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The Speakers Corner helps connect think tanks, academia, the media and the public to a diverse group of experts who can speak to UNDP's commitment to "empower lives" and build "resilient nations."
21 Sep 2012
More than half a million people die violently every year - in armed conflicts; from criminal activity; and from violent attacks in their own homes. An estimated 1.5 billion plus people live in countries affected by war, violence, and/or high levels of crime. The absence of peace exacts a terrible toll. Armed conflict terrifies communities and makes development progress very difficult. Deep inequalities may be reflected in levels of violence – and will be exacerbated by it. For example, women and girls, who suffer discrimination in many places, are disproportionately affected by armed conflict. War increases their economic and social vulnerability. Yet it is possible to tackle these challenges decisively, and UNDP sees progress being made in a number of countries in which we work. For example: · This year El Salvador recorded its first murder-free day in over three years. Murders there have fallen by an average of 12 per cent since the introduction of gun-free zones; · Liberia is on the road to recovery from many years of civil war, 2013 will mark a decade of peace there; and · In Angola, an arms amnesty led to the surrender of more than 76,000 illegal weapons. These examples all show thatRead More
15 Sep 2012
The quality of democratic process is increasingly questioned, as witnessed by youth rebellions in scores of countries, demanding better democratic governance. Democracy needs to be renewed, revitalized and reaffirmed as a continuous social and political process to ensure equal political participation of people in governance, irrespective of gender, cast, race and creed. Democracy is more than a system of government and free and fair elections. Democracy works when all people can claim their rights, fulfill their responsibilities as active citizens and demand accountability from the government. There is indeed a new awakening and new aspiration for better democracy and democratic governance. But young people must be given real opportunities and space to play a prominent role in this awakening. Almost 85 percent of young people live in developing countries—60 percent of them in Asia. In 2015, the population aged 15-24 years in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to reach 200 million. Democracy Education, the theme of this years' democracy day, is about educating, enabling and empowering people to internalize the core values of dignity, justice and freedom and to become responsible citizens to make democratic governance work. The quality of democracy in the coming years will be shaped by the quality ofRead More
14 Sep 2012
I remember first learning of "clusters" when I worked in Pakistan in the early 90s and saw injured Afghan children who had picked one up, losing an arm or their sight in the process. Cluster munitions destroy lives – very often those of children, in too many countries. They have killed thousands of civilians and continue to pose a threat, because they are typically used in populated areas. According to a recent report, an estimated 94 percent of their victims are civilians and because these weapons are prone to failure they remain hazardous for many years, "efficiently" killing and maiming long after a conflict has ended. Once dropped, unexploded cluster bombs prohibit access to land that could be used for agriculture and development, and they are costly and time consuming to remove. This week, I was in Oslo where states, international organizations, and NGOs came together for the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The Norwegians, instrumental in developing the Convention and committed supporters of the cause, were excellent hosts. For me it was one of those times when you see that our work is really worthwhile! The Convention which UNDP helped to draft, aims toRead More
The Speakers Corner helps connect think tanks, academia, the media and the public to a diverse group of experts who can speak to UNDP's commitment to "empower lives" and build "resilient nations."


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I am 40 weeks, 5 days into my pregnancy. Shrimpie was born on his guess date so I expected this babe to come some time around her's. Couple that with the fact that I've been having contractions on and off since last Sunday, you can't blame me for the anxiety I'm really starting to feel.
I wake in the middle of the night, convinced I must have just had a contraction, only to realize it was likely a giant baby head slamming against a very full bladder. The full bladder is not unusual, I pee every five minutes or so (rough estimate).
I'm irritable. Tired. Walking on eggplant shaped feet with poofy ankles. Heartburn deluxe. And there is no end in sight.
Just about everyone I know who was due around the same time as me has had their babes. Some, with due dates very close to my own, were already holding their littles two weeks ago.
Sigh. I can see why induction looks like such a good out to so many people.
So... We've walked and walked and walked.. We've done the deed. We've tried "smoking" her out with super spicy Thai food. This green curry, from this particular restaurant, is purported to send women into labor soon after ingesting it. That was 26 hours ago... and a no go.
Then we walked some more.
My mom calls every four hours or so. Text messages have been flowing in daily. And in this day of social networking, I receive wall posts and messages on both my Crunchy Convert and personal Facebook pages asking if I'm in labor.
I actually don't mind. Really. Except for my sister texting at 12:40 in the morning. Oi. That one I minded.
But I really shouldn't complain. And mostly I haven't. I've enjoyed this pregnancy. I'm enjoying spending some time with my family of three before it becomes a family of four.
I'm grateful to have full term pregnancies. And hopefully, this baby girl will come out beautiful and perfect and healthy and all the time spent pregnant will be a total blur. Basically, it is anyway. The last week seems to have taken longer than this entire pregnancy. It's Stair Master time. The slowest increment of time ever calculated by man. And it makes my head whirl to consider that she could come tomorrow.. or Saturday.. or two full weeks from now.
Dogs can narrow it down to a window of a few days. What kind of cruel trick of nature was it to narrow it down to a window of about six weeks, give or take, for human women?
But. All that said. I'm enjoying curling my arms around my giant belly and prodding the baby within. I love guessing where her various parts are and what she might look like. Feeling those last days of hiccups and practice breathing and crazy seizure-like motions.
These last days (hopefully not weeks) will soon be a memory. And I will soon be holding my new baby girl. Nursing her and cuddling her to my chest. I'll soon get to see my fella holding a teeny tiny infant again, glowing with pride and tenderness. And I'll get to see my sweet little Shrimpie, who was once so small and new himself (not that long ago) trying out his big brother moves for the first time.
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Here's your weekly roundup of what local city councils, school boards and other government entities are tackling during regularly scheduled meetings. All meetings are open to the public, and citizens are welcome to voice their opinions during designated times. If you do wish to speak at a particular meeting, you may need to sign up in advance.
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Cedar Hills » Hosts a special meeting in which the nine applicants for mayor will be interviewed. The previous mayor, Eric Richardson, resigned and was subsequently charged with federal bank fraud. The council will set aside 30 minutes for pre-submitted questions from residents. If you are interested in submitting a question you can do so via email to the City's front desk at email@example.com through July 17. No questions will be taken from the public during the interview process; Thursday, July 19, 7 p.m., Community Recreation Center, 10640 N Clubhouse Drive.
Centerville City Council » Considers the sale of city property for the Main and Parrish Intersection Project; Tuesday, July 17, 7 p.m., 250 N. Main St. View the Centerville agenda.
Herriman » Hosts a city council social to discuss the Rosecrest fire; Tuesday, July 17, noon, Herriman Fire Station No. 123, 4850 W. Mt. Ogden Peak Drive (14620 S.), Herriman.
Holladay City Council » Reconsiders fireworks restrictions within certain areas of the city; Thursday, July 19, 6 p.m., 4580 S. 2300 East. View the Holladay agenda.
Murray City Council » Will hear a Salt Lake County Jail update during a work session, no council meeting follows; Tuesday, July 17, 5:30 p.m., Conference Room #107, 5025 S. State St. View the Murray agenda.
Provo Municipal Council » Considers a request for an ordinance amendment that would change the process for approving the maximum height of a building in a public facility zone. The change was requested by a neighborhood group opposed to a nine-story building at the Mormon church's Missionary Training Center; Tuesday, July 17, 3 p.m., 351 W. Center, Provo.
Salt Lake City Council » Gets a report on the management audit of the city library; Tuesday, July 17, noon, City Hall, 451 S. State St. The council also will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on whether to amend an ordinance to allow neighborhood pubs.
Salt Lake County Council » Considers forming a committee to discuss the convention business; Tuesday, July 17, 1 p.m., Room 2003, North Building, County Government Center, 2001 S. State St. The council also will receive an update on sales-tax receipts for April and a report from the Utah Museum of Natural History.
South Jordan City Council » Gathers public comment on massage businesses and possibly amends the city code; also approves appointments to the newly created Audit Committee; Tuesday, July 17, 6 p.m., 1600 W. Towne Center Drive. View the South Jordan agenda.
Taylorsville Redevelopment Agency » Holds a public hearing on the North Point Community Development Project Area Plan; Wednesday, July 18, 7 p.m., City Hall, 2600 W. Taylorsville Blvd.
West Jordan » Hosts a public hearing on the 2012-13 budget; Wednesday, July 18, 7 p.m., Fire State No. 53, 7602 S. Jordan Landing Blvd.
West Valley City » Elects a temporary mayor pro-tem and adopts a final budget; Tuesday, July 17, 4 p.m., West Valley City Hall, 3600 Constitution Blvd., West Valley City.
West Jordan Planning Commission » Hears public comment on incorporating alternative energy, specifically wind and solar power, into the city code; Tuesday, July 17, 6 p.m., 3rd floor, 8000 S. Redwood Rd. View the West Jordan agenda.
West Jordan City Council » Hears public comment on possible 17 percent property tax increase in 2012-2013 budget; Wednesday, July 18, 7 p.m., Fire Station 53, 7602 S. Jordan Landing Blvd.
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STAMPEDE! Translates as Opportunity in This Market
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The recent plunge, maybe panic in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) gave me a window to the psychology of this market -- I hope.
Apple is not a normal investment or even curiosity for me. I don't like Apple, I don't use their products and I am not a consumer products or retail technology investor. Furthermore, I ought to be selling equities not buying, so I violated several of my personal cardinal rules to jump in for a pinch of Apple near its 52-week low. As a test case for my psychology theory of market watching, with skin in the game forcing my attention, Apple today is perfect and priceless!
I do occasionally follow what's up with Apple vicariously. I admit to being mildly envious and occasionally bemused given the emotion invested in Apple and the profits reaped. But as a disciplined and focused long-term investor, on a tear to reduce equity exposure and single-stock risk in a rising market, I resisted the temptation to stray until now. This was too good to pass up, a single stock, widely held, where I have no emotional attachment at all -- if anything I have a minor avoidance issue. This gives me a generally pristine experiment to test a psychology driven, P/E validated (about 10), yield qualified (about 2.4%) approach to our less than compelling economic environment.
I hope to apply the lessons of this experiment to other stocks of much greater interest to me than Apple, like 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD), Power-One (NASDAQ: PWER.DL) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). I already own Intel and Power-One on the strength of their past performance, current investment plans, P/E and out-of-favor psychology.
I would like to own 3D on a similar basis but the psychology of the moment has them at an astronomical P/E (100+) and so I am waiting and watching for an opportunity that fits my agenda. The revolutionary and disruptive nature of 3D's business fits that agenda, while its foray into retail consumer markets does not. Lack of long-term track record and crazy P/E seals the deal for me ... I will wait. Wait for what? Well, either an out of favor panic, or a good cry when it doesn't appear and 3D sails on into the sunset of good returns and excellent earnings.
I tend to like suppliers like Intel and Power-One who press the limits of key technology. While they reside in different spaces, a diversity I like in my portfolio, they share a strategy for pushing the limits of current technology, even when they don't need to -- in Intel's case with computing power per square, uh micron, and Power-One (single digit P/E) in modularizing and shrinking inverters for solar cells.
I'm not much interested in end solution generators like their customers, who can change quickly. I've seen much made of the death of the PC sinking Intel's ship, and I think those who believe this are missing the boat (ha). Intel sells computing power and PCs are simply the method of choice to deliver our insatiable demand for computation over the past decade or so.
It shouldn't be surprising, 60-odd% of Intel's business is to PC building customers. That does not wed Intel's fate to the PC business any more than selling steel to railroads made steel companies victims of a declining rail business -- they found other customers, even MORE profitable and diverse than railroads. I wouldn't want to be the specialty chip maker that gets in the way of the next-generation tiny, powerful and CHEAP chip Intel will be making on larger substrates with smaller features, pressing Moores law yet again.
This sort of thinking and experiment is compelling to me because I view the investment environment going forward from here as risky, messy and generally fraught with unexpected danger from the Fed's arbitrary policy actions. I am considering defensing myself not with bonds (awful investments today) -- the traditional approach -- but with specific short-term low-price buys of equities. Those are tough to find in this rising market, and it only seems to make sense in the wake of a stampede, or an out of favor stable value play like Intel, or Power-One.
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As a fledgling science fiction author in the early 1980s, John Kessel got a boost when he won the prestigious Nebula Award for science fiction and fantasy writing. Twenty-six years and eight nominations later, the NC State English professor has done it again, taking home one of the most highly esteemed awards a science fiction author can receive.
Kessel won the Nebula Award for Best Novelette for Pride and Prometheus, a tale involving characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. "It's a story about the difficulty of finding the proper mate," Kessel says, "and how initial impressions are not always the most trustworthy." The award was presented April 25 in Los Angeles.
"I have achieved overnight success," Kessel says. "I believe I now hold the record, 26 years, for the length of time between winning my first Nebula and my second." He won his first Nebula for the novella Another Orphan, in 1982.The Nebula Awards are given to the best science fiction and fantasy novel, novella, novelette and short story, as voted on by active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
Kessel has also found success as a mentor to aspiring writers at NC State, where he teaches American literature and fiction writing. One of his students, Josh Eure, won this year's highly coveted Dell Magazines Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (formerly the Isaac Asimov Award).


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27-3031.00 - Public Relations Specialists
Engage in promoting or creating an intended public image for individuals, groups, or organizations. May write or select material for release to various communications media.
Sample of reported job titles: Account Executive, Communications Director, Communications Specialist, Corporate Communications Specialist, Media Relations Specialist, Public Affairs Specialist, Public Information Officer, Public Information Specialist, Public Relations Coordinator, Public Relations Specialist (PR Specialist)
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Respond to requests for information from the media or designate an appropriate spokesperson or information source.
- Study the objectives, promotional policies, or needs of organizations to develop public relations strategies that will influence public opinion or promote ideas, products, or services.
- Plan or direct development or communication of informational programs to maintain favorable public or stockholder perceptions of an organization's accomplishments or agenda.
- Establish or maintain cooperative relationships with representatives of community, consumer, employee, or public interest groups.
- Prepare or edit organizational publications for internal and external audiences, including employee newsletters and stockholders' reports.
- Coach client representatives in effective communication with the public or with employees.
- Confer with production or support personnel to produce or coordinate production of advertisements or promotions.
- Confer with other managers to identify trends or key group interests or concerns or to provide advice on business decisions.
- Arrange public appearances, lectures, contests, or exhibits for clients to increase product or service awareness or to promote goodwill.
- Consult with advertising agencies or staff to arrange promotional campaigns in all types of media for products, organizations, or individuals.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
|Desktop computers
|Laser printers — Computer laser printers
|Notebook computers — Laptop computers
|Photocopiers — Photocopying equipment
|Special purpose telephones — Multi-line telephone systems
Technology used in this occupation:
|Data base user interface and query software — Google+ *; LinkedIn *; Oracle software; YouTube *
|Document management software — Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat software; Adobe Systems Adobe Reader
|Graphics or photo imaging software — Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software; Apple iPhoto
|Web page creation and editing software — Blogging software; MySpace; Podcasting software; Website management software
|Web platform development software — Cascading Style Sheets CSS; Hypertext markup language HTML; JavaScript
* Software developed by a government agency and/or distributed as freeware or shareware.
|Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
|English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
|Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
|Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
|Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
|Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
|Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
|Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
|Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
|Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
|Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
|Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
|Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
|Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
|Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
|Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
|Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
|Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
|Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
|Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
|Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Work Activities
|Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
|Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
|Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
|Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
|Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
|Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
|Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
|Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Work Context
|Electronic Mail — How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
|Telephone — How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
|Face-to-Face Discussions — How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
|Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
|Contact With Others — How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
|Work With Work Group or Team — How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
|Spend Time Sitting — How much does this job require sitting?
|Structured versus Unstructured Work — To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
|Time Pressure — How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
|Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — How do the decisions an employee makes impact the results of co-workers, clients or the company?
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, teachers, chemists, environmental engineers, criminal investigators, and special agents.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Bachelor's degree
|Master's degree
|Associate's degree
Interest code: EAS
|Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
|Artistic — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
|Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
Work Styles
|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
|Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
|Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
|Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
|Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
|Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
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The New Gourmet: Recipes for Varmint
We break from our regularly scheduled programming to let you know that the new Gourmet website is reaching further back into the magazine's fabled archives and bringing forth... varmints?
The Gourmet website republished a selection of recipes from their back issues to show what their readers in the 40's, 50's, and 60's did with woodchucks and wild hare. They do stipulate that these recipes have not been retested; they are more cultural artifact than dinner tonight.
We were especially taken with the instructions for Braised Beaver, originally published October 1950:
First trap your beaver. Then…
Skin and clean a young beaver, removing the kernels from the small of the back and under each foreleg between the ribs and shoulders. Hang it outdoors for several chilly nights.
Roast Raccoon, Creamed Woodchucked, and Squirrel in Cider follow along.
We're curious, though - is Gourmet making light of recipes that were once quite tongue-in-cheek? Or perhaps we should actually take them a little more seriously. Given Mark Bittman's recent piece in the Times maybe we should all look for more natural sources of meat.
A side note: Gourmet did dress up these recipes with new photos by Catherine Ledner, whom we recently featured on our New York site.
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My neighbors used to eat squirrel alot.
Raccoons eat a lot of garbage I don't know if they'd taste very good.
I should research ground squirrel recipes though because they have invaded my parents yard with hundreds of tunnels.
The beaver recipe calls for removing the "kernels". That must be the oyster meat.
I've eaten a version of wild guinea pig called "cui" from Ecuador. I would not want to make that a regular staple of my diet.
I haven't read the article but I think this type of subject matter is worth reading about and it doesn't have to be facetious. Brunswick stew is still a popular dish in some parts of America and it originally called for squirrel. It's history really. What were the famous words? Remember history or be doomed to repeat it. Something like that.
From what I've heard, squirrel meat can be good eating and is a little like rabbit meat. The best squirrel is apparently found where there are lots of oak trees, as the acorns seem to make the meat tastier. I would also suspect that raccoons wouldn't be too tasty.
Judith Jones, famous editor at Knopf of Julia Child, Claudia Roden and many, many more, talks about a recipe for beaver that she tested for one of her cookbooks, the L.L. Bean cookbook she wrote with her husband if memory serves correct. I bet it would taste a lot like duck.
Oh, and that would be in her recent memoir, The Tenth Muse, drrrr.... must have more coffee
Seems like there was a New Yorker article in the recent past year or so about eating squirrells and a disease you can get from them. I'd do some googling about risks of eating wild things if I were inclined to eat them in the first place.
My husband's grandmother lived in Alto Adige (in the Italian Alps) until she moved here in the 50s. She told me her recipe for squirrel a few years ago--I guess in the mountains they ate a lot of squirrel, which I bet wasn't too bad since the squirrels were living on acorns and things!
Anyway, her recipe involved soaking the prepared squirrel in wine overnight and then stewing it all day.
ok, maybe I'm going to share a little too much here,
I grew up in south Louisiana and we eat plenty of 'varmint,' if you will. Squirrel stew complete with - I don't know how to put this any more delicately - skulls and brains was a pretty common dish. However now you must be careful because squirrels are carriers of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which leads to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.
all this talk is making me hungry... time for a squirrel burger


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Kenya's geeks click away to ensure peaceful polls
Kenya's geeks click away to ensure peaceful polls
The group of friends that set up Ushahidi -- which means "to witness" in Kenya's Swahili language -- have seen their concept become a worldwide success, used in conflict and disaster zones, and again in Kenya ahead of March 4 polls.
Their non-profit software company, funded by several foundations, now employs 23 people and bears witness to a technology boom in what has traditionally been a rural East African country.
As tensions mount again with just over a month until Kenya's presidential and parliamentary polls, the Ushahidi team are back in front of their screens.
Their invention is now one of the most popular crowdsourcing platforms in the world, taking input from large numbers of people, and so far its map-tracking concept has been used in more than 150 countries.
Most recently it has been used in Indonesia to track floods in Jakarta, to map the scale of rape in the Syrian conflict and to fight violence against women in Cambodia.
"Something which started as a collaborative project is now an actual institution, which is very gratifying," said Juliana Rotich, 35, Ushahidi's executive director, raising her voice above the sound of table football in the bar behind her.
"There are more than 38,000 maps in different countries... some of them are around crisis mapping, some of them are around election monitoring, and an emerging trend which we are really pleased to see, is corruption mapping."
Ushahidi is based in one of Nairobi's most fashionable buildings: the iHub, home to Internet technology projects and from where the Ngong Hills, immortalised by author Karen Blixen in "Out of Africa", can be seen on fine days.
In late 2007 -- when Kenya spiralled into bloody ethnic violence following the news that President Mwai Kibaki had won contested polls -- the idea of collating Internet reports to track a political crisis was not new to Africa.
Tunisian blogger Sami Ben Gharbia had notably shown its possibilities.
But the Kenyan bloggers added the possibility of feeding data into their interactive map by text message, the cheapest and most widespread means of communication on the continent.
Initially, their initiative had just 300 contributions, compared with 300,000 when the same software was used in Nigeria's presidential polls in April 2011.
"In five years, the most important development has been the penetration of mobile phones and Internet in Africa," said Daudi Were, another Ushahidi co-founder.
"The rise of social network sites in particular has been spectacular in Kenya," he added.
More than three-quarters of Kenyans -- at least 30 million people -- have a mobile phone, with almost one in every three Kenyans having Internet access.
Ushahidi is preparing to launch a fresh crowd sourcing project titled Uchaguzi (simulation.uchaguzi.co.ke) -- "election" in Swahili -- ahead of the March 4 polls, which will also take input from smartphones and social media.
On election night, the iHub will become the operations room to mobilise even more web users than the 200 who came for Kenya's 2010 referendum on a new constitution.
The team will check data with local observers and associations on the ground, before feeding it into the platform.
At the time of the referendum, this alert system, linked to another network managed by the national electoral commission, made it possible to inform the police of several isolated incidents of violence.
On March 4, if necessary, Kenyan web users will also be able to mobilize a further 900 colleagues worldwide who regularly help out online with cartography in crisis situations.
The young men and women at Ushahidi say they are "quietly optimistic" that polls will be peaceful this time, admitting they were traumatised by the tribal violence five years ago -- a world removed from their permanently connected cosmopolitan urban microcosm.
Juliana Rotich had come back to Kenya on holiday from Chicago where she was working as a data analyst. "It was tragic. It shattered our conception of Kenya as a non-tribal society," she recalls.
"Technology can make more informed citizens. The question whether more informed citizens will vote in a more intelligent way is left to anthropologists," jokes Daudi Were.
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Some of our fun times in Beijing :)
Today was our last day in China 不好!This trip has been absolutely incredible and I definitely am going to become fluent in Chinese and come back and possibly work here. The people are incredible and the culture is so rich and all around you here. The food was delicious, but my stomach sometimes didnt agree haha. I was shocked by how cheap food was for how tasty it was. We road the subway to the Pearl Market this morning to do some shopping. The Pearl Market is a big building with 5 floors full of vendors with mostly jewelry and electronics, but also crafts and clothing. It is so much fun bartering for goods and I found that I'm pretty good at getting a low price here, maybe they like that I'm trying to speak some Chinese?
Tonight we're having our farewell dinner and headed out to Houhai street together. We have all gotten really close on this trip and I think we are all reluctant to leave Beijing and each other. The 12 hr plane flight is not too exciting either…
But tomorrow afternoon we leave Beijing for SFO and we go back in time! we leave here at noon and get to San Francisco at 8:46 am, awesome.
I am excited to get home however, I have missed America and many of you! Hopefully it won't take too long to adjust back 12 hrs…
We spent the morning visiting Ogilvy, an international advertising firm that is the biggest advertisement agency in China. Tim Broadbent talked to us about advertising business in China. He worked in London for 30 years and has been in China for 3 yrs. The things he told us about advertising in China were very interesting. The main point of his presentation was that the people in China are not too different than everywhere else, but their adds are. Chinese advertisements focus most on demonstrating the product being sold. The adds are less creative, appeal less to emotions, and are generally less effective. What Ogilvy struggles with in China is convincing their Chinese clients to use more creative and effect advertising, but they are reluctant. He said that most his clients believe Chinese people do not want and will not respond the same to creative adds as Westerners, and that they'd rather see what a new product does. Mr. Broadbent showed us many research, however, that says the opposite. He believes that once Chinese companies begin using creative and effective instead of straightforward and dull advertising, they will see much more success.
Yesterday we road the train to the Tianjin province to visit Master Kong Noodle Co. The train took about an hour, but it felt like much less because of how nice the train was and how smooth the ride was. The train station itself was nicer than any airport I have ever been to. The train was set up with seats and table that were very spacious and comfortable, and the ride was incredibly smooth for traveling over 260MPH!
One we got to Tianjin we drove to Master Kong Noodle factory to observe the noodle business in China. The factories we saw were incredible. They were very high tech and clean and produced over 500 noodle packs a minute, thats a lot of ramen! At the end of our tour we got to sample some noodles and they were delicious.
We also got to visit their beverage making factory where they produce tea and juice of different flavors along with bottled water. It was just as clean and impressive as the noodle factory.
Later we met with a representative of Master Kong and he told us a little bit about the company, they are the largest provider of ramen noodles in China, Taiwan and Japan. There beverage line is newer and not as successful, but still very profitable. The company is trying to focus on going green and eliminating their waste and pollution which was nice to hear from a Chinese factory!
1. Chinese women wear these funny nylon socks that go above their ankle. Every woman wears them no matter if they're wearing high heels, sandals, or tennis shoes.
2. Food is amazingly cheap. Im talking $4 for a generous helping. Lexi and I got 2 plates of meat, a bowl of rice, and veggies for 25 RMB, which is about $4.
3. Cabs are also ridiculously cheap! We took about a half hour cab ride and it cost us $7.
4. Chinese massages are more painful than anything I've ever experienced. If only I knew how to say "softer, I'm crying."
5. Restaurants don't serve rice unless you ask, and even then they're hesitant. Rice is a very cheap food so serving it is insulting. Lots of places where I've just ordered a bowl of rice charge me .25 cents or don't even bother and let me have it free.
6. People prefer the squat toilets (they are literally holes in the ground) over western toilets. I was waiting in line at a public bathroom and noticed 2 stalls were free so I told the people in front of me and they all said no thanks that they were waiting for the Chinese style toilets…
7. Chinese people are very encouraging if you are trying to speak Chinese!
8. Shopping malls smell weird.
9. Stairs are very awkwardly spaced out. There are a bunch of tiny short stairs, versus a few higher stairs. It's weird and annoying.
10. Chinese girls hold hands. Here it is a sign of friendship and very normal to see women and girls holding hands wherever they are.
11. Chinese dance clubs play American music that came out a decade ago…
12. When it rains in China the sky and entire outside turns pitch black. It rained at 3 o'clock one afternoon and we thought it was 2am because of how dark it was.
13. You can buy knock off American products for super cheap at the Pearl and Silk Markets. I'm talking anything: iPhones, cameras, jewelery, electronics, Nike's, clothes, purses, weapons, sunglasses, you name it they have it!
14. There are no traffic rules. People drive on the wrong side of the road, they don't stop at redlights, people cross at anytime in the middle of traffic, drivers pay no attention to the lines on the road, bikers and mopeds and even a few gutsy cars drive on the sidewalks, and everyone uses their horns!
15. I love China!
Once you hike up and down the wall, you have three options on how to get back down to civilization: walk a trail down the mountain, gondola, or TOBOGGAN!! We chose toboggan and it was an absolute blast!
Yesterday we went to the Great Wall of China. I can easily say that it was a day I will remember for the rest of my life. The wall itself is amazing and stretches on farther than the eye can see. Some parts of the wall are a little over 2,000 years old! We went to a part that is about 400 years old and hiked to the end on one side. To get up to the wall you take a gondola and the view from the gondola alone is amazing. Once up you could choose to go to the left or right, the left went on longer and was more flat, the right was shorter and some parts were literally straight up. So, of course, we chose to go right!
I was amazed at how steep the stairs were! some parts the steps were more like a latter than actual stairs. Being the athlete that I am, I thought I should try and run some. hahahaha, that did not last too long. Just walking the stairs, we had to take breaks every 10 steps or so because of the steep incline. The way up took us about a half hour, photography time worked in of course, but once we got to the top it was all worth it! The very top of the wall ends with an amazing view of the entire country side below you. I can't explain in words and I don't think a picture even does it justice of how beautiful that view was. Lexi and I walked up a little further on a little trail that took us to an even more amazing view of China.
The walk down was SCARY! We had to walk in zig zags down the stairs because of how steep the decline was. I don't think the Chinese factored into their design people with size 11.5 feet… They also didn't include handrails or anything to help you walk down, but somehow we made it.
During our time hiking the wall, we met a wide variety of people. There were thousands of English speakers from all over the world. We met people from France, Brazil, Chile, Germany and all over Europe. We also met some fellow college kids studying here from Texas and USD! It's a small world after all.
I never dreamed I would be able to see the Great Wall and the experience was one I'll cherish and look back on often!
On wednesday we went to Silk street, commonly known as the silk market. the first thing you see when you walk in this venue is a sign saying something along the lines of, "we do not sell counterfeit goods, if you see any, please dont purchase." And then you are bombarded with merchants trying to sell you the latest Gucci, luis vuitton, and coach bags for a suspicously good price. hmmm? Needless to say, I bought my fair share of counterfeit goods.
The marketplace is complete chaos, there are levels and levels of venders all pushing the exact same product, from knock off purses to nike shoes to northface jackets, you name it they have it! The venders however, are not pleasant. As Lexi and I walked through the skinny aisles, people were literally grabbing and pulling us in their shops, yelling at us with prices, shoving goods in our face, it was a madhouse. The coolest part about this place was bartering with the obnoxious venders. They would start at a ridiculously high price and go down from there. For instance one of the wallets we were looking to buy started off at 2,300 yuan and i think we bought it for 80yuan. an absolute steal! Lexi and i developed a bartering system that worked out pretty well and we walked out with our arms full of Chinese counterfeit goods. But if you see me walking around with a new Marc Jacobs wallet, I swear its real! haha
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Hope Caldwell is the City's Chief Integrity Officer. Stephanie Tipton is the Deputy Chief Integrity Officer. To contact her or report a concern, call 215-686-2178 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. If you wish, the CIO can keep your identity confidential.
The independent five-member Philadelphia Board of Ethics provides ethics training for all City employees and enforces all City Charter provisions concerning ethics, as well as the City Ethics Code. The Board reviews matters concerning conflicts of interest, financial disclosure, standards of governmental conduct, campaign finance, and prohibited political activities. The Board has authority to render formal advice, investigate complaints, and issue fines. It publishes its advice to guide City employees and others in applying ethics rules to particular situations.
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The iconic boardwalk where generations of families and teens got their first taste of the Jersey Shore -- and where the reality show of the same name was filmed -- is about to be rebuilt following its destruction in Superstorm Sandy.
Seaside Heights awarded a $3.6 million contract Wednesday night to have the boardwalk rebuilt in time for Memorial Day weekend.
One of the most popular and heavily used boardwalks at the shore, the Seaside Heights walkway was destroyed in the Oct. 29 storm. Officials say it is the centerpiece of the borough's tourist industry, which funds 75 percent of its budget.
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Seaside Heights is the second major boardwalk to be rebuilt; Belmar started work on its walkway last week.
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There's no doubt about it-people with heart disease lack energy. The heart needs a large amount of oxygenated blood flow to continuously meet it huge energy demands. That's where the new triad of cardiac health comes in-CoQ10, carnitine, and ribose. The synergistic combination of these energy-supplying nutrients maximizes the amount of oxygen that the heart and skeletal muscle can extract from the blood by accelerating the rate at which cells convert nutrients into energy. In "The Sinatra Solution", board-certified cardiologist Stephen T. Sinatra discusses the importance of energy metabolism on cardiovascular health and the positive impact these three energy-supplying nutrients have on the cardiovascular system. Dr.Sinatra knows that undestanding energy metabolism in the heart is critical to devising effective therapies for treating heart disease. He guides readers through he basics of energy metabolism and cardiac bioenergetics, and clearly explains the role of ribose, carintine, and CoQ10 in the body and specifically how they affect heart health. He presents concise and informative case histories and scientific studies that demonstrate the important contribution the supplemental use of these energy-supplying nutrients makes in the lives of people with heart disease every day. While the main focus of "The Sinatra Solution" is on improving heart health, this book also touches upon the positive effect the triad has on other diseases and disorders. Readers will learn how these miraculous nutrients work throughout the body, essentially charging up evry body cell to function at optimal capacity.
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Over the weekend, a home in the 3600 block of South Washington was burglarized.
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Mr. Shopper for Symbian - app showcase
Mr.Shopper is a standard shopping list application created with the help of Qt Quick Components. The application UI uses a combination of Qt Quick Components and standard QML elements to keep its look and feel similar for MeeGo and Symbian platforms. The application logic is implemented entirely in C++.
Problem Areas
Qt Quick Components are seem to be well optimized for Symbian platform. Unfortunately even the good optimization didn't make it possible to use ToolButton element in list items for edit and delete buttons. Another missing element that present in MeeGo version of the Components, the Sheet element, had to be emulated in Symbian version of the application. The rest of UI code was perfectly shareable between MeeGo and Symbian platforms.
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Mr.Shopper can be found on the Nokia Store at
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- http://store.ovi.com/content/194792 (Full version)
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Getting a Loved One Through Breast Cancer
Knowing the dos and don'ts of helping someone you love with breast cancergoes a long way.
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Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario
When someone close to you has breast cancer, it's natural to try to do whatever you can to make her life easier. But the things you think are helpful aren't necessarily the things your loved one really wants or needs. According to a recent study in the journal Health Psychology, unwanted forms of support can actually have negative effects on a breast cancer patient in terms of her psychological adjustment to the illness.
Of course, what is and isn't desirable varies from person to person. One patient may be delighted by daily visits, while another will find them intrusive.
That said, there are a few general dos to keep in mind:
Published Sept. 27, 2004.
SOURCES: Reynolds, S. Health Psychology, July 2004, "Mismatches in Social Support and Psychosocial Adaptation to Breast Cancer." Julie S. Reynolds, PhD, instructor of family medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University. Elise NeeDell Babcock, author, When Life Becomes Precious: A Guide for Loved Ones and Friends of Cancer Patients (Bantam Books).
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The Flesh Hungry Dog Show Presents…
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Friday, July 8, 2011, 9 p.m.
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On Friday, July 8th, The Flesh Hungry Dog Show presents "Homo Hop"-a vintage rock and roll themed edition of our monthly live music series. Come twist the night away with featured bands, Bric-a-Brac, Pieptone!, and Suzy Brack and the New Jack Lords, along with special guests, go-go dancing troupe, The Revelettes.
The Flesh Hungry Dog Show starts at 9:00 p.m. on Friday, July 8th, 2011 at Jackhammer (773-743-5772), 6406 N. Clark St. in Chicago. Jackhammer is a 21+ venue.
Tickets are $10 at the door or $8 online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/183288
The mission of The Flesh Hungry Dog Show is to bring live rock and related musical forms to Chicago's gay community, and to provide a fun, alternative venue for bands with GLBT content and members, and bands that are GLBT supportive.
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The definition of Bric-a-Brac is "miscellaneous curios" and true to their name, Bric-a-Brac covers the world of little known songs found on thrift store records and B-sides of singles giving them a fresh sound for today's audience. Rock, pop and lounge are blended into a velvety sonic soundscape to create what 60's poet icon Rod McKuen called 'an amazingly large sound'.
Starting their second decade of performing, Bric-a-Brac has performed on NPR's This American Life, Chic-a-Go-go, Milly's Orchid Show, and was the prom band at The Old Towne School of Folk Music's 50th anniversary "Homecoming Dance".
Suzy Brack and the New Jack Lords
Suzy Brack & The New Jack Lords combine a luau look and powerpunk hooks with some rockabilly spice for one of the most visually vibrant shows around. To use comparison shorthand, if Bette Midler was the leader of Green Day you'd get the idea but it'd be even more fun fun fun. This year they can also be seen and heard on the big screen too- appearing as themselves in "At Last, Okemah," and providing a new single for the forthcoming "Fall Away" film. This trademark tiki-rock is created by dynamo vocalist Suzy Brack with guitarist/singer/composer Davin Carey, full-throttle drummer Scott Gillis, big-bottom bassist Kirk Bec and for this Flesh Hungry Dog show the return of fiery lead guitarist Gary Santos. That's Suzy Brack & The New Jack Lords!
Pieptone! was conceived by former Goethe Institut Chicago students who thought a party band that sings "auf Deutsch" might be a good way to bring language learners together and help them master a bit of German grammar – a musical Rosetta Stone at a fraction of the cost. The Pieptone! songbook is from a linguistic golden age of pop music: the pre-Beatles-era 1950s and 60s, when bands and singers from Europe and the US looked beyond their own borders and cut the same single in two, three, or four languages.
Chicago's only Schlager band (Schlager = "hits") takes its cues from midcentury European pop idols like Rex Gildo, Gitte, and Peter Kraus, and American singers like Connie Francis and Chubby Checker who weren't afraid to tackle a new language to climb the national pop charts. You don't need to speak German to feel the Pieptone! beat: Die Sprache der Popmusik ist universal! (The language of pop music is international.)
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STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) - Residents and visitors to Stevens Point will go nearly two full summers without golfing at SentryWorld Golf Course, but when it reopens, expect some changes inside the Sports Center facility, too.
Sentry's Communications Director Stephanie Smith says the building that houses the pro shop, Sports Plate restaurant, tennis courts, and meeting areas is now closed, and work has begun. "Construction started earlier this week, and the entire facility is undergoing some extensive renovation. Both the side where the pro shop, restaurant, and the banquet and meeting rooms are as well as the side where we have the multi-purpose courts."
The golf course renovations have been underway since early spring. Smith says the modifications and updates to the building will help make it a destination for many types of events. "This is a great opportunity since construction has to take place to think about how we can deliver an even better experience for central Wisconsin residents and people who come from across the region to SentryWorld."
Smith says the building is now thirty years old, and needs some upgrades like heating and ventilation upgrades. She says Sentry officials felt this was the perfect time to re-imagine the facility and make it better and more flexible than it was before. "It will offer casual dining, it will have more flexible meeting spaces for business events, conventions, and weddings. The pro shop will be enhanced and more kinds of activities, whether cultural events & sporting events will be possible."
The Sentry Sports Complex will remain closed while the updates and improvements are added. "The facility will open in conjunction with the golf course, and if mother nature cooperates and construction goes well, that will be late next summer."
Sentry Board Chairman, President and CEO Pete McPartland says, "We want to engage local residents and get a sense of how they want to use SentryWorld," and believes the community will be extremely proud of the facility and the golf course when completed. Ideas for the renovation are welcome. Smith says to watch for a comment section soon at Sentry.com and their Facebook page.


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Liquid Nicotine contents in e cigarettes
Nicotine is the nitrogenous substance found in tobacco. Nicotine is fully responsible for the addicting properties of cigarette smoking. About 1mg of nicotine is absorbed per cigarette by an average smoker and by bystanders through secondary inhalation. The potency of nicotine in cigarettes is increasing year by year too! Cigarette smoking the traditional way, is not only a potential health hazard but also an environmental hazard. E cigarette vaping is the new technology now. E cigs contain liquid nicotine in a propylene Glycol (PG) base or Vegetable Glycerin (VG) base. When the liquid known as e liquid or e juice is vaporized, it produces a mist or vapor, which when inhaled simulates the effects of cigarette smoking.
Traditional smoking Vs the new fangled e cigarettes
An e cigarette or personal vaporizer is a rechargeable, re-fillable device shaped like a cigarette. When vaporized, it allows you to inhale the nicotine or other flavor of e liquid stored in the cartridges. The vapor produced is non-carcenogenous and has no polluting tar. Since the vapor produced contains water vapor, it is quickly dissipated into the vicinity and does not pollute the environment.
Potency of liquid nicotine in e cigarettes
Liquid nicotine content in e liquids differs in their strength depending on the potency of the vaping effect desired. Potency range of liquid nicotine in the e juice typically vary from 0mg/ml to 36mg/ml. E Liquids sell with labeling marked as 'mild' for 6-8ml potency, 'medium' for a potency of 10-14mg/ml also called 'mid range', 'high' potency would contain liquid nicotine in concentrations of 16-18mg/ml and there are 'extra high' doses containing liquid nicotine at 24-36mg/ml concentration levels. Certain e liquids may not contain liquid nicotine at all and are said to have 0mg or 'zero' potency. These e liquids are differently flavored to give good vaping effects.
Advantages of e cigarettes over traditional smoking – dangers of tobacco smoke inhaling
Although liquid nicotine is present in e cigarette liquids, to a large extent the content is mild compared to the traditional cigarettes. Take a look at this comparison. From a normal cigarette, one would imbibe approximately 1mg of nicotine. The e liquid used in e cigs comes in 10ml to 30ml bottles. Let us consider a 'high' dosage sample of e liquid containing 16-18mg/ml of liquid nicotine. This should approximate to 540mg of liquid nicotine per 30ml bottle of e liquid, taken at the upper end. Many e cigarette websites claim that 1ml of e cigarette juice would equate to approximately the same number of puffs as a pack of 20 cigarettes. Meaning that a 30ml bottle of e liquid will serve you the equivalent of 600 cigarettes! This works out to 0.9mg of liquid nicotine imbibed per e cig – at a 'high' dosage level.
So one can conclude that though not fully foolproof, the e cigarette revolution has diminished the dangers if imbibing tobacco. If liquid nicotine can be slowly and steadily reduced and altogether taken in zero measure, it is all the more better.
One does not find many forums talking about the environmental perils of liquid nicotine based e cigarettes. Normal cigarettes not only cause cancerous effects on the imbiber but also to the bystander in the vicinity. Is it also the case with the liquid nicotine based e cigarettes? Is the vapor mist produced the e cig a danger to the secondary inhaler? Looks like it is not. As this is a vapor and not a smoke, it stops locally and does not permeate the surroundings. Moreover, it is the tobacco in the smoke that really affects the imbiber and not the nicotine! So far it is not illegal to smoke e cigs in restricted places.
Advantages of e cigarettes over traditional smoking – The finesse of vaping and the greener option
Liquid nicotine in smoke juice does not stain and does not leave the lingering smell of the smoke in your clothes and hair. Since it is in the form of a liquid which gets vaporized, there is no combustion and NO ASH! So obviously there is no need to search for an ashtray to stub out the e cig. It is also a fact that the process of vaporization does not leave any residue as in cigarette stubs. The residue ash in standard cigarettes is not degradable and poses a continued danger to the environment. In comparison, e cigs are cleaner and greener.
A surprising difference in vaping which has come into focus is that the sense of taste and smell is not affected. Vapers claim that after switching over to e cigs, they realize the unpleasantness of a smoky atmosphere. Not only that, totally transformed persons are not wracked by a craving for the irresistible drag. A whiff of smoke does not send them into a panic for a puff too! Good bye to 4000+ chemicals and doom to those around you too!
Where does one get e liquid and other accessories?
Commercial liquid nicotine is available by retailers and can be used to create your own e liquid mixes. Using propylene glycol or vegetable glycerin as a base, you can mix in liquid nicotine to the desired strength and add flavoring to create your own flavors of e liquid. But much care should be taken in handling the nicotine as it is highly toxic and is easily absorbed by bare skin. A standard combination would be to mix 10% of distilled water (or drinking water), 10% flavoring, 20% commercial nicotine and about 60% PG or VG. To get more vapor, use less water. In case other flavors are needed, water can be avoided totally.
When you fill your cartridges with 30 ml supply of e liquid, you get an equivalent of 30 packets of cigarettes as we calculated before. Your standard bottle of 30ml e liquid will cost you an average of $20-25. With this 30 ml bottle of e liquid nicotine you could refill your cartridge 60 times. Now you can do the calculation and decide how much you save on it!
Liquid Nicotine, Is It A green revolution?
E liquid nicotine and e cigs have revolutionized the smoking population, drastically reducing the levels of nicotine in the environment and also the risks to health. Perhaps, there may be a marginal increase in the number of smokers…..sorry, vapers, but there is a substantial decrease in the number of persons taking in large doses of nicotine- the regular smokers!


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When the first snowflakes of the season begin to fall in Louisville, the city's nearly 300 member Snow Team is ready to take action, Mayor Jerry Abramson announced today.
"When winter weather strikes, keeping residents safe on our roads is our top priority," Abramson said. "It's important that we keep our city moving – students need to be in school and workers need to be on the job. Our snow team is prepared and ready to go."
The Louisville Metro snow team is made up of 293 employees from four agencies---Public Works and Assets, Metro Parks, Solid Waste Management and the Metropolitan Sewer District. It has 169 pieces of equipment in its snow-fighting fleet, ready to treat and clear more than 1,300 miles of roads.
Several successful components of past snow and ice removal plans are returning this year, including overnight shifts for Public Works crews and the interactive, online snow map.
Highlights of the 2010-2011 snow plan include:
· The use of the brine additive IceProof. When added to the brine solution, it allows crews to pre-treat roads even when the temperature dips into single digits.
· An overnight shift for Public Works, allowing an immediate response to snow, instead of calling out crews from their homes. When winter weather isn't a threat, crews will repair potholes and road cracks that cause potholes when traffic flow is low. The shift also helps reduce overtime.
· A real-time online snow map that allows citizens to track snow crews' progress in their area. Residents can enter in their address to check whether snow routes near them have been pre-treated or plowed. Simply visit www.louisvilleky.gov and enter "snow" in the Google search engine to get to the Public Works homepage and the map.
· 40,000 tons of salt available for treating roads. 15,000 tons will be on hand at seven storage facilities city-wide, including four domes. 25,000 tons will be stored underground for emergency reserve.
The city is responsible for clearing about 1,362 of the 3,000 miles of roadway in the county. City snow routes are major roads, school and TARC bus routes, arteries to local employers and hospital and emergency routes. The state and private contractors clear about 700 miles and the remaining 1,000 miles are neighborhood streets that are not cleared, except during a declared snow emergency.
For the second year, as a part of an ongoing agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, city crews will treat and clear most state roads and highways---about 315 miles of roads—in Louisville. The state will continue to clear all interstates.
For more information about the snow plan call MetroCall at 311 or log onto www.LouisvilleKy.gov and visit the Metro Public Works and Assets homepage.


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Senior defensive tackle Greg Hickman's third forced fumble of the season Saturday put him fourth nationally in that category. Hickman also ranks 17th in tackles for loss. He leads Conference USA in both categories. Hickman's seven career forced fumbles is an FIU record.
• Playing 0-5 Southern Mississippi meant FIU's past FBS opponents are now 9-6 for the season, tied with Texas A&M, Kent State and the University of Miami for 29th toughest schedule so far in the nation.


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Ownership is hard. It requires the ability to accept responsibility, make decisions and commit resources. If you don't like hard work, risk, working with others in a team or accountability, don't become an owner.
For most families, the succession planning conversation will involve issues such as equal versus fair, decision-making authority and fair pay. These pervasive topics can have a paralyzing effect in achieving a successful outcome.
But the answers to an owner's concerns may be simpler than you think. Although each situation is unique, there are a number of factors most owners will need to consider.
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3. Will a transfer of the business to the active children create conflict among the children if the inactive children do not receive a share of your wealth until the estate is settled?
4. If there are multiple children who are active in the business, are they capable of working harmoniously with each other?
5. Are the children who are active in the business capable of running it, or should transitional management options be considered?
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10. For children not active in the family business, are you sure they chose not to be involved or have they simply been overlooked?
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While questioned last month in a discrimination lawsuit, the 66-year-old Food Network star admitted to using the N-word in the past, but she insisted she and her family do not tolerate prejudice.
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1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of celery soup, undiluted
3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon butter
1 pound smoked kielbasa, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
3/4 cup uncooked long grain rice
1 package (10 ounces) frozen peas
1 jar (4-1/2 ounces) sliced mushrooms, drained
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Cheddar cheese
In a skillet, combine soup, water and butter; bring to a boil. Add kielbasa and rice. Reduce heat; cover and
simmer for 15 to 18 minutes or until rice is almost tender.
Stir in peas and mushrooms. Cover and simmer 15 minutes or until rice is tender and peas are heated
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PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona Senate committee has approved a bill giving law enforcement the right to destroy legal medical marijuana it seizes during the course of an investigation.
The bill by Sen. Kimberly Yee is 1 of several making their way through the Legislature that would change the 2010 voter-approved law allowing medical marijuana use in the state.
Yee argued that her bill clarifies the law to protect law enforcement officers from being caught between federal law that bars all marijuana possession and use and the state law. She read a letter from Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk urging lawmakers to pass the bill.
But the policy director for the ACLU of Arizona says it runs afoul of a state appeals court ruling allowing the return of medical marijuana.
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