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iOS: If you like the elegant flow of flipping through apps as "cards" in WebOS, Multifl0w brings that ability to jailbroken iOS devices.
In addition to the card-like effects, Multifl0w can also switch through apps in the style of Mac OS X's Exposé. It takes real-time snapshots of apps, providing more information than iOS' existing multitasking features. It's available right now as a quick install from the Cydia store (direct link).
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Connecting entrepreneurs with mentors in each region
Riyadh, Hiteen District, Saudi Arabia
Haider Alabdulaal is a corporate planning and strategy consultant at the Ministry of Energy-Saudi Arabia, with a focus on policies and strategic decision support. Haidar started his career at Landmark Software before joining Saudi Aramco, where he assumed several positions in different key upstream departments within the Upstream Business Line. Later, he shifted to the public sector by joining the Ministry of Economy and Planning-Center for Strategic Development. Haider holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Engineering (Honor), from Colorado School of Mines and an M.S. from Texas A&M University. Furthermore, Haidar obtained executive education from Babson College in finance and earned his valedictorian MBA from MBSC where he scaled his family business and co-founded a legal service startup (Qantooni); a digital legal service that provides quick, affordable, innovative, and reliable legal solutions and services in Saudi Arabia.
Madinah, Saudi Arabia
A passionate and ambitious Female with extensive experience of working in various managerial positions such as sales, operation management ,coaching and L&D to business and economical development . Has a creative approach in solving problems and a proven ability to generate fresh solutions for empowering individuals . An innovation catalyst that focuses on social and economical development that contributes in flourishing our community & world.
Hail, Saudi Arabia
earned her Bachelor's degree in Software engineering From the University of Hail Project Foundation muhaka 3dprinter Interested in entrepreneurship and 3Dprinting
حاصل على درجة البكالوريوس تخصص نظم المعلومات الادارية من جامعة حائل ، ودرجة الماجستير في تخصص ادارة تقنية المعلومات من جامعة سانت امبروز في الولايات المتحدة الامريكية . لدي العديد من الدورات التدريبية في مجالات متعددة في الجودة والقيادة وريادة الاعمال كأفكارمبتكرةللشركات الجديدة:الخطوةالاولى في ريادةالاعمال ، والنمو الذكي للشركات الخاصة من عدة جامعات امريكية. حاصل على عضوية الجمعية الامريكية الوطنية للقيادة والنجاح ، وعضوية المتخصصين في تكنولوجيا المعلومات . عضو متعاون في جمعية حائل للتنمية البشرية. مدرب ومحاضر في قسم التقنية الادارية بالكلية التقنية بحائل بتخصصات التسويق والادارة العامة والادارة المكتبية ونائب رئيس القسم.
Entrepreneurs Coach Interested in all aspects of guiding emerging projects and developing entrepreneurial ideas • Building capacity and contribute to the realization of the of sustainable development. • Focus on the importance of investment in human capital and the development of national cadres.
حاصلة على بكالوريس نظم معلومات الإدارية،اعمل في إدارة المشاريع،عضو في لجنة ريادة الاعمال في الغرفة التجارية ، كما شاركت في دورات تخصصية في مجال ريادة الاعمال
I spent the past nine years investing in my professional development and gaining leadership and commercial experience. Now, I would like to spend my next career journey in helping a growth-focused Saudi business grow and achieve remarkable success. I seek a leadership role in shaping the venture strategy, internally by working on people, organization and capability building as well as externally on competitive and market-winning analyses and actions. I started my career, in 2010, in HR strategy and planning at the corporate-level for Saudi Aramco, where I gained analytical skills and experience. I then had the opportunity to work across many organization/people management departments in Aramco. Later, I lead analyses and advisory work for the company and its board on workforce compensation, benefits and other HR financial obligations and programs, for the company core business, as well as for JVs, affiliates, and M&As;. The two-year intensive MBA program at Harvard gave me deep understanding and skills across many business areas, especially in strategy and competitive analysis, leadership and global markets dynamics. In 2017, I decided to accelerate my career development and growth and gain accountability and decision making experience and exposure. I joined Careem, as a GM, in a leadership position with P&L and team responsibility. A year ago, I found an opportunity in Sarahah (sarahah.com), the internet startup, to help build a Saudi global internet venture with hundreds of millions of users. I focused on building the business. As a partner responsible for all commercial, financial and organizational work, I gained firsthand experience in starting a business and overcoming its challenges. I am eager to take on a leadership role to shape the strategy of a growth-focused Saudi business and support it to grow and achieve remarkable success.
Knowledgeable consulting professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) that has been conducted to investigate how the adoption of entrepreneurship knowledge and training can influence the uptake of entrepreneurial opportunities in Saudi Arabia. Founded and manage Rakeezah which was initiated to enrich Saudi sponsored students, who live abroad, with entrepreneurship knowledge and skills. Aiming to be part of improving and developing entrepreneurship ecosystem in Saudi Arabia.
Almadinah, Saudi Arabia
Saleh Khaled Al-Khalaf, 30 years old. # Qualifications: - I work as a lecturer at the university now. - Master, PhD - Multiple courses in the art of casting and interviewing the public. - Courses in establishing the development of restaurants and cafes in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. - English language courses in the United Kingdom and the United States for approximately 5 months. # Of experience: - Al-Fanous Company was established in 2016 in Al-Madina, and Al-Hamad is now considered the number one destination in the city The city for lovers of fresh juices and then expanded and opened in the city of Riyadh, the second branch and the third branch also in City, and my colleagues have participated in the establishment of their own projects and are in the process of opening a project in the competent coffee In the central area of the Prophet's sanctuary, and target visitors and pilgrims. And other projects. - I gave a seminar at the center of Namaa, where I talk about my experience in my project. - I have been hosted in several meetings with entrepreneurs. - Participated as a trainer at the Baban City for three days
Architect, Project Manager, Designer, Organisation Architect, Supervisor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department. Experienced Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the education project management industry. Skilled in BIM, Value Engineering, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Design Management, and Feasibility Studies. Strong arts and design professional with a Master's Degree focused in Project Management from RMIT University.

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Frankie Muniz's Cat Flooded His Home While He Was at a Funeral
Frankie Muniz is not having a great month.
Last week the 32-year-old actor took to Twitter to vent about a pretty life-changing incident we don't think anyone could have predicted.
According to his tweets, while Muniz was in France for his Uncle Skip's funeral, his home was destroyed by a massive flood. The culprit? His cat! The feline accidentally turned on a faucet in the star's five-story brownstone, causing numerous floors to completely flood, destroying walls, artwork, furniture, family photos, and more.
"I'm devastated and exhausted from a tough week with the loss of my Uncle Skip, 45 hours of travel to and from France to walk in to find this disaster," the actor tweeted. "I cried more yesterday and today then in my whole life combined."
While the outrageous occurrences might sound like a long-lost episode of his famous sitcom Malcolm in the Middle, the events are sadly not out of a fictional sitcom. "You wouldn't believe the destruction," Muniz told his followers after admitting, "I know this sounds ridiculous."
As if his entire home flooding wasn't enough, the bad luck seemed to follow him to the hotel he and his girlfriend relocated to. Two days after discovering the flood, Muniz tweeted, "Just woke up to fire alarms and had to evacuate the hotel...This has bene an eventful week."
Whew. We're sending positive vibes your way, Frankie! We hope your luck changes soon and wish you well on rebuilding your home in the coming months. (PS: you need to have a little chat with that cat.)


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Student-Led IEP Meetings
For the past several years, teachers and parents have been encouraged to let high school students in special education take a more active role in their own IEP meetings. When a high school student participates in this way, he develops and hones his self-advocacy and self-determination skills – skills critical for assuming more control over the direction of his future.
The Evidence Base
SETP readers may be familiar with Prof. Edyburns annual review of the literature that was published for many years in the Journal of Special Education Technology.
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Just in time for the Lenten season, Back Yard Burgers is adding a meat-free option for its guests, the Bold and Crunchy Fish Sandwich, available through March 31, 2013, at all of Back Yard Burgers' 83 locations.
The new fish sandwich – the first system-wide for Back Yard Burgers – is a crunchy tortilla-crusted tilapia fillet, topped off with a blackened creole mayo and served up on a bakery-fresh toasted roll.
"We are so pleased to offer our guests the first fish sandwich in our 25 year history," says Back Yard Burgers Chief Marketing Officer, Monte Jump. "We believe that we are offering our guests the best fish sandwich in the marketplace."
The spring menu promotion will also include a new chicken sandwich. Following Back Yard Burgers' tradition of limited time offerings with bold flavors, the Spicy Chicken sandwich is a tender chicken fillet seasoned with a kick.
Both sandwiches are available as a combo, including a regular fry and drink, and are made to order. E-club members, and those customers that sign up for the e-club, will receive special offers on the limited time menu offerings, including a Spicy Chicken sandwich combo for just $4.99 (regular price $5.49) and The Bold and Crunchy Fish Sandwich Combo for just $5.99 (regular price $7.49). The LTOs will be supported with 15 and 30 second TV commercials.


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XOXO conference
My pal Andy Baio is throwing a conference in Portland in September and funding the whole thing on Kickstarter.
XOXO is a celebration of disruptive creativity. We want to take all the independent artists using the Internet to make a living doing what they love — the makers, craftspeople, musicians, filmmakers, comic book artists, game designers, hardware hackers — and bring them together with the technologists building the platforms that make it possible. If you have an audience and a good idea, nothing's standing in your way.
It reminds me a bit of what SXSW used to be. I bought a ticket and am hoping to be there. Only 68 tickets remaining so if you want to go, you'd better pull the trigger on the ticket gun.


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What are conditions that can affect a child's vision and the potential for learning? What is Amblyopia? What is Strabismus? What about Convergence Insufficiency? These are serious conditions of a child's eye that need addressed. Did you know that 80% of learning comes through vision? The proverb that states, "A picture is worth a thousand words" is true! But what if a child cannot visually see or process those words?
Let's explore Amblyopia , or "lazy eye". It affects 3-5% of the population, enough that the federal government funded children's yearly eye exams into the Accountable Care Act or ObamaCare health initiative. Amblyopia occurs when the anatomical structure of the eye is normal, but the "brain -eye connection" is malfunctioning. In other words, it is like plugging in your computer to the outlet and the power never gets to the computer all the way.
Amblyopia need to be caught early in life, in fact if it is not caught and treated early (before age 8) it can lead to permanent vision impairment. Correction with glasses or contacts and patching the good eye daily are ways it is treated. Most eye doctors agree that the first exam should take place in the first year of life. Early detection is a key.
Strabismus is a condition that causes an eye to turn in (esotropia), out (exotropia), or vertically. It can be treated with glasses or contacts, and if needed surgery. Vision therapy or strategic eye exercises prescribed by a doctor can also improve this condition. In fact, vision therapy is the treatment of choice for Convergence Insufficiency.
When we read, our brain tells our eyes to turn in to a comfortable reading posture. In Convergence Insufficiency, the brain tells the eyes to turn in, but they instead turn out, causing tremendous strain on that child's eye for reading. Another tell tale sign of this condition is the inability to cross your eyes when a target approaches. The practitioner will see instead, that one of the eyes kicks out as the near target approaches. This condition can be treated with reading glasses or contacts, and eye exercises that teach the muscles of the eye to align properly during reading.
It is important to understand the pediatric eye and all the treatments that can be implemented to augment the learning process. Preventative care in the form of early eye examinations can mean the difference between reading properly or struggling badly in a child's learning. Remember, a young child can't tell you if they have a vision impairment or not. For the success of the child: be proactive in encouraging exams in the first year of life and beyond.
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The World Fantasy Award-winning collection of stories featuring the best and the bravest females across genre fiction.
All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in Dangerous Women include work by twelve New York Times bestsellers, and seven stories set in the authors' bestselling continuities-including a new Outlander story by Diana Gabaldon, a tale of Harry Dresden's world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and a 35,000-word novella by George R. R. Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly two centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones.
Also included are original stories of dangerous women–heroines and villains alike–by Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lawrence Block, Carrie Vaughn, S. M. Stirling, Sharon Kay Penman, and many others.
Writes Gardner Dozois in his Introduction, "Here you'll find no hapless victims who stand by whimpering in dread while the male hero fights the monster or clashes swords with the villain, and if you want to tie these women to the railroad tracks, you'll find you have a real fight on your hands.
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ObamaCare Is Not A Cost Savings Act
Stanley Feld M.D., FACP,MACE
The evidence is mounting that President Obama's healthcare reform act will not make healthcare more efficient or more affordable.
I have pointed out that Obamacare will create a healthcare system that will limit innovation, lead to healthcare rationing, and lower the quality of care. All this is coming our way.
It couldn't work out as I predicted with the creation of a massive bureaucracy and its generation of massive rules and regulations to enable the government to control the healthcare system.
I would have loved to see President Obama create a system of affordable healthcare that is accessible to everyone. President Obama's did not. He has created a financial and healthcare delivery mess.
He has the wrong business model.
He was able to pass his healthcare reform act by faking out the congress and the CBO using unrealistic numbers about cost saving.
President Obama repeatedly claimed that the annual healthcare premium per family would decrease by $2,500 per year before the end of his first term. We are almost at the end of his first term and the average cost of a yearly premium has increased $2,200 according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.
President Obama claims seniors enjoy their Medicare coverage. I believe it is great to provide guaranteed insurance for seniors despite pre-existing illness.
However, the costs of Medicare premiums and Medicare's initial deductibles have increased since 2009 while the covered services have decreased.
President Obama has also told seniors that their Medicare Part D benefits have improved under his watch. However, the cost of Part D, the deductibles and the costs of the different tier drugs have all increased.
"The CBO's initial estimate in March 2010 of ObamaCare's budget impact showed it saving money, reducing the federal deficit by $143 billion in the first 10 years. But that positive estimate was largely the product of gimmicks inserted into the bill by Democratic leaders to hide the law's true cost."
Last month President Obama's proposed fiscal 2013 budget included $111 billion in additional spending for the premium subsidies in the health law's insurance exchanges. Many states are refusing to sign up for health Insurance exchanges even though President Obama said he would pay 90% of the cost of these exchange in the first couple of years.
The states are broke and in the red. They have a constitutional obligation to have a balance budget.
The healthcare insurance exchanges are a President Obama ploy to get states to sell insurance to the uninsured increasing the state's deficit. President Obama and congressional leaders said it would only affect one million Americans who would lose their employer-sponsored healthcare coverage.
This did not seem like an accurate number to me. The healthcare insurance premiums were $13,000 per family. If the employer did not provide healthcare coverage the penalty to an employer would be $2,000 per employee per year. The numbers given to the CBO clearly was a misrepresentation.
According to the CBO, 154 million Americans are covered under employer-sponsored plans. The cost to taxpayers would be huge and further increase the deficit if 50% of those individuals lost their coverage and became eligible for the $10,000 per year subsidy.
A McKinsey & Co. study in June 2011 showed that 30%-50% of employers plan to stop offering health insurance to their employees once the health law is implemented in 2014.
Employers dropping employer sponsored healthcare coverage will expose their employees to large financial risk even with the proposed government subsidy.
Employers would be making most employees eligible for huge subsidies in the new health-care exchanges. The government paid subsidy would be up to $10,000 for a household income of $64,000 per year.
This was another trick play by President Obama to get everyone into a public option and government run socialized medicine.
"In recent testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told me that America's health insurance system is in a "death spiral." She failed to acknowledge that implementation of ObamaCare will be the cause of that death spiral, and American taxpayers will be left to pick up the tab."
We have also learned that President Obama gave 1400 corporations exemptions from Obamacare. These corporations provided "Minimed healthcare insurance" to their low wage earning employees. Minimed healthcare insurance provides little coverage to low wage earning employees. Hundreds of thousands of these people are essentially uninsured.
On the data given to the CBO, the premiums collected by the Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act (CLASS Act) were estimated to reduce the budget deficit by $70 billion dollars per year.
The new CLASS Act program is voluntary. Premiums are estimated to be $123 per month for workers who choose to participate. It covers home care for those who become disabled at any age, not just those over age 65.
This is a pretty low premium. It seemed too cheap to be true. Congress had to impose a secret tax on all taxpayers to cover the cost of CLASS.
"All taxpayers will all be taxed $150-$250 PER MONTH beginning in 2011 for the NEW Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act (CLASS Act) that was added to the Reconciliation Bill on Friday night, Mar 19, 2010, before Congress voted on Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010. It will help pay for long-term home-care for the elderly. Isn't that nice?"
These are only a few examples of President Obama's disinformation provided to the American taxpayer before and after his healthcare reform act was passed.
If the American taxpayer only listened and knew these facts and unintended consequences beforehand this bill would have never passed. If the Democrats in congress studied the bill beforehand they would have never passed it.
America had President Obama's healthcare pulled over its eyes. This is the reason Vice President Biden said on an open mike, "This is a big f—–g deal"
The opinions expressed in the blog "Repairing The Healthcare System" are, mine and mine alone
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This is an English handwriting pen copybook. It emphasizes the skill training of writing, enabling readers to grasp English handwriting skills through training and to write beautiful English words.
Copybooks can help children or adults practice different font of handwriting and build their own style.
Handwriting automatically disappear after dry, great for repeatedly practice. If you want to learn calligraphy, a copybook is a must-have. Handwriting Copybook only, other accessories demo in the picture is not included.
Practiced these characters well, it could satisfy the requirements of daily life, work and study.
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How did Delta Air LInes awaken 570 dormant aircraft?
Airlines parked planes for months much like athletes going on injured reserve in baseball or football. Players have to go through extensive rehabilitation and so do these planes to get them ready to return to the field of competition. (www.freightwaves.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Why list a source that requires one to sign-up. I don't need anymore junk on my emails.
Curious, I was able to read the piece just fine. No sign-up or paywall encountered.
Yeah, our system seems inconsistent. Sometimes asks for free sign up/registration, other times not.
Why require the sign up/registration at all??
The first time I accessed the article, I was not asked to sign up. The second time I accessed the article (after reading these comments) I was asked to sign up. Perhaps it is based on past contact or random chance?
It was a VERY BIG Alarm clock......


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The Se7ens Mailing List
Welcome to the Se7ens Mailing List Homepage - Currently we have around 1000 subscribers discussing everything (and then some) "Se7en" (cars based on Colin Chapman's Lotus 7). If you've ever been tempted to build (or buy) a Se7en (be it Birkin, Robin Hood, Donkervoort, Westfield, Striker, Locost, Bitsa, whatever), then the list is probably the best place (on or off the net). With varied opinions, on varied cars, from various countries the list plays host to a virtual knowledgebase which is continually growing.
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The Schumacher "Mini Dart" 2.2" Buggy Rear Carpet Tire was developed as a low profile turf tire that provides improved bump handling and reduced traction roll on high grip astro and carpet tracks. Midway between a mini pin and mini spike, the Mini Dart is BRCA legal width with less side overhang, and extremely versatile. The high performance and long life make it a great option for control tire racing.
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Tracy has conceived her lighting – table and floor lamps, wall sconces and ceiling pendants – as a system of interchangeable parts offering a multiplicity of choices for the proportion and shape of base components, glass color, lampshade fabric, metal finishes and lamping. Likewise, the accessories – decorative hardware, and vases – are available in a wealth of color combinations and patterns. This allows optimal room for our clients' input: each piece can be site-specific, and, depending on the elements selected, quietly tasteful, dramatic, stately, or whimsical. We welcome your inquiries.
Tracy Glover uses traditional Italian techniques to craft her exuberant glassworks. Each is uniquely handblown to order in her Pawtucket, RI studio. Tracy has a glassmaking BFA from RISD. She honed her craft in a 13th century Belgian convent's crystal factory and Dale Chihuly's Pilchuck School, where she was mentored by Venetian maestri-in-residence.
Delighting in the physicality of the process, it's no coincidence she is an avid oarsman, rowing daily at dawn. The prismatic meeting of sunlight and tides is invariably echoed in her translucent, faceted glass designs.


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When we saw Paola at the ATM we were not thinking of payola, we were thinking of PUSSY! Since it was a rainy day we invited this Brazilian sweety over for some caparinias. She is an incredible example of a woman, with that little tight ass and her sweet, pointed nipples... She has an appetite for sex that is unmatched. Ramon fucked this sexy Latina good, fast and hard. She loved every minute of it and you will too.


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FORTE 90 inc. is a non-profit group of musicians and others joined together in an effort to expand the appreciation of classical music and to make it accessible to the general public. Offers performances in a variety of venues including, churches, hospitals, community centers, schools and concert halls. Forte 90 believes it is critical to explain the concept of creating music as a masterful, yet accessible, process, and stresses the necessity of learning the language of music as a means of communication and creative expression. MORE =>


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- 18 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 1 new case in Catron County
- 8 new cases in Cibola County
- 3 new cases in Curry County
- 7 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 2 new cases in Lea County
- 63 new cases in McKinley County
- 1 new case in Otero County
- 1 new case in Roosevelt County
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- 38 new cases in San Juan County
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The Department of Health on Wednesday also reported seven additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19. Those cases are:
- A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County. The individual had underlying medical conditions and was a patient at the Canyon Transitional Rehabilitation Center.
- A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County. The individual had underlying medical conditions and was a resident of Uptown Genesis in Albuquerque.
- A male in his 60s from McKinley County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying medical conditions.
- A second male in his 60s from McKinley County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying medical conditions.
- A third male in his 60s from McKinley County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying medical conditions.
- A fourth male in his 60s from McKinley County. The individual had underlying medical conditions.
- A female in her 90s from Santa Fe County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying medical conditions.
The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 169.
Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 4,291 positive tests for COVID-19:
Bernalillo County: 981
Catron County: 2
Chaves County: 25
Cibola County: 82
Colfax County: 5
Curry County: 23
De Baca County: 1
Doña Ana County: 180
Eddy County: 13
Grant County: 15
Guadalupe County: 15
Harding County: 1
Lea County: 14
Lincoln County: 2
Los Alamos County: 6
Luna County: 7
McKinley County: 1,337
Otero County: 9
Quay County: 4
Rio Arriba County: 24
Roosevelt County: 11
Sandoval County: 432
San Juan County: 844
San Miguel County: 4
Santa Fe County: 110
Sierra County: 1
Socorro County: 48
Taos County: 20
Torrance County: 17
Union County: 3
Valencia County: 55
County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.
As of today, there are 193 individuals hospitalized in New Mexico for COVID-19. This number may include individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 out of state but are currently hospitalized in New Mexico. This number does not include New Mexicans who tested positive for COVID-19 and may have been transferred to a hospital out of state.
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The Department of Health has detected community spread in the state of New Mexico and is investigating cases with no known exposure. The agency reports that given the infectious nature of the virus it is likely other residents are infected but yet to be tested or confirmed positive. To that end, all New Mexicans have been instructed to stay home except for outings absolutely necessary for health, safety and welfare. These additional restrictions have been enacted to aggressively minimize person-to-person contact and ensure spread is mitigated. New Mexicans are strongly urged to limit travel to only what is necessary for health, safety and welfare.
The New Mexico Department of Health has active investigations into the positive patients, which includes contact-tracing and swabs of symptomatic individuals who have had contact with the positive cases.
Every New Mexican must work together to stem the spread of COVID-19. Stay home.
New Mexicans who report symptoms of COVID-19 infection, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and/or loss of taste or smell should call their health care provider or the NMDOH COVID-19 hotline immediately (1-855-600-3453).
Thanks to increased statewide testing capacity, the following people may now be considered for COVID-19 testing:
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Sunday, April 08, 2007
TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS 6: "Judith Park is the most famous manga-ka in Germany"
THE CAST: Me talking to a white German teenage girl, dressed in an H&M-meets-Harjuku-cosplay outfit with dyed streaks in her hair.
THE SCENE: The German teenager is part of a queue of about 250 other girls, in a line waiting to get their comics signed by SOMEONE that looks like a Japanese or Asian American hip hop girl.
ME: So, who are you guys waiting in line to meet?
German teenybopper: It's Judith Park!
ME: Oh, is she an American comic artist?
German teenybopper: You don't know Judith Park? She is the most famous manga-ka in Germany!!
ME: [Stunned silence]
For those new to the blog, this post is the penultimate dispatch in a series of posts based on things I saw and people I met while in Ireland and Germany last Fall.
And making this clear from the start-- I don't have any stunning insight on what exactly this means. I also am probably going to use all the wrong terminology here. But figuring that manga-influenced comics made in English by non-Japanese creators are referred to as Original English-language manga (OEL manga), I am gonna try calling these comics Original German-langauge manga (OGL manga). The main impetus for this post was that the scene at Frankfurt got the weird little motor in my brain spinning. And it made me also realize a few other things:
1) The European reading population and comic buying scene (Esp. in Germany/France/Spain) might have figured out manga in a major, commerically-viable way before us (where, us = Americans). I make this declaration based solely on the breadth of manga available in translation there, the # of Japan-related magazines and publications, and the level of maturity of the OGL/OFL/OSL manga scenes in each country.
2) Teenage girls and cosplayers in Germany appear to be just as fascinated and empowered to participate in comics BECAUSE OF manga as their American counterparts. If the concept of manga sparking larger female participation in comics (financially, creatively, etc) makes you raise an eyebrow then you must have missed the memo in the early '00s.
3) The OGL manga scene has its own young stars, and it looks like they're coming to our shores soon.
I'm really hoping this is one of those posts where people who know way more about this scene (and the implications and embedded arguements therein) jump in via comments and get a proper discussion going-- If I've said anything idiotic or misinformed, then let me know.
But back to my task for today: Who, exactly, is Judith Park (other than the biggest manga-ka in germany, DUH)?
I've done the basics of web research (Lambiek, Wikipedia (DE), and her homepage) , so let me lay it on you. She was born in 1984 in Duisberg (near Dusseldorf), and according to her english profile, she's into Frank Miller, Michael Bay blockbusters, Rocco's Modern Life and Miyazaki films. It's not clear where she is based right now, but I did learn while I was in Germany that Frankfurt is home to the biggest Korean expatriate population in Europe.
Her most famous comics pictured above, Y Square and Distopia. It also sounds like she's now working on a new yet-unnamed book.
Judith is scheduled to appear at number of appearances at German book and comic fairs, and her site contains lots of pics from recent events she's attended. I read the Google Translate version of this profile of Judith from November 2005, where she says that she draws for about 9 hours a day, and got her start by winning a manga competition held by the publisher Carlsen, which is one of the three big German comic book publishers. You can also see more of Judith's art at her deviantART page. (She also has a YouTube channel documenting her "gay chinchillas"-- her words).
More recent pics of Judith from her site:
Now, this is not to say that the German OGL manga scene (as far as I could feebly decipher) is just about Judith Park. I also had the dumb luck to see another rising German comics star, Anike Hage, signing at the pavillion. Anike Hage is even younger (only 21!) and has a number of OGL titles out with Tokyopop DE. I just read here that Anike Hage's Gothic Sports has been licensed to be released by Tokyopop US, as part of their ambitious international comics push. The release date on Amazon for this book is May 8, 2007.
A few last tidbits, I found a German con report that has some pics of Judith signing and of German cosplayers (the theme of the last post in this series). In his archives, I also found that Jeff Smith posted details on the German manga scene, and pics from hanging out with Anike on his blog around the time of Frankfurt Book Fair. Finally, here is a translated article about Judith Park's sales figures and continuing popularity in Germany.
Fone Bone & Anike Hage's protagonist together
Jeff Smith and Anike Hage, exhausted after signing comics all day
Okay, my brain has run out of steam, but I want to hear more from you guys about manga in Europe (Germany specifically), any thoughts on Judith & Anike, or generally about Original-English/German/etc language manga in all of its international incarnations!
EDIT: I should have directly mentioned Elae's awesome site Deutsche Mangaka, which is specifically about the OGL manga scene. From her site, I just learned that Judith Park's Y Square was licensed in English, but no official release date yet. Very interesting cross-pollination news :)
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German teenybopper: You don't know Judith Park? She is the most famous manga-ka in Germany!!
People like this need to be kicked in the face. Unless you're Japanese, or speaking in Japanese to a Japanese person, there is no reason to say things like "manga-ka." If you speak English, you say "manga artist." Sprinkling your everyday language with Japanese words, eating Pocky and listening to J-rock bands doesn't all of a sudden make you Japanese. It makes you a weeaboo.
/rant - 11:54 PM
I don't want to start an off-topic flame war, but I disagree with anonymous. I use the term "manga-ka" because it's more specific. Manga is usually written and illustrated by the same person, so "manga artist" doesn't cover it. I either use "creator" (which sometimes sounds weird in context) or "manga-ka." I don't like Pocky and I don't sprinkle my everyday conversation with Japanese words, but in some cases, the Japanese term is the most precise.
Looks like you got most of your facts straight, no worries! Judith Park also recently released LUXUS, and is currently working on a serialized sequel to Y-Square called Y-Square PLUS.
I run the blog you linked to a few times ( http://elae.wordpress.com/ ), so if you've got any questions I'll be glad to help. Hope you don't mind if we link to this post! - 5:49 AM
- MaryRachel said...
Yeah, David's friend, Jo Kaps back from the German fanzine days is Editor-in-Chief at Tokyopop DE. He also discovered Christina Plaka, another German mangaka. David Boller (Swiss/German) Born in Switzerland and myself were among the first group of creators who signed with TPDE. Our books came out after the others. We fell behind due to my kidney transplant, David was the donor. We continue "working" globally on manga- inspired comics. Evergrey and Yaru with Tpop DE and Executrices Women for Shogun Manga Anthology with Humanoids Associe in France. Unlike Tpop US, Jo hand picked a small group of creators. It is a very different experience working with people "Globally" on manga as opposed to having work licensed globally. We've done both and I can say communicating and working personally with people in other countries,speaking different languages and living in a culture so different from the one I am used to (I was born and raised in the US) is challenging, exciting and a very enlightening experience. David and I truly feel like Global Citizens. The Countries we work with open their doors to us with such warmth, honesty and closeness it's hard not to feel peace and wholeness. Can ya tell, I have only GREAT things to say about working with our extended family!
@ brigid:
I'm Anonymous. It's not my intention to start a flamewar, but how is saying "manga-ka" more specific? Surely manga is often written and drawn by the same person, but not all are. As for non-Japanese comics, what would you refer to creators of those comics as? Jeff Smith both wrote and drew Bone, so what should I call him? Comic-ka?
Frankly, referring to a manga writer/artist simply as a "manga artist" is fine in my opinion, since writing is an artform itself. Not to mention the fact that comics are a primarily visual storytelling format anyway.
I agree that saying "comic creator" or "manga creator" is a bit awkward, though.
It just bugs me when you get these fangirl/fanboy types that think that using random Japanese phrases earns them otaku-cred or something, while more often than not butchering the language with piss-poor pronunciation. - 12:55 PM
Wow, you really did a lot of research on German Manga!
Actually the current manga scene in Germany is aimed mainly at female readers. A lot more girls'/womens' manga get released here than manga aimed at male readers, so it's no big surprise that the OGL scene mainly has female artists doing those types of works.
Quite a different picture from 15 years ago, when male-oriented stuff like Akira, Crying Freeman or 3x3 Eyes first got the manga ball rolling. I think in the US it's still more evenly divided between male/female.
A girl friend of mine lent me the first volume of Gothic Sports, and it's actually very cool, I'm happy to see that it'll be released in the US.
I don't know about the quality of the other OGL artists though, haven't read any of their stuff. - 1:53 PM
- Tivome said...
I get more annoyed at these self-professed "weeaboo haters". Who cares if a kids sprinkle Japanese words here and there? It's their hobby and their right to use it. It sure doesn't offend the Japanese one bit; they're more surprised and amused.
I wonder about people who does hating anonymously in the first place, but boy I can't help but wonder if there're some subtle racism to all that hate, like those who are against white kids emulating blacks. - 1:47 PM
Waste of skills, Christopher Hart style. If you are going to co-opt a style, at least make it refreshing, and somewhat original. No one ever does though. OEL, OGL, it's kind of ridiculous really. American comics suffer in a bad way from this, too. Except it's Americans copying other Americans drawing styles, and that might be a slight bit more retarded. Or not. But both foreign manga creators and the current crop of Marvel/DC/Image artists are pilfering from comicbook marketing success stories. Simple as that. Nowhere do you see people co-opting Shigeru Sugiura, or Russ Manning. If so, I would be stoked, because they probably would be smart enough to do it as an homage, not as a crass, hollow, technique ripping-offing decision for the sake of an originality poor career choice. I'm sure that "anonymous" is not at all racist. For fuck's sake, he wrote Japanese in romaji. Maybe he's a purist, but can you blame him?
- Ryan said...
Anonymous 1 & Brigid,
A1 - I can totally see your point about cloying kids using Japanese as a badge of coolness, and peppering random japanese words IS kindof dorky. BUT, that said-- it hurts to admit, but weren't a lot of us that nerdy once? I know I was probably like that my first time in Japan, 10 years ago as a high school sophomore.
and, I can't necessarily diss on these girls for being ... um, exuberant-- since i was mostly just really pleased to see so many girls reading comics. But, then again, I don't really have any firsthand experience with hyper-manga-obsessed teenagers in 2007.
That said, I would probably use the term mangaka myself in a blogpost or email, but maybe not in spoken conversation. I think it's actually one of those edge words that probably wont ever cross over and become its own term in english, but it definitely fills in as an umbrella term that isn't convenient in ENglish, as Brigid points out. All in all, it's a little less strange than other things I've heard.
An obvious one, that anybody that has studied or fluently speaks Japanese runs into is... how do you pronounce karaoke? When I lived in Japan it was definitely kah-rah-Oh-Kay, but these days when we go out it's to carry-o-KEY.
But maybe that's besides the point.
The main thing i felt when i was at the german booth was that even as a hardcore manga nerd with eclectic tastes and a pretty long track record with comics/japan/japanese, what was going on with this OGL/female teenager scene was something very interesting and not something I knew much about. It's mostly just fascinating to see a scene like that that is marketed for, created by, and payrolled by non-Japanese female teenagers.
-Lunch break murmurs from your friendly blogger :)
- Ryan said...
Elae: Thanks for your approval :) You are the german manga/ OGL expert-- but I'm glad I could share my thoughts and pics as an American dude. I'm going to be checking up on your site, and would love to see similar sites from other countries' perspective--- European manga scenes are really unclear to most americans (I think) and it's always fascinating to see what Japanese stuff is released there (like Maruo's popularity in Spain, etc) and to compare/contrast the homegrown manga scenes !
Glad you dig our site!
-ryan - 1:11 PM
- Ryan said...
ben: Glad I didn't mess up :) It sounds like the US/German publishing and homegrown manga scenes have some parallels. You might have guessed, but I'm really really not familiar with any OEL manga over here, but I'm starting to warm up to some titles. I read Manga in Japanese, Manga in translation, American mainstream (well, sortof) and lots of American indie stuff, zines, etc...so why not the gems of OEL too?
Also, it looks like a friend of ours is going to be signing a deal with Tokyopop soon, and his book will ostensibly be classified as OEL manga. My GF and others noted this, but it's pretty obvious that the term O?L manga is probably not going to be relevant within 5-10 years, as the % of comics creates that are influenced transitions from the fringes of indie/manga scenes (oh, and um.. Frank Miller, etc?) and is a basic fact of all comics creators in the US/EU.
but anywayz. I read a preview of Gothic Sports on tokyopop.com, and it sounds pretty charming and cool-- I'm going to check it out when it comes out :)
- reboot said...
Thanks for posting an interesting article. I don't know anything about the german manga scene either and it was a great starting point for activating my curiosity. Thanks again.
you people seriously need to shut up. if someone wants to say manga-ka then let them.......Judith Park rocks!!
That one picture of the girl signing and handing someone a sheet of paper, that's not Anike Hage, that's Nina Werner, another German manga artist of Carlsen publishing house.


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Holiday Giving Extended with Brains in Mind
After a fun discussion over their favorite jello treats, my grandchildren and I just agreed to change our gift-giving Christmas tradition, for a new practice of gifts given by Nana to causes we each identify. It's really about extending hope to others, from our appreciation and love for one another…. Read more »


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Pranknet Boss Hoaxed ESPN Reporter
Audio reveals Malik up to his old destructive tricks
OCTOBER 25--As suspected in these parts, last week's telephone prank victimizing an ESPN reporter was the handiwork of Pranknet and was actually placed by the Canada-based leader of the online vandalism group, according to a recording of the call.
Early last Thursday morning, Elizabeth Moreau received a call in her room at the Hilton Garden Inn in Gainesville, Florida from a man purporting to be "Jeff Anderson," the hotel's manager. The caller was actually Tariq Malik, the 26-year-old Pranknet founder who lives with his mother in a Windsor, Ontario apartment. Malik is pictured at left.
A recording of the elaborate October 21 hoax, which was broadcast live in the Pranknet chat room, can be listened to below (the tape was uploaded to a YouTube page devoted to similar hoaxes orchestrated by Malik and his cronies). NOTE: The tape is NSFW due to cursing and Malik's use of a racial slur at the outset of the recording.
Moreau, who covers college sports for ESPNU, was told of an "emergency situation" at the Hilton. The 27-year-old reporter was led to believe that there was a gas leak at the hotel, and was first instructed by "Anderson" to place a wet towel at the base of the room's front door. Moreau replied, "Are you kidding?" Malik responded, "No, I'm not kidding, ma'am. This is an emergency."
As Moreau went to get the towel, Malik, 26, quickly addressed his Pranknet audience, referring to a recommendation that had been typed into a communal chat window by listener "Lamar 33." He then asked his audience to vote on the suggestion by typing "1" for yes, and "2" for no.
When Moreau returned to the phone, Malik claimed that the "authorities" had instructed him to direct hotel guests to establish "full oxygen clearance" in their rooms by breaking out windows with a toilet tank lid. A hesitant Moreau, who had been awakened by Malik's call, replied, "You really want me to throw this thing out the window?" Malik urgently stressed that, "We've already had to do this for four other rooms so far. Please, ma'am, it's an emergency."
After questioning whether, "I'm strong enough to do this," Moreau tossed the lid through the window (the resulting cascade of glass can be clearly heard on the recording). "Well, one worked well," Moreau announced. She then noted, "I'm so fucking freaked out right now."
Though his mission was accomplished, Malik continued the prank.
He directed Moreau to "unplug your electrical appliances because they do contain electrical charges and so we don't want any situation where they could potentially explode." After having Moreau identify herself by name, the Pranknet boss then claimed to be connecting her to his supervisor, who would arrange for a room refund.
At this point, Malik--who places his calls via Skype--conferenced Moreau in with a Hilton Garden Inn front desk employee named Scott. Switching roles, Malik told the hotel worker that he had gotten into an argument with his wife Elizabeth and she "got upset 'cause I cheated on her and she broke the window, we're gonna need a new room."
Moreau responded, "Are you kidding me? Are you fucking kidding me right now that you just did this? Who is this?" Malik remained silent as Moreau continued speaking with the confused hotel clerk, telling him, "Someone just pranked me and said that my room was on fire and I needed to throw the top of my…is this a joke?"
Malik then jumped back into the conversation, pretending to wrestle the phone from his wife. "This is not funny to me right now," Moreau said. "I'm gonna fucking call 911." Malik responded, "You shoulda sucked my dick harder, I told you that I like to get head."
Moreau then yelled, "Who are you?" before hanging up the phone.
Since officers classified the Hilton hoax as a "suspicious incident," the matter was not initially assigned to a detective for further investigation. However, the existence of a recording of the call (in addition to TSG's identification of Malik as the perpetrator) today led cops to assign a detective to the case, according to Captain Ed Book, spokesman for the Gainesville Police Department. A copy of the Gainesville Police Department report on the Hilton incident can be found here. (2 pages)
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Let me know how much of surgery?TQ
Vanice Ang
2017-05-13 20:14
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Jeffersons Memorial
Jeffersons Memorial | |
Location | Washington, D.C. |
First appearance | "T.: The Terrestrial" (7ACV16) |
The Jeffersons Memorial is one of the structures that Jrrr considered to blow up after invading Earth, in 3013, along with the United States Capitol and the Rational Archives. [7ACV16] He did not actually blow up anything.
Additional information
- The Jeffersons Memorial is a reference to the Jefferson Memorial, dedicated to the third president of the United States — Thomas Jefferson —, and the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons.


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Even though I just had my third baby in three years, there are so many new baby items that I wish I would've had with number one. Co-sleepers, swaddles, moccasins, and fashionable baby bibs – to name a few. Here are my picks for must-have baby items.
Dock-A-Tot: I've wanted one since I saw a post on Instagram. People swear by the Dock-A-Tot – perfect for co-sleeping safely and keeping baby snug. But there are so many more benefits too. It facilitates tummy time, creates a womb-like feeling, and is portable & easy to travel with. When I was pregnant with #3, I knew I needed to have one.
Now that Baby W is here, I couldn't love the Dock A Tot more! My little guy is waking up one time/night – and he's only two weeks old. (insert shock face emoji). He's so snug and cozy.
Dock A Tot is Breathable, Machine Washable, Hypo Allergenic, and Made with NO Harmful Substances. You can feel confident and safe when using the Dock A Tot with your newborn. If you're on the fence about the Dock A Tot, think no more. It's one of the best things to happen to me in three years. Order here.
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Honest Diapers: I've tried every diaper on the market (seriously), and I have had the best luck with Honest diapers. I love the fun prints and use naturally-derived citrus and chlorophyll odor blockers and no chlorine processing.
These are a few of my favorites.
What's your BABY MUST-HAVE?
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Efficient use of paper
Efficient Use of Paper at Xerox
We believe it's our obligation to support the responsible use of paper and a sustainable paper cycle. To ensure responsible use of our precious natural resources, we provide strict environmental standards for our paper suppliers, offer environmentally sound paper, and support sustainable forest practices via our partnership with The Nature Conservancy.
- Companies that provide paper to Xerox for resale must meet stringent requirements that cover all aspects of paper making, from forest management to production of finished goods.
- Xerox paper suppliers must provide detailed documentation verifying compliance with the Xerox paper sourcing and supplier policy.
Paper Sourcing
- Companies that provide paper to Xerox for resale must meet stringent requirements that cover all aspects of paper making, from forest management to production of finished goods.
- Xerox paper suppliers must provide detailed documentation verifying compliance with the Xerox paper sourcing and supplier policy.
Efficient Use of Paper
- Xerox equipment and software are designed with features—such as reliable, two-sided (duplex) printing — that allow customers to make more efficient, use of paper.
- In mid-2010, Xerox integrated the "Earth Smart" feature into its Global Print Driver. "Earth Smart" brings several resource-saving settings together at the single click of a button, such as duplex, n-up, proof print and toner saving modes, thus enabling customers to make responsible printing choices.
- Xerox Enterprise Print Services customers have access to sophisticated print management and reporting tools, such as Xerox Print Agent. These tools provide additional methods for encouraging and tracking responsible print behavior.
- Software products such as DocuShare, SMARTsend, and FreeFlow Digital Workflow Collection help Xerox customers reduce paper consumption by facilitating electronic data management, scan-to-e-mail, print-on-demand and distribute-then-print workflows.
- Xerox offers a suite of convenient e-Commerce, online Account Management tools and environmental solutions to help customers
- Ensuring that prints produced with Xerox equipment and materials can be responsibly managed at the end of their useful life is an important consideration in our product development process. When appropriate, we use independent testing to confirm that these prints pose no unique challenges to the recycling stream.
- While the deinkability of xerographic prints has long been demonstrated, a key milestone for a new technology came in 2010 when the Xerox Production Inkjet printer achieved a "Good Deinkability" rating from INGEDE, the international association of the deinking industry.
The Nature Conservancy Partnership
- Since 2006, Xerox and The Nature Conservancy have partnered to conserve and protect globally important forests. This work is supported through Xerox Foundation grants of over $2 million.
- In 2015, our partnership expanded to include volunteers from Xerox and TNC working together in conservation efforts.
- The partnership builds on our commitment to sustainability throughout our operations and corporate leadership on the world stage.


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Air pollution now linked to 1 in 8 deaths worldwide, UN health agency reports
Air pollution – both indoor and outdoor – killed some 7 million people across the globe in 2012, making it the world's largest single environmental health risk, according to new figures released today by the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
"The risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes," said Maria Neira, Director of WHO's Department for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health.
"Few risks have a greater impact on global health today than air pollution; the evidence signals the need for concerted action to clean up the air we all breathe," Dr. Neira added.
In particular, the new data, which cites air pollution as the cause of one in eight global deaths, reveals a stronger link between both indoor and outdoor air pollution exposure and cardiovascular diseases such as strokes and ischaemic heart disease, as well as between air pollution and cancer. This is in addition to pollution's role in the development of respiratory diseases, including acute respiratory infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.
"Cleaning up the air we breathe prevents noncommunicable diseases as well as reduces disease risks among women and vulnerable groups, including children and the elderly," Flavia Bustreo, WHO Assistant Director-General Family, Women and Children's Health said. "Poor women and children pay a heavy price from indoor air pollution since they spend more time at home breathing in smoke and soot from leaky coal and wood cook stoves."
Analysing the risk factors, taking into account revisions in methodology, WHO estimates indoor air pollution was linked to 4.3 million deaths in 2012 in households cooking over coal, wood and biomass stoves. The new estimate is explained by better information about pollution exposures among the estimated 2.9 billion people living in homes using wood, coal or dung as their primary cooking fuel, as well as evidence about air pollution's role in the development of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and cancers.
In the case of outdoor air pollution, the agency estimates there were 3.7 million deaths in 2012 from urban and rural sources worldwide. The most air pollution-related deaths occurred in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific, according to WHO, with a total of 3.3 million deaths linked to indoor air pollution and some 2.6 million related to outdoor pollution.
Many people are exposed to both indoor and outdoor air pollution. Due to this overlap, mortality attributed to the two sources cannot simply be added together, hence the total estimate of around 7 million deaths in 2012.
"Excessive air pollution is often a by-product of unsustainable policies in sectors such as transport, energy, waste management and industry. In most cases, healthier strategies will also be more economical in the long term due to health-care cost savings as well as climate gains," Carlos Dora, WHO Coordinator for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health said.
"WHO and health sectors have a unique role in translating scientific evidence on air pollution into policies that can deliver impact and improvements that will save lives," Dr. Dora added.
The release of today's data is a step in the development of a WHO roadmap for preventing diseases related to air pollution. This involves the development of a WHO-hosted global platform on air quality and health to generate better data on air pollution-related diseases and strengthened support to countries and cities through guidance, information and evidence about health gains from key interventions.


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This is a short guide to the software that is included in your Kubuntu installation.
Some basic graphics applications are installed in Kubuntu by default, which allow you to create, view, scan, and manipulate images. The following applications are installed by default:
- Okular is a universal document viewer for many kinds of documents including PDF, Postscript, !DjVu, CHM, XPS, ePub, etc.
- LibreOffice Draw is an all-purpose diagramming and charting tool which lets you produce anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan, and gives you the means to use graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is an excellent package for producing technical drawings, general posters, and much more.
- Skanlite is a simple image scanning application.
- Gwenview is an image viewer with many features.
- Kamoso is a webcam recorder from the KDE community.
- KSnapshot is the best for desktop screenshots.
Kubuntu will get you online.
Firefox is the default browser shipped with Kubuntu, the most popular open-source browser in the world. For more information on how to use Firefox see the Firefox Help Page.
Export your bookmarks
To export your bookmarks from Firefox:
- Click on the menu item
- Select Ctrl+Shift+O or
- A new window will appear. Select
- Note where you save your bookmarks (by default in ~/yourfoldername)
Import your bookmarks into Firefox
A guide can be found here: Importing your bookmarks into Firefox.
Email Clients
There are many options when it comes to email clients. In Kubuntu, Kmail is the default email client, either as a stand-alone client or as part of the Kontact personal information manager (PIM). Kmail is the email component of Kontact, the KDE personal information manager (PIM). Kmail by itself is similar in functionality to other popular email programs, while Kontact is as full-featured as the fanciest personal information managers (PIMs), as it can be configured with calendars, address books, notes, an RSS reader, time tracking, journals and simple project planning. The following are just some of the features of Kmail:
- IMAP, POP3, SMTP support
- SSL, TLS, and Digest-md5 secure logon support
- PGP and GNUPG signatures and encryption support
- HTML reading, spam filtering, internal character sets, search and filter functions, spell checking, and
robust searching. More information on Kmail can be found in the KMail documentation.
Chat Clients
Chatting with friends and family is a popular use of the internet, and Kubuntu provides the necessary applications. There are two default chat clients installed in Kubuntu - KDE Telepathy for instant messaging, and Quassel for chatting on IRC (Internet Relay Chat).
- KDE Telepathy is already installed and ready to configure.
- Konversation is the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client pre-installed in Kubuntu. Not only does it provide functions similar to those of other popular IRC clients such as 'X-chat, its design emphasizes ease of use. Konversation includes tabbed browsing and notification of messages and other events.
KDE software connects you to the world. See Internet, Networking, & Communication for more information.
The best in multimedia is installed when you open your new Kubuntu installation. If you get an error message about "missing codecs" please install kubuntu-restricted-extras
. You can find your Multimedia applications through .
The following applications are installed by default:
- Pulseaudio keeps all your sound and video inputs and outputs working in harmony. If you need to direct your audio or video output to other devices, install the pavucontrol package, launch it by pressing Alt + F2, then type
- Exploring your music in Kubuntu is exciting with the pre-installed Amarok music player. For more about how to use and customize it see Amarok.
- K3b is a simple, powerful and highly-configurable graphical optical disk burning application for audio, video, data projects.
- Kmix controls all your audio channels.
- Dragon Player is a simple interface for playing your movies, TV shows, and music.
The default office suite installed in Kubuntu is LibreOffice. It includes Calc, Draw, Impress, Math, Base and Writer. This suite is the open source equivalent of the Microsoft Office suite and each application corresponds to a similar product in that line.
- Calc = Excel
- Writer = Word
- Impress = Powerpoint
- Base = Access
LibreOffice works well with the files created by their Microsoft counterparts, with the exception of Microsoft Access files. For more information see LibreOffice.
Personal Information Manager (PIM)
Installed with your system is the KDE Personal Information Manager Kontact. This includes many tools to help you manage your life.
- contacts
- diary
- notes
- feeds
- to-do list
Please see Kontact for more details and help with this powerful set of tools.
System Settings
Information on adjusting system settings can be found at System Settings.
Your newly installed Kubuntu system has some utilities already installed. One of the most useful is not in your menus; just press Alt + F2. Look at the top of your screen; there is one of your most powerful utilities, called Krunner. See more here: Krunner.
The following utility applications are installed by default:
- Kate is the default text editor for KDE. It has many great features for editing plain text or writing code in many different languages.
- Ark is the default tool for handling archives of files such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar and 7z.
- Klipper is a clipboard to hold copied text for later use. Unlike other clipboards it will hold your entire copied text, rather than just one line.
- Knotes is a sticky-note application to post notes on your desktop.
- KCalc offers basic calculator functions and much more.
- Konsole is the KDE terminal emulator, it can be used to run console shells.
Bash is the default shell in Konsole and the terminals. Click for more on using the Terminal.
Firewall configuration
Ufw is the default commandline configuration tool for the firewall. Ufw stands for Uncomplicated Firewall. It is developed to ease iptables firewall configuration. For more information about ufw see: UFW


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Blessings of Guru Nanak Devji
- Subject: Sikh Miniature Painting - Guru Nanak Dev
- Paint Material: Opaque Watercolors
- Base Material: Stamp paper (unframed)
- Size: 8 in. wide X 12 in. tall (20 cms X 30.5 cms)
- Age: Modern Handmade Art
- Country of origin: India
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You'll feel blessed with this exclusive portrait painting of Guru Nanak Dev who was the founder and first of the ten Gurus of Sikhism.
Guru Nanakji was a firm believer in equality for humans, equality of women and had a universal message for all people. During his time on Earth Guru Nanak was revered by both Hindus and Muslims. It had been a custom at the time for religious leaders to address only their own congregation and for segregation of the different religions — but Guru Nanak broke with tradition and spoke to all of humanity. The name "Nanak" was used by all subsequent Gurus who wrote any sacred text in the Sikh holy scripture called the Guru Granth Sahib.
Definitely an art you will enjoy everyday as Guruji brings blessings to your home or office. Buy now.


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I'm digging anything with either the "gilded" or "antique gold" look or stuff that's old and busted. So here's my take on how to made a thrifted frame do both.
Antique Gold Frame
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- Wooden or plastic frame...plain or ornate
- Fine grit sandpaper (I used 320)
- Acrylic paint in dark brown and "vintage" gold
- Foam brush
- Paper towels
- Gloves
- Newspaper (several layers)
- Plastic cup with water (for dunking brushes between coats)
- Prep work - Remove the glass an guts of the frame, and clean thoroughly. If your frame is wooden, you'll probably need to sand it to remove any varnish or coating on the frame (I sanded mine with 320 grit paper, and I don't think I got all the varnish off, but I don't think it really mattered in the end). Wipe any sanding dust off with a rag and completely dry the frame.
- Base coat - Spread out your newspaper, don some gloves, squirt some brown paint onto you paper and and generously apply to make a base coat. It doesn't have to be perfect...you'll be painting over it. Dunk you brush in the water cup when you're done so it doesn't dry out (just make sure you dry it off pretty good before the next step).
My base coat is going on more like a stain...whatever! - Apply the gold paint - Don't wait for the brown to completely dry. Go ahead and start slathering on the gold paint. I like the gold and brown to mix a bit, warming up the brown and making it less flat underneath. Let dry slightly between coats until you get the desired level of "goldness" (totally up to you...if you want it to be less metallic and more earthy, don't paint on so much gold).
Dunk the brush when you're done.
Keep piling on the gold until you feel you've got the right color. You don't have to let completely dry between coats.
Done painting the gold. I like to use my work surface as my palette...less to clean up! - Let the paint dry - Yep, this time, you gotta let it dry -- all the way. Go make a pot of tea.
- Fill in the cracks - This part is hard to photograph by yourself, so bear with me. Here's how it goes: 1. Jab some brown paint in the cracks and crevices; 2. quickly wipe the paint off with a paper towel (you don't want it on the flat surfaces); 3) turn the towel to find a clean spot. Repeat that process until you've jabbed and wiped around the entire frame. Make sure you use only the clean part of the towel when you wipe...you're wiping paint OFF, not buffing it ON.
Jab brown into the cracks. I like using the foam brush b/c it has that little point on the end Wipe off the paint.
Finished crack with extra brown.
I think the extra brown adds a bit of "age" and dimension to the look...like it's been sitting in someone's house for a while, maybe collecting dust and memories.
Cracks are all finished! - Tone down the gold...if you want to - If you think your gold is too bright, you can use a paper towel to wipe quick, light strokes of brown paint onto the frame to tone it down a bit. If you pick a gold paint with a "vintage" or antiqued finish though, you should be okay as far as color goes.
- Add a clear coat...if you want to - If this is going to be used as a regular picture frame, once the acrylic dries all the way through, you should be good to go. However, if this frame is going to be used for something "high traffic" (like a jewelry display or something), you might want to add a few coats of poly or clear lacquer to the outside to make it more durable.


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Forming Possessives With Singular Names
by Tyler Krupa
I don't think that I'm revealing a big grammar secret by letting you know that the possessive of a singular name is formed by adding an apostrophe and an s (e.g., Smith's, 2012, study). But although this rule seems straightforward, one thing that trips up many writers is how to form possessives when the name being used ends with an s. For example, should you use "Adams' (2013) work" or "Adams's (2013) work"?
Per APA Style, the answer is that the possessive of a singular name is formed by adding an apostrophe and an s, even when the name ends in s (see p. 96 in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual). Therefore, in the example above, the correct usage would be "Adams's (2013) work." Although this presentation may look awkward to some writers, the rule for forming the possessive does not change just because the name ends in s.
However, it is important to note the following exception to this rule: You should use an apostrophe only with the singular form of names ending in unpronounced s (see p. 97 in the Publication Manual). Therefore, if you were writing a paper about the philosopher Descartes, to form the possessive with his name, you would need to just add an apostrophe (e.g., Descartes' theory).
To help illustrate these guidelines, let's look at a few more examples of properly formatted possessives:
Sigmund Freud's method
Jesus's disciples Charles Dickens's novels Socrates's life François Rabelais' writings (note that Rabelais ends with an unpronounced s) |
We hope these examples clear up this point of possible uncertainty. Still have questions? Leave us a comment.