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The Mafia Precepts
I'm starting to get over my jet lag from my trip to California last week. But I think I lost some money when I changed my cash over from Ohio currency to California dollars and then back again. When the clerk at the LA airport's Currency Exchange handed my California money over I told him that it looked just like Ohio money. But he assured me the sophisticated natives of the West could tell the difference even if rubes like me from Ohio could not. He was really nice and helpful, so I gave him a big tip — in California money, of course!
When I got back home, I received the following question from someone who'd been at my talk at Against The Stream.
I have a question about something you said during your talk. You jokingly mentioned contracts and mafia hit men, but then you said there was a possibility that a hit could be justified. I'm paraphrasing but I understood it to mean that murder can be justified at times and I'm testing my understanding. If that's what you meant, how does that fall in line with the precepts?
I was just thinking out loud. Often when I give a talk on the precepts I say that pretty much any job you do can be done according to the precepts. I often make a joke after saying that about how perhaps the job of mafia hit man could not.
It occurred to me as I said it this time that perhaps even mafia hit men have a role in society. They kill other mafia guys. And the fewer mafia guys there are, the better. Probably. Or maybe not. Because it was the Japanese mafia, the yakuza, who were among the first to deliver aid to the people hardest hit by last year's earthquakes in Japan. Governments -- especially the Japanese one -- move slowly and inefficiently. The yakuza can move quickly.
What I'm getting at is that this karmic stuff is very complex. I think it's a mistake to imagine we know what's good in every instance. Sometimes things that appear to be evil really aren't evil. Sometimes they really are evil.
If someone followed the precepts, it would be nearly impossible to be a mafia hit man, I think. Maybe absolutely impossible. But then I think about military people. I couldn't do that job myself. But I am very grateful that there still are people who can. Otherwise we'd live in a world of total chaos. I wish that were not the case. And I think some day we won't need militaries anymore. Though I think it will be far in the future. And in certain cases, like Japan after the earthquakes, organized crime starts to function almost like the military when the military can't do their jobs. And much like hit men, the job of most people who serve in the military is to be prepared to kill other human beings and often to actually kill them when ordered to do so.
Unlike the military, in which many Buddhists serve, I don't imagine there are any precept-following mafia hit men. But I also think it's not a good idea to point at someone else and say, "She has broken the precepts." Because you don't know all the details. You might be able to say that in really obvious situations, like when talking about Nazi concentration camp commandants. That one I can't come up with any justification for at all. If that one is like 99.999% certain (I'd say 100% but I want to allow for circumstances I can't conceive of*), I'd rate mafia hit man as perhaps 97% certain. Depending on the hit in question. Maybe he's been called in to rub out a guy who killed a dozen civilians and will certainly do it again unless he's killed first. There's a small margin there of uncertainty.
As a Buddhist I don't view people as discreet entities who exist over time. At each individual moment we are something different from what we were just a moment before. Sometimes a mafia hit man isn't a mafia hit man. Perhaps he's a father out swimming with his kids, or a guy mowing his grandmother's lawn. In moments like these he's upholding the precepts and should be honored for doing so.
I feel like we should only apply the precepts to our own actions and not to the actions of others. This is extremely important. I can see no good at all coming from pointing out that someone else isn't upholding our ideas about the precepts.
I know this first hand because I'm often accused of violating the precepts, especially the one that says we should not criticize other Buddhists. But the intention of this precept is to keep the peace within the monastic community. It means I'm not supposed to start talking shit about the guy who sits on the other side of the zendo. It's not meant to shield people who abuse the good name of Buddhism to put forth dangerous money-making scams.
Accusing me of violating the precepts doesn't really say anything. It's an attempt to shame me into shutting up without really addressing the core issue. Instead it might be more effective to tell me why I'm wrong about these guys. But very few have attempted that.
In a wider sense I think that accusing others of violating the precepts is always like that. It's ineffective and useless. If you think you see that going on, you might instead try to address the matter at hand directly and without resorting to shaming tactics that won't work anyway.
As for mafia hit men, I generally try to stay out of their way.
* This exception to the rule about concentration camp commandants was pointed out in the comments section by Lubob.


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| About This Report | Memorial's Mission | Strategic Framework
Welcome to Memorial University's President's Report 2000-2001. Last year, the report was provided for the first time in electronic form and, because it was so well received, we are continuing with this format, capturing its highlights in a printed brochure. The web/CD version of the report, with its great diversity of information, pictures and sounds, will give you an even better sense of Memorial University's vibrancy and achievements this year. [more]
Already armed with four degrees (three from Memorial), Alison Butler will continue her academic explorations for the next three years at the University of Bristol, England, with the help of two fellowships. She has been awarded a Rothermere Fellowship worth Ł7,800 plus tuition and airfare home for three years [more]
This past year, Memorial student Niall O'Dea has been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. His parents, English professor Shane O'Dea, and deputy registrar Maire O'Dea, are very proud of him. [more]
Memorial University's Alumni Association named Susan Dyer Knight its Alumna of the Year for 2000. This is the highest honour awarded by the alumni association.
Ms. Knight is the founder, director and conductor of the internationally acclaimed Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir (NSYC). She is also a schoolteacher, university lecturer, clinician and an energetic advocate of the arts.
Memorial alumni, nominated Ms. Knight for the award, calling her "a person with outstanding talent and accomplishments." [more]

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Brenner Children's pediatric emergency department has moved back to its original location. Learn more
In order to help protect patients, family members and health care workers from the spread of COVID-19, no visitors are allowed at any of Wake Forest Baptist Health's outpatient or inpatient facilities, except in certain situations.Learn moreMore COVID-19 Updates
One of the main goals of parents whose kids have asthma is avoiding trips to the emergency room (ER) for breathing problems. But it's also important to know when going to the ER is the right choice.
You'll be better prepared to make that decision if you discuss it with your doctor before your child has a severe flare-up. The doctor's instructions should be included in the asthma action plan. The plan will list specific symptoms that are your cue to go to the ER. If old enough, your child also should know what these signs are.
Everyone's asthma is different. Some kids cough only at night, while others have flare-ups whenever they get a cold or exercise outside.
As you manage your child's asthma, pay attention to what happens before a flare-up so that you know the early warning signs. These signs might not mean that a flare-up definitely will happen, but they can help you to plan ahead.
Early warning signs of a flare-up can include:
Communicate with your doctor. Be sure to call the doctor at the earliest sign of a flare-up or if you have any other concerns. Being prepared means you might prevent your child's symptoms from getting worse and can make a trip to the doctor's office instead of to the ER.
Sometimes your child must receive medical care very quickly. If any of the following symptoms happen, see your doctor immediately, go to the ER, or call an ambulance:
Planning can make trips to the ER less stressful for you and your child. Here are some tips to try:
Well-managed asthma is rarely life threatening. People who have died from asthma usually hadn't taken their medicines as prescribed and had a history of repeated severe asthma flare-ups and emergency care.
If you and your child take asthma seriously and work to manage it, you can lessen the chances that your child will need to go to the ER.
It's important to monitor your child's asthma using the written asthma action plan your doctor helps you create. This plan will outline day-to-day treatment, symptoms to watch for, and step-by-step instructions to follow during a flare-up.
Some key points of a plan are:
The doctor can help you identify the triggers that might cause asthma flare-ups, such as tobacco smoke, animals, dust mites, mold, pollen, perfumes, aspirin, weather change, cold air, exercise, and respiratory infections.
Your child should take long-term control medicines (also called controller or maintenance medicines) as prescribed by the doctor, even when feeling fine. Skipping doses can cause the lungs to become more inflamed, which can lead to a decrease in lung function. (This can happen without your child even having any symptoms.) It also increases the risk of more frequent and severe flare-ups.
Many kids go to the ER simply because they didn't have their quick-relief medicines handy. Your child should have quick-relief medicine available at all times. This includes making sure to keep the medicines at school with the nurse, at sporting events, and while traveling.
As soon as your child is old enough, make sure he or she understands the asthma action plan and the importance of following it. Some kids with asthma, especially teens, resist taking long-term control medicines and rely instead on their quick-relief medicines to help them on an as-needed basis. This is never a good idea and will increase the chances of needing emergency care.
The chances of a serious asthma flare-up can be reduced if parents and kids understand and follow the action plan. And remember to call your doctor even during early flare-ups or if you have questions about your action plan.
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Date reviewed: May 2013
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RunCore Pro V MAX 240GB Solid State Drive Review (Page 8)
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PCMark Vantage is the first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Microsoft Windows Vista. PCMark Vantage is perfectly suited for benchmarking any type of Microsoft Windows Vista PC from multimedia home entertainment systems and laptops to dedicated workstations and high-end gaming rigs. Regardless of whether the benchmarker is an artist or an IT Professional, PCMark Vantage shows the user where their system soars or falls flat, and how to get the most performance possible out of their hardware. PCMark Vantage is easy enough for even the most casual enthusiast to use yet supports in-depth, professional industry grade testing.
FutureMark has developed a good set of hard disk tests for their PCMark Vantage Suite. Windows users can count on Vantage to show them how a drive will perform in normal day to day usage scenarios. For most users these are the tests that matter since many of the old hat ways to measure performance have become ineffective to measure true Windows performance.
HDD1 - Windows Defender
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HDD5 - Windows Movie Maker
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In the standard Vantage Test the RunCore Pro V MAX ran with the Intel 520 Series SSD and nearly broke into the 80K range. The numbers look very good with the drive empty; let's have a look at our version of this test which we prefer.
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TUSCALOOSA | Officials with the Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools say they have done all they can to reach the goal of becoming full-fledged International Baccalaureate schools.
TUSCALOOSA | Officials with the Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools say they have done all they can to reach the goal of becoming full-fledged International Baccalaureate schools.
The schools have increased the art, music and foreign language curriculum to the 50 hours a year each that's required to be an IB program. They've hired a part-time art teacher, part-time music teacher, full-time Spanish teacher and two full-time IB coordinators to help achieve those teaching goals, as well as all of the paperwork and constant reporting that's required to be IB. They've shaped the school curriculum to teach the eight classes required, and they have implemented project-based learning so the schools would look and feel like IB schools.
The schools' full-time teachers and elective teachers are even required to understand and incorporate the IB philosophy, which is teaching all eight subjects in all eight subjects — in music class, students would not only learn music, they'd learn the history of it, and they'd use math to learn how to make instruments, for example.
All that's left now is for the school to finally and officially become IB authorized.
"We had a pre-authorization visit from IB in October 2012," said Kristi Thomson, principal of Tuscaloosa Magnet School Middle. "She spent the day at our schools doing interviews, observing and checking to see if we had our 50 hours of art for all students, 50 hours of music and 50 hours of Spanish."
"We're now completing a form to qualify for the visit that we believe we'll get in October this year, which will be the authorization visit needed for us to become an IB school," she said.
Thomson said she's positive that the Tuscaloosa Magnet School Elementary and Tuscaloosa Magnet School Middle will become IB authorized. The IB official who visited the schools in October last year had no complaints. She only asked that the school system consider implementing an IB program for ninth and 10th grades.
There's a high school IB program at Central High School, but it's for 11th and 12th grades.
Thomson said it's up to the school board to decide on that.
The IB program began in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1968 and is a standardized, advanced education program with an international curriculum accepted worldwide in 138 countries.
Some IB courses can count for college credit, and statistics have shown that IB students are up to 30 percent more likely to be accepted into college. Many IB students also receive full scholarships.
The Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools opened in August 2009. In April 2011, Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools Elementary and Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools Middle became official candidates for the IB program.
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Small donations by many children purchased these two refurbished bikes for the Community Christmas Dinner.
UPDATE: We received the following thank-you note from the organizers of the Community Christmas Day Dinner for our donation of two refurbished bicycles. "I wanted to say thank you again. On Christmas Day, we served 2,500+ meals and gave away 472 bikes. A lot of kids had "The Best Christmas Ever" because of people like you!"
We are thrilled to let you know that your donations to the "Buck for a Bike" fundraiser totalled $157.45 towards the purchase of two bikes! Our friends at Virtuous Cycles, 215 N Tenth Street, Lafayette allowed us to choose two bikes even though we only had enough for one, so a huge thanks to them! If you are thinking of buying a bike for yourself or one of your little ones, please check them out. Virtuous Cycles is the source for all of the popular Strider bikes that see constant use on our playground.
On Christmas Day at the Community Christmas Dinner at Lafayette Jefferson High School, two very happy teenagers will receive new bikes. Self-sufficiency and getting around town are developmental needs for adolescents so thank you all for helping to meet that need!
MSGL GIVES BACK in a big way! Gracias! Spasibo! Danke! Xiexie! Grazie! Thank you! Sas Efcharisto! Arigato! Dank u! Shukran!
~ Anita Trent, MSGL Development Director
- Thanks to Jennifer Tyrrell for this guest post. Jennifer is a Montessori teacher who worked in the Spruce Toddler class at MSGL from 2003 - 2005.
One of the arguments I hear most often when I'm describing Montessori is that the open workspace—in particular the freedom to move around, to work where you do best for a specific task, and the ability to make a snack when you like—is not properly preparing children for the realities of life or the workforce: at some point they will have to learn to stay at their desk and do their work like everyone else. I think my husband's workplace shows the opposite to be true.
My husband Jeremiah took the family to visit his "office" in Cummins's COM building. Cummins is a well-known, large, international, Fortune 500 company that makes diesel engines, and they've recently built this COM building in their Columbus, Indiana, headquarters with a "collaborative workspace" design. They have converted several spaces in other buildings to this open style, as well. With this collaborative workspace, departments are located on the same floor, as much as possible. Though employees can work wherever they like on any floor, they are encouraged to work amongst their department's floor.
He showed us his locker (hook and cubby) with a couple drawers for his personal items and work laptop (each employee is given one as their primary work tool), and a thin cabinet for his coat and outerwear. Then we walked around a huge floor with areas that have a variety of tables, some standing height, some for chairs; other areas with couches and coffee tables; other more intimate areas with armchairs and footstools (Jeremy's favorite). A couple of kitchenettes with long counters and stools (snack tables) are located centrally with no walls enclosing them. There are cabinets (shelves) that divide some places and contain files and materials for everyone to access.
There are even treadmills with laptop spaces and hookups for those who need movement as they work (they are calibrated for walking, not running . . . we walk in the workplace :) There are walls to divide the elevators and small conference rooms (which can be used and reserved by any employee), but other than those areas, there are no rooms, no "offices", no cubicles, it is all shared space: managers working amongst underlings. It looks like, well . . . a grown-up Montessori classroom :)
They are doing this to encourage collaborative problem solving and to make the workday more pleasant so that Cummins continues to retain younger employees. Please share with anyone who questions the appropriateness of Montessori's open workspace. :)
You can read a news article about more of the company's redesigned workspaces see additional photos, here.


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Traditional Windows C++ development is powered by Win32 API calls. With Windows 8 platforms, however, applications must call a set of components named the Windows Runtime APIs. These components are also referred to as the WinRT API. This API is available for various languages: C#, VB, JavaScript, and C++. For C++ developers, there are two options: C++/CX or standard ISO C++. The first option, C++/CX, is a set of compiler extensions with the existing syntax of the C++/CLI plus
^ and
% characters. C++/CX generates native code and hides the plumbing of WinRT. C++/CX is very well documented with samples. The other option is to choose standard C++ programming with a new library: Windows Runtime Library (WRL). This is the option Microsoft uses to develop WinRT APIs.
Windows Runtime Library
WRL is the successor of the popular Active Template Library (ATL), which allows developers to simplify the programming of COM components. WRL is inspired by ATL: It provides C++ templates and internally uses meta-programming and modern C++ techniques to easily develop new COM components. The source code of WRL is shipped as C++ headers with the Windows SDK. WRL is documented in MSDN, but there are few samples.
Enhancements to the COM Technology
Windows 8 brings new features to the COM technology with the new
IInspectable interface that defines three new methods:
GetRuntimeClassName, and
GetTrustLevel. The Windows Runtime is powered by COM, but it does not embrace the OLE technology. Everything relies on
IInspectable, which inherits from
IUnknown. There is no support for the
IDispatch interface, ActiveX controls, or connection points. Importantly, the
VARIANT data-type is not supported in Windows Store Apps.
But there is a new Windows string type named
HSTRING. There are also a lot of new interfaces that cover various aspects like asynchronous operations, collections containers, and iterators that are exposed for all the languages. For the VB and C# languages, asynchronous operations are handled by
async and
await keywords. Collections are mapped to .NET framework interfaces like
IList<T> or
IDictionary<K, V>. The
HSTRING data-type is mapped to
System.String for .NET languages.
For C++, there is no projection layer, so the practice is just to make standard COM programming tasks with WRL and Windows types. COM programming requires interface and coclass elements to be defined in an IDL file. The MIDL compiler produces C source code for the proxy/stub and a type library (TLB). From there, you follow the same C++ conventions with minor changes. Your interfaces inherit from
IInspectable and your
runtimeclass elements (the old term was coclass) contain one or more interfaces. The new MIDL compiler produces the C proxy/stub and a Windows metadata (WINMD) file. This winmd file can be incorporated as a reference to C#, VB, or HTML5/JS projects.
Writing a Simple WinRT Component
To start WRL programming, you can download the WRL project template. This project template creates a basic WRL library project with an IDL file, a simple component, and a module that exposes the plumbing around the class factory. There is no wizard to add properties or methods to your class. You have to modify the IDL and the class source code files (.h and .cpp files) as in traditional COM programming.
// Library1.IDL import "inspectable.idl"; import "Windows.Foundation.idl"; #define COMPONENT_VERSION 1.0 namespace Library1 { interface ILogger; runtimeclass Logger; [uuid(3EC4B4D6-14A6-4D0D-BB96-31DA25224A15), version(COMPONENT_VERSION)] interface ILogger : IInspectable { [propget] HRESULT Name([out, retval] HSTRING* value); [propput] HRESULT Name([in] HSTRING value); HRESULT LogInfo([in] HSTRING value); } [version(COMPONENT_VERSION), activatable(COMPONENT_VERSION)] runtimeclass Logger { [default] interface ILogger; } }
You can see that the IDL file now contains namespace support. It's a new feature that is not present in traditional COM programming. I have added the
Name property and the
LogInfo method. The following is the associated C++ code that implements this interface:
#include "Library1_h.h" namespace ABI { namespace Library1 { class Logger : public RuntimeClass<ILogger> { InspectableClass(L"Library1.Logger", BaseTrust) public: STDMETHOD(get_Name)(HSTRING* value) { return S_OK; } STDMETHOD(put_Name)(HSTRING value) { return S_OK; } STDMETHOD(LogInfo)(HSTRING value) { return S_OK; } }; ActivatableClass(Logger); } }
The class is declared in the
ABI namespace. This is a required convention from Microsoft. The class inherits from a
RuntimeClass<T> template that takes our interface as a template parameter. There are two macros in this source code:
InspectableClassdefines the name of the WinRT component and its trust level.
ActivatableClassdefines the class factory plumbing for that class.
Each method has to return
HRESULT, so you can reuse the
COM STDMETHOD() macro that is expanded as
virtual __declspec(nothrow) HRESULT __stdcall.
Real-World Scenario: Returning a Collection of Objects
When you write real-world COM components, you have to return data and you need more than a string or a basic type. The best practice is to return objects in a collection that can be used with standard conventions like supporting the
ForEach iteration pattern in other languages. In standard COM/OLE, you have to implement
Count and
Item properties to support Visual Basic
ForEach. With the Windows Runtime, you have to follow the definition of some interfaces used by language projections to enable a client application in C#, for example, to do:
// C# client Library1.Root root = new Library1.Root(); IList<String> list = root.GetVector(); foreach(string s in list) { ... }
At this point, you enter into undocumented features of the Windows Runtime. To find the appropriate information, you need to watch the Channel9 video and open the PowerPoint material from the Windows Runtime session presented at the BUILD 2011 conference (that covered the preview of Windows 8). It covers some interfaces named
IVectorView<T>, and
IMap<T>. Using Visual Studio 2012 or Visual Studio 2013, you will discover that theses interfaces are defined in windows.foundation.collections.h. This file is included in the Windows SDK's include\winrt folder. If you look at the Microsoft BUILD conference materials, you will gather that there is a deep integration with STL. With C++/CX, a header called collection.h (described as Windows Runtime Collection/Iterator Wrappers) provides the necessary plumbing between standard STL containers and WinRT interfaces. But if you want to use standard COM programming, you have to provide your own infrastructure to embrace the WinRT interfaces with STL containers. So the deep STL integration is really only for C++/CX. For raw COM programming using standard ISO C++, we need to implement the various interfaces within C++ classes.
Reading the windows.foundation.collections.h file and looking at the MSDN information about the
IVector<T> interface, you'll notice
IVector<T> inherits from
IIterable<T>, which in turn introduces
IIterator<T> in the
First() method. So, we have to implement these interfaces and their methods into a dedicated component. A new feature appears in the definition of these interfaces. They are defined like generics or templates. Let's examine these interfaces (I have made a little modification):
template <class T> class IVector : IInspectable /* requires IIterable<T> */ { public: // read methods virtual HRESULT GetAt(unsigned index, T *item) = 0; virtual HRESULT get_Size(unsigned *size) = 0; virtual HRESULT GetView(IVectorView<T> **view) = 0; virtual HRESULT IndexOf(T value, unsigned *index, boolean *found) = 0; // write methods virtual HRESULT SetAt(unsigned index, T item) = 0; virtual HRESULT InsertAt(unsigned index, T item) = 0; virtual HRESULT RemoveAt(unsigned index) = 0; virtual HRESULT Append(T item) = 0; virtual HRESULT RemoveAtEnd() = 0; virtual HRESULT Clear() = 0; // bulk transfer methods virtual HRESULT GetMany(unsigned startIndex, unsigned capacity, T *value, unsigned *actual) = 0; virtual HRESULT ReplaceAll(unsigned count, T *value) = 0; }; template <class T> class IIterable : IInspectable { public: virtual HRESULT First(IIterator<T> **first) = 0; }; template <class T> class IIterator : IInspectable { public: virtual HRESULT get_Current(T *current) = 0; virtual HRESULT get_HasCurrent(boolean *hasCurrent) = 0; virtual HRESULT MoveNext(boolean *hasCurrent) = 0; virtual HRESULT GetMany(unsigned capacity, T *value, unsigned *actual) = 0; };
IVector<T> interface contains all the access methods required for a vector. It is not difficult to associate these methods with the
std::vector<T> methods. The
IIterable<T> interface allows returning an iterator via
IIterator<T>. The
Iterator<T> interface represents the same concept of iterator that we know in the STL.


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Keys to living a healthier life
Eating right, exercising, sleeping more can lengthen your life
Think of it as the healthy aging equivalent of "Let's Make a Deal."
What exactly would you do to get those extra couple years of living hidden behind door No. 2?
Would you be willing to sleep in more to add another two years? Maybe floss more often in exchange for another year of living? How about having sex more often to extend your life expectancy? Is that something you might be interested in?
As the Baby Boom generation ages and our society in general gets older, there has been a greater focus on not only living longer lives, but also living healthier lives longer. As CNN health chief Sanjay Gupta says in his book "Chasing Life," nobody wants to die tomorrow, but nobody wants to live forever either.
While improving your health may seem like a lot of work, especially if those New Year's resolutions already seem like distant memories, there are some simple ways to extend your life and make it a better one in the process.
Quit Smoking: +4 to 8 Years
According to a Cambridge University study of more than 22,000 people, if you cut out the cigarettes, you could add four to five years to your life.
But that benefit could go up depending on your age. A study in the American Journal of Public Health found that female smokers who quit by the age 35 could extend their lifespan by 6.1 to 7.7 years.
However, even those who are 65 and older can add years to their life by quitting.
"What's unique about this study is that it gives some hope even to 65-year-olds who smoke," said Donald Taylor Jr., PhD, at Duke University in Durham, N.C. "A man would add between 1.4 and 2 years to his life. That's a tangible benefit you can get even late in life from stopping smoking."
And that doesn't count all the time you'll get back once you stop sneaking outside for those regular smoke breaks.
Cut Out Fast Food: +4 Years
Just about everything that associated with fast food -- name it: the fat, the cholesterol and the pounds -- is bad for you.
One of the keys to living a long, healthy life is cutting down your calorie intake. Just ask Leonard P. Guarente, a professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Guarente, who's spent years researching issues surrounding aging, tested out a low-calorie diet on mice, leading to conclusions that could just as easily benefit humans.
"The diet is not only making them live longer, it's mitigating diseases of aging," he said. Basically, mice on a calorie-restricted diet don't get sick.
Think about that the next time you're jonsing for a burger and fries around lunchtime.
Get Moving: +2 to 4 Years
Even a little bit of exercise is better than none. Remember that Cambridge Study that showed the benefit of quitting smoking? It also said that a moderate increase in exercise is worth three years of added life. That means about an hour a day for people with office jobs or just 30 minutes a day if your job keeps you more active.
Walking alone can add three years to your life as it cuts down on stress, can lower your cholesterol and help you reach a healthier weight.
Running is even better. Dutch and Australian researchers found that women who run for 30 minutes, five days a week can live two to four years longer and live one to three more years free of heart disease.
Shed Those Pounds: +3 to 4 Years
This one probably goes without saying, but deserves restating after recent research from the National Cancer Institute showed that being overweight can increase the risk of death by 20 to 40 percent.
Other research has linked being obese to high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. Researchers at the University of Alabama discovered that maintaining a body-mass index of 25 to 35, which is considered overweight to obese, can shorten your life by up to three years.
And Dr. Robert Butler, president of the nonprofit International Longevity Center - USA, an affiliate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, goes even further. Butler says that obesity alone can shed up to four years off your life.
Floss Your Pearly Whites: +6 Years
It's amazing that something so simple could add so many years onto your life. It's also amazing that so few people apparently take advantage of this benefit.
According to studies done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 5 to 10 percent of Americans are regular flossers. That's important because those same studies showed common gum problems such as gingivitis and peridontitis lead to a 23 to 46 percent higher rate of death.
Gum tissues are common sites for inflammation, which can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. Flossing regularly is vital because it removes the bacteria that cause that inflammation.
"Poor oral hygiene and particularly increased tooth loss are important indicators of your health," said Dr. Michael R. Roizen in his book "RealAge" when talking about the CDC study. "The fewer teeth you have, the greater your risk of gum infections."
Take A Break From Work: +2 Years
All work and no play makes .... well, you know how the saying goes.
It doesn't matter if your escape from work is as simple as starting up a new hobby in your spare time or as grand as taking more vacations. Either has great benefits for your health and your longevity.
Hobbies, whether it's knitting, gardening, woodworking, scrap-booking, coin collecting or photography, helps cut down on stress levels and brings a sense of accomplishment. The effect of hobbies is especially important after retiring, notes psychologist Michael Brickey, author of the anti-aging book "Defy Aging."
Vacations provide a similar benefit. According to the Framingham Heart Study, women who took vacations every six years or less were eight times more likely to develop heart disease or have a heart attack than those who vacationed twice a year.
Another study of men showed that those who didn't take at least one vacation were 21 percent more likely to die -- and 32 percent more likely to die of a heart attack.
Flex Your Brain: +2 Years
Studies have shown that 20 percent of the U.S. population over the age or 85 suffers from some form of dementia. You have a better chance of avoiding falling into this statistic by using mental exercises to keep your brain cells active and more efficient as you age.
Experts suggest that lifelong learning combined with other healthy-lifestyle habits can prolong your life by at least two years. Dr. Gary Small, author of "The Longevity Bible" and chief of UCLA's Memory and Aging Research Center, says that just one mental boost can translate to a 7 percent gain in mental sharpness. And the more you do, the higher the percentage, Small said.
The key is to pick up a book more often, take up crosswords and play brain teasers. Such actions can lower your risk for Alzheimer's by nearly a third.
You'll also find that mental exercises can also improve your brain's speed and memory today. Fun games that rely on logic, word skills, math and more provide great benefit even if you play them a few minutes each day.
Snack Smarter: +2 to 6 Years
Everybody loves a snack now and then. The right snack can help you get through your day and also provide great health benefits if chosen wisely.
According to research in the British Medical Journal, a daily handful of dark chocolate and almonds, plus fruits, vegetables, and even a glass of wine, can increase a woman's lifespan by 4.8 years and a man's by 6.6 years. The foods are rich in antioxidants, anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and other nutrients that can lower your heart disease risk by 76 percent.
The age gains also come from a 22-percent drop in breast-cancer risk linked to consuming less fat and fewer calories as you eat more fruit, veggies and whole grains.
When it comes to veggies, raw is the key word because cooking can deplete up to 30 percent of the antioxidants in vegetables. Italian researchers found that eating as little as 1 cup of raw vegetables daily can add two years to your life.
And when you're looking for something to wash those snacks down, remember that regular intake of caffeine, which puts more stress on your heart and body, can cut your life expectancy by six months.
Stay In Bed Longer: +2 Years
It's a paradox. We all like sleep. We all complain about not getting enough sleep. But then we never seem to get enough sleep.
According to the National Sleep Foundation's 2009 "Sleep in America" poll, the number of Americans who sleep less than six hours a night jumped from 13 percent to 20 percent over the past eight years. And those who reported sleeping eight hours or more a night dropped from 38 percent to 28 percent.
The poll pegged the average nightly amount of sleep for Americans at six hours, 40 minutes on weekdays/workdays, while most people need an average of seven to eight hours.
The importance of sleep cannot be overstated because it allows the neurons in the brain to become less active and undergo repair. Without repair these nerve cells are unable to function properly with the result that people find that they have trouble with memory and concentration.
Sticking to a regular bedtime is one key to getting a good night's sleep, along with exercising regularly and avoiding foods and drinks high in caffeine for at least eight hours prior to bedtime.
The foundation's tips also recommend using your bedroom for only sleep and sex to strengthen the association between bed and sleep. Removing work materials, computers and televisions from the sleep environment will go a long way toward accomplishing this.
Have More Sex: +3 to 8 Years
A few extra winks under the covers isn't the only bedroom activity you can partake in to extend your life. Sex is another key to living a longer and healthier life.
The years you can add to your lifespan by spending more time in the bedroom -- or wherever else you want, we're not the kind to judge -- comes from a combination of several factors.
The British Medical Journal says that regular sexual activity, meaning two to three times a week, can cut your chance of heart disease and stroke in half. Regular sex can also provide a two- to three-year gain by lowering your blood pressure, improving your sleep and boosting your immunity. The fact that it can burn 200 calories doesn't hurt either.
And if said sex comes as part of a happy marriage, census research shows you'll get another five years added onto your tab.


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"I'm skeptical of the faddishness of alternative investments. Wall Street is always ready to feed the ducks, and the ducks are quacking."
Jeremy DeGroot, chief investment officer of Litman Gregory, obviously doesn't think much of the packaged alternative products now being offered by manufactures and distributors. The space is much too complicated to simply allocate a portion of the portfolio to any old noncorrelated asset class and expect good results. It's one reason he constantly refers to the research his team at Litman Gregory is able to perform.
"It's heavily qualitative and deep manager due diligence," GeGroot says. "They have to have the discipline to consistently beat the index, which we all know is hard to do."
Since 2008, equity returns have been muted, and fixed income served as the ballast to protect on the downside, he argues. Today, there is no cushion of yield on the downside that was once available in the past.
See also: Alternative investments enter the mainstream
"For this reason, alternatives make sense," he continues. "The problem is that few managers have a solid track record because alternative asset classes are so new. Any back test has to be taken with a grain of salt, because you never see the nine back tests that didn't work before they got to the tenth. So there's a scarcity of managers successfully running these strategies."
Because of the untested managers and the high expense ratios they often charge in the mutual fund wrapper, Litman Gregory managers decided to do it themselves.
"We're not picking stocks; we're picking managers through our qualitative process. We emphasize lower risk, lower correlation and therefore lower volatility; something with a return of LIBOR plus 4 percent to 8 percent."
Enter the multimanager, multidiscipline, subadvised Master Funds. DeGroot and his team start with demonstrated risk-averse managers. The due diligence requires a lot of the managers time.
"We do our homework, but once we invest, we are truly long-term shareholders," DeGroot adds. "We understand periods of underperformance. We inoculate ourselves by heavy research into why something is underperforming, when it will come back and how it fits into the portfolio."
The research-intensive process has paid off. Managers they're partnered with include DoubleLine's Jeff Gundlach, FPA Crescent Fund's Steve Romick, Loomis Sayles' Matt Eagan and water Island Capital's John Orrico.
"You can't simply by an S&P 500 index for alternatives," DeGroot concluded. "You're betting on the manager to get alpha. Saying 'here's 30 percent to generic alternative investments; I'm all set' won't work."


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fi360 acquired in late February Financial Service Standards, a Pittsburgh-based organization specializing in training retirement plan advisors and developing practice management resources.
FSS is best known for its 401k Service Training Program, an educational program designed for retirement plan professionals that teaches plan management, ERISA regulations and industry best practices.
The firm also offers the 401k Service Solution, a comprehensive system for sales and service processes that includes more than 200 template documents.
Blaine Aikin, fi360's CEO, said in a statement that FSS' "best-in-class retirement training program is a natural next step" for fi360's accredited investment fiduciary (AIF) designees, "who are seeking to develop special expertise in serving the 401(k) plan market."
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AdaCore has released its latest GNAT Pro 7.2 cross-development environment for ARM Cortex processors running Android. This product has a complete Ada tool suite for developing and maintaining Android applications using a mixture of Ada and Java.
The ARM Cortex-A8 processor, based on the ARMv7 architecture, has the ability to scale in speed from 600MHz to greater than 1GHz — the Cortex-A8 processor can meet the requirements for power-optimized mobile devices needing operation in less than 300mW.
The Ada-Java mix here means that developers can use the software engineering benefits of the Ada language, while also taking advantage of the Java libraries and services provided by the Android platform.
Applications can also be written solely in Ada, or in a combination of Ada and other "native" languages — Android 2.3 and later versions are supported, on Cortex A8 and above.
AdaCore says that a "recent trend" is the use of COTS (commercial off the shelf) portable devices in mission-critical contexts, such as military command and control and industrial process management.
In these systems, the original OS and consumer-oriented applications are replaced by customized versions that include domain-specific software using proprietary and/or confidential algorithms.
"GNAT Pro for Android offers developers an attractive solution by generating highly efficient, native ARM code for the algorithms, while giving access to the common Android graphics library for implementing the user interface. With Ada's strong typing and other compile-time checks, GNAT Pro and supplemental static analysis tools, such as CodePeer, can detect many errors and vulnerabilities early in the development stage, an especially important advantage in embedded systems where recalls or updates may be expensive or impractical," said Cyrille Comar, AdaCore managing director.
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Police Show Up at Home After Family Gets Into Intense Fight Over Christmas Tree
It turned out to be anything but a silent night when police in Spartanburg, South Carolina had to intervene when a family got into a huge fight while decorating a Christmas tree.
It seems three women, ages 24, 61 and 76 got into a major tiff because two of them decided to decorate the tree while the third was still at work. A male member of the family, 41, showed up and tried to calm everyone down, but must have failed because all four relatives "admitted to pushing each other and getting in their faces."
No one was injured in the melee, but the 76-year-old did seek treatment for her blood pressure. No one was arrested and everyone involved made sure to mention they had all collected themselves by the time officers showed up.
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644-foot residential yacht may make 2015 stop in NL
The World, which bills itself as the largest privately owned residential yacht, has made the first tentative step toward a possible visit to New London in 2015.
George Cassidy, executive director of the Stonington-based Connecticut Cruise Ship Task Force, said Wednesday that the 644-foot ship, which carries an average of 150 passengers and a crew of 260, has reserved space at the Adm. Harold E. Shear State Pier for Oct. 2-4 two years from now, at the beginning of autumn leaf-peeping season.
A three-day stay for The World is typical, he said, because people aboard the ship own their cabins as condominium units and are looking for different destinations to stay while they take in the sights.
"It's one of the only kinds like it in the world," Cassidy said.
Despite its huge size, The World does not advertise itself as a cruise ship.
"It might look like a cruise ship from the exterior, but that's where the similarity ends," according to online promotional material.
On The World, passengers who are co-owners of the ship help determine the destinations in consultation with the captains and a director of itinerary and destination planning.
Cassidy said he received a call from a representative of The World who indicated that passengers were intrigued by New London's architecture and history while also enjoying the possibility of trips to the USS Nautilus Museum, Florence Griswold Museum, Mystic Aquarium and Mystic Seaport, among other destinations.
"They like to go off the beaten path for their clients," Cassidy said.
Among the ship's appointments are four restaurants, two pools, a spa, library, sports center, tennis court, jogging track, putting green, art gallery, chapel and cinema. Some residents use the ship as their year-round home, but the average stay is about four months every year.
Last year, during The World's 10th anniversary trek, the ship made stops in 31 countries. Owners of the shipboard residences come from all over the world and represent 19 countries.
The ship's home is listed as the Bahamas, but it is operated by a Florida company called ROW Management Ltd. The World was designed by two Norwegians, Petter Yran and Bjorn Storbraaten, and it features 12 decks and 165 residences.
New London, which stopped seeing major cruise ships in recent years after a flurry of activity between 2007 and 2010, has been starting to get back in the game in recent weeks. Earlier this month, it was announced that the 88-passenger Grande Mariner, run by Blount Small Ship Adventures, would be arriving in the city twice this October, and that Princess Cruises' Dawn Princess, with a capacity of nearly 2,000 passengers and a crew of more than 900, would be making a port of call here in July of next year.
Cassidy said a stay in New London is not guaranteed, but he is encouraged that the city now has at least one ship on the hook as at least a possibility for each of the next three years.
"It's another cruise ship coming in a different year," he said.
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A four-track EP from 1985, Wide Awake In America takes its name from the refrain in 'Bad' - 'I'm wide awake/wide awake/I'm not sleeping'. Featuring live versions of 'Bad' and 'A Sort of Homecoming' from The Unforgettable Fire album, it also included 'The Three Sunrises' and 'Love Comes Tumbling' from The Unforgettable Fire sessions with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois producing. Originally released for North America and Japan the EP became a cult favourite among fans and led to a UK release in 1987.
Why did Wide Awake In America become an unpredicted cult success?
'The reason was simple - the presence of a previously unavailable version of 'Bad'. Extended from the original vinyl incarnation on The Unforgettable Fire and replete with taped keyboard intro, this has come to be considered the definitive version of the song, clear-cut recorded evidence of the smouldering power that U2 could conjure up on-stage and which would make 'Bad' both a favourite with the fans, and, for quite some time, the centrepiece of the band's live set.'
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5:28 a.m. Violation-of-court-order report on West Ridgecrest Boulevard.
8:08 a.m. Runaway-juvenile-return report on North Fairview Street.
9:37 a.m. Probation search on West Robertson Avenue.
9:46 a.m. Follow up and report on North Fairview Street.
9:58 a.m. Foot pursuit at Burroughs High School.
10:22 a.m. Theft report on West Panamint Avenue.
10:55 a.m. Follow up on North China Lake Boulevard.
11:16 a.m. Disturbance – subject on South China Lake Boulevard.
11:44 a.m. Follow up on West Robertson Avenue.
11:51 a.m. Disturbance – neighbors on West Moyer Avenue.
12:01 p.m. Assist other department on South Gemstone Street.
1:09 p.m. Arrest and citation on South China Lake Boulevard for petty theft.
2:04 p.m. Disturbance – subject on South China Lake Boulevard.
2:25 p.m. Domestic-disturbance on West Atkins Avenue.
3:24 p.m. Arrest on South China Lake Boulevard for burglary and warrants for possession of a controlled substance and possession of a narcotic controlled substance.
3:40 p.m. Burglary report on North Peg Street.
4:22 p.m. Follow up on North Robalo Street.
4:32 p.m. Child Protective Services referral on West California Avenue.
4:34 p.m. Supplemental report on West Mt Shasta Circle.
4:59 p.m. Vandalism report on West California Avenue.
5:05 p.m. Petty-theft report on West Coso Avenue.
8:24 p.m. Warrant arrest and citation on North Palm Drive for vandalism.
8:41 p.m. Arrest on West Atkins Avenue for parole hold.
8:54 p.m. Runaway-juvenile report on North Fairview Street.
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As the long-anticipated public boat launch in Leeville nears reality, community supporters have set their eye on a new prize for the area.
As the long-anticipated public boat launch in Leeville nears reality, community supporters have set their eye on a new prize for the area.
An effort spearheaded by a nonprofit group is attempting to have Leeville recognized as a Cultural District through the state Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
The designation must be applied for and comes with various tax incentives for businesses in the district.
"The designation is crucial because you have to start somewhere in letting the government and your people recognize Leeville as something valuable and not a lost effort," said Janet Rhodus, who founded Launch Leeville to improve the small town south of the levee on La. 1.
Rhodus lives in Baton Rouge but owns a home in Golden Meadow and has been fishing in Leeville since 1991. Her background is in commercial real estate, and her organization has received no money from the parish.
The Lafourche Parish Council will vote on a resolution granting permission for the application at its Feb. 26 meeting. If the vote is favorable, an application will be submitted to the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
That office evaluates an application on several criteria, including being distinguished by cultural resources that play a role in the life, economic and cultural development of a community.
The other criteria focus on artistic, economic and community-development factors.
There are 63 areas with the designation, including the nearby Grand Isle & Grand Cheniere Caminada Cultural District. Terrebonne Parish has the Houma Cultural District as well.
The designation is specifically for areas with a high concentration of "cultural facilities" that "serve as the anchor attraction."
For Rhodus, those facilities are everything dealing with the fishing industry in Leeville.
Areas with this distinction are subject to tax breaks on the sale of art and rehabilitation of structures.
Rhodus said she has been in contact with local and state officials about various potential improvements in the area, including a sidewalk that would run from the new La. 1 bridge to the boat launch.
"My goal is to make Leeville the Leeville fishing village," Rhodus said.
Parish President Charlotte Randolph said while Leeville's precarious position outside the parish's flood protection levees means robust industry will not return, the area can find its niche as a fishing attraction.
"Leeville is very representative of the early days of Lafourche," Randolph said. "The focus was on fishing, and Leeville was a launch site. (Launch Leeville) seeks to preserve that heritage."
Randolph said she is open to inexpensive ways to develop that niche such as designating parts of old La. 1 that see little traffic because of the new bridge as roadside-fishing areas.
Councilman Daniel Lorraine, who represents the area, said the soon-to-be-built boat launch in Leeville is the first step to attracting more visitors to the outpost in the marsh.
The recently completed elevated La. 1 bridge in Leeville causes much of the traffic to bypass businesses in the area, Lorraine said. The boat launch will be situated at the southern end of Leeville and will revitalize those businesses.
There are multiple private launches in Leeville, but Rhodus said those fill up quickly, lack parking and can be costly for regular fishermen.
"People do not want to park their $50,000 truck and trailer on the side of the road," Rhodus said. "You do not want to spend an hour launching your boat. They can go somewhere else without a hassle."
Officials hope the new launch will be complete this year. The project was tied up in a debate about how much wetlands the parish would have to mitigate for building the launch.
The total cost for the project is about $1 million. The parish has dedicated $250,000, the Greater Lafourche Port Commission has dedicated the same amount and the rest is being paid for by a grant, Randolph said.
The launch will include a sidewalk and could possibly include a pavilion and a handicap-accessible fishing pier. The timeframe for including those items depends on the contractors' bids, Randolph said.


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If I were obliged to choose industries that are susceptible to significant disruption in the next few years, I would have to point to education as being the most obvious and most important. In a generation and a half, education has gone from being an expense that most families bore manageably or with some difficulty to an extraordinary cost that can plunge students and their parents into deep, long-lasting debt. Rather than being the path of upward mobility that it was for generations, education has evolved into the principal barrier between the wealthy and the rest of us. Education costs have risen far faster than inflation and can be accommodated mostly by parents who begin saving towards the expense the day their child is born. The current model cannot continue along its present trajectory. It is ripe for disruption, particularly in the programming field where developers are always partially self-taught and demonstrated skill, rather than coursework completion, is the defining hiring criterion.
Several forward-looking universities have embraced this upcoming transition to greater self-education and begun making it possible to get college credit and degrees via remote study. Other universities, such as MIT and Stanford, have adopted open courseware in which they make it possible for students to audit classes via videos of the class sessions or, in some cases, watching in real time. And for some classes, university credit can be obtained for this remote participation (graded homework and exams are part of the experience, of course). I believe this model of remote courses taken for credit and paid for at much lower tuition rates will in the next decade emerge as the default way of getting a college education. The traditional four-year on-campus experience will be viewed as a singular luxury. Computer science is likely to lead the way in this transition because, more than most disciplines, it does not require face-to-face communication (as would a degree in music performance, for example).
Developers today already enjoy a wide assortment of online learning resources, which I'll discuss shortly. There is no doubt that a motivated student can get the instructional equivalent of a four-year degree in computer science right now. Likewise, existing developers can easily round out their skills. The problem, though, is that online courses are still very much in their infancy: The materials and the learning experience are still far from ideal. The experience is often incomplete because courses make little provision for remote students and offer limited ways for them to offset the missing elements of the on-site experience. This is changing with massive online open courses (MOOCs), however.
Today, the professional developer who wants to gain new skills via remote instruction has, roughly speaking, three large categories of options: passive learning, active learning, and cross-over tools that are mostly passive with some active elements. Each category delivers a different kind of experience .
The passive options cover all instruction that is exclusively unidirectional: A speaker is recorded and the student watches the recording. In this group, there are many subcategories:
- Lectures at universities (open courseware)
- One-off lectures on technical topics
- Conference proceedings. Most are free, but some are incredibly expensive
Early days of the instructional revolution generated mostly passive instruction, but this model has slowly become less favored. Students buying courses want some form of interaction with their peers and their instructors.
Among the most active options with regard to interactions are the MOOCs. Coursera and Udacity are the leaders. Coursera generally features university professors and involves graded homework, which upon completion, generates a certificate of attendance. Classes are pre-scheduled, so you must fit your schedule to the course's calendar. Udacity tends to have more short courses, which can be run at anytime. Like Coursera, they also involve graded work. Fee-paying Udacity attendees can interact with professors and receive a certificate of completion. Course fees are typically modest.
Inexpensive, interactive, self-directed courses are the province of some alternative providers, such as Code School, which require you to type in answers as you go. A gamification theme makes the learning light. A flat monthly fee entitles you to take as many courses as you wish. For those who just want to quickly and inexpensively acquire new skills, CodeSchool is a most convenient option, although it is slightly constrained by a small list of offerings.
Finally, there is the cross-over category, which is mostly passive but encourages you to follow along. A good example is the LiveLessons series from Pearson (the parent company of Addison-Wesley). These lectures start with tool set-up that relies frequently on open-source tools that the student is expected to download and use. The speaker then works through the course (which, uniquely, is a downloadable video file) showing his screen, which the reader is supposed to be duplicating on his home system. Two monitors are an important option here. Because no interaction with the instructor or peers is possible, any errors or problems need to be solved the traditional ways: Google, StackOverflow, and other forums.
All these solutions are highly dependent on the quality of the speaker or instructor; and this is perhaps where the system still lacks maturity. There is frequently no way to tell beforehand how good the instructor is, how useful the materials are, and exactly what background is expected of the student. Prospective students must still rely a lot on trial and error to find the right resource. But as remote learning becomes the standard educational experience, this issue will be addressed and we will all benefit from high-quality, lower-cost education.
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- Shipped sizes vary. Most species reaches a full adult size of 4 to 6 inches - some insects like our giant centipedes can get much larger.
- Tarantulas, scorpions and insects potentially sting and/or bite and can be dangerous; some are more gentle and some more aggressive.
- Some of the spiders and scorpions we carry have mild venom and some are more toxic or highly venomous.
- Before purchasing any insect please research the particulars of their care requirements and any potential dangers, etc.
- Most of the species we carry live from 5 to 20 years.
- Most of the insects we carry requires a relatively simple setup - a 5 to 10 gallon enclosure works well.
- Main staple diet of crickets and mealworms but will definitely take many other appropriately sized insects as well.
- Captive Bred & Farm Raised depending on species (listed in title).
- Picture and video shown are a representation of this animal. As these are live animals, there will be aesthetic variations.
All Scorpions Are Captive Bred or Farm Raised Unless Otherwise Noted
Scorpions Are Unable To Be Properly Sexed
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Free Shipping is only available for orders within the contiguous 48 US States.
Almost all of our products are eligible, with the few exceptions being live animals, insects, frozen feeders and certain heavy or large items. Ineligible products will automatically calculate a small shipping charge at checkout.
As long as your order doesn't contain heavy/large items you'll receive our standard shipping rate as follows:
- Most Product Orders over $99 - FREE
- Live animal orders - $39.95 Overnight Delivery plus $10 Box & Packaging Fee
- Product orders under $99 - $6.95 Flat Rate
(Most lighter shipments are delivered within 2 to 3 days)
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- Temperature Requirements: night temp higher than 34 degrees F and daytime temp lower than 91 degrees F
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- Live animals cannot be shipped to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico or outside the US.
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- Products, live animals and live feeders always have separate shipping charges.
- Live feeder orders cannot be canceled once processed.
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- Flat rate shipping price includes special box, 15-20 lbs of dry ice, insulator blankets and FedEx freight.
- Products, live feeders and frozen feeders always have separate shipping charges.
- Frozen feeders orders cannot be cancelled once processed.
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Big Apple Pet Supply guarantees all the reptiles, frogs, tarantulas & scorpions we sell to be captive bred (With the exception of those noted farm raised and/or field collected species).
We guarantee that all reptiles, amphibians, tarantulas & scorpions we sell are voluntarily feeding before shipping and will be healthy upon arrival. Reptiles come with a 3 day health guarantee after arrival and Amphibians, Tarantulas & Scorpions are a live arrival only guarantee. Guarantees on Live Reptiles & Amphibians are void when night time temperatures are below 39 and below or above 80 degrees.
Notification of any issue must be made within 24 hours of delivery and if DOA you must supply several digital pictures (3 angles) of the reptile or amphibian on it's back (belly up) via text or to email@example.com Our phone lines are open 8:30 to 5:00 EST Monday thru Friday and voice mail and email and text is available all non-office hours. Live Arrival Guarantee is only provided when a shipment has been signed for on the first delivery attempt. It is mandatory that you be there and sign for your delivery.
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If you ever have a question about a pet you purchased from us with regards to heating, lighting, enclosures, diet, etc. we are more than happy to provide you with our expert advice. However, we are not veterinarians and cannot prescribe or provide you with a consultation on medications. If your pet is ill you should visit your local veterinarian who specializes in reptiles and exotic creatures.


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Luang Prabang, Laos. Every morning at dawn, Buddhist monks walk down the streets collecting food alms from devout, kneeling Buddhists, and some tourists. They then return to their temples (also known as wats) and eat together. This procession is called Tak Bat (Making Merit).
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Many of the 30+ overseas territories of the European Union are islands and much of their biodiversity occurs in the seas and the oceans surrounding them. A recent workshop under the European Parliament Intergroup on "Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development" organized jointly with IUCN addressed the challenges of Europe overseas in protecting their marine biodiversity.
Armando Astudillo Gonzalez, Adviser at the European Commission in the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, pointed out that, since most overseas entities are islands, they have a strong maritime vocation and, as a consequence, the protection of marine biodiversity becomes vital for them. As fisheries are considered among the principal threats for marine biodiversity, it is appropriate to discuss how fisheries policies take into account biodiversity protection. The ongoing reform of the Common Fisheries Policy has as principal goal to give priority to environmental protection, and consequently to biodiversity. Its basic premise is that only healthy marine ecosystems can give support to a healthy and sustainable fishing sector.
Olivier Laroussinie, Director of the Marine Protected Areas Agency in France, stated that 97% of French waters are in outermost regions and overseas countries and territories, as French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, Mayotte, and French Polynesia. Together with Caroline Vieux, in charge of a study on Europe overseas territories at the Marine Protected Areas Agency and Carole Martinez, Programme Coordinator EU Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories at IUCN, they presented a study entitled "How does the EU support marine biodiversity conservation in its Outermost regions, Overseas Countries and Territories?".
"Overseas Marine issues are critical and strategic for the European Union. Thanks to Europe overseas, the EU has the first marine domain of the world nested in all the oceans of the Blue Planet," they argued. The Blue Growth Communication and the Limassol Declaration underline the overseas 'assets' as strategic 'gateways'. The speakers called for more coherence of European policies and for greater adaptedness of EU funds for biodiversity in EU overseas waters. "We have to develop a long-term marine protection strategy for Europe overseas and an enabling funding instrument that would support local marine conservation projects, regional collaboration and research, such as recommended in 2008 at La Réunion Conference. This instrument would be inspired from the BEST Preparatory Action, which is currently the most adapted tool to address marine biodiversity issues in Europe overseas," concluded both Carole Martinez and Caroline Vieux.
"Fishermen have to be considered as experts of biodiversity. We have to understand biodiversity before trying to protect it," said Nicolas Diaz, Secretary General, National Committee of Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture (CRPMEM). The citizens of Guadeloupe live exclusively on their island's biodiversity, he argued. According to him, the first cause of biodiversity loss is global warming, not fishermen. Furthermore, he called for a reformed Common Fisheries Policy that would be geared towards the promotion of sustainable fisheries overseas: "95% of French marine biodiversity is in the overseas; yet, 95% of the funds are allocated to Metropolitan French sea."
The call for taking further into account of overseas territories specificities in the reform was also echoed by Thomas Binet, Research fellow at the Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE), who stressed on the fact that outermost regions and overseas countries and territories do not apply to the same Community rules.
H.S.C. Cedrick Tilma, Representative of the Government of Aruba to the EU, concluded by saying that "Effective action in the biodiversity rich overseas countries and territories is vital to EU's credibility in the international arena."
Karin Zaunberger, Policy Officer at the European Commission Directorate-General for the Environment, informed the audience about four BEST projects relevant to marine biodiversity conservation in Europe overseas situated in three oceans – the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean and the South Pacific: CARIPES, CORAIL, MIROMEN and PACIOCEA.
The workshop "Marine biodiversity conservation in EU Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories" was held on Monday 3 December 2012 at the European Parliament in Brussels. It was organised by the Secretariat of the European Parliament Intergroup "Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development" run jointly by IUCN Member European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) and IUCN and hosted by MEP Maurice Ponga, co-Chair of the "Islands and Overseas Entities" working group of the Intergroup. It welcomed a large panel of speakers, as well as MEP Maria Do Ceu Patrao Neves, several MEP assistants, representatives from four European Commission Directorate-Generals (Environment, Regional Policy, Maritime Affairs and Development Cooperation), alongside Permanent Representations and Embassy representatives, researchers and stakeholders.
For more information, contact Carole Martinez, IUCN, +32 2 739 10 00, firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This thread is for posting your information about honey bees either in a structure (house) or in/on a tree or object that you want removed. Give your location and contact information. Postings will be deleted in time to keep the list current.
This thread is for posting your information about honey bees either in a structure (house) or in/on a tree or object that you want removed. Give your location and contact information. Postings will be deleted in time to keep the list current.
Regards, Barry
u can call me shane my parents live in tazewell 276-340-3242
Hey Vabeeman,
Left you a voice mail. Shoot me a PM if you don't mind.
I have a removal that i am unable to do in Franklin grove Illinois. Inside the ceiling of the home, honey leaking from the ceiling, i figured the hive is around 8ft long, 2 ft wide and 6-12inches deep. Potentially in the wall as well but was unable to tell. Message me with inquiries.
Heintz88, message sent
To find out more about me go to
Got a call for a removal of an exposed colony under a mobile home in Hobbs, NM. Is there anyone in that area who can help? PM me for details.
Nobody ruins my day without my permission, and I refuse to grant it...
I caught a swarm in a cardboard box earlier I'm in chalmette,la. I don't have an extra box for them so if someone is local that has a box I'd buy it or I would give them away for free thanks nathan
Mr. Moderator
Might I suggest that this thread be converted into its own forum? Possibly organized by state, it could be a useful tool for passing the word about swarms or cut-outs, especially if next spring is swarm crazy again.
I got a call today about a house in Lima, Ohio that has bees in a second story wall. The home is located on West Market Street. Send me a pm for more information. The home is currently not occupied.
Nick Hubbell
Lady in East Jefferson City, MO has bees in a Walnut tree about 8 feet up that need to be removed.
PM me and I will pass on her name and number and you can see if it will wait till spring or not.
There are bees and a hive in our well house. They were discovered today and we need them
removed this week. Please give me a call on Thursday some time between 9:30 AM and
7:30 PM. They attacked the pest exterminator man today when he opened the lid on
the well pump.
Kenneth Sumerford
333 Singing Quail Trail
Haslet, TX 76052 (Dallas/Ft.Worth area) USA
[email protected]
Going to attempt a cut out this wednesday at my house. Hope to save as many as possible. A friend came over with an infrared camera that showed their exact location. If anyone wants them please contact me at [email protected].
dan mann
huntington beach, california
I have a bee hive in my concrete box for my water meter. I hate to have them killed to get them removed. Is there a way to get them out and keep them alive. I thought maybe a bee keeper could do this. I know there is a shortage of bees; well here is a free hive....
What can be done. I'd appreciate any advice you might have.
The hive is in Point Richmond, CA
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saw these on c list free bees in stump http://quadcities.craigslist.org/zip/3709767245.html ,,,hope someone close its by Davenport IA
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A honey bee nest in a tree limb over a driveway close to the house that has been there for years. If you are interested in getting it, contact me: [email protected]
Regards, Barry
Had a lady call me today. She has a colony in a ranch house in Falfurrias, Tx. Maybe someone near Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Sarita, Hebbronville etc would like a shot at it. She says the bees are very gentle. email me for info I don't want to post her contact info online.
I am not a bee person whatsoever BUT i just had a swarm of Honeybees form on a magnolia tree about 8 feet up in my front yard. It literally happened in the last hour. If anyone is around that would like to come and get them... Let me know. My cell is 214-998-4334
Look under TX at www.beeremovalsource.com
Regards, Barry
Newbie here not really a bee YET I retire in 2 years and have 22 acres , But I have a swarm in my back yard NOW I do not want to kill them I am a gardener (limited ) and know how bad we need bees to pollenate my tomates , ect yours if ou can get them before friday , 713 992 8418 ..Allen , thanks
I live in KATY TX
Don't forget to check the state listing for someone who may be nearby. For example, here's Texas:
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LPL Financial (LPLA) said Thursday that it has beefed up its retirement planning platform with tools for financial advisors and plan participants from Morningstar Associates, Financial Finesse and Wealth Management Systems.
With these new tools, the Worksite Financial Solutions platform, which LPL launched in early March, can serve as a more effective "end-to-end solution" for retirement plan sponsors and advisors, according to LPL, while better meeting the needs of plan participants with tools for financial education, personalized advice and account-transition services.
"Through our launch of Worksite Financial Solutions, we are seeking to completely reinvent the world of retirement plan financial advice, in order to counteract the current inadequate and fragmented system of retirement planning prevalent at so many workplaces in America today," said Bill Chetney (left), executive vice president of LPL Financial Retirement Partners, in a press release.
"We are tremendously excited to work with some of the most outstanding and forward-thinking service providers in the industry, in order to give our nation's workers the tools and resources they need to plan for all stages of their financial lives, including retirement, and to make our vision become a reality."
In late March, LPL rolled out a program, the Retirement Partners Group, to recognize and support top financial advisors focused on advising retirement plans for corporate clients. The group was launched with 87 advisor members, who advise 4,000 retirement plans with nearly $40 billion in assets. It is staffed by about 65 LPL employees.
Of LPL's 13,300 affiliated reps, about 1,400 have five or more retirement plans in their books of business, the independent broker-dealer said earlier this year. For most, this market represents about 25% or more of their total sales.
For the Worksite Financial Solutions platform, LPL's partners are contributing the following enhancements:
- Morningstar is sharing its technology for the Employee Advice Solution, which lets advisors provide participants with personalized investment strategies; plan advisors can pick a strategist from choices on the platform to run the portfolio assignment process and deliver in-plan participant advice; and investors can choose ongoing professional investment-management or point-in-time advice.
- Financial Finesse is providing financial-wellness content, which aims to help employees develop better financial habits and behaviors; its Financial Learning Center can give workers personalized assessments of their financial wellness, along with a detailed plan to help them improve their finances; plan sponsors receive aggregated reporting on the financial wellness of their workforce; and LPL advisors can use this information to develop tailored financial education programs for retirement-plan clients.
- WMSI's technology is bringing together plan and participant data from multiple recordkeeping systems, so advisors and plan sponsors can work with investors to move their retirement plan accounts as their switch jobs.
Check out LPL's RIA Platform Hits $50B in Assets on AdvisorOne.


text: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 Insurers Look to Mergers to Further Growth Strategies Market saturation and margin-squeezing health care reform have prompted large managed health care companies such as Aetna, Cigna, and Humana to snap up smaller players to keep earnings growth alive, says a Wall St Journal (WSJ) article. Last week, Cigna said it would buy HealthSpring for $3.8 billion, "giving it a foothold in the senior-citizen and Medicare markets." Cigna expects the deal, which boosted HealthSpring's share price by 33%, will increase its earnings per share in the first year. Also last week, Amerigroup, a large Medicaid insurer, said it would pay $85 million to acquire Health Plus' 320,000 members, WSJ reports. Some investors think smaller companies such as Coventry Health Care and Health Net could soon become targets, along with Medicaid specialists such as Centene, Molina Healthcare, and even Amerigroup. "We're on the verge of a massive amount of M&A [mergers and acquisitions]," Jim Lane, a money manager, told WSJ. "There's no organic growth left in this business except for pricing." Membership in managed-care plans offered through employers has fallen 5.4% from its 2000 peak, to 169.7 million people in 2009, the most recent year for which data exist. The biggest unknown for the industry is health care reform. If the Supreme Court overturns the health care law, managed-care stocks would get a boost, says the article. But if the law stands, it will favor more consolidation. Comments "more consolidation" when does consolidation stop becoming attractive? When do the cost savings of getting bigger begin to lose efficiency and become closer to being an uncontrollable behemoth? Are the inefficiencies of gov't, which we all hate, simply the result of being that big and the "others" are now gone? Posted by kirk on 11/7/2011 12:24 PM