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Hootsuite is a social media management tool that allows you to operate all (the most used) social media platforms in one location. You can use the dashboard to create and scheduled content for publishing. You can use streams to engage on each platform and segment followers. And it's bulk schedule feature allows you to upload 350 different pieces of content and schedule them out automatically in increments you set.
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I was 16 years old myself, soon to turn 17, sitting in my second period anatomy class. The teacher turned on CNN and we spent the rest of the day, in every class (except English, where Mr. Hood refused to let anything disrupt his curriculum), watching the chaos on television. Many students were picked up during lunch, their parents worried. I stayed in school the rest of the day, wondering whether the country was under attack.
Where would they strike next?
I lived in Miami at the time and thought that our city might be a strategic target, what with huge international airport and seaport. Then again, I had no idea who the enemy was or why they were attacking in the first place.
Over the following days, that information was revealed -- it was the Muslims and I rather instinctively became very frightened. Not for myself, nor for my fellow Jesus-loving USAmericans; but for Muslims. Both USAmerican Muslims (that is to say, USAmerican citizens) and non-, folks who wore turbans or hijabs, who spoke with a suspicious accent, whose skin tone was (yet another) wrong shade of brown...
I feared for their lives, for their safety. Why?
We were quickly engaged in Afghanistan (USAmerica's longest war), on a manhunt for the supposed mastermind of 9/11, Osama Bin Laden; war in Iraq, to track down Saddam Hussein's supposed WMDs, soon followed.
To say I was suspicious of our government's motives would be putting it mildly. And that was before I was somehow turned onto the ideas and writing of Noam Chomsky, which completely reframed how I thought about 9/11 and the events that followed. A few years later, the Loose Change documentaries came out, and though I've never fully jumped on board that boat, I am certainly (even) more skeptical of our government now that those theories, studies, images and videos have emerged.
While president G. W. Bush initiated the so-called War On Terror, president Obama continued it. Technology advanced, as did the use of unmanned drone missiles. The battle ground widened, with flashes of violence across the middle east -- Yemen, Libya, Pakistan, Syria. Thousands more were killed as we avenged the attack on our Empire.
Meanwhile, back home: economic collapse, financial and political corruption (married with the Citizens United decision), soaring unemployment, poverty, and homelessness, New Jim Crow in the justice system, brutal and unaccountable policing, deeply engrained systemic racism and white supremacy, crumbling infrastructure, floundering education, congressional gridlock and incompetence, and a social vacuum for returning vets... Apparently the US government has been too concerned bullying the rest of the world to waste time and money caring for its own citizenry.
After so much time, we ought to ask ourselves whether there's another way, a better way. We ought to consider the blazing inferno -- war, violence, terror, and injustice in the middle east and here at home -- and why we ever thought that it could be put out by heaping more fire onto it.
You don't fight fire with fire, after all; you fight fire with water.
Indeed, it would be a better tribute to the victims of 9/11 to end senseless violence, than to perpetuate it -- to imagine and work toward peace, wherever we are. To this end, I've committed my own life and work. And while you may say I'm a dreamer, I'm not the only one. Perhaps someday you'll join us, as we sing...


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I think at least 90% of expert players have a way to ask for more information after the auction starts 1m (P) 1M (P) 2M. Most importantly, you will want to know if partner is supporting your major with 3- or 4-card support, and if opener has aminimum or maximum.
There are a variety of different agreements in this situation, but the majority of the ones I encountered either appeared flawed or overly complex. The common flaws were:
A few years ago I suggested an easy structure to my partners, and somehow they all agreed. Not only my partners in The Netherlands, but also my US partners (Zia,ChrisWillenken, Billy Miller, JayBorker). Billy Miller liked it so much that he now plays it with everyone, and named my treatment Dutch Spiral.
I don't claim it is anything spectacular, but personally I am happy with the structure. It was based on 4 principles:
Dutch Spiral always uses the NEXT STEP as the relay: 2♠ is the asking bid after hearts have been raised, and 2NT is the asking bid after spades have been raised. There are four replies after the relay:
It looks simple, and that was the goal! If you want more detail about the continuations, read page 2.
I am happy you liked it enough to have a look at page 2.
As the main objective (90%) is to check whether to play 3 of a Major, 4 of a Major, or 3NT, opener did not describe his hand fully. This was to inhibit the opponents from finding the best lead against 4 of a Major ("Aha, opener is 4315? I lead a heart!").
In 10% of the auctions, responder is looking for slam though!
Here, I also tried to make it as simple as possible (It is wonderful to have something great, but evenbetter if you have something both partners will remember!)
The simple continuation after opener's response, is to play: the next step asks again. Unfortunately (for me!) I have two different sets of answers. With most partners I play simple again: "Next step asks shortness". But with some partners I play my preferred set of answers:
"Next step asks shortness if opener had 4-card support, but asks for unstopped suits if opener had 3-card support".
That is because you are often exploring slam facing 4-card support, but exploring 3NT facing 3-card support.
In both cases I use my favorite schedule NLH (No, Low, High). In the "asks unstopped suits" response schedule, there is even a NLHB (No, Low, High, Both). The last step takes us past 3NT, but that's a small loss: with both side suits unstopped and responder asking for stoppers, we probably don't want to play 3NT.
There are 2 further points:
1. After 1♦ - 1M - 2M - 2♠/2NT (asking) – 3♣, we cannot stop in 3♦, but as opener has shown a maximum, we don't care!
2. After 1♦ - 1♥ - 2♥ - 2♠ - 3♦, we still use 3♥ as "asks for shortness".
This sounds strange as opener just told you he is minimum, but I have always liked to play 1 Minor – 1 Major - 2 Major – 3 Major as invitationalwith 5+ cards in the Major. Many people prefer this as preemptive, but the opponents have passed multiple times already and now you want to preempt? Against WHAT? If you still want to play 3 Major as preemptive, you can use 3♠ as "asks for shortness". But it breaks my rule of: "It has to be simple!"
And finally: this structure is only for 1m (P) 1M (P) 2M. For 1♥ (P) 1♠ (P) / 2♠ (P) 2NT, I suggest:
And with a maximum and 4 spades, feel free to make it as easy or complicated as you like. But this article is not about 1♥ – 1♠ - 2♠, which is not part of Dutch Spiral!
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More and more I'm frustrated with the cyber-infrastructure of climate science. It seems to be on the verge of crisis, in a Kuhnian sense. Everyone has individual solutions for how to do large computations, manage very large data sets, and collaborate between institutions. For example, due to limited resources, I just had to move some simulation output from a remote server to a local, external hard drive. One simulation (not a big one) generated some 50GB of output that I don't really want to throw away. Retrieving this data took hours, and then several more hours to send it from the remote site to my desk. It's crazy, inefficient, and isolating.
There needs to be a better way. We need to harness the power inherent in "cloud computing" and the latest technology for using simple, intuitive web interfaces for accessing remote data (e.g., MobileMe, Google applications, etc.) and apply them to scientific computation, data storage, and data analysis.
We have seen small steps in these directions from projects like SETI@home and climateprediction.net, among others. I have also just read an article from Nature [LINK] saying that Amazon (see update below) and Google have both started down these roads, as has the NSF with something called DataNet. However, as the article notes, there are serious challenges, not just in terms of technology but also dealing with access, cost, and fairness. These can be touchy issues, especially in fields where the rate of work can vary greatly among different research groups.
I'll also just complain that even besides dealing with sharing and storing data, the ever-growing size of data sets in Earth Sciences, and particularly in the climate sciences, demands new tools for analyzing and visualizing the data. I've seen some projects that seek to deal with the emerging issues, but the progress of these new tools seems to be lagging significantly behind the growing data sets. As a concrete example, take the analysis of output from the NICAM, a global cloud-system resolving model. This is a model that has points every 7km over the entire surface of the earth. A good deal of variable are on vertical levels, say about 50 of them. It is conceivable that you'd be interested in examining global fields every hour for several years. On a typical desktop, loading a single 3-dimensional field for ONE hour would require all (or more) of the available memory, making operating on the field pretty slow, and doing serious number crunching is basically impossible. This isn't going to be a special case for long, either. A new generation of cutting-edge models will have similar resolution, and as they start producing actual simulations (i.e., ones from which scientific results are desired), analysis tools need to be available to do the job. Right now, I don't have any such tools. Those that do exist need to be made available and useable, and soon.
I have been looking into these vague notions a bit more. Amazon has a side company called Amazon Web Services that sells cloud computing (computation, storage, database query, etc). The service seems to leverage the fact that Amazon has a ton of computational power and storage just sitting around, so they try to sell their downtime to companies that need more cyberinfrastructure than they can afford. It's a pay as you go system, and you only pay for the compute power/time that you actually use. It seems very interesting. Of course, the problem is transferring this kind of system to a more science community system. It would be nice, for example, if the same kind of system were available from an NSF computing center, and you could access data interactively using a web browser, or submit large simulations from a web browser that then run in the cloud with results going to the online storage facility. Of course, the problem is that "science" doesn't have a giant existing distributed computing environment with plenty of downtime, and there's not a lot of incentive to set one up (i.e., the NSF isn't that altruistic). These are just thoughts to chew on.
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So for those who follow the climate blogs (by which I mean the blogs in which climate change deniers' arguments are routinely dismantled with high school math and physics), Tamino has just posted one of the best smackdowns to a denier analysis I've seen in a while. Tamino writes the "Open Mind" blog, and the entry is from 19 January [LINK]. Basically, a denier says that the increase in atmospheric CO2 is not anthropogenic, but natural, and presents a time series analysis of the Mauna Loa CO2 data using carbon isotopes. It probably sounds good if you aren't being critical about it, but in about three lines of algebra, Tamino proves that the analysis is exactly wrong, and the "result" is dictated by the terrible way the analysis was done. Smack. Fail. Totally worth reading.
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Are Blacks really ready to give up the N word? Because the only way it's going to happen is if we effect their bottom line but alas, we're too busy making their bottom line.
(Comedy King, Pryor, popularized the N-word in his shows, something he lived to regret).
Black leaders are calling on the entertainment industry to stop using the "Nâ€? word, a move in theory that I support wholeheartedly.Â
Do I think that the entertainment industry gives a damn? Absolutely not, but it makes for great news clips and if one didn't know any better they'd think we were really doing something here. But in actuality, Blacks would be foolish to expect an industry that is only concerned with making money and lots of it to voluntarily comply with the request of a few Black leaders when there's millions of dollars to be made.
The N word is profitable, let's face it. How do I know? Because every Tuesday millions of us disperse to our local music stores and support artists, many of whom are Black, that in their lyrics degrade women and use the N word freely. In we fact, we expect to them do it, that's what we want and that's why they're rich.
To expect record companies, who are raking in millions each year off the N word to voluntarily give that up is irrational. The only way we're going to make sweeping systemic changes in the way the N word is used is if we force it economically and quite frankly I don't think we really want to do that. Â
In order for change to be made that would mean that we would have to stop listening to the artists that we love so much. It would mean that we couldn't support films where the N word was used, no matter who's starring in it. It would mean the boycotting of radio stations that play songs from artists who use the N word. No more buying designer clothes from artists who use the N word. No more buying concert tickets for artists who use the N word and of course watching BET and MTV would be out of the question.Â
Are Blacks really ready to give up the N word? Because the only way it's going to happen is if we effect their bottom line but alas, we're too busy making their bottom line. I'll be the first to admit that I love hip-hop. However, my love for hip-hop does not mean that I turn a deaf ear to its use of the N word and homophobic and misogynistic lyrics like so many of us often do with the disclaimer, "I like the beat not the words.â€? That's a cop out, plain and simple.Â
And let's be clear, we are the same group of people that liked R. Kelly's beats so much that we turned a blind eye towards the very blatant proof that he was engaging in at best questionable activities with minor girls and put him and his new album on top of the charts.
We should not be in the business of asking other people to do something that we aren't even willing to do ourselves. I think Black people are just fine with the N word. Sure, we may get riled up when a white person uses it, but can we really when most of use it everyday in our daily conversations.
Consider this, Black people went from referring to each other as "brothas and sistasâ€? to nigga's and bitch's and sometimes worse. Until the majority of Blacks are willing to make a conscientious effort which requires a lifestyle change in regards to the N word, it will continue to be used not only by Blacks but by other races as well.Â
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When I painted the girls rooms and switched them, each room got a chalkboard wall. And even though you only needed to wait 3 days to draw on them, I didn't buy chalk for a whole week and a half. Yesterday we finally used those walls. I wrote little quotes on them. (don't mind my handwriting. I found out that most people use chalkboard markers. So I need to go get some.)
I did wipe them off and re-write stuff. It comes off easy and they still look great. I love them. And I'm so glad I decided to do them. The girls love coloring on them already.
On Kayla's I wrote, "You are my sunshine." She asked what it said and when I told her she said, "I'm your sunshine mommy? Not Kyleigh?" She said it with a smile on her face and her voice was higher than normal. And even though all three are my sunshine I told her yes. "Yes Kayla. You are my sunshine." Because at that moment I knew she needed to hear it. As the big sister she usually gets in trouble more. Talked to more. Told no more. And she needed to feel special at that moment, and for the rest of the night I knew that one little sentence meant so much to her.
So, it made me think and realize that I need to say these little things more often. These little things mean so much to them. And it only takes a second to say them. So this morning while Kayla is at school I wrote her a little message for her to see when she gets home. It only took a minute to write but I know it'll mean so much to her. It is the little things that matter most, isn't it?


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Lyndon Furniture is shipped with a standard truckline curbside delivery service. This furniture is shipped in multiple boxes for easier handling and will require someone to be home to sign for and receive the delivery. Tracking information is provided once shipped and you'll be able to call to schedule your delivery for a specific day. Please allow approximately 6-8 weeks for delivery with this standard delivery service from the time you've placed your order. Standard curbside delivery is a service we provide at no additional cost.
Delivery Method: (White Glove In-Home)
Lyndon Furniture beds are offered with white glove in-home delivery options that can be added optionally on each bed page. While casegoods such as nightstands, dressers, chests and armories are shipped standard delivery, they can be added onto any Lyndon bed order and will ship with the bed's selected white glove delivery option for no extra charge. If you have questions regarding adding white glove for casegoods only without a bed please call.
Lyndon Furniture Construction:
This American manufacturer makes each piece of furniture to order just for you. When you place your order with us you'll want to select the wood, finish and color of choice. Once your selected furniture order is decided on we'll process it with the manufacturer who will order in the needed lumber and materials to build your furniture. Once the lumber is in they rough cut each board for the bed and or casegoods in your order. Sanding and shaping of each board continues to a finished quality. Beds and casegoods are then built and assembled by experienced crafts people. Next the furniture goes through final finishing and staining in the color of your choice. After which each piece of furniture undergoes stringent quality controls to make sure that each piece is just right.
Lyndon Furniture Eco-Friendly:
Lyndon Furniture purchase sustainable forestry products and have made a significant investment in energy efficiency. This manufacturer extensively recycles cardboard, paper, metals and even sawdust which is used as bedding for local farm animals. Trees reproduce naturally and prolifically. The company has been "green" long before it was fashionable and take environmental responsibility seriously.
Lyndon Furniture is committed to preserving their American heritage in making furniture. Solid wood combined with old world construction techniques ensure quality into each piece. Truly heirloom furniture for generations to come.
Cherry Woods
Cherry is a hard and heavy wood that is easy to machine, nail and glue when sanded and stained. The natural wood color of cherry varies from a rich red to reddish brown color depending on the the age of the tree and exposure to light. It is a lower yielding wood as it dries farily quickly with moderately high shrinkage. However it is a dimensionally stable wood after kiln-drying which makes it an excellent choice when it comes to building material. Cherry wood offers good bending properties and has a low stiffness with good strength and shock resistance. Cherry is used in furniture, cabinet making, millwork, musical instruments, flooring and boat interiors.
Maple Woods
Maple is a hard and heavy wood that offers good strength especially in its high resistance to abrasion and wear. Has good steam bending properties. Cut maple dries slowly with a high amount of shrinkage which leads to smaller yields of lumber per tree than the average tree. Pre-boring is recommended when nailing and screwing maple wood. Machines and turns well and can be stained. Maple has a close, fine, uniform texture and is generally straight-grained. Maple is used in furniture, flooring, ballroom and gymnasium floors, stairs, cabinets and doors.
Oak Woods
Oak is a hard and heavy wood with medium bending strength and has a high crushing strength. A good wood for steam bending. High resistance to wear. Oak represents almost 37% of total American hardwoods commercially used. Cut oak dries very slowly. Oak does machine quite well and can be nailed and screwed although because of its hardness may require pre-boring due to the hardness of the wood. Can be stained in a wide range of finishes. The wood is primarily straight grained with a coarse texture. Oak is used in furniture, flooring, millwork, paneling and cabinets.
Walnut Wood
Walnut is a tough hardwood with medium density. It offers good steam bending properties. Walnut works easily with the use of hand tools and machine tools. It nails, screws and glues well as well as holding paints and stains very well for an exceptional finish. This wood dries slowly and requires greater care and attention during kiln-drying to avoid degradation in lumber quality but will offer very good dimensional stability. This makes walnut a premium choice hardwood. Walnut is used in furniture, cabinets, millwork, gun stocks and flooring.
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Badminton has flourished at Stamford School since the construction of a spacious five court Sports Hall adjacent to the squash courts.
It is a games option for all ages during the Autumn and Spring Terms and is also available as a Saturday morning activity. There is an annual inter-House competition, and a popular Badminton Club for staff and students runs throughout the year after school.
Boys compete at all age groups in the local District tournaments and with other independent schools in the region. Team training takes place in the Autumn, with fixtures after Christmas.


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Join Ritual Gold to find your life symbol.
Set in the beautiful space of Healing Art's Indy, Amanda Espy (@ Ritual Gold) is beyond excited to bring her work from Los Angeles to Indianapolis. In this workshop, Amanda will teach how we can make ourselves more psychologically aware through the use of symbols.
The evening will be broken into 3 elements:
1. The teaching element is an explanation gathered from Amanda's graduate studies in psychology and work with clients, focusing on the work of Carl Jung. In this teaching you will learn the purpose of art for our psychological health, and the difference between symbols and signs. You will explore symbols can create more meaning and dignity to the individual life, and how ritual is an important practice for overall wellbeing.
2. A meditation and sketching period where you will be led through questions to consider. These will aid you in the creation of your current life symbol.
3. The creation of the pieces, which will be cut out of 2x2" wax. You will receive the pieces 2-3 weeks after the course, cast in solid brass and mailed to you. This is a project that even the most beginner artist can accomplish. The piece can be used as a medallion, talisman, or ritual piece.
The course is $50. The space is limited to allow for individualized attention, so please contact Amanda ASAP if you are interested in attending.
Amanda is brought to Indianapolis by her colleague, Katie Wall (at Therapy with Katie). Amanda and Katie have been studying Carl Jung's work together for seven years, exploring the depths of humanity and soul, and inspiring one another through psychology and art. For more information about Katie and her work, please visit www.therapywithkatie.org


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Rabbi Jason Miller will either tutor your son or daughter himself or select a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah tutor. Tutors may be in your local community or you might have a distance learning experience with your tutor.
A distance learning experience requires an Internet connection, camera, and microphone. No additional software is needed. Tutors will use either Skype, Apple Facetime, Zoom or Google Hangout to train the bar or bat mitzvah student.


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A slew of articles have been posted the past few weeks about the "revolution" in online education ventures like Coursera and Edx, but also more widely in universities around the world. The technology has allowed two main things to happen. Firstly individual instructors are flipping their classes. This is a technique where course content like lectures and other materials are recorded and posted online. Class time is then devoted to seminar discussion and problem solving. Secondly, there are new MOOCs or massive open online courses offered for free where literally hundreds of thousands of students take an advanced mathematics course based on a Princeton professor's course materials which have been revamped into a snazzy online delivery system. As you can imagine, there are all kinds of concerns about the future of higher education in these new modes. Will they make some universities and/or academic staff obsolete? Will student experience of university life be obliterated?
I thought I'd just post a few of these articles here in one go as well as provide a few comments.
- "The Practical University" http://nyti.ms/10EfkRa
- "It's a Flipping Revolution" The Chronicle - http://bit.ly/10EfbgM
- "Will Online Education Ruin the University Experience" - http://www.newrepublic.com/node/112731
- "New Test for Computers - Grading Essays at College Level" - http://nyti.ms/10Dt9y3
- "The Professors Who Make the MOOCs" The Chronicle - http://bit.ly/10EhHUc
- "To MOOC or not to MOOC" http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/?p=31721
In brief, although I think the modes are likely to change, the actual time and effort it takes to learn will not. Students and staff alike will have more options to transfer knowledge, but the transfer itself is bound by our humanity. "As the Ohio University economist Richard Vedder likes to joke, "With the possible exception of prostitution . . . teaching is the only profession that has had no productivity advance in the 2,400 years since Socrates."
- The time it takes to develop and teach with online education technologies does not significantly decrease for most people. In many cases it increases and takes more time to maintain and produce video lectures, upload them, develop quizzes for them, and maintain the materials year on year.
- One size does not fit all here. Yes, an advanced algebra class could be built and run again and again for millions of students. However, upper level quantum mechanics will likely need updating as the research progresses. So too, in the humanities our research is constantly contributing to knowledge and updating even first year courses on religion would be necessary to stay up to date.
- Even with the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), the initial investment of putting the material online and then managing it is, itself, a massive venture. Some have received hundreds of thousands of dollar grants just to develop MOOCs on things like creative writing. Although extensive testing works in some instances, the humanities also still require essays, which, in turn requires human time and work to mark them adequately. Even with new artificial intelligence essay marking software, which is going to be released for free by MIT, a human being must mark 100 essays to "train" it to mark the rest. So too, many skeptics remain dubious about computer essay marking's effectiveness and the ease with which it can be duped.
- Some of these articles worry about how the university experience is going to change after this online revolution takes hold. I think many are correct in arguing that universities will not be able to continue to sell lecture theatre style courses without providing some significant added value. Why would a student sit through a general first year introduction to religion course when the materials are already online for free somewhere else? It seems to me we will be required to spend more time in smaller seminars with more personal engagement to help students better understand, interpret and engage what they are downloading.
- In the end, the extra time staff put into online materials can enhance the time put into class with students. What's happening is that rather than seeing the class time as the place to gather information, and the out of class time where students discuss and organise it, the reverse is being practiced. What students most need are the practical skills and the habits of the mind that universities are ideally suited to nurture, e.g. curiosity, thoroughness, and cognitive empathy. Class time should focus on teaching those skills and use them to engage with our specific discipline areas.
- After all is said and done, I think academic staff will be as vital as ever to these new modes of teaching. It's not the end of the university but a new beginning. Financial pressures have been making courses larger and larger. We should be able to use these technologies to get back to more engagement with students face to face. As broadband becomes ubiquitous, smartphones get smarter, and all of this technologies becomes cheaper and more reliable, we should be able to harness their potential to get back to engaging students as has been done for thousands of years.
- I think there is a barrier that many will have overcome as they learn how to use and develop these technologies. However, they are getting easier and easier to use. A lot of attention has been placed upon MOOCs, but just as important is the advances in usability for a range of online tools.
- I think there will be lower level courses that are MOOCed (yes, it's now a verb). However, this should free many academics' time to be focused on more advanced teaching and research at upper levels. I don't see why this won't be possible to coordinate if managed properly so that academic staff make the transition equitably.
- However, this is not to avoid the obvious. A shake up is coming in higher education and there will likely be fall out for those who either can't embrace the new modes or refuse to. This is not just a matter for those lecturing in these courses. Equitable transition depends on managers who understand the actual costs and develop new workload models required to fund and support these new systems. In any case, even if all university professors flipped their classes tomorrow and made half of them MOOCs, it would still require an enormous amount of work to manage and maintain. So too, the time it takes students to learn more or less remains the same. In other words, I'm not sure recent advances indicate the beginning of the end, so much as the end of a new beginning for higher education.


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We have a brand new and very exciting contest for you all! James Jeans and DenimBlog have teamed up to give you an excellent chance to win a pair of James Jeans and more. James Jeans is generously offering a first and second prize so that you (our members and readers) have a better chance of winning! The contest is only running for a week so make sure you get your entries in now! So many celebs are fans of James Jeans and loads of them wear their famous Twiggy leggings! They are so comfortable and soft!
Here is what you could win:
First Place – One first prize winner will receive a pair of Twiggy Jeans + a pair of Hunter Jeans + a James Jeans Tote Bag!
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How we determine the winner: All entries will be taken from our Facebook page and entered into a spreadsheet. We will verify the polling and Facebook "likes," to make sure that all entries are eligible. All eligible entries will be transferred to Random.org's List Randomizer to generate a fair drawing of winners. The first two names that populate on the randomized list will be our first and second place winners.
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text: As we have reported previously on our blog, federal agencies, including the FTC, NLRB and EEOC have been very active in taking action against privacy and information security violations. This trend continues with the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) recent announcement of a settlement with three former executives a brokerage firm (GunnAllen Financial, Inc.). The SEC alleged that the former executives violated the Commission's Privacy Rule and Safeguards Rule (Regulation S-P) and aided and abetted the firm in violating these rules. This enforcement action marks the first time the SEC assessed financial penalties against individuals charged solely with violating Regulation S-P.


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There's good news for people that have been affected by the Cryptolocker Ransomware – a security firm (FireEye and Fox-IT in the Netherlands) has apparently obtained some of the private keys that the coders of the ransomware used to encrypt the files in the first place.
The malware is a very prolific and damaging strain of "ransomware" that will "lock" files and encrypt them. The victim is then told to send a certain amount of money via Bitcoin in order to unlock the files. The victim is usually given a few days to respond and send the money, after which the ransom then doubles. This was an extremely difficult ransomware to deal with, and without the proper keys it was basically impossible to recover the files.
However, it seems that FireEye and Fox-IT have somehow gotten their hands on some of the private keys. Whether they hacked the hacker or not is not clear, but it's a great work of Robin Hooding for sure.
They have set up a website where victims can upload just one of the locked files, and they will send out a link to a recovery program suited to the encryption that has hijacked their computer.
It's very curious how the companies obtained the keys, but it seems to be connected with the international effort "Operation Tovar" that was aimed at taking down the Gameover ZeuS botnet, a huge network of infected computers that would distribute malware, including the Cryptolocker malware.
For people who have infected, they can head over to https://decryptcryptolocker.com in order to see if they keys the company recovered are the ones used to hijack their computer.
There's no way to know if this is the last straw for Cryptolocker, however it's possible that the hackers will just add new keys to their malware.
As always, stick to well known websites, and use anti-spyware and antivirus programs to secure your computer at all times.


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'Sister Wives' Stars Kody Brown & Robyn Are Expecting Their First Baby!
The Brown house is about to grow with child number 17!
Sister Wives patriarch Kody Brown is expecting his first child with his fourth wife Robyn!
Kody, 43, tells People he is thrilled for the new addition, due in mid-October.
"I'm overjoyed," he says. "This connects Robyn and I together in a way that nobody can take away."
Robyn, 31, teased Kody about his shock when he learned she was pregnant.
"You should have seen the look on his face when we found out," she says. "It was priceless."
Congratulations to the happy couple! And while we're at it, we should congratulate Robyn's sister wives Meri, Janelle and Christine as well!
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ITSOFOMO (In the Shadow of Forward Motion) is a collaboration between the artist David Wojnarowicz and the musician Ben Neill. Originally presented as a live performance at The Kitchen in New York City in 1989 and then recorded in 1991 and released on CD by New Tone records in 1992.
ITSOFOMO binds the 'haunting urgency of Wojnarowicz's words to a sinister, elastic composition by Neill. Their gestures circle and intertwine with a telepathic energy, revealing the deep affinity shared by these two artists. Joined by percussionist Don Yallech, the group moves with the agility and purpose of a rock band while maintaining the rigor and empathy of their conceptual force. ITSOFOMO escalates from barely-whispered monologues and unnerving textures to a rallying, full-throated charge.'
This is the first vinyl pressing of ITSOFOMO and includes two unreleased tracks: an instrumental version of the climactic track "THE COLLAPSE OF THE ILLUSORY ONE TRIBE NATION" and a new remix by Ben Neill, "ITSOFOMO Septimal Dub." Printed in an edition of 500 copies with a gatefold sleeve and an essay by Sylvère Lotringer. A portion of the proceeds from this LP will be donated to Visual AIDS.
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- Property Value$699,900
- Property Address4525 Summerside Lane, North Vancouver, BC, V7G 1H4, Canada
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- StyleRancher/Bungalow with Basement
- BasementFully Finished
- Parking2 Covered / Total 4 Parking
- Taxes$4,179 (2011)
- Living Area1,246 sq.ft.
- Lot Frontage50 ft
- Lot Depth120 ft
- Lot Size Area6,000 sq.ft.
- Bedrooms2
- Bathroom1 full
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Fabulous opportunity to move into the Cove! Great starter home in good condition with 2 bedrooms and office/recreation plus workshop. Kitchen opens to lovely yard backing onto green space. Quiet lane location, just down the street from the schools. Hike in the trails, swim at the beach or walk over to the shops, restaurants and art gallery. Great lifestyle at an affordable price!
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Awaara is a stunning example of full tilt filmmaking. Featuring superb (and appropriate) musical interludes by the Shankar-Jaikashan team, this film effortlessly blends a wide range of influences: noir, gothic horror, neo-realism, and the surrealism of Jean Cocteau all come into play. Raj Kapoor and Nargis are one of the finest screen couples of all time, equaling if not topping Jean-Louis Barrault and Arletty in Children of Paradise, another possible cinematic influence on Kapoor, who also directed. This is an exciting, moving, and unforgettable film. » read more
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It's Friday the Thirteenth, Hakerettes. My mom was born on Friday, January 13, 1922, and I'm here — surprising though you may find it — to tell you how lucky we all are. Our friends at Lifehacker are, once again, indulging us by hosting the Friday Open Thread. We have access to the internet so we can easily explore the myths and traditions behind paraskevidekatriaphobia. And, we're here and we get to share with one another. Mom would be thrilled if she were still with us.
This week on Hackerspace, Scotch Wichmann posted Tough Love for Russia's (Alleged) Election Hack.
So, what's on your mind? What's the haps? How are your New Year's resolutions going, and what can we do to encourage you? What questions do you have and what can you share? The comments section is open for business.
As for me, my new partner and I are planning to do some traveling this year outside the US to explore some possible retirement destinations. Unlike the couple on Househunters International who decided to buy a home in Malta on the basis of a couple hours' visit years before, we plan to look at numerous places and try temporarily living in several of them before we make any big changes. I've been thinking that teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) in a foreign country would be fun, and I'm looking into a training class for the certification. Do any of you have TEFL certification? Where did you earn it? Have you taught English in another country and, if so, did you enjoy it? Did you work through an agency? What tips or cautions do you have for me?
Have a super weekend, all!


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Finance: Balance Water Soaks Up Investment; GT Beverage Soaks Up Bazi; Adina Finally Dries Up
Balance Water, a line of functional waters infused with tasteless herbal extracts, pulled in between $4 and 5 million in investment recently, according to co-founder Martin Chalk.
The funding came from a mix of sources: Emil Capital Partners supplied institutional cash, while famed investor Thomas H. Lee, the founder of Thomas H. Lee partners, put in money as an individual investor, as did Australian actor Hugh Jackman. Jackman had been an angel investor along with Antoine Firmenrich, a member of the family that owns the eponymous European flavor and scent company.
"Once we started to see same store sales grow steadily, we know we had a sustainable business model," Chalk said.
The company hired Silverwood Partners to help it shop for investors. Part of the attraction for investors was the company's growing international profile: Balance started in Australia and recently added an office in Cologne, Germany. The company owns its own supply chain to provide the floral extracts needed to create its Travel, Relax, and Mind varieties, as it started an Australian company called Wandarra to source plants from the tropical zone of northern Australia.
While Balance started in Australia, it has grown in the U.S. with a largely Northeast- and New York-focused distribution strategy. For the past three years it has gone to market through a mix of companies like broadline natural foods broker UNFI and also DSD house Exclusive. Cascadia Managing Brands has been advising Balance on route-to-market decisions.
Chalk said that the money would go toward supporting DSD operations with sales professionals.
This is the second beverage investment this a year for Emil Capital Partners, which also invested in CherryPharm, the maker of Cheribundi, in February.
Meanwhile, financially troubled energy shot maker Bazi announced that it has entered into a merger agreement with GT Beverage Company, which manufactures a line of vitamin-enhanced water drinks for kids. GT received 95.5 percent of the common shares outstanding of Bazi, which has received a line of credit from GT for up to $600,000. The merger is expected to close on or before October 15, 2012, subject to certain conditions in the agreement.
Debbie Wildrick, the CEO of Bazi, stated that the merger enables the company "to continue building shareholder value and continue to support the Bazi brand."
After reformulating its energy shot to an all-natural mix eight months ago, Wildrick said that Bazi is now hoping to establish a stronger sales presence online, noting that because consumer education is a key component to marketing Bazi, e-commerce is a more effective way to reach new customers.
Wildrick said that she will stay on as Bazi's CEO at least until the merger is finalized, but did not know if she would stay in the position past that point, noting that GT Beverage is the midst of building a team to run Bazi after the merger is complete. Wildrick stated the merger would likely create an overlap in positions and responsibilities between the two companies.
Finally, a letter sent to stockholders of the long-struggling Adina beverage company seemed to indicate that the new age beverage shop's doors are about to close for good. The company indicated that it was in the midst of selling through its remaining stock but is also liquidating its assets in order to satisfy debt obligations.
The company's financial problems came to light last year when acting CEO Norm Snyder indicated that the company was in need of about $10 million in capital to sustain long-term strategic goals. Failing that, the company instead cut its distribution radius, concentrating largely on its accounts with the powerful Dr Pepper/Snapple Group distribution network. Those accounts were largely scattered geographically, however: sales through the Ohio, Texas, Pittsburgh and some California DPSG shops proved insufficient even as the company attempted to conserve cash by furloughing employees and otherwise reducing costs.
"While we continue to seek a buyer for Adina or its assets, we need to begin the shutdown process," noted the letter, from the Adina board of directors.
Adina had morphed over several years from a fair-trade based juice drink play run by Odwalla founder Greg Steltenpohl to one that focused on canned coffee under a "Drink No Evil" message before finally settling on a platform of herbal infusions called "Holistics." While launching nationally through money supplied by former PepsiCo CEO Roger Enrico and several investment rounds with Sherbrooke Capital — which installed SoBe founder John Bello at the helm — the company managed to quickly gather buy-in from a national distribution network of independent DSD shops. But the brand never quite caught fire with consumers, and pricing changes and never found a niche in terms of pricing and variety.
Eventually, Bello cashed himself out of Sherbrooke, and at one point was believed to be preparing a group to take over Adina, but a deal never materialized.
Regulation: New York Bans Jumbo Sodas
Reactions to a new policy proposal by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that would fine stores and vendors from selling single-serve sugar-sweetened beverages larger than 16 ounces ranged from outrage to applause last month.
While the American Beverage Association reached out to members to assure them of a "full court press" from legal, communications, and advocacy channels to battle the ban, others, including Zevia CEO Paddy Spence and Q Tonic founder Jordan Silbert took advantage of the proposal to tout their own products. Zevia quickly put out a series of advertisements agreeing with Bloomberg, while Silbert (along with many other companies) quickly sent cases of its products to City Hall.
The Bloomberg ban was quickly decried by the ABA, which swore it would "challenge this latest example of government overreach." Indeed, a related organization, the Center for Consumer Freedom (funded by the food and beverage industry), took a quick shot at Bloomberg with a full-page, movie poster-style ad featuring him in drag and bearing the tag line "The Nanny: You only thought you lived in the land of the free."
The ban is a gambit based on an interpretation of the powers of the New York City Department of Health as a vehicle for preserving the safety of the citizens of the city. It's a route Bloomberg followed previously in banning trans-fats from restaurants in the city.
The ban would prevent the sale of sugary beverages like CSDs, teas, and juice drinks containing more than 25 calories per 8 oz. serving in packages larger than 16 ounces. Diet drinks, drinks getting half of their calories from dairy or dairy substitutes, alcoholic drinks and 100 percent juices would be free from the ban.
The new regulation could severely remake the shelves of many key retailers for brand-building in Manhattan; for example, some of the best-selling SKUs of full-calorie vitaminwater, Coke or Pepsi are 20 oz. PET bottles that all exceed the proposed caloric threshold; so do AriZona Iced Teas, many of which come in 24 oz. pre-priced $.99 cans, as well as many other beverages.
The Department of Health oversees restaurants and other food service outlets like movie theatres, stadiums, fast food restaurants, hot dog carts, and delis; grocery stores, bodegas, drug stores and other retail channels that do not serve or prepare food would not be affected.
Members of the Board of Health announced the proposal along with the Mayor; the new regulations could take effect by March.
"It seems like it has a pretty good chance of passing, since he appointed everyone and the Chair appeared at the press conference with him," said Justin Prochnow, an attorney who works with the beverage industry on regulatory matters.
Bloomberg said he believes that sugary drinks have contributed a significant amount to the fact that half of New Yorkers are overweight or obese. He told the New York Times that he thought the ban was "what the public wants the mayor to do." In fact, Bloomberg has tried to act on that idea repeatedly during the past year, first supporting a "soda tax" in the New York State Legislature and then attempting to ban the use of food stamps for the purchase of CSDs, which was disallowed by federal authorities.
Members of the beverage industry itself considered the proposal to be another in a series of what have been called "nanny state" regulations enacted by Bloomberg; in addition to the repeated attempts to cut down on beverage calorie consumption, the administration has also extended smoking bans and conducted advertising campaigns against soda.
"Are we in Communist China?" said one highly-placed beverage industry executive.
Lawsuits: One Ends, Another Begins
Vita Coco Settlement
Labeling changes are on tap for leading coconut water brand Vita Coco, which is conducting a line refresh that will migrate across the country throughout the summer.
The changes are taking place for three key reasons, according to CEO Mike Kirban: to give the packaging a more updated, refreshed look, to address changes required because of a recent class-action lawsuit settlement, and to refine labeling copy to create a more transparent look at the product's composition for consumers and regulatory agencies.
That last part reflects a change in the ingredient panel of Vita Coco to reflect the addition of a small amount of sugar to some batches of the drink to keep the flavor consistent from container to container. According to the company, the change allows standardization of sweetness level regardless of harvest, time of year, or country of origin – all variables that have become more important as coconut water companies have started to source their products from different parts of the globe to satisfy increasing consumer demand.
"We don't have to do it," Kirban said. "We're leaning on the safe side, and as the category leader, we want to be the most transparent to the consumer as possible."
One more bit of transparency came in the form of the revelation of the cut of the attorneys who argued the class-action suit before its eventual settlement
Detailed in a web site for members of the class to get their free product are the fees for the lawyers who brought the suit, Labaton Sucharow LLP and Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC, who will ultimately walk away with $750,000. The rewards for the named members of the aggrieved class of Vita Coco drinkers who claim to have been misled by some of the marketing language on the package are a far cry from that amount, however. According to a document containing the stipulations of the settlement, class members Stacey Fishbein, Katrina Garcia, Catalina Sadarriaga and Russell Marchewka each received $2000 for allowing themselves to be named as plaintiffs in the suit.
Body Armor Trade Dress Suit
Meanwhile, in a change from the typical class action fare, emerging "superdrink" brand Body Armor is facing its own legal broadside from athletic gear titan Under Armour, which filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in April claiming that Body Armor was, among other things, mimicking the Under Armour logo, and also was allegedly stepping on pending trademark applications for a number of Under Armour beverages.
Body Armor founder Lance Collins – who is a trained attorney himself – issued a vehement denial of the charges. According to Collins, Body Armor created trademarks well before the sportswear line dipped its toes into functional beverages. He also made it clear that he doesn't think his drink's packaging is in any way related to Under Armour.
"When all the facts come out, it will be clear that our product does not infringe or dilute or otherwise violate any of Under Amour's rights," Collins noted. "We look forward to the opportunity to present our case in court and expose this case for what it really is: a classic example of a trademark bully trying to intimidate an innovative company from competing in the marketplace."


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Thomas Ford is the only survivor of the car crash which killed his wife. He is also the only witness who would be willing to identify the
young, reckless driver who caused the crash. But the driver has no intention of ever letting himself be identified, not to mention what his father's intentions are…or those of his girlfriend,
Lorna, the hospital cleaner.
The young driver's father is Jack McCallum, the powerful entrepeneur who has built a housing empire, McCallum Homes, on the high hills surrounding the city. Jack has his own dark secret to protect, as well as his business edifice to hold onto. There is no way in the world that Jack McCallum will ever let anything threaten the future of McCallum Homes.
Robert Ferguson, the passenger who was with the young driver on the day of the crash, curses himself for ever getting into the car. He watches carefully to see what the universe will do about it all, and he thinks he can hear the gears and chambers of the universe's engine, rolling terribly towards them, out of the future, and he knows he can't cope with that, not even if he takes his medication.
In the end, destiny will pull them all far out of the city, some of them to the moonlit hillside, where white butterflies and mysterious gas fill the air, and wild cats wrap themselves around cold trees. Jack McCallum's trusted Polish foreman, Lanski, will recognise the place from the folklore-wilderness of his own childhood, a place where death can come stalking in the form of a white wolf, but perhaps also redemption can appear, for those like Thomas Ford who seek it.
In any case, the young driver has it in mind to take his destiny into his own hands now, which will soon lead to the life of a second young woman hanging in the balance, awaiting salvation or destruction, perhaps only the Fates, or the wind that blows through the trees, know which.
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What in the world is AQI?
AQI stands for "Air Quality Index". Simply put, that AQI tells you how clean or unhealthy the air we breathe is. Each day the AQI monitors record concentrations of the major pollution's at more than a thousand locations across the country. Data on the quality of the air you breathe throughout the United States is obtained from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is then analyzed and rated for the population to see. The measurements are converted into separate AQI values for each pollutant and the highest AQI value is then reported for the day.
Since we all need air to survive, I think it's safe to say that the quality of the air you breathe directly affects the quality of your life!
Stay Aware of Air Quality to Better Manage Your COPD
Air Quality Index: Why it's important, especially if you have COPD
Air pollution is even more dangerous for those who suffer from COPD. It's been said that outdoor air pollution is a significant environmental trigger for acute exacerbation of COPD. It contributes to countless emergency room visits, hospital admission, and even increased mortality rates each year!
According to the American Lung Association, air pollution levels are measured daily and ranked on a scale of 0 (perfect air) and up to 500 (toxic air). The higher the score, the more air pollution levels pose immediate danger to the general public, and extreme danger for those who suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Below is an Air Quality Index Chart. We changed the "Advisory" to focus only on patients who suffer from COPD, Asthma, and other respiratory conditions:
Index Value
Get outside and enjoy your day!
Rethink prolonged outdoor activities
Limit prolonged outdoor exertion
Avoid prolonged outdoor exertion
201 to 300
Avoid outdoor exertion
No one should go outdoors!
* For particles up to 2.5 micrometers in diameter: An AQI of 100 corresponds to 35 micrograms per cubic meter (averaged over 24 hours).
* For particles up to 10 micrometers in diameter: An AQI of 100 corresponds to 150 micrograms per cubic meter (averaged over 24 hours).
* An AQI of 100 for carbon monoxide corresponds to a level of 9 parts per million (averaged over 8 hours).
* An AQI of 100 for sulfur dioxide corresponds to a level of 75 parts per billion (averaged over one hour).
How Do I Check the AQI?
You can search online for AQI and find many wonderful sources.
The COPD Store recommends www.airnow.gov all you have to do is:
- Visit www.airnow.gov
- Enter your Zip Code at the top
- Hit, Go!
Walla! You can now see the current conditions of the air you breathe.
Typical Factors for Air Quality Index Values = C.O.P.D.
Although these factors will fluctuate according to different factors such as weather, season, forest fires, larger cities, etc., the four basic contributors to AQI Values are Carbon monoxide, Ozone, Particle pollution and sulfur Dioxide. So, please check your AQI if you have C.O.P.D..
Carbon monoxide – An odorless, colorless gas that forms when the carbon in fuels do not completely burn.
It enters your bloodstream though your lungs and binds to hemoglobin, which is the substance in your blood that delivers oxygen to your cells, which reduces the amount of oxygen reaching the body's organs and tissues. Vehicle exhaust contributes roughly 75 percent of ALL carbon monoxide emissions nationwide. It also consists of fuel combustion in industrial processes and natural sources such as wildfires. These levels usually rise when the weather is colder because that tends to trap pollutants closer to ground.
Ozone levels – A gas found in the air we breathe.
"Good" ozone is naturally present in the Earth's upper atmosphere—approximately 6-30 miles above the Earth's surface. This ozone works as a shield to protect us from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.
"Bad" ozone, on the other hand, forms near the ground when pollutants react chemically in the sunlight. This is more likely to form during warmer months. Why are ozone levels important if you have COPD? Outdoor, physical activity causes faster and deeper breathing, drawing more ozone into the body. Patients generally experience more serious health effects at increased levels of "bad" ozone. Aggravation will lead to increased medication use, doctor and emergency room visits and hospital admissions.
Some of the more immediately noticeable symptoms the ozone will cause are coughing, sore throat, airway irritation, chest tightness, or chest pain when taking a deep breath. Your breathing may start to feel uncomfortable and you may notice you are taking more rapid and shallow breaths than normal.
But what you don't notice are the effects that occur within a few days; the damaged cells are replaced and the old cells are shed—much like your skin pealing after a sunburn. If this happens a lot, studies suggest that your lung tissue may become permanently scarred and your lung function may be permanently reduced. Scary, right?
Particle pollution – A mixture of solid and liquid droplets.
Particle pollution levels can be VERY unhealthy and even hazardous during events such as forest fires. Particle sizes less than 10 micrometers in diameter are small enough to get into the lungs and that's where they can cause serious health problems. They have been known to cause or aggravate a number of health problems in many people and have been linked with illnesses and deaths from heart or lung disease. What's even more terrifying is the effect particle pollution can create in exposures lasting as little as one hour. The effects of these exposures can send people to emergency rooms, have them admitted into a hospital and, in some cases, cause death.
Sulfur Dioxide – Colorless, reactive gas produced when sulfur-containing fuels such as coal and oil are burned.
This irritant gas is generally removed by the nasal passages but moderate activities that trigger heavy mouth breathing can allow it to get into your body. In general, the highest levels of sulfur dioxide are found near large industrial complexes. Major sources include power plants, refineries, and industrial boilers. People with asthma and those who work outside are more likely to experience the health effects such as wheezing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Symptoms increase as sulfur dioxide levels or breathing rate increases.
3 Steps You Can Take Today, To Help Make a Better Tomorrow for COPD:
Simply changing what you do and how you do it on bad air days can significantly reduce COPD symptoms for yourself or a loved one. By following 3 simple steps each day, you will be able to alter the long term quality of your life for the better and make each and every day much easier to live with COPD.
3 Simple Steps = A.C.S.
A: Be AWARE of How You Feel
On days that you notice your COPD symptoms are worse, check the Air Quality Index and make note as to what kind of air quality triggers your COPD symptoms, then take the appropriate steps to help protect yourself. Many people don't take the time to find out what factors trigger their COPD symptoms, but that's a huge mistake. Something as simple – and invisible – as the quality of the air they are breathing could be a huge contributor. Think outside the box!
"We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them."
– Albert Einstein
C: Take CONTROL of Your Health
If the day's Air Quality level is orange or worse, adjust your plans for the day. Avoid prolonged vigorous activity outdoors. We understand that changing your routine can be annoying and a little frustrating, but if you can't breathe or stop coughing, what's the point?
"A year from now, you'll wish you had started today." – Karen Lamb
If you absolutely will NOT change your plans, we understand. The reality is, most people won't. This is why the advent of Portable Oxygen Concentrators, Portable Nebulizers, and other Daily Living Essentials are extremely important to help manage your COPD symptoms. Visit www.copdstore.com for more information.
S: SPEAK Up
How can YOU make a difference in the air we breathe? I know it sounds silly, but speak up! Let your local officials know you are concerned about the effects air pollution is having on your health. Will what you say matter? I think you'd be surprised. Let them know you support stronger pollution control measures, ask them for THEIR support as well. After all, they shouldn't assume they are safe just because they are healthy, air pollution can threaten anyone's health.
"The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better." Robert F. Kennedy
Remember: Be AWARE of how you feel by identifying the conditions that exacerbate your symptoms, take CONTROL of your health by adjusting your plans and habits to avoid those contributing factors, and SPEAK up to change the way our society views pollution and work to create cleaner, healthier air for generations to come. What are some tips you follow to avoid low air quality?


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Every journalist knows that breaking the law is inexcusable – except, of course, where there is an excuse. As a general rule, what I write, however obtained, is in the public interest. What you write is money-grubbing prurience. Now what was the juicy story you told me the other day?
The News of the World scandal is in danger of submerging the body politic in a wave of hypocrisy. The paper did what some newspapers have long done, which is scrape the dustbin of gossip in which lurks the fame of all public figures. Aided by electronic surveillance, journalists use private detectives, hackers, oddballs and dodgy policemen to dig the dirt on behalf of their readers and shareholders. They usually pay money, even if this is not allowed.
Sometimes, as with the Daily Telegraph on MPs' expenses, we are served copper-bottomed sensation. Although the scoop was allegedly based on payment for theft, the world cheered the "public interest". Other times, as with the Dianagate tapes, salacious material is uncovered with no shred of public interest but which no amount of self-restraint could keep from the public eye. In the case of the News of the World, the ease with which mobile phones can be eavesdropped on supplied a mountain of celebrity gossip.
Human rights law may offer "a right to respect for private and family life, home and conversation", but this is merely a pious hope. When a cloud of secret range-finders can hover over the mobile phones of the stars, policing is near impossible. Hackers can squat in caravans or attics, equipped from any backstreet store. The News of the World gained access to thousands of phone messages. These could as easily have been posted on the web.
Although the police have decided to take no further action, the case raises intriguing but tangential issues. It is implausible for the former News of the World editor Andy Coulson to plead that he did not know what was going on. No editor would be left in the dark about the costly source of such scoops. Even a remark that "I would rather not know" admits responsibility.
When a member of the paper's staff, Clive Goodman, went to jail in 2007 for the hacking offence, a parliamentary committee was told that he was a "rotten apple" and an isolated case. We now learn that Coulson's staff had access to thousands of mobile phone records, all illegally obtained and currently in the hands of the police.
The paper then lavishly paid off some of its victims on condition of confidentiality, while the police (and Crown Prosecution Service) agreed to turn a blind eye. They neither pursued other offences by News of the World reporters nor informed those whose private lives they knew to have been compromised. The police appeared to collude in a massive breach of privacy.
The much-vaunted framework of parliamentary oversight and media self-regulation was also left looking idiotic. We have been told for 18 years that the presence of working editors on the voluntary Press Complaints Commission brings a weight of expertise and judgment to its decisions. This is self-serving rubbish, trotted out by successive PCC chairmen who enjoy cavorting with the barons of media power.
The case for non-statutory regulation of the press remains strong, but depends heavily on that regulation being scrupulous and outspoken, as it largely was under the old Press Council with its vigorous chairmen. The present Press Complaints Commission claims to work its magic "behind the scenes". It works no magic. It is dead.
None of this impinges on the central issue of the News of the World case, that chaos now surrounds the confidentiality of electronic data in Britain. That law-breaking now depends wholly on the robustness of an "excuse" is hopeless. Most people accepted that the Telegraph was justified in using stolen information to reveal the details of MPs' expenses. But the argument was tested neither in the courts nor before the PCC. It was granted by acclamation.
Public interest is ambiguous. The 1989 Calcutt committee on press privacy, on which I served, spent hours seeking to define that interest and failed, abandoning the term as near useless. A piece of information might be of interest to the public yet in no way impinge on public policy, while a vast grey area covered the lives of public figures. Virtually nothing to do with the private life of Princess Diana was in the public interest – but pull the other one.
Clearly the News of the World would have difficulty proving that its phone-hacking of Gordon Taylor was confined to sporting economics, of Gwyneth Paltrow to debt relief, or of Nigella Lawson to kitchen health and safety. But what if the paper had uncovered evidence that John Prescott was up to no good? Public interest often emerges in the course of an otherwise prurient fishing trip. The Telegraph's details of the family food eaten by MPs were highly intrusive, yet considered great fun by one and all.
Meanwhile ministers outraged at press misbehaviour should examine their own. They have passed some 14 measures intruding on the privacy of British citizens in the past decade, powers that outstrip those in any other democratic state. The notorious 2000 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act authorises the home secretary to collect information without limit on any citizen, not just for national security but for "public health and national economic wellbeing".
The national identity register allows all phone and internet browsing to be collected, possibly by private companies, and passed to the state. Under an amendment to the 1998 Data Protection Act, information gathered by one branch of government can be shared with others for "policy purposes". The 2008 children's computer record is accessible to 400,000 officials, yet not to parents.
Some MPs may bridle at the extent of public surveillance, but parliament has shown not the slightest desire to defend personal freedom from state surveillance. The bland claim is made by home secretaries that intrusion is required for "national security", the excuse for absolute power down the ages. Nor is data remotely safe in state hands. When the government tells us its national identity register is wholly secure, it is lying: witness the high-security laptops and CDs discarded by the week. There is no such thing as secure electronics.
Technology gives to those in power, whether in government or the media, immense scope for intrusion. The snooper will always be one step ahead of the defenders of personal freedom. In the case of the government, ministers might at least learn from the Telegraph and News of the World that biters can be bit. If they find ways of gathering absurd amounts of information about private citizens, citizens will gather absurd amounts of information about them.
The press too dices with disaster. However feeble self-regulation has become, common law is increasingly being deployed against intrusion, as the News of the World itself recently found in the Max Mosley case. Privacy laws targeted at the press would be bad because hard to define, as the "public interest" defence shows. But if liberty is to be championed against government, the champions cannot keep shooting themselves in the foot.


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Not too very long ago, Memphis was chronically listed as one of the worst cities for bicycling in the U.S. In the space of five years, our city has become a model for innovative design, the rethinking of roads as public space, and providing cost-effective infrastructure. BLDG Memphis is proud to have been a catalyst and leader in this shift, and we couldn't have done it without you – our supporters and advocates for change.
BLDG Memphis continues to be on the forefront of advancing an agenda dedicated to improving bicycle infrastructure and access. This movement includes opportunities for all interested in biking, ranging from casual or recreational riders to families cycling together to bicycle commuters and hard-core cyclists. We recognize that having safe facilities for biking is essential to making neighborhoods livable and connecting people to opportunities through a more complete transportation network. Some of BLDG Memphis' key biking accomplishments include:
Successfully advocating for the hiring of Memphis' first Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator
The Hampline - a two-mile bicycle and pedestrian route that connects the western terminus of Shelby Farms Greenline at Tillman Street in the low-income, predominantly African-American Binghampton neighborhood with the existing trail network inside Overton Park
Successfully advocating for new bicycle laws for Memphis and Shelby County
Encouraging the development and implementation of a city-wide bicycle facility plan resulting in over 100 miles of new bicycle facility infrastructure
Development of the City of Memphis Complete Streets Project Delivery Manual through a Mid-South Regional Greenprint sub-planning grant
This map shows all the existing on-street bikeways and routes, greenways (shared use paths), walking paths and trails in the Memphis area. To view the full map with a legend, click here.
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