text:
BeeWeaver tries to stay on top of recent developments in the realm of bee science. We will attempt to abstract and discuss selected recent publications of note that bear upon important topics of concern to beekeepers, scientists, farmers and those interested in pollination, as well as the general public and policy makers. We will include citations to the literature to enable the reader to consult the original publication if needed. In most cases, the cited literature will be available databases, like the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the National Institutes of Health. Occasionally, citations will be to sources in the popular honey bee press, which may require the interested reader to pay for access through the publications website, or a visit to a good library, online or otherwise.
Colony Collapse Disorder
Colony Collapse Disorder or CCD is the name given to the recent losses of hundreds of thousands of honey bee colonies during the past 3 or 4 years under unusual circumstances. CCD remains a mysterious syndrome characterized by the sudden disappearance of most adult workers from the colony, leaving behind a hive or nest that contains adequate food resources, and often some immature bees in the embryo, pupal or larval stages (collectively called brood) and a handful of mostly young workers and/or the queen. Even if not all bees are completely dead, when only a queen and a handful of young of workers are the only individuals left in a hive then the colony is effectively dead. See vanEnglesdorp, D., et al., Colony Collapse Disorder: A Descriptive Study. PLoS One. 2009; 4(8): e6481. Published online 2009 August 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006481.
The initial observations of extensive colony death with the phenotype of rapid disappearance of adult workers abandoning well provisioned hives began to accumulate in late 2006, and by early 2007 was appreciated as a potentially catastrophic situation. The USDA convened an emergency meeting of honey bee scientists and beekeepers at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center outside of Washington, DC in early 2007 in an attempt to organize an investigation and response to CCD. The Apiary Inspectors began a survey of the extent and circumstances of the sudden colony losses in an attempt to understand the scope of the problem and attempt to identify correlates for the development of CCD, like beekeeper management practices, geographic proximity to other CCD operations, and other factors that might have contributed to the problem. vanEngelsdorp D, Underwood R, Caron D, Hayes J., An estimate of managed colony losses in the winter of 2006–2007: a report commissioned by the Apiary Inspectors of America. Am Bee J.2007;147:599–603.
CCD represented a economically devastating condition for affected beekeepers. Moreover, had colony losses continued unabated or become even more widespread then the effective and efficient delivery of pollination services for agricultural crops and natural ecosystems would have been jeopardized. A Survey of Colony Losses in the US: Fall 2007 to Spring 2008. van Englesdorp, D., et al., PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(12): e4071. Published online 2008 December 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004071. PMCID: PMC2606032
The first paper appearing to identify an association between CCD and a pathogen was published in September of 2007, and reported that the presence of a relatively new honey bee virus, called Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) was a predictor for CCD. Cox-Foster, et al. A metagenomic survey of microbes in honey bee colony collapse disorder. Science. 2007 Oct 12;318(5848):283-7. Epub 2007 Sep 6. That same paper by Cox-Foster speculated that not only might IAPV cause CCD, but that IAPV may have been introduced bees imported from Australia.
Almost immediately USDA-ARS scientists were able to show that IAPV had actually been present in the US for several years prior to CCD, and long before the first bees were imported into the US from Australia, and that the speculation that IAPV had been vectored into the US on Australian bees was unfounded. Chen, Y. P., and J. D. Evans. 2007. Historical presence of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus in honey bees from the United States. American Bee J. 1471027-1028.
Subsequent investigations involving more samples and more intensive scrutiny of a wide variety of agents possibly contributing to CCD, including pathogens, pesticides and parasites failed to uncover a smoking gun that might be described as the cause of CCD. In the authors own words, "Of the more than 200 variables we quantified in this study, 61 were found with enough frequency to permit meaningful comparisons between populations. None of these measures on its own could distinguish CCD from control colonies. Moreover, no single risk factor was found consistently or sufficiently abundantly in CCD colonies to suggest a single causal agent."
Contact us about Bee Science
Send inquiries to:email@example.com
or, submit the form on the Contact Us page.
About Daniel Weaver
Take a look at Daniel's full resume


text:
This is my father when he was a boy.
He was born in an area near El Paso, Texas, called Smeltertown. It was called Smeltertown because of the smelt from the nearby mines. I don't think the name of the town is very appealing, but, when I was little I would hear stories of his childhood, and I would think that Smeltertown sounded like a fascinating place.
Sometimes my dad's childhood stories were tales of his struggles growing up, being raised by his adoptive mother, and his adoptive grandmother. My dad's mother died when he was just months old. His mother's cousin, and her mother, raised him in Smeltertown. They made their living, in part, selling masa to make tortillas. My dad worked alongside his adoptive mother and grandmother.
My father was raised by these two strong, independent women. They loved him and cared for him, but were strict disciplinarians with him. The only male presence, my father's step-father, was largely absent. When my dad was a teen they came to California and settled in a pretty rough neighborhood in East Los Angeles.
He stayed out of trouble and eventually joined the army, which gave him more discipline, and offered him greater opportunity.
My dad got out of the army and lived the single life, until he met and married my mom. They started their family right away, with three kids born in just over 4 years. When my dad became a father, he had very little personal exposure to what being a father in a nuclear family looked like. Nowadays, they call that "modeling."
But the lack of "modeling" has not deterred my dad. He learned a lot along the way. We have learned a lot along the way together too. Sometimes the lessons were rough. But, always, we knew he loved us and took care of us. And always, along the way, we have built new memories and created our own stories.
He took us on family vacations.
Many times these vacations involved one of his favorite activities, fishing.
He sang us songs.
He coached my brothers in sports.
He has become a devoted grandfather.
When I was little people would comment how much I looked like my dad. I would cry because I thought they meant I was chubby and had a mustache.
But, now I understand that they meant we had similar features. Today, I know that my dad and I are similar in ways beyond our physical appearance, and even beyond some of our similar behaviors. My dad and I share a similar understanding, and appreciation for each other. We have struggled. We are flawed, but we love each other. He is my father. I am his daughter. We are familia.
Happy Fathers Day, Dad.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Video from Major General Shellito's retirement announcement June 9, 2010
Press release from Governor Mark Dayton's office:
Governor Mark Dayton today announced the appointment of retired Major General Larry Shellito, who recently retired as the Adjutant General of the Minnesota National Guard, to lead the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs. Major General Shellito is widely regarded as a strong and dynamic leader who is respected for his dedication to our nation's service men and women. During his seven years at the helm of the Minnesota National Guard, Major General Shellito helped build a national reputation for the Guard, which is the nation's fifth largest National Guard formation with more than 14,000 members, operating 63 facilities across Minnesota. He was instrumental in establishing the "Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Program" – a project on which he worked cooperatively and closely with then-United States Senator Dayton. "Beyond the Yellow Ribbon" is a nationally-recognized program to reintegrate National Guard and Reserve military service members following deployments.
Governor Dayton on Shellito's appointment
As Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Major General Shellito's years of experience and leadership will ensure this critical agency is both innovative and responsive to the needs of our veterans and their families. The Department is charged with assisting the state's 381,000 veterans and their dependents.
"I am delighted to appoint General Larry Shellito to head the Department of Veterans Affairs," Governor Dayton said. "While a US Senator and a Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I worked closely with General Shellito on many projects, including my picnics for the families of Minnesota National Guard Members heroically serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and obtaining the first Congressional funding for the Guard's pioneering 'Beyond the Yellow Ribbon' program."
"I know General Shellito has a deep personal commitment to improving the quality of services for all Minnesota veterans and to increasing access to them. I look forward to working closely with him during the next four years to better serving the Minnesotans, who have served our country so well."
"I am honored to be a part of a proud Minnesota tradition of service to our veterans and their families at the Department of Veterans Affairs," said Major General Shellito. "I've worked with Governor Dayton for many years, and know firsthand his commitment and dedication to our veterans and their families through his tireless efforts to help establish the 'Beyond the Yellow Ribbon' program. Together, we will ensure that our veterans are both well-cared for and honored for their service."
Major General Shellito began his military career in 1968 when he enlisted in the United States Army, where his active duty service included time in Vietnam. In 1973, he enlisted in the Minnesota Army National Guard, where he served for 37 years until his retirement in 2010. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, and the Bronze Star among many others. Before accepting the post of Adjutant General, Shellito served as President of Alexandria Technical College in Alexandria, Minnesota. Major General Shellito holds degrees from Moorhead State University and University of Minnesota, and is a graduate of the Army War College. He and his wife, Evonne, currently reside in Woodbury, MN. They have two adult daughters and three grandchildren.


text:
09.25.08 Fast BreaksPosted by rtmsf on September 25th, 2008
It's officially Autumn, which means cooler air is around the corner and the sweet cacophany of bouncing basketballs echoing through a gymnasium is coming…
- Dana O'Neil gives a pretty good roundup of injured players who are either all the way healed or expected to be so by the time the meat of the season begins. One of those players, Syracuse's Eric Devendorf, is back from an ACL injury with another year of eligibility in tow. Another, Alabama's Ronald Steele, is a hard-luck guy who RTC is hoping catches a few breaks this year – he deserves it.
- Tubby Smith's nephew, William L. Smith, was stabbed and killed last weekend at an off-campus apartment complex in Worcester, Mass.
- UConn's Nate Miles, he of the five high schools, was arrested for violating a restraining order. We're shocked, I tell you, that Jim Calhoun's charge is acting up! Shocked!
- Jamie Dixon's deal with Pitt has been extended through the 2016 season at a minimum of $1.3M per annum.
- Remember Pierre Pierce? The former Iowa star who spent 11 months in prison for a multitude of charges will be allowed to serve his probation in France while playing professional basketball there this winter.
- Here are six teams to watch in the 08-09 season seeking to break long NCAA droughts.
- More Stephen Curry. The Wooden Tradition, not to be confused with the Wooden Classic (UCLA v. Depaul; San Diego St. v. St. Mary's), will feature Purdue v. Davidson and St. Mary's v. S. Illinois on Dec. 19 in Indianapolis. In case you were wondering how the new Mr. March spent his summer, click here.
- HoopsAddict has it's All-Americans out – Tyrese Rice over Darren Collison is a weak call.


text:
MAP Task Force submits report to General Assembly
Concludes that access to college for low-income students should
remain MAP's primary goal
cautions that the successful program is stretched in its ability to
provide sufficient grant aid to all students who are eligible to
receive it
Send a link to a friend
[January 05, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD -- In a report
delivered to the General Assembly on Monday, the Monetary Award
Program Task Force cautioned that increased demand for the
successful program, coupled with rapidly increasing tuition and fees
and flat program appropriations, have stretched MAP's ability to
provide sufficient grant aid to all students who are eligible to
receive it.
"While MAP is one of the state's most successful public policy
initiatives and while the state has attempted to prioritize MAP
funding in difficult budget times, approximately 50 percent of
eligible students do not receive a grant, due to limited resources,"
said Eric Zarnikow, who chairs the task force. Zarnikow is executive
director of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
"MAP has been instrumental in the state's current level of
workforce credential attainment of 43 percent -- among the top 10
states for this measure -- and is critical to increasing this
percentage to meet the state goal of 60 percent by 2025," Zarnikow
To assist the task force, ISAC staff developed over 100
data-driven scenarios that predicted outcomes from potential changes
in eligibility requirements. This modeling included concepts offered
by institutions, sectors, public officials and the public. Scenarios
were also developed to understand how any changes would affect state
efforts to attain key higher education policy goals: (1) to increase
the number of credentialed workers in the workforce to 60 percent by
2025; and (2) to reduce the achievement gaps that lower-income and
minority students experience to less than 10 percent.
While the task force could not agree on any new broad allocation
methodology that could allocate resources any more fairly or
efficiently than the current method, it did reach consensus about
several potential programmatic changes and areas for continuing
"As the task force discovered, there is no simple
one-size-fits-all solution. However, the task force did reach a
number of important conclusions that can inform future programmatic
administrative rule change considerations," Zarnikow said.
The main conclusions include:
MAP is a very
successful program and is a good value for the state.
The single biggest
problem for MAP is insufficient funding.
access to college for low-income, often first-generation
students should be MAP's primary goal, as there are many other
efforts that support completion goals for all students.
MAP dollars should
go to the students from the lowest- income families.
The MAP
application processing deadline needs to be extended for
returning older, nontraditional students or first-time students
unfamiliar with the application process.
MAP recipients
could benefit from additional nonfinancial support such as
financial aid and academic counseling, both before starting and
while attending a postsecondary school.
Future decisions about MAP would
benefit from more research about the optimal level of student
financial aid to most efficiently be an incentive for attendance
and completion.
The report notes that in 2002, the maximum award covered the
average cost of tuition and fees at an Illinois public university;
in fiscal 2013, it covers about 37 percent of the cost. In 2002, MAP
completely covered the cost of community college tuition and fees.
Currently, the maximum award for community college students covers
about 51 percent of the cost.
The task force was created by
Senate Joint Resolution 69, adopted by both chambers of the
Illinois General Assembly during the spring 2012 session, that
called on the Illinois Student Assistance Commission "to convene a
task force to deliberate options for the adoption of new rules for
MAP ... with the goal of improving the outcomes for students who
receive these awards." SJR 69 further delineated three additional
Improvement in the
partnerships between the states and institutions offering
postsecondary education.
Improving the
overall effectiveness of MAP grants in helping students of need
not only enter college, but complete a degree program.
Recognizing that all colleges and
universities have different student populations and varying
missions that are inherently good and valuable.
SJR 69 also directed the task force to consider three specific
That institutional
eligibility to participate in MAP be based, in part, on its
ability to improve its MAP-grant students' progress toward a
degree or its recipients' completion rate.
That student
eligibility to receive a grant be based, in part, on ability to
demonstrate academic success and progress.
That an institution's eligibility be
based, in part, on its ability to demonstrate that it is
providing financial aid to students from its own resources.
The complete report as well as all public submissions and
reference documents are available on the ISAC website:
[to top of second column]
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission was established in
1957. ISAC's mission is to make college accessible and affordable
for Illinois students. Best known for the Monetary Award Program,
the agency administers most of the state's need-based financial aid
programs that target students seeking postsecondary education. Since
1957, the commission has provided more than $9.1 billion in grants,
scholarships and non-loan aid, and made more than 4.8 million awards
to Illinois students and families.
In addition, ISAC delivers outreach programs and services to
students and education professionals throughout Illinois. Key
outreach services are provided by the nationally recognized ISACorps,
a community-based team of about 85 recent college graduates who
mentor students and work with their families to help them make
well-informed decisions about how to prepare for, pay for and attend
college. In 2012, ISAC's College Access & Outreach Staff led,
conducted or assisted with over 4,000 events attended by over
120,000 people.
ISAC also administers College Illinois, the state's prepaid
tuition program that helps families save on the future cost of
tuition and fees. Since inception, the program has paid more than
$400 million in tuition and fees on behalf of over 25,000 students.
Task force members
Office of Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon
Public universities
Dr. Randy Kangas
Associate vice president, planning and budgeting
University of Illinois
Terri Harfst
Director of financial aid
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Public community colleges
Dr. John Avendano
Kankakee Community College
Cynthia Grunden
Associate vice chancellor, student financial services
City Colleges of Chicago
Nonprofit, private colleges and
Proprietary colleges and
Illinois Association of Student
Financial Aid Administrators
MAP recipient, independent student
MAP recipient, dependent student
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Illinois Community College Board
Illinois Board of Higher Education,
Faculty Advisory Council
Public interest group
Researcher -- educational
inequality, race and ethnicity
Miguel del Valle
P-20 Council chair
Vice chair of Illinois Student Assistance Commission
Eric Zarnikow
Executive director of Illinois Student Assistance Commission
Task force chair
[Text from
Illinois Student Assistance
file received from the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information]
Recent articles
Back to top
News |
Sports | Business |
Rural Review |
Teaching & Learning
Home and Family |
| Obituaries
Community |
Law & Courts |
Leisure Time
Spiritual Life |
Health & Fitness |
Teen Scene
Letters to the Editor


text:
- This event has passed.
Eden Mill at Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh
November 27, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
We'll hit Edinburgh's most relaxed shopping centre in November and December. Find Eden Mill at the waterfront shopping centre, where we'll stock all your favourite gin, beer, and whisky – plus lots of our special gift packs. If you need a gift for a discerning loved one, our pop-up store has you covered.


text:
You are here
Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of April 28, 2014
Week of April 28, 2014
Mental Health in the Headlines is a weekly newsletter providing the latest developments at Mental Health America and summaries of news, views and research in the mental health field. Coverage of news items in this publication does not represent Mental Health America's support for or opposition to the stories summarized or the views they express.
May is Mental Health Month—Mind Your Health.
Mental Health America Urges Changes to Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act": Mental Health America urged changes to the legislation at a recent Congressional hearing. You can read the news release with a link to the full testimony here. Our letter to the editor responding to a Washington Post editorial can be found here. And a recent news story on the legislation is here.
A Look at the Gaps in Mental Health Care—An Interview with Dr. David Shern of Mental Health America.
Paul Gionfriddo Named President and CEO of Mental Health America.
Help Us Fund Mental Health America's Exciting Documentary on the Consumer/Survivor Movement.
Patrick Hendry of Mental Health America Wins 2014 Reintegration Lifetime Achievement Award.
The MHA Career Center matches the best employers with the best talent in the mental health field. Find your employment match at http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/mhacareercenter.
Mental Health America Capitol Hill Day—May 7: Mental Health America is partnering with the National Council for Behavioral Health for Capitol Hill Day '14 on May 7—the biggest behavioral health advocacy event of the year. This year, Hill Day will be held in conjunction with the National Council's 2014 Conference, which is taking place at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center just outside of Washington, DC. Registration for Hill Day is free and includes Public Policy Track sessions and workshops held on May 5 and 6, including leadership lessons from Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. For more information on hotel accommodations, a schedule and to register, go to http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/events-and-training/hill-day/register-book/.
Research Shows Decline in Teen Bullying Between 1998-2010: New research shows that bullying by teens declined between 1998 and 2010. Surveys completed by middle school and high school students over that time period suggest that instances of both verbal and physical bullying dropped by roughly half, with much of the decline seen specifically among boys. During the study period, four surveys were conducted among a nationally representative sample of students attending grades 6 through 10. Each survey included roughly 9,000 to 16,000 teens. Those polled were asked to indicate how much they had engaged in bullying in school during the prior two months. Off-campus bullying—including cyber-bullying—was not covered by the survey. Reported in the American Journal of Public Health, the study found the rates of bullying dropped from nearly 14 percent to just over 10 percent. That decrease was seen primarily among boys. An even more dramatic drop was seen among those students who said they had instigated an act of bullying. That figure fell from nearly 17 percent in 1998 to below 8 percent by 2010. (HealthDay News, 4/24/14)
Suicides Decline among Active-Duty Troops, But National Guard Rates Rise: The Pentagon reported last week that there was a 15 percent decline in suicides among members of the U.S. military last year, but an increase in the number of Army National Guard and Reserve soldiers who took their own life. Suicides among active duty troops in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps fell from 343 in 2012 to 289 in 2013. The declines were 185 to 151 in the Army, 59 to 44 in the Navy, 48 to 45 in the Marines, and 51 to 49 in the Air Force, the Associated Press reported. However, suicides among Army National Guard and Reserve members rose from 140 in 2012 to 152 in 2013. The declines among Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps troops suggest that prevention programs and a greater push to identify those at risk may be having an effect after several years of rising suicide rates. However, the growing number of suicides among Army National Guard and Reserve troops may indicate that the military's suicide prevention programs are not reaching citizen soldiers. (CBS News, 4/25/14)
Study—Mental Illness Not Cause of Crime: In a study of crimes committed by people with serious mental disorders, only 7.5 percent were directly related to symptoms of mental illness. Researchers analyzed 429 crimes committed by 143 offenders with three major types of mental illness and found that 3 percent of their crimes were directly related to symptoms of major depression, 4 percent to symptoms of schizophrenia disorders and 10 percent to symptoms of bipolar disorder. Two-thirds of those who committed crimes linked to mental illness symptoms also committed unrelated crimes for other reasons, including substance use and being jobless, poor and homeless, according to the study published online in the journal Law and Human Behavior. Nearly two-thirds of the people in the study were men. The average age was 40, and 85 percent had substance abuse disorders. The researchers did not examine the interaction between substance abuse and mental illness in criminal activity. Forty-two percent of the participants were white, 42 percent were black and 16 percent were of other races. (HealthDay News, 4/22/14)
FDA Panel Recommends Banning use Of Electrical Stimulation: A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has recommended banning the use of "electrical stimulation devices" to modify aggressive or self-harming behavior in people with severe emotional problems or developmental disorders such as autism. "The FDA has grown concerned that serious risks of using these devices may outweigh the benefits for patients with limited intellectual ability or developmental disabilities, and that they may pose an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury to patients," agency spokeswoman Jennifer Rodriguez said prior to the panel's vote. The FDA isn't required to carry out the recommendations of its advisory panels, but it usually does so. The devices are used as an "aversion therapy" technique at a center in Massachusetts that serves children and adults with serious special needs. Proponents of the shock technique say it discourages aggressive or self-injurious behavior. While the majority of the panel supported a ban of all currently marketed and prospective electrical stimulation devices, some panelists did note that the treatment is helpful in cases where current treatment options, such as pharmacological, behavioral, alternative, and experimental therapies, are not effective. (MedPage Today, 4/24/14)
More Than 7 Percent of Schoolchildren Take Mental Health Medication: More than 7 percent of American schoolchildren are taking at least one medication for emotional or behavioral difficulties, a new government report finds. More than half of parents said the drugs are helping their children, according to data compiled from the National Health Interview Survey, which continually collects information about health and health care in the United States. All of the information on children is obtained through parental (or other guardian) responses. Overall, the researchers found that 7.5 percent of U.S. children between the ages of 6 and 17 were taking medication for an emotional or behavioral problem. Significantly more boys than girls were given medication—9.7 percent of boys compared with 5.2 percent of girls. Older females were more likely than younger females to be given medication, but the age difference among males wasn't significant, according to the report. White children were the most likely to be on psychiatric medications (9.2 percent), followed by black children (7.4 percent) and Hispanic children (4.5 percent), according to the report. The study found that significantly more children on Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program were on medication for emotional and behavioral problems. (HealthDay News, 4/24/14)
Study Finds Link between Greek Austerity Program and Rise in Suicides: A new study finds a relationship between Greece's harsh austerity program and a "dramatic rise" in male suicides. Research conducted at the University of Portsmouth found that for every one percent drop in in Greek government spending, there was a 0.43 percent rise in male suicides. The study, by Dr. Nikolaos Antonakakis and Professor Alan Collins and published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, argued that there was a direct link between the suicides of 551 Greek men between 2009 and 2010 and the country's austerity cuts and reforms. The study also found that there was no similar rise in female suicides during the austerity period and that men between 45 and 89 are most likely to commit suicide as they experience the most drastic cuts to salaries and pensions. While links between high unemployment and suicide has been well documented—a U.K. study found that that the male suicide rate rose by 1.4 percent for every 10 percent increase in unemployment—this is the first time research into austerity's impact on those taking their own lives has been taken. (CNBC, 4/22/14)
Kaiser Health News looks at Mental Health First Aid for Veterans.
Older Americans Who Use Internet Less Prone to Depression: Older Americans who regularly spent time online were about a third less likely to suffer from depression than their peers who did not use the Internet, a new study finds. Researchers say the largest impact of depression is among those who lived alone, which underscores the importance of connecting with others. The study analyzed responses gathered over six years by the U.S. Health and Retirement Survey, a large population study that focuses on the transitions Americans go through as they retire. The data covered 3,075 retired men and women who didn't live in nursing homes. The researchers identified depression through answers to an eight-item questionnaire, and participants in the survey were asked directly about their use of the Internet for email or any other purposes. About 30 percent of the participants were Internet users. When the researchers compared depression scores, they found the people who were going online had a 33 percent lower probability of depression compared to those who were not. The study didn't examine how much people used the Internet or analyze the effects of specific types of Internet use. (Reuters, 4/22/14)
Read our blog: Chiming In
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MentalHealthAm
Become a Fan on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mentalhealthamerica
Online Support Community: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/community
Join Mental Health America's Advocacy Network
Mental Health in the Headlines is produced weekly by Mental Health America. Staff: Steve Vetzner, senior director, Media Relations.
To subscribe to Mental Health in the Headlines, visit http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/action/subscribe.
To unsubscribe to Mental Health in the Headlines, visit http://takeaction.mentalhealthamerica.net/site/CO.
To find out more about the Mental Health America, including how to make a tax-deductible contribution to help support Mental Health in the Headlines and our other educational activities, visit http://mentalhealthamerica.net/ or call 800-969-6MHA (6642).
For comments and suggestions, send an e-mail to Mental Health America at email@example.com.


text:
Vol. 5, No. 8, Dakota Catholic Action, 1 May 1947.
Rev. Augustine Fox, O.S.B., pastor of St. Peter and Paul's Church of Strasburg for the past twenty years, has retired because of ill health. When it became known that Father Augustine was leaving Strasburg, the priests of Emmons County Deanery had a farewell gathering for him to express their esteem and appreciation and to extend their best wishes to him on his retirement.
Ever true and loyal to the Catholic priest, the good people of St. Peter and Paul's Church, Strasburg, gathered in large numbers in the church hall on Tuesday evening March 23, to show their love and gratitude to their beloved pastor who had served them so long and so faithfully. He will be remembered long as a kind father, devoted at all times to the welfare of his people. He could, indeed, say, "I know mine and mine know me."
Under the direction of Mr. J. G. Baumgartner, Jr., the high school band rendered several musical numbers which were interspersed with songs by the high school student body. An address of welcome was given by Mayor Michael Schumacher. Miss Romana Keller represented the student body in expressing their appreciation of Father Augustine. Mr. Joseph P. Wickenheiser spoke in behalf of the Central Verein and the Catholic Men's Union, and Father Niebler in behalf of the clergy of Emmons County Deanery. Father Charles, the new pastor, was the master of ceremonies. The people of Strasburg, indeed, regret the departure of Father Augustine from their midst.
In his retirement from active duty Father Augustine will continue to serve God and God's Church by his prayers. The good wishes and prayers of all the people of Strasburg and all the clergy of Emmons County will follow him.


text:
What kind of bottle is better?
Buying, building and using brewing equipment and apparatus. Product reviews and questions.
Moderator: slothrob
3 posts • Page 1 of 1
What kind of bottle is better?
I use the bottle cap style of bottles. But I have seen ads for bottles that have "flip tops". Which of these is best...or maybe I should ask..which will last longest and be easiest to maintain?
- BMartin
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Thu May 24, 2001 12:56 pm
Which style of bottle you want is really a matter of personal preference. Either style will work just fine as long as they are strong enough to hold the pressure. Just make sure you are using reusable bottles rather than the ones meant to be used once and discarded. The flip top bottles eliminate the hassle of using a capper but sometimes the wire toggle thing will weaken and not hold the top securely or slip of off the bottle when you try to seal it. These problems can usually be corrected by bending the wire with a pair of pliers. The rubber seals can be reused many times as long as they are sanitized each time. If begin to form cracks, they should be replaced.
- xbrewer
- Light Lager
- Posts: 25
- Joined: Fri May 11, 2001 6:37 pm
3 posts • Page 1 of 1
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests


text:
Green Tea Extract
Green Tea Extract
Botanical name(s):
Camellia sinensis. Family: Theaceae
Other name(s):
green tea, Chinese tea, green sencha tea, Japanese tea, Yame tea
General description
Green tea comes from the plant Camellia sinensis. Black tea, green tea, and Oolong tea are all made from different types of the same plant. The teas are made using different processing methods.
Green tea extract contains polyphenols. These include the most active one, epigallocatechin gallate. Green tea and Oolong tea have the highest levels of polyphenols. This means they have the greatest health benefits. The fermentation and processing involved in making black tea decreases the polyphenols. It does this by converting them to theaflavins and thearubigins. All of the teas contain catechins and tannins in different amounts.
Other significant parts of tea include caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline. The polyphenols of green tea are strong antioxidants.
Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world. People drink it for its flavor and stimulant effect.
Demonstrated uses
Studies suggest that the polyphenols in tea, especially green tea, may help reduce the risk of some cancers. Or it may slow the growth of certain types of cancers. Studies done in humans have shown mixed results.
The theophylline and theobromine in tea act as bronchodilators. Tea has been used to treat mild asthma and bronchitis. Tea may help mild respiratory problems. It's even safe for children.
Tea is used as a stimulant drink. The methylxanthines, specifically caffeine, increase alertness. It's also a mild stimulant.
Green tea has an anti-microbial effect against the bacteria that cause diarrhea. This means it may help treat diarrhea. Green tea also stops oral bacteria. Along with fluoride, tea may help prevent tooth decay.
Green tea extract ointment has been shown to clear external genital and perianal warts. This product is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It's available by prescription.
Please note that this section reports on claims that have not yet been substantiated through studies.
Green tea may be a mild diuretic. It may help lower cholesterol.
Suggested dosage
Green tea extract comes in oral capsules. It's available in different strengths. Follow the instructions on the package for the correct dose.
Green tea infused from loose, dried leaves or from tea bags should be steeped in hot water for a short time. Make sure the water isn't scalding. This is done to preserve important chemicals in the leaf.
Side effects
Green tea can cause side effects due to caffeine. These can include anxiety, tremors, irritability, and sleeping problems. This is more likely if you're sensitive to caffeine or take large doses. Side effects are less common with green tea than with other caffeine-containing beverages. This is because the leaves are steeped for a shorter time.
The fluoride content of green tea may help prevent tooth decay. However, the tea also contains tannic acid. This can stain teeth.
Green tea extracts may cause liver problems. Symptoms can include yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes, nausea, and stomach pain. If you have these symptoms, stop using green tea and see your healthcare provider right away.
Tea is used worldwide without causing harmful effects. But women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should talk to their healthcare providers before taking any herbal medicines.
Green tea contains small amounts of vitamin K. This means it may decrease how well blood thinner medicines work.
Since green tea acts as a mild stimulant, you shouldn't use it with other stimulants.
Green tea may also keep the medicine nadolol from lowering your blood pressure as much as it should.
March 21, 2017
Reviewed By:
Poulson, Brittany, RD, CDE,Wilkins, Joanna, R.D., C.D.


text:
Larry and four friends went to the racetrack to witness the big car race held this past weekend. Five different contenders sped their way around the track to victory, or defeat. The race ended with no major crashes and an exciting dead heat to the finish line. The five friends had such a good time, they made arrangements right on the spot to return the following month for the next big race. Determine the full name of each driver in the race, the sponsor for each race car, and in what position each driver ended the race.
1. The driver sponsored by Flash Automotive finished the race in third place. Howard, who wasn't sponsored by Crank Motor Oil, didn't finish the race in fifth place.
2. Ryan, whose last name wasn't Right, wasn't sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts. Barry Straight wasn't sponsored by Fleet Bodyworks.
3. The driver sponsored by Crank Motor Oil placed one position higher than Sydney, whose last name wasn't Element.
4. Mr. Chariot, whose first name wasn't Adam, finished in first place. Howard placed one position lower than Mr. Right.
5. NAPA Auto Parts sponsored the driver who finished in fourth place, which wasn't Barry.
6. The five drivers, in no particular order, are Adam, the second place driver, the driver sponsored by Tredco Tires, Mr. Right, and Mr. Rafe.
file size 172 KB
If you enjoyed
this puzzle and want to play another one online, go
here for another online logic problem.
Last Update
May 11, 2007


text:
Client Project: Part 2
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
As I mentioned before, this family was gearing up for a Thanksgiving gathering and wanted to make things happen quickly with a focus on the eating areas. I shared the dining room last week and have one more angle to share today.
I really like this view because you can see the family room and new art selection in the background as well as the new sideboard and mirror. I recommended another mirror, but like this one just as much. The fork was chosen by my client. I think that overall we achieved the look and feel we were going for. Traditional and nice yet comfortable enough for a young family.
Moving on to the kitchen...
You are looking at the breakfast area in the kitchen. The family enjoys watching the wildlife through the window. They wanted window treatments, but didn't want to lose any of the view or natural light from these wonderful windows. Also on the wish list for this area was a new table & chairs. Additionally, the wall color was up for grabs.
Here is the mood board I created for the space. I recommended Sherwin Williams, Sea Salt on the walls. I adore this color! The room as it was had lots of warm tones in the kitchen cabinets, yellow walls, and hardwood floors and a cooler color to keep everything in balance . Please overlook the pieced together panels on the mood board. Sometimes you work with what you have to create a visual. In the interest of time we decided to go with another curtain option instead of the ikat panels. The chairs that I chose are similar in color to the kitchen cabinets and a new wooden table will provide a nice contrast to everything.
Here is an "in progress" shot as the new table & chairs have not been purchased. I really love the new wall color and the balance it brings to the room! The curtains aren't hemmed, but you can get the idea of how this room is coming together.
Thanks so much to Shannon for sharing these pictures with us!
6 comments:
Lovely Rene, You picked out the perfect pieces for this young family!ReplyDelete
The new wall color looks so pretty! Already I see a huge difference!ReplyDelete
Nice!! I love the new wall color in the breakfast area and I think those drapes work nicely too given they were an alternative to your original plan. It's all coming together nicely. I also have that same fork in a smaller size in our kitchen - but I have it hung the other way. Just shows how we all see and admire things differently which I always think is interesting.ReplyDelete
This looks great! I LOVE the new wall color, and those curtains are so pretty. I can't wait to see the new table and chairs, too! :-)ReplyDelete
Looks great Rene! Nice job!ReplyDelete
I love Sea Salt! One of my favorite colors...you are so much like me...I almost always start with those soft Beachy colors....and see how far I get with them :)ReplyDelete
I mean even if you had not done anything else in that room...changing the color was key!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Your questions will be answered here or you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
I'm sure by this point in time many of those who have been reading this have been reunited with their loved ones or have gotten a phone call telling you all of the wonderful experiences from the last 10 days. Currently, Hayley and I (Royale) are the only two that remain at the airport trying to get the internet to work with us so we can post our last few thoughts. (As a secondary note, Logan wifi is terrible but South Station has excellent wifi.) However, this is a bit of a struggle since neither of us consider plane sleeping real sleep and we made it up for the sunrise yesterday. I have already scampered off down the airport to locate the closest Dunkin' (never too far away in New England) and am doing one last caffeine fueled post. Let's do this people!
Most of us got up bright and early yesterday to tie up some loose ends packing and then head upstairs to watch the sunrise with Choco Listo in hand. We then circled Daphne Island on the Floreana in order to get one last glance at some Nazca boobies, red-billed tropic birds, and the crowd favorite, the Sally lightfoot crab. The boat then took us back to Baltra where I was pleased to get a few last glances at some nice sized Galapagos sharks. As we left the boat and waved goodbye to the crew, we all took one last glance of an area that we were not ready to leave. When we boarded the bus, we finally got a fleeting glance at a land iguana, something at least I had been looking forward to seeing. This is because apparently they sometimes attack people. I had really hoped to see a pastel clad adventurer in a pith helmet getting chased down by an iguana, but alas I must settle for not seeing that dream come true. After arriving at the airport and struggling to check our bags, we did some last minute gift shopping, since it's hard to buy people gifts on uninhabited islands. We then bid farewell to Victor and patiently waited for our flight.
After a brief stop in Guayaquil to pick up more passengers, and cue up Bridesmaids on Hayley's iPad, we were back on our way to Quito. Upon arrival, we gathered our bags and headed to a day room for much needed showers and a massively impressive dinner. At 9 we returned to the airport to wait for our midnight flight to Houston. The flight was long and boring of course, but a few of us still had to finish up our journals that are included as part of the class, so the time was much appreciated. We quickly boogied through Houston, although the customs line took forever and there was a music loop only about 2 minutes long playing, to get on our flight to Boston. After discovering that not all of the bags made it to Boston we bid farewell to our friends new and old. (Personally I'm glad my bag is getting shipped to my house, because now I don't have to carry it on the train.)
So that's it, the end of our marvelous trip to South America and the wonderful world of the Galapagos. We hope that you have enjoyed reading about our times and can't wait to share all of our pictures with you!
Quote of the day: "I can't believe no one got arrested!"- Dr. Ono


text:
Mattyt2006 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 5 designs submitted by 2 freelance designers.
My Local Brew.com
A fan site / Blog for nation-wide U.S. local microbrews and wineries. Looking for Primary logo for mylocalbrew.com. The focus is on local breweries and small businesses.
Creating a fan website for local wineries and breweries. Part blog and review website, part directory, part destination vacations for winery and brewery tours for local small businesses.
Inspired by this color palate:
Hex: 37212D
Hex: A08A59
Hex: 708B6A
Hex: F0EBC5
Hex: 57282E
Thanks for your submissions so far! Your work gives us some contempary and refined ideas for comparison.
So we're looking for something more inspired by local microbreweries. More an earthy-small business toned. Something like Hippy meets elegant, refined and trendy. We're not going for tacky though. (Almost vineyard inspired) We're going to be more of a feature website, as opposed to a city-directory website if that helps.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


text:
This months cake is still from Cake Keeper Cakes by Lauren Chattman published by The Taunton Press 2009. It's something I've been meaning to try for ages, so was pleased to give it a whirl.
Short and sweet from me this month! It's vanilla cake and chocolate cake mixtures dropped into the pan in spoonfulls, to give a bulls eye effect, which looks stripey when the cake is cut into. Mine wasn't perfect by any means, but there was a definite stripe in it, wavy like a zebra's coat. It was fun to give it a whirl, and now that I've at long last tried the technique, I must get round to giving a stripey cheesecake recipe I have been meaning to try a go too.
Do have a look at the Cake Slice Bakers blogroll, some of the zebra cakes are really awesome!
Next review up: Taste le Tour


text:
Avaya Gives Sneak Peak of Upcoming Healthcare Apps
Feb 21, 2012 9:58 AM PT
Avaya has provided a sneak preview of several healthcare IT-based mobile applications it will be rolling out later this year at the 2012 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition now under way in Las Vegas. These include Avaya Mobile Activity Assistant, Avaya Flare Communicator for iPad, and other collaborative service offerings in telehealth and social media.
Healthcare is one of Avaya's chief verticals, said Sanjeev Gupta, general manager of Avaya's Healthcare Solutions group.
"When you look at where the industry is going, you see that mobile collaboration and telehealth -- two areas of focus for us -- has become a critical area for firms. There are (US)$300 million to $400 million worth of opportunities in this space," he told CRM Buyer.
The common themes running through Avaya's next set of product releases include care coordination, patient interaction and telehealth/home-care delivery, said Gupta.
The Avaya Mobile Activity Assistant, for example, is a "closed-loop" HIPAA-compliant mobile application that prioritizes and consolidates nurse call alerts, critical result notifications, stat requests, and coworker messages.
It will be first available on the iOS mobile platform.
"What we did was create a single client that combines all of the communications forms that a nurse needs, from text messaging to phone calls to alarms and notifications," Gupta said. "The entire history of this communication is maintained on the system's back end."
Mobile Activity Assistant also lets users see if their coworkers are available -- it features "presence" in other words -- and gives them the ability to contact via voice or text. It also comes with preconfigured text messages to speed responses.
Enabling the iPad in the Hospital
Another new product release will be Avaya Flare Communicator for iPad for the healthcare industry. It is a tablet application to be used over secure WiFi and 3G networks.
It too comes with presence functionality, so the user can see if a specialist or clinician or a patient's particular doctor is available. Users can initiate instant messages, emails, calls and conferences as well. Flare Communicator for iPad also lets users share other important data such as X-rays and lab results.
Such applications are in high demand by hospital CIOs right now, Gupta said. "Enabling mobile devices with secure applications is a big challenge."
For example, the CIO of a large healthcare organization including a teaching hospital is in the process of equipping its doctors, residents and clinical staff with 3,000 iPads, he noted, so they can access patient records and better communicate on the go.
Social Media Outreach
Avaya is also introducing Avaya Social Media Manager later this year. Part marketing, part social media and part contact center and scheduling app, the product inserts a doctor's office into a social media conversation to offer relevant information -- and hopefully, a chance for the prospect to make an appointment.
Such conversations must be initiated carefully, Gupta acknowledged. He doesn't envision doctors or hospitals making unsolicited offers via the social media application. Rather, it will be used as part of an ongoing conversation.
"Suppose someone asks for a recommendation for a particular doctor's specialty or asks about which hospital is best for a procedure. Using Social Media Manager, the office can offer information -- say an article in U.S. News and World Report listing the top 10 hospitals where that type of surgery has the greatest success rate. Then, if the person is interested, the application can offer an appointment."
Such a product will be better received by a younger generation of patient, Nucleus Research Vice President Rebecca Wettemann told CRM Buyer.
"However, concerns about privacy and the security of social networks will make a lot of people think twice about sharing information over a social network," she added. For this reason, "we have not yet seen a lot of adoption of social media in the field of medicine."
By contrast, tablets have significant potential in this space, noted Wettemann. "We think we will see, as tablets become more broadly adopted, such applications grow -- especially as healthcare IT providers show the real benefits they provide to patients."
There are a number of security measures in both the social media and the tablet applications, Gupta said. With tablets, for example, the application can erase all patient data remotely if a tablet is lost or stolen.
Expanding Telehealth Opportunities
Avaya also debuted its Telehealth and Home-Care Delivery application at HIMSS.
A video communication tool, it gives home care nurses and rural hospital workers access to specialists around the world.
Users can initiate a video conference by selecting a link from an email. A nurse could conduct certain diagnostic tests -- for example, taking a throat culture. Then, the doctor at the other end of the video transmission would receive high-quality images of the test's results.
"Instead of driving two hours to an appointment -- for someone in a rural area -- or worse, having to wait several months for an appointment to see a specialist, a nurse at a local facility can help facilitate a video conference with an off-location doctor," Gupta said.


text:
TIFFIN – It hasn't always been like this.
Many of the alumni that returned to campus for Homecoming remember Heidelberg football teams that struggled against the powerhouse teams in the OAC. In fact, less than 10 years ago, one squad only scored 72 points for the entire season.
On Saturday, the 2013 Heidelberg football team walloped Capital University, 73-17.
Times have certainly changed.
The No. 12/10 Student Princes scored on every possession, except the final drive of the game.
Cartel Brooks tied a school record with four touchdowns and freshman Nick DeLisa had 151 return yards, including a 92-yard touchdown on the game's opening kickoff.
Capital (1-4, 1-3) responded to DeLisa's score with a quick strike of their own. On the second play from scrimmage, Bo Hardy found a crease in the Heidelberg defense and scampered 69 yards for a touchdown.
Heidelberg regained the lead on a 9-yard touchdown carry by Brooks, who finished with 131 yards on 15 attempts.
After a Crusader fumble, Brooks scored again. The 2-yard score gave Heidelberg a 21-7 lead.
Early in the 2nd quarter, Capital's Joey Riley kicked a 30 yard field goal to cut the lead to 20-10.
Undeterred, Heidelberg converted on two 3rd down plays and scored on a 20 yard touchdown pass to Cameron Vocke from quarterback Michael Mees. Dan Kilger's extra point was wide.
The Crusaders lined up to put on their next possession, but the snap sailed over the head of Riley and out of the back of the end zone for a safety.
Leading 29-10, Heidelberg scored on the ensuing possession. Mees dropped a pass into the hands of Ryan Fischer in the left corner of the end zone.
On their next possession, Heidelberg lined up for a 34-yard field goal. On a designed fake, holder Nate Hasse bootlegged to the right and connected on a 12-yard first down pass to Ryan Malloy. Brooks punched it in from five yards out on the next play.
Heidelberg's Andy Sieving ended the first half with a pair of sacks on Capital's Chase Longwell.
Leading 43-10, the Berg forced a three-and-out on Capital's opening possession of the third quarter. Brooks broke free again, scoring from 38 yards out. Kilger's extra point hit the upright and Heidelberg led 49-10.
Fischer's big day continued, as he returned a Capital punt 33 yards into Crusader territory. He then scored on a 29-yard pass from Mees. Fischer finished with 183 all-purpose yards, 96 receiving and 87 on punt returns.
With Mees on the bench, backup quarterback Jon Sandwisch scored on an 8-yard scramble. Stephen Smith connected on the point after to push Heidelberg's lead to 63-10. Mees was 10-of-20 passing for 197 yards and three touchdowns.
The Crusaders found the end zone on another long run, a 55-yard rush by Alex Coleman.
Later in the third, Heidelberg broke the 70-point barrier for the first time in more than 60 years when Geoffrey Helms scored his first collegiate touchdown. Helms' 54-yard jaunt and the subsequent PAT by Smith pushed Heidelberg's lead to 70-17.
Both teams kept the ball on the ground in the fourth quarter. The only points came on a 29-yard field goal by Heidelberg's A.J. Morrison.
Mitchell Kelly led the Heidelberg defense with 11 tackles, including two for loss. The Student Princes forced four sacks against the triple-option offense of Capital.
The 73 points were the most by Heidelberg since 1950. Coach Paul Hoernemann's squad upended Capital 75-0 that season.
Heidelberg travels to Otterbein next weekend. The Cardinals and Student Princes will kick off at 7 p.m.


text:
Welcome to the plastic surgery capital of the world
When I enter JK Plastic Surgery Clinic in Seoul's "beauty belt," the strip of plastic surgery clinics in the Gangnam district, a pretty receptionist greets me.
I can't help but look at her doll-like features and wonder if she, too, has gone under the knife.
Statistically, it's not out of the question.
According to a report from The Economist Online, a 2009 Trend Monitor survey says that one in five Korean women have had plastic surgery.
In a luxuriously decorated room at the clinic, I speak to "Lucy," a 27-year-old graduate student of education from Beijing. We talk through an in-hospital translator.
Lucy has come to get her face done, but she isn't quite sure what yet.
"The eyes, and maybe some other things," she says.
But why Korea?
"We have hospitals in China, too," says Lucy. "But Korea is known for being the best place to get it done."
"I saw my friends go to Korea to get plastic surgery and become prettier, and I want to become prettier, too," says Lucy.
International boom
Korea is gaining a reputation as a plastic surgery mecca, a place where doctors are highly skilled, citizens are more than willing and the technology is top-notch.
People from all over the world come to have their noses tweaked, chins thinned and fat removed and occasionally grafted onto another part of their face.
It's not just a female thing -- males make up at least 30 percent of JK Plastic Surgery Clinic's patients.
While opinions on the merits of such a reputation may differ, the Korean medical travel industry is avidly welcoming international medical tourists with benefits and amenities like hotel-hospital hybrids or multilingual round-the-clock assistance.
JK Plastic Surgery Clinic's foreign patients account for about 40 to 50 percent of the total number of patients. Of the foreign patients, Chinese make up about 70 percent.
Hotels, such as the Ritz-Carlton Seoul, have partnered with hospitals with a US$88,000 "anti-aging beauty package," opened with their spa partner Possom Prestige in December 2011.
In addition to predictable spa treatments such as skin care and health checkups, the package includes stem cell treatment and plastic surgery.
Patients can get double eyelid surgery and face lifts at the in-house clinic and go straight to their suites to recover, without venturing into the streets looking like the loser of a bar fight.
More hotel-hospitals
While hotels are teaming up with hospitals, more hospitals are now offering their own hotel-level lodgings and services.
Sun Medical Center in Daejeon -- a general hospital with an ER and ICU -- runs a "one-stop service," shuttling international patients coming directly from Incheon International Airport via the KTX (express train) straight to their hospital.
It helps that their recuperating rooms enjoy great views that, despite the white walls, resemble cheery hotel suites rather than places for the ill and infirmed.
JK Plastic Surgery Clinic has also built a shiny new hospital-hotel a five-minute walk from its headquarters.
Language assistance
Both JK and Sun Medical Center employ bilingual Chinese staff to assist with Chinese patients -- of the 672 patients at Sun Medical Center in the first half of this year, 221 were Chinese.
Sun Medical Center has a team of not only Chinese, but also Russian and Mongolian natives on hand 24 hours to answer questions and translate.
"We make it a point to hire Chinese staff rather than Korean staff who speak Chinese," says Dr. Joo Kwon, who heads JK Plastic Surgery Clinic.
"It's not just about communication, it's about making the patients feel comfortable."
Historical and cultural context
The international boom is fairly recent, beginning in earnest in 2009 when the Ministry of Health first granted local clinics official permission to receive foreign patients.
Industry insiders believe that the phenomenon is due to the fact that Korean plastic surgeons are among the best in the world.
According to Kwon Seung-taik, a plastic surgeon who specializes in orthopedic and hand surgery at Seoul National University Hospital, it's no surprise that Korean doctors are skilled at plastic surgery.
Kwon cites a number of reasons.
First is the high level of domestic surgeries, which, according to Kwon, is due to the fact that Koreans have a special attitude toward beauty.
To Koreans, beauty is something that is attainable through hard work -- just like anything else.
"It's not just about desire," says Kwon. "I prefer to use the word 'challenge' -- Koreans see plastic surgery, and becoming prettier, as a challenge."
According to Kwon, Koreans have less respect for inherited beauty.
They see beauty not as something to be envied, but something to be attained.
"It's kind of like an 'if you're pretty, I can be pretty too!' attitude," he says.
More on CNN: Beauty in the eye of the blogger
Korean wave
A large part of the international appeal of Korean cosmetic surgery may simply be practical: there's a world of differences in the prices.
"An average -- not excellent -- face-lift in the United States will set you back about US$10,000," says Kwon. "But in Korea you can get the same service for US$2,000 or US$3,000."
Some have attempted to link the popularity of plastic surgery in Korea with Hallyu, or the Korean Wave of pop culture, with Asian patients wanting to look like Korean actresses Han Ye-sul or Kim Tae-hee.
"Kim Tae-hee's features are the ones that are requested the most often by patients from all over the world," says Kwon.
Western faces?
While critics often argue that Koreans are adopting a more Western ideal of beauty, both Kwon and Joo disagree, saying that the standards are universal.
Kwon recounts something he read a while back.
"Two love letters," he says, "written 5,000 years ago, from China and Greece, respectively, both describe their lover as beautiful, with a pointed nose and large eyes."
"We have Westerners coming in to cut down their nose to a smaller size -- does that mean they want to look Asian?" says Kwon.
Joo also shakes his head at the accusation that Korean plastic surgery attempts to make Asian faces more Western.
"I don't think that's true at all," he says. "Sometimes a foreign doctor will criticize the Korean tendency to thin out the jawline too much -- they think it looks grotesque."
What both Kwon and Dr. Joo agree on is that everyone generally wants to look younger -- hence, the huge demand for anti-aging treatments.
There are still, however, differences in what patients from different countries want.
"The Chinese are not afraid of a complete overhaul," says a public relations representative from JK.
"The Japanese are more conservative, preferring to keep their most unique features. The Koreans mostly follow trends."
Back to the micro level
Back at the JK Plastic Surgery Clinic, I ask Dr. Joo to assess my face.
That's not how the plastic surgery process works, he tells me. He first wants to know what I'm looking for -- innocence, maturity? The emphasis is on me.
"What would it take to make me look like the actress Shin Min-a?" I ask.
He gives me the rundown, speaking professionally and dispassionately.
A fat graft onto my forehead, a slight narrowing of the tip of my nose and higher cheekbones.
We'd also need to fix my eyes -- it's no longer about a simple cut to the eyelid. There are many kinds of double-eyelid surgery.
I'm impressed. "Is all of this possible?"
He looks amused. "Yes, of course."
JK Plastic Surgery Clinic, 584-2 Sinsa-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul (서울시 강남구 신사동 584-2); +82 2 777 0337;english.jkplastic.com
Ritz-Carlton Seoul, 602 Yeoksam-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul (서울시 강남구 역삼동 602); +82 2 3451 8000; www.ritzcarlton.com
Sun Medical Center, 10-7 Mokdong Jung-gu, Daejeon (대전시 중구 목동 10-7); +82 10 3614 0817; eng.sunhospital.com
More on CNN: Latest hot Korean medical tour: Voice feminization surgery


text:
December 10, 2013 – Jerry Reinsdorf, chairman of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox, issued the following statement today at the passing of Jim Corno, president of Comcast SportsNet Chicago:
"How do you best remember someone like Jim Corno? The average fan may not immediately recognize Jim's name, but I think perhaps no one else in this city has done more over the past four decades to impact the Chicago sports landscape.
"No matter the situation, Jim always thought about the sports fan first. Whether the game was baseball, basketball or hockey, Jim's focus and obsession was always on how to improve the experience for the viewer sitting at home, watching and rooting for his or her favorite Chicago team. Jim thought that way because Jim was that Chicago fan, sitting on his own couch or in the television studio celebrating the key victories and mourning the tough losses.
"Jim was a tremendous businessman and partner, with his prescient understanding of sports television often guiding our decisions and direction over the years. Much more importantly, he was a proud Chicagoan, donating countless hours to important causes like the March of Dimes. Jim was a terrific father, grandfather and husband, a mentor to many in the industry, a father-figure to staff at Comcast SportsNet Chicago, and also a dear, close friend. This is a deep personal loss to me and for many in the Chicago sports world. We all will miss our friend."


text:
In a passenger vehicle it is essential the ventilation system is designed to deliver air at the correct flow and temperature levels to keep the occupants comfortable. To create such an environment it is essential the climate control system is designed correctly to meet the demands of cooling and warming up of the cabin. To be able to design such systems with shortened vehicle programme times and reduced number of early physical prototypes, virtual simulations are required. The simulations must be able to predict accurately the flow and thermal behaviour through the ventilation system and into the vehicle interior. It is essential the cabin performance is accurately simulated to enable a prediction of the occupant's thermal comfort to be assessed. To develop these designs Jaguar Land Rover employs CFD techniques to deliver the final cabin thermal performance. CFD methods offer a credible alternative to physical testing. Through CAE detailed designs can be analysed more thoroughly than by physical means. This allows more robust products to be designed and meets the requirement to deliver products more quickly to align with programme timings.
In this paper CFD techniques are employed using the code STAR-CCM+. The design parameters and methods employed to achieve full cabin warm-up and cool down will be discussed. The work will also predict the full transient warm-up and A/C pulldown in the interior of the vehicle. The simulated results will be compared against test data for validation purposes. The results will highlight the ability of virtual methods to predict the complex thermal cabin performance in the vehicle. The simulations provide the foundations for a full cabin comfort model.


text:
Get 15% OFF Your Next Order
The best deals come to your inbox. Sign up for GEMPLER'S emails to get exclusive offers and first dibs on hot new products!
Easy-to-interpret signs communicate your safety message immediately
This Accuform Sign® provides employees and visitors with critical information for accident prevention and protection. Graphics on this 14"L x 10"H sign communicate the message clearly, even to those who don't speak English. Signs meet OSHA 29 CFR 1910.145 standard for accident prevention signs. Specify style from the drop-down menu above.Adhesive Vinyl: Self-sticks to most flat, clean surfaces for indoor or short-term outdoor use. Flexible, 4-mil thick vinyl has acrylic adhesive. Non-glare surface. Signs are UV for 2-4 yr. and have excellent moisture resistance. Effective in temperatures from –20° to 140°F. Plastic: Made from .055"-thick polyethylene with durability for inside or short-term outdoor use. Non-glare finish, with UV resistance for 1-3 yr. Effective in temperatures from –90° to 168°F. Rounded corners have holes for easy mounting.Aluminum: Thicker, .040" aluminum gives you the strength of metal without rusting in outdoor environments. Protected by UV-resistant clear polyester for 5 yr. of UV resistance. Excellent chemical, abrasion and impact resistance. Effective in temperatures from –20° to 140°F. Rounded corners have holes for easy mounting. See all Safety and Hazard Warning Signs and Labels
2018 Reference Guide: Page 104


text:
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Dorothy "Dot" Rose Eckard Sipe, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed peacefully into eternal glory with her Creator on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 after a period of declining health at Conover Nursing Home. The Sipe family has entrusted arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremations in Conover, NC.
Nettie Faye Weatherman Wallen, 76, of Conover, died on March 11, 2014 at the Sherrills Ford Hospice House. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Sandy Ridge Baptist Church, 3702 16th Street NE, Hickory, NC 28601 or Catawba Regional Hospice, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, NC 28658.


text:
City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2006 Media Releases
In her annual State of the City address today, Mayor Coleen J. Seng said the positive choices made by the City over the past year are paying dividends, leading to job creation and increasing investment opportunities in Lincoln. She said increased expenses and lagging revenues present challenges, but she encouraged the City Council and citizens to support a budget that invests in the City's future.
"We have cut costs," said Mayor Seng. "But Lincoln families don't stop striving for a better tomorrow when times are tough. We must build new infrastructure because that is what helps attract new jobs. We have to pay for the police and fire services that protect us. We have to provide the civic amenities that attract families and encourage businesses. That is our challenge. We have to choose to do it even when it seems difficult."
To meet the budget challenges, Seng cut $8 million from department requests; denied new programs and employees; found savings in health insurance; cut personnel costs; and limited City hiring. She said her priority was to continue funding the programs and services that make Lincoln attractive to new employers. Because of the decline in sales tax revenue, which funds 42 percent of the budget, Seng said the City needs to rely on the recent increase in property valuations to maintain a commitment to job growth.
"The Chamber of Commerce calls this strategy the 'growth dividend.' We must choose to invest this dividend in the future to keep Lincoln a strong and vibrant community," she said. "Earlier this year, the majority of the City Council told me they wanted to invest the community dividend to maintain important public services. Unfortunately, some have begun to backtrack from their earlier statements. We must set aside elections and work together on a budget that achieves goals for a bright future for Lincoln."
Mayor Seng said her strategy for the future includes:
Seng said the City was successful this spring in securing an additional $1 million in State motor vehicle sales tax revenue for arterial streets. Other successes of the past year include streamlining the development process; designating additional industrial acres and providing infrastructure for them; building sewer lines to open up the 52-square-mile Stevens Creek watershed to development; protecting investments in new areas with floodplain standards; progress on the Antelope Valley Project; work by the Arena Task Force; reversing the blight at 48th and "O" streets; and proposing sex offender residency restrictions near schools.
"I am proud of every positive choice we've made," said Mayor Seng. "As our choices about the future do become more difficult, I will continue to provide the leadership that guarantees that Lincoln always makes the choices that create prosperity and investment."
The entire State of the City Address is available on the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov and will be re-aired on the government cable access channel, 5 CITY-TV.


text:
|Bach's World
|Education & Career
The German pipe organ of the eighteenth century ranks as the most complex technology the world would see until the industrial age. Although never recorded the manner in which young Bach acquired his knowlege of the inner workings of the instrument, he was evidently an expert by the age of eighteen, after which he was in great demand to test and certify new organs. In 1703 he was called to Arnstadt to perform such a test on the organ of the Church of St. Boniface, or as it was called, "the New".
The three churches in Arnstadt already had an organist when Johann Sebastian arrived to test the organ at St. Boniface. Unfortunately for Andreas Börner, the town's authorities were sufficiently impressed with Bach's playing that they offered him the "New" position, leaving Börner with the other two churches.
Duties & Salary
Bach's duties at Arnstadt were to accompany the services at the Neuekirche and to maintain the new organ It is necessary to note at this juncture that Bach's contract made no requirement that he compose figural music--a point of contention later on. In exchange Sebastian's salary was fixed at 50 Florins per year, plus 30 Thaler for room and board. This was a very fine salary considering that the church was very poor, the organist was very young, and his duties very light. The high pay cannot be explained as a desire on the part of the Consistory to secure the services of brilliant talent as much as, having had a Bach as organist for the last 50 years, the town was evidently eager to hire another.
Zippel Fagottist
In August of 1705 there was recorded an incident when Bach, upset with the poor performance of one of the church musicians, a certain Geyersbach, referred to him as a Zippel Fagottist. Later one evening, while Sebastian was walking with one of his cousins, Barbara, the same Geyersbach accosted Bach and demanded a retraction. When Bach would not apologize the Zippel Fagottist set upon him with a walking stick, whereupon Bach drew his sword. The altercation must have made a suitable impression on the young cousin, but the Consistory was not pleased. In its reprimand the town council noted, unfairly, that Bach was neglecting the composition of figural music (technically not one of his contractual duties).
Overstays His Leave
In the autumn of 1705 Bach requested a leave of absence to visit Lübeck, home of the brilliant organist Dietrich Buxtehude. Upon being granted four weeks, Bach walked to Lübeck, covering the 250 miles in about ten days. When it came time to return to Arnstadt Bach lingered in Lübeck for a full three months without consulting his employers. It is possible that Bach left Arnstadt intending full well to overstay his leave so that he might attend Buxtehude's upcoming Abendmusiken, an Advent event of some renown in northern Germany.
an Offer He Could Refuse
The elderly Buxtehude held a position that would have been attractive to younger musicians the likes of Bach. But the practice was that if, upon his death, a cantor left an unmarried daughter the new cantor must take her as wife, a custom responsible for Buxtehude's own marriage. In 1703 Handel and Mattheson had come to Lübeck, ostensibly for the Abendmusiken, but unofficially to check out Buxtehude's unmarried 30-year-old daughter. Bach may have prolonged his stay for a similar reason. Apparently he did not like what he saw, for he returned to Arnstadt and soon thereafter married his cousin Maria Barbara. Upon Buxtehude's death, two years later, his unhappy daughter remained unmarried.
Reprimanded Again
Needless to say, when Sebastian returned to Arnstadt the Consistory was not pleased. On the twenty-first of February 1706, Superintendent Johann Gottfried Olearius conducted a hearing into the matter during which Bach defended himself by reminding the authorities that he had left his affairs in charge of a deputy--cousin Johann Ernst--and that he had not been payed during his leave. The Consistory upbraided him for his lack of attention to the boys of the choir, and for the manner in which he accompanied the chorales which, they said, confused the congregation. They directed him: "If in the future you want to introduce your tonus peregrinus, you must keep to it, and on no account fly off instantaneously into a tonus contrarius."
The Stranger Maiden
As it was not the custom at this time to allow women to sing in church, the Consistory also chided Bach for having recently allowed a "stranger maiden" to show herself and to make music. This stranger maiden was probably Maria Barbara. It would appear that the Consistory's displeasure over Bach's absence was exceeded only by its relief to have him back; they payed his full month's salary for February, even though he did not return till the middle of that month.
Oldest Extant Manuscript
It will be remembered that Bach's contract at Arnstadt required him to play and maintain the organ and that is all. His compositions from this period were therefore produced at his own initiative and on his own time. As would be expected, most of them are for the keyboard, including: toccatas for clavier, several reworkings of compositions by earlier Italian composers (Legrenzi, Corelli, Albinoni), and organ works. Included among the compositions for organ is the prelude on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, which survives today as the oldest extant manuscript in Bach's own hand.
A Program Work
The year after Sebastian's arrival in Arnstadt, his brother, Jacob, left Saxony to become oboist in the guard of Sweden's king, Charles XII. Within five years Jacob had accompanied king Charles into battle against Russia's Peter the Great, seen defeat at Poltava, escaped to Turkey, and returned again to Sweden. On the occasion of Jacob's departure Sebastian composed a harpsichord work in the program style of Kuhnau. The several movements of Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother contain subtitles such as: "A coaxing by his friends to dissuade him from his journey," "A picturing of the various calamities that might overtake him in foreign parts," and "Now come the friends--since they see that it cannot be otherwise--and take leave of him." The Capriccio concludes with one of Bach's earliest known fugues.
Stormy Relationship
The record of Johann Sebastian's tenure at Arnstadt reveals his personality as that of an ambitious, high-strung, and creative youth. On at least three occasions--August 1705 and February and November of 1706--Bach was summoned to explain why he was not training the choir boys properly (it appears that Bach and the boys had a falling out early on). Each time Bach replied that in his view, as organist, this was not his responsibility, and that if the church wanted someone to attend to these duties they should hire a choir director, which they absolutely could not afford to do considering the high salary they were paying their organist. The Consistory was remarkably patient, even generous, with Bach, but it was an uncomfortable relationship, and in 1707, to the relief of the authorities, Bach removed himself.
Hanford & Koster Arnstadt
Bach's World
Education & Career


text:
FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. – The King University men's swimming & diving team traveled to take on Emmanuel College on Saturday afternoon. The Tornado took a narrow 97-93 defeat to the Lions, but set six new personal records in the process.
Christian Knobloch narrowly set a new personal best with a time of 1:54.00 in the 200 yard freestyle. His previous career best was 1:54.73. Bryan Stroinski set a pair of personal records, in 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard breaststroke. He swam 23.67 in the 50 yard free, and 1:05.82 in the 100 yard breaststroke.
Also setting personal records were Nicholas Piumelli, Jacob Morales and Tyler McBee. Piumelli set his personal record with a 100 yard breaststroke time of 1:02.48 to win the event. Morales swam 59.58 in the 100 yard butterfly, marking his first sub-one minute time while McBee bested his previous fastest 500 yard freestyle time by 10 seconds. McBee finished the event in 5:43.81.
King will be in action again on November 1-2 when they travel to the Sewanee Invitational.


text:
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Pickled beets and blue cheese quiche
Have you got a glass of pickled beets lurking in the back of your fridge? If yes, then you could use them for making this colourful and lovely quiche. The otherwise sweet beets have quite a piquant flavour when pickled, and that works well with the saltiness of the blue cheese. I used Valio AURA, one of my favourite blue cheese (made in Finland), but it will work with any other crumbly blue cheese, too..
Beetroot quiche with blue cheese
(Pirukas marineeritud peedi ja sinihallitusjuustuga)
Serves six to eight
Adapted from Valio, Finland
Pie crust:
100 g butter, at room temperature
150 g all-purpose flour (one cup)
a pinch of salt
2 Tbsp cold water
250 g pickled beets, drained and sliced
200 ml single cream
2 eggs
0.25 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp dried basil or 1 Tbsp fresh basil, chopped
150 g blue cheese (Valio Aura)
Mix butter, salt and flour, then add the water and mix until a dough ball forms. Press onto a 24 cm pie dish, and place into the fridge to rest. (If you wish, blind bake for 10 minutes at 200 c/400 F).
Mix all the filling ingredients, pour onto the (pre-baked) pie shell.
Bake at 200 C/400 F for about 30 minutes, until the filling is set and the top is golden.
4 comments:
- Snohomish Shepherdess said...
I am so excited by this recipe! Beets and blue cheese is a heavenly combination, I have a salad recipe with them I adore, but I never thought of putting pickled beets and blue cheese in a quiche -and I have JARS of canned pickled beets! Thank you so much for such a great idea!
- 12:24 am, March 16, 2011
- Sprinzette @ Ginger and Almonds said...
Mmm - I love beetroot. This looks really fantastic, and I definitely want to eat this!
- 1:51 am, March 16, 2011
- Gloria said...
Love quiches and this look delicious ! gloria
- 1:51 am, March 16, 2011
- Pille said...
Snohomish - I knew there'd be plenty of people out there who have those canned beet jars waiting to be used!
Sprinzette - great :)
Thank you, Gloria!
- 9:53 am, March 16, 2011
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
BUY ARCOXIA OVER THE COUNTER, NORTH LIBERTY — Some observations after the second week of the Prime Time League.
• It's clear Mike Gesell and Anthony Clemmons are building on their first season in Iowa's backcourt, ARCOXIA online cod. Discount ARCOXIA, Gesell shows no ill effects of the foot injury that sidelined him for a while at the end of last season and for spring workouts. He had 35 points and nine assists on Sunday, buy generic ARCOXIA, Purchase ARCOXIA online, and continues to show the ability to control the game when he's on the court.
Clemmons said after the game that the slump he went through during part of last season taught him a lesson about mental toughness, where can i buy cheapest ARCOXIA online. He's shown steady play so far this summer, a good sign that he learned a lot from last year, BUY ARCOXIA OVER THE COUNTER. ARCOXIA price, • Adam Woodbury and Gabe Olaseni had a good battle on Thursday night and showed that they, too, ARCOXIA images, ARCOXIA no rx, have built off the momentum from last season.
Woodbury continues to look strong under the basket and looks like he has slowed his game down from the frantic play that he had at the beginning of last season, where can i order ARCOXIA without prescription. Order ARCOXIA online overnight delivery no prescription, Olaseni took a big step last season, and he's added some different facets to his game, herbal ARCOXIA. Get ARCOXIA, He's shown a nice touch on short-range jumpers, and is active inside, ARCOXIA natural. BUY ARCOXIA OVER THE COUNTER, Olaseni had 29 points and 14 rebounds on Sunday, and even hit all three of his free throws. ARCOXIA steet value, • Kyle Meyer and Jarrod Uthoff sat out last season as redshirts, so this summer has been about being in game shape, ARCOXIA schedule. ARCOXIA no prescription, Uthoff looks like he will play significant minutes this season. He quietly goes about his business, buy cheap ARCOXIA no rx, Buy ARCOXIA online cod, but he's effective on every position.
It's hard to predict how many minutes Meyer will get in a crowded front court, ARCOXIA gel, ointment, cream, pill, spray, continuous-release, extended-release, Doses ARCOXIA work, but he's been making the most of his game time this summer. He's shown the ability to step out and hit shots — he has a nice touch from behind the 3-point arc — and he can work inside, BUY ARCOXIA OVER THE COUNTER.
• Peter Jok continues to put up big numbers — he had 32 points on Sunday — and he can be impressive at times, about ARCOXIA. ARCOXIA canada, mexico, india, Still, there are times when his youth shows up, no prescription ARCOXIA online. Purchase ARCOXIA for sale, He had sloppy turnovers on back-to-back possessions on Sunday — plays he can get away with in the summer, but can get a seat on the bench followed by some Wrath of Fran if he makes those in a game this winter, ARCOXIA samples. ARCOXIA cost, From a local angle:
• Steven and Michael Soukup are looking more comfortable on the court. BUY ARCOXIA OVER THE COUNTER, The former Danville High School standouts are going against not just Big Ten players, but also mature players from other levels of college basketball. This is a good learning experience for them for what they'll see at Southeastern Community College this season, ARCOXIA price, coupon, Purchase ARCOXIA, and a good gauge of what they need to work on to move on after their time with the Blackhawks.
• SCC's Nick Lyon has played well against the mature competition he's seeing, ARCOXIA photos. Order ARCOXIA from mexican pharmacy, Lyon had the defensive assignment on Uthoff on Sunday, and played well. As he heads into his sophomore season with the Blackhawks, playing in this league can only help him.
Similar posts: BUY ARAVA NO PRESCRIPTION. CLONAZEPAM FOR SALE. KAMAGRA FOR SALE. CIALIS SOFT PILLS FOR SALE. LEVITRA over the counter. Is ESTAZOLAM safe. SINGULAIR from canadian pharmacy. THYROID without prescription.
Trackbacks from: BUY ARCOXIA OVER THE COUNTER. BUY ARCOXIA OVER THE COUNTER. BUY ARCOXIA OVER THE COUNTER. BUY ARCOXIA OVER THE COUNTER. Ordering ARCOXIA online. ARCOXIA photos. Buy ARCOXIA without a prescription. Doses ARCOXIA work.


text:
What's New
Honeymead BB Font Family by Blambot
Wandering somewhere between Roman and Uncial, HoneyMead BB is a body copy font that likes to put its feet up by a roaring fire and enjoy a tall flagon with men and elves alike. Comes with Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, and a hefty compliment of European characters.
OpenType auto ligatures for character combinations: ff fl fi fj ft tt ffi ffl.
Tags: Font, Handwritten, Historical


text:
Short cut fusion
From HaskellWiki
Short cut fusion is an optimizer method that merges some function calls into one.E.g.
can be substituted by
map f . map g
map (f . g)
can be substituted by
filter p . filter q
filter (\x -> q x && p x)
It can also help to remove intermediate data structures.E.g. computing
does not require an explicit list structure, and the expression is actually translated into a simple loop.
sum [1..n]
See also correctness of short cut fusion.


text:
honestech Video Patrol 5.0 provides a comprehensive personal video monitoring surveillance solution. - Detects motion and provides live feed or recorded videos to you. - Control up to three PC cameras. - Send e-mail notices to specified e-mail accounts. - Schedule monitoring time slots. - Record surveillance videos in MPEG format and burn DVD. Monitor your children and their babysitter while you are away:
Are you concerned about your children's safety when you are away? Watch your children and their caretakers easily over the internet. -Keep a watchful eye on loved ones in the hospital or nursing home: Monitor patients in real-time and receive alert when motion is detected. -Monitor your office while you are away. -Watch over your business premises while you are away: Video Patrol 5.0 provides an inexpensive surveillance for your office or small business. -Back up your surveillance videos: Back up your videos on your FTP server or burn DVD. -Free Online membership (www.my-iptv.com) -View surveillance video from PDA, Sony PSP, and PDA mobile phone. Now you can enjoy a peace of mind when you are away from home or office. Video Patrol 5.0 takes care of monitoring and surveillance.
COPYRIGHT (C) 2005 - 2015 , Gdosoft Associates . ALL RIGHT RESERVED


text:
Crowne Plaza Hotel Houston Near Reliant/Medical Center
Welcome to the Crowne Plaza Houston Hotel near Reliant Park / Medical Center. Our recently renovated, full-service hotel is located in Houston's Inner Loop and less than 10 miles south of downtown Houston, convenient to US-59 and I-610. The hotel is located directly across from and within walking distance to Reliant Park's Stadium, The Astrodome, Reliant Center and Reliant Arena. The Crowne Plaza Houston Medical Center Hotel is minutes from the best health care at the world-renowned Texas Medical Center.


text:
There's never been a better time
to apply to Otterbein University.
Apply online today!
Dr. Karen Steigman
p / 614.823.1087
e / firstname.lastname@example.com
Towers Hall, Room 227
Otterbein University, 1 South Grove Street, Westerville, OH 43081 614.890.3000
Otterbein University is a private, non-profit, United Methodist affiliated, regionally-accredited institution.
© 2019 Otterbein University. Otterbein University is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer


text:
Then I hosted our guild's Tips and Techniques table in the Spring. I chose to show members a variety of options for documenting their quilts. One of the options I wanted to show people were blogs. I started checking out blogs at the end of March and my world changed. I learned how to free motion quilt with the help of Leah Day's Free Motion Quilting Project. I found Modern quilts, tutorials, quiltalongs, linky parties, giveaways, and lots of quilters my age! Oh my! It was a whole new wonderful world.
A year ago, I also never would have predicted that I'd have my own quilting blog, let alone be addicted to reading so many other blogs! I feel so fortunate and thankful to have found this online community.
I still think it's so cool that I can chat with Lucy in the UK, Laura and Erin in Perth, Australia, Cindy in California, Lynette in Florida, Rhianon in Scotland, Shanna in Texas, to name but a few!
And I've met wonderful Canadian bloggers too. Kit in my old stomping grounds of Toronto, Tabatha just outside of Toronto, Monika in Saskatoon and Michele and Ginette here in Ottawa(!) are just some of the awesome folks I've 'met' this year.
Thank you all for all for reading my blog and for giving me your ideas, encouragement and support so freely. You have no idea just how much it has meant to me! I've learned so much from all of you and look forward to learning even more in 2012.
I also wanted to thank Laura from Quokka Quilts for starting TGIFF! with me and to all of our hostesses this year - Erin, Tabatha, Lucy, Jess, and Shanna! You guys rock! This project has already surpassed my hopes for it and I'm looking forward to 2012 -- more parties, more touring, more finishes!
While I got a lot less sleep in 2011 (hard to believe considering that my kids started sleeping through the night this year!), at least I have a fair number of projects (finished even!) to show for it. Here are some of my finishes for 2011.
And while I finished a lot, I also am still
As I think back on this past year, I've also been thinking a lot about what I'd like to do in 2012. I've picked out some projects and challenges that I'm VERY excited about and I'll share more about them with you tomorrow and over the next week.
Happy New Year everyone. Here's to more quilting in 2012!
Cheers! Santé!


text:
The kind of violence that typically plagues Chicago does not handily fit the terms of the national debate on assault weapons and mass shootings.
While tragedies in Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., and other cities have made the nation stop and take notice, the nearly daily killings in Chicago more often make headlines only by the periodic tallying of their collective toll. Most often, the approximately 500 people slain last year in Chicago were shot one at a time, usually with a handgun that could be concealed in a waistband or jacket pocket.
The gun violence that unfolded Thursday night at Cornell Square Park in the Back of the Yards neighborhood was different.
In all, 13 people were wounded, and the scene around the bloodied basketball court was littered with 7.62×39 shell casings, rounds consistent with witnesses' descriptions of a gunman wielding an AK-47 assault rifle. Despite the fact that, somehow, no one died, a shooting in Chicago resembled the sort of crime scene found in shootings that become national tragedies.
Although the type of weapon used Thursday remains relatively rarely used — federal data show 97 percent of shooting deaths involve handguns — the number of shootings in the city with multiple victims is often overlooked.
The vast majority of shootings in Chicago involve just one or two victims, but data collected by the Tribune show an alarming number of shootings in which sprayed gunfire hits more than one person. Of 2,853 people shot in the city since Jan. 1, 2012, there have been 89 shootings involving three victims, according to the Tribune data. In the same period there were 31 incidents in which four people were shot, and nine incidents in which five people were shot. The tally includes homicide victims.
Police and other experts were hard-pressed Friday to recall a shooting with so many victims, although shootings involving nine victims happened on the South Side in 2009 and 2010.
Three-victim shootings rank among the more common incidences of multivictim gun violence since Jan. 1, 2012, according to the data. One 27-year-old woman died this May, eight days after she was shot in the neck, alongside two other victims, outside a family prom party near Roosevelt Road and Kolin Avenue in North Lawndale. The weapon used in the attack apparently was an AK-47-style rifle, or one of the two TEC-9 machine pistols police found discarded half a block away.
At least three people, including a 15-year-old boy, were shot in a single episode in the West Englewood neighborhood in early June of this year. The boy was somewhere else on the block and shot and wounded in the leg. Officials did not believe he was the intended target.
During a violent Fourth of July weekend this year, a 24-year-old man died shortly after two men stepped from a dark sedan and fired on a group of people standing on the 1000 block of West Maxwell Street, not far from new police and fire stations. Two others were injured. Over the same holiday weekend, a 26-year-old man was hit in the head and died after he and two other men were shot in the 6600 block of South Champlain Avenue.
Copyright © 2013 Chicago Tribune Company, LLC