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Brocade has announced its HyperEdge architecture, a unified wired and wireless infrastructure, it claims is as dynamic as its users.
Edgar Dias, regional director and country manager, India, said that mobility Is redefining how we access information and connect to each other. By 2020, there are likely to be over 30 billion connected things, with over 200 billion with intermittent connections.
The number of wireless devices connecting to the corporate network has been exploding. It is estimated that by 2016, two-thirds of the mobile workforce will own a smartphone, and 40 percent of the workforce will be mobile.
Healthcare is revolutionized by mobility. About 80 percent of remote patient monitoring will be by mobile devices by 2016. Education engages with wireless devices as well, with universities projected to spend more than $837 million on WiFi access points and controllers in 2013. About 22 percent of pupil-facing computers will be tablets by 2015.
The three things required from a campus network solution include reduced complexity, integrated wired and wireless, and investment protection. Mobility changes the game for all organizations and their IT departments. The campus network takes center stage in staying competitive.
HyperEdge innovation radically simplifies management, and improves performance. Distributed services such as advanced features and capabilities are propagated across premium and entry level switches. Consolidated management leads to shared switch configuration and network policies, automated management and software updates.
There are active-active links that eliminates STP to improve efficiency and performance. Multichannel trunking is available to scale and interconnect. Distributed AP forwarding leads to intelligent access points route traffic locally to avoid controller bottlenecks. There is the centralized AP management, where controller based management keeps costs low and coverage levels high. Lastly, there are self-healing access points that automatically adjust to maintain coverage in the event of an access point failure.
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Spain is one of the best sources of great value in today's wine market, no matter what category of wine you happen to be looking for. From classic regions with long-established reputations, such as Rioja or Ribera del Duero, to more recent discoveries such as Bierzo and Jumilla, this country is full of vinous gems. Come explore a few Iberian treasures with us, as we team up with our friends at Heirloom Café & Fresh Market and pour five selections–white, rosé, sparkling, and red—carefully chosen to highlight the value and variety currently available from Spain. The staff at Heirloom will prepare an array of tasty starters to set off the wines, and if you choose to stay for dinner, the restaurant is offering a 10% discount on your meal (does not include alcohol).
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Kerr-McGee believes in, and long has been a supporter of, good governance practices. We implemented the newly promulgated New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards before they were finally issued. This includes having fully independent audit, compensation and nominating committees; specifying committee responsibilities in written committee charters; and updating our existing company code of ethics.
We believe, however, that complicating the director election process by requiring companies to include shareholder nominees in their proxy materials is not good corporate governance and, in fact, will enhance special interest groups' access to boardrooms. Indeed, directors have a duty to nominate persons that they believe will serve the best interests of all shareholders. Shareholders, while free to nominate candidates and wage contests for their election, do not have a similar fiduciary duty. Encouraging annual contests within the confines of an issuer's proxy statement waged by shareholders who are under no duty to advance the best interests of all shareholders is unwise and likely will result in constituency boards that are not accountable to all shareholders. Furthermore, the proposed rules go far beyond the SEC's stated intent of targeting a small number of unresponsive companies and will impact many U.S. public companies - regardless of their corporate governance practices or their responsiveness to shareholders.
We believe the SEC should allow the corporate governance reforms already adopted by Congress, the SEC and the securities markets to be fully implemented before proceeding with additional regulation. Changes already being implemented that will increase the independence of boards of directors, strengthen the role and independence of nominating committees and enhance shareholder-director communications obviate the need for additional regulation related to shareholder access. If the SEC nevertheless concludes that changes in the director election process are necessary, then we believe it is necessary to substantially revise the proposed rules to better target them to non-responsive companies.
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This Friday, Anaan is ready to release in theatres. Anaan's director Rajesh Kushte is making his directorial debut with this feature length film. He has a healthy 15 years of Experience in Theatre, Television and Film industry. He has a versatile portfolio in diffefent languages. He had scripted and being an associate director for film 'Dabba Aispais'. He had been assistant director to many films including 'Samar Ek Sangharsha' directed by Atmaram Dharne, 'Bai Manus' directed by Arun Nalawade, 'Natrang' directed by Ravi Jadhav and 'Javai Majha Navasacha' directed by Nishikant Sadaphule. He had also worked on scripts of many films, serials.
Exrtract of the Interview with Director Rajesh Kushte.
How did your journey begin?
I was an assistant director for more than seven films and learnt the ropes of film making and when producer Hemant Bhatia narrated his story to me, I was hooked and agreed to direct the film and within a 30 day shoot in Nashik we completed the film and its set for release. I hope audience will like my film, as it will educate them while entertainment. 'Anaan' is a edu-tainment.
'Anaan' title is very interesting? Tell us more about it.
Yes. We have kept it as a hook line and the meaning of the title could be only understood after you see the film and I wouldn't like to disclose the meaning of the film now and I wouldn't like to reveal the story of the film as of now.
Click Here to Watch Anaan Trailer
How did you cast the actors for the film?
We needed a heroine who is a BharatNatyam dancer and Prarthana Behere is a BharatNatyam Visharad and our hero Omkar Shinde is also a good dancer and he too is well versed with BharatNatyam and our producer Hemant Bhatia liked their looks and dance ability very much and they were signed. Both have done a fabulous job in the film.
You have written the lyrics of all the songs as well. Tell us more about it.
Yes. I think I am a good poet and so ventured into lyrics writing and have written five songs for the Anaan, sung by leading singers like Sonu Nigam, Ravindra Sathe and Anandi Joshi.
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What's next?
I have two to three scripts ready and am pitching it to producers to produce my film as I have enough experience after directing my first film which was a good training ground for me.


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How we make our boards. Part 1
I'd like to take our visitors through the board building process. As with everything, there are many ways to make a cutting board. I continue to use the following method to construct our boards. Of all the boards we have built I've not had one returned due to construction issues. I welcome any feedback or questions and hope this post conveys the effort we put into making each board. Special thanks to my wife for taking the pictures for this Blog. Let's start with the raw materials.
We get our stock from the local hardwood dealer. Hughes Hardwoods in Chico, Ca. http://www.hugheshardwoodschico.com. We'll buy the cut-offs from larger boards. The cut-offs are usually 1-3in wide and 8-10ft long. Here is a picture of a group we bought last year.
In this group there is Walnut, Mahogany, Oak, and Maple. As you can see most of the boards are fairly narrow. In this group we also bought some Padauk and Purpleheart. From time to time we'll buy Bubinga, Lacewood, Wenge, Red Oak, Yellowheart and Zebrawood. After we get the wood home we cut some of the wood into 18" lengths and try to keep it in pairs. I usually cut these on our sliding table saw (tool people…wait till you see this saw! It was made in the 50's and was built for a special purpose...more on that in Part 2). Because I use a lot of symmetrical patterns I want wood colors and graining to match as much as possible. Here is a picture of some wood waiting to be made into boards. Notice how they are paired.
I think we spend more time cutting and grouping wood more than anything else. Although, it seems like I'm constantly sanding something. Having a variety of wood to choose from (all pre cut) makes it easier for me to design the board.
So, that is our raw materials and next we'll show how we design the cutting board.
For symmetry we start with a center board and work our way out. I want the cutting board to be between 9.5" and 11" wide. I use a piece of tape to mark the center and a couple of board sizes. I like to make the center board unique. Some kind of special graining or color and then I try to build contrast as we work our way to the outside of the board. First I will cut the matching pair to the same size.
I need to stop and talk about our shop safety. For my full time job I work for a company that manufactures fiberglass and it's a loud, dirty and potentially dangerous environment. Safety is of the upmost importance to our company. Our home shop environment is the same. I have a great deal of respect for the equipment we use and do my best to use hand/eye/ear and dust protection whenever working around the machinery.
Back to the design…
Here we are sizing matching pairs.
Lets put all the pieces together:
So, this looks ok but it is a little too plain for me. We usually make our boards to standout. Lets add some contrasting accents.
After we like the design we'll mark the board for glue-up.
This is important because some of the laminates have patterns I want to match up after gluing. I've circled the area I'm talking about. You'll see the two laminates line up.
We now have a board that is ready for glue.
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My Review: Where Good Girls Go to Die
Series: Good Girls #1
Publication Date: April 13, 2017
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
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It was a bad idea from the beginning.
He was my brother's best friend and the definition of unavailable.
But I didn't care.
I had loved him for as long as I could remember.
He was worth the risk. He was worth everything.
But then he broke my heart as easily as I fell for him. He watched me fall, spiraling out of control, and as I reached for him, he wasn't there to catch me.
So I ran.
Four years later, I never expected to see him again.
He was still my brother's best friend, and he was more unavailable than ever.
He looked every bit the bad boy I knew he was, covered in tattoos and a crooked smile.
Guarding my heart from him was top priority because Parker James was where good girls go to die.
Unfortunately for him, I wasn't a good girl anymore.
My Review
"There comes a time in everyone's life when they realize that the things they thought they wanted are never going to happen."
Where Good Girls Go to Die by Author Holly Renee is a second chance love story that I LOVED!
"I would take being bad with Parker James a million times over being good with anyone else."
Parker and Livyy were always infatuated with one another. They grew up together and then grew apart separately. Now, the are back in each other's lives…for better or worse.
"…love is a word that is too weak and used too often to describe what I feel for you. It's relentless and desperate, and every time you smile I fall harder and harder."
I love when the first few pages of a book ignite a kaleidoscope of butterflies to take up home in my tummy. Gah! Where Good Girls Go to Die was angst overload, and I could not read it fast enough. Oh my holy moly! I had so many fist pump, happy feet, screaming moments in this book. All for different reasons.
"I may have been a good girl then, but you destroyed every piece of her. I actually feel bad for Emily, because you, Parker James, are where good girls go to die."
So, confession time….I have a new BBF, and his name is Parker James. He is hot, fiesty, short-fused, and did I say HAWT!!! Livy is probably one of my favorite kick-butt heroines. She made all females proud; take no prisoners, and tell it like it is. The mosaic of friends and family created an epic cast who brought a mix of humor and reality into the story.
"She was chaos and madness, her heart never sitting still for long, and when I was with her, everything else crumbled away and I felt like I was home."
Where Good Girls Go to Die gave me goosies and feels, it made me want to dive into the pages and never come out. It was angst, push, pull, run, tackle, hot love, more hot love. Nail-biting, knife-throwing. My breathing accelerated, palms got sweaty, and then the moment of triumph. It felt so good. Sweet like honey and spicy like hot sauce. Livy and Parker's was a love that disrupted the cosmic flow and made planetary shifts take place. It was FABULOUS! A fave of 2017.
"You are my grand gesture, Parker. You're all I need."
When Parker finally walked in the door, I could feel the darkness that surrounded him.
He set his keys down on the counter and stared at me from across the room.
"You're still here." His voice was soft and just hearing it seemed to calm some of my anxiety.
"I told you I would be."
He nodded his head, but I could see how lost he was in his eyes.
"Are you okay?"
He shook his head and looked away from me.
"I'm just tired. I'm going to jump in the shower. Okay?"
I nodded my head and he made his way up the stairs without a backward glance.
As I watched his back disappear up the stairs, my chest ached. He was hurting. It was clear to see it, but I didn't know how to make it better. I didn't know how to make him let me back in.
I walked up the stairs and I heard the shower kick on as I entered his room. He had left the door cracked open, and even though I knew I was invading his privacy, I stood at the door and watched him. His forehead pressed against the shower wall, the cascade of water raining down on him.
I stripped my clothes off until I was completely bare, and I stepped into the shower behind him. He didn't lift his head when he heard the shower door, but I watched the muscles of his back tense.
"Livy, what are you doing?"
"Parker, please." I ran my hands down his back before pressing my chest against him.
"I'm sorry, Livy. I'm just fucked up in my head right now. I just need… I don't know. I need to be alone."
"Let me help you," I whispered before I pressed my lips against his back.
He shook his head, water flying around him. "I'm just so mad at myself. I'm so fucking angry." He slammed his fist against the shower wall, and I wrapped my arms around his chest.
"Take it out on me, Parker. Let me help you let go."
He turned toward me, finally looking me in the eyes. "I love you, Livy."
"I know," I nodded my head, "but fuck me like you don't."


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Being a natural show off I love giving talks. When writers first get published people assume that they are good at this. Most writers are absolutely terrified of gettng up in public and talking to an audience and not just writers, apparently it's one of the things that bothers people most.
I was nervous at first and then one evening I decided to go for broke and talk without notes or cards and it worked much better. I made eye contact with the audience right from the beginning and they are there because they want to be there so they urge you on to do your best.
When I first went to private school my dad decided that I ought to try and cultivate a better way of talking, being brought up in a pit village I had a thick accent. So he decided to pay for elocution lessons at school. That brought into my life a wonderful teacher by the name of Margaret Marshall. It was quite funny really but when I came to take the exams along with a lot of very middle class girls some of whom had been 'taught to talk proper' from birth I got several distinctions. I think we had all imagined that I wouldn't be very good at this but then nobody had thought about my grandmother.
My grandma, Elizabeth Gill had a very clear speaking voice. Thank you again, Grandma, for giving me something so useful. I'm the woman who never needs a microphone. When I speak at a library in Durham you can hear me in Newcastle. There isn't a hall so big that I can't be heard good and loud at the back.
My daughter is the same, she doesn't fear getting up in public because I too encouraged her to have lessons on how to do such things and more and more people are required in their jobs to get up and give presentations so I always thought it was a useful thing to learn. You can go on courses for it now. My dad had to pay for elocution lessons all the time I was at school because I enjoyed it so much and I also got good parts in the school plays. I never did lose my Tow Law accent, I'm pleased to say and I'm proud of where I come from.
Writing is one of these solitary things that it's lovely to get away from. I really like meeting people, librarians are amongst my favourite people of all, they read the books I read and will happily spend hours discussing them, they are enthusiastic and wonderful and organised.
This is me, wearing my new Monsoon dress at Houghton yesterday. I had such a good time. It's Houghton Feast where they do up the town with decorations and have all manner of events and invite lucky people like me to give talks.
I am giving talks at other libraries soon, so in case anybody is nearby and wants to go to one I'll list them. The Crook group is having a history event this autumn.
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Looks like Blac Chyna may have pulled either the ultimate chess move or she might just love keeping it all in the family! Thats because E! News just confirmed what we all have been hinting on…Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian are in deed an item.
If you missed how it all unfolded, you can catch up here
Anyways sources told E! News, "She and Rob have known each other for a while and she had been staying in touch." Of course, some people believe that Chyna is getting with Rob out of spite since she is currently feuding with Kylie Jenner over her baby daddy Tyga.
Khloe Kardashian's made us all think that something in the milk wasn't clean after tweeting, "You can do anything. But never go against the family." Being a typical Kardashian, though, she dismissed the tweet being about Rob and said it could be directed at multiple people. #BishYouKnew!
Family dinners are about to get really interesting, because Kris Jenner says he's looking forward to coming back on the show! "He wants to still come back and shoot the show, he just wants to feel good," she said. "It's not that he doesn't want to be on the show, it's just he wasn't feeling good."
Well, I'm sure with all that booty, Blac Chyna will have Rob feeling like a natural man, if you know what I mean! Congrats, guys!


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Electric Literature reviews "The Waste Land" iPad app.
The Awl breaks down the case of 24-year-old hacktivist Aaron Swartz, who was indicted last July for taking nearly 5 million JSTOR documents off an MIT laptop and releasing them into the public domain.
Melville House is planning to launch what it calls HybridBooks—books with barcodes that, when scanned with smart phones, will allow readers to access supplementary material called "illuminations." Bartleby the Scrivener will come outfitted with 19th-century maps of Wall Street and recipes for ginger nuts (a Melvillean favorite?). According to publisher Dennis Loy Johnson, the hybrid edition of Giacomo Casanova's The Duel will include "a comic essay by Mark Twain on French dueling and an account of a famous duel fought from hot-air balloons."
Courtesy of the Washington Post, a graphic novelization of the debt ceiling crisis.
What's the deal with zombie fiction? "You have to wonder," Terrence Rafferty suggests, "whether our 21st-century fascination with these hungry hordes has something to do with a general anxiety, particularly in the West, about the planet's dwindling resources: a sense that there are too many people out there, with too many urgent needs, and that eventually these encroaching masses, dimly understood but somehow ominous in their collective appetites, will simply consume us."


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- Michelle Maria said...
Prayers and love sent to Bill and your family <3!
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Sure ! Your dad has my purrs !
Your mom has my hugs
- August 4, 2017 at 1:07 AM
- MeezerMews&FrecklesWoofs said...
Sending lots of heartfelt prayers. And big hugs too fur all of you. It so hard when someone you love is sick and not with you at home.
- August 4, 2017 at 1:19 AM
- edie said...
Sending prayers.
- August 4, 2017 at 3:00 AM
- Summer at sparklecat.com said...
I am purring SO hard for your male human to get better and come HOME!
- August 4, 2017 at 3:02 AM
- Lone Star Cats said...
Sending purrs!
- August 4, 2017 at 3:04 AM
- The Swiss Cats said...
We're purring non stop for your daddy ! Purrs
- August 4, 2017 at 9:37 AM
- Brian said...
Prayers, love and hugs to Daddy Bill from each and every one of us.
- August 4, 2017 at 11:15 AM
- Madi and Mom said...
We do so agree with your mom's fill ins!
Hugs and healing kitty kisses to your Daddy
Madi and mom
- August 4, 2017 at 11:29 AM
- Carol WY said...
Purring and sending prayers and POTP for daddy Bill.
- August 4, 2017 at 1:58 PM
- da tabbies o trout towne said...
guyz; grate answers two day inn deed N we hope dad can tell that masheenz thanx but lemme outta heer....we hope him can come home bye next twoozday ~~ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
- August 4, 2017 at 1:59 PM
- Kitties Blue said...
Excellent job on the fill-ins, especially #3 and #4. The prayers, love, purrs and POTP for Dad Bill and all of you are 24/7. And Mau sends his beautiful wife all his love and smooches and purrs. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy
- August 4, 2017 at 2:13 PM
- Momma Kat and Her Bear Cat said...
We completely agree with #3 and #4 ... too many people live with regrets. I learned the hard way. We're keeping your Dad in our prayers :)
- August 4, 2017 at 3:44 PM
- ♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...
Those are outstanding answers to those fill-ins. We are so sorry to hear about your Dad being on a ventilator. C'mon, lungs, do your thing now and do it well. Prayers and crossed paws continuing.
Woos - Lightning and Misty
- August 4, 2017 at 5:47 PM
- The Island Cats said...
Aw, we love seeing Angel Tamir. Continued purrs for your dad. We want him home just like you do!
- August 4, 2017 at 8:39 PM
- pilch92 15andmeowing said...
Thank you for participating in the fill-ins, excellent answers. I know you are beyond stressed and I appreciate your taking the time to do them. I am praying for Bill to get off the ventilator soon and get home to the kitties. XO
- August 4, 2017 at 8:55 PM


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Engagement leads to trust, which leads to results
Target audience: Nonprofits, cause organizations, foundations and NGOs on Facebook.
Facebook is about friendships. It's about reconnecting with old friends and keeping up with close friends.
Facebook is not about buying things or getting the lowest price. There are already websites for that, like Amazon and eBay.
Facebook is relational, it's not transactional.
In their new book "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit," authors Beth Kanter and Katie Payne talk about the "ladder of engagement" as a way to visualize how nonprofits move people in stages from awareness to action.
The diagram at top might be called the "Facebook Ladder of Donor Engagement." Keep in mind that his diagram is just one way to represent how donors relate to your nonprofit or organization on Facebook.
Interactions increase as trust goes up
You'll notice two data points:
1Trust and affinity: As people become aware of your organization and interact with you at different levels of commitment, trust and affinity increase (or decrease if you're not trustworthy or likable).
2Audience size: Similar to the sales funnel model popular in the for-profit world, audience sizes very become smaller at each stage of the game.
In this diagram, each step represents an action someone can take on Facebook to express their relationship with a cause, but it may look very different for your nonprofit.
Tell us: What does this ladder look like for your organization?
John Haydon delivers social web strategy solutions for "the quick, the smart, and the slightly manic." Curious? Then connect up: Contact John by email, see his profile page, visit the John Haydon blog, follow him on Twitter and Google Plus or leave a comment.
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Just Joking...
A man went into a store and began looking around. He saw a washer and dryer, but there was no price listed on them. He asked the sales person "How much are the washer and dryer?"
"Five dollars for both of them," the salesman said.
"Yeah right, you've got to be kidding me!" the man replied sarcastically.
"No, that's the price," the salesman said, "Do you want to buy them or not?"
"Yeah, I'll take them!" the customer responded.
He continued to look around and saw a car stereo system with a detachable face cassette player, a CD changer, amplifier, speakers, and subwoofers. "How much?" he asked.
"Five dollars for the system," the salesman answered.
"Is it stolen?" the guy asks.
"No," said the salesman, "It's brand new, do you want it or not?"
"Sure," the customer replied. He looked around some more.
Next he found a top of the line computer with printer and monitor. "How much?"
"Five dollars," was the familiar response.
"I'll take that too!" the man said.
As the salesperson is ringing up the purchases, the man asked him, "Why are your prices so cheap?"
The salesman said, "Well, the owner of the store is at my house right now with my wife.
What he's doing to her, I'm doing to his business!"
George went on a vacation to the Middle East with most of his family including his mother-in-law.
During their vacation and while they were visiting Jerusalem. George's mother-in-law died.
With the death certificate in hand, George went to the American Consulate Office to make arrangements to send the body back to the States for proper burial.
The Consul, after hearing of the death of the mother-in-law told George that the sending of a body back to the States for burial is very, very expensive. It could cost as much as $5,000.00.
The Consul continues, in most cases the person responsible for the remains normally decides to bury the body here. This would only cost $150.00.
George thinks for some time and answers, "I don't care how much it will cost to send the body back; that's what I want to do,"
The Consul, after hearing this, says "You must have loved your mother-in-law very much considering the difference in price."
"No, it's not that," says George. "You see, I know of a case many years ago of a person that was buried here in Jerusalem. On the third day he arose from the dead! I just can't take that chance."
Ben invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal, his mother couldn't help noticing how beautiful Ben's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between Ben and his roommate and this only made her more curious.
Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Ben and the roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, Ben volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Allison and I are just roommates."
About a week later, Allison came to Ben and said, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. "You don't suppose she took it, do you?"
Ben said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter just to be sure."
So he sat down and wrote: "Dear Mother, I'm not saying you 'did' take a gravy ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you 'did not' take a gravy ladle. But the fact remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for dinner."
Several days later, Ben received a letter from his mother which read:
"Dear Son, I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Allison, and I'm not saying that you 'do not' sleep with Allison. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now. Love, Mom"
A young boy asks his Dad:
"What is the difference between confident and confidential?
Dad says:
"You are my son, I'm confident about that. Your friend over there, is also my
son, THAT is confidential.
A small Boy wrote to Santa Claus, "send me a brother"
Santa wrote back,
Man comes home, finds his wife with his friend in bed.
He shoots his friend and kills him.
Wife says: "If you behave like this, you will lose ALL your friends"...
a good lecture should be like a girl's mini skirt...
long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest!!!!
young girl praying: please God let me marry an intelligent man
God replied: thats impossible, because intelligent men don't get married.
Father: "I want you to marry a girl of my choice"
Son: "I will choose my own bride!"
Father: "But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter."
Son: "Well, in that case...ok"
Next - Father approaches Bill Gates.
Father: "I have a husband for your daughter."
Bill Gates: "But my daughter is too young to marry!"
Father: "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank."
Bill Gates: "Ah, in that case...ok"
Finally Father goes to see the president of the World Bank.
Father: "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president."
President: "But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!"
Father: "But this young man is Bill Gates's son-in-law."
President: "Ah, in that case...ok"
This is how business is done!!
A worldwide survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was: "Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?"
The survey was a huge failure,
In Africa they didn't know what 'food' meant,
In India they didn't know what 'honest' meant, In Europe they didn't know what 'shortage' meant,
In China they didn't know what 'opinion' meant,
In the Middle East they didn't know what 'solution' meant,
In South America they didn't know what 'please' meant,
And in the USA they didn't know what 'the rest of the world' meant.
A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands.
He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside.
The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!"
My friend replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor."
Pastor questioned, "How come I don't see you except at Christmas and Easter?"
He whispered back, "I'm in the secret service.
A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, wherever I touch, it hurts."
The doctor asks, "What do you mean?"
The man says, "When I touch my shoulder, it really hurts. If I touch my knee - OUCH! When I touch my forehead, it really,really hurts."
The doctor says, "I know what's wrong with you - you've broken your finger!"
One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head.
She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"
Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Then why are ALL of grandma's hairs white?"
A very sexy & attractive female employee said her boss:
Sir, will u remove something from my breast?
Boss wow, what`s that?
Employee: Your eyes sir.......
This cat, is cat, a cat, good cat, way cat, to cat, keep cat, an cat, idiot cat, busy cat, for cat,20 cat, seconds cat !
... Now read it without the word cat.
A lady lost her purse in a bustling department store. She searched everywhere she had visited, but just couldn't find it.
Finally, a little boy approached her and asked, "Ma'am, is this your purse?"
Jubilantly, she grabbed the purse and cried, "Yes! Yes, it is! Thank you so much!"
Then she looked inside and was suddenly confused. "But how strange... when I lost it, I had only a hundred dollar bill, but now I have five twenties!"
The boy replied, "That's because the last time I returned a lady's purse, she didn't have any change for a reward!"
What did Tarzan think when he saw a dead Cheetah?
Wow! New Underwear.
there are some good ones there.
Here is one you might like:
On my 58th birthday, I got a gift certificate from my wife. The certificate paid for a visit to a witch doctor living on a nearby reservation who was rumored to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction. After being persuaded, I drove to the reservation, handed my ticket to the witch doctor, and wondered what I was in for. The old man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed it to me, and with a grip on my shoulder, warned, 'This is powerful medicine and it must be respected. You take only a teaspoonful and then say '1-2-3. 'When you do that, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life and you can perform as long as you want.' I was encouraged. As he walked away, I turned and asked, 'How do I stop the medicine from working? ' 'Your partner must say '1-2-3-4 ,' he responded. 'But when she does, the medicine wil l not work again until the next full moon. ' I was eager to see if it worked. I went home, showered, shaved, took a spoonful of the medicine, and then invited my wife to join me in the bedroom. When she came in, I took off my clothes and said, '1-2-3!' Immediately, I was the manliest of men. My wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes. And then she asked, 'What was the 1-2-3 for? '
And that, boys and girls, is why we should never end our sentences with a preposition.
This is a way to keep an idiot busy for twenty seconds.Lovely shotOh,a real meaningful joke is of son and father.This is how business is done.Thanks this hub brought smiles on my face.
excellent and hilarious as always.
I needed some new material. Mind if I use a few?


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"Listen up you undead pricks," perhaps isn't the sort of thing one should shout out at the Christmas dinner table … but it is the best moment in the brilliant, Dawn of the Dead-inspired video for Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler's festive singalong, Zombie Christmas.
In fact, it comes at a point where Father Christmas has just been brutally attacked (the whole video is a little bit NSFW) and pre-empts some fairly inventive uses for Christmas decorations – including electrified tinsel, a candy cane stake and some eye-gauging jingle bells. Taken from last year's This Is Christmas album, Zombie Christmas bounds along nicely and has that lovely mix of being musically upbeat and lyrically melancholic ("Christmas time is here, I hate this time of year"). Also, look out for the bit when Tim Wheeler impales a zombie using his splintered Flying V guitar.
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If you have 2007 Office installed on your computer here are a couple of hints on how we'll proceed.
To open an application, Double click quickly on the application icon (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) on the Windows desktop. Or, click the Start button, in the lower left corner of the screen, then click All Programs, move the cursor over Microsoft Office and select the application you wish
In this lesson, when we point out that you need to click a mouse button, it will signify to click the left mouse button – if not we indicate that you should click the right mouse button. So, forever move the arrow over the "place" we point out and "click left" unless we tell you otherwise.
The Microsoft Office Button
The first thing you'll become aware of, when you open a 2007 Office application is that there is no longer a File choice in the Menu Bar. The arrow above points to the Microsoft Office Button – which replaces File.
As you move your cursor over the Microsoft Office Button a preview image (image on right) will appear.
Click the Microsoft Office button.
At what time you click the Microsoft Office button, it will turn orange and a "File like" menu will appear (similar to the image).
You'll see that you now have little images for choices and that some of them have little arrows pointing to the right. These arrows indicate that there are extra choices for a selection.
We'll explain you one of these on the next page.
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From Amy Thomas, author of Paris, My Sweet. A love affair with Paris, New York, sweets and, now, a little girl named Parker.
Friday, March 25, 2011
In four weeks, I touch down in Paris
(I mean, c'mon. With friends like these, who wouldn't be excited?)
To eat my favorite sweets.
And discover some new spots.
Paris in April... oui, I'm officially excited.
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Thanks for the article in yesterday's NYT with some great tips! My husband and I have been living in Europe for 2+ years (20 months in Roma and for the past 6 months in Paris). Spring has finally sprung -- in a big way -- and with just one month before we move back to California, your article reminded me that I can always sleep when I get home! So much to see and do and eat...ReplyDelete
- ChristianneMarch 26, 2011 at 6:52 AM
Congrats on your article in the Times! Your blog has inspired me to go out and try new things--like the cornet vegetarien and the marché--during my year abroad. Paris looks absolutely beautiful now, everything will be in bloom for your arrival in April. Bon voyage!ReplyDelete
Amy! So amazingly happy to discover your times article and you! I lived in Paris from 99-2009, i work in fashion so im there all the time, just back from a 2wk trip...you could NOT be more spot-on with your insight and stellar savoir-faire et vivre of all the city has to offer! bravo!!! :)ReplyDelete
Je suis soooooo jealous!!! Good for you. It'll do your "re-entry" blues good.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 27, 2011 at 7:33 PM
read your times article. brings me back to the good old days. glad i found your blogReplyDelete
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Great piece in the Times, félicitations! And you get to go back. One snowy evening at Alec Lobrano's event at the Spring shop we talked about your upcoming departure and mixed emotions. Front page of the NYT Travel section almost makes it worth leaving...any place but Paris, maybe.ReplyDelete
Merci, mes amis! I'm thrilled the Times piece resonated and brought back happy memories. Thanks for the messages. xoReplyDelete
Shelli, I remember chatting... I remember that cold but lovely evening. It's funny how one can never shake free of Paris. I'm kind of thankful for that...
You're coming back?!:) Yeaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! For work or pleasure? And for how long?:)ReplyDelete
Looks like we'll be there at the same time:)
I'm excited too !!ReplyDelete
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I would like to know if anyone has found a safe product to use for cats
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Put about a half of a teaspoon of UNPASTURIZED apple cider vinegar in your cats water everyday. The acv has AWESOME benefits for your cat/dog, and is totally harmless. You can also mix 50/50 solution of white vinegar with water and spray it all over your house to kill and prevent fleas from your home. (This also gets rid of ants and spiders!)
When I took my cat to the vet after the negative side effects from Hartz she recommend advantage if I was going to use over the counter products. Otherwise your vet should carry flea medicine of their own that they can prescribe to your pet. I have always used flea products from my vet and never had a problem. I decided to go over the counter to save money and it cost me $120 for a vet visit and medicine to help my cat recover from Hartz.
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Im in Canada… we use Revelution here… the general rule if you want to keep your animal safe is spend the money and dont buy anything that doesnt come from the VET!!!
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There was a terrible snowstorm on the eleventh of February, 1910. Thick enough to render the roads impassible, it prevents both doctor and midwife from reaching the bedside of Sylvie Todd and thus her daughter, Ursula Beresford Todd, born with the umbilical cord around her neck, never draws breath. Very sad, but never mind. Turn the page and it is February 11 once again. This time, the snow has held off long enough to allow the doctor to arrive "in the nick of time" as he crows. The cord is snipped, the baby breathes, and Ursula Todd is launched into the world. Not, however, for the last time, for she will die and be reborn on a number of occasions before Kate Atkinson is finished with her.
For Ursula Todd was born to witness the great, terrible flow of history in the twentieth century from the aftermath of the Great War until the end of the Second. To witness and, at least once, to try to alter its course, to save the lives of millions, by assassinating Adolph Hitler. Comparisons to the Bill Murray film Ground Hog Day crop up frequently, especially in the American reviews, but they mislead. Ursula is not stuck in a time loop, condemned endlessly to repeat an empty life. She may die and be born over and over, but each return is to a different life, a life confined within certain parameters but by no means the same old, same old.
The psychiatrist, Dr Kellet, to whom she is sent when she is ten, offers her two not altogether useful notions to help her make sense of her belief that she has died and been born more than once. The first is fairly obvious - a Buddhist notion of reincarnation. The second, perhaps less so, he draws from Nietzsche - amor fati , which the child hears as "a more fatty," and which the doctor, himself suffering from the irreparable grief of the loss of his only son at Arras in 1917, defines as "a simple acceptance of what comes to us, regarding it as neither good nor bad." What comes to Ursula in the course of her many lives is always a consequence first of her gender, as she is, variously: pregnant as a consequence of rape, a student in a secretarial college, an abused wife, an occasional mistress, married and mother of a daughter, a single woman who "helped pave the way for women in the civil service." Though Ursula thinks, "Not that senior. Not in charge."
LIFE AFTER LIFE appears to me less a series of eternal returns than of parallel universes, simultaneously flickering side by side, in which quite tiny events can have enormous consequences, in a domestic application of the butterfly effect. When Ursula is young, she can catch the odd glimpse of the alternatives and act to make a difference. Later, she may be haunted by a foreboding, but is powerless to do very much about the outcomes.
There is much that is permanent in her experience, however. Her family in particular remains unchanged from life to life at least as far as character goes. Her mother, married at seventeen, mother of three by twenty-four, is unyielding in her belief that biology is destiny and Ursula's is to be a good wife and mother. Her father is very far from the conventional Edwardian paterfamilias, as he is immensely sweet and forgiving of much. Her outrageous, wonderful Aunt Izzie is, for all her Bohemian flightiness, a rock when Ursula needs her. Her elder sister Pam fulfils her mother's dictum but somehow manages it without a loss of self. Ursula is closest to the other "little bear" among the foxes, her younger brother Teddy, whom she saves from death at least once and perhaps twice. Only the eldest son, Maurice, is unlovable and unloved. One can only wonder if it is his unfortunate position in the birth order that condemns him to the exalted sense of self importance that at least in the days of primogeniture inclined to adhere to the first-born male.
The history of the war years tends to be told from a male perspective with women relegated to supporting roles. But in this novel, it is the lives of women that are central, with Ursula playing out a range of possibilities. Some of the strongest, most engaging passages occur in the stories of Ursula's war - as a victim of a bomb in the London Blitz, or as an air raid warden trying to offer what aid she can as walls crumble and fires rage and babies die. Or as a widow with a young daughter in the wreck of Berlin as the Russians approach, there because Ursula once married a German who later died on the Eastern Front. The moral centre of the warden narratives is Miss Woolf (many of the characters bear animal names, including, of course, the Todds). She is a retired hospital matron who had run a field hospital in the Great War and is absolutely clear-eyed about what she is doing: "We cannot turn away," she tells Ursula. "We must get on with our job and we must bear witness....It means we must remember these people when we are safely in the future." Ursula asks, "And if we are killed? Miss Woolf has the answer and it comes as close as anything to suggesting what the book is ultimately about: "Then others must remember us." It isn't a great deal, after all, but when it is Atkinson who is doing the "remembering" it is far from nothing.
Readers who know Kate Atkinson through her Jackson Brodie detective novels will immediately recognize some familiar landmarks. Ursula's father Hugh is implanted in the lost pastoral England that Brodie carries in his head and both men are deeply loving. Dogs are central to much that happens. A little girl is sometimes raped and killed. If Emily Dickinson was the poet of STARTED EARLY, then John Donne presides over LIFE AFTER LIFE. Along, of course, with tag lines from Churchill's wartime speeches and Vera Lynn lyrics which serve as frequently ironic section headings.
Familiar too is Atkinson's refusal to let the reader rest in any firm conclusion. Teddy at one point asks Ursula, "What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn't that be wonderful?" You would think so, but when in "The Broad Sunlit Uplands" Atkinson provides a life where it finally does come right, we have difficulty believing in it, whereas the lives that end in disaster are all too easy to credit and considerably more involving.
Clearly, LIFE AFTER LIFE is not a crime novel within even the most elastic definition of the genre except insofar as it documents many of the great crimes that constitute history in the 20th century. But readers who have delighted in Atkinson's four detective novels will delight in this as well. It is dazzling, brilliant, and demanding. It respects the reader in the way that little contemporary fiction rarely does, looking us straight in the eye and inviting us to follow where it will lead, then never looking back to see if we are keeping up. And it's probably the best, most exhilarating thing I've read in years.
§ Yvonne Klein is a writer, translator, and retired college English professor who lives in Montreal.
Reviewed by Yvonne Klein, April 2013
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I had some more time to work on my table before to be really interrupted by the parcment job.
You can see the post related to the parchment table there
Top as been veneered with old brown glue, my favorite liquid hide glue, shaped and sanded and I did straighten the edges for a nice clean fit.
I have ben playing with steam bending. Russ Filbeck lent us one of his steamer.
I used a PVC pipe to dip my cherry moulding in dyed black water to soak them through
I steamed the moulding for an hour before to bend them. To avoid breaking I made a system, that will be use anyway for glueing, and shaped, bent the piece of cherry starting from the center out on both sides progressively.
It will be short week as I am taking the 4th of. It has been a busy month, with 2 weeks of teaching, working on this table and the parchment table, and did not had any day off, so this is a welcomed break. Next week I should be done with the table and it will be sent for finishing.
-- Patrice lejeune


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***Is this the deal of a lifetime or should I wait until the next one?***
As long-time readers of my blog know, I've been near-fanatical about cars since my 1998 Dodge Neon nearly stalled on me last year. Well, after checking out cars and SUVs and, more importantly, enduring car sales folks (who, in my opinion, are far worse than the stereotypical politician as one of the despicable creatures on the planet), I did an abrupt turnaround, took my surprised spouse's 1998 Mazda 626 while donating the Neon to charity. (Update: She was purchased for $500. Grrr. She's worth more than that.) R., bereft of a vehicle, was forced to purchase a 2005 Honda Accord hybrid upon my recommendation. 35 miles per gallon (real world, none of that inflated EPA stuff) for six-cylinders didn't hurt, either.
So here I am, (mostly) content with my current vehicle, knowing that, within a couple of years, it'll be my turn to purchase a new one.
Then GM had to do this.
To illustrate the impact this discount has on a GM vehicle's purchase price, take a look at this 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe as an example. As you can see, we're talking about nearly $10,000 off the MSRP.
I'm in a mental and emotional dilemma. The former's reminding me that we already have car payments while remodeling our home. That's a lot of debt. The latter side's, though, luring me with the promise of a new car scent.
And R.'s no help in this matter, wanting to make me happy. (I'm suppose to be happy in my life? What's up with that?) And the too-cooperative spouse worsened it last night by reminding me about my Mazda's current condition: 178k+ is a lot for a seven year old car*. Yeah, it's still running strong but so had (mostly) my Neon before its electrical and A/C systems stopped working. And it had (barely) less miles.
Back and forth, logic versus emotions, with facts muddling the decision-making process. Argh! Why does life do this to me?
*When I took it into a nearby dealership to flush its engines, the technicians were reluctant to do so, stating the process could blow out the engine that old. They recommended the much cheaper drip(?) method.
**All images are found on the Internet and all rights belong to their owners.


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Drinking water or potable water is water of sufficiently high quality that it can be consumed or used without risk of immediate or long term harm. In most developed countries, the water supplied to households, commerce and industry is all of drinking water standard, even though only a very small proportion is actually consumed or used in food preparation.
Over large parts of the world, humans have inadequate access to potable water and use sources contaminated with disease vectors, pathogens or unacceptable levels of dissolved chemicals or suspended solids. Such water is not potable and drinking or using such water in food preparation leads to widespread acute and chronic illnesses and is a major cause of death in many countries. Reduction of waterborne diseases is a major public health goal in developing countries.
Typically, water supply networks deliver potable water, whether it is to be used for drinking, washing or landscape irrigation. One counterexample is urban China, where drinking water can optionally be delivered by a separate tap.
Essential to the survival of all organisms,[1] water has always been an important and life-sustaining drink to humans. Excluding fat, water composes approximately 70% of the human body by mass. It is a crucial component of metabolic processes and serves as a solvent for many bodily solutes.Health authorities have historically suggested at least eight glasses, eight fluid ounces each (168 ml), of water per day (64 fluid ounces, or 1.89 litres),[2][3] and the British Dietetic Association recommends 1.8 litres.[1] The United States Environmental Protection Agency has determined that the average adult actually ingests 2.0 litres per day.[3]
Spring water, a natural resource from which much bottled water comes, is generally imbued with minerals.[4] Tap water, delivered by domestic water systems in developed nations, refers to water piped to homes through a tap. All of these forms of water are commonly drunk, often purified through filtration.[5]
Throughout most of the world, the most common contamination of raw water sources is from human sewage and in particular human faecal pathogens and parasites. In 2006, waterborne diseases were estimated to cause 1.8 million deaths each year while about 1.1 billion people lacked proper drinking water.[6]. It is clear that people in the developing world need to have access to good quality water in sufficient quantity, water purification technology and availability and distribution systems for water. In many parts of the world the only sources of water are from small streams often directly contaminated by sewage.
Most water requires some type of treatment before use, even water from deep wells or springs. The extent of treatment depends on the source of the water. Appropriate technology options in water treatment include both community-scale and household-scale point-of-use (POU) designs.[7]. A few large urban areas such as Christchurch, New Zealand have access to sufficiently pure water of sufficient volume that no treatment of the raw water is required.[8]
The most reliable way to kill microbial pathogenic agents is to heat water to a rolling boil[9] but this requires abundant sources of fuel and is very onerous on the households, especially where it is difficult to store boiled water in sterile conditions. Other techniques, such as filtration, chemical disinfection, and exposure to ultraviolet radiation (including solar UV) have been demonstrated in an array of randomized control trials to significantly reduce levels of water-borne disease among users in low-income countries[10], but these suffer from the same problems as boiling methods.
Over the past decade, an increasing number of field-based studies have been undertaken to determine the success of POU measures in reducing waterborne disease. The ability of POU options to reduce disease is a function of both their ability to remove microbial pathogens if properly applied and such social factors as ease of use and cultural appropriateness. Technologies may generate more (or less) health benefit than their lab-based microbial removal performance would suggest.
The current priority of the proponents of POU treatment is to reach large numbers of low-income households on a sustainable basis. Few POU measures have reached significant scale thus far, but efforts to promote and commercially distribute these products to the world's poor have only been under way for a few years.
Parameters for drinking water quality typically fall under two categories: chemical/physical and microbiological. Chemical/physical parameters include heavy metals, trace organic compounds, total suspended solids (TSS), and turbidity. Microbiological parameters include Coliform bacteria, E. coli, and specific pathogenic species of bacteria (such as cholera-causing Vibrio cholerae), viruses, and protozoan parasites.
Chemical parameters tend to pose more of a chronic health risk through buildup of heavy metals although some components like nitrates/nitrites and arsenic may have a more immediate impact. Physical parameters affect the aesthetics and taste of the drinking water and may complicate the removal of microbial pathogens.
Originally, fecal contamination was determined with the presence of coliform bacteria, a convenient marker for a class of harmful fecal pathogens. The presence of fecal coliforms (like E. Coli) serves as an indication of contamination by sewage. Additional contaminants include protozoan oocysts such as Cryptosporidium sp., Giardia lamblia, Legionella, and viruses (enteric).[11] Microbial pathogenic parameters are typically of greatest concern because of their immediate health risk.
70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. Water is available almost everywhere if proper methods are used to get it. Sources where water may be obtained include:
Access to drinkable water is a complicated, yet vital issue. There is great diversity in access not only between countries but within countries and even cities.
Cost is the major limiting factor of access to drinkable water.
The most efficient way to transport and deliver potable water is through pipes. However, this requires a enormous up front infrastructure costs. Further the high continual operating costs mean many systems fall into disrepair in both developed and undeveloped countries. The cost to replace the deteriorating water and sanitation infrastructure of industrialized countries may be as high as $200 billion a year. Further, Leakage of pipes reduces access to water. Leakage rates of 50% are not uncommon in urban systems [12]
Because of the high initial investments, many debt impoverished nations cannot afford to develop this infrastructure. So people in these areas end up paying a much higher percentage of their income on water. [13] 2003 statistics from El Salvador, for example, indicate that the poorest 20% of households spend more than 10% of their total income on water. In the United Kingdom authorities define spending of more than 3% of one's income on water as a hardship.[14]
The Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water between 1990 and 2015 will probably be reached. Although some countries still face enormous challenges. [15]
Rural communities are the furthest from meeting the 2015 MDGs drinking water target. Globally only 27% of the rural population has water piped directly to their home and 24% rely on unimproved sources. Of the 884 million people without access to an improved water source, 746 million people (84%) live in rural areas. Sub-Saharan Africa has made the least progress in improved water sources since 1990, improving only 9% to 2006. In contrast, the Eastern Asian region saw a dramatic drop from 45% to 9% reliance on unimproved water in the same time period.[16]
|South Africa
|South Korea
|Note: All industrialized countries (as listed by UNICEF) with data available are at 100%.
In the U.S, the typical nonconserving single family home uses 69.3 gallons of water per capita per day. In some parts of the country there are water supplies that are dangerously low due to drought, particularly in the West and the South East region of the U.S.[18].
Water is necessary for most life on Earth. Humans can survive for several weeks without food, but for only a few days without water. The exact amount of water a human needs is highly individual, as it depends on the condition of the subject, the amount of physical exercise, and on the environmental temperature and humidity.[19] In the US, the reference daily intake (RDI) for water is 3.7 litres per day for human males older than 18, and 2.7 litres for human females older than 18[20] including water contained in food, beverages, and drinking water. It is a common misconception that everyone should drink two litres (68 ounces, or about eight 8-oz glasses) of water per day and is not supported by scientific research. Various reviews of all the scientific literature on the topic performed in 2002 and 2008 could not find any solid scientific evidence that recommended drinking eight glasses of water per day.[21] [22] [23] For example, people in hotter climates will require greater water intake than those in cooler climates. An individual's thirst provides a better guide for how much water they require rather than a specific, fixed number. A more flexible guideline is that a normal person should urinate 4 times per day, and the urine should be a light yellow color.
A constant supply is needed to replenish the fluids lost through normal physiological activities, such as respiration, perspiration and urination. Food contributes 0.5 to 1 litre, and the metabolism of protein, fat, and carbohydrates produces another 0.25 to 0.4 litres[24], which means that 2 to 3 litres of water for men and 1 to 2 litres of water for women should be taken in as fluid in order to meet the RDI. In terms of mineral nutrients intake, it is unclear what the drinking water contribution is. However, inorganic minerals generally enter surface water and ground water via storm water runoff or through the Earth's crust. Treatment processes also lead to the presence of some mineral nutrients. Examples include fluoride, calcium, zinc, manganese, phosphate, and sodium compounds.[25] Water generated from the biochemical metabolism of nutrients provides a significant proportion of the daily water requirements for some arthropods and desert animals, but provides only a small fraction of a human's necessary intake. There are a variety of trace elements present in virtually all potable water, some of which play a role in metabolism. For example sodium, potassium and chloride are common chemicals found in small quantities in most waters, and these elements play a role (not necessarily major) in body metabolism. Other elements such as fluoride, while beneficial in low concentrations, can cause dental problems and other issues when present at high levels. Water is essential for the growth and maintenance of our bodies, as it is involved in a number of biological processes.
Profuse sweating can increase the need for electrolyte (salt) replacement. Water intoxication (which results in hyponatremia), the process of consuming too much water too quickly, can be fatal.
The human kidneys will normally adjust to varying levels of water intake. The kidneys will require time to adjust to the new water intake level. This can cause someone who drinks a lot of water to become dehydrated more easily than someone who routinely drinks less. Survival classes recommend that someone who expects to be in an environment with little water (such as a desert), not to drink water excessively, but rather to drink gradually decreasing amounts for several days before their trip to accustom the kidneys to making concentrated urine. Not using this method can, and has been known to be fatal.[26]
Access to safe drinking water is indicated by the number of people using proper sanitary sources. These improved drinking water sources include household connection, public standpipe, borehole condition, protected dug well, protected spring, and rain water collection. Sources that don't encourage improved drinking water to the same extent as previously mentioned include: unprotected well, unprotected spring, rivers or ponds, vender-provided water, bottled water (consequential of limitations in quantity, not quality of water), and tanker truck water. Access to sanitary water comes hand in hand with access to improved sanitation facilities for excreta. These facilities include connection to public sewer, connection to septic system, pour-flush latrine, and ventilated improved pit latrine. Unimproved sanitation facilities are: public or shared latrine, open pit latrine, or bucket latrine[27].
Diarrheal diseases cause ninety percent of all deaths of children under five years old in developing countries. Malnutrition, especially protein-energy malnutrition, can decrease the children's resistance to infections, including water-related diarrheal diseases. In 2000-2003, 769,000 children under five years old in sub-Saharan Africa died each year from diarrheal diseases. As a result of only thirty-six percent of the population in the sub-Saharan region having access to proper means of sanitation, more than 2000 childrens' lives are lost every day. In South Asia, 683,000 children under five years old died each year from diarrheal disease from 2000-2003. During the same time period, in developed countries, 700 children under five years old died from diarrheal disease. Improved water supply reduces diarrhea morbidity by twenty-five percent and improvements in drinking water through proper storage in the home and chlorination reduces diarrhea episodes by thirty-nine percent.[28]
One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the UN includes environmental sustainability. In 2004, only forty-two percent of people in rural areas had access to clean water.[29].
Solar water disinfection is a low-cost method of purifying water that can often be implemented with locally available materials.[30][31][32][33] Unlike methods that rely on firewood, it has low impact on the environment.
One program developed to help people gain access to safe drinking water is the Water Aid program. Working in 17 countries to help provide water, Water Aid international is helping the sanitation and hygiene education to some of the world's poorest people.[10]
The Global Framework for Action (GF4A) is a organization that brings together stakeholders, national governments, donors and NGOs (such as Water aid) to define manageable targets and deadlines. 23 Countries are off-track to meet the MDG goals for improved water availability. [34]
However, not all efforts to increase availability of safe drinking water have been effective, and some have been damaging. The 1980s was declared the International Decade of water by the UN. However, the assumption was made that groundwater is inherently safer than water from rivers, ponds and canals. While instances of cholera, typhoid and diarrhea were reduced toxic level of fluoride were found. Borehole wells were either not tested or not tested thoroughly. Fluoride slowly dissolved from the granite rocks underneath India and slowly poisoned the population, particularly evident in the bone deformations of children. [35]. Further, in Bangladesh, it is estimated that half of the countries 12 million tube wells have unacceptable levels of arsenic due to the wells not being dug deep enough (past 100 M). The Bangladeshi government had spent less than $7 million of the 34 million allocated for solving the problem by the World Bank in 1998. [36] [37]. Natural arsenic poisoning is a global threat, 140 million people affected in 70 countries on all continents. [38] These examples illustrate the need to examine each location on a case by case basis and not assume what works in one area will work in another.
In Britain, many schools have poor provision of drinking water to pupils through the day. Studies have been made upon the effect of increasing the provision of water and significant improvements in test scores have been observed. Areas such as Brighton have introduced a Schools Water Policy to ensure an adequate intake of 1.5 to 1.75 litres for 5-10 year olds.[39]
The EU sets legislation on drinking water quality in addition to factors such as how, where and when water can be extracted from the environment. Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, known as the water framework directive, is the primary piece of legislation governing drinking water.[40]
Each member state is responsible for establishing the required policing measures to ensure that the legislation is implemented. For example, in the UK the Drinking Water Inspectorate polices the water companies.
In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets standards for tap and public water systems under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).[41] The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates bottled water as a food product under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).[42] Bottled water is not necessarily more pure, or more tested, than public tap water.[43] However, there is evidence that the United States federal regulations of drinking water do not ensure safe water, as some of the regulations have not been updated with more recent science. Dr. Peter W. Pruess, who became the head of the U.S. EPA's division analyzing environmental risks in 2004, has been "particularly concerned", and has faced controversy in studies which suggest that regulations against certain chemicals should be tightened.[44]
A standard testing of water's potability consists of drawing a sample from a known property or water source, providing State Certified Nitrate/Nitrogen and Coliform Bacteria Testing, along with E.Coli testing (FHA/VA). It also means providing testing for Total Dissolved Solids, Water Hardness, pH, and Iron Content Testing. A Certified Laboratory must provide proper operation of all Water Softening and Filtration Systems, and provide written results of the above testing with a standarized time frame (2 weeks general).
Drinking water of a variety of qualities is bottled and sold for public consumption throughout the world. Trends in sales and consumption of bottled water have risen significantly in the last two decades in both developed and developing countries.
The qualitative and quantitative aspects of drinking water requirements of domesticated animals are studied and described within the context of animal husbandry. However, relatively few studies have been focused on the drinking behavior of wild animals. A recent study has shown, e.g., that feral pigeons do not discriminate drinking water according to its content of methabolic wastes, such as uric acid or urea (mimicing faeces- or urine-pollution by birds or mammals respectively). [45]


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Good-bye sweet summer
Oh tomato, thou art wondrous and good! My summers are enriched by your sweet, juice. Now that it is fall, I will have to bid you adieu. It is such a bittersweet farewell. I shall miss you. I will also miss your friend basil who will soon also succumb to the cold nights. Many of us in the blogging world love thee. While some people consider you pure evil.
Historically, Europeans might have agreed with this sentiment. They knew tomatoes are a part of the nightshade family and considered them only good for decoration. Some people knew they were edible, however, and America has had tomatoes in its diet since early in its history. The Spanish (not the Italians) spread this fruit around Europe after discovering it in South America. Thomas Jefferson sent seeds back to America, but it still was considered evil by all except the educated citizens. Songs have been written of the tomato's greatness, but elixir sellers in the early 19th century really propelled tomatoes to popularity. They claimed tomatoes had medicinal power. As for me, the tomato has cured some of what otherwise would be a duller existence in the kitchen.
Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
The debate over fruit vs. vegetable will likely stand forever - just like the debate over toe-may-to vs. toe-mah-toe and do you spell it with an 'e' on the end? Some people have even petitioned the Supreme Court to claim it as a fruit to be exempt from veggie import tariffs. But today I take the stand of veggie and add this to Kayln's Weekend Herb Blogging event that introduces recipes for herbs, flowers, and veggies. It is being hosted this week over at Pat at Up A Creek Without A PatL. Yes I know you have already seen an entry from me this week, but I missed last week and wanted to make up for it.
I was a tomato hater from a young age. Tomatoes were only tolerable on pizza 'cuz I didn't know about oil-based and white sauce pizzas. My ignorance is due to my mother's ulcer which she had when I was an infant. Mom couldn't eat any tomatoes or other acid fruit. Even if I caused the ulcer, it's a shame I was kept away from this culinary delight. Even during my years of vegetarianism, I avoided the tomato and the ubiquitous sauce found at the college vegetarian counter in the cafeteria. My avoidance of tomatoes ended 3 years ago when I met a lovely grape tomato. It was the only food being offered as a snack at a party and I was starving. Now I'm a tomato evangelist and try tomatoes in many forms - even this summer's delicious mistake of tomato syrup (it was supposed to be jam). I even eat raw tomatoes. Shocking!!
So when I was leafing through my collection of Everyday Food back issues, I had to make this scrumptious looking tart. I have had tarts that were sweet and savory. I preferred the sweet - not even a Walla Walla Onion Tart could change my mind. The pretty circles of red contrasted with creamy white caused me to question that preference. I must say I still like the wonderfully sweet berry tarts I create, but this slice of goodness will be a favorite.
Storage: Tomatoes should not be refrigerated, because they tend to become mealy and lessen the flavor. Instead store them on the counter stem sides down. This way the ripe fruit does not become damaged by its heaviness but is supported by the burlier stem portion. Also you will be able to predict which piece will need to be used first. Depending upon ripeness, tomatoes should store from a day to 2 weeks in this manner. If you need to speed up the ripening of tomatoes, place them in a paper bag with holes punched in it. They should be ripe in the next 1-5 days. If you have to store your tomatoes in a fridge, use the butter compartment. Remove them 30 min prior to use to lessen the damage done by the cold. Tomatoes can be frozen for future use by removing the stems and core before freezing. This method of storage produces tomatoes that are good for sauces, stews, soups or casseroles. Of course we all know that tomatoes are the easiest to can in every form.
Uses: raw, sautéed, grilled, stewed, stuffed and oh so many ways. Another form to try tomatoes in is sun-dried, a great additive to bread. I have known people to have to have some form of tomato on all foods they eat. I have a great way to incorporate tomatoes with your french toast and pancakes. I let ya'll in on that when I start tasting each item that was canned this summer.
Flavor Enhancer: Basil, Fruity olive oil, celery seed, chives, oregano, tarragon, thyme and pepper. Also salt can improve a tomatoes flavor as proven in Hanna's Tomato tasting.
Health Notes: Vitamins E and C can be found in this veggie along with potassium, fiber and vitamin A in the form of health promoting beta-carotene, which the body converts to vitamin A. Tomatoes are also a source of lycopene, which has become the latest health promoter to heal cancer or at least fight it. It is especially beneficial for prostate cancer, so take heart men and eat more tomatoes than you get on pizza or on fries with catsup. My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer despite pizza being his all-time favorite food. You need to eat at least 4 to 10 servings of tomatoes a week to benefit.
Safety Notes: Do not cook tomatoes in aluminum, and non-stainless steel cookware as it will effect the taste negatively and it will have unexpected negative consequences on your health. Also copper cookware and tomatoes create a toxic reaction. Only eat the tomato itself and avoid any other part of the plant. Canned tomatoes in glass containers are healthier because acid from the tomato leaches out materials from metal or plastic containers. If you suffer from acid reflux, eliminate tomatoes from your diet for 2-3 weeks and see if your symptoms improve. Your condition might be aggravated by too many tomatoes.
Tomato-Ricotta Tart
From Everyday Food July/August 2003
Serves 4
Prep time: 25 minutes
Total time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- 2 cups coarse fresh breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup olive oil, plus more for brushing over tart
- 1 cup whole-milk ricotta
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- Salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds thinly sliced tomatoes
- Preheat oven to 450°. In a 9-inch spring form pan, toss breadcrumbs with olive oil; press evenly into bottom.
- In a bowl, whisk ricotta with Parmesan, eggs, and basil; season generously with salt and pepper.
- Spread over crust; arrange tomatoes on top. Brush with olive oil.
- Bake until tomatoes are almost dry, 35 to 45 minutes; let cool. Unmold. Serve warm or at room temperature.