text: Last summer, Dr. Susan Hayes Greener '83 spent 11 days in the most mountainous region of Rwanda. The associate professor of intercultural studies was not in Musanze, one of the top tourist destinations in East Africa, on vacation to see the nearby volcanic peaks and mountain gorillas made famous by Dian Fossey and Gorillas in the Mist. Instead, Dr. Greene was training teachers in order to help friend and former colleague Rev. Dr. Laurent Mbanda, an innovative Anglican bishop who has opened almost 200 preschools in his diocese's churches over the past two years, and hopes to open 150 more. Dr. Greener previously designed early childhood development programs at Compassion International; Mbanda was her boss. Preschools are uncommon in Musanze, where children normally start school at age 7. And given the area's 50 percent literacy rate, most available teachers lack the proper training in early childhood education. So Dr. Greener, whose faculty missions trip was funded by the Wheaton College Alumni Association, traveled to Musanze with her husband Rev. Jay Greener '82, rector of Church of the Redeemer in Highland Park, Illinois, which has long worked with Mbanda's Diocese of Shyira, and funds a school for orphans. "Young children in Rwanda typically receive little adult investment beyond custodial care until they are older," Dr. Greener says. Though she planned carefully for her trip based on her previous global work, she realized when she arrived, "I first needed to listen and learn from the teachers, which resulted in some significant changes to my plans." The challenges facing the preschool initiative are many. The typical preschool has 100 children per class, yet only two teachers. Most teachers only have an elementary education, in which they experienced rote learning and "seat work" instead of the multi-sensory methods needed in early childhood education. Access to training is difficult to obtain, given the rural and hilly location of most Shyira churches. Teaching materials are scarce. Such problems are unfortunately common in the developing world. But a challenge distinct to Rwanda is the after- effects of the densely populated nation's 1994 genocide, in which longstanding ethnic tensions erupted in the slaughter of an estimated 800,000 people. In order to contextualize her training, Dr. Greener visited some of the genocide memorials scattered throughout Rwanda today. Most are in churches where people had gathered seeking sanctuary, but instead were slaughtered. Frozen in her memory is a visit to a Sunday school room at Nytarama Catholic Church, where young children had been placed in hopes that they would be spared. She saw for herself what remains 18 years later: a large stain where marauders had swung the children by their feet and smashed their heads against the brick wall. Rwandans don't like to talk much about the genocide, says Dr. Greener, but the effects of trauma impede the preschool effort, as many of the teachers were the children who lost their families or witnessed the atrocities. "The lack of loving parenting these teachers received has crippled their own ability to parent well. Toddlers or preschoolers are often left unsupervised, and thus vulnerable to accidents and abuse." Dr. Greener conducted interactive training sessions with 34 teachers covering topics including lesson planning, classroom management, and the normal development of 3-to-5-year-olds—but also the importance of children in the biblical story. Given the lack of local curriculum and classroom materials, Dr. Greener helped teachers maximize their creativity by using "found objects" to conduct lessons. For instance, one exercise involved using stones, a piece of cloth, and an apple-sized Rwandan peace basket to tell the biblical story of Jesus' feeding the 5,000. The group ended up spending much time discussing discipline. Dr. Greener taught teachers various forms of positive reinforcement to replace the harsh verbal and physical discipline common within Rwandan families. She also discussed how teachers can model God's love to their students. "We talked about how teachers are a model of God the Father to these children," she says. "And this ties into the physical discipline issue. How do you want God the Father to discipline you?" Despite the challenges, Dr. Greener was struck by the community's strengths and assets. Each family contributes 80 cents per month per child, so the school doesn't rely on outside grants or Western resources. And despite the 50:1 student- teacher ratio, sufficient learning is able to take place because cultural behavior norms are different. "In the United States, we socialize for independence: 'You are special. You should be able to freely choose what activity you wish to pursue,'" she says. "But Rwanda is a collectivist society where the group takes precedence, so classrooms don't have the degree of chaos that you might expect. Children are more compliant. They are more content to be still, to cooperate with one another, and to listen to adults." Impressed with the enthusiasm of the teachers, Dr. Greener says, "They were excited that these kinds of schools were starting at all, and feeling very anticipatory about what difference this might make. Being a teacher holds some respect and status, so they also had pride in the opportunity." Invited to return to conduct more training sessions, Dr. Greener says this opportunity to train teachers on the front lines in East Africa has proven vital to her own teaching. "It's so easy to read about things—even things that you know well—and forget how exhausting and discouraging it can be on the front lines," she says. "If I'm teaching about poverty and the developing world, it's important to be reconnected to the reality of what that's like, and reminded of the humanity of those who are working with kids. These people need the same love, community, and care that anyone does." But what Dr. Greener most appreciated was the opportunity to support what she believes is one of the world's most fruitful mission fields: children. "Children are the most open to influence," she says, noting that teaching at the preschool level is an opportunity to impact not just early spiritual growth, but also emotional and physical well-being. "It's also acknowledging that children play a strong role in God's story throughout the history of the church," she continues. "Children are used in important ways and have spiritual gifts. They are full members of the family of God, and we often forget this. So bringing them into that place of spiritual nurture as soon as possible, for as long as possible, is the best way to equip them for life." President's Perspective >


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Brevard, N.C.- The Brevard College softball team (1-3) dropped both games of a doubleheader with the Virginia Intermont Cobras (4-0) on Sunday afternoon, falling 3-0 in the first game and 3-1 in game two.
Game One – Virginia Intermont 3, Brevard 0
The Cobras jumped out to a 3-0 advantage against BC starter Jamie Hrobak (L, 1-1) with three runs in the top of the first inning.
Katie Smith walked to lead off the game for the Cobras and stole second before Hrobak struck out Krystle Brenneman and Katelyn Mitchell.
Micalah Sacre singled with two outs to score Smith and put the Cobras in front 1-0. Samantha Perry-Shifflett then homered over the left field fence to give Virginia Intermont a 3-0 lead.
Hrobak held the Cobras scoreless over the final six innings, but Brevard struggled to score against Virginia Intermont starter Rachel Watts (W, 1-0). The sophomore scattered five hits over four innings and allowed only six Tornado base runners in her four innings.
Bailee Packett (S, 1) tossed three perfect innings for the Cobras to earn the save.
Game Two - Virginia Intermont 3, Brevard 1
The Tornados ended a scoreless tie in the 4th inning of the second game when Kayla Clemens doubled in Emily Boykin to give BC a 1-0 lead.
Clemens (L, 0-1), who also started on the mound for BC, worked around five hits in the first five innings to keep the Cobras off the board.
Clemens, however, ran into trouble in the 6th when Brenneman singled to lead off the inning. Brenneman stole second and advanced to third on a groundout before Perry-Shifflett walked. Both would score on a double by Hannah McCloud to put the Cobras ahead 2-1.
Megan Perry-Shifflett added an insurance run for Virginia Intermont with an RBI double that plated McCloud before Clemens struck out Samantha Belcher to end the inning.
The Tornados had a base runner in both the 6th and 7th inning, but VIC reliever Lauren Smith (W, 1-0) was able to keep the Tornados at bay to preserve the win.
The Tornados are on the road next as they visit Johnson C. Smith University for a doubleheader on Tuesday at 4 and 6 p.m. in Charlotte. The Cobras, meanwhile, host Southern Virginia University on February 16th.

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Justin Timberlake premieres new song after the Grammys
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When all of Justin Timberlake's comeback fanfare culminated in the release of "Suit and Tie," the results were… well, the song was doing something else entirely than what many musically starved Timberlake fans hungered for in a lead single. Fortunately, that hankering will probably be sated by "Mirrors," an eight-minute-long Timbaland track that Timberlake premiered after Sunday night's Grammy awards.
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Sonically the track finds Timb&Timb in full-on "What Goes Around… Comes Around" mode, with intoxicating harmonies and some luscious production the duo seems to have locked in a cellar since 2006. But every now and then there are tiny concessions to the way radio pop has evolved in the past seven years—check out those "oh-oh-oh"s, which wouldn't be out of place exactly in a Taio Cruz joint. That might sound like an insult, but it's not. If you want to make music for the masses, you can't stay in your castle. You've got to get down there and mingle with the rabble.
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Sinulog Festival
Photograph by Harel Gur, My Shot
A tropical archipelago of more than 7,000 islands splashed between China and Indonesia, the Philippines is known as one of the world's 25 biodiversity hot spots, hosting endemic plants and animals and coral reefs teeming with life. With a history of colonization by Spain and the United States, the heavily Roman Catholic nation has retained a unique blend of cultures and traditions.
On Cebu Island, bright colors and ritual dances distinguish the popular Sinulog festival, a celebration of the child Jesus, patron of Cebu City.
Palawan Islands
Photograph by Per-Andre Hoffmann, Aurora
Glassy water and coral reefs surround Palawan, the westernmost province of the Philippine Islands. Called one of the last unspoiled frontiers in the nation, Palawan shelters a multitude of endangered endemic animals, including the glorious Palawan peacock pheasant.
Calle Crisologo, Vigan
Photograph by Laurie Noble/Getty Images
Streetlamps illuminate historic Calle Crisologo in the 16th-century town of Vigan. Located in the province of Ilocos Sur, Vigan's well-preserved mix of Spanish colonial planning and Asian architectural influences earned it a spot on UNESCO's World Heritage list in 1999.
Banaue Rice Terraces
Photograph by Jerry Alexander, Getty Images
Productive for centuries, the irrigated rice terraces of Banaue are still harvested by hand. The Banaue terraces are part of the rice terraces of the Philippine cordilleras, some 2,000 to 6,000 years old and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Christmas Tree Worms
Photograph by Craig Starger, My Shot
More than 500 coral species and 34 kinds of endemic fish—not to mention this Christmas tree worm—thrive on pristine Philippine reefs, "rain forests of the sea." The Philippines is often called the hottest of biodiversity hotspots, with the loss of many species all but inevitable.
Mambukal Mudpack Festival
Photograph by Alfonso Lizares, My Shot
Held at the height of monsoon season, the Mambukal Mudpack Festival in Murcia, Negros Occidental, celebrates the harmony of man and nature and encourages environmentalism among young people. To get in the spirit, participants cover themselves with the rich soil known as Mambukal clay.
University of Santo Tomas, Manila
Photograph by Pidolpis, Flickr
Located on the campus of the historic University of Santo Tomas—a large Catholic institution in Manila—the Fountain of Wisdom depicts a woman holding a globe, while the statue on the nearby Fountain of Knowledge holds a book.
Coconut, Palawan
Photograph by Tim Laman
A coconut sprouts on a beach in Palawan. The Philippine Islands are incubators of life, soaked by both southwest and northeast monsoons, wind-whipped by as many as 33 typhoons each year, and beset by earthquakes and at least 17 active volcanoes.
Manila Skyline
Photograph by Keren Su, Getty Images
The colorful buildings of downtown Manila—the densely populated capital of the Philippines—straddle the Pasig River connecting Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay, the port city is home to around 10.6 million inhabitants.
Rice Harvesting, Banaue
Photograph by John Stanmeyer
Continuing a 2,000-year-old tradition, women harvest rice by hand on the Banaue terraces. Even record harvests haven't been able to support the nation's 90 million people, forcing it to become the leading rice importer.
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Has any of you seen this yet ?
My companion and I accidentally found this in the free from section of a big Tesco. It is basically packaged in a one litre carton like soya milk but it is made of freshly pressed coconut and has got added calcium from algae. It is clearly labelled as suitable for vegans. I tried it on my cereals and the taste is quite mild (I expected a stronger coconut taste) but it was a change from rice milk (don't like soya milk !).
It's the same brand that manufactures coconut cream (although difficult to find) in little cartons.
Here's the website.
I used the rest mixed with rice milk in a hot chocolate and it was rather pleasant.


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The Bahamas: Where every cell phone call is recorded
(NEWSER) – Been to the Bahamas lately? Then your cell phone calls were apparently recorded by the NSA and stored for up to a month. According to Edward Snowden-leaked documents obtained by The Intercept, the NSA has been recording all of the Bahamas' cell calls—without the Bahamanian government knowing it—with a secret system called SOMALGET, which stores actual conversations, not just metadata. Seems the agency is using access legally obtained by the DEA to sneak into the country's cell phone network. "It's surprising, the short-sightedness of the government," said a New York University fellow and former FBI agent.
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Get ready for our twenty-eighth departure of the Bible from 30,000 Feet. We will fly at cruising altitude over the last three books in Psalms as we read through chapters 73-150. We will see beautiful writings of gladness and grief, pleading and prayers, and reverence and worship. Join us as we look at the deepest thoughts and emotions on the love and power of God. The key chapters to review are Psalms 119, and 146-150.
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Thread: Obligatory Fire Cam Thread
Re: Obligatory Fire Cam Thread
The Offense definitely switched up the silent count during the game last night. It was the first time this year that we had drawn the opponent offsides on the road.
I don't think you can point the finger at Flacco. He was around 60% completion and no turnovers. The offensive line did not hold up their end at all. Matt Birk and Jah Reid sucked.
Cam needs to find ways to get the ball in Torrey's hands when the other team is trying to take him away. Screens, shallow crosses, reverse, double reverses, something. You can't have the best big play guy on your team be a non factor.
Re: Obligatory Fire Cam Thread
On offense, with the play calling and route running, what has changed since the Texan playoff game last season?
NOTHING. We have the No Huddle, but we have run that before over the last 4 years, but only when we HAD TO.
The play calling is the same. The receiver routes are THE SAME.
They showed it OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, last night.
Our receivers run and MAKE ONE MOVE AND THAT'S IT.
When they make their cut, EVERY DEFENDER IN THE NFL KNOWS THAT'S IT!
So, when their guy makes a cut and turns out to the sideline, the defender KNOWS to undercut.
The Steelers did that ALL NIGHT LONG and the Ravens, at no point, adjusted.
That is why Joe was overthrowing because there was always a defender underneath.
A perfect throw in that situation would be 6 points the other way.
Run a double move on the outside with Boldin and Pitta going over the middle to FORCE up the safeties to ACCOUNT for them. But even that doesn't work unless we complete some passes in the middle of the field.
Make the defenders defend the ENTIRE field, not just the sidelines.
Cam does not see and does not learn. Therefore it is IMPOSSIBLE for him to adjust.
The way to break a Tampa 2 is to throw over the middle making the linebacker move away from the intended receiver. A really good linebacker in a Tampa 2 drops deep.
If they just double up on Torrey, have a safety play deep middle, and single up on Jones or Boldin, make them pay.
Re: Obligatory Fire Cam Thread
But since they were being so successful timing the snap, a few times they moved just a little too soon.
By the way, that is why other teams are so successful timing their blitzes...they start moving after Yanda signals Birk.
Re: Obligatory Fire Cam Thread
Last edited by Thrall; 11-19-2012 at 01:43 PM. Reason: forgot quote, need more coffee
11-19-2012, 01:44 PM #102Steve Flacco, Apparently
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Re: Obligatory Fire Cam Thread
A comment so classy, you felt the need to post it twice. Ball washer...I love how it combines homophobia with arrogant dismissal of someone else's opinion into a delightful little two word cocktail that you can use anytime someone doesn't want to crucify a coach or player.My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. -Hank Aaron
Re: Obligatory Fire Cam Thread
Anyone still defending Cam at this point is either a relative, or not paying attention. The guy is always defending him, it's sad really. And I posted twice because I forgot leaches quote the first time, try reading, it's fundamental!
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Yea... none of that addresses my objection to the term.My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. -Hank Aaron


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Appendicitis happens when your appendix, a small finger-shaped structure that sticks out from your large intestine on the right side, gets inflamed and filled with pus. The inflammation is usually caused by a blockage, but may be caused by an infection.
Without treatment, an inflamed appendix can rupture, causing the lining of the abdomen to get infected. That can be a life-threatening condition.
Appendicitis is one of the most common causes of emergency abdominal surgery. Up to 75,000 appendectomies are done each year in the U.S.
The following signs and symptoms may accompany appendicitis:
Appendicitis usually happens after an infection in the digestive tract, or when the tube connecting the intestine to the appendix is blocked by trapped feces or food. Both situations cause inflammation, which can lead to infection or rupture of the appendix.
The following factors can put you at higher risk for developing appendicitis:
Appendicitis is an emergency, because the appendix could rupture. If you have appendicitis symptoms, you should go to an emergency room.
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and your medical history, do a physical exam to check for abdominal tenderness, and may order blood and urine tests. Some health care providers use ultrasound to check whether the appendix is inflamed, and to rule out ovarian cysts or ectopic pregnancy in women. You may also have a computed tomography (CT) scan.
There is no sure way to prevent appendicitis. However, eating a diet that includes fresh vegetables and fruit may lower your risk of getting appendicitis.
Appendicitis is usually treated with surgery and antibiotics. Along with antibiotics, you may get intravenous (IV) fluids and medication to control vomiting. If your doctor can't tell from the CT scan or ultrasound whether you have appendicitis, you may have exploratory surgery. If you do have appendicitis, your appendix will be removed (appendectomy).
Your health care provider may prescribe the following medications:
An appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix through an incision in your abdomen that can be several inches long. A laparoscopic appendectomy involves making several tiny cuts in the abdomen and inserting a tiny camera and surgical instruments. The surgeon then removes the appendix through one of the small incisions. Recovery is usually faster than with traditional surgery, and the scars are smaller. However, not everyone is a candidate for a laparoscopic appendectomy.
Acute appendicitis is an emergency, and you should get medical help immediately. Never try to treat appendicitis with alternative therapies alone. Some studies show that certain herbs and supplements may help to prevent appendicitis, strengthen your immune system, or help you recover faster from surgery.
In England and Wales, a study reviewed whether a diet that was low in fiber and high in sugar and meat had any effect on people getting appendicitis. No specific link was found with sugar or meat. But the study did suggest that the more fresh and frozen green vegetables and fresh and processed tomatoes people ate, the less likely they were to get appendicitis. Eating green vegetables -- particularly cabbage, cauliflower, peas, beans, Brussels sprouts and maybe tomatoes -- may protect against appendicitis.
Appendicitis should be treated with surgery. Some herbs may help you recover faster from surgery. Ask your doctor to find out more.
With treatment, people usually make a complete recovery from appendicitis, especially if the appendix does not rupture. In cases where the appendix ruptures, the death rate is higher, especially among the elderly.
Complications may include recurring appendicitis, inflammation of the abdominal lining, abscess (pus-filled inflamed area), sepsis or "blood poisoning," blocking of a fallopian tube, infertility, and wound infection. Appendicitis happens in only about 1 in 1,000 pregnancies.
If you have surgery, you will need to see your health care provider 2 weeks after the operation, and again at 6 weeks.
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I love this salon. Miss Betty is gorgeous and very creative with her styling. Going to a function? Show her a picture of your dress and she'll style your hair accordingly. I've have 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's dos, all amazing, loads of fun to wear, and never fail to receive compliments on my hairstyles.
I went for a haircut at It's Something Hells today after reading this page. At lunch time on a Thursday I was expecting to wait hours, but there was only one bloke already having his hair cut and I was next. Mr Ducktail shampoo'ed my hair and looked at the length while I had my head tipped back. He asked me about what I wanted, and I didn't know so I just pointed! Mr D knew exactly what I was talking about. I jumped in the barbering chair after that, and I was given a couple of options on how far up I wanted the fade on the side, and the length on the sides, and he went ahead. An interesting conversation and 40 minutes later and I was very impressed. He knew exactly what length was right, and used the thinning-out scissors in the right places (on the back especially, and also at the rear of the top) to really even out and balance my hair in a way that made what is essentially my normal hair cut, look so much better.
Thanks Mr Ducktail - you're a genius. You deserved a better tip, but I wanted some of your hair pomade too and you don't take card! I'll be back!
Best hairdressers ever! I had an appointment with Miss Betty and came out transformed with a glamorous retro hairdo. I had many bad experiences with hairdressers in this city before (namely such who claim to know how to do retro hairstyles, but do not have a clue). But you certainly can trust Miss Betty! She knows what she is doing and she does it very very well. I am stoked and will be back. And on top you will spend time in a beautiful salon, listening to rock n' roll.
Hell yeah!
Very pretentious. Will only cut your hair if its long enough!!
I've been getting my hair cut at this place for years and in my opinion they do the best cuts. I have had to wait for a few hours occasionally to get a cut but a great cut is worth it. I've never been to a barbers that takes appointments anyway so don't see the problem. At times it's best to arrive as early as possible as later in the day you might get turned away, if you get there at 4pm and there's 5 guys waiting there's no chance of a cut. It's all about timing.
If your dedicated and a proper rocker, then you will get there early and wait. If your a pretensious wannabe then you will go late,expect a kut and then bitch on here about it when the proper rockers have the kuts that day. I normally spent at least 2 hours waiting just for them to open and im not normally the first in the queue. but it is fair to everyone and also means the dedicated get the rewards and not the one who get the booking in first.
Had a Retro Hair Cut& Styling at Carnaby Street: It's Something Hells A fantastic atmosphere what a great pleasure to Meet Monsieur D !The staff are very friendly,courtegous and professional .The barber shop was a flash down in the 50's Retro decor wonderfully done While I was waiting a lady was having her Hair Done She Came out all transformed to a Marilyn Monroe Look . Had the Shampoo done by a soft-spoken & gorgeous girl then the superRockability cut & styling by MrD.I highly recommend it to any one who love Rock n Roll & retro style.A 10 out of 10.Merci Vikash de Ile Maurice
Want Toulouse (sorry...) your dignity? Try getting a cut at this place. The dour, charmless French woman might tell you that a) they are too busy (there was one other bloke waiting in the salon) or b) that your hair is too short (the waiting bloke's hair was way shorter then mine). When I practically begged for a cut, even if to tidy up the sides, I was told (practically spat at) to "go and get the sides cut somewhere else". I dunno, maybe I just didn't have the right 'look' for this seemingly pretentious establishment... so off I went with my tail between my legs, my dreams of a retro cut left in tatters, and the memory of the hissing French lady etched firmly in my brain.
I only have one maybe one complaint. That one complaint being that you can not book a time slot, so its a bit hit or miss depending on the time you go. To be honest it isn't even that bad of a complaint as it makes it easily accessible for everyone and they are never fully booked, it may take a larger chunk out of your day waiting to be served but the results are well worth it. It's a very nice place and and very atmospheric with the music, movie posters and the staff dressed very 50's like. The staff there are very friendly and helpful. They have a variety of shampoos, conditioners and waxes, gels, and even t-shirts (for those of you who are particular fans of the place) for you to buy and offer advise on how to maintain your new hair cut. Very please with the service and will be going back there again. Converted hippie ;)
I've had my hair cut there before but I'm never going back again. I've just got back from a 3 hours round trip to his shop and was turned away because he was 'too busy'. This would be fine except I HAD actually called before coming because I know he is busy. They do not work on appointment so you have to take your chances- you could be waiting for 2-3 hours for a haircut and don't be surprised if you are turned away with no apology or way of fixing the situation, you just have to turn up earlier the next day and hope for the best. I find this way of working to be pretty disrespectful to clients. Pimps and Pinups are much better at organisation and do very good cuts as well. Or Murrays in Kingston.


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Heat and early pregnancy
Just had a question in regards to overheating during the first trimester (I am 7 weeks pregnant).
This evening I was leaning over the bench in the kitchen over the dishwasher (with my lower tummy pressed up against it) whilst it was on the dry cycle (gets quite hot). It would have been for a good 10-15 minutes leaning against it, chatting to hubby, before I realised my tummy was getting very hot, at which time I moved away.
My question is, could this cause any damage to the fetus (in terms of overheating) as would a sauna/hot spa etc?
Could just be paranoid, but I am freaking out a little....
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Hi Mummy,
Thank you for your question.
In terms of the advice to avoid saunas and hot tubs in pregnancy, it is the overall body temperature rising which can be a problem in pregnancy. When you are in a sauna surrounded by hot air or immersed in a hot tub your body cannot cool itself quickly enough in pregnancy because there is none/ not enough of your body away from the heat source.
However, with the situation you described your overall body temperature should still be able to be cool enough and there was no water surrounding you (which can prevent cooling by sweating). Therefore, it is highly unlikely that the activity you described caused any harm. Although it would be best to avoid this in the future just to be extra-cautious.
I know it can be difficult not to worry but try and stay calm and remember how well protected your baby is in the womb. I once dropped a hot cup of tea on myself in pregnancy which did concern me but everything was fine.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1144159:MV8xMzkwMjI0XzIyOTE3NzMxXzFEQzA5QzU1] Nice work, SHR. Yet, to get even more on track one does need to find out who manufactured these particular plants and what make and model they are to go even more elaborate and precise. Read somewhere (rumor or not) that this plant had been built by General Electric. I do not know if this is true or not. Any ideas? [/quote]
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First a very over simplified primer on how a nuclear "reactor" works so people can understand what we are dealing with here.
So...the way a nuclear power plant works is really pretty simple taken in broad strokes. It uses Uranium "fuel" to make heat, that heat boils water to make steam, the steam drives turbines much like fancy "Steam engines" and those steam engines drive generators which make electricity.
There ya go, you are now a nuclear power plant expert...lol..well..it's easy in broad strokes as I said, much like saying something like, "Put wings and a jet engine on it, grab the steering wheel and boom you're a pilot"...the actual real life operation is far more complicated, but the general underlying concept is just as simple as I put it.
So how and why does a nuclear power reactor work?
First the fuel, which is the central topic of discussion regarding the recent events. The fuel for the Japanese reactor and most all nuclear power plants on earth is Uranium. More specifically "Enriched Uranium" Uranium is a naturally occurring "metallic chemical element" found in the earth and we mine it pretty much like other metals, however as we all likely already know, uranium has some special properties.
Naturally occurring uranium is about 99.25% Uranium-238 isotopes or parts...this is more or less the dead stuff, the junk. It is also about 3/4% Uranium-235...this is the "good stuff" which creates the nuclear fission reaction. The beauty of U-235 is that it creates this fission reaction all by itself. It's a naturally fissionable isotope. What this means in simple terms is that hunks U-235 will "fight" with other hunks of U-235 by firing atomic particles at each other blasting off other atomic particles in a small explosion known as "Fission". That firing creates more fissionable "pieces" which get blown off and then those pieces blast into U-235 atoms which in turn creates more teeny explosions and carrying on the "chain reaction" known as fission...and that fission creates heat...lots of heat. All this takes place at the atomic level and it happens all by itself or naturally.
You get enough U-235 in some big pieces and slam them into each other?...you get a "critical mass" also known as a Hiroshima Bomb. You get some smaller pieces together to "fight"...you get nuclear fuel rods...pretty simple really and all it takes is "enriching" the level of the reactive U-235 to a level in the uranium metal where it can fight at the level you want. Enrich Uranium to about 2-5% you have nuclear fuel...enrich it a lot higher to say 90% or more?...you have "Weapons grade Uranium" for an atomic bomb. So now you know the entire core principal behind nuclear energy. Simple to say, but much harder to actually do, but that process is for another discussion....it's also quite dangerous as you have likely surmised, not only because those radioactive isotopes are deadly to humans, but also because that once the fission process starts?...it's virtually unstoppable...in fact the entire process system in a nuclear power plant is not really about starting the atomic fission at all, it's mostly all about controlling what happens naturally.
Just like sky diving isn't really about the falling part, that's easy, it's about the stopping part, lol, being under control, because if you don't control the falling part with a parachute?...well we all know what happens at the end of the sky dive ride down...Sudden contact with a medium sized planet and you die...much like a "melt down" in a nuclear power plant...it's the end of the line.
So now that you are a nuclear physist...put your knowledge of atomic science to work. One popular way is to build a nuclear power plant and make electricity. Simple concept as I laid out above, but the real life operation is very complicated. So to make it easy to understand, this all you need to do.
You have your nuclear fuel. Most commonly nuclear fuel is made into "pellets" or slugs of enriched uranium. Those pellets are inserted into long metal tubes and those tubes are then assembled into an array and that's your nuclear fuel "bundle" As you now know left to it own nature the fuel rods would be fighting as soon as they were near each other in the bundle. To prevent and control that natural fission you need "control rods" Control rods absorb the atomic particles fired back and forth by the U-235 fuel, they prevent the fission reaction by keeping the atomic particles the U-235 pellets fire off from reaching the other U-235 pellets.
Most commonly Control rods are graphite. So you insert your control rods between the nuclear fuel rods and you have a stable bundle...you remove the control rods?...the Uranium pellets begin launching particles and creating heat. So now you are in control of the whole process...you remove the control rods just a little bit?...you make a little heat. You remove them more?...you make more heat, simple.
So now you are going to put that heat to use in a nuclear power plant. You take your fuel and control rod bundle and put them in a vessel that can hold water, much like a pressure cooker. You put that "pressure cooker" in a containment building for safety, add water via various pipes and plumbing and close it off. Then use your atomic fission process to boil that water into steam and that's all there is to it. Use the steam to drive an "engine" or turbine and put it use...power an aircraft carrier or spin a generator and make electricity to sell. All in a neat self contained package that generates virtually unlimited heat energy until the U-235 metal runs out of particles to blast each other with, which is years. All to do with as you please....in theory...
So now that you know the entire nuclear fuel cycle it's easy to see why atomic power is so desirable even aside from the weapons aspect. Nuclear fuel rods will last for years and make a lot of usable energy, as long as they don't get out of control and break out of their atomic cage, which is what has apparently happened at the Fukushima reactor in Japan...
So what did happen and is happening at the crippled reactor in Japan...well the reports coming out aren't all very clear, but some things MUST have happened to create what we have seen and know as fact...and likely will see coming.
So as we all know Japan suffered a massive earth quake and the resulting tidal waves. This sent the nuclear power plants into emergency shut down mode...in essence slamming the control rods into the fuel bundle and "shutting down" the nuclear reaction. However you cannot just turn off a nuclear power plant like you shut off a water faucet...it's far more complicated than that. There is a lot of residual heat left in your nuclear reactor vessel and fuel bundle and it will stay hot for quite awhile. You must cool that entire assembly down via your plumbing...if you don't? the parts will burn and melt...and if the tubes holding the fuel pellets melt or if your control rods burn away?...the nuclear genie gets lose...and the naturally occurring atomic fight begins again...only now it's all broken free into a mess...a "melt down" and you aren't going to be able to put it all back into a neat package again because it's firing deadly particles all over the place in a wild rampage...causing more heat, breaking more U-235 fighters free..all getting worse and worse in a chaos of uncontrolled fission run amok.
If you cannot stop it?...the result is all your nuclear fuel and just about everything in contact with it is all melted into a super hot wad that will not stop it's fission process until it runs out of it's particles to happily fire away at itself and everything else around it. The resulting mess of nuclear fuel will create so much heat that it will melt everything in it's path...including the earth...which is where the term "China Syndrome" comes from. The theory that the meltdown wad could not be stopped until it melted through the earth all the way to China, it's debatable at best, but it illustrates the point pretty well too, that the chaotic fission mess mass is going burn so hot that once it gets going?...nothing known to man is going to stop it. As bad as that sounds?...well...it gets worse...
The whole time the U-235 mess is firing sub-atomic particles at itself and blasting away?..it's also breaking off other atomic hunks as nuclear waste...deadly to humans nuclear waste, not the least of which are radioactive Cesium and Iodine. So the whole mess is not something you want to let happen, in fact it's about the worst possible scenario that can happen during the operation of a nuclear power plant. So now you know what happens in a meltdown, so how close is this reactor to a full scale meltdown...
Well we know this...radiation has been released into the atmosphere. That is an incredibly bad sign because it means your once neat process is experiencing some very bad problems and it's beginning to bust lose, at least. The operators of the power plant decided to release radioactive steam in an attempt to decrease the too high pressure in the cooling system which was being over heated because the real cooling system and it's first line of defense backup system was broken down. The primary due to loss of power, the second line of defense due to the tidal waves knocking out the diesel generators. They were running on a limp along 3rd tier battery backup system that was only designed for the short term. Aside from possible other problems created by the historic earthquake and tsunamis that system seems to have been not capable of operating the cooling system long enough to sufficiently cool down the core to a safe level all by itself...and the plant operators ran out of time. The core began to overheat for whatever reasons, but there is no doubt that is what has happened and in fact we have been graciously allowed to hear of "cooling difficulties" by the "Mostly Shit Media" and the "No problemos doodsan" gov't officials.
The containment structure has exploded and no longer exists. There are not many ways that can happen as explosives are not kept in a nuclear reactor building. The virtually assured way that explosion did happen is that the cooling water was exposed to the nuclear fuel. The Uranium "cracked" the water molecules into the base elements of Hydrogen and Oxygen...as we all known hydrogen is explosive. Enough hydrogen accumulates and boom...Hindengurg bomb explodes in the containment building and destroys it as we have seen.
This is not only incredibly bad because it reveals a very seriously dangerous runaway nuclear condition is likely occurring, but it also removes a layer of protection between all of us humans and the "Core" which direct exposure to is deadly. You cannot have explosive gas being created in the containment building if the reactor core is still 100% intact, venting maybe, but not the latter...it's a very very bad sign.
At this point you can count on this. There is nuclear fuel exposed to what and where it not supposed to be. If and when that nuclear fuel is exposed to the atmosphere it not only spews forth deadly radioactive particles is also burns even hotter because it reacts with the oxygen. The more it burns the worse it gets, the worse it gets, the more will burn itself free repeating so on so forth in a runaway chain reaction and if it cannot be stopped?...the end result is a complete meltdown.
As bad as that is, this particular situation gets even worse...there is more than one reactor at this site...in fact there are four and we are already hearing about "cooling problems" in reactor number 2....
Any explosion at a place as complex as a nuclear power facility is going to create problems and further damage to necessary systems...and I don't care how well it designed against that happening, some damage is going to be done...even under the best conditions and obviously the conditions as a result of the disasters are nowhere near "best". There is radiation being bled off, how many nuclear engineers are going to stay on site and deal with the increasing problems under not only the hazards presented by the atomic reactors themselves, but all the problems created by the massive earthquake and Tsunamis. Obviously a lot of the tools those people would have under even standard "emergency conditions" are gone. There aren't too many tools left and some of those are going to deteriorate as time goes by.
They can to try to vent off steam and have done that...unfortuantely for us humans that steam is radioactive, not something you want to shoot into the air. They can basically poison the reactor with a fluid that "should" stop the fission reaction...I don't believe it's ever been done before and how that could be done with all the problems they are experiencing? I really do not know.
Considering that even the problems which they have admitted to are very high on the "Holy crap this is bad" scale? I myself would take into consideration that things are very likely worse than they are willing to admit, and they have admitted only after the detection of certain radioactive elements that their reactor has been "partially melting" they had virtually be "caught" into admitting even that. The presence of the hydrogen gas is also a very tell tale sign that the reactor core itself is very hot and that they may indeed be facing a virtually unstoppable nuclear monster.
They are already calling this the second worst nuclear disaster/accident in history, and it's far from over IMO and in the opinion of many experts as well. It's already bad enough with radioactive material being unleashed into the air...if it gets as bad as it could and gets even near a full blown "meltdown"?...it'll will get worse on an exponential scale with vast amounts of radioactive materials being spewed into the air and blowing around the world...and we all know what that will cause..the big C for cancer...it will only be a matter of how much and how bad at that point, but "no big deal" won't even be close to any terms used to describe that result.
The Stable Iodide pills (KI) are already being distributed locally, I would suggest that anyone who even thinks for a second that they are going to be in an area that's going to get any radioactive exposure at all that they get and take some too, they are really pretty harmless and won't hurt you if you take the proper amount and don't take them for years and years...I know I have some on hand, they are cheap and effective...I suggest everyone look into them.
The Japanese are performing a very delicate dance here guys...with an extremely fierce, erratic and deadly dance partner...and it's not Kabuki theater this time, it's very real...and if they trip....well...the results aren't going to be mere broken bones, it's going to be much much worse...so wish them luck...because we all need it on this one....
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link to en.wikipedia.org
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Only watched this the other day but what a cool celebration. Awesome KO as well.
Only watched this the other day but what a cool celebration. Awesome KO as well.
Didnt you try that at cage kombat 1
Wicked celebration. Spoke to Paul about it a while ago.
I've trained very hard or this one without no injuries or sickness. So the last three days I was able to rest, brought myself down so I peaked on the day. Those three days I was bursting out of my skin, I've never actually felt the feeling before, when you're actually bursting, you're really bursting.
So when I had the fight and the fight was over with fast, I still had that energy, you know, inside me that needed to come out. You know what I'm on about, there was a lot of energy inside me body that had to come out, so once I hit him it felt like I still had all this energy and I felt like jumping into the crowd and I probably could have done!
'Go read a fucking book, you piece of shit.'
Lol cool Paul looked really good in that fight was it at LHW? is he ever going to drop down to middleweight, my favourite post fight celebration is the bow Genki Sudo gives Royler, while Royler is knocked clean out!!!
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Winston Churchill
it was LHW
First time Iv seen this.That was awesome!!!
Looking forward to you fighting again on a show this year


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• ScoreKeeper's barometers of regional, state and metro hot spots for Phase I ESA volume
• Key forces driving demand for due diligence this year
• Changes in risk tolerance from the user community
• EDR Insight's near-term forecast for environmental due diligence
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The TCE Revolution and Its Permanent Impact on Environmental Due Diligence
David Gillay, Barnes & Thornburg; Dr. Michael Dourson, Ph.D., Alliance for Risk Assessment
Jun 24 2015
77 mins
Following decades of studies, scrutiny and debate, the U.S. EPA updated its TCE's toxicity profile in the IRIS database, dramatically lowering the toxicity value. For transactional due diligence, this more stringent limit has important implications, including markedly more extensive and expensive cleanup processes. Given the focus on vapor migration in the new ASTM Phase I ESA standard, environmental professionals need to be increasingly cautious when making REC determinations and recommendations to clients.
Adding to the confusion is the significant variability in how regulators are using the updated TCE toxicity profile when making closure decisions at contaminated properties. For instance, U.S. EPA Regions 9, 10 and states like Minnesota, Indiana and Massachusetts (among others) have implemented profoundly different approaches to address TCE risk at contaminated sites. Thus, it is critical for environmental professionals to stay abreast of the how TCE guidance is being interpreted and applied across the country. In the latest development, the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry is proposing a dramatic change to its TCE toxicity profile for the first time in 18 years. The comment period ended on March 16, 2015, and if the update is finalized in its current form, there will be more intense scrutiny on exposure risks which will further complicate transactional due diligence.
This timely webinar will bring together an attorney and a national subject matter expert to address the various impacts of TCE's toxicity update on transactional due diligence. This panel will help EPs answer the following questions:
-Does TCE in groundwater constitute a VEC and/or a REC?
-How should an EP manage variability in TCE standards in multi-state transactions?
-How can an EP take steps to minimize exposure to potential liability?
-How can an EP make sense of the science and available guidance?
-How should an EP communicate potential risks associated with TCE to clients?
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How Prepared Is Your Bank for an Appraisal Compliance Audit?
Mitch Kreeger, MAI SRA MBA, Chief Appraiser and Principal Consultant, Kreeger Consulting
Mar 31 2015
59 mins
Commercial real estate markets continue their slow recovery. As demand for loans intensifies, regulatory compliance is top of mind for financial institutions. Bank regulators are exercising strict oversight over all types of bank underwriting, including commercial appraisals. This webinar will address head-on the challenges that institutions face in meeting the latest guidance impacting the appraisal function, and what risk managers can and should be doing to survive an appraisal compliance audit.
Attendees will receive answers to these important questions:
• What do current guidance/regulations require of banks related to appraisals and how has that changed?
• What specific things are bank examiners looking for in an appraisal compliance audit?
• Are you doing everything you can to prepare your institution for the scrutiny of examiners before an audit? During an audit? After an audit?
• What are the latest best practices that banks should include today in their appraisal policies to protect themselves during this stage of market recovery?
EDR Insight is fortunate to have Mitch Kreeger for this timely event. Kreeger is a well-known Subject Matter Expert (SME) on various valuation, environmental and seismic risk, and regulatory compliance topics by peers nationwide. Currently, Kreeger is Chief Appraiser and Principal Consultant at Kreeger Consulting, a private appraisal/environmental/seismic risk consulting services firm that offers commercial appraisal reviews, outsourced Chief Appraiser duties, and advisory services to lenders on regulatory compliance, efficient appraisal/environmental risk functions, and effective policy updates.
• Primary: Risk managers at financial institutions, particularly at community bank level
• Secondary: Commercial appraisers
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Lessons Learned: Case Studies on EP Litigation
Anthony Buonicore, P.E., CEO, The Buonicore Group
Dec 11 2014
61 mins
Exposure to professional liability ranks high on the list of any environmental professional's concerns. In this webinar, industry veteran Anthony Buonicore will present five carefully-selected case studies where an EP was sued, highlighting how costly litigation could have been avoided. Attendees of this webinar will come away with steps that can be taken to minimize professional liability exposure when:
• Submitting a Phase I ESA proposal
• Conducting a Phase I ESA
• Writing the Phase I ESA report
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Lender Essentials: Environmental Liability Insurance
Canaan Crouch, Legacy Risk Solutions, LLC; Mike Herrmann, Legacy Risk Solutions, LLC; Debra Hausser, Zurich North America
Oct 1 2014
63 mins
With risk management in the spotlight, environmental risk management policies are more important than ever. Environmental insurance options have evolved to offer lenders proven ways to manage risk as commercial loan originations increase in the second act of market recovery. Join us for this webinar as seasoned insiders share their insight into how insurance policies can effectively manage risk exposure. Attendees will also learn how environmental insurance can be applied to lending practices based on real world examples of claims scenarios.
Benefits to attendees:
• Background on the latest tools available to help lenders protect collateral on real estate loans or investments.
• The know-how to avoid an embarrassing loss on loan portfolios due to environmental issues.
• The latest intel on how lender environmental insurance can help lenders make more loans.
Target audience:
• Risk managers at community banks
• Risk managers at national/international banks looking for a refresher
• Credit managers and chief credit officers
• Environmental due diligence professionals serving lenders
• Insurance professionals
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Vapor Migration Is Identified as a Recognized Environmental Condition: Now What?
David Gillay, Barnes & Thornburg; John B. Sallman, Terracon; Blayne Hartman, Hartman Environmental Geoscience
Jun 24 2014
77 mins
Vapor migration is part of the new Phase I environmental site assessment protocol from ASTM, E 1527-13. In December, the US Environmental Protection Agency blessed the new standard as compliant with the federal All Appropriate Inquiries rule, emphasizing the importance of assessing vapor migration risk as a standard part of Phase I ESAs. US EPA went even further in the December preamble and stated that vapor migration has always been a part of conducting AAI. In light of US EPA's statements and the emphasis that assessing vapor migration is current standard practice for AAI-compliant Phase I ESAs, how is vapor being addressed in the field? If a Phase I ESA report identifies vapor migration as a Recognized Environmental Condition, or REC, what next? In today's market of intensely short turnaround times for property transactions, is a vapor migration issue a deal killer? What are the current tools and options to investigate a vapor migration REC under transactional time constraints? When should a buyer walk away from a site potentially impacted by vapor migration? When to mitigate? How are environmental due diligence firms establishing consistent processes for recommending "next steps" for clients when vapor migration issues arise?
This timely webinar will bring together an attorney and two leading technical experts to address head-on the various avenues that firms are taking to assist end users of Phase I ESA reports on how to address vapor migration risk during the deal making process.
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An Inside Look at the Challenges Facing Lenders and Appraisers Today
Bill Garber, Appraisal Institute & Brian Ginter, Diversified Real Estate Consulting Network
Jun 18 2014
78 mins
Regulatory pressures are fundamentally impacting the way that financial institutions manage the appraisal function. Our speakers will tackle the most impactful issues for both lenders and appraisals today. An expert from the Appraisal Institute, the largest appraisal membership society in the world with 23,000+ real estate valuation experts worldwide, will share first-hand research into the challenges faced by appraisers and by lenders that rely on the technical expertise of appraisal services. Attendees will learn about the concerns commercial real estate appraisers face, and the challenges their lender clients face in finding quality appraisers to help them respond to new policies and requirements. Speakers will also share insight into the latest policies from bank regulators like the OCC and FDIC that are impacting the integration of appraisals and environmental risk management. An expert in the trenches of a small community bank will share his insights into the shifting alignment of appraisals and environmental risk management at the community bank level, the importance of having a sound policy in place and actions that banks can take to best prepare for the scrutiny of examiners.
- Information on how appraisers can meet today's top challenges, align their services with the challenges lender clients face
- A deeper understanding of bank regulations impacting appraisals
- An insider's take on what bank examiners look for
- Advice on steps banks can take to protect themselves against examiner scrutiny
- A look into the forces that are bringing appraisals and environmental due diligence functions closer together
- Bill Garber, Director of Government and External Relations, Appraisal Institute
- Brian Ginter, Director - Executive Staff, Diversified Real Estate Consulting Network
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Learn From the Experts: Critical Elements of Effective Environmental Policies
Georgina Dannatt, Bank of the West; Brian A. Ginter, Burke & Herbert Bank; Larry Schnapf, Schnapf Law
Oct 29 2013
76 mins
With scrutiny on lenders' risk management policies intensifying, more and more community banks are writing their first policies or updating old ones. The OCC just raised the bar for the banks it regulates with the August release of expanded guidelines for environmental risk management that bring their policy requirements in line with those of the FDIC. What are the critical components that should be in every policy? What elements are common to most institution's policies? How does your institution measure up to industry best practices? How is policy administered across organizations?
Join us for this webinar as seasoned insiders selected from the ranks of a mid-sized bank and small community lender share their experiences in writing and updating environmental policies. Learn what these experts are doing to protect their institutions from environmental risk exposure, and the dangers that lenders face by not having adequate policies in place to protect them from financial and legal liability.
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The Inside Word on AAI and the Revised ASTM E 1527 Standard
Julie Kilgore & William Weissman
Oct 1 2013
78 mins
Do you have more questions than answers about the industry's transition over to a new ASTM Phase I ESA protocol? You're not alone.
On August 15, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a Direct Final Rule which proposes to reference the E 1527-13 standard as compliant with the agency's All Appropriate Inquiries rule (40 CFR Part 312). The agency's 30-day public comment period just closed and the ASTM standard moves one step closer to publication.
Right now the #1 question in the industry is: When will ASTM E 1527-13 take effect?
At this webinar, two of the experts closest to the ASTM process will share the latest status of the AAI rule amendment and publication of the new Phase I ESA standard.
There are a number of moving pieces in play right now. Tune into this event to learn the latest on the ASTM front, the hot-button issues raised during the public comment period, what happens to E 1527-05 and more. It is an important time for the industry as it prepares to put a new standard into effect and this event will help keep environmental professionals abreast of the process as it unfolds.
Julie Kilgore, President, Wasatch Environmental, Inc., Chair of ASTM E50 Committee on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action and Chair of the E1527 Task Group
William Weissman, attorney, member of ASTM E50 Executive Subcommittee, retired partner of Venable LLP, Washington, DC
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Sorting Out the Implications of U.S. EPA VI Guidance
David Gillay, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Dr. Blayne Hartman, Hartman Environmental Geosciences & Brad Willy, Terra Vapor
Aug 6 2013
76 mins
Change is in the air on the vapor intrusion front. Literally and figuratively. On April 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a draft document, the OSWER Final Guidance For Assessing And Mitigating The Vapor Intrusion Pathway From Subsurface Sources To Indoor Air — External Review Draft for public comment. The release of EPA's guidance comes just months before ASTM is poised to release a revised version of E 1527 that adds definitions of migrate/migration to address the vapor pathway as a potential conduit for contamination.
As attention being placed on vapor risk increases, environmental professionals need to stay abreast of the changes and their implications. With the long-awaited federal guidance now out for public comment, environmental due diligence professionals, lenders, as well as prospective purchasers of properties like drycleaners, gas stations, and other types of properties impacted by petroleum or solvents have a valuable resource for understanding VI risk, assessing it and ultimately, managing it as appropriate for their own risk tolerance. Join us at this webinar to hear the perspectives of three experts on:
• The implications of the federal vapor guidance and an insiders' unique take on hot button issues;
• How one environmental professional talks to his clients about vapor risk and protects their liability exposure; and
• How vapor risk is being mitigated and managed in today's deals.
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Emerging Risk: Heading off Regulatory Scrutiny on Residential Appraisals
Jack Huntress, EDR, Liz Green, REL-E-VANT SOLUTIONS, Larry Schnapf, Schnapf LLC
Jul 17 2013
75 mins
For lenders operating in the shadow of the Dodd-Frank Act, CFPB and other regulatory enforcement agencies are focusing their efforts on consumer protection, disclosure and transparency and deem these critical to all areas of an institution's compliance and operation. A dizzying array of new rules and regulations, often disruptive to existing operations, are raining down upon the mortgage lending industry. Now, however, it's not enough to simply be aware of emerging rules and regulations. Little known requirements and regulations which have been on the books for years without being enforced are now getting renewed attention from those agencies, likely opening up an entirely new front in the uphill battle to stay compliant. One of the greatest potential risks to lenders arises from requirements for residential property appraisals and evaluations. It is likely we will see stricter environmental underwriting and more regulatory scrutiny on lenders' risk management policies. Discover now where lenders are most at risk, and learn about cost-effective measures that can be taken to stay out of the regulatory crosshairs.
The presenters will:
• Identify existing rules and regulations, little-known and long unenforced, that are likely to be revitalized by regulatory enforcers;
• Spell out the specific risks that residential property contamination, including vapor mitigation, will pose to a mortgage lender;
• Explain how the gamut of new and existing requirements will impact traditional due diligence requirements; and
• Predict the possible financial impact upon lenders, as well as offering potential solutions for risk mitigation.
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Upcoming Revisions to ASTM E1527: Are You Prepared for E1527-13?
Anthony J. Buonicore
Apr 23 2013
76 mins
For the first time since 2005, the ASTM E1527 standard has been revised. ASTM submitted the final version to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for formal approval of the revised ASTM E 1527 standard as "AAI-compliant." According to industry insiders, this approval could come as early as this summer. Once the approval process is successfully completed, the E 1527-13 standard would be published by ASTM and take effect immediately upon publication. With the summer only a few months away, now is the time to start thinking about what you can be doing to prepare.
At this complimentary webinar you will learn about:
-Revised REC and HREC definitions, plus introduction of a new term—the CREC
-Clarification on vapor migration and ASTM E2600-10
-Changes to regulatory file reviews
-Clarifications in the language regarding User Responsibilities
-And much more!
The EDR team has been tracking the revision process closely since it began in 2010. Over the past fall/winter season, we educated over 1,000 environmental professionals at our Due Diligence at Dawn (DDD) seminars around the country.
Join EDR and Anthony J. Buonicore, former E1527 Task Group leader, for this webinar and learn what you need to know to comply with the upcoming revisions.
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Revisions to the ASTM E 1527 Standard: Three Insiders' Perspectives
Paul Zovic, Endpoint Solutions Corp., Daria Milburn, SunTrust Banks, Inc., & Christopher P. McCormack, Pullman & Comley LLC
Mar 28 2013
80 mins
Remember when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's All Appropriate Inquiries rule was promulgated in 2005? For the first time since then, there will soon be a new revision to the ASTM E 1527 Standard and the time to begin preparing your staff and educating your clients is now.
The E 1527-13 revision is the result of three years of discussion and debate among many dedicated stakeholders who spent countless hours at ASTM Phase I ESA Task Group meetings and on conference calls examining all parts of the standard and hammering out every word of the revision. The most significant revisions are in the areas of: REC definitions, agency file review, vapor migration/intrusion, user responsibilities and more.
For this event, EDR Insight is fortunate to have the input of three professionals—an environmental professional, a commercial real estate lender and an attorney—who were active with the revision process and who each devoted significant time and expertise to shaping the new revisions.
Join us for this important and timely event as the commercial lending and property risk management industry prepares to transition away from the -05 standard to E 1527-13.
Target Audience:
• Environmental due diligence professionals
• Environmental risk managers at financial institutions
Benefits to attendees:
• Insights into specific areas of revision and a deeper understanding of what drove the changes
• More clarity on REC-HREC-CREC definitions
• More clarity on agency file review
• An end user perspective from the lending sector
• An attorney's take on what the changes mean in the construct of CERCLA liability and commercial property transactions
• Advice on how EPs and lenders should be preparing for E 1527-13
• Potential changes that end users may see in their Phase I ESA reports when E 1527-13 takes effect
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Vapor Intrusion and Environmental Liability—Learning from Past Mistakes
Attorneys: Joseph G. Maternowski, William C. Wagner & Stuart J. Lieberman
Feb 12 2013
73 mins
A number of recent developments, including 2013's revisions to ASTM E 1527 Phase I environmental site assessment standard, make it more difficult—and risky—to ignore vapor migration during environmental due diligence. EDR Insight has assembled a panel of the most knowledgeable attorneys in the field to help environmental professionals and risk managers at financial institutions answer a common question:
What can happen if vapor-related issues are missed?
This team of experts, with decades of experience advising commercial real estate deals, will share real-world cases of "due diligence gone wrong" from vapor migration-related lawsuits filed as a result of inadequate property investigations and poor lender oversight. This one-time event is an important learning opportunity for any environmental professional who participates in environmental investigations, as well as commercial real estate lenders who extend credit on properties that may be impacted by vapor migration.
Attendees of this webinar will learn:
• Recent developments that have brought vapor migration front and center.
• Why environmental due diligence policies should expressly address vapor migration.
• How federal and state authorities are responding to vapor intrusion concerns—and the implications for buyers, lenders and sellers.
• Steps that environmental professionals and commercial real estate lenders can take to avoid liability related to vapor migration.
• Real-world examples of what can happen if vapor issues are ignored during environmental due diligence.
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Upcoming Revisions to ASTM E1527: Are You Prepared for 2013?
Anthony J. Buonicore
Dec 14 2012
78 mins
For the first time since 2005, the ASTM E1527 standard is going through a significant revision. Now is the time to start preparing your staff and your clients! The changes to the standard will go into effect immediately once the new version is published in 2013. At this complimentary webinar you will learn about:
-Revised REC and HREC definitions, plus a new term
-Clarification on vapor migration and ASTM E2600-10
-Changes to User Responsibilities and important news about environmental liens
-Much more!
The EDR team has been tracking the revision process closely since it began in 2010. This fall, we have educated over 1,000 environmental professionals at our Due Diligence at Dawn (DDD) seminars around the country.
Join EDR and Anthony J. Buonicore, former E1527 Task Group leader, for this webinar and learn all you need to know to comply with the forthcoming edition of the ASTM E1527 Standard.
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What Every Environmental Risk Manager Needs to Know About U.S. EPA VI Guidance
David Gillay, Barnes & Thornburg LLP's Brownfields Practice Group, Francis Ramacciotti, ENVIRON & Robert Uppencamp, ARCADIS
Dec 11 2012
65 mins
Vapor intrusion, the migration of volatile chemicals from the subsurface into overlying buildings, presents potential health risks and environmental liability at properties with current or past contamination. The U.S. EPA is preparing its final Vapor Intrusion Guidance for evaluating and assessing risk from VI. The release of EPA's guidance is scheduled for release a few months before ASTM is expected to publish a revised Phase I environmental site assessment protocol (ASTM E 1527). Among the changes to ASTM E 1527-05 is the addition of new language throughout the standard to include the assessment of vapor migration risk.
EDR is extremely fortunate to offer you a webinar with three speakers who have been performing successful VI investigations for many years, and have been working with ASTM and the U.S. EPA to provide comments on draft documents. With the scheduled release of EPA's final VI guidance—followed by a revised ASTM E 1527 standard to include vapor intrusion—now is the time to prepare and ensure that due diligence policies include VI and that appropriate science is used to minimize the impact of VI on property deals, including brownfield redevelopment.
It is critical that risk managers understand what these two documents mean in terms of the standard of care and how it might affect their own liability—or that of their borrowers.
Benefits to Lenders:
•Recent regulatory history surrounding vapor intrusion
•Myths about vapor intrusion and mitigation alternatives
•Available data that can be used to evaluate VI risk
•Implications of the new federal guidance document
•What the vapor-related revisions to ASTM E 1527 mean in terms of lenders' environmental due diligence policies
Benefits to EPs:
•A better understanding of why vapor migration presents a risk to your clients
•A way to begin thinking about how the new guidance and revised ASTM E 1527 standard may necessitate changes to your Phase I ESA process
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EDR Insight's 3Q12 Quarterly Market Update: Tracking the Drivers of Recovery
Anthony J. Buonicore, P.E., Principal, The Buonicore Group & Dianne P. Crocker, Principal Analyst, EDR Insight
Nov 5 2012
80 mins
To help you meet the challenge of staying up to speed on the forces driving demand for property assessments, EDR Insight invites you to a complimentary web event on the state of the market in the third quarter of 2012—and a look to 2013. Attendees of this 60-minute webinar will learn:
• The status of commercial property transactions and the asset classes attracting the most attention
• Commercial real estate lending volume
• Key players in the deal-making and lending worlds
• Where to focus business development efforts for 2013 and beyond
• EDR Insight's near-term forecast for Phase I ESA volume and major market risks
Join us for a look at the forces driving demand for your services so that you can position your firm for growth.
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EDR Insight's Quarterly Market Update: Tracking the Drivers of Recovery
Anthony J. Buonicore, P.E., Principal, The Buonicore Group & Dianne P. Crocker, Principal Analyst, EDR Insight
Jul 31 2012
56 mins
To help you meet the challenge of staying up to speed on the forces driving demand for property assessments, EDR Insight invites you to a complimentary web event on the mid-year state of the market.
Attendees of this 60-minute webinar will learn:
• The status of commercial property transactions and the asset classes attracting the most attention
• Commercial real estate lending volume and how tolerance for environmental risk is changing
• Key players in the deal-making and lending worlds
• Where to focus business development efforts for the remainder of 2012 and beyond
• EDR Insight's near-term forecast for Phase I ESA volume and major market risks
Join us for a look at the forces driving demand for your services so that you can position your firm for growth.
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Consumers ignore most apps on their smartphones
Our love for apps, it turns out, is fleeting.
Faster data networks and fancier phones have steered more Americans to embrace the apps software craze born of our fondness for the computer-in-my-pocket. But like other shopping experiences done impulsively, the appeal of instantly downloading the latest apps — prompted by recommendations from neighbors, cousins, blogs and news stories — loses its luster quickly, industry data show.
Of smartphone owners, 68% open only five or fewer apps at least once a week, finds a survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Seventeen percent don't use any apps. About 42% of all U.S. adults have phones with apps, Pew estimates.
"The novelty wears off," says Pew researcher Kristen Purcell.
But the ones with staying power really do stick. Android phone users spend about 90 minutes a day on their phone, about two-thirds of that on apps, says Monica Bannan of media research firm Nielsen. "We see a very familiar behavior with (iPhone users)."
An app that's retained by 30% of downloaders is considered "sticky," says Anindya Datta, founder of Mobilewalla, an app analytic firm.
"We are constantly deleting them. That's why the number of downloads is a very poor measure of how popular an app is," he says, estimating 80% to 90% of apps are eventually deleted.
Ghada Elnajjar, a newsletter writer in Atlanta, has downloaded 26 apps since she bought an iPhone 4 in June. She now uses only two regularly: Facebook and MyFitnessPal. "After a while, the fun is not there anymore, and you go back to your phone, e-mail and the browser."
Many of Elnajjar's apps are for her two sons, ages 3 and 5. They've got app burnout, too. "They went back to their toys."
Datta says there are about 1 million apps for the four most-popular mobile operating systems, and only 10% have been discovered.
Consumers' fickle habits aren't all bad for the industry. Of the top 50 apps, one in five is new every month, says Nielsen. Few had heard of the Scrabble-like Words With Friends two years ago.
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