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I recently put the Osprey Packs Hydraulics LT Reservoir through its paces.
It certainly worked well and I have no real complaints. I found the wide-mouth system to be very straightforward to fill, even in a rush or using trail water pumps. Plus, the pack has markers to clearly indicate the volume of water left.
Plus, I can easily pack this reservoir into the hydration sleeve on my Osprey Ariel 65L bag. Also, when attempting to refill with water, it is even possible to remove the bladder from its bag and return without an issue.
In my opinion the bladder construction seems durable compared to some alternatives I have used. Even after a long hike over difficult terrain I didn't notice any leaks. Plus, it comes with a magnetic sternum which is perfect for holding the hose in place.
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- Synthetic materials
- ¼ inch flexible hose
- Marked (liters) reservoir body
- Sternum strap and bite valve (magnetic)
- Slim-profile to keep pack close to the body
The Osprey Packs Hydraulics LT pack is one of the best hydration systems I have at home ready to use. It has a great hydration reservoir and is easy to work with, roomy, and simple to refill. And the mouthpiece magnet is a perfect invention to simplify the process of using this pack.
I really like the Osprey pack and its large 2 liter pack. Just the volume I need when out on treks. Plus, the huge size of the mouthpiece makes it practical to refill in a rush.
Make sure to close the hydration pack properly or it will start to leak. It takes some time at first to work out the proper position to close the pack, but once that is established you are leak free.
Although not always an issue, the bite valve can start to get a bit tiring after a long hike. Plus, the actual tube attachment is about 1 or 2 cm above the bottom which means the last of the water is difficult to reach without twisting or tilting the bladder.
Best Bits
- Easily accepts a high volume of water
- Its ridged construction makes it simple to refill.
- Plus, this rigid design means the actual backpack is given sufficient shape
- Magnetic clip
- Plastic free taste
- Labeled water markings
Worst Bits
- Unable to reach all the water (the tub is slightly above the bladders bottom)
- Bite valve might be tiring to use for some after long-term use

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Have you ever wondered how many glasses of water you should drink a day?
Ali Mollenhauer
If you are one of the many Americans obsessed with being healthy and slim, you probably try to drink eight glasses of water each day. You force yourself to keep drinking because it will help you lose weight and, after all, itÆs necessary. But according to whom? Why have we always believed that we need eight glasses of water daily to keep a balanced diet? Why is drinking excessive amounts of water such an integral part of our life? In our society, it is acceptable to drink water anywhere, anytime. One southern California university even has a pamphlet that encourages its students to ōcarry a water bottle with you. Drink often while sitting in classģö Why are we so obsessed with drinking extreme amounts of water? HereÆs why: We have always been told by doctors, nutritionists, and the media that we need a lot of water in order to stay healthy, balanced, and even slim. New research, however, suggests that this claim has no scientific foundation. It is merely a myth that has evolved and escalated over time. However, it is true that we need close to eight cups of fluid daily, but this does not necessarily mean that it has to be from drinking eight glasses of water. The recommended eight glasses includes beverages, food, and digestive juices. According to a study at Purdue University, forty percent of water needs comes from food, and ten percent from body processes. (http://www.canoe.ca/HealthMayeMuskColumns/010213.html)
How did the myth that we need to drink 8 glasses of water a day start?
It is unclear exactly how this myth started. A lot of scientists agree that eight glasses of fluid a day are perfectly healthy, but nutritionists admit that they cannot find a study that specifies that number. Says Professor Barbara Rolls, a Penn State University Nutritionist, ōfor scientists, to have to admit they donÆt know the origin of something is very frustratingö. Nevertheless, for years magazines, websites, and commercials have been telling people to drink up. Not surprisingly, bottled water is the fastest-growing drink in America. By 2005, analysts predict that bottled water will be outselling coffee or milk. Anything thatÆs good for us is even better for the industry. (http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=18541)
Paul Thomas of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington had the best explanation for the origin of the myth. The academyÆs Food and Nutrition Board publishes the United States recommended daily allowances. In the first edition, in 1943, there was no mention of water. The next edition, in 1945, however, read, ōA suitable allowance of water for adults is 2.5 liters daily in most instances. An ordinary standard for diverse people is 1 milliliter for each calorie of food. Most of this quantity is contained in prepared foodsö. Somehow, this last sentence was disregarded. Furthermore, Dr. Erwin StillmanÆs publication in 1967, the Doctors Quick Weight Loss Diet, also contributed to the eight-a-day hysteria. His book sold more than 12 million copies. (http://www.urbanlegends.com/medical/eight_glasses_of_water.html)
Physician Heinz Valtin, of Dartmouth Medical School, also sought to find the origin of this myth and to examine scientific evidence, if any, that might support it. Valtin is a kidney specialist and author of two widely used textbooks on kidney and water balance. He strongly doubts the validity of the myth that we need to drink eight glasses of water a day. Rather, he finds it ōdifficult to believe that evolution left us with a chronic water deficit that needs to be compensated by forcing high fluid intakeö. (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/aug02/water.shtml)
So how much is enough?
According to the doctors of Harvard Medical School, we lose about 2.5 quarts of water (ten 8-ounce glasses) through sweat, exhaled air, urine, and feces on most days. To replace it, the National Research Council recommends consuming about 1 milliliter of water for every calorie you burn. For example, if you burn 2,000 calories a day, you will need a total of 2,000 ml of water, which is equivalent to two quarts. Since it is hard to estimate how many calories you burn, there is a simpler method of figuring out the approximate number of ounces of water you need each day ¢ just divide your weight by two. (http://www.health.harvard.edu/medline/Women/W0902c.html)
Is the amount of water one should drink the same for everyone?
No. The overweight person needs one additional glass for every 25 pounds of excess weight. The amount one drinks should be increased also if the weather is hot and dry or if one is doing a lot of exercising. Water should preferably be cold. Cold water is absorbed more quickly than warm water. Some evidence suggests that drinking cold water can actually help burn calories. (http://www.calorad-distributors.com/water.htm)
What about older people? DonÆt they need more water than the rest of us?
Experts have always warned that older people are especially prone to dehydration because they have lost their sense of thirst. New research, however, suggests that this may be an overstatement. According to a report in the July 2000 Journal of Gerontology, Robert Lindeman, MD, surveyed fluid consumption among 833 elderly volunteers. He found that ōpeople who drank less than four glasses of water a day were no more likely to show signs of dehydration than those who drank six or moreö. When looking at the standard markers for dehydration, Lindeman found no difference between those who drank a little water and those who drank a lot. (http://webmd.lycos.com/content/article/1668.51096)
What claims are made about the purposes of drinking a lot of water?
Up to 60% of the human body is water. The brain is composed of about 70% water, blood is 82% water, and the lungs are nearly 90% water. Water is the principle constituent of the fluids that surround and are within all living cells. Only oxygen is more important than water for sustaining life. Experts say there are many health benefits for those who drink sufficient amounts of water daily. Water is vital in maintaining and regulating the bodyÆs systems. It lubricates joints and organs, maintains muscle tone, keeps skin soft, regulates body temperature, filters out impurities, and keeps our minds alert. (http://www.water.com/your_health_news/hs_gh_art005_p01.asp)
What are some benefits of drinking a lot of water?
Michael Manning, M.D., of Allergy and Immunology Associates in Scottsdale, Arizona, believes that water is essential when coping with allergies. It keeps the secretions thin, allowing them to flow easier through the sinus passages. Water has also been proven to have particular health benefits for women. An experiment conducted at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle found that among women who drank more than five glasses of water daily, there were fewer cases of colon cancer. The risk was about half of what it was for women who drank less than two glasses a day. In addition, drinking eight to ten glasses of water a day has been proven to reduce the incidence of urinary tract infections in women. By increasing the amount of fluids excreted from the body, more bacteria is flushed that could lead to infection. (http://www.water.com/your_health_news/hs_gh_art005_p01.asp)
Also, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dominique Michaud found that a high fluid intake is associated with a decreased risk of bladder cancer in men. (Michaud, 1999) In addition, water helps flush waste out of the body. This is important in weight loss because during weight loss the body has a lot of waste to get rid of ¢ all of the metabolized fat must be shed. Water can also help relieve constipation. The colon is a primary internal water source, and when the body gets too little water it needs to take some from its internal source. The result is constipation. Once the body is re-hydrated, normal bowel function can return. (http://www.calorad-distributors.com/water.htm)
What happens when the body becomes dehydrated?
The body needs so much water a day because it does not have a reserve of water. Once the body runs out of its water supply it cannot re-hydrate itself. When the body becomes dehydrated, the signs are both mental and physical. The symptoms of dehydration include light-headedness, dizziness, nausea, thirst, and fatigue. A water deficit of only one quart of water slows blood circulation and reduces concentration. (http://www.water.com/your_health_news/hs_gh_art005_p01.asp)
According to Kari-Ann Harrison, Products Specialist, in 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often confused with hunger. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. Mild dehydration will slow down oneÆs metabolism as much as 3%. (http://www.calorad-distributors.com/water.htm)
When a body is dehydrated, it pulls water from a lot of different places in the body to compensate for the lack of water. Water is taken mostly from inside oneÆs cells. Some water is taken from outside the body cells, and 8% is taken from blood volume. This causes oneÆs body to close some capillaries, making blood thicker and harder to pump around the body. This has implications in hypertension, high cholesterol, and heart disease. Lack of water is also linked to, and currently being studied for, its role in headaches, arthritis, and heartburn. (http://www.coastside.net/USERS/runner/articles/water.html)
Is it possible to drink too much water?
According to Heinz Valtin, yes! Valtin claims that even modest increases in fluid intake can result in ōwater intoxicationö. This occurs when oneÆs kidneys are unable to excrete enough water. Although it may seem unlikely for this to occur, such instances are not unheard of. Water intoxication has led to mental confusion and death in athletes, in teenagers after ingesting the drug ecstasy, and in ordinary patients. Other disadvantages of a high water intake include: possible exposure to pollutants, frequent urination, expense for those who choose to drink bottled water, and feelings of guilt for those who have not met the ō8 X 8ö requirement, as Valtin calls it. (http://www.darthmout.edu/~news/releases/aug02/water.shtml)
Not everything we believe is backed by scientific evidence.
We are always told that by the time we are thirsty, we are already dehydrated. This may apply in certain instances. For example, studies of marathon runners and military recruits in training have found that some people focus so intently on their exercise that they block thirst sensations until theyÆre in trouble. However, Barbara Rolls, a Pennsylvania State University expert on thirst, did hourly hydration tests to prove that drinking when thirsty is good advice for the rest of us. (http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/20/how.much.water.ap/index.html) In 1984, Rolls and a group of colleagues at Oxford University followed a group of men as they went through their daily routine. They found that the volunteers became thirsty and drank long before their hydration levels showed any signs of dropping. (http://webmd.lycos.com/content/article/1668.51096)
Another common misconception that we have always believed is that dark urine means dehydration. According to Valtin, at normal urinary volume and color, the concentration of blood is within the normal range and nowhere near the values that are seen in true dehydration. Therefore, the warning that dark urine signifies dehydration is false in most instances. (http://www.darthmout.edu/~news/releases/aug02/water.shtml)
Does drinking a lot of water really contribute to weight loss?
Unfortunately, this is another myth. Drinking a glass of water doesnÆt do anything to take the edge off hunger. Barbara Rolls says, ōWater sneaks right past without triggering satiety signals, the cues that tell your body when youÆre fullö. However, there is some hope for all of you dieters out there. Adding water to the food you eat does seem to tame hunger. In a study reported in the October 1999 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Rolls found that women who eat a bowl of chicken soup feel fuller than those who eat chicken casserole served with a glass of water, even though both of the meals contained exactly the same ingredients. The soup eaters also tended to be less hungry at their next meal and consumed fewer calories than those who ate the casserole. (http://webmd.lycos.com/content/article/1668.51096)
What about soda, fruit drinks, and coffee? Are they really so bad after all?
The consumption of these drinks is a topic of controversy. Many experts say that carbonation interferes with fluid absorption, and caffeinated beverages donÆt help because they accelerate water loss through urine. (http://www.health.harvard.edu/medline/Women/W0902c.html)
However, according to Elizabeth Cohen of CNN news, several experts with whom she consulted said that when they look at several studies, people get just as hydrated from caffeinated beverages as they do from decaffeinated beverages. Obviously, drinking only caffeinated beverages all day would not be very beneficial, but if you have a cup of coffee in the morning and a cup of tea at night, you can count that toward your water intake. Cohen says you can get your water from a number of other beverages as well. Milk, for example, is 84% water. Diet coke is 99% water. (http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/24/cohen.water.otsc/) University of Nebraska researcher, Ann Grandjean, published a study in the Journal of American College of Nutrition about the effects of caffeinated beverages on hydration. Grandjean and her colleagues used 18 healthy male adults for their subjects. On four separate occasions, the males consumed water or water plus varying combinations of beverages. The beverages were carbonated, caffeinated, caloric and non-caloric colas and coffee. Body weight, urine, and blood evaluations were performed before and after each treatment. Grandjean found that there were no changes in the body weight, urine, or blood evaluations for the different treatments. The study found no significant differences in the effect of various combinations of beverages on hydration status of healthy adult males. Therefore, Grandjean concluded that advising people to disregard caffeinated beverages as part of their daily fluid intake is not supported by the results of her study. (Grandjean, 2000)
A closer lookģ
We absorb a lot of water from the foods we eat. Fruits and vegetables are 80 to 95 percent water. Meats contain an adequate amount, and dry bread and cheese are about 35 percent water. (http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/20/how.much.water.ap/index.html)
Below is a chart that was adapted from the 17th edition of Bowes and ChurchÆs Food Values of Portions Commonly Used.
Water content of some foods
Food/serving size Water content (oz)
Yogurt 1 cup 5.8
Watermelon 1 cup 5
Pineapple 1 cup 4.5
Strawberries 1 cup 4.5
Apple 1 medium 4
Asparagus 6 spears
(cooked) 3
Banana 1 medium 2.8
Spinach Į cup cooked 2.8
Lettuce 3 leaves 2.7
Broccoli Į cup boiled 2.5
In the meantimeģ
We really do not know for certain exactly how much water we need! We can be pretty certain, however, that we do not need to drink eight glasses of water a day. The best suggestion I have gathered is to simply drink when you feel thirsty. If you start to get a headache or a dry mouth, you know you are not drinking enough. Furthermore, it seems rather safe to conclude that drinks like soda, fruit drinks, tea, and coffee can be counted toward your water intake. Fortunately, The National Academy of Sciences has put together a panel of experts to do nothing except look at how much water we need. Hopefully, in March they will have an answer. The Institute of Medicine is also reviewing research on how much water we need. They will issue a report next spring as well.
Who is presenting this information, and why are they presenting it?
This information is being presented by a variety of people. Most of the information has come from professors and doctors of renowned universities across the nation. The people that have been cited on this website spend the majority of their career researching health issues such as the effects, benefits, and necessity of water. Once they have reached a conclusion from their research, they publish it and present it to the rest of society so that we may share and benefit from their knowledge.
▫ The AFU and Urban Legend Archive Medical. ōEight glasses of waterö. 1994. September 11, 2002.
▫ CNN news. ōHow much water do we really need?ö August 20, 2002. pgs.1-3. September 11, 2002. http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/20/how.much.water.ap/index.html
▫ Cohen, Elizabeth. ōHow much water do we really need?ö. May 24, 2002. pgs. 1-3. September 11, 2002. http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/24/cohen.water.otsc/
▫ Dartmouth Medical School Communications. ōDrink at least 8 glasses of water a day ¢ Really? Dartmouth Professor Finds no Scientific Evidence For 8 X 8ö. August 8, 2002. pgs. 1-3. September 11, 2002. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/aug02/water.shtml
▫ Grandjean, Ann; Reimers, Kristin; Bannick, Karen; Haven, Mary. ōThe Effect of Caffeinated, Non-caffeinated, Caloric and Non-Caloric Beverages on Hydrationö. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 2000. Volume 19: 591-600. Number 5.
▫ Harrison, Kari-Ann. ōWhy your body is trying to tell you it needs water!ö. September 19, 2002. http://www.calorad-distributors.com/water.htm
▫ Harvard Health Online. ōHow much water do you need?ö. September 2002. pgs. 1-3. October 4, 2002. http://www.health.harvard.edu/medline/Women/W0902c.html
▫Jaret, Peter. ōWater, water, everywhere. But how much do you really need to drink?ö. April 16, 2001. pgs. 1-3. October 11, 2002. http://webmd.lycos.com/content/article/1668.51096
▫ Komo Staff & News Services. ōThe Myth Behind 8 Glasses of Water A Dayö. May 23, 2002. September 11, 2002. http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=18541
▫ Michaud, Dominique; Spiegelman, Donna; Clinton, Steven; et al. ōFluid Intake and the Risk of Bladder Cancer in Menö. The New England Journal of Medicine. May 6, 1999. Volume 340:1390-1397. Number 18.
▫ Musk, Maye. ōWater ¢ the myth of 8 glassesö. Pgs. 1-2. October 10, 2002. http://www.canoe.ca/HealthMayeMuskColumns/010213.html
▫ Palumbo, Christine. ōGood Health Begins With Waterö. 2002. September 19, 2002. http://www.water.com/your_health_news/hs_gh_art005_p01.asp
▫ Smith, Martin. ōSix Glasses Of Water A Day Can Keep The Doc Awayö. 1996. September 19, 2002. http://www.coastside.net/USERS/runner/articles/water.html
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The significance of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (RSGA) ecosystem is globally well-recognized, because of its distinctively beautiful marine and coastal environments, which support a great biological diversity, typified by a high rank of endemism and a large element of pristine status. The coastal and marine ecosystem in the region also supports important activities and features such as: maritime and port infrastructure, fisheries, industries, coastal vegetation, mangroves, coral reefs, heritage areas and threatened species or habitats. On the other hand, short-term variability is characteristically smaller in the Red Sea, rendering it a rather sensitive environment, with higher signal-to-noise ratio. This suggests another significant feature of the Red Sea, as an ideally useful oceanic entity for detecting climate change in the global observation system. In many other parts variability on decadal time scales was found to be large enough to mask any potential trends (Johnson and Gruber 2007) .
Concerns for protection of coastal and marine environment in the region began since early seventies with the initiation of the Program for the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Key achievements in this have been the signing of Jeddah Convention in 1982, and the establishment of PERSGA as intergovernmental body to perform the functions necessary to implement the regional convention. During the past two decades, great advances have been made through PERSGA programs, towards gaining the indispensable knowledge about the coastal and marine environment, and implementing sustainable management. Yet, the last State of Marine Environment Report (2006) has identified several shortcomings and recommended many additional actions. In this respect, the unprecedented impacts likely to occur from climate change have been highlighted as a serious concern that may increase challenges for sustainable management of coastal and marine environment.
In order to prepare and adapt to the likely impacts of Climate Change, an assessment of coastal vulnerability in the region is needed, together with promoting and mobilizing appropriate capacities for implementing an integrated and dynamic process of adaptation. Recognizing the importance of this, PERSGA has developed the present framework of its regional program strategy, which designates a set of program approaches and actions, projected to be mainstreamed in the PERSGA long term Action Plan. The major components of PERSGA Action Plan into which the proposed multi-disciplinary adaptation measures will be integrated include several long term programs, previously established by PERSGA, viz. the Annual Training, Environmental Education & Awareness, Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Living Marine Resources, Biodiversity and Marine Protected Areas, Pollution Control from Sea-based/ Land Based Activities and Regional Monitoring Programs.
The main aim of PERSGA Program for adaptation to climate change is to establish a dynamic regional system of adaptation to such unavoidable changes; through assessing and mapping vulnerability of coastal and marine environments, promoting capacities, raising public awareness, facilitate information dissemination and developing efficient observation system, in addition to assist developing specific adaptation plans and support their implementation through demo projects. This will support the decision-making mechanism, and risk identification and management all the way through:
Identifying and understanding the likely impacts of climate change on coastal and marine environments, including risks to public investment-infrastructure, natural resources, biodiversity, socio-economic activities, heritage areas and human health in the coastal areas.
Identifying opportunities for areas and assets and resources under threat or risks from climate change impacts.
Facilitating scientific knowledge and information dissemination to assist communities and stakeholders in adaptation measures to the impacts of climate change
Promoting regional capacities of risk predictions, assessment and management; early warning and disaster management.
Establishing a regional observation system for monitoring climate change in coastal and marine environment.
Developing scenarios on the basis of potential trends, long-term prediction, forecasting and modeling.
Develop response and adaptation plans, along with adoption and executing demo ecosystem-based adaptation measures.
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Douglas said she had taken the decision "with enormous regret" but felt she had no choice but to shoulder the blame.
Jonathan Ross has been suspended for 12 weeks without pay.
In a letter to the BBC director-general, Mark Thompson, Douglas wrote: "The events of the last two weeks happened on my watch. I believe it is right that I take responsibility for what has happened.
"It is a matter of the greatest possible sadness to me that a programme on my network has been the cause of such a controversy.
"I would like to take this opportunity to offer my personal apology to Andrew Sachs and his family and to the audience for what has happened."
Ms Douglas became Radio 2 controller in January 2004, and in May 2007 her role was expanded to encompass the new role of controller of popular music.
The 45-year-old guided Radio 2 to become Britain's most listened-to station, and she is hugely popular within the corporation.
Among BBC staff, there is anger that she has been forced to fall on her sword, while Jonathan Ross clings on to his job.
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China and Nepal Monday reportedly signed 10 agreements, including a transit and transportation treaty, to help boost latter's connectivity, trade and tourism, a move that is likely to come as a setback for India that accounted for about 60% of the total imports in the landlocked Himalayan nation.
The agreements were signed in Beijing, during Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's one-week trip to China, Xinhua news agency reported. After a meeting with Oli, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, "China looks forward to seeing a peaceful and prosperous Nepal."
Both China and Nepal will begin studies on a bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA) in order to fasten the launch of the negotiations, Li said, adding that his government would "encourage Chinese banks to set up branches in Nepal," Li added.
Oli ensured that no external factor would affect the relations between Nepal and China. Nepal will ensure it makes the best out of China's peaceful development and would participate in latter's "Belt and Road" initiative.
Nepal hopes its relationship with China would grow further to benefit it in terms of development in sectors, including infrastructure, energy, agriculture, finance, trans-border trade, tourism and education.
"The two prime ministers made a comprehensive review of bilateral relations and expressed satisfaction over steadily growing relations between the two countries. The two sides exchanged substantive views on further strengthening and consolidating mutual trust and understanding as well as promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields," Nepal's foreign ministry said in a release.
Oli's visit and Nepal-China deal holds greater significance for India as its relationship with Kathmandu said to have turned bitter when Madhesis imposed a blockade on trade from India in protest against the Himalayan nation's new constitution for five months. The blockade had caused acute shortage of fuel, cooking gas, medicines and other supplies to Nepal.
The Nepal government had blamed India for the trade blockade, claiming New Delhi supported the Madhesis — a disadvantaged group in Nepal that is ethnically, linguistically and culturally linked to the people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. India had denied the allegations.
The Madhesi people called off the blockade last month.


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April 13, 2008
War Plans
By NIALL FERGUSON
The Wars for the Twenty-First Century.
By Philip Bobbitt.
672 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. $35.
The age of "Atlantic man" is conventionally thought to be over. Some, like Parag Khanna, foresee the rise of a "second world" to challenge American hegemony. Others, notably Fareed Zakaria, are harbingers of a "post-American world." The rapid economic rise of China (and India) suggests to many that the geopolitical center of gravity no longer lies somewhere between Washington and London. The embarrassments of the Anglo-American "special relationship" in Iraq have encouraged others (myself among them) to predict a decline of American empire.
Philip Bobbitt, however, is homo atlanticus redux. A dapper Southerner, renowned almost as much for his sparkling literary allusions as for his acute thinking, he divides his time among Austin, Tex.; New York, where he teaches law at Columbia; and London, where he has lectured in war studies. His new book, "Terror and Consent," is in many ways a manifesto for a new Atlanticism, not just a reassertion but a reinvention of the dominant role of the trans-Atlantic alliance. It will be read with pleasure by men of a certain age, class and education from Manhattan's Upper East Side to London's West End.
But "Terror and Consent" is much more than that readership might suggest. This is quite simply the most profound book to have been written on the subject of American foreign policy since the attacks of 9/11 - indeed, since the end of the cold war. I have no doubt it will be garlanded with prizes. It deserves to be. It is more important that it should be read, marked and inwardly digested by all three of the remaining candidates to succeed George W. Bush as president of the United States.
Bobbitt's originality lies in his almost unique ability to synthesize three quite different traditions of scholarship. The first is history. The second is law, particularly constitutional law. The third is military strategy. This synthesis owes as much to the corridors of power as to the sequestered groves of academe. Bobbitt was an associate counsel to President Carter, legal counsel to the Senate's Iran-Contra committee and a senior director on the National Security Council under President Clinton.
In his last book, "The Shield of Achilles" (2002), Bobbitt advanced a bold argument about the history of international relations since the time of the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). His central argument was that, in the aftermath of the cold war, the traditional post-Westphalian ideal of the sovereign nation-state had become obsolescent. In the increasingly borderless world we associate with globalization, something new was emerging, which Bobbitt called (and continues to call) the "market-state." This state's relationship to its citizens resembles that between a corporation and consumers. Its counterpart - and enemy - is the terrorist network. The central problem raised in "The Shield of Achilles" was how far the market-state could and should go to defeat such networks, particularly when they were in some measure sponsored by traditional nation-states.
Read as a tract for the times, "The Shield of Achilles" seemed to exemplify the change in American attitudes to foreign policy that began after the collapse of the Soviet Union, accelerated during the Balkan wars of the 1990s and came to a head after 9/11. Some reviewers took it to be a neoconservative work, and Bobbitt's support for the invasion of Iraq in 2003 lent credence to that view. However, read as a work of history, it was no such thing. Rather, it was a reflection on the decline of national sovereignty in an age of globalization.
"Terror and Consent" is less historical; indeed, it is more concerned with the future and how best we should anticipate its challenges. Did I say "the future"? Bobbitt has learned from the scenario-builders of Royal Dutch Shell the essential point that there is really no such thing as the future - only futures (plural). The task he has set himself here is to challenge nearly all our existing ideas about the so-called wars on terror (note, once again, the plural), in the belief that only a root-and-branch rethinking will equip us to deal with the problems posed by "the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, mass terrorist atrocities and humanitarian crises that bring about or are brought about by terror."
Bobbitt's central premise is that today's Islamic terrorist network, which he calls Al Qaeda for short, is like a distorted mirror image of the post-Westphalian market-state: decentralized, privatized, outsourced and in some measure divorced from territorial sovereignty. The terrorists are at once parasitical on, and at the same time hostile toward, the globalized economy, the Internet and the technological revolution in military affairs. Just as the plagues in the 14th century were unintended consequences of increased trade and urbanization, so terrorism is a negative externality of our borderless world.
The difference, of course, is one of intent. The rats that transported the lethal fleas that transported the lethal enterobacteria Yersinia pestis did not mean to devastate the populations of Eurasia and Africa. The Black Death was a natural disaster. Al Qaeda is different. Its members seek to undermine the market-state by turning its own technological achievements against it in a protracted worldwide war, the ultimate goal of which is to create a Sharia-based "terror-state" in the form of a new caliphate. Osama bin Laden and his confederates want to acquire nuclear or biological weapons of mass destruction. Precisely because of the nature of the market-state, as well as the actions of rogue nation-states, the key components and knowledge are very close to being available to them - witness the nuclear Wal-Mart run in Pakistan by A. Q. Khan. With such weapons, the terrorists will be able to unleash a super-9/11, with scarcely imaginable human and psychological costs.
In short, we are in a war. Those who say that you cannot fight an abstract noun have misunderstood that "terror" itself is being deployed as a weapon against us by a hostile and calculating nongovernmental organization. To refine his argument, Bobbitt introduces a distinction. Both the market-states and the nation-states of the West are democratic; they are "states of consent," in which the rule of law exists to uphold individual liberty and rights. Our adversaries aim to replace our consent-based order with a "state of terror."
So how should you fight terror? Like the British soldier-philosopher Rupert Smith, Bobbitt argues that the Bush administration blundered in Iraq by waging the wrong kind of war. As a victory over a suspected rogue nation-state, Operation Iraqi Freedom was a triumph. But the "war amongst the people" that then had to be waged to convert Iraq into an ally in the war on terror was a fiasco. Bush had wanted an old-style victory-with-parades. In these new wars there can be no such resolution (hence Bobbitt's earlier coinage, "the long war," which a more sober Bush briefly adopted).
To make matters worse, the Bush administration has seemed to glory in its contempt for the rule of law, even as it has posed as the exporter of freedom. A member of the Democratic Party (and nephew of Lyndon Johnson), Bobbitt is damning about the deficiencies of the Patriot Act, the "prison colony" at Guant
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Red beets
This is the first product which is necessary for the body. It comprises cellular tissue, phosphorus, copper, vitamin C and a number of organic acids that contribute to cleaning, exterminating harmful putrefactive bacteria in the intestines. In addition, it includes a lipotropic substance called "betaine." It helps the liver to get rid of toxins better. Beetroot is also useful for rejuvenation of the body due to the content of folic acid, and quartz, improving the condition of skin, hair and nails.
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White cabbage
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How to use: fresh, pickled, juice.
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How to use: fresh with the skin, in the form of juice and grated "mush", in the form of decoction.
Avocado is not only a delicious fruit but it is important that it contains such a substance as "glutathione". It blocks about 40 different carcinogens and promotes the liver function. Furthermore, it normalizes blood cholesterol levels, improves digestion, supplies tissues by the oxygen and much more.
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A very important and useful product for our health. It is a powerful natural antibiotic and good antiviral agent. It effectively cleans the bladder and urinary tract from harmful bacteria; struggles with the formation and development of cancer cells, the appearance of blood clots and plaques in blood vessels.
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Wednesday a blogger in Nuevo Laredo that was known on social networking sites only by his nickname – Rascatripas (or Belly Scratcher) became the fourth Mexican blogger since early September to be killed.
According to the news report that I read he helped moderate "En vivo" a site that posts news about shootouts and other illegal activities of the Zetas a narcotics and extortion gang that pretty much controls the city.
His head had been cut off
Why would somebody do this? The answer to that is in a note that was found with his headless body.
"This happened to me for not understanding that I shouldn't report on the social networks,"
Simply put, the Zetas were trying to not only shut him up but also to send a message to anyone else that would report on their activities.
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Lleyton Hewitt is keen to mentor the new generation of Australian tennis stars and help them follow in his footsteps by becoming Grand Slam champions.
Hewitt, 34, who will retire after the Australian Open in January, is eager to pass on the benefits of his vast experience to Bernard Tomic, Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis. (Hewitt Holds Back Tears as Wimbledon Farewell)
Australia is home to some of the greats of men's tennis, such as Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, John Newcombe and Ken Rosewall, not to mention Grand Slam winners like Pat Cash and Patrick Rafter.
However, Australia has not produced a single Grand Slam finalist since Hewitt, who won the 2001 US Open and Wimbledon 2002. (Wimbledon: White Still Not Right)
Hewitt feels the new generation are coming into their prime and can at last stop the rot. (Is Nick Kyrgios a Modern-Day McEnroe?)
"The biggest thing about the three young guys we have now is they all handle pressure and expectation differently but they all thrive on getting out there on the big courts and playing well under pressure," Hewitt said.
"Since me... we've really struggled with guys who can go out there and handle that -- and these three guys can."
- Bond of trust with Tomic -
Tomic is the oldest of the trio at 22 and Hewitt said he had a solid relationship with the world number 26.
"I like all three guys. I think the last probably three years I've worked pretty hard with Bernie and I think I've built up a good bond there where he certainly trusts me," said Hewitt.
"Just with small things, whether its about his schedule or preparation. I feel a lot better that he's comfortable coming to me and talking about certain stuff now," he explained.
Hewitt feels it is good for Tomic to have Kyrgios and Kokkinakis racing up behind him.
"With the two younger kids coming through, I think that's been good for Bernie. For a while there, Bernie was just seen as 'my successor'. He was the only one, and that was weighing pretty heavily on him.
"So now there's two other young guys and they all get along well. That's great for Australian tennis. Because if you've got three guys that could possibly be pushing for Grand Slams and second weeks of slams in the years to come, if they all get along well it's perfect."
- Leading by example -
Kyrgios, 20, has found himself in hot water at Wimbledon over his on-court verbal volleys, but the world number 29 insists he was firing the abuse at himself rather than the officials.
"As much as Nick is different, he does things his way but he is still able to get the result most of the time," said Hewitt.
Nineteen-year-old Kokkinakis, who jumped at the offer to partner Hewitt in the doubles at Wimbledon, said he had grown used to Kyrgios's unorthodox manner.
"It's always a circus when Nick hits the court. I like watching it because I don't know what's going to happen next," the world number 72 said.
"He's just a different cut. But I find it funny to watch him.
"He does say some stuff which a few people take as disrespectful but I've known him for so long so I'm used to everything he's doing, the way he acts."
Hewitt said he was revelling in his role as the elder statesman of Australian tennis on the tour and is hungry to keep the mentor role once he hangs up his racquet.
"I enjoy helping these guys," he said.
"I try and lead by example more than going out there and actually preaching things.
"Even though my game style is totally different to all three of these guys -- they have a lot more weapons and firepower than me -- if they can take some of my big strengths that have helped me over my career then it could really help them too.


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If you've heard of the movie, The Secret, you've heard of the Law of Attraction. While The Secret was a slick, easily packaged, and over-simplified introduction to the LoA, it's still a great start to learning some of the basic principles.
If you've gotten the basics down already and are looking for how to really supercharge your manifesting, you're in the right place, because I'm dishing on my favorite manifesting hacks right here.
There are simple techniques that you can use daily in order to make manifesting using the Law of Attraction even easier and faster than you've ever dreamt was possible.
1. Learn How to Meditate Using Creative Visualization
First and foremost, if you are interested in manifesting to your fullest potential, make sure that you begin each day with meditation. Meditation is important because it brings your focus toward what you desire and what you expect for that day.
If you're not a morning person, ending each day in this way is also good, as long as you're making it a daily practice.
Creative visualization is a powerful tool specifically in creating the feelings behind the desire. It's not enough to just meditate on something you wish to attract into your life, visualization brings it to life.
Creative visualization takes it one step further, by incorporating the feelings you are feeling as you see yourself:
- receiving the love you want
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- receiving the kind of people into your life you're looking for
- receiving the material possessions you'd like to have
As you embrace the feelings of joy and happiness, you will see that more joy and happiness will enter your life. Creating visualization makes this happen by using your emotions as triggers.
Where some people go wrong is that they focus on the desire or the want of these things. The only result that will bring is more wanting, more desire.
2. Incorporate All Your Senses
It's also an incredibly powerful practice to incorporate the other four senses while in the process of creative visualization, meditation, daydreaming, or journaling. See the scene, feel the scene, but take it that extra step and break it out into your other senses. Make it real.
- What do you hear around you when you're receiving what you're manifesting?
- What do you smell?
- Is there a taste?
Hold the visualization in your mind almost like a movie scene and play it over and over until you're convinced you've got what you're going for already.
3. Learn the Art of Being Grateful
Being grateful means truly understanding how much we already have without asking for any more. When you're in a state of gratitude, so many more things to be grateful for come your way.
Take a look around you. There is so much to be grateful for, but you need to stand up and take notice. When you start to understand the simple blessing that envelope your life, you will feel more joy. Once you feel more joy, you'll begin manifesting more joyful events in your life.
Whether visualizing, meditating, journaling, or daydreaming, incorporating gratitude into the practice will add another powerful layer of intention to bring you what you want faster and easier.
4. Write Out Your Thoughts & Desires
Schedule fifteen minutes at the start of each day to write. Call this practice what you will, journaling, daydreaming, whatever, but really commit to doing it every single day.
I generally do it in three sections: visualization, gratitudes, and affirmations.
First, write out exactly what you're creating in your life as if it's already become your reality. Use first person languaging in the present tense.
- What does your life look like? What does it feel like?
- What kind of relationships, finances, and routines do you have now that you've received everything you've ever wanted?
Secondly, gratitudes are a way to put yourself in that thankful mode quickly. Still use first person languaging and present tense verbs. "I am grateful…" or "I am thankful for.." are powerful ways to declare your gratitudes, especially while writing by hand.
So, what are you grateful for?
- How many things can you come up with to give thanks about?
- What will you be grateful for once you've manifested your particular desires? Make that time now.
Lastly, spend just a few minutes writing out those affirmations that speak to you.
Decide on 3 or 4 to really focus with clarity and write them out several times in a row until you no longer need to double check the wording.
Of paramount importance here is the necessity to feel what you're writing. This can't come from just head space, this needs to come from somewhere deeper and more meaningful. Once you understand that, this practice is something you'll look forward to and immensely enjoy.
If you're anything like me, you have several beautiful blank books sitting around the house, collecting dust. Pick one of them or use a composition book. A bound book is crucial to creating ritual, routine, and building a sense of momentum to your daily practice.
5. Keep the Negativity in Check
If you really want to get the most out of the Law of Attraction, then you need to monitor your thoughts and emotions as often as possible to ensure your vibration matches what you desire.
One of the things that The Secret really gets right is that feelings are a feedback mechanism to tell you what thoughts are going on in your head while you're on autopilot. Notice when you're feeling crappy and make the effort to change modes.
If you find yourself going into negative emotions or self-sabotaging thoughts, you need to immediately stop the loop instead of feeding into it. Don't get stuck in a vicious cycle. Remember, you're creating your future moment by moment. What kind of future do you want?
- Think positively
- Concentrate on all that you're grateful for
- Give yourself positive mantras to shift your emotions or thoughts easily when needed
By creating your thoughts to show up as you wish, you create your life to show up as you wish, as well.
Commit to Positive Actions
If you think about the word commitment, what comes up for you? Does it sound like a chore or a burden, or maybe something that you have to do instead of want to do? Well, committing to positive actions doesn't have to be like that at all.
When you commit yourself to the positive actions to supercharge your manifesting, you gain all the benefits and reap all the rewards. Committing yourself to positive action means committing to your most authentic self and to your best life.
Although commitment may have mixed connotations for some, there are a few things you can do to make it easier.
First, start small when changing your routine to incorporate the aforementioned practices. Don't think that you have to be perfect or dedicate every part of your day and life to manifesting consciously right away.
Layer a new behavior or practice into your life only after you've mastered the last.
Second, link new behaviors to existing ones. This advice is touted all around the productivity and behavioral change communities for good reason- it works!
Pick something you do daily, without fail, at about the same time every day and pair, or link, the new desired daily behavior to it.
Do you drink your coffee every morning, come hell or high water? Great. Do your writing exercises while doing so.
Do you walk to work every day or walk from a parking garage? Use that time to mentally cycle through your chosen mantras or affirmations instead of mindlessly scrolling through your phone.
Do you stretch every night before bed? Perfect! Do your creative visualization meditation right after.
Link something you want to do consistently with something you already do without thought to make the process of committing so easy you can do it on autopilot.
Last but not least, finding a manifesting partner is a simple way to commit to positive action.
More fun than an accountability partner, a manifesting partner is someone who's on the same manifesting journey you are. It's a friend, family member, or kindred soul that you touch base with daily or weekly to discuss the process, get feedback, and receive encouragement on the manifestation process.
Some ideas of things to discuss:
- What you manifested today/this week
- What were the cues you caught to pull yourself out of a negative thinking loop?
- What successes you had today/this week in the quest for consistency of practice
- Any new resources, tips, or tricks you've come across
It's Easy to Supercharge Your Manifesting Daily
Going from someone who sometimes manifests what she wants to someone who always manifests what she wants doesn't take much effort at all when you have some specific direction.
- Learn how to meditate using creative visualization
- Incorporate all your senses
- Learn the art of being grateful
- Write out your thoughts and desires
- Keep the negativity in check
And don't forget to commit to positive actions every day. Without the commitment, results will be spotty and interest will wane. However, if you commit, reinforce, and simply decide that you will succeed, you almost can't help but do just that.


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Once the incisions are made, the skin of the nose is separated from the underlying bone and cartilage. What occurs next will depend upon the particular case. Cartilage may be repositioned or missing structures may be replaced. Often times patients have weakly supported or buckled cartilages from their prior rhinoplasty leaving the nose weak and fragile. These cartilages will need to be supported and repaired. When the desired result is achieved, the skin is then redraped over the new framework and the incisions are closed. Revision rhinoplasty procedure tend to involve less pain and bruising than primary rhinoplasty. Any discomfort that patients do experience can be controlled with pain medication. The splint and stitches are typically removed within six to seven days. Bruising and swelling will occur and, though much of the bruising will have faded by about the tenth day, it can take up to a year for all of the swelling to fully fade. The majority of the swelling will subside within a few weeks, but there will be a low level of swelling that will fluctuate depending on other factors. Most patients are able to return to work in about a week, though more strenuous activities will need to be avoided for two to three weeks. Patients should avoid bumping or jarring the nose or getting a sunburn for eight weeks.


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Jodi: How long have you been running?
Zoe: I started running when I was in middle school at the age of 10. My first race was with my Uncle Doug at 11 in Cape Cod, MA, and it was so much fun. I remember feeling like a rockstar having people cheer me on at the finish line, and I was hooked. I've had a love/hate relationship with running since I started.
Jodi: Why did you start running?
Zoe: I started running because my Uncle was a runner and I admired him so much. My middle school had a x-country team and I enjoyed the longer distances and running around neighborhoods instead of just the track.
Jodi: How many years have you been racing?
Zoe: I was on the x-country team in middle school and high school, took a break from racing/running in college and then restarted racing back in 2008 when I realized I really missed it!
Jodi: What is your favorite distance to race and why?
Zoe: The 5K is a distance I enjoy because it's quick, but I'm a fan of the half marathon because I feel invincible afterward. It's the perfect distance!
Jodi: What is your favorite race memory?
Zoe: The last x-country meet my Mum attended, two days before my 16th birthday. It was a Friday night and she was yelling "Run, Zoe, run!" and "Long strides, Zoe!" from a picnic blanket with my sister and her friend. I PR'd the course that night, and was "kidnapped" by my friends for a surprise birthday dinner and football game. It was a great race day, and it holds a very special place in my heart as my Mum's last race with me.
Jodi: What is your least favorite race memory?
Zoe: Oh boy, the Torchlight 8K back in 2009. ARGH! I over-hydrated for the race because it was in the 80s and humid, and I ended up pretty much needing to pee and maybeevenpeeingmypantsalittle during the race. So mad! I need to get back at that race and kick its butt next year.
Jodi: What is your proudest running moment to date?
Zoe: Besides running while pregnant with my daughter, Goober, I would have to say completing my first marathon 7 months post-partum. Crap, it was TOUGH! It was a complete mental battle at the end, and I was in pain, but finishing it was the best feeling ever...and then seeing my husband and daughter at the finish line made it absolutely perfect.
|Zoe, 8 months pregnant, at the Iron Girl 5K September 2010
|Zoe and her family after the Rock N Roll Seattle Marathon June 2011
Zoe: Oh boy, it's both my Garmin Forerunner "Gus" and my iPhone for music. Can't run without either.
Jodi: What is your favorite fuel during a race?
Zoe: I'm a huge fan of Clif Shot Bloks in Tropical Punch and Strawberry. So delicious! But GU Watermelon Chomps are pretty tasty too.
Jodi: What is your favorite post race snack?
Zoe: After a race I love a big, cold glass of chocolate milk. Mmmm.
Jodi: Who do you admire most and why?
Zoe: All the women/men I've met in the running blog world that balance careers, parenthood, training, family, etc. I think it's amazing. Oh, and I admire Ryan Reynolds' abs.
Jodi: Do you have a favorite quote?
Zoe: "Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers
Jodi: Finish this statement, when I run I feel___________.
Zoe: ...like the world is my oyster...except then I remember that I don't like seafood...so it makes me feel like a million bucks (the monetary kind, not the male deer).
Jodi: What is your current goal?
Zoe: I would love to shatter some of my current PRs in the 5K, 8K and 10K races...maybe even a sub 1:55 half soon.
Thanks again for the opportunity to give you a Thumbs Up Zoe! Best of luck shattering those current PRs!!
Keep running, you're simply the best, and Zoe YOU inspire ME!!