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Universities should increase their tuition fees for international students to £11,000 a year because this appears to have little impact on demand, a survey has suggested.
The research by the recruitment firm Hobsons asked students looking to study in the UK or Australia to make trade-offs between factors in their decision making such as university ranking, annual tuition fees and employment prospects.
Tuition fees emerged as the most important factor for prospective students – although an increase in fees of up to £11,000 made little difference to their preferences.
If a university charges less than this, "you may wish to consider reviewing this upward as, depending on the nature of the courses, you may not lose as many students relative to the possible income you may gain", according to Beyond the Data: Influencing international student decision making, released today.
Yet a fee of £14,000 or more "markedly decreases the attractiveness of that course to prospective students", it adds.
The second most important factor for international students was the position of an institution in international subject tables, closely followed by where the university sits in overall rankings.
Next most important was an institution's graduate employment rate. The number of teaching hours per week, and student satisfaction scores were the least important to the prospective students surveyed.


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NEW YORK -- Mixed signals from the world's largest economies kept the price of oil flat Thursday.
U.S. benchmark crude eased 2 cents to finish at $92.10 a barrel. Brent crude, which many U.S. refiners use to make gasoline, fell 80 cents to $112.42 in London.
An increase in new home construction reported Wednesday suggested the U.S. economy was improving and would need more gasoline, diesel and jet fuel in coming months.
At the same time, U.S. oil supplies have climbed higher than expected and are above their 5-year average for this time of year.
China's economic news also offered a complicated outlook for oil demand. The slide in the country's growth rate appeared to be slowing, according to data reported Thursday. That could mean Chinese oil demand will pick up. But the data also lowered expectations that China's government will introduce new measures to stimulate the economy. That could keep a lid on demand.
Either way, players in the oil market didn't have much to latch onto.
"There was no surprise, so there's not much impact," said oil analyst Jim Ritterbusch.
Retail gasoline prices continued a recent slide, though they remained at record high for this time of year. The national average retail price fell 2 cents to $3.74 per gallon Thursday, according to AAA, OPIS and Wright Express.
In other energy trading in New York:
_ Heating oil fell a penny to $3.17 per gallon.
_ Wholesale gasoline fell 3 cents to $2.75 per gallon.
_ Natural gas rose 12 cents to $3.59 per thousand cubic feet.

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From their description: "The WE DO Campaign involves LGBT couples requesting — and being denied — marriage licenses in their hometowns across the South in order to call for full equality under federal law and to highlight the harms of current state laws. www.southernequality.org"
This is an amazing project, and this video in particular shows how much bigotry and hatred LGBT people have to suffer. The lady in line in front of them quoting bible verses and saying things like, "Doing that which is unseemly" & "One man, one woman forever" shows how much hatred is used in the name of their god.


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(Reuters) – Canada's Canacol, the fourth-biggest oil exporter in Latin America, found crude in an onshore well in northeast Colombia that yielded 778 barrels per day in a test phase, it said on Wednesday.
The discovery was made in the fourth well it had drilled in the "Labrador 5″ area in the LLA 23 field in the Llanos basin, the company said in a statement. The area is a promising region for oil.
Canacol said its Colombia production for July to September this year was approximately 9,271 barrels per day, a 12 percent increase from the second quarter. The company produces about 1 million barrels per day from all the projects it owns.
Canacol is currently investing $46 million in Colombia for the drilling of eight wells, production facilities and oil pipelines.
The post Canadian Oil Company Finds Crude in Colombia appeared first on Colombia News | QColombia.com.


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With two of the most influential annual body image campaigns about a week behind us, the seeds for change have been planted once again. As proposed in our previous post, Fat Talk Free Week is Over – Now What?, it becomes important for each of us to think about how we can maintain the national momentum of positive body image on a long-term basis in our own lives. Yesterday, we shared a few startling statistics that show just how pervasive negative body image is in our country; whether you're three years-old or thirty-years old, it is something that can have profound effects on self-esteem and overall quality of life. So in an effort to help fuel the positive energy triggered by Fat Talk Free Week and Love Your Body Day, we wanted to share several easy ideas for body image building all year long.
- Plan ahead. It's always okay to schedule a positive body image session for a later date. Page through your daily planner (or scroll into the future on your iPhone calendar) and jump ahead a few weeks or months. Insert positive body image statements on random days or write down empowering statements on birthdays and special events that will help you remember and commit to appreciating your body and being "fat talk free".
- Don't forget to share. Have you seen this Tri Delta Fat Talk Free Video from the 2008 campaign? This is powerful stuff! Post it on your Facebook page or share it with co-workers any day of the year. Spread the word so that you can begin building a support system of body positive people around you who also choose not to engage in "fat talk".
- Speaking of Facebook…check out the Center for Eating Disorders FB page and become a fan to receive positive body image status updates, motivational quotes, and links to helpful resources and events.
- Reconsider monthly magazine subscriptions. Research has shown that even just 3 minutes of looking at fashion/women's magazines can have a significantly negative impact on our self-esteem and body image. Similar effects can be attributed to men's health/fitness magazines which have been shown to encourage body dissatisfaction and unhealthy weight control behaviors among males. Consider switching subscriptions or signing up for a positive affirmation email so you get a reliable dose of confidence in your inbox instead of a monthly blow to your self esteem.
- Celebrate the seasons. As the season changes and autumn is here, feel the brisk air as you breathe, notice the colors of the leaves you can see, taking in all that nature can offer and remember that it is your body that allows you to have these experiences. Start to focus on your body's functionality more often. In each season there are opportunities to reflect on what the body can do and its ability to maintain balance even as things change around us.
- Break it down. For individuals with eating disorders or severe body image distortion even just one day of "loving" your body may seem like an insurmountable or overwhelming task. Setting goals is good but when we set goals too high too quickly we set ourselves up for failure. If loving your body doesn't sound do-able at this time in your life, remember that body image is not an "all or nothing" concept. Any changes, even small ones, that can be made to help you realize how special, unique and beautiful your body truly is can be seen as an important step forward in recovery that often leads to further acceptance of self and health. Start with something small like giving yourself permission to accept a compliment instead of immediately trying to disprove it. Or, you can work with a therapist to come up with a specific body image goal that's right for you.
- Body Image in a Bathroom
- Adding Up, Weighing In and Counting Down: 5 Ways to Cope with the Numbers Game of Pregnancy
- Confidence is Making a Comeback
- Appreciate Your Ankles
- Pre-Baby Body Love: Nurturing Your Body Image Foundation
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The 16th Cavalry Regiment is a long-standing community that has built itself a strong tradition and sense of camaraderie through many games and platforms through its existance. Initially founded as a Napoleonic warfare unit for the Mount and Blade series, the community converted to an Arma 2 unit in late 2012 and early 2013. Since then we have carved ourselves storied traditions, as well as our own unique take on the Arma series; attempting to strike our balance between a structured "Milsim" unit and a lax community environment. We feel we accomplish this well.
During our Arma sessions, we do not tie ourselves down to a rigid, static fireteam/squad organization where members are assigned roles they must stick with for weeks on end; once an individual becomes a full member they are allowed to go whatever role they wish in any given mission given they can grab it first and can perform that role competently. Additionally, we do not tie ourselves down to a specific nation or branch of that nation, nor do we tie ourselves to any specific mission/operation type. Through all this we achieve a dynamic playstyle that keeps things fresh, interesting, and challenging.
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1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folder "Devlin Gets His Man" Christy Mathewson/Meyers PSA NM 7
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Graded NM 7 by PSA. One of only ten examples graded at this level by PSA, with just one graded higher. T202 Triple Folders are one of the most condition-sensitive prewar issues. As indicated by the PSA population report, they are virtually nonexistent in Near Mint or better condition. Of the 7,152 T202s graded to date, only 295 have ever been graded higher by PSA . The offered example is well centered, with snow-white borders, flawless registration, and four sharp corners. This extraordinary high-grade example would be a highlight in any high-grade T202, Christy Mathewson, or classic prewar Hall of Famer vintage card collection. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000++. SOLD FOR $1,293
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CHAMPAIGN - This week dozens of Champaign residents came out for a community meeting addressing the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace.
The Marketplace, through which people can search for federally-regulated health insurance plans, opens for enrollment on Oct. 1st.
On Thursday, the non-profit Champaign County Health Care Consumers group hosted an event to inform the public about their options within the marketplace, and the ways they can enroll.
Executive Director Claudia Lennhoff says most anyway can be eligible for the plans, which are set to begin on Jan. 1st as part of the Affordable Care Act.
People have until Mar. 31st to enroll, so long as they are legal citizens and are not already receiving Medicare or Medicaid services, says Lennhoff.
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MILTON, Mass. - The Curry College men's lacrosse team defeated Husson University by a final score of 25-7 in their home opener in non-conference action on Wednesday afternoon. The Colonels improve to 2-0 while the Eagles drop to 0-1.
Curry was led by junior Tom Cashin (Boxford, Mass.) who had seven points on four goals and three assists. Freshman Harrison Fallon (Wrentham, Mass.) had an impressive day for the Colonels as he posted his first points of his collegiate career. Fallon netted four goals and dished out two assists for six points. Senior Jack McMenomey (West Linn, Ore.) was third for points on two tallies and three helpers. Freshman Andrew DeLeary (Wakefield, Mass.) also notched his first points of his collegiate career as he registered four goals.
Five other Curry players recorded multiple points on the day. Junior Matt Serra (Haverhill, Mass.) and senior Brandon Flaim (Pembroke, Mass.) each finished with three points. Serra scored a hat trick while Flaim tallied two goals and had one assist. Sophomores Brendan Barraclough (Newburyport, Mass.) and Devin Newell (Medford, Mass.) and freshman Cameron Nigro (Scarborough, Maine) all had two points. Barraclough netted two goals while Newell and Nigro both had a goal and an assist.
Other point scorers for the Colonels were; sophomores Wade Prajer (Southbury, Conn.) with one goal and Dylan Cromwell (Fairhaven, Mass.) with one assist and freshman Richard Robinson (Dedham, Mass.) who finished with one point on his first goal of his college career.
Curry got on the board just 39 seconds into the first quarter to take an early 1-0 lead. The Colonels then reeled off four more goals before Husson stopped the bleeding. The Eagles scored an unassisted man-up goal by freshman Jacob Boothby (Kennebunk, Maine), his first of three in the game. Curry netted two more and Husson one to end the period at 7-2 in favor of the Colonels. The Eagles tallied the final score of the period on another man-up advantage. Freshman Matt Verrill (Auburn, Maine) ripped one past Curry's freshman goaltender Gavin Gaurino (Sandwich, Mass.) off a pass from sophomore Zach Glazier (Winthrop, Mass.).
The Colonels outscored the Eagles 7-3 in the second stanza to head into half-time with a solid 14-5 lead. The Eagles Boothby put up the first score with a helper from junior Brooks Gay (Underhill, Vt.). Curry recorded the next two followed by Husson off an unassisted tally from Glazier. The Colonels answered back with five straight goals and the Eagles notched their fifth on the day to close out the frame. Boothby tallied his final for the hat trick.
Curry put up 11 goals while Husson only found the back of the net twice over the final 30 minutes of play. The Colonels netted three in the opening four minutes of the third quarter. The Eagles Gay had a quick-stick goal off a pass from Verrill before Curry would close out the frame with another three. The fourth quarter saw the Colonels embark on a 5-0 run with the Eagles notching the last score of the game.
Gaurino picked up the win for Curry, recording eight saves. Sophomore Matt Martin (Litchfield, Maine) earned the loss for Husson, making 19 stops.
The Colonels led in ground balls at 28-9. They were 14-for-17 on clears while the visitors were 16-18. Curry finished 31-for-35 in faceoffs with Husson earning 4-of-35.
"That was an all-around team win today. Every one of our guys made the most of their opportunities. Both sides of the ball and in the middle of the field, our guys executed the game plan that was laid out for them. We are looking forward to taking the next step on Saturday," said Head Coach Tim Murphy.
Curry will return to action on Sat. Mar. 4 as the Colonels host Mitchell at 12:00 p.m. Husson will next play Sat. Mar. 4 as they travel to Emerson for a 1:00 p.m. faceoff.


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I'm also going to appear in CSE 2016 with maths optional.Please buy the standard books and draw a timeline. Go through prakash rajpurohit and Kashish mittal's blog for booklist.We still have one year before prelims so try to cover at least 90% of syllabus before prelims,it's perfectly doable if you do 4-5 hours of study for maths, even every alternate day. (since we have a large GS portion to handle too but it's best to do at least 3 hours of study for maths daily). Set bi-monthly targets and finish at least 80-90% of them.Let's say I want to finish PDE portion in 15-18 days and then start the ODE part.now while preparing ODE portion,pls keep doing some typical questions from PDE after every 3-4 days as well.so by the end of a month you would have prepared the whole differential part of syllabus.keep rotating the topics every month like this so that by prelims 2016 you would have completed and revised the whole syllabus at least once.And solve questions from Std. books+previous year question papers for each topic.If you can go to Delhi then buy xerox notes of IMS or Brilliant tutorials (whichever you find cheaper),but it's not at all necessary.Do PRACTICE,REVISE,PRACTICE,REVISE..... n times (n depends on how much time you get after prelims and mains GS prep but 2 revisions can be done if you start today.) So keep faith on yourself and stay positive.victory is yours. >:D<Thanx bro ,I don't have any friend of mine preparing for CSE neither i had joined any coaching,so to hear from a fellow aspirant always motivate,regarding prep I had bought krishna's matrices and LA book will complete them in a month(I don't know if I am taking too much time) then next topics..Keep in touch buddy thnx..By the way I reside in Delhi..
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NOTE: Well I biffed here. Even though I had the clue written on my notepaper, I picked the wrong one out of the list of clues and comments. Apologies to whomever submitted the original clue, if they are looking in.
Here was mine…
Maybe this will get lesser friends back on course? (8)
And Richard Rogan's comment.
The idea here is that "lesser friends" would be "sub-allies", however that would lead to the answer "SEILLABUS", as the alternative form of the plural of "ALLY" ("ALLYS") which the answer requires is not valid.
Well guess who has been in the US far too long where the plural of ALLY is ALLYS… and since American spellings (unless specifically mentioned) are a no-no I should hang my head in shame. Doubly so.
Struck out again on this one, and I was hoping for maybe a place this time. I'm not sure I like the clue that won, I did like the clue that placed second. Here was my clue for SYLLABUS Junior colleague's backing curriculum (8) And Richard Rogan's comment…
The wordplay here is a reversal of SUB ALLY'S. I'm not sure the idea of a junior colleague is adequately conveyed by the term "sub-ally".
I wonder if that means the clue is no good at all, or that "Junior" is not a good indicator for SUB, or if I'm going to reverse two elements of wordplay that I have to have more than just "backing" – for "backing" to apply to all the rest of the clue, then it has to be a single entity? Head is spinning now…
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Positive Vibes
A downloadable game for Windows
Positive Vibes initially spawned from an assignment where the theme of which was no reason, I was to create a game based around the concept of no reason. When given no reason that opened me up to the idea that anything is possible, anything goes, I am not confined by any restrictions and when asked the defining question that every game designer faces which is "Why?" I could just respond with no reason. Personally this theme suited me well as I feel the most enjoyable games I have played have no explanation or context such as "I am Bread" & "Octodad". In I am bread you play as a sentient slice of bread you don't know why your just a slice of bread that can climb walls and waddle around, In Octodad again you don't know why you play as an octopus that somehow can live on land, walk on two tentacles and the biggest one of all the fact that he has a human family but none of which is questioned by the players. All that matters in these games is that it is enjoyable and something can come from it. I feel trying to find reason, deep meanings and conveying hidden messages takes away from a great spark of creativity which is the term "Anything is possible". When trying to find reason, a way of conveying messages and deep meanings in your games I feel that your Game Design is most if not all centred on these ideas which again I feel takes away from your creativity as its giving purpose to every design decision you make. I don't think every game needs meaning, saying "No reason", "Because I like it", "I think it's fun" or "Why not?" are not bad answers to give and through "No Reason" spawned Positive Vibes.
Positive Vibes is a rhythm based point A – B Platformer. Listen to the beats, rhythm and tempo of the song to help guide you're your judgements within the game.
Song List
- Song 1- Blue Room: Alan Walker - Fade
- Song 2 - Green Room: The Fat Rat - Windfall
- Song 3 - Orange Room: Deaf Kev - Invencibles
- Song 4 - Pink Room: OMFG - I Love You
- Song 5 - Purple Room: Meg and Dia - Monsters
- Song 6 - Red Room: Desembra Hit Em
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The scenes at Next Door Raw are fantastic and there's some great plots to make the updates more interesting. This is another exciting update from the studio called Load That Ass featuring Brandon Moore and Lance Taylor. Lance is the furniture removal guy and his task is to load the van with the furniture for his client Brandon. After receiving instructions, the client can't help but notice how attractive the removal guy is and he decides to act on his impulses by approaching him. Lance seems interested, but was nervous about being caught on the job having sex when he's supposed to be working, but Brandon quickly reassures him that he's the client and that it's okay for him to take a break and load his ass instead of the van. Brandon unzips Lance's pants and moves in, sucking his cock and making sure Lance is feeling hard, because he wants that stiff boner barebacking his ass after he's done sucking him off. The furniture already in the van comes in handy, as the guys use it to prop themselves into the perfect positions for fucking. After the guys have enjoyed their skin-on-skin extravaganza, it's time for them to release their loads, with Brandon shooting his load all over himself as Lance pulls out and releases his semen all over Brandon's gaping hole, which he pushes back inside his freshly fucked ass, breeding his client with a warm load of seed. Lance receives a congratulations from his boss for providing excellent customer satisfaction just as the load gets bred inside, making it the perfect ending to this very hot update!
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Organic farming does have many potential upsides, but it isn't a panacea.
The Ecological Case Against Organic Farming
Christie Wilcox, a Ph.D. student in cellular and molecular biology at the University of Hawaii, is the author of the Science Sushi blog at Scientific American. She is on Twitter.
September 10, 2012
Organic farming tugs at our heartstrings, harkening back to a simpler time when life was rugged and man lived off the land. We're told organic farming is not only better for us, but also better for the environment. While it sounds like the perfect solution, the fact is our notion of organic farming is an idyllic fallacy.
Most people say they buy organic food to avoid pesticides, but organic farms (especially those with products found in grocery stores) use natural pesticides like rotenone and copper sulfate. While "natural" sounds better, it's not synonymous with safe. There are plenty of naturally occurring things that are bad for us -- after all, anthrax and botulinum toxin are 100 percent natural. Organic pesticides have been linked to a wide variety of diseases -- some at lower doses than synthetic ones. Fact is, all pesticides are designed to kill, and natural ones aren't in any way less dangerous.
But perhaps the crux of the organic argument is the idea that natural methods are better for the environment. The trouble is, organic farms are only about 80 percent as productive as conventional ones. Already, we have cleared more than a third of the Earth's ice-free land for agriculture. To farm entirely organically, we'd need more. Decreased productivity isn't just a space issue; it has real environmental consequences. While organic farming can be better for wildlife, a systematic review by Oxford University scientists found these benefits come at a high cost, as organic varieties actually produce more carbon emissions per unit of food, contributing to the devastating effects of climate change.
Until organic farming can rival the production output of conventional farming, its ecological cost is devastating, and so far, science has been unable to support claims that organic foods are safer or healthier. Organic farming does have many potential upsides, but it isn't a panacea. Instead, its methods need to be considered alongside conventional ones to create the best balance of productivity and sustainability.
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Culture of Celebrity Worshiping
Modern popular culture is a total triumph of idiocy. Our societies are driven by mass media, Hollywood and public institutions, which results in all kinds of cults. We are living in a culture of cults.
Cult of personality is the strongest out there but unlike the traditional totalitarian environment, where there is one person that everyone has to worship, now there are plenty of people to worship and you have the freedom to select your favorite (the beauty of democracy). Those people are the so called celebrities – movie stars, music stars, athletes, some politicians, some business people, etc.
The cult of celebrities in modern societies is stronger than religion and it affects everyone, especially the young people. This is the culture of celebrity worshiping.
To make a quick distinction, this article is not about the so called celebrity worship syndrome (read about it in wikipedia), even though it has a lot of common points. It's meant to refer to the idiocy of the society in general, not to the individual sickness of some people.
There is nothing wrong in admiring people.
Being a celebrity isn't wrong, being popular isn't wrong and people admiring your success, skills, knowledge and abilities is not wrong as well. It's actually good. (assuming that you are part of the small % of celebrities who deserve it)
The issue comes when people put some famous individual on pedestal, when they idolize and when they get obsessed.
Being part of tribes and seeking role models is a natural human behavior. That's why it's normal to admire and follow other people. Unfortunately it's all what people do today, which is self-destructive for the individual.
This culture of celebrity worshiping is used as deception – deception from real issues, deception from real achievements, deception from personal life and the ability to become better individual (whatever it means in the different cases). It's also used as a way to dumb you down even more. It's a very good control tool. Not to mention that it's very profitable, at your expense.
Plenty of examples for celebrity worshiping:
Fans referring to popular people as idols
Google searches for celebrities top everything
Gossip magazines are the best seller
Hollywood and Oscars obsession (we saw it recently)
Reality shows have highest TV ratings
Mass media news networks have turned into soap operas
In political elections people vote for the "Messiah"
Some business CEOs are shown as excellent people who know everything
Talk shows' main topic is "what is going on with some celebrity"
Many people follow more celebrities on social media than real-life friends
… and more
Idolizing people, putting them on pedestal destroys any possibility of having objectivity.
People become tools – unsuspecting subjects.
Let's not talk about the set of values that most celebrities are imposing because it will get uglier. I'll leave them for another article.
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Austin Riley is a 3-time kart racing champion and also the first professional Canadian race-car driver with autism. You may already know Austin's story— he's a former CityNews 'Athlete of the Week'.
The 18-year-old is about to enter his second season in the Nissan Micra Cup but before he does that— he wants to give Canadians an idea of what it's like in his world through the Autism Reality Experience simulator.
"It's very important to bring my world to other people to understand that anything is possible," says Riley.
He and his family are hoping to use the state-of-the-art simulator to remove the stigma associated with autism.
The simulator gives you a sense of what someone with autism might go through while trying to complete every-day tasks, altering your physical and sensory abilities.
"The goal behind what we're doing here is to teach people, go after educators and parents and give them an idea of what a child is going through," said Shane Riley, Austin's cousin and an advocate for autism.
According to Autism Speaks Canada, one in every 68 children in Canada are diagnosed with autism, the fastest growing and most commonly diagnosed neurological disorder in Canada.
The Riley's came up with the idea of an awareness tour after speaking at an Autism Expo in the UK. There, they met with a company called Training 2 Care, and a partnership was formed.
"If you can put them, even for a few moments, into Austin's world so they can gain an understanding that they wouldn't be able to normally, then our job is done," says Jason, Austin's father.
For kart-racing champion himself, the goal is to not only to raise awareness and educate, but to also show the world that the only thing that makes him different is that he's a winner, both on and off the track.
"It's important to understand that I can race, I can drive a race car" said Riley, "Don't think I can't do anything when I can."
The Autism Reality Experience will be hitting the road next Tuesday, heading to over 20 cities in Canada.
The tour starts in Victoria, BC— stopping in Toronto on April 20.


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The global bottled water market had total revenues of $138,058.1m in 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7% between 2008 and 2012.
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Barack Obama has been officially certified as the next president of the United States.
Though Obama has gone by the title of president-elect since his Nov. 4 victory, the House and Senate performed the formality of tallying the Electoral College votes in a joint session on Thursday.
Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden received 365 votes, and Republican nominee John McCain, along with running mate Sarah Palin, received 173 votes. A ticket needs 270 electoral votes to win.
Though the certification is a centuries-old ritual with a typically known outcome, this was the first non-contested Electoral College certification since 1996. Individual electors are not bound to vote in line with their states, but no electors deviated from the November returns on Thursday.
In the 2000 presidential election, numerous House members strenuously objected to the slate of electors from Florida, where a recount was cut short by the Supreme Court. But Vice President Al Gore, who lost to President Bush and then presided over the counting of the disputed results, rejected the objections because the House members weren't joined by a Senate sponsor.
Four years ago, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., joined the late-Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, in objecting to Ohio's slate of electors.
After a debate, the House and Senate awarded Ohio's 2004 electoral votes to President Bush.


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The technological barriers and business models that have led to the current morass of proprietary handheld devices, closed-off carrier networks, and specialized wireless applications must be eliminated if the mobile Internet is to become as powerful and ubiquitous as it should someday be, according to industry leaders.
Content providers, applications developers, and mobile carriers, along with standards backers like Tim Berners-Lee -- the so-called father of the World Wide Web -- stumped for greater openness in the platforms being used to develop future wireless online systems at the ongoing Mobile Internet World conference in Boston this week.
While the lion's share today's of mobile Web applications do not work across multiple devices, wireless service plans, and software environments, the potential of the mobile Internet will only be realized when providers across the industry shift from proprietary systems to open standards, experts presenting at the conference said.
Representatives from carrier Sprint Nextel, phone maker Nokia, applications vendor Opera, and even content producer MTV pledged their commitments at the conference to embrace the call of industry leaders like Berners-Lee to move away from the proprietary systems they have previously fostered and to adopt more standards-based platforms.
Frequently referencing the launch of Google's Android mobile Linux software environment -- meant to help developers and carriers build applications and services that work across large numbers of different devices -- as a rallying point for the larger industry, nearly every speaker at the inaugural Mobile Internet World conference echoed the calls for a shift away from closed systems.
"The most important thing about the Web is that it is universal, that it can run on any hardware, use any software, in any language, and be used by people with disabilities," Berners-Lee said to a packed room of several hundred attendees.
"At the [World Wide Web Consortium], we've been focused on using standards, and it's very important that the mobile Internet platforms use the same standards," he said. "We've already seen a number of false starts where that didn't happen, and what people are realizing is that if you make yourself into a walled garden and block out everything from the outside, you find in the end that the flowers all grow on the outside."
Berners-Lee said that his invention of the World Wide Web would have never had the same unilateral influence and adoption that it has enjoyed if it had been created only to work on a certain type of device or operating system.
"It was crucial that you didn't have to ask anyone for permission to put a new application on the network. If you had to do that, the Internet wouldn't have grown, and the World Wide Web as we know it wouldn't have happened," he said. "It's very important that it was designed as an open platform, not something which tried to control or extract money from what's built on top of it."
For the mobile Internet to flourish, said the expert, carriers, along with applications and device makers, must see the larger opportunity that will exist if they are able to abandon their closed-off networks, handhelds, and programs and buy into the open standards approach, he said.
"Under this open model, you will end up making money not because you have a large piece of the cake, but because the cake is enormous," said Berners-Lee. "If you bet on standards and they don't happen, you haven't really lost a lot, but if you do bet on them and they take off, whoa."
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theyre new single slow hands is immense
Re: interpolit's not as good as some of the singles off the first one
Re: interpolthe 'wall-of-soundness' isn't there anymore? or have i just missed it out?
Re: interpoli still can't stop listening to 'evil' and 'narc' but the single is,
Re: interpoli really like the song, vids amazing. and the albums worthin gof playing in the same playlist as TOTBL according to myself.
Re: interpolthe end of spet. 26th i think here.
my main reason for liking teh video is the slow-motion parts, which for some unknown reason to myself i realy enjoy, and always have done in videos/films.
Re: interpolOK I have completely come around to 'Antics'. I was thinking a lot of the songs didn't really have much personality - turns out they are just a bit introverted and difficult to get to know.
Re: interpoler, what are you on?
Re: interpolits a lost soul;
possibly a deaf one.
Re: interpolfucksake.
two bands wear suits and ties and like new wave, and the idiots of the world can't tell them apart.
Re: interpolyeah they sound almost identical, if your deaf.
Re: interpolthis deaf man seems vexed.
Re: interpolI've just heard Slow Hands; one of the best Joy Division songs I've ever heard.
I'm completely missing the FF connection, though. One band is good, and FF isn't. I think I'm right on this, no? Yeah, 'course I am.
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The north-west coast resort of Agios Stefanos is often calledSan Stefanos to distinguish it from the resort of the same name in the north-east of Corfu.
Although still relatively undeveloped compared to some Corfu resorts, San Stefanos has seen considerable growth in the last few years and the resort now has enough beds to accommodate about 12,000 tourists annually.
A few years ago San Stefanos was nothing more than a fishing hamlet but it now boasts more than 20 restaurants, clutches of souvenir shops, many bars and several supermarkets to meet the needs of the growing number of annual holiday visitors.
San Stefanos is a relatively quiet and relaxed resort, about 50km from Corfu Town, and sited on the Kefali Cape with fine views of the Diapontian islands in the Ionian Sea.
The resort sits in a beautiful bay and has a decent sandy beach. It is very popular with UK families and the resort is included in many Corfu holiday brochures.
The shallow water and gently sloping sands make Agios Stefanos a particular favourite for families and there are plenty of sunbeds on the beach,
San Stefanos beach is about 500 metres long, with shallow water that's safe for children and the broad stretch of good soft sand is about 70 metres deep. The flat expanse of sand and low cliffs behind will remind many of a typical English seaside beach.
The original old village of Agios Stefanos is centred around the church and the old harbour and it is here that Corfu holiday visitors will find more traditional shops and tavernas.
The new village and port is where most of the recent tourist accommodation has sprung up and this part of the village is is very much a modern Greek beach resort with the usual array of resort facilities.
The winding country road that leads down to San Stefanos bay not only offers a rural backdrop to the beach but also invites walking in the surrounding hills.
There are boat trips to the nearby islets, excursions to Sidari and Corfu Town and longer cruises to nearby islands such as Kefalonia and Paxos.
Despite having fewer than 40 villages, the Corfu marching band tradition is going from strength to strength. Dabs Banner finds out why the practice is thriving across the island.
Whether you are an experienced diver, a beginner, or just a snorkeler, Greece has a seabed for you. Andy Cornish swims in one of the world's best aquatic park.
The 18-hole golf, par-72 course nestles in the Ropa Valley on Corfu island is an ideal day out for golfers and their families with a club house serving up great lunches and snacks.
Agios Spyridon is the most prominent church in Corfu and it's dedicated to the island's patron saint, revered throughout Corfu for having saved the island from disaster four times.


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Snacks are typically a major mess up point for most women when it comes to weight loss. We have the best intentions for healthy snacking, but small mistakes creep in and slowly add up.
The modern day office is a minefield of horrible snacking where any given day you can pack on an extra 400 to 500 calories.
If you work at home, it's very easy to end up snacking all day long.
The Good News On Snacking:
The great news with snacking is it's like breakfast, over 95% of the time, you'll eat the same foods over and over again. This is great news because you can create your own snacking menu knowing you'll love the food and knowing it will be really healthy.
The Bad News On Snacking:
It can be used as a trigger for concentration. It's very easy to always have something, even if it's healthy near you, and always be munching on it. Lots of people have snacks or drinks as a way to focus there mind while they get work done. Even if your snacks are healthy, you don't want to be consuming all the extra calories.
The Snacking Rule of Thumb:
I typically snack twice a day.
These two snacks sustain my body's energy levels until I can eat dinner. Being a trainer, it's not uncommon that I may eat dinner at 9:00pm after a training session.
For late dinners, I'll have a snack at 5:30 as well.
The Calorie Count For Most Snack Sessions:
You really don't want to have too many calories per snack. I recommend 250 to 300 maximum.
Without considering drinks like teas, coffee, or other flavored drinks, a snack of about 300 calories will put your daily consumption at about 1600 calories.
It really is best to track what you're eating when you first start to do this. You'll be amazed at how fast things begin to pile up. Plus you can always make adjustments much easier when you really know what's going on with the foods your eating.
The Types of Food Make For Great Snacks:
I prefer my go to snacking foods…
Here's the process I recommend you go through to create your snacking menu.
Step 1: Look at Your Schedule
First, look to see what you have available to help you create a snack. Unless you pre-make snacks which is a great option, you will have to go with a simpler snack.
For example, to create a shake, you have to have a good blender. So if you don't have that available where you are when it's snack time, you have to either pre-make the shake or just forgo it as an option.
Step 2: Start Testing Different Snacks
You need to experiment. You can join Fit Women's Weekly where I have a huge menu and recipe database of snacks, but even then you must experiment.
Find out what you like and don't like. This is the best way to determine your snack menu.
Step 3: Create Your Perfect Snacking Portions
Now you just need to make your snacks and create the right portions. Until you full get the hang of this, it's a great idea to pre-package your snacks.
This way you can just grab them and go, not worrying if it's too much or too little.
Also don't worry if you end up having to bring a little cooler to work. I do this all the time and it's what's required. You will get more curious questions about how you're doing this than strange looks.
Why Is Everything We Just Talked About Considered Weight Loss Snacking
When it comes to snacking, it's about keeping your body going while not packing on too many calories.
During the snacking times, most women falter and pack on too many calories. This could be because of food or a drink like a soda or energy drink.
The key is to plan your meals.
When you make these changes and go through this process, you'll find you drop weight pretty quickly. It's amazing how such small changes can really impact your waistline so dramatically.
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Dear Abby: I'm not attracted to my husband. I love him and don't want to live without him, but I do not want to be physically intimate with him. I know it is unfair to him, and I have tried everything from antidepressants to meditation to diet, but nothing works.
I used to have a high libido, but I haven't wanted to have sex with him in years. We do it maybe two or three times a month because I force myself to, but it is unpleasant for me. He doesn't want to guilt me into sex and hates that I force myself, but he has a very high libido.
I need help before our marriage starts to crumble. – Avoiding It in South Carolina
Dear Avoiding It: I can't wave a magic wand and make you more physically attracted to your husband.
However, I am not qualified to diagnose whether your problem may be of a physical nature. That's why I'm advising you to ask your doctor to perform a thorough physical examination. If he or she finds nothing amiss, ask the doctor to refer you to a licensed mental health professional who can help you figure out what's going on.
Dear Abby: My husband and I moved to a new town last year and are working on settling in and making friends. Our way has been to accept every invitation offered in hopes of building relationships in this small community.
We recently had dinner at the home of a neighbor couple who were very welcoming, but we quickly realized the four of us have absolutely nothing in common. Making conversation through the meal and coffee taxed all of our small-talk skills, and there were many painful silences. We made an excuse to go home early and sent a thank-you note the next day.
Usually, I think a dinner invitation requires a reciprocal invitation in the future. In this case, I'm wondering if it would be better to just let it go. Would it be rude to not reciprocate, or must I suck it up? If we must have them over, how do I ensure the second dinner goes better than the first? – Different In The West
Dear Different: Do the right thing and invite the couple for dinner. It does not have to be in your home – a nice restaurant would do.


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Situated overlooking the magnificent Bere Island and Berehaven Harbour, the spectacular Berehaven Lodges will take your breath away. The setting and the views it offers are just stunning - they really have to be seen to be believed.
Located just 3 miles from Castletownbere, capital of the notoriously wild and beautiful Beara Peninsula, West Cork, this eleven-acre haven boasts 800 metres of sea frontage, a marina, private beach, natural water features, mature trees and rocky crags.
Fifteen beautifully designed, three-bedroom residences, all nestled comfortably within their natural surroundings. The layout, design and finish of every residence has been completed to the highest of specifications.
• 3 bedrooms – an upstairs double room and twin room, both of which are en-suite. A downstairs double room.
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Security Deposit: A security deposit of €100.00 must be paid to Louise on arrival which will be refunded on departure providing there has been no damage or breakages during your stay.
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Berehaven Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world and has a wealth of history behind it. The town and port were originally engaged in the export of copper from the nearby Allihies mines and was later the sea base for the English Atlantic Fleet from the early 1800s until it was handed back by the British in 1939.
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For hill walkers, the unforgiving and bleak Hungry Hill will set you a challenge not to be forgotten or for a more sedentary excursion why not visit nearby Glengarriff with its unusual Mediterranean climate, Bamboo Park and boat trips to Garnish Island – commonly revered as a botanist's paradise!
It is hard to come to Ireland, especially West Cork, and not be amazed by the wonderful Golf Courses on offer. Berehaven Golf Course is just up the road where you can enjoy 9 holes overlooking breathtaking views of Bere Island and Berehaven Harbour. Or try your luck at nearby Glengarriff's beautiful 18-hole course. Wherever you choose to tee off, you will not be left disappointed or unchallenged.
Note: There is free wi-fi in the reception/foyer area. While currently upgrading the service to the houses, we, do not at this point offer wi-fi in the houses, or claim to. Mobile phone coverage is fine – but the quality varies even as you walk around the Lodge.
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Graduating with a degree in Political Science, from Columbia University, my family wanted me to become a lawyer. And for a very long time, I believed that's where my path lay. Even after starting my catering company, Fleurimond Catering, fears and doubts still lingered and lasted for years, as this was not my expected path.
After 15 years as a culinary professional and caterer, with clients including Dr. Mehmet Oz (Healthcorps), Paul Weiss, Stephen Colbert, Vivica A. Fox, BET, Ogilvy & Mather and the White House, most people would consider me a success. My friends and colleagues wanted nothing more than to see me evolve within this field. But while I loved cooking and catering, something still did not feel right. Though cooking and catering are my passions, I am much more.


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Monday, March 29, 2010
From the files: Good Friday '08
I came across this article I wrote two Easters ago, and thought I'd post it here just to get our hearts going in terms of what the upcoming "Passion" week is all about. If you were on my email distribution two years ago, you may have read it before, but since I could barely recognize my own thoughts and sentences, I thought you may enjoy a fresh read as well.
Yesterday was Good Friday. As much as it is common to happily anticipate the Easter season, it is hard to look forward to Good Friday. It is a somber day, and a time I usually commemorate by going to church to be reminded of the horror brought upon our Lord for our sake. Honestly, I like to go in a way one likes to get an annual physical – it is not something pleasant, but understood as necessary to stay healthy. Basically, I need to go to the Good Friday service because it keeps me in check. After all, Jesus tells us to carve out time to remember what He's done for us on the cross. So I go every year, knowing there is no spoonful of sugar to make this medicine go down.
And every year, I am a little disturbed as the account of the crucifixion is retold. The brutal violence, the senseless and angry mob, the evil men in authority…really it is all hard to imagine. I am usually left thinking, "I get that this had to happen, but really how did this happen? Who were those people?" So much of the story is so shocking.
Then, the service always implies that WE are the ones who crucified Jesus because He died ultimately for our sins. Again, I understand the connection and have known my need for a savior my whole life. But in my heart of hearts, I try to put myself in the shoes of all the evil characters in the story and come up at a loss in terms of being able to relate. Would I have been Judas, betraying a friend for a buck? Never. Would I have been in the angry mob? Would I have been screaming, "Release Barabbas! Crucify Jesus!" Can't imagine it. Would I have been the spineless Pilate, letting a gross injustice (the death of someone he found innocent) slip right by me? No way. I'm sorry, I just can't identify with any of those people.
So let's go to theology. This year, the screen in the service was slowly flashing up reasons why we are the ones who crucified Jesus. The first said, "We are sinners by birth." I get that. We had no choice; we came out that way. (And here I go in my mind…Would I have really bitten into that apple like Eve? I think I would have been pretty content in the garden of Eden, and yet she slaps me with the sentence of a lifetime. Thanks.) Next reason on the screen: "We are sinners by nature." I get that too. We are imperfect pieces of flesh, another sort of imposed sentence, in my mind, something I didn't buy into and something I can't cure as long as I'm on this earth. Then a third reason flashes up, the one that startles and stops me: "We are sinners by choice." I immediately want to protest, "No, I have no choice because of Eve, because of my nature, because I was designed to fail." All these arguments sound solid from a philosophical standpoint. But they are not telling my whole story.
I sat in my seat, now totally unaware of what was happening in the service, weighing my own heart. How much am I choosing my sin? A mother must similarly weigh the heart of her child when deciding how to discipline; is he or she simply making childish mistakes, or is the child being truly defiant? It is a very important question for a parent; the answer determines the consequence. But now I am in the position of the child. I do indeed make many mistakes based on my lack of maturity, but I also know there are times when my sin is truly my defiance, my choice.
I let this realization boil down in my heart: I am not a victim of my nature, I am a willing partner. Not only do I at times choose to sin, but if I am brutally honest with myself, I know there are times when my rebellion is bold and prideful and senseless and shocking and I can look at me and say "Who is that woman?"
Yes, I am sometimes the child who makes mistakes. But I am also a sinner by choice. I choose it, regularly, even if just in my mind. Sometimes it is an indulgent, horrific conversation in my mind that I never plan to have, sometimes it is an attitude of entitlement, or superiority, or self-centeredness. These are ugly things that I can freely embrace, partly because I know each person has his or her own things. I may not ever choose what Judas did, or any of the other evil people in the Good Friday scene, but turning my back on Jesus just once in defiance qualifies me for desperately needing His payment for my forgiveness. Let's just face facts that my bad choices, and yours for that matter, put Him on the cross because He couldn't stand to live without us.
At the end of the service, I stood listening, absorbing the music. I closed my eyes and I saw a picture of myself standing on the earth. All my sins and weaknesses were ropes and chains connected to the ground. A tangle of them surrounded my legs. But my chin was tilted up toward the sky and I was full of joy because every single one of them was severed. My sins and weaknesses existed but I was bound by none of them. I stood there in the service, having been given this picture of my freedom, and it was a beautiful thing.
Tomorrow morning, Easter, I feel humbled and privileged to be able to celebrate God's love for me, that while we were still sinners, Christ set us free (Romans 5:8). He didn't wait for us to change or come looking for Him. He just came, in our hour of deepest need. He paid the price we owed, and then called us by name. I pray today you'll walk with me through this Easter season feeling a deep sense of gratitude that, if you know Him, you're free indeed.
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In our little village near York it feels like summer has temporarily left us - it's pouring down and cool. Not to worry, this comforting mushroom and white bean stew will cheer any wet weather day. The mushrooms add a meaty texture and the beans provide protein to make this dish really satisfying. Herbes de Provence is a mixture of dried herbs typically rosemary, savory, thyme, marjoram, and oregano - if you haven't any in your spice rack use a quarter teaspoon of rosemary, thyme, marjoram and oregano. Serve with crusty bread to mop up the yummy sauce.
Mushroom and white bean stew
Serves 2
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1 tbsp organic olive oil or rapeseed oil
1 red onion, peeled and chopped
2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
200g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
1/2 red pepper, sliced
6 cherry tomatoes, cut in 2
100g tomato puree
pinch stevia
1 tsp Herbes de Provence
1 tsp pink salt dissolved in 250ml hot water
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
can organic cannellini beans
Crusty bread to serve
Heat the oil and cook the onion for 3 minutes. Add the garlic, red pepper and mushrooms and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients except the beans and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes until the sauce is thickened. Add the beans for the last 5 minutes. Divide between bowls and serve with crusty bread.
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Why Is It So Hard to Get a Lyme Disease Diagnosis?
Avril Lavigne opened up again this week about her struggle with Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness she says left her bedridden for months and desperate for answers. Why did it take so long for her to get answers?
Avril Lavigne opened up again this week about her struggle with Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness she says left her bedridden for months and desperate for answers. The 30-year-old singer told Good Morning America this week that she saw many doctors and underwent a battery of tests in the last year, but that it wasn't until she found a Lyme disease specialist that she was given a correct diagnosis.
"I was in Los Angeles, literally, like the worst time in my life and I was seeing, like, every specialist and literally, the top doctors. It's so stupid," Lavigne said in an interview televised yesterday. She says that some misdiagnosed her symptoms—debilitating pain and fatigue—as chronic fatigue syndrome or depression, while others told her she was simply dehydrated or exhausted from touring.
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"This is what they do to a lot of people who have Lyme disease," she said. "They don't have an answer for them so they tell them, like, 'You're crazy.'"
Lavigne began to suspect she had Lyme disease—the number-one insect-borne disease in the United States—a few months after she began feeling exhausted and lightheaded. Her symptoms eventually got so bad she felt like she couldn't breathe, talk, or move. "I thought I was dying," she told People in April.
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So why did it take so long for Lavigne to get answers? And could her experience happen to others, as well?
Fortunately, most cases of Lyme disease are caught and treated much earlier, says Anne R. Bass, MD, a rheumatologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, and this degree of misdiagnosis isn't very common. But pinpointing this type of infection is not an exact science, and symptoms are not always crystal clear.
"Many people will develop a bulls-eye rash, which makes it fairly easy to diagnose," she says. But this telltale symptoms is sometimes faint or on hidden parts of the body, and some people don't get one at all.
"Other early symptoms, like fever or aches and pains, could be attributed to a virus or flu," says Bass. "So if you don't see a rash, you might not even go to the doctor—or it's possible your doctor might not recognize it." (Some Lyme disease cases go away on their own, she adds, so it's possible to have had it and never known.)
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Most physicians, especially those who practice in tick hot-spots like the northeastern United States, know to look out for Lyme disease symptoms during spring and summer months. But the disease is less prevalent in Southern California, where Lavigne says she was seeking treatment. If a patient hasn't had a rash and doesn't remember being bitten, doctors there may be slower to identify ticks as a potential factor.
Bass says that anyone who's experienced fatigue or joint pain for several months should think back to when their symptoms started, and whether they spent time in area of the country known for Lyme disease outbreaks. A blood test cannot confirm whether you are currently infected, but it can tell if you have been exposed to Lyme bacterium in the past. (It actually tests for antibodies, which develop a few weeks after a person has been infected and remain in the blood forever.) Doctors can use these test results, along with a person's current symptoms, to make a diagnosis.
"But even these test results can be complex and confusing, especially for physicians who aren't used to dealing with Lyme," Dr. Bass says. Some doctors also believe that Lyme disease can be diagnosed without a positive blood test, she adds—although there's no evidence that these methods are accurate or that antibiotics, in these cases, work any better than placebo.
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(Lavigne did not reveal exactly how she was diagnosed or whether she tested positive for Lyme antibodies, although she did say she had blood tests when she first became ill.)
Once Lyme disease is diagnosed, two to three weeks of oral antibiotics usually help patients feel better and eliminate all symptoms. If it goes untreated for several months, however, a longer course of drugs—usually four weeks—is often needed. In extreme cases, antibiotics may also be given through an IV.
Bass says that it's uncommon for patients to be prescribed antibiotics for more than a month, even if they continue to experience fatigue and pain. "It does take longer for them to get better when there is a delay in diagnosis, but it doesn't really change our duration or course of treatment," she says. "They may just need to rest and take it easy a bit longer until they have their energy back."
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Lavigne is finally feeling better, and says she expects to make a full recovery. That's a good thing, since 10 to 20 percent of people with Lyme disease continue to experience symptoms for months or even years after treatment. This condition is sometimes called chronic Lyme disease, although it's technically known as post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome.
Doctors aren't sure what causes post-Lyme syndrome (some believe that symptoms are due to other tick-borne illnesses, or to chronic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis), and treatments like long-term antibiotic therapy are controversial. But a recent study from Johns Hopkins University showed that one thing is clear: Prolonged Lyme-related illness is more common than was once believed.
"Our data show that many people who have been diagnosed with Lyme disease are in fact going back to the doctor complaining of persistent symptoms, getting multiple tests, and being retreated," the study authors said in a news release. "It is clear that we need effective, cost-effective, and compassionate management of these patients to improve their outcomes, even if we don't know what to call the disease."
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All good people follow the golden rule. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Animals qualify as others. They feel fear, pain and grief, just like people. In terms of suffering there is no difference between killing a cow and killing a person. They both feel the same degree of pain, they are both innocent therefore both cases are wrong.
Quite frankly, eating meat is a very selfish thing to do. Meat eaters believe that as long as they get their bacon, animal abuse is okay. They believe that the taste of chicken or beef is more important than the lives of innocent and terrified beings. That mentality is pure evil. Meat is pleasurable to eat,but you can also eat a totally healthy vegan diet. Therefore meat is killing for fun.
Meat eaters make the same excuses Nazis made, and slave owners. They decide that because someone is different, they are inferior. If humans were really superior to animals, we would know better than to slaughter 150 billion of them per year. Yeah, you read that right. This is the worst holocaust that has ever taken place, and yet it's happening right this second.
The only time it is okay to eat meat is to save your own life. Not because it tastes good.
You also don't need to eat meat or animal products like dairy and honey to be healthy. Humans are biologically herbivores. Our teeth are designed to chew plants. Our jaws can move side to side, like a cow. Dogs and other meat eaters can't do that.
We also have the correct intestine length in relation to our torso to be herbivores, and we have no carnivorous instincts. People see slaughterhouse footage and it makes them upset. If a bear saw a slaughterhouse he would think it's a buffet. Slaughterhouse workers have been known to get PTSD. Think about that for a second.
Meat, in my opinion is disgusting. When you eat meat you are literally eating a dead body. A corpse. Gross.
You don't need cows milk to be healthy anymore than you need dog milk to be healthy. You can get plenty of calcium from fruit.
Besides torturing and slaughtering billions of innocent animal per year, the meat industry cause 51% of the carbon emissions on this planet and destroy more forest than any other industry in order to raise cattle that will be murdered one day.
In short, we've all been duped. Bad health, a shitty planet and torture are not, and never will be worth the taste of bacon.
Humans have been hunting and eating meat for years, there's truly no point in stopping it now. Animal products are good for you, that's just fact.
If you want to discuss food supply, consider this: An estimated 80% of our crops are used to feed animals on factory farms. Those same crops could be used to feed starving children. The meat industry actually starves more people than it feeds.
And you can get plenty of protein from other foods: http://www.adaptt.org...
(Feel free to explore that website.)
Animals are literally skinned so that people can wear fur, when they can wear a variety of other materials. Hunting is a sad excuse to shoot animals for fun. No one hunts for food, because it is too expensive, time consuming and inconsistent. They simply hunt for the thrill of the kill.
Zaephou also made a comment about our canines. Consider this: gorillas have bigger canines than we do and they eat plants. Men have nipples, but that does not mean they should breastfeed. Humans have canines, but that does not mean that they should consume dead and tortured animals.
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Posted by TheBenC 2 years ago
Real question - can vegans drink breast milk?
Posted by AnthonyH 2 years ago
Overpopulation = food shortage = starving people = extreme measures (eg meat industry) = unsustainability = eventual collapse and destruction.
On the other hand, people need to be made aware that food gardens (through methods like permaculture) are a hundred times more sustainable/practical/healthy/intelligent than relying on expensive steroid/chemical pumped meat that most likely doesnt even come from your own country and/or contribute to your economy (never mind your health).
In my opinion, given the chance, it's simple, practical, intelligent alternatives like permaculture that will eventually sway the general opinion (and behaviour) of earth's population regarding food.
One last thing, since this is a debate website where opinions are put forth :), I don't particularly believe that the concept of "evil" is an actual reality. I think it's an overused human concept which (usually) only applies to extreme injustices upon us human beings, but they way that you put it ... I could almost agree.
Posted by Zaephou 2 years ago
Get your facts right.
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National Council on Disability Releases Report on the Impact of the ADA Amendments Act
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The National Council on Disability (NCD), an independent federal agency, released a report titled A Promising Start: Preliminary Analysis of Court Decisions Under the ADA Amendments Act, which reviews the court decisions that have been rendered to date applying the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) and reveals significant improvements in how courts are interpreting protections intended for coverage under the ADA.
NCDs report offers 23 findings and three recommendations based on an analysis of court decisions made under the ADAAA by examining decisions rendered under ADA amendments that were agreed on across both sides of the aisle in Congress. Using this measure, it is clear that the ADAAA has made a significant positive difference for plaintiffs in ADA lawsuits thus far.
For example, in six of the seven Circuit Court decisions in which the provisions of the ADAAA were applied, the plaintiff prevailed on establishing a disability; and in the district court decisions analyzed plaintiffs prevailed on the showing of disability in more than three out of four decisions a promising start and a substantial improvement over pre-ADAAA decisions under the broad scope of coverage under the ADA that Congress intended. However, many cases are still dismissed on procedural grounds before the alleged discriminatory conduct of the employer is ever addressed. In an attempt to correct this concern, NCD's report includes recommendations on guidance and technical assistance to address some of these procedural issues.
Thorough review of case law in the decisions rendered to date strongly affirms the positive difference the ADAAA has made for plaintiffs in discrimination cases, said Jeff Rosen, NCD Chairperson. While the possibility of undermining the intent of Congress when passing the ADA amendments five years ago remains, what we have seen thus far demonstrates a definite improvement over previous case law.
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
29 December 2001 - Alonso's International Debut
The 20-year old midfielder, then in his second season with Real Sociedad, had played for the Spanish U-18s, making a solitary appearance in 2000. Although he had not taken the pitch for them since then, Alonso, who was born in the Basque city of Tolosa, also qualified to play for the Basque Country national team. And in 2001, manager José Ángel Iribar called Alonso up for a friendly against Ghana.
The teams met at the Estadio San Mamés in Bilbao, where the visitors took an early lead with a goal from midfielder Derek Boateng in the 13th minute. Alonso remained on the bench for the first half, then came on at the start of the second with the Basques still down 0-1.
Alonso's entrance, along with several other subs made at the same time, turned the tide for the home side. They equalized in the 46th minute with a strike from Jon Pérez, then got two goals from Óscar de Paula (60', 67') to lead 3-1. Ghana's Alex Takyi-Mensah pulled one back in the 70th minute, but that was the last of the day's goals and the Basques won 3-2.
Although he has since become a regular starter for Spain, with 106 appearances since 2003, he continues to turn out for the Basque Country on occasion, most recently in December 2011.
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