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Small Business Grants
We've all seen the headlines: "Millions in free government money for your business." Late-night infomercials and Internet advertisements promise grants to start or expand a business. Sound too good to be true? It is.
Facts About Government Grants
The federal government does not provide grants for starting and expanding a business.
Grants from the federal government are only available to non-commercial organizations, such as non-profits and educational institutions in areas such as, medicine, education, scientific research and technology development. The federal government also provides grants to state and local governments to assist them with economic development.
Some business grants are available through state and local programs, non-profit organizations and other groups. For example, some states provide grants for expanding child care centers; creating energy efficient technology; and developing marketing campaigns for tourism. These grants are not necessarily free money, and usually require the recipient to match funds or combine the grant with other forms of financing such as a loan.
If you are not one of these specialized business, both federal and state government agencies provide financial assistance programs that helps small business owners obtain low-interest loans and venture capital financing from commercial lenders.
How to Find Grants
If you are a small business owner, use our Small Business Loans and Grants Search Tool to find specialized small business grant programs.
If you are a non-profit organization or a for-profit business involved in scientific and technology research and development, consult the following resources:
- Grants.gov
Find and apply for thousands of federal government grant programs.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Search a comprehensive database of grants, loans and other assistance programs available from federal agencies.
The following is a selection of major grant programs provided by federal government agencies.
Arts, Humanities and Education
- Education – U.S. Department of Education
- Humanities – National Endowment for the Humanities
- Libraries and Archives – National Archives and Records Administration
- Museums – Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Visual and Performing Arts – National Endowment for the Arts
Community and Social Services
- Employment and Labor Grants – U.S. Department of Labor
- Housing – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Law Enforcement – U.S. Department of Justice
Health and Medicine
- Cancer Research – National Cancer Institute
- Health Care Services – U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
- NIH Grants – National Institutes of Health
Science, Technology and Environment
- Energy Sciences Grants – U.S. Department of Energy
- Environmental Grants and Fellowships – Environmental Protection Agency
- Natural Resources – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Scientific Research Grants – National Science Foundation
- Small Business Research and Development Grants
- Technology Grants – National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Telecommunications – National Telecommunications and Information Administration
A Fleet of 1500 Cloud-Seeding Ships Could Stop Global Warming, Say Scientists
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World Heritage List
The World Heritage List includes 878 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.
These include 679 cultural , 174 natural and 25 mixed properties in 145 States Parties. As of April 2009, 186 States Parties have ratified the World Heritage Convention.
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Atmocean's wave-driven ocean upwelling system operates in the open ocean hundreds of miles from land where there is a steady supply of large ocean waves. Each pump, typically reaching down to depths of 100 meters to 400 meters beneath the surface, employs a surface buoy to capture this kinetic wave energy and pump the deep ocean toward the surface.
The deeper ocean is both colder and contains higher levels of nutrients. Upwelling of this deeper ocean, whether caused by storms and currents or by future deployment of Atmocean pumps, triggers the growth of phytoplankton. To metabolize the nutrients, phytoplankton take in dissolved CO2. This natural process today is absorbing nearly half of mankind's emissions of CO2 while providing food for nearly all life in the upper ocean. But global warming is stratifying the upper ocean and reducing nutrients which reach the sunlit zone. Fewer phytoplankton grow, diminishing the ocean food chain and absorbing less CO2. This causes a feedback loop as more warming lessens natural ocean absorption of CO2, which then remains in the atmosphere to cause more warming.
In the years and decades ahead, Atmocean believes our wave-driven ocean upwelling system – which closely mimics and slightly enhances the natural ocean process – can play a critical role in restoring our ocean environment and cutting short this feedback loop. On the adjoining pages you can learn more about how our technology works and some of its applications. For more details, please contact Philip W. Kithil, CEO, at firstname.lastname@example.com
Reduce Hurricane Intensity
|Given the very active hurricane season of 2008 – refreshing our memories of 2005 (Katrina, Rita, and Wilma) and 2004 (Charlie, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne) – there is renewed interest in deploying Atmocean upwelling pumps to cool the upper ocean and reduce hurricane intensity.
We have used the GFDL coupled ocean-atmosphere tracking & intensity model used by National Hurricane Center to model the effects on intensity attributable to cooling the upper ocean. From this we have developed the following deployment strategy:
Since the hurricane generates ever-increasing waves, more cold water is pumped as the storm approaches, resulting in overall cooling by about one degree C. – enough to lower peak winds 5% to 20%. Since hurricane damages are proportional to the cube of windspeed, losses could be reduced by 15% (e.g. 100mph reduced to 95 mph) to 49% (100mph reduced to 80mph).
Both in 2005 and this year, a portion of the Gulf Stream spun off and formed a large eddy of very warm, deep water in the Gulf of Mexico. If an approaching storm has a well-formed eye, low wind shear in the upper atmosphere, and crosses this warm eddy, rapid intensification is likely. Therefore, a further strategy is to deploy Atmocean pumps weeks ahead of time in the warm eddy to reduce its heat content and mitigate against rapid intensification. We hope to conduct further modelling of this strategy in the near future.
To discuss in more detail how Atmocean's technology might help reduce hurricane intensity, please contact Philip W. Kithil, CEO, at firstname.lastname@example.com
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As an individual, you can help in many ways. Developing an awareness of the importance of World Heritage is the first step towards becoming an active participant in the preservation process. You can get informed about World Heritage, learn about World Heritage education, find out how to become a partner, discover how to visit sites in a responsible manner, how to work with us or make a donation.
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If you find an old windmill for sale, first make sure it's intended for generating electricity instead of just pumping water. One common old windmill that's often found for sale used is the Wincharger. The other popular wind generator of the era was the Jacobs. These were of higher quality than Winchargers–but many of both are still flying today. Several people around the U.S. restore, service and stock parts for old windmills. And the Jacobs is still being made today! The current production models are very large and expensive, with over 10 kW output–they are magnificently designed and built. Check out the Manufacturer's Website for more information and cool pictures.
Electricity producing wind generators were very popular in the 1920s and 1930s all over rural America. They were available in many different sizes and voltages, and can often be found for sale in rural farm communities. Most models are quite suitable for a modern remote power system no matter what voltage they are. If you are able to locate an old wind generator, some basic maintenance (rust removal, lubrication, and testing) could put it back in working order quickly. They were built to last–before Rural Electricifation, they were the ONLY source of power for many rural farms and ranches. Backwoods Home Magazine published an excellent article in 2001 about finding and restoring old wind generators.
- Homebrew Wind Turbine Construction Seminar, July 25-31 2009, Gerald, Missouri. More details, costs, and online registration (now OPEN) are available at the Evergreen Institute website. This will be a hands-on, 6-day, very intensive turbine building seminar that will end with a complete wind turbine install and erection. Loads of fun and great knowledge to be gained by everyone. Expect to be completely exhausted by the end of it!
Homebrew Wind Turbine Construction Seminar, August 17-22 2009, at the Otherpower wind turbine shop, 35 miles West of Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. This will be a hands-on, 6-day, very intensive turbine building seminar that will end with a complete wind turbine install and erection. Loads of fun and great knowledge to be gained by everyone. Expect to be completely exhausted by the end of it! Registration is NOW OPEN, and class is capped at 12 students, so register early.
Contact us for more information if you want to book a seminar of your own here in Colorado for 2-4 students, or seminar at your own location. Many of these seminars we put on are made possible by grant money from universities and community colleges, who sponsor instructors and professors to attend. We can also provide references from past seminars.
Build your own!
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Building a wind generator from scratch is not THAT difficult of a project. You will need a shop with basic power and hand tools, and some degree of dedication. Large wind generators of 2000 Watts and up are a major project needing very strong construction, but smaller ones in the 700-1000 Watt, 8-11 foot range can be built fairly easily! In fact, we highly recommend that you tackle a smaller wind turbine before even thinking about building a large one. You'll need to be able to cut and weld steel, and a metal lathe can be handy (though you could hire a machine shop that turns brake rotors do do some small steps for you).
In most locations, GENTLE winds (5-15 mph) are the most common, and strong winds are much more rare. As you'll see by examining our latest machines, our philosophy about designing wind turbines is to make large, sturdy machines that produce good power in low wind speeds, and are able to survive high wind events while still producing maximum power. The power available in the wind goes up by a factor of 8 as the windspeed doubles.
Other critical factors are rotor size and tower height. The power a wind turbine can harvest goes up by at least a factor of 4 as you double the rotor size. And making a tower higher gets you above turbulence for better performance and substially increased power output. Putting a wind turbine on a short tower is like mounting solar panels in the shade!
Before you jump into building your own wind turbine or buying a commercial one, do your homework! There are certain things that work and certain things that don't, and you can save hours and dollars by learning from other people's successes and mistakes. Some recommended reading:
- Our book Homebrew Wind Power covers everything you need to know about the physics behind turning moving air into electricity, and includes detailed, step-by-step illustrated instructions on how to build a 10-foot diameter, 1 kilowatt turbine. And much more, including controls, wiring, towers, and troubleshooting.
- Our article The Bottom Line About Wind Turbines is an essential introduction to wind power. It covers the basics of how wind comes to us, how much power different size wind turbines can make in different wind regimes, and has a very handy section on detecting wind turbine scams.
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US Stimulus Package expands tax credits for homeowners, businesses
On February 17, 2009 President Obama signed the American Recovery and Re-investment Act of 2009 into law. The bill improves upon the 2008 tax credit, by removing "cost caps." This change allows consumers and small businesses to take a 30% tax credit off the installed cost of a wind turbine.
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I found a site that had a build your own generator a while back – something like a home garage project. Will find it again and post it later . . .
It looks like the states and non-profits, cities and counties are good places to look for business grants, as well as specific industry groups. I'm going to look around for those also. I wonder how much could be raised with a business that is built from the ground up with green – ecologically friendly practices from the get-go. Might be interesting to find out.
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We are children of the light. Abortion is a work of darkness. The apostle Paul said, "Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them" (Ephesians 5:11).
Our aim, by the power of the Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus Christ, through the authority of his word, is to glorify God by making much of his image in the unborn, and his mercy in forgiving sinners.
We would like to give you a free eBook based on three sermons I preached on abortion. We hope it helps you speak out. Please feel free to download it, print it, copy it, and share it with as many people as you like.
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God is calling passive, inactive Christians today to engage our minds and hearts and hands in exposing the barren works of darkness. To be the conscience of our culture. To be the light of the world. To live in the great reality of being loved by God and adopted by God and forgiven by Christ (yes—for all the abortions that dozens of you have had), and be made children of the light. I call you to walk as children of light.
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Sue and I went to the Homecoming Fair, one of the many events in the small village of Fairhaven, Ma. I'm not a big fan of the fair, it's ok, but not something I go out of my way to attend. Sue loves the crafts, because they are really classy items. (Not the usual flee market stuff). The food is generally lousy and it is very congested which can get annoying.
An hour or so was more than enough time to browse the stands, meet a few old friends and have a quick snack. We decided to head to the ocean. The beach around here has a few connotations. We need to specify. West Island (the bay) East Beach (the harbor), West Beach (the cove) or Horseneck (the ocean).
There is a huge difference and we decided on Horseneck. It's at least a couple of miles long, and the surf can be heavy enough for some decent surfing. Sand dunes separate the water from the roads and parking lots and the beach go'ers have over the years developed a kind of segregation. We plant ourselves in the general population. As you walk toward Westport point, you pass the high school/college "sport" section. Lots of volleyball and soccer. Next is the gay area, followed by the "New York" section. (Out of state summer residents pay a hefty annual fee that is in excess of $1000. Seasonal pass for the general population area is $30. The last large section is the Westport residents area. Here a free town pass is required to use the parking lots. If your walking on biking...no charge.
The law in the State of Massachusetts states that all waterfront is public below the high tide mark. With that in mind, everyone mingles. The people who pay $1000 have to share the beach with those who pay $30 along with those who do not have to pay. But the thousand dollar section has a waiting list.
We stopped at the LBS Village Cycle, looking for a helmet. I am trying to find one that doesn't make the rider look like and ant, with that pointed back part. I have a 20 year old Schwinn helmet that I like because it's round. I can't find anything even remotely like it. Any how, the LBS is doing it's weekly Sunday morning ride and the owner promised something different. It's a secret but it did peak my interest.
I have been considering trying to ride with this group for a couple of years. Now that I know there are four distinct speed groups, I will definitely give it a go. Sue is going to pass on this to go to the Animal Rescue League to clean kennels and play with the dogs. Everyone has their calling.


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Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time.
When wasteful war shall statues overturn,
And broils root out the work of masonry,
Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn
The living record of your memory.
'Gainst death, and all oblivious enmity
Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room
Even in the eyes of all posterity
That wear this world out to the ending doom.
So, till the judgment that yourself arise,
You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes.
Sonnet 55: Translation to modern English
Neither marble nor the gilded tombs of princes will outlive this powerful poetry, but you will shine more brightly in these pages than those neglected buildings that crumble to dust, besmirched by heartless time. When devastating war overturns statues, and battles uproot buildings, neither the sword of Mars nor the quick-burning fires of war shall destroy this living record of your memory. You will continue on strongly in the face of death and dispassionate enmity,. Praise of you by all the successive generations that will wear this world out will continue until doomsday. So till the Day of Judgment, when you will be raised up, you will live in this poetry and remain in the eyes of the lovers who read this.


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A talented children's choir from Staten Island is moving on up from the school auditorium this year.
Actress Anne Hathaway made a surprise visit to P.S. 22 on Thursday night to tell the school's chorus they would be performing at the 2011 Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
"Two things. One thing I have to say is wow, you guys are incredible, that was the greatest concert," Hathaway said over the screams the excited kids at their winter recital. "That's the first thing. The second thing... I am here to officially invite you guys."
The rest of her sentence was drowned in the shrieks of children.
The "Love and Other Drugs" star is hosting the 83rd Academy Awards with actor James Franco. The Staten Island Chorus will fly to Hollywood to perform live for a nationwide audience on February 27th and at a red carpet pre-show.
"It was emotional mayhem. It was wonderful. It was chaos, but the most wonderful kind you could imagine," chorus director Greg Brynburg told the New York Post. "They just barreled into me and hugged me... It was one of the most gratifying moments in my career."
Hathaway, a Brooklynite by birth, is also a huge fan of the New York public school choir.
"I've been watching the PS 22 choir on YouTube for about two years now and you guys brought such joy to my heart" Hathaway told the students.
The famed school chorus boasts millions of YouTube page views and was honored as Artist of the Year at the annual Webby Awards this past summer.
Anne Hathaway Surprises NYC School, Says Choir Will Perform at Oscars
"It was emotional mayhem. It was wonderful," says excited choir director
A talented children's choir from Staten Island is moving on up from the school auditorium this year.


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Cracker: Review: The Oyster Inn, Waiheke Island.
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O! A name like " The Oyster Inn" would call me in every time! Never been to Waiheke either - thanks Damian! Another one to put on the 'when I win Lotto I will do' list...
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Waiheke made the NYT "46 places to go in 2013" list today (scroll to #35).
As a resident of Waiheke for 17 years I am pretty confident the "Oyster Inn" will do very well during the "dry"period, locals have recommended it to me so I went there and I will be a regular there once the "crazy" season is over. Food is good and affordable
I gather from a comment on a Waiheke Facebopk page that due to lack of personnel
the staff are working double shifts
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I guess I'm a bit OCD or something, but when I'm waiting for something to turn up that is long overdue, I find it impossible to relax. It basically ruins things for me.
Maybe it's a little anal, but that doesn't let the restaurant off the hook for failing at the most basic service. A drink is a particularly poor thing to be kept waiting for, considering the service involves opening a bottle and pouring it.
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I hope you're right - but as a resident you'll be aware how frequently the restaurants change hands in Oneroa. "Affordable" is pretty subjective - I don't mind spending $100 for lunch on a special occasion (2 of us, a glass of wine each, a main each and sharing an entree) but it wouldn't replace my local cafe as my weekend regular. In the end it's a numbers game, and presumably someone has done the maths as to how it's going to work. I really really hope it's still here next summer.
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Never been to Waiheke either – thanks Damian!
If you can make it as far as Tamaki Makaurau it would be my pleasure to give you the tour...
BenWilson, in reply to
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"Affordable" is pretty subjective
It is indeed. I would call $100 on lunch "expensive", and would expect very good food and service for it.
Or in this case, writing down the drink order and giving it to someone whose sole job is to open the bottle and pour it.
If there's a person who is just on drinks it's even less excusable. That person should be looking around at the drinks on the tables pretty much all the time.
Islander, in reply to
If you can make it as far as Tamaki Makaurau it would be my pleasure to give you the tour..
O Damian – I will so take you up on that!* I am hoping to get to Foo Camp but my best friend & naybore of 30+ years is terminally ill & one of my brothers has just been diagnosed with cancer sooo- I'm not sure I can make it BUT!
I live in hope…for them & for me-
*paying share of course & shouting you the lunch-
waiting for something to turn up that is long overdue, I find it impossible to relax.
Over the years I've slowly learned that service really is a huge part of the restaurant experience. You are definitely not alone in getting progressively pissed off during a meal because the wait staff get it wrong.
It was Richard the previous owner of Bowmans that demonstrated just how good service can and should be - over about 10 years of regular visits there we were spoiled by the quality of Richard's service and the service of the staff he trained. His staff concentrated on the task at hand, for which they were paid in salary and tips. It certainly seemed to us that they enjoyed their job more because they did it well - but those too things are probably not independent.
For a restaurant getting service wrong is a killer. I have friends who will never go back to The Grove despite the quality of the food. I've not had as bad an experience there as they did but the service didn't enhance the food. By contrast, the team at Merediths work as hard as the chefs to get it right.
But I would rather go to a restaurant that is consistently Very Good – Prego is probably the best example I can think of here – where the food will never amaze, but like a high class Cobb 'n' Co, you know what you're getting, every time.
I kind of wish we'd just taken our chances with the non-bookable Prego for our family dinner date on New Year's Eve. We opted for GPK, where the kitchen managed to completely ruin my very expensive steak – I suspect by preparing it too soon and leaving it under lights until the other meals were ready. The young waiter apparently didn't grasp what I was saying when I drew attention to it. It would've been safer to just order pizzas all round.
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It would've been safer to just order pizzas all round.
Kind of what GPK is all about, isn't it?
The young waiter apparently didn't grasp what I was saying when I drew attention to it.
And in these enlightened times beating a young man with a tough steak so that he viscerally feels the difference just isn't cricket.
Sacha, in reply to
I would rather go to a restaurant that is consistently Very Good
Learned that lesson for business meals from a boss who would oft venture into the kitchen to oversee his tuna steak's 30-second searing.
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That's only 1 step away from going in and actually cooking it yourself. After which point the next step is to stay home and save 90% of the cost.
I do like Providores although I've not been for a while, as it is slightly out of the way for me at present. Good to see someone is poaching talent back to NZ away from London and not the other way around
Bart Janssen, in reply to
That's only 1 step away from going in and actually cooking it yourself.
Don't be silly. Watching someone work for you is much more enjoyable than doing it yourself.
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tax-deductible :)
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Watching someone work for you is much more enjoyable than doing it yourself.
Does this explain backseat driving?
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... I've been there a couple of times now. It's nicely done, but that location has always struggled, so it will be interesting to see how it manages through the off season when you are more dependent on a price-sensitive local audience.
I reckon the brilliant Perry will set a good standard for the wait-crew!
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That's only 1 step away from going in and actually cooking it yourself.
That's why I've always objected to those restaurants where they bring you your steak and you cook it on the hot stone in front of you "to your liking". Um, no, I'll fuck it up. *You* cook it to my liking...
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Can I add, because I think it's incredibly important to acknowledge the positive when it happens, rather than bitch about the negative...
Went to Tin Soldier on Ponsonby Rd the other night. It's similar to Depot and Oyster Inn I guess, schmancy small and large plates all for sharing, a little rack of cutlery on the table to help yourself to etc. All so *now*.
The food was great, and I think better value for money than either of those other two places, very tasty, albeit probably a small step down in 'classiness', if that matters. Definitely not rustic though.
But the SERVICE. Our waiter, Amanda, looked after us incredibly all night. She was honest (no, the oysters are too creamy right now, and the special beer on tap, ergh), great with recommendations, and EVEN THOUGH she forgot to put through one of our small plates, she dealt with it with good humour, and brought us out a complimentary dessert (which was delicious) - in this case the one we didn't order but had been tossing up over.
That's how you do it. So we tipped her of course, because ultimately, a minor mistake like forgetting to put something through doesn't have to ruin your night, even for someone OCD like me... and can even be turned around.
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That's how you do it.
Did you let the maitre d' know she'd done a great job? Tipping is one part but letting the house know they have someone great at the tables is great feedback as well.
Of course letting us know that Tin Soldier is a good place to go helps too :).
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If you live anywhere on the East Coast, especially the Southeast as we do, there's no doubt that you've seen an influx of pictures of car thermometers on your friends Facebook pages showing the temperatures soaring above 100 degrees hoe film van youtube downloaden. We've even put one on our Facebook page here at Pinnacle, though it seems that 102 was not much to brag about compared to other cities.
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Developing mobile app for your brand, can be one of the most important steps. Mobile apps are generating opportunities 24/7 for their makers. The apps that have "stickiness" are the best ones. They provide fresh and exciting experience to the user. This will, in turn, improve the brand loyalty and affinity. "This is what makes an app 'sticky' — that 'gotta have it' experience you can't get anywhere else."
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The engagement metrics of mobile app, depends on the industry. The goals of each business are different and according to it, the customer engagement and usage differ. Let's pay attention to some of the major KPIs which defines the success of your app.
1. App Usage
If people are so fond of features of your app, then definitely they will use it. It may be just to kill time, order their favorite dress or find the best home décor ideas. The successful apps give the clear cut solution to the queries of the user.
While assessing the usage rate of your app, it's important to analyze the person who uses it and what they really like about your app. While you push to market a certain feature or offer to a user, it's really important to know whether it is relevant to them. Understanding the demography, psychology, devices, usage timings can help you get the best out of the mobile app development business. The market study can favor brand building in a positive manner.
Cohort Analysis helps in assessing the engagement metrics. This can provide insight to the weaknesses of your app. Acquiring the customer and retaining them for future can help in determining engagement getting converted to monetization.
2. Rate of Retention
Your app might be high in demand today, but there are chances that the interest of the consumers can end swiftly. The retention rate of your app is something which needs to be taken care of. "Retention is one of the biggest challenges of mobile apps today, as 65% of people stop using them three months after install".
App store rankings can adversely affect your business. The quality and usability of the app are determined by the retention rate it holds. So it's a great challenge for the app developers to rise up to the mark and create a fantastic app for their users.
3. Active Users
Monthly Active Users (MAU) and Daily Active Users for apps (DAU) are considered to be the key users of your application. The best thing you can do is to analyze the cohort and understand their way of use. This will help you in developing or tweaking the existing app to engage more people and convert them to active users. In app categories like survey, DAU becomes a key factor for capturing data.
4. Average Revenue Per User
Revenue of an app depends on its price, in-app purchases or conversions. While determining the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU), it should be analyzed by keeping all the App stores through which the download apps.
5. App Launch and Load Time
Seamless navigation is one of the key elements to impress your users. No one has the time to spend on your app's loading time. So it is better for the apps to be agile and abrupt in providing solutions.
6. User Experience
The experience of any user is important for the development of your app. Some of the users may find it hard at times to use certain features of it. Customer satisfaction cannot be taken for granted. So proper feedback need to be collected from your customer by prompting them with feedback icons. It helps in enhancing your business. It becomes more important, if you are building delivery apps or app for marketplace.
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Marlins beat David Price, send Rays to 9th loss in row
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Joe Maddon's voice cracked with emotion. The Tampa Bay Rays are mired in the second-longest skid in the major leagues this season, yet they suffered a much greater loss with the death of club senior adviser Don Zimmer.
"We lost a good buddy tonight," Maddon, fighting back tears, said Wednesday following Tampa Bay's ninth consecutive defeat, 5-4 to the Miami Marlins. "I'm going to miss his advice ... his feistiness and fire. He was about winning, doing whatever it takes to win."
Donovan Solano hit a three-run homer off David Price and closer Steve Cishek escaped a ninth-inning jam the help the Marlins hold on for their third straight win in a four-game home-and-home series between the intrastate rivals.
Tampa Bay's losing streak is the team's longest in nearly five years and is becoming more frustrating by the day.
The Rays hit into three double plays for the second straight night, are 0-for-their-last 31 with runners in scoring position and will match the longest skid in the majors this season if they drop Thursday's series finale at Tropicana Field.
Boston dropped 10 straight from May 15 to 25, with Tampa Bay handing them the last three losses in the streak. The Rays haven't won since.
But that wasn't the focal point in a somber clubhouse following the game.
Maddon said he learned of Zimmer's death during the third inning and informed his coaches, but not the players. Word gradually spread through the dugout, where third-base coach Tom Foley was spotted weeping before slipping into Zimmer's No. 66 jersey and wearing it for the remainder of the game in memory of the former player, coach and manager, whose career in baseball spanned more than 60 years.
"The organization wanted to do it and it fell on me," Foley said. "Major League Baseball decided to have one of the coaches wear it. I was honored to do it."
Star third baseman Evan Longoria said Zimmer will be missed on and off the field.
"Zim was a great man, and there are no words to explain what he brought to us and what he meant to me. It's just been a rough go for us, and this kind of is the icing on the cake, so to speak," Longoria said.
"I know that he would want us to continue on and just honor him by doing all the things that he preached to us, playing the game the right way and playing the game hard. Going out there on a daily basis and really caring."
Casey McGehee had an RBI single for the Marlins, who won 1-0 on Tuesday on a bases-loaded walk.
The sputtering Rays, coming off an 0-8 trip that was the worst in team history, tumbled 14 games under .500 at 23-37 -- the second-worst record in baseball. The last time they were this far below the break-even point was the end of 2007, the final season they were called the Devil Rays.
The team has made the playoffs as the Rays four of the past six seasons, but are in the midst of a horrendous offensive slump that's seen them bat .217 on the trip to Toronto, Boston and Miami and score 21 runs during their longest skid since dropping 11 straight in September 2009.
Tom Koehler (5-5) pitched five innings for the Marlins, allowing three first-inning runs on Ben Zobrist's two-run homer and a solo shot by Evan Longoria. Bryan Morris and Mike Dunn shut down the Rays over the next three innings, and Cishek earned his 13th save in 14 opportunities.
The Rays loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth on an error, a high-bouncing bloop double and a walk, but only scored once. Cishek walked Longoria intentionally to reload the bases with two outs, then got James Loney to pop out to end the game.
"It got a little hairy there at the end. I've seen that happen here, at this place, the high choppers and the bloops," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said.
"Exactly how that ninth inning happened, I've seen that a lot here," Redmond added. "But fortunately, Shek kept it together and was able to pitch through it, and got a couple big outs and locked down a win."
Price (4-5) allowed five runs -- one earned -- and nine hits in 7 1/3 innings. He struck out 11 and walked none, but paid for Longoria's third-inning error and gave up Solano's first home run of the season.
After being limited to two runs over the last four games of their woeful trip, the first three batters scored against Koehler, who walked David DeJesus before giving up home runs to Zobrist and Longoria, who has just one other extra-base hit in his past 23 games.
The Marlins rebounded with four unearned runs in the third, the first scoring when Longoria failed to hold onto the ball after fielding a grounder at third base and applying a tag on a sliding Marcell Ozuna for what should have been the final out of the inning.
The miscue left Miami with runners at first and third. Solano hit his homer to left field on the next pitch for a 5-3 lead.
Game notes
Tampa Bay OF Wil Myers, who will be in a cast for five to six weeks due to a stress fracture in his right wrist, is hopeful that the time off will also help a sore left wrist that he hurt early in the season. ... Rays RHP Jeremy Hellickson (elbow surgery) says he will make his first rehab start Saturday for Single-A Charlotte. He expects to be back before the All-Star break. ... C Ryan Hanigan, on the DL with right hamstring tightness, caught Hellickson's bullpen session. ... Miami RHP Carter Capps (strained right elbow) got a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews, who agreed with team doctors that the reliever can resume playing catch after a month of rest. ... Marlins SS Rafael Furcal (left hamstring strain) will move his rehab assignment from Single-A Jupiter to Double-A Jacksonville on Thursday.
MLB News
Texas Rangers don't expect to have Willie Calhoun (hip) for start of season
Willie Calhoun is expected to miss the start of the season because of a hip strain, but the Rangers think Robinson Chirinos (ankle) can avoid the injured list.
Yankees' Aaron Judge returns to action after stiff neck
Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, who had been out of the lineup with neck stiffness since Saturday, returned to the lineup Wednesday with a bang -- hitting a home run off James Paxton.
Orioles' Anthony Santander says he missed start of summer camp after positive COVID-19 test
Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander confirmed he missed the start of summer camp because he tested positive for COVID-19.
Reports: Mets ace Jacob deGrom's MRI on sore back comes back clean
Jacob deGrom and the Mets averted a serious scare Wednesday when an MRI showed nothing to be concerned about, according to multiple reports.
Yelich reacts to fake boos: 'What am I, at Wrigley?'
Christian Yelich has the best reaction to receiving fake boos during the Brewers' intrasquad game at Miller Park.
Cubs' Anthony Rizzo gets MRI for ailing back
Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo underwent an MRI on his back that revealed the cause of spasms.


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Drawing on the last drumrolls of the Perry Hall High School marching band, Baltimore County schools superintendent S. Dallas Dance greeted 700 applauding administrators Friday to deliver his inaugural back-to-school address, sending a message he hoped would resonate for the next 10 months.
"That explosive sound is what every team needs when they're about to take the field," said the 31-year-old superintendent, who took the helm of the 26th-largest school system in the nation on July 1. "And I have no doubt that 'Team BCPS' are indeed about to take the field for a championship school year and a championship journey."
The presentation at Loch Raven High School was sprinkled with sports analogies, data, references to his 3-year-old son Myles and videos illustrating the tumultuous journeys of his heroes (including Abraham Lincoln). Dance emphasized the theme of "Building a Culture of Deliberate Excellence," which will guide his journey of taking the historically high-performing district to the next level.
"We are good, clearly very good, but, we are not yet great," Dance said. "Just as the data points to our successes, it also points to the areas that need more attention. And, we must not be content with just seeing how we fare in comparison to the state."
Using data from Montgomery and Howard counties, the highest-performing districts in the state, Dance outlined areas where he would like to see Baltimore County's schools improve.
For example, the county's 2011 mean SAT scores fall short of the benchmark the College Board sets for college and career readiness; and the county trails Montgomery and Howard in graduation rates — Howard's is about 9 percentage points higher. For special-education students, the 52 percent graduation rate is more dire, he said, showing that the emphasis can no longer "be about services and compliance."
Dance also called for improvement on the state High School Assessments, where the system trails Howard by a large margin in the percentage of students in 10th grade who met requirements.
And while the gap is smaller in elementary and middle school performance on the Maryland School Assessments, he said the system must focus on middle school performance, particularly in eighth grade math.
Dance emphasized that the data were not meant to point out failures, but to establish a call to action.
"I have no interest in us using data to be critical or as a 'gotcha tool' — no one deserves that," he said. "We're a team, and being all in this together, we want to use data to inform our decisions — not drive them — but to inform them and to make clear what is working."
Dance's message, which received a standing ovation, seemed to inspire many in the crowd.
Maralee Clark, principal of Woodholme Elementary, a national Blue Ribbon School, said she took notes during Dance's address and is planning to welcome teachers back with music — "Chariots of Fire" and "We Are the Champions" — to set the tone for a year of "innovative instruction."
"We're training like athletes, and you don't train to maintain, you train to win," Clark said. "Every child in front of us shows promise, and it is our responsibility to help them reach their potential."
Breana Echols, a senior at Towson High School, said she appreciated that Dance, who is new, didn't just focus on making changes. The superintendent also called on educators to connect with students, saying that every student in the system should feel a personal connection to at least one adult.
"I like the way he talked about continuity, progressing rather than just starting over," Echols said.
Dance said that as the system begins to focus on restoring confidence, the traditional 'State of Schools' address would come in the winter, when the system takes stock of its progress under his leadership.
"We have to be honest about where we are," he said. "But it's a long year, and you want your people energized when they walk in the door."


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* There will be times during the game when you gain a level. Leveling in 5e is generally quick and will be done at the end of your turn
* There will be times during the game when you gain a level. Leveling in 5e is generally quick and will be done at the end of your turn.
* When you gain a level you also get the benefits of a '''Long Rest'''.
* When you gain a level you also get the benefits of a '''Long Rest'''.
* You gain XP every time you kill a character on the opposing team. The amount of XP you gain depends on the level of the character you defeat. The XP is gain when the dead character re-spawns in their flag room. Roughly 3 kills will gain you a level.
* You gain XP every time you kill a character on the opposing team. The amount of XP you gain depends on the level of the character you defeat. The XP is gain when the dead character re-spawns in their flag room. Roughly 3 kills will gain you a level.
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I have tentative plans to hold a New Years D&D game at my house (Aaron's place in Washougal).
- Date: Dec 31, 2015.
- Arrive: 5:00 pm
- Leave: 1:00 am
Loren has offered to be the official Dungeon Master for this one-off session. Loren & Aaron will partner together to get the game setup and rules defined, however Loren will run the game. Depending on how the game is structured and the number of attendees, Loren may decide to play on one of the teams.
General Rules
- Players will be divided into two teams.
- The game will be played on a map drawn on the vinyl mat.
- Miniatures & tokens will be used.
- Each team will be assigned a flag room.
- The entire RED team will sit on once side of the table. The entire BLUE team will sit on the other. Both teams will sit in static initiative order.
- The map will contain a variety of environmental features and powerups such as:
- Unlit areas
- Difficult terrain
- Pits
- Traps (considering allowing player to place traps in their home base)
- Narrow hallways
- Secret doors
- Equipment bonus (mundane and magical). Plan to have cards with equipment details.
- Short or Long rest bonus
- NPC/Monsters guarding areas or things
- There will be at least 1 easy and direct path between flag rooms.
- There may be additional paths, shortcuts and alternate routes that will require the use of skills or abilities to successfully use.
- The goal is to take the opposing teams flag and bring it to your teams flag location.
- The GM will determine a stopping point based on score and/or game time.
- A second game (everyone restarts at level 1 and picks new teams) may occur and it may be a different map.
- Using static initiative.
- Initiative ties will be resolved first by attempting to alternate player order between teams. If there are still ties a 1d20 will decide who goes first.
The Flag
- It is a standard action to pick up a flag.
- A flag requires 2 hands to carry. You are unable to move with the flag unless you use both hands.
- The flag is considered a large sized quarterstaff and you can attack with it (with disadvantage) dealing 1d8 + STR damage.
- The flag has a 60ft magical daylight effect that overrides all darkness effects. The light cannot be dispelled or suppressed. You are unable to hide or take advantage of invisibility effects while wielding the flag.
- The flag is heavy and awkward reducing your speed by 10 ft and you are unable to take the Dash or Disengage actions.
- If you die, fall unconscious or otherwise are unable to use both hands, the flag drops to the floor.
- If you pickup your own teams flag (standard action), it immediately teleports back to your teams flag room.
- If you arrive with the opposing teams flag to your flag's spawn location then your team wins a point.
- The player who captured the flag gains 1 level at the end of their turn.
- All players on the team who captured the flag gain the benefits of a Short Rest at the end of their turn.
- The opposing teams flag is teleported back to it's spawn location.
Looting & Equipment
- It is a move action to grab an easily accessible item from an unconscious character. (For example sword, shield, ring, amulet, etc).
- It is a standard action to remove armor from an unconscious character.
- It is a standard action to don or doff armor. (for example 1 standard action to remove chain shirt, and a second standard action to put on plate mail).
- You are limited to wearing 3 attunement items.
- You may immediately attune to any item. A long rest is not required.
- It is a free action to give a character an item (including the flag).
- If you Dashed prior to being given the flag your movement ends. You may still take a bonus action if is is available.
Character Building
- This will be based on the 5th Edition rules. The basic rules are available here,
- Any race from the 5E PHB is allowed. Variant Humans are not permitted.
- Any class from the 5E PHB is allowed.
- Everyone will use the Ability Score array of 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8. You will assign these to STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, and CHA as you see fit. You will then apply your racial ability bonuses (if any).
- Starting equipment is based on your class + background.
- Alignment will not be used, so pick any alignment you like.
- Players start at level 1.
Optional Rules
The following optional rules will be used:
- FLANKING: A creature can't flank an enemy that it can't see. A creature also can't flank while it is incapacitated. A Large or larger creature is flanking as long as at least one square or hex of its space qualifies for flanking. When a creature and at least one of its allies are adjacent to an enemy and on opposite sides or corners of the enemy's space, they flank that enemy, and each of them has advantage on melee attack rolls against that enemy. When in doubt about whether two creatures flank an enemy on a grid, trace an imaginary line between the centers of the creatures' spaces. If the line passes through opposite sides or corners of the enemy's space, the enemy is flanked.
- CLEAVING THROUGH CREATURES: When a melee attack reduces an undamaged creature to 0 hit points, any excess damage from that attack might carry over to another creature nearby. The attacker targets another creature within reach and, if the original attack roll can hit it, applies any remaining damage to it. If that creature was undamaged and is likewise reduced to 0 hit points, repeat this process, carrying over the remaining damage until there are no valid targets, or until the damage carried over fails to reduce an undamaged creature to 0 hit points.
- FEATS: You can forgo taking Ability Score Improvement feature to take a feat of your choice instead. You can take each feat only once, unless the feat's description says otherwise.
Debilitating Effects
If a character is unable to act on his turn due to an ongoing effect, and that ongoing effect doesn't offer subsequent saving throws, that player will receive a new saving throw vs the effect at the end of his turn. If the effect doesn't offer a saving throw then the GM will determine an appropriate skill or ability check that will break him free of that effect. This rule change is specifically to address spells such as Sleep and Dismiss that would likely leave a player out of the game for an unacceptable amount of time. Spells such as Dominate Person allow the person to act and operate as normal.
- There will be times during the game when you gain a level. Leveling in 5e is generally quick and will be done at the end of your turn.
- When you gain a level you also get the benefits of a Long Rest.
- You gain XP every time you kill a character on the opposing team. The amount of XP you gain depends on the level of the character you defeat. The XP is gain when the dead character re-spawns in their flag room. Roughly 3 kills will gain you a level.
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|Level 3
|Level 4
|Level 5
|Level 6
|Level 7
|Level 8
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- If damage reduces you to 0 hit points you fall unconscious. Make Death Saving Throws as normal.
- If you Die then you loose a level and your dead body is teleported to your team's flag room. All effects & buffs are removed. All non-starting equipment is destroyed. You revive on your next turn in your teams flag room with the benefits of a Long Rest when you revive. You also are granted any starting gear that you may have lost.
- If you Stabilize then you immediately regain 1 hit point and the benefits of a Short Rest.
- You can never drop below level 1.
- If you die at level 1 you will be allowed to select a different class.
- Using a healing kit or other ability that restores an unconscious character to 1 or more hit points also grants the revived character the benefits of a Short Rest.


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Meanwhile, to anyone who might be thinking of satellite TV: I'd strongly advise against an outfit that calls itself "directstarTV." If its advertising methods mean anything, it's a total scam.
[Update, 7/22: I emailed the business, and today I received a reply which included the following:
Thank you for informing us of this issue. We'd like to offer our apologies for these incessant and unnecessary blog posts you received from a former affiliate of our company. Please know that DirectStarTV does not support such marketing tactics. As of July 22, 2009, this affiliate has been terminated and ordered to cease and desist immediately.
So I feel a little better about them.]


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During this month's release there was a lot of chatter about the interior of cards and how they don't
always get the attention they need. This month's challenge is to create a card that has the "total
package". Create any style card you can dream up, then take it the next step. Embellish the interior
and adorn the envelope. You might even want to add a little something to the back of the card! Be sure
to take photos of ever aspect so we can all be inspired with what you create! We can't wait to see what
you make!
So, without further ado....here is what I came up with. The paper that I used by Doodlebug was perfect for this....other than the fact that the background is stark white. So, to warm it up, and give it that just out of the oven cupcake feel....I warmed it up with antique linen distress ink and that Tim Holtz tool with the sponge on the end (I have no idea what it is called).
Papertrey Ink Stamps & Supplies:
Background Basics: Hearts
Baby Button Bits
Inside & Out: Baby
Vintage Buttons Holiday Mix
Other Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Paper/Jewel: Doodlebug Designs
Ribbon: Renaissance By Design
Ink: Clearsnap (Pigment: orchid, Cocoa & Chalk: lime pastel, toffee)
Glitter: DecoArt
Corner Rounder: EK Success
Well, I better get going for now! A new Heroes is on tonight....yay! I missed last weeks show because we were out and about doing something, so I am going to go see if it is available on Netflix streaming. If not...I am sure it is online for veiwing! I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your Monday! ♥
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Redford, Robert
Robert Redford, 1937–, American actor and director, b. Santa Monica, Calif., as Charles Robert Redford, Jr. One of Hollywood's superstars, he began his acting career in 1959, scoring his first big success in Neil Simon's Broadway hit Barefoot in the Park (1963) and moving toward stardom in its film version (1967). Teaming with Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973), Redford became a genuine star with his portrayal of lovably roguish, tough yet tender crooks.
His other movies include The Candidate (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Great Gatsby (1974), All the President's Men (1976), The Natural (1984), Out of Africa (1985), Havana (1990), Sneakers (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), The Last Castle (2001), and All Is Lost (2013,) in which the shipwrecked Redford is the only actor. As a director, his films include Downhill Racer (1969); Ordinary People (1980), for which he won the Academy Award; The Milagro Beanfield War (1988); A River Runs Through It (1993); and Quiz Show (1994). An activist in liberal and environmental causes, Redford also founded (1981) the Sundance Institute, which encourages young filmmakers, helps to finance new films, and showcases independent films in the annual Sundance Festival.
See biography by M. F. Callan (2011).


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Designed to give you softer, brighter and smoother skin in as little as seven days, the Magnitone London Lucid Facial Brush (Travel Size) cleanses and exfoliates your skin using Active Electromagnetic Technology, which produces over 10000 gentle rotation-oscillations per minute to deeply cleanse and exfoliate your skin with your cleanser of choice. Ideal for use on sensitive and allergic skin types, the brush boasts two cleansing modes to purify your pores and reduce the occurrence of blemishes and blackheads. Fully waterproof so you can use it in the bath or shower, the brush helps to enhance the absorption of nutrients and moisture from your skin care creams. Providing two weeks of use from a single charge, it also comes with a world 'clink' charger, so you can use it when you're on your travels. - L.M. Directions for Use: Choose either the 'deep clean' or 'sensitive' mode depending on your skin's needs Use for one minute every morning and evening with your existing cleansers and serums The 20 second timer will guide you around the different zones of your face The device shuts off automatically after one minute Replace the brush head every 8 weeks for best results Contains: Magnitone Lucid 2 Mode Brush Active Clean brush head with SprayGuard™ bristles Magnetic clink travel charger (3-pin UK plug + 2-pin EU plug) Instructions 12 month warranty card Specifications: Over 10000 rotation-oscillations per minute 100% waterproof Wireless magnetic charging Full charging time: 12 hours Quick charge for one day usage: 60 minutes Rechargeable NiMH battery Running time: up to 2 weeks from a full charge 100-240V
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By Leslie Kernisan, MD for Next Avenue
One of my readers recently sent in this question:
Q: My 88-year-old father lives in his own home about 100 miles from us. He's been living alone since my mother died five years ago. I thought he looked rather thin last time we saw him. I'm starting to feel worried about his nutrition. Should I be concerned? Would you recommend he start drinking a supplement such as Boost or Ensure?
A: This question comes up a lot for families. It is indeed very common for older adults to experience unintentional weight loss at some point in late life.
The brief answer is that yes, you should be concerned. But I wouldn't recommend you jump to purchasing Boost or Ensure.
Now, in most cases, some nutritional supplementation is in order. But before focusing on this, you should first get help figuring out why your father is losing weight.
For doctors, unintended weight loss is a major red flag when it comes to the health of an older person. So in geriatrics, we usually recommend that an older person — or his or her caregivers — monitor weight regularly. This enables us to spot weight loss sooner rather than later.
Once we've spotted unintentional weight loss, the next step is to figure out what might be causing it. And then we're in a better position to recommend a treatment plan, which might well include a nutritional supplement.
Unintentional weight loss means losing weight without dieting or otherwise deliberately trying to slim down.
This often goes hand-in-hand with malnutrition in aging. They aren't quite the same thing: it's possible to be malnourished without obviously losing weight. But they tend to go together. One study found that 39 percent of hospitalized older adults were malnourished.
It's important to detect and evaluate weight loss and malnutrition for several key reasons:
Fortunately, there's an easy way to screen for these problems: tracking an older person's weight.
Tracking weight: This is a terrific quick-and-easy way to monitor overall health and nutrition in an older adult. I usually recommend checking and recording the weight at least once a month.
(Note that nursing homes are usually required to weigh residents monthly; some assisted-living facilities may do so as well.)
You should keep records of the weight checks, preferably in a way that makes it easy to bring the information to the doctor's office. Some families keep the information in a paper chart, but it's potentially better to keep it in a shared computer file; see this article on keeping and organizing information for more details.
You can also consider one of the newer "connected" scales. These are devices that can wirelessly connect to a mobile device or even the home's wifi. The weight record can then be accessed through an app or website.
Once you start tracking weight, at what point should you be concerned?
A general rule of thumb is that unintentionally losing 5 percent of one's original body weight over three to six months is cause for concern. But it's also reasonable to be worried if you notice a steady downward trend.
Tracking nutrition: Monitoring for unintended weight loss, as detailed above, is probably the easiest way to screen for nutrition problems.
It's important for an older person to get a clinical evaluation once you've noticed weight loss or other signs of possible malnutrition. A simple screening tool that many clinics will use is the Mini Nutritional Assessment.
Many types of health problems can cause weight loss. According to this Canadian Medical Journal review article, common causes to consider are:
Some additional issues that come up particularly in older adults include:
To sort through all these possibilities, doctors will need to interview the older patient and the family. They will want to know:
It's also very helpful for the doctors to have as much information on what food — and how much food — the person is actually eating.
Last but not least, during the clinical evaluation, the doctor will physically examine the older person and then probably order some bloodwork as well.
The best treatment plans are based on a careful evaluation and correct diagnosis of what health problems — and social factors — are causing the weight loss.
Unfortunately, it's common for many doctors to quickly turn to prescribing high-calorie supplements like Ensure, or even prescription appetite stimulants. In fact, this is such a common problem that the American Geriatrics Society chose to address it in its Choosing Wisely recommendations:
"Avoid using prescription appetite stimulants or high-calorie supplements for treatment of anorexia (loss of appetite) or cachexia (loss of muscle mass) in older adults," the recommendations say. "Instead, optimize social supports, discontinue medications that may interfere with eating, provide appealing food and feeding assistance, and clarify patient goals and expectations."
Even when social issues and medical problems are addressed, it's often necessary to provide some extra nutritional support to those older adults who have been losing weight.
This usually means providing extra protein and extra calories. Fat is dense in calories, so this can be a good way to increase energy intake. Technically it's better to provide "good fat" like olive oil, but in the short-term, I encourage people to consider whatever fatty foods the older person really likes to eat, which might mean ice cream or peanut butter.
So should you consider Ensure or Boost? You should discuss more with your parent's doctor, but my take is that such commercial supplements should be used only as a last resort. They are expensive, usually contain a lot of sugar, and contain various additives. It's better to make your own smoothies or otherwise provide nutrient-dense snacks and protein, if at all possible.
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How city plans to steer clear of sledding lawsuits
The Des Moines City Council will consider posting signs in parks and public golf courses that warn people of potential hazards.
The Des Moines Register reports the signs would be intended to protect the city against potential lawsuits from people who could be injured while sledding, ice skating or cross-country skiing on public land.
Other cities, including Sioux City and Omaha, have faced multi-million-dollar lawsuits after people suffered severe injuries in sledding accidents.
The Des Moines council will consider an ordinance Monday night that doesn't ban such winter activities but calls for signs that state the city doesn't take responsibility for accidents.
Such a policy would be similar to action taken in Omaha.
View the city council's agenda information on sledding here.


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Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz Processor Review (Page 1)
Intel's most recent addition to the Pentium 4 line is the now famous Northwood core. This new core added more cache and reduced the size of the P4 die to allow for greater clock speeds, less heat emissions and reduction in the power needed to run the CPU. Northwood debut at 2.0A GHz, replacing the Willamette core 2.0GHz, so far Intel have remained steady in its speed production with the 2.2GHz and now our latest sample from Intel, the 2.4GHz Northwood. The NDA for this processor has just expired, follow Cameron "Sov" Johnson as he tells us all about it!
Cameron Johnson | Apr 1, 2002 at 11:00 pm CST
Rating: 90%Manufacturer: Intel
IntroductionThe Intel Corporation has been making processors and peripherals for computers for the better part of thirty years, and for most of those thirty years, Intel has led the industry with the fastest processors for desktops, servers and workstations. Before the 386 microprocessor age, 99% of CPUs in PC's were Intel 80286, and even then other companies 286 CPUs were somewhat unreliable.Intel's first 32-bit CPU was the Intel i386DX processor line. Code-named "P9", it supported frequencies of 16MHz up to 33MHz (using 16-33MHz FSB). Then in June of 1988, Intel released its cut-down version of the i386DX and named it the i386SX. The primary difference between the DX and SX was cache. While the DX line supported no L1 cache and up to 128KB of L2 cache on the motherboard, the SX supported NO L1 or L2 cache at all, making it somewhat slower than its DX counterpart.In response to the AMD 386 and IBM 386 line of CPU, Intel decided that increasing the speeds of its 386 line wasn't enough to keep Intel on top. In April or 1989, Intel released to the public the first CPU with a Math Co-processor, or better known as an FPU. This alone gave Intel the crown for fastest CPU, but Intel didn't stop there. Keeping with their style for new innovative designs, the CPU was given a L1 cache size of 8KB and a L2 cache access size of up to 512KB or cache on the supported motherboard. This new creation was dubbed the i486DX.AMD responded to this by releasing their 486 line of CPU, and this proved to be a hit in the low cost market. Intel, not happy losing out to AMD in sales took the i486DX, removed the FPU and sold the chip as the i486SX CPU, taking back what Intel had earned.With bus speeds approaching their limit, Intel, AMD and Cyrix tried to get their CPU's to run faster, but expansion devices like hard disks and video cards became unstable as the faster CPU's pushed the limit of the bus speeds. Intel answered this challenge by introducing what we now know as the clock multiplier into the CPU. This clock multiplier was set to 2x, and Intel named this CPU the i486DX2. This processor used the bus speed x2 to increase the CPU speed. This step is still implemented today in our latest processors.Continuing with the trend, Intel incorporated a 4x multiplier into its next line of 486 class CPU. This CPU was named the i486DX4, and ranged in speeds from 75MHz to 133MHz. This was the last 486 CPU to be made by Intel.In 1993, Intel released a new bus standard. Known to the world as the P5 bus, this new architecture led to a lot of new processors from Intel and its competitors as we will soon see. The first of Intel's P5 CPU's was the Intel Pentium. The Intel Pentium came in speeds of 60MHz up to 200MHz using 50MHz to 66MHz bus speeds. This new CPU introduced another of the new CPU standards which are still used to this day; divided cache. Divided cache technology incorporated two separate cache chips on the L1 platform; one set for data, one set for instruction. This helped boost the power of the FPU system.With the computer market swinging to the home user rather than just the business user, Intel needed to boost its P5 CPU line to support better gaming. Intel took the existing Pentium CPU and added a new Multimedia Xceleration (MMX) technology. The MMX system was a new set of 50 instructions added to the CPU for handling number crunching. This new CPU was available in speeds of 166MHz up to 233MHz. The MMX Pentium was the last P5 CPU made by Intel.Intel's most recent line of CPU's was based on the P6 bus introduced by Intel back in 1995 with the Intel Pentium Pro CPU. The Intel Pentium Pro was released in November 1995. This processor was the first of Intel's line of CPU's to introduce on-die L2 cache. This new cache technology allowed for faster L2 cache access speeds since the L2 cache of the Pentium Pro ran at the same speed as the CPU's core. The Pentium Pro was built mostly for servers and workstations, but around the time that the Intel Pentium MMX arrived, the Pentium Pro found its way into a few of the home users systems. While this CPU was a good performer with the L2 cache on the CPU, it still lacked the support for MMX applications.With the need for the Pentium Pro to support MMX instructions, Intel took the Pentium Pro CPU, moved the L2 cache off the die and added the MMX instruction set, and in May 1997 Intel gave birth to one of the best CPU's Intel had ever created; the Intel Pentium II. The Pentium II was a Slot 1 based CPU since the cache had to be moved off the die to save on costs. But to increase the speed of the cache by having direct access to the CPU, Intel created a slot connector for the Pentium II.With AMD and its K6-2 and K6-3 taking the value market away, Intel needed a new value market CPU. Intel took the existing Pentium II core and totally removed the L2 cache, naming this new CPU the Intel Celeron. The first wave of Celeron CPU's were a disaster. With no L2 cache the CPU ran slower than the AMD K6-2 and cost more than a K6-3. This didn't go down well so Intel decided to take the Celeron core and add 128KB of on-die L2 cache running at the core clock of the CPU and named it the Celeron A series. The Celeron A series started out in Slot 1 format, however, with the L2 cache integrated into the CPU there was no need for the expensive slot configuration, so the Intel Celeron A moved over to the Socket 370 PPGA connector and has remained there. Intel's newest Celeron CPU, known to us as the Celeron II, is based on the Intel Pentium III FC-PGA package. This new CPU is the same old Celeron core and the same amount of memory. The only difference is the reduction in size of the die and the transfer from 64-bit cache to 256-bit Advanced Transfer Cache (ATC).Intel's fastest and mainstream P6 CPU was and is the Intel Pentium III CPU. The Pentium III started out as a Slot 1 CPU, but later moved to the Socket 370 FC-PGA packaging when the cache was moved from the Slot to the die of the CPU. The Pentium III's main feature over the Intel Pentium II was new multimedia instructions called SSE. These new instructions gave the Pentium III a slight boost in the benchmark department.With the AMD K7 line of processors taking the fame away from Intel during the i820/RDRAM/SDRAM disaster, Intel had to come up with a new CPU in order to take back the crown from AMD. Enter the Intel Pentium 4. The Pentium 4, upon its release, was not greeted with the market sales that Intel would have hoped for. This was due to the Intel Pentium 4 having a weaker FPU that the P3 at 1GHz. The P3 1GHz could outperform the Intel Pentium 4 in office applications, and this was not a laughing matter for Intel with the consumers staying away from Pentium 4 and its need for high priced, low performance RDRAM. Releases from VIA of the P4X266, SiS with the 645 and Intel with the i845 created cheaper options for the Pentium 4, and with DirectX 8 supporting Pentium 4 SSE2 optimized instructions, the Pentium 4 has gained some ground.Intel's most recent addition to the Pentium 4 line is the now famous Northwood core. This new core added more cache and reduced the size of the P4 die to allow for greater clock speeds, less heat emissions and reduction in the power needed to run the CPU. Northwood debut at 2.0A GHz, replacing the Willamette core 2.0GHz, so far Intel have remained steady in its speed production with the 2.2GHz and now our latest sample from Intel, the 2.4GHz Northwood.
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Lecture by Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures; Director, metaLAB (at) Harvard; Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Introduced and moderated by Leah Price, senior advisor to the humanities program, Academic Ventures, Radcliffe Institute and professor of English in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Within the framework of an overall theory of the cultural history of materials, this lecture reconstructs the role of tempered glass in the modernist imagination, from architecture (Giuseppe Terragni's Danteum and Casa del Fascio) to Gläserne Mensch (Glass Man) and Gläserne Frau (Glass Woman), the stars of the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden.
Jeffrey Schnapp is faculty director of metaLAB (at) Harvard and a codirector of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Before moving to Harvard in 2011, he was the Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature at Stanford University, where he founded the Stanford Humanities Lab. A cultural historian with research interests extending from antiquity to the present, his most recent books are The Electric Information Age Book: McLuhan/Agel/Fiore and the Experimental Paperback (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011), with Adam Michaels; Modernitalia (Peter Lang, 2012), edited by Francesca Santovetti; and Digital_Humanities (MIT Press, 2012), cowritten with Anne Burdick, Johanna Drucker, Peter Lunenfeld, and Todd Presner. His work in the domains of digital arts and humanities and his curatorial practice includes collaborations with the Canadian Center for Architecture, the Triennale di Milano, and the Wolfsonian-FIU. He was project curator of the Trento Tunnels project—a 6,000-square-meter pair of highway tunnels repurposed as a history museum—which was featured in the Italian pavilion of the 2010 Venice Biennale and at the MAXXI. Schnapp earned his PhD at Stanford.
Lecture is free and open to the public. Doors open at 4:45 pm, and lecture begins at 5 pm. A reception will follow.


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The Enlightenment desktop is sleek and lightweight, in fact there are many reasons to give the E desktop a try. If you are coming from the Gnome 2.x desktop there are a few things you will need to adjust to when you first start using Enlightenment.
Panels are now Shelves
E's equivalent to Gnome's Panels are the "shelves":
Like most things in E, shelves are also a bit more customizable than the Gnome panel is. You can configure your shelves to only appear on certain desktops (or all of them), be positioned in one of twelve spots around said desktop, and appear in one of four different looks based on your current theme (including an invisible mode).
Gnome Do by Default
One application most people install under the Gnome desktop is "Gnome Do" for quickly launching their applications. Well Enlightenment has a default module known as "Run Everything" that really does run everything!
By default "Run Everything" is bound to super+space and alt+escape so pressing either key combination will call up the smart launcher.
File Manager Management
Gnome uses nautilus as it's default file manager. E's built in file manager is still a work in progress, however it is stable should you choose to use it. What E does include also is the "places" module that lets you use any file manager as your default. For instance I prefer PCManFM as my file manager:
The Clean desktop is a Menu
Your desktop stays clean of desktop icons by default you will notice, this is because left clicking anywhere on the desktop gives you the main menu.
Right clicking anywhere on the desktop short cuts you to a menu that displays the applications you have flagged as "favorites".
Enlightenment can look like most anything - Even Gnome 2.x
I know one thing that is putting most people off of Gnome 3 is just how radically different it looks and behaves (without a real need for it IMO). Enlightenment is flexible and can look like anything you can imagine, including like the classic Gnome desktop:
If you're interested in further reading about the Enlightenment Desktop be sure to check out the following:
Ten Linux Distros that use Enlightenment
Enlightenment FAQ
More Enlightenment FAQ
Enlightenment 101
Have any other questions feel free to drop a comment below and I'll be sure to lend a hand.
~Jeff Hoogland