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7 Ways to Adapt for Volatile Markets
Don't Be Frightened By Volatility: Learn 7 ways to adjust for a volatile market
When markets go on a wild ride, it's understandable to feel uneasy. As a trader, volatility—how much an asset moves up and down in value—can sometimes be your friend, allowing you to buy and sell stocks at target prices more quickly. But increased market volatility can dramatically affect the nuts and bolts of your trading.
Short-term pullbacks in a long-term uptrend
Emotional reactions to news events, policy changes and geopolitical turmoil can cause unsettling downturns. But market pullbacks and corrections are a normal part of long-term investing.
Source: StreetSmart Edge®
When volatility flares up, it's important that you don't let it derail your trading activity or your long-term investing goals. Here are seven ways to help keep you on track.
1. Stay disciplined and stick to your trading plan
Emotions have no place in trading. Decisions regarding which stocks to own should be based on fundamental analysis or other research that examines the financial condition of the underlying companies. When markets get choppy, knowing what to own becomes even more important. Once you have a target list of stocks, employing technical analysis—the study of stock prices and trends—can help you select your entry and exit prices.
Then, monitor your positions carefully. Set realistic profit and loss thresholds and follow them when the stock price moves outside of these bounds. Don't expect to outperform the broader market each year; even professionals rarely do that.
Also remember that you don't have to trade your entire portfolio actively—in fact, you shouldn't. Instead, consider your personal risk tolerance when deciding how much of your portfolio will be used for trading—perhaps something like 20 to 30%—and then keep the rest of your portfolio as core holdings. With these longer-term investments, be sure to stay diversified and stick to your target asset allocation.
2. Maintain your risk tolerance and trade smaller positions
Most traders think they have a high tolerance for risk—that is, until they encounter a bear market. Before that happens, make sure you understand your capacity to withstand losses. Don't assume overly large positions to maximize gains if you aren't comfortable with the risks involved.
When trading, consider scaling in and out of positions by buying the stock in increments as its price fluctuates, or selling in increments when you think it may be getting close to a top. When properly managed, scaling in and out can reduce your overall cost basis and prevent you from owning too much of a position that is moving against you.
3. Use limit orders
Market orders can be appropriate for trading highly liquid securities during market hours because they let you buy or sell a stock at the best possible price available when the order is received. But market orders leave you vulnerable to market conditions, particularly if you enter them while the market is closed. Plus, you may not obtain your desired price.
Limit orders are more prudent in volatile markets. They allow you to specify the maximum price you're willing to pay when buying a stock. Conversely, they let you set the minimum price you're willing to accept when selling a stock. Be aware that while a limit order allows you to specify a price, there is no guarantee of an execution, even if the market moves and reaches your limit price.
4. Use proper risk management techniques
To help protect unrealized gains or limit your potential losses during market hours, consider using stop, stop/limit, trailing stop and bracket orders. When you place any of these orders, you have to decide how many points or what percentage below the stock price to place the order. Many traders have a standard policy based on their personal risk tolerance—such as 5% or 10%. For traders who determine the size of each trade based on the dollar amount invested, rather than the share quantity, a point value (for example, $1.00 or $1.50) may be more effective than a percentage.
Regardless of which methodology you use, be careful not to place the stop price too close to the current price, or daily price fluctuations might trigger an execution. Keep in mind, too, that all stop and protective order types have limitations. For instance, once an order is activated, it becomes a market order (which could fill at an unfavorable price) or a limit order (which may not fill at all). In a rapidly falling market, or a market that gaps in price overnight, there is no guarantee that the order will execute, or that the execution price will be the same as the stop price.
5. Trade the trend
Trying to pick the top and/or bottom of the market seldom works to your advantage—it's usually much easier to follow the direction and momentum of the market than to fight it. If you're going in one direction while everyone else is going in the other direction, you'll likely get trampled.
In technical analysis, an uptrend is defined as a series of higher highs and higher lows. Similarly, a downtrend is a series of lower highs and lower lows. The number of occurrences it takes to establish a pattern will vary depending upon your time horizon. Long-term traders may look for trends in weekly or monthly charts, while shorter-term traders may use daily charts.
6. Take some profits off the table
If you own positions that have increased substantially in value, selling some of your shares is a good way to protect some of your gains. Plus, you still have the potential for further upside on your remaining position. During times of higher-than-average volatility, a slightly higher cash allocation is often prudent. By taking partial profits on some of your appreciated positions and leaving those proceeds in cash, you can help protect those profits and lower your overall risk.
7. When in doubt, wait it out
Just as markets can't go up forever, they also can't go down forever. Periods of heightened volatility come and go, and, more often than not, are short-lived. If you don't have a good feeling for where the markets might be heading, sometimes just sitting it out isn't such a bad idea.
Recent market moves—both up and down—can be unsettling for traders. On the one hand, you know there are opportunities out there. On the other hand, the markets can be punishing if your strategy proves wrong or ill timed. But if you use these seven steps, you can be in a good position to keep your trading on track.
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Archive for April, 2010
Talking with Josh Steiber about the war, morality, and protest
Posted by Debra in protest and resistance on April 18, 2010
We had a lively conference call this past week (apologies to everyone who couldn't get on or got bumped off due to the number of calls coming in) with people from around the country listening to a conversation between Elaine Brower, leader of WCW, and Josh Steiber, conscientious objector who has been speaking out about being a part of the unit that carried out the now notorious massacre captured in the Wikileaks "Collateral Murder" video. Josh refused to go on that mission and later, as Janis Joplin sang, felt he had "nothing left to lose" after so many atrocities, fighting to get out of the military because he "was so internally torn up that I was at a point that I was willing to do whatever I needed to in order to stop doing these things."
Now, he is righteously calling out this whole immoral war and using the video to make the point that
such acts were "not isolated incidents" and were "common" during his tour of duty. "After watching the video, I would definitely say that that is, nine times out of ten, the way things ended up," Steiber was quoted as saying in an earlier press release on the video, "Killing was following military protocol. It was going along with the rules as they are."
Steiber was not with his unit, who were the soldiers on the ground in the video. He was back at his base with the incident occurred. While not absolving of responsibility those who carried out the killing, Steiber blames the "larger system" of the US military, specifically how soldiers are trained to dehumanize Iraqis and the ROE.
"We have to address the larger system that trains people to respond in this way, or the same thing will probably happen again," Steiber told Truthout.
Josh Steiber has been speaking out in other places too. Listen to or read his interview with Glenn Greenwald. Elaine asked Josh about how he became a conscientious objector, and how we can get more troops to take that step and resist the military. Josh talked about the responsibility that this society as a whole has for what the US military does and how it does it. Educating people is the key, he said. He talked about the military cadences that troops learn in basic training: songs about killing children and blood flowing. Target practice not on bull's-eyes, but on the silhouettes of Middle Eastern stereotypes.
For him, it took 2 years before he even found out that conscientious objecting was an option at all.
"There's a lot of feeling of betrayal, that we can tap into,"
with the troops, he said. To understand the psychology drummed into troops he recommended this video on YouTube, "Die Terrorist Die." He also recommended that we use the Wikileaks video to show potential recruits what exactly they will be expected to do in the military.
Callers expressed anguish over the situation and the depths of the moral dilemma facing this society. One woman talked about her fears that people are just filtering out the video and that it isn't necessarily affecting people. Another talked about counter protesting the Tea Party earlier in the day and having conversations with them:
"I don't fall into this category and probably those of you on the call don't, but there's this mentality out there that brutal violence is just a part of humanity and we just have to make sure that it's OUR brutal violence and no one does it to us."
She also emphasized how important it is that some troops are speaking out; changing their views, resisting, and leaking these videos.
A Vietnam era veteran on the call said,
"Moments come along that break through the media blackout, like with the photo of the little Vietnamese girl who got napalmed, that give people a taste of the crimes that are being carried out in their names. We have to challenge the troops not to be torturers and murders. Josh talked a lot about betrayal. It's not the people who betrayed the soldiers it's the military and the government that betrayed them. The more we can interact with them on that level the more we can break through with them."
Emma Kaplan underscored this point, responding to the question, "How did the soldiers react after the mission in the video:"
"Josh talks about this in his DN interview – afterwards there's a process where it sinks in, and they go through a justification in their minds. The point about challenging the troops that Joe made is very important. Troops are thinking people who can change their minds and resist. We have a tremendous responsibility to tell the truth."
We talked more about the need to go into the morality of the war and the participation in it with soldiers:
"Male bonding forges this brainwashing family structure. It is really difficult. The family structure just constantly reinforces the idea that if you step out of line here that you are betraying your brothers. We have to frame the question in moral terms so that they can truly follow their consciences. The really important thing that WCW is doing is going into high schools and colleges and creating a movement among the youth. Denying the military a section of these kids. Youth can have a tremendous impact among their peers."
A student from UCSB talked about the speakout they held on their campus earlier that day, and their plans to project the video onto a wall outside on Monday. They also plan to bring the We Are Not Your Soldiers tour to speak before the end of the semester.
The call ended with some more discussion of our plans going forward: the Crimes Are Crimes statement, visible protest such as when General Petraeus comes to NYC later this week, and other ideas people have, for creating video responses to the Wikileaks video, to talking to soldiers.
The We Are Not Your Soldiers tour came up again and again, as a crucial way to impact this situation. One person said,
"It's not just a point of going to the troops themselves, but making it a question in society at large. Dragging it out into the light of day. This is not just bad apples but what the troops are doing in our name. This is the nature of this war. The more we make this a question in society, that will give the troops who are conflicted air to breathe and room to act."
Thank you to Josh Steiber and everyone who participated in this call.
Crimes Are Crimes – No Matter Who Does Them
Posted by Debra in protest and resistance on April 13, 2010
I invite you to join Cornel West, Cindy Sheehan, Ray McGovern, Carl Dix, Bill Quigley, William Blum, Ann Messner, Joyce Kozloff and hundreds more in signing a new statement: Crimes Are Crimes – No Matter Who Does Them (see below). We are going on record to separate ourselves from the direction Obama is heading, and giving voice to the growing opposition to the crimes still being carried out in our names.
We are considering publishing this statement in the NY Review of Books and other outlets where people who would be inspired and challenged need to see it. If you have thinking on other places this statement needs to be published, please contact me, Director of World Can't Wait, at email@example.com
It is time to end the silence and say clearly: that which was a crime under Bush is a crime under Obama.
See Crimes are Crimes – No Matter Who Does Them.
You may sign by going to the link above, or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Crimes Are Crimes – No Matter Who Does Them
In the past few weeks, it has become common knowledge that Barack Obama has openly ordered the assassination of an American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, because he is suspected of participating in plots by Al Qaeda. Al-Awlaki denies these charges. No matter. Without trial or other judicial proceeding, the administration has simply put him on the to-be-killed list.
During this same period, a video leaked by whistleblowers in the military showing U.S. troops firing on an unarmed party of Iraqis in 2007, including two journalists, and then firing on those who attempted to rescue them – including two children – became public. As ugly as this video of the killing of 12 Iraqis was, the chatter recorded from the helicopter cockpit was even more chilling and monstrous. Yet the Pentagon said that there would be no charges against these soldiers; and the media focused on absolving them of blame – "they were under stress," the story went, "and after all our brave men and women must be supported." Meanwhile, those who leaked and publicized the video came under government surveillance and are targeted as "national security" threats.
Also during this period, the Pentagon acknowledged, after denials, a massacre near the city of Gardez, Afghanistan, on February 12, 2010, in which 5 people were killed, including two pregnant women, leaving 16 children motherless. The U.S. military first said the two men killed were insurgents, and the women, victims of a family "honor killing." The Afghan government has accepted the eyewitness reports that U.S. Special Forces killed the men, (a police officer and lawyer) and the women, and then dug their own bullets out of the women's bodies to destroy evidence. Top U.S. military officials have now admitted that U.S. soldiers killed the family in their house.
Just weeks earlier, a story broken in Harper's by Scott Horton carried news that three supposed suicides of detainees in Guantánamo in 2006 were not actual suicides, but homicides carried out by American personnel. This passed almost without comment.
In some respects, this is worse than Bush. First, because Obama has claimed the right to assassinate American citizens whom he suspects of "terrorism," merely on the grounds of his own suspicion or that of the CIA, something Bush never claimed publicly. Second, Obama says that the government can detain you indefinitely, even if you have been exonerated in a trial, and he has publicly floated the idea of "preventive detention." Third, the Obama administration, in expanding the use of unmanned drone attacks, argues that the U.S. has the authority under international law to use such lethal force and extrajudicial killing in sovereign countries with which it is not at war.
Such measures by Bush were widely considered by liberals and progressives to be outrages and were roundly, and correctly, protested. But those acts which may have been construed (wishfully or not) as anomalies under the Bush regime, have now been consecrated into "standard operating procedure" by Obama, who claims, as did Bush, executive privilege and state secrecy in defending the crime of aggressive war.
Unsurprisingly, the Obama administration has refused to prosecute any members of the Bush regime who are responsible for war crimes, including some who admitted to waterboarding and other forms of torture, thereby making their actions acceptable for him or any future president, Democrat or Republican.
We must end the complicity of silence and say loud and clear:
The things that were crimes under Bush are crimes under Obama.
Outrages under Bush are outrages under Obama.
All this MUST STOP.
And all this MUST BE RESISTED by anyone who claims a shred of conscience or integrity.
Abortion Empowers You!
Posted by Debra in abortion and birth control, protest and resistance on April 10, 2010
Currently anti-abortion ads are running on NYC subways. Abortionchangesyou.com perpetrates confusion, shame, guilt, and disinformation to discourage women from having abortions.
Here are some things we're doing to challenge these ads:
1) A new campaign, hatched moments ago at the "From Abortion Rights to Social Justice; Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom" is AbortionEmpowersyou.com. What is your abortion story? How did abortion change your life? How would you do a creative alteration of the AbortionChangesYou ads?
We're collecting responses right now at the conference — look for the site to be updated tonight! Collaborators are Heather Ault of 4000yearsforchoice.org and Jennifer Klozik DeCapua of 45millionvoices.org and Debra Sweet of WorldCantWait.net
2) From organizers for "From The Burkha to the Thong, Everything Must, and Can, Change– WE NEED TOTAL REVOLUTION!" A national campus tour by Sunsara Taylor:
Saturday April 17th, 2010
Protest "abortionchangesyou.com"
& its anti-abortion, anti-woman message
in the New York City subways
Speak out for Abortion Rights
and Women's Liberation!
Abortionchangesyou.com promotes an aura of shame and guilt around abortion and contributes to the lie that to have an abortion is to murder a baby. This comes in the guise of concern for women and providing emotional support for them. The anti-abortion agenda of these ads has been exposed in a New York Times article, which points out that the site directs people to pro-life groups with the Catholic Church and the site's founder has collaborated with Feminists for Life.
Our response:
"forced childbearing changes you"
Abortion on demand and without apology!
Join us April 17th to break the silence and shame and declare that women are human beings, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with abortion!
A fetus is NOT a baby!
Women are NOT Incubators!
Abortion is NOT Murder!
Meet at 2pm near the subway entrance – SW corner of Union Sq. Make your own pro-abortion/pro-choice ad and we'll spread our message through the subway, stopping at Columbia University, in Harlem and Williamsburg
From organizers for "From the Burkha to the Thong, Everything Must, and Can, Change– WE NEED TOTAL REVOLUTION!" — a national campus speaking tour by Sunsara Taylor
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Anti-Abortion Movement Aims to Control Black Women
Posted by Debra in abortion and birth control on April 8, 2010
In my decades of escorting women through anti-abortion protesters and into abortion clinics, I've observed that there are a variety of culturally different responses to the bullying, whining, pushing and threats. I've seen Latinas dissolve into tears and confusion when confronted at the clinic entrance by a priest saying the rosary over them, when they are told they'll go to hell for "killing their babies." Russian women tend to breeze by the antis as if they're invisible, while white American women, more than any others, feel they have to answer for their personal actions to obnoxious and complete strangers.
Black women (African American and West Indian) are the most likely, in my experience, to challenge the antis to "stay the f— out of my way!" Their anger at being interfered with comes out righteously. They don't need anyone to tell them about their business. The anti-abortion movement has historically had a very difficult time getting support in the Black community, for this and other reasons (their own racism, for one).
As part of the overall society-wide assault on abortion rights with includes murdering doctors, devising ever more state laws to restrict access, and the work of Democrats both overtly anti-choice and those who just seek common ground, the anti-abortion movement has recently put a lot of money and PR talent into blaming Black women for having abortions.
Of course, they don't say that directly. Several anti-abortion groups are funding a campaign to cast Black children as an "endangered species" because Black women have abortions. And more than that, they assert there is a concerted campaign of "Black genocide" fostered by an "abortion industry" that targets Black women who abort unintended pregnancies.
There is so much incorrect, dangerous, and outrageous about every one of their contentions and methods, that I can only begin here a sketch.
(Parenthetically, what if we suggest to the antis that they focus on a group who is really "endangering" their fetuses? Catholic women, as identified on medical admission forms, who use abortion more than any other religious group, perhaps? I know most Catholics say they don't listen to the Vatican on sexual matters — and why would they, given the revelations of the Pope's protection of pedophiles? But it's likely that the 12th century teaching that birth control is a sin is at least a major factor in the higher number of unplanned pregnancies among Catholics, and the various miseries they lead to. Let's tell the Right to Life movement to do some truth in advertising on that!)
At the heart of the campaign to shame and control Black women is a film called Maafa 21. See the trailer at blackgenocide.com (striking footage and dramatic music: high production values and serious funding behind this effort). It starts from the assumption that slavery of Black people in the United States was followed by an attempt by "America's wealthy elite" to make Black people disappear.
Well, that's true. An unemployment rate of 50% for African American men in NYC. 2.4 million people incarcerated, a huge proportion of them Black. The lowest life expectancy among any group in the US, and a higher infant morality rate. Higher rates of deadly diseases, and lower levels of health insurance. Higher rates of combat death in every war from the Civil War on. This is systematic oppression of Black people!
But those behind Maafa 21 don't care about any of that, least of all actual living Black people. The film weaves aspects of true facts — including the scientifically wrong eugenicist views of Margaret Sanger who fought in the early 20th century to bring birth control to poor women and founded Planned Parenthood — into a conspiracy by abortion providers today to "sell" abortions to Black women in order to reduce their birth rate.
This is all wrong, backwards, and very dangerous.
And we need to answer it. There is a professional promotion effort of this film especially to to HCBU's (historically Black colleges and universities) with cuts of it on YouTube and comments indicating people are being taken in by the argument. See Abortion and Black Genocide (Barack Obama and the Negro Project),
I would challenge anyone giving this film any credence to look at who made it, and how it's being used. Credit goes to "Life Dynamics," a group in Texas run by one Mark Crutcher. After a career in "promotion of automotive products" (used car salesman), Crutcher branched out to targeting abortion doctors over the last two decades, and sending a threatening pamphlet to medical students in the 1980′s. He specializes in "intelligence" against abortion providers. He has no history or connections with any movement endeavoring to protest, nor better, the lives of Black people in this country.
This aggressive disinformation campaign goes beyond a film. Georgia Right to Life put $20,000 into 80 billboards in Atlanta in January calling black children an "endangered species." Some of the billboards are still up, and there are plans to spread them to other cities with large Black population. I see one got a welcome alteration last week (Black children are beautiful members of the HUMAN species!).
Cindy Cooper writes in Anti-Choicers, the Media, and Race, on another aspect of the assault on women in Georgia:
the billboards are propaganda for an anti-abortion legislative assault, a bill in Georgia titled the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, and called "PreNDA" by its anti-choice sponsors. The bill would create a new felony of "criminal solicitation of abortion." Under it, a person commits a crime punishable by five years in prison if the individual "solicits or coerces" another person to have an abortion 'based in any way on account of the race, color, or sex of the unborn child or the race or color of either parent of that child.' Under the bill, a doctor commits "criminal abortion," punishable by 10 years in prison, for performing an abortion based on those factors or 'with knowledge that the pregnant woman' based it on them. In addition, abortion is defined as 'the homicide of an unborn child,' and civil actions are extended for damages."
For more on the actual restrictions this will place on women who need abortions, see Black Abortion: Battleground Georgia on RH Reality Check. We must and will answer the lies in this "Black genocide" argument. Leaders in the fight for reproductive justice are already doing so.
Loretta Ross, of Sistersong, says:
"They tell African American women that we are now responsible for the genocide of our own people … We are now accused of 'lynching' our children in our wombs and practicing white supremacy on ourselves… This is what lies on steroids look like.
…The sexism in their viewpoints is mind-boggling. To them, Black women are the poor dupes of the abortion rights movement, lacking agency and decision-making of our own. In fact, this is a reassertion of Black male supremacy over the self-determination of women…. It is about re-enslaving Black women by making us breeders for someone else's cause."
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, a Princeton professor, looks at Black women's situation in this society in A Right to Life for the Living:
A recent study by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development revealed that single black women have on average only $100 in personal wealth, compared with $41,500 for single white women. With less disposable income, many black women are shut out of the booming reproductive technologies market available to their white peers. In this twisted sense even college education could be argued to constitute racial genocide.
This past Saturday I sat around a table in Harlem with an abortion provider and a dozen people who escort at an abortion clinic in the Bronx. I asked how people thought we should answer this "Black genocide" campaign. Francesca was really outraged at the idea of the anti-abortion movement talking to Black women about "life" for unborn fetuses. She asked, "what about the epidemic of Hep(atitis) C? Black women are out here struggling with life and death! They don't need to tell us anything."
A student said "we have to make an unapologetic case for abortion rights!" We talked about the antis' so-called "science" and how it's used to confuse and lie to people about our bodies. Others said the "genocide" argument is used, and has historically been used, to manipulate people against abortion. Sharon, who provides abortions, said that we have to explain the actual reality for women of color. "We have more unintended pregnancies, for economic reasons."
Everyone agreed that women — including women of color — can determine what they need to do for each pregnancy. And no government, husband, father, religion, Pope, or group of lunatic murderers with a budget should force motherhood on any woman.

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By Dr. Mercola
Phthalates are widely used chemicals that make plastics more flexible. Products such as your shower curtain, food packaging, vinyl gloves and vinyl flooring contain phthalates. These chemicals are also in your household cleaners, cosmetics and personal care products.
Although phthalates help plastics to be more durable and flexible, they are not strongly bound to the product, so with heat and use, they leach out and dissipate into your environment.
Have you noticed how your flexible plastics can get harder and more brittle over time? That's because the plasticizer, or phthalates, is continuously released, changing the chemical composition of the product.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acknowledges that your risk of exposure comes from eating and drinking foods exposed to plastics and breathing phthalate in dust particles.
In fact, phthalates are so common that researchers have found metabolites of phthalates in the general population and consider exposure to people living in the U.S. widespread.1
At the urging of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), American manufacturers have not put phthalates in children's pacifiers, soft rattles and teething toys since 1999.2
Phthalates are "reasonably considered to be a human carcinogen" by the National Toxicology Program (NTP), but continue to be used in many products you use every day.3
In an effort to evaluate your risk of exposure to phthalates from food, researchers evaluated the dietary habits and urinary metabolites of 9,000 participants age 6 and older.4 This news video highlights the results of the study. The researchers were specifically looking at fast food or take out foods.
They used the CDC definition for fast foods as those from restaurants without waiter services and pizza restaurants, including take-out.
They discovered that the majority of people who were more likely to eat fast foods were non-Hispanic black males under age 40.5 This population also ate more calories and more fat each day from fast food restaurants.6
Those who ate at fast food restaurants had a greater excretion of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and diisononyl phthalate (DiNP) than those who did not consume fast foods. The authors pointed to PVC tubing, vinyl gloves and food packaging as potential sources of phthalates found in foods.
Although DEHP has been removed from some products related to health concerns, it is being replaced with another source of phthalates, DiNP.7
The study evaluated exposure and not the potential negative health effects. They found a dose-related relationship between the amount of fast food participants were eating and the amount of phthalates to which they were exposed.
Those who ate the most fast food had 23 percent higher DEHP and 39 percent higher DiNP levels.8 They did not find evidence of increased bisphenol A (BPA).
When the researchers evaluated the type of phthalates absorbed with the type of food ingested they found those who ate more grains and foods in the "other" category, such as condiments, potatoes and vegetables from fast food restaurants, had a greater amount of DEHP in their system.
Those who had more DiNP metabolites were eating a greater amount of meat and grains.9
The dangers associated with phthalates are related to their effect on your hormonal system. They are remarkably powerful hormone disruptors, and recent research confirms they're capable of causing males in all species to develop feminine characteristics.10
Although this study evaluated damage to the reproductive health of wildlife, the results are relevant to humans, as we share similar sex hormone receptors.
The chemicals disrupted the endocrine systems causing testicular cancer, low sperm counts, genital malformations and infertility in a number of species, including deer, whales, otters and bears, to name a few. This infertility and feminization may indicate a similar pattern taking place in humans.
In a study published by the American Chemical Society (ACS), researchers found that pregnant women who were exposed to phthalates found in food packaging, personal care items and other everyday products, experienced an increased risk of miscarriage between 5 and 13 weeks of pregnancy.11
Further studies demonstrate exposure to phthalates during pregnancy may increase the risk of adversely affecting the masculinization of male genitals in your baby.12 The results were presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society.
Researchers suggest the results may be a reason to look closely at clinical testing in early pregnancy for levels of chemicals to help guide interventions to protect your baby. Jennifer Adibi, Sc.D., assistant professor of epidemiology at Pittsburgh School of Public Health was quoted in the press release saying:13
"Phthalates are pervasive. Reducing exposure to phthalates and other hormone-disrupting chemicals is something that needs to be addressed at a societal level through consumer advocacy and regulation, and education of health care providers."
"Phthalates are pervasive. Reducing exposure to phthalates and other hormone-disrupting chemicals is something that needs to be addressed at a societal level through consumer advocacy and regulation, and education of health care providers."
A research team from Columbia University found pregnant women with high levels of phthalates delivered babies who had a higher risk of developing asthma between the ages of 5 and 11.14
Since every woman in the U.S. is exposed to phthalates, researchers were forced to compare women with the highest levels of phthalates to those with the lowest, as they did not find anyone with a zero level.
Every woman in the study had metabolites of both types of phthalates being tested. Despite that, children of women with the highest levels had between a 72 and 78 percent greater chance of developing asthma.15
During pregnancy an increased exposure to phthalates may alter the production of thyroid hormones in your unborn child,16 which are crucial for the proper development of your baby during your first trimester.
Other complications found in women with high levels of DEHP during pregnancy included twice the likelihood a male child would develop a hydrocele, a buildup of fluid in the scrotum that increases the size of the scrotum and causes discomfort.17
Phthalates also have negative health effects on adults. One of the first studies to link low vitamin D levels to an increased intake of phthalates was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.18 Researchers are calling this study very important as vitamin D is essential for brain, bone and heart heath.
Low vitamin D levels have been linked to a number of different health conditions, including depression,19,20 mental decline in older adults21 and chronic migraine headaches,22 to name just a few. This study followed over 4,600 participants between 2005 and 2010 in a national health survey. The researchers had data from urine and blood samples, which they compared against exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) and vitamin D levels.
Lead author Lauren Johns, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, believes the results of this study have widespread implications, as EDCs in the U.S. are pervasive. The authors are not sure how the chemicals affect vitamin D deficiency, but believe they may alter vitamin D levels in the same way they change thyroid and reproductive hormones.
Widespread use of phthalate chemicals makes it difficult to reduce your exposure. Recent studies have demonstrated that while exposure to DEHP and di-n-butylphthalate (DnBP) are declining with reduced use in children's toys and other plastic materials, exposure to replacement phthalates is increasing.23 Chemicals replacing DEHP and DnBP are associated with very similar health effects.
In early 2016, several public health and consumer groups strongly urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to withdraw their approval of ortho-phthalates used in food handling and packaging.24 The petition filed with the government lists these chemicals as food additives, as the FDA considers any chemicals that may be reasonably expected to be found in your food an additive.
Food producers use these chemicals in paperboard, cellophane and plastics that come in contact with the food. Earth Justice was one of the organizations behind the citizen petition to the FDA. Following a plea to their followers, the FDA received nearly 200,000 letters urging them to withdraw the chemicals, citing concern for their health and the health of their children.25
Despite the overwhelming demonstration of toxic effects phthalates have on adults, children and developing babies, the use of these EDCs in plastics and products that come in contact with food is perfectly legal. The FDA was accepting letters of concern from the public until September 19, 2016.26
If the FDA decides to withdraw approval for these 30 different ortho-phthalates from products used in food packaging and handling, manufacturers will be forced to redesign their products and machinery. This effects more than the fast food industry as phthalates can be found in dairy products and cheeses you purchase from the grocery store, as well as meats and olive oil.27,28
To limit your exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals like phthalates and bisphenol-A (BPA), keep the following guidelines in mind when shopping for food, personal care and household products.
✓ Avoid fast-food restaurant fare and processed goods. Eating a diet focused on locally grown, ideally organic and whole foods cooked from scratch will significantly limit your exposure to not only phthalates and BPA but also a wide array of other chemicals, including synthetic food additives and pesticides.
✓ Use natural cleaning products or make your own. Besides phthalates, avoid those containing 2-butoxyethanol (EGBE) and methoxydiglycol (DEGME) — two toxic glycol ethers that can compromise your fertility and cause fetal harm.
✓ Buy products that come in glass bottles rather than plastic or cans; be aware that even "BPA-free" plastics typically leach other endocrine-disrupting chemicals that are just as bad for you as BPA.
✓ Switch to organic toiletries, including shampoo, toothpaste, antiperspirants and cosmetics.
EWG's Skin Deep database29 can help you find personal care products that are free of phthalates and other potentially dangerous chemicals.
✓ Store your food and beverages in glass rather than plastic, and avoid using plastic wrap as it too contains phthalates that can migrate into your food (especially if you microwave food wrapped in plastic).
✓ Replace your vinyl shower curtain with a fabric one or glass doors.
✓ Use glass baby bottles and drinking bottles.
✓ Replace feminine hygiene products (tampons and sanitary pads) with safer alternatives.
✓ Filter your tap water for both drinking and bathing. If you can only afford to do one, filtering your bathing water may be more important, as your skin absorbs contaminants.
Under the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act, the EPA set a maximum contaminant level (MCL) for DEHP of 0.006 mg/dL, or 6 ppb.30
Note that the Safe Drinking Water Act regulates DEHP levels only for public water supplies, not for well water.
✓ Look for fragrance-free products. One artificial fragrance can contain hundreds — even thousands — of potentially toxic chemicals, including phthalates.
Avoid fabric softeners and dryer sheets, which contain a mishmash of synthetic chemicals and fragrances.
✓ If you have PVC pipes, you may have DEHP leaching into your water supply. If you have PVC pipe from before 1977, you will definitely want to upgrade to a newer material.
This "early-era" PVC pipe can leach a carcinogenic compound called vinyl chloride monomer into your water. Alternatives to PVC for water piping include ductile iron, high-density polyethylene, concrete, copper and PEX.31
✓ Consider replacing vinyl flooring with a "greener" material. Also avoid soft, flexible plastic flooring, such as those padded play-mat floors for kids (often used in day cares and kindergartens), as there's a good chance it is made from phthalate-containing PVC.
✓ Read the labels and avoid anything containing phthalates. Besides DEHP, also look for DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate), DEP (diethyl phthalate), BzBP (benzyl butyl phthlate) and DMP (dimethyl phthalate).
Also be wary of anything listing a "fragrance," which often includes phthalates.
✓ Make sure your baby's toys are BPA-free, such as pacifiers, teething rings and anything your child may be prone to suck or chew on — even books, which are often plasticized. It's advisable to avoid all plastic, especially flexible varieties.
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The 2010 Microsoft Pan African Innovative Education Forum took place in Mombasa Kenya from 24 – 26 August 2010 and included tracks for Innovative Schools and Innovative Teachers. During the event representatives from 15 African countries participated in workshops, exhibitions, seminars and a tour around Mombasa.
The Forum was held at the Aga Khan Academy – a Pathfinder Innovative School and culminated with a gala dinner where teachers were recognized for their efforts to incorporate technology into their teaching in creative and engaging ways.
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Health protocols not followed at Norquest College flu clinic
Clinic visitors say they remain nervous after incident, would have liked to be better informed
NorQuest College says four people received flu shots Tuesday "without all health protocols being followed."
The breach occurred at the downtown Edmonton campus during a flu shot clinic held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Alberta Health Services says a third-party delivering the immunizations, later identified as Alberta Pharmacy Services, improperly handled a multi-dose vial of the vaccine, raising concern a patient's blood may have been mixed in and shared with three other people.
On Wednesday afternoon, Alberta's chief medical officer of health Dr. James Talbot said it was a supervised pharmacy student who was administering the shot in question.
When the problem was identified, the clinic was shut down while the lead pharmacist removed all the materials and health officials were called in.
Risk to patients was low, says AHS
In a written statement, the college says AHS has identified the health risks associated with this breach as very low.
However, some at the school remain nervous, and say they have not received enough information about the incident.
"It's pretty scary," said Rosslynd Fayant, who was actually in line to receive the flu shot when the clinic shut down.
"You're supposed to trust the nurses that come to your school and want to give you the flu shot. It's their job to make you feel safe but you don't feel safe after hearing stuff like this."
Now, Fayant said she is unsure whether she will return later on to get her flu shot.
"I really don't want to get one now' but if I do I'll go to my doctor. It's scary cause you're lined up and ready to go and if I'd got it, I'd be freaked out more now after hearing all this."
AHS is investigating and managing the follow-up care with everyone involved.
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The service is designed to help reduce reoffending rates amongst young people in custody by enabling them to maintain healthy relationships and improve their confidence and wellbeing.
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Relationships and sexual health issues are more acute in the prison population than in general: HIV rates are 15 times higher. Fewer are married and divorce rates are higher. Government research indicates that prisoners who maintain healthy relationships are 20% less likely to reoffend. Experience in past relationships can be a significant factor in the pathway to offending, particularly for females: this has been corroborated by CY's experience to date in delivering this service.
The service works with male and female prisoners aged under 25 and prisoners of any age who are parents. Using a combination of group and one-to-one support and education, the service addresses issues including relationships, risk-taking behaviour, assertiveness sills, STIs and contraception, sexuality and parenting. The combination of relationships and sexual health suppport is unique in Scottish prisons and has been developed in consultation with other agencies supporting prisoners.
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Improved understanding and knowledge of sexual health, reproduction, contraceptives and STIs.
Activities» We will work in group sessions covering the reproductive system, contraception and identification of causes and symptoms of STIS.
» If required, we will work with participants on an individual basis to ensure outcome is met.
What success will look like
Success will be when the individual shows an understanding of the reproductive system, can name common STIs and their symptoms, and is familiar with correct use of contraception.
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Increased confidence to access appropriate relationship and sexual health services and support.
Activities» We will work in group sessions covering sources of sexual health and relationships support in participants' local area.
» If required, we will work with participants on an individual basis to ensure outcome is met.
What success will look like
Success will be when the individual can identify and describe relevant sources of support and identify situations where they might be needed.
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Development of skills to make informed choices about their personal and sexual relationships.
Activities» We will work in group sessions covering attitudes and values, communication and responsibilities.
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Success will be when the individual can identify healthy and unhealthy relationships and develop communication and negotiation skills.
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Development of skills to make informed choices to reduce risk-taking behaviour.
Activities» We will work in group sessions covering risk-taking factors and the consequences of isk-taking behaviour
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Success will be when the individual can identify: responsibilities in a sexual relationship; factors which will increase the chance of sexual risk-taking and the consequences.
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Activities» We will work in group sessions covering self-worth, assertiveness and confidence.
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It is hoped that in the longer term, re-offending rates will be reduced through the development and maintenance of healthy relationships. Because this could take years to fully evaluate, we have set short-medium term outcomes. We are currently looking at ways of monitoring the longer term effects in consultation with other agencies working on throughcare.
There is a risk that the service could be seen as duplicating provision from other agencies working in prison.Cy works closely with the Scottish Prison Service and other voluntary agencies to ensure that the service maintains its unique, holistic approach.
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The service is delivered across Scotland, in four prisons/Young Offender Institutions: HMPs Greenock and Edinburgh, HMP/YOI Cornton Vale and HMYOI Polmont.
The service is open to all prisoners under 25 and those of any age who are parents or carers.Most have been exposed to alcohol or drug abuse from an early age. Many have been subjected to domestic, sexual or emotional abuse.Most have difficulty in sustaining healthy realtionships with partners, children and families.
Indirect beneficiaries are the partners, families and children of the prisoners, and ,ultimately the wider community, which will benefit from reduced re-offending.
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Caledonia Youth has a strong track record in delivering effective services to marginalised young people, particularly those in custody. This project has been running since 2007, and has strengthened our credentials in the sector. We have been invited to work with Baranardo's, The Robertson Trust and other agencies on complementary initiatives in prisons.
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Many travellers are searching for Things To Do In Hua Hin For Couples, Most of the activities to do in Hua Hin are geared towards family fun by the seaside. Most Thais view Hua Hin as an elegant and romantic gateway holiday destination, which is a notion that started close to a Century ago when the well-to-do and members of the Royal Family would spend their holidays there. Due to this, you will find countless beautiful seaside villas, houses, and various attractive vintage summer palaces lining the Hua Hin landscape. You can find Things To Do In Hua Hin For Couples travel information.
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Things To Do In Hua Hin For Couples, Typically, Hua Hin is full of people going for a break from your crazy Bangkok lifestyle on weekends and as it is only a short drive away, they have retained its popularity. The towns charming feel could very well be the very best attraction of Hua Hin. Listed below are the most notable 10 activities to do in Hua Hin.
Maruekhathaiyawan Palace (Cha-Am)
This season seaside palace like a lot of Hua Hin was constructed in the early 1920s during King Rama VIs reign. An Italian architect designed it plus it features latticework, many verandahs, as well as covered boardwalks. Among the numerous charming highlights of the complex can be a beautiful passage from your boardwalks leading to the water.
Cicada Market
Cicada Market offers handmade crafts, art, and great times. Featuring its open-air market concept, Cicada brings Hua Hins artistic talents together in addition to those that love having the capacity to express themselves freely. Along with the crafts market, additionally, you will get a beer garden, art gallery, and live music.
Khao Takiab
In Prachuab Kirikhan province, Khao Takiab is one of the greatest attractions. A translation of Khao Takiab is Chopstick Mountain but you might hear people think of it as Monkey Mountain due to monkeys that reside into it. The Mountain also houses a hilltop temple with amazing views of Hua Hin. A huge bell sits at the start of the hike approximately the temple combined with your flight of stairs to the main shrine forming a pagoda-like structure.
Santorini park Cha-Am
Santorini Park succeeds in bringing some the stunning Greek Island to Cha-Am. It has was able to get all the information right including the colorfully painted windows, classic whitewashed buildings, on the domed towers and stone-paved paths. A fantastic lineup of restaurants, shops, and the theme park implies that happy times have been in store for many.
The Venezia Hua Hin
The latest attraction and theme shopping village in Hua Hin is definitely the Venezia. It makes sense the growth in popularity and visible success of other similar weekend destinations in Thailand. Kao Yais Palio was probably one of many triggers for your epidemic frenzy for beautiful villages followed by Hua Hins Santorini Park, and Bangkoks Asiatique.
Phraya Nakhon Cave
One of the most mysterious and mystical landmarks of Thailand will be the magnificent Phraya Nakhon cave. However, only a handful of travelers ever get the opportunity to snap an image from it. The reason being very easy: it really is hidden inside a tough to reach cave and merely few dedicated visitors ever put in the effort to see it. People who do take the time arrive at like a stunning view resembling something out from a scene within an Indiana Jones movie. The cave is located in the Khao Sam Roi Yot National park, which is actually a 45-minute drive south of Hua Hin. To arrive at the cave you first ought to drive to your small village of Bang Pu sitting by the beach and from there it is possible to go on a boat or trek. The trek is half an hour above the hill that leads towards the Laem Sala beach.
Black Mountain Water Park
Black Mountain Water Park promises to offer a fun-filled day for any individual looking to get a huge splash including families. This park has 9 different water slides, beach pool, lazy river, kids pool, a wave pool, and much more. Every one of these are set over a vast mountain hugging landscape that fronts a male-made lake about 10 km north of Hua Hin. The identical people behind the Black Mountain Golf Course are those that own and manage water park in fact it is the best attraction in their portfolio. It is situated opposite the golf course, on the local road passing through Baan Silapin and Wat Huay Mongkol.
Plearn Wan Shopping Village
This themed shopping complex is positioned not faraway from Klai Kang Won Palace. It unique brown wooden building has multiple shops, a caf้, and guestrooms all decorated in 1960s Thai style. The complex is open daily for dining and shopping from about 10:00. The village is renowned for its live music, nang klang plaeng or outside movies, and temple fair festival running each night from Friday to Sunday.
Hua Hin Night Market
The Hua Hin Night marketplace is situated in the center of town in between the Railway line and Petchkasem Road plus it encompasses one street. The market involves life from 18:30 when traders start lining the road because of their stalls selling all kinds of merchandise. A wonderful variety of seafood restaurants line the road that hosts the Night Market and draw plenty of attention from the visitors.
Hua Hin Railway Station
The Hua Hin Railway station was constructed during the reign of King Rama VI. It is simply a short distance from the middle of town. The railway station together with the adjacent royal waiting room are indisputably beautiful. The brightly painted wooden buildings are Thai in design and concept and somehow manage to have a Victorian feel for them. You must go check out the railway station even when you dont arrive by train. It is actually photogenic, quirky, and charming.
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Ronald C. Kessler, PhD; Roger B. Davis, ScD; David F. Foster, MD; Maria I. Van Rompay, BA; Ellen E. Walters, MS; Sonja A. Wilkey, BA; Ted J. Kaptchuk, OMD; David M. Eisenberg, MD
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Although recent research has shown that many people in the United States use complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies, little is known about time trends in use.
To present data on time trends in CAM therapy use in the United States over the past half-century.
Nationally representative telephone survey of 2055 respondents that obtained information on current use, lifetime use, and age at first use for 20 CAM therapies.
The 48 contiguous U.S. states.
Household residents 18 years of age and older.
Retrospective self-reports of age at first use for each of 20 CAM therapies.
Previously reported analyses of these data showed that more than one third of the U.S. population was currently using CAM therapy in the year of the interview (1997). Subsequent analyses of lifetime use and age at onset showed that 67.6% of respondents had used at least one CAM therapy in their lifetime. Lifetime use steadily increased with age across three age cohorts: Approximately 3 of every 10 respondents in the pre–baby boom cohort, 5 of 10 in the baby boom cohort, and 7 of 10 in the post–baby boom cohort reported using some type of CAM therapy by age 33 years. Of respondents who ever used a CAM therapy, nearly half continued to use many years later. A wide range of individual CAM therapies increased in use over time, and the growth was similar across all major sociodemographic sectors of the study sample.
Use of CAM therapies by a large proportion of the study sample is the result of a secular trend that began at least a half century ago. This trend suggests a continuing demand for CAM therapies that will affect health care delivery for the foreseeable future.
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Suggested grade level: preschool-2nd grade.
Magnificent Mollusks
What does a clam, a moon snail, a squid and an octopus all have in common? They are all mollusks! The phylum Mollusca includes bivalves, gastropods, and cephalopods. Students will learn the basics of classification, and how we classify these diverse creatures, both by what they have in common and by their differences. Special attention will be given to the most intelligent mollusk of all—the octopus.
Suggested grade level: preschool-2nd grade.
Curious About Crabs?
In this class, we will introduce a group of animals called arthropods–with a focus on a subgroup, crustaceans. What marine animals are crustaceans? What do they look like, what do they do, and how do they do it? This lesson will include hands-on exploration of live crabs, as well as learning about the diversity of crustaceans in our local marine habitats.
Suggested grade level: preschool-2nd grade.
A Home for Herman—Hermit Crabs and Hard Coverings.
How do animals in the ocean stay safe? Explore how some marine animals use hard coverings for protection. Children will learn how some animals grow their protective coverings, while others have to find them. Through a hands-on learning experience and a story, children will discover how the hermit crab finds its shell.
Suggested grade level: preschool-Kindergarten.
Echinoderms—Spines, Bumps and Tube Feet, Oh My!
What makes an animal an echinoderm? What is an echinoderm? Children will discover the features common to all echinoderms, as well as what makes each type unique. The students will be able to use props to learn identifying characteristics of sea stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers.
Suggested grade level: preschool-2nd grade.
Grades 3-5
Our field trips provide the space for students to participant in unique hands-on discovery of marine life. We provide two scheduled classes per day. One utilizes SEA's Discovery Lab where students can dive into learning about aquaria and marine life. While the other class participates in "over-the-water" science exploring sea life in the Center's Floating Lab on Liberty Bay. The classes exchange places following lunch; therefore, giving the students to ability to experience both sets of curriculum.
If you are interested in learning more about bringing your classroom to the SEA Discovery Center for this unique hands-on curriculum, please contact Denise Kilkenny-Tittle
Information for schools:
This unique field experience is designed to accommodate two classes at a time. Multi-age classes containing students younger than grade 3 are asked to make alternative arrangements in their building for the day for underage students. Please note: Grade 3 students only participate in the spring.
Classes meet on-site a total of 4 hours and 15 minutes. The start time can be flexible accounting for district schedules. For example, classes might arrive at 9:45 a.m. and depart at 2 p.m. It is essential that the groups arrive at the SEA Discovery Center at their designated time.
Upon arrival students will be greeted by staff and there will be a short restroom break before proceeding to the Discovery Lab or to the Floating Lab. Both Discovery Lab and Floating Lab experiences are specific to each grade level.
Note: If your school is an early or late school, please call… we can adjust the four-hour-15 minute window needed for the program.
Buses are to be arranged by the district point of contact (POC) and the teachers of the participating school district.
Student Drop Off/Pick Up Directions:
The bus may drive through the parking lot and stop briefly to drop off students. If the bus is not returning to the bus barn, it will need to park off-site in a public space such as the Central Market parking lot located on Hwy 305 until students are ready for pick up. At exactly 2 p.m. or the designated time, students will be ready to depart. The bus should repeat its course through the parking lot and stop briefly to safely load students.
No entry fee for guests to the Center, or fee charged for your participation in the program. However, donations are always appreciated.
Volunteers (Essential Information):
Each class will need to bring four parent/adult volunteers. Teachers should recruit one parent who will stay in the Discovery Lab for the day and three parents who will stay at the Floating Lab for the day.
A certificated teacher must stay with each group at all times. Extra parents are welcome and may assist the Center's educator in the classroom and help during lunchtime. The Floating Lab is a field experience and as such is designed as a high quality learning experience for the students based upon the volunteers' participation throughout the day. Time has not been built into the very tight schedule to retrain a new group of parents on the lab equipment.


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Miami Lakes Car Accident Lawyer
If live or work in Miami Lakes and were injured in a car accident, then you should call the Miami Lakes car accident attorneys at the Wolfson Law Firm. Our Miami personal injury lawyers can answer your questions and discuss all potential options that might be available. We offer free consultations wherever and whenever it is most convenient for you. Just call us at (305) 285-1115 and allow us the opportunity to answer your questions after your Miami Lakes car accident.Miami Lakes
The city of Miami Lakes is one of the youngest in Miami-Dade County. It was incorporated in 2000 and in the first 10 years of its existence the population rose almost 30%. There are more than 29,000 residents and 1100 businesses in Miami Lakes. Its population is 91% Hispanic. The ZIP Codes for Miami Lakes are 33014 and 33016. The high schools that serve Miami Lakes are Barbara Goleman High School and Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School.Miami Lakes Car Accident Attorney
Any type of car accident can cause a significant disruption in not only your life but the lives of your loved ones and coworkers. Even if you are not injured, you will likely have to deal with property damages and insurance companies. If you are injured, your problems are considerably compounded. You may be forced into a situation of having to deal with not only your insurance company but the insurance company for the other driver as well as your health insurance provider. Then you might also have lost wages as a result of your injuries. Finding compensation for those loss of earnings can be difficult and complicated. That is why you should find the best Miami Lakes car accident lawyer to help you through these difficult times.
At the Wolfson Law Firm, our Miami car accident attorneys began representing personal injury clients in 1963. Our bilingual lawyers know what to do and how to help you. Over the years, we have seen the types of car accidents where people were severely injured including:
- Miami Lakes Uber car accident
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Your Miami Lakes car accident attorney should be able to identify the issues involved in your accident and assess your chances to make a recovery for your damages. In some cases, the accidents are relatively simple such as a rear end collision. In those cases, the question becomes whether there is recoverable insurance available to compensate you for your pain, suffering, rehabilitation expenses, medical bills and/or lost wages.
In other cases, an investigation and analysis might be required in complicated accidents such as intersection collisions. You should expect your Miami Lakes car accident lawyer to promptly analyze the issues of fault in a relatively short period of time. As a client, you have the right to expect prompt and professional service from your personal injury attorney. At the Wolfson Law Firm, we pride ourselves in providing our clients with prompt, aggressive and professional representation.Miami Lakes Personal Injury Lawyer
If you have any questions following any type of accident, please call us at (305) 285-1115 for your free consultation. Our Miami personal injury attorneys are ready to help you following your Miami Lakes accident and injury.


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Dozens of boats with two strokes engines on the beach in Oman, a photo by Nicola Zingarelli on Flickr.
Talk about perspective and depth of field...I was quite lucky, I could shoot at 1/250 at f10 with a 18-70 Nikon zoom at 63mm, hence keep a decent DOF.
These are dozens of boats with Yamaha enduro, two strokes engines, forbidden in many western countries, on the beach in Oman. This was quite an impressive view to be honest, in the morning you would see none while in the afternoon they would all be sitting under the sun.
I think is quite nicer in B&W, the color version was dull with that bleached sky.


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Why I do what I do… Temper Studio Meet George Winks of Temper Studio. Temper create handmade contemporary designs, using both traditional and modern joinery and techniques. Influenced by the complex precision of Japanese joinery and the honest manufacturing of the American Shaker workshops, combined with a love of modern construction materials. It's good to see […]
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Minnesota hunters who hope to harvest an antlerless deer this fall will want to review 2009 regulations prior to Thursday, Sept. 10, the deadline to apply for an antlerless permit.
That's because over-the-counter antlerless permits have been cut back significantly this hunting season, especially in portions of northern and southwestern Minnesota.
This means many hunters who typically have not had to apply for an antlerless permit will need to do so this hunting season.
"Nearly half of Minnesota's 127 deer permit areas are designated a 'lottery' this year," said Lou Cornicelli, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources big game specialist.
"We encourage all deer hunters, no matter if they hunt with a firearm, bow or muzzleloader, to determine the status of their hunting area now so that it doesn't come as a surprise to them after the Sept. 10 permit application deadline."
The other significant change is that muzzleloader hunters must apply for an either-sex permit if they want to harvest an antlerless deer in a lottery area. Unlike previous years, there is no exemption for a person who only hunts the muzzleloader season.
Detailed information about licenses and permit requirements is available in the 2009 Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations Booklet and at http://mndnr.gov/deer.


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Even if you plan on never giving yourself a manicure or a pedicure for the rest of your life, it doesn't hurt to have a bottle of clear nail polish in your home. You can use this clear adhesive stuff to seal envelopes, make your handwritten labels smudge-proof, keep your bathroom screws from getting rusty, fix small tears in your window screen and more.
Colorful nail polish bottles also come in handy, too. Color-code your apartment keys so you will never mix up your lobby key from the door key. And if you can't stand fiddling with the shower knobs in the morning to achieve that perfect balance between hot and cold, add a small stripe of color to your shower knob so you know exactly where to turn the dial to achieve your ideal temperature. Colored nail polish marks can also be easily removed with nail polish remover.
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Oppo N3 is slated to launch on October 29 and Chinese shops are already getting ready to welcome it. They are putting up hand-painted signs in their windows showing details about Oppo's upcoming flagship .
China has numerous brick and mortar stores selling mobiles and they have already started accepting pre-orders for the Oppo N3. The hand-painted signs in these shops display various details about the smartphone including its display, camera and price tag.
We can make out from the picture that the Oppo's new handset will have a 5.5-inch screen with a resolution of 1080p. It seems that this handset won't have a QHD version like the company's Find 7 smartphone. Oppo N3 is also slated to have a 16MP motorized rotating camera. The camera has earlier been seen in a teaser image. It is a 1/2.3" motorized camera that can rotate 206 degrees and can act as both the rear and the front camera.
The Oppo N3 smartphone comes with a hefty price tag of 4928 Yuan that is equivalent to about US $700 or €550. We don't know the details about the other specs which would justify such a high price tag because it is almost twice the price of Xiaomi M4, IUNI U3 and Meizu MX4. But we do know that the smartphone will arrive in two types of body materials, Stainless Steel and Lithium-Aluminum alloy.
Well, the official launch of Oppo N3 at Singapore is just about a week away and we will know the remaining details about it quite soon.
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Opposites Attract (Hod Bods Series #4)
by: Lacey Wolfe
Book four of the Hod Bods series finds us with Francesca, stranded on the side of the road in the middle of a massive storm. Her car is disabled and she needs help. In rides her night in shining… coveralls?
Randall (or Randy as he goes by) has returned to town a self-made man after the passing of his father to take over his service and auto repair business. Called out into a storm, he's brought face to face with the love of his youth who sent him away in hopes of finding Mr. Right with the right bank account.
The story progresses pretty quickly as all their old feeling stir up while Randall comes to Francesca's aid. Could he be the man she's needed all along?
I'm excited to watch each of the characters get their chance to tell their own story, visit with characters from the other stories, and really solidify the Hot Bods collection.
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The livestock markets have hit the traditional slowdown period, giving farmers time to reflect on the season and what may be in store for the immediate future. The markets traditionally quieten down over late September/early October and the last of the old season lambs are being killed with an eye on their teeth coming up which can halve their value overnight. So few traders are in the market to buy store lambs as time runs out on the 2016/17 season.
"I feel an air of confidence returning to the sheep and beef industry. Beef is stable, although not at the real highs seen in recent years but a good, solid market. Interest rates remain low and the mutton market is way up over $4.30kg."Farmers are trying to get crops or new grass in, dancing around all the wet weather, but it has not been cold with ground temperatures on the rise, the grass is growing and spring is definitely in the air. Looking back at the season, independent Whanganui livestock commentator David Cotton noticed the lamb market did not drop back to the predicted $4.50kg pre-Christmas. "It did drop just under $5 for a short time with some meat companies, but this was short lived as the rain kept coming over the summer and farmers with grass is always a good way to keep the markets up," Mr Cotton said. "I looked up the market reports/predictions printed in February, which said the lamb schedule looked likely to rise to $5.25 in July, in fact it was over $6.60kg, so how easy it is to get predictions wrong. "I feel an air of confidence returning to the sheep and beef industry. Beef is stable, although not at the real highs seen in recent years but a good solid market. Interest rates remain low and the mutton market is way up over $4.30kg. This time last year it was $2.85, so put into per head dollar terms they were $77 compared with $117 this season. "There are some good lamb contracts on offer with set price or minimum price being offered for spring lambs, which I won't publish due to confidentiality agreements, but talk to your livestock agent/buyer - I think you will be pleasantly surprised. "Then there is the wool market, but I say three positives out of four is not bad, our glass is more than half full," he said. The store cattle market remains strong with the lack of numbers available both in sale yards or private sales helping hold the store values up. "The spring this year is going to be a busy one for real estate agents with some very good farms hitting the market," Mr Cotton said, putting his rural real estate hat on. "In some districts the number of farm listings are up three-fold with confidence back in the sheep and beef industry, the dairy payout up and the banks actively looking to lend money. "I expect to see some very good sale results reported pre-Christmas."


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Jazz Crusade Audio Sampler Catalog
JCCD-3025: Mainly Morton - Geoff Cole's Red Hot Seven
Geoff Cole [tb], Alan Elsdon [tp], Tony Pyke [rds],
Pat Hawes [pn], Eric Webster [bn/g], Ken Matthews [sbs],
Chris Marchant [dm]
Reviews for:
JCCD-3025: Mainly Morton - Geoff Cole's Red Hot Seven
IAJRC Journal - U. S. A.
Bill Bissonnette is the producer of this fine recording by British musicians
brought together by trombonist Geoff Cole to perform tunes that were either
written by Jelly Roll Morton, played by his Hot Five or are performed
here in the style of the Hot Five. Cole is one of the better trombone
players to grace the world today. Alan Elsdon has no peers on the trumpet
and Tony Pyke is splendid on his solos and leads on the clarinet and alto
saxophone. What a front line!
Kings Jazz Review - England
Come October next, it will be 110 years since the birth of Jelly Roll
Morton, pianist, bandleader, composer, performer, improvisor, arranger,
impresario, creator of double-times-breaks-figures (riffs), artificer
of other mentions, but not here, who not only had stated that he was born
five years earlier, but proclaimed that it was he who in 1902 invented
jazz, as has KJR proclaimed that Traditional jazz is England's true musical
culture, so herewith, let anyone with proof refute those utterings.
Geoff Boxell's Jazz Website - New Zealand
Before I say anything else about this CD, let me just get this off my
chest: "this CD is fantastic!" Put three of Ken Colyer's best
sidemen in a band, add premier trumpeter, Alan Elsdon, season with three
excellent players in the rhythm section and you know it has to be good
even before the disc spins. Trombone player Geoff Cole and clarinettist
(though on this album reeds player), Tony Pyke, I believe were the two
front-line players who best complimented Ken Colyer in his New Orleans
style Jazzmen. Here they get to vary their style and play some hot jazz,
though not quite in the way that Jelly Roll Morton would have done it.
According to the cover notes, Big Bill Bissonnette only allowed a quick
rehearsal before launching the band into the session. The way they all
hang together you would never believe that, though Pyke, Cole and pianist
Pat Hawes spent many years together playing with the Gov'nor. That Alan
Elsdon was improvising and not playing to an arrangement I can vouch having
tapes of him working through the opening track with his own band. Big
Bill boasts that he only records 'spontaneous jazz'. This is spontaneous
then, but so smooth and stylish, struth it is good. I won't waste any
more time extolling this CDs worth. Trust me; it is one of the best on
the market and it belongs in every traditional jazz lovers collection.
The only thing that worries me is that the cover pictures show how much
some of my favourite jazzmen have aged. It made my wife wonder if Geoff
Cole is still capable of doing the old soft shoe shuffle he used to do
on stage when he played with Ken in the late 60s.
Jazz Rag - British Magazine
An unusual one, this: a tribute album to Jelly Roll Morton that also
includes non-Morton tunes played by an English band recorded in London
by a Connecticut-based jazz label. Its 16 tracks include classic Morton
compositions like Burnin' The Iceberg, Jungle Blues and Mournful Serenade
as well as some that he merely played (Someday Sweetheart, Beale Street
Blues), some that he only referred to at other sessions (My Gal Sal] and
some that he never recorded at all (Blue Lou and Oh! Baby}'. The set is
purely interpretative, eschewing straight imitation in favour of a swing
approach that retains the flavour of the original while keeping the music
contemporary. It's a wonderful cacophony of rowdy jazz notes from Geoff
Cole and Alan Elsdon (trumpets), Tony Pyke (clarinet and alto sax). Pat
Hawes (piano, and a wonderful soloist on The Animule Ball and Don't You
Leave Me Here), Eric Webster (banjo and guitar). Ken Matthews (string
bass). Chris Marchant (some very steady drums) and a ghostly, archival
Jelly Roll himself on Sidewalk Blues and Dirty Dirty Dirty.These musicians
are much more than competent, and succeed in delivering a real ragtime
Jazz Journal - British Magazine
Good to find recording producer and label owner Bill Bissonnette relaxing,
ever so slightly, his rigidly purist 'spontaneous' approach to New Orleans
jazz on his Crusade albums. He even broke house rules to allow this band
one rehearsal this time in deference to the often detailed structure and
sophistication of Morton's music.
American Rag - U. S. A.
The chief soloists on the 71 minute Mainly Morton disc - trumpeter Alan
Elsdon, clarinetist Tony Pyke, trombonist Geoff Cole and pianist Pat Hawes
- are all established veterans ofthe British Dixieland scene, each of
whom lives up to his enviable reputation on this 11 /2/96 studio date.
The rhythm team - banjo/guitarist Eric Webster, string bassist Ken Matthews
and drummer Chris Marchant - lays down a propulsive thumpy 4/4 that heads
straight for the goal line. Put them together and you've got a first-rate
septet that bows somewhat toward Kid Dry's postwar downtown New Orleans-style
combo as it funks through a well-chosen program of 4 tunes (plus two unaccompanied
solos by Hawes), most of which are from the Morton discography.
AMG **** Review - U. S. Jazz Guide
Eventually dying insensate and alone, Jelly Roll Morton was bombastic,
egocentric, somewhat free with the truth, an unashamed self-promoter -
and nonetheless a true giant of jazz as both a performer and composer.
To honor this jazz pioneer, the Connecticut-based Jazz Crusade label has
brought together a band of top-flight contemporary traditional jazz players
for a Morton tribute session. Mainly Morton includes not only Morton compositions,
but also songs he didn't write but liked to play, as well as songs he
neither wrote nor performed but liked to talk about anyway. The leader
of this fine group is trombonist Geoff Cole, who has been part of England's
jazz scene since the 1950s. Steeped in the musical parlance of traditional
jazz, Cole and his cohorts offer more than 71 minutes of music by Morton
and others. Through the wizardry of modern dubbing techniques, the Jelly
Roll man sings and whistles on some cuts like his "Sidewalk Blues"
and an enthusiastic, humorous "Dirty, Dirty, Dirty." In addition
to capturing the excitement and discipline of a typical Morton-led small
jazz group, Cole's interpretations highlight the fact that the man was
a forerunner in bringing jazz music to a higher level of sophistication
than the genre had heretofore experienced. Listen, for example, to the
complex (for that time) structure of "My Home Is in a Southern Town,"
with its interplay of trumpet, trombone, clarinet, piano, and rhythm section.
Cadence Magazine - U. S. A.
Geoff Cole's Mainly Morion brings us almost four decades down the road
of the music's evolution. In his liner notes, producer Bill Bissonnette
refers to a split within the traditional community between those who dedicate
themselves to faithful renderings of traditional scores, treating the
music as a classical music, and those who use the material for more freewheeling
performances. Yet, the result of these two schools is not always what
you might expect. Those who apply a scholarly be-true-to-your-score approach
often render performances that unveil subtleties in the music that help
listeners hear the originals anew. While those who just use the pieces
as book-ends for^olos often resort to the same hoary formulas, rather
than anything fresh.
Jazzitude.com - U. S. Internet Magazine
Trombonist Geoff Cole is a native of Exeter, England, and has been playing
since the 1950s. After moving to London, Cole landed a position with the
famous Ken Colyer Jazzman group, which he held for 10 years. He joined
Georgia Jazz, later becoming the band's leader, and toured with Brian
White's Magna Jazz Band before forming his own Hot Five. Cole's group
has recorded a number of CDs, including tributes to Jelly Roll Morton
and Fats Waller, but this set, recorded in 1995 at the Pizza Express in
Maidstone, England, is a particularly hot session by the band.


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