps and all the bells and whistles won't die out, he believes.
"There will always be a certain clientele that prefers these kinds of gadgets," he said.
Multimedia mobiles still maintain a few advantages in terms of better battery life.
Because of smaller display and the weaker processor, they enjoy longer battery lives. And, once a user becomes used to it, he may find typing on a physical keyboard much easier than typing and swiping on a touch screen.
Wolf asserted that a lot relies on the device and the taste of the user.
"Multimedia mobiles are not necessarily new-user friendly. Sometimes the buttons and the controls can be fussy," he said.
There's another benefit with multimedia mobiles. Compared to smartphones, a lot of models are cheaper. But there's not a huge gap in prices, said Rafaela Moehl of the German telecommunications website teltarif.de.
But not many new multimedia models are making it to market.
"Most of the models on sale today are already one or two years old," Moehl said.
In general, those interested should have no problems with multimedia mobiles, according to Stehle.
"The technology is pretty exhausted in these kinds of devices. Classical mobiles won't be making any big technology jumps anymore," he said.
But the new ones being developed are showing some innovation in certain areas like design, since manufacturers are usually inclined to change the materials for cost or efficiency reasons.
However, customers shouldn't expect the quality levels to remain the same, according to Wolf.
"A look at the comparison tests and product reviews is worth it, as always. There are also quality differences with multimedia mobiles," he said.
You might also want to consider getting a flat rate for data transfers if you opt for multimedia, since a lot of classic mobiles also have internet access, Moehl said.
"Even with a regular mobile, I can call up mails or browse," she added.


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We're less than two weeks out from the iPad launch, so it's no surprise that a plethora of companies have begun revealing tidbits about their respective apps. Late last night Amazon did just that by announcing the "Kindle Apps for tablet computers including the iPad". You'll be able to view your library of e-books in one of two …
Apple Delays Some iPad Accessories Until May
It's come to the attention of the nerd collective that two of Apple's iPad accessories will be delayed until May. That's right, the iPad keyboard and 10W USB power adapter are being pushed back until sometime in May.
I'm wondering why Apple doesn't delay the iPad, too. The case won't even ship until the week after. And who …
Samsung Prepping Slate PC
Over the next few months, it appears that we're going to be seeing a distinct divide between tablets and slates. There will probably be some crossover in naming conventions—some slates called tablets, maybe some tablets called slates—but for the sake of argument, let's refer to tablets as devices that run more mobile-ish …
Things I Didn't Know Existed Until Today: iPad Camera Connection Kit
So I was talking to my brother the other day about pre-ordering the iPad, which I didn't do, and he mentioned this SD card adapter that he was going to buy. I thought he was talking about ZoomIt, but it turns out that Apple is making a camera adapter for the iPad. My brother claims that it was announced during the iPad press conference …
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Now that Apple has made it official is anyone picking up an iPad or pre-ordering? The April 3rd date is specific to Wi-Fi models in the US. There's still no word on shipping dates for the 3G model, but Apple says they'll be shipping in late April. (More on Techland: Hands-on With the Apple iPad)
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This is rather interesting but not at all surprising.
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Michael Pollan concludes his attempted takedown of the lipid hypothesis in In Defense of Food by addressing the supposed role of dietary changes in reducing heart disease:
Even if we accept the epidemic of obesity and diabetes as the unintended consequence of the war against dietary fat–collateral damage, you might say–what about the intended consequence of that campaign: the reduction of heart disease? Here is where the low-fat campaigners have chosen to make their last stand, pointing proudly to the fact that after peaking in the late sixties, deaths from heart disease fell dramatically in America, a 50 percent decline since 1969. Cholesterol levels have also fallen. Epidemiologist Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health…cites the increase in consumption of polyunsaturated fats "as a major factor, if not the most important factor, in the decline in heart disease" observed in the seventies and eighties… And so it would appear to be: We reduced our saturated fat intake, our cholesterol levels fell, and many fewer people dropped dead of heart attacks.
Whether the low-fat campaigners should take the credit for this achievement is doubtful, however. Reducing mortality from heart disease is no the same thing as reducing the incidence of heart disease, and there's reason to question whether underlying rates of heart disease have greatly changed in the last thirty years, as they should have if changes in diet were so important. A ten-year study of heart disease mortality published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1998 strongly suggests that most of the decline in deaths from heart disease is due not to changes in lifestyle, such as diet, but to improvements in medical care…For while during the period under analysis, heart attack deaths declined substantially, hospital admissions for heart attack did not. (60-61)
The referenced study is "Trends in the Incidence of Myocardial Infarction and in Mortality Due to Coronary Heart Disease, 1987 to 1994." As the title suggests, this "ten-year study" is actually an eight-year study. That means that Pollan is attempting to debunk claims made about health trends over the course of a few decades by looking at a much shorter period. Moreover, Walter Willett's claim applies specifically to the seventies and eighties, but a reader who did not bother to check the references would not realize that the period under consideration by Pollan's "ten-year study" actually only had three years in common with this interval.
This becomes even more problematic when we look at what people were eating. Specifically, let's look at the amount of polyunsaturated fats in the US food supply (page 65), which is most directly relevant to Willett's claim.
The data show that consumption of polyunsaturated fats increased from 26 grams per person per day in 1970 to 32 grams per person per day in 1985, with most of the increase coming from 1977 and 1985. However, in 1985 polyunsaturated fat intake more or less leveled out, and the net increase over the period under consideration in the NEJM study was only 1 gram. Thus, even if we were to suppose that Willett were right, it's not clear that we should have expected to see much of a drop in the incidence of heart disease in the study.
Since dietary changes can have long-term effects on health, this doesn't necessarily mean that Pollan's argument is completely wrong. Indeed, the distinction he makes between incidence of heart disease and deaths due to heart disease is an important one. However, it's just not clear how relevant the study he cites really is. The choice of intervals needs to be justified as a part of his argument, rather than hidden away in the references.


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Don't underestimate the power of commonalities when meeting potential customers. They may be cultural, biographical, professional, or even related to lifestyle.
We humans let people come a bit closer when we find out we share something of vital importance. For me, it's as banal as the state of NJ, which I still call home despite a move to New England over 30 years ago.
It's pretty easy to determine if you and a prospect have such an unrealized bond. Go to LinkedIn and Facebook. Maybe information on the prospect's website will bear fruit.
And as a sales rep, it's crucial that your online presence reveals some personal facts. Your LinkedIn profile must be highly developed and kept current. Prospects will check you out – where you've worked, where you went to school, and so forth.
Printers need interesting bios on their web sites. We welcome the peek into individual personalities. It helps differentiate you. If you have too large a staff to include everyone, at least post bios for management, sales, and service reps. Add photos and a just a little bit of copy (one small paragraph) that hints at what the person is all about.
Until the day comes when all business transactions are done over the Internet, printing is still personal. Relationships are formed between people, primarily the sales rep and print customer.
And when I meet someone, including a salesperson, with whom I share something meaningful, I'm all ears. Often, NJ is the tie that binds.
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Liberals and the mainstream media would have Americans believe that billionaire businessman Donald Trump's desire to build a wall to stop illegal immigration over the country's currently porous border with Mexico stems from racism. The mainstream media, including Fox News, have helped push the idea of border security as a racist concern.
That is the opposite of the truth.
Sure, there are probably some Trump voters who are racist — in a movement involving millions of Americans, one should expect a few misguided individuals or even ignorant bigots to get caught up. But the truth is that those who oppose the building of the "Trump wall" are the real racists.
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Let's use the illegal immigrant population from Mexico as an example. According to Pew Research, just about half of America's illegal immigrants — whom Pew likes to call "unauthorized" — are Mexican citizens. In other words, something like six million illegal immigrants from Mexico currently reside in the U.S.
Generally speaking, those who protest border enforcement, including deportation, argue that the lives of these six million people are better in the U.S. than they would be in their home country, which is considerably more poor and crime-infested than America. That's hard to disagree with — per capita income is roughly five times higher in the U.S. than in Mexico, according to the World Bank, and we've all heard the stories of the out-of-control criminal cartels and government corruption that plague our neighbors to the south.
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Of course, illegal immigrants probably weren't making an average income back home, which is roughly $10,325 — they were probably making much less, which is what drove them north in the first place. In the U.S., they can easily "earn" that and more simply by collecting government benefits.
So those six million illegal immigrants from Mexico probably are making a better life for themselves in the U.S. But what about the 125 million Mexicans who stayed home? What is the effect of illegal immigration on them?
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It's not good, as former staff director for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Christopher Manion recently pointed out in Breitbart.
Obviously, some of those six million illegal immigrants send some money home to their families, but it's hard to imagine that six million workers are supporting 125 million Mexican citizens in such a way as to make their lives significantly better. In fact, they're probably making their lives worse over the long term, Manion explained.
He also argued that encouraging illegal immigration is actually the policy of Mexico's government and ruling class.
"This fomenting of hatred of America is a core plank in the propaganda platform of Mexico's elites, and it saturates their government's policy of encouraging migration, legal and illegal, into the United States," he wrote. "Poor Mexicans are told that America has exploited them for years, so, when they arrive in the United States, they should exploit every possible opportunity to benefit from the broad and generous welfare programs which the U.S. offers for the asking."
The result is that Mexicans essentially receive welfare, but from the United States taxpayer, funneled through illegal (and, one has to assume) some legal immigrants who send money home to their families.
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Meanwhile, Mexico is slated to receive $142 million in foreign aid from the U.S. in 2016 alone.
So, how is opposing the wall racist? It's racist because the Mexican political class continues to promise assistance to its people, but fails to deliver, Manion wrote — and is enabled, year after year, in not delivering by the U.S. and its ever-weaker border enforcement.
In other words, we are helping to keep Mexicans in poverty by giving Mexico a "release valve" that keeps the country's citizens from demanding their government keep its promises.
In fact, Manion described this sending home of U.S. money by illegal immigrants as "an indirect but de facto Mexican government welfare program designed to prevent unrest or even broader domestic violence at home — after all, we must recall, Mexico's official 'Institutional Revolutionary Party' is well-entrenched, and with rare exceptions has controlled the country for almost a century."
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These cross-border remittances, called "remesas," are the same financial transactions that Trump has called for taxing in order to raise money for the border wall.
"The remesas provide a safety valve that reduces the threat of serious unrest, allowing the corruptos (the term appropriately used by Mexican citizens to describe those in power) to keep the party going unperturbed," Manion wrote.
Building the wall, then, will result in increased prosperity for the American worker, who will no longer have to compete with illegal immigrants willing to work for lower wages. But it will also lead to an increased quality of life for Mexicans.
Some will undoubtedly continue to apply for legal entrance to the U.S., and we would welcome them. But others — literally millions of others — would remain home, and their unrest would weaken the hold of corrupt politicians on the state as citizens demand an end to what has been a seeming perpetuity of crime and corruption that only serve to lower their standard of living. Reform will never occur if all of their dissatisfied citizens strike out for America.
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So the next time some liberal tries to argue that Trump's border enforcement plan is a racist policy, explain to them that liberals may be concerned with the six million illegal Mexicans in the U.S., but conservatives would prefer to see the lives improved of the 125 million who didn't break the law by crossing into the United States without permission.
Liberals aren't generally very good at math (see Bernie Sanders' economic and taxation proposals if you need examples), but most of them should recognize that 125 million easily trumps six million.
But, fair warning: Be prepared to be compared to Hitler or have your mother's faithfulness to your father called into question. Personal attacks will be the only argument the liberals have left, and they never seem hesitant to go there.
George Upper is the managing editor of Conservative Tribune. His weekly column, "The Upper Cut," appears each Tuesday morning. In addition to sharing it on social media, you can also connect with him on Facebook or on Twitter @georgeupper.
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Wine is always a popular gift, but WineforaWedding.com allows customers to turn it into a uniquely personal wedding surprise to celebrate the couple's future anniversaries. Their line of customizable wine boxes allow you to toast the newlyweds on their honeymoon, 1-year, 5-year or even 10-year anniversaries. These intricately engraved and artistic wine boxes are designed to reveal one bottle at a time, for each occasion. A gift that recalls the childhood anticipation of a chocolate-filled Advent calendar, each lid features a "when to open" date on the outside and an engraved message from you on the inside.
Recently, they launched an Etsy shop offering a special line of wine boxes that allow you to customize the couple's names, family monograms and established dates. Their designs are simple and elegant, and they even offer single bottle wine boxes themed and customized for your wedding party (who needs flasks when you can have that?!). And best of all, they give back to the environment by planting one tree for every box they sell.
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Visit Siblyback Lake, located on the edge of Bodmin Moor. Surrounded by moorland and dramatic tors, this impressive lakeside location offers a great day out for families in Cornwall. Discover all of the fun things to do as you walk, run or cycle on our accessible path. It's a 3.2 mile circular path that runs adjacent to the lake, venture through woodlands, build dens, spot birds from our hide and discover Siblyback Dam, everyone loves this megastructure! Don't forget to bring the dog as well, Siblyback Lake offers a great day out for dog walkers, explore the great outdoors with your four-legged friend and become our top dog!
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Clinicians generating high Part B payments represent a greater risk to Medicare if they bill incorrectly or commit fraud. Of the 303 clinicians who each furnished more than $3 million of Part B services during 2009, Medicare administrative contactors (MACs) and Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs) identified 104 (34 percent) for improper payment reviews. As of December 31, 2011, the MACs and ZPICs had completed reviews of 80 of the 104 clinicians and identified $34 million in overpayments. In addition, three of the clinicians had their medical licenses suspended and two were indicted. The results of these reviews demonstrate that identifying clinicians who are responsible for high cumulative payments could be a useful means of identifying possible improper payments. Although existing procedures may identify some of these clinicians for review, the procedures were not designed specifically to identify all clinicians whose payments exceed an established threshold. In addition, existing procedures may not always identify clinicians responsible for high cumulative payments in a timely manner.
We recommended that CMS (1) establish a cumulative payment threshold-taking into consideration costs and potential program integrity benefits-above which a clinician's claims would be selected for review and (2) implement a procedure for timely identification and review of clinicians' claims that exceed the cumulative payment threshold. CMS partially concurred with both of our recommendations.
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History of Greenwich Village
Established as Grin'wich Village in 1713, it was a small country hamlet until the early 1800s, when a yellow fever epidemic drove hoards of Lower Manhattan-dwellers north. The population explosion in Grin'wich ushered in rapid development of businesses and housing. By the 1830s, the neighborhood was one of Manhattan's most upscale, the site of art clubs, private picture galleries, literary salons, fine hotels, theaters and libraries.
In the 1890s came an influx of German, Irish and Italian immigrants, who took the neighborhood in a more working class direction. By The Great War, The Village was known as picturesque and ethnically diverse, a bohemian enclave with low rents and a tolerance for radicalism and nonconformity.
The upstairs of 137 MacDougal Street, for instance, was the home base of the Liberal Club in the 1910s. Members included intellectuals such as: Max Eastman, Emma Goldman, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, Margaret Sanger and Upton Sinclair.
During the 1930s, Greenwich galleries and collectors promoted contemporary art. Sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney opened a museum dedicated to modern American art on West 8th Street, now the New York Studio School.
In the 1950s, Greenwich Village attracted odd characters from around the states, those "displaced" by America's burgeoning conservatism, including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Dylan Thomas. At the end of the decade, Off-Off Broadway – devoted to experimental theatre – originated in The Village.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Greenwich Village was the east coast headquarters of folk music, the gay liberation movement and the anti-war movement.
In 1961, "down-zoning" in Greenwich prevented the development of high rises. In 1969, preservationists designated a Greenwich Village Historic District that covered more than 2,035 structures. Both of those policies continue now, which helps explain why Greenwich has maintained its unique character over the years.
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Greenwich Village was founded as a separate village within Manhattan, and that autonomy is still obvious today. It was the only neighborhood to opt out of the Manhattan grid plan instituted in the 19th century, preserving the twisted streets and free-flowing architecture that are a source of pride for Greenwich residents.
Because of "down-zoning" in the 1960s, Greenwich has few high rises. Small buildings and old townhouse apartments are the norm, many of them designated historic, giving The Village a quaint feel… even with one of the most vibrant nightlife scenes in Manhattan. Famous for its bohemian history, the Village is a good place to find coffee shops, small theaters, jazz clubs, galleries, comedy clubs and intimate restaurants. New York University is here as well, contributing to the area's college town feel.
Nearby neighborhoods include So-Ho, No-Ho, Little Italy, Nolita, Chelsea, Gramercy and the East Village.
Washington Square Park, the anchor of Greenwich Village, is the most famous park in Manhattan outside of Central Park. Along with the trees, gardens, paths, picnic benches and play areas you'd expect, Washington Square has outdoor chess tables where aspiring chess masters battle it out—often with money at stake—drawing throngs of watchers. There is also a scrabble-playing area, two dog runs, an iconic fountain and statues. Looming behind it all is The Washington Square Monument, a beautiful arch modeled after Paris' Arch de Triumph.
Cafe Reggio (119 MacDougal St) is a coffeehouse established in 1927 that has been featured in many movies, including Godfather II.
The Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street), established in 1924, is New York City's oldest, continuously running off-Broadway theater.
The Comedy Cellar (117 MacDougal Street) has featured nearly every notable American comedian.
White Horse Tavern (567 Hudson St) is the bar where poet Dylan Thomas drank the night he died.
The Cage, or The West 4th Street Courts (West 4th St at Sixth Ave), is New York's most important tournament site for handball and amateur basketball.
Judson Memorial Church (55 Washington Square South) is a church that doubles as an art gallery and performance space.
Stonewall Inn (53 Christopher St), a bar, was the site of the Stonewall Riots of 1969 that initiated the gay liberation movement in the U.S.
Café Wha? (115 MacDougal St) is the music club where Bob Dylan had his first New York City gig, and where Jimi Hendrix got famous.
The Isaac-Hendricks House (77 Bedford St), built in 1799, is the oldest house in The Village.
The Village Vanguard (178 7th Ave) and The Blue Note (131 West 3rd St.) host some of the biggest names in jazz on a regular basis.
The Bitter End (147 Bleeker St) is New York City's oldest rock club.
Sullivan Hall (214 Sullivan St) is a new music venue that features bands of all genres.
Sources: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village) and The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/resources/history.htm)
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Q : What are various components in ADF?
A : Oracle ADF has following components
· ADF Business Components(Model)
· ADF Faces (View)
· ADF Taskflows(Controller)
Q : What is Oracle ADF?
A : Oracle ADF is an commercial java/j2ee framework, which is used to build enterprise applications.
It is one of the most comprehensive and advanced framework in market for J2EE
Q : What are the advantages of using ADF?
A : Following are the advantages of using :
· It supports Rapid Application Development.
· It is based on MVC architecture
· Declarative Approach (XML Driven)
· Secure
· Reduces maintenance cost and time
· SOA Enabled
Q : What is the return type of Service Methods?
A : Service Methods can return Scalar or Primitive Data types.
Q : Can Service Methods return type Void?
A : Yes, Service Methods can Return type Void
Q : Can Service Methods return Complex Data types?
A : No, service methods can return only primitive/scalar data types.
Q : Which component in ADF BC manages transaction ?
A : Application Module, manages transaction.
Q : Can an entity object be based on two Database Objects(tables/views) or two Webservices ?
A : No entity objects will always have one to one relationship with a database object or web service.
Q : Where is that we write business rules/validations in ADF and why?
A : We should be writing validations at Entity Object level, because they provide highest degree of reuse.
Q : What is Managed Bean?
A : Managed bean is a java class, which is initialized by JSF framework. It is primarily used to hold view and controller logic. It is also used to execute java code to be executed on a user action like Button Click.
Q : What are Backing Bean?
A : Backing beans are those managed beans which have 1:1 mapping with a page. They have getters and setters
for all the components in the related page.
Q : What is a Taskflow?
A : Taskflow is the controller of an ADF application, it provides us an declarative approach to define the control flow. It is used to define the navigation between pages and various taskflow activites.
Q : What are the different types/categories of Taskflows ?
A : Taskflows are of two categories : Bounded and UnBounded.
Q : What is the difference between Bounded and UnBounded taskflows?
A : Differences between Bounded and UnBounded taskflows :
· Bounded taskflows can be secured but Unbounded can't.
· Bounded taskflows can accept parameter and return values but unbounded taskflows don't support parameters
· Bounded taskflows has a single entry point or a default activity but unbounded taskflows have multiple entry points.
· Bounded taskflows can be called from other bounded/unbounded taskflows but unbounded cannot be called or reused.
· Bounded taskflows support transactions unbounded don't
Q : What are the various access scopes supported by ADF?
A : ADF Faces supports the following scopes
· Application Scope
· Session Scope
· PageFlow Scope
· Request Scope
· BackingBean Scope.
Q: What is databindings.cpx file in ADF?
In ADF web application as soon as you drop a databound component on your page a DataBindigs.cpx file gets created. You may wonder what it contains? So, here it is:
The DataBindings.cpx keeps track of the individual page definitions files used within the project, as well as the DataControls mapping to such things as ADF Business Components Application Modules.
Till Jdeveloper 10.1.3 release there was no way to have multiple DataBindings.cpx files which was very much desirable as the project the size grows and being worked by multiple teams. Jdeveloper 11g added this capability to have multiple DataBindings.cpx files.
There is a new file in 11g called adfm.xml which is used to keep track of all such DataBindings.cpx files in the system. So, when breaking your DataBindings.cpx you need to take care to create an entry in the adfm.xml. You also need to make sure to have unique application id attribute value for each entry.
Q: How to Skip Validation?
A: At view layer Keep immediate=true
Q : Describe life cycle of a ADF Page?
A : ADF page is an extension of JSF and has following phases in its lifecycle
1. Initialize Context: In this phase the adf page initializes the LifecycleContext with information that will be used during the Lifecycle.
2. Prepare Model: In this phase ui model is prepared and initialized. In this phase page parameters are set and methods in the executable section of the page definition of the ADF page are executed.
3. Apply Input Values: This phase handles the request parameters. The values from the HTML are sent to the server and applied to the page binding in page definitions.
4. Validate Input Values: This phase validates the values that were built in the Apply input values phase
5. Update Model: Validated values supplied from user are sent to ADF business components data model
6. Validate Model Updates: In this phase the business components will validate user supplied values.
7. Invoke Application: This phase will process the ui events stack built during the life cycle of page and also fire navigational events
8. Prepare Render: This is the final phase where HTML code is generated from the view tree.
Q: What is Association and Viewlink ?
A: They define the join or the link among EO's and VO's.Association defines link between EO's.They can be considered as PrimaryKey/ForeignKey relationship between tables.
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text: News Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015 More than 45 teachers selected to attend fourth Qatar University ExxonMobil Teachers Academy this month DOHA, Qatar – The 4th annual Qatar University ExxonMobil Teachers Academy started today in Doha and will continue until November 26, 2015. The academy, a joint collaboration between the National Center for Educator Development, Qatar University (QU) and ExxonMobil Qatar, is an innovative professional development program designed to enhance math and science teaching skills among educators. More than 45 grade three to grade six primary school teachers from more than 40 of Qatar's independent schools have been selected to participate in the 2015 edition of the academy. Their participation has been determined by long and in-depth deliberations between QU and the Supreme Education Council to ensure that this year's educators – as in previous years -- are both qualified and committed to the teaching profession. As an expansion of the academy, Maharaty, an initiative by Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al-Thani, will also have a dedicated role at this year's academy, with the participation of 10 grade three science and math teachers. Maharaty participation will bring the total number of participating teachers from Qatar's independent schools to around 50. The teachers will undergo a week-long, intensive professional development program that will foster innovative math and science teaching skills, helping them to inspire their students to develop an interest in math and science. Education experts who have travelled from the United States to Doha will serve as instructors at the academy's workshops. Using a series of creative, fun and meaningful classroom-style activities, they'll provide the teachers with pedagogical tools for dealing with the young active learners in their classrooms. QU College of Education (CED) dean Dr Hissa Sadiq said: "In its 4th year, the Academy has grown in popularity and has provided IS teachers with critical tools to create an inspirational teaching/learning environment which has proved to be of considerable benefit to students and teachers alike. We are pleased with its success and look forward to continued partnership with ExxonMobil in this and other projects". "Over the past three years, the Qatar University ExxonMobil Teachers Academy has evolved into one of the leading teacher training programs in Qatar," said Alistair Routledge, President and General Manager for ExxonMobil Qatar. "Now in its fourth year, the academy is one of our principal education initiatives, thanks to our collaboration with Qatar University and the National Center for Educator Development. The academy exemplifies our commitment to drive human potential in Qatar by helping teachers with tools and techniques to energize their students' enthusiasm for science and math -- paving the way for Qatar's next generation of scientists and engineers." The Qatar University ExxonMobil Teachers Academy is part of ExxonMobil's long-term commitment to stimulating students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at all ages – the key to building a competitive workforce and ensuring students get the education needed to become the engineers and innovators of tomorrow. As part of this commitment, ExxonMobil supports the professional development of highly qualified teachers. These initiatives are in line with the objectives outlined in the Qatar National Vision 2030's Human Development Pillar, which seeks to empower the people of Qatar so that they can sustain a prosperous society. QU and ExxonMobil Qatar's years of partnership have resulted in a variety of successful programs, including Life is Engineering; the Environmental Studies Center; the Gas Processing Center; the Qatar University ExxonMobil Research Scholars Program; the ExxonMobil Chair for Science and Technology; and ongoing guest lectures. ### About ExxonMobil ExxonMobil, the largest publicly traded international oil and gas company, uses technology and innovation to help meet the world's growing energy needs. ExxonMobil holds an industry-leading inventory of resources, is the largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products, and its chemical company is one of the largest in the world. ExxonMobil Qatar Inc. is a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation and is the interface point within Qatar for all ExxonMobil affiliated activities. To learn more, visit exxonmobil.com.qa or wwwإكسون-موبيل-قطر..com. 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Caesarian birth greatly increases a baby's chances of developing allergies, a study has found.
Infants delivered by C-section are five times more likely than those born naturally to become allergic to common triggers such as dust mites and pets, according to the research.
Scientists believe the babies are left vulnerable by avoiding the journey through the birth canal, which would normally expose them to their mother's bacteria.
The discovery lends support to the "hygiene hypothesis" that links childhood allergy to over-clean conditions early in life.
Lead researcher Dr Christine Cole Johnson, from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, US, said: "This further advances the hygiene hypothesis that early childhood exposure to micro-organisms affects the immune system's development and onset of allergies.
"We believe a baby's exposure to bacteria in the birth canal is a major influencer on their immune system."
Dr Johnson's team studied 1,258 newborn babies and assessed them when they were one month, six months, one year and two years old.
By two years of age, babies born by C-section were much more likely to have developed allergies to triggers in the home such as the droppings of house dust mites, and dander, or dead skin, shed by dogs and cats.
Umbilical cord and stool samples from each baby were analysed, together with blood samples from both parents, breast milk and household dust.
Information was also collected on every family's history of allergy or asthma, household pets, tobacco smoke exposure, baby illnesses, medication use, and aspects of pregnancy.
The results of the research were presented today at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in San Antonio, Texas.
Half of all children and teenagers in the UK have experienced allergies by their 18th birthday.
Each year the number of allergy sufferers in the UK increases by 5%, half of whom are children.
An estimated 21 million UK adults have at least one allergy. Ten per cent of children and adults under the age of 45 have two or more allergies.
Maureen Jenkins, director of clinical services at the charity Allergy UK, said: "During a natural birth the baby travels slowly down the birth canal where it ingests normal bacteria, which has been shown to aid a healthy immune response and protect against allergy.
"In the case of a Caesarean section, the baby has no contact with the birth canal. Instead it is immediately removed from a sterile environment, meaning the chances of developing allergy could be heightened."
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In a normal delivery the birth canal is washed with the amniotic fluid, except where premature rupture of the membranes has occured. This pre rupture increases risk of infection to the baby. I cant see the bacteria being a preventative to allegies and, as allegies are often associated with over active immune systems, the reverse may be true.
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