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Paging Captain Obvious! The Skinnygirl herself, Bethenny Frankel recently told Life & Style: "I'm too thin."
"Because I'm so busy, I'm not always hungry. I have to make myself eat more because of my busy schedule," Bethenny explains. Perhaps, Bethenny who has always been thinner than the average gal and lately even more so, is becoming worried that her brand may suffer as a result of her recently very svelte appearance, as she expands into the skincare and shapewear businesses.
In the past fans have expressed concern over her dwindling frame. Or perhaps, she and husband, Jason Hoppy are hoping to add another little one to their family and she is concerned about her tiny frame making it difficult to conceive again? Mere speculation on my part.
Whatever it is that is responsible for her recent weight loss, Bethenny admits: "I have to eat more because I burn off a lot of calories," adding that now she is eating more than ever in the form of sensible meals and even, desserts!? Well, not a whole dessert, but part of one! "I love dessert so I eat dessert," she said. "If I had eaten a brownie five years ago, I probably would have had to have 12 brownies. Now, if I want a brownie, I'll have a little bit of a brownie."
Crediting her lifestyle, including being a mommy and running several business devoted to health and well-being, for making her realize how important it is to enjoy foods and alcohol in moderation, she reiterates -it's all about a balance! "Girls put a lot of pressure on themselves to be skinny. They don't understand that it's not about a quick fix — but a healthy lifestyle."
A healthy lifestyle that includes exercise, among other things (like low-fat alcohol). Yoga buff Bethenny released a yoga DVD last year and is often seen walking around Manhattan with her family.
Best of luck to Bethenny in getting her weight back on track to a place she is comfortable with.
Photo credit: WENN.com
Do you think Bethenny is too thin? Do you think Bethenny's recently itty-bitty appearance has been negatively affecting her Skinnygirl Empire?


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It doesn't matter if it's a milker or a herdsman -- hiring the right person for the job is critical to the success of your operation, and it should be taken very seriously.
By Felix Soriano, MS, PAS, APN Consulting, LLC
Employees play a key role in the success and profitability of your dairy. This is why I spend so much time giving advice on how to improve labor productivity at many dairies I work with.
Before I share some tips on how to improve employee's productivity, it is important to understand what productivity means.
Dr. Gregory Billikopf, from the Univ. of California, defines productivity as simply: PRODUCTIVITY = ABILITY + MOTIVATION.
So, how do we improve labor productivity according to this simple equation? Let's look at each one of these two components individually:
Ability – This is what an employee can do. Quite frankly, once you hire a person to do a specific job, there isn't much you can do about his/her ability to do that job (or lack of ability). You may train and develop their skills, but if they lack the specific abilities required to do a particular job, then it may be better to just find them another job in the dairy that doesn't require those abilities.
A good example of this is hiring someone without the right physical abilities to milk cows. If high cow throughput is a big goal for the dairy, and employees are required to spend long hours in the parlor maintaining a consistent and high milking pace, then a short, stocky and unfit person most likely won't get the job done to the manager's expectations. This person won't be able to reach the front teats of the cows, will be tired before the end of the shift, and will slow down other people in the parlor. Whose fault is this? The employee trying to find a job? Or the manager for hiring the wrong person for that job?
This is why it's so important to take more seriously the selection process when hiring new employees. It doesn't matter if you are hiring a milker or a herdsman, hiring the right person for the job is critical to the success of your operation, and it should be taken very seriously.
So, to ensure good productivity, the first thing you need to do as a manager is to hire the right people for the right job. Make sure they have the abilities that are required for that particular job. For this, having a written job description can be very beneficial.
Motivation – Keeping employees motivated is the key driver of labor productivity. I have written extensively about this topic (for more information go to my website, www.apndairy.com).
Here are 5 tips on how to keep employees motivated (i.e., productive) :
1. Eliminate any frustrations or roadblocks. Pay special attention to the needs of your best workers/high performers. Oftentimes, excellent workers become mediocre because of frustrations that their managers were not able to resolve for them. Examples of these are:
• When they don't get all the necessary tools to perform their job on time and as expected.
• When poor performance is tolerated and high achievers, like them, feel taken advantage of.
• When high performers are underutilized.
• When they are not rewarded or compensated according to their performance.
2. Define clear goals and expectations. In order to make your workers accountable, the first step is to spell out expectations up front and in clear terms. How will their performance be evaluated? What is expected from them? And what are the goals they need to achieve? For example, what is the loading accuracy expected for each batch of TMR feed the feeder prepares every day? Is there a goal for shrink losses of each ingredient in the commodity shed? Remember, part of your goal as a manager is to ensure that every worker knows exactly what is expected from them.
3. Monitor and document performance, and give them feedback. Keeping track of each worker's performance will help them achieve your expectations and goals. For example, check parlor performance numbers like milk flow in the first minute, cows per hour, somatic cell counts (SCC). Share this information with each milking shift and let them know how they are doing, what do they need to improve, how they can achieve those goals.
4. Define the rules of the game. Every dairy operation should have an employee handbook with a short but clear list of rules and policies. It is also important to clearly define the consequences of not abiding to those rules. A good example of this is cow handling techniques and what you, as a manager, expect from your employees when it comes to care of the animals and proper stockmanship. I spend a lot of time working with employees on this and helping them better understand cow behavior and proper cow handling.
5. Correct failure and reward success. Do you have anyone in your team not performing to your expectations? If so, what are you doing about it? Sometimes, part of the reason why some people underperform is because this person was not properly trained, or the manager didn't take enough time to coach this person, or because the employee never received the necessary tools to succeed.
Other times, you may have to have a conversation with the person who's underperforming and discuss the seriousness of the case. Re-train the employee and establish a plan with a deadline of how things must improve, after which a decision will have to be made whether that person should stay with the dairy or not.
On the other hand, whether it's through bonus programs, or special perks, or schedule preferences, or all of the above, make sure that high performers are properly rewarded and compensated for their hard work.
These tips will help you keep your employees motivated, which consequently will help you improve labor productivity.

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Katy Perry is clawing back her Lady Gaga critique.
Perry denied feuding with fellow pop star Lady Gaga, telling EW.com that her tweet against those who "use blasphemy as entertainment" was misinterpreted as a Gaga slam because "cat fights" are a "turn on for people."
Last week, the 25-year-old "California Gurls" singer tweeted her disapproval following the release of Lady Gaga's new video "Alejandro," which portrays Gaga as a scantily-clad nun singing in front of a cross and sucking on a rosary. In the video, which Gaga has described a tribute to her gay fans, the pop star is surrounded by an army of nearly-nude men.
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"Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke," Perry tweeted at the time.
But speaking to EW.com, Perry said her tweet was "more of a non-specific, general thing."
"Everybody made it out to be a cat fight," Perry said. "I think people love catfights. It's a turn on for people."
Perry, the daughter of devout ministers, said in a separate interview with a French radio station over the weekend that she is still one of Gaga's "biggest fans."
"Lately, I've just been seeing some things that are kind of... not something I would do, I guess," Perry said, Usmagazine.com reported.
"[People say] I'm a very hypocritical person, 'How do you say that and [sing], 'I Kissed a Girl'?" Perry said. "Spirituality and sexuality are two separate things. When you decide to put it into the same subject, it gets interesting for some people."
But Perry said she realized "some people have different viewpoints," and included fiance Russell Brand in a category shared with Gaga and Madonna.
British comedian Brand also says "things that are ehhh," Perry said.
"Everyone knows... I've said 100 times on my Twitter: I'm one of the biggest Lady Gaga and Madonna and Russell Brand fans."


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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes a chart can make your point more effectively than the raw data behind it can. This is especially true when comparing relative values such as monthly revenue data or team statistics.
In our last episode, we looked at how to define titles in existing Excel charts. Sticking with the Excel Charts theme, let's now investigate how to create new charts in Excel.
A chart is a visualization of data, and for this example, the data represents Runs Scored and Runs Allowed for American League Baseball teams, as reported on the mlb.com website. Our Excel worksheet contains a row for each team, with columns for Runs Scored and Runs Allowed:
We'll use the win32ole library for automating Excel, and we'll connect to a running instance of Excel and use the already open 'mlb_stats.xls' workbook:
require 'win32ole'
xl = WIN32OLE.connect('Excel.Application')
wb = xl.Workbooks('mlb_stats.xls')
Let's define some parameter variables that we'll use later:
xlColumns = 2
xlColumnClustered = 51
xlWhite = 2
xlRed = 3
xlBlue = 5
xlGray = 15
To add a new Chart object to the workbook's Charts collection, call the Charts.Add method:
mychart = wb.Charts.Add
mychart.Name = "MLB Scoring"
The Charts.Add method returns a reference to the newly-created Chart object, which we've assigned to the variable mychart.
To delete an existing Chart object, call the Charts(chart).Delete method, where chart is the name or (1-based) index of the chart to delete:
wb.Charts("MLB Scoring").Delete
Naturally, we can't produce a chart without data, and we use the SetSourceData method to define the source of the data that the chart will represent. This method takes 2 arguments, [1] a range of cells from a worksheet, and [2] a number that indicates whether to plot the graph by rows (1) or by columns (2):
mychart.SetSourceData wb.Worksheets("Runs Scored and Allowed").Range("A1:C15"), xlColumns
There are many different types of charts to choose from, and for our purpose, we'll use a 2-dimensional column [aka vertical bars] chart, setting the ChartType property to 51 (via our previously-defined xlColumnClustered variable):
mychart.ChartType = xlColumnClustered
Now, you could execute your code at this point and create a new chart. But let's tweak the colors a bit. The SeriesCollection object holds each series of data and its related properties. Our chart has 2 series, one for Runs Scored, and one for Runs Allowed. Let's make the Runs Scored columns blue and the Runs Allowed columns red, via the Interior.ColorIndex property:
mychart.SeriesCollection(1).Interior.ColorIndex = xlBlue
mychart.SeriesCollection(2).Interior.ColorIndex = xlRed
We could also dictate the name that is displayed for each series in the legend:
mychart.SeriesCollection(1).Name = "Runs Scored"
mychart.SeriesCollection(2).Name = "Runs Allowed "
If you do not define a name for each series, Excel will try to pull it from your source data worksheet.
The PlotArea represents the area on which the data (columns, in our case) is plotted. The ChartArea is the area surrounding the PlotArea, on which the title, axes, and legend are placed. For demonstration purposes, let's define specific colors for these objects by setting their Interior.ColorIndex property:
mychart.ChartArea.Interior.ColorIndex = xlWhite
mychart.ChartArea.Border.ColorIndex = xlBlue
mychart.PlotArea.Interior.ColorIndex = xlGray
mychart.PlotArea.Border.ColorIndex = xlWhite
Finally, we'll add a title to the top of the chart, and format the text:
mychart.HasTitle = true
mychart.ChartTitle.Characters.Text = "American League - Runs Scored vs. Runs Allowed"
mychart.ChartTitle.Font.Name = 'Verdana'
mychart.ChartTitle.Font.Size = 16
mychart.ChartTitle.Font.Bold = true
Note that we first have to set the HasTitle property to true. Without first doing this, trying to define the various ChartTitle properties will raise an error.
Our complete code looks like this, and produces a chart that looks like this:
Not a bad start, eh? A quick glance at this chart tells you that Boston and Chicago are doing very well, run-wise, and that it could be a very long season for Kansas City and Seattle. And we see that Texas scores a tremendous amount of runs, but allows even more.
I encourage you to investigate the vast array of chart methods and properties. Towards that end, you might want to check out Jon Peltier's Chart tutorials, which I have found to be helpful.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Post a comment here or send me an email.
Thanks for stopping by!


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Last weekend, Marqise Lee stated that he "probably" would make a decision on his football future in the week after USC's bowl game.
With a Trojans' postseason win in the books, and for whatever it's worth, the wide receiver's self-appointed deadline has been stretched out a bit.
In the immediate aftermath of USC's 45-20 trouncing of Fresno State in the Las Vegas Bowl Saturday, Lee said that he will make a decision on returning to the Trojans (highly unlikely) or making an early jump to the NFL (very likely) "within the next two weeks." The junior said he would consult with, among others, new head coach Steve Sarkisian and athletic director Pat Haden.
The deadline for draft-eligible players to declare their NFL intentions is mid-January.
If as expected Lee makes the early leap to the NFL, the true junior is projected to be one of the first receivers taken. In what could be his final season at this level, though, Lee has battled both injuries and a coaching change in what's easily been the worst of his three seasons in the Land of Troy.
His first two seasons with the Trojans, Lee totaled 191 receptions and 25 touchdowns, including 118 and 14 in 2012. Because of the injuries — and Matt Barkley's departure — Lee had just 50 catches and two touchdowns this season entering the bowl game. He had caught two or fewer passes in three of the nine games he's played this year; that had happened just four times in 25 career games entering 2013.
In what could very well be his final game as a Trojan, Lee totaled seven receptions for 118 yards and two touchdowns in the win over the Bulldogs. The yards and scores were season highs, while the catches were tied for his most (twice) since eight in the season opener Aug. 29 against Hawaii.


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Huh? What's a Soil and Water Conservation District?
One of the most perplexing items demanding the attention of Albemarle County voters is the election of directors to the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District.
The candidates on the November 4 ballot– Nick Evans and Steven Meeks– are the two incumbents on the district's board representing Albemarle, so it's not even a contested race.
And just what does a soil and water conservation district do? According to Evans, 47 districts across Virginia were established during the 1930s (remember the Dustbowl in The Grapes of Wrath?) to allow local decision-making on soil loss and water quality degradation.
"In today's Virginia, threats to water quality have shifted from poor farming practices, which have been largely addressed, to the ravages of rampant development which converts farmland and forested land to housing developments, roads, and parking lots," explains Evans in an email.
The districts are part of state government, and collectively they decide how millions of federal, state, and local dollars are allocated in the name of water resource protection. The Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District's portion of those funds runs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, Evans says.
The local district includes Albemarle, Nelson, Fluvanna, and Louisa counties, with Charlottesville noticeably absent, "the hole in the doughnut," says Evans.
It has five paid staff; the elected directors are unpaid.
So why does the public vote?
"In my view, districts are a vehicle of empowerment for localities to utilize state and federal resources (money) to address local problems in areas of water quality and natural resource conservation," says Evans. Forcing directors to stand for election assures that "the purse strings will not fall into the hands of a group of people who have their own special interests in mind, rather than the long-term interests of the community."
Still, not everyone sees the point of electing rather than appointing– soil and water conservation directors.
"Having worked the polls the past few years, it's one of the most asked questions about who to vote for," says Republican activist Paul Wright. "I think they should be appointed because no one understands what it is."
Nick Evans
Soil and Water Director incumbent candidate
Nick Evans
Age: "Mid-life"
Day job: President, Virginia Groundwater LLC
Immediate family: Wife Beth; son Jonathan, 14 and daughter Jackie, 12
Party: Democrat
Why run? Those of us who have something to contribute and are committed to making a difference need to step forward...
Past political experience: Elected to the Soil & Water Conservation District Board representing Albemarle County, 1999; Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, Class of 2000
Political hero: Jimmy Carter
Past newsworthiness: Too much to list
George Bush called himself the education candidate. What candidate are you? I guess I'm the water guy.
Most influential book: When it comes to water and public policy, Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
If you were to come back as an animal, what would it be? Mountain goat
Motto: Live each day.
Steven Meeks
Soil and Water Director incumbent candidate
Steven Meeks
Age: 43
Day job: Rental property manager, custom renovation
Immediate family: Daughter Jenna, 9
Party: Independent
Why run? To serve my community
Past political experience: Incumbent and most senior director, first elected in 1989. Worked for George Allen as a legislative assistant.
Political hero: Teddy Roosevelt
Past newsworthiness: County fair, county historian, gypsy moth program, chairman of the Albemarle County 250th anniversary
George Bush called himself the education candidate. What candidate are you? Preservationist
Pet peeve: People who gossip
Most influential book: Bid Time Return, which was made into a movie, Somewhere in Time
If you were to come back as an animal, what would it be? Grizzly bear
Motto: Do unto others before they do it to you.


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AT&T may be worried about the Palm Pre, but they should be much more worried about refrigerators that smell so bad they force the evacuation of over 300 office employees.
It's true, an office refrigerator, unplugged for disinfection and scrubbed with some unsuitable cleaning supplies, grew so rank that it made over 20 people in the office sick. The fire department was called in to handle the situation and the old, smelly lunches.
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1. Set realistic goals.
One of the main reasons people struggle to keep resolutions? Their goals aren't practical. "As a result, you get frustrated, and you're more likely to quit," says Amie Hoff, personal trainer in New York City and founder of FitKit.com, portable workout kits. Take weight loss for instance. A Franklin Covey survey found that losing weight is the resolution often abandoned first (by 31 percent of those who made it). Most people aim too high and consequently bail when they don't see immediate success. Set realistic goals and break them down between long- and short-term. "Setting several smaller goals will be easier to attain, and with each new success, you'll become more motivated," Hoff says.
2. Create a plan for success.
Now that you have your goals in place, design an action plan. "Without one, you'll have no idea where you're starting from, going to, how you'll get there, or worse yet, where you'll end up," says Hoff. Describe your mission as well as specifics on how to achieve it. If your goal is to walk up a flight of stairs without getting winded, set a six-week goal and plan to walk up those stairs twice every day. If you have to stop and catch your breath, that's fine, says Hoff. "As long as you stick with your plan, you'll reach your goal."
3. Monitor your progress.
Every few days, or weekly at the very least, check in with how you're doing. Tracking goals in a planner and keeping a journal were two of the methods cited as being most helpful, according to FC survey respondents. You may also enlist a buddy who can keep you accountable. Just don't get down on yourself if you falter. "Be forgiving when you don't perform up to your expectations," says Danine Fruge, MD, associate medical director and women's health director at Pritikin Longevity Center and Spa in Miami.
4. Jump "back on the horse" immediately.
If you find that you've slipped from your plan, get back in the game immediately. "Don't wait until 'Monday' to start again," says Fruge. Monday, after all, rarely comes for most people. Instead, reintroduce the new habit as soon as possible to avoid developing unhealthy, guilty emotions. Then take time to recognize your progress, no matter how insignificant it may seem.
5. Reward yourself.
Treat yourself for meeting goals, even small ones, says Carol Arvon, PhD, director of behavioral health and wellness at Pritikin Longevity Center and Spa in Miami. For instance, if you've committed to walking two or three times a week to improve long-term health, promise yourself a reward, such as a new workout top or mini-makeover, at the end of the week. Even better? Have a special reward in mind for when you reach your final goal, says Hoff.
Now that you know how to strengthen your resolve, here are refined sticking points for five of the most popular resolutions:
Resolution: Improve your financial situation.
Review your spending habits and identify areas where you can scale back. "Take baby steps, like spending 10 percent less on groceries," says Andrea Woroch, consumer savings expert in Bakersfield, California. Other easy ways to spend less: Unsubscribe from movie channels; eat out less; search online for coupons; and seek free fun. Next, review your credit card balances. If you have debt across multiple cards, pay down your debt first on the card with the highest annual percentage rate. Also, work on creating an emergency fund to financially protect your family if unpredicted circumstances arise. Woroch recommends having six to nine months of living expenses in a savings account.
Resolution: Lose weight.
Slimming down requires a combination of healthy lifestyle choices, including a nutritious diet, regular exercise, and plenty of sleep. Fill your plate with fruits, vegetables, whole wheat pasta, beans, nonfat dairy foods, and lean proteins. "By focusing on low calorie-dense foods, you'll decrease the number of calories you're eating while increasing your satiety levels," says Fruge. Try not to eat unless you're hungry. Before you reach for food, ask how hungry you actually are. Try to move throughout the day and sit less. For motivation, wear a pedometer and shoot for 5,000 non-exercise steps a day. "An extra 5,000 steps a day can add up to about a 25-pound weight loss in one year," says Fruge. Strength training is key, too, as muscle is critical to maintaining a healthy metabolism and fighting fat. Lastly, aim to sleep seven to eight hours each night.
Resolution: Read more.
First, designate a place in your home as a reading spot. "Having this space, whether it's a whole room or cozy corner, will increase your chances of reading," says Julie Morgenstern, time management expert and author of Shed Your Stuff, Change Your Life. Then claim a regular reading time, such as before bed or on your commute, and make it a routine to read during this period. If your schedule is too erratic, establish a monthly reading "holiday" during which you carve out a full day or weekend to read. Joining or starting a book club may motivate you to read and help you fit socializing into your schedule.
Resolution: Travel more.
Time and money often hold people back from traveling. Yet, don't think you have to travel to the ends of the earth. "See something near your home that you've not seen," says Robert Reid, U.S. travel editor for Lonely Planet. Consider long weekends versus week-long vacations if you're crunched for time. And, while bills can rack up, travel doesn't have to be expensive. Numerous cities offer free activities and sights, as well as cheap public transportation. Skip hotels and book a private apartment to save money. "You get a real local experience at a fraction of the cost of a hotel," says Reid, who recommends a booking site likeAirbnb.com.
Resolution: Volunteer more.
"It's easier to start volunteering than you think," says Robert J. Rosenthal, vice president of communications and marketing for VolunteerMatch, a nonprofit that connects people and causes. The simplest way? Become a "virtual volunteer," meaning you volunteer from your home or office. "You can set your own schedule, and you can access volunteer opportunities that are outside your community," he says. Take a look at your current habits and see if you can turn any of those into volunteer opportunities by partnering with a nonprofit. For instance, if you're composting at home, you might find community gardens or other projects that could use this compost. Or, during your next shopping trip, pick up items for a charity of your choice like an animal shelter or a children's organization. To locate volunteer opportunities across the country, visit VolunteerMatch.org.


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As I've seen it reported on Cigar Command and Today's Cigar Reviews and News (kudos for the find guys!), there's a brand new resource out there for people in search of a good place to buy or enjoy a fine cigar. And the best part, it is has an easy to remember URL: CigarPlaces.com.
What the website is, essentially, is a customized mash-up of Google Maps that allows you to ad your favorite cigar-friendly establishment or search for shops based upon a U.S. city. Simple enough, right? But then many of the best ideas are shockingly simple. In speaking with my good friend Jesse from Cigar Jack, our initial thought was "Man, why didn't I think of that?" With all the frenzied rush to outlaw smoking in every place under the sun, it's becoming increasingly difficult to find a place where you can still indulge in a premium smoke!
So Cigar Places definitely a website I'd recommend all cigar enthusiasts take advantage of. If for no other reason than to make it easier for those of us who spend time on the road to find a smoke shop when we find ourselves away from home. As with a lot of things on the web, the more it's used, the more useful it becomes.
OK, now that I've lavished praise on this great new website, here are a few things I'd really like to see added in the future:
- International listings. I think the site supports this, but it isn't obvious.
- The ability to search on a whole state in addition to a city or state.
- I'd like to see shops in nearby cities as well as the city I searched. Searching for Atlanta excludes shops in Alpharetta. Perhaps this is a feature we could switch on or something.
- A larger map view. Perhaps a link to go "full screen" or something.
- Special markers for manufacturers.
- Maybe some sort of rating or review system. (Yeah, I'm really going out on a limb here.)
Of course, the website is new, and is a great resource as is. I'm just throwing out some ideas. Do you have any ideas? Now go add your favorite smoke shop to the list!
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Oil spill: The bright side
I am making a brief comeback. Much as I love blogging and writing, my work has taken over my life right now, and I am barely even getting ideas to blog about. Here's a small one. A PJ, if you will.
Given the current issues with the oil spill and global warming, I thought we Bengalis should make hay while the sun shines. British Petroleum, here's a business proposition for you – start your sea food restaurant chain.
You don't even have to do much. Mother earth is cooking it up for you.


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- Bardo Museum: one of the oldest museums in North Africa, tracing the history of Tunisia over several millennia and through many civilizations through a wide variety of archaeological pieces.
- Al-Zaytuna Mosque: a massive 5.000 square metre mosque renowned for its classical Islamic architecture, and for being one of the first and greatest universities in the history of Islam.
- Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul: a stunning Roman Catholic church constructed in the late 19th century, dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul, patron saint of charity.
- Medina of Tunis: a neighbourhood in Tunis now declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, containing some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from the Almohad and the Hafsid periods.
- Bab el Bhar: also known as 'Porte de France,' a massive city gate in Tunis marking the separation between the Medina of Tunis and the European city.
The wealth of fascinating history, culture and architecture of Tunis make it a sublime city to visit!
What's the best way to get around Tunis?
Getting around Tunis is remarkably simple, thanks to the multitude of well-equipped transport services. For public transport you can catch either the light rail, the bus or train, with all three options covering the city's may hotspots. If you find yourself in the Medina of Tunis (a UNESCO world heritage site), the best way to get around this beautiful square is on foot.
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Faculty Videos from the Past
Conversations with Emeriti
Hear in their own words from professors and an administrator/instructor as they tell of their experiences at Augustana beginning in the 1930's through the 1980's.
In 1988, retired faculty members were asked by Dr. Sven Froiland, Professor Emeritus of Biology, to sit in front of a camera and reminisce about the part they played at the College. He called the oral history project, "Conversations with Emeriti," believing that, at some time in the future, there would be an interested audience to view them. In preparing for the Sesquicentennial by documenting the history of the College through important events and images, we became aware of this treasure trove of history that was captured through Dr. Froiland's foresight. Dr. Froiland was at Augustana from 1946 until 1988 and in his own right, earned the distinction as a wonderful colleague, outstanding professor and leader who was central in the development of Gilbert Science Center and in establishing the College's outstanding reputation in the natural sciences.
Some of these interviews were condensed into smaller segments that are more conducive to online viewing. Hear and see Dr. Arie Gaalswyk, Professor Emeritus of Math; Emeriti Professors Clara and J. Earl Lee; Administrator Milton Harvey; Professor Emeritus of Art, Dr. Palmer Eide; and Professor Emeritus of Nursing, Margaret Cashman and legendary coach, Lefty Olson.
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St. Louis Feds: Lawyer Offered $36K to Marry
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Federal officials say a married lawyer offered an engaged teacher $36,000 to marry the lawyer's Ukranian lover so she wouldn't have to leave when her student visa expired.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the deal came crashing down when the teacher's old fiancée went to authorities.
Now federal officials in St. Louis have charged the Ukrainian woman, 38-year-old Dar'ya Chernova, with attempting to falsely procure naturalization and lying to an immigration official. She pleaded not guilty last month. There's no indication in court records that the teacher or lawyer face charges.
Authorities say the lawyer fathered both of Chernova's children and witnessed her marry the teacher in March 2005. The lawyer then represented the teacher in a bankruptcy and child custody case involving the jilted fiancée.


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Fan favorite judge Mia Michaels is leaving "So You Think You Can Dance," reports E! Online.
The Emmy-winning choreographer says that her decision to give up her chair was prompted by a feeling she had while shooting the reality show's most recent season.
"Last year when I was sitting on the [judges] panel, I knew it wasn't the right fit because I felt too glossy sitting on the panel," she said." People were so focused on what I wore and my hair. I wanted to get dirty and back to the work. I am an artist and I'm a visionaey. I need to paint my world now and not be constantly linked to So You Think You Can Dance."
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However, she's very happy with the experience she had on the show.
"It's been a great platform," she said. "It was an amazing, amazing thing for me but I feel like I have to fly. I have to now focus on Mia's world."
And a busy world it will be, as she's currently writing a memoir, developing a Broadway show and starring in a new Bravo reality show.
She's also happy about the way she's leaving the show, or, rather, who'll be filling her position on the panel.
"I heard they're bringing Mary Murphy back and I'm really happy for her," she said in reference to one of the show's former judges who will rejoin the cast. "I've sat in that chari, but I feel like that was Mary's chair."


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scott-martin posted a topic in GloranthaTalk of Gloranthan fiction sends my mind racing again toward the intermittent question of how people in the lozenge categorize the imagination (khayâl) and its works, whether they play out as personal fantasies, deliberate evasions of Truth, meditation experiences or quasi-objective illusion magic. I could footnote this to luxuriant length bringing in people like Ibn 'Arabi but would rather focus on how you relate various specialist explanations of spirit planes, short worlds and sorcery nodes to the more intimate microcosmic realities our characters presumably inhabit when they close their eyes. Does god talk to your character in dreams? Every dream? Even if you never sacrificed for a true divination? How can you tell? Is it possible for a riddler, trickster, illusionist or plain old free-floating spirit to slip counterfactual information "under" the gates keeping my dozing mind from reality and (normally) from direct communication with yours? Language helps to bridge our subjectivities when we're awake and chattering online, but language can be exploited to mislead the unwary. Are all false dreams the domain of the red goddess and her associates? Whose games have explored this? Dragonewts and dragons "dream" and so do some of the people of the farthest East, piping at the gates of dawn. Is there a connection or just the seductive appearance of meaning here?


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When Martin Nowak was in high school, his parents thought he would be a nice boy and become a doctor. But when he left for the University of Vienna, he abandoned medicine for something called biochemistry. As far as his parents could tell, it had something to do with yeast and fermenting. They became a little worried. When their son entered graduate school, they became even more worried. He announced that he was now studying games.
In the end, Dr. Nowak turned out all right. He is now the director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard. The games were actually versatile mathematical models that Dr. Nowak could use to make important discoveries in fields as varied as economics and cancer biology.
"Martin has a passion for taking informal ideas that people like me find theoretically important and framing them as mathematical models," said Steven Pinker, a Harvard linguist who is collaborating with Dr. Nowak to study the evolution of language. "He allows our intuitions about what leads to what to be put to a test."
On the surface, Dr. Nowak's many projects may seem randomly scattered across the sciences. But there is an underlying theme to his work. He wants to understand one of the most puzzling yet fundamental features of life: cooperation.
When biologists speak of cooperation, they speak more broadly than the rest of us. Cooperation is what happens when someone or something gets a benefit because someone or something else pays a cost. The benefit can take many forms, like money or reproductive success. A friend takes off work to pick you up from the hospital. A sterile worker bee tends to eggs in a hive. Even the cells in the human body cooperate. Rather than reproducing as fast as it can, each cell respects the needs of the body, helping to form the heart, the lungs or other vital organs. Even the genes in a genome cooperate, to bring an organism to life.
In recent papers, Dr. Nowak has argued that cooperation is one of the three basic principles of evolution. The other two are mutation and selection. On their own, mutation and selection can transform a species, giving rise to new traits like limbs and eyes. But cooperation is essential for life to evolve to a new level of organization. Single-celled protozoa had to cooperate to give rise to the first multicellular animals. Humans had to cooperate for complex societies to emerge.
"We see this principle everywhere in evolution where interesting things are happening," Dr. Nowak said.
While cooperation may be central to evolution, however, it poses questions that are not easy to answer. How can competing individuals start to cooperate for the greater good? And how do they continue to cooperate in the face of exploitation? To answer these questions, Dr. Nowak plays games.
His games are the intellectual descendants of a puzzle known as the Prisoner's Dilemma. Imagine two prisoners are separately offered the same deal: if one of them testifies and the other doesn't talk, the talker will go free and the holdout will go to jail for 10 years. If both refuse to talk, the prosecutor will only be able to put them in jail for six months. If each prisoner rats out the other, they will both get five-year sentences. Not knowing what the other prisoner will do, how should each one act?
The way the Prisoner's Dilemma pits cooperation against defection distills an important feature of evolution. In any encounter between two members of the same species, each one may cooperate or defect. Certain species of bacteria, for example, spray out enzymes that break down food, which all the bacteria can then suck up. It costs energy to make these enzymes. If one of the microbes stops cooperating and does not make the enzymes, it can still enjoy the meal. It can gain a potential reproductive edge over bacteria that cooperate.
The Prisoner's Dilemma may be abstract, but that's why Dr. Nowak likes it. It helps him understand fundamental rules of evolution, just as Isaac Newton discovered that objects in motion tend to stay in motion.
"If you were obsessed with friction, you would have never discovered this law," Dr. Nowak said. "In the same sense, I try to get rid of what is inessential to find the essential. Truth is simple."
Dr. Nowak found his first clues to the origin of cooperation in graduate school, collaborating with his Ph.D. adviser, Karl Sigmund. They built a version of the Prisoner's Dilemma that captured more of the essence of how organisms behave and evolve.
In their game, an entire population of players enters a round-robin competition. The players are paired up randomly, and each one chooses whether to cooperate or defect. To make a choice, they can recall their past experiences with other individual players. Some players might use a strategy in which they had a 90-percent chance of cooperating with a player with whom they have cooperated in the past.
The players get rewarded based on their choices. The most successful players get to reproduce. Each new player had a small chance of randomly mutating its strategy. If that strategy turned out to be more successful, it could dominate the population, wiping out its ancestors.
Dr. Nowak and Dr. Sigmund observed this tournament through millions of rounds. Often the winners used a strategy that Dr. Nowak called, "win-stay, lose-shift." If they did well in the previous round, they did the same thing again. If they did not do so well, they shifted. Under some conditions, this strategy caused cooperation to become common among the players, despite the short-term payoff of defecting.
In order to study this new version of the Prisoner's Dilemma, Dr. Nowak had to develop new mathematical tools. It turned out that these tools also proved useful for studying cancer. Cancer and the Prisoner's Dilemma may seem like apples and oranges, but Dr. Nowak sees an intimate connection between the two. "Cancer is a breakdown of cooperation," he said.
Mutations sometimes arise in cells that cause them to replicate quickly, ignoring signals to stop. Some of their descendants acquire new mutations, allowing them to become even more successful as cancer cells. They evolve, in other words, into more successful defectors. "Cancer is an evolution you don't want," Dr. Nowak said.
To study cancer, however, Dr. Nowak had to give his models some structure. In the Prisoner's Dilemma, the players usually just bump into each other randomly. In the human body, on the other hand, cells only interact with cells in their neighborhood.
A striking example of these neighborhoods can be found in the intestines, where the lining is organized into millions of tiny pockets. A single stem cell at the bottom of a pocket divides, and its daughter cells are pushed up the pocket walls. The cells that reach the top get stripped away.
Dr. Nowak adapted a branch of mathematics known as graph theory, which makes it possible to study networks, to analyze how cancer arises in these local neighborhoods. "Our tissue is actually organized to delay the onset of cancer," he said.
Pockets of intestinal cells, for example, can only hold a few cell generations. That lowers the chances that any one will turn cancerous. All the cells in each pocket are descended from a single stem cell, so that there's no competition between lineages to take over the pocket.
As Dr. Nowak developed this neighborhood model, he realized it would help him study human cooperation. "The reality is that I'm much more likely to interact with my friends, and they're much more likely to interact with their friends," Dr. Nowak said. "So it's more like a network."
Dr. Nowak and his colleagues found that when they put players into a network, the Prisoner's Dilemma played out differently. Tight clusters of cooperators emerge, and defectors elsewhere in the network are not able to undermine their altruism. "Even if outside our network there are cheaters, we still help each other a lot," Dr. Nowak said. That is not to say that cooperation always emerges. Dr. Nowak identified the conditions when it can arise with a simple equation: B/C>K. That is, cooperation will emerge if the benefit-to-cost (B/C) ratio of cooperation is greater than the average number of neighbors (K).
"It's the simplest possible thing you could have expected, and it's completely amazing," he said.
Another boost for cooperation comes from reputations. When we decide whether to cooperate, we don't just rely on our past experiences with that particular person. People can gain reputations that precede them. Dr. Nowak and his colleagues pioneered a version of the Prisoner's Dilemma in which players acquire reputations. They found that if reputations spread quickly enough, they could increase the chances of cooperation taking hold. Players were less likely to be fooled by defectors and more likely to benefit from cooperation.
In experiments conducted by other scientists with people and animals, Dr. Nowak's mathematical models seem to fit. Reputation has a powerful effect on how people play games. People who gain a reputation for not cooperating tend to be shunned or punished by other players. Cooperative players get rewarded.
"You help because you know it gives you a reputation of a helpful person, who will be helped," Dr. Nowak said. "You also look at others and help them according to whether they have helped."
The subject of human cooperation is important not just to mathematical biologists like Dr. Nowak, but to many people involved in the current debate over religion and science. Some claim that it is unlikely that evolution could have produced humans' sense of morality, the altruism of heroes and saints. "Selfless altruism presents a major challenge for the evolutionist," Dr. Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, wrote in his 2006 book, "The Language of God."
Dr. Nowak believes evolutionary biologists should study average behavior rather than a few extreme cases of altruism. "Saintly behavior is unfortunately not the norm," Dr. Nowak said. "The current theory can certainly explain a population where some people act extremely altruistically." That does not make Dr. Nowak an atheist, however. "Evolution describes the fundamental laws of nature according to which God chose to unfold life," he declared in March in a lecture titled "Evolution and Christianity" at the Harvard Divinity School. Dr. Nowak is collaborating with theologians there on a project called "The Evolution and Theology of Cooperation," to help theologians address evolutionary biology in their own work.
Dr. Nowak sometimes finds his scientific colleagues astonished when he defends religion. But he believes the astonishment comes from a misunderstanding of the roles of science and religion. "Like mathematics, many theological statements do not need scientific confirmation. Once you have the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, it's not like we have to wait for the scientists to tell us if it's right. This is it."


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UFO Update
Posted by dandare on November 4, 2007
Who would have guessed that the subject of UFOs would crop up in Democratic candidates debate (Drexel University), in the lightning round, but yes it did…..
I thought that Kucinich, in the circumstances did reasonably well, as this was a quick fire round, and the details could not be gone into, also there was an attempt to discredit him…oh he saw a ufo, therefore he must be deranged, and mocked. Ok, there was a bit of that in the question, but i feel that it was good mainly, because it brought the subject to the masses. He did say though, that it was a UFO (unidentified)!
Other interesting links to this (and i had to filter through quite a few) can be seen below:
Full transcript of the debate, can be found here
"Millions of Americans with Kucinich on UFO belief"
"Not just Kucinich, but Presidents, have sighted UFOs"
"Presidential debate brings UFO issue to the surface"
"Kucinich had a UFO encounter , according to friend Shirley MacLaine"
"Top Eight Presidential Encounters of the third kind" (although it is generally believed that Carter saw venus?)
"Presidential UFOs – Ronald Reagan to back Kucinich"
" Jimmy Carter distances himself fromKucinich on UFOs"
And lastly, from FOX news (john Gibson as mature as ever) "Dennis Kucinich's UFO comments prove he is nuts"
There are others, but this update might be in danger of just having links to this and nothing else.
Although an interesting offshoot from this is "Clinton denies delaying release of husband's documents". So what, i hear you cry…. Well as the link above suggests, there are more than 300 FOIA requests outstanding…. and guess what….the first request is on UFOs!
Not just this, but also covered by the American Chronicle (posted 2nd november,2007) "Alleged briefing to President Reagan on UFOs posted online".
Do you want to know about the string theory and how the universe works in 2 minutes….well the Times online (posted 28th october,2007) has it here .
According to pendletoday.co.uk in the article "Ufo sightings – latest " (posted 1st november,2007), flying saucers exist.
At the newstribune.com "UFO reports land at missile site" (posted 29th october,2007); which is about the new home of the National UFO Reporting Centre.
In the Asian Times Online (posted 31st october,2007) there is "Close encounters of the Turkish kind" although there is much sceptism about this?
In the OttawaHerald (posted 31st october,2007) "What are UFOs" is an article on theories about ufos.
In the worthingherald.co.uk "Story behind Shoreham's UFO" (posted 30th october,2007), was that the UFO was the result of a silver wedding party….with thai glow lanterns…… the original link can be seen here .
Whilst trawling the internet, i came across this by the travellady.com "Roswell Road Trip" , which includes the UFO museum.
In the daily mail (posted 2nd november,2007) "21st century travel: An airship offering passengers gourmet food, spa treatments and a disco".
A strange object was seen over Bedford, England….. see here (posted 3rd november,2007) It was witnessed in may 2006.
A map of ufo hotspots can be seen here (ok, not in the news, but might be of interest).
"Plan 9 from outer space" (not sure when first posted, but recent) it mentions "In January 1979, The New York Times reported that despite repeated, feverish denials, the CIA had indeed investigated the UFO phenomenon: "CIA Papers Detail UFO Surveillance" screamed the headline"
and "……..the CIA documents show that despite decades of repeated public denials, behind the scenes there raged a series of inter-agency feuds that involved the highest levels of the US government" (extracts from the article). Also a similar article entitled "USAF evidence eludes CIA" (posted 2nd november,2007).
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Amanda Hearst: Socialite, Heiress, Ford Model, and Riverkeeper Intern
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SANJINI is an Actress and Writer
Hollywood executives and celebrities gathered with 250 veterans and community volunteers at Universal Studios in Hollywood on November 9, 2012 to celebrate Veterans Day 2012. National veterans, nonprofit The Mission Continues and Got Your 6 campaign worked together with volunteers and producer JJ Abrams (Mission Impossible, Star Trek), Ron Meyer (President and COO of Universal Studios), actor Tom Arnold (Roseanne, True Lies) and other members of the entertainment industry to fill backpacks with food for the local children of Los Angeles.
Before the service event, JJ Abrams' Bad Robot Productions and NBC Universal hosted The Mission Continues and Got Your 6 at a welcome breakfast for veterans and volunteers at the Globe Theatre in Universal Studios.
Other Hollywood celebrities and executives in attendance and who walked down the Red Carpet were CariDee English (America's Top Model winner), Greg Grunberg (Heroes), Jason George (Grey's Anatomy), Dolvett Quince (The Biggest Loser trainer), Brandon Routh (Partners), Monet Bagneris (Miss Los Angeles 2012), etc.
The service event started with the playing of the American National Anthem and salute to the flag. This was the most dramatic part of the whole morning. Then there were remarks from JJ Abrams and The Mission Continues founder and CEO, Eric Greitens. Chris Marvin (Got Your 6 Managing Director) was also on stage with Universal President, Ron Meyer.
After the speeches, all the volunteers, veterans, executives and celebrities spent the morning filling more than 5000 backpacks with food for children in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Volunteers then delivered the food to Title 1 schools in the Los Angeles area.
The whole event was very well organized. The marketing and branding of the sponsors, The Mission Continues, Got Your 6 and NBC Universal was excellent with colorful posters everywhere you looked.
The layout of all the varieties of food to be packed in backpacks and distributed to the children in Los Angeles was impressive.
Got Your 6 is a nonprofit campaign designed to link veterans and military families with top entertainment studios, networks, guilds and agencies.
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Developing HTML5 Apps Jump Start (04b): JavaScript Core Capabilities, Part 2
Jeremy Foster and Michael Palermo complete their overview of the core capabilities of JavaScript in Part 2 of this module. After an insightful overview of JavaScript, the session includes important information such as Variables, Functions, Function scope, Arrays, and Objects.
Complete course outline for the Developing HTML5 Apps Jump Start:
- Module (01a): HTML5 Semantic Structure, Part 1
- Module (01b): HTML5 Semantic Structure, Part 2
- Module (02a): CSS Selectors and Style Properties, Part 1
- Module (02b): CSS Selectors and Style Properties, Part 2
- Module (03a): Advanced Layout and Animation, Part 1
- Module (03b): Advanced Layout and Animation, Part 2
- Module (04a): JavaScript Core Capabilities, Part 1
- Module (04b): JavaScript Core Capabilities, Part 2
- Module (05a): DOM Interactions, Part 1
- Module (05b): DOM Interactions, Part 2
- Module (06a): Advanced Topics, Part 1
- Module (06b): Advanced Topics, Part 2
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The Discussion
Great video, but I noticed in your video you said a stack is first in first out by mistake, stacks are last in first out (lifo).
@Ben: I concur
thanks for this video :)
i'm just wondering if we can use jQuery instead of JavaScript in windows 8 store app?
Excellent video. Thank you guys.
@Moumen: Hi, check out the free eBook from MS Press. Kraig has some notes on why vanilla jQuery can't run as Windows 8 Store App. It is related to local app context and web app context and their different permissions related to DOM code injections as jQuery does.
tomatoes don't grow on trees guys. vines. just sayin'
How can I find the videoes of day 2 please?
PS:@Joki, thank you for your helpful link.
you have question
var x = 200; function someFunc(y) { function innerFunction() { return x + y; } } x = someFunc(x);
and when i choose null it show me that its incorrect but why?
you declare sumeFunc which have declaration of subfunction but this function is never called, so result of someFunc should be null.
or maybe i miss some thing?
first of all,
thanks for the wonderful series
and all the effort you put in these great video course.
for the self assessment on this video i got a question about what functions that you can use with an array
choices [ push, concat, add, join, map ]
according to a slide in your video all apply except add ..i answered by checking all except it but it says a wrong answer
does "add" apply can be used as an array function ?
sorry but currently i don't have visual studio on the computer i am on now so i can't test it
good one again!
@Belkin => the reason the answer to the question
var x = 200; function someFunc(y) { function innerFunction() { return x + y; } } x = someFunc(x);
is not null and is 400 is because the value of x (200) is being passed into the someFunc as the argument y so as far as someFunc is concerned both x and y now equal 200 so it simply returns 200 + 200.
I hope this helps :)
Great work guys! I really enjoy the way you explain contents! Nice.
a great video. I would like to point out a small correction, at 11.58 Jereme mentions the stack as First In First Out which is wrong. stack is Last In First Out. for example when you push three items and when you pop it, the third item goes out. so it is LIFO
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In module 4b you are spelling cauliflower wrong. You show it as cauliflovd but you spell it "cauliflower".
I realized even though I know little English. Congratulations you.
Overview of the core capabilities of JavaScript video (module 04a) mismatching with question. Code for ops method and video 15.46 mismatching with last semicolon.
In module 4 question: Correct method of calling the function to multiply the two numbers in module 4 video 04a (15.47) showing semicolon after curly brace i'e }; but in question code for ops method that semicolon not found.
So what is the correct method of calling the function to multiply the two numbers ?? which option is correct? I clicked first option but still confused for self correction.
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The initiative is in response to "Getting to Zero," a global campaign initiated by UNAIDS to stop new HIV infections, reduce discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS, and to reduce HIV/AIDS related deaths by 2015. The campaign was endorsed the Thai government in February 2011. Leveraging IBM business analytics, TRCARC can tap into all types of related information and share outputs with its alliance agencies such as the Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health.
Professor Emeritus Praphan Phanuphak, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center said, "HIV infection is one of the most serious public health threats Thailand is facing. The country currently has about 500,000 people infected with HIV. It is estimated that there are 16,000 new HIV infection cases per year. Unfortunately, only 40 per cent of the HIV infected population knows they are living with HIV/AIDS and gets access to antiretroviral treatment services. This situation results in the continuing spread of the life-threatening virus and new infections are rising every year."
Operating under the Thai Red Cross Society, TRCARC is a leading healthcare entity with a mission to provide people affected by HIV with access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment, care and support. Another of its roles is to initiate and execute high-quality HIV prevention programs, cultivate social responsibility and community awareness of HIV/AIDS, as well as conduct preventive and curative research in the field.
Prof. Praphan said, "We are excited to work with IBM and to adopt the company's advanced technology and expertise. The IBM team helped develop a database and provided directions to manage behavioral records of people with high risk of HIV infection. IBM's business analytics capabilities also enable our researchers to make better decisions on more proactive and preventive measures against the transmission of HIV. This collaboration also helps foster a comprehensive platform for technical knowledge transfer and skills development among our staff."
Previously, TRCARC launched many HIV prevention campaigns targeting epidemic hot spots to create greater awareness of HIV/AIDS and provide voluntary counseling and testing services free of charge. However, the center found that such activities had limited effect because information used to design campaign strategies was insufficient, inaccurate and outdated.
"This collaboration clearly represents IBM's vision to build a Smarter Planet," said Parnsiree Amatayakul, Managing Director of IBM Thailand Company Limited. "By adopting IBM technology, organizations are able to transform the way they work and improve the quality of life. We are thrilled to contribute our expertise and technologies to Bangkok's initiative to fight against the transmission of HIV while empowering TRCARC's research capabilities. This is our commitment to building a sustainable society."
IBM donated software licenses and a technical team of highly experienced professionals to:
- Develop an advanced, fully automated information management system using IBM COGNOS software to better analyze and report behavioral trends associated with people with a high risk of infection. The software also helps researchers to manage information relevant to the prevention of sexual transmission of HIV. This information can be presented in the form of tables and maps enabling TRCARC to make better decisions and efficiently identify the best possible strategies to fight against HIV transmission.
- Create an online behavioral survey that can be applied among people with a high risk of HIV infection. To answer questions, respondents can access this survey via www.adamslove.org - and at TRCARC's Anonymous Clinic.
- Design and develop a database that systematically stores data from the online behavioral survey. By using IBM DB2 database software, data retrieval time is significantly reduced from two months to five minutes.
IBM is also instrumental in giving scientists the computer resources necessary to research drugs that treat HIV, the disease which causes AIDS. For instance, IBM's World Community Grid -- a network that provides researchers the spare computing power of two million PCs owned by 600,000 individuals and organizations -- has enabled the Scripps Research Institute to discover two new compounds that could lead to medicines for those infected with HIV.
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-16. Banzai Orange - Birke Maier Trio
17. Evolution - Way Out West-
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Hey Trustar,
that's funny! Thanks a lot!
The word "Baggersee" means a lake dredged by an excavaror in order to win gravel! ; )
So let's ride the wild surf on such a lake...
Just tested the .rar file and tracks #16 & 17 are right where they belong, at the end of Pt 1.
Just for you two!
I tried to get a translation on Baggersee and could not come up with anything. Thanks for shedding some light of the gravel pit issue. If it's all you got to get wet in, I guess a Baggersee is a cool place to be!
If anyone else finds that they cannot access tracks 16 & 17, let me know. I have tested it and found that it works OK at my end but Anonymous said they still can't find it. Let me know and I will try to include the two tracks on the posting.
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i downloaded both parts just for fun..and...the two tracks are not in part1..neither to be found in part2..
..shit happens.. ;-)
Due to the difficulties in finding tracks 16 & 17 I have posted a "Mystery Tracks" link for just those two tracks.
Sorry for the problem.
oh yes 16 & 17 are missing. Thanks T for the mystery link!
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Bread, that this house may never know hunger. Salt, that life may always have flavor. And wine, that joy and prosperity may reign forever.
I'm not sure how the tradition of bringing bread, salt, and wine as a housewarming gift got started among my highly transient cohort (I guess, like most people, we heard it one too many times during the annual Christmas screening of It's a Wonderful Life). Regardless, two sets of wonderful Baltimore friends made moves at the end of April, so I cracked open Reinhart's The Bread Baker's Apprentice yesterday and got to work on a couple of challah loaves to celebrate these new homes.
Like all traditions, variations pop up. I just came across a version that substitutes a new broom for the wine, "to sweep your troubles or sorrows away," which sounds both poetic and practical. Honestly, with friend's like mine, I'd always thought we had added the wine part on ourselves (along with a nice cheese and a container of olives, of course).


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YARMOUTH, Maine—As 2010 draws to a close the editors at Security Systems News take a look back and see what the most read stories of the year were. What was making the news? What were you most interested in knowing?
Below is a non-sequential, categorized rundown of the top 10 most read stories on our site from Jan. 1 to Dec. 11, followed by a linked top 10 list.
DALLAS—With the goal of growing its national accounts operation exponentially, Protection One CEO Tim Whall announced at the ASIS show that the entire national accounts group had been moved under one roof, in the neighboring town of Irving, Texas.
LAWRENCE, Kan., and CHICAGO—Equity firm GTCR announced today the acquisition of Protection One, the second-largest security alarm company in North America, now that ADT and Broadview have combined. Our lead story has the ins and outs of the whys and whos, including interviews with ProOne CEO Richard Ginsburg, Michael Barnes, John Mack, and principal of GTCR David A. Donnini.
LAWRENCE, Kan., and CHICAGO—Jim Covert and Tim Whall will be back in the security business following the close of a $828 million deal, announced today, where private equity group GTCR acquires Protection One.
LAWRENCE, Kan.—Three days after the largest security company (ADT) announced it was buying the second-largest alarm company (Broadview Security), Protection One, the third largest alarm company, announced it is exploring its strategic alternatives, including a sale of the company.
LAWRENCE, Kan.--The new year is starting off happy here for Protection One, which today announced it received a $22.
LAWRENCE, Kan.—You certainly can't fault Protection One for subtlety in its advertising. Web banners went up all over the industry last month with a simple message: "We're buying."
TOPEKA, Kan. - The long saga of the sale of Protection One ended in mid-February, when former parent company Westar Energy finalized its sale to New York-based investment firm Quadrangle Group LLC. Quadrangle paid Westar $122 million for Protection One, which comprises more than 2,300 employees and more than a million commercial and residential customers, and all of its debt. Westar acquired the company in 1997 for $320 million. For Richard Ginsburg, president and chief executive officer of Protection One, after 14 months of rumors about the company's future, the completion of the sale is a relief.
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Senior Labor frontbencher Craig Emerson says the government has no plans to change the design of its controversial mining tax, despite lower-than-expected revenue and calls from the Greens to fix the tax.
Last week, Treasurer Wayne Swan revealed that the minerals resource rent tax (MRRT) had raised just $126 million in its first six months against a full-year forecast of $2 billion, blaming the shortfall on volatile commodity prices.
The Greens have labelled the tax a ''dud'' and on Monday, introduced a bill into the lower house to fix a loophole in the tax, that they say would raise $2.2 billion over the forward estimates.
''Gina Rinehart is popping the Moet,'' Greens MP Adam Bandt said as he introduced the bill.
''This tax was born from backroom negotiations, where the country's richest miners met with those supposedly representing the Australian public.''
The Greens bill – which would need support from Labor in order to pass – would mean that the government did not have to give money back to the miners every time the states raised mining royalties.
On Monday, before the introduction of the bill, Dr Emerson said the MRRT was designed to be flexible and there were no plans to change its form.
''The Coalition complains when it's not collecting revenue, they complain when it is collecting revenue,'' he told reporters in Canberra on Monday.
But during question time, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Mr Swan did not rule out changes to the mining tax, when pressed directly on the issue by the Coalition.
Ms Gillard said the government was critical of the reckless approach of state governments to increase royalties, which are refunded to mining companies who pay them through the MRRT.
''Interestingly enough the opposition that has always criticised an efficient profits-based tax in minerals has gone tick, tick, tick to Liberal royalty increases around the country,'' she said.
Ms Gillard said the issue had been taken to the GST distribution review panel, which found the situation was both unsustainable and desirable, and was now being discussed with state treasurers.
The Opposition, which plans to scrap the tax in government, said Ms Gillard and Mr Swan should take the blame for negotiating the 30 per cent tax with the three big mining companies, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata.
''The Coalition has said for some time that Labor's MRRT was a fiscal train wreck in the making,'' shadow assistant treasurer Mathias Cormann said in a statement.
In question time, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott asked Ms Gillard if she still had confidence in her Treasurer.
"The answer is, 'of course'," The Prime Minister replied.
MRRT revenue is supposed to fund a number of initiatives, including the tax concessions from an increase in the superannuation guarantee from nine per cent to 12 per cent and the removal of the 15 per cent super contributions tax for low-income earners.
Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten said the measures would be funded from consolidated revenue.
''We'll pay for this tax that we've cut and the Liberals want to reintroduce,'' he told ABC radio, adding 3.6 million Australians would be paying more under a Coalition government.
''Not even the Sheriff of Nottingham could have dreamed that up.''
Mr Bandt told Parliament that if the tax was not fixed before the budget, Australians could expect ''more Labor cuts, more hits to our science and research sector and more delays to the much needed public school spending boost''.
The Greens told reporters last week that they thought Mr Swan had opened the door to Labor supporting the bill.
''We do welcome the fact that at his press conference, the Treasurer has said that he is prepared to look at other factors other than commodity prices,'' Senator Milne said on Friday.
Debate is due to resume on the bill in the next sitting period in March.
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It is Memorial day here in the US. As a military veteran, with friends and distant kin still serving, I think I'll refrain from WoW for just a moment to do a brief reflection.
Those who serve are not noble. They are not saints, but our fathers and daughters, sisters and sons, who have chosen for reasons good and ill to place their lives in our hands, and to do, if so called, violence in our names. Some pay the ultimate price, some wait but are never called. I said they are not noble, for such a label is too crass. They have offered to lay down their lives for us – is our life truly worth such sacrifice?
On this day, we shall remember those who wear and have worn the uniform of our nation. We will have a kind word, perhaps do a deed that acknowledges the fee they offered, paid or not. Yet I ask more. I ask that you make of your life a good worthy of such price. It will not take much, probably. Just, please, more than a pause to remember on this day.
We remember. Let us not forget.
For those my brothers and sisters who preceded and followed me in my own service, I offer my thanks, and lead those able in toast to those we shall join soon enough.
Absent friends.
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A member of the LegacyGT forum named Scruit has some worrisome evidence of a dealership thrashing his Subaru Legacy GT thanks to multiple in-car cameras connected to a trunk-mounted DVR.
Scruit took his car into a local bodyshop at a Ford dealership after his Legacy GT was involved in a minor fender bender and found the dealer's porters were a little rough on his little Scooby. Scruit seems like the somewhat anal retentive type based on his other YouTube videos, like the one showing his mailman peeing on his house or the roadrager smacking a car door into his fender, so we're not really that surprised he has cameras mounted all over his car.
No matter how anal of a guy he is, we're happy that he's provided this footage as it'll make us a little more cautious when we drop our cars off for service. As the owner points out, the guys are semi-aware they're on video and are thus probably not acting as poorly as they usually do.
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The ceremony, recognizing those who will complete their undergraduate and graduate degree requirements this semester, begins at 6 p.m. in the University Chapel in Doyle Hall.
McBee, who will also complete a minor in biology, transferred to St. Bonaventure after graduating from Genesee Community College in 2011. She is a resident assistant on campus and serves as a student ambassador for the Office of Admissions. She is also captain of the women's club field hockey team, serves the campus Liturgy Group as a sacristan and Eucharistic minister, and volunteers as a parish intern through University Ministries, working with the youth group at St. Mary's of the Angels Church in Olean.
McBee plans to continue her studies at St. Bonaventure, earn a master's in mental health counseling, then join the Army and work with veterans with post traumatic stress disorder.
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Dear Everyone,
I wish I had a button on a remote control... one where I could hit flash-forward and it would take me to the end of my treatment... so that I could see just how beautiful I could be. I'm not saying that in vain; I'm saying it because I feel beautiful when I feel like me. And having to battle acne... it doesn't make me feel like me.
It's day 32 of my Claravis journey. It's getting better, slowly but surely. I actually have a strange feeling that at the end of this second month, my skin will look a lot better. But, as of right now... it's just a waiting game and I am probably one of the most impatient people on this planet.
To tell you the truth... I don't really look into mirrors... which is extremely sad considering that I maybe have four pimples total on my face. I'm pretty sure I have some type of body/acne dysmorphia or whatever it's called. I'm hoping that at the end of treatment... I won't have this anymore.
Well, sorry for the sob-like story hahaha update more in about a week!
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