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If you haven't read my previous blogs about networking, look at the "Categories" section to your right and click on "Networking."
Practical Tips to Help Optimize Your Online Network
The possibilities to connect are endless: Blogs, networking sites such as linkedin.com and large and small social networks provide opportunities to "meet" professionals from every industry. How should you take advantage of the possibilities?
Identify the key bloggers in your industry. Who has their finger on the pulse of your working world? Read their blogs and, whenever possible, make intelligent comments and suggestions. Simply agreeing or saying "nice post" doesn't count! Take some time to try to add to the conversation. When you become a regular contributor, you will begin to form a community of people who recognize you and value your opinions.
Consider authoring your own blog! The Wall Street Journal article, How Blogs are Changing the Recruiting Landscape, reports that one recruitment manager spends one to two hours a week searching blogs for potential hires. In three years, blogs helped him fill 125 corporate jobs. Only take this on if you are willing to work at putting together something professional. If your blog is sloppily done, it could hurt you. Blogging about your industry can be a great way to gain a positive reputation.
Organize a Social Network
If you have the time, consider organizing a social networking site online. It could be an offshoot of another site or in response to your in-person networking. If you see a need or a niche, taking the time and effort to fill it may get you noticed!
This site is a goldmine of information, networking resources and potential job opportunities.
Industry Specific Groups
Consider joining several industry specific networking groups. This association directory can help get you thinking about organizations in your arena.
As you join social networks, chat rooms and groups, be sure to observe (lurk) before you chime in with your 2 cents worth. You will come across more professionally if you understand the etiquette of a site before you inject your opinions.
Don't forget that networking isn't only about what you can get from others. What goes around comes around – be sure that you make the effort to extend yourself in your networks. Help someone else! Provide a suggestion, a resource or an answer to a question. If nothing else, it is good karma!
Your Reputation
As you put your name out there, be sure to keep track of how you are being indexed in search engines. Google your name. If anything negative comes up, Lindsey Pollak's blog suggests checking out reputationdefender.com. This company promises to get rid of unflattering online content. Since many employers are supplementing reference checks with online searches, this may be a valuable tool.
Another great idea from Lindsey's blog is to sign up for Google Alerts on your name. Google will e-mail you every time you are indexed, and you can keep track of your virtual reputation.
Consider the following tips that apply both to on- and off-line networking:
Don't wait until you are looking for a job to begin networking.
All leads are worth pursuing.
Set networking goals. Prioritize and focus.
Stay organized. Keep track of contacts, what you have learned and who referred you where. (This can be especially important in the online world, where networks will intertwine.)
Research and be prepared.
Always send a thank you note to everyone who helps you. Cyberspace contacts appreciate knowing they had a positive impact, even if their comments or suggestions were not targeted to you. If someone's blog or suggestion helps you, let them know!
Write professionally. Spell check and use proper grammar.
Be genuine, enthusiastic and confident in all networking communications.
Keep adding to your contact list and continue networking, even when you have a job.
Stay tuned for how to optimize your in-person career networking!


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Pages: 320
Publisher: Hot Key Books
Released: 4th of October 2016
Henry Page has never been in love. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can't-eat-can't-sleep kind of love that he's been hoping for just hasn't been in the cards for him—at least not yet. Instead, he's been happy to focus on his grades, on getting into a semi-decent college and finally becoming editor of his school newspaper. Then Grace Town walks into his first period class on the third Tuesday of senior year and he knows everything's about to change.
Grace isn't who Henry pictured as his dream girl—she walks with a cane, wears oversized boys' clothes, and rarely seems to shower. But when Grace and Henry are both chosen to edit the school paper, he quickly finds himself falling for her. It's obvious there's something broken about Grace, but it seems to make her even more beautiful to Henry, and he wants nothing more than to help her put the pieces back together again. And yet, this isn't your average story of boy meets girl. Krystal Sutherland's brilliant debut is equal parts wit and heartbreak, a potent reminder of the bittersweet bliss that is first love.
What I Have to Say
I like this new thing of taking the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope and turning it into a very sick girl who a boy has over-romaticised, leading to a relationship that inevitably crumbles leaving a disaster zone in it's wake.
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG) trope and the mentally ill girl who is magically made better by a boys love, have always been tropes that are problematic in YA. Having a boyfriend has never healed a girls health problems and girls aren't just mysterious, quirky toys for boys to date. So naturally having these books written in response to these tropes is fantastic. I especially like the use of Kintsugi, the Japanese art form of repairing things with gold as a metaphor for Henry's fascination with broken things and idolization of Grace.
Alongside being an excellent response to these issues, Our Chemical Hearts was also a really great story. The characters, especially Henry's two friends, felt real and easy to relate to. They had great humour and it was fun to read.

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The Flash this week juggled three storylines and successfully handled two of them. Not a bad ratio considering that Flash's B-grade is another show's best material. Linda Park and Barry were taking their relationship to another level except things got derailed into a silly and awkward crash and burn date. Joe enlists Cisco to help investigate the murder of Nora Allen. But 'The Nuclear Man' really was about Firestorm's origin story and let's just say it's complicated.
Moving on from unrequited love turns out to be easier than expected for Barry as Linda is smitten and taking him out of his comfort zone. It may be all too much, too soon for Barry as the life of a superhero comes first, putting a damper on his love life. It doesn't help either when the former object of your affection tells your new flame how he's not over her. He does the only rom-com thing to do and that is to prove his commitment by eating a really hot pepper at Linda's workplace.
On a more serious note, Joe is still investigating the murder of Barry's mom and with Harrison Wells still in his sights he asks Cisco for help. They go back to the scene of the crime - Barry's boyhood home. They come across the new owner and the writers oddly chose to make her a sexy, flirty divorcee hitting on Joe the whole time. Cisco introduces a bunch of scientific gobbly-goop to which Joe tells him to get on with it already. Cisco's able to reproduce images in 3D from the night Nora was killed. The set-up pays off as blood stains found reveal it was Barry's blood...adult Barry. Time travel anyone? At least it's now on the table and Joe is one step closer to finding the killer.
The emotional center of the episode involves Ronnie's return as Firestorm. Except he's not really Ronnie anymore, but a shell infused with Dr. Martin Stein's consciousness with his own buried deep in his mind. Robbie Amell does a decent job of playing a stuffy professor, but he's no Victor Garber. We do get a glimpse of Garber in flashback when Barry meets him on the train before the accelerator explosion. With his FIRESTORM experiment in tow the day of the launch, Stein's proximity to the blast fuses himself to Ronnie.
After some disastrous attempts to reconnect with his wife and a colleague, Caitlin convinces him to seek treatment at STAR Labs. There he receives some medication and the team tries desperately to devise a way to separate the two before he "goes nuclear." It's painful to watch Caitlin interact with the man she loved who is there in body (yes, shirtless) but whose mind is scrambled with little recollection of the love they shared. The splicing experiment in the Badlands at least offered a new landscape away from Central City, but Danielle Panabaker's heartwrenching attempt to save her former fiance goes kaboom. A cliffhanger that leads to a cameo from Gen. Eiling.
'The Nuclear Man' was three shows in one - a rom-com, a police procedural and a superhero origin story. The Flash usually handles these storylines very well and this time the execution was mixed. Still, the story behind Firestorm and the new evidence from the murder scene made it all worth it and set the table for more drama.
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Optical YS Converter (mounted on camera's quick shoe inside the housing) converts camera's electronic TTL signal to a light signal.
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A compact unit that converts the camera's TTL signal to a light signal. The converter can be mounted on the camera's accessory shoe and can be connected to (a) SEA&SEA strobe(s) with Fiber-Optic Cable(s) (*). TTL and manual modes can be switched by pushing the mode switch on the housing.
* SEA&SEA's Fiber-Optic Cable II must be used with an Optical YS Converter.
TTL compatibility chart
Controls Power ON/Power OFF/TTL mode (indicated by blue lamp)/Manual mode (indicated by green lamp)
* Remaining battery level is indicated by flashing LED lamp.
Auto Power Off The converter will automatically power off if the shutter lever or the mode switch is not activated for more than one hour.
* The converter can be re-activated by pressing the mode switch.
Power Source 2 x AAA battery (Alkaline: 3.0V / Ni-MH: 2.4V)
Power Source (*1) Alkaline: 15 hours / Mi-MH: 12 hours (*2)
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Dimensions (WxHxD) 54.4 x 41.4 x 48.8mm / 2.1 x 1.6 x 1.9 inches (without cable)
Weight 54g / 1.9oz.
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Paper, paste, oil paints, and ox bile: these are the "ingredients" for making various types of decorated paper. Historical decorated papers from the Museum's collection provide you with suggestions for making your own paper, for example using paste and filler techniques. Let your imagination run free by revelling in the interplay of colours and shapes, helped by a large measure of chance. Experiments with paste and inks can create amazing little works of art.
Activity: After a short introduction to the history of decorated and pasted papers you can start pasting away to your heart's content. Different inks and design tools are used such as wooden sticks and trowels, combs and fingers. You'll be surprised by the three-dimensional paste papers. After drying, the resulting papers are smoothed by pressing.
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text: The dust storm we had last week must have left a large pebble on the highway here. Got hit in the lower part of windshield on driver side. It left a large chip and about a 3 inch crack. Over the next couple days, that crack lengthened to over 18 inches. Just filed my claim with my insurance. I'd assume this can be replaced fairly easily by most glass places that handle windshield replacements. But, being its such a new vehicle, I'm not completely sure. Anyone else have to replace their windshield due to chip (not the earlier issues of faulty windshields replaced at Tesla service centers)? I can choose any place to get it done supposedly. Can Tesla handle it, wondering what would they charge and if insurance would cover it?


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Re: Several comments David Rush 23 Apr 2003 08:41 UTC
Finally getting a bit of breathing space, so I am... "Michael Burschik" <firstname.lastname@example.com> writes: > 4.5 Iterators > > If vector-unfold is the fundamental vector constructor, it should be > defined in 4.1 and not 4.5. Moreover, vector-unfold is hardly a > suitable name for a constructor. As the function is similar to "do" > returning a vector, the syntax might be changed to reflect this > similarity. On the other hand, this would break the similarity to > SRFI-1. So what? My issue with vector-unfold is that the unfold combinator isn't terribly efficient for fixed-length collections (and no, I don't particularly like the SRFI-13 string-unfold, either). And anyway, having lived with SRFI-1 unfold for a couple of years now, I have just about completely abandoned it in favor of named let; which is simpler to code with and more flexible anyway... > Given a not too inefficient implementation of vector-reverse, which > should be possible, the whole issue of left/right iteration would seem > rather pointless. Actually for vectors having the different left/right iterators is more important because a reverse is entirely unnecessary. It's just a decrementing integer loop instaed of an incrementing one. There's a big efficiency gain here. david rush -- Einstein said that genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head. -- the Silicon Valley Tarot


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In part three of "What on earth has Teake been doing for the last four years?" I'll talk a little on how symmetry appears in nature. When considering this subject, it seems natural to think of symmetric things that appear in nature. Snowflakes, like the one above, are good examples, but also flowers, the wings of butterflies, and sea stars (to name a few) all show some form of symmetry. They fall into the category "things in nature that look kind of symmetric", but in fact have little or nothing to do with the physicist's concept of the symmetry of nature.
One definition of symmetry in physics is as follows: the symmetries of nature are those transformations that do not change the laws of physics. To illustrate this concept, have a look at the following four clocks:
The first clock obviously satisfies the laws of physics. We now apply two different transformations, namely a mirror operation and a time reversal operation. Both give a clock that is distinct from the original one -- you can see the dial moving in the opposite direction. So the clock is not invariant under these transformations, and thus they are not symmetries of the clock. However, there's nothing physically wrong with a clock running in the opposite direction, apart from the fact that it's broken. Therefore parity (a fancy word for a mirror operation) and time reversal are symmetries of the laws of physics of this particular system. In general parity and time reversal are broken, but that's another story.
As a side note, you can see that the combined actions of parity (C) and time reversal (T) do leave the clock invariant, so CT is a symmetry of the clock.
This concept of symmetry is quite powerful. For instance, Special Relativity can be derived by demanding that the laws of physics are invariant under translations, rotations, and boosts (which together make the Poincaré group). Modern physics is to a large extent build on similar considerations of symmetry. So the study of group theory is not just a nice mathematical exercise; it actually has some useful applications throughout the field of physics. In the upcoming blogposts on "What on earth has Teake been doing for the last four years?" I'll try to explain how I applied some fancy group theory to even fancier things like supergravity. Stay tuned!


text: Consumers Misled In Tamiflu Debate, Workshop Argues 14/11/2005 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Consumers worldwide are being left in the dark as to governments' stockpiles in case of an avian influenza pandemic, and the pharmaceutical industry has been unclear about the medicine supplies available, concluded an intellectual property right panel in Geneva recently. But the industry says it has its priorities in the right place. Neither the European Union nor Roche, the Swiss company producing the anti-influenza medicine Tamiflu (oseltamivir), has been able to provide data on how much avian flu medicine various countries have in stock, according to James Love, head of the Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech), which co-sponsored the workshop with Consumers International. Efforts also seemed to have been made to mislead people in terms of production capacities of Tamiflu, Love said. He linked the avian flu threat to Hurricane Katrina that struck New Orleans this autumn, referring to the lack of planning and people trusting the government. "We have to be tougher" about asking our governments questions, he said. Love also pointed out that the stockpiling issue is related to the price of the drug. The lower the probability that a pandemic will occur, the less cost-effective it would be to stockpile medicines. Love presented a "contingent royalty proposal," according to which governments would acquire medicines freely from generics suppliers and pay the patent owner royalties if the medicines were actually used. William Haddad, chairman and CEO of the United States Research and Development Corporation, a generic drug producer, represented "views from a generics manufacturer." He has volunteered to assist the Indian generics company Cipla in its Tamiflu operations and has previously worked on reducing the price of drugs for HIV/AIDS and malaria, he said, emphasising that his companies did not produce any of these drugs. Haddad argued that there was neither a shortage of the active substance oseltamivir used for Tamiflu, nor a production problem. Haddad said Roche has argued that the active substance is in short supply, and can only be derived from four regions in China, and that although the company has geared up its production facility, there is still a supply issue. According to Haddad, oseltamivir has been manufactured through a fermentation process patented by Professor John Frost at Michigan State University, who had issued Roche a voluntary license. But once the media picked up on the Tamiflu production issue, Roche stopped its collaboration with Frost, Haddad said. Frost could not be reached for comment. Haddad argued that there are at least 50 biotechnology plants that would be able to produce oseltamivir because the production methods are not as complicated as Roche claimed. There also is an issue with "corporations' pressure on politicians," Haddad said. "They constructed the ballpark and now they ask us to play in their ballpark." Roche Prioritises Flu Season A Roche spokesperson confirmed that the company had, together with Frost, "developed a special fermentation process, using a special E. coli strain which, when overfed glucose, over-produces shikimic acid." The synthesis of Tamiflu can start with shikimic acid, although it does not have to, and shikimic acid can be extracted from star anise, a commonly found spice, according to sources. Roche said that other options offered by Frost for the production of shikimic acid manufacturing "might be valid, but might take too long to realize large-scale production in the current situation for pandemic planning," the spokesperson said, but adding, "We are in discussions with Frost to evaluate these options further." As for reports on shortages, the Roche spokesperson emphasised that Roche's priority was to ensure that Tamiflu would be "available for seasonal use to patients and to fulfil government pandemic orders." "Therefore, over the next few weeks, only limited stocks of Tamiflu may be available in some countries to ensure Tamiflu is available at the start of the influenza season," she said. She noted that there was no influenza circulating at the moment and the threat of a pandemic had not materialised. "We are asking people to act responsibly so that Tamiflu is available to patients who need it once the influenza season starts," the spokesperson said. As for production, Roche was expanding its own capacities and was working with a network of partner companies. WIPO Overview Of Patent Information At the workshop, Antony Taubman said that the World Intellectual Property Organisation, WIPO, was working on developing an overview of basic patent information on various countries. He said the confusion as to which patent is valid where related to the "information dilemma of the day." WIPO also is working on broadening the pipeline for innovation and improving access to new medicines, especially in developing countries, he said. Sisule Musungu of the South Centre noted that it would be difficult for WIPO to get information from developing countries. He also found WIPO's aim of improving access to information and some of its new regulations "contradicting issues." Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related "Consumers Misled In Tamiflu Debate, Workshop Argues" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


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I'm an avid fan of geo-location apps and services like foursquare, SCVNGR, gowalla and more. However, there is a newcomer to the game, Shaloc. It is the easiest GPS sharing application humanly possible. The application automatically updates in the background and shares your location with your friends at any given moment. So rather than checking in to a specific venue or calling friends to get their ETA, you can find out in a snap exactly where someone is. In fact, I got a chance to interview the creator of the app, Rakshith Krishnappa via e-mail.
How did you get the idea for Shaloc?– Me and my friends meet downtown on weekends, we usually end up arriving at different times, and ended up calling each other to let each other know where they were, so I wondered if there was a way to make this easy by using mobile phone GPS and share with each other. Then came up with the idea for mobile app to share location and make it so that others can see location without requiring an app.
What is different about Shaloc from the other geo-location apps out there right now?– Shaloc is real-time location sharing, if you move 2 steps your friend will see you move 2 steps, other location apps update every 15 seconds or a minute. Shaloc is more for sharing your GPS virtually. Shaloc does not require the other person to have a app downloaded to view your location, and browser will work for viewing.
How has the response been since the launch of the application?– People have been using it many creative ways, to share location with family, kids are sharing with parents when they take the car out, and parents are able to see where they are using their computer. I heard about a new york pizza delivery company shared location to a customer. Some people are worried about privacy. App is downloaded based on word of mouth, people like the face that the location sharing can be viewed without the need for an app on the other end. Developers are asking for API to be released so that can can develop apps using real-time location data.
It's clear that geo-location is a huge trend in social media right now. Where do you see this trend going in the future?– I see real-time location be a part of day to day life, soon you will be able to track where your UPS/Fedex truck is, where your mail man is, you will be able to share your location to 911 in case of emergency, your pizza delivery guy will be sharing location when you order pizza, you will be able to track where the subway or bus is, taxi… I think other static geo-location apps like foursquare and gowalla, will focus more on local deals and providing value to users rather than just badges.
Having the opportunity to interview Rakshith was great. I am always amazed by the power of social media and the type of people you can interact with. I tweeted about Shaloc in regards to an upcoming presentation for class. I got a response in a timely fashion and he was very open to talking with me and answering any questions I had.
The bottom line is that Shaloc is a great idea for an app. It strips down geo-location to the basics, which a lot of people can appreciate in today's complicated world.


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Sheldon Lavin is the current chief executive officer of OSI Group. This is the biggest food processing company in the world. The company does not mainly deal with retail sales. Almost all of its clients are large food chain stores. OSI Group has reached this level due to the impact that Sheldon Lavin has in the management of the company. He is focused on ensuring that the operations of the group are not hampered by anything and anyone. He has worked very hard to raise the company from a small company with just a single processing plant in the 1970s to now owning business operation in over 65 countries.
OSI Group was started by Otto Kolschowsky in 1909 in Chicago. Back then it was known as Otto &Sons. Since then the company has been growing steadily. Before Sheldon Lavin joined the company it was not doing great. His entrance in the management of the company added the much-needed value of entrepreneurship. OSI Group started its journey to large-scale food processing after it was given orders by the McDonald's in the1950s to supply them with hamburger. This would set up the foundation of what is now a global company worth billions of dollars.
Sheldon Lavin joined OSI as a managing partner in the 19709s. His role was to work alongside his other two partners, sons of Otto, to grow the company. Sheldon Lavin came into the company with huge plans. Since he was previously in the finance sector, he knew what was to be done to make the company expand its territory. With McDonald's expanding, it meant that their orders were also growing. This resulted in the firm building the first special plant that was to serve McDonald's only. Sheldon Lavin was determined not to let OSI group lag behind as McDonald's grew. He came up with a plan that would be used by the group to get hold of the food processing market. He came up with three points that would form the basis of the company's success. These are; green practices, sustainability, and food safety.
Sheldon Lavin has been serving in the industry for about four decades. Formerly an investor and a banking executive, Sheldon was determined to succeed. He has been the single biggest contributor to the success of this firm. Sheldon Lavin has in recent years embarked on an acquisition spree in an attempt to expand the operations of the group into as many countries in the world as possible.
Sheldon Lavin's Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/public/Sheldon-Lavin


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For this cause, shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they twain shall be one flesh. Wherefore they are no more twain but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matthew 19:5-6; this scripture is the vision that gave birth to the Family Life Ministry of JILFI. The vision is to build strong families that will be 'light of the world and the salt of the earth serving as examples of the believer nurturing godly seeds raised for divine purpose on earth and building godly heritage i.e. a generational heritage of faith.
How is the marriage vision being fulfilled?
- Regular times of fellowships, in-depth teaching, Bible studies, seminars and connecting couples and different families – couples meetings
- Outreaches meant to reach out to couples from other churches, in the communities all around where our branches are located
- Specialized training, conferences – Family Life Conference through which practical issues of home life, love-relationships, challenges/questions and family roles are shared and discussed.
- Anointed servants of God and wives, couples of good reputation/report, filled with the Holy Ghost and faith are usually invited to minister specially to us.
The kingdom as the fellowship is named is a body of men who are believers and want to live a purposeful Christian lives for Jesus. Other purpose for this group is to raise, train, equip and empower married men of JILFI for a fruitful and purposeful Christian life and family live. These men seek to discover and develop the graces and gifts of God inside each of the men of valour for the ministry and their personal/family edification.
Men's fellowship is also aimed at building strong, loving relationships among JILFI men who in turn will impact other men in their neighbourhood, workplace or any place they are placed by God with the gospel of Christ. They meet every third Sunday of the month. The fellowship also holds an annual men of Valour Conference, an exciting time of praise, worship, sharing and deep feasting in the word of God.
The vision of the women ministry to get the sisters (married, singles and grand-mums) established with Christ and live in ways to influence their families, neighbourhood, workplace and their society with the gospel of Christ and personal witness. They are to be light in their world and salt of the earth indeed Matthew 5:13-16. They are to be ambassadors of Christ in every area of their lives.
Women ministry embraces young and old, married, single females who are willing to live for Jesus Christ and fulfil His command of making disciples of all nations. Each should use of their gifts and talents to serve the cause of Jesus on earth.
This is a group meant for fellowship among Christian sisters of a Jesus. It also ministers to women of various ages, status. Levels in the Jesus is Lord International. The women ministry consists of the following:
- The Cornerstones are the married women who come together every tow month to refresh one another's faces, pray together, encourage one another and share the love of God among themselves.
- The Singles Fellowship is a gathering together of young unmarried Christian girls of the Jesus is Lord foundation International to be brought up and prepared adequately for a glorious future each as a wife, mother, church workers, secular worker, servant of God etc. they are taught to be examples of believers in all things ( I Timothy 4:12 )
- The Dorcas Group is comprised of elder mums most of them grand mums and widows who like the Bible Dorcas and Anna Luke 2 spend most of their times in weekly intercession for different families and the JILFI ministry as a whole. They also take time
to visit neighboring families (especially the aged, sick) to further the purpose for which Christ came. James 1:27. The group meets for vigils twice in a month.
- Female Ministers' Fellowship holds monthly meetings (every 3rd Sunday if the month) in house and outreaches interchangeably. It means one month is for sharing, caring and fellowship and the rest is for outreach to specialized groups of people to share the love and the gospel of Christ. It holds an annual conference first weekend in October.
The Youth Fellowship of JILFI is an all-encompassing body for teenagers, young adults and all singles that have this single aim – To be shot well in life! With this goal in mind, all our programmes are tailored towards building the total youth.
Here are some of our programmes and some things we are into; you can contact us to know how you can join us in making a difference.
- Accurate Arrows Conference (AAC) This is the time when all youths of the ministry from far and near come together to fellowship with one another and to be taught of God. Our guest ministers have diverse gifts and callings, from the firebrand evangelists to the very conservative pastors – in the 2013 edition we were blessed to have two Christian Professors minister to us. Everything is rounded up by our Father in the Lord, Rev. Francis Olonade!
We also have worship sessions led by a dedicated youth choir; seminars, career talks, featured presentations and more are also what we enjoy in AAC. The Accurate Arrows Conference takes place around Easter.
- Mission & Outreaches As expected we are not expected to sit in church auditoriums all day. As youths we make efforts to reach out to others and in recent years this has included village outreaches – where we travelled to remote areas and lived with the locals for days sharing the word of God, visitations and follow-up of members and non-members alike.
- Monthly Services We hold monthly services in various branches of the church, so you will not always find us at the headquarters every Sunday evening when we have a service. Please check the events page for the next youth service and plan to attend.
- Meeting with Daddy In what has become an annual event, the Accurate Arrows of JILFI meet with Rev. Francis Olonade to hear what he expects from us. This meeting comes up toward the end of each year and is tailored towards the year ahead. It is a time where we also get to ask questions and make contributions. Plus food is never absent.
- The Youth Secretariat The Youth Secretariat was provided by the ministry for the Youth Fellowship so that we can have a place to call our own. The décor was done and was paid for largely by youth volunteers through monetary and material donations; we were also ably assisted by the Church. The Secretariat is on the grounds of the Ministry's former headquarters.
- Social Media The Accurate Arrows have an active Facebook Fan Page, and a Twitter Handle. We would love to see you join us.
Psalm 127:3-4 says "children are a heritage form the LORD and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth". Our children are very important to us at the Jesus is Lord Foundation International (JILFI), we believe they are a reward from God and we take great care to bring them up in the fear of the Lord. Our children make use of a church auditorium called "The Upper Room" at the headquarters for part of their services before they join the adults in the main auditorium for more blessings.
Activities within the Children's department
- Children's Outreach Our children don't only get taught, they also teach! In these outreaches, our children share the light of God's Word with their colleagues. These outreaches have had no small impact on the target communities and areas.
Our children have also visited orphanages and they have joined forces with other ministries and groups to "Learn from the Elders", one of the elders they have visited is the Late Prophet Obadare. Also our children have been involved with the Children Evangelical Mission in various ways including the Annual Children Camp.
- Quiz Competitions Our children have organized quiz competitions where they invite children from other churches to participate. They also get invited to participate in quiz competitions in other churches.
- God's Heritage Choir Officially founded in 2011, God's Heritage Choir (or simply, The Heritage Choir) is a choir made up of children between the ages of 3 and 15. The choir ministers at most of the Joint services held at the Church Headquarters.
The Victory Gospel Campaign was birthed in 2002 but the vision existed long before this time in the heart of God's servant, Rev. Olonade. A strong, zealous and vibrant team was raised up to reach the unsaved and unreached of the world with the gospel of life.
We have a mission "that the world through Christ might be saved" and the mission is being fulfilled through:
- Mass evangelism with open-air crusades tagged Victory Gospel Crusades.
- Printing of tracts and bills, for evangelism and follow up.
- Discipleship teachings/classes for new converts.
- Believers' Conferences to revive and mobilize the believers in Orthodox and Pentecostal churches.
- Teachings, crusades and revival meetings in established churches.
- Many more…
What We Believe at VGC
We stand for the proclamation of the full and total redemption that the Lord Jesus brought to us; we believe and the signs of Mark 16:16-18 follow us, "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover"
Testimonies abound of what God has done through these meetings and crusades; great signs and wonders attest to the fact that God gives victory through Christ.
With initial emphasis placed on reaching towns and villages, Victory Gospel Campaign now has the enlarged focus of reaching out to people in cities and other nations of the world. We know that it is God that gives us victory through Christ!
This is a specialized training programme for the Pastors, Deacons, and department leaders of the Jesus Is Lord Foundation. It is exclusively designed to train these leaders towards achieving the vision God gave to this ministry. The training is also meant to sharpen our leadership skills Psalm 78:72 for stronger, better and more effective local and global ministry.
Ministers fellowship andconference is a forum for gathering together of ministers within the ministry and from other ministries and churched to share together experiences, hurts, joy, challenges and aspirations. It is aimed at promoting the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace and encouraging God's servants all around our locality (in Nigeria presently) to bear one another's burden. It is also an avenue to intercede deeply for one another and network for more effective ministries. The meeting holds most times on weekends about three times in a year.


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Whether you go to a salon or colour your hair at home (guess which I do??), there are the awful inbetween times when your roots show through. Here are my thoughts on touch-up products.
Roux 'Tween Time
I liked this US product, which I found at a reasonable price on Amazon (around £7). It is a chunky, waxy coloured stick, presented much like a lipstick, which you stroke from root outward. The instructions say to wet the tip and start from the scalp. Reading the reviews on Amazon, I found a better method is to apply on wet hair, immediately post shampoo. The prescribed method leaves the hair sticky but applying on wet hair doesn't. Available in lots of shades.
Verdict A stayer
Charles Worthington Instant Root Concealer
This is an aerosol with five shades to choose from. I found it less precise to apply than 'Tween Time because you are supposed to hold the can 20cm (8 inches) from your head. It dried to a dull, waxy finish which I didn't like at all. The roots felt flat and it was very difficult to get a brush through my hair afterwards – like a yukky cobweb! Exclusive to Boots, £9.99.
Verdict Horrible
JOSH WOOD Blending wand
Now this really is the business. Recommended by beauty pundit Sali Hughes, the JOSH WOOD Blending wand, £12.95, is exclusive to Marks and Spencer and is the best of these products that I've tried. I had store staff help in choosing a shade for my mid brown/chestnut crop and was even allowed to try the colour – light brown – on my emerging roots. The colour may look scary at first as it is much darker wet than when dry. I found this the easiest of the three to apply as it blended well onto my roots. You press a button to release the colour onto the integral brush then smooth onto the hair. It can be applied on wet or dry hair and dries in seconds with a hair dryer. There is no waxy, matted or greasy feel afterwards so this is the hands down winner from the three I've tried. Five shades.
Verdict My favourite – worth every penny


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SPEEDMARKET AVENUE - Don't Fall In Love (Limited edition red 7" vinyl + free MP3 download)
01. Don't fall in love
02. Dying in Africa
'Don't Fall In Love' is the 2nd single from 'Way Better Now', the second full length album of SPEEDMARKET AVENUE. The previous self-titled single has become a total international indie-pop hit - STEVE LAMACQ chose this tune as single of the week and journalists riddled the album with praise.
'Don't Fall in Love' is an instant classic - a short perfect pop tune with a contagious verse and dazzling chorus. It comes so close to the in-love and out-of-love music of 60s pop and acts like THE SMITHS, LADYBUG TRANSISTOR, THE RAW HERBS and early AZTEC CAMERA.
On the B-side is 'Dying in Africa' - a heart-rending, intimate and melancholic cover of the Swedish Italian disco electro-pop duo NICOLAS MAKELBERGE.
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According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, "more people are now forced to leave their homes because of environmental disasters than war." In fact, more than 25 million people in different parts of the world are now classified as being environmental refugees.
An environmental refugee or to be more accurate, a climate refugee is defined as a "displaced person caused by climate change induced by environmental disasters. Such disasters result from both incremental and rapid ecological change and disruption that include increased droughts, desertification, sea level rise, and the more frequent occurrence of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, cyclones, flooding and tornados."
Meanwhile, internally displaced persons are "persons groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized state border."
What is unique and alarming in the Philippines is the growing number of environmental refugees and internally displaced persons caused by environmental disasters and armed conflict.
Flooding and landslides remain the most common natural disasters in the country. This will worsen each year if mountains continue to be denuded.
Last January, 7,000 families were evacuated to safer grounds due to heavy rain in eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas. Three weeks ago, 3,500 families were evacuated after floods caused by heavy rains inundated 10 villages in Lanao del Norte. From January to June 2006, there were seven major disasters and 15 minor disasters in the Davao region. Of the major incidents, six were flood incidents and one landslide incident.
Early this year, the landslide in Southern Leyte caused the evacuation of more than 3,314 residents. Ten persons were reported missing after a landslide in Barangay Balacbac in Buyog, Zamboanga del Sur. More than 172 families lost their properties due to landslide in Tarragona, Davao Oriental in February.
The bad news is that the government has identified an additional 1,500 areas as geo-hazardous.
Threats of major volcanic eruptions are also displacing residents. More than 2,027 residents near Mt. Bulusan were forced to flee their homes. Mt. Mayon's mild eruption caused the evacuation of 43, 725 residents.
The Rapu-rapu mining disaster damaged creeks, marine sanctuaries and fishing grounds which sustain life in coastal towns near the area. The historic Biak na Bato is now a mining and quarry paradise. It is feared there will be more mining disasters since the government has allowed foreigners to extract and exploit the country's mineral wealth.
The Guimaras oil spill, Philippines' worst marine disaster, affected the tourism industry and economy of Western Visayas. More than 40,000 fisherfolks are now without stable livelihood.
There is no central tally of internal refugees in the country but more people are reported to have left their homes caused by militarization in the countryside. The all-out war policy of the government empowered the military and police to accost civilians suspected of sympathizing with the communist rebels.
According to conservative estimates by human rights groups, 75 families in Bulacan and 77 families in Zambales are now classified as internal refugees.
We have yet to determine the number of refugees in other areas, especially in Mindanao where infighting between government troops and Muslim separatists continue to this day.
Even infrastructure projects are displacing families. The Northrail project forced the evacuation of more than 20,000 families in north Luzon.
Senator Franklin Drilon laments that every time a disaster occurs, government reaction has always been to seek assistance from other countries. We seem to lack the manpower, skills, resources, preparation and technology to deal with calamities yet we know that natural disasters are frequent in this past of the world.
We should prevent more people from becoming environmental refugees by implementing a comprehensive and sustainable program to protect our environment. We need more than just green highways. We need green mountains and clear waters.
We should seek to stop the massive deployment of troops in barangays which causes people to flee their homes. Every citizen must feel secure in their own private abode. After all, it is illegal for State agents to barge inside our houses without an order from the Court.
We are a proud nation. We produce beauty queens, boxing champs, supermaids and honest taxi drivers. But we seem to have barely noticed that we are slowly becoming a refugee nation.
Our predicament is not just how to discourage our people from leaving the country. Another dilemma is how to stop our people from becoming refugees in their own land.
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Super nation. Enchanted kingdom.
Total war. Private grief.


text: Radisson Mumbai Goregaon has commenced operations in Goregaon suburb of Mumbai. "We are pleased to announce the opening of Radisson Mumbai Goregaon as this hotel marks an important addition to the Radisson brand family in a key gateway city," said Raj Rana, Chief Executive Officer, South Asia, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. "We are committed to offer a differentiated experience at Radisson Mumbai Goregaon and epitomize the business tradition of our city," said Hussein Balwa, Managing Director, Balwa Group. Radisson Mumbai Goregaon features 98 contemporary rooms with modern amenities. Radisson Mumbai Goregaon boasts 11 banquet halls for meetings and events. The hotel is an ideal destination for weddings, social and corporate events with banquet facilities that can accommodate up to 500 guests with a rooftop pool terrace that offers an option for casual get-togethers before or after a main event. For more intimate space, the hotel offers a convenient boardroom. Facilities include Wi-Fi, data projectors and other state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment. Business room guests are also provided access to an onsite business center with latest technology.


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BRUSSELS, Oct 27 (Reuters) - EU governments put 10 more people under sanctions over the crisis in Syria, targeting high-ranking military officials and senior figures linked to President Bashar al-Assad, the bloc said in a statement on Thursday.
France and Britain pushed hard for the asset freezes and travel bans as a way to respond to the bombing of hundreds of civilians, including children, in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, where Western-backed rebels are holding out against Syrian and Russian air strikes.
However, Paris and London have been unable to persuade their EU counterparts to impose similar measures on Russian military officials over the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo after Rome resisted, worried about upsetting business ties with Moscow.
The European Union will publish the names of the 10 people sanctioned on Friday. On Thursday it said only that they were "high-ranking military officials and senior figures linked to the regime".
As well an oil embargo and a ban on any dealings with the Syrian central bank, the decision takes the number of people on the EU's Syrian list, which also includes Iranians, to 217. Sixty-nine companies are also under sanctions.


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The Dante Summer Festival - Bringing Music to Life from the 10th to the 15th July 2017 at St German's, Calstock, Callington, Launceston and Tavistock. Musical themes will be Russian, Czech and Irish, plus a special concert in Launceston celebrating the centenary of the much loved Cornish poet, Charles Causley.
Join the renowned Dante Quartet and friends for a feast of concerts at beautiful venues in the Tamar Vall3ey. This year's festival features Beethoven's quartets and romantic works by Schumann and Mendelssohn, interlaced with music from Scotaland. Exciting concerts, alongside open rehearsals, workshops, guided walks, shared meals and children's events - something to inspire and entertain everyone.
We open in Launceston's magnificent Town Hall with an evocative programme including Mendelssohn, Schumann and the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, with guest appearances from the newly formed East Cornwall Youth String Orchestra.
After a guided walk around the wooded landscape of East Penrest Farm, Lezant Church provides the perfect atmospher for Sally Beamish's Reed Stanzas, based on a haunting Scottish Air and one of Beethoven's most celebrated late quartests. Calstock Old Chapel - always a popular venue - hosts an all-Beethoven programme preceded by a delicous dinner.
Cornish-born pianist Daniel Tong joins us for two concerts; while on the non-classical side, the legendary Mairi Campbell and Dave Francis fly in from Edinburgh, bringing their unique blend of traditional Scottish fiddling and song, plus The Red Earth, an innovative story-telling show. The theme of story-telling continues in a Dante concert of solo pieces inspired by tales and legends.
Finally, after a cream tea and an illustrated talk on Schumann, we finish in the magnificent Church of St Eustachius in Tavistock with a rousing performance of Schumann's glorious Piano Quintet.
Don't miss the chance to hear the Dante Quartet playing on your doorstep, or if you live further away, come and spend a few days enjoying great music in one of the most beautiful parts of Engand.
Full details of the programme can be found on our website www.dantefestival.org. Box Office: 07583 050581. Email: [email protected].


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1 pkg. Bobak's Knackwurst
4 oz. Oktoberfest beer
2 oz. spicy mustard
3 oz. canola oil
16 oz. yellow onion, peeled, quartered and sliced very thin
Poke holes in the Knackwurst with a fork.
Grill Knackwurst for approximately 8 minutes until almost done, you do not want the product finished just yet!.
Add 2 tablespoons of butter into a pot over medium heat until butter is soft. Add Knackwurst and Oktoberfest beer. Cover and let simmer over very low heat for 20 minutes to 1 hour. The beer flavor will be stronger the longer you keep in the pot. The Knackwurst will finish cooking during this step.
As the Knackwursts are simmering, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of butter into a saucepan with onion. Cook until the onions are clear. Once the onions are clear, add the brown sugar and mix with the onions. Take off heat before the brown sugar is added.
Serve with spicy mustard on a bun with a bottle of Oktoberfest beer!


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After news spread Tuesday night that Jayson Werth of the Washington Nationals had picked up a reckless driving charge last month, Post reporter Justin Jouvenal went to the Fairfax County courthouse and picked up a copy of the ticket.
It confirms that Werth is accused of going 105 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour zone, apparently on the Capital Beltway near the Georgetown Pike exit. It occurred at 9:36 a.m. on Sunday, July 6, according to the ticket written by Virginia State Police Trooper P.L. Green, and Werth was driving a 2011 Porsche north on the Beltway. The Nats had played an afternoon game on Saturday and had a 1:30 game that Sunday, both victories over the Chicago Cubs.
We have put in a call to Werth's lawyers and will add their comment here. The charge is scheduled to be tried on Nov. 12.


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A research report in the areas of dyebath monitoring, modeling and control by Keith R. Beck, Warren J. Jasper, Ralph McGregor, Gordon K. L Lee, C. Brent Smith of The Dye Applications Research Group (DARG) at North Carolina State University.
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HUGE NEWS: Location named for Kingaroy's Big Peanut
WE ARE a step closer to building a Big Peanut with the Kingaroy Want's A Big Peanut Committee confirming a future location for the large legume.
The committee was approached by the Kingaroy Bowls Club, a long-standing not-for-profit club based in Kingaroy for over 80 years.
An area at the front in the club's grounds has been offered and Big Peanut spokesman, King Roy believes this to be an excellent opportunity to provide the community with a monument in his honour to represent the history of our beautiful vibrant region.
"The club, located adjacent to the Rail Trail and the Australian Country Way inland Tourism route, offers established car and caravan parking facilities with loads of room for expansion and already has suitable facilities to support groups of visitors and hold community events as well as offering dining opportunities," King Roy said.
"This location will offer visitors and locals alike with the opportunity to pull up for a snap shot of the Big Peanut, relax and stay a while too.
"The Big Peanut will not only support an existing community club that is running as a not for profit organisation, it will also offer a focal point for visitors coming through the region.
"The Kingaroy Needs a Big Peanut committee is excited to have the opportunity to join forces with the Kingaroy Bowls Club and will form a sub-committee to develop a way forward and coordinate fundraising initiatives to make King Roy's dream a reality."


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Eastern Illinois Whitetail Bowhunt
Steve Bailey has a perfect shot on this great buck in Eastern Illinois. As day turns into night, Steve considers turning back and then hears a cackling in a distance that forces him to find his harvest tonight.
Category: Bow Hunt, Bow Hunting, Fall, Hunting, Jim Mueller, Tips, Video, Whitetail Deer, Winter, YouTube


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- Research
- Open Access
Exploring patterns of accelerometry-assessed physical activity in elderly people
© Ortlieb et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014
- Received: 30 August 2013
- Accepted: 21 February 2014
- Published: 28 February 2014
Elderly people obtain significant health benefits from physical activity (PA), but the role of activity patterns has scarcely been researched. The present study aims to describe the patterns of PA among different intensities of activity in elderly people. We assess how patterns differ between more and less active groups ('rare', 'average', and 'frequent'), and explore whether and how various PA parameters are associated with functional exercise capacity (FEC).
PA was measured in 168 subjects (78 males; 65–89 years of age), using a triaxial GT3X accelerometer for ten consecutive days. Subjects were divided into three groups by activity and the groups were compared. A multiple linear regression model was used to predict FEC.
Participants greater than or equal to 80 years are most prone to being sedentary for long periods, while women and the obese are the groups most likely to spend insufficient time in moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA). Rarely active elderly people had a decreased proportion of long bouts of MVPA and light PA and of short bouts in sedentary behavior than frequently active subjects did (p < 0.001). As predictors of FEC, younger age, lower BMI, male sex, better lung function, absence of multimorbidity, longer times and longer bouts of MVPA emerged as significant parameters (r2 = 0.54). Patterns of MVPA explained most of the variance.
PA patterns provide information beyond reports of activity alone. MVPA in elderly people may be increased by increasing the proportion of long bouts, in order to increase FEC as well as average PA. However, health conditions may limit PA. In rarely active people (often with reduced FEC, worse lung function, and diagnosis of multimorbidity or disability), longer periods of time in light PA may be sufficient to increase the overall level of activity.
- Elderly
- Aged
- Older
- Physical activity
- Exercise
- Pattern
- Intensity
- Movement
- Ambulation
Physical activity (PA) in elderly people helps maintain health, independence and quality of life, and diminishes the burden on health and social care [1]. In 2010 the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that adults of all ages should perform a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) per week in bouts of at least 10 minutes [2]. This is more than most of the older adults achieve. In a large study by Tucker et al. [3], only 47% to 63% of US people aged 60 or older met the US guidelines for PA based on self-report: based on objectively measured PA, only 6% to 26% of elderly adults met the guidelines. Although estimates of PA vary, there is a clear need to promote PA among elderly people.
Accelerometers, which record movement over a certain period of time, are the most common instrument for the objective monitoring of PA in large epidemiological studies. The output is usually expressed as 'activity counts', which characterize the duration and intensity of movement of the accelerometer and thus the subject. Several studies use these signals to characterize the time or proportion of time per day spent in different intensity levels of activity. Few studies describe patterns of PA, such as frequency and duration of PA bouts or intervals in different intensity levels: even fewer look specifically at older adults [4].
Activity patterns have been proposed as a new group of PA outcomes, which may offer additional information beyond reports of activity counts and activity type recognition [4]. In 2007, a method was developed to quantify the number of activity epochs in a day and to estimate random minute-to-minute fluctuations in activity [5]. The study assessed age-related trends in adults and showed that the new measures to describe PA pattern were more sensitive than mean parameters of activity, suggesting a shift with age towards less complex, less physiologically demanding patterns of activity. Chastin and colleagues [6] extended the work by using the 'GINI-index' (G), a measure of inequality popularized in economic literature to measure inequality of bout lengths. This describes the pattern of accumulation of sedentary time and thus enables to evaluate and quantify sedentary behavior. By extension, this index can be applied to light, moderate and vigorous activity as well.
Recent evidence suggests that the interaction between periods of sedentary and active behavior provides different health information than the assessment of mean activity parameters alone: thus many studies focus on the pattern of sedentary behavior and walking [5–7]. However, as "aerobic activity should be performed in bouts of at least 10 minutes duration" to achieve beneficial health effects [2], it is essential to reflect the patterns of MVPA as well. Consequently, we aim to describe the patterns of PA in all three intensity levels: sedentary, light, and MVPA.
We compare the accumulated time in the intensity levels (sedentary PA, light PA, MVPA) among elderly people with different levels of activity as well as the activity patterns between these groups ('rare', 'average', and 'frequent'). Subjects' age, gender, and body mass index (BMI) are used to compare different PA parameters. We identify different risk groups and provide recommendations for behavioral interventions to support prevention of inactivity and related diseases in elderly people.
Furthermore, we examine the associations between several PA parameters and the clinical, well-established functional exercise capacity test (6 minutes walking test, 6MWT) [8], in order to assess the role of accumulated time spent in different intensity levels and related PA patterns in predicting functional exercise capacity.
Study population
Participants were a subsample of the 'Kooperative Gesundheitsforschung in der Region Augsburg' (KORA) study [8]. The KORA-Age study was approved by the ethics committee of the State Board of Physicians, written informed consent has been obtained from the participants and all investigations have been conducted according to the principles expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki.
200 subjects were extracted from the first and fourth quartiles of lung function from the study population and grouped by 'better' or 'worse' lung function. Nine subjects refused to attend due to personal or organizational reasons. PA levels from the non-dominant side of the hip were assessed by means of a GT3X (ActiGraph, Pensacola, FL, USA) accelerometer in 191 elderly subjects over 10 days during everyday life. More detailed information about the methods is presented in Additional file 1.
Wear time calculation
PA data were downloaded using the ActiLife Software 4.0 (ActiGraph) and were further processed using MATLAB R2012a (MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA). We applied an adjusted algorithm of Hecht et al. [9] to determine the wearing time. PA data from the first recorded day were eliminated. Furthermore, subjects were excluded if they did not reach a minimum of four valid days (≥ 10 hours of recording/day). 168 subjects (88.9%) were eligible for analysis.
Data processing and accelerometer measures
Average activity
Average activity is the total number of counts for all valid days, divided by wearing time, for each individual. This variable was divided into 3 groups: 'rare' (< 25th percentile), 'average' (≥ 25th – < 75th percentile) and 'frequent' (≥ 75th percentile).
Intensity levels
We used the Freedson kcal equation, which provides most comparable data [11] and gives close estimates of both light and moderate PA [12]. We present the results of MVPA based on both equations in the additional file (see Additional file 2: Table S1) in order to compare Freedson's cut points with the more recently developed cut points by Copeland and Esliger for elderly people [13]. This indicates how the choice of cut points may influence estimation of PA.
PA patterns
The G value of each intensity level was plotted against the time spent in each intensity level in order to examine associations between the two features. It is important to note that G is a measure of bout distribution, not length. Therefore, further parameters like mean and median length were calculated. Moreover, the percentage of time spent in bouts longer than the median was calculated.
Subjects characteristics and clinical parameters
Age was divided into four groups: age 65–69, 70–74, 75–79, and over 79. BMI was classified as underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5-24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25.0-29.9 kg/m2) and obese (≥ 30.0 kg/m2). No participant was underweight, 25.4% (n = 43) were of normal weight, 51.5% (n = 87) were overweight, and 23.1% (n = 39) were obese. Multimorbidity is the presence of more than one chronic disease of the following 13: hypertension, eye disease, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, joint disease, lung disease, gastrointestinal disease, mental illness, stroke, cancer, kidney disease, neurological disease, and liver disease. Detailed description is available in Kirchberger et al. [14]. Disability was assessed with the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) [15] and was defined as HAQ-DI > 0. For more detailed information see Stobl et al. [16]. Functional exercise capacity was assessed using the six-minute walking test (6MWT) [17] and expressed as six-minute walking distance (6MWD). Lung function was considered as a potential confounder, since the participants of this study were selected based on spirometry values (see Additional file 1, 'study population'). PA variables (PA times and G values at each intensity level) were tested for association with age, gender, and BMI.
Statistical analyses
Data was analyzed in SAS 9.2. Differences between the three activity groups ('rare', 'average', and 'frequent') were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test for metric variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables. Wilcoxon's rank sum test was applied for pairwise comparisons of metric variables. Spearman correlation coefficient was used for correlation analyses. To identify differences regarding individual metric PA variables and categorical subject characteristics, we used Kruskal-Wallis test for three or more groups (BMI and age) and Wilcoxon's rank sum for two groups (gender). We used Bonferroni correction for all pairwise comparisons.
Collinearity diagnostics were used to test for multicollinearity between explanatory variables. Variables with a tolerance (T = 1 - R2) of less than 0.20 were eliminated [18]. A multiple stepwise linear regression model was used to predict exercise capacity. Statistically significant differences were assumed at a significance level of p < 0.05.
Subject characteristics and clinical parameters
Characteristics and clinical parameters of individuals, by activity group
P value
(n = 168)
(n = 42)
(n = 84)
(n = 42)
Age (years)
73.0 (65.0,86.0)
80.5 (66.0,87.0)
72.5 (66.0,84.0)
70.0 (65.0,79.0)
Gender, male (%)
46.4 (n = 78)
35.7 (n = 15)
48.8 (n = 41)
52.4 (n = 22)
BMI (kg/m2)
27.2 (22.6,35.0)
28.8 (23.6,37.6)
27.0 (21.3,34.7)
26.9 (22.8,32.5)
Lung function
FVC (pp.)
102.7 (73.5,128.0)
92.3 (69.1,123.9)
103.2 (77.9,133.2)
112.3 (76.4,127.1)
FEV1 (pp.)
106.4 (65.4,130.8)
85.2 (62.8,130.8)
106.4 (68.2,132.6)
112.5 (67.5,128.3)
0.74 (0.61,0.85)
0.72 (0.61,0.85)
0.74 (0.62,0.86)
0.77 (0.66,0.84)
Lung group, better (%)
54.4 (n = 92)
38.1 (n = 16)
56.0 (n = 47)
69.1 (n = 29)
Multimorbidity, yes (%)
51.8 (n = 87)
69.1 (n = 29)
47.6 (n = 40)
42.9 (n = 18)
Disability, yes (%)
41.7 (n = 70)
61.9 (n = 26)
41.7 (n = 35)
21.4 (n = 9)
6MWD (m)
466 (274,625)
369 (235,486)
467 (290,593)
536 (379,668)
There were also disparities among the three differently active groups relating to lung function, multimorbidity, disability, and 6MWD. Average PA decreases with decreasing 6MWD, worse lung function, incidence of multimorbidity and incidence of disability. After pairwise comparisons, all significant results remained significant between rarely and frequently active people. In contrast, only disability showed significant results when comparing the frequent with the average group (see Additional file 2: Table S2).
Characterization of PA
Overall, participants had 8.1 ± 1.5 (mean ± SD) days of valid activity recordings. The mean wear time was 740 ± 114 minutes per day. The average activity per day was 248 cpm. Subjects spent 504 ± 89 minutes in sedentary activities, 252 ± 80 minutes in light activities and 19 ± 21 minutes in MVPA per day according to Freedson and 49 ± 39 minutes in MVPA according to Copeland and Esliger (see Additional file 2: Table S1). Substantial differences can be noted for the time spent in MVPA in all activity groups, with the largest differences in the rarely active group.
Values for PA data analysis, by activity group
P value
(n = 168)
(n = 42)
(n = 84)
(n = 42)
PA (% of time)
0.65 (0.50, 0.82)
0.74 (0.66,0.85)
0.65 (0.54,0.74)
0.59 (0.41,0.67)
0.32 (0.18,0.48)
0.25 (0.15,0.34)
0.33 (0.22,0.45)
0.35 (0.27,0.54)
0.02 (0.00,0.08)
0.00 (0.00,0.01)
0.02 (0.00,0.04)
0.05 (0.01, 0.10)
Median BL (min)
3.00 (2.00, 4.50)
3.00 (2.00, 5.00)
3.00 (2.00,4.00)
2.00 (2.00, 3.00)
2.00 (1.00, 2.50)
2.00 (1.00, 2.00)
2.00 (2.00, 2.50)
2.00 (2.00, 3.00)
1.00 (1.00, 3.00)
1.00 (1.00, 2.00)
1.00 (1.00, 2.50)
1.00 (1.00, 4.00)
% time > median BL
0.89 (0.84, 0.92)
0.90 (0.86, 0.92)
0.88 (0.84, 0.92)
0.88 (0.81,0.91)
0.75 (0.61, 0.84)
0.71 (0.58, 0.77)
0.76 (0.66, 0.84)
0.78 (0.69, 0.85)
0.69 (0.00, 0.89)
0.00 (0.00, 0.81)
0.70 (0.00, 0.87)
0.81 (0.48, 0.91)
Mean BL (min)
7.08 (4.78, 11.81)
8.64 (6.13, 12.58)
6.91 (4.80, 9.97)
6.31 (4.18, 8.58)
3.14 (2.10, 4.76)
2.78 (1.92, 3.44)
3.30 (2.40, 4.65)
3.58 (2.84, 5.45)
2.21 (1.00, 6.42)
1.00 (1.00, 3.46)
2.26 (1.00, 5.34)
3.70 (1.39, 7.61)
0.63 (0.57,0.68)
0.65 (0.60, 0.68)
0.63 (0.58,0.68)
0.48 (0.37,0.55)
0.44 (0.34,0.48)
0.49 (0.41,0.55)
0.50 (0.44,0.55)
0.43 (0.00,0.66)
0.16 (0.00,0.59)
0.44 (0.14,0.66)
0.51 (0.23,0.66)
To demonstrate accumulation of PA at various bout lengths, G (GINI-Index) values and the respective Lorenz curves are presented in Table 2 and Figure 3A-C. G values in all levels must be interpreted in the following way: high G values: large difference between min and max bout length and relatively high proportion of long bouts with regard to the overall time; Low G values: an activity pattern characterized by a lot of bouts of similar length. Average G values may arise in two ways: (i) intermediate difference between min and max bout length or, (ii) considerable differences without favoring short or long bouts. In comparison to high G values, the proportion of long bouts is decreased.
G values differed between the three intensity levels of PA and between the three activity groups within the levels. Values of G tended to decrease with increasing intensity level. At the sedentary level, a high proportion of overall PA time tends to be composed of long bouts (G = 0.63 over all participants), while light PA and MVPA predominately consist of medium bouts (G = 0.48 and G = 0.43 over all participants). Furthermore, frequently active people showed the largest areas under the Lorenz curves and accordingly the highest G values for MVPA and light PA and the lowest G values for sedentary. For rarely active people it was the other way around. Hence, physical exercise was composed of an increased proportion of medium to long bouts in more active compared to less active subjects, whereas sedentary behavior was characterized by a lower proportion of medium to long bouts. Again, the discrepancies were most obvious at the MVPA level.
Associations between PA time spent within an intensity level and the respective G value showed moderate to strong correlations between PA times and PA patterns within intensity levels (r = 0.34 for sedentary, r = 0.65 for light, and r = 0.73 for MVPA).
Effect of age, gender and BMI on PA intensities
PA variables (intensities and patterns), by gender, age, BMI
n = 168PA variables
Age group1(p value)
Gender (p value)
BMI group2(p value)
PA time (%)
Prediction of FEC
Predictors of functional exercise capacity on multivariate analysis
P value
Partial r2
Model r2
Adjusted r2
Age group
Lung group
BMI group
The single biggest predictor of FEC was GMVPA explaining 27% of total variance. 2% more was explained by the total amount of MVPA. Age predicted 12% of variance, and gender, lung group, multimorbidity and BMI together predicted 16%. Younger age, male sex, better lung function, the absence of multimorbidity and lower BMI (at least normal weight) were protective.
Our study shows that the elderly spent 65% of their daily time being sedentary and 35% being active, of which only 2% was MVPA. These results are similar to those reported from other elderly samples [19–21]. Duration of activity bouts decreased with increasing intensity level, i.e. substantially more minutes are continuously spent sedentary than in light activity or MVPA. Other studies which examined the patterns of elderly people in different activity levels are rare. Lord et al. [22] examined the G of sedentary activity and walking in elderly people and presented similar results to ours: sedentary bouts tended to be longer than walking bouts. In contrast, Donaire-Gonalez and colleagues [23] did not find differences concerning the duration of bouts in MVPA and overall PA. However, in their study, the duration of bouts was expressed as the median bout length which may be a less significant measure than the G value itself.
Subjects in the frequently active group were more active than others at all levels of PA, spending more time in both light activity and MVPA than the comparison groups and less time sedentary. PA patterns differed by degree of activity ('rare', 'average', and 'frequent') among all intensity levels. Findings were most clear with regard to the time in MVPA as well as GMVPA: the more active a person was, the larger was the proportion of long bouts in light and MVPA and the larger was the proportion of short bouts in the sedentary level.
To our knowledge, the work of Chastin et al. [6] was the only other publication that compared PA patterns of more and less active people. They focused on patterns of sedentary activity and found that the sedentary time of less active subjects was composed of longer rest periods, which is in accordance with our findings.
PA time was correlated with PA patterns: an increased proportion of long bouts (higher G values) was positively correlated with the accumulated PA time in the respective intensity level. This effect was most significant for MVPA. Comparisons between the different activity groups support this finding. Accordingly, a higher proportion of long bouts in light PA as well as in MVPA may be beneficial to increase the overall activity time in rarely active people. In contrast, given a certain activity level, the proportion of long bouts in MVPA must be increased in order to increase the overall activity level and related health benefits [24], as patterns of light PA do not differ significantly between the average and frequent group (see Additional file 2: Table S2).
However, these recommendations may need to be adjusted for each individual, particularly for people in the rare group. Exercise capacity and specific health conditions [2, 25] may limit the ability to perform PA. In our sample, rarely active people typically had reduced FEC, poor lung function, higher prevalence of multimorbidity, and higher prevalence of disability. However, many disabled or multimorbid persons in our sample achieved higher levels of PA than people without disability or multimorbidity. Thus, disability and multimorbidity do not necessarily limit PA.
We tested associations between PA times and G values with age, gender, and BMI within each intensity level, in order to examine whether and how particular intensity levels and patterns differ in specific groups. Older participants, obese persons and women seem to be particularly prone to a sedentary lifestyle. The reduced average activity of obese subjects is particularly associated with decreased time in MVPA, whereas the reduced average activity of elderly participants is due to a decreased time in both light PA and MVPA.
Examinations of the relationship between PA and gender are inconsistent. Gardner and colleagues [7], for example, demonstrated that women with intermittent claudication aged 65 ambulate slower than men. Jakicic et al. [26] objectively measured the MVPA patterns of 59-year-old overweight and obese individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and found that men have a larger amount of bouts ≥10 minutes in that level than women. Those findings agree with ours, whereas their results of BMI and age are contrary: they found no associations between MVPA bouts and age or BMI [26]. In line with our results, other studies found that the proportion of long bouts (8–10 min/day) of MVPA declines with increasing BMI and advancing age [27, 28]. Lastly, a study with subjects aged 70–88 identified younger age and lower BMI as significant predictors of walking. There was no correlation between PA and gender [22].
Younger age, lower BMI, male sex, better lung function, absence of multimorbidity, more time and longer bouts (higher G values) in the MVPA level, emerged as significant predictors of exercise capacity: they explained 56% of the total variance in FEC. It is important to note that GMVPA accounted for 27% of the variance, by far the largest single predictor. This finding indicates that in addition to the well-known relationship between FEC and PA in terms of duration and intensity, there is also one in terms of patterns. Correlations between FEC and PA characteristics (such as intensities or patterns) have been examined and evidenced before [29–31]. However, these studies either used univariate analysis or failed to consider detailed information about PA (like intensities and patterns). Hernandes et al. [29], for example, demonstrated that the intensity of movement correlates with 6MWD in healthy elderly individuals (r = 0.49; p < 0.01) and that walking time is positively associated with FEC in COPD patients (r = 0.42; p < 0.01). However, no information about further predictors of FEC was shown. Moreover, no advice about the level of intensity is given.
Our findings underline the current PA guidelines for older adults [2, 25], which imply that activity should be at least moderate intensity. Moreover, our results support the fact that a higher proportion of longer bouts predict FEC better than a higher proportion of shorter bouts, with potential greater effect on health [31].
The present study is the first one that examined PA patterns in terms of G among three different intensity levels (sedentary PA, light PA, and MVPA) and thus presents detailed and differentiated information about activity patterns of different intensities in elderly people. We identified associations between times and patterns of PA in different intensity levels and examined the relationship regarding FEC. However, due to the cross-sectional study design the direction of causality of the examined associations cannot be assured.
Recognized limitations of accelerometers include their inability to detect non-walking activity such as resistance training or cycling. Thus they are likely to underestimate such activities [19] and related bout lengths. Another limitation of this study is the questionable validity of the cut-points applied to classify activities into intensity levels. No general standard for transforming activity data into different intensity levels exists [32] although there are many validation and calibration studies. We chose the algorithm by Freedson et al. [10] because it is the most often used validated algorithm for ActiGraph sensors [11] and therefore has the highest potential to provide comparable data. Since the calibration study of Copeland and Esliger [13] was been performed specifically with older adults, we also present PA variables based on these cut points in order to increase the comparability of this novel method for the future. As expected, differences for time spent in MVPA are detectable, particularly among individuals who are infrequently active. Direct comparison of PA variables would enable systematic measurement of how choice of cut-points influences prediction of PA levels and patterns. We consider this a very interesting scientific issue and plan to discuss it in a separate paper.
In conclusion, both time spent in MVPA and GMVPA emerged as important predictors for functional exercise capacity. Time in MVPA can most profitably be increased by increasing the proportion of long bouts which enhances activity levels and meets recommendations for PA while simultaneously increasing G. These recommendations can be followed by most older adults, but those with functional or health-related limitations may need to adjust accordingly. In rarely active people (commonly characterized by higher age, higher BMI, reduced functional exercise capacity, worse lung function, and multimorbidity and disability) even light activity, i.e. a higher proportion of long bouts in light PA, may increase average activity levels.
Authors' information
Alexander Horsch and Holger Schulz shared last authorship.
Thanks to Claudia Flexeder (HMGU) for the statistical support and Maia Smith (HMGU) for linguistic revision.
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Takebashi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo: Japan Meteorological Agency HQ—
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(Note: This letter was written in a moment of pure catharsis yesterday that my friend encouraged me to write in order to finally obtain closure over this one stupid boy that I'm sure I've mentioned countless times on this blog. I think it worked. Maybe one of you will take more away from it that I can. Oh, and I'm too lazy to change names, locations, etc., so there is a frighteningly realistic chance that the one to whom this letter is addressed may one day come across it.)
So. Today is Valentine's Day.
I remember bumping into you in the main stairwell at BHS on Valentine's Day. That was six years ago. At the time, things had cooled off between us since that night at the park and I realized there was no way in hell my dad would let me date you, and we hadn't really talked in a while. But we greeted each other. I remember wishing we were Valentines that day.
I remember bumping into you at a frat party Valentine's Day weekend during our freshman year at U of I. That was five years ago. Things got steamy on that couch. Then somehow you got into a fight with one of my friends, and her cousin threatened to beat the shit out of you. I called you at 3 in the morning to see if you were OK and you said it wasn't a big deal. But I was concerned. I cared. Thinking about it now, I should've stopped myself then. Stopped that caring before it ever started.


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|San Francisco, CA 2009: Golden Gate Bridge
|American Dream, Circa 1950s
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With that being said... our next vacation will be a cross country road trip from the east coast to the west coast with the pups (flying that cat over once we get settled). Cori has done a phenomenal job planning our route in order to make sure we see many of America's greatest treasures. We would like to welcome you to share our journey as we pack up our lives and drive almost 3000 miles to the west coast where we will embark on new adventures as wife-and-wife!
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