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The life expectancy gap between the mentally ill and the general population has widened, largely because of comorbidities like cardiovascular disease and cancer, a study found.
During a 20-year period the gap increased by more than 2 years for both men and women so that mentally ill men had a life expectancy that was about 16 years shorter than that of the general population and women with mental illness had a lifespan that was 12 years shorter, David Lawrence, PhD, of the University of Western Australia, in Perth, and colleagues, wrote in BMJ.
That finding emerged from an analysis of population databases covering residents of Western Australia from 1985 to 2005.
More than 77% of excess deaths among the mentally ill were attributed to physical health conditions -- including cardiovascular disease (29.9%) and cancer (13.5%) -- and 13.9% of excess deaths were attributed to suicide, Lawrence and colleagues wrote.
Among the general population, life expectancy for females increased from 79.3 years in 1985 to 83.8 years in 2005, while for males it increased from 73.1 in 1985 to 79.1 in 2005.
Women and men with alcohol or drug disorders had the lowest life expectancies. For men, life expectancy was 52.7 (95% CI 51.1-54.4) in 1985, 52.5 (95% CI 50.8-54.2) in 1995, and 57.4 (95% CI 56-58.9) in 2005. For women with alcohol or drug disorders life expectancy was 55.4 (95% CI 52-58.5) in 1985, 57.3 (95% CI 54.9-59.7) in 1995, and 63.1 (95% CI 60.1-66.1) in 2005.
In all instances, those figures were 20 years or more shorter than the lifespan of the general population at the same time points.
"The findings of [the] paper ... raise disturbing questions about our disregard for the duration and value of the lives of people with mental illness," wrote Graham Thornicroft, PhD, of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London in an accompanying editorial. "We are coming to understand that this excess mortality is not the result of higher suicide rates, but rather a combination of socioeconomic, healthcare, and clinical risk factors."
Thornicroft called for public health to prioritize mortality among the mentally ill and evidence-based interventions that could reduce excess mortality. He called the situation "a human rights disgrace."
"It's multifactorial, it's not a simple thing to fix," commented P.V. Nickell, MD, of Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, "but that doesn't mean we shouldn't really devote the efforts needed to try to get the appropriate care for folks who seem to need it most."
Limitations of this study included reliance on administrative data that might not have included the uninsured or untreated, the authors stated. Changes in life expectancy over time could have been affected by changes in service and diagnostic practices. Also, changes in cause of death coding could have affected excess-death estimates, such as HIV being coded as a cause of death in Australia only since 1996, which would lead to an underestimation of HIV deaths in the cohort, the authors stated.
"While strategies aimed at the prevention of suicides and violent deaths remain an important component of efforts to reduce excess mortality in people with mental illness, our results show that almost 80% of excess deaths are associated with physical health conditions," Lawrence wrote, the same as the general population.
"We continue to disregard the physical health needs of people with mental illness and act as if they are of less worth than others," Thornicroft concluded.
Kisely reported financial support from the Griffith Institute for Health and Medical Research, which funded the study. No other relationships were reported.
Thornicroft, the editorialist, said he had no competing interests.
- Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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BMJSource Reference: Lawrence D, et al "The gap in life expectancy from preventable physical illness in psychiatric patients in Western Australia: retrospective analysis of population based registers" BMJ 2013;3 46: f2539.
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British Medical JournalSource Reference: Thornicroft G "Premature death among people with mental illness" BMJ 2013;346:f2969.


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|Direct evidence for cancer-cell-autonomous extracellular protein catabolism in pancreatic tumors
|Publication Type
|Journal Article
|Year of Publication
|Davidson, SM, Jonas, O, Keibler, MA, Hou, HWei, Luengo, A, Mayers, JR, Wyckoff, J, Del Rosario, AM, Whitman, M, Chin, CR, Condon, KJ, Lammers, A, Kellersberger, KA, Stall, BK, Stephanopoulos, G, Bar-Sagi, D, Han, J, Rabinowitz, JD, Cima, MJ, Langer, R, Heiden, MGVander
|Nature Medicine
|235 - 241
|Date Published
|ISBN Number
|adenocarcinoma, degradation, expression, in-vivo, macropinocytosis, metabolism, pichia-pastoris, serum-albumin, survival
Mammalian tissues rely on a variety of nutrients to support their physiological functions'. It is known that altered metabolism is involved in the pathogenesis of cancer, but which nutrients support the inappropriate growth of intact malignant tumors is incompletely understood(2,3). Amino acids are essential nutrients for many cancer cells(4,5) that can be obtained through the scavenging and catabolism of extracellular protein via macropinocytosis(6,7). In particular, macropinocytosis can be a nutrient source for pancreatic cancer cells, but it is not fully understood how the tumor environment influences metabolic phenotypes(8) and whether macropinocytosis supports the maintenance of amino acid levels within pancreatic tumors. Here we utilize miniaturized plasma exchange to deliver labeled albumin to tissues in live mice, and we demonstrate that breakdown of albumin contributes to the supply of free amino acids in pancreatic tumors. We also deliver albumin directly into tumors using an implantable microdevice, which was adapted and modified from ref. 9. Following implantation, we directly observe protein catabolism and macropinocytosis in situ by pancreatic cancer cells, but not by adjacent, non-cancerous pancreatic tissue. In addition, we find that intratumoral inhibition of macropinocytosis decreases amino acid levels. Taken together, these data suggest that pancreatic cancer cells consume extracellular protein, including albumin, and that this consumption serves as an important source of amino acids for pancreatic cancer cells in vivo.
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It is difficult to believe that beings in the form of men, and disgracing the uniform of United States soldiers and officers, could commit or countenance ... such acts of cruelty and barbarity. - Congressional Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, 1865It is with great difficulty and much pain that I am compelled to write about the Sand Creek Massacre. I am filled with sorrow, anger, and shame at this atrocity. The events on November 29 and 30, 1864 continued the history of depredations against Native Americans, which began with the first contact by Europeans.
A Plan to "Kill and Destroy"
|"To kill and destroy, as enemies
of the country, wherever they
may be found, all such hostile Indians."
The attack on the Sand Creek camp was no spur of the moment event. It was was well-planned and premeditated murder.
- June 11, 1864 - Murder of Nathan Hungate family is blamed on "Indians"
- June 27, 1864 - Colorado Territorial governor John Evans tells "friendly Indians of the plains" to go to designated "places of safety." Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho are sent to Fort Lyon.
- August 11, 1864 - Governor Evans authorizes citizens to "kill and destroy ... hostile Indians." The War Department authorizes a 100-day volunteer cavalry regiment (Third Regiment). Colonel John Chivington is placed in charge of the military district.
- September 28, 1864 - Chivington and Evans meet with Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders and are told to lay down arms and turn themselves in at Fort Lyon.
- October 1864 - Evans writes that "winter ... is the most favorable time for their [Indians] chastisement." Cheyennes and Arapahos establish camp at Sand Creek. The camp has 130 teepees and 700 residents.
- November 1864 - Chivington leaves Denver with staff. Companies from the First and Third Cavalry are enroute to Fort Lyon.
- November 28, 1864 - Chivington arrives at Fort Lyon with over 850 soldiers. To keep his plans secret, he stops outgoing mail and restricts everyone to the fort. He leaves that night for Sand Creek with a force of 675 men and four 12-pound mountain howitzers.
The Sand Creek Massacre
|The Sand Creek Massacre
The women in the camp thought the noise of the cavalry horses signaled the approach of a herd of buffalo. Instead of a source of food to sustain the inhabitants, the Native Americans discovered a force of blue-clad riders. An alarm went through the village as the soldiers' presence appeared threatening.
|Black Kettle raised the flags
As I ran by Black Kettle's lodge [at Sand Creek] he had flag tied to lodge pole and was holding it... - Little Bear, April 14, 1906
Black Kettle ran ... American flag up to the top of his lodge [at Sand Creek] ... as he had been advised to do in case he should meet with any troops out on the prairies. - John Smith, sworn testimony, 1865Cheyenne chiefs Black Kettle, Standing in the Water, and White Antelope and Arapaho chief Left Hand approached the soldiers to talk. Their peaceful overtures were greeted with rifle fire that killed or mortally wounded all of the chiefs except Black Kettle.
As the onslaught began, Colonel John Chivington arrived with the artillery at the edge of the village. Then the architect of the butchery that was to follow gave orders to fire. The mountain howitzers sent rounds into the fleeing Indians and advanced along the creek bed to continue their deadly fire.
|The Attack
(Colorado Historical Foundation)
|Conscience and Courage
Some of the hundred or so warriors in the camp formed lines to try cover the retreat of the fleeing women and children. The soldiers continued their fire into the afternoon. They hunted down stragglers until their ammunition ran out. Those exhausted Indians who tried to surrender were executed.
Groups of villagers dug pits in the dry creek bed to hide from the rain of bullets. These "sand pits" proved worthless against the "point-blank" howitzer fire. Most of the women, children, and elderly who were killed lost their lives in the sand pits.
Sacred Ground of the Sand Creek Massacre Site
|Sand Creek Monument
The horror continued the next day as some soldiers looted, scalped, and mutilated the dead. The mutilations were among the most shocking that I have ever read about. After ransacking and burning the camp, the men took 600 horses and scattered the rest of the herd. They also took body parts as trophies of their "conquest." The surviving Indians, many of whom were wounded, made their way north in the frigid weather to encampments on the Smokey Hill River.
Aftermath of the Massacre
Several Native American bands were "essentially destroyed." Thirteen Cheyenne chiefs and one Arapaho chief were killed. The murders of these peaceful leaders destroyed chances of peace. The attack damaged the credibility of peace chiefs and gained recruits for the warrior societies. Cheyenne warriors declared war on the attackers.
In Denver, some citizens cheered the the returning soldiers who displayed their human trophies. Others were "appalled at the killing and mutilations." In spite of the Congressional Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War's condemnation of the attack, no one connected with the massacre was ever tried in a military or civilian court.
|Return to Sand Creek
Please visit these sites for more information on the Sand Creek Massacre:
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
- Sand Creek massacre
- The Horrific Sand Creek Massacre Will be Forgotten No More
- Documents on the Sand Creek Massacre
- The Sand Creek Massacre
- "The Sand Creek Massacre" - Modified Version of Award-Winning Film


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Kray paintings sold at Woking auction
Two paintings by the notorious Kray twins have been sold at auction in Surrey for nearly twice the estimate.
The landscapes, one by Ronnie and one by Reggie, were painted by the London gangsters when they were in prison.
Auctioneer John Snape said the pieces were expected to fetch between £200 and £300 each but went for £750 and £450.
The paintings, which were being sold by an ex-inmate, went under the hammer at Ewbanks Auctioneers in Woking on Thursday to two separate phone bidders.
Mr Snape said the pieces were being sold by a man who said he had swapped them for tobacco in prison.
He said the auction house had sold quite a few Kray pictures over the years, with two in the last sale.
'Very childlike'
He said: "They did paint quite a few of the pictures over the years while they were in there."
But he said the appeal of Kray memorabilia was the name rather than the work.
"It's not the actual pictures," he said. "The pictures are very childlike in many many ways, but it's just owning a bit of the notoriety and a little bit of the history that they have created around themselves.
"That's what adds the value and what makes them worth a little bit more."
The landscape by Ronnie, of two figures fishing by a stream, sold for £750.
And the painting by Reggie, a landscape with figures in a boat and a castle in the distance, was auctioned for £450.
Both works were signed by the Krays.
The Krays were jailed for life in 1969, with a recommended sentence of 30 years, for two separate murders in London.
Ronnie died aged 61 at Wexham Park Hospital, Berkshire, in 1995 after suffering a heart attack.
Reggie died from cancer at the age of 66 at the Town House Hotel in Norwich in 2000.


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Seair Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SDS) develops proprietary equipment that diffuses gases, such as oxygen, ozone and carbon dioxide, into liquids. Seair's patented technologies can produce micron size bubbles which are more efficient than other diffusion technologies. Seair's technology provides a stable environment for gases to remain in solution for extended periods of time, accelerating chemical reactions and leading to increased productivity, faster processing and lower energy use and operating costs. Seair's systems facilitate gas-based treatment of complex and challenging wastewater and allows Seair to provide full water reuse and closed loop systems.
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Born to an aristocratic family; orphaned by age six, he and his sister Mary were raised by their grandfather. Studied at Jesuit schools in Nancy and Paris, France from 1872 to 1875. Entered the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1876. Joined the 4th Hussar regiment; in 1880 his unit was sent to Setif, Algeria. He was discharged from the service in March 1881 for misconduct, and moved to Evian, France. During the Revolt of Bon Mama in South Oran two months later, Charles re-enlisted, and fought for the eight months of the rebellion. He became so fascinated with the Arabs that he met that when he could not obtain a leave of absence to study them, he resigned his commission.
He spent 15 months learning Arabic and Hebrew, and then travelled into Morocco. In May 1885 he received the Gold Medal of the French Geographic Society for his work. He explored Algeria and Tunisia from September 1885 through January 1886, returning to Paris in February to work on his book Reconnaissance au Maroc, which was published in 1888. He lived very simply, sleeping on the floor, spending hours each day in prayer at home and in church. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands from November 1888 to February 1889, and spent much of the rest of 1889 in spiritual retreats.
On 16 January 1890 he joined the Trappist monks at the monastery of Notre Dames-des-Neiges, taking the name Brother Marie-Alberic; he moved to the monastery of Akbes, Syria in June. Sent to study in Rome in October 1896, but after three months it became obvious that his heart, head and spirit were elsewhere, and he was released from his vows.
He made multiple pilgrimages through the Holy Lands on foot before returning to France to study for the priesthood. Ordained on 9 June 1901 at Viviers. He moved to the Oran region near Morocco in late 1901 to establish a base and found an order to evangelize Morocco. In 1902 he began a program of buying slaves in order to free them. In 1904 he began evangelizing nomadic Tauregs in the area of south and central Sahara. Translated the Gospels into the language of the Tauregs. In November 1908 he translated Tauareg poetry to French, and he spent years compiling a Taureg lexicon. In March 1909 he succeeded in founding the Union of Brothers and Sisters of the Sacred Heart to evangelize the French colonies in Africa. Killed when caught in the middle of combat between French forces and Arab insurrectionists.


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Theoretical Time "" Travel WORMHOLES Wormholes are basically holes in space in which one might be able to travel in one side and out the other and end up in a different time and place even if it is thousands and thousands miles away.
ROTATING CYLINDER The theory of a gigantic rotating cylinder is just what the name says a huge cylinder that is to rotate at more than a billion rpm. This was thought up by Frank Tipler and would be possible if the cylinder was infinitely long and the correct course of a ship was set out to go around the cylinder.
COSMIC STRINGS Cosmic strings are basically a two-dimensional black hole. It is like a fold in space that could be used in time travel but not many theories have been developed about these types of space folds due to the fact that no evidence has been found proving they exist.
"DID YOU KNOW?" TIME TRAVEL In this discussion we will examine three of the many theories on the subject o time travel. The tree are Wormholes, Rotating cylinders, and Cosmic rings.
When a person enters at point A A ship traveling around They will find themselves at point B the spinning cylinder the instantaneously. Plotted course A would Theoretically send the ship into the future.
Cosmic strings are basically 2 dimensional black holes that are infinitely thin and are thought to be able to be used in time travel.


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The Teradek Cubelet 155/405 consists of the Cube 155 HD-SDI Encoder and Cube 405 HDMI Decoder, delivered to you paired and ready to connect with one another. This bundle provides a high definition end-to-end streaming video solution that eliminates the need for PC-based decoding.
The Teradek Cube 155 HD-SDI Encoder with Wi-Fi is a wireless camera-top video and embedded audio encoder. It connects to a camera via SDI and streams proxy files/dailies in H.264 to a decoder or website. You can stream by dual-band Wi-Fi wherever a network is available, by Ethernet via an optional router, or by an optional 3G/4G modem connection. You can also store the files to a microSD card as the Cube features a microSD slot with support for up to 32GB cards.
For mounting, the Cube attaches either to a camera's hot shoe or a cage/rig via an included 1/4"-20 mounting screw. Aside from the SDI input, connections consist of an Ethernet port, a 3.5mm line/mic input, and a headphone jack. A micro-USB slot is available for charging and configuring.
The Teradek Cube has a rechargeable internal lithium-ion battery that lasts up to two hours. It can also be powered with the included AC power adapter or by an external battery via a 2-pin LEMO input. An OLED screen indicates the remaining battery life, online status, and the URL being streamed to. Optionally, Teradek offers camera batteries with 2-pin LEMO output so you can easily power both the camera and Teradek with the same battery. The following three 2-pin LEMO batteries can be used for power: the Teradek Canon BP-945, Teradek Panasonic D54, and the Teradek Panasonic VW-VGB6.
The CUBE-405 HDMI Decoder from Teradek is a video decoder that outputs high-definition video via HDMI for use with video switchers and professional monitors. This device decodes IP video from encoders via Ethernet and includes a compact aluminum chassis and low power consumption. The Cube-405 comes with new hardware refinements to increase the ease of use and versatility.
With the new OLED, users can rapidly change and review the settings of their unit in addition to providing real-time feedback for wireless connectivity.
1 x HD/SD-SDI input
1 x RJ45 port
1 x 3.5 mm line/mic input with adjustable gain
1 x Headphone jack with adjustable volume
1 x Micro-USB slot
1 x 2-pin LEMO power input
|File Transfer Method
|Dual-band 2.4/5.8G 802.11 a/b/g/n MiMO Wi-Fi wherever accessible, Ethernet 10/100BASE-T, or optional 3G/4G modem connection
|Supported Resolutions
1080i 50/59.94/60
1080p 23.98/24/25/30
720p 23.98/24/50/59.94/60
|Video Codec
Compression Algorithm: Baseline, Main, and High-Profile H.264
Main and Baseline profiles
Bit Rate: 250 Kb/s to 10 Mb/s
Built-in video scaler and deinterlacer
|Video Streaming Support
Network Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, DHCP, NTP, SSL, IGMP
Transport Protocols: RTP, RTSP, RTP over HTTP, optional MPEG-TS
RTMP (Adobe Flash streaming)
HTTP live steaming
Point-to-point (TCP or UDP), multiple unicast (UDP), or optional multicast (UDP + IGMP)
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|microSDHC card slot with support for up to 32 GB cards
Cold shoe for mounting onto hot shoe mount
1/4"-20 mounting screw for attachment onto a cage or rig
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|Internal battery lasts up to two hours and is charged via micro-USB slot, included AC power supply, or optional 2-pin LEMO batteries
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Canada gets D- in annual active kids report
Katherine DeClerq, Special to CTVNews.ca
Published Tuesday, May 20, 2014 11:13AM EDT
Last Updated Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:36AM EDT
Canadian children and youth are sitting more and moving less.
Active Healthy Kids Canada released its annual report card on physical activity Tuesday, calling the typical Canadian lifestyle "overdeveloped."
This is the 10th year the report card has revealed low grades for Canadian children and youth, but it is also the first year Active Healthy Kids Canada has put the marks in a global perspective. In an effort to determine what works and what doesn't, the report compared the results of 14 different countries from around the world.
The results showed that Canada was a leader in organized physical activity through school or community participation, but these facts are not helping children and youth become more active.
For overall physical activity, the report places Canada squarely at the bottom with a letter grade of D-, alongside other developed nations like Austria (D-), Ireland (D-), the United States (D-), and Scotland (F).
The report places Mozambique and New Zealand at the top, with a B letter grade. It notes that New Zealand attributes its overall physical activity grade to their "active play" philosophy. After banning all safety-based playground rules, the country found that children were more active and that there was less bullying and vandalism at schools.
By comparing these results, it can be concluded that Canada's structured and organized play may be an impediment on overall physicality.
"Our society values efficiency -- we build more, do more and impose more structure -- but perhaps this approach is somewhat misguided when it comes to getting kids more active," Mark Tremblay, of Active Healthy Kids Canada, said in a statement. "A child's day is so structured that there is no room for free play or walking or biking to school."
The report also attributes Canada's low grade to the "culture of convenience."
A survey shows that 62 per cent of parents said their kids ages 5-11 are always driven to and from school, whether by car, bus, or other forms of non-active transportation. This same age group will spend an average of 7.6 hours sedentary.
While Canada does place well in organized sport participation, it isn't enough to offset the hours of sitting children do at home and at school. Less children are walking, biking, or running to school, and instead just go from one sedentary environment to the next.
Guy Faulkner, a U of T professor and member of the research working group for the 2014 report card, told CTV News Channel that the loss of spontaneous play was a critical component of Canada's low grade in the annual report card.
"We tend to put our kids in front of screens in a manner, to supervise them in an activity that is safe," he said.
The Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines recommend two hours or less of screen time for school-aged children and youth a day, a goal that seems unfathomable in today's tech-savvy environment.
The most positive statistic in the report cites that 84 per cent of kids between the ages of three and four are meeting the required guidelines of 180 minutes of activity per day. However, only seven per cent of children ages 5-11 meet the required amount of daily exercise -- which is reduced to 60 minutes after the age of five. And even fewer youth (4%) meet these requirements at ages 12-17.
On a global scale, an analysis of 105 countries found that only 20 per cent of 11-15-year-olds reported doing 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.
Canada has steadily received dismal grades in overall physical activity. From 2007-2012, the report gave Canada a failing grade (F).
The report encourages a mixture of physical activities throughout the day, including sport, active play and active transportation as the solution to these low letter grades.
Canada's Report Card: D- in overall physical activity
- B+ in community and built environment
- C+ in school
- C+ in organized sport participation
- D in active transportation
- F in sedentary behaviour
- C in family and peers
- C in government strategic investment
- Inconclusive data for active play
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Green Building Interview with Wendy Brawer of GreenMap.org
A few years ago I had the opportunity to interview Wendy Brawer, the founding direct of GreenMap.org. This is a system that encourages the mapping of all green living, nature and cultural resources worldwide. It's a cool project that allows people to get a really great overview of what's going on in green. I interviewed Brawer about this work for some research I was doing into alternative home building. Here you'll find the fruits of that interview:
Q: What sparked your interest in alternative home building?
A: Working in sustainable design since 1990 made me interested.
Q: Explain your work with GreenMap and how it relates to green building.
A: GreenMap in a nutshell: "Energizing communities worldwide to chart a sustainable future, Green Map System empowers a diverse global movement highlighting local natural, social and cultural resources in cities, villages and neighborhoods in over 50 countries. Through the development of local sustainability networks, we expand the demand for healthy, green choices with our adaptable mapmaking resources and universal icons, multi-lingual websites, workshops and regional hubs. Our own local Green Apple Map project benefits New York City and acts as a proving ground for new concepts and methods. To date, over 325 Green Maps have been published online and on paper, and hundreds more created in workshops and classrooms. Working collaboratively since 1995, the Green Map movement brings people of all ages together to discover, share and care for their communities.
So really, my interest is in community building! Green Maps have included green buildings since inception. An interesting example is the Powerful Green Map of NYC, download at GreenAppleMap.org/page/power – it's all about energy and had lots of building resources.
Q: What is your role at GreenMap?
As founding director, it's very rewarding to help support the greening of 430 diverse communities, and this is a number that grows each week! I created the original Green Map in 1992. I initiated and have led the global movement since 1995. I was trying to develop a green product when I conceived of using the map as a universally understandable vehicle for social change. I was co-teaching Design for the Environment at Cooper Union at the time, and transitioning from being a sculptor to becoming a designer. I have found that much of my best work is collaborative and I love sharing what I know to expedite progress toward sustainability. You can see my own work at EcoCultural.info.
Q: What steps have you taken in your professional and/or personal life that are related to alternative home building?
A: We chose a tiny home that is very efficient. It's in a 100 year old building but has bamboo and reused slate floors, reused granite countertops, and other simple living features.
Green Map System's NYC global HQ has reused furniture too; a worm bin, water filter, lots of plants; we restored the oak floors and rely on natural light as much as possible. My husband, Ray Sage, 'separated' all the banks of lighting so we can spotlight just the area where illumination is needed, and it's all dimmable (he is an electrician). He helped round up and install the reused & scrap building elements at the right moment, too. He works all over Manhattan by bike, saving tons of energy, time and money that would be spent on driving to jobsites.
Q: How do you go about meeting or networking with other people interested in alternative home building?
A: I'm a member of NESEA – their annual Building Energy conference (and online directory) is terrific. I take part in many sustainability networks in NYC, many of which are on the Powerful Green Map described above. It's great to see the rich array of new products, methods and practitioners available. And I've been to a natural building hands-on weekend and hope someday to use some of these methods in a future home or workspace.
Q: Where do you get new information about alternative home building? (websites, publications, etc.)
A: Locally published Green Maps are a great resource for this. Many cities have editions you can find at GreenMap.org. I also like the coopamerica.org Green Pages, Treehugger.com, greenbuilding.com and many others.
And I like http://greenhomesforsale.com/ and fabprefab, some cool ideas for our future homes.
Q: What changes have you seen in green building since you first got involved in it?
A: It's getting better by leaps and bounds each day. And finally, people are recognizing that small is beautiful, and the many benefits of minimizing their impact for the long term.
Q: What other companies or individuals do you look towards as being leaders in this field?
Many are on our maps! Here's one - The City of NYC has some useful resources for larger scale building projects here - http://www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/html/ddcgreen/
Thoughts on alternative home building
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the sentence … "Alternative home building is important because …"
usually, the owners are more involved in the choices and understand the impacts of each one.
- Do you feel that alternative home building is cost-efficient? Yes, especially over the longterm.
- What is the biggest benefit of alternative home building? Self sufficiency
- What warnings or advice can you offer to individuals who are interested in buying or building an alternative home but who are just getting started in the process? Build it close to where you work and minimize your commute time.


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The Bitten Prim: Our First Post!
Hello everyone! If you are reading this you either clicked the sign, the link my store spams at you, were linked by a friend, got this in group, know me and heard me squeespasm, or just googled. Whichever of those it may be, welcome! I am glad you are here. My name is Mo Furman, I am the proprietor of the Bitten Prim. This blog isn't going to be exclusively about my shop but maybe other nifty things I find in Second Life too.
Right now the mainshop is located in Mieville ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mieville%20Doyle/122/26/24 ). This shop does not contain any of the adult items that have been or are being made for Second Life. This is due to the presence of Child Avatars. If you wish to drop me a line in SL I can talk to you about those products. I am working on finding a shop location and making some cool stuff.
In other news the group ( secondlife:///app/group/bf136ecf-981e-f785-a5ff-7fb62aff833e/about click there to Join!) is up and running. Come be a Prim Biter today! The group does get free shiny stuff no one else can have. There is even a group gift out right now. You can find information on custom content made JUST for you in my shop.
Some up coming events for this shiny new store include: The Steam Hunt, Lucky Boards and Dips, A Presence in the Second Life Market and more!
I will post more soon. Feel free to IM me in world, you may get my snarky message but I really only bite if I like you.
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By the Sea's story is in the France of the 1970s: Vanessa (Angelina Jolie) is a former dancer, with her American writer-husband Roland (Brad Pitt) touring the country. The couple has lived apart slowly over the years of marriage. As they make station in a small village by the sea, they approach some of the very lively city-dwellers, including a bar owner (Niels Arestrup) and a hotel owner (Richard Bohringer), but also a fresh married couple (Mélanie Laurent and MelvilPoupaud).
In the romantic drama By the Sea, gives Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie a couple fighting in a French town at the sea for his relationship.


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Randomness: How do I know that my trading performance is not just due to luck? If the last 50 trades I took had made money for me consistently, then should I worry about any random component that might be contributing to my performance? For example consider the following equity curve that was generated by taking random trades with fixed holding period of 5 days. Iâm making the computer pick a number between 0 and 10 and if the number is higher than 5, I go long, if the number is lower than 5 then I go short. Here is how the equity curve looks on a single run of this strategy with a fixed holding period of 5 days:

Now, take a look the first square. For roughly 30 or so trades the strategy appears to be making consistent money. The curve is rising on a nice upward slope. Also notice the second square where the strategy makes money consistently for roughly 50 or so trades. What if I were to SELL the signals of this strategy to someone (without disclosing the actual logic), preferably a retail trader, right around the time when it took the 100th trade? The person would have taken the next couple of trades and thought about what she is going to do with her first million in profits. Most likely she would have called me and thanked me and even advised her trading buddies to seek my services. What if a new trader started trading and was met with a nice winning streak as shown in the first or second square simply due to luck? We know that it is possible for this to occur, and what would the new trader attribute her success to, her strategy? Yet there is no edge here, absolutely nothing backing these trades aside from randomness. Other than speaking for the importance of the number of trades taken (sample size), I am not certain on how to interpret these results given that I only have a mild understanding of statistics. However, if I had to guess, I would say that there is at least a slight random component in the financial markets and anyone can easily be fooled by it. I think if we accept that as a fact, then we would have to be very cautious when we are looking at performance reports. This means that we cannot come to any conclusions about our methodologies based on how well they perform, particularly if the strategy only has a couple of trades under its belt. I think at this point it is very clear why it would be impractical for a new trader to use a discretionary approach to analyze their trading strategy. For how many trades can a trader apply a strategy by hand when it is losing money trade after trade? How many trades would it take for someone to lose interest? Yet, without doing so, until they have a large enough sample size, they would not be able to tell if their performance is due to complete randomness or not. Any conclusions that they come to, based on the performance of their method, would be completely meaningless. Iâm just guessing here, but this might be the reason why there are so many stories of traders who make money for a good period of time and then one day blow up and lose everything. Perhaps they were getting lucky the entire time and one day their luck just ran out. So I guess this would mean that my very successful trader friend could be a complete moron that just happened to have gotten lucky. But I probably shouldnât try to tell him that.
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In this "Really, Wondo? Really?" episode of the show, we premier a brand new segment, TWIBMHUSA! Second segment we give our soccer-themed playlist in response to the Dead Things podcast. Last segment we mock Wondo. Seriously. Come on, guy.
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TRAVEL giant Thomas Cook is to axe 1,500 jobs in the UK and is asking staff to take a pay cut of up to 10% in a bid to cut costs in the aftermath of the US terrorist attacks, the company announced today.
Half the job cuts will be compulsory as the German-owned group moves to make savings of #140 million over the next year in this country.
UK executives have agreed to cut their pay by 15% and the company is asking staff who earn more than #10,000 to reduce their salaries by between 3% and 10%.


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PEG-Liposome siRNA In Vivo Transfection Kit From Altogen Biosystems
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LAS VEGAS, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Altogen Biosystems announced the release of its second generation of in vivo RNAi transfection reagent (http://www.altogen.com/mirna.php) in the company's popular in vivo delivery product line: PEG-Liposome siRNA In Vivo Transfection Kit. This reagent is also compatible for in vivo transfection of other negatively charged molecules – RNA, DNA, and small proteins. The company also offers custom encapsulation of target molecules into PEG-liposome in vivo transfection reagent.
Transfection is one of the major laboratory methods used to introduce DNA and RNA molecules into cells and tissues. This technique makes it possible to cross the cellular barriers and deliver a gene or a small interfering RNA (siRNA) into the cells for research or therapeutic purposes.
Novel PEGylated liposome-based siRNA delivery kit is optimized for directed RNAi induction by efficient delivery of functional small RNA molecules (siRNA, shRNA, miRNA) into tissues. Liposome component provides in vivo siRNA protection due to efficient siRNA-liposome encapsulation. A remarkable feature of this reagent is reduced innate immune response and low cytotoxicity due to biodegradable PEG modification.
Altogen Biosystems (www.altogen.com) has previously developed nanoparticle-, polymer- and lipid-based in vivo transfection systems (www.altogen.com/mirna.htm) used for laboratory testing pharmaceuticals in cells and animals.
Altogen Biosystems is focusing on commercializing pharma- and bio-technologies, as well as providing custom laboratory services. The company offers pre-clinical contract research services (CRO) including Pharmacology/Toxicology studies, assay development, molecular and cell biology services, development of stable cell lines, gene silencing and complete RNAi services (www.altogenservices.com).
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On the verge of a career defining deal, Gene Timbault, a driven, tough-minded, corporate executive, discovers that something is seriously amiss with his health. It takes an escape to the jungles of Central America, and into the hitherto uncharted wilds deep within himself, to find that all may not be lost for our self-conquering hero.
What is it that makes a Mother Teresa or a Gandhi, and who or what has molded each of them? Is it a divine beckoning, or the effects of Society; perhaps family? If it is some kind of inner vocation, and we decide to answer it, then by what means might we follow our calling? Maybe by becoming part of something larger? Further, what is the result of becoming such a person? And what of those who have no desire for such a mission and yet experience trials and tribulations that induce them to acquire an understanding, even a draw, to these alternate lifestyles?
One such person is Gene Timbault, our hero ultimately, who, only by confrontating his own mortality, awakens to a new world; one completely unbeknownst to him. Still, the question persists: Would Gene have been able to change his mind and his heart if he had not known his life and way of life to be at risk?
Living Lost is an adventure through two worlds: the first, a metropolitan corporate realm of high finance; the second, a rural, no frills, salt of the earth, nature-based domain. In our story, it takes Gene's desperation to cling to life itself in order to discover a new way of being, and its associated lifestyle. Which one is more appealing? The span of choice is as vast as the stars – You decide. Enjoy!


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BitsandPieces.com includes a form to request a catalog in the mail. To locate the form, scroll to the bottom of the home page; under the heading Want Our New Catalog, click Request. Fill out the form, and submit it to receive a free catalog in four to six weeks.
Bits and Pieces sells jigsaw puzzles, brain teaser puzzles, games, novelties and gifts through its catalog and online store. In business since 1983, Bits and Pieces includes some merchandise not available anywhere else, and the company offers a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. The online store features a section of sale items and a Web Outlet area with discounted merchandise.


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Breaking: Shariful Haque Banned Indefinitely for Spot Fixing
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From tonight's BCB Board meeting:
The Board discussed the inquiry committee report on an anti corruption issue raised during the inaugural edition of the Bangladesh Premier League T20. The four member inquiry committee was headed by BCB Senior Vice President Mahbub Anam. The other members were BCB Directors Gazi Ashraf Hossain, Siraj Uddin Md. Alamgir and BCB Acting CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury.
As per the recommendation of the committee the Board decided to refrain from engaging former national cricketer Shariful Huq in any cricket activities under the Bangladesh Cricket Board's jurisdiction in future. His activities around cricket will also be carefully monitored by the Board.
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We include a budget per person. For a hostel weekend this is usually £7.00 to cover two breakfasts and a dinner, plus teas and coffees.
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As a charity we need to generate an income to cover our overheads such as employing a small office team, running the website and processing credit card payments. We also need to have funds to invest back into the organisation. We add 20% - 25% (at least £2.50 per day) to the cost of each event to cover these.
We are required to charge VAT on our events. We recover the VAT on our costs whenever possible.
Early bird discounts are available to Full Members on some events, and are designed to encourage the first few people to book onto the event and hence drive interest from everyone else.
If an early bird discount is available for an event, it will show when you look at the the event page.
There is a limited number of places on an event that can be bought at the early bird price, so don't hang around. To get an early bird price when they are available you need to book onto the event and fully complete the checkout process before they run out.
If an event is full, you can choose to join the waiting list. It's run on a first come first served basis, and if someone on the event cancels their attendance, then the person at the top of the waiting list is moved onto the event.
You'll need to pay the event price to join the waiting list, unless it's a free event, but you receive a full refund if the event closes and you weren't able to get a place on it.
If you cancel your place in the waiting list before the event closes, then you receive a refund according to the refund policy.
At the moment, it's not possible to see how many people are on the waiting list already or where you are/would be on it. We're working on that as we know it would be helpful.
It's fair to say that people cancel paid events less often than they do the free ones, and it's often the case that, if you add yourself to the waiting list for a walk that is fully subscribed, you get a place on the walk if you can wait until a few days before the event to find out.
The refund policy is designed to be fair to all members, as holding and then cancelling a place on an event will have made it more difficult or even impossible for other members to be able participate in the event.
If you are a confirmed attendee on an event, your refund is determined by how far in advance you cancel your booking:
29 days or more : refund of full cost minus a £5.00 admin charge
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If you are still on the Waiting List for an event after the 'last booking date' has passed you are entitled to a refund of the full cost.
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Refunds are processed manually by the Admin team and therefore take some time. Please contact us if you have not received a refund within 5 working days of applying for one. You can do this by responding to the support ticket that was created for your refund or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com with the full details.
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The decision on whether these vehicles are allowed on a camping event rests with the event leader who will know the campsite best. Please contact them through the event page before booking.
Please note that campsites typically charge more for camper vans and motor homes and this is not factored into the event price.
For some events, including Big Spring Camp and Big Summer Camp, the number of spaces available for camper vans and motorhomes is strictly limited due to restrictions defined in the insurance policies held by the hosting locations. A charge is made for booking a space. The available spaces are listed in the same way as events, and so bookable online in the same way.
Well-behaved, socialised and under control dogs are welcome on some events. It's important to check with the event leader before booking, as it is the event leader's decision whether to accept dogs on their event or not. Sometimes they will be restricted by third parties, the YHA for example does not allow people to bring dogs to its hostels.
If you have agreed it with the leader and are bring a dog, please remember that others may not feel as comfortable as you with dogs around and adjust your dog control behaviour accordingly.
Day walks: Dogs must be kept on a lead whenever this is signposted and whenever we are in the vicinity of livestock. It's a good idea to check what the route may be like with the event leader before booking to find out more about the potential suitability of the walk for dogs.
Camping weekends: Different campsites have different rules so please speak to the event leader before booking to find out whether your dog would be welcome at the campsite. Dogs are not permitted at Big Spring Camp as the venue does not allow them.
Hostel events: Some private (non-YHA) hostels allow dogs, and in these cases it is for the event leader to decide if dogs can be brought on the event. Often there is a limit of two dogs per hostel and this would then be on a first-come first-served basis. We are always on the look out for the few and far between hostels that are very dog-friendly, as then we can create events specifically designed for dog owners and friends. If you know of such a venue please tell us.
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If there are no events on the website near to where you live and you'd like to see more, the simple answer is get involved!
Firstly if there is an event taking place near to you and you can attend then go along and take part. It is through member support of events that demand for more events in a particular area increases.
Secondly you could get involved further and become an Event Leader yourself. The process of becoming an Event Leader is easy, it requires a small amount of work on your part and we will support, help and advise you.
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What data we hold and what we do with it is detailed in full in our Privacy Statement.
We take your privacy very seriously. We allow others to see only the information about you that is appropriate and necessary for OutdoorLads to run successfully and safely.
1) None of your profile information is visible to non-members.
2) When looking at your profile, other members can see:
- your first name
- your OutdoorLads profile name (chosen by you)
- your profile picture (chosen by you)
- your profile bio (written by you)
- an icon to show if you are an OutdoorLads leader
- an icon to show if you are a First Aider
- an icon to show whether you might be able to offer lifts
- an idea of the area from where you can give lifts - you choose how detailed to make this (coming soon)
- your events
3) For events that you have signed up for, the event leader and Regional Coordinators/Organisers can also see:
- your last name
- your mobile phone number
- your email address
- how many events you have previously attended
- your dietary requirements
- your Next of Kin details (name, relationship and phone number)
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If you are an event leader, event co-leader, member of staff, regional coordinator, regional organiser or trustee there are a few other places where additional information about you is shown on the website:
- If you are a leader, or co leader, of an event then your surname is shown on the event page
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All of our Leaders, Regional Coordinators/Organisers and Admin Staff have signed the OutdoorLads Confidentiality Agreement and, in doing so, have committed to their part in maintaining the security of your confidential personal data.
As a registered charity our aim is to 'improve the physical and mental state of gay, bi men and trans guys' through a range of outdoor activities on a not-for-profit basis.
With these charitable aims, being registered as a charity then means we can access discounts from some suppliers, qualify for some grants open only to charities, and make some savings in VAT.
Whilst this isn't a frequently asked question, that's not to say that it can't happen. If you wish to raise a concern, or make a complaint, there are several options. Whichever you choose, you can be sure we will respond appropriately.
If you're on an event and have a concern or compliant, the first thing to do is to discuss it with the event leader. Remember that they are a volunteer, so please be accommodating in your expectations, but do say if there is something you feel is wrong or should be considered.
If you don't find that satisfactory, or do not want to discuss the issue with the event leader, then you can contact the relevant Regional Coordinator or the Admin team. You can do this by email or by sending them a message, oryou can call the Admin team on 0161 420 0001.
If you prefer, you can complete the OutdoorLads Concern or Complaint Form.
Our Formal Complaint and Appeals Policy can be found here.
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Charlotte Observer: Young Girls Must Overcome the "Discomfort" of Seeing Naked Male Genitalia in Locker Room
It's an Obama world…
The Charlotte Observer is telling young girls they must overcome the shock of seeing male genitalia in their bathrooms and locker rooms.
The American Thinker reported:
A shocking editorial in the Charlotte Observer counseled young girls to get over the "discomfort" they feel at the sight of male genitalia when transgender facilities are allowed in North Carolina.
The newspaper assumes the law will eventually be repealed or declared illegal. While that may or may not happen any time soon, it is the justification for this position used by the Observer that reveals the true nature of this battle of the bathroom.
The Washington Times reported:
"This is what the Obama administration nudged the rest of the country toward Friday," the editorial said. "Yes, the thought of male genitalia in girls' locker rooms — and vice versa — might be distressing to some. But the battle for equality has always been in part about overcoming discomfort — with blacks sharing facilities, with gays sharing marriage — then realizing it was not nearly so awful as some people imagined."
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The transformation is now complete on the West Lindsey Street.
Two major construction projects have now been completed that will greatly impact the traffic patterns of West Lindsey Street in Norman. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has re-configured both the Highway 9 and Lindsey Street exits in the largest single contract in the state's history. Simultaneously, the City of Norman completed the Lindsey Street Bond Project, widening the street from 24th Street to Berry and improving drainage, access, and streetscape.


text: Overview [[Oddar Meanchey]] province is 6,158 square kilometres. The province is located in the far Northwest of Cambodia and is bordering to the North with a lengthy border to Thailand, to the East with [[Preah Vihear]] province, to the West with [[Banteay Meanchey]] and [[Siem Reap]] province to the South. In the North the province consists of the re-known Dangkrek Mountains, which are more or less the hill foods of the massive mountain range (the real Dangkrek Mountains) coming from Thailand...More


text: After having a little accident on the set of his latest monster movie, Hannibal has to spend the night in a hospital. From there he is kidnapped and brought before the mysterious retired general Hunt Stockwell, who proposes a mission to free the passengers of a high jacked plane. One passenger in particular interests them both: Captain Curtis, the one man who could prove the A-Team's innocence in the '72 Hanoi bank job. Hannibal decides to take along the young special effects man who was responsible for landing him in the hospital, 'Dishpan' Frankie Santana. As the five of them leave for Spain, Stockwell designated them the call-numbers 'Empress' 7 to 12.


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Dialogue with LBPD Continues Next Week at United Cambodian Community
2011-03-24 · By Editor
The community is invited to dialogue with Long Beach Police Officers on Monday, March 28 and on Wednesday, March 30, from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
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The community dialogue will take place at the United Cambodian Community (UCC), 2201 E. Anaheim St., Suite 200 on Monday, March 28 and Wednesday, March 30. Residents are encouraged to attend both nights. Space is limited and RSVP's are required. Free dinner and door prizes will be provided both nights.
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On Tuesday, the Lincoln College Women's Volleyball team hosted The defending NJCAA DII National Champion and currently #1 ranked Parkland College Cobras. Parkland controlled the net in the early going and was able to build a sizable lead in both sets one and two to win each by wide margins (25-14, 25-12), but in set three LC broke through and was able to stay with the Cobras throughout the set. The two teams battled their way to a 24-24 tie when freshman setter Abbi Buelow delivered an ace serve to put LC up by one. Parkland managed a side out, but a quick kill down the line by sophomore outside hitter Kenzie Cooper and a Cobra hitting error gave Lincoln the 27-25 set win to extend the match. In set four, Lincoln showed more confidence and was able to maintain a one or two point advantage through most of the early going. The lead grew to 18-14 on an ace serve from freshman DS Jenna Weller, but Parkland was able to side out on the next volley then go on a three point run to tie the match at 18-18. From there the two teams traded side outs and played several long rallies before PC was able to reach set point at 24-21. LC managed a side out and a point to tighten the score, but a Parkland kill after a long rally gave them the 25-23 win. Lincoln moves to 7-5 on the season and 2-2 in Region XXIV play.
Stat Totals:
Kenzie Cooper 8 kills, 13 points, 18 digs
Kaylyn Hoffert 9 kills, 2 blocks
Mattie Giese 4 kills, 1 block
Melanie Murray 10 digs, 2 points
Erin Rankin 8 set assists, 11 digs
Abbi Buelow 2 points, 12 set assists
Jenna Weller 7 points, 2 aces
LC Coach Mark Tippett: I was impressed with the way our team hung in against one of the top teams in the nation. We got stronger as the match went on and gained a lot of confidence from this match. Even though the scores in sets one and two were lop sided, we had some very strong volleys with them and did not give up points easily. Our players kept at it and didn't give up, which paid off in a thrilling set three win and we were able to care that momentum into set four. It's unfortunate that we were not able to push it further, but it to see our team compete as well as we did against an opponent as strong as Parkland is very encouraging.
Next up for Lincoln is another home match on Thursday against the Millikin JV at 6:30 PM.


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Waking up and seeing not one, but four (!) trailer videos for Rafal Blechacz's new CD...is definitely 10 times better than any black Friday/Cyber Monday deal.
Trailer of the Debussy & Szymanowski CD - Gotta love his strong, pin-straight pinkies. It's not a fetish thing...more like I am sick of the pedal overkill many (young) pianists use to make up for their weak outer voices.


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Britain's Laura Robson moved into the quarter-finals of the women's doubles at the Australian Open as her new partnership with the Australian Sally Peers continued to blossom. The duo only decided to team up on the eve of the tournament and have now won all three games they have played after beating Vera Dushevina and Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-3.
Their next opponents will either be the third seeds María José Martínez Sánchez and Nuria Llagostera Vives or the 14th seeds Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwanska, who play tomorrow. Robson, who turned 16 on Thursday, will also play in the junior women's draw with her opening game scheduled for tomorrow.
However, there was not such good news for Heather Watson, the second seed, who suffered a surprise defeat in her Australian Open junior women's first-round match. The 17-year-old from Guernsey won the US Open junior girls' title last September, but bowed out to China's Hao Chen Tang 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 at the first hurdle in Melbourne.
In the junior boys' draw Jack Carpenter also lost in the first round as he fell to the Brazilian Guilherme Clezar, seeded 10th, 6-2, 6-4.
Oliver Golding provided the only win for Britain's juniors when the 16-year-old defeated Japan's Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-4, 6-4.
Meanwhile the Irish youngster Sam Barry replicated Louk Sorensen's first-round win in the men's draw when he beat Russia's Victor Baluda 6-7, 6-4, 6-3. However, another Irishman, John Morrissey, lost his opening match 6-1, 6-1 to the eighth seed, Dominic Schulz.


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It's time again for another challenge over at Elphine House Australia! This time, Lynda challenged us to use some metal on our project. This was a stretch for me because metal is something that I don't have much of in the way of craft supplies or embellishments but I did the best I could with what I have!
Daisy: Standing Tall has always been one of my favorites and I thought she's be perfect for the metal sentiment I found. It says "Moments" and when I look at this cutie pie, I see her remembering or either making a moment.
I colored her with copics and added some stickles to her dress, hat and flowers. I cut her out with Nestabilities and added some pearls and glass gems on metal stems. This gorgeous papers are from an Authentique paper pack called Remembrance that I got from Kim at Cutter's Creek. The pearls are from Hero Arts, the ribbon is from Simplicity, and the sentiment is from Close to My Heart.
Here's a bit of a closer look at her.
I absolutely love the sweet faces that Elisabeth Bell uses in her illustrations.
Thought I'd share a few close ups of different parts of the card.
Absolutely gorgeous, don't you think? I used some Diamond Glaze on the ribbon on her dress and hat.
Here's a vie that shows some of the dimensions of the card.
I plan on entering her in the following challenges:
Make sure to stop over at the Elphine House Australia Design Team blog and see the other gorgeous creations that my fellow designing team buddies have in store for you. They're nothing short of spectacular and I'd hate for you to miss them! And join us for our challenge and get your metal on!
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
A Little Bit of Metal for Elphine House Australia
8 comments:
- CraftinGranny said...
Beautiful coloring and design Susan. What a fun challenge this week and what a gorgeous card. Have a wonderful week! "Hugs" Carol
- July 10, 2013 at 1:29 PM
- Danielle said...
Beautiful job, Susan.. Love the purples and how you colored her hat.
- July 10, 2013 at 4:19 PM
- Sheri said...
Um...WOW!! SO gorgeous Susan! I love this!!
- July 10, 2013 at 6:03 PM
- Holley (Tondre) Barnhart said...
Very pretty Susan. Cheers, Holley
- July 10, 2013 at 7:03 PM
She's one of my favourites, love the colour choice, very pretty
Hugs Julie P
- July 10, 2013 at 7:13 PM
- Judy Garrelts said...
Ahhhhhhhhhh pretty in purple! Love it!!!
Thanks for sharing,
- July 10, 2013 at 9:01 PM
- ..Karen said...
She is a beauty Susan! I love the scallop die on top of that lacy oval....just perfect!
- July 10, 2013 at 10:12 PM
- Fran said...
Absolutely adorable Susan! Hugs, Fran
- July 11, 2013 at 10:55 PM
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Issue 11 - July 2018
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This issue presents the centre's activities for 2018, summarises the OECD meetings held in June 2018 and includes a variety of articles as detailed below.
Meeting Reports
In this issue: OECD-GVH RCC centre's activities (including several seminars and judge trainings) [See also: Calendar of Activities], Report on the OECD December 2018 Competition Meetings [Topics included: Financial Crisis, Extraterritorial Reach of Remedies, Safe Harbours, Common-ownership, Competition and Democracy, Judicial Perspectives in Competition Law and Challenges faced by Small and Developing Agencies].See also: Roundtables page.
Other articles: Antitrust Remedies - What do we try to achieve, and how? (EU), Smart Remedies in Abuse of Dominance Cases (Brazil), Mobile Phones Dominating not only Our Lives, but also Competition! (Albania), Consumers First: the Latest Copyright Related Case of the Hungarian Competition Authority (Hungary), Remedies Issued by the Turkish Competition Authority in Abuse of Dominance Cases (Turkey), Literature Digest - Selection of interesting articles by OECD Pedro Caro de Sousa.
In this issue: OECD-GVH RCC centre's activities (including several seminars and judge trainings) [See also: Calendar of Activities], Report on the OECD June 2017 Competition Meetings [Topics included: Innovation in the electricity sector, Methodologies for conducting market studies, Aftermarkets, Rethinking the use of traditional tools in multi-sided markets, Algorithms and collusion [See also: Roundtables page].
Other articles: Requests for Information – Facilitating Exchange and Co-operation Between the OECD-GVH Regional Centre for Competition in Budapest's Beneficiaries by OECD Sabine Zigeslki, Barking Up the Right Tree: Selecting and Prioritising Sectors for Market Studies by OECD James Mancini, Methodology for Conducting Market Studies by the Spanish Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), Specific Features of Digital Product Market Analysis by FAS Russia, Experience of the Hungarian Competition Authority Relating to Market Studies by the Hungarian Competition Authority, Passenger Air Transportation Market of Georgia, Literature Digest - Selection of interesting articles by OECD Pedro Caro de Sousa.
In this issue: OECD-GVH RCC centre's activities (including several seminars and judge trainings) [See also: Calendar of Activities], Report on the OECD November 2016 Competition Meetings [Topics included: Innovation in land transport, Competition assessment: using empirical evidence, Geographic market definition, Agency decision making in merger cases, Big data, Price Discrimination, Review of policy recommendations to Ukraine by OECD and other International Organisations [See also: Roundtables page]. Report on the Dec 2016 OECD Global Forum on Competition [Topics: Promoting competition; Promoting human rights, The role of market studies as a tool to promote competition, Independence of competition authorities, Sanctions in antitrust cases].
Other articles: Whistle-blower Hotline (BKMS system) by Germany, Cartel detection and the smart use of procurement data for this purpose in Hungary, Traditional and innovative methods for the detection of cartels in public procurement and tenders as practiced in Russia, Proactive screening by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), The Aggregate Index of Competitive Pressure by the Romanian Competition Council, CADE's Experience on the Development of Economic Filters for Detecting Cartels (Brazil), Influence of Market Information Systems on Competition: Experience of Ukraine
In this issue: OECD-GVH RCC centre's activities (including several seminars and judge trainings) [See also: Calendar of Activities], OECD June 2016 Competition Meetings - Topics included: Disruptive Innovations in Legal Services, Public Interest Considerations in Merger Control, Jurisdictional Thresholds and Local Nexus in Merger Control, Fidelity rebates and Commitment Decisions in Antitrust Cases [See also: Roundtables page]. Other articles: Basic Building Blocks of Competition Policy Support Competitiveness in South East Europe, A Tried and Tested Way of Informal Co-operation Among Competition Authorities, Antimonopoly Regulation of Vertical Agreements in Russian Legislation, Dawn raids: Experience of the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition, Fostering Interaction: Competition Creates More Efficient Public Procurement Markets, The Correlation of Bid Rigging and Corruption in Public Procurement Tenders in Hungarian Competition Law Practice.
In this issue: OECD-GVH RCC Centre activities and 2016 programme presentation; Summary of OECD competition meetings held in October 2015 and Global Forum on Competition [Topics included: Cross platform parity agreements, Disruptive innovation in financial markets, Cartels involving intermediate goods, Does competition kill or create jobs? The links and drivers between competition and employement, The impact of disruptive innovations on competition law enforcement, Serial offenders: Why do some industries seem prone to endemic collusion?]; Articles: Nordic Competition Authorities and co-operation; Sofia Competition Forum – a response to the need for closer co-operation between competition authorities in the Balkan region; the role of competition authorities in the economic recovery; experience is the teacher of all things Improving enforcement decisions through ex-post evaluation; foreclosure effects of a parallel network of contracts The case of the Hungarian beer market; FAS Russia authorised to regulate tariffs; and State Aid Register of the Republic of Moldova.
In this issue: OECD-GVH RCC Centre activities; Summary of OECD competition meetings held in June 2015; 10th Anniversary of the RCC; An Introduction to the OECD Toolkit; Competition Assessment of Laws and Regulations in Greece; Overview of the Hungarian Competition Advocacy Regime; Approaches to Demonstrating that a Competition Agency is Good Value for Money and Promoting Pro-Competitive Reforms that Foster Growth and Reduce Inequality.
In this issue: OECD-GVH RCC Centre activities; Summary of OECD competition meetings held in June and October 2014; Behavioural Merger Remedies and Small Economies; Aspects of Commitment Decision Policy in Antitrust in Croatian; GVH Accepts MOL's Proposal on Diesel Pricing;
Structural and Behavioural Commitments in Merger and Antitrust Proceedings.
In this issue: OECD-GVH RCC Centre activities; meeting reports; OECD work on International Co-operation; OECD Review of Competition Law and Policy in Romania; New Developments Concerning Buyer Power - A Common European Approach towards Unfair Trading Practices Legislation?; Application of the Leniency Institute in the Republic of Serbia; Main Features of Antimonopoly Regulation; Control in the Electricity Sector in the Russian Federation.
In this issue: OECD-GVH RCC Centre activities; meeting reports; Competition and Quality; Cartel Detection Methods in Hungary; Pay-For-Delay Deals; Serbian Law on Protection of Competition; Leniency Programme for Participation in Anticompetitive concerted actions in Ukraine; Monitoring in the Banking Sector in Kosovo; Competition Law and Policy in Montenegro.
In this issue: OECD-GVH RCC Centre activities; meeting reports; National Health Insurance Fund Act Restricts Competition in the Retail Market of Reimbursable Drugs in Bulgaria; Croatian Competition Enforcement Challenges; The Development of the Leniency Programme in Hungary; Antitrust Regulation in the Field of Intellectual Property.
Taxi, ride-sourcing and ride-sharing services, Challenges and co-ordination of leniency programmes, Consumer-facing remedies, Non-price effects of mergers, Implications of E-commerce for Competition Policy, Market concentration, Blockchain and competition policy
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Do you need proof that this blog is putting some serious effort in interpreting Brazil for you?
On November, 2012, I wrote the article below:
Why do they invest in Brazil if importing seems so cheap right now?
And concluded that:
Half the world knows that the Brazilian Real is way too appreciated right now. This is not going to last forever. (Some anticipate an exchange rate crisis somewhere in the next 3 years).
It is 2013 now. I see imports getting more and more expensive, now that the Real has started to come closer to its real value.
So, when are you going to invest in Brazil?
When you do, make sure to read: How to incorporate a Brazilian company through foreign direct investment
*By the way, the genius part may have been an overstatement. Let's just say I read the official economic forecast by the Federal government and always bet on the opposite.


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Spring is a time for renewal, so I am happy to announce that I have freshened up some of the permanent pages on the blog to make them more useful.
When I launched this blog more than two years ago, there were just few dozen Canadian ETFs, so it was practical to catalogue them on a single page. No longer. Today there are more than 300 exchange-traded products on the TSX, with so many being added that it is impossible for me to keep the page up to date.
Moreover, I feel that I can do far more service by helping readers navigate the dizzying array of choices. So the new ETFs page includes a small number of recommendations for each of the major asset classes. I have also included US-listed ETFs among these recommendations, where appropriate.
The situation is different with index mutual funds. The sad truth is that most index funds in Canada are so expensive that they're not worth recommending to anyone. So my new Index Funds page includes only those that are genuinely useful, as well as some guidance about which fund family may be appropriate for different circumstances.
Finally, I have deleted the Cheapskate's Portfolio from my Model Portfolios page. The appearance of Vanguard in Canada has made this portfolio mostly obsolete. I've also come to believe that any portfolio large enough to be meaningfully affected by a few basis points in cost should be more diversified anyway. The Complete Couch Potato would be a better choice.