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Thank you again for your support and participation in the Type 1 Diabetes Luminary Lighting! If you can't participate, please pass along the luminaries to a friend, neighbor or someone who can.
Directions for November 5th:
1. Fill luminary bag with 2 cups of sand, rice or small rocks.
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4. Keep candle lit in honor of the Type 1 Luminary Lighting event.
5. Hang the Type 1 Diabetes Fact Sheet on your front door for people to read and become "enlightened."
6. On the morning and night of the Luminary Lighting event, take pictures with your luminaries in front of your home/street and send to P.O. Box 2813 Westport, CT 06880 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com
Hopefully the weather will be great on November 5th, if it is raining or too windy to light the luminaries then wait until the next best evening. November is Diabetes awareness month so we have the entire month to enlighten the Nation.
Keep your luminaries in your sock drawer for safe keeping until November 5th -or- keep a note in your sock drawer to remind yourself where you have them stored. (If we all keep the luminaries in the same place then we can remind each other where to find them on Nov. 5th and for years to come.)
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SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 11, 2014) - Join Trifacta, a Data Transformation Platform provider, for five sessions at O'Reilly's Strata Conference at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, taking place from Tuesday, February 11, 2014 to Thursday, February 13, 2014.
Sessions will include talks with Joe Hellerstein, CEO and co-founder, Jeffrey Heer, CXO and co-founder, and Tutti Taygerly, VP of User Experience, and include discussions on data transformation, use cases for accessing and analyzing Big Data, and the company's breakthrough Predictive Interaction™ technology.
Sessions at the conference include:
Data Transformation: Skills of the Agile Data Wrangler
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 3:30pm PT
Data analysts routinely report spending more time "wrangling" their data than performing analysis. In this tutorial, Joe Hellerstein will focus on the ever-present yet oft-overlooked challenges of data transformation, including discovery, structure, content and curation.
Data Transformation: A User-Centric Approach to Accessing and Analyzing Big Data
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 4:50pm PT
Join Trifacta's founders and their customers to learn how data transformation is changing the way people work with data. By increasing data analyst productivity and giving business analysts direct access to Big Data for the first time, Trifacta's technology increases the breadth of data they work with, significantly shortens "time to insight," and enables better business decisions.
Big Data Moonshots and Ground Control
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Speaking from two perspectives in tech and design, Joe Hellerstein and Tutti Taygerly describe "Predictive Interaction" -- a new model for high-level human-data interaction that radically improves the productivity and accessibility of the most time-consuming work in the analytics lifecycle.
Office Hour with Jeffrey Heer
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 1:40pm PT
If you're spending more time "wrangling" data than performing analysis, talk to Jeffrey about:
Office Hour with Joe Hellerstein
Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 10:10am PT
During this session, Joe Hellerstein will discuss:
In addition to presenting during the conference, Trifacta's Data Transformation Platform will be demonstrated in the exhibition hall at booth #218.
Learn more about Trifacta's presence at Strata: http://trifacta.com/company/events/
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Trifacta Launches Data Transformation Platform to Clear Data Analysis Bottleneck
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Trifacta, the pioneer in data transformation, significantly enhances the value of an enterprise's Big Data by enabling users to easily transform raw, complex data into clean and structured formats for analysis. Leveraging decades of innovative work in human-computer interaction, scalable data management and machine learning, Trifacta's unique technology creates a partnership between user and machine, with each side learning from the other and becoming smarter with experience. Trifacta is backed by Accel Partners and Greylock Partners.
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Since being a child, I've wanted two things.
I don't suppose children have 'bucket lists' do they? Does 'being an astronaut' count? But, if I had, then there'd have been two things on it.
Apart from being an astronaut, that is.
I wanted to go to Egypt and I wanted to write a book.
As I'm older (everso slightly, of course), a couple more things have been added. I've, sadly, mentally crossed off my journey into space as, I would think, it's unlikely I'll achieve that one – unless I do a Gene Roddenberry and have my ashes blasted into the place where no-one can hear you do pretty much anything at all. Anywho. I think my chances of reaching escape velocity and escaping the Earth's atmosphere are fairly slim.
A sky dive. That was another one. I wanted to jump out of an aeroplane. I love flying and have taken many flying lessons. It's one of the best bits of overseas travel (sometimes THE best bit). And I wanted to leap out at 3,000 feet with only a tablecloth strapped to my back. Due to a couple of reasons, that wasn't possible, so I was overjoyed when my partner, for my birthday, paid for me to do the next best thing. Indoor skydiving. Brilliant! Floating over a big fan, then having them whacking the power up so you shoot high up into the air and come zooming down again was easily one of my most memorable and enjoyable birthday presents ever. So that's one ticked off.
I want to stand in Moscow's Red Square. I want to buy a hotdog in New York's Central Park. I SO want to see the Northern Lights.
And I'll do my best to do these.
But as a child, I wanted to go to Egypt and I wanted to write a book.
I'm very pleased to say I've done both.
I was always fascinated with the Egyptians. Their gods and way off life, the herculean achievement of building the pyramids and more. I loved the idea of the Stargate film (partially thanks to Eric Von Daniken and his Children of the Gods). It was something I never thought I'd experience though. Life was getting in the way, as it often decides to do.
Life can be like that. It trundles along happily, but then gets sneaky and stands right in front of you when you're trying to see around it and do something you really want to.
So Egypt was a pipe dream. Now I work on a refinery and am very experienced with pipes of all kinds, and I've yet to hear about one dreaming, but, it seems, they do.
Then my partner, as she tends to do, decides to fulfil that dream. Luxor, here we come. It was magical. I still feel emotional now when I think that I walked in the actual Valley of the Kings and took a boat on the Nile (stepping right into it from the garden of the hotel).
Whilst there… was I inspired? I don't know, but something took a hold of me and in that one week I wrote 15,000 words of Sin. After ten years of writing it, I could see the end. I had an idea of what was going to happen.
It was a killer typing up all those words though!
Egypt was in the September. Just after Christmas of 2011, Sin was complete. In October of 2011 I did the indoor skydiving.
Sin doesn't like to stay quiet. Now his book is finished, he still, it seems, has a lot to say. His sequel is already started. He has a blog in which he talks about the people he meets and the experiences he has in his asylum. But his book, the novel, is finished, and a good amount of it was written in Egypt.
I quite like the fact that two of my childhood dreams – in fact (apart from having a NASA payslip) my only two childhood dreams – are so entwined in each other.
And so begins the quest for the Northern Lights, Moscow and New York. Oh, and the Mardi Gras.
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As long as Anang Palomar could remember during the time she was growing up in the Philippines, her dad lived abroad. He left in the 1970s for the same reasons that about 3,000 people (PDF) leave the country each day: To find work that will support his family. Her dad lived in the United States, where he worked as a doorman in New York City. Read more here
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Troubleshooting with the PLC 5, SLC 500 and MicroLogix using Allen-Bradley's RSLogix
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This three day seminar is based on the same onsite customized PLC 5 ® and SLC 500 ® PLC training course used to reduce downtime in FDA regulated manufactures, Government Facilities and Fortune 500 companies through out the United States. This PLC course is not just text book PLC instructions, but practical knowledge and case examples based on years of experience.
This PLC course will offer information your people will actually use out on the shop floor. A crash course in how to reduce downtime while working with Allen-Bradley's Rs Logix ™ PLC 5 ® and SLC 500 ® software. Day 3 of this seminar is commissioning a PLC from scratch and writing a new program.
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The instructor for this seminar will be Donald B. Fitchett, who has not only been teaching about PLCs for over a decade and has designed and implemented world class training programs around the world. Don will also bring to this seminar his expertise on the true cost of downtime to stress the importance of quick reliable troubleshooting. Instructors will roam the class helping all attendees keep up with the course outline and hands on application.
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One of NOAA.gov's Chief Engineers, Sabrina Taraboletti wrote a good full page review of this course to their Training Director. Too large to place on this web page, but upon request we would be happy to share the full review with you. Below are some valuable insights from her review of the class...
"...Don uses the RXLogix 500 series because it is easier to understand and troubleshoot for people who are beginners. You need to understand the basics of the system before you can move on to understanding the more complicated features of the RXLogix 5000 System. ...Analogy; you have to learn how to run Windows 7 PC edition before you tackle Windows 7 Server edition. ... My 3rd assistant engineer had done some PLC work at school and on her cadet midshipman vessels. She also felt this was an excellent course and a good starting place for those, like her, who do have a little experience with PLC's. ... I am not sure about the other FSV's, but the Shimada has a Toughbook PC with RSLogix 5000 loaded on it. I brought that with me to the class. I would show up early, and Don would work with me in understanding the differences (and similarities) between the 500 and 5000 series machines. This was a great help and I came back with a with a better working knowledge of that computer and how to use it. Upon completion of the class one receives a certificate of accomplishment, a USB Flash Drive with a ton of information on it, and an Allen Bradley Micrologix miniature PLC connected to switches and lights that you can continue to practice programming with at home. This thing is not a cheap toy, and I really feel this sets the BIN folks out ahead of the others. ... In conclusion I think this would be an excellent course for all engineers, EET's, and ET's in the Fleet, and not just for those who work on FSV's. As we continue to bring new ships into NOAA, they will undoubtedly be controlled with these devices. Everyone should have at least a basic understanding of how these things work. Don is more than willing to do on site training, and I believe this would be an excellent course to hold during winter in port at the MOC locations. "
"Don, I wanted to stop and take a few minutes to thank you for your time and to say that the class was so worth it. I learned a good amount of info that will be and has been helpful in just the short time I have been away from the class. As I told you when we first spoke..I have helped build out many systems and MCC/PLC cabinets but never fully understood the what and why. Well with your class and time I have a much better handle on it. I would recommend the class to anyone from the fresh newbie to the seasoned PLC tech. I think from your experience and knowledge that there is something for all. "
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"Don's teaching methods for the PLC Troubleshooting class were greatly impressive. He knew when to slow down to help those that were not completely understanding, and when to pick up the pace if everyone was following along quickly. The class is highly recommended, and Don makes it a great experience for everyone."
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April 5, 2010 --Chicago White Sox Opening Day ceremonies at U.S. Cellular Field will feature a special tribute and ceremonial first pitch by the four members of the Chicago Blackhawks who competed in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, along with a pregame acoustic and National Anthem performance by The BoDeans, one of America's premier rock bands.Patrick Kane (United States), Duncan Keith (Canada), Brent Seabrook (Canada) and Jonathan Toews (Canada) all participated in the Winter Olympics. Keith, Seabrook and Toews won Gold for host Canada and Kane took home Silver as a member of America's team. Toews also was voted best forward of the Games.
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Is frequent heartburn affecting your quality of life? If you experience acid reflux and heartburn on a regular basis, then you might be suffering from gastrosophageal reflux disase (GERD), a serious condition that can lead to esophagitis.
Do you feel burning pain, have bitter-tasting acid reflux or experience constant belching and chronic coughing after you eat, and sometimes even in between meals?
You might think that it's just heartburn. After all, heartburn after a big meal can be your body's response to rich or heavy food. But more and more people are reporting chronic heartburn that does not go away.
And for many folks, it's getting even worse!
While occasional heartburn affects nearly 20% of the population on a weekly basis, some people are experiencing painful symptoms of this chronic disease every day!
But heartburn every day is NOT normal; it's just one of the symptoms ofGastroEsophageal Reflux Disease, also known as GERD.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is more common than you think, affecting an estimated 5% to 7% of adults1 on a daily basis. We often treat the symptoms of this disease with antacids, over-the-counter and prescription medications, but symptoms of GERD can actually point to other problems.
Gastroesophageal refers to your stomach and esophagus. Reflux means the back-flow of acidic material from your stomach to your esophagus.
The stomach acid, bile and partially digested food flow up from your stomach and into your esophagus causing heartburn. Sometimes erosions develop from all the acid, so it's sometimes called erosive acid reflux disease or erosive esophagitis.
No matter what you call it, GERD is painful and can seriously affect your quality of life.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is common among adults and even affects some 10% of kids2, and symptoms are not always limited to heartburn.
Leonard Smith, M.D., is a renowned gastrointestinal, vascular and general surgeon as well as an expert in the use of nutrition and natural supplementation. As a surgeon, Dr. Smith has first-hand experience of the problems associated with faulty digestion and the surgical necessities they can cause.
For the past 20 years, Dr. Smith has investigated many holistic medical programs, including nutrition, exercise, chelation, stress management and the relevance of mental and spiritual attitudes in healing. Acknowledging the effectiveness of whole organic foods and nutritional supplementation, Dr. Smith strives to stay on the leading edge of research and breakthroughs in the field of functional nutrition.
Some common symptoms of GERD include:3
Pediatric sufferers of GERD sometimes experience different symptoms; however, they can be more difficult to assess and to treat.
Pediatric symptoms of GERD may include:
Here are some of the contributing factors that may cause GERD:
When working correctly, your lower esophageal sphincter high pressure zone acts like a valve to keep food from traveling backwards from your stomach into your esophagus. But if you experience regular acid reflux, the muscles of your lower esophageal sphincter high pressure zone may be damaged, either from a hernia or normal aging.
Low levels of hydrochloric acid (HCl) in your stomach may contribute to acid reflux disease. This is a paradox because most medical doctors believe that reducing stomach acid prevents heartburn and reflux. Read on to learn why this is not always the case!
I estimate that 50% of GERD symptoms are due to food allergies. Your body is talking to you about the food that hits your stomach. Your body may be seeing your food as the enemy and responds with heartburn.
If you are constipated, the natural peristaltic waves from the intestinal tract may be impaired and indirectly effect gastric emptying, which could contribute to reflux. .
Too much fat around your middle creates pressure that can cause GERD.
The pylorus is a muscular ring at the lower part of your stomach, where the stomach joins the duodenum. Since It's a muscle, which can become tight, especially in response to stress.
What's more,if you eat too quickly, the food bolus (containing acid, enzymes and bile) may then back up into the lower esophagus, causing heart burn.
As a gastrointestinal surgeon, I have seen many patients who suffer from acid reflux. To make matters worse, there is no question in my mind that there is an overuse of acid-blocking medicines to fight the symptoms.
While such medicines can be helpful in the short term to give people relief from pain and allow the esophagus to heal, it's better to take a preventative approach that is natural and effective over the long term.
Basically, I link GERD with poor eating habits, food sensitivities, some medications and psycho-emotional stress.
I have seen patients who are unable to digest their food, possibly because they can't even "stomach" some aspects of their lives. The pylorus can't relax, and they may vomit or even develop anorexia.
From a hormonal standpoint, the level of cortisol (a stress hormone) in your body can impact the function of your intestines.
Cortisol is essential for your fight-or-flight response, but with too much chronic stress, elevated cortisol triggers the brain's release of corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH), which has been shown to impair the function of your pylorus. It has also been shown to effect motility of the small intestine and colon.
There are now well-known dysmotility syndromes that involve the stomach, small intestine and colon.
Sometimes the conditions are so severe that pacemakers have been surgically placed to help get the intestinal tract moving again.
Creating a foundation for wealth may be the best way to treat and prevent GERD. Learn more about the Body Ecology approach to healing in The Body Ecology Diet, the seminal book for a holistic approach to your health.
Keep in mind that acid reflux can come and go for both children and adults. If you or someone you love experiences GERD on a less frequent basis, they may have acute reflux caused by food sensitivity, eating too much, or pathogenic bacteria in food.
When acute reflux is the diagnosis, I recommend following foundational health guidelines that support digestive wellness. I will be talking more about this in part 2 of this series on GERD.
In the meantime, here is a great resource for how Body Ecology can support foundational digestive health: The Quick and Easy Guide to Improving Your Health on the Body Ecology Program Part I: The First 7 Steps to Great Health.
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What is the Best Sport MP3 Player?
I purchased a small MP3 player for my workouts to resolve my extreme dislike of obnoxious gym music. After a sweat drenching treadmill run I learned not to assume that all players tolerated wetness or vigorous activity. Understanding that most MP3 players are marketed to video viewers and gamers, with a little trial and a lot of error I found several outstanding Sport-tolerant, music only or media players (music plus FM radio, video player and voice recorder) that mix brilliant audio with outstanding sturdiness and play length. Manufacturer's list prices shown.
Clips, designed with clothes pin like closures enable very easy attachment to clothes and/or accessories, are enormously convenient, however, their weak clip mechanisms and stiff ear buds decrease their durability and ease of use. I highly recommend these clips due to their superior music functionally and portability, even though Apple's environmentally friendly iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano and the SanDisk's memory expandable Sansa Clip are water sensitive.
Compacts,slightly larger than the Clips, are excellent for intense gym workouts and recreational sports when combined with their active wear or water resistant accessories or cases. I recommend the sleek looking SanDisk Sansa Fuze, the Samsung YP-U5, the Philips Go Gear RaGa and Go Gear ViBE.
Headbands, a MP3 flash drive inside an earphone kills two birds with one stone because they are designed for wearing on the head rather than the body, so users never worry about getting wires tangled around arms or fitness gear and machines. Best non-water resistant headphones are the JVC XA-A55CL and the Sony W Series Walkman. Three exceptional 100% water submersibles adaptable for use in non-water activities are the ingeniously designed Mi-Sport VBT, the NU Technology Dolphin Lite and the Dolphin Touch.
Last words, select Sport MP3 players like your sport shoes, buy players or shoes that enhance your physical and mental needs and resist overly using the same players or shoes for every sport and activity.
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Apple iPod Shuffle, 4th Generation "A Speaking Clip"
The redesigned iPod Shuffle 2GB ($49.00) uses exclusively iTunes 10; is an ultra tiny square shaped music only player that has one small clip on the back side of the wheel control.
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Apple iPod Nano, 6th Generation "A Swipe and Tap Clip"
The iPod Nano 8GB ($149) another redesigned of form and function; is a full media player with touch screen controls, pedometer, clock and the optional Nike + iPod Sport Kit. The touch screen controls may diminish convenience for some users who wish to change features without interrupting their routines.
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SanDisk Sansa Clip "Slot Music and Slot Radio Clip"
The SanDisk Sansa Clip 8GB ($103.20) a fantastic and economical high storage MP3 and FM radio player with a memory slot for increasing the storage space or adding preloaded music cards; however it has a fragile clip and inflexible ear buds.
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SanDisk Sansa Fuze "Memory Expandable Media Player Compact"
SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8GB ($144.68) a media player controlled by a touch wheel graphical interface with the capacity to accept memory cards and preloaded slotMusic and slotRadio cards.
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Samsung YP-U5 "Built In USB Port Compact"
Samsung YP-U5 2GB ($39.99) a sharp looking thin and narrow MP3 and FM radio player/recorder that features 20 hours play, touch screen controls, a fitness tracker and an optional Sport attachment package.
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Philips Go Gear "Eco-friendly Stylish Compacts"
Philips Go Gear RaGa 4GB ($44.99) and the Go Gear ViBE 4GB ($49.99) successfully combine drag and drop functionality into seamless media players with lead free aluminum cases and comfortable headphones.
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JVC XA-A55CL "Cushion Headphones with Digital Surround Sound"
JVC XA-A55CL ($99.99) eliminates the wires by placing 128 MB of flash memory inside clip headphones with comfortable soft ear cushions. It provides 20 hours play time using 1 AAA battery plus has intuitive voice guided functions and 4 digital surround sound.
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Sony W Series Walkman "A Runner's Headphone"
Sony W Series Walkman, 2GB ($59.95) a sweat resistant, one piece wireless headphone music only player with drag and drop file loading.
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Mi-Sport VBT "Waterproof and Wireless Headphones"
Mi-Sport VBT 4GB (available late 2010) is a Bluetooth player headset with soft cushion ear phones and ear loops for wearing behind the head.
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NU Technology Dolphin Lite "Fully Charged in 5 Minutes"
Dolphin Lite 2GB ($99.95) an awesome MP3 music only player for those who want a 100% water resistant, ergonomically styled headphone fitting behind the head with soft ear buds.
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NU Technology Dolphin Touch "Swim with Music"
Dolphin Touch 4GB ($149.99), a round lipstick sized fingertip controlled MP3 and FM stereo radio player with graphic screen that is bundled with two types of waterproof ear buds, arm band and goggle clips.
What is The Best Sport MP3 Player?
Enjoying and using the Sansa Fuze and Fuze+ MP3 compact media players.


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"I'm ready to offer my services for ur project. Contact me at ur earliest convenience 2 arrange for interview. Thanks in advance for ur consideration."
That's a real cover letter from a real person claiming to be a real professional, who thinks she can get a real job. The letter was fielded by publicist and trend-spotter Richard Laermer, who gets so many of these he collects them and, when asked, forwards them to reporters for fun.
The letter "just made me shake my head till it nearly fell off." But it isn't rare. In fact, Laermer says, it's typical.
"Lazy is the new professionalism," he says.
Or maybe lazy is the new everything. Not only are we getting lazier as a nation — at least, physically, given that 26.6% of Americans are now seen as obese — but we also seem to be growing more comfortable with the label. Sloth is not shameful. Some Americans even see it as a badge of honor.
Foodies have begun to notice an increase in lobster served "lazy man" style, in which the meat is already removed from the shell before arriving at a restaurant table. PepsiCo is test-marketing Tropolis, a fruit puree in a pouch that eliminates the need to pick, wash, peel or chop nature's bounty; in doing so, Pepsi is pitting itself against Peter Rabbit Organics, which already distributes a squeezable fruit snack in Starbucks stores.
An unholy union of sleepwear and denim has produced Pajama Jeans, designed so that people who are out in public can fantasize that they're back in bed.
"I am more than horrified," says Marcus Paglialonga, fashion designer for Los Angeles brand Gypsy Junkies. "Americans are so damned lazy it amazes me. This is like a maternity jean for people who don't want to say they're wearing a maternity jean."
And of course, there is the adult footsie pajama that has inertia right in its name: The Forever Lazy, which, via a head-to-toe sloth pod of fleece in colors like "Black to Sleep," hopes to make puffy loungewear acceptable outside the family room.
(To its credit, Forever Lazy does not claim that its Dr. Seuss footsies are appropriate for the office — yet. But a similar company, Cushzilla, which combines footsie pajamas with animal-costume detailing, does.)
Oh, but the lazy trend doesn't end with fashion. We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention in passing the "vibration platforms" sprouting up at gyms; the plate jiggles while you work out on it — that is, if you actually exercise, instead of simply standing on it and hoping for the best. Late night commercials promise electric belts that sculpt your abdominal muscles with no effort on your part. Just hold this Shake Weight — it'll do all the work.
Alcohol you can inhale, when lifting a glass is too much effort. Movies and music and groceries at the click of a mouse. Tablet computers to surf the Internet while lying down.
Visitors to the nation's malls must dodge a fleet of Rascals, "mobility scooters" once meant for the elderly but now used by the merely fat.
Lastly, there are the teenagers. It's always fun to link teenagers to entropy — lazy journalism, even. But there are some indications that young people are, in fact, succumbing to the New Lethargy.
According to a survey by Susan Tordella, author of the book "Raising Able," "the rate of chores done by young people has dropped the past few generations. Among people 70 and older, more than 90% remembered doing chores in their youth; that compares to about 85% of respondents between 20 and 30, Tordella says, and has likely dropped lower for teens today.
Of course, it's impossible to say for certain whether this trend results from laziness, or whether we're dealing with a generation of overbooked kids whose parents have stuffed their datebooks with too many extracurriculars, leaving less time for cleaning toilets or doing dishes.
But either way, Tordella says, kids are missing out on the reward that comes with developing good work habits.
"Children have become performers instead of producers," she says. "They do not know how to do simple work, nor have they ever been expected to do menial tasks such as cleaning toilets, doing dishes and sweeping floors.
"They are missing out on the opportunity to tune into the 'zen' of work — work for its own sake."
So. Whom can we blame for all this? The laziest shortcut would probably be to crucify the media. Or politicians. The parents. Television!
Or, hey, corporate America! The latest trend in marketing right now: lifestyle "curation" for consumers. In other words, don't just sell someone a cellphone or a soda. Be there for the consumer during the other 23 hours of the day, offering tips on whatever Americans might need.
"People are looking for lifestyle butlers in a way," says Stephan Paschalides, creative director of Now Plus One, a consumer insights and trends firm in New York. "They're looking for product makers to do more for them — for assistance with travel, fitness, diets . . ."
In other words, assistance with everything.
Except, maybe, how to spell.
"Liked ur no nonsense approach," reads another job-seeking letter for Laermer. "Like ur ego, self assertiveness and unconventional way u yield power. I am enclosing my resume even tho I don't qualify for the listed position.
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Cloud Without Virtualization
Lots of folks conflate cloud computing and virtualization, but these are not necessarily intrinsically related. Although most cloud servers today use a hypervisor like KVM or Xen to share compute hardware, there's no reason it has to be this way. My takeaway from Gigaom Structure this week is that an alternative paradigm is emerging: Cloud without […]
Is Storage the Killer App for Software-Defined Networking?
Software Defined Networking (SDN) has always looked a bit like a solution in search of a problem, at least in the enterprise data center. But there are lots of potential applications that need a dynamic and scalable network. In my mind, storage is chief among these, since scalability and flexibility has always been extremely difficult to achieve.
Software-Defined Data Center Symposium, April 22 in Santa Clara, CA
I've written and spoken quite a bit on the "software-defined" future, what it means and how it will come about. Although it seems like a marketing buzzword to some, I feel it is a fairly accurate description of the future of the enterprise and service provider data center. That's why I'm working to organize the next Software-Defined Data Center Symposium, and am happy to announce that it will be held in Santa Clara, CA on April 22, 2014.
Could The Age of IT Automation Finally Be Here?
The only way to build a datacenter with flexibility and scale is automation. And this is as true for networks and servers as it is for storage. IT architects increasingly design integrated and automated systems, not static interconnects. They must learn scripting and look for solutions that are responsive to changing demand. And they have to start getting excited about companies playing in this space.
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The 'European Learning Network on Functional AgroBiodiversity' was founded to exchange knowledge and practical experience across country and language borders, between farmers and policymakers, scientists, businesses and NGOs, to enable fast and effective implementation of best practices. This will help to optimize agrobiodiversity benefits, promote sustainable agriculture and will encourage widespread uptake of biodiversity concepts, thereby also enhancing non-agronomic ecosystem services.
Practical Experiences
Improved capacity and skills for land managers to integrate functional agrobiodiversity into their management practices.
Policies and Incentives
Greater impact on agricultural policies at national and European levels to promote the integration of functional agrobiodiversity into policies.
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Improved scientific understanding of the contribution of functional agrobiodiversity to ecosystem services.
The realization that agriculture has to become more sustainable is incorporated in policy instruments from national to global levels. Knowledge on how biodiversity can be mobilized to make agriculture sustainable is growing. Throughout Europe, farmers, researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders are implementing various forms of functional agrobiodiversity. At present, this practical experience is extremely fragmented and barely accessible. The 'European Learning Network on Functional Agrobiodiversity' (ELN-FAB) aims to change this.
Since early 2009 ECNC has hosted the Secretariat of this European Learning Network. The Network's activities are guided by a Steering Group consisting of European policymakers and scientists representing the following organizations:
- European Commission DG Environment;
- European Landowners' Organization (ELO);
- Copa-Cogeca, an umbrella organization for farmers and their cooperatives in the EU;
- Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands;
- Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food, Germany;
- Ministry of Agriculture, Estonia;
- French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB), France;
- University of Lancaster, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, UK;
- Institute of Agro-Food Research and Technology (IRTA), Spain.
The ELN-FAB aims to provide a platform and facility for exchange of knowledge and practical experiences between farmers, policymakers and scientists to enable fast and effective implementation of best practices in order to help to optimize agrobiodiversity benefits and promote sustainable agriculture. The Network focuses on the 27 Member States of the EU, plus Norway and Switzerland.
More specifically, the Network aims to:
- stimulate dialogue, influence policymaking and support implementation of best practices;
- generate and exchange knowledge on best and worst practices as well as on mechanisms and practices underlying functional agrobiodiversity;
- undertake outreach activities;
- provide advice to farmers, policymakers, scientists and other stakeholders.
Benefits for Stakeholders
The primary stakeholders in the ELN-FAB are those organizations and people in the geographical scope that represent:
- the land managers (e.g. farmers, landscape and nature managers);
- the research community dealing with functional agrobiodiversity;
- the policymakers at all levels from local to international.
The benefits for the respective stakeholder groups include, among others:
- improved capacity and skills for land managers to integrate functional agrobiodiversity into their management practices through e.g. easily accessible information on best practices, opportunities for dialogue with colleagues elsewhere in Europe, digested research results as basis for adaptive management;
- collaboration and knowledge exchange among researchers and between researchers and other stakeholders contributes to improved scientific understanding of the contribution of FAB to ecosystem services;
- enhanced possibilities for researchers to consult colleagues in their research field as well as land managers and policymakers to be in dialogue with;
- enhanced access to a growing number of field sites that can be used by researchers as living laboratories for the research on FAB;
- greater impact on agricultural policies at national and European levels because of the large pool of evidence, practice and multipliers that jointly promote the integration of FAB in agricultural policies (notably, the opportunity to influence the CAP reform in 2013);
- greater opportunity for decision makers in agriculture to access knowledge and advice with regard to their policy field.
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ECNC hosts the Secretariat of the European Learning Network. ECNC and AB-IPO are partners within this project and complement each other to ensure successful realisation of the project.
The implementation structure of ELN-FAB is provided below.
Time frame
The secretariat of the European Learning Network has been active since 1 January 2009. The project timeframe has been extended until the end of 2014.
- ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation (coordination)
- DIVERSITAS agroBIODIVERSITY International Project Office, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
The ELN-FAB is financially supported by:
- The European Commission LIFE+ NGO programme;
- Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands;
- Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Switzerland;
- Flemish Land Agency (VLM), Belgium;
- Ministry of Agriculture, Estonia;
- European Environment Agency (EEA).
Fundraising continues in order to expand the Network in the long term.
Since the secretariat was established it has made sure that the European Learning Network on Functional AgroBiodiversity functions properly in providing the different stakeholders with a means to share knowledge and experience. Key products focus on generating knowledge and communication between the stakeholders. These include:
- a multi-annual work programme for the ELN-FAB setting out the future direction and priorities;
- the ELN-FAB website, providing information on functional agrobiodiversity, examples of good practices from all over Europe, news and more;
- a register of projects throughout Europe covering the subject of functional agrobiodiversity;
- annual ELN-FAB European seminars bringing together representatives of the various target groups from several countries, and collecting and exchanging experience;
- communication and outreach activities, such as leaflets, a quarterly newsletter (see below) and presentations at events;
- a series of awareness-raising workshops about FAB throughout Europe to form working partnerships;
- a handbook for FAB to help the stakeholders to strengthen the role of FAB in their operations;
- a directory of stakeholder groups on European and national levels and other possible intermediaries who could actively participate in the project.
ELN-FAB is involved in various research projects by providing a dissemination platform and bringing in a European pool of expertise.
- SUSTAIN – Soil Functional Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, a Transdisciplinary Approach, funded by the ERA-NET SNOWMAN under the 6th Framework Program of the EU (http://www.snowmannetwork.com/main.asp?id=110)
- EcoFinders – Ecological Function and Biodiversity Indicators in European Soils, funded by the 7th Framework Program of the EU (http://ecofinders.dmu.dk)
- Stakeholder Advisory Board of the QUESSA project – Quantification of ecological services for sustainable agriculture
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Why She Matters So
In Metahistory Quest we regard Mary Magdalene as the "patron saint" of our enterprise, although "patron heretic" would perhaps be a better term. We do so for a number of reasons:
First, Magdalene commands unique power in the popular imagination, equalling that of her male counterpart, Jesus. As the central figure in the missing part of the story upon which Christianity is based, she is the key to a revision of history and the cue to a future story through which human spirituality might be developed in an entirely different way than traditional religions propose. Although Magdalene emerged within the received script of Christianity, she leads away from it. She connects us to all that the founders of Christian religion denied and destroyed.
Second, she is the human reflection of the Divine Sophia, the feminine principle of wisdom central to the teachings of the Western Mysteries. With the Gaia-Sophia Principle as its main guideline for evaluating beliefs, Metahistory.org gives unique importance to the woman traditionally seen as reflecting the Sophia principle. If Jesus in some sense represents the divinity innate to humans (a debatable point, however), Mary Magdalene represents the innate wisdom that wells up from indwelling divinity, and the loving recognition that embraces it. In the sense of indigenous wisdom, she is a reflection of the Earth Goddess.
Third, Magdalene is almost the sole surviving example of Pagan spirituality in which women played the role of initiator with sexuality as a sacrament. This aspect of Magdalene is highlighted in the review of Karen King's book, The Gospel of Mary of Magdala, and elsewhere throughout the site. Liberated from the racial and historical assumptions of the Jesus story, Magdalene emerges as the woman who can best represent to the modern world the lost legacy of Pagan, pre-Christian spirituality, and the moral code of Pagan ethics.
The Magdalene Connection (See introduction, "The
Myth of Choice") is
a major component of Metahistory.org.;
Part One discusses the traditional scenario of Jesus and Madgalene,
The mythological dimensions of the Magdalen Mystique are developed in
the Fallen Goddess scenario, a reworking of the Gnostic Sophia myth.
(Above: Detail, Pieta of Villeneuve-les-Avignon by Enguerrand.)
Material by John Lash and Lydia Dzumardjin: Copyright 2002 - 2018 by John L. Lash.


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- Adult Billionaire Man Wig
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Bangladesh Factory Safety Accord: Watershed Innovation in Global Governance?
Here's the text of the agreement described in reports in the NY Times and elsewhere today. It's the most significant institutional response to the massive loss of life (now above a thousand dead) in the April Bangladesh factory collapse.
This may be a signal episode in the continuing evolution of global corporate regulation. Formally styled as the "Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh," the agreement is being executed by trade unions and corporations. It establishes a standing Steering Committee (three seats for unions and corporations each, one for a designee of the International Labour Organization) to police the agreement, which requires companies to undertake the inspection of Bangladesh supplier facilities and remediation as necessary. It also sets up a worker complaint mechanism, with binding arbitration under the New York Convention. NGOs appear to have some participatory standing as "witnesses" to the agreement.
H&M, Tesco, C&A, and Calvin Klein, among others, are on board. There is a midnight May 15 deadline – countdown and latest developments can be found at the UNI Global Union site. There has to be a lot of pressure on the big apparel manufacturers to sign on.
The template: a legal agreement between non-state parties facilitated and nominally hosted by an international organization. No governments involved, at least not as parties to the agreement. If it works, look for more of the same in other contexts. The ILO 's profile will surely rise in the face of this episode and the growing global awareness of worker rights issues.
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This is curious that this is concluded so quickly after such a horrendous disaster. How much of this is public relations and how much is meaningful reform? If the corporations were not willing to assure quality before, why would they be willing to do so now?
In fact you can track the very origins of the accord proposal back to the year 2011. However, the newest appraoch was launched in November 2012, and negotiations were on progress. Due to the collapse of the the building at Rana Plaza got a significant rush, however since some essential detailes have still to be clearified the whole legal binding issue is quite tricky.
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