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Peeve of the Week: I hate how my sports bra straps leave angry red marks on my shoulders!
I feel your pain! In fact, one of the things that propelled me into sports bra research in the first place were the bleeding abrasions on my shoulders and chest after my first 26-mile marathon!
When it comes to sore shoulders, the two main perpetrators are friction (rubbing) and pressure (weight).
Friction: Painful rubbing happens when bra straps are too rough and scratchy. The culprit may be a harsh strap fabric, or (especially!) rows of stitching with a too-scratchy thread. The tighter an itchy strap hugs your shoulder, the harder it rubs and wreaks havoc on your tender skin. If you've ever worked with sandpaper, you know that the harder you press, the more material you remove. It's the same with your skin — rough rubbing can literally remove cells from its very outer layer, which leaves you red and raw. If your sports bra is so old and thrashed that the straps have lost all their stretch, you may be cinching them too short trying to find support, which adds to your friction woes.
Pressure: Extra pressure on your shoulders from your sports bra straps only compounds the problem. It's easy to create this mark-making stress if your straps are too narrow or lack the cushioning you need for the size and weight of the 'girls'. I can't tell you how many full-figured women have showed me permanent dents in the tops of their shoulders from strap pressure!
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To nip friction in the bud, be really picky about how the inner side of your bra strap feels when you rub it across your skin. When I'm checking out a new style, I actually grab the ends of the strap with both hands, stretch it tight, and 'floss' it back and forth across my cheek to gauge its prickle potential. If a few rubs on the cheek are uncomfortable, just imagine how the top of your shoulder is going to feel after a couple of miles of running! Also, if the straps are adjustable, you can customize how tightly they hug and rub your tender shoulder tops. For long-distance events, also give friction-reducing body lubes a try.
To ease pressure, your first strategy is to look for a wider strap, especially if you're a D cup or above. It's kind of simple physics: If you double the width of the strap, you can cut pressure per square inch almost in half. For a really comfy ride, look for a sports bra with substantial cushioning in the part of the strap that rides over the top of your shoulder (Champion's Double Dry+ Spot Comfort Full-Support bra is a perfect example). Another way to take pressure off the straps is to spread the load-carrying around to other parts of your bra. Features like underwires, side support panels, wider bottom bands that can adjust, and strong 'back wings' all help to share the weight-bearing so the straps don't have to work as hard.
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In 1977, runner LaJean Lawson had just finished her first marathon with bleeding sores on her shoulders and chest from a bra that did anything but support. Her search for a solution eventually led to the discovery of her life's passion–sports bras!
Today, Champion Activewear is thrilled to offer Dr. Lawson as a resource to help you solve your sports bra problems. While Dr. Lawson has gained critical knowledge from scientific research, the best education she's had about sports bra needs has come from the thousands of women she has spoken to at races and events, as well as those who help her test Champion products.
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Arrive in Cape Town and transfer to our hotel situated in the middle of vibrant Cape Town. Later in the evening there will be a tour briefing in order to meet the tour leader and fellow travelers. No Activities planned for this day, so relax and spend the rest of the evening at leisure to explore the Waterfront and enjoy an optional dinner at one of the many restaurants.
Cape Town's name originated from the term Cape of Good Hope when Bartholomew Diaz and other seafarers looked forward to the sight of Table Mountain, like an inn that promised hospitality and prosperity. The city is steeped in a rich history and is a cultural melting pot with its diverse and vibrant character being derived from Khoxisan and other African tribes from the north, and Indonesian, French, Dutch, British and German settlers. Cape Town is the third most populous city in South Africa, with over 3 million inhabitants, and is the provincial capital of the Western Cape. It is also the legislative capital of South Africa, where the National Parliament and many government offices are located.
For shopping, dining and entertainment the V&A Waterfront is a hotspot for foreigners and locals alike. Still a working harbor, the Waterfront is an example of creative architecture and restoration and has become South Africa's most visited tourist attraction. The Waterfront offers over 250 shops from designer boutiques to craft stalls, a host of restaurants and coffee shops.
Day 2: Today we enjoy our full day guided City Tour and explore Table Mountain (weather permitting).
We explore some of the oldest buildings and Gardens in South Africa (Botanical Gardens and Parliament Gardens) and visit Castle of Good Hope. In the evening you have some free time to explore more of vibrant Cape Town.
Day 3: This morning we'll depart early for a trip around the breathtaking Cape Peninsula stopping first in Hout Bay to enjoy a boat cruise to Seal Island. On the way back we walk along the boardwalk at Boulders Beach to see the popular penguins and take in the views of Cape Point.
At the tip of the Cape Peninsula 60 km south-west of Cape Town, lies Cape Point, a nature reserve within the Table Mountain National Park; a declared Natural World Heritage Site.
Encompassing 7 750 hectares of rich and varied flora and fauna; abounding with buck, baboons and Cape Mountain Zebra as well as over 250 species of birds, Cape Point is a nature enthusiast paradise.
Rugged rocks and sheer cliffs towering more than 200 meters above the sea and cutting deep into the ocean provide a spectacular background for the Parks' rich bio-diversity
Later this evening we'll experience a unique local dinner in a private home in an informal settlement – an authentic community experience that you will take home in your heart.
Estimated Travel Time: 3 hrs
Approximate Distance: 900 miles (1300 km) Flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg (2hrs flight)
Distance Johannesburg to Pretoria: approx 50km
We leave Cape Town in the morning and fly to Johannesburg. Upon arrival in Johannesburg we will discover Soweto, stopping at Mandela House and Hector Pieterson Museum. We arrive at our accommodation in Pretoria in the late afternoon, relax, and freshen up before we enjoy a real traditional South African braai (BBQ).
Soweto is an acronym for South West Township.
The history of Soweto goes back to the discovery of gold in 1885. George Harrison has made his momentous discovery of gold bearing reefs at Langlaagte outside the present City of Johannesburg. Thousands of people of all races and from four corners of the world began to stream into the newly established mining camps.
As the gold mining industry developed and became more sophisticated, the population of Black temporary contract workers from South Africa's rural areas grew rapidly. Although many Black people were housed in mining compounds, others were finding employment as house keepers, shop workers, street vendors in the emerging industrial sector of the economy of Johannesburg. Accommodation was a problem and shanty towns proliferated as the City of Johannesburg grew. A report in 1903 stated that the "Coolie Town" area which accommodated approximately 56000 people of all races, had twisting, narrow streets, polluted water and long drop sanitation.
In 1905 Klipspruit (the oldest of cluster of township that created Soweto today) was established when the Johannesburg Town Council purchased the non gold bearing farm Klipspruit number 8 to cater for the accommodation of Black labourers. In 1932 the first administrator, Edwin Orlando Leake began building two roomed houses for Black people and the township which is a few kilometers away from klipspruit was established and was named Orlando, after him. The honour of being the founder of Soweto belongs to James Mpanza who lived many years in Orlando East. He spent his life fighting for the housing of the disadvantaged.
In 1953 residents of Sophiatown were removed by force to Soweto in an area known as Meadowlands.
SOWETO TODAY: Soweto consists of a community of extremes. On the one hand there is abject poverty and on the other hand there is extraordinary wealth in the upper class suburbs such as Diepkloof Extension and Selection Park. Some of the houses in that area sell for over one and two million rands. Today Soweto is the largest Black residential area in South Africa and has a population of more than 3.5 Million people with the land in extent of 120KM squared. There is a visible development since 1994 (Post Apartheid Era). Soweto is essentially a Labour Reservoir for the City of Johannesburg and major towns on the reef, such as Roodepoort, Sandton, Randburg and Germiston.
Estimated Travel Time: 10 hrs (incl sightseeing stops and lunch)
Approximate Distance: 400 miles (650 kms)
Leaving Pretoria, we'll head due east towards Mmpumalanga, taking in the sites of the world famous Panorama Route including: Blyde River Canyon, Bourke's Luck Potholes, God's Window and some beautiful waterfalls. In addition, we will stop in the historic mining town of Pilgrims Rest and explore its quaint streets. Look out the window to view a wonderful landscape complete with mountains, panoramic passes, valleys and waterfalls. Bourkes Luck Potholes are named after the Tom Burke, a gold digger who staked claim to the area. The Potholes are the beginning of the world famous Blyde River Canyon, believed to be the third largest canyon in the world. After our visit, we'll be sure to keep our eyes on the passing telephone poles and dead trees to see raptors, crowned eagles, snake eagles or falcons. As well, we'll have the opportunity to purchase some trinkets from the local vendors found along the route.
In the evening, we will arrive at the Shalati Adventure Lodge and settle in. Enjoy the sites and sounds of the Africa Bushveld and indulge in local cuisine at the lodge. Tonight, we'll sleep tight in the rustic huts and listen to the haunting sounds of the African night.
In the the morning of day 6 we will visit and interact with the local community of the Planeterra volunteer project - Hope Africa Children's Day School - in the Shalati village. We will have an early breakfast in order to spend enough time at the project before driving back to Johannesburg. Hope Africa Children's Day School supports over 80 children between the ages of 1 to 5. The school has one teacher, and two teacher's helpers that organize activities for the children, as well as provide them with two meals each day. Hope Africa provides support to the children and prepares them for the transition into primary school. Why is this project needed? In the South African community of Shalati there are many single parent families and a vast number of orphaned children, often cared for by their grandparents. This is due in part to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Many children do not begin school until the age of eight, and receive no formal education and limited support during their early formative years. Hope Africa Children's Day School aims to provide children with the opportunity to begin their education, and become involved in organized activities.
The name Manyeleti, means Place of the Stars in the local Shangaan language and guests will have the opportunity to view the magnificent Southern Constellation. Manyeleti is situated away from the mainstream tourist areas and guests will experience the tranquility of the African Bush in absolute seclusion. The 23,000 hectare Manyeleti Game Reserve is situated between the Timbavati Private Reserve, the Kruger National Park and the Sabi Sands Game Reserve. With no fences separating Manyeleti from Kruger and the neighbouring reserves, a huge variety of wildlife roams freely over more than 2 million hectares of African bush. Game drives in open vehicles could bring you into close contact with the Big 5 (lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant and rhino) for an unforgettable safari experience. The Manyeleti Game Reserve is managed by the Mnisi tribe who have been in the area for many generations. The Mnisi are committed to retaining the integrity of the game reserve and ensuring that the benefits of tourism in the reserve are delivered to the surrounding communities.
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Shalati Bush Camp is unique, offering an intimate and truly memorable bush and wildlife experience combined with the culture of local Shangaan population, of Africa and its people today. At Shalati we understand the impact that tourism have on the environment and strive to create an interactive experience that is affordable and unforgettable. Shalati is at the forefront of responsible tourism offering the guests a rare insight into the fragile ecosystems of the Big 5 areas as well as the communities on the borders of these great National Parks. We are committed to the sustainable upliftment of the communities around Shalati and the long term benefits that this will bring, to these people. Only people from the community are being employed at Shalati. All these people have never previously worked in the hospitality industry nor have they studied for a Hotel & Catering Diploma. Shalati has an extensive training program incorporating day-to-day and hands-on training. The cooks at Shalati were not able to cook or bake for themselves, not to mention guests. They are now able to bake and cook for many guests at the same time. A huge achievement! All the areas of hotel management are being addressed and individual training for housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, stock management etc is undertaken on a daily basis. Through the salaries that these few people earn, the lives of many in the communities are touched in a positive way. Once you enter the gates of Shalati you will become part of a community – a community that cares, that gives and join hands in strengthening our Rainbow Nation.
Estimated Travel Time: 7hrs
Approximate Distance: 145 miles (230 km)
In our own vehicle we drive through Kruger National Park, viewing wildlife and stopping along the way, to visit the Stevenson-Hamilton Memorial Museum to learn more about the history of the Park. Tonight we will spend the night in one of the permanent camps inside Kruger National Park.
The world-renowned Kruger National Park offers a wildlife experience that ranks among the best in Africa. Established in 1898 to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld, this national park of nearly 2 million hectares is unrivaled in it's wildlife diversity and is a world leader in advanced environmental management techniques and policies.
Truly the flagship of the South African national parks, Kruger is home to an impressive number of species: 336 types of trees, 49 fish, 34 amphibians, 114 reptiles, 507 birds and 147 mammals. Man's interaction with the Lowveld environment over many centuries - from bushman rock paintings to majestic archaeological sites like Masorini and Thulamela - is very evident in the Kruger National Park. These treasures represent the cultures, and events that played a role in the history of the park and are preserved along with it's natural assets.
Estimated Travel Time: 6 hrs (incl lunch)
Approximate Distance: 300 miles (440 kms)
Today we drive back to the Pretoria for our overnight stay. Upon arrival we enjoy a tour of historic Pretoria including Freedom park and the Union Buildings and tonight have an unforgettable dinner experience, sampling some local specialties in a private home with a local Afrikaner family.
Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, is known as the Jacaranda City for all the purple blossom-bedecked trees which line its thoroughfares. It has a long, involved and fascinating history. Here you will find many significant old buildings and some fascinating museums. The Transvaal Museum has wonderful natural history displays and is the home of Mrs Ples, the australopithecine fossil found at Sterkfontein in the Cradle of Humankind. Also worth visiting are the Cultural History Museum and the Smuts Museum, just outside town. The iconic Voortrekker Monument which was built to describe the history of the Afrikaner pioneers who left the Cape Colony, where they suffered under British rule, to travel to the interior of the country from 1835 to 1854 has come to be known as the Great Trek. The monument stands over 132 feet (40mt) tall on its hilltop home, and is visible from a large part of Pretoria.
Opened in December 2007, Freedom Park is a place where South Africans and visitors can reflect on the past, and be inspired for the future. It is regarded as one of the most ambitious heritage projects the government has invested in; attempting to encapsulate the heart and soul of South Africa in a physical space. The park is established on the cornerstones of human dignity, rights and freedom and reflects the sacrificial achievements of the nation.
Estimated Travel Time: 1hr (flight)
This morning we depart to the Airport for our flight from Johannesburg to Botswana (Maun). We then journey overland and by boat into the Delta. This evening, we enjoy dinner under the stars and relax around a camp fire. Pay close attention to the calls of the hyenas and lions before retiring for the night.
Enjoy game walks and traditional mokoro excursions in the delta. Learn the ways of the bush from your local polers on your 2 night mobile safari tented camp.
"Where all this water goes is a mystery", Aurel Schultz, 1897
The area of the delta was once part of Lake Makgadikgadi, an ancient lake that dried up some 10,000 years ago. Today, the Okavango River has no outlet to the sea. Instead, it empties onto the sands of the Kalahari Desert, irrigating 9,320 miles (15,000 km) of the desert. Some of this water reaches further south to create Lake Ngami. The water entering the delta is unusually pure, due to the lack of agriculture and industry along the Okavango River. It passes through the sand aquifers of the numerous delta islands and evaporates by leaving enormous quantities of salt behind. This precipitation process is so strong that the vegetation disappears in the center of the islands and thick salt crusts are formed. The waters of the Okavango Delta are subject to seasonal flooding, which begins about mid-summer in the north and six months later in the south (May/June). The water from the delta is evaporated rapidly by the high temperatures, resulting in a cycle of cresting and dropping water in the south. Islands can disappear completely during the peak flood, then reappear at the end of the season.
Estimated Travel Time: 2hrs (Transfer from Moremi South Gate to Maun)
Flight from Maun to Kasane: 1hr
This morning we wake early for breakfast and depart on a game drive which takes us back to the South Gate for our return to Maun. We board our flight to Kasane, then transfer to our Lodge near Chobe National Park. In the late afternoon we'll indulge in a sundowner boat cruise and view elephants and other wildlife having their evening drinks on the shores of the river, a truly memorable experience.
Kasane is situated on the banks of the Chobe River, near its mouth. This is where the Chobe and Zambezi rivers meet, creating a border area of four countries – Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Chobe National Park is Botswana's first national park, and is situated along the Chobe River. It has one of the largest concentrations of wildlife in Africa and one of the world's last remaining sizable wilderness areas. By size, this is the third largest park 6,835 sq miles (11,000 sq km) of the country, though it is definitely the most diverse and spectacular.
The park is probably best known for its spectacular elephant population; with over 120,000 it has the highest concentration in Africa. The elephant population seems to have solidly built up since 1990, from a few initial thousands. By chance, they have not been affected by the massive illicit exploitation of the 1970's and 1980's. Elephants living here are Kalahari elephants, the largest in size of all known elephant species. Yet they are characterized by rather brittle ivory and short tusks. Damage caused by the high numbers of elephants is evident in some areas. In fact, the concentration is so high throughout Chobe, that culls have been considered, but are too controversial and have thus far been rejected. During the dry season, these elephants sojourn in the Chobe and Linyanti River areas. During the rainy season, they make a 125 mile (200 km) migration to the south-east region of the park. Their distribution zone however outreaches the park and spreads to north-western Zimbabwe. The Park is also known for its lion population, who on occasion do hunt the elephants.
The original inhabitants of this area were the San bushmen, also known as the Basarwa people. They were nomadic hunter-gatherers who were constantly moving from place to place to find food sources, namely fruits, water and wild animals. Nowadays one can find San paintings inside rocky hills of the park.
This morning we can rise early for an optional game-drive in the Chobe National Park. We will then cross over the river via ferry into Zambia and continue on to Livingstone. In the afternoon, we view the mist rise up from Victoria Falls and hear the thunderous roar as the falls drop vertically over 492 ft (150 m) down into the gorge. This amazing natural wonder is locally known as Mosi-oa-Tunya, The Smoke that Thunders.
We will spend the last two days of our tour here, a great base to see both natural wonders and take part in some exciting optional activities: raft the whitewater of the mighty Zambezi, and for the more adventurous, bungee jump with the Victoria Falls in view or enjoy the Falls from the air with a helicopter or microlight.
Tonight you will participate in a drumming session before enjoying a traditional African braai (BBQ) on your last night in Livingstone.
David Livingstone was born on March 19, 1813 in the village of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. He first studied Greek, medicine, and theology at the University of Glasgow and while working in London, joined the London Missionary Society became a minister. He originally planned to gain access to China through his medical knowledge. The Opium Wars, which were raging at this stage with no signs of peace on the horizon, forced Livingstone to consider other options. From 1840 he worked in Bechuanaland (present-day Botswana), and in the period 1852–56, he explored the African interior, and was the first European to see the Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfall, which he renamed Victoria Falls after his monarch, Queen Victoria. Livingstone was one of the first westerners to make a transcontinental journey across Africa. The purpose of his journey was to open the routes, while accumulating useful information about the African continent. In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and Christian missions to be established in central Africa. His motto, inscribed in the base of the statue to him at Victoria Falls, was "Christianity, Commerce and Civilization."
The town of Livingstone is a regional transport center, being located near the borders of Botswana and Zimbabwe, and serves as a base for the many visitors to see this part of Africa, and the impressive Victoria Falls.
From its source on the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Zambezi River meanders for 808 miles (1,300 km) across the wooded plateau of Zambia, eroding for itself a shallow valley on its mild descent to the site of the falls. The river eventually found a weak spot on the lower lip of the surface over which it passed, and forced a passage which was steadily deepened into an exit gorge. During the last half million years the river has scoured out eight of these cracks across its bed. The Victoria falls occur where the river is 5,540 ft (1,688 m) wide, presents the spectacle of an average maximum of 146 million gallons (550 million liters) of water a minute tumbling over the lip of the trench in five main falls, the Devil's Cataract, Main falls, Horseshoe Falls, Rainbow falls and the Eastern Cataract. The highest of these is Rainbow falls, on an average 355 ft (108 m) high.
The name Zambezi comes from the Tonka tribe, also meaning Great River, but the Sotho-speaking Kololo people of the upper reaches of the river gave it the well-known name of Mosi o a Thunya (smoke that rises). The Lozi people call it by the same name but translated it into smoke that sounds. The Ndebele call it aManza Thunqayo (the water that rises like smoke). The Namibian people call it Chinotimba (a noise-making place like the distant sound of digging).
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FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP— CentraState Medical Center recently added a staff of hospitalists to its Pediatric Unit, ensuring a board-certified pediatrician is immediately available, around-the-clock, for children who need to be admitted to the hospital.
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"We launched this service so that kids in the CentraState area didn't have to travel long distances to get a high level of hospital care," says Anthony Marino, MD, medical director of Maternal/Child Services at CentraState Medical Center. "We can provide care for the most common conditions that may require a hospital stay, while coordinating follow-up care with a child's community pediatrician."
CentraState is one of the few community hospitals in central New Jersey to offer a pediatric hospitalist program, Dr. Marino says. It is also among the select hospitals to have three attending pediatricians in house at all times – a pediatric emergency medicine specialist, a pediatric hospitalist, and a neonatologist. This ensures a full continuum of quality care, no matter how a child enters the hospital.
"A child will come to the ED, be evaluated and treated and then a decision is made whether that child can be discharged or needs to be admitted for continuing care," says Dr. Marino, a board certified neonatologist. "With the hospitalist program, we now will always have a pediatrician up on the pediatric floor ready to take care of that child."
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The hospitalist program is just the latest enhancement to CentraState's Pediatric Services, which include:
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Doe B was a rapper signed to T.I.'s Grand Hustle Label who many believed was the next big thing in the hip-hop industry. The rapper was killed in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama on December 28th, 2013. He was just 22-years-old. His death left us all to consider that hip-hop may have lost its' next legend. During his music career that began in 2010, Doe B released four mixtapes and appeared on a Hustle Gang compilation mixtape.
He collaborated with several notable artists and producers including T.I., Juicy J, Lex Luger, Zaytoven, Raekwon, Rich Homie Quan, Rich Boy, Young Dro, and Project Pat, among others.
Doe B's funeral was held on January 4th, 2014, and T.I. delivered a "moving eulogy". His debut album is expected to be released in 2014 via Hustle Gang and Interscope. He had recorded 200 songs before his death. Hip-hop may have lost the next star, but Doe B's music and message will live on forever.
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It can be a difficult disorder to diagnose, but can affect one in five children. During Dyslexia Awareness Month teachers and staff at one local school are helping educate parents about recognizing language learning disorders. Fortune Academy on the east side is a nonprofit school specifically serving children with dyslexia, ADD and ADHD.
"Children who are struggling with language based learning in what we call a traditional classroom really struggle with self-esteem issues. They know they're not learning it's not working for them, these are bright kids but when they have to put pencil to paper they can not get the word out," said Janet George, creator of Fortune Academy.
The school uses visual teaching techniques and class sizes as small as three to help children in subjects like reading, math and spelling.
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George explained dyslexia and other language learning disabilities are often undiagnosed, especially if the child also has ADD or ADHD. She said children may feel stupid and frustrated and parents may just think their children are distracted or uninterested in school.
"Not able to do rhyming, or recognize the initial sound in a word, difficulty counting 1 to 20, or saying ABC's, a hard time sitting still, those are some signs," said George.
The Dyslexia Research Institute reports nearly 15% of the US population has dyslexia and that less than 5% of people with the disorder are properly identified in a regular school setting. Children with dyslexia are often high IQ and gifted at sports, arts and music.
Fortune Academy uses the Orton-Gillingham approach to teaching which uses a lot of multi-sensory classroom instructions.
Drama teacher Julie Pappas said she struggled in the classroom as a child and didn't know she had a language learning difficulty. Now she uses music, movement and art to help her students learn visually.
"We are more aware these days of how children learn and more in tune with when children are falling through the cracks we need to make a change and do something different," said Pappas.
George explained more and more psychiatrists and family doctors are referring children to an alternative type of education. Fortune Academy offers after school tutoring for non-students as a way to supplement traditional classroom instruction.
The Dyslexia Institute of Indiana and the Children's Dyslexia Center in downtown Indianapolis also offer information about diagnosing dyslexia and resources for families.


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Endocarditis (cont.)
Most people with endocarditis have symptoms that begin within 2 weeks after becoming infected. Vague, flu-like symptoms, such as a low-grade fever and fatigue, often occur first. But infection with a powerful strain of bacteria may cause symptoms to be more severe (such as a high fever) and to appear much faster, within a few days. If symptoms persist, see your doctor, especially if you are at a high risk for endocarditis.
Symptoms include:
If you have certain heart conditions, getting endocarditis is even more dangerous for you. These heart conditions include:
Other risk factors (things that raise your risk) for endocarditis include:
Your doctor can tell you whether you are at increased risk for endocarditis. Before you have any medical, dental, or surgical procedures, tell all other health professionals who may treat you that you are at risk for endocarditis. Your doctor can give you a card to carry in your wallet stating that you may need preventive antibiotics before having certain procedures.
You will likely have symptoms if you have a complication of endocarditis. Complications may include:
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And They're Off! - The Kentucky Derby, Still Going Strong
I've never been a fan of horse racing, but I am a fan of sports in general. So if the Big Browns of the racing world are going for the Triple Crown, I'll keep an eye out. That being said, I've always been somewhat fascinated with the Kentucky Derby. The pageantry and grand scale of the event is probably unlike any other annual event in the United States.
During tough economic times like this, I couldn't help but wonder what that would mean for the Derby (especially since the company that owns Pimlico (Preakness) just recently filed for bankruptcy). Bill Simmons, one of my favorite ESPN columnists, wrote an article in February about the toned-down feel of this year's NBA All Star weekend. He attributed much of the lack of celebrity and extravagant spending to the state of our economy.
Curious about how this recession could effect the Kentucky Derby, I looked for some insight from famed hat designer Christine A. Moore. Christine has been designing and making Derby-style hats for over 15 years, and has been commissioned as the official milliner for this year's Derby. To my surprise, Christine told me that designer hats were still in demand, corporate boxes are on a waiting list at Churchill Downs, and individual ticket sales were strong. Louisville's major fashion magazine, Her Scene, even added 17 more pages to accommodate for all the advertisers!
After thinking about what she said, it makes a lot of sense. What's a better way to step outside yourself for one day than to get dressed up and enjoy the pageantry of the Derby? People who celebrate the Derby year after year have been saving up money for their outfit and hat. If you can't afford to go to the Derby (most people can't!), Derby parties are always a fun thing to put together.
So men, grab a straw boater, fedora, or top hat. Women, don the beautiful big brims and classic cloches. Get some appetizers, fix a couple of mint juleps (4 mint sprigs, 2 1/2oz bourbon whiskey, 1 tsp powder sugar, and 2 tsp water), and enjoy the races!
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The Argosy University, Atlanta Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree program is accredited by The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs can be contacted at 1001 North Fairfax Street, Suite 510, Alexandria, VA 22314, (703) 535-5990 www.cacrep.org.Currently the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is accredited by CACREP under the 2001 Standards as a Community Counseling program. The CACREP 2009 standards combine the Community Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling standards into standards for Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs. The counseling department intends to seek accreditation for this program as a Clinical Mental Health Counseling program when it comes up for re-accreditation, per CACREP guidelines.
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David Gambel joined the Tulane athletic training staff in August of 2011 as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer. Gambel's primary responsibility is to provide medical coverage and oversee all aspects of healthcare for the Tulane Football, Men's Tennis and Women's Tennis. He is also working towards his Masters from Tulane's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
Prior to joining the Tulane athletic training staff, Gambel received his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with a concentration in Athletic Training from Louisiana State University in May 2011. He earned experience working with the football, women's soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving teams while at LSU.
Gambel has served as an EMT Basic with Acadian Ambulance Service since 2008.
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Today's guest post is brought to you by Doug Grismore, Director of Storage Operations for AWS. Doug has some useful performance tips and tricks that will help you to get the best possible performance from Amazon S3. There's also information about a special S3 hiring event that will take place later this week in Seattle.
Update (September 2013) - The information below, while still largely accurate, has been supplanted by a newer document, S3 Request Rate and Performance Considerations.
-- Jeff;
We've worked with a large number of customers over the last few years getting some truly massive workloads into and out of Amazon S3. What follows is a little bit of best practice guidance for getting big on S3, including some background on why the tricks work.
First: for smaller workloads (<50 total requests per second), none of the below applies, no matter how many total objects one has! S3 has a bunch of automated agents that work behind the scenes, smoothing out load all over the system, to ensure the myriad diverse workloads all share the resources of S3 fairly and snappily. Even workloads that burst occasionally up over 100 requests per second really don't need to give us any hints about what's coming...we are designed to just grow and support these workloads forever. S3 is a true scale-out design in action.
S3 scales to both short-term and long-term workloads far, far greater than this. We have customers continuously performing thousands of requests per second against S3, all day every day. Some of these customers simply 'guessed' how our storage and retrieval system works, on their own, or may have come to S3 from another system that partitions namespaces using similar logic. We worked with other customers through our Premium Developer Support offerings to help them design a system that would scale basically indefinitely on S3. Today we're going to publish that guidance for everyone's benefit.
Some high-level design concepts are necessary here to explain why the approach below works. S3 must maintain a 'map' of each bucket's object names, or 'keys'. Traditionally, some form of partitioning would be used to scale out this type of map. Given that S3 supports a lexigraphically-sorted list API, it would stand to reason that the key names themselves are used in some way in both the map and the partitioning scheme...and in fact that is precisely the case: each key in this 'keymap' (that's what we call it internally) is stored and retrieved based on the name provided when the object is first put into S3 - this means that the object names you choose actually dictate how we manage the keymap.
Internally, the keys are all represented in S3 as strings like this:
Further, keys in S3 are partitioned by prefix.
As we said, S3 has automation that continually looks for areas of the keyspace that need splitting. Partitions are split either due to sustained high request rates, or because they contain a large number of keys (which would slow down lookups within the partition). There is overhead in moving keys into newly created partitions, but with request rates low and no special tricks, we can keep performance reasonably high even during partition split operations. This split operation happens dozens of times a day all over S3 and simply goes unnoticed from a user performance perspective. However, when request rates significantly increase on a single partition, partition splits become detrimental to request performance. How, then, do these heavier workloads work over time? Smart naming of the keys themselves!
We frequently see new workloads introduced to S3 where content is organized by user ID, or game ID, or other similar semi-meaningless identifier. Often these identifiers are incrementally increasing numbers, or date-time constructs of various types. The unfortunate part of this naming choice where S3 scaling is concerned is two-fold: First, all new content will necessarily end up being owned by a single partition (remember the request rates from above...). Second, all the partitions holding slightly older (and generally less 'hot') content get cold much faster than other naming conventions, effectively wasting the available operations per second that each partition can support by making all the old ones cold over time.
The simplest trick that makes these schemes work well in S3 at nearly any request rate is to simply reverse the order of the digits in this identifier (use seconds of precision for date or time-based identifiers). These identifiers then effectively start with a random number - and a few of them at that - which then fans out the transactions across many potential child partitions. Each of those child partitions scales close enough to linearly (even with some content being hotter or colder) that no meaningful operations per second budget is wasted either. In fact, S3 even has an algorithm to detect this parallel type of write pattern and will automatically create multiple child partitions from the same parent simultaneously - increasing the system's operations per second budget as request heat is detected.
Example 1
Consider this small sample of incrementally increasing game IDs in the fictional S3 bucket 'mynewgame':
All these reads and writes will basically always go to the same partition...but if the identifiers are reversed:
This pattern instructs S3 to start by creating partitions named:
These can be split even further, automatically, as key count or request rate increases over time.
Clever readers will no doubt notice that using this trick alone makes listing keys lexigraphically (the only currently supported way) rather useless. For many S3 use-cases, this isn't important, but for others, another slightly more complex scheme is necessary, in order to allow groups of keys to be easily list-able. This scheme also works for more structured object namespaces as well. The trick here is to calculate a short hash (note: collisions don't matter here, just pseudo-randomness) and pre-pend it to the string you wish to use for your object name. This way, operations are again fanned out over multiple partitions. To list keys with common prefixes, several list operations can be performed in parallel, one for each unique character prefix in your hash.
Example 2
Take the following naming scheme in fictional S3 bucket 'myserverlogs':
With thousands or tens of thousands of servers sending logs an hour, this scheme becomes untenable for the same reason as the first example. Instead, combining hashing and reversing domain identifiers, a scheme like the following provides the best balance between performance and flexibility of listing:
These prefixes could be a mod-16 operation on the ascii values in the string or really any hash function you like - the above are made up to illustrate the point. The benefits of this scheme, though, are now clear: it is possible to prefix-list all sets: an hour across all domains, or an hour in a single domain, as well as sustained reads and writes well over 1500 per second in these key map partitions (16 in all, using regular expression shorthand below):
16 prefixed reads get you all the logs for mydomain.com for that hour:
As you can see, some very useful selections from your data are more easily accessible given the right naming structure. The general pattern here is: after the partition-enabling hash, you should name keys with the key name elements you'd like to request by furthest to the left.
By the way: two or three prefix characters in your hash are really all you need: here's why. If we target conservative targets of 100 operations per second and 20 million stored objects per partition, a four character hex hash partition set in a bucket or sub-bucket namespace could theoretically grow to support millions of operations per second and over a trillion unique keys before we'd need a fifth character in the hash.
This hashing 'trick' can also be used when the object name is meaningless to your application. Any UUID scheme where the left-most characters are effectively random works fine (base64 encoded hashes, for example) - if you use base64, we recommend using a URL-safe implementation and avoiding the '+' and '/' characters, instead using '-' (dash) and '_' (underscore) in their places.
For even more personalized help, our Premium Developer Support team is ready to lend a hand...rest assured whatever you want to do on S3, we've seen before and either know the best way to do it or can help you discover it.
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And finally: maybe you are finding this content super interesting from a career perspective...perhaps scale problems of this type are what you were destined to help us solve? If we've piqued your interest in that way, and you're a solid software development engineer, systems engineer, or engineering leader/manager, maybe you'd enjoy meeting us this coming Wednesday, March 7, 2012, upstairs at the Seattle Hard Rock Cafe?
We're looking for some new additions to our strong team and would LOVE to meet you, share what we're working on, and see if we have mutual interest. Be sure to bring your resume, or send it to email@example.com in advance, and be sure to have some time over the 8th, 9th, or even Saturday the 10th for interviews - we are moving fast and will in-person interview the most promising candidates immediately.
Not local to Seattle? We'll still disposition your resume and if mutual interest develops, we also support relocation within North America in most cases.
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A recap of the 2012 Third Coast Conference by Julie Sabatier
Nikki Silva and her Beats by Dr. Dre!
Nikkie Silva from the Kitchen Sisters was hanging out with us producers from American Student Radio, nonchalantly holding some stylish Beats. We had to snap a photo for proof. Now you all know, she is the coolest producer around.
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A bald eagle found in Utah County may be the first to beat the West Nile Virus.
"He had the West Nile Virus. He was found in Saratoga Springs. And the gentleman that brought him to us, he had him in a laundry basket, so you knew he was weak," said Patti Richards, the Executive Director of the Great Basin Wildlife Rescue.
"Mike" the bald eagle, has become the longest to live in Utah County after being diagnosed with West Nile earlier this winter.
Wildlife workers hope he will become the first to beat the disease.
Life hasn't been easy for Mike. A rare birth defect left him without air holes in his beak. He also has deformed talons.
"We figure he's about four or five years old and how he survived that long without being able to hunt, because they need those rear talons to be able to catch fish and things like that, but also we noticed that he has a huge callus on his knee and so he must have spent a lot of time on the ground that way," said Richards.
Veterinarians can't fix his talons, but they can help him to breathe better.
"It's been breathing through its mouth and self-created an airway around the eye. Basically, in the hopes that this bird is going to recover and in order to breathe better, we…tried to create a new nasal opening," said Veterinarian Dr. Von Park.
Dr. Von Park said the surgery went well.
"He will be able to breathe a whole lot better and get a lot better air circulation and just fly better and live a better life," Dr. Von Park said.
There is a chance the new airway could close, but Dr. Park says they'll try again if that happens.
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Our Chalet is the first World Centre of WAGGGS (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts). It is an international training centre and gathering place for Guides and Scouts as well as non-members, providing opportunities for staff and guests to experience the outdoor environment and develop personal and leadership skills. Our Chalet offers accommodation, international volunteering programmes, internships, employment opportunities and a wide range of programme activities.
The Catering Coordinator will be responsible for menu planning, food ordering, meal preparation and kitchen health, safety and hygiene as well as training and supervision of the volunteer staff working in the kitchen.
This position requires experience in food preparation and catering, working with young people, ability to work in an international team, excellent interpersonal, organisational and time management skills. Fluency in written and spoken English is essential,with a working knowledge of German desirable.
This is a contract position for 1-2 Months. Work permit/visa restrictions apply to applicants from outside the European Union (EU).
A salary and benefit package is offered and includes staff accommodation and meals during working hours.
Closing date for completed applications is until filled.
To apply for the Catering Coordinator position at Our Chalet please send your current resume with details of relevant work experience and qualifications, contact details, nationality and Guide/Scout member organization, if applicable.
Please enclose the cover letter detailing how you address the requirements of the position and why you think you are suited to work at Our Chalet.
Expected start date is August/September 2014 (specific date negotiable).
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Spitzer campaign launches fact-checking liveblog for debate
Scott Stringer and Eliot Spitzer will face off today in a debate of the race for city comptroller.
The Spitzer campaign announced they will be maintaining a "rapid response website" to "fact check" everything Stringer says during the debate, citing his "volume of false attacks" as a concern.
The debate can be watched here. The tumblr is here.
Within the first 10 minutes of the debate, Stringer noted that Spitzer was set to face money-laundering charges when he was caught soliciting prostitutes as governor.
Spitzer responded by calling Stringer's criticism "ad hominem attacks."
Stringer's spokeswoman Audrey Gelman is also live-tweeting the debate here with responses to Spitzer's claims. Spitzer's spokesman Hari Sevugan is doing the same.
Sevugan recently came under fire for a snarky tweet about Gelman.
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Summary: A CBA Bestseller Cal Morrison was the best firefighter the town of Montrose had seen, until a tragedy left him with a fear he couldn't shake. When Laurie Prelane arrives with two small children in tow, Cal's memories of a love once lost are stirred, even though he's no longer the person she knew. But why has she returned? Laurie thought marriage would give her everything she longed for, but that dream's been shattered. Can Cal still be the hero she so desperately needs?
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2006 Acura TSX
This 2006 review is representative of model years 2006 to 2008.
By Dan Jedlicka of MSN Autos
Bottom Line:
Acura enhances the appeal of its midrange sports/luxury sedan with many improvements.
The compact 2006 TSX sports/luxury sedan from Honda's upscale Acura division seemingly provides more of everything, with revised styling, additional power and new features.
There's nothing "entry level" about the TSX convenience, luxury and safety equipment list. It includes leather upholstery, power heated front seats and mirrors, power sunroof, automatic climate control, the usual power accessories and a premium sound system with a new auxiliary jack for playing MP3 and other music devices.
Safety items include anti-lock disc brakes with a new electronically controlled Brake Assist feature for surer sudden stops. There's also a vehicle stability system, front-seat side airbags and head-protecting side-curtain airbags.
The only option is a navigation system with voice recognition. It's been enhanced with expanded memory and a faster processor to provide quicker start-up and route search times, more points of interest and additional features, including access to the Zagat Survey Restaurant Guide.
The MSRP for the TSX starts at under $28,000 for the 5-speed automatic and 6-speed with manual transmission. With the navigation system, it is $2,000 more.
Sportier Styling
Up front is a new bumper, a redesigned grille and bumper-integrated fog lights. The rear bumper and taillights have been restyled to provide a more aggressive appearance.
The front-wheel-drive TSX hasn't been around all that long, but has become Acura's second bestseller here, behind the larger TL sports/luxury sedan. It fits between the less practical front-wheel-drive 2-door RSX coupe and midsize TL. At the top is Acura's flagship RL sedan.
An early 2004 model, the TSX arrived to America as a shorter, narrower version of the Honda Accord sold in Europe and was given more power and equipment for the U.S. market. Major competitors include the Audi A4 and BMW 3-Series.
The biggest advantage of the TL over the TSX is its 3.2-liter 258-horsepower V6. The TSX has a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine, which has a horsepower increase from 200 to 205 for 2006.
Otherwise, both cars look pretty much alike and have the same wealth of standard equipment.
Lots of Shifting
An available 5-speed automatic transmission stifles performance a little, but is responsive and allows brisk acceleration. Still, it seems out of place in the sporty TSX, despite a manual shift feature.
Gasoline may top $3 per gallon again, so the TSX 4-cylinder engine should be comforting to owners of the car. After all, four cylinders usually translate to better fuel economy. The TSX provides an estimated 22 mpg in the city and 30 on highways with the manual transmission. Figures with the automatic are even better, at 22 city and 31 highway.
Helping agility are low-profile 50-series tires on 17-inch wheels. The ride is firm, but not harsh, and stopping distances are short.
Fairly Roomy Interior
However, the short rear seat cushion needs to provide more thigh support, and rear door openings should be wider for easier entry and exit.
The leather-wrapped 3-spoke steering wheel has been made thicker to provide a sportier feel and has wheel-mounted audio, cruise control and—for 2006—voice recognition and HandsFreeLink switches.
To make a telephone call, drivers use the wheel-mounted HandsFreeLink button, which connects their phone to the Bluetooth-based hands-free phone system.
The backlit gauges are easy to read, and major controls and cupholders are conveniently located. However, speedometer and tachometer markings are set at rather offbeat angles. For instance, the "20 mph" mark is where the "10 mph" mark is on most speedometers.
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The TSX is aimed at the young and young-at-heart. It combines value, practicality and—very importantly—driving fun.
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The American Public Health Association,Realizing that disposable diapers account for over three million tons or about 2 percent of the solid waste stream annually in the United States; 1 andRecognizing that over 16 billion disposable diapers enter landfills in the US every year; 2 andKnowing that the sales of adult incontinence products are rising to meet the needs of the elderly in the community and institutions; 2 andKnowing that as landfill space decreases there is increasing emphasis placed on waste reduction and recycling; 1,4 andAcknowledging that the World Health Organization advocates adequate disposal of human excreta; 5 andKnowing that more than 100 different enteric viruses, including polio and hepatitis6 are known to be excreted in human feces and that these viruses can live for months after the stool has passed from the body; andRealizing that the product labels instructing consumers to empty the feces into the toilet before disposing of the diaper are not commonly followed by consumers; 1 andKnowing that human excreta entering the waste stream via disposable diapers pose potential health risks to sanitation workers and threaten to contaminate groundwater if landfills are not properly constructed; 7,8 therefore1. Supports public education to educate consumers about diapering choices and their potential environmental consequences so that they can make an informed choice;2. Supports consumer education so that if disposable diapers are used, the users dispose of them in a prudent manner so as to minimize the risk of disease transmission;3. Supports research on the health implications of disposal of disposable diapers in the solid waste stream;4. Encourages disposable diaper manufacturers to modify products to develop a recyclable product or one that generates less solid waste;5. Encourages disposable diaper manufacturers to provide better instructions on the packaging about the proper disposal method of human excreta;6. Urges manufacturers of disposable diapers to act responsibly in marketing their products; and7. Supports research on the health, safety, and handling of various types of diapers (home-laundered, cloth diaper services, and disposable diapers) in day care settings in order to guide the development of standards for these settings.References1. Lehrburger C: Diapers in the Waste Stream: A Review of Waste Management and Public Policy Issues. Sheffield, MA: National Association of Diaper Services, 1988.2. Hinds M: Do disposable diapers ever go away? New York Times December 10, 1988;33.3. Williams M, Pannill F: Urinary incontinence in the elderly. Ann Intern Med 1982;97(6):895-907.4. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Public Law 94-580. October 1976.5. World Health Organization: Health for All. Geneva: WHO, 1987.6. Ware SA: A Survey of Pathogen Survival during Municipal Solid Waste and Manure Treatment Processes. EPA Report 600/8-80-034. Washington, DC: Ebon Research Systems, 1980.7. Peterson ML: Solid disposable diapers A potential source of viruses. Am J Public Health 1974;64:912-914.8. Turnberg N: Human Infection Risks Associated with Infectious Disease Agents in the Waste Stream: A Literature Review. Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Ecology, 1989.
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Next May, Indiana will get the world's longest water coaster. Again.
For 2012, Holiday World/Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana will unveil the Mammoth, the world's longest water coaster. Splashin' Safari already has the world's longest water coaster, the Wildebeest, so this will put the 2 longest coasters in the world in the same park.
Located east of Wildebeest, Mammoth will begin with a conveyor ride up the water coaster's lifthill. Following the five-story drop at a 45-degree angle, linear induction motors (LIMs) will propel the six-person round boats up additional hills, into dark enclosed sections and through twists and turns. Mammoth will cover three acres, increasing the water park's size to 30 acres.
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