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Numerous studies in the past have shown us that the positive effects of pets on the elderly are statistically significant enough that they over-shadow the "old school" thinking about pets and the elderly. Studies have shown that the elderly pet owner generally stays more active - not just the physical activity of taking walks or playing, but the act of performing in the role of caretaker as well.
For some elderly people, the fact that their pet needs to be walked and fed is a reason to get up in the morning or a reason to start the day with a feeling of purposefulness. Pets give people a feeling of "being needed."
Pets are also a buffer against loneliness. Older people with pets comment on the kind of companionship they receive from their pets - unconditional love. It doesn't matter to the cat how fragile Mary has become, it only matters that there is a lap for him to curl up in. Rover doesn't care that Max is on ten different medications and has to take naps during the day, he only cares that Max is there to love him back. The benefits are wonderful and life affirming.
Pets battle loneliness and boredom. Dementia patients often feel more comfortable and loved when pets are around, in fact, long term memory is often stimulated. Petting, grooming and throwing sticks in a game of fetch helps the circulation as well as motor skills.
The varied benefits from the combination of pets and elderly people are well documented and supported. What is less known are the concerns surrounding the combination, and ways to address those concerns.
Today, there are two different environments for pets and the elderly, the home environment and residential care facilities.
Family Pets
Many elderly people have family pets in their homes. Some have been members of the family for years and some have just joined the family. Either way, these much-loved creatures bring happiness and joy to their people everyday. When the pet is a member of the family, there is a need to make sure that the elderly person is able to maintain the care of the pet and that the pet is not a health risk to the person (see below).
Care Facilities
There has been a widespread and delightful change underfoot in senior citizen and health care communities over the past several years. Pets, which were once thought too dirty or cumbersome to be included in the lives of the elderly, are now happy and productive members of many elder communities.
There was a day in the not too distant past where America's elderly population, who needed long term care, were housed in sterile conditions where there were no other living organisms with which to interact. Concepts like the Eden Alternative have demonstrated an institutional, social and medical change-of-heart. In the Eden Alternative care facilities there are resident pets, aviaries, rabbit hutches, butterfly gardens, flowerbeds and more. The premise, in its simplest terms, is that we should approach the long-term care facility as a life environment, not just a place for old people.
There are a few concerns which center on the topic of the elderly and pets: caring for the pet, health risks and how those two things effect the person's and the pet's quality of life.
Caring for the Pet
Many elderly people care for themselves and their pets beautifully. In fact, the role of caretaker is a major source of joy for the pet owner. As with any task or chore, the elderly person should be permitted to manage it just as long as they can do it safely. We do not want to remove the freedoms and joys of life unless they present a health risk to the individual.
When Mr. Kelly moved from free walking to using a walker, his day-nurse took on the chore of walking his large German Shepherd in the afternoon. While the dog was gentle and easy, Mr. Kelly was having enough trouble managing the walker, let alone an 80-pound dog along with it.
Friends and family members should be aware of an elderly person's ability to care for the pet. They should watch for signs that taking care of the pet might become overwhelming or a source of concern for the older person. If there is anxiety about the care, feeding or walking of the pet, then a care schedule should be maintained so that the person can still enjoy the pet without having to worry about the care of it. Family members should also watch for signs that the pet is not being cared for. If the pet has not had a vet visit since his owner stopped driving their car, then a visit is needed. If the pet begins to lose or gain weight, the feeding schedule should be supervised a bit more closely.
Health risks
There are surprisingly few health risks. Elders sometimes have an altered or lessened immune system. Chemotherapy, organ transplants or other illnesses/ procedures which suppress the immune system can make the elderly person (and younger people too) susceptible to infectious diseases which pets might have. In such situations it is important to make sure the person's primary provider or health care provider is aware that the patient has a pet in the home and to make sure the pet receives frequent examinations and screenings for infectious diseases.
More prevalent than immune system deficiencies is the possibility of accidents. A pet who lives with an elderly person must not have behaviors that put the person at risk. Older people, depending on their age and state of health, often have poor balance and brittle bones. A dog who might jump up on them would be a danger to their health.
Miss Edna was 79 years-young and she and her enormous Great Dane had been a staple of the neighborhood for some time. As Edna's health failed, her neighbors worried about Caesar's tendency for leaning into Edna's legs to ask for a rub down.
Sure enough, playful Caesar knocked Edna over one afternoon and help did not arrive for hours. This was a case of a pet who did not fit into the needs of the senior owner. In hindsight, having a trainer come to the home to help train Caesar in more acceptable behaviors would have been a perfect alternative.
A pet who does not know to get up from a sunny spot on the rug when they hear someone come into the room might accidentally trip a person who has poor eyesight or a lack of balance. Falls are a huge concern for most elderly people. One fall can effect the quality of life forever. A broken hip can change a person's mobility status to a point that it considerably changes the quality of life for that person.
Scratches on fragile skin can also be a problem. Skin breaks often do not heal well in a person with poor circulation on those with an inability to clean the wound well. What might be a simple scratch to us may become a serious infection for an elder.
Dementia patients, those who have an affected memory or thought processes, have special needs if they are the caretaker of a pet. They are not likely to forget the pet entirely, but rather they may forget to feed or walk the pet, or conversely, may over feed the pet. Obviously, over and under feeding can be a health risk to the pet. Consider the fact that a pet's behavior is contingent upon the care it receives from its owner. If the level of care lessens, then there is a risk of a change in the pet's behavior as well. If a dog is not walked, then he is likely to urinate and defecate in the house. If this goes unresolved, then there is a serious health risk to both the pet and the person.
Let's be clear about the message here. The point is not that people with different forms and levels of age-related illness and/or dementia shouldn't have pets, on the contrary, the combination of seniors and pets is a fantastic testament to the power of love and kindness. The point remains though that family and friends might want to be active in making sure that the pet and the person share a quality of life that is beneficial to both of them.
- Pets provide wonderful benefits to their elderly owners. They help battle loneliness and boredom.
- Seniors with pets might need some help in maintaining an appropriate level of care for their pets.
- Friends and family might want to watch for signs of changes in appearance or behavior in the pets.
- Friends and family might want to watch for signs of changes in elders' attitude toward the pets (overwhelmed by care taking, etc).
- Make sure the doctor knows that there is a pet in the home and that the vet knows that there is an older person in the home.
- A helping hand can make all the difference, and might let the senior keep the pet longer.
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Now, these days it's easy to caption images from a portrait session – you're dealing with one to a few people. It's easy to caption the gist of an event, say, a wedding or political rally; you know you're there to shoot Ben & Lisa's marriage ceremony in High Point, North Carolina, or a march for a particular cause in a particular city. Or, for example, I know I took the above photos at the 2004 French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.
But who the heck are the individuals in the pictures I took?
What about specific captions for specific photos, when you're shooting them by the hundreds? What about identifying subjects when you're shooting street photography, or images where crowds, rather than individuals, predominate? What about being handed a collection of prints & negatives with no accompanying subject information? That ain't nearly as simple.
That's where the power of the crowd comes into play. Below are several photo-related crowdsourcing efforts currently underway; check them out & see if you have any details to add.
The New York Times is looking for help identifying people in the crowds at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, as shot by Garry Winograd (he was my kinda guy, shooting the people watching the action, rather than the action itself).
The Maryland Historical Society is seeking those who might be able to add captions to the prints & negatives from the archive of Paul Henderson, a Baltimore commercial and news photographer who shot between 1929 and 1960. Their exhibit of his work will be up through August 2012; check out the finding aid to the collection to get the juices flowing.
The Library of Congress has been crowdsourcing for quite a while now; like other organizations they're using Flickr's The Commons to assist in publicizing their collections while soliciting potential caption details.
Do you work at an institution that's currently crowdsourcing for information about your photograph collections? Add a link to your solicitation in the comments to spread the word!

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Jeremy Lin's Shoes to Be Filled by Iman Shumpert: Will This Work?April 1, 2012
Jeremy Lin is sitting on the bench in his warm-ups, and he won't be coming off of the bench any time soon.
Oh, how the present and near-future so closely resemble the past for Lin.
Lin's left knee injury will require surgery, and he currently is slated to miss the next six weeks.
With the playoffs starting on April 28, this means that Lin is guaranteed to miss the remainder of the regular season, and at least the first round of the playoffs.
But will the New York Knicks even make it that far?
The depth of the Knicks' bench is about to be tested once again, after having to soldier through the remainder of the regular season without Amar'e Stoudemire.
With Baron Davis' back issues, the player most likely to see increased minutes at the point guard spot is rookie Iman Shumpert.
While some feel Lin's absence may be a good thing, I believe it is a terrible turn of events.
Call me Captain Obvious, but it needs to be said.
Even in a compacted, lockout-shortened season, I suppose it is possible to view the recent past through rose-colored glasses and believe that Shumpert would be an upgrade over Lin.
After all, he is more athletic than Lin. And he was drafted.
But Shumpert's short tenure as a professional has already been a roller-coaster. Let us look back on his development, starting with the 2011 NBA Draft, to gain some perspective.
The Knicks selected Shumpert with the 17th overall pick, bypassing big men such as Chris Singleton to do so. The Knicks faithful were not happy.
His scouting report showed that he was a great defender, but the fact was that most people did not know who he was.
This then set up the Knicks fans to be overjoyed with his pro debut, where Shumpert was poised and ready to contribute immediately.
That lasted only three quarters, as he was injured in his first game and was scheduled to miss two to four weeks.
The need for a point guard had the Knicks considering bringing back Nate Robinson but, in a twist of fate that no one could have predicted at the time, the Knicks decided to claim Jeremy Lin off of waivers.
Lin saw little playing time and the Knicks struggled out of the gates, posting a 2-4 record. Both starting guards at the time, Toney Douglas and Landry Fields, were floundering.
The call for Shumpert to supplant one of them was growing and, as the Daily News' Frank Isola wrote, the young rookie was a "favorite among the Madison Square Garden faithful."
Up until that point, Shumpert had a grand total of two NBA games under his belt.
In his third game, he supplanted starting point guard Douglas in the second half, and a star was born. Shumpert's energy and hustle propelled the Knicks to a come-from-behind victory over the Washington Wizards on Jan. 6, and New York City was ready to anoint him as savior.
Kevin Kernan of the New York Post had this message for then-coach Mike D'Antoni:
"Start young Iman Shumpert at guard. Don't outthink yourself, coach. Do the right thing."
Two games later, and the New York Daily News' Mitch Lawrence put forth the idea that Shumpert was the steal of the draft.
The very next game, Shumpert was electrifying the hometown crowd and was instrumental in a victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Of course, anybody who follows NBA basketball (or pop culture, for that matter) knows that Shumpert's run as the starting PG for the Knicks would eventually end, and it did on Jan. 28 against the Houston Rockets.
During his 12-game run, Shumpert continued to show his prowess on defense, but he left much to be desired as the facilitator of an offense; he averaged just over three assists per game and nearly as many turnovers.
However, the numbers alone do not convey the entire story.
With Shumpert at the point, the Knicks offense seemed to stall.
At that point in the season, he had a skill set that is currently better suited to the shooting guard or small forward position, and as a point guard he often missed hitting the open man and instead heaved up an ill-advised shot of his own.
The same is still true of his game now, and the Knicks offense will suffer if Shumpert is charged with running the show for extended periods of time.
Lin is rightfully criticized for turning the ball over far too many times, but he also has a knack for getting the ball to his teammates for open shots and alley-oops.
Lin also puts pressure on the opposing team by driving to the basket and drawing fouls. He has gone to the line 125 times since he became a starter, which puts him in the top 10 among guards in that category.
Will Shumpert be an upgrade over Lin?
Will the Knicks be better off, in any way, shape, or form, without Lin?
A resounding no.
Can the Knicks still make the playoffs?
Without Lin and Stoudemire, the Knicks will need to lean heavily on Carmelo Anthony and his ailing groin.
Whenever Shumpert is in as the point guard, the Knicks can do both men a favor and slow down the offense, allowing them to run post-up plays for Anthony.
This will highlight Anthony's strengths offensively while minimizing Shumpert's offensive shortcomings. He will still be able to disrupt the other team's offense with his on-the-ball defense and steals.
And the Knicks will still be able to play some post-season basketball.
However, their chances of advancing past the first round have been thoroughly diminished.


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Asian Pork and Baby Peas
Pair with an aromatic grain such as basmati rice, which cooks in 20 minutes.
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Level: Moderate
Serves: 4
- 2 tsp. vegetable oil
- 1 pork tenderloin (about 1 pound)
- 2 clove garlic
- 1 package frozen baby peas
- 3 tbsp. reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tbsp. seasoned rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp. fresh ginger
- 1 tbsp. mild molasses
- ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper
- In nonstick 12-inch skillet, heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat until hot. Add pork slices and garlic, and cook until they are browned on the outside and just lose their pink color on the inside, about 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Transfer pork to plate.
- To same skillet, add frozen peas, soy sauce, rice vinegar, ginger, molasses, and crushed red pepper; cook, about 4 minutes, until peas are heated through. Return pork to skillet; toss to coat. Spoon pork mixture over rice to serve.
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On Thursday, 12th September 2013, I got to attend the Bobbi Brown Masterclass, conducted by none other then Eduardo Ferreira and Eliano Bou Assi from Bobbi Brown. These elite makeup artists are the right-hand of Bobbi brown herself, and it was fun attending the session delivered by them first-hand.
1. Moisturise moisturise moisturise! Soft supple skin is the key to having a good base! Makes the foundation look good!
2. Test a few shades of foundation on your cheeks, jaw-line and forehead to determine the exact match.. This is very important for the Indian skin tone, since we tend to have a darker forehead and jaw as compared to the cheeks. The shade which you cannot see on the skin is your best match.
3. Color correct: For dark circles, use a peach colored skin corrector.Apply the corrector using a concealer brush, and then blend it into the skin using the tips of your ring finger.
4. Concealer is the secret of the universe! Use a creamy concealer on the under eyes after the color corrector. Blend with the tip of your finger, and set with a silky powder.
5. Apply foundation only where required to avoid looking cakey 😛
After the base make-up is done, gently dab a sponge on the skin to take off any excess product.
After the base make-up demo, Eliano Bou Assi demonstrated a 2 minute smokey eye look.. What you essentially have to do is:
1. Apply a base/ primer to the lids. You can also use a colored creamy base depending on the color of the eyeshadow you're going to wear.
2. Apply a thick line of gel eyeliner (preferably black) on the upper lash line using an eyeliner brush. Need not be a perfect, neat line.
3. Quickly blend/ smudge the eyeliner upwards using an eyeshadow blending brush to soften the eyeliner. Blend some towards the outer corners of the lid too. You need to work quickly, before the gel eyeliner sets.
4. If need be, apply an eyeshadow (if you have not applied a colored base already) lightly on top.
5. Curl lashes and apply mascara.
6. Fill the brows if need be.
If you want to intensify the look further, you can apply liner to the lower lash line too… Remember to connect the upper and lower lash lines with the gel eyeliner at the outer corner of the eyes.
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A team of five Discovery Coast artists exhibited their work in Bargara on the weekend, including Sergio Martinho
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Sergio Martinho has sketched and drawn since childhood, but doesn't describe himself as an artist. He says his metal sculptures of birds, sea creatures and other wildlife is simply something he does to relax away from his day job as a refrigeration mechanic.
Sergio and four other artists from the Discovery Coast exhibited their latest creations at the Elements exhibition in Bargara on September 24-26.
His piece First Breath, depicting a mother whale pushing her newborn calf to the surface for its first breath, was sold during the exhibition.


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World number one Roger Federer produced an imperious display to dismiss unseeded German Florian Mayer 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday.
Sixth seed Guillermo Coria outslugged Italy's Federico Luzzi 7-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a baseline-dominated second round match while Russia's Nikolay Davydenko advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Kevin Kim.
The Swiss top seed is widely tipped to win his second title in Melbourne and underlined that favouritism by crushing Mayer in just 72 minutes on Rod Laver Arena, finishing the German off with an ace down the centre of the court.
Federer is yet to drop a set in the tournament and produced another performance of power and precision, his backhand especially a constant threat to the outclassed Mayer.
The Swiss broke Mayer's serve six times in what amounted to little more than a workout and he moves on to a third-round encounter against either 30th seed Max Mirnyi of Belarus or Italy's Davide Sanguinetti.
World number nine Coria and lucky loser Luzzi took almost three hours to complete the three-set match before the Argentine eventually booked his place in the last 32.
Coria needed all five sets to overcome Romania's Victor Hanescu in the opening round and appeared on course for another drawn-out clash against Luzzi after the first set lasted 74 minutes, with the tiebreak going to 22 points.
The eighth game of the second set typified the first two sets with Coria holding seven break points only for Luzzi to fight off each one in scrambling baseline rallies.
The former French Open finalist managed to break Luzzi in the 10th game of the set for a 2-0 lead before cantering away with the third to set up a clash with either 25th-seeded Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean or compatriot Juan Monaco.
Davydenko, who needed five sets to beat giant Croat Ivo Karlovic in the first round, dropped the first against the 99th-ranked Kim in a tough 52-minute battle.
The 24-year-old Russian, however, clicked into gear in the second and ran away with it 20 minutes, while the remaining two sets lasted not much longer. Davydenko sealed his third round match with either Australia's Nathan Healey or Amer Delic of the U.S. when Kim's forehand sailed long over the baseline on the Russian's second match point after two hours 14 minutes.


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With this examination of the infamous Bermuda Triangle, performer Ellouise Rothwell locates listeners at the crossroads of science and superstition, conspiracy and skepticism. More than a mere litany of inexplicable disappearances, this iMinds investigation attempts to explain the whys and hows of the Triangle's legendary reputation as it looks at weather patterns, geology, and human error as possible causes of catastrophe. Listeners will explore the mysterious tragedy of Flight 19, and learn how the Bermuda Triangle compares to similarly unpredictable tracts of ocean around the world. Rothwell doesn't mince words, packing a fount of information into a brief timeframe, while nevertheless keeping the proceedings fluid and engaging.
Learn about the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
The Bermuda Triangle is a large stretch of ocean in the Caribbean. It is infamous for numerous unexplained disappearances of boats and aircraft. What goes on in the Bermuda Triangle is one of the world's greatest mysteries. Many believe supernatural phenomena or extra-terrestrial activity occurs there. In fact, as a result of all the mystery, the term "Bermuda Triangle" has become synonymous with any unexplained disappearance.
The boundaries of The Bermuda Triangle vary as widely as the stories that inspire it. The most traditional area is shaped by imagined lines connecting Puerto Rico, Bermuda and the Florida Straits. The area is often said to encompass more than five hundred thousand square-miles of ocean, as well as several large islands and reefs. It is a region much used by both commercial and leisure vehicles.
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About the 29 Diner
The 29 Diner is a diner in Fairfax, Virginia, located near the intersection of Fairfax Blvd.(formerly Route 29 | Lee Highway) and Virginia State Route 123.
The 29 Diner opened on July 20, 1947. It was built by the Mountain View Diners Company of Singac, New Jersey. D.T. "Bill" Glascock (deceased) purchased the diner and had it shipped to a strip of land that he owned in Fairfax, Virginia. Glascock and his wife, Elvira "Curly," ran the diner for the first several years, and thereafter leased the building to a succession of business owners.
In 1973, the Tastee Diner company bought the location and it became the Tastee 29 Diner."
In 1992, the diner was declared to be a historic site. Marc Christian Wagner, an architectural historian from the Charlottesville-based Preservation Associates of Virginia organization wrote the statement of significance. The opening of the statement declares:
"The Tastee 29 Diner is a rare survivor among the once-numerous streamlined Moderns diners that operated in the United States. While it is rare to find one of these 1940's diners still standing, it is even more unusual to find one still in operation. The high quality of this Mountain View diner has withstood the test of time in a hostile environment."
Thus, in 1992 the Tastee 29 Diner was added to the list of National Register of Historic Places.
In the late-1990s, Fredy and Ginger Guevara (Ginger being a former waitress of the 29 Diner in the mid-1960s) bought the location and restored its original name of 29 Diner.
For years the diner was open twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, with the exception being Christmas Day. In January 2009, the diner began closing on Monday nights due to the recession facing the United States, however in 2014 it was restored back to being open 24 hours a day.
In May, 2014, the 29 Diner went out of business under the operations of Fredy and Ginger Guevara, but the property lease was quickly picked up by Fairfax native John Wood, who planned to reopen it in the summer of 2014. After some delays, the diner reopened to the public at 12:01am on September 11, 2014. It is open 24 hours Tuesday through Sunday and closed on Monday.
We thrive on doing what we can to support great people and great causes. From local elementary schools and sports teams to the U.S. military and veterans across the country, we are eager to share our support through fundraisers and by our actions. Since reopening the diner on September 11th 2014 we have helped raise money for dozens of great causes.
We take pride in using only the highest quality ingredients in our food and serving enough of it to satisfy even the hungriest diner. We love seeing the OMG faces on customers, young and old, when we bring their orders to them. We offer breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts and drinks that are intended to satisfy even the most discriminating tastes.


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3. Following the opening prayer given by Mr Sefuiva Reupena MUGUTUTIA (Samoa), Mr Vili FUAVAO, FAO Subregional Representative for the Pacific (SAPA) welcomed the participants to the venue on behalf of the Director-General of FAO. He expressed his appreciation for their attendance at the workshop and pointed out the importance of reliable and timely data in decision-making. He also noted that in the Pacific the value of such data had not been always appreciated. In addition, he stressed the importance of having indicators and corresponding data to measure progress towards food security and poverty reduction. He thanked the Ministry of Agriculture, Sugar and Land Resettlement of Fiji for its continuing support of FAO activities and encouraged the participants to make recommendations about appropriate indicators and about capacity-building strategies that would guide donor agencies and FAO in the strengthening of food and agricultural statistics in the Subregion. The inaugural address is found in Annex 3.
4. In her opening remarks, Mrs Fusi VAVE, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Sugar and Land Resettlement, welcomed to Fiji the participants in the workshop and emphasized the importance of timely and reliable information for monitoring and evaluating food security and poverty reduction programmes.
5. She pointed out the recent national activities in establishing Food Insecurity Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS) in Fiji and of the necessity for other countries in the region to take similar actions.
6. Mrs Vave noted also that the analysis of information is important and that strengthening the capacity of both data producers and data users in analysis and in utilising these results in decision-making should be priorities.
7. In his opening remarks, Mr Frederick BAKER, Senior Statistician, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, noted the diverse background of the participants attending the meeting; there were statisticians, economists, agronomists and nutritionists representing both national statistics offices and ministries of agriculture. Their experiences would be very useful for the meeting to formulate recommendations for the attention of FAO, its member countries, various regional institutions and donors. He mentioned that the World Bank had provided financial assistance for conducting the workshop. Mr Baker also outlined three tasks that required special attention of the participants, i.e. (i) development of country-specific definitions of poverty and identification of relevant indicators; (ii) recommendations for strengthening food and agriculture statistics in each country; and (iii) a medium-term strategy for capacity building for professionals working with food and agriculture statistics.
8. He mentioned that the preliminary efforts of the participants to outline existing agricultural statistics activities, to provide a country definition of poverty and to propose recommendations for strengthening agricultural statistics in the Pacific were posted on the wall of the venue and could be reviewed during the work group discussions. He was confident that the participants would discuss the issues in a constructive manner, both in the formal sessions and in the work groups and that their recommendations would be useful contributions to the strengthening of food and agriculture statistics in the Pacific.


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Two silk twill scarves from Collection One. The fluidity of this dress can be dressed up with heels or just simple flat plimsolls.


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Thank you, Remy for the fast service and the several bonus seeds you gave me. I can't wait to plant the tomato seeds as a second crop here in Texas. Some of the other vegetable seeds are going in a package to Moldova to a self supporting medical missionary college where they will be well used. Thanks again, God bless.
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Treat for Dad on his day
Published 5:02 pm, Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Father's Day is just around the corner, and this year I pulled together a few recipes for the sports enthusiasts. This recipe is the perfect combination of good flavor and fun that kids will enjoy making for dad to kick off his special day.
Check out www.jodiefitz.com for some fishin' around lunch fun and a home run dessert.
Jodie Fitz is founder of the Price Chopper Kids Cooking Club.
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"No Pass" Pancakes
½ cup peanut butter, smooth
1 large egg
¼ cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1½ tablespoons cocoa powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup lowfat milk
Mix the peanut butter, egg, brown sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Add in the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt and continue to mix the batter until all of the ingredients are evenly distributed. Slowly add the milk to the batter and continue the mixing process.
Heat a griddle-style pan over medium to low heat and coat it with a light layer of nonstick cooking spray or butter before adding the pancake batter.
Cook the pancakes on one side until the edges start to appear as if they are fully cooked, one side is lightly browned and the center has started to bubble. Flip the pancakes and continue to cook the other side before serving.
For football-shaped pancakes: Use a spoon to add a thin layer of batter in an oval shape onto your pan the desired size of the finished football pancake. Immediately, fill in the center with more batter. As the pancake begins to cook, use a spatula to shape each long end of the oval to create points thus simulating the look of a football.
To make the threads of the ball: As the pancakes begin to cool, but are still warm, fill a plastic disposable piping bag used for cake decorating with nonfat Greek vanilla yogurt. Cut a very small tip at the end of the bag and pipe on the lines of a football. You can find disposable decorating bags at your local craft stores.
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Okay, now I'm sure you're thinking that this is a bit late by even my standards and you'd be right. I suppose that part of the problem is all on me, as I'd made a random request for someone to switch off with me because I knew I'd have a review up for this week. And then I assumed it would be done and didn't pay attention to any real degree until more recently. If I had a soul, I'd apologize. But I don't, so that's that.
THIRD PLACE: Dragon Age: Origins (PS3) by fleinn
I will say that a bit of proofing might help out. A few bits were kinda awkward. The best part about this long, in-depth review was when you started getting into the narrative and dialogue. As someone playing through the game (going through the Drake Caves on the quest for the Urn), I found myself completely agreeing with what you were saying. Both in how at times, you get all these conversation choices that all lead to the exact same result (Swiftrunner being one in particular) AND how the world has a certain depth to it due to the well-written NPCs scattered throughout the land. And of course, how you have these characters who grow as the game goes on....because you shamelessly deluge them with gifts.
SECOND PLACE: Metal Gear XX (XBLA) by pickhut
One could say that this review might be written solely for people familiar with Metal Slug...but let's face it...if you're not very familiar with the Metal Slug series, would you be purchasing this unless you had a few million dollars just laying around? As for the review, itself, you do a great job negatively comparing it to other MS games and leaving no doubt that as this series is getting older, it ain't getting better. Short and effective; that works for me.
OVERDRIVE PLACE: LEGO Rock Band (Wii) by EmP
As someone who's gotten the impression that you hate everything related to rock music, I might have gotten extra enjoyment from this review, as you're constantly trying to bemoan the music in the game, while admitting you're still hooked. But you do a great job of explaining why. As someone who's at least played one Lego game for a bit, I know what you mean when you're describing their light-hearted nature and how that can work to give a game an infectious nature. You did a good job of demonstrating that a person doesn't have to be a fan of the music in this game to have a blast playing it, which makes this a review well worth rewarding.
And that's that. Time to figure out what the hell I'm doing for the tournament this week now!
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Many thanks for the win, young Oddy; if it makes you feel any better, I very much enjoyed your review for a game I always thought I'd get round to playing and am not sure if you've struck it from the list of made it a must play.
For us. For them. For you.
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Scat the dog pill!
Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."
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Ah yes, Metal Gear XX, the blacksheep of the series.
I head spaceshit noises.
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Hahaha! I knew I'd put Gear in for Slug at one point. Hope I didn't give Kojima any ideas to create a new game that's even more confusing than the previous ones.
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Wadenhoe House
Why We Love It
- The Grade II-listed manor house sits in 8 acres of landscaped gardens & woodlands
- Travelzoo members who stayed here have noted the "peaceful surroundings" & "excellent service"
- It's a 10-minute drive from the historic town of Oundle, which hosts a weekly street market
- The local area is great for walks -- we recommend trying a section of the 70-mile Nene Way
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Wadenhoe House is a Jacobean manor in the Northamptonshire countryside, 10 minutes' drive from the market town of Oundle and 30 minutes' drive from the cathedral city of Peterborough. Former occupants include the De Lacy family, who lived here in the mid-1600s and are said to have been conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot.
This Grade II-listed property is set within eight acres of landscaped gardens and woodlands --Travelzoo members have praised the "peaceful surroundings" and "beautiful grounds" (in which you may spot birds, deer and badgers), as well the hotel's "excellent service".
Ramblers can take advantage of the area's many walking routes along the River Nene, passing through waterside meadows and across farmland tracks. The house is also a 5-minute stroll from the village of Wadenhoe, where you will find a country pub and a 13th-century parish church with views of the Nene Valley.
The in-house Bistro offers an eclectic menu that includes a traditional Sunday lunch and afternoon tea. Dishes are freshly prepared by head chef Craig Klein and his team using locally sourced ingredients, together with fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs from the kitchen garden.
Bedrooms are individually designed and retain much of this 17th-century property's original character, with stone-mullioned windows offering views over the grounds.
We've also negotiated a 2-course lunch or dinner with wine for two for £29.
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- No pets allowed
- 100% smoke-free
- No elevator / lift
- Room service (limited hours)
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- Complimentary Wi-Fi throughout
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JP Morgan is considering buying a 10 percent stake in Twitter for $450 million.
According to the Financial Times' sources, having valued Twitter for $4.5 billion, it is considering some kind of investment in the social networking service. However, it's unclear which direction JP Morgan will take – whether it's a direct investment or buying out existing shareholders with a nod from Biz Stone and Co.
Responding to a question from TechEye last year, co-founder of Twitter Biz Stone said that even if it was offered $4 or $5 billion it is still not quite ready for a sale. Stone didn't rule out investments, and confirmed that it is Twitter's fiduciary duty to shareholders to consider bids.
JP Morgan established a "Digital Growth Fund" this February, which aims to plug investments into high-growth private tech and online companies. The FT says the fund has raised $1.22 billion already but is aiming for that extra decimal point, targeting $1.3 billion in total, with a maximum of 480 investors.
According to reports, JP Morgan is considering ploughing dosh into other digital companies that are on the up-and-up, with social gaming outfit Zynga on the cards as is voice-call service provider Skype.
While Twitter is nowhere near the value of Zuckerberg's lot over at Facebook, it has seen phenomenal growth in a comparatively short time since launch. The most recent investment was by venture capital group Kleiner Perkins, which spent $200 million on the social networking service December 2010.


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Aww your pics looks beautiful. I really like the ones under the tree. And the green dress looks very pretty on you. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks! My chest looks huge for some odd reason in that dress, lol.
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Lol! But the green goes well with your complexion and it just is so bright and flowy. You guys make a cute couple!
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Pouch Potato
One of the things that's become painfully clear recently is that I need a better way to carry a spare magazine when I carry concealed. Quick reloads are a big reason why I've yet to pass the Air Marshall Qualifier Drill, and so I started looking around for alternatives. I used my Blade-Tech pouches with my CZ P07 when I when to Front Sight, and I got used to just grabbing my spare mag when I needed it without having to fumble with extraneous flaps and whatnot.
You'd think with the booming popularity of personal defence, you'd see a bunch of low-priced mag pouches designed for concealed carry.
And you'd be wrong.
My first attempt at a spare mag pouch was a horizontal cell phone pouch, which didn't really work because it was still a two-step process to access the spare mag: One to pop open the case and one to grab the mag. So the search was on for a replacement.
First up was a spare case for my old Blackberry Curve (on the left in the photo). It gained points for not having a flap to get in the way, but it didn't hold the spare mag securely and seated the mag too deeply to easily grab.
Next I tried a spare multitool case (center) and a nylon Blackhawk! mag pouch (right) I bought at the local Wal-Mart, but again, that $#!@ cover flap got in the way of a speedy reload.
So off I went to Amazon.com. There are a LOT of mag pouches out there, but I found out quickly they fell into one of three categories: Cheap nylon pouches with cover flaps that were similar to what I already had tried and rejected, high-speed low-drag race gear like the Blade-Techs I already own, and leather pouches that held two mags but cost $50 or more.
I carry A spare mag, not two. I have 16 in the CZ or 10 in the Sccy, and if 32/20 rounds of 124 grain Speer Gold Dot doesn't take care of the problem, it's time to beat feet. I began to suspect that the majority of the mag pouches I found were designed for law enforcement and not concealed carry.
Eventually, I found a Blackhawk! single mag pouch for double-stack 9mm/.40. The price was certainly right, and it held one mag rather than two without a cover flap.
And it works!
It's very comfortable, (I have it on my hip as I type this) and yet it holds the magazine securely and it's just as fast to access as my Blade-Tech race rig. Tomorrow I'll take it the range and run it through both the Air Marshall Drill and my usual round of drills and see how it works in everyday use.


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Jupe, Robert E. (2009) New Labour, Network Rail and the Third Way. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 22 (5). pp. 709-735. ISSN 0951-3574. (doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/09513570910966342) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided)
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Purpose – The paper aims to examine the role, funding and status of Network Rail, a very significant example of New Labour's attempt to operationalise the "third way". The analysis of Network Rail is used to critique the "third way" approach to policy-making in Britain. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines Network Rail, and the significant changes that have occurred since its creation, in the context of the claims originally made for the company by Transport Secretary Byers. It employs critical financial analysis and non-financial performance indicators to examine the "third way" approach to rail privatisation, drawing on the work of its leading supporter in the UK, Giddens, and its leading critic, Callinicos. Findings – The paper demonstrates that Network Rail is an expensive mechanism for channelling public money to private companies. It argues that the "third way" is really a smoke screen for the neo-liberal ideology, behind which there is a continuing transfer of wealth from taxpayers to the private sector. Research limitations/implications – The paper focuses on one significant example of the "third way" approach to policy making. It demonstrates the strength of the neo-liberal ideology, particularly the belief in the value of privatisation, in the UK. Practical implications – The findings of the paper have implications for public policy and for those affected by rail privatisation, including employees, passengers and taxpayers. Originality/value – Researchers and practitioners working in the area of public sector management and reforms should find the paper of value.
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Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor.
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George W. Bush bought the election - period.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command
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Paul Dirac was a British theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the development of quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and quantum electrodynamics, and is particularly known for his attempts to unify the theories of quantum mechanics and relativity theory. His Dirac Equation, which was formulated in 1928 and describes the behaviour of fermions like the electron, predicted the existence of antimatter such as the positron. He shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics for 1933 with Erwin Schrödinger "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory" and is regarded by some as one of the greatest physicists of all time.
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was born on 8 August 1902 in Bristol, England. He was brought up in an unusually strict and authoritarian household by his Swiss immigrant father, and was educated at the Merchant Venturers' Technical College (where his father was a French teacher), an institution attached to the University of Bristol which emphasized scientific subjects and modern languages.
Dirac went on to study at the University of Bristol, completing his degree in electrical engineering in 1921, and then earning a BA in applied mathematics in 1923. He obtained a grant to conduct research at St John's College, Cambridge, where he would remain for most of his career, pursuing his interests in general relativity and in the nascent field of quantum theory, initially under the supervision of Ralph Fowler.
He began working on quantum mechanics almost as soon as it was introduced by Werner Heisenberg in 1925, and he earned a PhD in 1926 for his canonical quantization of classical mechanics based on Heisenberg's recently proposed matrix formulation of quantum mechanics. His independent mathematical equivalent to Heisenberg's matrix formulation consisted of a non-commutative algebra for calculating atomic properties.
Building on Wolfgang Pauli's work on non-relativistic spin systems, he proposed the "Dirac equation" in 1928 as a relativistic equation of motion for the wave function of the electron. This work also led him to his prediction of the existence of the positron (the antiparticle of the electron, identical to it in every aspect but its charge, the existence of which was later observed and confirmed by Carl Anderson in 1932) and matter-antimatter annihilation, as well as contributing to the explanation of the origin of quantum spin as a relativistic phenomenon. He was also responsible for developing "bra-ket" notation (or Dirac notation), the standard notation for describing quantum states in the theory of quantum mechanics, composed of angle brackets (chevrons) and vertical bars.
Dirac travelled extensively, especially in his younger years, and studied at various foreign universities, including Copenhagen, Göttingen, Leyden, Wisconsin, Michigan and Princeton, as well as visiting the Soviet Union several times. In 1929, after having spent five months in America, he continued around the world, visiting Japan (together with Heisenberg), and then returning across Siberia.
His 1930 book "Principles of Quantum Mechanics" is considered a landmark in the history of science, and it quickly became one of the standard textbooks on the subject (and is still used today). In the book, Dirac incorporates Heisenberg's previous work on matrix mechanics and Erwin Schrödinger's work on wave mechanics into a single mathematical formalism. He earned his share in the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics largely as a result of the book.
He became Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1932, a post he held for the next 37 years. In the early 1930s, Dirac introduced the idea of vacuum polarization and developed the field of quantum electrodynamics (he was the first to use that term). In 1933, he showed that the existence of a single magnetic monopole in the universe would suffice to explain the observed quantization of electrical charge (although to date no convincing evidence has yet been found for the existence of physical magnetic monopoles). In 1937, he proposed a speculative cosmological model based on the so-called "large numbers hypothesis" which, although it has not gained acceptance in mainstream physics, has been highly influential among proponents of other non-standard cosmologies.
Dirac married Margit "Manci" Wigner (sister of the Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Eugene Wigner) in 1937. He adopted Margit's two children, Judith and Gabriel, and the couple went on to have two more children together, Mary and Florence. He was known as a very precise and ordered man but shy, modest and taciturn, and it has been argued that his autism was crucial to his success as a theoretical physicist. His important contributions to physics were largely motivated by principles of mathematical beauty and he once said, "God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world". However, he is quoted as saying, "I do not recognize any religious myth, at least because they contradict one another", and he strongly criticized the political manipulation of religion.
Dirac shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Erwin Schrödinger "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory". He was also awarded the Royal Medal (in 1939), the Copley Medal and the Max Planck Medal (both in 1952) among other honours, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1930, and of the American Physical Society in 1948, and was made a member of the British Order of Merit in 1973.
During World War II, he worked on uranium separation and nuclear weapons, but his work moved increasingly out of the mainstream in later life. In the 1960s, he developed a theory of "constrained quantization", identifying the general quantum rules for arbitrary classical systems, and his quantum field analysis of the vibrations of a membrane in the early 1960s has proved extremely useful to modern practitioners of superstring theory and its closely related successor, M-theory.
After teaching as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge from 1932 to 1968, he moved to Florida to be near his daughter Mary, spending his final teaching years at the University of Miami in Coral Gables and Florida State University in Tallahassee. Dirac died on 20 October 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida, where he is buried.
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