text:
Last year, in the United States, more than 1.5 million new cancer cases were identified, with lung, prostate and breast cancer at the top of the list. Cancer was the cause of more than 500,000 deaths, 28 percent due to lung cancer. According to a report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology titled "Clinical Cancer Advances 2010: Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer," "Death rates dropped 1.6 percent annually from 2001 to 2006, mainly due to reductions in new cases and death rates for the three most common cancers in men (lung, prostate and colorectal cancers) and for two of the three leading cancers in women (breast and colorectal cancer)."
The report is very informative for basic scientists and clinicians alike and leaves the reader with the impression that major breakthroughs are happening every day. For example, "a randomized, phase III drug trial in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer was the first to demonstrate a significant survival improvement in individuals with stage IV adenocarcinoma of the pancreas … treatment with FOLFIRINOX – a combination of the chemotherapy drugs 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan and oxaliplatin – resulted in better response rates, progression-free survival and overall survival compared to standard single-drug treatment with gemcitabine (Gemzar).
"A phase III trial found that adding the anti-angiogenesis drug bevacizumab [Avastin, Genentech/Roche] – which targets tumor blood vessel growth and development – to the standard chemotherapy drug combination carboplatin and paclitaxel helped women with advanced ovarian cancers live significantly longer without their disease progressing than chemotherapy alone."
A dramatic discovery involved a BRAF inhibitor for advanced melanoma: "Researchers showed that the majority of advanced melanoma patients with a specific BRAF gene mutation (V600E mutant BRAF) responded to a new BRAF inhibitor, PLX4032 (Roche). In the second part of a phase I trial, tumors either completely or partially regressed, including metastases in the bone and liver, in 81 percent of patients."
However, nowhere in the report did the authors mention the fact that these targeted, molecular therapies did relatively little to prolong survival. The FOLFIRINOX study reported a 6.4 versus 3.3 month progression-free survival for metastatic pancreatic cancer; women who took Avastin during standard chemotherapy for ovarian cancer lived about four months longer. And frustratingly, many of the most dramatically responsive BRAF patients relapsed within a year.
More encouraging are the data for ipilimumab, a monoclonal anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) antibody that Bristol Myers Squibb is testing as a treatment for metastatic melanoma and other cancers, including prostate and lung cancers. Ipilimumab blocks the inhibitory signal of CTLA-4, thereby sustaining an active immune attack on cancer cells. In a Phase III trial, about 45 percent of patients treated with ipilimumab were alive at one year compared with 25 percent of patients in the control arm. At two years, 22 to 24 percent of patients treated with ipilimumab were alive compared with 14 percent of patients in the control arm. This is the first therapy ever to show a survival benefit for metastatic melanoma in a randomized clinical trial; it currently is under priority review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. If ipilimumab is approved for the treatment of melanoma, physicians will be at liberty to prescribe this drug off-label for the treatment of other appropriate conditions, possibly including prostate and lung cancer.
Do these data make us feel encouraged or discouraged? To be fair, these studies targeted the most aggressive cancers possible. Clearly more work is needed; the cures are not yet in hand. An added challenge is the fact that the pharmaceutical industry estimates that it costs more than $800 million to bring a single drug to market if one includes the cost of products that fail along the way (and most do). Although some have criticized this estimate as difficult to verify, no one disputes the high costs of years of drug development and animal studies followed by the clinical trials and testing required for FDA approval. For each exciting new agent, combination trials also will be needed, and one can imagine a number of combinations and additional indications that deserve further study. If only it were easier (and cheaper).
In addition to industry-funded trials, more than 25,000 patients participate in the National Cancer Institute's clinical trials annually. Following a careful review by the Institute of Medicine, the NCI currently is working hard to improve the speed and efficiency of the design, launch and conduct of clinical trials, hoping to incorporate innovative science and trial design into cancer trials, improve prioritization, selection, support and completion of clinical trials, and incentivize the participation of patients and physicians. Given an annual clinical trial investment of more than $800 million, these goals will be important for NCI to achieve.
Beyond cancer, the goals of the National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Awards program are to speed the translation of laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, to engage communities in clinical research efforts, and to train a new generation of clinical and translational researchers. This consortium includes 55 medical research institutions located throughout the U.S. The CTSA consortium presently is funded by the NIH National Center for Research Resources.
Recently, NIH Director Francis Collins proposed the creation of a new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences that would oversee the CTSA program. According to available information, "NCATS is not intended to be a drug company. It is a facilitator of translational research across the NIH and complementary to translational research already being conducted and supported on a large scale in the individual NIH Institutes and Centers. NCATS will seek ways to leverage science to bring new ideas and materials to the attention of industry by demonstrating their value." In principle, it makes sense to house the CTSA program in an organizational unit that will do everything possible to facilitate drug discovery.
The creation of NCATS also has raised concerns, however, in part because it will disband the National Center for Research Resources that oversees critical, long-term technology development. NCRR supports the development of new technologies, including instrumentation, software and methods for biomedical research through a constellation of programs including Biomedical Technology Research Centers. NCRR also supports Shared Instrumentation and High-End Instrumentation Grant Programs. Currently under discussion is where to house these programs; the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology wants to be sure that they continue to be well nurtured, as they support critical, cutting-edge mass spectrometry, synchrotron X-ray technologies, molecular dynamics computation, optical and laser technology, and fluorescence spectroscopy.
All of us want cures for a long list of debilitating illnesses, and we hope that NCATS will focus on what NIH does best. Basic research is essential for disease target identification, such as BRAF in melanoma. When patients relapse, basic science also will be required to explain the molecular basis for therapeutic resistance and drug-target bypass. At the same time, the pharmaceutical industry has invested billions of dollars in drug screening and medicinal chemistry, and they are experts in drug design. It makes obvious sense to try to leverage all the expertise that industry can provide. In cancer, NCATS can encourage innovation in clinical trials and promote both industrial and industry-academic collaborations. Combination therapies are going to be essential given the recalcitrance of tumors to targeted intervention, and collaboration will be important in this regard. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also will be an important partner as combination regimens are evaluated differently, and revisiting those guidelines may benefit all of us.
More from the current issue


text:
Product features:
Sofa made in a wood structure and panels in a manual sculpture, produced in resin and finished with restoration techniques similar to stone. The upholstery fabric is made up of six velvety and removable pillows. The legs are produced in acrylic turned.
Arts and Techniques: Resin, Upholstery, and Turnery.
Materials and Finishes: Resin/Fiber, velvet, Acrylic and Wood. Finished with restoration techniques similar to stone.
Fabric: Aldeco Siege 06
Customization: Custom sizes and colors are available with an upcharge.
Observations for mounting: It contains pads on the base to protect the support area.
Clean and Care: Dry cloth.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Have an account?
Need an account?Create an account
• Microsoft is a key technology partner for Sky in its multiscreen strategy. Its Silverlight and PlayReady technologies are a big part of the Sky Player solution, and Sky has partnered with Microsoft to put Sky Player on the Xbox.
• Another important partner is OpenTV, which has been a middleware partner for Sky since it launched its digital TV service in 1998. Sky is currently evaluating Core3, OpenTV's next-generation middleware platform. If Sky believes Core3 will provide significant value to its customers, then it may deploy Core3 to its Sky+ set-top boxes. OpenTV has stated that Core3 should be ready for deployment in the second half of 2010. NDS is also an important partner in this area and provides Sky with its conditional access technology and its electronic program guide (EPG).
• Sky also has a strong relationship with Sony. It has appointed Sony's Professional Services Team for a number of projects, including in 2008 as lead system integrators to support the technical provisioning of its state-of-the-art new broadcasting facility. Sky has also partnered with Sony to develop a video on-demand service for the PlayStation Portable (PSP), called Go!View.
• Access content on other screens such as a second TV screen via an Xbox console, PC, and mobile phone.
• Use value-added features such as remote record functionality via the user's mobile phone.
• For Sky Sports, live coverage is supported by a range of interactive applications to enhance the viewing experience. Fans can communicate with one another in real time via their broadband connections. They can also check news and access features, league tables, and other on-demand information.
• Sky Player on the Xbox also supports Avatar Party Mode. This feature allows users to invite remote friends to watch content together, interacting with them live as they watch.
Success Factors/Metrics/Monetization
• As of December 2009, approximately 2 million subscribers took the Sky multiroom option (21 percent of Sky's subscriber base), and the subscription rate is still growing. Although other options such as HD TV will have been bigger revenue drivers, according to Ovum estimations, multiroom TV now accounts for £2 of the company's £41 average revenue per user (ARPU).
• It is not clear how many of these multiroom subscriptions are due to Sky Player technology, but even though it is still very early days, Sky Player via Xbox already looks to have had some positive impact (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. BSkyB Multi-Room Subscription Growth
• Sky provides wholesale TV services to four of the largest mobile operators in the United Kingdom. The company claims that through these arrangements it has "hundreds of thousands of users" and thus provides the largest mobile TV service in the United Kingdom.
• In FY 2009, Sky generated £206 million from wholesale content deals, approximately 4 percent of total revenues. Currently a large proportion of this wholesale revenue comes from large TV deals (with Virgin Media, for example), but with over 77 million mobile phone contracts in the United Kingdom, and an increasing percentage of those being 3G-enabled, the potential market for Sky's mobile wholesale offerings is significant and growing.
Company Background
• Read Sky Corporate overview


text:
A Guideline document which provides an awareness level guide to preparing you and your club for emergency disease outbreak is also available - click on this link pdf IMS-GU-033 Horse Biosecurity V20140321 (496 KB) .
A Horse Health Declaration that maybe required by showgrounds and arenas for horse events. Click on this link pdf IMS-F-037 Biosecurity Horse Health Declaration V20160321
Information for Queensland Clubs and Members.
It has recently been bought to the attention of the board that QLD has specific biosecurity laws relating to the movement of all livestock within the state.It is clear from looking at relevant information that Queensland Athra Members, clubs, and event organisers etc, have numerous obligations at law when they move a horse from one location to another, including taking a horse for a ride down the road within their state. As such all members and particularly organisers of horse events are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the Queensland Government Department of Agriculture & Fisheries website.
Click on the link below for more information.
Biosecurity Guidelines for Qld Horse Owners


text:
Instructional Technology is a diverse field with opportunities for individuals in a variety of eclectic roles all centered on the process of creating web-based instruction. The need for instructional technologists is great. The growing amount of information created every year and the need for more and more learning drive the need for instructional technologists as does the constantly changing field of technology.
Instructional technology can involve the study of the use of the following types of media:
- Games and Simulations
- Web 2.0 Technologies
- Virtual Worlds
- Audio and Video-based instruction
- Web-based courses and Classes
- Evaluation of Online Instructional Efforts
- Mobile Learning
Instructional Technology Programs
- M.S. in Instructional Technology - Corporate Concentration: For those wishing to enter a career in the training and development sector of business, industry, non-profits or government.
- M.S. in Instructional Technology - IT Specialist: For professionals charged with integrating interactive technologies into educational teaching environments.
- eLearning Specialist Certificate: For professionals charged with integrating interactive online technologies into both educational and professional training environments.
- Instructional Game Design Certificate: Learn the skills to design and develop successful instructional games in this 5-course certificate.
Students do not need to be a computer programmer or a computer expert to be an instructional technologist since many of the tools are as easy to use as MS Word or Google products. What you do need is a desire to help others learn and an interest in innovative and creative endeavors.
Getting started with the Instructional Technology graduate program
You must complete an application through Bloomsburg University's School of Graduate Studies and submit all supplemental materials to the Office of Graduate Studies.
Important note regarding out-of-state licensure/certification: The Instructional Technology Specialist program leads to eligibility for Pennsylvania certification through the Pennsylvania Department of Education and does not lead to certification in other states. Visit http://intranet.bloomu.edu/state-authorization and http://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/Teachers-Administrators/Certification%20Preparation%20Programs/Approved%20Certification%20Programs.pdf for more information on approved certification programs in Pennsylvania. If you would like to contact another state's board of education, please review the licensing board contact resource located at http://intranet.bloomu.edu/images/opa/Boards-Education.pdf
Program taught in:
- English (US)
Pennsylvania Residents, per credit rate. Non-residents: $774 per credit rate.


text:
Amy Key
Amy Key grew up in Kent and the North-East; she now lives and works in London. Her first collection Luxe was published by Salt in 2013. She is the author of two pamphlets Instead of Stars and History. In 2014 she edited an anthology of poems on friendship between women Best Friends Forever. Her poems have been widely published in magazines and anthologies including Poetry, the Poetry Review, the New Statesman, Rough Trade Magazine, Best British Poetry 2015, Poetry Please and The Poetry of Sex. Her second book-length collection, Isn't Forever, a Poetry Book Society Wild Card Choice, is published by Bloodaxe in June 2018.


text:
The Maloof brothers, owners of the Sacramento Kings, are set to announce that they will look to relocate the team, according to Bryan May of ABC 10 in Sacramento.
A Maloof attorney says that NBA commissioner David Stern would approve a move if the current plan to stay in Sacramento failed.
The current deal with the city and arena is described as "unrealistic and unacceptable" with revenue projections consisting of "not valid numbers."
The Maloofs say that without a reworked deal, something the city is against, the team will HAVE to consider other options.
This comes less than a year after the Kings looked all but gone for Anaheim and then agreed to a deal to stay in Sacramento at the last minute.
If the Kings' relocation does get approved, Anaheim still looks like the most viable new city.


text:
I use Evernote a lot for clipping items for reference or later retrieval. The best part is that the clipper stores the URL of where I found the information so I could go back and look at the original source. I have had the problem with the Firefox and Safari extensions.
I found out today that it doesn't work at all with the StackOverflow site. I figured I better report it as a possible bug (maybe it's a feature?).


text:
Speed – Ambition – SAAB – Leagacy – Trionic
Skip to content
By accessing "Team T-Fem" (hereinafter "we", "us", "our", "Team T-Fem", "http://forum.teamtfem.se"), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use "Team T-Fem". We may change these at any time and we'll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of "Team T-Fem" after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.
Our forums are powered by phpBB (hereinafter "they", "them", "their", "phpBB software", "www.phpbb.com", "phpBB Limited", "phpBB Teams") which is a bulletin board solution released under the "GNU General Public License v2" (hereinafter "GPL") and can be downloaded from www.phpbb.com. The phpBB software only facilitates internet based discussions; phpBB Limited is not responsible for what we allow and/or disallow as permissible content and/or conduct. For further information about phpBB, please see: https://www.phpbb.com/.
You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where "Team T-Fem" is hosted or International Law. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that "Team T-Fem" have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should we see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, neither "Team T-Fem" nor phpBB shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.


text:
Are you willing to grow your business to the next level? Then you are at the best place. We are here to provide you with the best option of free classified sites in Auburn Escorts. Explore our services and find the solutions for all your problems.
Bedpage is the answer to all your requirements as an alternative to free classified sites in Auburn Escorts. As the top free classified site in Auburn Escorts, we assure to provide you with business opportunities that can boost your customer base and grow your leads.
Bedpage connects millions of business owners and service partners, making use of intelligent technology and expert knowledge. Showcase your work by offering insights into values. Enrich your profile with the reviews of clients and build the trust. Create a strong profile to help your clients know more about your service. Get genuine requests from customers who are looking for your services.
Expand your Business with Bedpage
Online promotion of business through classified advertisements is the only way to compete in today's digital market. With the lack of reliable classified sites in Auburn Escorts, Bedpage provides you the best opportunity in Auburn Escorts for promoting your business. Bedpage is considered to be one of the best free classified sites Auburn Escorts because of its impeccable business format and efficiency.
Why partner with Bedpage ?
Bedpage provides you the best platform to reach out to millions of online customers. We help to display your business in an effective manner. Thousands of service providers are already managing and growing their business by using the free classified site.
Bedpage is one of the best classified sites in Auburn Escorts to create brand recognition and raise awareness among customers by building a business image. It can put your brand in front of your target audience faster and easier as compared to a traditional advertisement.
Advertising your business is the direct way to tell people about it. Bedpage can do the trick for you to get the nerves of your prospective customers. You can post free classified ads directly here to get direct leads for your business.
Online free classified sites are a great way to take the business to the next level and an important part of the digital marketing strategy of many businesses. It results in quality leads and gives a boost in search engine rankings.
Bedpage - Best Classified Experts
In an era of a wide range of free classified sites on the internet, it becomes difficult to select the right option for your business. Bedpage offers you with a trustworthy, integral and reliable free classified sites in Auburn Escorts with its efficient work culture.
With a large number of categories available on our website, you can definitely find the best one for your business. Our website provides quick posting of ads with faster and easier search options providing a hassle-free experience unlike other free classified sites in Auburn Escorts. All our business dealings are ethical and under legal norms.
Services Offered By Bedpage
As one of the best free directory sites in Auburn Escorts, Bedpage offers online listing on the website. The directory is available at the World Wide Web. Bedpage offers the following-
How Bedpage Works ?
Bedpage allows you to place a classified ad for buying and selling anything. As a user, you must sign up first on the website after which you can post your ads. Unlike other free classified sites, Bedpage provides various types of classified ads to choose from. Posting ad is free of cost and you can also refine your ads according to category and location of your preference. Bedpage then shows your ads to other users who might be interested in your ads.
Benefits of Partnering with Bedpage
Your Satisfaction Matters as like
For all business owners and service providers looking for sites like free classified sites in Auburn Escorts, Bedpage can be the right platform. For all those who are trying hard to emerge while advertising their newly launched product, Bedpage provides that extra edge over other websites when it comes to creating a customer base with its genuine, transparent and best quality practices. So, here you can find all that you are searching for.
What makes us Better ?
We assure you the best quality services with proper work ethics as a free classified site in Auburn Escorts; Bedpage gives you many more advantages over other business listing sites. You can achieve the same results with bets business experience as that with free classified sites in Auburn Escorts.
The broad range of categories gives you enough scope for advertising your business. Bedpage provides you an efficient user-friendly interface and work process. We provide complete transparency in all our dealings by assuring legal and ethical practices. We serve you the best of services in Auburn Escorts which free classified sites were unable to provide you.
Bedpage – A Perfect Solution
Bedpage is a client-oriented website that provides free classified sites in Auburn Escorts with a goal to offer a straightforward platform to the users of free classified sites. There are many other sites like free classified sites but Bedpage can be seen as a clear winner among all of them due to its offerings. Log on to Bedpage now to get your business at the top of the charts.


text:
SSAT and ISEE For Dummies
SSAT and ISEE For Dummies
ISBN: 978-1-118-20644-7 February 2012 512 Pages
Download Product Flyer
The Secondary School Aptitude Test (SSAT) and Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) are the two most common standardized aptitude tests used in American private secondary schools. If you're a parent or student looking to apply for admissions at a private, military, or boarding school, SSAT & ISEE For Dummies is your family's ticket to success.
Here, you'll get all the prep needed to score higher on the SSAT and ISEE exams, the most up-to-date information on the tests, hundreds of practice questions, thorough test-specific math and verbal workouts, six full-length practice tests (all with detailed answer explanations), and solid test-taking advice.
- Correctly answer difficult analogy and synonym questions without knowing what all the words mean
- Ace the math section by eliminating answers that are planted to fool test takers
- Apply the proven For Dummies step-by-step approach to combat the essay portion
- Analyze difficult passages using tips and tricks in the reading comprehension section
- Learn the most common vocabulary words tested on the SSAT and ISEE with an entire chapter devoted to vocabulary terms
- State-by-state "Private Schools at-a-Glance" chart with data on more than 1,000 private secondary schools
SSAT & ISEE For Dummies provides students with the resources they need for test day preparation and gives parents sound, expert advice on selecting, applying, and paying for private school.
Table of contents
Part I: Paving the Way to Private School: Introducing the SSAT and ISEE 5
Chapter 1: Getting to Know the SSAT and ISEE 7
Chapter 2: Picking Up Study Skills and Techniques for Testing Success 19
Part II: Ramping Up for the Verbal, Reading, and Essay Sections 25
Chapter 3: Defining Your Vocabulary Skills 27
Chapter 4: Talking Up Verbal Reasoning 41
Chapter 5: Practicing Verbal Reasoning 53
Chapter 6: Comprehending Reading Comprehension 75
Chapter 7: Practicing Reading Comprehension 87
Chapter 8: Writing a Winning Essay 101
Chapter 9: Practicing Writing Essays 111
Part III: Tackling the Math Sections 117
Chapter 10: Adding Up Arithmetic 119
Chapter 11: Practicing Arithmetic 133
Chapter 12: Acing Algebra 147
Chapter 13: Practicing Algebra 159
Chapter 14: Jamming with Geometry 173
Chapter 15: Practicing Geometry 187
Chapter 16: Cracking Word Problems and Quantitative Comparisons 205
Part IV: SSAT Practice Exams 213
Chapter 17: SSAT Upper Level Practice Exam 215
Chapter 18: Answers to SSAT Upper Level Practice Exam 243
Chapter 19: SSAT Lower Level Practice Exam 1 255
Chapter 20: Answers to SSAT Lower Level Practice Exam 1 283
Chapter 21: SSAT Lower Level Practice Exam 2 295
Chapter 22: Answers to SSAT Lower Level Practice Exam 2 323
Part V: ISEE Practice Exams337
Chapter 23: ISEE Upper Level Practice Exam 339
Chapter 24: Answers to ISEE Upper Level Practice Exam 371
Chapter 25: ISEE Middle Level Practice Exam 387
Chapter 26: Answers to ISEE Middle Level Practice Exam 419
Chapter 27: ISEE Lower Level Practice Exam 431
Chapter 28: Answers to ISEE Lower Level Practice Exam 457
Part VI: The Part of Tens 469
Chapter 29: Ten Tips for Test Day 471
Chapter 30: Ten Ways to Calm Your Nerves 475
Index 479


text:
Subscribe To Weekend Box Office: Pain and Gain Pumps Up The Top Spot Updates
I've already subscribed
Michael Bay scored one of the worst openings for one of his movies this weekend, but you won't hear him complaining too much. Turns out this was also one of his cheaper movies (one of only three with a price tag less than $100 million). The $20 million debut was a comparably decent start against its non-special-effects-laden $26 million reported budget, and was enough to nab number on a quiet, pre-summer weekend.
It was a different story for romantic comedy The Big Wedding which turned out to be "The Big Flop". With just $7.5 million is settled for a dismal fourth place. Not exactly a box office coup for newcomer director Justin Zackham or any of the reasonably recognizable names slathered across the film's one sheet.
The latest Matthew McConaughey flick to hit theaters made a big splash. Mud, despite opening in just over 350 venues, banked a respectable $6,000 per theater for a $2 million total. That wasn't quite enough to break into the top ten, but it landed at eleventh just behind Jurassic Park 3D.
The box office buzz this weekend wasn't about domestic totals though, but instead focused on a franchise that American's won't even get to see for another week. Iron Man 3 saw almost $200 million in foreign markets this weekend. Not that anyone wasn't expecting it to be a huge summer hit here in the US, but the question is whether or not this means it will be able to top The Avenger's domestic opening records.
For the full weekend top ten, check out the chart below:


text:
Nashville's Seed & Feed
Chef Tyler Brown of the Hermitage Hotel's Capitol Grille is serving up farm-fresh sustainability on every plate.
Chef Tyler Brown wants you to eat your veggies. And not just because they're good for you. Through his work with Nashville's Glen Leven, a 66-acre urban farmstead owned by the Land Trust for Tennessee, he's proving they're good for the land too. The Hermitage Hotel, where Tyler Brown works as executive chef of the Capitol Grille, has a unique relationship with the Land Trust for Tennessee. Through donations, the hotel helps fund land conservation. And in exchange, chef Tyler and his kitchen staff are allowed to cultivate the garden at Glen Leven—trading in chefs' whites for overalls—and bring the harvest right back to the dining room, where his guests enjoy the bounty.
In July 2008, the 122-room Hermitage Hotel initiated a line-item charge on guests' room bills: a $2 per night donation to the Land Trust. People can remove the charge, but very few do (about 0.1%). To date, hotel guests have donated $189,000, which the Land Trust has used to purchase property (roughly 1,849 acres) to put into conservation easements and protect against future development. That means virgin forests and lands can stay that way.
But it doesn't stop there.
What began as a simple reciprocal arrangement over land conservation and fresh produce has blossomed into community outreach and a chef's full-blown passion for Southern foodways preservation.
Up until two years ago, the most Tyler had grown were a few tomatoes in his backyard. When he tilled his first row at Glen Leven, it was scattershot. "I didn't know when to plant. When to harvest. When or how to do anything, really," he says, twirling his handlebar mustache as he paces through rows of verdant collards. "But a friend's dad told me, 'The best fertilizer is a farmer's footprint.' So I just kept coming out here and learning, spending time here almost every day."
Now, this 5-acre plot just minutes from downtown has turned into a study in Tennessee heirlooms, incorporating as many native or longtime resident plants as possible. And Tyler is giving those crops cultural relevance by showcasing heirloom recipes in his restaurant, such as bourbon-braised greens or late-season tomato pie. "It's not about the latest fads in food," he says. "It's about where recipes came from and how this region ate."
He shares his passion with the community, inviting volunteers to help work the rows, to reconnect with the land. And he's active in schools, like the LEAD Academy public charter school, where he regularly brings students produce from the garden, prepares a healthy, farm-fresh meal, and supplements the curriculum.
Land conservation. Community education. Cultural preservation. Yes, it's good to eat those veggies.
To donate or become a Friend of Glen Leven and support the project, visit the Land Trust for Tennessee.


text:
Commentary: Amazon's Fire Phone Is Too Much, Too Late
Please allow me to be the last to tell you that Amazon unveiled a phone, and among the first to tell you why no one will buy it.
It's not because the Fire phone is packed with a range of what can only be called parlor tricks–that is, 3-D interface gewgaws of limited utility. Nor is it because the most interesting thing about the phone–a button that lets you buy anything you see in real life on Amazon–is probably more useful for Amazon than for its customers, and already exists on other phones anyway.
The central problems with the Fire, the factors that will kill its sales as surely as they have held Windows Phone to single digit market share in North America, are these.


text:
Brother Paul Miki, a Jesuit and a native of Japan, has become the best known among the martyrs of Japan. While hanging upon a cross Paul Miki preached to the people gathered for the execution: The sentence of judgment says these men came to Japan from the Philippines, but I did not come from any other country. I am a true Japanese. The only reason for my being killed is that I have taught the doctrine of Christ. I certainly did teach the doctrine of Christ. I thank God it is for this reason I die. I believe that I am telling only the truth before I die. I know you believe me and I want to say to you all once again: Ask Christ to help you to become happy. I obey Christ. After Christs example I forgive my persecutors. I do not hate them. I ask God to have pity on all, and I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as a fruitful rain.
When missionaries returned to Japan in the 1860s, at first they found no trace of Christianity. But after establishing themselves they found that thousands of Christians lived around Nagasaki and that they had secretly preserved the faith. Beatified in 1627, the martyrs of Japan were finally canonized in 1862.


text:
Heath Arnold campaigned to
Homeschooled students should be allowed to play school sports, if they meet the same obligations as the enrolled
I am the proud father of an eleven year old home schooled fifth grade athlete in Weakley County. He will be in 6th grade next year but will not be allowed to play sports for the Gleason K-12 school due to the restrictions in place by the local school board. I need your help in demanding that these restrictions be lifted allowing for all home schooled children to participate in public school…
NFL player Tim Tebow was home schooled in his youth
Catching for Gleason's City-Wide league.
My son, Dawson Arnold, ready to go to a ball game, but wanted to break his boards for the Saint Jude Break-a-thon first. He's a 2nd…Read More
I am the
proud father of an eleven year old homeschooled fifth grade athlete in Weakley
County. I need your help mandating that all Tennessee homeschooled children be
allowed to play public school sports, providing they meet the same educational
and school requirements as the enrolled. T.S.S.A.A.…Read More


text:
Main Menu
All times are in GMT -8 (DST) :: The time is now 10:49 am.
Sub Menu
Knowledgebase Sections
Article Data
- Article Ref
- Written By
- Josh Olson
- Date Created
- Tue, 4th Jun 2013
- Updated By
- Josh Olson
- Date Modified
- Tue, 4th Jun 2013
Article Actions
Customize Logo in Browser Tab When Using Pronto!
Is it possible to customize the log/icon that appears in a web browser's tab when using the Pronto! Web client?
The icon that appears in the tab when using the Pronto! Web interface can be modified by creating a custom Pronto4 skin for CGP, uploading a custom favicon.ico file, and flushing the cache on both CGP and then your browser. That process is illustrated in the following video:
Article Comments
There are currently no comments.


text:
Monday, June 3, 2013
The Real Food Cleanse, Day Two
I started the cleanse yesterday (Sunday), and I felt great all day! The food is high-raw, so you do get to eat some cooked beans. But there's not supposed to be any sugar, caffeine, alcohol, grains, or processed stuff (but I am having hot raw cacao and tea for caffeine so I don't die). I woke up this morning feeling pretty darn good about myself after eating so well yesterday.
The plan includes "bulk it up" instructions for those needing higher calorie diets. Basically, it involves including sunflower seeds and bananas as snacks. Since I work out, I need more calories. So I started my morning with a pre-workout banana. I did a little cardio workout, and then sat down to breakfast — Chilly Cherry Coconut Porridge.
This was a banana and cherries blended together (like a smoothie!) with coconut and cinnamon on top. It was tasty! But as I suspected, it didn't fill me up. I'm a BIG breakfast eater. I typically have a large meal with grains (like oats, toast, English muffins, or bagels) and protein (usually tofu). I was satisfied for about an hour, and then I was FAMISHED. Luckily, since I'm following the "bulk it up" plan, I had one-fourth cup of raw sunflower seeds and some bell peppers for a snack.
That mostly kept me satisfied until lunch. But I was more than ready to tear into this Mediterranean Mezze Platter with One-Minute Hummus.
Now this is what I'm talking about! The hummus was oil-free but yet still so delicious. And it had nutritional yeast in it, which I've never put in my hummus. I'm not sure why because noochy hummus is amazing. To dip, I had an entire sliced cucumber, a whole sliced red bell pepper, 3 carrots, and 6 olives. This actually kept me full for a long time.
But come 4 p.m., I was ready for my dessert snack. I'm eating all of the desserts on the plan in the afternoon before dinner. That's just when I crave sweets. This Strawberry Avocado Pudding hit the spot.
I'd had chocolate avocado pudding before but never strawberry. It was so creamy and awesome. I loved the slight avocado taste mixed with the tart sweetness of the strawberries.
Dinner was another huge meal — Fiesta Black Beans with Coconut-Buttered Sweet Potato.
Coconut butter and sweet potatoes were meant to be together. Forever and always. The beans (left from the can I opened yesterday) were tossed with the leftover dressing from yesterday's salad and served over the remainder of the salad greens from the bag I opened yesterday.
That is the single most awesome thing about Amber's book, by the way. She has you utilize all of everything you buy for the cleanse in the three days. There's no waste. And each recipe makes a single serving. As a person who cooks for only herself, I can't tell you how much I appreciate a recipe that makes one serving and a cleanse that isn't wasteful. Thanks Amber! One more day to go!
6 comments:
Thanks for posting about this cleanse, Bianca! I actually bought the ebook last night so I can reset my system. I am starting mine on Thursday and cannot wait.
Also, it was so nice meeting you at Herbivore during the s'mores party. Working behind the counter made it difficult to socialize, but it was fun to to see so many smiling faces. :)
- June 3, 2013 at 11:05 PM
- Lana Lake said...
What a great idea :) The food looks great and I think I could handle three days, I'll definitely consider doing this. I think I'm going to have hummus and veggies for lunch now anyway :)
- June 4, 2013 at 6:39 AM
- Jared Bigman said...
While these aren't donuts, I can get behind eating a sweet potato like that. That feature of Amber's cleanse how she uses everything is really awesome -- I find myself buying all these healthy ingredients, using them once, and then never again.
- June 4, 2013 at 11:13 AM
- Becky said...
This cleanse sounds wonderful. I really like when all the meals/snacks are planned out day by day. Sometimes I need my hand held with things like that...
- June 4, 2013 at 2:45 PM
- xvavaveganx said...
Wow, what gorgeous meals you get to eat on this cleanse! I could seriously get behind that breakfast, it's gorgeous! The Mediterranean plate looks delicious as well and sweet potato with coconut butter sounds decadent while being super healthy! I love meals like that!
This cleanse sounds amazing. I love a cleanse that promotes health through big meals of real food. I'll definitely have to download this in the future!
- June 4, 2013 at 7:20 PM
- Adi said...
Thank goodness I was eating while reading this; if not I would have starved! Every dish looks so delicious, and I know what you mean about not staying full for too long. Can't wait to see what you'll have for day three! :)
- June 4, 2013 at 8:17 PM


text:
People who move around often pick up bits and pieces. I haven't moved around English-speaking countries, but grew up speaking RP, then left the country and came back to London for a few years, and picked up some of that. There are also a few regional sounds from my childhood that broke through the RP barrier. My English is not pure, but it is not multinational. I have heard other speakers like you, though.
Student or Learner


text:
Welcome to the International Council of Nurses Student Network! Full membership is open to individuals who are currently undertaking a program of education leading to initial qualification as a nurse in their country or who have qualified within the last two years.
The aim of the ICN Student Network is to:
Create an international network of individual nursing students that exists based upon the values of inclusiveness, diversity, equity, accountability and collegial communication which will serve to collaboratively advance the international nursing agenda in the interest of the public.
With the following specific objectives:
- Provide a forum for nursing students throughout the world to discuss topics related to individual and community health, education and science and to formulate policies from such discussions;
- Promote and facilitate professional and scientific exchanges and extracurricular training for nursing students;
- Link nursing students and international health organizations and encourage co-operation between them for the ultimate benefit of society;
- Recognize the international responsibility of nursing students to foster and advocate for a social justice agenda.
These are important and ambitious objectives and we will need your help in order meet them. We currently exploring new ways in which nursing students, at all levels of education, can participate in ICN Student Network and help this Network to meet these objectives.
This website serves as our primary communication tool and encourage you to check back often for updates and new information. The first thing you can do is to join the network by completing the student application form (under review).
If you or any students you work with would like to become more involved with ICN or if you/they have any suggestions about how ICN Student Network can better serve its student members, please complete the Student Network Application form (under review) and feel free to contact us.
We thank you for your continued involvement in the ICN Student Network and look forward to hearing from you!


text:
A University of California San Diego student left for days in a windowless Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell said he just wants to know what really happened to him and how exactly he slipped through the cracks.
On April 25, 2012, Daniel Chong was discovered incoherent, delirious and suffering from kidney failure after spending nearly five days handcuffed in a DEA holding cell in San Diego without food or water.
Agents had somehow forgotten Chong was in the cell.
He spent at least two of those days in total darkness.
"It was an accident, but I just want to know how it happened," Chong said at a news briefing alongside his attorneys Thursday.
Chong recounted those days he spent in that dark holding cell, struggling to get his voice heard.
"I would bang on doors trying to get their attention. After a while, you just think they're just ignoring you anyway. They're not going to let you out, you just look like a fool, or they're going to get angry at you for making so much noise," he recalled.
Chong said that at times, he stayed quiet because he didn't know what else to do. He said he tried to put out "visual cues," like putting shoelaces on the cell door, but gave up after a while because he felt as though the agents were just laughing at him.
Chong said he remembers hearing the voice of at least one male agent outside the door of the holding cell. He said he heard the voice right before the light in his cell was turned off. From then on, his windowless cell was completely dark, until a few days later when agents finally opened the door.
Chong said the moment the door swung open was a mix of emotions.
"I was very confused. As soon as I saw that [the agents] were also confused, I knew right away that it was an accident," he explained. "It was more of a feeling of relief. The door finally opened. There was no better feeling than that."
Chong said the agents began asking him who put him in the holding cell. He couldn't answer and they called an ambulance.
"I was screaming, 'I need two ambulances!' I was really crazy – delirious," said Chong.
He said the agents then threw him a bottle of water – the first he'd had in five days.
"As soon as I drank it, I felt the pain running through my body. Any movement was excruciating," he recalled.
Chong was rushed to a hospital where he spent three days in the Intensive Care Unit. He has since been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and consults with a doctor who normally treats veterans who have returned from battle.
Under a legal settlement, the U.S. government paid $4.1 million to Chong last year.
On Tuesday, officials investigating Chong's case released a summarized report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) that included some of the findings of the investigation.
Ultimately, the report said safety measures and procedures were either non-existent or ignored by federal agents.
The report found that four agents reported seeing or hearing Chong while he was in custody for several days but failed to act, telling investigators they didn't think anything unusual.
"They assumed that whoever had placed Chong in the cell would return shortly to process him," the report stated.
Despite the release of the summarized information, Chong and his attorneys, Gene Iredale and Julia Yoo, are now calling for the release of the full report. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) also supports them in their quest for the entire document.
"I completely understand and agree that it was a complete accident; there's no malintent with it. But of course, I'm interested in what really happened – what exactly happened to me because of how inconceivable it is. I would like to know what happened," said Chong.
Iredale said that by releasing the full report, officials can finally provide complete transparency and accountability for what happened to Chong.
"It appears to me that the fault lies primarily in the institutional lack of procedures that were designed to make sure somebody was responsible for that area," said Iredale.
"Sunlight is the best disinfectant. That's all we're really calling for now. Not a head, not for anybody to lose their job – just to know what happened," he added. "Just to be told the complete truth so that Daniel will know, so the public will know."
Yoo said Chong's case should force every law enforcement agency across the country to take a long, hard look at their practices and how they treat those in custody.
"What happened to Daniel is a reflection of a fundamental systemic failure so what we call on is a systemic solution to something like this," said Yoo.
Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, of the ACLU, said the organization has filed a request with the Department of Justice for all of the records and reports related to Chong's detention.
"What happened to Daniel was unacceptable," Dooley-Sammuli. "It shows a staggering failure at every step of the way, from his placement in a holding cell to at least four officers noting and subsequently ignoring his presence in that holding cell."
Both Iredale and Chong said they're pleased with the results of the investigation, mainly the procedural changes that have been made by the DEA based on recommendations issued by the OIG.
A DEA spokesperson confirmed to NBC 7 that immediately following Chong's case, the agency initiated new procedures including routinely inspecting holding cells, assigning someone to monitor the holding area and maintaining an occupancy ledger for detainees. Cameras were also installed at the facility and the footage is now monitored.
Chong called those "positive changes" and added, "I don't think it's going to happen again – at least not in that facility."
More than two years after the incident, Chong continues to live a quiet, modest life in San Diego.
He purchased a small condominium in the UTC area and is in the process of finishing his degree at UC San Diego. He expects to graduate later this year.
"I'm just trying to finish up school so that I can get on with my life," he said, pausing. "I'm alive. I'm alive and well."


text:
At the risk of sounding as old as I am, do you remember that "Seinfeld" episode where Elaine decided to create a bakery that sold only the top part of the muffin? They baked muffins, cut the tops off to sell, then debated what to do with the leftovers. Eventually, she donated them to a homeless shelter and was told in no uncertain terms that the homeless had no interest in her rejected muffin bottoms.
If she had just used this muffin crown pan from Norpro, she could have avoided the whole messy confrontation.
This nonstick pan lets you make half a dozen muffin tops, each 4 inches wide and half an inch deep. You'll get the puffy goodness you expect in the top of a muffin, and the pan even comes with a recipe booklet you can use to get started. Amazon has them for $15. If you spring for one, you'll want to hand wash it to keep the nonstick surface intact.


text:
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A bomb attack on a tea house in the ethnically mixed Iraqi city of Kirkuk killed at least 31 people on Friday, police and medics said.
The blast tore through the tea shop where people had gathered after breaking their fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a southern district of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of the capital Baghdad.
The violence is part of a sustained campaign of militant attacks since the start of the year that has prompted warnings of wider conflict in a country where ethnic Kurds and Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims have yet to find a stable power-sharing compromise.
"I left the cafe to go to my shop opposite. When the explosion happened the glass of my shop shattered and I was injured by the fragments. I rushed to the scene ... some bodies were dismembered," said Mohammed, a witness to the blast in the district of Wahed Huzeiran.
Kirkuk is rich in oil and lies on the front line of a dispute between the Shi'ite-led central government in Baghdad and ethnic Kurds who want the city to be incorporated into their autonomous region in the north of the country.
A referendum to determine Kirkuk's status was supposed to be conducted in 2007, but political discord prevented it being carried out.
The city is located in a band of territory known as the "disputed areas" that run along the contested internal boundary between the Kurdistan region and Arab Iraq, stretching from Syria in the west to Iran in the east.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but insurgents have been regaining strength in recent months, recruiting from the country's Sunni minority, which resents Shi'ite domination since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003.
Iraq's delicate ethno-sectarian balance has come under growing strain from the conflict in neighbouring Syria, where mainly Sunni rebels are fighting to overthrow a leader whose Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.
At least 761 people were killed in militant attacks across Iraq in June, according to the United Nations, still well below the height of sectarian bloodletting in 2006-07, when the monthly death toll sometimes exceeded 3,000.
On Thursday, at least 44 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks across Iraq in the evening.
The death toll later rose to 66, and a car bomb at a Shi'ite mosque in Dujail, 50 km (30 miles) north of Baghdad, overnight brought the number of people killed to 76, police said.
(This story was refiled to correct byline)
Additional reporting by Raheem Salman; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Michael Roddy and Eric Walsh


text:
Planet Green New Docu-series BOOMTOWN Chronicles a Small Town's Struggle with a Sudden Oil Boom
--BOOMTOWN Premieres on Planet Green Saturday, January 29, at 10 PM (ET) --
SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 10, 2010 -- The tiny town of Parshall, N.D., is isolated, windswept and frigid, like most northwestern American communities. With a population of 1,073, Parshall holds the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in North Dakota (-60 degrees Fahrenheit). The economy of this small community, like so many other similar towns across America, has been in steep decline for many years. As manufacturing and farming jobs have moved overseas, town residents have sought greener pastures and a better life. But recently, something amazing happened: Below the wheat fields and the grocery store and the high school football field, surveyors discovered oil - barrels upon barrels of thick, unrefined, highly sought-after crude oil. Planet Green's original docu-series BOOMTOWN, airing Saturdays at 10 PM (ET) beginning on January 29, tells the tale of this struggling American town in the midst of a profound reversal of fortune.
BOOMTOWN is an unconventional case study of how the domestic oil and gas industries are exploring every option here on U.S. soil - but at what cost? In an illustration of what's happening in small towns across America, practically overnight, many of Parshall's residents and landowners are transformed from ordinary folks into millionaires. But not everyone gets rich quick, and not everyone thinks this new development will end well for the residents of the town.
In the first episode of BOOMTOWN, viewers are introduced to Parshall's mayor and only grocery store owner, Richard, who has struggled for years to keep his store afloat to support his family. He's leased his land to an oil company and it looks like he may become one of the lucky ones. However, for every new millionaire, there's someone who won't benefit at all from the oil boom. Town rancher Donny has wells being drilled all over his property, but he owns only the surface rights to his land, which means he gets the inconvenience, but not the money from the oil. To others, the oil only means more traffic, noise and pollution.
Equal parts "Fargo" and "There Will Be Blood," BOOMTOWN is set against the stark North Dakota landscape, which, until the discovery of oil, saw the town of Parshall practically vanish off the map. With mounting pressure for the United States to find alternative energy sources, BOOMTOWN chronicles the events in Parshall as they unfold over the course of a year, providing viewers with unprecedented access to one of the biggest stories of our time.
BOOMTOWN is a five-episode series produced for Planet Green by Left/Right. Ken Druckerman, Banks Tarver, Rachel Libert, Josh Braun and Susannah Ludwig are executive producers; Rachel Libert is director. Rachel Smith is executive producer for Planet Green.
About Planet Green:
Planet Green is the multiplatform media destination for people looking for something new. Launched on June 4, 2008, Planet Green is following the evolving conversation about sustainability and is the entertainment brand that champions the visionaries who move our world forward in small and large ways. Planet Green and its two robust websites, planetgreen.com and TreeHugger.com, offer unique, insightful and inspiring content related to how we can evolve to live a better, brighter future. Planet Green's original programming, digital tools and content will entertain, educate and activate.
About Left/Right:
Left/Right creates unscripted television and film projects that illuminate the drama and comedy of real life: We tell stories that are honest and startling, revealing and entertaining, dramatic and cinematic. We do so by blending the conventions of documentary filmmaking with the look and feel of scripted television. In short: You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll watch. Other television credits for Left/Right include "This American Life" (Showtime), "Nine by Design" (Bravo) and "Growing Up Gotti" (A&E).


text:
This question comes from Theorem 19.B in page 81 of Halmos' "Measure Theory", as the image below shows.
In this theorem, we are given a function $\phi$ which is a Borel measurable function on the extended real line $\mathbb R^*$. But I can't figure out what the associated Borel set is with regard to which $\phi$ becomes a Borel measurable function. Related definitions of this book are as follows:
1)measurable space and measurable set (page 73):
That is, we must make sure two conditions are met: a)S is a sigma-ring, b)$\bigcup{\bf S}=X$
2)measurable function (page 76-77):
This definition shows that a measurable function must be defined on a measurable space, that is, a whole space X together with a sigma-ring S, otherwise we cannot check if $N(f)\cap f^{-1}(M)$ is measurable or not.
3)Borel measurable function (page 77-78):
In 3), Borel measurable function is defined only for the real line $\mathbb R$, but in Theorem 19.B, $\phi$ is a Borel measurable function on the extended real line $\mathbb R^\ast$. What is the sigma-ring of the measurable space involved in the above definitions? If it is just the real Borel set $\bf B$, we do not have $\bigcup\bf B=\mathbb R^*$, which violates the definition of measurable space in 1). If it is $\bf B$ along with $\{+\infty\}$ and $\{-\infty\}$, that is, ${\bf B'=B}\cup \{\{+\infty\}\}\cup\{\{-\infty\}\}$, ${\bf B'}$ is not a sigma-ring since, e.g. $[a,+\infty]=[a,+\infty)\cup\{+\infty\}$ is not in ${\bf B'}$. How to solve this problem? Thanks!


text:
Liberty News
Liberty acquires local aviation business for School of Aeronautics
Liberty University School of Aeronautics has already soared higher than expectations, growing from four students to more than 200 in the last seven years. Liberty announced today that the acquisition of a local aviation business will take the largest flight school in the Commonwealth of Virginia even higher.
Effective Jan. 1, 2010, the School of Aeronautics will acquire the facilities and equipment of Falwell Aviation, located at Lynchburg Regional Airport.
This purchase will put the aeronautics program steps ahead of its already aggressive plans to build a facility of its own at the airport, said Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr.
"The purchase will be much more economical for the university than building a facility," he said. "It will take Liberty University School of Aeronautics in one year to the status it had hoped to attain in the next decade."
The School of Aeronautics kicked off a $10 million fundraising drive in April 2008 to finance a new 80,000-square-foot building, airplanes and support facilities.
Dave Young, dean of the School of Aeronautics, said acquiring Falwell Aviation is an instant blessing, providing Liberty with a 55,500-square-foot facility consisting of three aircraft maintenance and storage hangars, maintenance workspace, flight operations, classrooms, aircraft dispatch, student study areas and customer service facilities for charter passengers and transient aircraft. It also includes five aircraft for student pilots.
He said acquiring the local aviation business creates a unique organization that rarely exists in a university-level aviation program.
"It provides opportunities for our students to practice their aviation skills in a first-class charter flight and maintenance operation while pursuing their education goals," he said. "They will be well prepared to compete for jobs when they graduate."
|Liberty University's School of Aeronautics also held a ribbon-cutting this week for its new Aviation Maintenance Technician program located at the old Plaza Shopping Center in Lynchburg. Chancellor Falwell, School of Aeronautics administrators and an FAA representative dedicated the facility. The FAA certified the program earlier this month. The inaugural class of aircraft mechanics will begin Jan. 4. The program will be included in the move to the newly acquired Falwell Aviation facilities at the airport.
Liberty's School of Aeronautics is already the second largest faith-based university level flight school in the U.S. Young said the new facility is "a very significant stepping stone to achieving our vision of being a program of excellence producing Christian pilots, aircraft mechanics, and graduates who will be prepared to be leaders in the aviation industry, commercial airlines, the military and missionary aviation."
Falwell Aviation was founded by Calvin and Lawrence Falwell more than 60 years ago and has provided aviation services including flight training, maintenance, and aircraft charter to individuals and businesses in the Lynchburg area. (While the name is the same, it was never owned by the family of Dr. Jerry Falwell; owners have been distant relatives.)
Young said he is excited to see how the newly acquired facility will enhance aviation services for the region.
"I believe Lynchburg Regional Airport's best days are ahead," he said." The synergy created by the melding of Falwell Aviation with the LU School of Aeronautics will be a major contributing factor to the future success of aviation in Lynchburg and the Commonwealth of Virginia."


text:
I have been practicing the Essay section for the upcoming SAT so kindly grade my essay. Any corrections and suggestions are appreciated.
" That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lighlty. It is dearness only which gives everything its value".
Do we value only what we struggle for?
There is no doubt that some certain possessions hold a great importance in our lives, yet I would still emphasize that we value the most for what we have struggled the most. It is the truth of our lives that things which are easily acquired hold no value at all. Sometimes, just a little bit effort to make someone happy gives us alot of satisfaction because we have tried for it. No matter what, struggle matters alot.
I belong to a very well-off and prosperous family. From the time I've grown up, I've seen my lifestyle in a perfect way. Therefore, I never realized the importance of these luxuries in my life. Then, my father told me one day how he had gone through adversities and strived hard to achieve such success. He taught me a great lesson that adversities we face in our lives, give us a great experience to share. It is not merely necessary that each time it would end in a bad way. Years have passed but still, I remember my father's words with clarity.
Many examples can be illustrated from the history as well. Thomas Edison, a renowned scientist failed 1000 to 10,000 times just before creating the beacon of light. But he didn't give up. And when he was asked about his experience, he responded to his failures quoting, "I havn't failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work". Moreover, Albert Einstein didn't speak until he was 4 years old. He used to ask abstract questions which people couldn't understand. People considered him as a dud but he never got dishearted, kept trying and eventually developed the thoery of relativity. These people set up a great perspective for us that we cannot worth something without involving a little bit of struggle in it.
"No pain, no gain" is a famous cliche used very commonly in our daily life but people don't know the actual sense of it. May be, we achieve the most precious things of our life without even struggling for it but it cannot be compared with the self-contentment and the immense pleasure following the accomplishment when we strive hard for it. Hence, one can only value what he endeavours for.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)


text: For some reason I think the 200x MOTUC characters are cool in their own right, but they just don't seem to fit in my collection or in my idea of what my collection should look like. I was born in 1985 and loved the vintage toys, cartoon, comic, and story line and then the new adventures came out when I was growing up and I liked most of those character and collected those figures as a kid. I never got into the 200x series or characters like Keldor, Count Marzo, Zodak, etc. Some of the back stories and sculpts are neat, but I am definately going to pass on EVERY 200x character. The only one I was on the fence about was King Grayskull and I really don't like the idea of him looking so much like He-Man even though he has a cool back story. I told myself the only way I would purchase him is if his re-issue comming out is hands down way better then the first release. A positive is at least having the 200x characters in the line makes it so I don't have to buy every figure every month. I am happy with my collection looking very VINTAGE with all the characters I remember growing up with.


text:
NOLA Gets Platinum Style Float Home
In the past few weeks, the Brad Pitt Make It Right foundation in New Orleans has been blanketed with all sorts of good press. The USGBC declared Make It Right to be the "largest and greenest single family community in the world." One of the newest homes in this green community is the FLOAT House by Morphosis Architects, which was designed and built under the direction of Thom Mayne and with the help of numerous UCLA graduate students. The FLOAT House is a prototype for prefab affordable housing that is adaptable to flood zones worldwide.


text:
Provided by Steiner & Granger
Insurance and Financial Services
For more information: email@example.com
The prospect of needing long-term care is an important, yet sometimes overlooked, part of financial and retirement planning. Yet it may be especially vital for women to consider as they often face the need for long-term care as both a caregiver and recipient.
Women as caregivers
While you may think most long-term care is received in a nursing home setting, the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information (National Clearinghouse) estimates that about 80% of care is provided at home by informal (unpaid) family caregivers. Of those caregivers, about 60% are women (www.longtermcare.gov).
In many instances, the care provided for chronically disabled older adults is quite intensive and time-consuming. Women who act as family caregivers of older people with high levels of personal-care needs may face considerable financial, emotional, and physical strain.
For instance, caregivers may face financial challenges due to lost wages from reduced work hours, time out of the workforce, extended family leave, or early retirement. Reduced work hours or extended time out of work may also affect the ability to contribute toward retirement savings, potentially resulting in a loss of retirement income.
Caregivers also may face emotional strains and poor health related to their caregiving responsibilities. This may be especially true for older women caregivers and younger women who may be caring for an older family member in addition to managing their own household.
Women as long-term care recipients
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), women outlive men by an average of 6 years (www.cdc.gov). Because they tend to live longer, women are at a higher risk than men of needing long-term care (source: National Clearinghouse). And the National Clearinghouse reports that women, on average, need care over a longer time than men (3.7 years vs. 2.2 years).
With a longer life expectancy and a greater likelihood of needing long-term care, women often must confront their long-term care needs without the help of their spouse or other family members.
Paying for long-term care
Long-term care can be expensive. An important part of planning is deciding how to pay for these services.
Buying long-term care (LTC) insurance is an option. Many LTC insurance policies pay for the cost of care provided in a nursing home, assisted-living facility, or at home, but the premium paid generally depends on the age of the insured and the policy benefits and options purchased. And premiums can increase if the insurer raises its overall rates. Even with LTC insurance, you still may have some out-of-pocket contributions in addition to premium payments. For example:
* Not all policies provide coverage for care in your home, even though that's where most care is provided. While the cost of in-home care may be less than the cost of care provided in a nursing home, it can still be quite expensive.
* Most policies allow for the selection of an elimination period of between 10 days and 1 year, during which time the insured is responsible for payment of care.
* The LTC insurance benefit is often paid based on a daily or monthly maximum amount, which may not be enough to cover all of the costs of care.
* While lifetime coverage may be selected, it can increase the premium cost significantly, and some policies may not offer that option. Most common LTC insurance benefit periods last from 1 year to 5 years, after which time the insurance coverage generally ends regardless of whether care is still being provided.
Government benefits provided primarily through a state's Medicaid program may be used to pay for long-term care. To qualify for Medicaid, however, assets and income must fall below certain limits, which vary from state to state. Often, this requires spending down assets, which may mean using savings to pay for care before qualifying for Medicaid.
Women may have to confront particular challenges when planning for long-term care. A financial professional can help with some of the complex issues you may face when preparing for the possibility of long-term care, both as a caregiver and a receiver of care.
Women are more likely than men to face the need for long-term care without the help of their spouse. According to the United States Administration on Aging, 42% of older women were widows in 2010 and half of the women over age 75 lived alone (www.aoa.gov).
And the Centers for Disease Control reports that over 70% of nursing home residents are women (www.cdc.gov).
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Market indices listed are unmanaged and are not available for direct investment. All investing involves risk, including the risk of loss of principal, and there can be no guarantee that any investment strategy will be successful. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a price-weighted index composed of 30 widely traded blue-chip U.S. common stocks. The Standard & Poor's 500 is a market-cap weighted index composed of the common stocks of 500 leading companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy.


text:
Do your little ones ever drive you so nuts with their need to be entertained or their bored whining that you want to chuck them out the window?
Days like that occur year round, but a long winter can exacerbate cabin fever. If you need to drive out the cooped-up crazies, pack up your diaper bag and stroller and head to one of these affordable outings sure to entertain kids:
1. Library
Your greatest freebie resource for toddler entertainment is the local library. Most offer children's programs that are age specific and involve reading, singing and playing with toys. Some libraries also host special book readings, puppet shows and movie nights. Check out your library's program schedule for more info. In addition to the weekly programs, you can borrow museum passes to get into your local centers for free and don't dismiss simply checking out "new" music and movies from the library to occupy hours at home.
2. Play Cafes
For days when the park is buried under snow or summer heat has skyrocketed, play cafes offer a good, indoor park environment. Often times they feature two separate areas – one for smaller toddlers and another for preschoolers on up. Kids climb, slide, crawl and jump their way through the play structures while parents grab a coffee and chat with other parents as they watch the activity. There is generally a small entry fee and they also sell child-friendly snacks and beverages.
3. Shopping Malls
The mall may have been your shopping playground prior to having kids, but now it can be your mommy refuge. Find a mall that has an indoor play structure or some special activity like a build-a-bear workshop, nickel rides, a pet store, or even a ride on the elevator or escalator can be thrilling for young ones. You can top off the adventure with a long walk of window shopping and a bite to eat at the food court.
4. Children's Gyms
Places like My Gym and Gymboree offer the tiny set their own workout space. Kids can let loose in play-oriented dance and exercise classes and during "open gym" when they can swing like monkeys and run around like wild maniacs without getting in trouble. A charge applies for all classes and open gym time. However, My Gym offers a two-week free trial and Gymboree lets you try out the first class free.
5. Pet stores
Turn an errand, like getting Fido some kibble, into a fun-filled outing. Children love to look at the birds, hamsters, bunnies, fish and kitty displays.
6. Children's Museums
Encourage your child's natural curiosity with a trip to a children's museum. These aren't dusty cultural establishments. Children's museums offer kids hands-on learning experiences, couching scientific concepts in the "wow" factor. There are admittance fees, however, some libraries will loan out museum day passes for free. (See entry above on libraries.) Search the Internet for children's museums and your home state to find one near you.
7. McDonald's
With healthier lunch options, free toys and indoor play structures, McDonald's makes for a fun lunch outing. Find one that has an indoor play structure by searching McDonald's website (McDonald's calls it a "PlayPlace") and then sit back and watch your child burn off some energy. You can finish the excursion with a hamburger Happy Meal opting for the low-fat milk and apple dippers or you can just buy the toy for about $1.
8. Car Wash
If your child loves all things automobile, than seeing his eyes light up as he watches the car go from one washing stage to another will turn a boring errand into a fun outing for both of you.
9. Indoor Bounce Houses
If your kid's nickname is "Tigger," you'll want to spend an afternoon at an indoor bounce house where he can run, jump, climb and bounce until his hops are all worn out. Admittance fees range from $4 to $10. Search the Internet for indoor bounce house and your home state to find one near you.
10. Indoor Water Parks
When both children and parents are suffering from the winter blues, trouble erupts. Stem that tide of tantrums with some summertime splashing. Visit an indoor water park for a day of sliding and swimming and then crash overnight at the associated hotel. Obviously there is a bigger cost to this adventure, but quite possibly a bigger reward too.
11. Mommy & Me Exercise Classes
There are a variety of fitness classes where moms and kids can get fit and have fun together – from group strolls with your baby to striking a yoga pose with your toddler. Check out Stroller Strides, the YMCA, or search for mommy and me yoga and your home state to find a provider near you.
12. Factory Tours
You probably won't be signing up for the Coors factory tour anytime soon, but you and your kids will both love a tour of places like the Jelly Belly factory, Eli's Cheesecake factory, and Ben & Jerry's for the fun facts and sweet sampling. Tours are generally free. Here is a list of kid friendly factory tours or you can search for them in your home state.
13. Bookstores
Bookstores often offer free children's story hours and small play areas like a train track or puzzle table that can keep your kids occupied while you relax with your favorite magazine. Check out Barnes & Noble or your other neighborhood bookstores.


text:
Dopamine agonists directly stimulate the
receptors in nerves in the brain that normally would be stimulated by
dopamine. Unlike levodopa, a dopamine agonist is not
changed (converted) into dopamine when it enters the body, but it behaves like
Dopamine agonists may be used in the
early stages of
Parkinson's disease to reduce symptoms. This approach
is often effective in people who have been newly diagnosed with the disease
(especially those younger than 60), because it can delay the need for levodopa
and thus postpone the motor fluctuations that may occur with long-term levodopa
A dopamine agonist may be added to treatment with
levodopa in the later stages of Parkinson's disease when:
Apomorphine is an injectable,
rapid-acting dopamine agonist. It is injected into the skin during occasional
episodes of immobility when muscles become "stuck" or "frozen," and you are
unable to rise from a chair or perform daily activities. Treatment with
apomorphine is referred to as "rescue" therapy, because it is used during
periods when levodopa or other dopamine agonists are not effective or have worn
When used alone in early
Parkinson's disease, dopamine agonists may reduce
symptoms of the disease, especially those that affect motor function, such as
stiffness and slowness. Although they are not as effective as levodopa in
controlling symptoms, they have the benefit of postponing the need for levodopa
therapy. This in turn may help delay the onset of levodopa-related motor
When taken in combination
with levodopa, dopamine agonists may:1
Because apomorphine is rapid-acting, it is usually effective within 10
minutes from the time of injection. It works for approximately 60 to
90 minutes.
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor right away if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug
Reference is not available in all systems.)
The decision about whether it is
better to use
levodopa or a dopamine agonist as the first treatment
in Parkinson's disease is different for each person. Levodopa controls
symptoms better than dopamine agonists in most people. And levodopa has fewer
side effects than dopamine agonists. But concern about
levodopa-related motor fluctuations is leading some
doctors to use dopamine agonists as initial therapy in people with newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease in
order to delay treatment with levodopa. The American Academy of Neurology now recommends this approach for
most people who have the disease.
In theory, the purpose behind delaying treatment with levodopa, especially in
younger people with Parkinson's, is to delay the motor fluctuations that eventually occur with levodopa therapy.
But in the long term, the same amount of people have motor fluctuations no matter what medicine is used first.2
If a dopamine agonist is used as initial therapy, levodopa may be added when the dopamine agonist is no longer
able to control symptoms adequately on its own.
Apomorphine causes severe nausea and vomiting and must be
taken with anti-nausea medicine. Do not drink alcohol when you are using apomorphine.
Dopamine agonists may cause impulse-control disorders in some people. Impulse-control disorders include uncontrollable or problem gambling, sexual behavior, and shopping. Binge eating is another example.
Dopamine agonists are more likely than levodopa to cause impulse-control disorders. But your risk is even higher if you take both a dopamine agonist and levodopa. If you are concerned about taking these medicines because of this risk, talk with your doctor.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsClarke CE, Moore AP (2007). Parkinson's disease, search date November 2006. BMJ Clinical Evidence. Available online: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.Katzenschlager R, et al. (2008). Fourteen-year final
report of the randomized PDRG-UK trial comparing three initial treatments in
PD. Neurology, 71(7): 474–480.
Last Revised:
January 25, 2013
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine & G. Frederick Wooten, MD - Neurology
This information does not replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise, Incorporated disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information. Your use of this information means that you agree to the Terms of Use. How this information was developed to help you make better health decisions.
To learn more visit Healthwise.org
© 1995-2012 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.


text:
High School Sports
Panther Creek girls soccer falls in NCHSAA 4A championship game's sudden death period
It took almost 107 minutes of play – regulation plus four varying overtime periods – for Panther Creek's first girls soccer title game appearance to end with the first loss of the season.
Yet it was hard to find anything but unbridled pride from of the hundreds of Catamounts fans who filled three-fourths of the stands at N.C. State's Dail Soccer Stadium.
The Catamounts' 1-0 loss to Hough High out of Cornelius, N.C. on Saturday night was still a great moment for the school.
"There's no reason to hang our heads. For what we've done this year? Two years? It's amazing. I'm proud of them, I'm happy for them," Panther Creek coach David Grant said.
Hough (25-0-2) came in as the No. 6 team in the national Fab 50 rankings by studentsports.com, but Panther Creek (23-1-1) proved to be more than worthy of its No. 12 spot.
Hough's Courtney Carroll launched a 22-foot strike into the upper 90 that grazed by the fingertips of Panther Creek goalkeeper Celeste Barnard and into the net.
"I've saved those before, but they're not easy," Barnard said.
It came with 3 minutes, 33 seconds left in the second "golden goal" overtime, which ended the game.
"I don't know if anything was easy to say," Grant said of the postgame conversation with his team. "I just told them that in my heart, and obviously they feel the same way, that the better team lost tonight. When you look at every minute of that (107) minutes it was, we just took it to them and took it to them. But that's soccer, and sports as a whole. If you get one chance, you finish, – that might be it."
A scoreless regulation sent the game into two 10-minute overtime periods that must be played to the full extent.
Hough, which was making its third straight appearance in the state championship after a runner-up finish last year and a title the season before, had three chances in the final three minutes of those two periods, but were denied by Barnard and other Catamounts defenders who made last-ditch efforts to keep the Huskies off the board.
Barnard tipped away a low, skipping shot with 4 minutes to go in regulation as well. "My back three are absolutely amazing. They shut down everybody this whole year.
They're really, really great," Barnard said. "Without them, it don't think it would be like it is. We wouldn't have gotten as far as we did."
Panther Creek's Courtney Cash had a shot in the first overtime period that was saved.
The junior was a constant threat for the Catamounts, saying it was a point of emphasis "to attack the goal."
"It was a good game, we gave it our all," Cash said.
Cash had success maneuvering through the Hough defense and was responsible for a 24-foot shot with 21 minutes to go in regulation that was a hair over the crossbar. The shot temporarily deceived the Panther Creek faithful into thinking they had scored. Cash's volley with 15 minutes left in regulation was saved and her run on goal with five minutes to go was blocked by Emma Cangalosi's back. She also had a shot that was blocked in the 50th minute.
Cash and Hough's Emmily Cowie battled at midfield, which turned into a game within the game.
The Catamounts also had strong play from midfielder Hollie Cartwright, who found space in the Hough defense time and again. She had two shots pushed just wide – once in the second half and again on a corner kick in the first.
Panther Creek's stalwart back line was held together by center back Rachael Everhart, who blocked two first-half opportunities and, along with Meredith Hamby, Reylene Alberti and Briana Velasquez, broke up some of Hough's better attacking combinations.
Everhart also deterred a breakaway from Hough's Sarah Moon in the first period of overtime.
The Catamounts were making their first appearance in the state title game after seven straight postseasons.
Panther Creek loses just six seniors from this years group and returns its leading scorer from 2012, Emma Socha, who tore her ACL and missed this season.
"It's scary to think that I'm going to lose my six seniors and ultimately gain my leading scorer from last year," Grant said. "We've got a very, very bright future. This one's going hurt for a little bit, as well it should."
Christina Moore was named Panther Creek's NCHSAA sportsmanship award winner before the game.
Blake: 919-460-2606;
Twitter: @JMBpreps


text:
Control How Jobs and Estimates Work with QuickBooks 2014
Because no personal preferences are available in QuickBooks for Jobs & Estimates preferences, the My Preferences tab of this Preferences dialog box shows no options. However, you have several company preferences available regarding jobs and estimates.
The Pending text box lets you describe what term or word should be used for jobs that have been submitted but haven't been accepted or rejected. The Awarded text box lets you provide a term or description that you want to use within QuickBooks to identify those jobs that customers or clients have accepted.
The default description of an awarded job is, cleverly, Awarded. The In Progress, Closed, and Not Awarded text boxes similarly let you describe what term you want to use for jobs that fit into these categories.
The Do You Create Estimates? radio buttons let you indicate to QuickBooks whether you want to create job estimates for customers. You select the radio button — Yes or No — that answers the question.
The Do You Do Progress Invoicing? radio buttons let you indicate whether you do progress billing for jobs.
The Warn about Duplicate Estimate Numbers check box, if selected, tells QuickBooks to warn you about using duplicate estimate numbers.
The Don't Print Items That Have Zero Amount check box, if selected, tells QuickBooks not to print estimates that have zero balances.


text:
- This event has passed.
Home Build / Construction
February 9 @ 8:45 am - 4:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)
An event every week that begins at 8:45 am on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating indefinitely
- We build Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 9 am – 4 pm. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older.
- No prior building experience is needed — we have on-site supervisors to provide hands-on training.
- After completing the orientation you are welcome on the build site as often as you'd like.
- We have tools, or you may bring your own. Donuts, coffee and water provided.
To schedule your orientation contact our Volunteer Coordinator today!


text:
Competitively priced, waterproof, and has 4G LTE capabilities
Waterproof, and has excellent call quality
Waterproof, Good call quality
Waterproof Android smartphone with decent specifications
Affordable unlimited plan
Sliding keyboard, and has great call quality
Call quality is not as good as its predecessor
Solid QWERTY keyboard, Good battery life
Small dull display, No 4G, Poor battery life
Great physical keyboard
Good call quality
Poor media playback
Minuscule internal storage
ReviewGist helps you find the best products to buy by making sense of online reviews.
We are currently aggregating 376,500 reviews
covering over 29,474 products.
© 2019 ReviewGist.com. All Rights Reserved.


text:
ROCKFORD — Local residents have been named to the spring 2014 dean's list at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Students include Amy Henderson, Jenna Leeson, Morgan Schubert, Brynn Long, Stephanie Spickler, Chelsea Mutton, Ashley Mccallum, Nathanael Moe, Ryan Blume, Hailey Schultz, Kyle Logsdon and Stephany Maddock of Rockford; Kelsey Fitzgerald, Jessica Pearce, Stephanie Ruch and Allison Andrew of Loves Park; Amber Tourdot of Winnebago; Questina Garigliano of South Beloit; Nathan Loft, Benjamin Friske, Robert Senglaub, Alyssa Ramlo, Anastasia Alexander, Michelle Sardina, Allison Taylor, Michael Korman and Amanda Alms of Roscoe; Boston Nimmer, Megan Clark, Ryan Reid and Rhonda Rein of Rockton; Rebecca Clausen of Oregon; Renita Krusey and Whitney Pingel of German Valley; Rianne Lund of Davis; Jessica Fettes of Cherry Valley; Grant Brotan and Kiefer Nassab of
Caledonia; Eric Powell, Amanda Terrinoni, Andrea Behling, Cesar Tamayo, Gina Bartuch, Brianna Grimes, Rachel Tripp and Jacob Cheesbrough of Belvidere.
To make the dean's list, a student must have a 3.4 GPA or higher.
For information: uww.edu.


text:
How to Handle Common Summer Rashes
More time outdoors means increased exposure to heat, bugs, and other irritants that can bother your family's skin. Here's a guide to common problems, prevention tips, and fast relief.
Heat Rash
Caused by active sweat glands that become blocked by clothing or heavy lotions, heat rash usually appears on the neck, on the upper chest, and in skin folds, such as in the groin area, under the breasts, or in elbow creases.
Spot it: The small clusters of red bumps or blisters may sting or be filled with pus. Only the area that was initially irritated will show symptoms; heat rash will not spread.
Treat it: Cool the affected area, dry the skin, and let it be exposed to air. Heat rash usually goes away on its own within a day or two, but a hydrocortisone cream can help alleviate any discomfort in the meantime.
Prevent it: When it's hot out, try to keep your skin dry, and avoid tight-fitting clothing. Wear breathable, natural fabrics, and stay away from heavy lotions or creams.
Tinea Versicolor
Everyone has yeast within the skin on their face, neck, chest and back. In the summer, sweating can facilitate overgrowths of this particular yeast, causing a rash to occur.
Spot it: This appears as brown or white patches that grow slowly, usually on the chest or back, and prevent skin from tanning or burning after sun exposure. Mild itching may also occur.
Treat it: Stay out of the sun until patches clear up on their own, which could take several days or weeks, or risk uneven skin tones.
Prevent it: Keep your skin dry and clean, and avoid heavy lotions. If you're prone to tinea versicolor, use an antifungal shampoo or cream to prevent recurrences.
Swimmer's Itch
Swimming in contaminated water can expose skin to parasites, often from bird droppings.
Spot it: A red, patchy, itchy rash with pinpoint marks develops within 48 hours. Subsequent exposure can bring on a more severe reaction, and blisters may develop.
Treat it: The rash will go away on its own, but symptoms can last for a week. Ease discomfort with calamine lotion, hydrocortisone creams, or antihistamines.
Prevent it: Though the rash can occur after swimming in any natural body of water, it is less common in the ocean and running water. Avoid lakes with large bird populations or stagnant shallows, especially after a warm or dry spell. Rinsing off after a swim can help too.
Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac
Most prevalent where woods meet grassy areas, these plants can be found anywhere—even in a city—so keep your eyes open for clusters of three-pointed leaves (ivy and oak) or seven to 13 leaflets that grow as rows of paired leaves with one at the end (sumac).
Spot it: Any part of the body that comes in contact with the plant's oil may get red and itchy and develop swelling, sometimes followed by blisters. You may not break out all at once; symptoms could actually worsen as many as five days later.
Treat it: While the rash should go away on its own within one to two weeks, you can ease the itching with calamine lotion and an antihistamine. See your doctor if your rash is severe or your eyes, face, or genitals are affected.
Prevent it: The oil from these plants is most potent for 30 to 60 minutes after contact, so carefully remove and wash your clothing, and rinse exposed skin with soap and water.
Polymorphic Light Eruption (PMLE)
Often mistaken for sun poisoning, PMLE is a reaction that light-sensitive individuals, usually those prone to sunburn, have after their first few exposures to sunlight each year.
Spot it: Tiny red pimples or blisters, the size of goose bumps, appear on the skin up to a day after sun exposure. The inflammation occurs most often on the chest and neck.
Treat it: This usually goes away on its own within 7 to 10 days. Use a hydrocortisone cream or antihistamine to alleviate any itching or discomfort.
Prevent it: Gradually increase your body's exposure to the sun during the spring months to get used to the sun's intense rays. Wearing sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher, staying in shaded areas, and wearing protective clothing also helps.
Mosquito Bite
You can get a bite anywhere, but mosquitoes are most attracted to exposed areas of skin that are warm and moist.
Spot it: Within 24 to 48 hours you'll experience redness, swelling, and a small bump the size of a fingertip.
Treat it: Most people will get relief by using hydrocortisone cream or taking an antihistamine. If that doesn't alleviate symptoms or you are having a hypersensitivity reaction, a doctor can prescribe a more powerful hydrocortisone cream.
Prevent it: If you'll be outside, use a bug repellent containing DEET. Apply it just once a day to avoid toxic buildup of the chemicals on your skin. You can become accustomed to the mosquitoes in your area and less sensitive to their bite. Your body may react more strongly to mosquitoes in different regions, so be sure to pack insect repellent for any trip.
Bee Sting
Bees are most active during the day's hottest hours.
Spot it: You'll feel a sting as soon as it happens. In addition to dime-size local swelling, bee venom causes itching or stinging sensations, which last 15 to 20 minutes.
Treat it: Immediately apply ice wrapped in a towel for 10 to 20 minutes to ease discomfort. Hydrocortisone cream and calamine lotion can relieve itching. Call 911 if you develop symptoms such as troubled or rapid breathing; swelling of the arm or lips; feeling or looking flushed; or hives.
Prevent it: Avoid bright clothing and fragrances, and try to keep your skin covered. Most bees don't sting people unless aggravated, so don't panic if you see one; just try to avoid it.
Copyright © FamilyCircle.com.