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In the future, stress may come to be seen as the primary contributing cause of most disease. Research continues to link stress to more and more symptoms and diseases, both acute and chronic. Stress is inevitable in today's world and, of course, we need a certain amount to function. The key is to be able to manage our level of stress.
What is stress? It is our reaction to our external environment as well as our inner thoughts and feelings. Stress in essence is our body's natural response to dangers, the "fight or flight" mechanisms—the body's preparedness to do battle or flee from danger. This response involves a complex biochemical-hormonal process, which we will discuss shortly.
Stress in today's world is mainly a result of continuous high demands that are imposed on us by work, family, and lifestyle, or that we impose upon ourselves through our desire to accomplish. Mild stress acts as a useful motivation for activity and productivity. But when the stresses in our life are too extreme or too many, this may result in all kinds of problems. Some people consistently overreact to their day-to-day life. However, most of us might be overwhelmed only when we have an increased intensity or number of stresses, such as excessive demands all at once leading to a continuous feeling of not having enough time or energy to do what we feel we must do. Others respond stressfully to intense emotional experiences, personal changes, extreme weather, or overexposure to electronic stimuli, all of which can weaken us.
Stress can generate many symptoms and diseases, mediated by changes in immune function, hormonal response, and biochemical reactions, which then influence body functions in our digestive tract and our cardiovascular, neurological, or musculoskeletal systems. A wide variety of problems such as headache, backache, and infection, even heart disease or cancer in the long-term, may result.
Our brain and pituitary gland respond to stress by releasing adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). This stimulates our adrenals to increase production of the hormones epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol. Other hormones that affect metabolism and water balance may also be released. Epinephrine and norepinephrine, known as the adrenalines or catecholamines, are the main stimuli to the stress response. They stimulate the heart, increase blood pressure and heart rate, and constrict certain blood vessels to increase blood flow to the muscles and brain and to decrease it to the digestive tract and internal organs, preparing us for the "battle" with the "danger," wherever it is. Adrenaline also raises blood sugar, as it stimulates the liver to produce and release more glucose (and cholesterol) into the blood so our cells will have the energy we need. All of this results in an increased rate of metabolism. Stress experienced around the time of eating thus diverts the energy needed for efficient digestion.
During times of increased stress and greater demand, our body's nutrients are used more rapidly to meet the increased biochemical needs of metabolism, so we require increased amounts of many of these nutrients. The diet and nutrient plan presented here is specifically designed to reduce these negative biochemical effects of stress. There are also many other important aspects of handling this modern-day problem, primarily psychological and lifestyle approaches to stress management. Soon, there will be a medical specialty designed to deal solely with stress-induced diseases. In fact, most specialties now have some set of symptoms or a diagnosis in their field of expertise related to these psycho-emotional/stress-induced diseases. The problem is that most doctors are not trained to do more than diagnose them, and often these diagnoses, such as "irritable bowel" or "spastic colon," tension headaches, or neurogenic bladder disease, are made primarily by excluding the "real diseases." Often, only tranquilizers, psychotherapy, or biofeedback are available in most circles of medicine, and this approach may be limited. There is a lot more that each of us can do to better manage our stress.
Who will benefit from this Anti-Stress program? It is mainly for those who are routinely subjected to high demands, particularly mental demands, and who suffer from "intellectual performance anxiety." People in this group are mostly office workers, people who must sit and be productive for eight to ten hours a day with little physical outlet, such as the executive or office worker, although they also might be salespeople, flight attendants, mechanics, nurses, or journalists. The Anti-Stress program is also suitable for people undergoing short-term periods of increased stress because of personal changes or other events that increase energy demands, such as divorce or marriage, death of a loved one, relocation, job change, or travel.
Many of the conditions discussed in this chapter are related in some way to stress—for example, athletes experience extra physical stress and executives experience more mental stress; stress is also a factor in the aging process. Stress can occur at all levels of our being. There are physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual stress factors involved in almost all diseases. Particular medical conditions that have a high stress component include asthma and allergies, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal diseases, arthritis, and cancer. Surgery, viral conditions, and environmental chemical exposure may be short-term problems with high stress components. Thus, aspects of this program may apply to many of the other programs. Check other discussions as they may tie into your particular concerns.
Please realize, though, that stress is not the situations or incidents themselves; rather, real stress comes from the way we react to them. For stress to arise and negatively influence our health, we must experience something as a danger. When we do, anxiety is generated, which we often experience as fear or a feeling of threat to our survival. If we view stress positively, we see it as simply a survival response. But if we cannot handle the stress, we may experience the symptoms and diseases of stress. Learning to adapt our attitude and find suitable outlets for our stress is a very important long-range plan.
As stated earlier, the normal biochemical response to a sense of danger is stimulation of the adrenal glands to release increased levels of hormones, particularly the catecholamines—epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine. The catecholamines are cardiovascular stimulants that increase heart rate, constrict blood vessels, stimulate the brain, and affect every other body system to prepare it for "fight" or "flight"—that is, handle the danger or hit the road. The problem comes in when there is really no physical danger but our body reacts as if there were. Then, if greater physical demands and activity do not provide an outlet for the increased adrenal activity, it may be turned inward and play havoc with our physiology and organs, as well as with our emotions and our mind.
Though all parts of our body are affected by stress, certain areas seem to be more sensitive than others. In my estimation, the digestive tract is the most easily influenced, followed by the neurological and circulatory systems and the muscles which accumulate some of the tensions as well as toxins from metabolism. The psychological outlook and welfare of the individual are also strongly affected by acute and chronic stress.
How the damage comes about involves the mechanisms of constant adrenal stimulation along with free-radical production (see Anti-Aging program for a full discussion) and immune suppression. Stress produces irritating molecules that generate immunological changes, damage cells, and inflame organ and blood vessel linings. Stress responses also "eat up" more important nutrients which can lead to deficiencies and allow the other stress response changes to damage the tissues even more. Stress has been shown to decrease protective antibodies and reduce the important T lymphocytes that function in the cellular immune system. Chronic stress is clearly a culprit in the generation of aging and degenerative diseases.
In addition to the increased demands on the adrenal cortex, certain mechanisms affect the stomach and pancreas and thus our digestion. Stress initially increases stomach hydrochloric acid production, leading to indigestion, heartburn, gastritis, and ulcer problems. With increased acid levels, however, the pancreas is stimulated to release alkaline enzymes to help balance the acidity. With chronic stress, this can lead to hypochlorhydria (low stomach acid) and reduced function of the pancreas. This may result in poor digestion and assimilation of nutrients and thus vitamin and mineral deficiencies as well as the development of food allergies due to improper breakdown of the bulk foodstuffs and the subsequent absorption of larger molecules, which may be immunogenic.
There is also a weakening of the adrenal response with chronic stress, whether the stress is from regular sugar intake (adrenaline helps rebalance blood sugar) or from other physical or emotional demands. When the adrenals do not respond, we may have a more difficult time coping with the stress, and when this inability to cope sets in deeply, we may feel like giving up. We might experience depression, hopelessness, or even death, which can result from the serious diseases that arise with a severely weakened immune system. That is why it is so important to avoid the vicious cycle of trying to meet high demands by pushing ourselves with poor nourishment, poor sleep, and lack of fun. A whole field of medicine, called psychoneuroimmunology, is arising to deal with our new knowledge about the relationship among stress, immunity and brain functions, and disease, examining such problems as AIDS, cancer, and chronic viral conditions. Though we have learned a lot about stress and its influence on disease in recent years, there is still a great deal more to learn regarding the physical mechanisms involved in immune interaction. This, I believe, is going to be the dominant medical field of the future.


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Cyber activists or "hacktivists" have attacked government websites across Africa to protest anti-LGBT laws that discriminate, imprison or even condemn gays and lesbians across the continent, reports Gay Star News, Radio Netherlands Worldwide and Zambian Watchdog. The coordinated attacks have targeted Botswana, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda in an operation known as #OpFuckAfrica.
The Anonymous and TheEliteSociety hacking groups have launched a joint all-out attack against countries in Africa that kill or imprison LGBT people. The groups promise more websites will be hacked in African states that oppress LGBT rights. Last Thursday, hacktivists hacked the website of Botswana's Export Development and Investment Authority, and leaked its database. Somalia's TV Network and Gurmad company websites were also hacked.
Just last week saw the hackers taking over Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi's website. They posted a fictitious statement on the site in which Mbabazi apologised for his government's anti-gay stance and expressed his support for the recent Uganda gay Pride week.
The hacktivists have apparently singled out Sudan for the most damage. Sudan is one of four African nations that boast the death penalty for gays or same-sex activity. The other three are Mauritania, Nigeria and Somalia. "Cyber activists have hacked 73 official government websites in Sudan, including the president's, as they continue to demand LGBT people in Africa are given rights," reports Gay Star News.
Last week's cyber-attack against the Ugandan governement targeted 'the prime minister's office, Parliament, the Uganda Securities Exchange and Uganda Law Society, a government statement said," according to Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
Homosexuality is punishable by up to life in prison in Uganda, which has been condemned by the international community for its state-sponsored anti-gay terror campaign. Parliament has revived the extreme Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which seeks the death penalty or life imprisonment for anyone caught engaging in homosexual acts for a second time.
Same-sex acts are currently illegal in at least 38 of 54 African countries. South Africa and Seychelles are the only African nations that protect LGBT rights. SA is also the only African nation to guarantee marriage equality and gay adoption.

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Barry M recently launched a matte version of their creamy and very soft eye crayons:
I am already a fan of the super soft metallic eye pencils, when I was sent two of the new matte textures to try out in a green and blue:
I like the fact they are matte but bright at the same time. I find mattes for the eyes *snooorreeee* most of the time, so a pop of colour helps….
These pencils are the same as the normal metallic pencils – super super super creamy and soft. No tugging or pulling on the skin at all – really lovely to use:
They are also very pigmented, as are the metallics in the range:
I have to say I am a fan of these pencils – I have my eye on Turquoise and for £3.95, its a bit of a bargain. Most of all though, I actually can't think of another range that has a matte pencil in these shades or that are as soft and creamy as these ones.
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Vermont State Police Log: City man cited for DUI after motorist alerts police

 ADDISON COUNTY — Late last week, Vermont State Police issued a statement describing an incident involving a Vergennes man.

 Police said that on Saturday, Dec. 15, at approximately 9:30 a.m. a concerned motorist called 911 to report erratic operation of a red, Toyota pickup southbound on Interstate 89. The caller followed the vehicle at a safe distance, from Milton to South Burlington, while providing regular updates to the police dispatcher.

 A trooper intercepted the vehicle, which bore Vermont license plate AMY442, and stopped it on Shelburne Road in South Burlington. He identified the driver, with an expired Vermont driver's license, as 60-year-old Roger Kilburn of Vergennes.

 During the roadside investigation police said they found Kilburn was in possession of marijuana as well as an expired Vermont medical marijuana card. Kilburn was screened for alcohol and taken into custody for suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) and possession of marijuana. Kilburn was processed at the Williston VSP barracks; his blood alcohol content was measured at 0.097 percent. The legal limit for driving is 0.08 percent. Police cited Kilburn DUI, second offense, and possession of marijuana and was issued a traffic ticket for driving with an expired license.

 In other recent activity, VSP:

 • On Dec. 26 received a report that someone had forced entry in a Lake Road home in Panton and stolen a firearm and an electronic device. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact VSP at 388-4919 or submit an anonymous tip by going online to www.vtips.info or by texting "CRIMES" to keyword: VTIPS.

 • On Dec. 26 arrested Jessica Popp, 25, of Monkton without incident on a warrant that had been issued on Dec. 20 for contempt of court. She was lodged at the Chittenden County Correction Facility.

 • On Dec. 27 at 7:07 a.m. received a report that someone in a dark-colored Jeep Cherokee with a silver bottom had driven away from the Mobil Short Stop off Route 7 in Ferrisburgh without paying for gasoline.

 Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact VSP.

 • On Dec. 28 responded to a burglary in Ferrisburgh in which forced entry into an Arnold Bay Road residence was made through the front door by kicking it repeatedly sometime between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. that day. Anyone with information is asked to contact VSP.

 • On Dec. 29 at 3:10 p.m. responded to a one-car accident in Addison. Police said Michelle J. Barak, 27, of Corpus Christi, Texas, was westbound on Route 17 in a 2002 Ford ZX2 sedan when she entered a moderate curve, lost control of the car, and traveled off the north side of the road. After leaving the north side of the roadway the Ford collided with a utility pole, and sustained minimal-to-moderate front-end damage. There were no injuries. Police issued Barak a written warning for speeding.

 • On Dec. 30 at 7:20 p.m. responded to a two-car accident on Horton Road in Orwell. Police said the two cars were traveling toward each other, and as they approached the top of a rise the two vehicles collided. Both sustained minor damage to the front bumper. All occupants of the vehicles were wearing seat belts and were not injured. The trooper reported that in the area of the crash the travel portion of Horton Road was narrowed due to the snow banks from the recent storm


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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Summer time - Get out Your Hoes!
5 comments:
- Judy said...
Those bugs were the worst. No maybe it was the hot sun. Character building or not, you were stronger than Ann and me. Not just Dad and Mom, but the whole family are indebted to you because this was the one cash crop. So if I have never said thank you before, I am saying it now.
- June 27, 2010 at 11:25 PM
- Dwight said...
We did have quite a time of it those weeks we went up one row and down the other, walk home for lunch, back in the afternoon, carting our water jug. What did we talk about all those hours? I felt lucky to be able to apply my high school graduation knowledge on hoeing weeds out of beets. But, amazingly, I remember the experience as a pleasant one and not with regret. We both had much in store for us after that summer interlude in the beet fields that provided us both with an experience we have never forgotten.
- June 28, 2010 at 2:42 AM
- Ann said...
Elizabeth, I love this post and the optimistic title of your collage page that includes the word "enjoying". It goes to show we can all enjoy what we have to do if we so choose. The hot days in the beet field were truly a labor of necessity. May I just say ditto to what has been previously posted.
One observation - Judy's post is at 11:25 pm and Dwight's post is at 2:42 am. I hope you both got some sleep, eventually.
- June 28, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Okay, it's someone else's turn. I know that you are all terribly busy, etc., etc., etc., but it would be a good thing if you would let us know what is going on in your lives????
- June 30, 2010 at 10:23 AM
- Dwight said...
What animosity?
- July 17, 2010 at 9:31 AM


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Natural Heritageby Mai Feng '08 • July 19, 2005 Share:
Indiana residents are surrounded by an abundance of natural beauty.
And in West Central Indiana you don't have to go far to find plenty of nature's wonders.
Sugar Creek, a clear running, unpolluted stream which cuts across west-central Indiana provides beautiful natural backdrop for generations in Montgomery County. By doing a canoe or kayak trip, you can experience the beauty of Sugar Creek - stop along Turkey Run and Shades State Parks or hunt for rocks, fossils and Indian beads.
Indiana Dunes, the national lakeshore which runs for nearly 25 miles along southern Lake Michigan, contains 15 miles of beaches, as well as sand dunes, bogs, marshes, swamps, prairies, rivers, oak savannas, and woodland forests. More than 350 species of birds have been observed in the park. It has one of the most diverse plant communities of any unit in the U.S. National Park System with 1418 vascular plant species including 90 threatened or endangered ones.
Besides the strikingly beautiful landscape and diverse ecosystems all over the state, Indiana is also noted for year-round outdoor activities. More than 20 state parks provide wonderful opportunities for hiking, camping, fishing and many other fascinating activities.
To learn more about natural beauty of State of Indiana and Montgomery County you can visit the Indiana Department of Natural Resources website.
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3 Reasons to Run Away from Queenstown's Beauty
Queenstown's natural beauty is exquisite. Crisp mountain air, world class snowfields, and glacial lakes - what more could you ask for?
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Have you stumbled into heaven on earth? Of course you have! So why would you ever leave?? (Many don't).
Okay, let's assume you DO want to go exploring further afield, then another string to add to Queenstown's bow is her proximity to at least three excellent New Zealand destinations:
Run away to GLENORCHY – Glenorchy is a 45 minute drive from Queenstown. The tiny settlement contains an area called "Paradise" and it has become a favourite location for film scouts. Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Top of the Lake, Narnia, Wolverine and even a Taylor Swift video has been shot up there – because the landscape is jaw dropping, and amongst the best New Zealand has to offer. Pristine, untouched and protected – with glistening lakes, looming mountains, and massive working farms full of sheep, cattle and horses.
Run away to ARROWTOWN – Just 20 minutes from Queenstown. The drive to Arrowtown takes you past the much photographed Lake Hayes. You'll feel like you stepped onto the set of a western as you enter this gorgeous gold-rush town full of historic buildings and relics from the 1860's gold boom. The Otago Rail Trail cycle track passes along the Arrow River and there are also some great 4WD tracks to the ruins of Macetown (another gold settlement). In Arrowtown itself you can walk amongst the restored huts of the early Chinese settlers who were lured to New Zealand with the promise of making their fortune, and find out what became of them.
Run away to MILFORD SOUND – An epic, scenic and unique four hour drive/bus from Queenstown or you can book a flight from Queenstown to get incredible views of Mitre Peak, Mt Earnslaw and the Greenstone Valley. Milford Sound is a mystical place that must be experienced at least once in your lifetime. It is a living, breathing giant with waterfalls, towering glaciers, native bush and Maori history. It is so lush you will almost expect unicorns to appear from somewhere, but instead you'll need to keep your eyes on the Kea parrots that like to chew the rubber fittings off your car doors!
*Run away to Glenorchy with Pure Glenorchy Lord of the Rings Scenic Tours. We depart Queenstown twice daily to travel the Glenorchy road to Paradise. Give us a call, we'd love to show you around.
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Lord of the Rings: Glenorchy and Paradise Scenic Tours
Travel New Zealand's most scenic highway, heading deep into Middle Earth, and visit the landscape that inspired Peter Jackson's film locations for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. A scenic tour to Paradise and Glenorchy with local Kiwi guides.


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That's it! It's official that I hate the gym during the weeks leading to summer. The past few weeks my experience of going to the gym had been rather unpleasant due to the increase number of people suddenly turning up (not to mention that some of the younger ones could be quite rude and inconsiderate). Well… It's close to summer, so people were thinking "I have to get my beach body back".
I seriously dont get it. It shouldn't matter what season it is, it should be a constant effort to keep exercising throughout the year, unless work or sickness gets in the way. Im used to go to the gym 6 days a week no matter what the weather or season is for a few years. And I like it because the members all became familiar to each others routines, and we worked around it to accomodate each others timings need, especially during the busy times in the morning. But when you have a sudden increase of people who only turn up coz the sun's up and fueled by summer body goal to achieve, it's all a mess. Classes became so crammed, so are the showers, and lockers, then your routines got jumbled up to accomodate these seasonal goers, and your workout time got cut down because you have to compensate for the (even more than usual) time lost in waiting for the showers and bench to get ready. If I could come to the gym earlier I would have, but unfortunately public transport provider doesn't think the suburb I live in needs a 5am bus/train service like some other suburbs do, so Im doing the best I can to get to the gym as early as possible, and since evening is not an option, I have no choice but to deal it.
Im looking forward to winter again when the regulars would keep going and the seasonal goers would slack off and not bothered going until it's time to shed off the winter weight again. Im sorry if this offends any readers who happened to be the seasonal goers, but that's just the way it is. If anything, it should be a motivation to exercise constantly throughout the year, not just to get a beach body after months of slacking off.
Granted, this is my first time being active in the gym in a four season country, and I started my membership in the winter, so perhaps there was a bit of shock there. Anyway, for those who are still reading, no matter what the weather is, go do your body a favour and keep a constant exercising habit all year long, because the body deserves it, and the mind would be happy too.


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from Google blog
Late in 2007, our User Experience (UX) group—which does user interface design, visual design, user research, web development, and user interface writing—set out to articulate the principles that ought to guide Google designs worldwide. What are the fundamentals that all Google designers and researchers accept? Which approaches to design are particularly "Googley"? How can we encourage teams throughout Google to dream big and make smart design decisions?
A small team gathered to discuss these questions and define the Googley Design Principles:
1. Focus on people—their lives, their work, their dreams.These UX principles flow naturally from the Ten things Google has found to be true and the UX group's stated mission: to design products that satisfy and delight our users. We described the principles as "Our Aspirations" for two reasons:
2. Every millisecond counts.
3. Simplicity is powerful.
4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
5. Dare to innovate.
6. Design for the world.
7. Plan for today's and tomorrow's business.
8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.
9. Be worthy of people's trust.
10. Add a human touch.
Still, we don't want to waffle too much. These principles represent the User Experience group's declaration of beliefs. With "Satisfy and Delight" stitched on our leotards, we're determined to get up on the tightrope and start juggling principles. Please applaud or boo, as appropriate, so that we can make the next act even better.
- We have a lot of work to do when it comes to implementation.
- Every real-world product will have to strike a balance between all ten principles.
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The big picture?
Maybe it's the little picture, considering the re-election of a president who pretty much failed during his first four-year term. The question of the day or maybe it's one of the biggest questions thus far into the 21st century for this country. Are voters, when they vote, looking at the big picture?
I could make a good case more voters last time around in November did not consider the big picture. The big picture last election was about our economy, jobs and taxes. Polls show Obama was not doing a good job with those things, yet more people than not voted for the man?
If Obama was not elected on those agendas representing what the majority in America saw as the "big picture," how did he win re-election? No doubt many voted for him because he was black, tall, handsome or personable, and that clearly has nothing to do with the big picture.
Did young people vote for him simply because Obama is liberal and young people tend to be liberal, especially those in college? Did he get the women's vote for free contraceptives or having the government provide free stuff, especially to single parents? Did free stuff, rather than the unsustainable spending, or self reliance, determine one's vote? Looking at the big picture, how can we keep giving away the farm and have far too many people not working and not wanting to work?
Take the issue of the rich paying their fair share of taxes. Our president has been unmerciful, demeaning this group to the point many went to the polls just to vote against the rich and have Obama raise their taxes. How many ignored the big picture? The rich might hunker down and find loopholes to protect their wealth rather than hire more workers. Maybe even take their companies to another country since America has the highest tax rate (or at least second highest) in the world. Being envious of them is the little pic, and encouraging the rich (especially when it comes to creating jobs and new products) is the big pic, obviously.
Take the issue of amnesty for illegals, especially those good workers who will work for less than minimum wage. But what about taking jobs away from our citizens, and the many who will add to our welfare roles that already are unsustainable?
What about small businesses being forced to pay a higher minimum wage and getting socked with higher taxes? The end result is a smaller payroll. Fewer workers.
On the social front, same-sex marriage will have to lead to lots of other non-traditional marriages such as polygamy and whatever one can imagine. What about the fact that our kids brought up in "the" traditional family are, on the average, more successful in whatever way you want to define success. Equality and pop culture "love" is not a good enough argument to overlook the big picture.
The scenarios I could give are endless. The point is, if we are to continue as the best nation on planet earth, we need more voters looking at all aspects of issues as opposed to voters who just zero in on one or two things when they go to the polls.
There is absolutely no way (zero chance) this country would have put the 44th president back in the Oval Office for another four years had a majority in America looked beyond the end of their noses, or shall we say, "seen the entire forest and not just a few trees."
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|Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas (UNU, 1998, 203 pages)
|Part II: The Aral Sea
|4. Creeping environmental problems in the Aral Sea basin
In the late 1950s, the Aral Sea was the Earth's fourth-largest inland body of water with respect to surface area. In 1960 the mean level of the Aral Sea was measured at 53.4 metres, its surface area at 66,000 km2, and its volume at about 1,090 km3. A flourishing sea fishery industry existed, based on the exploitation of a variety of commercially valued species. During the past three decades, the Aral Sea region (see fig. 4.3) has become a major world-class ecological and socio-economic problem. It is now the sixth-largest inland water body.
The streamflows of the two perennial river systems, the Amudarya and Syrdarya, have, in the relatively recent past, sustained a stable Aral Sea level. Over the centuries, about half of the flow of the two rivers reached the Aral; a major expansion of irrigated cotton production altered this ecological balance. A sizeable portion of Central Asia's agricultural production is dependent on irrigation. Irrigated agriculture in the region pre-dates by millennia the era of tsarist conquests of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. What is "new" about irrigation in the region, however, is the huge amount of water diverted from the region's major rivers and, in turn, the large proportion of arable land devoted to cotton production. Beginning in the late 1970s, no water from the Syrdarya reached the Aral Sea, and the Amudarya supplied only a minimal and ever-decreasing volume. Large diversions, poor irrigation construction and maintenance, and mismanagement of water resources have been identified as major causes of the decreased flow to the Aral Sea (e.g. Bedford, 1996).
Awareness of the potential degradation surrounding the Aral Sea draw-down was widespread, even in the 1950s and 1960s, a time when policy makers had a blind faith in the use of technological fixes to overcome obstacles in the paths to economic development and when the Soviet government did not allow organized dissent. The fate of the Aral Sea, under conditions of increasing diversions from the two major sources of Aral Sea water, was more or less known in the absence of any intervention to stop or limit the diversions. Articles about the risks of degradation appeared in Soviet journals, at least from the 1960s, and were translated into other languages. However, even the most ardent advocates of preserving the Aral underestimated the range, rate of change, and intensity of the degradation that subsequently transpired.
There have been, and continue to be, decision makers who feel that the Aral Sea is of little intrinsic value to society. Thus, regardless of paying verbal homage to saving it, they do not care about its ultimate demise. Yet another group of people have supported the diversion of river water from the Amudarya and Syrdarya, knowing that such diversions were drawing down the level of the Sea. However, they had been led to believe that the Siberian rivers diversion project would eventually be approved, bringing water to Central Asia and possibly to the Aral Sea. Central Asians continue to believe that Russia's Siberian river water is owed to them by Russian leaders, because of their sacrifices to the Soviet Union in previous decades at the behest of the Soviet government to foster the all-out production of cotton for Russian textile factories. In fact, attempts are under way today to revive these diversion schemes, as well as to propose newer ones.
Thus, much is already known about the decline in the level of the Aral Sea: when it began, why it happened, who benefited and who suffered as a result of the decline, what actions were proposed to deal with the declining levels and with the deteriorating circum-Aral human health and environmental conditions, and so forth.
Although all this is known with some degree of certainty, it is important to note that this particular environmental change (slow onset, low-grade, long-term, and cumulative decline in the level of the Aral Sea) is but one of a large family of such changes taking place in the Aral Sea basin. Although the primary focus of attention has been on the declining level of the Sea, in part because that change is highly visible (especially from space), it is but one creeping change in the basin to occur during the past half-century.
Creeping environmental problems in the Aral basin include the decline of the level of the Sea, reduced inflow to the Sea from the Amudarya and Syrdarya, monocropping, declining water quality, and adverse health effects. Because of the low-grade but cumulative nature of these problems, high-level policy makers, as well as low-level decision makers, have apparently had difficulties in identifying them as problems and then, once identified as such, in coping with them. As with other Caps elsewhere, it is often difficult to identify thresholds of change that could serve to catalyse action to arrest environmental degradation. Water quality degrades slowly over time. Vegetative cover and human health also degrade slowly over time. As for streamflow, there were readily identifiable thresholds at which point all could see that a major change in the Aral Sea was near: for example, in the late 1970s when the Syrdarya's waters failed to reach the Sea. And, for a few years in the 1980s, the mighty Amudarya's water also failed to reach the Sea for the first time in recent history.
As a result of the lack of understanding of how societies can or should address such insidious environmental changes, there has been a tendency in the Aral Sea basin to "muddle through" with respect to the decision-making process. Only when a crisis has been perceived by a policy-making body has action been taken, usually in the form of a costly and rapid mobilization of human and financial resources. Such actions usually address the symptoms of the problem and not its root causes. As noted earlier, although the "muddling through/crisis response" paradigm may work in the richer industrialized countries, the value of the paradigm is much more questionable in countries with scarce resources such as those in Central Asia. Because they lack the resources needed to respond at all to such crises, they are forced to seek, if not rely on, assistance from donor countries and organizations. If such assistance is not forthcoming, the downward spiral of degradation continues.
Examples of CEP in the Aral Sea basin
The following brief examples of CEP are drawn from the Aral basin. They are meant to be suggestive, not to be an exhaustive list of creeping environmental changes in this Central Asian basin. With glasnost in the mid-1980s and the breakup of the Soviet Union in December 1991, interest in the region has grown sharply, in part for environmental reasons, but more so for geopolitical reasons (e.g. Glantz et al., 1993; Rashid, 1994; Eickelman, 1993).
Expansion of cotton acreage
The desire to expand cotton production onto desert land increased the dependence of Central Asian republics on irrigation and mono cropping. Monocropping has adverse impacts on soil conditions, which prompts increasing dependence on mechanization, pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. Socio-economically, this is also risky in the sense that a regional economy based on a single crop is highly vulnerable to the variability of climate (especially climatic extremes) as well as to the whims of the market-place.
The demands of cotton production for irrigation water are high, at one time consuming over 50 per cent of agricultural water use in the region. Increased demands were met by increasing diversions from the Amudarya and the Syrdarya (fig. 4.4). Tables 4.1 and 4.2 show, respectively, the land under irrigation in three republics between 1950 and 1986, and the expansion of cotton acreage in Central Asia between 1940 and 1986. The data provided in these tables cover the post-World War II period of expansion of irrigation up to 1986, the year that the Aral crisis was first exposed to the world. Each year additional amounts of water were required for the new fields and for the flushing of salts from the old ones, suffering from increasingly salinized soils. In addition, starting in 1954 with the construction of the Karakum Canal in Turkmenistan, large amounts of water were diverted from the Amudarya to irrigate fields in that republic. The current estimate of withdrawals for the Karakum Canal from the Amudarya is about 15-20 km3 per year (or 23-30 per cent of flow).
Table 4.1 Land under irritations, 1950-1986 (thousand hectares)
Source: Critchlow (1991, p. 63).
The pie chart in figure 4.5 depicts the changes, since 1986, in the proportion of land (and therefore water for irrigation) devoted to cotton, grains, and fodder crops (such as alfalfa) and other crops in Uzbekistan.
Table 4.2 Cotton sowings, 1940-1986 (million hectares)
Increase, 1940-1986(%)
Source: Critchlow (1991, p. 64).
a. Average per year for this period.
Sealevel decline
The decline in the level of the Aral Sea has received considerable political attention both domestically and internationally. It is a highly noticeable environmental change, visible directly on the ground as well as from space. Water diversions from the two main regional rivers robbed the sea and deltas of annual freshwater replenishment. The rate of decline of the Sea can be seen in figure 4.6 (Micklin and Williams, 1996). Note also that declining levels were accompanied by an even more rapid decline in the volume of the Sea and by an increase in salinity.
It was not until the mid-1980s and glasnost that the Aral Sea situation took on the aura of an environmental catastrophe to many foreign observers. Although it was newly exposed to the international media, and discussed with a new openness in the Soviet Union, it was, as suggested earlier, a known crisis situation that "crept up" on policy makers over a period of 30 years!
Related to declining sealevel and reduced sea surface area is the increase in the number and frequency of dust storms. In the mid-1970s, dust storms captured the attention of Soviet policy makers when cosmonauts, during one of their space missions, photographed major dust storms in the receding shoreline in the south-eastern part of the Aral Sea. Exposed seabed enabled winds to pick up dust laden with a variety of chemicals and carry it hundreds of kilometres from the original site. Farms downwind of these storms became covered with these dry depositions, and farmers claimed that the productivity of their land, as well as their health, were being adversely affected. Since then, the number and intensity of these dust storms along the continually newly exposed dry seabed have apparently increased. In fact, it was the appearance of major dust storms that exposed to Soviet leaders and the rest of the world the extent of human mismanagement of Central Asian rivers' waters.
Decreasing flows of the Amudarya and Syrdarya into the Aral Sea
The Amudarya supplies about 70 per cent of the water to the Aral Sea, more than twice the flow of the second major river in the region, the Syrdarya. From the early 1960s, the decline in Syrdarya flow was noticed, and by the late 1970s no Syrdarya water reached the Sea. As for the Amudarya, a sizeable amount of water is diverted from the river to the Karakum Canal (later the Lenin Canal and, today, the Niyazov Canal). The total amount diverted to this canal has been estimated at 15-20 km3 per year, with diversions having increased at various stages of its completion. In the 1980s, there were a few years when virtually no Amudarya flow reached the Aral Sea. In recent years, however, as the result of favourable snowpack in the Pamir Mountains where the river has its origins, water has been reaching the Sea. The last leg of the Karakum Canal is completed, which will likely translate into the diversion of additional Amudarya water to the canal's extension to south-western Turkmenistan.
Before the rapid expansion of irrigated cotton production began in the 1960s in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, some Soviet scientists sought to alert their government to the possibility of a decline in sealevel decades into the future, as large volumes of water became increasingly diverted from the two major regional rivers that had historically determined the Sea's level.
Declining quality in the rivers and in the Aral Sea
As fields were continually irrigated on a large scale, soil fertility rapidly declined. This prompted attempts to use increasing amounts of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides to maintain, if not expand, cotton productivity and production. Many of these chemicals found their way through the return flow to the rivers, as well as to the groundwater. In addition, to avoid (or really delay) the worsening of the salinization of soils, increasing amounts of water had to be used to flush the land of salts and other compounds. Much of this drainage water was returned to the rivers and, eventually, to the Sea. Drainage canals were eventually constructed to divert some of the contaminated water away from the Sea and into Lake Sarakamysh, a regional desert depression.
Degradation of the deltaic ecosystems
As another example of the ecological consequences of reduced streamflow into the sea, the degradation of the highly productive Amudarya and Syrdarya deltaic regions has become increasingly pronounced during the past 30 years (Smith, 1994). One of the consequences of the desiccation of the delta region has been the diminution of vegetative cover, a loss that destroyed habitats for wildlife and migratory birds. Frederick (1991, p. 12) highlighted the economic importance of the deltas in the recent past, noting that they provided a "feeding base for livestock, a source of reeds for industry, spawning grounds for fish, and sites of commercial hunting and trapping." Each of these delta-related ecological and societal processes has either been sharply curtailed or ended (Novikova, 1998).
Wildlife disappeared from around the delta and forests became decimated as the soils dried out or became salinized or waterlogged, depending on local soil conditions. Kuznetsov (1992, p. 324) supported this view of the early observation of adverse impacts, when he wrote that
the degradation of wetland soils in the deltas was noted quite clearly as early as the second half of the 1960s. For the preservation of the most fertile soils of the Amudarya delta, it was proposed that they be artificially irrigated, for which it was recommended that 3.0-3.5 km3/year of river water be used. However, professional water managers and land reclamation specialists paid no heed to this recommendation, nor to many others.
Today, political interest in the Aral Sea appears to have been reduced to the deltas of the Amudarya and Syrdarya. Supported by recommendations from the World Bank, Uzbek and Kazak leaders have proposed to rejuvenate deltaic ecosystems, abandoning the more ambitious schemes designed to save the entire Aral Sea, including the deltas.
Destruction of fish populations in the Aral Sea
With declining river water quality came a decline in the quality of Aral Sea water. At a 1977 Soviet conference on the environmental impact of a drop in the level of the Aral Sea, a paper prepared by two Uzbek republic scientists reported a sharp reduction in fish landings (Gorodetskaya and Kes, 1978). They suggested that a demise of the commercial fishery would likely occur because of the desiccation of the Sea's fish spawning grounds. Borovsky (1980) had also suggested that the depletion of the Aral Sea fisheries would be one of the first consequences of declining sealevels. Reteyum (1991, p. 3) wrote that "in 1965, the Council of Ministers of the USSR passed a special resolution, On Measures to Preserve the Fishery Importance of the Aral Sea." He cited this as one of the examples to support his belief that signs of deterioration in the Aral basin were seen as early as the mid-1960s.
The sharp decline in fish landings provided a visible threshold for decision makers to see that their inaction with regard to declining sealevel and water quality had its adverse biological consequences. By the late 1970s, it was quite clear that the Aral Sea fisheries were in an irreversible decline. A once-thriving fishing industry had become adversely affected by increasing amounts of pollutants entering the Sea by way of the river. The salinity of Aral Sea water increased to such an extent that several areas had the same salinity as the open ocean.
Today, no fish are caught commercially in the Sea; the Aral Sea ports of Muynak and Aralsk are now several tens of kilometres from the receding shoreline; and into the early 1990s fish had been shipped in from distant locations (the Arctic, the Baltic, the Pacific) for processing. The loss of fish productivity sparked a collapse of the industry and employment in this sector. In 1960, 43,430 metric tons of fish were caught in the Sea, dropping to 17,400 tons in 1970, to zero tons in 1980, and remaining there until now (Létolle and Mainguet, 1993, p. 182).
Increases in human diseases
The consequences of the dependence of several Central Asian republics on cotton monoculture not only adversely affected the physical environment by upsetting ecological balances in many parts of the Aral basin, but have also had a devastating impact on human health. Documented regional effects have only recently been exposed to the public: high infant mortality and morbidity rates, a sharp increase in oesophageal cancers directly attributable to "poisoned" water resources, gastro-intestinal problems, typhoid, high rates of congenital deformation, outbreaks of viral hepatitis, the contamination of mothers' milk, and a life expectancy in some areas about 20 years less than for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in general. Groundwater supplies, too, have been contaminated as a result of the widespread and wanton use of chemicals on irrigated cotton fields. By all statistical measures, the region's human health profile fares poorly in comparison with the rest of the CIS (Feshbach and Friendly, 1992; Ellis, 1990). Adverse impacts of all-out cotton production on health have been compounded by the absolute dearth of medical and health facilities in the Aral basin. In addition, water treatment facilities in the region are wholly inadequate (and in many areas non-existent), necessitating the use for domestic purposes of untreated surface waters from the rivers, irrigation canals, and drainage ditches.
Systematic research on public health in the Aral Sea basin began in the mid-1970s. From that time, the negative dynamics of deteriorating public health conditions in the region were observed. Had such research been systematically undertaken earlier, these adverse public health conditions would have been identified by the end of the 1960s, and would probably have been linked to the presence of pesticides (Elpiner, 1990, 1998). In addition, Kuznetsov (1992, p. 327) noted that "unfortunately, secrecy over an entire series of research results in the 1970s, especially medical-epidemiological data, precluded their publication at that time and the predictions associated with them did not become available to the public in time."
By way of illustration, one typical, tragic situation deserves mention, namely, the condition of the Karakalpak, the Turkic-speaking people of autonomous Karakalpakstan in north-west Uzbekistan. More than 1 million people have been affected:
There is a shortage of clean water, and there is not enough even for drinking. In several parts of the region the consumption of water per person per day is about 5 liters, compared to an average of 200 to 300 liters. The mineralization (salt content) of this water stands at 2 to 4 grams per liter, and the bacteria content exceeds the maximum permissible concentration by 5 to 10 times. Through the dispensary system the Ministry of Health discovered a truly tragic picture: 60 percent of those examined - children and adults have serious health problems; 80 percent of pregnant women suffer from anemia; intestinal infections are widespread; the infant mortality rate is much higher than national average figures and in several regions reaches 82 in 1000 newborns. Diseases never before seen here are appearing, for example gallstones and kidney stones. (Rudenko, 1989, p. 44)
In the absence of any major improvement in regional health care or in detoxifying water and land resources in the Aral basin, the only way out for regional inhabitants, other than perpetuating the status quo, has been emigration. However, despite previous Soviet plans to encourage those most directly and most negatively affected (the people of Karakalpakstan) to migrate to areas outside Central Asia, few have opted to leave their homeland. Thus, with few meaningful actions to improve the health of the people or the environment in the Aral basin, the total sum of misery can only increase, because the region boasts an extremely high population growth rate ranging from 2.6 to 3.2 per cent. At such growth rates, a doubling of the present-day regional population of over 30 million to 60 million is expected in the early decades of the twenty-first century. The UN Development Programme is actively seeking to address some of the social issues that constrain capacity-building, which is so necessary for the long-term "sustainable use of water and land resources in the basin" (UNDP, 1996).


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I've been really worried about us lately. A partnership I cannot stand is one where each partner is living their own separate life, only sharing what they must share. I am in a relationship because I want it to add something to me, and I want to feel that I am adding something to you.
It used to be fun to make fun and be sarcastic of whom I'm with, thinking that this means that we're so close, we know each other so well and we're so comfortable with each other that we can tease each other and be sarcastic and take that lightly. Growing older and being lonely for so long, I never understood how couples would not value each other so much and would not be tremendously caring of each other, whether in private or in public. I made a vow to myself that I do not want to take my partner lightly and I do not want to be sarcastic of my partner, because she will be so valuable when I find her and she would deserve much better than that. I was feeling terrrible lately that part of my reactions were that I was starting to take you lightly and I was starting to bring my old sarcastic self to the surface to counter the negligence feeling I developed from you.
I realized that most of my sarcasm was internal. Internal because I have been fighting myself for so long to stop that sarcastic atittude of mine, and because I promised myself not to introduce that to any relationship I have. But that internal sarcasm was developing as a reaction to your admiting that I should accept your sarcasm about me, and to my feeling that you're not appreciative of me, and that all we're doing is trying to listen to you. I might've been wrong in interpreting that.
I never talk to people whom I don't feel are listening and whom I don't feel they understand. I also never listen to those whom I don't feel they're worth listening to. In a previous relationship, I wasn't able to talk and to share because I felt I was always being judged. Everything I said I felt I'm being judged by, being evaluated, and being reduced to a trivial set of labels which do not define me. What was happening now is different though. I felt unappreciated, and I value my mind too much for it to be unappreciated. And while in other situations I'd take it lightly, in a relationship in which I'm expecting to get so much out of, it affects me strongly. In a relationship that is so core and defines a big part of me, small reactions develop into large feelings, and to reduce those strong feelings which are developing in a direction you don't want, you build a barrier and then start reducing the relationship to a lighter state of affairs. But I do not want that. I do not want a light relationship. I want an intense relationship. One that is at the core of my life, shapes the person that I am, and makes me whole. How can something make me whole that is light, separate and unimportant! I feel dissatisfied when the image of what I want out of a relationship is distorted. It scares me to think that my feelings and flood of emotions would end up being supressed and detached from me because the relationship is not allowing them to be.
I have come to realize today that you have been depressed, that your work --which to a great extent defines who you are-- is not going your way, and that can be a destructive factor. I have come to realize that maybe I was not listening to you well enough, not listening to your feelings and your needs, and only considering my needs and what I want. I did not see how the turn of events at your work, and the turning point in your career is affecting you. I do understand however. I understand what you're going through. I wish I could provide support, but I know it can only be from within yourself.
I've been trying to tell you who I was and how I've become what I am. Brought my handwritten notebook once in hope of reading excerpts of it to you. To get a taste of the dreamer I was, the ambitious and at times naive character that was. Felt you're not interested, so didn't expose. But I want you to fight your fight differently, and I don't want you to fade like I did. You said something that struck me today, that work is not important to me! I don't speak about it because it is so important to me, and because I am so immensely dissapointed in it. I am dissapointed in myself. I took it at this country at many times, and its partly true, but the real truth is that its me. Its me, not doing the right thing, and not putting the right effort. I have learnt to deal with that, and I have reached a somehwat satisfactory state. I have mostly become at peace with what I am and what I'm becoming. I have let go, and while I would've demeaningly looked down at such an atittude in the past, I am accepting it and accepting who I am now with much satisfaction. My discovery of sufism, and my approach to God and His power in that last year has helped me reach this state. Its a state of power which I derived from my tremendous weakness that I felt. Its a power that I feel by knowing my limitations. Its the control I gain by knowing how much we don't control. Its the sanity I have by knowing that I'd become insane thinking that what I want is what I'll get, regardless of who I am. Its the satisfaction I get by trying and then accepting the results. Yes, its also partly loving myself, for the qualities that God created in me, for the uniqueness of who I am, from His qualities that are abundant in His creations. I begin now a new journey, realizing how trivial my initial goals where, which turned my life around, controlled me, and made me think that those goals are what defines me, and achieving them are what makes me what I want to be --as if what I wanted to be is worthwhile enough. In that journey, I am in search of a meaning.


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Intranasal Drug Delivery: How, Why and What for?
Over the last decade the interest in intranasal delivery as a non-invasive route for drug administration has been exponentially increased. Since the nasal mucosa offers numerous benefits as a target issue for drug delivery, a wide variety of therapeutic compounds may be administered intranasally for topic, systemic and central nervous system action. The present paper reviews the relevant aspects of nasal anatomy, physiology and histology, and refers to the biological, physicochemical and pharmaceutical factors that must be considered during the process of discovery and development of nasal drugs as well as in their incorporation in appropriate nasal pharmaceutical formulations.
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narrow sunroom decorating ideas
Sunrooms are as popular as ever which makes for a wide range of sunroom ideas. Not to be perplexed with a four times of the year living room, sun parlor designs rely on the sunlight for heat and also they do not have air conditioning as a basic policy.
Sunroom Layouts
Sunrooms can be customized or purchased as prefabricated sunrooms. Either way, you will certainly want to decide on a sunroom style that assimilates with the style of your home. Alternatives range from typical designs that use a shed-type roofing (generally the least costly), sanctuaries that have a gable-style roof covering, split-roof designs for a much more contemporary appearance as well as a significant roofing system line, to curved designs with curved glass roof coverings.
Windows for Sunrooms
Because sunrooms are all regarding the glass, choose home windows for a sun parlor that have a high R-value, are tempered for safety and security, have draft-proof seals, and have the American Architectural Manufacturers Association authorization. Three-way pane low e-glass home windows are probably the finest home windows for sunrooms as well as will certainly give the best power efficiencies.
One more window option is solitary solex glass which is colored green as well as developed to lessen heat absorption right into the space. Solex glass mirrors ultraviolet rays to shield skin, furnishings, and also carpeting. It is more costly compared to various other glass types.
Window Treatments
Window treatments for sunrooms are considerably like those for any sort of living room in your house. Ranch shutters are a popular option as are sunroom blinds. Timber blinds are very preferred and are available as real wood or as faux wood which look excellent as well as are less expensive. Aluminum blinds are likewise more economical as well as the no openings choice is recommended for better light control.
These are suitable no matter your home window layout. You have the choice of personal privacy without losing sunshine or your sight! Shape home window shades put on hold textile vanes between 2 sheers creating an elegant lights effect in your area.
Sun parlor Flooring
There are a number of sunroom ideas for sun parlor floor covering. Timber is a preferred for sunrooms as is stone or brick. Carpeting is one more choice along with outside location carpets.
Decorating with Plants
For sun parlor décor, take into consideration using your remarkable area for plants. They tend to flourish in sun parlor environments.
Electrical Needs
Plan for extra outlets along all external as well as interior wall surfaces, in your ceiling for holiday illumination, and also possibly a couple of in the floor put strategically for popcorn devices or arcade-type video games. Usage hanging lights, chandeliers, and places throughout your sunroom as required.
These are yet a couple of sunroom ideas to ponder. If using them as household areas or a quiet reprieve from a stressful day, sunrooms are fun areas not matter. Sunrooms - capture the sun and also have some fun!
Sunrooms are as popular as ever which makes for a wide range of sunroom ideas. Sunrooms could be custom-made or acquired as premade sunrooms. Because sunrooms are all concerning the glass, pick windows for a sunroom that have a high R-value, are toughened up for security, have draft-proof seals, and also have the American Architectural Manufacturers Association authorization. Triple pane reduced e-glass windows are perhaps the ideal windows for sunrooms and also will certainly supply the finest energy performances. There are several sunroom ideas for sunroom flooring.


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LXer Weekly Roundup for 03-Oct-2010
LibreOffice: OpenOffice.org Liberated: It has been a long time coming, but finally it happened: OpenOffice.org has been forked under the name of LibreOffice. The Document Foundation will oversee the development of LibreOffice. According to the press release, "The Document Foundation is the result of a collective effort by leading independent members of the former OpenOffice.org community, including several project leads and key members of the Community Council." Red Hat, Canonical, Google, and Novell are among the backers of The Document Foundation and the new fork.
Goodbye OpenOffice. LibreOffice, Here I Come!: I was ecstatic today to hear the news that former members of the OpenOffice.org Foundation have decided to create a fork of OpenOffice called LibreOffice. This fork will be a democratic and community-driven project, free from the dubious motivations of Oracle Corporation. I suspected that someone would eventually do something like this, but I was not expecting it so soon.
Windows users face as many choices as Linux users: A while ago, Graham Morrison wrote: "The trouble with Linux: there's too much choice". Implicitly, the article refers to "more choice than with Windows". The article led to reactions from Carla Schroeder, Caitlyn Martin, Alastair Otter and Ron Miller. While the articles provided for an interesting discussion, none of them addressed the fundamentals of Linux distributions and choice of desktop software in my opinion. Because from an objective point of view, Windows users face as many choices as Linux users do. But most Windows users are just not aware of all the choices they're making.
5 Intriguing KDE Apps : The beauty of an open development platform is that anyone can take a stab at creating an application. KDE, which is built upon the Qt application and UI framework, is a shining example of this. A quick look at KDE-Apps.org reveals that new apps are added daily. I periodically browse through the latest KDE apps to see if anything stands out, and I found these five, some of which are in early development.
Linux Mint: the tastier Ubuntu: Launched in October of 2004, Linux Mint has rapidly emerged as one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions. In this review, LinuxTrends takes a look at the latest Linux Mint release and finds it to be preferable to Ubuntu (on which it's based) in several significant ways.
Happy 27th Birthday GNU Project!: A hearty Happy 27th Birthday to the GNU Project! Here is a link to the original announcement of the GNU Project posted by Richard Stallman on September 27, 1983. Without the GNU project FOSS as we know it today would not exist. Thank You to everyone who works and has worked on the GNU project over the last 27 years. You have helped make the world a better place. We at LXer take our hats off to you.
How we build Ubuntu: Ubuntu is one of the most polished Linux distributions available, fusing the work of a global community of contributors who provide a diverse range of skills to make Ubuntu what it is. While we all enjoy the fruits of a new Ubuntu release every six months, many people have asked the team over the years how this wide range of contributors manage to come together to build a new Ubuntu release.
Linux in Schools: Why schools should have students use and learn Linux instead of some other OS. What computer operating system should students learn at school? Most schools use MS Windows or Mac, but a number have switched or are in the process of switching to Linux. For schools the advantages are lower costs, greater security, no viruses or spyware, easier upgrades and better reliability. Lastly, there are very few licensing hassles or concerns about pirated software.
Red Hat Linux is Mad Money: Over the years, I've heard a lot of different people try and explain the economic proposition that open source and Linux offers. One of the best such explanations I've ever heard came on CNBC's Mad Money show this week during which host Jim Cramer was interviewing Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst. With Red Hat, Cramer noted that it is a disruptive force and that's what makes it attractive. His view is that in tech, disruptive forces are the most valuable types of companies.
Microsoft sues Motorola over patents, citing Android phones: Microsoft has filed suit against Motorola, alleging that the mobile phone maker's Android-based smartphones violate nine of the Redmond company's patents. Motorola promised to "vigorously defend" against the allegations, citing the strength of its own intellectual property portfolio.
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Dina Duhon
Director of Model Development, Retail Risk Models and Global Risk Management
Bringing risk management in-house
Scotiabank builds a retail risk management modeling practice to control costs and speed development
Outsourcing some business processes can have benefits, such as lowering overhead and driving volume efficiencies. But it isn't always the right answer.
That's what the Bank of Nova Scotia – commonly known as Scotiabank – found when it looked at its risk-modeling process for retail lending. Scotiabank was spending a fortune using a consulting firm to develop and modify risk management scorecards, but still had to perform the data preparation work in-house.
Dina Duhon, Director of Model Development, Retail Risk Models and Global Risk Management for Scotiabank, estimates about 70 percent of risk modeling work is in the data preparation. "The most interesting work – actual scorecard development – was being done outside the bank," Duhon says.
It wasn't just expensive and inefficient, it was also a deterrent to attracting top analytical talent.
The most interesting work – actual scorecard development – was being done outside the bank.
Dina Duhon
"In our industry, it is essential to have strong analytical skills and by not doing the modeling in-house it was challenging to retain and find qualified employees," Duhon says.
Scotiabank selected Duhon, who has years of financial experience and is President of the Toronto Data Mining Forum, to build a team of more than a dozen retail risk modelers in 2011. With talent on board and a deep foundation in SAS® analytics products, the bank brought risk management model development in-house.
The domestic retail risk model-development team handles Basel models, as well as all other risk models that are required throughout the customer life cycle for products such as mortgages, lines of credit, auto loans, etc.
Duhon says the bank evaluated a number of risk management modeling tools, but Credit Scoring for SAS® Enterprise Miner™ was a clear best choice. Data preparation and management were already being performed using SAS. Choosing SAS® Enterprise Miner™ allowed the bank to use a single tool, the same language and a standardized methodology to create risk models and scorecards.
Seeing the real bang for the buck
But it's not just about risk scoring. The new process also introduces more transparency into governance requirements. Come audit time, every process can be replicated exactly. That's where much of the return on investment comes from. "There are tangible and intangible sources of ROI," Duhon says. When making the business case, the biggest benefits are intangible in the form of transparency for auditing and governance.
But there are also bottom-line benefits to bringing the retail risk management process in-house. A suite of models developed by consultants can cost up to $1 million. And the process is inflexible; iterative changes cost money and take weeks. "A vendor doesn't know your data," Duhon says. In-house, where the data is prepped, you've got a clearer view into the process. In addition, keeping model development in-house develops greater understanding of customer trends and behavior while promoting institutional knowledge.
SAS Enterprise Miner gives Scotiabank the capability to constantly improve existing models and build new ones to keep up with changing regulatory requirements, a competitive financial market and dynamic customer needs.
Given the volume of work on retail risk modeling for Scotiabank, there is substantial time savings from being able to build in-house and iteratively update the models.
"Compared to outsourcing, it costs less to do it in-house with an automated tool like SAS Enterprise Miner," says Duhon. "Additional benefits include increased flexibility around model development processes, regulatory transparency and talent retention. With the efficiency that automation drives and in-house talent, we can be on the forefront of best modeling practices in our highly regulated and competitive environment."
Reducing the cost and time of creating retail credit-risk models.
Credit Scoring for SAS® Enterprise Miner™
- Faster model development and iterative changes.
- More transparent regulatory compliance.
- Lower costs.
About Scotiabank
Scotiabank is one of Canada's largest banks and one of the top 50 worldwide financial institutions.


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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Max on .... Halloweird
Art Galleries can help animals too. Yep... Meet Brutus... He's a black cat and is in need of a home. He is at the Humane Society of South Brevard and needs your help. There are others there too.
The Art Gallery of Viera has decided to help all those black and otherwise kitties needing homes. They are having a Halloweird Exhibit and are asking those who attend to bring in cat food, toys, paper towels, and money (if they want) to help the shelter. And, they are encouraging others to adopt too. Yay for the Art Gallery of Viera... WE do love them.
As you can see, the opening for the exhibit is October 8, 2011, from 6pm to 9pm. You are all invited if you're in the area...
Have a great day....
25 comments:
- Mr Puddy said...
Cool Art Gallery !!! This awesome thing they do, Max !
But I wonder " Paper Towels " ? what it for ? ..shredding ?...MOL
- September 20, 2011 at 5:33 AM
- Simba said...
That is a wonderful event the art gallery is having. Brutus is so very cute. We hope his forever home is coming very soon.
- September 20, 2011 at 6:47 AM
- CaroScat said...
Brutus belies his name! Very cute kitty :)
- September 20, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- Marg said...
That is one cute black kitty. Wish our Inn wasn't so full.
Thanks for voting and I think you can vote every day.I will put a reminder on the blog. Thanks again.
- September 20, 2011 at 8:21 AM
- Madi and Mom said...
Brutus is so sweet we are sure he'll find a furever home very soon.
Hugs Madi and Mom
- September 20, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- Fuzzy Tales said...
Bravo for the art gallery! That's a great thing to do. We're sending purrs that sweet Brutus finds a wonderful forever home!
- September 20, 2011 at 8:56 AM
- ♥♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥♥ said...
Awww, Brutus is very sweet, looks a bit like a baby Huffle Mawson. Too bad kitties wouldn't work out very well with us.
Woos ~ Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
- September 20, 2011 at 8:59 AM
- Remington said...
That is awesome! Brutus is cool!
- September 20, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- The Cat From Hell said...
What a great idea and what a wonderful thing for them to do!
- September 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Purrfect Haven said...
great idea for an event. I hope it pays off for the dear little ones. Love Darcy and Bingley xx
- September 20, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Angel and Kirby said...
That is a wonderful project!
- September 20, 2011 at 11:19 AM
- Kjelle Bus said...
What a wonderful idea that Art Gallery came up with !!!
- September 20, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- Hannah and Lucy said...
What a great idea - we hope it will be furry successful.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
- September 20, 2011 at 12:52 PM
- Repositório said...
Amazing and great ideia! Have successful!!!!!!!!!!
- September 20, 2011 at 2:06 PM
- Sparkle said...
That is a pawsome idea! You would think with all the creativity that goes on here in Los Angeles, someone would think of doing something like that here!
P.S. Brutus is a cutie!
- September 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- Brian said...
Brutus is a real masterpiece!!!
- September 20, 2011 at 2:39 PM
- dArtagnan Rumblepurr/Diego Hamlet Moonfur said...
Aww, such a sweet face on Brutus!
- September 20, 2011 at 3:02 PM
- Admiral Hestorb said...
Mom and I came to fanks you so much for the comforting purrs and lubs you sent while I am gone. xoxoxoxoxox
- September 20, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- Ginger Jasper said...
That is a brilliant event and I hope it goes well.. Hugs GJ xx
- September 20, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- Daisy said...
Brutus is adorable!
- September 20, 2011 at 7:27 PM
- Prancer Pie said...
Pawsome idea!!! We luf this. But really, does this little ball of floof look like a "Brutus"? MOL!
- September 20, 2011 at 7:51 PM
- The Island Cats said...
Aw, Brutus looks so sweet! We hope he finds a furever home soon.
- September 20, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- BeadedTail said...
That's such a wonderful thing they are doing! Brutus is a cutie!
- September 20, 2011 at 9:16 PM
- Cat Chat With Caren And Cody said...
If I lived there i would be there with bells on!
- September 20, 2011 at 10:45 PM
- Bianca said...
Hey Max, thanx for your replay on my site "Quilts, cats and automobiles" My cat-kids always try to sit on as many quilts as they can, but all those furry buts leave their mark, don't they?? They do help with sewing and sorting my fabrics. They're a big help.... (??)
What a great name for a cat, Brutus! Will keep that in mind for future cat-kids....
- September 21, 2011 at 8:48 AM


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Yale Hosts Final Home Meet of the Year
NEW HAVEN, Conn.-This Sunday, Yale hosted the Springtime Invitational at Cuyler Athletic Complex and Dwyer Track. After a small portion of the team competed at Penn Relays earlier in the week, the meet was a chance for the rest of the Bulldogs to get one last race in before the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships next weekend.
Competing in the 100-meter dash, freshman Sydney Cureton landed the seventh spot on Yale's top-10 list. Her finish of 12.19 secured her third place at the meet and is the best she has run thus far into the season. She led two teammates in the race, junior Kelsey Lin -- who claimed her own personal record at 12.51 -- and senior Adele Jackson-Gibson, who finished in 12.89 seconds.
Sophomore Emily Cable, usually a competitor in the 400-meter dash, took on the 200-meter dash Sunday to finish in sixth place at 25.40. Meanwhile, junior Jenna Hessert placed 11th in the 400-meter dash with her new season best time of 1:01.03. Freshman Grace Brittan finished the race in 1:01.19.
In the 800-meter run, sophomore Elle Brunsdale finished in 2:21.37 to take fifth place out of a field of 37. Senior Tori Flannery was right behind her in sixth place, claiming a finish of 2:21.42, while sophomore Alyssa Laguardia posted a time of 2:34.34.
Four Bulldogs competed in the 3,000-meter run. Senior Jennifer Donnelly nabbed fourth place and a personal best with her time of 10:09.72. She led her teammates by a narrow margin, as sophomores Anna Demaree (10.12.99) and Hannah Alpert (10:14.74) finished in fifth and sixth places, respectively. Senior Phoebe Gaston also competed, finishing in 11:16.27.
Another four members of women's track and field took their positions at the start of the 100-meter hurdles. Leading the group was freshman Mackenzie Mathews. She overcame her field of 18 to win the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.54. Also competing in the 100-meter hurdles were junior Amanda Snajder, taking fifth place at 15.25, and senior Dakota McCoy in sixth place (15.39). Meanwhile, Brunsdale raced in the event for the first time this year, finishing in 16.95. Senior Jenna Poggi competed as the only Bulldog in the 400-meter hurdles. Her time of 1:02.17 was just off her personal best.
Though Yale had teams competing in both the 4x100-meter and 4x800-meter relays, the squad of the longer race stole the competition. The 4x800-meter team finished in 9:12.79, a time that will qualify Yale to compete in the ECAC Championship meet. The 4x100-meter relay team posted a time of 48.64.
In the jumping events, freshman Megan Toon was able to earn a personal best in the high jump. She placed third in the event with her mark of 1.61m. Two more Bulldogs placed high in the pole vault. Junior Emily Urciuoli (3.42m) was second in the event, while freshman Renee Vogel (3.27m) was third. Continuing the streak, junior Teresa Parent won her event, the long jump, with a distance of 5.32m, while Brunsdale made a mark of 4.99m. In the triple jump, junior Kristen Proe gave a leap of 10.55m, securing fourth place.
Two more impressive performances came in the javelin throw, where Toon placed sixth in her second event of the day. She posted a mark of 32.38m, while McCoy—also competing in her second event—placed seventh (31.48m). Junior Natalie Wedell competed in both the discus and hammer throws. She scored a new personal best in the discus with her heave of 31.08m, and finished the hammer throw with a mark of 31.20m. Finally, in the shot put, Snajder claimed a distance of 9.87m.
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Apple stock prices surged over the $600 (£377) mark yesterday, about a month after shooting past $500. For a time, the company's total market capitalisation was more than $600 billion.
The stock price rose to $644 in the morning, and then fell back to $629 by noon. Only one other company has reached the $600 billion value: Microsoft on December 30, 1999, was valued at $619 billion. Its value is now $260 billion.
It's all the more noticeable because stocks on the main exchanges fell yet again in response to poor US job numbers last week, and continued concerns over the European debt crisis.
Apple's stock price has climbed 59% this year. A range of analysts have said the stock has been under-valued by the market, despite the company's high revenues and huge profits created by the introduction of its iOS-based mobile products.
The question is how high will the stock price, and the company's value, go? Last week, a stock analyst with Topeka Capital Markets, Brian White, attracted headlines by setting a target price of over $800 per share, and a goal of $1,001, which would bring Apple close to being a $1 trillion company. White argued that the start of iPhone sales on China's biggest mobile carrier, China Mobile, and the launch of an Apple TV set, would expand Apple's revenues and profits.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster also raised his price target for Apple's stock, but not as high as White: Munster's target lifted to $718 from $670, and others expect the price to at least top $700. Munster was quoted as saying his previous forecast underestimated Apple's "expected growth rates for the smartphone and tablet markets."
Some have speculated that the stock price surge was triggered by Apple's recent announcement that it will use some of its nearly $100 billion in cash to pay a dividend and buy back some shares. But Dirk Schmidt, writing at the Asymco blog, cites data that show the price began ticking upward faster in late 2011, and then even faster starting in February 2012, well before the mid-March dividend news.
According to one account, today's first intra-day trade over $600 came 22 trading days after the first $500 trade. That pace is faster than the 32 trading days needed to rise from $400 to $500.