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N° 67–2003: From Darwin to Adelaide, the length of Australia, 3010 kilometres, without fuel!
17 October 2003
On 19 October 30 cars will be jostling for position at the start of the 7th World Solar Challenge in Darwin, Australia. After winning in 2001 with Nuna I, the Nuon Solar Team, from the Netherlands, will be bidding to retain their title.
The strong team of twelve from Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam are determined to beat the world record and try to average 100 km/h, compared to 91.81 km/h in 2001. Nuna II uses advanced space technology, provided to the team through ESA's Technology Transfer Programme, enabling the car to reach a theoretical top speed of over 170 km/h.
The aerodynamically optimised outer shell consists of space-age reinforced plastics to keep it light and strong. The main body is made from reinforced carbon fibre and aramide, a material used in satellites, but nowadays also in high-performance equipment such as bulletproof vests.
The car's shell is covered with the best triple-junction gallium arsenide solar cells, developed for satellites. The same cells are being tested on the SMART-1 satellite launched to the Moon on 28 September this year. Nuna II also carries Maximum Power Point Trackers, small devices that guarantee an optimal balance between power from the battery and the solar cells, even in less favourable situations like shade and cloud.
"Will they win? I am sure they have a great chance," says Wubbo Ockels, the first Dutch astronaut and today a professor at Delft University. "They have worked hard and with great dedication."
In pursuit of their goal, the student team have collected an impressive line-up of supporters. ESA has provided them not only with engineering support through its Technology Transfer Programme, but with general support from its Education Office. Dutch energy company Nuon is the main sponsor.
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The Central Connecticut women's track and field team finished the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships on Sunday in seventh place out of 12 in West Long Branch, NJ. The Blue Devils earned seven top-five performances over the weekend including the silver medal earned by sophomore Ronea Saunders on Saturday in the high jump and another on Sunday by junior Elizabeth Eberhardt.
Eberhardt claimed second in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with her ECAC qualifying time of 10:39.34 for eight team points of the Blue Devils' 55.
In addition to her impressive individual performance on Saturday, Saunders helped both the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams to top-four finishes. The 4x100m team, consisting of Saunders, senior Rachel Dombroski, junior Cassey Griffith and freshman Alyssa Gonzalez, crossed the finish line in 48.52 for fourth place and five team points.
The 4x400m relay squad earned a bronze medal and was led by junior Shelby Tuttle, who earned the fastest split time. The team, consisting of Saunders, Tuttle, Dombroski and sophomore Chantelle Deer, qualified for ECAC competition with its time of 3:51.75 and earned six team points.
Tuttle also performed well in the hurdle events. She came in fourth for five points in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.57. She also broke her personal-best time in the 400m hurdles, crossing the finish line in 1:03.52 for sixth place and three points.
Freshman Chelse Terry, who placed fourth in the discus throw on Saturday, earned a new personal record in the shot put, registering a distance of 11.83 meters. She placed 13th in a field of 25.
In the 5,000 meter run, CCSU record holder Krisztina Dearborn completed the race in 17:33.39 for sixth place and three points. Dearborn added to her third place, ECAC-qualifying performance in the 10,000m on Saturday, an event in which she also holds the CCSU record.
Monmouth claimed the NEC Champion title for the fifth-consecutive season with 218 points. Saint Francis (PA) came in second with 86, followed by Sacred Heart (83). LIU Brooklyn (76) and Robert Morris (69) rounded out the top five.
The Blue Devils will return to action May 10-12 at the New England Outdoor Championships and the IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships.

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Visual Study Focused on the Combustion Problem in Gasoline Direct Injection Engine
Combustion phenomena inside the actual Gasoline-Direct-Injection (GDI) engines have been drawing high attention to its emission characteristics as well as its potential to deal with ultra lean mixture. Although the detailed observation is necessary for its improvement, combustion visualization seems to be strangely overlooked for some reason. This study focuses on the direct observation of GDI combustion to clarify the difficulties behind GDI concept by using a test engine of an actual "wall-guided" configuration and by comparing GDI spray quality with diesel spray in a high-pressure constant volume bomb. The results show that some of the problems about GDI combustion seem to be rather essential than easily conquered, which suggests the necessity for another combustion concept.


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Everybody wants to get to the eastern end of Long Island. Last Friday at 1 a.m., a man drove his car off the Cross Sound Ferry from New London, Connecticut, and crashed it into the big wooden sign there that says WELCOME TO NEW YORK, ANDREW CUOMO, GOVERNOR. He'd arrived.
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In Westhampton Beach late on a Saturday night, three young men stole the sign off the roof of Magic's Pub. The next day, websites that follow the news reported the theft from the police blotter, but also noted that a surveillance camera had caught the entire incident, so arrests would soon follow. The following night, the sign was back where it had been before. Although the identity of the robbers was known, the owner of Magic's declined to press charges.
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At the Round Swamp Farm market on Three Mile Harbor Road, a woman came over to the owner of the place, Carolyn Snyder, to ask about how to prepare the live lobsters she had bought at Stuart's Seafood Market a half hour earlier.
"I'm not going to cook them until tomorrow afternoon," she asked, "but my question is: between now and then do I have to feed them?"
The correct answer, by the way, is no. [expand]
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Officialdom in the Hamptons has always had an uneasy relationship with the "groupers," i.e., all those people who can't afford to stay in fancy hotels and bed and breakfasts, but do pay for shares in big weekend houses. In theory, this is illegal. But if it's discreet, people can get away with it. Usually, it just depends on the neighbors and what they have to say.
Last Wednesday, police invaded a six-bedroom mansion on Fithian Lane in East Hampton, not so much because it had about 24 people living in it, but because of what the renters wanted to do there. They'd put ads in newspapers announcing they'd be having lots going on in their house and, for a fee, you could come over and join in. And no, these were not big drunken parties. These were cultural events.
On August 14, you could come sit at the table and pay $125 to have a sushi dinner prepared for you by the executive chef of Nobu in Manhattan, Nobu Matsuhisa.
Then, on Friday, August 19, for another $175 you could have a three-course dinner at the house prepared by chef Michael White of the restaurant Marea in Manhattan. After dinner, for the same $175, you'd get free access to the Stoli Late Night Lounge in the house and guest access to The Surf Lodge nightspot in Montauk.
The next night, August 20, you could join a "yogathon" class led by hip-hop impresario and yogi Russell Simmons. Or, if you were not into yoga, the other thing you could do that night was get a "riding the waves" experience with Billy Joel's ex-wife Katie Lee reading from her new surfing novel Groundswell, which would be followed by a picnic from Mexicue, followed by a screening of the surfing movie Blue Crush. Another $175.
Then on August 21, at brunch time, The Surf Lodge in Montauk would come to you. Surf Lodge "Top Chef" finalist Sam Talbot is going to whip up brunch for you and the other guests.
Other entertainments you can enjoy at this house, sponsored by luxury website "Gilt City," are lectures by Fox TV's Rosanna Scotto and Food Network's Sandra Lee.
The people who have rented this house for the summer (it's a corporation) may or may not understand what they had gotten themselves into. The house sits on a residential street. Neighbors had, upon seeing the ads for the events, complained. Now the cops arrived and sent everybody back to New York.
But wait—we haven't done anything wrong. We'll be making donations to the Food Pantry. And we've got the permits—or at least we've applied for them, so it's all done and approved.
Oh yes, they had. Lots of them. There was a whole stack of permit applications on the desk of Larry Cantwell, the Village Manager, about a week earlier. He'd looked at the first one. It was about the event where the chef of Nobu prepares the sushi. Money raised would be going to the Food Pantry. It was at a house on Fithian Lane. He'd get to them later. Didn't seem to be a problem. Oh yes it was. The newspapers with the ads in them came out the next day.
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Overheard talking on a cellphone on the bench in front of Restoration Hardware on Main Street, East Hampton, a very determined woman, articulating each word slowly: "This is the end of this conversation. If we were married, these would be grounds for divorce."
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A man named Myron Levine, who 19 years ago built a tall, ugly 205-foot communications tower on a ridge in Noyac, has applied to the town board of Southampton to take it down and replace it with a classier looking shorter one. He will do this at his own expense.
The existing tower has three legs, all sorts of things sticking out of it and lots of guide wires into stakes into the ground on either side.
The new one, which will replace the one he's offering to tear down, will stand on another hill about 500 yards away, a single tall steel pole, like a flagpole, that will also rise way up, but just to 195 feet. It will look nicer. You could put an American flag on it.
Levine not only built the original tower as a private money making enterprise—it houses equipment for wireless companies AT&T and —but he also has a house on the land he owns near it. Early on, he liked looking up at his money making venture, but recently he has come to agree with the neighbors that it is really very ugly.
The town is delighted, and will, I imagine, sign the permits to make this happen just as fast as they can draw them up.
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Police dicovered that Andrew Taiami, 47, had a crudely forged beach sticker on the side window of his Range Rover parked at Two Mile Hollow Beach in East Hampton. Whether he did it himself or had someone else do it is not known, but it wasn't good enough to pass muster when it came to the cops.
Andrew Taiami is in all sorts of trouble for having done this. (He saved the $325 annual parking sticker fee.) Doing this is a felony. Forging or creating fraudulent public documents can land you in jail for years. The law may have been intended for counterfeiters, but the authorities make no distinction.
Taiami is from Blauvelt, New York. The Land Rover is in the Town impound area.
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To enter the East Hampton parking lot behind the stores on Main Street, you pull up to a little vending machine, press a button, and it spits out a free parking ticket good for two hours. You put it on your dashboard with the time marking on it facing up. By the way, if you forget to get the ticket, you have to go around again, because one of the car tires has to be on the metal plate in the road that activates the machine.
Last week, a wealthy woman in a Bentley came into the lot, parked, and then was approached by a traffic policeman who advised her she did not have the little ticket that gets spit out on her dashboard. She'd forgotten to get it. She'd have to go around again.
She got out of the car, turned around, stood up tall, and shouted out to whoever could hear, "could somebody get me one of those parking tickets?"
Nobody answered.
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Anton and Christine Hagen, who live on Ferry Road (Route 114) in North Haven, put a flag of Norway on their front gate the day a right wing zealot killed 83 people at a children's camp on a Norwegian island and in an office building in Oslo. The flag was to indicate solidarity with that country, where the Hagens had once lived for four years. The next day, they found that someone had set a match to the flag and about half of it had burned up.
Anton called the police to report the vandalism. He subsequently told reporters, "I have no idea who did this, but I think what it could point to is an individual who doesn't understand that that's a Norwegian flag and just sees another flag and has hostility toward anything foreign."
The flag does, in some ways, resemble the Nazi flag flown by the German Navy during World War II. The Norwegians had their flag. The Nazis liked the look of it so they made something like it for the Kriegsmarine.
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Overheard in Waldbaum's on a busy Saturday afternoon, spoken by a well-dressed woman nodding toward what appeared to be local people loading up their carts: "Couldn't they have done their shopping during the week?"


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Microsoft was sued last week for allegedly infringing on a patent pertaining to paid search methods. Google was also named in the lawsuit, filed by a company named Paid Search Engine Tools of Liberty Township, Ohio.
The company said in its lawsuit that both Microsoft's adCenter paid search platform and Google's AdWords program infringed on its patent no. 7,043,450, "Paid Search Engine Bid Management."
Filed in 2002 and granted in May of 2006, the patent describes a method of "for overcoming deficiencies and inefficiencies in the current paid search engine keyword bidding market, by providing keyword bidders with information they need to better optimize their use of paid search engines. The system accumulates bid amounts for a plurality of target keywords at one or more paid Internet search engines, and presents the bid amounts to a user, enabling the user to evaluate and optimize bids on those keywords."
To put it bluntly, Paid Search Engine Tools has laid claim to online keyword auctions.
In fact, according to MediaPost Publication, it appears that Paid Search Engine Tools filed an identical lawsuit against Yahoo last September. One other thing worth noting is that this case was filed in the Eastern District of Texas—which is reputedly the most plaintiff-friendly venues for patent lawsuits.
Given the situation, it is hard not to see this as yet another attempt at patent trolling. I shall refrain from making any judgment, but I can't help but wonder just how much money companies like Microsoft spend annually on frivolous patent lawsuits.


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Hundreds of sci-fi movies have depicted hyperspace travel, where stars appear as streaks of light as the spacecraft in question surges forward. But according to a team of physicists, that's bullshit—and hyperspace travel would look a whole lot fuzzier.
A team of graduate students from the University of Leicester, UK, has turned their thinking to what astronauts would see when they traveled close to the speed of light, and it turns out it's nothing like the movies would have us believe.
You see, the physicists have realized that you wouldn't even be able to see any stars, a result of the Doppler effect. The Doppler effect—responsible for the changing pitch of a siren as it moves towards or away from you—dictates that when a person moves toward a source of electromagnetic radiation, the speed of approach causes an apparent shift in wavelength. That's why sirens get higher pitched as they approach you.
But in a spacecraft moving at the speed of light, the frequency of light would be shifted so dramatically that it would fall outside the visible spectrum, meaning the astronauts onboard wouldn't see any starlight at all. Instead, Cosmic Microwave Background—radiation left behind after the Big Bang—would be shifted into the visible spectrum
The result: the crew would actually see a central disc of bright light. That means that hyperspace would look like the fuzzy image shown above, and not a thing like the Hollywood version, an example of which is pictured below. Thanks, physics: you just made sci-fi movies even less accurate. [Leicester University]


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I've always admitted I'm a Pollyanna when it comes to politics — meaning that I still cling to the belief of "public service" and that there are well-meaning public servants who try to do the right thing and work for the American people who are paying their salaries.
It's getting increasingly more difficult to maintain my naivete, especially when considering Washington D.C.
Why can't they just do their jobs?
Our conniving, show-me-the-reelection-money U.S. representatives and senators are the ones who steered the car to the fiscal cliff in the first place. We deserve better.
I'm not alone in my frustration with the broken policy-making system.
Daniel Henninger, deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page, penned a great opinion piece Dec. 27. In it, he writes:
"… a reality has become too obvious for the world's dazed inhabitants not to notice: The greatest threat to the upward arc of human progress is the collapse of public policy making.
"That is the biggest cliff of all."
I don't know what they're doing in D.C., but it's clear what they're not doing. The work we sent them there to do.
Because I'm no expert, I do try to read and listen to others who are much closer to the political scene. And here's how Bloomberg Political Analyst Matthew Dowd put it in an interview Jan. 4.
People don't like each other in Washington anymore, he said. There's no socializing, which means there are no relationships, no social power among legislators.
And he's not just talking about "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" type of deal relationships; he's referring to really knowing each other, and creating, gasp, friendships that stretch across ideological aisles. Then, when the hard work comes (oh, hello, upcoming debt ceiling/tax increase/spending cut conversations!), there's actually some trust among lawmakers.
I'm guessing trust is a foreign concept across the Potomac these days.
The lack of trust is not only sad, but it's costly. The late Steven Covey wrote that "significant distrust doubles the cost of doing business and triples the time it takes to get things done." I can't vouch for the first, but we've all seen evidence of the second in the recent cliff-hanging debacle.
Covey, who wrote a whole book on the importance of trust and leadership, said the ability to establish, restore and grow trust among stakeholders is "the critical competency of leadership needed today."
"You cannot be an effective leader without trust."
Therein lies the rub. We don't trust politicians, they don't trust each other.
Rebuilding the nation's trust — restoring my trust — won't be easy. We don't have confidence in our leaders' character nor their competence. We may like the results they get (competence), but if they're not honest or sincere, they will lose our trust. We may believe in their character, but if they can't get things done, we lose faith in their abilities.
What can they do? I'm not smart enough to figure that out, but Covey was. Here's his list of 13 behaviors that build and maintain trust:
1. Talk straight
2. Demonstrate respect
3. Create transparency
4. Right wrongs
5. Show loyalty
6. Deliver results
7. Get better
8. Confront reality
9. Clarify expectation
10. Practice accountability
11. Listen first
12. Keep commitments
13. Extend trust
It's a great list for all of us to aspire to follow, but I think I'll send a copy to Washington.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Miami Marlins have put pitcher Alex Sanabia on the 15-day disabled list with a right groin injury and recalled left-hander Dan Jennings from Triple-A New Orleans.
The moves were announced before Monday's game at Tampa Bay.
Sanabia (3-7) lasted just four innings in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
It was first time Sanabia pitched since cameras caught him spitting on the ball during a start against Philadelphia last Monday. He said he didn't know it was illegal.


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I am an ambitious engineering student looking for an appropriate stepping stone to build my career. My key word is "I CAN" and three golden words I follow are "Honesty, Sincerity and Regularity I am prepared to relocate, am a Team player and very quick learner. Also I love Open source Contribution to make web a better place, secure and available to all.My key areas of contributions are Localization ,Army of Awesome and I also love web development.
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Raj has shown great interest in spreading the word about the FSA program, launching a Firefox club in his college was a commendable achievement. His contributions include organizing Webmaker events, AoA and localisation. He is the #1 contributor in localisation for Hindi (India) for the month of November, 2015. His contributions can be seen below
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Raj started as a FSA from Fx Club Oriental, Bhopal,India. Soon under my mentorship and guidance of community (Mozilla MP) he started contributing on project like Webmaker, SuMo, L10n , Geo Stumbling etc. Other than this he has also taken Mozilla mission to his home town and that for for the first time any open source awareness campaign happend in that region. (jamshedpur, India) He has also been top contributor for Hindi L10n-IN. For this he deserves a vouch.
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Today Nike released the Galaxy Foamposite One, the limited-edition ugliest version of the ugliest shoes in the 10,000-year history of human footwear. The rippled plastic sides of these shoes have a starry, deep-space screen-saver design printed on them, and the soles glow in the dark, for the sophisticated customer who never outgrew his toddler shoe lights. Or for the toddler who has $220 to spend and who could skip preschool for a week to camp out to wait for the shoe release.
And as usual, the oversized toddlers got restive. The mall-crime roundup so far:
• Orlando, Florida: Riot police broke up a stampede by shoe-hunters at Florida Mall last night, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Two were arrested for trespassing. Police also arrested a woman for fighting outside the mall's Foot Locker.
• Hyattsville, Maryland: One person was arrested after an angry crowd learned that the Mall at Prince George's would not be selling the shoes today.
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana: A man was arrested for "inciting a riot and disturbing the peace" after reportedly cutting in the Galaxy Foamposite waiting line.
• Tampa, Florida: University Mall called off the sale of the shoes "due to concern about the crowd and safety."
• Greenwood, Indiana: Police dispersed a crowd of shoppers at the Greenwood Park Mall, as the mall delayed the shoe sale from midnight until 8 a.m. According to WTHR TV news, police said that reports of stun-gun use were "an exaggeration."


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A customer stopped an attempted robbery at Kensington Mobil Gas Station in Lyon Township when he told the suspect that he had a gun in his car, authorities reported.
Around 7 p.m. Saturday, a suspect paid $20 for his fuel and left, then reentered the gas station and, when asked if he wanted anything else, demanded all of the money from the clerk, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office reports.
When a customer implied that he had a gun in his car, the suspect ran out of the store, deputies said. The customer watched as the man got into a silver Chevy Venture van and drove away. The witness was able to write down the license plate number.
Deputies found the vehicle matching the customer's description at a nearby apartment, and the suspect, a 26-year-old man, was taken into custody and lodged at Oakland County Jail.


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Water tower collapses at Vaughan-Bassett plant in Galax; 1 injured
Spokesperson confirms main part of plant closed Thursday
A plant employee was taken to the hospital after a water tower failed and collapsed at Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Wednesday morning.
The collapse happened around 11:30 a.m. near the boilers at Plant 1 in Galax. At least 150,000 gallons of water washed into a nearby creek, Galax fire officials said.
CEO Wyatt Bassett said employees heard what sounded like a burst.
A man outside the tower suffered bruises when it collapsed, said Doug Bassett, a top executive at Vaughan-Bassett. No one else was injured.
A small fire also damaged the plant's dust and electrical system, WSLS reported.
A Vaughan-Bassett spokesperson confirmed that the main part of the Galax plant will be closed Thursday. Five departments -- the veneer department, shipping, the glue room, the lumber yard and Vaughan Bassett Plant #2 -- will be open and operating at regular hours, according to the spokesperson.
Plant officials will decide Thursday if the main part of the plant will remain closed on Friday, the spokesperson said.


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I have stuff to wear, like all of you. I have stuff to take on a camping trip, like all of you. But I seem to have lot's of stuff and also stuff that is too old and useless.
What would you folks take on a trip that lasts 65 days, travels thru Siberia ( no laundry facilities ) and no place to buy stuff.
I would like to make a list of things to take along and I could use your imput just in case I forget something.
Clothing : Microfiber pants ( no Jeans )
Microfiber shirts ( easy dry and wash in sink/river )
Shoes ? Underwear ? how many ? socks ? etc, etc.
Spare parts: ? What are best bags ? packing system ?
What kind of tent? I right now have a Moss tent, good but takes time to put up and is heavy.
Any kind of suggestions would be appreciated from any and all of you.
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Perhaps you have had depression for months or even years, and you've never sought treatment in the hope that it was just a "blue" phase you would eventually "get through". But you haven't gotten through it, and now you're ready to seek help.
Or maybe your family doctor has prescribed anti-depressants and you've been on them for a while, but you just don't seem to feel any better. Now your doctor seems to be out of ideas, and you're wondering if it's time to get a second opinion.
Or you may even have tried more than one medication and you are still suffering. Now you want to add some kind of psychotherapy, but you're confused by the different specialties. Who should you see?
Treating depression is part art and part science, and not all mental health professionals are created equal. Training, experience and up-to-date knowledge are important attributes for the mental health professional guiding your treatment and evaluating your progress. Then there is something harder to define; call it the "right fit" between patient and mental health professional, which can be crucial in psychotherapy,
With all the considerations you face, how do you begin to find the right doctor or psychotherapist to get you the help you need?
Is It Time to Switch Medications or Mental Health Professionals?
Deciding whether your current depression treatment is succeeding is not always a clear-cut process. Certainly, the first question you'll ask yourself is an important subjective one: "Do I feel any better?" But before you decide, be sure to take into consideration these less subjective factors.
- Have you met - or are you making progress toward - the goals you set at the start of treatment? For example, are you able to function better at work? Have your interpersonal and family relationships improved? Have bleak thoughts abated?
- How long have you been on an anti-depressant without improvement? The general guideline is to try a medication for at least six weeks, but newer studies recommend continuing on the initial anti-depressant for 12 to 14 weeks before judging its success or failure. Are you taking your medication consistently as directed?
- How long have you been in psychotherapy without improvement? Psychotherapy can be a long-term process taking years, but that doesn't mean you couldn't see improvement a lot sooner that that. The current rule of thumb is if you haven't seen significant improvement in 10 sessions with your psychotherapist, you should consider a change.
In psychotherapy, there also are important cues you can get from your therapist that it may be time for a change:
- Does your therapist seem cold, uninterested or impatient with you?
- Does your therapist brush off your questions?
- Is your therapist resistant to considering changes to your treatment, even after it has proved ineffective?
- Does your therapist resist the idea of a consultation with another mental health professional?
If you have considered all these factors and concluded that you want to see a new (or a second) mental health professional, don''t be shy about telling your current doctor. Second opinions are a standard part of professional practice. Ultimately, you are the judge of the success of your treatment.
Double-Teaming Your Depression: Medication Plus Talk Therapy
Studies have shown that a team approach employing medication and psychotherapy ("talk therapy") work better than either approach by itself. Your team might consist of a medical doctor – your family doctor or a psychiatrist – to prescribe medications and one or more additional mental health professionals. These other mental health professionals, such as a psychologist, social worker, counselor, family or marriage counselor, can provide talk therapy and counseling and may bring specialized training and experience to your situation.
First, a caution: Titles can be deceiving. The terms "psychoanalyst," "psychotherapist," "therapist" and others are not legally defined in every state, and some mental health practitioners with little or no training may use these terms to describe themselves. Always be sure to get specific information on the practitioner's training and certifications from any mental health professional you are considering.
Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Counselor, Social Worker - What Are the Differences?
- Psychiatrist: a medical doctor with a four-year residency in psychiatry who is qualified to treat the most complex mental illnesses. The psychiatrist is responsible for prescribing medications and is usually trained and experienced in psychotherapy as well.
- Psychologist: a Ph.D., or Psy.D., a doctor of psychology, or a master's degree holder who is trained in and certified in the "science of the mind." A psychologist can practice psychotherapy and, in very few states, can also prescribe certain medications. If you are receiving treatment from a medical doctor and want to add psychotherapy to your treatment to explore deeply personal issues, a psychologist may be a good choice.
- Marriage and family therapist: a psychotherapist who holds a Ph.D. or master's degree and is specially trained and experienced in treating disorders as they impact family relationships. Marriage and family therapy is usually short term (an average of 12 sessions involving individuals or entire families) and focuses on specific problems. When family or marriage issues contribute to depression, this specialist can make a valuable contribution to the treatment team.
- Social worker: a professional with an M.S.W., or master's degree in social work though education can vary widely from state to state). To offer mental health services, a social worker is required to have advanced training and be licensed by their state. The licensed clinical social worker (L.C.S.W.) can offer counseling and may bring valuable specialties to the treatment team, such as preventing domestic violence or treating alcohol or substance abuse.
- Psychiatric nurse: a licensed registered nurse (R.N.) who has extra training in mental health. The psychiatric nurse typically supports a psychiatrist or works in an institutional setting.
- Mental health counselor: a general term for licensed professional counselors, licensed mental health counselors or professional counselors. Some mental health counselors have useful specialties, such as career counseling, grief counseling, marital counseling or substance abuse counseling. If these issues contribute to your depression, a counselor with the right specialty may be able to help.
- Psychoanalyst: a loose term for a mental health professional who focuses on the unconscious mind as the driver of mental states and behavior, the therapeutic approach famously developed by Sigmund Freud. A psychoanalyst can be a medical doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist or even a social worker.
Searching for a Qualified Mental Health Professional
A good place to start is by asking your family doctor or current mental health professional for a recommendation. They will know you and your situation and will probably have experience with many of the mental health professionals in your community.
Other resources:
- The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: NAMI (NAMI.org) has local affiliates in all 50 states and may be able to suggest a mental health professional in your area.
- The American Psychological Association: The APA has a consumer information line (800-964-2000) and a psychologist locator on their Web site (APA.org).
- Your state's mental health professional associations: Many states have professional associations that offer referral services to put individuals in touch with their member mental health professionals. The American Psychological Association Web site (apa.org/practice/refer.html) list state psychological associations, as does the American Psychiatric Association (onlineapa.psych.org/listing/).
- Local mental health associations or health centers: Check your phone book for a local mental health association or community mental health center and contact them for a referral.
- Your health insurer: Health insurance companies maintain provider networks and keep tabs on the training and qualifications of their network members.
- Your company's Employee Assistance Program: If your employer provides an EAP, it probably offers a list of qualified mental health professionals and referrals.
- Your trusted friends, family or clergy may know of a good mental health professional.
Finding a Psychotherapist Who Is a Good Fit for You
In general, the more severe your depression, the more expertise and training you should look for in the mental health professionals you choose. Here are some of the things you'll want to ask about:
- Their level of education, special training, licensure, certifications and years in practice. It bears repeating that some mental health practitioners who call themselves "psychotherapists" or "counselors" actually have little training. If in doubt, double-check credentials with your state's licensing boards.
- The treatment approach they use and how it works to make sure it is an approach with which you are comfortable.
- Any specialties they may have that may match you own needs, such as counseling for marital or family problems, substance abuse or eating disorders.
- Are they in your insurer's provider network (or do they work with Medicare or Medicaid, if either will be the payer)?
- Don't forget important practical matters such as their office hours, fees and session length.
To make sure you have a good fit, you also should not be afraid to consider your own personal preferences. You may legitimately consider the mental health professional's gender, age, demeanor, cultural background, personality or any other factor that could get in the way of (or promote) successful treatment:
- Is the mental health professional a good listener and communicator?
- Is he friendly or brusque and aloof?
- Is she compassionate or judgmental?
- Is there a rapport between you or do you feel tense and ill at ease?
Remember, you are entering what could be a long-term relationship. For your treatment to be successful, you must be completely comfortable with your mental health professional.
How to Get the Most Out of Therapy for Depression
Open and unconstrained two-way communication between you and your psychotherapist is vital to making your treatment successful. This should begin with a discussion of what you expect to gain from treatment, which gives your therapist the opportunity to calibrate those expectations. By setting clear-cut goals and benchmarks, you'll be better able to measure the success of your treatment. For example, do you want to:
- Function better at your job?
- Improve family relationships?
- Relieve your feeling of hopelessness?
- Regain the ability to have fun?
As therapy progresses, you need to give your therapist constant feedback on how you are feeling. A 2007 study conducted by Brigham Young University found that the more feedback given to a therapist, the better the treatment outcome. The study found:
- Among therapists who received no feedback, 21 percent of their patients deteriorated.
- Among therapists who received regular feedback, 13 percent of patients deteriorated.
- Among therapists who received enhanced feedback, 7 percent of patients deteriorated.
Stay attuned to how you feel and whether the therapy seems to be working, but be patient and do not be discouraged if you feel difficult emotions during psychotherapy. This can be a positive sign that you have begun to discuss the painful memories or conditions that might be a cause of your depression.
Don't Be Afraid to Switch to Another Therapist If Necessary
Make sure that you and your therapist periodically evaluate your progress against the goals you have set. That way, if something is not working, your therapist can adjust their approach - or you may need to adjust your goals.
Successful psychotherapy can be a long-term effort that demands commitment, but your progress should be perceptible, and commitment doesn't mean you can't change therapists again if you don't feel your progress is satisfactory. Depression is almost always treatable, and you should see improvement when you arrive at the right combination of medication and therapy.
More Information on Depression and Finding the Right Mental Health Professional
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WASHINGTON – Lyme disease infection rates in this region are among the highest in the country, and the disease is beginning to show up in areas where it was seldom seen before.
Virginia and Maryland are among the 13 states that accounted for 96 percent of reported cases in 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC statistics for 2012 are not available yet. But Dr. Paul Auwaerter, clinical director for the Division of Infectious Disease at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, detects some disturbing trends.
He says Lyme disease is being seen in parts of Virginia where it was not common before. It is also on the march in Maryland.
"It has always been present in Maryland, but we are seeing it more now toward Western Maryland than we had years before," Auwaerter says.
There are many theories for the increase in reported cases. More people are moving into wooded areas where the black-legged tick, commonly known as the deer tick, that carries Lyme disease in the eastern U.S. is found. Auwaerter notes awareness of Lyme disease "has certainly increased compared to the early years."
Lyme disease was virtually unknown until the mid 1970s when researchers began investigating what appea red to be an outbreak of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in Lyme, Conn. Eventually, the cause of their symptoms was linked to tick bites.
That bit of medical history is unquestioned. But these days, just about everything related to Lyme disease has become the subject of a heated debate.
Most, but not all, Lyme patients develop standard symptoms including a tell-tale rash that many people call a "bull's eye." If detected early, they can usually be easily treated with antibiotics.
But Auwaerter says a small subset of patients do not respond well to treatment. Some have persistent chronic fatigue, muscle aches and pains long after testing negative for the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
They are now pushing for more research. And some patients complain that their dire health issues have been largely misdiagnosed or worse: ignored by the medical community at large.
"I will be the first to acknowledge I see many patients in my practice who have complaints," says Auwaerter, who adds he understands their anger. "Their life has changed. They no longer feel like they can take care of their families, perform their jobs as adequately, and it is an extremely important problem."
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources offers more tips to prevent Lyme disease and more details about Lyme disease infection rates.
The V irginia Department of Health has more information about the other diseases that ticks can spread.
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Earlier today, I made a little fun of an upcoming modern military shooter. I am now going to gush over a modern military shooter.
The distinction? The first Medal of Honor (well, the latest one) pitched itself as a "real" military tale. Free of a World War 3 soap opera, it was about some guys fighting a war against other guys. Problem is that "war" was a series of corridors in which you couldn't even walk through a door unless the game said you could.
There's a reason Modern Warfare games are full of explosions. It's to distract you from that kind of linearity.
Here, on the other hand, are some screenshots from the upcoming ArmA III by Bohemia Interactive. I couldn't be more excited about this. The last ArmA game, bugs and all, was a blast. Dropping you in an open world where a single bullet could kill you, it was tough, yes, but it also felt real.
BI have today released these new screenshots for the game, along with word that after E3 there'll be a community "alpha", with a proper open beta to follow.
SCANNING THE HORIZON: ARMA 3 IN 2012 [ArmA III]


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Just days after Halloween, the annual battle to win the dollars of toy-buying parents is already off to a fierce start, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Discount retail giant Wal-Mart is slashing prices in an effort to keep rival Target from becoming the low-cost leader this holiday-shopping season.
Until recently, Wal-Mart had priced its toys higher than those advertised by Target. But shortly after the Journal asked Wal-Mart recently about its price disadvantage, the company issued a new price list, slashing the sticker on many hot toys, the newspaper reports.
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Wal-Mart's new toy prices now beat Target's prices by just a few pennies, but there are still some significant price differences between the two retailers.
For example, the Journal reports that Wal-Mart is selling a Barbie doll embedded with a video camera for $39, or $6 less than Target. But Target has priced Stinky the Garbage Truck — a Matchbox truck that tells jokes — at $49.99, after a coupon, or $6 less than Wal-Mart.
Consumers shouldn't lose out because both retailers say that if a shopper presents them with a print ad featuring a lower price, they will match it, the newspaper notes.
Toy sales are key to retailers' success during the holiday season because, no matter how the economy performs, parents will still buy stuff for their kids, the Journal said. This year, with the economy somewhat improved, retailers hope they can lure shoppers with toy deals and encourage them to make other purchases.
Both Wal-Mart and Target are competing on prices to draw in shoppers, but Target may have the edge this holiday season, according to the Journal.
Shoppers at Target stores get an extra 5 percent discount on all purchases, including toys, if they pay with a Target credit or debit card or the Target Visa card.
Far fewer Wal-Mart customers use credit cards of any sort, the report adds, and while Wal-Mart's Discover Card gives buyers 1 percent back on purchases the retailer has yet to match Target's 5 percent discount.
Target has put half of its 2,000 toys on sale this year, an increase of about 10 percent from 2009, the Journal said. Wal-Mart, for its part, is trying to convey that its toy section, which has shrunk by 30 percent in recent years, is expanding again. This year its toy-oriented circular for newspapers has more than quadrupled in size and runs to 52 pages, the Journal added.Story: Rise of the 'surgical shopper' has changed retail
Competition for dollars in the online toy-selling space is also fierce, with retailers like Amazon.com touting 25 percent off hot toys and retailers — both Web-based and bricks-and-mortar stores — offering free-shipping deals. However, although online purchases are rising, sales still make up a small percentage of all toy purchases, the paper said.
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During the past few weeks, and surely for weeks to come, there has been a national focus in the United States on the problems and benefits of illegal immigration. While the many sides debate over amnesty, guest worker programs, routes to citizenship, strengthening the borders, and whether illegal immigrants should be considered felons, the reality of the situation remains unchanged. There are between 10 and 20 million (no one knows for sure) illegal aliens working within the United States. Many have regular full time jobs while others survive as day laborers or temporary workers. Politicians defend the needs of business to find workers to fill the jobs that "Americans are unwilling to do."
Despite the improving unemployment rate, there are still over 5 million of us out of work, some for a very considerable period of time. For those unfortunates, unemployment payments have long been exhausted. With no regular source of income nor any decent prospects on the horizon, why would anyone turn up their noses at the chance of regular work, no matter what was involved?
We talk a lot about the "inherent dignity of work" as if being productive, in any way, is always better than laying around on the dole, collecting something for nothing. Such was the thinking behind the welfare-to-work push of a decade ago. But when was the last time you saw a politician or career bureaucrat actually have to take one of those "can't be filled" jobs?
What are those positions that Americans refuse to take such that they must be filled by illegal immigrants?
They may require a migrant lifestyle such as farm labor where workers criss-cross the country following the picking seasons of different crops. Apart from the back-breaking physical demands of the work, how many of us are willing to live in ramshackle temporary huts without modern conveniences, all for an income well below a living wage? In California, the old bracero program recognized the reality and imported cheap labor from Mexico to bring produce to our tables.
They may require extraordinarily long hours. I have worked at restaurants where the illegal kitchen help worked 14 to 16 hours a day, 7 days a week. They only left to sleep at their dorm-type safe houses. They never complained because they could earn enough in a year to return home and live for 2 or 3 years without working at all.
The wages may be so poor that it is counter-productive to take the job. Certainly some income, even the smallest, should be better than no income at all – but not when other costs are factored in such as commuting fees, child care expenses, work clothes, etc.
Then there are the jobs that are simply too demeaning for many of us: day laborer, dishwasher, motel maid, bus cleaner, baggage ramp handler, stable worker. Quite apart from the often deplorable working conditions, we avoid such jobs because they don't fit in with our subconscious contract with society. Work is our primary medium of exchange with the world: we give our time and energy in order to receive money, recognition, and respect. The more of these we receive, the greater is our perceived value.
To give considerable time and effort and receive little recompense degrades our sense of our own value. When we see ourselves without value as a worker, it is only a short jump to see ourselves without value as a human being. We all want to be needed, cherished, prized: it reassures us that we have importance, that we count, that our lives matter if only in a small way. Without that sense of self-value, we might as well cease to exist, a train of thought that can lead to suicide or other less lethal forms of self-destruction such as drugs, alcohol and similar compulsions.
For limited periods of time, we can handle it, knowing that it's only temporary and things will change for the better soon. As an unpaid resident in neuropsychology, I went to work as a waitress at night, something I hadn't done in 25 years. What an eye-opener! I had forgotten the absolute lack of power involved in semi-skilled work where your position and your future depend upon the whims of a demanding and often unreasonable manager or owner. I was warned by other waitresses not to disagree with orders (I was eventually fired) and realized that, for them, the position was worth whatever they had to do to keep it. With no union to protect them, no knowledge of work laws and industry regulations, they accepted everything given and then spent hours bitching about it in the sanctuary of the kitchen.
To take such a position on a permanent basis, knowing that there is no light at the end of the tunnel, that this really is all that there is, means giving up so much of ourselves. We change from happy, confident, caring people into perennial complainers and grousers, growing ever smaller and meaner in our outlook, our demeanor, and our attitude toward the world.
Anyone who can save us from such a fate deserves, in my book, a vote of thanks. I really don't think it matters what they do in Washington because they'll never vote for the money to enforce whatever plan they devise, so nothing will really change.
It would be really nice though, to see them put as much focus on corporate off-shoring of those jobs we'd all like to perform. But the lobbyists will make sure that it stays on the back burner and when was the last time unemployed workers took to the streets – 1933?


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Here are some of the urban tax legends from the forum that I agree are untrue (my comments in parentheses):
· Receiving a 1099 increases your audit risk (However, if you do not report the income from the 1099 on your 1040, or attach some kind of explanation to the return, you will receive a bill from "Sam" for additional tax and accrued interest).
· Filing late in the filing season near April 15 decreases your audit risk (You are audited based on what is on your return and not when you filed it).
· Filing an extension and filing near Oct 15 decreases your audit risk (See above).
· Taxpayers over age 65 (or over 70) who are still working don't have to pay Social Security tax (I actually had an employee at one of my clients tell me that since they are age 70 I do not have to withhold Social Security tax from their paycheck any more – age 70 used to refer to no longer having to reduce/repay your Social Security benefits based on excess earned income).
· You can deduct the cost of your car and all its operating expenses, or mileage, as a business expense if you put advertising on the car (IRS Publication 463 clearly states that "putting display material that advertises your business on your car does not change the use of your car from personal use to business use. If you use this car for commuting or other personal uses, you still cannot deduct your expenses for those uses").
· You only have to claim the income for which you received a 1099 (All income from self-employment is taxable, whether or not you receive a Form 1099).
· You can deduct a gift of up to $12,000 given to your daughter (You can never deduct a gift to an individual on an income tax return; this applies only to the federal "Gift Tax" – you can make a gift of $12,000 per person per year without becoming subject to the gift tax).
· Police officers can deduct $5 a day as Walking Around Money (This came from a specific tax court decision several years ago that applied only to a specific tax court jurisdiction – in the case state troopers were required to eat their meals at public fast food restaurants to increase their visibility).
· Because the IRS didn't audit your returns, the deduction you have been taking all these years must be legal (It just means you weren't caught!).
· AMT is only for high income taxpayers (It is not for true high-income individuals, but for the upper-middle class).
· You can incorporate your business in Nevada and pay no state income taxes, even though the corporation does business in your home state and other states (Most states will tax the corporation as a "foreign corporation").
· When a client calls and says "I have a quick question", it does not mean it will be a quick answer (Oh how true – and "Oh, it's a simple return" is never a simple return!).
· CPA's know more about taxes than EA's (The opposite is more likely true).
· Putting it on the corporate credit card automatically makes it deductible (Putting a personal expense on a corporate credit card means that you owe the corporation money or you have additional taxable compensation).
· If you go to one of those "pennies on the dollar" places you will only owe them and the government "pennies on the dollar" (Don't believe those ads – in 99.99% of cases an Offer In Compromise will not let you pay $100 to settle a $10,000 tax debt, more like $7,500 – and you will pay a sizable fee to the "place" – how do you think they can afford to advertise on tv?).
· "What do you mean it's wrong? I used Turbo Tax. It has to be right" (The Tax Court has on at least two occasions rejected the "Turbo-Tax Defense" when a taxpayer attempted to blame tax preparation software for a negligent tax return).
Here are some of the items reported on the forum to which I take exception:
· Using the pre-printed IRS label increases your audit risk (I do believe there really may be some code built in to the federal label regarding your tax-filing history – so just to be safe do not affix the label on your federal income tax return unless you have a spotless past).
· Firefighters can deduct the cost of their lunch since they are on duty 24 hours a shift (When a fire department requires its firefighter-employees to make payments into a common meal fund as a condition of employment, such expenses are ordinary and necessary business expenses under Section 162(a) – and I have the Tax Court references to support this).
Gina, Kay, Kelly, Trish, Dan, Jim, Joe, Ryan – did I forget any tax myths?
PS – According to my Blogger "dashboard" this is my 200th posting since moving back to blogger.com on Friday, December 1, 2006 – previously I had blogged at http://rdftaxpro.tripod.com/weblog. And my site meter indicates that I have had 13,051 visits since then – or since adding the site meter to the page a few days thereafter.


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I watched GMTV's Martin Lewis talk about how to deal with saving money on energy.
So today, I created an account for feeding in my energy use.
I then read all my meters and input the figures, in the process I thought I'd read all my previous correspondence (received via email) and review my account.
Once I got nearly all the way through the review service on eDF's web site, a pop up box appeared.
"Do you want to chat live to a member of staff?"
Here's the chat – copied and pasted across ! Date 30th October 2013.
Welcome to EDF Energy's Live Chat Service. We'll be with you in a moment. Just so you know, this Live Chat will be recorded for training and monitoring purposes.
Thanks for waiting.
You are now connected with Sneha.
Sneha: Welcome to EDF Energy Online Customer Service Team. You're chatting with Sneha. How may I help you today?
Simon Hamer: thinking of going fixed, then another issue
Sneha: Okay.
Simon Hamer: to 2017
Sneha: So if I got you correctly you want to switch tariff to March 2017
Simon Hamer: i'm considering it … need a quote first
Sneha: I would request you to please login to My Account.
Simon Hamer: Can you see how much my account is in credit by since I have input up to date meter readings.
Sneha: I will check that for you.
Sneha: In the meantime I would request you to please go to account details and then change tariff option.
Sneha: You will see the tariff available and the annual cost.
Simon Hamer: done that, but I'm not going to commit to you, until we resolve this excess amount of our money that you hold.
Sneha: I am checking the account.
Sneha: Thank you for waiting.
Sneha: I see have billed the account and after the bill the account is £546.51 in Credit
Simon Hamer: Our estimated annual usage from you is £805 … so you should reduce payments to a minimum of say £10, until this is reduced to say £200 at which point we would still be 3 months ahead. Is this possible.
Sneha: I am checking on it.
Simon Hamer: Our usage will drop further as our daughter is now at Uni .. and we all know what daughters are like with water usage in showers.
Sneha: I understand my working with the direct debit calaculation.
Sneha: Please bare with me
Simon Hamer: no worries Sneha … if you agree to do this, I'll move to the fixed tariff until 2017, and eDF will have us as customers for a further 4 years. That's a good deal for both of us.
Sneha: I completely understand.
Sneha: Thank you for waiting Simon.
Sneha: I have calulated the directy debit and the mimimun that I can reduce it to £30 for gas and electricity
Sneha: The current Direct debit is £54
Simon Hamer: Yes it is … but our currect usage is just under £70 a month, and you therefore have almost 8 months money already held by you … asking us to pay £54 now is quite frankly ridiculous, and even on the blue tariff it says we'll use £61 a month.
Simon Hamer: Ask a supervisor … get them to see sense. I understand you have guidelines, but common sense has to prevail.
Sneha: I will change it to £30
Sneha: Will that help?
Sneha: I haven't heard from you for a while. Are you still there?
Simon Hamer: Yes, I am, have you read my last request to ask a supervisor ?
Sneha: I have consulted my supervisor that even if you change the tariff we will set the direct debit to £30 and not £61
Sneha: Simon will it be okay if I transfer the chat to my supervisor?
Simon Hamer: Sure !
Sneha: Okay.
Sneha: Please be connected.
Kiran: Hello Simon, This is Kiran Floor Manager.
Simon Hamer: Hello Kiran
Kiran: Allow me few minutes while I go through your conversation with Sneha to help you in best possible way.
Simon Hamer: Yes, read the chat first, and then we can chat further.
Simon Hamer: Sneha has been excellent
Kiran: Thank you for the Feedback Simon.
Kiran: I have reviewed and can suggest you that based on your meter readings for the month of June and the read you have provided today our calculations shows that we can set up the Direct debit minimum to £30.00.
Kiran: You can choose the March 2017 tariff and we will set up the Direct debit of same amount of £ 30.00 per month for Gas & Electricity together.
Simon Hamer: So the balance will transfer across .. ?
Kiran: Will that be okay with you Simon ?
Simon Hamer: messages crossed
Simon Hamer: will the balance transfer across from one scheme to another ?
Kiran: The account remains the same, however the Tariff only change so the account balance will be adjusted in the next bill.
Simon Hamer: Please confirm you have altered it to £30, and I will authorize the 2017 tariff.
Kiran: Allow me a moment.
Kiran: I'am amending your Direct Debit amount , however it will be affective from December 2013 as because your Direct debit date is 04th of every month and we have to send the request to bank 12 days prior to the date. So, for the month of November 2013 it will be £ 52.00.
Simon Hamer: Understand I'm ex bank staff.
Kiran: Thank you for understanding Simon.
Kiran: I have made changes in your Direct Debit amount to £30.00.
Simon Hamer: I'm now on the new tariff, please ensure the direct debits are as described
Kiran: I have checked the account and can see that the Tariff has been changed
and will ensure you the Direct debit remains £30.00. I would request you to provide the
meter reading every quarter so that the Direct debit gets reviewed according to the usage.
Kiran: Is there anything else I may help you with Simon?
Kiran: I haven't heard from you for a while. Are you still there?
Simon Hamer: I'm done Kiran, tariff done too. Thanks for trying,
I think if you used this responce to people who are desperately short of money
you would lose a customer. Smething for you to think on about.
Simon Hamer: **something**
Kiran: I completely understand your concern Simon.
Simon Hamer: OK, bye, thanks for your time.
Kiran: You are welcome
So, based on a direct debit of £52 in November, and £30 thereafter, and the £540+ I'm in credit as I write, when will my balance fall to just paying eDF three months usage in advance?
Usage estimates are presently £61 a month under the new scheme.
Allowing for usage to be £60 (daughter now at Uni) and paying £30 from December (£52 Nov)
Target £180 in credit !
End of November – balance £530+
December 2013 – credit balance £500
January 2014 – credit balance £470
Feb , March, April, May, June, July x £30 reduction a month (another £180)
therefore the credit balance at end of July 2014 £290
so by the end of November (another 4 months at £30) the balance will be £170 in credit.
To those of you stating prices are going to rise …. I'M ON A FIXED TARIFF UNTIL MARCH 2017, and this is their estimates of my usage from present usage with my daughter home.
My Conclusion
An absolutely totally unreasonable stance and if I'd been desperate for money I'd have moved and closed the account to get the money back.
Should I be asking for credit interest ?
So I received the paperwork confirming I had moved my tariff to the Fixed tariff. What do you think I was going to be charged on my direct debit, £52, £64, £30? Yes, that's I thought too, where has £64 come from after all this discussion and our agreement. So I rang again and now my direct debit will be £30 from December. My point is that you have to manage these things you cannot just trust that things will go through as you agreed or expected, they will make errors and if you want to control your own finances, you will need to control your suppliers.


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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 26, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zogenix, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZGNX), a pharmaceutical company commercializing and developing products for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and pain, today announced that it has been informed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that Zogenix is unlikely to receive an action letter for its New Drug Application (NDA) for ZohydroTM ER (hydrocodone bitartrate extended-release capsules) by the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of March 1, 2013. Under the performance goals set by the FDA under PDUFA, the agency can miss the prescribed goal date for approximately ten percent of the NDAs that are submitted each year and still meet the performance goals for review of priority and standard applications.
The FDA has not provided Zogenix with information as to the reason for the possible delay, but has indicated that the delay would likely be brief and may last only several weeks. Zogenix has not been informed of any deficiencies in the application during the review process to date.
"We are confident in the Zohydro ER program and our NDA submission and are committed to working with the FDA while it completes its review," said Stephen Farr, Ph.D., president and chief operating officer of Zogenix. "We believe there is an important medical need for an extended-release hydrocodone medicine without acetaminophen and that Zohydro ER can fill this need based on its safety and efficacy profile. We also understand the public health concerns regarding the misuse and abuse of all opioids and intend to be a proactive leader by implementing our proposed efforts to assure safe and appropriate use."
If approved, Zohydro ER will be classified as a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Schedule II drug, making it subject to stricter prescribing and dispensing rules, compared to the hydrocodone-acetaminophen combination products, which are classified as Schedule III drugs. The Schedule II designation recognizes the potential for abuse and dependence, and is an important measure in the effort to promote appropriate use and minimize the potential of abuse or diversion of hydrocodone products. Zohydro ER will also have a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) consistent with the recently introduced FDA-approved REMS for Extended Release (ER) and Long Acting (LA) Opioids.
About Zohydro ER
Zohydro ER is an oral, novel extended-release formulation of hydrocodone without acetaminophen for the management of moderate to severe chronic pain in patients requiring continuous, around-the-clock opioid therapy for an extended period of time. If approved, Zohydro ER could be the first extended-release novel formulation hydrocodone therapy without acetaminophen for the management of chronic pain, avoiding the potential for liver injury associated with the use of acetaminophen in high doses or over long periods of time.
Zohydro ER uses Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited's patented Spheroidal Oral Drug Absorption System (SODAS®) drug delivery technology, which serves to enhance the release profile of hydrocodone to provide extended-release pain relief relative to existing immediate-release combination products.
About Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is defined as ongoing or recurrent pain that adversely affects an individual's well-being. An estimated 100 million people in the United States are burdened with chronic pain, at an estimated national economic cost of $560 billion to $635 billion annually.
Chronic pain can be managed with both immediate-release and extended-release opioids. Currently marketed hydrocodone products are only immediate-release and contain an analgesic combination ingredient, primarily acetaminophen. Acetaminophen may cause liver injury when used in high dosages, over long periods of time or in accidental overdoses due to multiple acetaminophen products being taken at once.
About Zogenix
Zogenix, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZGNX), with offices in San Diego and Emeryville, California, is a pharmaceutical company commercializing and developing products for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and pain. Zogenix's first commercial product, SUMAVEL® DosePro® (sumatriptan injection) Needle-free Delivery System, was launched in January 2010 for the acute treatment of migraine and cluster headache. Zogenix's lead investigational product candidate, Zohydro™ ER (hydrocodone bitartrate), is an oral, extended-release formulation of various strengths of hydrocodone, without acetaminophen, intended for administration every 12 hours for around the clock management of moderate to severe chronic pain. In May 2012, Zogenix submitted to the FDA a New Drug Application for Zohydro ER. Zogenix's second investigational product candidate, Relday™, is a proprietary, long-acting injectable formulation of risperidone for the treatment of schizophrenia; an investigational new drug application was submitted to the FDA in May 2012.
Forward-Looking Statements
Zogenix cautions you that statements included in this press release that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements. Words such as "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "indicates," "will," "intends," "potential," "suggests," "assuming," "designed" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the company's current beliefs and expectations. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding: the target action date for the FDA to complete its review of the Zohydro ER NDA; the potential for Zohydro ER to be the first approved oral extended-release formulation of hydrocodone without acetaminophen and the timing thereof; and the size of the chronic pain market and the potential of Zohydro ER to provide a significant new management alternative and be well positioned in that market. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by Zogenix that any of its plans will be achieved. Actual results may differ from those set forth in this press release due to the risk and uncertainties inherent in Zogenix's business, including, without limitation: the potential for the FDA to further delay the PDUFA target action date due to the FDA's internal resource constraints or other reasons; the FDA following its advisory committee's recommendation to not approve the Zohydro ER NDA; the uncertainty of the FDA approval process and other regulatory requirements; the potential for additional safety and abuse deterrence studies and REMS requirements and the related delay in approval of the Zohydro ER NDA and/or commercialization of this product candidate; the potential for delays associated with any additional data required to be submitted by Zogenix in support of the NDA; the potential for Zohydro ER to receive regulatory approval on a timely basis or at all; the potential for adverse safety findings relating to Zohydro ER to delay or prevent regulatory approval or commercialization; the impact of any inability to raise sufficient capital to fund ongoing operations; and other risks described in Zogenix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and Zogenix undertakes no obligation to revise or update this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This caution is made under the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
SUMAVEL®, DosePro®, ReldayTM and ZohydroTM ER are trademarks of Zogenix, Inc.
SODAS® is a trademark of Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
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Fortunately, there are signs that it is on the verge of developing a substantial wind power industry to complement the region's rich hydro and biomass resources.
Of course, referring to more than 40 independent countries and a dozen or more overseas territories in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean as one region masks a wide divergence of political systems and cultures — not to mention vastly different stages of economic development. While only Mexico has actually joined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which brings governments together to discuss key issues, there are emerging economies in the region whose per-capita income equals or exceeds that of some new Eastern EU member states. Yet parts of the region are still plagued with extreme poverty and under-development.
Not surprisingly, the first stirrings of major wind markets have been in Brazil and Mexico, the region's two largest economies — each with tremendous potential for wind energy, growing electricity demand and a solid industrial infrastructure. Brazil has been a leader in renewable energy for many decades. It responded to the oil shocks of the 1970s with its groundbreaking Pro-Alcohol programme, manufacturing ethanol from sugar cane and making the country self-sufficient in liquid fuels for transport. It is also a world leader in hydropower, until recently producing up to 80% of its electricity needs. A complementary wind and hydro generation system would form an ideal basis for large-scale wind power development.
After some tentative steps in the past decade with its Proinfa wind energy support programme, Brazil's industry seems to be taking off in earnest. At the end of last year, just over 600MW was in operation. Another 186MW has been added since then and nearly 300MW more is under construction, taking the country's expected installed capacity by year end to more than 900MW. Last December, the government auctioned an additional 1.8GW and is holding a second auction in August, with the probability of more to follow. In addition to Wobben Windpower, an offshoot of Germany's Enercon that has been established in Brazil for some years, this has attracted investment in local manufacturing from Argentina's Impsa, India's Suzlon, US firm GE and France's Alstom. Other players are reportedly considering investing in the market.
Mexico has also seen significant activity in the past couple of years and, despite a difficult regulatory environment, had installed just over 200MW by the end of 2009. This year looks good, with 300MW already added. As host of the United Nations' climate change conference this winter, Mexico has a further incentive to put its best green foot forward. Currently, the overwhelming majority of Mexico's wind power remains own-generation, where large electricity consumers operate a wind farm and consume all its electricity, rather than integrating the production into the national grid. The government is struggling to come up with a regulatory framework that could really open up the substantial resources in the country.
Great hopes
And then there's Argentina. Back in the 1990s, when former President Néstor Kirchner was a governor in Patagonia, there was great excitement that Argentina's massive wind resources — which some say could supply Latin America's electricity demand seven times over — would finally be developed. Indeed, the only currently operating wind farms in the country were developed during this period. But after he became president, Kirchner forgot about wind and the country's markets have languished ever since. New hope has now arisen with the tender of 500MW of wind power under his wife President Cristina Kirchner's Genren programme, with a target of 8% renewable electricity and several new projects under development.
Chile is another market to watch. It had nearly 170MW in operation at the end of last year, with a number of large wind power projects under development — which are desperately needed to help allay the effect of chronic gas shortages. Costa Rica, with about 120MW at the end of last year, has a new 50MW project coming online this year. Peru has nearly 150MW under construction, Uruguay has a target of 300MW by 2015 and Venezuela has 100MW under construction, scheduled to come on line in 2011.
Finally, although small, the island economies in the Caribbean mostly rely on imported fossil fuels, so wind could play a significant role in helping to grow their economies on a more sustainable basis.
All these early markets, however, suffer from the lack of a clear, long-term policy framework with which to demonstrate to the private sector and the finance community a commitment to develop renewable energy in general and wind power in particular. Such frameworks have been central to the majority of the world's most dynamic wind power markets.
Enabling policy
Most of the projects have been instigated under a tender or auction system, treating wind power as if it were just another large hydro project or a coal plant. An enabling regulatory and policy framework would, instead, allow the private sector to rapidly develop wind power, fostering economic development and investment, and creating the green jobs that have been the object of government policy in many other parts of the world.
While it is perhaps not impossible to develop the industry under the tender/auction model, this approach flies in the face of the most successful experience with creating renewable energy industries elsewhere — and risks consigning the Latin American wind power market permanently to the category of "Lots of potential, but…".
GWEC and its regional partners will be working to make sure that this does not happen and that wind power begins to fulfil its extraordinary potential in this part of the world, contributing to a sustainable energy future.
Shaping policy to support wind power success through committee
To help to open the Latin American markets to large-scale wind developments, in 2007 the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) established a dedicated Latin American Committee to combine the work of companies and associations in the region, as well as international and local investors.
The committee is helping to shape the policy environment for wind power in the region through support mechanisms and financing instruments that encourage technology transfer to the region and within domestic markets. It aims to educate policy makers about the economic, energy security and environmental benefits of wind power.
The committee has been notably active in Brazil, Mexico and Chile, one result of which has been the wind power auctions in Brazil. The first international wind industry conference and exhibition, Brazil Windpower 2010, is being held in August in Rio de Janeiro.
In Mexico, GWEC is taking steps to identify the barriers to wind power growth and to establish a strong relationship with the national foreign investments institution, ProMexico. In Chile, an energy market report was commissioned to assess potential wind power deployment, regulatory drivers and policies to be adopted. Across the region, GWEC is working with the national associations to build wind power capacity.
Steve Sawyer is secretary general of the Global Wind Energy Council


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Hand printed cotton shades - Keffieh Drop 60 (sold out)
Beautiful light shades that fill your space with volume & lightness.
A beautiful thing to behold - shining light on you.
Keffieh Suspension Drop 60 shade in hand woven and hand printed black and white graphic cotton.
The suspension is packed flat.
(Please note that it is the shade only for fitting to an existing light cable with lightbulb.)
Drop 60: 60cm high
Also available in Drop 40, 50 and 80 and in UFO shape 60 or 80
Materials: white woven and hand printed cotton, bamboo, metal
Images: We have included a few styled shots to show the look and feel of these beautiful lights. The shape, size and pattern style are indicative and might not be as per this particular Keffieh Drop 80 shade.
Paris au mois d'août create decorative fixtures with organic forms, in pure and natural materials.Among its flagship products, Paris au mois d'août gives sophistication to the japanese ball lantern, reinterpreted with elegance on a contemporary way.
The brand offers pendant, table lamps, wall lamps, lampshades in hand woven and hand printed cotton.
Lamps that fill the space with volume and lightness. Subtle paradox that gives the brand its character.
The prints and fabrics are available in a range of colors : indigo blue, gold, silver, white, orange fluo, pink, earth, flax and sand. Paris au mois d'août likes traditional patterns of azulejos. works on updated classics and presents original collections twice a year.
Paris au mois d'août evokes this period of the year where Paris exudes a particular charm 'Paris in August'...
Our Ethics
Paris au mois d'août, collaborates respectfully with artisans in France and abroad with decent and fair working conditions and wages. We refuse to employ children.We work with weavers in Bangladesh for our cotton fabric, that will be transformed into pendants, table lamps, wall lamps, lampshades.
Most of them are climate refugees in the center of the country along the river Brahmaputra-Jamuna. They benefit from an assistance program that allows them to live and work in their region of origin.
They weave for Paris au mois d'août , entirely by hand cottons of great delicacy, which require months of precise work.
The cotton is then printed in manual screen print or block print, according to the designs of our collections.
Paris au mois d'août also collaborates with partners in France and Europe for table lamps, wall lamps and floor lamps as well as for all of the electrical components of the luminaires.


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Echidna was a half-woman, half-snake creature in Greek mythology, also known as the "mother of all monsters", as she gave birth to most of the Greek mythical creatures. She was the wife of Typhon, who was the "father of all monsters" and the most fearsome and dangerous monster in said mythology. Both she and her husband were the children of Gaia and Tartarus. The couple attacked the Olympians, but Zeus managed to repel them, burying Typhon under Mount Etna; Echidna and her children were spared to continue challenging future heroes. Echidna was killed by Argus Panoptes while sleeping.
Some of the most famous children of Echidna and Typhon were Cerberus, the three-headed hound who guarded the gates of the Underworld; the Lernaean Hydra, the multi-headed serpent that grew two heads if one was cut off; the Gorgon sisters, the best known being Medusa; and the Chimera, a creature that had the heads of a lion, a goat and snake.
See Also: Typhon, Gaia, Tartarus, Argus Panoptes, Cerberus, Gorgons, Chimera