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Title: Nanny Duties, Newborn Care Specialists Definitions and Duties
Headings: INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
What is a babysitter?
What is a nanny?
What is a newborn care specialist?
Other Terms for Specialty Nannies in the In-Home Childcare Industry
The Family Daycare
Content: It is very important in a nanny share arrangement that all parties are good communicators, and that there is a well written nanny-parent agreement with each family. Nanny shares can be very successful, but only when everyone is on the same page about important issues like illness, discipline style, outings, etc. Nursery Nurses
The title nursery nurse is used in Great Britain and refers to a person who has received special training and preparation in caring for young children. When employed by the family, she or he may live in or outside of the family’s home. A nursery nurse works independently and is responsible for everything related to the care of the children. Duties are generally restricted to child care and the domestic tasks related to child care. Nursery nurses on average work 50 to 60 hours per week. In addition to specialized training, the nursery nurse will also have successfully passed the national British certification examination of the Council for Awards in Children’s Care and Education (CACHE), which is formerly referred to as the National Nursery Examination Board Certificate (NNEB). In the United States, the term “nurse” is reserved strictly for licensed medical professionals. Parents’ Helpers
A parents’ helper is employed by a family to provide full-time or part-time child care and domestic help for families in which one parent is home most of the time.
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http://nanny.org/resources/families/in-home-child-care-definitions/
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_500507216#9_876027613
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Title: Nanny Duties, Newborn Care Specialists Definitions and Duties
Headings: INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
What is a babysitter?
What is a nanny?
What is a newborn care specialist?
Other Terms for Specialty Nannies in the In-Home Childcare Industry
The Family Daycare
Content: Duties are generally restricted to child care and the domestic tasks related to child care. Nursery nurses on average work 50 to 60 hours per week. In addition to specialized training, the nursery nurse will also have successfully passed the national British certification examination of the Council for Awards in Children’s Care and Education (CACHE), which is formerly referred to as the National Nursery Examination Board Certificate (NNEB). In the United States, the term “nurse” is reserved strictly for licensed medical professionals. Parents’ Helpers
A parents’ helper is employed by a family to provide full-time or part-time child care and domestic help for families in which one parent is home most of the time. Parents’ helpers may be left in charge of the children for brief periods of time and may or may not have previous child care experience. Resort Nannies
A Resort Nanny is an adult who provides temporary, high quality childcare services to a child while the family is traveling to a hotel or resort. These nannies provide more than just supervisory care but work to stimulate the child and help them experience the very best while their family is on vacation or staying at the hotel. They may work with the same family year after year as the family travels back to the destination or they may work with a family only once. Sleep Trainers
A sleep trainer is a nanny who specializes in developing individual routines and systems for helping babies and children develop solid, healthy sleep habits.
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http://nanny.org/resources/families/in-home-child-care-definitions/
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_500507216#10_876029681
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Title: Nanny Duties, Newborn Care Specialists Definitions and Duties
Headings: INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
What is a babysitter?
What is a nanny?
What is a newborn care specialist?
Other Terms for Specialty Nannies in the In-Home Childcare Industry
The Family Daycare
Content: Parents’ helpers may be left in charge of the children for brief periods of time and may or may not have previous child care experience. Resort Nannies
A Resort Nanny is an adult who provides temporary, high quality childcare services to a child while the family is traveling to a hotel or resort. These nannies provide more than just supervisory care but work to stimulate the child and help them experience the very best while their family is on vacation or staying at the hotel. They may work with the same family year after year as the family travels back to the destination or they may work with a family only once. Sleep Trainers
A sleep trainer is a nanny who specializes in developing individual routines and systems for helping babies and children develop solid, healthy sleep habits. Temporary Nannies
A temporary nanny accepts short-term employment. Temporary nannies may provide emergency care, sick care or backup care. These assignments may last anywhere from a few hours to several months. Some temporary nannies travel with families to assist with child care. Travel Nannies
A Travel Nanny provides care for the children of a family while they travel.
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http://nanny.org/resources/families/in-home-child-care-definitions/
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_500507216#11_876031378
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Title: Nanny Duties, Newborn Care Specialists Definitions and Duties
Headings: INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
What is a babysitter?
What is a nanny?
What is a newborn care specialist?
Other Terms for Specialty Nannies in the In-Home Childcare Industry
The Family Daycare
Content: Temporary Nannies
A temporary nanny accepts short-term employment. Temporary nannies may provide emergency care, sick care or backup care. These assignments may last anywhere from a few hours to several months. Some temporary nannies travel with families to assist with child care. Travel Nannies
A Travel Nanny provides care for the children of a family while they travel. This employment can be on a short-term or long-term basis. They may work with a family only once or regularly at different times throughout the year. This nanny will live with the family as they travel in the accommodations the family selects. The Family Daycare
A Family Daycare does not take place in the children’s home but instead in the home of the child care provider. The caregiver is a business owner pays taxes accordingly.
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http://nanny.org/resources/families/in-home-child-care-definitions/
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_500507216#12_876032713
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Title: Nanny Duties, Newborn Care Specialists Definitions and Duties
Headings: INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
What is a babysitter?
What is a nanny?
What is a newborn care specialist?
Other Terms for Specialty Nannies in the In-Home Childcare Industry
The Family Daycare
Content: This employment can be on a short-term or long-term basis. They may work with a family only once or regularly at different times throughout the year. This nanny will live with the family as they travel in the accommodations the family selects. The Family Daycare
A Family Daycare does not take place in the children’s home but instead in the home of the child care provider. The caregiver is a business owner pays taxes accordingly. Family Daycare owners should reach out to their local department of children and families to find regulations on this type of daycare.
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http://nanny.org/resources/families/in-home-child-care-definitions/
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_500839655#7_876643637
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Title: Nature's Eye: Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Headings:
Friday, April 4, 2014
Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Key facts
Transmission
Signs and symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention and treatment
Natural host of Ebola virus
Ebola virus in animals
Prevention
WHO response
T able: Chronology of previous Ebola virus disease outbreaks
For more information contact:
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever treated?
Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
What is Ebola Virus?
Types or Classification of Ebola Virus
Zaire Ebola Virus (ZEBOV)
Ebola Sudan Virus (SEBOV)
Ebola Reston Virus (REBOV)
Ivory Coast Ebola Virus (CIEBOV)
Bundibugyo Ebola Virus
Signs and Symptoms of Ebola Virus
Virology of Ebola Virus
Ebola Virus Structure
Ebola Virus Genome or Hereditary Information
Ebola Virus Replication
Ebola Virus Epidemiology
Ebola Virus Natural Reservoirs
Ebola Virus Transmission
Ebola Virus History
Pictures of Ebola Virus
References :
What is Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
Where is Ebola virus found in nature?
What are the symptoms of Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever clinically diagnosed?
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Fact Sheet
What laboratory tests are used to diagnose Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
http://www.medicinenet.com/ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_ebola_hf/page4.htm#how_is_ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_treated
Content: malaria, typhoid fever, shigellosis, cholera, leptospirosis, plague, rickettsiosis, relapsing fever, meningitis, hepatitis and other viral haemorrhagic fevers. Ebola virus infections can be diagnosed definitively in a laboratory through several types of tests: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
antigen detection tests
serum neutralization test
reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay
virus isolation by cell culture. Samples from patients are an extreme biohazard risk; testing should be conducted under maximum biological containment conditions. Prevention and treatment
No vaccine for EVD is available. Several vaccines are being tested, but none are available for clinical use. Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care. Patients are frequently dehydrated and require oral rehydration with solutions containing electrolytes or intravenous fluids. No specific treatment is available.
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http://naomispenny.blogspot.com/2014/04/ebola-virus-disease-ebola-virus.html
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_500839655#10_876652119
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Title: Nature's Eye: Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Headings:
Friday, April 4, 2014
Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Key facts
Transmission
Signs and symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention and treatment
Natural host of Ebola virus
Ebola virus in animals
Prevention
WHO response
T able: Chronology of previous Ebola virus disease outbreaks
For more information contact:
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever treated?
Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
What is Ebola Virus?
Types or Classification of Ebola Virus
Zaire Ebola Virus (ZEBOV)
Ebola Sudan Virus (SEBOV)
Ebola Reston Virus (REBOV)
Ivory Coast Ebola Virus (CIEBOV)
Bundibugyo Ebola Virus
Signs and Symptoms of Ebola Virus
Virology of Ebola Virus
Ebola Virus Structure
Ebola Virus Genome or Hereditary Information
Ebola Virus Replication
Ebola Virus Epidemiology
Ebola Virus Natural Reservoirs
Ebola Virus Transmission
Ebola Virus History
Pictures of Ebola Virus
References :
What is Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
Where is Ebola virus found in nature?
What are the symptoms of Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever clinically diagnosed?
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Fact Sheet
What laboratory tests are used to diagnose Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
http://www.medicinenet.com/ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_ebola_hf/page4.htm#how_is_ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_treated
Content: RESTV has caused severe EVD outbreaks in macaque monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) farmed in Philippines and detected in monkeys imported into the USA in 1989, 1990 and 1996, and in monkeys imported to Italy from Philippines in 1992. Since 2008, RESTV viruses have been detected during several outbreaks of a deadly disease in pigs in Philippines and China. Asymptomatic infection in pigs has been reported and experimental inoculations have shown that RESTV cannot cause disease in pigs. Prevention
Controlling Ebola Reston in domestic animals
No animal vaccine against RESTV is available. Routine cleaning and disinfection of pig or monkey farms (with sodium hypochlorite or other detergents) should be effective in inactivating the virus. If an outbreak is suspected, the premises should be quarantined immediately. Culling of infected animals, with close supervision of burial or incineration of carcasses, may be necessary to reduce the risk of animal-to-human transmission. Restricting or banning the movement of animals from infected farms to other areas can reduce the spread of the disease. As RESTV outbreaks in pigs and monkeys have preceded human infections, the establishment of an active animal health surveillance system to detect new cases is essential in providing early warning for veterinary and human public health authorities. Reducing the risk of Ebola infection in people
In the absence of effective treatment and a human vaccine, raising awareness of the risk factors for Ebola infection and the protective measures individuals can take is the only way to reduce human infection and death.
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http://naomispenny.blogspot.com/2014/04/ebola-virus-disease-ebola-virus.html
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_500839655#11_876655452
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Title: Nature's Eye: Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Headings:
Friday, April 4, 2014
Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Key facts
Transmission
Signs and symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention and treatment
Natural host of Ebola virus
Ebola virus in animals
Prevention
WHO response
T able: Chronology of previous Ebola virus disease outbreaks
For more information contact:
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever treated?
Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
What is Ebola Virus?
Types or Classification of Ebola Virus
Zaire Ebola Virus (ZEBOV)
Ebola Sudan Virus (SEBOV)
Ebola Reston Virus (REBOV)
Ivory Coast Ebola Virus (CIEBOV)
Bundibugyo Ebola Virus
Signs and Symptoms of Ebola Virus
Virology of Ebola Virus
Ebola Virus Structure
Ebola Virus Genome or Hereditary Information
Ebola Virus Replication
Ebola Virus Epidemiology
Ebola Virus Natural Reservoirs
Ebola Virus Transmission
Ebola Virus History
Pictures of Ebola Virus
References :
What is Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
Where is Ebola virus found in nature?
What are the symptoms of Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever clinically diagnosed?
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Fact Sheet
What laboratory tests are used to diagnose Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
http://www.medicinenet.com/ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_ebola_hf/page4.htm#how_is_ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_treated
Content: If an outbreak is suspected, the premises should be quarantined immediately. Culling of infected animals, with close supervision of burial or incineration of carcasses, may be necessary to reduce the risk of animal-to-human transmission. Restricting or banning the movement of animals from infected farms to other areas can reduce the spread of the disease. As RESTV outbreaks in pigs and monkeys have preceded human infections, the establishment of an active animal health surveillance system to detect new cases is essential in providing early warning for veterinary and human public health authorities. Reducing the risk of Ebola infection in people
In the absence of effective treatment and a human vaccine, raising awareness of the risk factors for Ebola infection and the protective measures individuals can take is the only way to reduce human infection and death. In Africa, during EVD outbreaks, educational public health messages for risk reduction should focus on several factors: Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human transmission from contact with infected fruit bats or monkeys/apes and the consumption of their raw meat. Animals should be handled with gloves and other appropriate protective clothing. Animal products (blood and meat) should be thoroughly cooked before consumption. Reducing the risk of human-to-human transmission in the community arising from direct or close contact with infected patients, particularly with their bodily fluids.
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http://naomispenny.blogspot.com/2014/04/ebola-virus-disease-ebola-virus.html
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_500839655#12_876658638
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Title: Nature's Eye: Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Headings:
Friday, April 4, 2014
Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Key facts
Transmission
Signs and symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention and treatment
Natural host of Ebola virus
Ebola virus in animals
Prevention
WHO response
T able: Chronology of previous Ebola virus disease outbreaks
For more information contact:
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever treated?
Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
What is Ebola Virus?
Types or Classification of Ebola Virus
Zaire Ebola Virus (ZEBOV)
Ebola Sudan Virus (SEBOV)
Ebola Reston Virus (REBOV)
Ivory Coast Ebola Virus (CIEBOV)
Bundibugyo Ebola Virus
Signs and Symptoms of Ebola Virus
Virology of Ebola Virus
Ebola Virus Structure
Ebola Virus Genome or Hereditary Information
Ebola Virus Replication
Ebola Virus Epidemiology
Ebola Virus Natural Reservoirs
Ebola Virus Transmission
Ebola Virus History
Pictures of Ebola Virus
References :
What is Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
Where is Ebola virus found in nature?
What are the symptoms of Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever clinically diagnosed?
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Fact Sheet
What laboratory tests are used to diagnose Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
http://www.medicinenet.com/ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_ebola_hf/page4.htm#how_is_ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_treated
Content: In Africa, during EVD outbreaks, educational public health messages for risk reduction should focus on several factors: Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human transmission from contact with infected fruit bats or monkeys/apes and the consumption of their raw meat. Animals should be handled with gloves and other appropriate protective clothing. Animal products (blood and meat) should be thoroughly cooked before consumption. Reducing the risk of human-to-human transmission in the community arising from direct or close contact with infected patients, particularly with their bodily fluids. Close physical contact with Ebola patients should be avoided. Gloves and appropriate personal protective equipment should be worn when taking care of ill patients at home. Regular hand washing is required after visiting patients in hospital, as well as after taking care of patients at home. Communities affected by Ebola should inform the population about the nature of the disease and about outbreak containment measures, including burial of the dead. People who have died from Ebola should be promptly and safely buried.
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http://naomispenny.blogspot.com/2014/04/ebola-virus-disease-ebola-virus.html
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_500839655#13_876661475
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Title: Nature's Eye: Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Headings:
Friday, April 4, 2014
Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Key facts
Transmission
Signs and symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention and treatment
Natural host of Ebola virus
Ebola virus in animals
Prevention
WHO response
T able: Chronology of previous Ebola virus disease outbreaks
For more information contact:
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever treated?
Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
What is Ebola Virus?
Types or Classification of Ebola Virus
Zaire Ebola Virus (ZEBOV)
Ebola Sudan Virus (SEBOV)
Ebola Reston Virus (REBOV)
Ivory Coast Ebola Virus (CIEBOV)
Bundibugyo Ebola Virus
Signs and Symptoms of Ebola Virus
Virology of Ebola Virus
Ebola Virus Structure
Ebola Virus Genome or Hereditary Information
Ebola Virus Replication
Ebola Virus Epidemiology
Ebola Virus Natural Reservoirs
Ebola Virus Transmission
Ebola Virus History
Pictures of Ebola Virus
References :
What is Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
Where is Ebola virus found in nature?
What are the symptoms of Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever clinically diagnosed?
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Fact Sheet
What laboratory tests are used to diagnose Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
http://www.medicinenet.com/ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_ebola_hf/page4.htm#how_is_ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_treated
Content: Close physical contact with Ebola patients should be avoided. Gloves and appropriate personal protective equipment should be worn when taking care of ill patients at home. Regular hand washing is required after visiting patients in hospital, as well as after taking care of patients at home. Communities affected by Ebola should inform the population about the nature of the disease and about outbreak containment measures, including burial of the dead. People who have died from Ebola should be promptly and safely buried. Pig farms in Africa can play a role in the amplification of infection because of the presence of fruit bats on these farms. Appropriate biosecurity measures should be in place to limit transmission. For RESTV, educational public health messages should focus on reducing the risk of pig-to-human transmission as a result of unsafe animal husbandry and slaughtering practices, and unsafe consumption of fresh blood, raw milk or animal tissue. Gloves and other appropriate protective clothing should be worn when handling sick animals or their tissues and when slaughtering animals. In regions where RESTV has been reported in pigs, all animal products (blood, meat and milk) should be thoroughly cooked before eating.
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http://naomispenny.blogspot.com/2014/04/ebola-virus-disease-ebola-virus.html
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_500839655#14_876664435
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Title: Nature's Eye: Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Headings:
Friday, April 4, 2014
Ebola Virus Disease- Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
Key facts
Transmission
Signs and symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention and treatment
Natural host of Ebola virus
Ebola virus in animals
Prevention
WHO response
T able: Chronology of previous Ebola virus disease outbreaks
For more information contact:
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever treated?
Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Pictures, Structure, facts and History »
What is Ebola Virus?
Types or Classification of Ebola Virus
Zaire Ebola Virus (ZEBOV)
Ebola Sudan Virus (SEBOV)
Ebola Reston Virus (REBOV)
Ivory Coast Ebola Virus (CIEBOV)
Bundibugyo Ebola Virus
Signs and Symptoms of Ebola Virus
Virology of Ebola Virus
Ebola Virus Structure
Ebola Virus Genome or Hereditary Information
Ebola Virus Replication
Ebola Virus Epidemiology
Ebola Virus Natural Reservoirs
Ebola Virus Transmission
Ebola Virus History
Pictures of Ebola Virus
References :
What is Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
Where is Ebola virus found in nature?
What are the symptoms of Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
How is Ebola hemorrhagic fever clinically diagnosed?
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Fact Sheet
What laboratory tests are used to diagnose Ebola hemorrhagic fever?
http://www.medicinenet.com/ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_ebola_hf/page4.htm#how_is_ebola_hemorrhagic_fever_treated
Content: Pig farms in Africa can play a role in the amplification of infection because of the presence of fruit bats on these farms. Appropriate biosecurity measures should be in place to limit transmission. For RESTV, educational public health messages should focus on reducing the risk of pig-to-human transmission as a result of unsafe animal husbandry and slaughtering practices, and unsafe consumption of fresh blood, raw milk or animal tissue. Gloves and other appropriate protective clothing should be worn when handling sick animals or their tissues and when slaughtering animals. In regions where RESTV has been reported in pigs, all animal products (blood, meat and milk) should be thoroughly cooked before eating. Controlling infection in health-care settings
Human-to-human transmission of the Ebola virus is primarily associated with direct or indirect contact with blood and body fluids. Transmission to health-care workers has been reported when appropriate infection control measures have not been observed. It is not always possible to identify patients with EBV early because initial symptoms may be non-specific. For this reason, it is important that health-care workers apply standard precautions consistently with all patients – regardless of their diagnosis – in all work practices at all times. These include basic hand h
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_507821649#0_883542318
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Title: Narwhal Tusk Research -- About the Tusk
Headings: About the Tusk
Content: Narwhal Tusk Research -- About the Tusk
About the Tusk
The narwhal, Monodon monoceros, has long fascinated sea explorers, scientists and aristocracy. This arctic whale is characterized by a single spiraled tusk extending six to nine feet, emerging from the upper jaw and through the lips of adult males. Males have the characteristic left front tooth extending approximately 8 feet and variable depending on the whale and the age. The right tooth remains embedded in the skull and measures roughly one foot. Some females may exhibit a tusk, and in rare instances a male with two tusks has been observed. Fetal narwhal initially develop six pairs of maxillary or upper teeth and two pairs of mandibular or lower teeth. Only one pair from the maxillary jaw develop and the others are vestigial. Tusk length, girth, morphology, wear and coloration are all quite variable. Male tusks are usually longer and have a wide variation in ridge morphology, often appearing as a gently wavelike form when looking down the horizontal axis. Female tusks are shorter, straighter, have a more regularly defined morphology, and do not collect as much proteinacious or algae on the surface, thus appearing whiter.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_507821649#1_883543749
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Title: Narwhal Tusk Research -- About the Tusk
Headings: About the Tusk
Content: Fetal narwhal initially develop six pairs of maxillary or upper teeth and two pairs of mandibular or lower teeth. Only one pair from the maxillary jaw develop and the others are vestigial. Tusk length, girth, morphology, wear and coloration are all quite variable. Male tusks are usually longer and have a wide variation in ridge morphology, often appearing as a gently wavelike form when looking down the horizontal axis. Female tusks are shorter, straighter, have a more regularly defined morphology, and do not collect as much proteinacious or algae on the surface, thus appearing whiter. Often associated with the horn of the unicorn, the narwhal tooth has found its way into the books of scientific rarities and mythical tales, and has inspired legend and lore. So prized was the fabled tooth of the unicorn that in the 16th century Queen Elizabeth paid 10,000 pounds — equivalent to the cost of an entire castle — for one. The tooth is revered by many cultures around the world. In Japan two crossed narwhal teeth adorn the entrance to the Korninkaku Palace, and in Denmark multiple teeth comprise the frame. The royal scepter in England is made from the rare tusk.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_507821649#2_883545166
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Title: Narwhal Tusk Research -- About the Tusk
Headings: About the Tusk
Content: Often associated with the horn of the unicorn, the narwhal tooth has found its way into the books of scientific rarities and mythical tales, and has inspired legend and lore. So prized was the fabled tooth of the unicorn that in the 16th century Queen Elizabeth paid 10,000 pounds — equivalent to the cost of an entire castle — for one. The tooth is revered by many cultures around the world. In Japan two crossed narwhal teeth adorn the entrance to the Korninkaku Palace, and in Denmark multiple teeth comprise the frame. The royal scepter in England is made from the rare tusk. Weight
Females weigh 1000 kg at maturity
Males weigh 1600 kg at maturity
Length
At birth: 160 cm
Females: 360 cm at sexual maturity
Males: 420 cm at sexual maturity
Females: 400 cm at physical maturity
Males:
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_02_510092200#5_888206352
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Title: Pork Tenderloin Recipe (Roasted Pork Tenderloin) - NatashasKitchen.com
Headings: Roasted Pork Tenderloin Recipe
Roasted Pork Tenderloin Recipe
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Content: 2. Pierce pork loin all over with a fork and rub with 1 Tbsp oil than sprinkle onto the tenderloin. Use your hands to rub the spices into the tenderloin until evenly coated. 3. Heat 1 Tbsp oil over med-high heat in a large oven-safe pan (cast iron or a dutch oven will work). Once oil is hot, add pork and brown on all sides (6 minutes total). 4. Place in the oven and bake uncovered at 400˚F for 13-15 minutes, flipping the tenderloin over halfway through baking. Bake until center of pork registers 150˚F (I have let mine get to 160 and it’s still super tender) then transfer to a cutting board and let meat rest 5-10 min before slice into rings to serve. It doesn’t need a sauce, but it is also really good served with A1 or BBQ sauce.
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Content: This is known as treatment noncompliance or treatment nonadherence, if you want to be a bit more politically correct. And also unfortunate is the fact that when a person with a mental illness refuses to take their medication they almost inexorably get sicker. People with bipolar disorder who won’t take their medication, for example, often become manic and then wind up hurting themselves or someone else and ends up in the hospital. And watching this happen, as a loved one,is extremely painful. So is there anything you can do when a person refuses to take their medication? Is there anything you can do about treatment noncompliance? Why Does a Person Refuse to Take Their Medication? I think the most important question to ask is why is the person refusing to take their medication. The answer to that really dictates what to do next. There are really three reasons mental illness patients are noncompliant.
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http://natashatracy.com/mental-illness-issues/refuses-medication-treatment-noncompliance/
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Content: The medication isn’t working and their illness convinces them to go off their medication. Their medication is working but the side effects are intolerable. Their medication is working, they’re experiencing wellness and so they think they no longer need their medication. Refusing to Take Medication Because the Medication Isn’t Working
Refusing to take medication that doesn’t workis understandable. We’ve all been there and we’ve all seen the futility of taking some medications. But, the thing is, you have to get through the medication that doesn’t work to find the medication that does and going off of medication is not the way to do this. If the medication isn’t working, it’s time to work with a psychiatrist to find better medication that does work for the patient. In this case a loved onemight want to approach the case logically and say that without treatment, the mentally ill patient can’t get better. Stopping the treatment was understandable, but now it’s time to assert some control over treatment and find something that works. Refusing Medication Because of Intolerable Side Effects
This is understandable as well.
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Content: But, the thing is, you have to get through the medication that doesn’t work to find the medication that does and going off of medication is not the way to do this. If the medication isn’t working, it’s time to work with a psychiatrist to find better medication that does work for the patient. In this case a loved onemight want to approach the case logically and say that without treatment, the mentally ill patient can’t get better. Stopping the treatment was understandable, but now it’s time to assert some control over treatment and find something that works. Refusing Medication Because of Intolerable Side Effects
This is understandable as well. Many of us have been in the situation where side effectsdestroyed parts of our lives. But again, just stopping medication is not the way to handle this problem. Working with the doctor to find better treatment is the answer. In this case patients often feel like they have told their doctor about the side effects but the doctor hasn’t listened. This might be true.
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http://natashatracy.com/mental-illness-issues/refuses-medication-treatment-noncompliance/
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Content: But that’s why it’s time to, again, assert more control over treatment choices and state to the doctor clearly that these side effects are intolerable and another treatment must be found. If laid out in this straightforward manner, most doctors will get the message and help. Just “complaining” about side effects doesn’t have this same effect. Families can help by attending psychiatric appointments to help get treatment back on track in a way with which the patient agrees. And it’s important to remind the patient that better treatments areavailableand they don’thave to live with horrendous side effects. Treatment is in their control. Refusing Medication Because They Believe They Don’t Need It
Unfortunately, this can be the hardest situation. Once a person is well, they see the medication as a hindrance, forgetting that it is the medication that madethem well. This is a trick of the mind. No one wants to be on medication and this is a trick the mind playsto provide an excuse for refusing medication.
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http://natashatracy.com/mental-illness-issues/refuses-medication-treatment-noncompliance/
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Title: National Coalition for the Homeless Homelessness in America - National Coalition for the Homeless
Headings: Homelessness in America
Homelessness in America
Reasons People Become Homeless
Types of Homelessness
Demographics of Homelessness
Geography of Homelessness
Links/Resources
Why Are People Homeless?
Content: Poverty
Homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. Poor people are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, health care, and education. Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these necessities. Often it is housing, which absorbs a high proportion of income that must be dropped. If you are poor, you are essentially an illness, an accident, or a paycheck away from living on the streets. According to the United States Census Bureau, the national poverty rate in 2016 was 12.7%. There were 40.6 million people in poverty. While the poverty rate has been slowly declining since 2014, a couple of factors account for continuing poverty: Lack of Employment Opportunities – With unemployment rates remaining high, jobs are hard to find in the current economy. Even if people can find work, this does not automatically provide an escape from poverty.
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http://nationalhomeless.org/about-homelessness/
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Title: National Coalition for the Homeless Homelessness in America - National Coalition for the Homeless
Headings: Homelessness in America
Homelessness in America
Reasons People Become Homeless
Types of Homelessness
Demographics of Homelessness
Geography of Homelessness
Links/Resources
Why Are People Homeless?
Content: According to the United States Census Bureau, the national poverty rate in 2016 was 12.7%. There were 40.6 million people in poverty. While the poverty rate has been slowly declining since 2014, a couple of factors account for continuing poverty: Lack of Employment Opportunities – With unemployment rates remaining high, jobs are hard to find in the current economy. Even if people can find work, this does not automatically provide an escape from poverty. Decline in Available Public Assistance – The declining value and availability of public assistance is another source of increasing poverty and homelessness and many families leaving welfare struggle to get medical care, food, and housing as a result of loss of benefits, low wages, and unstable employment. Additionally, most states have not replaced the old welfare system with an alternative that enables families and individuals to obtain above-poverty employment and to sustain themselves when work is not available or possible. Other major factors, which can contribute to homelessness, include: Lack of Affordable Health Care – For families and individuals struggling to pay the rent, a serious illness or disability can start a downward spiral into homelessness, beginning with a lost job, depletion of savings to pay for care, and eventual eviction. Domestic Violence – Battered women who live in poverty are often forced to choose between abusive relationships and homelessness.
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Content: Below is an overview of current poverty and housing statistics, as well as additional factors contributing to homelessness. A list of resources for further study is also provided. FORECLOSURE
Recently, foreclosures have increased the number of people who experience homelessness. The National Coalition for the Homeless released an entire report discussing the relationship between foreclosure and homelessness. The report found that there was a 32% jump in the number of foreclosures between April 2008 and April 2009. Since the start of the recession, six million jobs have been lost. In May 2009, the official unemployment rate was 9.4%. The National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates that 40 percent of families facing eviction due to foreclosure are renters and 7 million households living on very low incomes (31 - 50 percent of Area Median Income) are at risk of foreclosure. POVERTY
Homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. Poor people are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, health care, and education.
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Content: Since the start of the recession, six million jobs have been lost. In May 2009, the official unemployment rate was 9.4%. The National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates that 40 percent of families facing eviction due to foreclosure are renters and 7 million households living on very low incomes (31 - 50 percent of Area Median Income) are at risk of foreclosure. POVERTY
Homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. Poor people are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, health care, and education. Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these necessities. Often it is housing, which absorbs a high proportion of income that must be dropped. If you are poor, you are essentially an illness, an accident, or a paycheck away from living on the streets. In 2007, 12.5% of the U.S. population, or 37,300,00 million people, lived in poverty. The official poverty rate in 2007 was not statistically different than 2006 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2007).
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Content: Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these necessities. Often it is housing, which absorbs a high proportion of income that must be dropped. If you are poor, you are essentially an illness, an accident, or a paycheck away from living on the streets. In 2007, 12.5% of the U.S. population, or 37,300,00 million people, lived in poverty. The official poverty rate in 2007 was not statistically different than 2006 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2007). Children are overrepresented, composing 35.7% of people in poverty while only being 24.8% of the total population. Two factors help account for increasing poverty: eroding employment opportunities for large segments of the workforce and the declining value and availability of public assistance. ERODING WORK OPPORTUNITIES
Reasons why homelessness persists include stagnant or falling incomes and less secure jobs which offer fewer benefits. Low-wage workers have been particularly have been left behind as the disparity between rich and poor has mushroomed.
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Content: Children are overrepresented, composing 35.7% of people in poverty while only being 24.8% of the total population. Two factors help account for increasing poverty: eroding employment opportunities for large segments of the workforce and the declining value and availability of public assistance. ERODING WORK OPPORTUNITIES
Reasons why homelessness persists include stagnant or falling incomes and less secure jobs which offer fewer benefits. Low-wage workers have been particularly have been left behind as the disparity between rich and poor has mushroomed. To compound the problem, the real value of the minimum wage in 2004 was 26% less than in 1979 (The Economic Policy Institute, 2005). Factors contributing to wage declines include a steep drop in the number and bargaining power of unionized workers; erosion in the value of the minimum wage; a decline in manufacturing jobs and the corresponding expansion of lower-paying service-sector employment; globalization;
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Content: Unfortunately, for 12 million Americans, more then 50% of their salaries go towards renting or housing costs, resulting in sacrifices in other essential areas like health care and savings. The connection between impoverished workers and homelessness can be seen in homeless shelters, many of which house significant numbers of full-time wage earners. In 2007, a survey performed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors found that 17.4% of homeless adults in families were employed while 13% of homeless single adults or unaccompanied youth were employed. In the 2008 report, eleven out of nineteen cities reported an increased in employed homeless people. With unemployment rates remaining high, jobs are hard to find in the current economy. Even if people can find work, this does not automatically provide an escape from poverty. DECLINE IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
The declining value and availability of public assistance is another source of increasing poverty and homelessness. Until its repeal in August 1996, the largest cash assistance program for poor families with children was the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (the federal welfare reform law) repealed the AFDC program and replaced it with a block grant program called Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). In 2005, TANF helped a third of the children that AFDC helped reach above the 50% poverty line.
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Content: Even if people can find work, this does not automatically provide an escape from poverty. DECLINE IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
The declining value and availability of public assistance is another source of increasing poverty and homelessness. Until its repeal in August 1996, the largest cash assistance program for poor families with children was the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (the federal welfare reform law) repealed the AFDC program and replaced it with a block grant program called Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). In 2005, TANF helped a third of the children that AFDC helped reach above the 50% poverty line. Unfortunately, TANF has not been able to kept up with inflation. In 2006-2008, TANF case load has continued to decline while food stamp caseloads have increased
Moreover, extreme poverty is growing more common for children, especially those in female-headed and working families. This increase can be traced directly to the declining number of children lifted above one-half of the poverty line by government cash assistance for the poor (Children's Defense Fund and the National Coalition for the Homeless, 1998). As a result of loss of benefits, low wages, and unstable employment, many families leaving welfare struggle to get medical care, food, and housing. People with disabilities, too, must struggle to obtain and maintain stable housing.
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Title: The Truth About China's Economy | The National Interest
Headings: The Truth About China's Economy
The Truth About China's Economy
Some say it could pass the U.S. by the end of the year. There might be an even bigger story behind the scenes.
Content: Living standards of the average Chinese citizen are still far lower than those in many developing countries, let alone in the West,” notes Jamil Anderlini, Beijing bureau chief of the Financial Times who has lived in the country for more than a decade. He continues: “Today, inequality in this nominally socialist country is now much worse than the US, the epitome of a capitalist country. The level and availability of social services such as health, pensions and unemployment benefits are also much lower proportionally than in the US and even many other developing countries.” 47,022
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Even the Chinese government itself expressed reservations about the methodology used by the World Bank. But the more fundamental issue for analysts should start with the nature of the Chinese political economy and the veracity of economic data in China. There is no separation between church and state in China. There is only the state.
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http://nationalinterest.org/feature/be-afraid-the-eus-next-economic-crisis-looming-10435
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Title: The Truth About Sanctions Against Russia | The National Interest
Headings: The Truth About Sanctions Against Russia
The Truth About Sanctions Against Russia
Western sanctions have failed to deliver a ‘devastating blow’ but they also seem here to stay.
Content: It has become obvious that, on the one hand, even Russia’s business partners in Europe cannot assist it in dealing with the sanctions. In the last months of 2015, the world saw how Germany wanted to have it both ways, attempting to continue implementing North Stream 2 while keeping the sanctions in place. Italy, deprived of natural gas from the South Stream after the crisis in relations between Russia and the West started in 2014, became frustrated by German actions, but to no avail. On the other hand, it is not clear how much support Moscow will receive from Beijing on various issues. Certainly, China might need Russian natural gas and oil, but how far can this cooperation go? Even in terms of expanding buyers for Russian energy resources, Moscow needs to diversify its partners in Asia—if China becomes the chief client in the region and cooperation with the Europeans decreases, will Beijing be able to dictate the terms of cooperation to Moscow? In Russian domestic policy, Western sanctions also increased pressure on the Kremlin to act on many fronts. For years, businessmen, officials and experts have been discussing the investments needed to modernize Russia’s energy sector. But with high oil prices there was no major incitement to modernize: why bother when profits are easy and high?
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http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-truth-about-sanctions-against-russia-14789
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Title: Foundations of Law - Sources of Law
Headings: Sources of Law
Sources of Law
Court Interpretation
Administrative Law
EXAMPLE: Congress has charged the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) with the protection of the environment, and Congress has also enacted legislation concerning the environment, such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. It is up to the EPA to enforce those laws as created by Congress. Congress has also allowed the EPA to create its own regulations to enforce legislation Congress has enacted. For example, if Congress enacted legislation that mandated that all motor vehicle emissions be reduced by 30% by 2010 and authorized the EPA to determine how to achieve such a goal, the EPA would write specific regulations to ensure compliance with the law. These regulations would then have the full force of federal law behind them. States have similar administrative agencies.
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Content: Other jurisdictions’ statutes: Many states have similar legislation to each other on numerous topics. A review of similar legislation in other states may shed light on the legislation in question. Administrative Law
As regulation becomes more pervasive, the body of Administrative law has become increasingly important. Administrative law refers to the regulations created by administrative agencies . Administrative agencies are created by the legislature by what are called “enabling” statutes. The administrative agencies are part of the executive branch and are charged with the administration of government functions. EXAMPLE: Congress has charged the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) with the protection of the environment, and Congress has also enacted legislation concerning the environment, such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. It is up to the EPA to enforce those laws as created by Congress.
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http://nationalparalegal.edu/public_documents/courseware_asp_files/researchLitigation/JudicialStructure/SourcesOfLaw.asp
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Title: NORTHWEST COAST AMERICAN INDIAN FACTS
Headings: Northwest Indian Facts
Northwest Indian Facts
Introduction - Northwest Indian Tribes
Northwest Coast American Indian Tribes List
List of Facts About the American Indians of the Northwest Coast
Content: The sheer abundance of food made these tribes wealthy. Their homes were known to be very sturdy and large. Made of plank from cedar, they were both wide and long and put together with wooden pegs. Although there were no windows, there was a small hole in the roof to let fire out and fresh air inside. Most homes were built right along the seashore. Massive canoes were carved from cedar trees. The canoes were known to hold massive amounts of fish in addition to about 20 warriors. Of all the resources available to the Northwest Coast peoples, the two most important were cedar and salmon. Cedar provided the raw material from which houses, boats, baskets, boxes, clothing, and carvings of every imaginable kind were made. The people also used a wide variety of plant resources were used for food, technological items, and medicines.
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http://native-american-indian-facts.com/Northwest-Coast-American-Indian-Facts/Northwest-Coast-American-Indian-Facts.shtml
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Title: NORTHWEST COAST AMERICAN INDIAN FACTS
Headings: Northwest Indian Facts
Northwest Indian Facts
Introduction - Northwest Indian Tribes
Northwest Coast American Indian Tribes List
List of Facts About the American Indians of the Northwest Coast
Content: Massive canoes were carved from cedar trees. The canoes were known to hold massive amounts of fish in addition to about 20 warriors. Of all the resources available to the Northwest Coast peoples, the two most important were cedar and salmon. Cedar provided the raw material from which houses, boats, baskets, boxes, clothing, and carvings of every imaginable kind were made. The people also used a wide variety of plant resources were used for food, technological items, and medicines. Among the more important plant resources were twelve kinds of berries (most of them smashed, dried into cakes, stored for later use), the starchy roots of camas and wapato, and the roots of bracken fern. Religion centered around the guardian spirit. Each Indian had a guardian spirit that gave them a specific skill such as carving, hunting or even healing. Winter ceremonies were often a time for acknowledging these spirits through song and dance. They were very talented artists and most well-known for their handcrafted totem poles.
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Title: NORTHWEST COAST AMERICAN INDIAN FACTS
Headings: Northwest Indian Facts
Northwest Indian Facts
Introduction - Northwest Indian Tribes
Northwest Coast American Indian Tribes List
List of Facts About the American Indians of the Northwest Coast
Content: Among the more important plant resources were twelve kinds of berries (most of them smashed, dried into cakes, stored for later use), the starchy roots of camas and wapato, and the roots of bracken fern. Religion centered around the guardian spirit. Each Indian had a guardian spirit that gave them a specific skill such as carving, hunting or even healing. Winter ceremonies were often a time for acknowledging these spirits through song and dance. They were very talented artists and most well-known for their handcrafted totem poles. Totem poles were most commonly found in front of a home to tell a families tribal history through intricate carvings, pictures and colors. With a lack of any written language, these Indians relied on the totem poles to pass down their history, stories, and myths through the generations. They wore necklaces to symbolize wealth. Bear claw necklaces, as well as beaver teeth and clamshells were very popular. Usually held in winter months, the potlatch was one of the most common traditions.
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Title: NORTHWEST COAST AMERICAN INDIAN FACTS
Headings: Northwest Indian Facts
Northwest Indian Facts
Introduction - Northwest Indian Tribes
Northwest Coast American Indian Tribes List
List of Facts About the American Indians of the Northwest Coast
Content: Totem poles were most commonly found in front of a home to tell a families tribal history through intricate carvings, pictures and colors. With a lack of any written language, these Indians relied on the totem poles to pass down their history, stories, and myths through the generations. They wore necklaces to symbolize wealth. Bear claw necklaces, as well as beaver teeth and clamshells were very popular. Usually held in winter months, the potlatch was one of the most common traditions. The feast was a way to show off wealth. Dancing, gift-giving, storytelling, and eating were all part of the ceremony. Possessions were also sometimes destroyed to show guests that they were so wealthy it didn't matter. Potlatches were a way to celebrate many occasions such as marriage, death, new clan houses and the raising of a totem pole. Because the Northwest Coast Indians had no written language, the totem poles were a very important part of their culture.
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Title: NORTHWEST COAST AMERICAN INDIAN FACTS
Headings: Northwest Indian Facts
Northwest Indian Facts
Introduction - Northwest Indian Tribes
Northwest Coast American Indian Tribes List
List of Facts About the American Indians of the Northwest Coast
Content: The feast was a way to show off wealth. Dancing, gift-giving, storytelling, and eating were all part of the ceremony. Possessions were also sometimes destroyed to show guests that they were so wealthy it didn't matter. Potlatches were a way to celebrate many occasions such as marriage, death, new clan houses and the raising of a totem pole. Because the Northwest Coast Indians had no written language, the totem poles were a very important part of their culture. The totem poles allowed them to record stories, legends, and myths through images. Impressive. Totem poles, with their vivid colors, are the most recognizable of their arts. Every surface of the poles was carved into highly stylized representations of bears, wolves, eagles, ravens, thunderbirds, beavers and other animals, plus human figures. Totem poles could be huge, providing frontal pieces for homes, grave markers and other decorative purposes.
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Title: NORTHWEST COAST AMERICAN INDIAN FACTS
Headings: Northwest Indian Facts
Northwest Indian Facts
Introduction - Northwest Indian Tribes
Northwest Coast American Indian Tribes List
List of Facts About the American Indians of the Northwest Coast
Content: The totem poles allowed them to record stories, legends, and myths through images. Impressive. Totem poles, with their vivid colors, are the most recognizable of their arts. Every surface of the poles was carved into highly stylized representations of bears, wolves, eagles, ravens, thunderbirds, beavers and other animals, plus human figures. Totem poles could be huge, providing frontal pieces for homes, grave markers and other decorative purposes. Many represented family crests or told stories from family or tribal history. Beautiful and intricate cedar dance masked were carved out of wood. They were often used in storytelling at ceremonies such as a potlatch. Some masks even had a second carved face inside the first to unmask as a story was told. The Indians developed a social system that was highly stratified.
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Title: NORTHWEST COAST AMERICAN INDIAN FACTS
Headings: Northwest Indian Facts
Northwest Indian Facts
Introduction - Northwest Indian Tribes
Northwest Coast American Indian Tribes List
List of Facts About the American Indians of the Northwest Coast
Content: Many represented family crests or told stories from family or tribal history. Beautiful and intricate cedar dance masked were carved out of wood. They were often used in storytelling at ceremonies such as a potlatch. Some masks even had a second carved face inside the first to unmask as a story was told. The Indians developed a social system that was highly stratified. There were those at the top- the nobles, the middle- the commoners, and the bottom-the slaves. The First Salmon was an important feast honoring the salmon, one of their most plentiful food sources. They believed the salmons chose to sacrifice themselves for humans so their spirits could go on to live again like humans, in houses under the sea.
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Title: American Indian Relocation | Native American Netroots
Headings: American Indian Relocation
American Indian Relocation
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Content: 1) the areas selected for relocation did not offer adequate opportunities for Indians, (2) Indians were not adequately prepared for relocation, and (3) no standards for selecting relocatees had been established by the BIA. During the relocation era from 1952 to 1972, more than 100,000 Indians were relocated to the cities. Many of the relocated Indians returned to their reservations or moved back and forth between reservations and urban communities. Many Indians found urban life intolerable and returned permanently to their home reservation. Relocation also failed to take into account the cultural importance of the reservation. In the minds of the non-Indian planners, Indian religion and Indian spirituality did not exist. Therefore, they failed to understand the spiritual and religious ties which tribal members have with their reservations. They failed to understand that Native American spirituality is not based on spaces and monuments created by human beings, but instead is focused on natural elements found outside of the cities. The BIA wanted to use relocation as a means of destroying tribal identity. In a number of cities, relocation created new Indian ghettos filled with Indians from many dissimilar tribes.
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http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/496
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Title: Pacific Northwest - NATIVE AMERICANS
Headings: Territory
Territory
Family Life in the Pacific Northwest
Art and Music
Content: Their songs and dances had deep spiritual meaning to them, They also developed special dances and songs for ce
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The tribes of the Pacific Norhwest carved wood into many beautiful items including pipes, chairs and masks. Their art often included animals and used a lot of black paired with bright colors. There were many different Native American tribes that developed in the Pacific Northwest. Each tribe developed their own customs and traditions but they all have similarities as well. They lived in small villages and built homes out of cedar trees. Click H ere to learn more about their homes. The females stayed in the home to care for the children, cook and make clothing. Click here to learn more about their clothing. The males of the tribes hunted, fished and built homes and canoes.
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Content: Sulfa drugs are more appropriately labeled sulfonamides and are derivatives of para-amino benzoic acid. The sulfonamide drugs were the first antimicrobial drugs (antibiotics). The table below lists common medications that contain a sulfonamide component. Sulfonamide drug classes/individual drugs that may cause allergic reactions
Sulfonamide Antibiotics
sulfadiazine
sulfamethoxazole
sulfasalazine
sulfisoxazole
sulfacetamide
sulfanilamide
sulfathiazole
sulfabenzamide
Thiazide Diuretics
hydrochlorothiazide
chlorthiazide
metolazone
chlorthalidone
indapamide
methyclothiazide
Loop Diuretics
furosemide
Sulfonylureas
chlorpropamide
tolbutamide
tolazamide
glipizide
glyburide
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
acetazolamide
The sulfa drugs are usually not allergenic by themselves, but when a sulfonamide molecule is metabolized in the body, it is capable of attaching to proteins, thus forming a larger molecule that could serve as an allergen. Thus, the allergy is not to the original drug, but to a drug-protein complex. The sulfur atom is not the allergenic agent and being allergic to sulfa drugs does not imply having a propensity to allergy to other sulfur compounds. Rather, it is a unique property of this kind of compound, namely that it can form proteins that are allergenic in some individuals. Sulfites (also Sulfur Dioxide)
Sulfites (or sulfiting agents) refer to a group of chemicals that include sulfur dioxide and sulfite salts. They are produced naturally in some foods, mainly those undergoing fermentation, and are thus found in red wine. Sulfites are metabolized to sulfur dioxide under certain conditions;
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Title: Sea Level Rise | National Climate Assessment
Headings: Sea Level Rise
Sea Level Rise
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Sea Level Rise
Convening Lead Authors
Lead Authors
Contributing Authors
Introduction
Key Message 10: Sea Level Rise
Sea Level Rise
Figure 2.26: Past and Projected Changes in Global Sea Level Rise
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Like mercury in a thermometer, water expands as it warms up (this is referred to as “thermal expansion”) causing sea levels to rise. Melting of glaciers and ice sheets is also contributing to sea level rise at increasing rates. 19
Since the late 1800s, tide gauges throughout the world have shown that global sea level has risen by about 8 inches. A new data set (Figure 2.25) shows that this recent rise is much greater than at any time in at least the past 2000 years. 1
Since 1992, the rate of global sea level rise measured by satellites has been roughly twice the rate observed over the last century, providing evidence of additional acceleration. 16
Projecting future rates of sea level rise is challenging. Even the most sophisticated climate models, which explicitly represent Earth’s physical processes, cannot simulate rapid changes in ice sheet dynamics, and thus are likely to underestimate future sea level rise. In recent years, “semi-empirical” methods have been developed to project future rates of sea level rise based on a simple statistical relationship between past rates of globally averaged temperature change and sea level rise. These models suggest a range of additional sea level rise from about 2 feet to as much as 6 feet by 2100, depending on emissions scenario. 20
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Title: Southwest | National Climate Assessment
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Key Message 1: Reduced Snowpack and Streamflows
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Key Message 2: Threats to Agriculture
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The Southwest is already experiencing the impacts of climate change. The region has heated up markedly in recent decades, and the period since 1950 has been hotter than any comparably long period in at least 600 years (Ch. 2: Our Changing Climate, Key Message 3 ). 2
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Title: Marginalized populations | National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
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Content: Marginalized populations | National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Glossary
Marginalized populations
Marginalized populations are groups and communities that experience discrimination and exclusion (social, political and economic) because of unequal power relationships across economic, political, social and cultural dimensions. When speaking with a public health colleague, you could say: “A mom at Baby Talk said her friend wanted to come but was not comfortable because she doesn’t always understand everything and she feels like she doesn’t fit in. She is a recent immigrant and this makes me wonder about whether we have evaluated our services in relation to marginalized populations.” < Back to List
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Title: Women in the 1920s | NCpedia
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Content: Working for wages gave women independence, and by 1930 one in four women held a paying job. Despite increasing opportunities in employment and education, and the expanding concept of a “woman’s place,” marriage remained the goal of most young women. Magazine articles and movies encouraged women to believe that their economic security and social status depended on a successful marriage. The majority worked only until they married. Working women became consumers of popular products and fashions. Women who would never tolerate the strong smells and stains of chewing tobacco or cigars began to smoke the new, and relatively clean, mild cigarettes. Cigarettes were advertised to women as a sign of modern sophistication, and the 1920s “flapper ” is usually pictured with a cigarette in her hand. Today the easily recognized image of the flapper symbolizes the 1920s for many people. The flapper—with her short skirts, short hair, noticeable makeup, and fun-loving attitude—represented a new freedom for women. The old restrictions on dress and behavior were being overthrown.
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Title: Poll: Americans Want Less Standardized Testing and More School Funding | NEA
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Content: But there’s so much funding attached to testing. if we don’t do well on testing, then we’re going to lose funding, which means we’re going to lose teachers. So teachers are being pressured to teach the children to pass the test. Everything has just spiraled out of control.” One of the biggest education stories of 2015 has been the burgeoning "Opt-Out" movement of parents who want the right to pull their children out of state mandated standardized testing. It was recently reported, for example, that 200,000 grade 3-8 students in New York state refused to take statewide tests in Reading and Math for the 2014-15 school year. According to the PDK/Gallup survey, however, the public is split on this issue. Forty-one percent said parents should be allowed to excuse their child from standardized testing, while 44 percent said they should not be allowed. ( Fifty-nine percent of Americans said they would not excuse their own child.) “NEA fully supports parents and supports our affiliates who take a stand against tests that serve no educational purpose,” says García. “
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Title: What is Myrrh? – NEATOilEssentials
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Content: In fact, it was reportedly used for everything from “gout to a broken head”. Myrrh: a very powerful resin and oil from ancient times. It was used for many skin conditions, such as chapped skin and wrinkles. The burned resin served as an insect repellant and promoted physical and emotional well-being. The resin was also finely ground and made into ointments and added to wine as a preservative. No doubt, the gold, frankincense and myrrh were provided at exactly the right time. Here are some more facts on myrrh: A relative of frankincense, myrrh is a short thorny tree found in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and in the Arabian peninsula. When the bark is cut, it produces a reddish oily resin which hardens into nuggets which are harvested.
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Title: What is Myrrh? – NEATOilEssentials
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Content: The resin was also finely ground and made into ointments and added to wine as a preservative. No doubt, the gold, frankincense and myrrh were provided at exactly the right time. Here are some more facts on myrrh: A relative of frankincense, myrrh is a short thorny tree found in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and in the Arabian peninsula. When the bark is cut, it produces a reddish oily resin which hardens into nuggets which are harvested. It was one of the ingredients in the divinely formulated holy anointing oil used by priests ancient Israel. Myrrh was considered a highly spiritual oil/resin and was a prized commodity throughout the Middle East. Egyptians carried cones of fat on their heads containing myrrh that would melt in the desert heat and keep their bodies bathed in myrrh and other oils. Today, many appreciate myrrh for its skin supportive properties and add it to their skin care routine by gently smoothing their wrinkles and dry areas with myrrh before proceeding with their chosen skincare protocol. Down through history, myrrh has been used by women during their childbearing years.
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Title: What is Myrrh? – NEATOilEssentials
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Content: It was one of the ingredients in the divinely formulated holy anointing oil used by priests ancient Israel. Myrrh was considered a highly spiritual oil/resin and was a prized commodity throughout the Middle East. Egyptians carried cones of fat on their heads containing myrrh that would melt in the desert heat and keep their bodies bathed in myrrh and other oils. Today, many appreciate myrrh for its skin supportive properties and add it to their skin care routine by gently smoothing their wrinkles and dry areas with myrrh before proceeding with their chosen skincare protocol. Down through history, myrrh has been used by women during their childbearing years. It may help maintain skin elasticity when applied topically. When diffused and inhaled during labor, myrrh’s fragrance may prove to be a calming breath of fresh air. When combined with other essential oils, myrrh prolongs the scent of the other oils, making it a favorite among perfumers. In fact, it was blended with so many perfumes and ointments in Biblical times that in the Gospels the Greek word for myrrh, “muron,” was sometimes translated as “ointment” without revealing that its content included myrrh. Post navigation
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Title: Introduction to Nematodes
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Content: Nematodes that feed on other organisms are important participants in the cycling of minerals and nutrients in the ecosystem that is fundamental to other biological activity. Some of these nematodes may have major roles in decomposition, including biodegradation of toxic compounds. In fact, the incidence of certain nematode species is sometimes used as an indicator of environmental quality. Insect-parasitic nematodes can be of importance in regulating insect populations, and are being used in the biological control of insect pests. The developmental biology of one nematode species, Caenorhabditis elegans , is better characterized than that of any other multicellular organism. C. elegans is studied as a model system in molecular and developmental biology, and is providing insights into many other areas of biology and medicine. Agriculture
The management of plant-parasitic nematodes has been fundamental to advances in agricultural production in the United States and worldwide. However, the use of certain pesticides, such as 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane ( DBCP) to control nematodes, has resulted in contamination of soil and groundwater in California. Current research seeks integrated and sustainable approaches to the management of nematode
populations through genetic manipulation of host plants, design of cropping systems, development of suppressive chemicals of botanical origin, and biological control. There is currently a major effort to shift from nematicide -based nematode management to alternative methods.
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Title: Is AARP left-wing?
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Is AARP left-wing? By Bill Wilson — Once called the American Association of Retired Persons, the AARP is the largest grassroots organization nationwide with over 38 million members. Presumably representing Americans of all political stripes, the organization states that it “helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives.” To that end, the organization provides Medicare supplemental insurance, member travel discounts, pharmaceutical services, legal assistance, and long-term care insurance. At the same time, the organization is incredibly politically active. In the past two elections, eight members of its 22-member board of directors have given significant contributions to presidential candidates, congressional candidates, and other political action committees and organizations, according to Federal Election Commission records. But there’s a catch. Since 2007, AARP board members have given almost exclusively to Democrats, with more than 97 percent of donations going to Democrat candidates and left-leaning causes, totaling over $22,000. None was given to Republican candidates during that time.
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Title: Is AARP left-wing?
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Content: At the same time, the organization is incredibly politically active. In the past two elections, eight members of its 22-member board of directors have given significant contributions to presidential candidates, congressional candidates, and other political action committees and organizations, according to Federal Election Commission records. But there’s a catch. Since 2007, AARP board members have given almost exclusively to Democrats, with more than 97 percent of donations going to Democrat candidates and left-leaning causes, totaling over $22,000. None was given to Republican candidates during that time. In fact, two board members, Jeannine English and Ronald Daly, both maxed out with $4,600 donations to Barack Obama. Diane Pratt gave Obama $2,000 (she also gave $1,000 to Hillary Clinton). To be fair, board member Jacob Lozada gave $2,000 of donations to the Republican National Committee in the early 2000’s. And according to followthemoney.org, AARP gave donations totaling tens of thousands of dollars to Republican state committees in 2007 and 2008. While there is no inherent corruption in making political donations, what the donations made by AARP’s policy-making board do reveal are at least the ideological bent many of its board members.
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Title: Is AARP left-wing?
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Content: In fact, two board members, Jeannine English and Ronald Daly, both maxed out with $4,600 donations to Barack Obama. Diane Pratt gave Obama $2,000 (she also gave $1,000 to Hillary Clinton). To be fair, board member Jacob Lozada gave $2,000 of donations to the Republican National Committee in the early 2000’s. And according to followthemoney.org, AARP gave donations totaling tens of thousands of dollars to Republican state committees in 2007 and 2008. While there is no inherent corruption in making political donations, what the donations made by AARP’s policy-making board do reveal are at least the ideological bent many of its board members. It is therefore fair to ask if those ideological preferences have affected the policies AARP supports. Since Obama took office AARP has certainly been a friend of his. It supported his signature health care law despite gutting Medicare by $500 billion over ten years to help pay for Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid and taxpayer-funded health care to millions of Americans currently on private insurance or uninsured. It also did not say a word when for the past two years, Obama’s misguided payroll tax holiday cost the Social Security trust fund more than $230 billion. Of course, it is not immune to supporting big government when it’s a Republican doing it.
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Title: Is AARP left-wing?
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Content: It is therefore fair to ask if those ideological preferences have affected the policies AARP supports. Since Obama took office AARP has certainly been a friend of his. It supported his signature health care law despite gutting Medicare by $500 billion over ten years to help pay for Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid and taxpayer-funded health care to millions of Americans currently on private insurance or uninsured. It also did not say a word when for the past two years, Obama’s misguided payroll tax holiday cost the Social Security trust fund more than $230 billion. Of course, it is not immune to supporting big government when it’s a Republican doing it. It was instrumental in 2003 in urging Congress to pass George W. Bush’s Medicare Part D — i.e. the prescription drug benefit — that many consider one of the primary reasons the program is teetering towards bankruptcy now. Were any those policies in the long-term interests of AARP’s members? Since then, the Social Security and Medicare trustees report the programs’ trust funds will be exhausted by 2033 and 2024, respectively. After that, beneficiaries will only receive a fraction of benefits they were promised. AARP’s silence on both Obama and Bush’s wasteful policies sending these entitlement programs to insolvency contrasts sharply with its full-throated opposition to Bush’s proposal to at least salvage the Social Security program by allowing workers to invest their payroll taxes into private accounts, rather than letting the government squander them.
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Content: It was instrumental in 2003 in urging Congress to pass George W. Bush’s Medicare Part D — i.e. the prescription drug benefit — that many consider one of the primary reasons the program is teetering towards bankruptcy now. Were any those policies in the long-term interests of AARP’s members? Since then, the Social Security and Medicare trustees report the programs’ trust funds will be exhausted by 2033 and 2024, respectively. After that, beneficiaries will only receive a fraction of benefits they were promised. AARP’s silence on both Obama and Bush’s wasteful policies sending these entitlement programs to insolvency contrasts sharply with its full-throated opposition to Bush’s proposal to at least salvage the Social Security program by allowing workers to invest their payroll taxes into private accounts, rather than letting the government squander them. So, AARP fails to oppose initiatives that appear to be the most costly to these programs, and is dead set against proposals that might set the programs on a sustainable path. Does that make sense? Is its intransigence to entitlement reforms that allow Americans to control their own retirements in the best long-term interests of its current and future members? Probably not. But maybe they don’t care.
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Content: So, AARP fails to oppose initiatives that appear to be the most costly to these programs, and is dead set against proposals that might set the programs on a sustainable path. Does that make sense? Is its intransigence to entitlement reforms that allow Americans to control their own retirements in the best long-term interests of its current and future members? Probably not. But maybe they don’t care. Or perhaps they just believe that hiking taxes on younger Americans will plug the holes in these programs, no matter what burden they impose on their economic well-being. They certainly seem interested in wielding power. AARP board member Fernando Torres-Gil was nominated by Obama on May 9 to sit on the National Council on Disability. Hubert Humphrey left the AARP board to serve in the Obama Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Older Americans in Oct. 2011. All of which — the personal campaign donations to Obama, AARP’s position on issues over the years, and its board’s presidential appointments — gives the appearance of a rather cozy relationship with the current administration.
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Content: Or perhaps they just believe that hiking taxes on younger Americans will plug the holes in these programs, no matter what burden they impose on their economic well-being. They certainly seem interested in wielding power. AARP board member Fernando Torres-Gil was nominated by Obama on May 9 to sit on the National Council on Disability. Hubert Humphrey left the AARP board to serve in the Obama Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Older Americans in Oct. 2011. All of which — the personal campaign donations to Obama, AARP’s position on issues over the years, and its board’s presidential appointments — gives the appearance of a rather cozy relationship with the current administration. If not left-wing, then, AARP is at least in favor a big government, top-down approach to senior health and retirement issues. But is that what its members really want? Surely, in addition to comfortable retirements, AARP’s paying members want a sustainable future for their children and grandchildren, too. Those two goals should not be mutually exclusive, but right now, that’s the only choice the organization appears to be offering. Bill Wilson is the President of Americans for Limited Government.
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Content: If not left-wing, then, AARP is at least in favor a big government, top-down approach to senior health and retirement issues. But is that what its members really want? Surely, in addition to comfortable retirements, AARP’s paying members want a sustainable future for their children and grandchildren, too. Those two goals should not be mutually exclusive, but right now, that’s the only choice the organization appears to be offering. Bill Wilson is the President of Americans for Limited Government. You can follow Bill on Twitter at @BillWilsonALG. Disqus Comments
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Title: New Brunswick "What's in a Name"
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Content: These names depict the problems encountered in attempting to paddle a canoe against the on-rushing water. Sources: Places and Names of Atlantic Canada (1996) by William B. Hamilton. St. Croix River
The St. Croix River rises in the Chiputneticook Lakes and flows 120 kilometres southeast to Passamaquoddy Bay, forming a part of the boundary between New brunswick and Maine. Discovered in 1604 by Pierre Du Gua de Monts and Samuel de Champlain, the first settlement in acadia was built on an island in the river, now known as Dochet's Island. ( It is today part of Maine.) They called both the island and the river Sainte-Croix because, upon exploration, they found that the river had three branches that formed an irregular cross. The first year on Ile Sainte-Croix was a disaster. Of the 79 settlers who attempted to 'overwinter', 39 died from scurvy by spring. In the summer of 1605 the settlement was abandoned, the buildings dismantled and moved across the Bay of Fundy, to Port-Royal.
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Title: Zombie Pandemic shutting down
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Zombie Pandemic shutting down
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Can the developers return it this 2018? I hope so the game was too awesome and good game
Unfortunately it was shut down for good, no coming back for this game. But the devs will make a similar game, let's hope ;)
Don't stop playing just yet, it is still working for 1 month at least.
Yep, heard of it, it's a shame. Was nice game tho, top game...
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Zombie Pandemic shutting down
December 07, 2014 | 4 Comments
Game called Zombie Pandemic is announced to be shut down at the end of 31st of May 2015. Be aware that from the 6th of December it is no longer possible for players to buy new premium items nor premium accounts. When game is shut down, developers will make a hall of fame for best players which would be seen when visiting Zombie Pandemic homepage. It is said that only 250 players will be listed in the hall of fame from each game server. Why is Zombie Pandemic shutting down? Pretty obvious reasons, the Zombie Pandemic developers?just don't have enough resources to continue supporting the game. Although premium items are available to buy and donations are made, it still does not help their situation enough. And this is the reason for?Zombie Pandemic shutting down. In the end it really is just about making a buck and getting your name known for something. Good chance for other game developers to try something similar and get all Zombie Pandemic players to join their game instead.
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http://newrpg.com/browser-games-news/zombie-pandemic-shutting-down/
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Title: Zombie Pandemic shutting down
Headings: Zombie Pandemic shutting down
Zombie Pandemic shutting down
Why is Zombie Pandemic shutting down?
What is?Zombie Pandemic?
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Can the developers return it this 2018? I hope so the game was too awesome and good game
Unfortunately it was shut down for good, no coming back for this game. But the devs will make a similar game, let's hope ;)
Don't stop playing just yet, it is still working for 1 month at least.
Yep, heard of it, it's a shame. Was nice game tho, top game...
Content: Pretty obvious reasons, the Zombie Pandemic developers?just don't have enough resources to continue supporting the game. Although premium items are available to buy and donations are made, it still does not help their situation enough. And this is the reason for?Zombie Pandemic shutting down. In the end it really is just about making a buck and getting your name known for something. Good chance for other game developers to try something similar and get all Zombie Pandemic players to join their game instead. What is?Zombie Pandemic? The project is nearly 7 years old and game is currently in our browser based games listing for everyone to check out before it's too late. The game itself was very innovative for a browser game. Many features that you usually don't see in a text-based browser game. Mainly focused on zombie apocalypse.
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Title: BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The men who sleep with prostitutes
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These men do not seem to be able to make the connection between themselves and trafficked women. Their "lawful" purchase of sexual services increases the overall demand for women in the sex industry which in turn creates the demand for trafficked women. I view the buyer of sex as the ultimate perpetrator. Real sexual relationships are not hard to find. There are plenty of adults of both sexes who are willing to have sex if someone treats them well, and asks. But there lies the problem. Some people do not want an equal, sharing relationship. They do not want to be nice. They do not want to ask. They like the power involved in buying a human being who can be made to do almost anything.
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Content: Lib Dems will drop opposition to replacing nuclear missile system but will be able to "make the case for alternatives" and funding will be scrutinised
Heathrow: Plans for third runway, opposed by both parties, will be scrapped
Nuclear: Lib Dem spokesman will be able to speak in opposition to new power stations - and Lib Dem MPs will abstain from vote
Higher education funding: Lib Dems allowed to abstain on votes - reflecting party's promise to abolish tuition fees in the long term
Spending cuts: Tory plans for £6bn cuts this financial year will go ahead
Tax: Tories sign up to Lib Dem plan to raise income tax threshold to £10,000 in the long term, which will "take priority" over Conservative inheritance tax cuts . There will also be a "substantial increase" in personal tax allowances for lower and middle-income people from April 2011 - rather than the Conservative plan to raise employees' NI thresholds
But a plan to raise NI thresholds for employers will go ahead
Voting system: Bill will be brought forward for referendum on changing to AV but parties will be able to campaign on opposite sides of argument
Marriage/civil partnership tax breaks: Lib Dems will be allowed to abstain from votes
Europe: Both sides agreed there would be no transfer of powers to the EU over the course of the Parliament and Britain would not join the Euro during that period
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Content: Tories sign up to Lib Dem plan to raise income tax threshold to £10,000 in the long term, which will "take priority" over Conservative inheritance tax cuts . There will also be a "substantial increase" in personal tax allowances for lower and middle-income people from April 2011 - rather than the Conservative plan to raise employees' NI thresholds
But a plan to raise NI thresholds for employers will go ahead
Voting system: Bill will be brought forward for referendum on changing to AV but parties will be able to campaign on opposite sides of argument
Marriage/civil partnership tax breaks: Lib Dems will be allowed to abstain from votes
Europe: Both sides agreed there would be no transfer of powers to the EU over the course of the Parliament and Britain would not join the Euro during that period
Immigration cap: Lib Dems accept Tory plan for limit on non-EU economic migrants
House of Lords: Both parties to back plans for wholly/mainly elected chamber elected by proportional representation. MPs will not be able to throw out the government unless 55% vote to do so - a higher threshold than currently
'Pupil premium': More funding for poorer children from outside schools budget, as demanded by Lib Dems
The Lib Dem parliamentary party and its federal executive endorsed the coalition agreement by the required three-quarters majority shortly after midnight. Mr Clegg acknowledged some Lib Dem voters would have doubts but told them: "
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Content: 1988
Regional aid is doubled
Market liberalisation is seen to work to the benefit of the more developed northern European member states so the poorer southern states demand compensation. This comes in the form of agreement to double the allocations for structural funds paid to poorer regions. 1990
Britain enters the ERM
1991
Maastricht turns the Community into a Union
The Maastricht treaty on European Union is signed in December. It paves the way for monetary union and includes a chapter on social policy. The UK negotiates an optout on both. The treaty also introduces European citizenship giving Europeans the right to live and vote in elections in any EU country and launches European cooperation in foreign affairs security asylum and immigration. 1992
The UK is forced out of the ERM
Volatile currency markets put the Exchange Rate Mechanism ERM under pressure. The ERM was intended to harmonise currency values ahead of creating a single currency. In an effort to bolster the £ which had been devalued by the unstable market the UK government raises base rates in an effort to prompt currency traders to buy £s. Traders keep selling however forcing the government to pull the £ out of the ERM. 1993
The Treaty on European Union comes into effect
The Maastricht Treaty had a rough ride in national referendums.
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Content: Thousands of Nato-led peacekeepers remain in Kosovo
In 1994 Nato offered former Warsaw Pact members limited associations in the form of the Partnership for Peace programme, allowing them to participate in information sharing, joint exercises and peacekeeping operations. But this simply appeared to confirm Russian fears that Nato posed a creeping threat to its security. The Nato-Russia Permanent Joint Council was established in May 1997 to give Russia a consultative role in discussion of matters of mutual interest. While Moscow was given a voice, it rarely felt that it was really listened to. Russia's fears intensified when in 1999 the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland became the first former Soviet bloc states to join Nato, bringing the alliance's borders 400 miles closer to the Russian frontier. Aftermath of 11 September
The 11 September 2001 attacks on targets in the US were a pivotal moment for Nato. The US did not involve the alliance in the international military campaign that followed, even though Secretary-General George Robertson quickly invoked Article Five of the Nato constitution declaring an attack on one member to be an attack on all. Former Russian president Vladimir Putin at a Nato-Russia summit
Russia's supportive reaction following the attacks proved to be the catalyst for a thaw in relations with Moscow. The establishment of the Nato-Russia Council was agreed in May 2002. This body gives Russia an equal role with the Nato countries in decision-making on policy to counter terrorism and other security threats.
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Many people diet most of the time
Many people are weight conscious
More than one in four adults in the UK are trying to lose weight "most of the time", a survey has found. The poll, by analysts Mintel, estimates that this means 13 million people are effectively on a permanent diet. Almost two in five (37%) women were dieting most of the time, compared to around just one in six (18%) of men. The research found that although people were conscious of the need to eat well for the sake of their health, many were dieting to look good. HEALTHY EATING
Avoiding fat: Teenagers: 25%
65 and over: 49%
Avoiding sugars: Teenagers:
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Avoiding fat: Teenagers: 25%
65 and over: 49%
Avoiding sugars: Teenagers: 17%
65 and over: 44%
Eating lots of veg: Teenagers: 53%
65 and over: 77%
Jenny Catlin, a consumer analyst at Mintel, said: "
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Content: 17%
65 and over: 44%
Eating lots of veg: Teenagers: 53%
65 and over: 77%
Jenny Catlin, a consumer analyst at Mintel, said: " Many people are now watching their weight because they are more knowledgeable about the effects of their diet on their health and general well-being. "But on top of this 'cosmetic' slimming has become big business. Today more and more people are dieting for aesthetic reasons as opposed to health reasons. "This is often in response to peer and media pressure to achieve a slim and attractive figure." Skipping meals
The survey also found almost one in six (18%) British women often skip meals to keep their weight down, while for men the figure was nearer one in ten (11%).
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Content: Many people are now watching their weight because they are more knowledgeable about the effects of their diet on their health and general well-being. "But on top of this 'cosmetic' slimming has become big business. Today more and more people are dieting for aesthetic reasons as opposed to health reasons. "This is often in response to peer and media pressure to achieve a slim and attractive figure." Skipping meals
The survey also found almost one in six (18%) British women often skip meals to keep their weight down, while for men the figure was nearer one in ten (11%). Young women aged between 15 and 24 years old were the most likely to do this. Ms Catlin said: " Eating balanced, regular meals seems of little interest to a high number of women. "The major danger here is that skipping meals in particular is only a short-term solution to losing weight, and is also widely considered to be really very unhealthy." The research also showed that younger people are less likely to eat healthily - and to be aware of the benefits of healthy eating - than those aged 65 years old and over.
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Content: Young women aged between 15 and 24 years old were the most likely to do this. Ms Catlin said: " Eating balanced, regular meals seems of little interest to a high number of women. "The major danger here is that skipping meals in particular is only a short-term solution to losing weight, and is also widely considered to be really very unhealthy." The research also showed that younger people are less likely to eat healthily - and to be aware of the benefits of healthy eating - than those aged 65 years old and over. Older people were more likely than teenagers to avoid fats and sugars, eat a lot of vegetables and to chose light food. Fast results
Ms Catlin said: " This concentration on eating healthily shows that older generations are prepared to adjust their diets for the long term good of their health. "Younger people on the other hand want to see fast results and so are more likely to 'binge diet', by skipping meals or trying out new diets." Sara Stanner, of the British Nutrition Foundation, said it was very difficult to get healthy eating messages over to young people as they paid little concern to the prospect of developing disease decades in the future.
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Content: Older people were more likely than teenagers to avoid fats and sugars, eat a lot of vegetables and to chose light food. Fast results
Ms Catlin said: " This concentration on eating healthily shows that older generations are prepared to adjust their diets for the long term good of their health. "Younger people on the other hand want to see fast results and so are more likely to 'binge diet', by skipping meals or trying out new diets." Sara Stanner, of the British Nutrition Foundation, said it was very difficult to get healthy eating messages over to young people as they paid little concern to the prospect of developing disease decades in the future. She said it was probably a good thing that large numbers of people were trying to do something about their weight - whatever their motivation. "There may be a small percentage of people who worry about their weight when they don't need to and run a risk of developing eating disorders," she said. "But research shows that about half the population is overweight, and so the majority of people who are dieting do probably need to do something about their weight." E-mail this to a friend
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Content: She said it was probably a good thing that large numbers of people were trying to do something about their weight - whatever their motivation. "There may be a small percentage of people who worry about their weight when they don't need to and run a risk of developing eating disorders," she said. "But research shows that about half the population is overweight, and so the majority of people who are dieting do probably need to do something about their weight." E-mail this to a friend
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The UK is seeing an explosion of diabetes linked to growing obesity rates, experts are warning. From 1997 to 2003 there was a 74% rise in new cases of diabetes. And by 2005, more than 4% of the population was classed as having diabetes - nearly double the rate of 10 years earlier. The bulk of cases are type 2 diabetes -which is linked to being overweight or obese - the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reports. This research is a sad indictment of the current state of the UK's health
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'Diabetes makes me cry'
The findings suggest that rates of diabetes are increasing at a faster rate in the UK than they are in the US, where prevalence of the disease is already one of the highest in the world. Of more than 42,642 people who were newly diagnosed with the disease between 1996 and 2005, just over 1,250 had the "insulin-dependent" type 1 diabetes, and more than 41,000 had later-onset type 2 disease, which is linked to lifestyle. While the numbers of new cases of type 1 diabetes remained fairly constant over the decade, the numbers of new cases of type 2 diabetes did not. These shot up from 2.60 to 4.31 cases per 1,000 patient years, equivalent to an increase of 69% over the decade. The researchers from Spain and Sweden who analysed the data from almost five million medical records say the trends are not due to increased screening or the UK's ageing population, but from rising obesity rates.
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Content: This research is a sad indictment of the current state of the UK's health
Douglas Smallwood, chief executive of Diabetes UK
'Diabetes makes me cry'
The findings suggest that rates of diabetes are increasing at a faster rate in the UK than they are in the US, where prevalence of the disease is already one of the highest in the world. Of more than 42,642 people who were newly diagnosed with the disease between 1996 and 2005, just over 1,250 had the "insulin-dependent" type 1 diabetes, and more than 41,000 had later-onset type 2 disease, which is linked to lifestyle. While the numbers of new cases of type 1 diabetes remained fairly constant over the decade, the numbers of new cases of type 2 diabetes did not. These shot up from 2.60 to 4.31 cases per 1,000 patient years, equivalent to an increase of 69% over the decade. The researchers from Spain and Sweden who analysed the data from almost five million medical records say the trends are not due to increased screening or the UK's ageing population, but from rising obesity rates. 'Time bomb'
Over the course of the study, the proportion of patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who were obese increased by a fifth. The researchers said: " Our results suggest that, although the incidence of diabetes remains lower in the UK than in the USA or Canada, it appears to be increasing at a faster pace." Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum said projections suggested the worst was yet to come: " Rates of obesity and diabetes will continue to rise unless we do something urgently."
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Content: 'Time bomb'
Over the course of the study, the proportion of patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who were obese increased by a fifth. The researchers said: " Our results suggest that, although the incidence of diabetes remains lower in the UK than in the USA or Canada, it appears to be increasing at a faster pace." Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum said projections suggested the worst was yet to come: " Rates of obesity and diabetes will continue to rise unless we do something urgently." Douglas Smallwood, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: " This research is a sad indictment of the current state of the UK's health. Sadly, the statistics are not surprising as we know that the soaring rates of type 2 diabetes, are strongly linked to the country's expanding waistline. "Research shows that losing weight can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 58%. It is imperative that we raise awareness of the importance of eating a healthy, balanced diet and doing at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day if we want to make any headway in defusing the diabetes time bomb."
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Content: Douglas Smallwood, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: " This research is a sad indictment of the current state of the UK's health. Sadly, the statistics are not surprising as we know that the soaring rates of type 2 diabetes, are strongly linked to the country's expanding waistline. "Research shows that losing weight can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 58%. It is imperative that we raise awareness of the importance of eating a healthy, balanced diet and doing at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day if we want to make any headway in defusing the diabetes time bomb." Professor Alan Maryon-Davis, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health, said: " Early detection and treatment are crucial. We must do whatever we can to find the half-million people who don't know they've got it." Rates of obesity and diabetes will continue to rise unless we do something urgently
Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum
There are currently over 2.5 million people with diabetes in the UK and there are more than half a million people with diabetes who have the condition and don't know it. Type 2 diabetes usually appears in people over the age of 40, however, recently, more children are being diagnosed with the condition, some as young as seven.
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Content: Professor Alan Maryon-Davis, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health, said: " Early detection and treatment are crucial. We must do whatever we can to find the half-million people who don't know they've got it." Rates of obesity and diabetes will continue to rise unless we do something urgently
Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum
There are currently over 2.5 million people with diabetes in the UK and there are more than half a million people with diabetes who have the condition and don't know it. Type 2 diabetes usually appears in people over the age of 40, however, recently, more children are being diagnosed with the condition, some as young as seven. Although obesity is a risk factor, not all people with type 2 diabetes are overweight. According to Diabetes UK, statistics show that over 80% of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are overweight. The NHS is spending £1m an hour - 10% of its yearly budget - treating diabetes and its complications, according to the charity. A Department of Health spokesperson said the rise in recorded diabetes cases was partly due to improvements in diagnosis, along with rising rates of obesity and an ageing population. As a result, more people were getting the support, advice and treatment required to prevent or delay complications.
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Content: Although obesity is a risk factor, not all people with type 2 diabetes are overweight. According to Diabetes UK, statistics show that over 80% of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are overweight. The NHS is spending £1m an hour - 10% of its yearly budget - treating diabetes and its complications, according to the charity. A Department of Health spokesperson said the rise in recorded diabetes cases was partly due to improvements in diagnosis, along with rising rates of obesity and an ageing population. As a result, more people were getting the support, advice and treatment required to prevent or delay complications. "We are committed to working with the NHS to help prevent people from developing diabetes," the spokesperson added. Shadow Health Minister Anne Milton said: " We need to see proactive policies which look to reduce obesity rather than policies that simply treat the effects of it." Bookmark with: Delicious
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I am continually sickened by the misunderstanding of Islam and Muslim women. We cannot change the past so we must change for the future. American economic interests are going too far, riches and luxury are enticing for any culture of people; Muslim or non-Muslim. Suzanne Zoheri, Madison, US
People of the West should remember that there was a time when women in those countries were not allowed to vote. Even to this day women cannot become priests in the Catholic Church. Kuwait is still evolving like many Eastern countries. They only got their independence 30 years ago.
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People of the West should remember that there was a time when women in those countries were not allowed to vote. Even to this day women cannot become priests in the Catholic Church. Kuwait is still evolving like many Eastern countries. They only got their independence 30 years ago. This is the first step. Well done Kuwait! I hope other countries in the Middle East will soon follow suit. Nitin Rammohn, Sydney, Australia
And who will the women vote for? Whoever their husbands tell them to vote for, that's who.
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Funeral costs rise
The most expensive burial cost almost £4,000
The cost of dying in Britain has risen by up to 25% over the past two years, according to a survey. Research carried out for friendly society Oddfellows found that it now costs an average of £2,048 for a burial service. A cremation is cheaper, but still costs about £1,215 - a 12% increase in two years. Over the last nine years, the cost of a send-off for loved ones has risen by 129% for burials and 67% for cremations. Regional differences
But there is a significant difference to the cost of a dignified departure depending on where the burial takes place. Funerals in London were the most expensive, at £2,646 - £598 higher than the national average. The most expensive burial anywhere in the country was found in Kentish Town, north London, at a cost of £3,928. Scotland, Wales, the West Midlands and North West England also cost more than average, with funeral costs in Wales rising by 72% in two years to £2,233. The cheapest place to die and be buried was south-west England, where it cost £1,545 for a standard service.
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Seeking a cheaper ticket? Ticketing arrangements on the UK's railways are notoriously arcane, but you can use the rules to get cheaper fares. Independent rail expert Barry Doe details 10 popular journeys on which you can save money by asking for your ticket in the right way. If you turn up at Penzance and ask for the cheapest return to Birmingham for immediate travel, the clerk will sell you a saver return at £106. That seems a good buy compared with the single of £85.50, and the saver return can be used either way on any train, any day, without restriction. If, however, you ask for a saver return from Penzance to Cheltenham and a saver return from Cheltenham to Birmingham, it will be a lot cheaper. Up to 0900, the saver to Cheltenham will cost £68
After 0900 (or any time weekends) it will cost £59
The saver from Cheltenham to Birmingham will cost £17.50
So before 0900 the total is £85.50 - saving £20.50 over the originally-asked-for £106 - and after 0900 or at weekends, the total is £76.50, saving £29.50. These are not "fiddles" but perfectly legitimate savings, because it is the customer's right to ask for any combination of tickets. However, it is also the clerk's duty not to advertise them, should he or she know they exist.
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Content: By rail, a ticket to travel is just that, valid on any operators' services on the line of route (this only applies to walk-on tickets like savers and not to advance purchase fares, which are much cheaper and are for a specific seat on a specific train). The same rules and reasons apply to all these journeys, taken during the week - details correct at time of publication. 2. PLYMOUTH-READING
You need to take a day trip from Plymouth to Reading using the first train of the day at 0548. Through fares are more expensive
The booking office rightly says the cheapest return is £188 open return - remember they must only tell you the cheapest through fare to the place you ask for in one transaction, NOT by re-booking. Ask for a standard day return to Exeter (£14.60), then another from Exeter to Taunton (£9.70). You have to buy the full fare open return to Reading as the train does not stop anywhere again (£113). But these three tickets cost £137.30, saving £50.70. The way to find this out? Look at intermediate stops and see if fares to that station, and from that station to your destination, cost less than the throughout fare - the trick here is to use standard day returns (only valid for shorter journeys of 50 miles maximum) and only pay the open return for the longer leg.
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Title: BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 10 legit ways to get cheaper rail fares
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Content: The total, £67, saves £15. This is because non-London fares tend to be at a cheaper rate per mile than those into London itself. 4. WINCHESTER-LONDON
A Network Railcard gives 34% off fares after 1000, but if you need to go to town earlier, there's no discount on the £43.40 standard day return. So buy a single (without your railcard) at £23 and then ask for a London to Winchester single WITH your railcard for the homeward journey (or buy it in London) at £15.20. Total £38.20, saving £5.20. 5. LONDON-MANCHESTER
To get to Manchester from London early, the only throughout return fare is the open return at £219. The train's first stop is Stoke-on-Trent so you can't split it into short sections. Instead, buy an open return to Stoke-on-Trent (£182) then a saver return Stoke to Manchester (£12.30).
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Title: BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 10 legit ways to get cheaper rail fares
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Content: Total £38.20, saving £5.20. 5. LONDON-MANCHESTER
To get to Manchester from London early, the only throughout return fare is the open return at £219. The train's first stop is Stoke-on-Trent so you can't split it into short sections. Instead, buy an open return to Stoke-on-Trent (£182) then a saver return Stoke to Manchester (£12.30). Total £194.30, saving £24.70. This works because the cheap saver return from Stoke is valid on any train, any day - and for the homeward journey this is no problem as all bar one train a day calls at Stoke-on-Trent. 6. LONDON-NEWCASTLE
You have to leave London for Newcastle on the 0800 train and the open return costs £224. The train calls at Peterborough - and savers to the north from Peterborough are available any train, any day.
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Title: BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 10 legit ways to get cheaper rail fares
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Content: If you buy a GNER-only first single it is £31.50 and if you buy a Virgin-only first single it is £29. So with Virgin both ways, it's £58, saving £28. Even if you travel GNER, it's still only £63. 10. LONDON-MANCHESTER FIRST CLASS
Very few savings can be made in first class as the cheaper short-distance fares don't exist, but to show how crazy the current system has become, take this example. A first class open return from London Euston to Manchester is £337 for 185 miles each way. But a first open return to Falkirk - yes, in Scotland - is £320. This is because West Coast fares are priced by Virgin. London-Manchester is £337 return, and £355 London-Glasgow. BUT London-Falkirk is priced by GNER who have cheaper fares - and yet fares from London to Falkirk are available via either the West or the East Coast routes.
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Title: BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 10 legit ways to get cheaper rail fares
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Content: A first class open return from London Euston to Manchester is £337 for 185 miles each way. But a first open return to Falkirk - yes, in Scotland - is £320. This is because West Coast fares are priced by Virgin. London-Manchester is £337 return, and £355 London-Glasgow. BUT London-Falkirk is priced by GNER who have cheaper fares - and yet fares from London to Falkirk are available via either the West or the East Coast routes. So use your Falkirk ticket to Manchester, where you can break your journey (never to go on to Falkirk later). So you pay £17 less to travel 420 miles to Falkirk than the 185 miles to Manchester. You know it makes sense. Fares fair
A spokeswoman for the Association of Train Operating Companies agrees that combination fares are legitimate, but points out that on long distance trips, open single or return fares - used in the examples above - account for 2% of journeys. Is his ticket cheaper than yours?
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Title: BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 10 legit ways to get cheaper rail fares
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Content: So use your Falkirk ticket to Manchester, where you can break your journey (never to go on to Falkirk later). So you pay £17 less to travel 420 miles to Falkirk than the 185 miles to Manchester. You know it makes sense. Fares fair
A spokeswoman for the Association of Train Operating Companies agrees that combination fares are legitimate, but points out that on long distance trips, open single or return fares - used in the examples above - account for 2% of journeys. Is his ticket cheaper than yours? "Ninety-eight percent of passengers travel on the wide range of discounted fares available, and which do not involve making complicated enquiries about the purchase of combination fares. Nationally, more than 80% of rail journeys are made using discounted tickets including cheap day returns, savers, and advance purchase tickets." With millions of possible fare combinations, it is not practical for ticket retailers to give out every single combination of single and return tickets, she says. " Also, this might severely limit the number of trains that the passenger could use, depending on the time of day they wish to travel." A spokeswoman for Passenger Focus, an independent consumer watchdog, says that the above examples show just how complex the fare structure has become.
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Title: BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 10 legit ways to get cheaper rail fares
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Content: "Ninety-eight percent of passengers travel on the wide range of discounted fares available, and which do not involve making complicated enquiries about the purchase of combination fares. Nationally, more than 80% of rail journeys are made using discounted tickets including cheap day returns, savers, and advance purchase tickets." With millions of possible fare combinations, it is not practical for ticket retailers to give out every single combination of single and return tickets, she says. " Also, this might severely limit the number of trains that the passenger could use, depending on the time of day they wish to travel." A spokeswoman for Passenger Focus, an independent consumer watchdog, says that the above examples show just how complex the fare structure has become. "These are just a tiny proportion of the many anomalies there must be. If you know the system, you can bend it to your advantage but most passengers wouldn't know that you can get cheaper fares by buying a combination of tickets. "Passenger Focus is concerned that longer-distance passengers are perplexed by a complicated system so are never sure that they're getting the right ticket. There are great deals out there but it's no wonder that passengers, particularly first-time train travellers, feel bewildered by a range of tickets with a multitude of names." She adds that the group is working with the rail industry to simplify the fares structure.
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Title: BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 10 legit ways to get cheaper rail fares
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Content: "These are just a tiny proportion of the many anomalies there must be. If you know the system, you can bend it to your advantage but most passengers wouldn't know that you can get cheaper fares by buying a combination of tickets. "Passenger Focus is concerned that longer-distance passengers are perplexed by a complicated system so are never sure that they're getting the right ticket. There are great deals out there but it's no wonder that passengers, particularly first-time train travellers, feel bewildered by a range of tickets with a multitude of names." She adds that the group is working with the rail industry to simplify the fares structure. Are We There Yet? is broadcast in the UK on BBC Two on Tuesday, 13 March, at 1930 GMT. Here is a selection of your comments. The 1970s BBC sitcom Old Gas and Gaiters had something very similar in the form of the Railway Gam
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Title: BBC News - David Cameron is UK's new prime minister
Headings: David Cameron is UK's new prime minister
David Cameron is UK's new prime minister
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Content: "I came into politics because I love this country, I think its best days still lie ahead and I believe deeply in public service. "I think the service our country needs right now is to face up to our big challenges, to confront our problems, take difficult decisions, lead people through those decisions, so that together we can reach better times ahead." Emotional statement
The Conservatives had been in days of negotiations with the Lib Dems - who also negotiated with Labour - after last Thursday's UK election. Earlier the Lib Dems said talks with Labour had failed because "the Labour Party never took seriously the prospects of forming a progressive, reforming government". A spokesman said key members of the Labour team "gave every impression of wanting the process to fail" and the party had made "no attempt at all" to agree a common approach on issues like schools funding and tax reform. Gordon Brown: " Thank you and goodbye"
"Certain key Labour cabinet ministers were determined to undermine any agreement by holding out on policy issues and suggesting that Labour would not deliver on proportional representation and might not marshal the votes to secure even the most modest form of electoral reform," he said. Labour's Lord Mandelson told the BBC they had been "up for" a deal, but the Lib Dems had "created so many barriers and obstacles that perhaps they thought their interests lay on the Tory side, on the Conservative side, rather than the progressive side". After it became clear the talks had failed, Mr Brown tendered his resignation and said he wished the next prime minister well. In an emotional resignation statement in Downing Street, Mr Brown thanked his staff, his wife Sarah and their children, who joined the couple as they left for Buckingham Palace.
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Title: BBC News - David Cameron is UK's new prime minister
Headings: David Cameron is UK's new prime minister
David Cameron is UK's new prime minister
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Content: Gordon Brown: " Thank you and goodbye"
"Certain key Labour cabinet ministers were determined to undermine any agreement by holding out on policy issues and suggesting that Labour would not deliver on proportional representation and might not marshal the votes to secure even the most modest form of electoral reform," he said. Labour's Lord Mandelson told the BBC they had been "up for" a deal, but the Lib Dems had "created so many barriers and obstacles that perhaps they thought their interests lay on the Tory side, on the Conservative side, rather than the progressive side". After it became clear the talks had failed, Mr Brown tendered his resignation and said he wished the next prime minister well. In an emotional resignation statement in Downing Street, Mr Brown thanked his staff, his wife Sarah and their children, who joined the couple as they left for Buckingham Palace. Mr Brown said it had been "a privilege to serve" adding: " I loved the job not for its prestige, its titles and its ceremony - which I do not love at all. No, I loved the job for its potential to make this country I love fairer, more tolerant, more green, more democratic, more prosperous and more just - truly a greater Britain." He also paid tribute to the courage of the armed forces, adding: " I will never forget all those who have died in honour and whose families today live in grief."
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Title: CARES Act Makes Qualified Improvement Property Eligible for Bonus Depreciation | Wolters Kluwer
Headings: CARES Act Makes Qualified Improvement Property Eligible for Bonus Depreciation
CARES Act Makes Qualified Improvement Property Eligible for Bonus Depreciation
Bonus depreciation of QIP
QIP definition clarified
Taking action: Form 3115 and amended return options
Automatic accounting method changes
Bonus depreciation elections and QIP
Other election-out considerations
Wolters Kluwer United States
Content: The technical correction in the CARES Act has no impact on this property. QIP definition clarified
QIP is an internal structural improvement (section 1250 property) made to nonresidential real property after the real property is placed in service. However, QIP does not include expenditures attributable to: the enlargement of a building,
an elevator or escalator, or
the internal structural framework of a building. The CARES Act clarifies that the improvement must be “made by the taxpayer.” This means that a taxpayer may not purchase real estate and treat improvements previously made by the seller as QIP. However, this requirement is not expected to affect lessors who gave construction allowances to tenants that allow them to depreciate improvements the tenants built. Taking action: Form 3115 and amended return options
Taxpayers who filed returns that used a 39-year recovery period to depreciate post-2017 QIP file a Form 3115, Application for Change of Accounting Method, or an amended return in order to take advantage of the new 15-year recovery period. However, the IRS has informally confirmed that it will issue additional guidance in the coming weeks.
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Title: Stanford research examines whites' perception of blacks and crime
Headings: Stanford research suggests support for incarceration mirrors whites' perception of black prison populations
Stanford research suggests support for incarceration mirrors whites' perception of black prison populations
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Stop-and-frisk policy
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Content: Stanford research examines whites' perception of blacks and crime
Stanford Report, August 6, 2014
Stanford research suggests support for incarceration mirrors whites' perception of black prison populations
Informing the white public that the percentage of black Americans in prison is far greater than the percentage of white people behind bars may not spur support for reform. Instead, it might actually generate support for the policies – such as stop-and-frisk and three-strikes laws – that created the situation. By Shara Tonn
Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Stanford psychology researchers discovered that when white voters perceive more black Americans in the prison population, they support harsher laws. Although African-Americans constitute only 12 percent of America's population, they represent 40 percent of the nation's prison inmates. But informing the white public of this disproportionate incarceration rate may actually bolster support for the very policies that perpetuate the inequality, according to a study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Stanford psychology researchers Rebecca Hetey and Jennifer Eberhardt found that when white people were told about these racial disparities, they reported being more afraid of crime and more likely to support the kinds of punitive policies that exacerbate the racial disparities. The expansion of harsh policies – such as California's Three Strikes law and similar measures by other states – has led the United States to have the largest per-capita prison population in the world. "Most people likely assume this must be due to rising crime rates, but the explosion in the prison population is better explained by harsh criminal justice policies," said Hetey, a postdoctoral scholar and the lead author on the study. Real-life test
Hetey and Eberhardt, an associate professor of psychology, wanted to know whether making white people aware of racial disparities in incarceration would bolster or diminish their support for draconian policies. Their first experiment unfolded at a train station near San Francisco.
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Title: SCHOOL TRACKING HARMS MILLIONS, SOCIOLOGIST FINDS
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Content: "This finding upsets me," Dornbusch said. " This set of data points to a systemic pattern of ignorance, and African Americans and Hispanics are even less aware of the extent to which the tracking system is short-changing them. These results help us to understand why so many talented and hard-working minority students are ineligible for four-year colleges and universities. "And of course, the paucity of these minorities among scientists and engineers is a necessary consequence." But, he added, "if one fifth of non-Hispanic whites and Asians are also misinformed, we are discussing a major national problem that does not just affect disadvantaged minorities." Some of the findings were foreshadowed in an earlier study by Dornbusch. In four Northern California high schools, he found that 55 percent of the students could not correctly state even one admission requirement for the University of California, and 76 percent could not identify a single California State University requirement. Moreover, good students in high-level math and science courses "were just as likely to be ignorant about college requirements as students in the lower tracks." A second study with Jose Carrasco of San Jose State University found that teachers of high school classes with mostly Latino and African American students were less likely than others to know current college admission requirements, Dornbusch said. The best students often overcome bad placements, Dornbusch said.
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Title: 100 Years after WWI: The Lasting Impacts of the Great War | Syracuse University News
Headings: 100 Years after WWI: The Lasting Impacts of the Great War
Media, Law & Policy
100 Years after WWI: The Lasting Impacts of the Great War
Q: What were some of the biggest impacts of World War I?
Meredith Professor and Professor Emeritus David H. Bennett
Q: How was the United States shaped by the war?
Q: How are the problems in the Middle East traced back to World War I?
Q: What is the biggest misconception about World War I that people may have?
Q: What do you want students to understand about the Great War?
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Content: What do you want students to understand about the Great War? A: I try to convey to students how important it was and how difficult it is to understand why it began. There is enormous historiographical debate still going on today about why WWI started. What also is interesting, because I teach military history, is the way in which the war was fought. The war was dominated by defensive weapons, which made it impossible for either side to break through once troops were dug in. That’s why it was a killing match, a war of attrition, with enormous weapons and spectacularly high casualty rates. The town crier in Contrexeville, France, heralds armistice and the end of WWI. From the Edward S. Van Duyn World War I Collection, courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University
It was the casualty lists and the death toll, including the soldiers who were mutilated in the war, that almost predetermined the outcome. It would be a victor’s peace insisted on by the victors because they had lost so much.
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Title: World's largest electronics waste dump in China
Headings: World's largest electronics waste dump in China
World's largest electronics waste dump in China
Author: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Content: Plastic circuit boards are melted down to salvage valuable metals such as gold, copper and aluminum. As a result, large amounts of pollutants, heavy metals and chemicals are released into the rivers nearby, severely contaminating local water supplies, devastating farm harvests and damaging residents’ health. The stench of burnt plastic envelops the small town of Guiyu, some of whose rivers are black with industrial effluent. According to research conducted by Southern China's Shantou University, Guiyu's air and water is heavily contaminated by toxic metal particles, so children living there have abnormally high levels of lead in their blood. While most of the e-waste was once imported into China and processed in Guiyu, much more of it now comes from within China as the country grows richer. China now produces 6.1 million tonnes of e-waste a year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, second only to the United States with 7.2 million tonnes.
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Title: Mears Michigan Local News | Local News Near You Mears MI
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Local Daily News Mears MI Click Here
Breaking News Report Mears MI Click Here
Breaking News Report Mears MI Click Here
Content: If there has been an increase in muggings, car thefts or home invasions, that is Mears Michigan local news that the local media must report, because it is not going to end up on any of the national news outlets. Breaking News Report Mears MI Click Here
Good things also fall under the category of Mears MI local news such as how well the local high school sports teams are doing, did the band win an award at the music festival? How many young men earned the rank of Eagle Scout and who is the new pastor at a popular church. People need, and for the most part, want to know what is going on in their community, and this is done through the reporting of Mears Michigan local news, via Mears MI local newspapers as well as local radio and television stations. Naturally, as informed people, we need to know what is going on at the national and international levels, because those events can have an impact on the local community. However, it will be through Mears Michigan local news outlets that the full impact of those national and international events will be conveyed to the local community. Small towns do not mean small news. Many small communities face some of the issues found in larger cities, including a declining economy, increased crime and an out-migration of young people. The coverage of news began at the local level with the early newspapers, which began to spread over larger areas. Mears MI local news coverage began with community newspapers.
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