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Friends and Comrades, the light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere. I do not know what to tell you and how to say it. Our beloved leader, Bapu as we called him, the Father of the Nation, is no more. Perhaps I am wrong to say that. Nevertheless, we will never see him again as we have seen him for these many years. We will not run to him for advice and seek solace from him, and that is a terrible blow, not to me only, but to millions and millions in this country. And it is a little difficult to soften the blow by any other advice that I or anyone else can give you.
The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. The light that has illumined this country for these many years will illumine this country for many more years, and a thousand years later, that light will be seen in this country and the world will see it and it will give solace to innumerable hearts. For that light represented something more than the immediate past, it represented the living, the eternal truths, reminding us of the right path, drawing us from error, taking this ancient country to freedom.
All this has happened when there was so much more for him to do. We could never think that he was unnecessary or that he had done his task. But now, particularly, when we are faced with so many difficulties, his not being with us is a blow most terrible to bear.
A madman has put an end to his life, for I can only call him mad who did it, and yet there has been enough of poison spread in this country during the past years and months, and this poison has had an effect on people's minds. We must face this poison, we must root out this poison, and we must face all the perils that encompass us, and face them not madly or badly, but rather in the way that our beloved teacher taught us to face them.
The first thing to remember now is that none of us dare misbehave because he is angry. We have to behave like strong and determined people, determined to face all the perils that surround us, determined to carry out the mandate that our great teacher and our great leader has given us, remembering always that if, as I believe, his spirit looks upon us and sees us, nothing would displease his soul so much as to see that we have indulged in any small behaviour or any violence.
So we must not do that. But that does not mean that we should be weak, but rather that we should, in strength and in unity, face all the troubles that are in front of us. We must hold together, and all our petty troubles and difficulties and conflicts must be ended in the face of this great disaster. A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things of which we have thought too much. In his death he has reminded us of the big things of life, the living truth, and if we remember that, then it will be well with India…
It was proposed by some friends that Mahatmaji's body should be embalmed for a few days to enable millions of people to pay their last homage to him. But it was his wish, repeatedly expressed, that no such thing should happen, that this should not be done, that he was entirely opposed to any embalming of his body, and so we decided that we must follow his wishes in this matter, however much others might have wished otherwise.
And so the cremation will take place on Saturday in Delhi city by the side of the Jamuna river. On Saturday afternoon, about 11.30, the bier will be taken out at Birla House and it will follow a prescribed road and go to the Jamuna river. The cremation will take place there at about 4 P.M. The place and the route will be announced by radio and the Press.
People in Delhi who wish to pay their last homage should gather along this route. I will not advise too many of them to come to Birla House, but rather to gather on both sides of this long route from Birla House to the Jamuna river. And I trust that they will remain there in silence without any demonstrations. That is the best way and the most fitting way to pay homage to this great soul. Also, Saturday should be a day of fasting and prayer for all of us.
Those who live elsewhere, out of Delhi and in other parts of India, will no doubt take such part as they can in this last homage. For them also, let this be a day of fasting and prayer. And at the appointed time for cremation, that is 4 pm on Saturday afternoon, people should go to the river or to the sea and offer prayers there. And while we pray, the greatest prayer that we can offer is to take a pledge to dedicate ourselves to the truth, and to the cause for which this great countryman of ours lived and for which he has died. That is the best prayer that we can offer him and his memory. That is the best prayer we can offer to India and ourselves.


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The University of Texas at Austin launched the current version of its website in April 2015. The website redesign project, a collaboration between University Communications and Information Technology Services, reflects recommendations made by the Mobile Strategy Task Force to improve and update the digital presence of UT Austin.
About This Site
The 2015 redesign represents a substantial change in both appearance and approach for the university's main website.
It accomplishes more by doing less.
The last thing we want is to create additional obstacles between our users and the information they are looking for — which, in most cases, already exists in more helpful detail on one of the university's many subsites. Starting with the needs of our audience and data collected from across the university, we carefully vetted content, reducing copy to that which our users find most useful and interesting, and linking to the rest. What resulted is a website that is more streamlined and focused, helping provide a simpler path to navigating a university that, when you consider the countless number of available resources and opportunities, can be quite complex.
It is designed for access and inclusion.
This site will be used on an array of devices, in a wide range of environments and for a variety of practical purposes, serving a diverse community of users with very different needs. While our desire for updated, modern aesthetics was on its own an important aspect that shaped the direction of our design, ensuring that we met the highest standards for usability was continually the top factor driving design decisions. From the color palette and menu structure to the way each responsive page element rearranges and adjusts based on the size of your browser, this design aims to achieve a harmonious balance between beauty and function for all users.
It is just the first step.
The UT Austin website is intended to appeal primarily to potential newcomers to the Forty Acres — prospective students, faculty, staff or donors. But its redesign marks a major step forward in the efforts to improve the digital experience for the entirety of the UT Austin community. As we develop additional digital solutions, focused more fully on the needs of UT Austin's many other online audiences, we intend for this site's successes and failures to inform our work and the work of digital professionals throughout the university.
We welcome your comments and feedback.

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T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 mobile phone provider in the U.S.1, today revealed the Galaxy S™ 4G, exclusively from T-Mobile.
According to T-Mobile, the Galaxy S 4G will be the fastest smartphone running on America's Largest 4G Network™. Powered by Android™ 2.2 (Froyo), the Galaxy S 4G is T-Mobile's first smartphone capable of delivering theoretical peak download speeds of up to 21 Mbps, delivering rich entertainment experiences at even faster speeds through its brilliant Super AMOLED touch screen display.
T-Mobile's 4G network, America's largest 4G network, is currently available in 100 major metropolitan areas, reaching approximately 200 million people nationwide. With aggressive plans to expand and double the speed of its 4G network in 2011, T-Mobile expects that 140 million Americans in 25 major metropolitan areas will have access to these increased 4G speeds by midyear.
"With Galaxy S 4G, T-Mobile will deliver its fastest smartphone yet on America's largest 4G network, providing rich entertainment virtually whenever and wherever consumers want," said Cole Brodman, chief marketing officer, T-Mobile USA. "And with 4G data plans from $10 per month, we're making blazing-fast 4G speeds and super smartphone experiences easily accessible to the millions who crave them."
More information on the Galaxy S 4G from T-Mobile will be available in the coming weeks.
T-Mobile's HSPA+ 4G network not available everywhere. See coverage details at T-Mobile.com. 4G used in connection with the Galaxy S™ 4G product name refers to the fact that the Galaxy S™ 4G is designed with HSPA+ technology.


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Hello Again!
It seems as though "going green" is all the rage. More and more people are looking for environmentally friendly, sustainable and all natural products. But did you know the Farm Service Agency (FSA) has been "going green" for many years?
Millions of acres of the nation's natural resources have been improved and preserved through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and continuous CRP sign up. Continuous CRP is a voluntary program that prevents erosion, increases wildlife, protects groundwater and improves lakes and rivers. In return, participants get payment incentives for establishing and maintaining conservation covers.
Interested participants can enroll into the continuous CRP program at any time. Contracts are set up for 10 to 15 years in duration. There are many practices participants can choose from including: riparian buffers, wildlife habitat buffers, wetland buffers, filter strips, wetland restoration, grass waterways, and shallow water areas for wildlife. However, the land enrolled must be cropland that has been planted to an agricultural commodity in four of the previous six years from 1996 to 2001.
Participants must have owned or operated the land for one year prior to enrolling. Participants are eligible to several incentive programs for enrolling in CRP. These incentives include:
• Rental payments. When participants enroll land into CRP, FSA will provide an annual rental payment based on the soil type and average cash rent for the area. There is a maximum payment amount that is calculated in advance of enrollment.
• Cost-share assistance. Participants are eligible to receive no more than 50 percent of the cost to establish the practice. ∑
• Financial incentives. Field windbreaks, grass waterways, filter strips and riparian buffer practices are eligible to receive up to an additional 20 percent of the soil rental rate. Land located within a designated EPA wellhead protection area can receive an additional 10 percent.
• Signing incentive payment (SIP). For certain practices, participants can receive up to $100 per acre just for enrolling. ∑ Practice incentive payment (PIP). Other designated practices can receive up to 40 percent of the cost to establish the cover. To learn more about continuous CRP sign-up, visit your local FSA office.
That's all for now,
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Neon brights stamping marble smoosh
It's been a while since I've done much nail art. My nails have only really had plain nail polish on them for a lot of the time over the past year or so, as I've been so busy with work and my volunteering commitments. So, this stamping marble using some neon brights from the Morgan […] Read more


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In this essential handbook—a blend of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Happiness Project—the co-host of the wildly popular InvestED podcast shares her yearlong journey learning to invest, as taught to her by her father, investor and bestselling author Phil Town.
Growing up, the words finance, savings, and portfolio made Danielle Town's eyes glaze over, and the thought of stocks and financial statements shut down her brain. The daughter of a successful investor and bestselling financial author of Rule #1, Phil Town, she spent most of her adult life avoiding investing—until she realized that her time-consuming career as lawyer was making her feel anything but in control of her life or her money. Determined to regain her freedom, vote for her values with her money, and deal with her fear of the unpredictable stock market, she turned to her father, Phil, to help her take charge of her life and her future through Warren Buffett-style value investing. Over the course of a year, Danielle went from avoiding everything to do with the financial industrial complex to knowing exactly how and when to invest in wonderful companies.
In Invested, Danielle shows you how to do the same: how to take command of your own life and finances by choosing companies with missions that match your values, using the same gold standard strategies that have catapulted Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger to the top of the Forbes 400. Avoiding complex math and obsolete financial models, she turns her father's investing knowledge into twelve easy-to understand lessons.
In each chapter, Danielle examines the investment strategies she mastered as her increasing know-how deepens the trust between her and her father. Throughout, she streamlines the process of making wise financial decisions and shows you just how easy—and profitable—investing can be.
Capturing a warm, charming, and down-to-earth give and take between a headstrong daughter and her mostly patient dad, Invested makes the complex world of investing simple, straightforward, and approachable, and will help you formulate your own investment plan—and foster the confidence to put it into action.


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After a big food holiday like Thanksgiving, I often have leftover basics, like baked sweet potatoes. Perhaps I made too many, misjudged appetites, or just simply wanted to make sure I had enough food on hand.
I made this wonderful Sweet Potato Spice Cake to use up a glut of baked sweet potatoes I had mashed, and man oh man am I glad I did. The warm spices combine with the earthy sweetness of brown sugar and molasses to create a masterpiece!
It is all the things a snack cake ought to be – just sweet enough without being cloying, moist, with punchy flavors, and easy to cut. Bonus points for streusel, which is God's gift to all of us. Streusel makes everything better.
We ate it for dessert one night, and most of us had another piece for breakfast the next day. It's a perfect breakfast cake, because it looks comfortable sitting next to a little over-easy egg and a strip of bacon.
I'll be baking extra sweet potatoes on purpose, just for this.
Today our #SundaySupper group is sharing ideas for using up Thanksgiving leftovers (in advance of the big day Thursday). Check all of those ideas out below the sweet potato cake recipe.
Recipe: Sweet Potato Spice Cake with Pecan Streusel Topping
Summary: Moist, sweet (but not too sweet), well spiced and easy to cut, this Sweet Potato Spice Cake uses up leftover sweet potatoes and makes a wonderful dessert or coffee cake.
For the pecan streusel topping:
- 3 ounces (2/3 cup) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup very firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
- 1/16 teaspoon table salt
- 2 ounces (4 tablespoons or 1/4 cup) unsalted butter, melted
For the cake:
- 3/4 cup light flavored olive oil (or use vegetable oil), plus more for greasing pan
- 1 1/2 cups very firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup baked, mashed sweet potato, at room temperature or slightly warmer (from about one 15-ounce sweet potato) (see instructions below)
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 tablespoon finely grated fresh ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoons ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated or ground nutmeg
- 7 1/2 ounces (1 2/3 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour; more for the pan
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- Make the pecan streusel topping: In a small bowl, stir the flour, brown sugar, pecans, and salt. Drizzle the melted butter over the dry ingredients and stir until well combined. The streusel should feel clumpy, not sandy, when gently squeezed between your finger- tips. If the streusel seems dry, add more melted butter.
- Make the cake: Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350°F. Lightly oil and flour a 9-inch-square baking pan; tap out excess flour.
- In a medium bowl, combine the oil, brown sugar, and eggs and, using a whisk, stir until the mixture is smooth and the sugar begins to dissolve, 30-60 seconds. If the sugar forms lumps, break them up with your fingers; a few tiny lumps are fine. Whisk in the sweet potato, molasses, grated ginger, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg. Sift the flour and baking soda directly onto the batter. Using a whisk or rubber spatula, combine the ingredients until well blended and almost smooth.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it evenly with the spatula. Sprinkle the streusel evenly over the batter, creating small clumps as you go by squeezing the streusel between your fingers. Bake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out with only moist crumbs clinging to it, about 45 minutes. Set the pan on a rack to cool for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the pan. Let cool until just warm and then cut into squares and serve from the pan, or wrap well in plastic. Store at room temperature for up to a week.
- Makes a 9-inch cake – 16 pieces.
How to cook a sweet potato
I used Baby Garnet Yams sent to me by Melissa's Produce. I peeled them, roughly chopped them and microwave cooked them, lid on, on HIGH for about 5-6 minutes. Poke potatoes with a fork to make sure they are soft. If not, add another 30-60 seconds of cooking time. Remove from oven and mash with a potato masher. Cool and measure for this cake.
To bake potatoes with the skin on, wash potatoes. Heat the oven to 350F degrees. Prick the skin of the sweet potato several times with a fork, set the potato directly on the oven rack, and bake until very tender, about 45 minutes-1 hour. When the potato is cool enough to handle, peel off the skin and smash the flesh in a bowl with a masher or fork.
Slightly adapted from this recipe by Nicolle Rees in Fine Cooking magazine (Fine Cooking 68, pp. 45)
Here's a list of all the #SundaySupper contributions I have made so far. Lots of good recipes in here!
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 16
Culinary tradition: USA (General)
My rating
Don't stop there – go check out the rest of the #SundaySupper crew and their delicious Thanksgiving leftovers recipes, below! I can't believe the variety in this amazing lineup.
Breakfast & Brunch
- Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls by Juanita's Cocina
- Turkey Cranberry Muffins by In the Kitchen with Audrey
- Sweet Potato Biscuits by Home Cooking Memories
Main Course
- Turkey Enchiladas by Webicurean
- Thanksgiving Leftover Casserole by FamilyFoodie
- Turkey and Cranberry Monte Cristo by Supper for a Steal
- Thanksgiving hangover sandwich by Crispy Bits & Burt Ends
- Turkey Tamale Pie by Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Thanksgiving Leftovers Pot Pie by I Run For Wine
- Turkey and Stuffing Pasty by Small Wallet Big Appetite
- The Ultimate Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich by Daily Dish Recipes
- Turkey Vegetable Hash by Generation Y Foodie
- Turkey Tetrazzini by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Thanksgiving Leftovers: Turkey and Andouille Gumbo for #SundaySupper by Catholic Foodie
- Red Potato Turkey Cutlets with Ginger & Fresh Herbs by Sue's Nutrition Buzz
- Thanksgiving Turkey Banh Mi Sandwich by 30AEats
- Leftover Turkey and Sausage Gumbo by My Catholic Kitchen
- Turkey Mornay Open-Face Sandwiches by The Weekend Gourmet
- Leftover Mashed Potatoes and Beef Croquettes by Pippis in the Kitchen Again
- Simple and easy! Turkey a la king, fit for a queen! by Midlife Road Trip
- Turkey and Mushroom Risotto by Comfy Cuisine
- Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie by The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Kartoffelpuffer – German Potato Pancakes by MrsMamaHen
- Skillet Turkey Reuben by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
- # glutenfree Turkey Shepard's Cake by Cooking Underwriter
- Hawaiian BBQ Turkey Flatbread Pizza by Damn Delicious
- Turkey shepards pie! by The Realistic Nutritionist
- Turkey & Cranberry Panini with Tarragon Aioli by The Messy Baker Blog
Soups, Salads, Sides & Starters
- Gluten Free Turkey and Dumplings by The Meltaways
- Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Shallots and Pancetta by Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Curried Turkey Salad by Kimchi Mom
- Potato Patties w/ Tomato Salsa by La Cocina De Leslie
- Spicy Coconut Turkey Soup by Diabetic Foodie
- Mashed Potatoes Twice Baked by Hezzi-D's Books & Cooks
- Moroccan Chicken Salad with Rice by My Trial's in the Kitchen
- Cranberry Barbecue Stuffed Sweet Potatoes by Cupcakes and Kale Chips
- Olive Tapenade by Fast Food to Fresh Food
- Leftover Turkey Soup by Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
- Sweet Potato Bread Pudding by MarocMama
Sweets & Desserts
- Cranberry Sauce Crumb Bars by girlichef
- Pumpkin Gingersnap Truffles by Chocolate Moosey
- Sweet Potato Spice Cake with Pecan Streusel Topping by Shockingly Delicious
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Potato Frosting by Yummy Smells
Wine Pairings for the Recipes Featured
- Wine Pairings for Thanksgiving Leftovers #SundaySupper by ENOFYLZ Wine Blog
Please join on us on Twitter throughout the day during #SundaySupper today (Nov. 18). We'll cyber-meet at 4 p.m. PST for our weekly #SundaySupper live chat. Join in the fun! All you have to do is follow the #SundaySupper hashtag or you can follow us through TweetChat.


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Kesha Ordered to Pay Alleged Abuser Dr. Luke $374,000
Kesha's ongoing legal battle with Dr. Luke just took a turn for the worst after being ordered to pay the music producer $374,000 for allegedly defaming him when she told Lady Gaga that he raped Katy Perry.
On February 6, a judge ruled against the "Tik Tok" hitmaker following the defamation case that Dr. Luke — whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald — brought against her in 2017 after she sued him for sexual assault in 2014.
According to court documents obtained by Pitchfork, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Schecter ruled that Kesha "made a false statement to Lady Gaga about Gottwald and that was defamatory."
The "defamatory" remarks refer to the text message the singer sent Gaga, which Dr. Luke claims was an attempt to strengthen her own accusations against him. In a deposition, Perry denied that she was ever raped by him.
"There is no evidence whatsoever that Gottwald raped Katy Perry. Moreover, publication of a false statement to even one person, here Lady Gaga, is sufficient to impose liability," the judge added.
Judge Schecter also ordered the 32-year-old pop star to pay the producer over $373,000 in interest because she was late in her payment of over $1.3 million in royalties. Kesha's counterclaim, which was a request to be released from a music contract with Dr. Luke's record company KMI, was also rejected.
"Dr. Luke is pursuing this lawsuit to seek recovery for the serious harm Kesha's false accusations of rape have caused Dr. Luke, his family and his business," his lawyer said in a statement. "Dr. Luke looks forward to the trial of his case where he will prove that Kesha's other false statements about him were equally false and defamatory."
It is now up to a jury to decide if Kesha did, in fact, defame Dr. Luke.


text: Here is a collection of photographs of the interior and exterior of the Biloxi Community Center on Howard Avenue, taken at lunchtime on Aug. 3, 2007. Construction workers with Starks Contracting Co. are aiming to have the storm-ravaged facility completed in December. Among the improvements: the addition of an elevator; and cushioned seating in the balcony area, courtesy of Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Click on individual images for larger view.


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The Descendants - Alexander Payne doing a novel by Kaui Hart Hemming. The plot is secondary--something about a man discovering his wife is unfaithful--to the opportunity to know a family, its fairly dysfunctional dynamics, and the weird way they warp and bend to the stresses imposed the novel's plot. Wonderfully performed, subtly told.
Meek's Cutoff - Kelly Reichardt's fascinatingly elliptical drama takes a historically true event (a guide named Stephen Meek did lead a group of settlers off of the Oregon Trail, and they did meet a Native American) and turns it into an allegorical / metaphysical drama on the uncertainty of life, the inscrutability of others (or Others).
War Horse - Spielberg again, this time galloping in the opposite direction with the more leisurely told, more emotionally direct story of a horse wandering through the battlefields of World War I. The material is sticky enough without the director trying to whack us over the head with the poignancy of it all; one is moved, but eventually, after a struggle. Think what Carroll Ballard could have done with this.
Zombadings 1: Patayin sa shokot si Remington (Rough translation: Scare Remington to death) - Director Jade Castro and screenwriter-producer Michiko Yamamoto's horror parody takes its inspiration from Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, and does it one better: instead of Eternal Damnation we're threatened with Eternal Pansification, and it's the film's conceit that This May Not Be an Entirely Bad Thing. Like My Paranormal Romance it suffers from one idea too many, and the narrative line can at times be obscured by the punchline, but personally I prefer this surfeit (of ideas, of gags, of energy) to its opposite...
Ka Oryang - Sari Lluch Dalena's harrowing work presents in full what Lino Brocka, Mike De Leon, Mario O'Hara could only deal with tangentially in their films: the incarceration, interrogation, and torture of women during the Marcos era. Only Dalena tells the story through her inimitable experimental filmmaker's sensibility, with brief forays into surrealism and the occasional striking image.
Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay - And I thought Hugo was the most spirited, most exuberant, most cinephilic film of the year! Antoinette Jadaone's mockumentary follows veteran character actress Lilia Cuntapay (star of such Filipino horror classics as Aswang (Vampire); Shake, Rattle and Roll Part III; Shake, Rattle and Roll Part IV; Shake, Rattle and Roll Part V, and Pangarap ng Puso (Demons)) as she immerses herself Methodically in her bit parts and polishes endlessly her acceptance speech for the first-ever acting award nomination in her long and varied career. Pathos and hilarity ensue.
Certified Copy - Abbas Kiarostami's latest feature--his first to be shot outside of Iran--is a perfectly mysterious little gem, about a man and a woman wandering through the streets of Tuscany. Are they newly met acquaintances? Long-separated husband and wife? Acquaintances who have suddenly assumed the role of husband and wife? One hurries after them, trying to puzzle both the film and their relationship out while Kiarostami sits back and keeps the entire bewildering affair whirring on the palm of his confident hand.
Poetry - Lee Chang Dong's film follows a grandmother as she attempts to belatedly learn how to write poetry, and as she attempts to deal with a possible rape conviction for her grandson. Lee's achievement is to make both storylines not just complementary, but compelling; as with the very best poetry, every detail carries more than its own weight in meaning. One of the best films not just of the year, but of several years.


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The Stock Market Momentum Model uses the change in price to predict a future change. In trading jargon, this change in price is referred to as momentum. Mathematically, the model can be considered to be a causal high pass filter of degree 1.
In this model, the user can analyze the momentum indicator response as it relates to the daily closing price of a few popular stock indices. The upper plot shows the closing price and a smoothed price (in blue) if the filter is turned on. The lower panel is the momentum indicator. Users can drag a cursor left and right to compare values on these two graphs. Below, the cursor is dropped at a point where the momentum shifts from negative to positive values, which happens to be the beginning of a bull market. A trader would want to buy at these opportunities and sell when the momentum becomes negative. Time is measured in years and in each year there are approximately 253 business days.
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Drainage Construction and Drainage Safety
Surface Drainage, Drainage Basins, Seepage Drainage
From the perspective of a Drainage Contractor Tampa, a variety of drainage products and techniques are available to grounds managers and superintendents. This article is a guide to the basics of drainage installation. It will help you complete your drainage project efficiently and professionally and will aid you when installing any kind of drainage system.
Poor drainage causes obvious problems: standing water, foul odor, insects, diseased or dying plants, mud and ruined turf. Planning and installing suitable drainage will solve these problems and prevent the site from turning into a maintenance nightmare during storms and rainy seasons.
Planning Your Drainage System
The first step you should take when planning a drainage system is to identify low spots in the landscape. If obvious low spots exist on the property, the water must have a way to exit those areas. If you don't install drainage, a puddle probably will develop whenever it rains. I'll discuss three basic categories of drainage for solving such problems: surface drainage, drainage basins with grates and piping, and seepage drainage using perforated pipe and gravel.
Other Drainage Resources
- Drainage solutions for turf, tree and landscape plantings: Although excessive drainage can be a problem on some coarser textured sandy soils and slopes, poor drainage is a much more common landscape problem and is considered by many to be one of the biggest killers of landscape plants.
- Drainage for high traffic turf: Managing high-traffic turf while keeping in mind the implications of irrigation and drainage issues are key to successful overall turf management.
- How to install a french drain: French drains are quite simple: in essence they are just trenches filled with gravel, with sand on top of that. Often, you'll see French drains defined to include a drain pipe as well, though the traditional design is simply the gravel-filled trench.
Drainage Installation
- Call before you dig number: By dialing the "Call Before You Dig" number, you might avoid severing an underground utility cable while digging.
- Drainage pipe installation tips: Drainage pipe installation is simple. Downspout drainage pipes do not have to be buried deeply. The drain pipes should also be installed in undisturbed soil about 6 feet away from the foundation.
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National Archives Receives Top Presidential GreenGov Award
Press Release · Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Archives II at College Park receives "Lean, Clean and Green Award"
Washington, DC…The White House Council on Environmental Quality has designated the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) one of the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly places to work in the United States.
The National Archives Energy Team at Archives II in College Park, MD, received one of eight Presidential Awards for Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance. NARA was cited in the "Lean, Clean and Green" category. Winners were selected from over 300 nominations. GreenGov Presidential Awards celebrate extraordinary achievement in the pursuit of President Obama's Executive Order on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance (Executive Order 13514).
The White House praised the National Archives:
The National Archives and Records Administration has successfully implemented sustainable infrastructure and operational changes at its National Archives Building II, located in College Park, Maryland. This project is estimated to reduce annual energy use by 24 billion BTU's, saving more than $400,000 in taxpayer money and eliminating 2,000 tons of carbon emissions.
A NARA video outlining these changes – produced at the request of The White House Council on Environmental Quality – was shown at the opening plenary of the GreenGov Symposium held earlier this month. Watch the video of Mark Sprouse, Director of the National Archives Facilities and Personal Property Management Division, outlining these changes [http://community.planetforward.org/video/national-archives-greengov].
"This is a significant achievement for the National Archives," said David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States. "The National Archives is committed to maintaining and improving this and other NARA facilities nationwide at the highest performance level possible. We hope to become a beacon to other federal agencies that want to go green and enhance their own performance."
NARA also received a Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management in 2008. The Clinton Library achieved a Silver Certification under the LEED for New Construction rating when it opened in July, 2004. In 2007, the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AK, received the highest green building rating – making it the first existing Federal building certified Platinum by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Program.
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This page was last reviewed on January 7, 2013.
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As far as certain organs may seem from each other, our bodies work as one. This means that when there is a problem in our mouth, it can lead to more than just cavities or tooth loss. It can lead to all kinds of health problems. One of the most vital connections is between your gums and your heart.
Your gums are like a portal to your bloodstream. An infection in your gums means that the infection quickly enters your bloodstream. When there is infection in your blood, your body reacts. The liver begins to produce certain proteins such as C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and these proteins lead to all kinds of problems including:
The fact is, gum disease will more than double your risk of a fatal heart attack or stroke. And that is why we emphasize regular checkups and cleanings so adamantly here at our Manassas or Reston dental office.
What Exactly is Gum disease?
Gum or periodontal disease is an infection in your gums caused by a buildup of plaque on your teeth. When this plaque remains in contact with your gums, it causes a reaction that in its early stages is called gingivitis.
If gingivitis is not caught and treated immediately, it will progress. Unfortunately, the majority of gum disease cases are currently undiagnosed. The biggest mistake adults make is thinking that just because they received a clean bill of health at their last appointment, they can skip the next checkup or cleaning. But the scary truth is, gum disease can start very quietly and without noticeable symptoms. In fact, many patients don't even have bleeding gums until late in the game. If you do experience any of the following symptoms, please protect your health by contacting our dental office in Manassas or Reston right away:
It could actually save your life!
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Fasting and Tafsir of Ma'ariful Qur'an
يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
'O those who believe, the fasts have been enjoined upon you as were enjoined upon those before so that you be God-fearing.' [Surah Baqarah, 183]
Literally, Sawm means 'to abstain'. In the terminology of Islamic law, Sawm means 'to abstain from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse: with the conditions that one abstains continuously from dawn to sunset, and that there is an intention to fast.' Therefore, should one eat or drink anything even a minute before sunset, the fast will not be valid. Similarly, if one abstained from all these things throughout the day but made no intention to fast, there will be no fast here too.
Past communities and the injunction to fast
The verse makes it obligatory for the Muslims to fast in a specified period, but the command in the respect has been accompanied by the statement that the obligation of fasting is not peculiar to them. The fasting had also been enjoined upon the earlier Ummahs (communities of the past prophets). The reference to the earlier Ummahs in the verse shows the importance of fasting on the one hand, and gives an encouragement to the Muslims on the other. It indicates that although there may be some inconvenience in fasting but the same inconvenience was faced by earlier communities. This brings a psychological comfort to the Muslims, because if an inconvenience is faced by a large number of people, it becomes easier to bear. (Ruh al Ma'ani)
The words of the Qur'an ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ (those before you) have been used in general sense including all religious communities from Sayyidina Adam to the last of the Prophets (peace and blessings upon him). This tells us that, like Salah, fasting has also been enjoined upon every Ummah of every prophet without exception.
Commentators who interpret مِن قَبْلِكُمْ (before you) to mean 'the Christians' take it just as an example, not aiming to exclude other communities. (Ruh al Ma'ani)
The verse simply says that fasts have been enjoined on Muslims as were enjoined on past communities. From this it does not necessarily follow that the fasts enjoined upon the earlier communities were fully identical in all respects with the fasts enjoined upon this Ummah. There may have been difference in the number and the timings of the fasts etc. and, actually, there has been such a difference. (Ruh al Ma'ani)
By saying لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ (so that you be God-fearing), the text has pointed out to the inherent quality of fasting which contributes significantly to one's ability to become abstaining from the sins and God-fearing. Fasting grows into man a power which helps him control his desires, which is really the foundation of Taqwa, the very special term of the Holy Qur'an which has been tentatively translated as fear of God, abstinence, and the warding of evil.
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12:26 pm
Virgin Mary: (On the God mic) Welcome everybody, thank you all so much for coming today to the Star and Garter ballroom here in the Empyrean building. We'll get started in a few moments and as you can see we don't have an equal number of men and women, so if you find yourself waiting, please form an orderly cue here near the front and we will direct you where to go next. Please write your names clearly on your name tags and make sure they are visible. You will only have eight minutes for each date so please make your time count. No time to be shy folks, really put yourselves out there. So. Right. We'd like to ask the women to choose a table, whichever one you want, it doesn't matter, and the men will rotate from table to table when you hear the bell. Please do not linger as there will be time during the mixer for follow-up conversations and you will not want to take time away from your next date. Are you ready? (off mic) Joseph, did you prep Helen?
Joseph: As well as I could boss, but she doesn't seem cooperative.
Virgin Mary: Stuck up bitch. Nothing but problems since we took her on. Well, we need to find her a man she won't want to run away from, even if she didn't actually run in the first place. And that blind date with Adam Kadmon went nowhere.
Joseph: Not each other's type.
Virgin Mary: No. He wants more of a viper. Ok here we go. (On the God mic). All right everybody, relax, have a good time, and remember with only eight minutes there is no reason to have anything but a fun conversation. Stay on neutral subjects, in other words don't talk about sex, and remember that our policy is no sex before monogamy. Ok, Bell!
Bell: Heigho! Heigho!
Garrett Deasy: Hello pretty lady.
Helen: Hi. So, what should we?
Garret Deasy: I brought a writing sample in case you.
Helen: You want me to read this?
Garret Deasy: Maybe later.
Helen: There's a bit torn off.
Garret Deasy: Metaphor for my life, I've been a bit short taken.
Helen: So have you ever been married?
Garret Deasy: Still am. The bloodiest old tartar God ever made. She once threw soup in a waiter's face.
Helen: Great. What's that on your face?
Garret Deasy: Foot and mouth disease.
Bell: Heigho! Heigho!
Helen: Thank God. Hi.
Vampire: Hello. You are a creature beautiful. Want to put your mouth to my mouth?
Helen: Not really. Sheesh, age preceeds creepy. Let's not talk.
Vampire: Yes, yes. Your foot, allow me to put it in my mouth. You look like the sort who could bring sin into the world, ships to the seas. Um. I don't want to be rude or anything, but aren't you going to say anything?
Helen: Nope.
Bell: Heigho! Heigho!
Helen: This is already looking like a lost cause. Hello, I'm Helen.
Napoleon: Napoleon.
Helen: Well, when you sit down you pretty much disappear, don't you. So what do you do?
Napoleon: I am an Emperor, undefeated. You?
Helen: Kyrios! Lord! That is impressive at least. I think the last guy was a cloacamaker, woof he stank!
Napoleon: Nature has endowed me with a virile and decisive character.
Helen: And your other, endowments? Judging from your stature I think it fair of me to wonder.
Napoleon: Hasn't it been eight minutes yet?
Bell: Heigho! Heigho!
Helen: Oh lord what now. Hi I'm Helen. What's wrong with your head?
Pyrrhus: (sniffing, wearing a bandage wrapped around his head with dried blood showing through the gauze) Got brained with a brick. Saw it coming too.
Helen: You ok?
Pyrrhus: Yes. No. I'm sorry, I'm not very good at this. I'm just feeling so, I don't know, so overwhelmed. I think it is some sort of existential crisis.
Helen: Oh honey, please don't worry about it. You'll be ok.
Pyrrhus: You are so sweet. I guess I was a bit misled in the past and now I feel like everything is a battle and I always fall.
Helen: Oh poor, poor, poor Pyrrhus!
Pyrrhus: My analyst says I shouldn't just dump this all out when I first meet somebody, I should highlight the radiance of my intellect, the language of my mind. But I don't know. I think I'm a lost cause.
Helen: Poor, poor, poor Pyrrhus, I am loyal to lost causes! I've never been loyal to the successful. Success for me is the death of the intellect and the imagination.
Pyrrhus: You mean it?
Helen: I do.
Pyrrhus: You are a rose! A rose of Castile!
Helen: Of where?
Bell: Liliata rutilantium. Turma circumdet, Iubilantium te virginum.
Virgin Mary: [On the God mic] Ok, nice speed dating people! We'll take a short break, have a brief mixer, then do another round. That was great everybody! I feel so optimistic for all of you!
Joseph: You do?
Virgin Mary: Oh lord no. This was supposed to help Helen's image and who does she like? Boohoo Pyrrhus. Well, time is money. Let's get on with this travesty and have done with it. These are disappointed people, but we mustn't make a mockery of their disappointment. And Joseph?
Joseph: Yes Holy Mother?
Virgin Mary: I am not your mother; I wish you wouldn't call me that. Joseph, find Jesus. We'll be needing lots more wine.


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The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act stimulus law to help American workers and businesses weather the outbreak has a number of provisions that employers and their workers need to know about and can take advantage of during this crisis.
The CARES Act includes provision for:
- Extended unemployment benefits.
- Requiring health plans to cover COVID-19-related costs.
- Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loans.
- Loans for large corporations.
Parts of the CARES Act will likely benefit your organization and employees in some way. Here's what you need to know:
Extended unemployment
The CARES Act extends unemployment insurance benefits to workers, as long as they lost their jobs due to the outbreak.
Unemployment benefits under the CARES Act also apply to furloughed employees.
Depending on your state, workers will be able to collect both state unemployment and federal unemployment through the CARES Act, which was designed to augment any unemployment benefits workers may receive in your state.
The Pandemic Emergency Compensation program funded by the CARES Act will provide an additional $600 per week on top of state unemployment benefits, through July 31.
The law extends state-level unemployment by an additional 13 weeks. For example, whereas most of California's unemployment benefits last 26 weeks, the bill extends state benefits to 39 weeks. The extended benefits will last through Dec. 31.
Health plan changes
Under the CARES Act, employer-sponsored group health plans must provide for covered workers – without cost-sharing or out-of-pocket expenses – the cost of COVID-19 testing, treatment and vaccinations when and if they become available.
SBA loans
In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, small business owners are eligible to apply for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan advance of up to $10,000.
This advance will provide economic relief to businesses that are currently experiencing a temporary loss of revenue. Funds will be made available following a successful application. This loan advance will not have to be repaid.
This program is for any small business with fewer than 500 employees (including sole proprietorships, independent contractors and self-employed persons) as well as private non-profit organization affected by COVID-19.
And the law's The Paycheck Protection Program offers 1% interest loans to businesses with fewer than 500 workers.
Borrowers who don't lay off workers in the next eight weeks will have their loans forgiven, along with the interest.
These loans are designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll. If small businesses maintain payroll through this economic crisis, some of the borrowed money via the PPP can be forgiven – the funds will be available through June 30. Act fast.
Mid-sized employers
Under the CARES Act, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to implement financial assistance programs which specifically target mid-size employers with between 500 and 10,000 employees.
Loans would not have an annualized interest rate higher than 2% and principal and interest will not be due and payable for at least six months after the loan is made. But unlike loans under the PPP, these are not forgivable.
Large employers
The CARES Act provides $500 billion to the Treasury Department's Exchange Stabilization Fund for loans and other funding for large companies and corporations affected by the outbreak.
- $454 billion is set aside for loans, loan guarantees.
- Companies that receive funds are prohibited from using them for stock buybacks.
- Loans include terms limiting employee compensation and severance pay.
Like loans for mid-sized employers, they are not forgivable.


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Trim bushes and branches so they don't block windows or architectural details.
Set a pot of bright flowers (or a small evergreen in winter) on your porch or front walkway.
Install new, matching locks and knobs on your front door.
Repair any cracks or holes in the driveway, and clean oil spots with degreaser and a steel brush.
Edge the grass around walkways and trees.
Stow your garden tools and hoses out of sight, and clear kids' toys from the lawn.
Buy a new mailbox.
Upgrade your outdoor lighting.
Purchase a new doormat for outside your front door.
Clean your windows, inside and out.
Polish or replace your house numbers.
Mow your lawn. Also, turning on the sprinklers for 30 minutes before the showing will make
the whole yard sparkle.
Place a seasonal wreath on your door.


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If you have any trouble understanding how income tax works or is calculated, play around on this webpage and see if it helps you. (It probably won't, but you might have fun not learning anything!) It lets you dynamically compare different income taxes within Canada using a pretty graph and it lets you calculate your own (simplified) tax results, whether your income is salary or hourly based.
Why Did I do this?
I didn't do my taxes; an accountant did. But when I was reading about them, I stumbled upon a couple webpages and became interested in the differences among the provinces and territories within Canada and
different income ranges. That's what started this mini Javascript project.
This is not a work of art
I wrote it mostly on the bus using my recently acquired Dell Mini 12 netbook (on Windows XP… ew). And from that experience, I can firmly say that writing even very simple things, it's good to have a fair amount of time set aside in a relaxed environment. I would write a couple things here and there for 20 minutes or so… then not look at it again for a few days… it took me 5 minutes to figure out what I wanted to do the next time I opened it. The only times I made significant progress was when I sat down for more than an hour. The code wasn't really designed, it was just… written. It's messy, there's lots of hard-coding, poorly named fields and variables (didn't help with figuring out what I was doing last time), and if it were anything serious, I'd rewrite large chunks of it. And make it prettier. But as it stands, it's just kinda fun. 🙂
In addition to being curious about the taxes in Canada, I was also interested in trying a javascript graphing library. I had been impressed with different javascript-generated graphs on the web and wondered how difficult they were to create. I used FLOT (with lots of copying and pasting from examples), and it seemed to work alright, but it depends on JQuery, which I wasn't familiar with. Actually, I'm still not very familiar with it… and wrote almost everything in regular javascript. I know it's worth learning, but I guess I'll save
that for another time. 🙂
Let me know of any errors in tax calculation.. or code design, for that matter. There's lots of those, but I'm sure I'm not aware of all of them! hah.
(I've been sitting on this post for about 2 months now. hah! Figured I might as well publish it.)


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Diane Kondyra knows a lot about the hidden dangers of diabetes.
Both she and her husband have been diagnosed with the blood sugar disease, and her husband suffered one of its devastating complications in 2018 when he developed a staph infection that cost him part of his leg. Uncontrolled diabetes can restrict blood flow to the legs, making it more likely that simple cuts can turn into life-threatening wounds.
"I have firsthand experience to know, like anything, you always have to take care of your body ... because if you don't, things like this can happen," the 63-year-old said during a HealthDay Now interview.
The whole event was highly traumatic and stressful for Kondyra's family, but it also served as a wake-up call.
"The health problems that my husband has incurred, I don't want to have myself incur," Kondyra said. "I think it's woken us up to take better care of ourselves, to make sure that there are no injuries in the legs and the arms and there are no cuts that go undetected."
Kondyra is not alone in her struggle to manage the chronic condition.
Learning to live with type 2 diabetes can be a significant adjustment, as patients are often confronted with a steep learning curve and sweeping lifestyle changes. In some cases, the effects can reverberate beyond the individual patient and put a strain on their family and friends.
Diabetes is staggeringly common in the United States, affecting about 10% of the population, or 1 in 10 individuals. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, type 2 diabetes makes up more than 90% of these cases.
Considering its prevalence, most Americans now know or love someone with type 2 diabetes. That's borne out in a new survey conducted by the Harris Poll in partnership with HealthDay revealing the direct impacts of the disease on families and social support networks.
Providing care to a diabetes patient is no insignificant task -- caregivers play a crucial role in helping patients control their condition and prevent future complications. In the survey that questioned more than 2,000 American adults from June 9-13, more than 1 in 3 people identified as caregivers, meaning they live with or care for a child or adult with type 2 diabetes.
According to the CDC, the quality of diabetes patients' support networks is one of the best predictors of how well they'll manage their condition.
Diabetes management can be a serious undertaking for patients and their families, from the daily medications and frequent blood sugar checks to the dietary changes and health care bills. Almost 80% of Americans surveyed in the Harris poll said the entire household is affected by a family member with diabetes, while 60% of diabetes caregivers said their loved one's disease impacts all facets of their life.
Since 2018, Kondyra has made a series of life changes, including losing weight and using a new patch system to monitor her blood sugar, and her levels recently hit an all-time low. According to the Harris poll, these types of changes are common among people whose family members have diabetes -- of caregivers surveyed, 77% said their loved one's battle with diabetes inspired them to make positive lifestyle changes, such as eating better or being more active.
You can watch the full HealthDay Now interview below:
Living with diabetes is about striking the right balance of medications and lifestyle changes, along with routine monitoring through blood sugar checks and doctor's appointments. Determining the best strategies for you or your loved one also involves a great deal of knowledge.
However, only a tiny fraction of patients receive diabetes education, called diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES), despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of these services. The families of diabetic patients presumably receive even less instruction or none at all.
But new tools and technologies, including health tracking apps and continuous glucose monitors, can help, the poll found: 49% of patients said they use these to track their condition, and 60% said apps make it easier to keep their blood sugar levels in check.
Still, 9 in 10 participants agreed that doctors need to be more proactive with patients who have or are at risk of diabetes and help them find better ways to manage their health. Without the proper information and guidance, it's easy to understand why many struggle to keep their condition under control.
Take Ida Mendoza. She realized she was unprepared for diabetes immediately after receiving her diagnosis nearly 20 years ago. Her life changed abruptly when she went to the doctor for her annual physical at age 35 and walked out with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis and a prescription for metformin, a drug used to lower blood sugar levels.
At that time, she realized she didn't have a clue about managing the condition.
"I literally was told, 'You're now officially a type 2 diabetic. Here's a medication. The label says, take it twice a day, and that's it,'" Mendoza told HealthDay Now. "So I was on my way home from the doctor's office, and I thought, 'OK, now what do I do?'"
Mendoza thought about her family history of diabetes, and how many of her diabetic relatives had endured amputations, lost their eyesight or even died because they were uninformed. She resolved to face the diagnosis head-on, conducting her own research and consulting with various medical specialists, but she didn't see results right away.
"It scared the crap out of me, and it took me probably a good five years to where I felt like I was beginning to get it under control," Mendoza said.
With a solid routine that includes diabetic medications, regular exercise and a library of diabetes-friendly recipes, Mendoza has managed to keep her blood sugar levels in check. She has also become something of a diabetes educator herself as a volunteer advocate for the American Diabetes Association, and she is now the first person to call whenever a friend or relative has a diabetes-related question.
Mendoza handles her condition mostly independently, but she's created a support network for those around her because she knows it's not an easy road.
"I want to be well-educated for myself, but I want to be well-educated for my friends and family," Mendoza said. "They can see over the past 20 years how I've been managing my diabetes successfully, so I want them to know if they have questions, they can come to me."
While Mendoza believes that family can be helpful, she emphasized the importance of informed support.
"The people that you have in your home, whether it's children or adults, I think it's a great tool for you to tap into if they're able and willing to support you, but they also have to be educated," she said.
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more on how friends and family members can help patients with diabetes.
SOURCES: Diane Kondyra, type 2 diabetes patient and caregiver, Long Island, N.Y.; Ina Mendoza, type 2 diabetes patient, volunteer, American Diabetes Association; Harris Poll/HealthDay Survey of 2,021 U.S. adults, conducted June 9-13, 2022


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-- 31-12-2004 --
Five and a half years. In today's fast-living world, an eternity. In its first year, I used TUOL as a visitor, finding lots of great exciting sites through it. Then, in September 2000, I joined the crew myself. Since then, I've been involved with it constantly. As a weekly updater first, taking over most of the responsibility and 'behind the scenes' work later. And now, all this comes to an end.
'Abandonware' as a whole had its ups and downs over these years. The big fights over the rules in late 1999 and early 2000. The huge amount of media coverage and attention in 2001 and 2002. The overwhelming number of new sites and people in these years. And then, the slow decline over the last two years. Less and less people being interested in classic games, more and more old sites dying for various reasons.
What bothered me especially over the last few years was the lack of 'new blood' which could be taken seriously. How many
new sites were founded
survived longer than two months? At the same time, the invasion of things we thought we had kicked out years ago. Lots and lots of linkstealers and content stealers - be glad you didn't get to see most of these. Sure, there still were lots of decent people around, but most of them only collected ZIP files instead of plastic and cardboard.
These days, there are so few active sites left that running a ring doesn't make much sense anymore. The same few sites are updating regularly or semi-regularly, most of the ones which are still online have been long abandoned (ironic, isn't it?). No problem for these few people to get together and cross-link their sites directly - it would even be a lot easier and less bureaucratic.
Of course, it's still very sad to let such an old site go, especially since our services have reached an all-time high with the latest changes again. TUOL and Abandonweb were the only stable rings which everybody could always count on both to exist and to be reliably updated. In all due modesty, our search engine covered a lot more stuff than any other, and its accuracy is yet to be surpassed.
The decision still to shut down wasn't made lightly. For the reasons above, we lost motivation, though. The point it eventually became completely clear to me was when the preparations for our five-year-celebrations resulted into...
. So, instead of letting everything turn into a 'sorry mess' (as the former webmaster of another ring called the final stage of
site) without updates and rulebreakers galore being accepted, we decided to quit while it's still good. To give our best in the last few weeks and months. I hope we succeeded.
Personally, I will not quit this 'scene', because the subject itself is still a fascinating one to me. My other site, The Good Old Days, will stay up and I'll continue to work on it. If there is anything - this is where I can be found and reached. Maybe one day, more people will get interested in the classic art of computer games again, and maybe, sites like this one will be needed again then...
Mr Creosote
Right folks...
I'm writing this after having done the last TUOL udpate and typing up the last newspost there. A few days ago I did a quick calculation and came up with a number of around 1000 updates I did at TUOL. That's a lot more than I thought really.
The site built up from a hobby taking up just a few minutes every week to something that became quite an addiction... Starting back in the days when Turnip and I started blogging our impressions from the european football championships - long before blogging became hip or even widely known. The time of forum wars... IRC wars... etc. etc. - abandonware kept me glued to the monitor for a substantial part of my life back then.
So what is this today? It's the end of an era.
When Creo told me he wouldn't have the time to continue TUOL I knew the show was over. Basically the old times are long gone anyway. We kept running TUOL even though most of the visitors enter the scene over search engines nowadays. The scene decentralized a longer time ago... so what's TUOL needed for anymore anyway...?
But well, I'm getting away from the point now. I doubt many people really know me anymore anyway... I gave up my own site more than a year ago - yet still currently only Underdogs is active nonstop for a longer time. If you also count those who took a break you can also count in Darkside from Flashback and well... Swizzle from "that other ring". Yes, I feel old - like a dinosaur. ;)
Unlike Creo, who will continue to run his Good Old Days I will say goodbye to the abandonware scene now. The show is over, it has been a blast with you guys. I met some great people through abandonware... I'm sure I'll forget more than just one, but I still want to try to mention those that did make an impression (in no particular order)... As there would be Darkside, Tox, Fieron (or Arsten... or whatever name you want to choose ;) ), Vohaul, Underdogs, Turnip (although he's probably better known as Noxin now... to those who met him in UO on the Europa shard), Skree, Learhsa, Hawk, TTG, the guys at #pcoldies - and last but not least of course the fabulous Mr Creosote who became a real life friend by now. And well... some last greetings to those I didn't really get to like but had to spend some substantial amounts of time dealing with - Swizzle of the AR and PsOmA of RoA.
I guess this is it then. Those years with TUOL have been long, and not always gentle. But they've taught me a great deal of life even. Thanks go to the rest of the crew - It's been a pleasure to work with you. Huge thanks goes to both Elwood and Mr. Creosote. I hope you too feel that the time and effort you've sacrificed for TUOL has been well spent. I feel the best way to describe how I feel about the end is the following quote.
"--And yet it was not Buckkeep that came to my mind, but a meadow overlooking the sea, and a girl in bright red skirts that beckoned me. A time, rather than a place. No road led there any more."
I'll continue to work on my site, so those few interested should check in once in a while. But as for other things... From this day forward, for me, Abandonware is dead. Maybe one day new winds will blow in a fresh scent. But I fear then my bones will be all bleached and dry. Haba out, this one final time.
When it was decided that TUOL should close it's doors today a while back, it didn't seem like it was going to happen. So many times TUOL was really close to closing, even though very few people knew about it. There were a few reasons, but this time it was different. This time it was decided for the best. A glum moment for me for sure, even more so for those who put even more work in it than me. I had a bit of fun doing it, seeing really neat sites first was fun, as was talking to some of the webmasters. Of course the crew of TUOL was awesome, everyone could debate about the rules without turning it into some war. Plus, the jokes were always good. The Pub was a good time as well, but I think we overran our rolleyes emoticon allotment there.
What started for me as an email entitled "You have been choosen for slave labour!", ends today. With Google becoming a juggernaut, as somebody said, the need for rings seems diminished. For me, TUOL has been a great time.
Ye shall rest in peace, ol' TUOL
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Tom Brokaw, the NBC News correspondent who for years was one of America's favorite news anchors, has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects blood cells in bone marrow, the network says.
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As macrophages age, they are more likely to contribute to the inflammation and abnormal blood vessel growth that damage vision in macular degeneration, suggests new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Their findings are published in the journal JCI Insight. "Drug treatments for macular degeneration aren't effective for some patients, who either have a minimal response or not response at all, and many patients continue to experience vision loss over the long term, even if they have a good initial response to treatment," said senior investigator Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. "But by understanding what happens with the immune cells in the eye, it may be possible to develop therapies to help patients who can't be helped with existing drugs." In experiments in mice, Apte's team found that older macrophages carry larger amounts of short snippets of genetic material, called microRNAs, that govern how cells express genes. The researchers found significantly higher levels of microRNA-150 in macrophages in the eyes of older mice.
'Aging immune cells increase the risk for age-related macular degeneration, a major cause of blindness in the United States.'
MicroRNAs help regulate many things in cells by binding to several genes to influence how those genes make proteins. In this study, the researchers found that microRNA-150 seemed to be guiding older macrophages toward promoting inflammation and abnormal blood vessel formation in a mouse model of macular degeneration.
The researchers also tested blood samples from human subjects with and without macular degeneration. The samples from those with macular degeneration also had significantly higher levels of microRNA-150 in their macrophages.
"We think microRNA-150 may be a potential therapeutic target, or at least a biomarker, for aggressive disease and risk of vision loss," said first author Jonathan B. Lin, an MD/PhD student at the School of Medicine. In the United States, almost 11 million people have some form of age-related macular degeneration, with the number expected to top 22 million by 2050. It affects women more than men, and the majority of patients are Caucasian. One early symptom is blurry vision in which straight lines appear distorted. That can progress to darkness, whiteouts or blurry areas in the center of the visual field. The disease does not, by itself, lead to total blindness because peripheral vision remains unaffected. Although some therapies delay loss of central vision, no current treatments restore it completely. "Macular degeneration therapies seem to be treating disease symptoms, rather than its cause," Lin said. "We focused on the role of macrophages in regulating inflammation and the growth of abnormal blood vessels to see whether it may be possible one day to help people who don't get much benefit from existing treatments and design therapies that may prevent progression to advanced forms of the disease." Lin and Apte said if they could somehow reduce microRNA levels in macrophages, or alter one or more molecular pathways regulated by this microRNA, they might be able to lower levels of inflammation and interfere with abnormal blood vessel growth in the eye. They also believe similar strategies eventually may help patients with other diseases related to aging.
"It's possible to envision immune-based therapies that would tweak the level of microRNAs so that these macrophage cells no longer contribute to disease," said Apte. "Such therapies are a long way off, and we need to do a lot more research, but if we could make these older cells more like the younger ones, we might be able to prevent a great deal of vision loss."


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Blip and Blop is a great 2D shooter game
Blip and Blop is a great game, with a good challange and fun gameplay. Go around shooting smurfs, carebares, and other "childish" characters.
Though the gameplay is violent (blood, carnage, corpses, and others more easy seen, not said), that's what makes it fun. Not really recommended for those below teen because of what is said above and for language.
What I dislike about the game is that there are not enough weapons to get and the challange is really hard. There should be more health or more lives or more cowbombs. If you're up for a good challange, grab a friend and start fragging!
Blip and Blop is a great 2D shooter game. Along your adventure you will come accross some weird creatures you will have to kill, as _well as some creatures that resemble other well known characters. There are six weapons available, from a simple shotgun to some hi tech weaponry.
This game can be played as a single or 2 player game. Although this is a rather big download, it is highly recommended.
I downloaded this a while ago and it was very fun.
It is very funny, with a lot of challenges too. A bit TOO much of a challenge, if you ask me. They should have thrown in some 1ups and/or more cow-bombs.
Overall, it is fun, humorous, challenging, and was god enough to keep me coming back even when I got frustrated.
The problems are: 1) The difficulty is a... "female dog" 2) The graphics are fair but not great - choppiness in the characters and the backround. Rating overall is a 8.5 out of 10.
Great game worth downloading despite its size.
This game is very good and I like it.
Really flippin' awesome... cow bomb.