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Made to look like a painter's palette, this dessert is festive looking with the star fruit. If you prefer, you can replace any of the fruits with other options, including apples, nectarines, grapes or apricots.
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon sugar
2 cups frozen strawberries, unsweetened (thawed)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 star fruit, sliced
1 peach, pitted and sliced
1 pear, pitted and sliced
1 plum, pitted and sliced
1 kiwi, peeled and sliced
Fresh mint leaves, for garnish
In a small bowl, stir together the cinnamon and sugar. Set aside.
In a food processor or blender, combine the strawberries and powdered sugar. Pulse until smooth. Pour onto chilled dessert plates that have a rim. Arrange the sliced fruit on top. Sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Garnish with fresh mint and serve immediately.
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WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - You could say it's a group of concerned citizens trying to reach their Congressmen, or you could say it's the political campaign that never goes away. Whatever side of the political isle you're on, expect to see carnation and candlelight vigils Monday afternoon and evening in front of the offices of Wisconsin Congress members and at labor halls around the state.
The AFL-CIO labor union calls it part of a national day of action. They will be repeating their message to make no cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security while supporting President Obama's tax increases for the top two percent of earners.
AFL-CIO members and supporters plan to gather in Appleton, Janesville, Kenosha, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids to lobby Congress at local offices. The pro-Democratic party gathering has a special show planned for 7th District Congressman Sean Duffy's office in Wausau. At noon, they plan to sing their own version of Christmas carols and hand out lumps of coal, since they believe he doesn't support "worker-friendly legislation." Duffy won re-election last month after an expensive and sometimes bitter battle against Patrick Kreitlow that featured several large, out-of-district campaign contributions.
The following is the schedule released to the media by the AFL-CIO:
Actions will take place outside the Wisconsin offices of Sen. Ron Johnson, Sen. Herb Kohl, Rep. Ron Kind, Rep. Reid Ribble and Rep. Paul Ryan. Times are as follows:
Appleton: 4:15 p.m. candlelight vigil outside Rep. Ribble's Appleton office at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel, 333 W. College Ave., Appleton.
Janesville: 4:00 pm candlelight vigil outside Rep. Paul Ryan's Janesville office, 20 South Main St. Janesville, WI 53545.
Kenosha: 4:30 p.m. candlelight vigil against outside of Rep. Paul Ryan's Kenosha office, 5455 Sheridan Rd Kenosha, WI 53140.
La Crosse: 4:15 p.m. candlelight vigil outside Rep. Kind's office, 205 Fifth Avenue South, La Crosse, WI 54601.
Madison: 4:00 p.m. candlelight vigil at Sen. Kohl's office, 14 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703.
Milwaukee: 10:00 a.m. carnation vigil at Sen. Kohl's office, 310 W. Wisconsin followed by march to Sen. Ron Johnson's Milwaukee office, 517 E. Wisconsin Ave.
Wausau: 12:00 p.m., 400 block of downtown Wausau. Wisconsinites sing Christmas Carols about jobs and hand out pieces of coal from Rep. Duffy for his lack of worker-friendly legislation this session.
Wisconsin Rapids: 3:00 p.m. candlelight vigil outside Laborer's Hall, 220 Johnson St., 54493.

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SOUTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆō A baby girl, born at South County Hospital Monday night, was taken home on a traditional Native American cradleboard Wednesday.
The girl, Nizhoni Jean Spears, born to Endawnis and Cassius Spears, Jr., of Ashaway, was swaddled and laced into the cradleboard, or ŌĆ£aw├®├® tŌĆÖsaalŌĆØ in Navajo, a tradition stemming from her Navajo and Narragansett heritage.
Each aspect of the cedar cradleboard, the same one that was used for the babyŌĆÖs mother, is symbolic.
EdawnisŌĆÖ mother, Gloria Moore, of Oklahoma, explained the significance.
KINGSTON ŌĆō The University of Rhode Island recently granted a one-time extension to the Hellenic Society Paideia to submit a proposal detailing the organizationŌĆÖs plans to complete a proposed cultural center and outdoor amphitheater at the university.
MenŌĆÖs basketball
Virginia Commonwealth at URI, 7 p.m.
Boys basketball
Coventry at Smithfield, 7:15 p.m.
North Kingstown at La Salle, 7 p.m.
South Kingstown at Woonsocket, 5 p.m.
Prout at Portsmouth, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
West Warwick at Rogers, 7:30 p.m.
Boys swim
Smithfield vs. East Greenwich at East Providence, 6 p.m.
Girls swim
Smithfield vs. East Greenwich at East Providence, 6 p.m.
Chariho at Westerly, 7 p.m.
Coventry at Hendricken, 7 p.m.
Burrillville, Hope at East Greenwich, 5 p.m.
North Kingstown at Cranston West, 7 p.m.
Boys basketball
Chariho at Rogers, 7:30 p.m.
East Greenwich at Middletown, 7 p.m.
Narragansett at Barrington, 7 p.m.
Smithfield at North Kingstown, 7 p.m.
North Providence at West Warwick, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Chariho at Smithfield, 6 p.m.
Coventry at Tolman, 7 p.m.
Mount Hope at East Greenwich, 7 p.m.
Exeter-West Greenwich at Ponaganset, 7 p.m.
Central Falls at Narragansett, 7 p.m.
North Kingstown at Cumberland, 7 p.m.
South Kingstown at Woonsocket, 5 p.m.
Prout at East Providence, 7 p.m.
With a storm in the forecast, all of today's local high school sports events have been wiped from the schedule.
Below is the list of the postponed games with rescheduled times, if available.
Boys basketball
Woonsocket at Coventry - To be determined
Cumberland at Exeter-West Greenwich - To be determined
Smithfield at North Kingstown - Tuesday, January 29, 7 p.m.
Mount Pleasant at South Kingstown - To be determined
Exeter-West Greenwich, North Kingstown at RIIL Meet at Portsmouth - Thursday, January 31, 7 p.m.
Boys swim
Boys basketball
Woonsocket at Coventry, 7 p.m.
Cumberland at Exeter-West Greenwich, 7 p.m.
Smithfield at North Kingstown, 7 p.m.
Mount Pleasant at South Kingstown, 5 p.m.
Exeter-West Greenwich, North Kingstown at RIIL Meet at Portsmouth, 7 p.m.
Boys swim
South Kingstown vs. Cranston East at Park View Middle School, 4:30 p.m.
Girls swim
South Kingstown vs. Cranston East at Park View Middle School, 4:30 p.m.
WomenŌĆÖs basketball
URI at George Washington, 2 p.m.
West Warwick at West Warwick Invitational at West Warwick, TBD
South Kingstown vs. La Salle at Ocean State School of Gymnastics, 5 p.m.
Girls hockey
Barrington vs. Narragansett at Lynch Arena, 5 p.m.
MenŌĆÖs basketball
URI at Fordham, 1 p.m.
Exeter-West Greenwich, Narragansett, North Kingstown, West Warwick at Ram Rumble at La Salle Academy, 10 a.m.
Coventry vs. North Kingstown at Aim High Gymnastics, 6 p.m.
North Kingstown vs. Barrington, Coventry at Aim High Gymnastics, 6 p.m.
West Warwick vs. Portsmouth at YMCA Newport County, 3:30 p.m.
Boys hockey
Coventry vs. Cranston West at Cranston Ice Rink, 7:40 p.m.
South Kingstown vs. East Greenwich at Mageria Ice Rink, 6 p.m.
Narragansett vs. Woonsocket at Adelard Arena, 9 p.m.
Boys basketball
Coventry at Mount Pleasant, 7 p.m.
St. Patrick at East Greenwich, 7 p.m.
Exeter-West Greenwich at North Providence, 7 p.m.
Portsmouth at Narragansett, 7 p.m.
North Kingstown at St. Raphael, 7 p.m.
South Kingstown at La Salle, 7 p.m.
Fishers Island at Rocky Hill, 3:45 p.m.
Tiverton at Prout, 7 p.m.
West Warwick at Lincoln, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Chariho at North Kingstown, 7 p.m.
Exeter-West Greenwich at Westerly, 7 p.m.
Prout at Rogers, 7:30 p.m.
West Warwick at Tiverton, 7 p.m.
Boys basketball
Barrington at Chariho, 6:30 p.m.
Girls basketball
Coventry at Mount Hope, 7 p.m.
East Greenwich at Central Falls, 7 p.m.
East Providence at Narragansett, 7 p.m.
Boys swim
East Greenwich at Cumberland, 4 p.m.
Girls swim
East Greenwich at Cumberland, 4 p.m.
Narragansett at East Providence, 3:30 p.m.
Mount Hope at Chariho, 7 p.m.
East Greenwich at Lincoln, 7 p.m.
Smithfield at Exeter-West Greenwich, 7:30 p.m.


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Li Beats Baltacha, Reaches QFs
Published August 04, 2010 12:00
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Li Na got some good old fashioned revenge at the e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open on Wednesday, getting by Elena Baltacha in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the inaugural event.
Li, the No.2 seed this week, had lost her last two meetings against the big-serving Brit, at Indian Wells and Eastbourne earlier this year - but the story was much different in the Danish capital, as the Chinese No.1 broke serve three times - and never lost any of her own service games - to prevail, 63 62.
"I played her a few times this year, so I knew what to do," Li said. "I just tried to be aggressive on the court but still play safe, and that balance was the key."
Next up for Li is No.8 seed Angelique Kerber or Sandra Zahlavova.
See pics from on and off the court in Copenhagen in the gallery!
In other second round matches, No.5 seed Julia Goerges improved to 15-1 since Wimbledon with a 63 62 win over fellow German Kristina Barrois and No.7 seed Klara Zakopalova rolled past Tatjana Malek, 60 63.
"Even though I didn't make it, I had chances against Bartoli in the first round of Wimbledon, and I knew I was playing well," Goerges said. "Since then everything has really worked. I went to a $100K tournament and won there - I had won there the year before and it was really nice, so I went back. Then I brought my form to Palermo and Bad Gastein and I'm really happy here.
"This is my best year so far, but I have to keep working. I don't want to stay at my career-high for five seconds. I want to keep getting better."
Goerges will next face the winner of Thursday's second round match between No.3-ranked, No.1-seeded Caroline Wozniacki and Iveta Benesova.
"Caroline's great," Goerges added. "If I play her, my goal is to beat one of these top players, so it would be a good experience. I've been improving."
The first round wrapped up as well, with No.4 seed Tsvetana Pironkova's post-Wimbledon struggles continuing with a 64 61 opening round exit to Anna Lapushchenkova, and Anna Chakvetadze's recent resurgence continuing with a 64 76(2) win over Johanna Larsson, a rematch of the Portoroz final from two weeks ago (Chakvetadze won that one much more easily, 61 62).
In the night session, Caroline Wozniacki and Malou Ejdesgaard lost their doubles quarterfinal match to Anne Keothavong and Anna Smith, 75 63.
"Great atmosphere again out there. We would have liked to win, but the other team played well," Wozniacki said. "I'm looking forward to my singles tomorrow. I'm sure it'll be a great crowd again. Iveta has been ranked a lot higher than she is now - she's a great player. She's very aggressive, I can't just stand around."


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MONTREAL -- The Montreal Alouettes acquired running back and former CFL Outstanding Canadian Jerome Messam from the Edmonton Eskimos for a sixth-round draft pick, the CFL club announced Tuesday.
The six-foot-three 245-pound Messam was named the league's top Canadian in 2011 when he became the first non-import to rush to more than 1,000 yards since Sean Millington in 2000. He had 1,057 yards and six touchdowns on 195 carries that season.
The Brampton, Ont., native missed half of last season in a failed bid to crack the Miami Dolphins lineup, rejoining Edmonton in late August. He had 168 yards rushing and one TD over the last nine games of the season.
He began his CFL career in 2010 with the B.C. Lions and was traded to the Eskimos for a fifth round pick.
"We look forward to helping Jerome regain his form from his (Outstanding Canadian) season in 2011," Alouettes general manager Jim Popp said in a statement. "Jerome should add another dimension to our ever-changing offence.
"It will be fun to watch our new offensive coaches implement these newly-acquired offensive players with our current group of outstanding players."
The Alouettes are expected to name a new head coach soon to replace Marc Trestman, who was hired by the Chicago Bears.
The team had a run of injuries to running backs last season and it is uncertain if the 2012 starter Brandon Whitaker will be back.
The Alouettes have granted nine-year veteran defensive lineman Luc Mullinder his release.
It was a busy day for the Eskimos, who also made a five-player trade with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Edmonton acquired two Canadians, linebacker Nathan Kanya and the rights to offensive lineman Carson Rockhill in exchange for offensive lineman Greg Wojt, linebacker Simoni Lawrence and quarterback Jeremiah Masoli.
CFL on TSN analyst Paul LaPolice opens his playbook and breaks down key plays from each week's games. More...
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From Kandy, most visitors heading for the Cultural Triangle plough straight up the main road north to Dambulla, Sigiriya and beyond. If you have your own transport, however, there are several interesting sites en route. Two of these – the famous monastery of Aluvihara and the wonderful little temple at Nalanda – are right on the main highway.
The main road between Kandy and Dambulla is also littered with innumerable spice gardens. The temperate climate of the region – halfway in altitude between the coastal plains and the hill country – offers ideal horticultural conditions, and if you're interested in seeing where the ingredients of Sri Lankan cuisine come from, now is your chance. Entrance is generally free, but you'll be expected to buy some spices at inflated prices in return for a look at the various plants and shrubs.Read More
AluviharaThe monastery of Aluvihara sits right next to the main Kandy–Dambulla highway. Despite its modest size, Aluvihara is of great significance in the global history of Buddhism, since it was here that the most important set of Theravada Buddhist scriptures, the Tripitaka, or "Three Baskets", were first committed to writing. During the first five centuries of the religion's existence, the vast corpus of the Buddha's teachings had simply been memorized and passed orally from generation to generation. Around 80 BC, however, fears that the Tripitaka would be lost during the upheaval caused by repeated South Indian invasions prompted the industrious King Vattagamani Abhaya (who also created the Dambulla cave temples and founded the great Abhayagiri monastery in Anuradhapura) to establish Aluvihara, staffing it with five hundred monks who laboured for years to transcribe the Pali-language Buddhist scriptures onto ola-leaf manuscripts. Tragically, having survived almost two thousand years, this historic library was largely destroyed by British troops when they attacked the temple in 1848 to put down a local uprising.
Cave temples
The heart of the complex consists of a sequence of cave temples, tucked away in a picturesque jumble of huge rock outcrops and linked by flights of steps and narrow paths between the boulders. From the first temple (home to a ten-metre-long sleeping Buddha), steps lead up to the main level, where a second cave temple conceals another large sleeping Buddha and various pictures and sculptures demonstrating the lurid punishments awaiting wrongdoers in the Buddhist hell – a subject which seems to exert a ghoulish fascination on the ostensibly peace-loving Sinhalese. Opposite, another cave houses a similarly gruesome tableau vivant showing bloodthirsty punishments meted out by Sri Wickrama Rajasinha, the last king of Kandy.
From here, steps lead up past the side of the second temple to another cave temple behind, devoted to the great Indian Buddhist scholar Buddhaghosa, who worked at Anuradhapura during the fifth century AD (though there's no evidence that he ever visited Aluvihara) and produced a definitive set of commentaries on the Tripitaka. A statue of Vattagamani Abhaya stands in the corner of the cave, offering the scholar an ola-leaf manuscript, while a brilliant golden Buddhaghosa image from Thailand stands sentry outside. From here, a final flight of steps leads up past a bo tree (apparently growing out of solid rock) to the very top of the complex, where a dagoba and terrace offer fine views across the hills and over to a huge new golden Buddha (also donated by Thailand) that surveys the entire complex from a hillside far above.
Just up the hill to the left of the temple complex, the International Buddhist Library and Museum houses a few random objects including a vast antique ola-leaf copy of the Tripitaka in many volumes. A resident monk may also be on hand to demonstrate the ancient and dying art of writing upon ola-leaf parchment: the words are first scratched out with a metal stylus, after which ink is rubbed into the leaf, causing the invisible words to magically appear.
Wasgomuwa National Park
Wasgomuwa National Park
Wasgomuwa National Park is one of the most unspoilt of all Sri Lanka's reserves, enjoying an isolated position and being largely enclosed – and offered a measure of protection – by two large rivers, the Amban Ganga and Mahaweli Ganga, which bound it to the east and west. The park straddles the northeastern edge of the hill country, and ranges in elevation from over 500m to just 76m along the Mahaweli Ganga; it comprises mainly dry-zone evergreen forest along the main rivers and on the hills, and open plains in the southeastern and eastern sections. The park features the usual cast of Sri Lankan fauna, including up to 150 elephants, best seen from November to May (and especially from Feb–April); at other times they tend to migrate to Minneriya and Kaudulla national parks. Other wildlife includes sambar and spotted deer, buffalo and rarely sighted leopards and sloth bears, plus around 150 species of bird, including a number of endemics.


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Demure wallflower Ke$ha and her single "TiK ToK" are enjoying another big week, with the song returning to its peak, #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. That sets up a sassy-blonde-off between Ke$ha and Lady Gaga, but the Dr. Luke-coached newbie is already armed for a followup assault on the chart—and from what we can tell, it's likely to make "TiK ToK" sound like part of the Susan Boyle repertoire.
The glitter-loving lass teamed up with snarky electronic duo 3OH!3 for "Blah Blah Blah, " which is rumored to be her next single. Preview of the track, plus some more brilliant Ke$ha quotes, after the jump.
Gotta love a woman whose got the balls to sing "I don't care where u live at, just turn around boy and let me hit that, don't be a little bitch with your chit chat, just show me where your dicks at." Sure makes Britney's "If You Seek Amy" seem totally innocent by comparison, no? Ke$ha discusses her saucy, sexual lyrics to The Observer:
"People are shocked by it, but if I were Guns 'N' Roses or Van Halen, no-one would be surprised. Or a rapper – look at all those songs on the radio that are, like, 'Girl go up and down the pole'. I mean, dance for me dudes! I understand I'm supposed to be feminine and dainty, but I'm not. People are more impressed with things that I do because they almost treat you as if you're handicapped if you're a woman… people can be impressed that I can play a few chords on the guitar."
How about co-headlining a tour with the hottest guitar player we've ever seen, Orianthi? (John Mayer has jumped on the bandwagon, and to tell the truth we think she'd kick his ax if push came to shove.) It's about time there was an edgier, rock version of Lilith Fair, and we wouldn't put it past somebody like Ke$ha to start it.
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September 2013Help VideoA special initiative of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) has been sharing what we've learned over the years about effective dissemination. This section of our website distills what we know and gives you tools to use in your own dissemination activities.We welcome your exploration of this special area of our website, for it's near and dear to our efforts on behalf of children with … [Read more...]
About the Dissemination Initiative
January 2011 Who We Are Why We've Created This Initiative Who Else Is Involved Specific Activities and Outcomes How You Can Get Involved Who We Are The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) serves the nation as a centralized source of information on children with disabilities from birth to age 22. We take pride in writing easy-to-read publications in English and Spanish on: disabilities, early … [Read more...]
We're All Disseminators: Why This Info is Relevant to You
January 2011Who's a disseminator, and who's not? If you're wondering whether the info in this special area of NICHCY's website is relevant to you, then it probably is.From our point of view as the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, we all are disseminators in one way or another, to one degree or another. Sharing information with others makes you a disseminator. Having the possibility of sharing information with others (and … [Read more...]
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January 2011 There's an art and science to effective dissemination---and a heart and soul, too. These aspects are apparent in the Dissemination Self-Inventory developed by the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR). We strongly recommend that groups involved in dissemination take NCDDR's inventory. Doing so will help you: look mindfully at your own dissemination efforts; identify your dissemination strengths … [Read more...]
First Element of Effective Dissemination: Involve Your Intended Users
January 2011 Did you take Section 3 of the Dissemination Self-Inventory, as we suggested? If so, then the discussion here will pick up where the inventory left off, and that's... According to NCDDR (the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research), there are four basic elements of dissemination: the intended users; the dissemination source; the content to be disseminated; and the dissemination media used for specific … [Read more...]
Element 2: Involve Dissemination Sources
January 2011 According to NCDDR (the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research), there are four elements of effective dissemination. We've just talked about the first element, involving your intended users. This resource page focuses on the second element, involving dissemination sources. The meaning of "dissemination sources" Why involve others? Why would others give you such access? Questions to ask yourself Two noteworthy examples … [Read more...]
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January 2011 | Links updated, May 2013What is the content of your message, your product? How do you decide what you're going to say, and how you're going to say it?Offering information alone isn't enough to create change or influence action, as many a systems-change project has learned. Mindfully crafting the content you'll disseminate is crucial to getting the content past the hands of your users and into their minds and actions.This page focuses … [Read more...]
Element 4: Disseminate Through Different Media
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We've got information this month that may help you save a bundle on expensive medical tests. If you've got a tape measure and a pocket calculator handy, it will take only about 60 seconds to glimpse your risk for coronary disease and heart attack
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We all know that obesity increases our risk for virtually every health problem, from diabetes to cancer. But recent research findings suggest that not all fat is equally bad for you. It's what jiggles around your waist that you really need to be concerned about.
Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is the newest and probably the best at-home test for coronary health. In fact, some experts even say that the best way to predict your risk for heart attack and other obesity-related diseases is simply to divide the width of your waist by the width of your hips.
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Measure your waist with a non-stretchable measuring tape at the narrowest point between the bottom of your ribcage and your hip bones. Tension should be firm but don't pull so tight that you compress the tissue underneath. Measure your hips at the widest point around your butt.
Bottom line: your waist should be SMALLER than your hips.
If your belly has caught up to the size of your hips—even if you're thin and fit—you would be wise to make some dietary changes. That's because abdominal fat is more likely than any other fat to initiate metabolic changes that ultimately lead to clogged arteries and heart disease. In other words:
WHR has all but supplanted Body Mass Index (BMI) as a reliable rubric for coronary risk. Still a useful way to determine if you're overweight, BMI is calculated by dividing you body weight (in kilograms) by the square root of your metric height. The higher your BMI, the higher your risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, breathing problems and certain cancers.
Scientists now agree that there are problems with the BMI because it ignores muscle and bone structure. So it can indicate overweight in healthy athletes and others who have a heavy, muscular build. Conversely it can underestimate body fat in older people who have lost valuable muscle, not dangerous flab. WHR on the other hand, appears to be "consistently and strongly" predictive of coronary heart disease for men and women.
A number of studies make the argument for WHR. The most recent was published just this past August by a team at the University of Cambridge in the UK. Principle investigator Dr. Dexter Canoy reports that in following 24,508 men and women (ages 45-79) for nine years, his team found that slightly fewer than 11 percent developed coronary heart disease. And their risk increased continuously as their waist-to-hip ratio went up. Even among obese men, the rate of heart disease was slightly lower among those with a lower WHR. "And in women, at all levels of BMI, waist-to-hip ratios were strongly predictive of heart disease."
How big is big enough? Well, in the UK study, with every increase of roughly 2.5 inches in hip circumference for men and roughly 3.5 inches in women—the risk of coronary heart disease dropped by 20%.
Of course, packing on inches below your waist is not an intelligent goal. Fat is fat, and none of it is good. The evidence does remain, however: even among the overweight, bigger hips and smaller waists are associated with lower risk. And even if you maintain normal weight, you face increased risk if your waist-to-hip ratio is high.
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Wow, I really like Lark. That was a surprise and I real shock coming from a man, honestly. I understand the concerns about the lack of history, but if we're frank, Delilah really only has one historical namesake and it's VERY negative. One of the most famous prostitutes of all time. Plus, it doesn't sound to alternative when you already have one child with a nature name.
Lark is spunky and strong (I love short names) and yet very feminine. I love it. I find this name actually very tame considering Xanthe, Artemis, and Delilah. You have a bunch of very romantic ancient ladies and then a bright nature name which to me, fits much better with Iris than any of the others.Names I enjoy:
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This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of space science mathematics problems distributed during the 2012-2013 school year. They were intended for students looking for additional challenges in the math and physical science... (View More) curriculum in grades 5 through 12. The problems were created to be authentic glimpses of modern science and engineering issues, often involving actual research data. The problems were designed to be one-pagers with a Teacher's Guide and Answer Key as a second page. (View Less)
This 16-page booklet illustrates multiple NASA sources that allow educators to incorporate real Earth science data and images in their teaching and programs. Sample resources as well as firsthand accounts of how these are being used in the classroom... (View More) or informal education setting are included. (View Less)
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This activity is a short engineering design challenge to be completed by individual students or small teams. A real-world problem is presented, designing buildings for hurricane-prone areas, but in a simulated way that works in a classroom, after... (View More) school club, or informal education setting. Students are given simple materials and design requirements, and must plan and build a tower as tall as possible that will hold up a tennis ball while resisting the force of wind from a fan. After the towers are built, the group comes together to test them. If there is time after testing, which can be observational or framed as a contest between teams, students can redesign their towers to improve their performance, or simply discuss what worked well and what didn't in their designs. (View Less)
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The importance of rainforests to Earth's biodiversity, climate and production of rainforest products is discussed in this textbook chapter. Includes an interview with an Amazonian rainforest scientist, a discussion of the competing perspectives of... (View More) different interest groups, and a summary of rainforest issues related to deforestation and logging. Students examine a time series of images of Rodonia, Brazil, and investigate the changes in land cover. There is an associated investigation, where students use image-processing tools to interpret a satellite image of the rainforest in Rodonia, Brazil. This is chapter 5 in the unit, A New World View, which introduces global systems science, emphasizing the concepts of environmental diversity, Earth as a system, and sustainability. The resource includes a textbook chapter, integrated hands-on and inquiry activities, links to current news articles, and a suite of pre- and post-unit assessments. A teacher's guide supports classroom use. The resource is part of Global Systems Science (GSS), an interdisciplinary course for high school students that emphasizes how scientists from a wide variety of fields work together to understand significant problems of global impact. (View Less)
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This is a 15-day unit of inquiry-based lessons about the surface features of the Moon and the Earth and how these two worlds formed and continue to evolve. Students participate in real science as they help lunar scientists map the surface of the... (View More) Moon with MoonMappers, an online citizen science project that lets the public analyze real data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The lessons in this unit follow the 5E instructional model. Includes an overview of citizen science, glossary of lunar feature vocabulary, and featured links. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about using evidence to construct sequences of geologic events. Learners will interpret real NASA science data to identify features on the surface of Mars, determine the surface history of the area, calculate the size of features,... (View More) and develope investigable questions. Students will study images taken by NASA's Mars Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera orbiting Mars. Students will use the THEMIS images to analyze the surface features and geological history of Mars. The lesson models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. (View Less)
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In this inquiry exploration, student design an experiment to test the absorption of heat by different earth materials. Materials required include plastic water bottles, soil, sand, water, thermometers, lamp with 60 watt bulb, and stopwatch. This... (View More) activity is part of the MY NASA DATA Scientist Tracking Network unit, designed to provide practice in accessing and using authentic satellite data. (View Less)
Hurricane Katrina serves as the focus for this lesson on the relationship between sea surface temperatures and hurricane intensity. Students assume the roles of Senior Science Advisors for the Louisiana Environmental Agency to research and plot the... (View More) data used to analyze Hurricane Katrina. Students then apply that analysis to possible future tropical storms impacting the U.S. Gulf Coast. This lesson uses student- and citizen science-friendly microsets of authentic NASA Earth system science data from the MY NASA DATA project. It also includes related links, extensions, an online glossary, and data analysis tools. (View Less)
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Using weather data from both satellite and ground-based observations, this lesson challenges students to select a site location for a hypothetical mountain retreat. Students must determine and then justify a building site after gathering, graphing... (View More) and analyzing two sources of data on altitude, atmospheric pressure, temperature and relative humidity. To conclude the lesson, students defend their choice in a formal site recommendation letter to the "retreat developers." This lesson uses student- and citizen science-friendly microsets of authentic NASA Earth system science data from the MY NASA DATA project. It also includes related links, extensions, an online glossary, and data analysis tools. (View Less)
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This lesson incorporates sea surface data collected by NASA satellites. Data for three surface characteristics- height, temperature and speed- are used for several activities. Students examine the differences in speed of currents relative to... (View More) distance from the Equator. Sea surface data anomalies are charted and further analyzed. In addition, surface current data is presented to examine patterns related to El Niño. Note that this is lesson three of five on the Ocean Motion website. Each lesson investigates ocean surface circulation using satellite and model data and can be done independently. See Related URL's for links to the Ocean Motion Website that provide science background information, data resources, teacher material, student guides and a lesson matrix. (View Less)
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I'm so afraid for my son in this school. He has been nervous since he started in the 6th grade. Don't like this school kids be bullied a lot. And scare for my son is not good when you don't have another choice of school when this is the school you have assign. need other options
since my kid start going to McLane he's behavior change he's attitude change is like I have another boy at my house. The teachers at McLane are not professional...McLane is the worse school
no communication between school staff and parents, also teacher are very disrespectful in front of your child. Teachers curse and bring their boyfriends with them
My son just completed 6th grade in the Robotics Academy at Mclane. I can't say enough good things about the teachers in the robotics program and the standards they set for their students. The rest of the school, however, is in complete chaos. There are 200 students in each P.E. class and 4 teachers. When my son was grabbed by the throat and slammed into a wall 1 of the coaches told him that if he didn't know the name of the person responsible there was nothing the coach could do. This was two weeks into 6th grade. Later in the year my son witnessed a massive food fight in the cafeteria that resulted in the suspension of 40 students. Worst of all was the day my son came to me and said he had seen one of his female classmates surrounded by a group of boys who proceeded to touch her inappropriately. This was in an overcrowded elective classroom, when he asked her why she didn't tell the teacher she told him that it was a daily occurrence and wouldn't stop. not know his attacker's name the coach couldn't help him. That was two weeks into sixth grade. Later in the year he witnessed a huge food fight in the cafeteria that resulted in the suspension of 40 students. Worst of a
I just graduated there and here is a helpful hint -never take your kids there Please It's horrible
I worked at this school approx. 5 years ago. It was horrible. The students bullied other students and also teachers! I never had a student theaten me before. When I brought it up to administration they almost laughed in my face. I've been teaching for 12 years and I like to run a "tight ship" when it comes to discipline but when administration doesn't back teachers up, teachers really have no power. I truly feel bad for the students who want to learn and for all teachers that teach there! I have moved on to teach at a great school now and I beleive I am successful! I still tell my horror stories of this awful school and probably will until I'm 90!
Teachers don't care about the students. My daughter was a student from 6 to 8 grade and the homework's were very minimal and almost none at all. school needs improvement starting with some teachers. Her performance in elementary school was more demanding than McLane. school.
boiiiiii?!?!?!?! did yall see dat pepper sprayyy thangg?!?!?! Uhhhhh, no duh i aint goin here. In dat skool, its survival to da fitte$$$!
I just transferred from private school.. I was told how bad this school was, but.. Honestly, its a better school than Imannuel. Im in 7th grade and today was my first day, and I loved it ! the kids were nice and helpful.. At Imannuel it was hard to make friends because it was so small so if one girl didn't like you, the other 6 didn't.. I think it depends on the student.. but i felt at home, and all the nerves went away, yes all schools have flaws, but for as big as this school is, its pretty good. I don't plan on leaving :) and i look forward to tomorrow :)
this sckool is awsom, techrs dont do anystuf and kids finna fade all the time, if u want fun then com here
I moved to Florida from Mississippi about 4 months ago. I'm a student, in 8th grade, and I love McLane. Yes, there are fights about every week, and some students are rude and disrespectful. But, my teachers are very helpful, and I've gotten better grades here than I did at my old school. The principals are not very strict, and they know how to handle every situation. The school may seem bad from the outside, but it really isn't. I've made some good friends here, and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon.
This review is intended for the STEM Robotics Institute only. I have no real experience with the AVID program, or the school itself, outside of this program. The STEM Robotics program is a school within a school. The program is second to none. The Robotics program is a full 3 years, not one or two semesters as in other schools. McLane fields teams that compete in Robotics competitions locally, state-wide, regionally, nationally and internationally. McLane's Robotics teams have taken 1st place at the National Robotics Championships, and 3rd place at the World Robotics Championships, the past 2 years in a row. That should tell you something about how good the program is. Yet many locals don't even know the program exists. If you're a student in this program, you take all of your classes with other students in the program. My son says he has seen some minor violence at the school, but nothing of any real import. Kids will be kids, and even the best schools can't eliminate bullying, or altercations completely. I wish some of the teachers would do a better job of keeping EDLINE up to date. I can't fix something in my childs progress, if I don't know there's a problem.
My son and daughter were just enrolled in this school we moved here from Strongsville OH and this school and it's staff are horrible it needs to be shut down. The princaple prejudice and my daughter had her phone stolen out of her book bag and when I went in for a meeting he threw me out of the office and told me his job is not to protect the children he is just the principle and then called the sheriff to remove me from his office. I am done they will not be back to this horrible school I am pulling them now and will go as high as I have to this school needs to be shut down the the principle fired for the way he treats people the staff are so rude and disrespectful. I will not allow a school or its officals to mistreat my children.
the staff in this school are very rude. fighting. theft and bullying are a common occurrence .according to principal that is normal.i wouldnt recommend this school to no one. good kids are not safe.
My son attends the robotics program here. He absolutly loves the program and his main teacher Mr Wilson. Unfortunately, this amazing and beneficial program was set up in a dorrible school. It is the second week of school and they've already madre 9 (nine) arrests! My son's been in three separate altercations; thrown against the wall, punched etc If there wasn't a robotics (school within a school) I'd have pulled him from this school back in the 2011-12 school year. The entire school should be gutted and rebuilt with a sharper office staff, better communication between the office, student affairs, teachers, and parents.
My son went to this school from 2009-june 2011 he did 6th and 7th grade here. IT WAS HORRIBLE. He was always in advance classes even at this school but his grades dropped to C's and D's even F's. I'm a very involved parent and use to go there for observations and was very disappointed with the teaching. There was only One teacher who truly is Amazing that is Mrs. Matthews. She really cares about the students and encourages them to focus on their education. I even went to speak to the 7th grade guidance counselor and she did not care to try to assist me in helping my son. I finally moved and he now attends an A school and by the way he gets A's and B's and is even in the AVID program. The school needs more professionals like Mrs. Matthews who really truly care, strict and fight to educate the children.
This school should be shut down! No organization at all. I find the staff to be very rude and ignorant. I've never seen adults act more like children then the students themselves. Smh my daughter is a straight A student and I will not allow her to be objected to such low standards. She will not be attending this school next year!
I just finished my 8th grade year, and i'm happy to be leaving. Everyday, there a re fights most of the time, and it got so bad this year, on the last week, they had to have more than 4 cops roaming around the school! I've also heard stories about kids smoking week a couple days ago and they got arrested. Bullying is a regular basis at this school, and they will make fun of your kid for no reason. sure i'll miss all my friends there, but i'm glad i'm done with that bad school! At least it's better these last two years than it was 6th grade. I must give Mr. Oliver his props for that. But, this year was cool, and now i heard that MMS, is getting uniforms, lol! Anyways, 3 years done, off to high school. (:
Hi my names daniela i went to mclane for sixth grade and loved it the teachers aere nice theres baerly any bulling there nice kids they teach good and push you till you get it right i love mclane and will never forget itt :]
I go to McLane and have since sixth grade, but I am in the 'Robotics Institue'. It is a choice program situated in McLane. It is a great program, and I feel as well protected as I could in McLane. The school has an excellent orchestra, but not much else. The are almost no sports, and club day is a joke. Mr.Oliver has a different approach than Mr.Ellis. He is stricter, but it really has done nothing. Some of the advanced teachers are good, and the Robotics Institute and AVID are excellent programs. All schools have fights, but smart kids stay away form them. If your kid does this, he will be fine. If your kid is not going into Robotics or AVID, I highly reccommend going to another school, as there are better options. **My rating is for the school, not Robotics or AVID
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international SH&E speakers including; ASSE President Terrie S. Norris,
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The search continues for Kirk.
He was reported missing at about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday in an area known as "Alligator Rock" outer reef.
According to the Coast Guard, the surfer, identified as Kirk Passmore of Haleiwa, was last seen wearing black board shorts and no shirt. Passmore is 32 years old and has red hair. His broken surfboard was located onshore.
Passmore's family issued the following statement Thursday morning.
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"Kirk was born February 11, 1981 in Orem, Utah. He grew up in Carlsbad, California and graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1999 where he was a member of the school's surf team for four years. As a youth, he was active in pop warner football, little league baseball, and basketball but his love was in surfing.
He started coming to Hawaii when he was 14 and was an experienced and expert surfer. He was not new to big wave surfing, having surfed most of the well-known big wave locations, including Waimea Bay, Sunset Beach, Pipeline and outer reefs on the north shores of Hawaii. He was a familiar face at Todos Santos off Baja California. He also surfed Maverick's in northern California and Puerto Escondido in Mainland Mexico. He spent 3 years in the southern coast of France. He moved to the north shore of Hawaii full-time in the spring of 2012.
Kirk was a part owner of Third Stone Surfboards in Wailua, Hawaii and a Manager at Bonzai Sushi in Haleiwa, Hawaii.
He is survived by his mother, Diane Passmore (Orem, Utah), father and step-mother, David and Karey Passmore (Sunset Beach, Hawaii), siblings, Alyson Adams (Highland, Utah); Merrily Roberts (Encinitas, California) and Matthew Passmore (serving an LDS mission in New York, New York).
The family wishes to thank the Coast Guard, the City and County of Honolulu lifeguards and Fire Department who continue the search."
An Ocean Safety spokesperson says Passmore is an experienced surfer, but did not have any safety gear. Other surfers in the area tried to swim out to him, but were unsuccessful.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched from Air Station Barber's Point at approximately 12 p.m. and the Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island was diverted at 2 p.m. to assist in search efforts.
The Honolulu Fire Department and Ocean Safety are also searching with air, land, and ocean assets.
The Coast Guard will search throughout the night. Honolulu Fire Department and Ocean Safety will suspend their search and sundown and resume searching at first light.
Authorities continue searching Thursday for an experienced surfer who is missing after wiping out on a 20-foot wave off Oahu's North Shore.
The surfer, who Honolulu police say is Kirk Passmore, 32, a business owner and bartender, was last seen late Wednesday morning at a surfing spot known as Alligator Rock in Haleiwa, KHNL reported.
Witnesses told the station that the experienced big-wave surfer fell off his board on the 20-foot swell and was hit by another wave. His partially damaged surfboard was found down the beach.
"He was seen swimming down with his feet up above the surface, and we think he broke his eardrum because what happens when you break your eardrum is you have complete loss of balance and you have vertigo," Jamie Sterling, a surfer who saw Passmore wipe out, told KHNL.
Coast Guard crews, Ocean Safety lifeguards, the Honolulu Fire Department and fellow surfers searched for Passmore on Wednesday to no avail. The Coast Guard continued searching through the night, while other rescuers suspended their search until sunrise.
A helicopter, jet skis and a Coast Guard cutter were used in the search, KHNL reported.
Oahu's North Shore was under a high-surf warning, with waves reaching 25 to 35 feet, and some surfers questioned why Passmore wasn't wearing a flotation vest in the perilous conditions.
"See, what would have saved him is if he had a float vest on. Everybody wears float vests nowadays," Chris Owens, who searched for Passmore after seeing him go underwater, told KHNL.
Added champion paddle boarder Jamie Mitchell, "Some of the best big-wave guys in the world are out there today and they all had their flotation vests and stuff. I guess it just goes to show that it can happen to anyone at any time."
Steve Matthews, who told the station that he co-owned a surf shop with Passmore, said Passmore moved to the North Shore from California about two years ago, but he has many years' experience riding large waves in Hawaii, Mexico and elsewhere.
Passmore's co-workers at the Banzai Sushi Bar in Haleiwa said the restaurant closed down for the night out of respect for Passmore.
Passmore is 6-foot-3 and weighs about 185 pounds. He has reddish hair and hazel eyes and was wearing black board shorts at the time of the wipeout.
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