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Mother's Day thoughts: Mother the world
Happy Mother's Day! All week, we've asked bloggers to share their thoughts on motherhood -- and the importance of caring for children who have experienced the loss of a parent. Today's final post in this series comes from Carole Turner.
Miss any of the other posts in this week's four-part series? Read them here!
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Lately, I've been pondering ways to have more kids. I know, sounds crazy. I'm 45 and can hardly handle my three kids without screaming. But even so, I'd love to adopt more. My husband, Dean, however, is not of the same mind. Though I often become overwhelmed with the desire to mother the world, I know that adopting orphans is not always what is best for them. Most of the time, actually, I think it's better if we can help them stay with family, in their countries, living out their dreams without having to go through the loss of all that is familiar to them, on top of the loss suffered that made them orphans in the first place. The other day, I read the story below about a girl named Preaw, who lives in Thailand. It made me happy that I've purchased chickens for families and given monthly support to World Vision at different times throughout my life. It helped me realize that I can never underestimate the difference I can make in a child's life simply by doing something that provides them with the resources to live another day, which is another day for a child to dream.
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With her fringe hairstyle and long hair tied up into a ponytail, Preaw ran straight to her two-story wooden house and hurriedly knocked on the door. "Uncle and Aunty, hurry, come and see my mother's heart," Preaw cried out. "She is very sick. She has asked me to come and call you." That night, her mother passed away. It's a painful memory, even now, 13 years later. Preaw lost her parents while she was studying in primary school. At that time, 8-year-old Preaw was accepted into the child sponsorship program with World Vision. Preaw's mother had been sick for one year before she died. Preaw received full support from World Vision, such as milk, rice, and other dry food to help relieve their troubles. When her mother died, Preaw and her younger sister were taken care of by their uncle. The uncle, Daeng, and Preaw's aunt have one daughter of their own. Daeng grew tobacco, and the family had quite a hard life. As he had carpentry skills, Daeng migrated to other towns to find work. In the midst of life's struggles, Preaw found comfort in an unlikely source -- the sport of archery. A cousin introduced Preaw to the bow and arrow when she was a sixth-grade student. "Archery requires concentration and accuracy. I like archery because it helps me in my concentration," Preaw says.
The thrill of hitting a target dead on became Preaw's mission. As she continued in her education, she practiced consistently in her extra time. "Problems are meant to be solved and obstacles overcome. Success is up to us," Preaw says confidently. Meanwhile, Preaw continued to receive essential educational support from World Vision. She received much encouragement from World Vision staff, as well as school uniforms, supplies, school fees, and special gifts for her birthday every year from Mom Thelma, her beloved sponsor. With her archery, Preaw started to achieve results locally and was selected to attend regional competitions. Many times, Preaw uses her cash gifts as payment for her travel expenses to compete in archery in Thailand. As she continued to excel in the sport, she started to travel internationally, and her sponsor helped pay for some of those entry fees as well. In 2007, Preaw was selected to represent Thailand in the 24th South East Asia Games, held in Nakhon Ratchasima. She won a bronze medal in recurve archery at a shooting distance of 70 meters. Preaw has also competed in many archery contests in Thailand and overseas, such as World Archery Championships & Para Championship held in Italy in 2011. She is now training to compete in a national level competition. "I'm not skillful yet. I still have much training to do," she says modestly. Preaw's commitment to her sport is equaled to her commitment to her education. She loves to study and is not willing to miss school even for one day. She often uses her free time after finishing her house chores to review her books. She's come a long way from being the orphaned girl in the village. Preaw is now a third-year student at Rattanabundit University in Bangkok, majoring in science and technology. When there are no classes, she teaches archery to children. She earns some money to pay for her personal expenses without troubling her uncle, as she is already grown up. Today, at age 21, Preaw is determined to help relieve her uncle's burdens and send her younger sister to a nursing school. She dreams of furthering her education and finding a job upon completion. "Thank you very much, Mom Thelma, for your love and kindness in sending me special support every year. World Vision has given me love and support all along, advice in my studies and for my family," Preaw says with a smile. "I really can't imagine what my life would be like without Mom Thelma and World Vision. I would probably not have a good future like today. Thank you very much."
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I love that Preaw calls her sponsor "Mom Thelma." She sees that this lady, whoever she is, half a world away, is doing what moms all over the world do for their kids every day -- making sure they have enough to eat, that they get an education, and that they can grow up to live their dreams with family they love.
How amazing it must be for Mom Thelma to see the impact she has had on this girl's life. It encourages me. I can, we all can, in the way Mom Thelma does with Preaw, mother the world. Sponsor a child today.
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Carole Turner is a wife, mother (1 biological & 2 adoption miracles), singer, writer, actress, anti-establishment revolutionary, and the artist/owner of Painted Effects.
Read the other posts in our Mother's Day series: An orphan's story Offering Hope Rice on Mother's Day Consider sponsoring a child: Your support will help bring life-giving necessities such as nutritious food, clean water, education, and healthcare. You will also have the opportunity to develop a personal, lasting relationship with your sponsored child through cards and letters.


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First, let me say that I've enjoyed reading many of your posts as I've trolled this website on-off over the past two seasons. I think it's about time for me to jump in and joint the party! I know many have already discussed it, but now that AB is back, I figured I'd stir the pot (some more).
From the Raptors point of view, it's best that AB comes back healthy and playing well. To trade or not to trade is the question. The answer though, may not be that easy.
You first need to ask yourself, why do you want to trade AB? Most argue that the Raps play better without him as evident by Raps record with/without Bargnani. Others will point out that he is a low efficiency/high volume scorer, ball stopper, poor rebounder, average passer, average man-defender, and a poor help-defender. Some say he doesn't have the intangibles and hustle of an elite competitor. Others will point to his "bad-contract" and implication on cap-space. Some go further and envisoin him alongside Lowry/Derozan/Gay and picture a stagnant "perimeter-chuckers" offence.
Then you need to ask yourself, why keep AB? Arguments include the fact that the blame for the Raps early struggles should be diffused over an entire team rather than a single player. Some will remind us of 13-game AB of 2011-2012 season and that he is yet to tap into his "full-potential". That his potential is limited by what's going on above his collar bones. Many believe that he may be a potent offensive weapon in the "right-system". That he is a "unique talent", a 7 footer that can score inside-outside and create his own shot. Many argue that his "value" at this point of his career could not be any lower and any return for him would be minimal. Some will go as far as to say he can't be traded without giving up even more assets in the process due to his "bad-contract", the so called - addition by subtraction.
Just to be clear, I'm not agreeing nor disagreeing with the above, but simply summarizing the sentiment amongst the majority of Raptors-bloggers. My personal opinion is that AB's value should be maximized before the decision, to trade or not, is made. The Raptors don't have any "untouchable" player in a trade. Even the Raps most coveted asset, Valanciunas, is not truly untouchable (would you say no to JV for LeBron James?) The point is, there is not one Raptor I wouldn't trade if the return for the trade is of equal or better value, and that includes AB. So if you have an asset, why not optimize its value before you consider trading it? The concept of trading AB for the sake of trading him (addition by subtraction) is a tad foolish. I would much rather see AB come off the bench for 20-26 min/game (this point is key!) with a bigs rotation of JV/AJ/AB with occasional minutes for Gray. AB's defence would be tested against opposing team's bench and his offence would be welcomed off the bench; especially considering that Fields/Anderson/Acy all get minutes at the 4. AB's minutes may be expanded only if he is a positive contributor (again, this is key!)
One of four scenarios would then unfold in the next 3 weeks: (1) AB integrates well with the team and he embraces his new role becoming a reliable scoring big off the bench (Amare in NY) and he stays in a Raps uniform. (2) AB plays well off the bench, attracts better offers, and a "good-value" trade is made. (3) AB is no better than he was pre-injury, his value doesn't improve, no reasonable offer is made, and he stays in a Raps uniform in hopes he would improve his value by the end of the season (4) AB is no better and doesn't embrace his new role, becoming a "bad-locker room guy" and he is traded for the best of the bad offers.
Ideally, scenario (1) or (2) unfold, both hinge on the fact that he return healthy and plays well. Personally, I would prefer scenario (2) for the simple reason that I think I'm emotionally fatigued with the AB-era. To be fair to AB, in actuality its the BC-era that has been emotionally draining; unfortunately for AB, he's the face of it.
What do you think?

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When I first started watching and loving NBA ball, the Raptors didn't exist. I loved the Malone/Stockton Jazz and Hakeem's Rockets. Being Canadian, though, and a naïve kid, I got excited about the Raptors, first with Mighty Mouse, and then really became a die-hard fan during the Vince Carter years. It's been 15 painful, abusive years of fandom now, and let me tell you: I'm getting out. I'm checking into a battered fan's shelter. Maybe I'll find a new team to love; right now both the Jazz and the Rockets, my first flings, seem like really great bandwagons to jump on.
All I know is, the Raptors are fucked for the foreseeable future. I can forgive some of Colangelo's mistakes. I thought O'Neal was a risky move, but one worth taking. I loved the drafting of Bargnani. I was really starting to get on board with Ross, and I was excited for JV's future. I was an extremely vocal supporter of the Fields signing. I even gave him a pass for not trading Bosh--maybe there just weren't any decent deals out there worth taking.
But I just can't forgive him the Turkoglu signing, or the Bargnani extension, or the DeRozan extension. All of those moves looked terrible at the time, were almost universally condemned (well, there were a few weirdos who thought the Turk deal, though certainly an overpayment, was a worthwhile risk to keep Bosh around), and turned out awful. And now here's another one. Nobody--but nobody--thinks this trade is a good idea. I won't even go into the reasons, because it's just so obvious.
Toronto for the next 3 years is stuck in the same position the Isaiah Thomas Knicks were in, and I'm not sticking around to take the abuse.


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Along the lines of this thread in the trade proposal forum, Dump your sh!t for prospects & picks!, I really think it is time to go the route I so often argued against.
Lets face reality, even though BC refuses to acknowledge it, a lack of talent is a major problem in Toronto. There is not an all-star on the roster.
There are 3 routes to get an all-star calibre talent:
- Free Agency
- Trade
- Draft
Let look at each:
Free agency: "I have decided to bring my talents to north of the 49th parallel." Ummm no. Not happening. The only shot Toronto has at anything in free agency is by overpaying role players.
Trade: And what exactly is Toronto's assets going to return? Pau Gasol 5 years ago would have been phenomenal. Today he is just a huge improvement over Bargnani with a short shelf life remaining.
Draft: Well now. Looky here. I think this is the answer. Luckily for Toronto they are already bad without trying. The problem of course is 2013 is a weak draft and they might not even have a pick. So it is time to be the receiver of other teams sh!t for prospects and picks. Guys who have come through the San Antonio system (Presti, Ferry) or in OKC under Presti (Cho, Hennigan) have been taking this route. It really is the way to go.
Toronto is pretty lucky to be honest. They already have some young talent - it is just no killer elite talent. This is no big deal though, keep playing and developing that talent in a defense, rebound, work your ass off, accountible 4-way-tie-for-first-priority culture. Get back as many assets (1st ROUND DRAFT PICKS) as possible for other teams junk that has an expiration of no later than 2015-16. Go through the next 3 drafts (2.5 years) looking for as much TALENT as possible. Go in to the 2015 trade deadline with serious expiring contracts and/or 2015 free agency period with as much cap space as possible before extensions are needed for your own guys.
The catch to all of this is the Raps may never draft that all-star/franchise talent, but you know what? Wouldn't you at least like to have the hope and promise of the draft and possible greatness year in and year out while watching crappy basketball versus what we are watching now (which is crappy basketball with no draft promise or greatness)??
I'm not advocating tank, lets be clear on that. The Raptors are already bad, they don't need to tank. I'm advocating using the only means available over the next 2.5 years to get legitimate, young all-star talent on the roster.
What do you think?
Just to clarify (and this will be put in the original post as well):
What do I mean by blow it up?
- fire management
- trade current veterans (Bargnani, Calderon, Kleiza, Amir) for worse contracts, like the worse of the worst in the league, for draft picks
- realize the current building process of the team is a giant FAIL and its ceiling is mediocrity if all goes according to plan.... for the love of sweet baby jesus the Raptors are the 2nd worst team in the league 21 games in!
- play the youth (DD, ED, TR, JV)
The Raptors are actually ahead of the game on this process. They already have 3-4 decent young players. Another 2-3 drafts with multiple draft picks should do it. And if it does not, well, they'll be no worse off than they currently are: 2nd worst team in the league.


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December 11, 2012
Bishop Kevin W. Vann was installed as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Orange Dec. 10 during a Mass that reflected California's rich cultural diversity.
A crowd of more than 4,000 people packed the UC-Irvine Bren Center to witness the landmark event. Bishop Vann, who shepherded the Diocese of Fort Worth for seven years, now leads the nation's tenth largest diocese with one of the fastest growing Catholic populations in the country.
Forty-two percent of the three million people living in Orange County are Catholic. Much of the growth is attributed to the influx of Latin American and Asian immigrants to the area.
The influence of the Mexican, Vietnamese, and Native American traditions on the local Church was evident during the grand procession. Wearing a traditional Aztec headdress and carrying bowls of smoking incense, the Danzantes del Sol dancers from Ontario, California led clergy, ecumenical leaders, and members of lay Catholic apostolates into the arena turned worship space. The Diocese of Orange has the largest number of Vietnamese descendants outside of Vietnam and young girls from St. Barbara's parish paid tribute to their heritage by wearing customary Ao Dai dresses to carry flowers to the altar.
Guests at the installation ceremony included Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Most Rev. Jose Gomez, metropolitan archbishop of Los Angeles and Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. More than 150 priests and 50 bishops also witnessed the rite of installation. Among those attending from the Diocese of Fort Worth were Vicar General Monsignor Stephen Berg, Director of Vocations Father Isaac Orozco, Monsignor Michael Olson, rector of Holy Trinity Seminary, Monsignor Juan Rivero, Father Stephen Jasso, Father Jonathan Wallis, and Chancellor Father Dan Kelly.
Seated in the audience were two of Bishop Vann's brothers, Dennis and Les as well as other friends and family from his hometown of Springfield, Illinois.
"Thank you for your generosity in answering the call to serve," Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano said before reading the Apostolic Mandate from the Holy See appointing Bishop Vann to the Diocese of Orange. "We are confident that with the example of the Good Shepherd and the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of this diocese, you can meet the challenges of the New Evangelization."
After reading the Apostolic Mandate, Bishop Vann was led to the cathedra (bishop's chair) by Archbishop Gomez and Archbishop Vigano. The audience burst into applause as Bishop Vann sat in the chair — an act symbolizing his new role as Ordinary of the Diocese of Orange.
During his homily, Bishop Vann thanked his predecessor Bishop Tod Brown who is retiring after serving the Diocese of Orange 14 years.
"Thank you for your friendship of all these years and for what you have done in Orange," he said, citing the elder bishop's work in the area of education and ecumenism. "I am honored to be your successor, and I look forward to working with you in this wonderful diocese."
Bishop Vann also sent a personal message to his 87-year-old father who was unable to attend the ceremony for health reasons. His mother, Theresa, died in June.
The installation ceremony was live streamed on the internet so the elder Vann was able to view the proceedings from his home in Springfield.
"This is a time for me to say thank you, Dad, for always teaching us to do what was right all the time," he added. "Thank you for all that you taught me and my siblings because who I am now, Dad, is greatly due to you."
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An evening prayer service was held the day before the installation Mass at the future Christ Cathedral Arboretum formerly known as the Crystal Cathedral. The gathering brought together leaders of different faiths to pray, bless, and welcome Bishop Vann to Orange County.
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA -- Bishop Kevin W. Vann was installed as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Orange Dec. 10 during a Mass that reflected California's rich cultural diversity.


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Anytime you have a Rap-for-life type player in Calderon that always gave 100%, you're going to have people upset. Also, losing a young 23 year old F will ALWAYS be hard. Ed stepped it up this year and took a huge leap in his development. Who knows what he will turn in to. Unfortunately, I don't think we see it in Memphis. He just wont get the minutes. I really feel bad for Ed
In terms of people 'jumping on the Rudy bandwagon', I call that BS. The Raps have been a struggling team for years. We finally make a move that looks like a great one, and you're upset people are excited?
If you lose, people wont watch. if you win, people watch. Simple as that.


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I remember reading a column by Sam Smith a couple years ago where he stated that one reason the Raptors would always have trouble attracting American free-agents was because NBA players hate going through Customs. European players deal with Customs Officers back home all the time - its an accepted part of life. But American players rarely do. Smith said they don't have the patience and many can't imagine having to deal with Canada Customs on a regular basis. It's one thing for the couple games a visiting team plays in Toronto, but quite another to face the process all season long. I was reminded of this when I saw this Tweet from Ed Davis on June 27th.
Could we have a problem in a couple years?@eddavis32
Ed Davis
Was in customs for 3hrs this sh** is crazy


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Most of us dread seeing a rate change letter come in the mail. In December, you received such a letter from Empire Electric Association's General Manager Neal Stephens notifying members of an increase in wholesale rates and a rate design change. The notification stated that the average residential customers will see no increase on their electric bill. While this is true for the average residential consumers, others will see increases and some will see decreases on their electric bill. So, how will you know what to budget for your electric bills in 2013?
First, let's talk about the 4.9 percent increase in the price of purchased power passed on to EEA from its wholesale provider, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. To put this into perspective, this increase represents about 78 percent of EEA's cost of doing business. If EEA opted to recover all of Tri-State's 4.9 percent increase in wholesale power, it would have raised its rates 3.83 percent on average. Instead, EEA is absorbing 2.22 percent of the rate increase, mostly from decreased labor and labor overheads. For EEA's membership, this means that the actual average increase in revenue in 2013 is projected at only 1.61 percent.
To understand how this increase is passed on to you, let's look at a few changes to your 2013 billing statement. These changes are a result of the recommendations made to EEA's board following an extensive cost of service study that included Tri-State's 2013 rate changes. We want you to understand what they mean.
In order to be as fair as possible to all EEA's customers and avoid subsidization within a customer class, the rates are designed to recover costs through two different components: (1) customer-related costs or the fixed costs of providing electric service, and (2) variable costs or the energy charge represented by kWh rates. With fixed and variable costs properly segregated, EEA is able to recover its fixed costs and margin regardless of how much energy the customer does or does not consume.
With this in mind, a line item change was made on your billing statement. The Pre-2013 line item, called a Basic Charge, recovered some but not all of EEA's fixed cost, thus allowing for subsidization within a customer class. This worked for decades, while the customer base grew.
Now that the economy has slowed, this rate has been adjusted to recover the actual fixed costs. It is now called a Facilities Charge. The Facilities Charge increased to recover the cost of EEA doing business and to help eliminate subsidies within rate classes. It is a truer and more transparent rate than the Basic Charge.
How will this change affect your bill? As an example, the residential 2012 Basic Charge was $19.50 per month. If we compare it to the new Facilities Charge at $30.73 per month, we see an $11.23 increase in your bill ... or do we?
When you go a step further and look at the Energy Charge line item that represents the actual kilowatt hours used, you'll see a different story. Again, using the residential rate as an example, the 2012 Energy Charge was $0.11271. But in 2013, the Energy Charge dropped to $0.09599. This is a 14.8 percent decrease.
With an increase in the Facilities Charge and a decrease in the Energy Charge, how will your bill fare in 2013? As your notification letter stated, the average residential customer using 672 kWh per month will see virtually no difference in their 2013 electric bill. If your household uses less than the average 672 kWh per month, you'll see a slight increase in the bill. Conversely, if your household uses more than the average 672 kWh per month, you'll see a decrease in the bill.
The included table reflects comparisons from the 2012 rates to the 2013 rate with different kWh usage. If your 2013 usage is similar to 2012, this table can help you predict your electric bill.
If you want to learn more, please visit our website at www.eea.coop or call us at 565-4444.
Bobbe Jones is the Assistant Member Services Manager with Empire Electric, 801 N. Broadway, Cortez. Empire Electric Association is working with the community to save energy and money.


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Last season was a bitter disappoint for the Frogs, dominating the majority of regular season but collapsing at the end with some neck-to-neck loses by some quality clubs.
Los Coqui plan to terrorize the league with stealth waiver moves, big time draft picks, and a Soviet Union attitude towards negotiation on trading my cherished ball players.
Expect hell from me, I promise to take names and dismiss every single one of you. It's no longer a game now...metrocard millionaire is here to reign supreme.
How many teams should we use? I'd like to 16 teams and have two divisions.
Let's organize this early, because I have some guys I know personally that are interest in participating...of course mostly important we need the same people from last season to come back since everyone was so damn brilliant.
Here's the League Info
League ID: 25554
Custom League URL: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
League Name
Knicks Online League
League Type
Draft Type
Live Online Standard Draft
Unique League Name
Draft Time
Tue Oct 16 9:00pm ADT
Scoring Type
Yes, (2 divisions)
Max Teams
Draft Time Per Pick
1 Minute, 15 Seconds
Trade End Date
March 14, 2013
Allow Draft Pick Trades
League Start Week
Week 1 (Oct 30)
Point Guard (PG) 1
Shooting Guard (SG) 1
Guard (G) 1
Small Forward (SF) 1
Power Forward (PF) 1
Forward (F) 1
Center (C) 2
Utility (Util) 2
Bench (BN) 5
15 Total Players per roster
I'll list the participants for the 16 teams here.
1. metrocard
2. Knicks4Life_1985
3. StEpHoN_mArBuRy
4. My Boy Zach
5. Crazy8s
6. CoolCyde
7. iSaYughh
8. smokes
9. rady
10. ronoranina
11. p0nder
12. My boy Mason
13. My boy Roman
14. Dzwon
16. DCinNY


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What a simple piece of paper is worth
Protecting children starts at birth, with a simple piece of paper we all take for granted—a birth certificate. But around the world, as many as 45% of all children under the age of five don't have one.
The Girls Count Act is a new bill in Congress right now that can help address this gap, and help ensure that all children count and are protected.
Protecting children starts at birth, with a simple piece of paper we all take for granted—a birth certificate.
Rose, a mother of two in Lebanon, doesn't have identification cards for her children. "My children are growing year after year, with a big future ahead of them, but it would be impossible for them to work or obtain a school degree and get a job like any other Lebanese citizen," she said. "I can't even get them hospitalized."
Although children from Lebanese fathers are entitled to receive the Lebanese nationality, a large number of these children are not registered (meaning they do not have a birth certificate) and thus have no access to public education and health services.
"It is a small plastic card, called ID card. Many has it, but they have no idea what it's worth," said Charbel, 23. "There's nothing to prove who you are. All your life depends on this ID."
Within the current Lebanese system, only the father is entitled to provide the Lebanese citizenship and to register the newly born child after receiving the proper documentation from the doctor or midwife and then from the mayor. Then, the father has to take these documents and register the child in the personal affairs unit under the Ministry of Interior in the capital.
If the father doesn't register the child within one year of birth, he cannot do it later on without going through a lawsuit.
"In many cases, failing to have an ID leaves children with no prospects for the future. They cannot even dream of tomorrow," said Sanaa Maaould, World Vision Lebanon Advocacy and Policy Officer. "Often times they are vulnerable to various child protection issues."
Lack of registration is not unique to Lebanon—in many places around the world, children are not registered at birth. In fact, about 230 million children under the age of 5 globally are not officially registered. They are invisible to their government and face increased vulnerability to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence.
Birth registration is a foundation of protecting children. With a birth certificate, a child can access an education, healthcare, and other social services. If a child is separated from his family as a result of a disaster or conflict, a birth certificate helps them reunite. A birth certificate also proves a child's age and can provide protection from child labor and early marriage. And if a child is abused or exploited, a birth certificate helps ensure that they receive access to services.
World Vision works with communities to train and empower teachers, healthcare workers, social workers, police, and others to protect the children they interact with and to respond if a child is abused, neglect, or exploited. Our job is made easier when a country knows that a child exists and they are able to fully participate in society.
You can help to make that happen!
The Girls Count Act seeks to address these gaps by elevating birth registration in U.S. foreign policy and assistance. More than 100 countries do not have systems to register births.
The Girls Count Act would encourage the Department of State and the United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) to work with these governments to develop strong registration systems and to increase registration. This isn't new spending. It's a way to ensure that a simple piece of paper isn't overlooked in all the other work that the United States is doing to protect children.
TAKE ACTION: Contact your representative to voice your support for The Girls Count Act. Use our call form to look up your representative's number, view a suggested call script, and log your call so we know you took action with us!
Jessica Bousquette is an Advocacy Associate for World Vision U.S. Additional reporting by Patricia Mouamar, Communications Coordinator, World Vision Lebanon.
One of the best ways to help ensure that a child is safe and protected is through sponsorship. Choose a child to sponsor today!


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With the growing number of complaints surrounding the failures of Xbox 360 hardware, both
owners and prospective buyers of the games console often wonder if Microsoft is
doing anything to improve the reliability of the hardware.
Reports coming in from Europe indicate that Microsoft is
adding some additional cooling measures to the Xbox 360. First seen on French
website Logic-Sunrise
are pictures of a revised heatsink that sits below the DVD-ROM drive.
The new
heatsink, complete with a heatpipe to another heatsink, sits on top of the Xbox
360's Xenos GPU. The same hardware cooling changes were also found on MaxConsole in
a Microsoft-repaired console in the Czech Republic.
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September 11, 2009
The Best Friday Candy Ever!!
TheRealMrsCullen3 shares something to start off your weekend!
99 comments:
okay so this definitely made my friday--- no make that weekend!!!! SQUEEE!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 9:49 PM
black Volvo!!!!!!! so we have Chris and not David to blame for that one?!?!?!?!?!?!?!ReplyDelete
Hannah, I am with you! My heart just started to beat a little faster.ReplyDelete
OMG OMG OMG!!! First off, so glad I don't have to pay to see Sorority Row now, lol. This looks soooooo good! I was literally vibrating with joy after watching that.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 9:57 PM
OMG! WOW! This is going to be so good. I am going to cry though, just like with the book :(ReplyDelete
oooooh my f***** goooooooood!!!!!! AHHHHH we were screamin right now (me and my BFF)ohh goooood yellow porsche!! and the wolfs!!! aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Chris has obviously done a GREAT job!!!! Love him for being so close to the book! The trailer is fantastic! (A happy German fan :)))ReplyDelete
It.Looks.Amazing! I have my tickets ordered...just waiting for time to slowly tick away!!ReplyDelete
OMG! I can't wait until Sunday :) This is going to be a great movie :) The only thing is I did notice the dark suv, I just read that the car is the same as New Moon and that Edward still has the silver? I'm confused :( Great way to start my weekend, loves it ;)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:00 PM
SQUEEEEE!!! This is going to be fantastic!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:04 PM
hey the wolf look alot better than they did the first time. awsome can't wait to see it!ReplyDelete
- ChristinaSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:05 PM
OOooo...more wolves!!! I LOVE IT!!!1!!ReplyDelete
HOLY CRAP! I needed that!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:05 PM
THE WOLVES ARE GREAT! Definitely an improvement.ReplyDelete
But I have to admit Alice seems a bit fake.
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:06 PM
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was amazing!!!! and the wolves looked freakin awesome!!!!ReplyDelete
THe water scene is my fave, TOO!ReplyDelete
Squeee and Swoooonnn!! Can't wait til Nov- great trailer- looks like it's gonna be gooooooodddd!! Have a great weekend everyone!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:07 PM
OMEC..!!!! IM SO MAD .. WERES THE FRIKKIN SILVER VOLVO .. THEY LIED TO US .. OMG TWILIGHTERS WEVE BEEN LIED TOO .. *SNIIFF*SNIFF .. ANYWAYS OMEC.. THE TRAILERS IS AWSOME .. THERES SO MUCH TO WATCH IM LIKE OME OME .. IVE WATCHED IT LIKE 10 TIMES PORB MORE .. THERES JUST SO MANY THINGS IN THIS TRAILER.. WOW .. ITS AWSOME .. IF THIS IS THE TRAILER I CAN TOTAL IMAGINE HOW HE MOVIES GUNNA BE I DONT KNOW IF IM GUNNA BE ABLE TO CONTROLE MYSEL .. LOL IM GUNNA BE ALL *SQUEEEEEE!! .. LOL CANT WAIT .. OH YEA IM STILL MAD ABOUT THE VOLVO .. :/ WE WANT ARE SHINNY SILVER VOLV BACK!!!!!ReplyDelete
WOW The Wolves are fantastic!! Bella is GORGEOUS and the volturi are crazy scary looking. But where's the silver volvo? And from what I've seen of Alice/Ashley Greene, I'm not impressed - terrible acting. But everything else looks incredible! I love the water scene when bella's hand swishing in the water makes Edward's face dissappear - Way to go Chris!!!ReplyDelete
OMG! That is so freaking amazing. Thank you Chris Wietz for making my life complete. So glad that I got to watch it before Summit has a fit and yanks it off of Youtube.ReplyDelete
- SparklesSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:09 PM
I can't contain my excitement in the slightest. I am one quivering, smiling, tearful, dazzled wreck at this precise moment in time. I couldn't have asked for a better present than this. Excited doesn't even cover it gahhhhhhh!!!!! I am beyond ecstatic that it looks just like the book and can't even dwell on the car right now because..... *thud thud thud thud!!*ReplyDelete
Everything about Twilight makes me revert to being a teenager, I can't help it!!!
x x x x x x x x x x x x <3 :D
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:10 PM
omg... my vocabulary has drastically been cut down to omg.. omgReplyDelete
i dno what to say
- twilightislifeSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD I AM DEAD.ReplyDelete
i just dont know what to say to things like this because there really aren't words to describe the amazing high that twilight gives you!!
it was like 5 mins before i could write anything because i was shaking so much!!!!
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
So glad I was able to watch it before it got pulled!!! But only 2 more days and it will be released!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:14 PM
:( It's Gone NOOOOOO! Hurry some one re-upload it somewhere else so i can see it!!!ReplyDelete
- twilightislifeSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:17 PM
gone :'(ReplyDelete
I agree about Ashley Greene's acting. Not good. The only negative thing I noticed abt the trailer. But then again, this was noted in the previous trailer, with the cringe-inducing "It's time! It's time!"ReplyDelete
WOW. Just WOW!!! and a HUUUUGE thank you to Chris Wietz for creating that (and to you for posting!) - effing fantastic. OK I am going to go and get in line at the movie theater NOW! ok, wait - I'll go AFTER I re-watch that trailer on Sunday night - wooo!!!ReplyDelete
- MeLikeTaylorSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Omg!!!!!!!!! I cried....lol. Speechless..hyperventaled a bit...and cried. Stupid stupid edward!!! My poor jakey : ( I swear bella was so wrong to jacob. so wrong.. and edward! dont even get me started on him .ReplyDelete
But damn. i was about to show my mom the vid but its already down.
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:28 PM
well that was quickly taken down!!!ReplyDelete
Luckily i had watched it 20+ times lol
Chris u legend even if you did lose the silver volvo
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Alice and Bella driving in the Porsche still looks ridiculous amounts of fake.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Car what car? Don't care. Only seeing flashes of red..cape..EDWARD.. flying..crashing..WAAAAAHHH!! OMFG Genius!ReplyDelete
I couldn't care less about the color of the Volvo! That was amazing! Jake! Wolves! Edward! I love it!!ReplyDelete
GAH I CANT WAIT TIL NOVEMBER!!!ReplyDelete
omg looks like so much is gonna happen.. can't wait till November. It's about time we get to see the other wolves and the V group.ReplyDelete
HOlY CRAP!!! Can't wait!!! I agree about the color of the Volvo, I'm so excited right now who cares!!!ReplyDelete
Holy hell. I'd like you to know that I just yelled that out and scared my two year old daughter to death. But....Holy hell.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:47 PM
To those of you who missed the first one...here is another :)
Here's one too that's not linked to YouTube so I doubt it will get pulled by SummitReplyDelete
what the f**ck do I care about the car people??? This was excellent!!!! I couldn't stop looking at it, I must have seen it at least 20 times!!!ReplyDelete
I couldn't breathe while I was seeing it, all of the memories from the book, all of the feelings!! What a great job they did, and of course,Chris we absolutely adore you!!!!
Oh please let him direct BD!!!!
Edward looks amazing in the end with the Volturi!! Rob really did an excellent job!! And Bella too, where she is writhing in her bed, heartbreaking..CAN'T WAIT FOR NOVEMBER!!!
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Yeah ashley's acting is not good.ReplyDelete
- MeLikeTaylorSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:58 PM
@maria: EXACTLY!!!ReplyDelete
IM JUST DEAD RIGHT NOW !ReplyDelete
I love this sagaaaaa, I love New Mooooon
I'm in love with it xDDD
Thkkkks !!!!!!
I have perma goosebumps! Everything looks so freakin' good. Sooooooooooo much better. Thank you Chris Weitz--Team Weitz all the way.ReplyDelete
I am so upset!!!!!!! I was just watching it like a few mintues ago and then went to something else. I go back to see it again but then, it was taken off!! UGH!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I really could care about the color of the car, when there are so many other thigs so well done like the CGI.ReplyDelete
Lets start with the bad, Sorry Kristen´s fans and Ashley´s fan, I adore those girls but the acting was lacking in them, but I have faith that watching the entire movie I would be prove wrong, I hope.
The Good: the wolf transformation... so much better, the wolves are bigger and the hair looks realistic; I liked the added scene in where we see Laurent about to fight the pack, it serves to show how strong the vamparies are that can take one of those wolves and punch him down with just one fist, that is the reason they hunt in pack. The Vultiri scenes are great, I like the drama and tension that is added by seeing Edward literaly fighting for them. Taylor and Robert do great job in what is seen of them; actually my favorite scene is Bella waiking up and seeing her vision of Edward, the look on his faces was so scary.
Anonymous 6.11 I agree with you in everything (especially about Ashley, I was quite disappointed) except for the kristen part..I think she has done an amazing job here! Especially the writhing in her bed at night..oh my God I almost burst to tears in that piece..Rob is amazing! He has developed so much since Twilight, I'm not even going to compare!! I liked Taylor too, but I just thought that he could put a little more intencity and life in some of his line, I don't know the way he says "he didn't want you anymore" sounds a little fake to me, too rushed..I imagined it with more intencity..but we will have to wait and see, the trailer is just perfection!!!So proud of Rob and Kristen and how they have grown their characters!! and God bless Chris!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 11:24 PM
ASHLEY SUCKS!ReplyDelete
Other than that, GREAT!!
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Kristen is brilliant! It's just that Ashley is so bad that she makes even Bella seem fake.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 11:35 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY DID THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN?!??!?!?!?!?!?! WHY??!?! I DIDNT EVEN GET TO SEE IT YET!!!!!!!!!!! OMFG! IM GONNA START CRYING lolReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Summit ask Image Engine special effect of Vancouver to help with the wolves tranformation. Image engine is the same company who created the aliens in "District 9." It will look amazing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Damn, it's gone :(ReplyDelete
damnit I was at work and i missed it.... :( super sadReplyDelete
This is what I get for not checking back often enough! i MISSED it. Oh well sunday is a few days away.ReplyDelete
I am sooo glad I missed the opportunity in seeing the trailer early. The whole point (Well, most of it anyway) to watching the VMAs is to see the trailer, and have Taylor, Kristen and Rob present it, and to hear crowd reactions.ReplyDelete
I MUST have more patience than the other Twilighters. I can't wait for the movie, but I feel like with all of the scenes shown, it gives it away, so we dont have much to look forward to in theaters.
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 11:51 PM
as of right now this link still worksReplyDelete
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!I can't wait for November!!! U know who cares that the volvo isn't silver!!! Jeez there are so many things to worry about!ReplyDelete
Summit it pretty quick at forcing the videos down, but the videos keep cropping up. Just go to Youtube, search New Moon Trailer and then sort by most recent.ReplyDelete
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! That was awesomeness! Totally! Bella seeing Edward underwater was perfect and broke my heart for a sec until the next part and then the wolves!! Wow, I hope we can get some stills of those because the millisecond clip of them running looked AWESOME! This movie might not have a TON of Edward in it (like it's supposed to) but everything is a chain reaction that basically started with him and I saw that through this whole trailer. YAY! Can't wait.ReplyDelete
link above still working!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 12:26 AM
AWESOME! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys1qaMHoXcw Watch it thereReplyDelete
FB video still working also (above from Katie). Watched it 5 times now!ReplyDelete
Holy s**t!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited.... Not even funny how excited I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 1:12 AM
WTF!!!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE SUMMIT TOOK IT DOWN!!!! I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE IT YET!!!!!!!!!!!I AM SO MAD.PLUS, I CAN'T BELIVE THE VOLVO IS BLACK! NOW THAT JUST TICKS ME OFF! THEY CAN'T CHANGE THE VOLVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WTF! WTF! WTF!ReplyDelete
Wooooooooooohhhhhhhhhooooooooooo! I loveeeeee thiiisssss traiiilerrrr! I'mm soooo excited!!!!! I can't wait damn it!!!!! Did you see Rob???? That bodyyyy my godddddd!!! haha I think this movie is going to be AWESOME!!! They stick to the book pretty close and I think those special effects are incredible!!! Chris did an amazing job really and I hope they use him for Breaking Dawn! And Bella??? My god what a scene!! This is the most important part for Kristen and she did it gracefully! I'm really happy with the results and like I said before I can't wait to see this movie!!!!ReplyDelete
Oh oh did you notice Eric and Angela?? I think they changed the story a little and now they're a couple!!! haha
Anony 8:12pm you can still see it:ReplyDelete
TCA don't get mad! You know you're the best! hehe
I swear this one is not going to be taken down because it's like a secret: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkzFw_XZ-P8ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 1:39 AM
HOLY SHIZZLE STICKS! I had chills the whole time...I can't wait until November!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 1:50 AM
What was with Ashleys acting?ReplyDelete
It seemed a bit fake
I hope its not like that all the way through the movie
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 1:51 AM
MY GOOODDD this is awesome. I cant wait to the movie. I'm little bit disappointed about Ashley but lets be optimistic and wait. I love it!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 2:06 AM
Damn you, Marcus Foster for making me go to your gig - the one night I'm not blogging I miss this *SOB*
- Lorabell :(
THANK FOOK I FOUND IT - I AM ACTUALLY NEARLY CRYING NOW WITH EXCITEMENT - OMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!ReplyDelete
- Lorabell :D
haha Lorabell there's one version in HD! Did you see it???? This trailer is great! Do you think this is the same they're showing this Sunday???ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 2:46 AM
KATIE!!! Thank you for the Facebook Link!! TwiScoop uploaded the vid so summit cannot take it down *evil laugh*.ReplyDelete
HOOOOOLLLLYYYY SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.ReplyDelete
cliff diving even oh my gosh, robward in the water, oh my gosh, cant deal.
- SnowflakeSeptember 12, 2009 at 3:01 AM
eek! it's SOOOOO good! I'm impressed with the wolves, and the action, and the Rob with his shirt off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 3:30 AM
Longer Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2xa_JU995s&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twifans.com%2F&feature=player_embedded#t=47ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 3:45 AM
OMG! Laurent SLAMMED that wolf!! WICKED ! ......still luv my wolves & my vamps & humans...lolReplyDelete
btw, depressed Edward is sooooooooooooo HOT!
Jacob, HOT!
Felix, MASSIVE BEAST!..lol
Voluri, AWESOME!!Aro, Aro, CREEPINTASTIC! :D
sooooooooooooooooo excited! OHHH, the eyes on vamps actually look REALLY GOOD!
- want2BinforksSeptember 12, 2009 at 4:07 AM
Sweet dreams for us all. Was offline all night and then had to search for it but viewed it at least 10 times. wondering about the dark volvo; interesting point someone made about it appearing with the imagined image of E. so maybe the real silver volvo will live on. wondering about all the added fighting at the end with E being flung about. not remembering that in the book. Nov can't come soon enough!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 4:13 AM
If you join the members only section ofReplyDelete
You can see it!
ok the whole point in his car was to bepowerfull yet blend in with every one and thats what this car does and black is a more sporty color like edward would totally go for. that car is jacked up with power. so i wouldnt be complaining. lol who knows that was a really crapy trailer everything looked black, so who knows. imo i dont care. and about the acting i cant see how anyone think kstew's and Ashley green's acting was bad from what a totalof 20 sec of fotage??? yeah right i thought they did fine lolReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 4:56 AM
I've lost count by now how many times I've see this! And I still get goosebumps! LOL! This is gonna be the biggest movie of the year! And seriously guys.. I understand the silver volvo is an icon in the saga.. but Chris Weitz has made this such an amazing movie.. we shouldn't be so critical about the color of a car! LOL! We still got our beautiful wolves and vampires to admire!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 4:58 AM
This link is still working.. I just saw it a minute ago..ReplyDelete
this is without all the noise of peopleReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 7:37 AM
Hope everyone is watching the longer trailer given to us by Anonymous@10:30pm. It has a little bit at the end and Bella's cry is so heartbreaking that it actually made me cry!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 7:43 AM
I love this trailer but I have one disappointment !ReplyDelete
I love Ashley but her acting wasn't that good !!!
I'm really sad about that because I love Alice in the books. I thought Kristen was great the last part was hard for me to tell. I love watching movies were the acting doesn't seem so contrived or when they try acting so hard it should come naturally that's why I love the books because the characters interaction with each other is natural so I REALLY HOPE THAT COMES ACROSS IN THE MOVIE. I don't mind cool action scenes and cool CGI but the acting has TO GET BETTER !! Because that's why people love these books because of all the emotions it portrays.
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 8:43 AM
whats wrong with Ashleys acting? i think she is amazing.. better than most of the actors and actresses in New Moon (except for Kristen).ReplyDelete
She is fantastic as Alice.
Love the trailer, shame i can't find it anymore now i only saw it once yesterday..
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 9:49 AM
i just wanna know who the hell did bella punch..i dont remember her punching anyone...she goes hard..im also glad they kept the theme music for the first movie it sets the perfect mood!!! oh and ashleys acting is jus fine u people need to stop!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 10:08 AM
OK, my husband has just told me I have finally oficially lost my mind-I guess the screaming and jumping off the couch didn't help my mental situation. I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE this trailer!!! Chris looks like he had nailed the book from what I can see and it looks ever better than I expected. Loved the Volturi scenes and the Bella drowning scene, If it weren't cuz I was already embarrased from making a spectacle of myself, I wouldn't started crying-I think he would've given me a Xanax by that point and had me committed to the nut house!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Ashley is AMAZING! i can't see her being a bad actress like some of you.ReplyDelete
Kristen on the other hand is not very impressive actress. She is even worse than in Twilight!
Robert is fantastic as usual and hot as hell without a shirt.
WHERE IS JASPER? I would've love to see little bit of Jasper in the trailer. Or Emmett, Carlisle, Esme, Charlie.. the movie will be incredible.
- GodVampireSeptember 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM
I've never been this excited about a trailer.ReplyDelete
It was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. All the actors/actresses are amazing (yes, including Ashley who looks so beautiful, she's deffo the hottest vampire ever)
and the scenes were out of this world. Especially the ending.
I have absolutely nothing intelligent to say!! It's like my tongue has been cut off!!!Ok I cried like a baby.... great!! Now.... let's get to business. Ashley - fantastic, Kristen - No words can describe her performance. OUTSTANDING, FABULOUS, EVERYTHING!! Robert - just how i imagined it to be!! all of it! Jacob wolves vampires. volturii and everything else. the fight with demetri omg fucking speechles!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Ashley Greene is beyond perfect.ReplyDelete
She's the only reason i'll be watching New Moon.
i have one question..why does summit care if anything is leaked when we always have such awesome reactions to everything??!!? i mean COME ON!! they need to read what we say! we are freaking out here and they take it down?! that just makes us hate them.....stupid. thats what they are. lolReplyDelete
I have chills and goosebumps!
That was PHENOMENAL.
- AnonymousSeptember 13, 2009 at 12:35 AM
The scene in the water when Bella's hand brushes Edward's face gives me chills. I cannot wait. Tickets in hand...68 days to go. Extratv still has the trailer....if you cannot wait until tomorrow.ReplyDelete


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Comparative Study of Community Decision-Making (ICPSR 25)
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This study contains data for 51 communities with populations of 50,000-750,000 in 22 states of the United States on the characteristics of community leadership, decision-making, and patterns of influence, as well as political, economic, and demographic composition of the communities and per capita expenditures for various common community functions. Information regarding general political and public policy issues, specific municipal problems, and their solutions was obtained from interviews with eight prominent individuals in each city, such as the Chamber of Commerce president, a labor leader, a leading newspaper editor or publisher, the chairmen of the Democratic and Republican parties, the president of the largest bank, and the mayor. Data are also provided on the characteristics of the cities, including composite indexes created from the interview data as well as data from other sources. The study is composed of three files: a Merged Aggregate and Individual file (Part 1), an Aggregate file (Part 2), and an Individual file (Part 3). The Merged Aggregate and Individual file (Part 1) contains the responses of the individuals interviewed and information on the characteristics of each respondent's city from other sources. Items include education, health, culture, welfare, and total expenditures of the city. The Aggregate file (Part 2) contains information on the population characteristics of each city, as well as information on the structure, income, and expenditures of the city government. Demographic indices describe age and income distribution of the population, racial composition, level of educational attainment, and the size, income and occupational distribution of the labor force. The Individual file (Part 3) provides information received from respondents on decision-making pertaining to issues of urban renewal, mayoral elections, air pollution control, race relations, health, education, industrial and economic development, and anti-poverty programs.
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Clark, Terry Nichols. Comparative Study of Community Decision-Making. ICPSR00025-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00025.v1
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Subject Terms: cities, communities, community decision making, community elites, community leaders, community participation, leadership, local politics, municipalities, political influence, public policy
Geographic Coverage: Akron, Alabama, Albany (New York), Amarillo, Arizona, Atlanta, Berkeley, Birmingham, Bloomington, Boston, Buffalo, California, Cambridge, Charlotte, Clifton, Connecticut, Duluth, Euclid, Florida, Fort Worth, Fullerton, Gary, Georgia, Hamilton, Hammond, Indiana, Indianapolis, Irvington, Jacksonville, Long Beach, Malden, Manchester, Massachusetts, Memphis, Michigan, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (state), Newark, North Carolina, Ohio, Palo Alto, Pasadena, Pennsylvania, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, Schenectady, Seattle, South Bend, St. Louis, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Tennessee, Texas, Tyler, United States, Utah, Utica, Waco, Warren, Washington (state), Waterbury, Waukegan, Wisconsin
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Sample: A total of 51 communities with populations of 50,000-750,000 in 22 states of the United States.
(1) personal interviews, and (2) reports of the United States Bureau of the Census, reports of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Municipal Yearbook, and scholarly publications
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Census Tract Data, 1960: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File (ICPSR 2932)
Principal Investigator(s): Bogue, Donald, University of Chicago. Community and Family Study Center
The 1960 Census Tract files were originally created by keypunching the data from the printed publications prepared by the Bureau of the Census. The work was done under the direction of Dr. Donald Bogue, whose wife, Elizabeth Mullen Bogue, completed much of the data work. Subsequently, the punchcards were converted to data files and transferred to the National Archive and Records Administration (NARA). ICPSR received copies of these files from NARA and converted the binary block-length records to ASCII format.
Series: Census Tract Data, 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1970: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue Files Series
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Bogue, Donald. Census Tract Data, 1960: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File. ICPSR02932-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02932.v1
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: census data, census tract level, censuses, demographic characteristics, ethnicity, historical data, household composition, housing, housing conditions, population
Geographic Coverage: Abilene, Akron, Alabama, Albany (New York), Albuquerque, Allentown, Altoona, Ann Arbor, Arizona, Arkansas, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Augusta, Austin, Bakersfield, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Beaumont, Bethlehem, Binghamton, Birmingham, Boston, Bridgeport, Brockton, Buffalo, California, Canton, Charleston (South Carolina), Charlotte, Chattanooga, Chicago, Chicopee, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Clifton, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Columbia (South Carolina), Columbus (Georgia), Connecticut, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Davenport, Dayton, Decatur, Delaware, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, District of Columbia, Duluth, Durham, Easton, El Paso, Elyria, Erie, Evansville, Fall River, Flint, Florida, Fort Smith, Fort Wayne, Fort Worth, Fresno, Gadsden, Galveston, Gary, Georgia, Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Greensboro, Greenville, Hamilton, Hampton, Harrisburg, Hartford, Haverhill, Hawaii, Hazleton, High Point, Holyoke, Honolulu, Houston, Illinois, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iowa, Jackson (Michigan), Jacksonville, Jersey City, Johnstown, Kalamazoo, Kansas, Kansas City (Missouri), Kentucky, Lancaster, Lansing, Laredo, Lawrence, Lexington, Lima, Lincoln, Little Rock, Long Beach, Lorain, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Louisville, Lowell, Lubbock, Macon, Madison, Maine, Manchester, Maryland, Massachusetts, Memphis, Miami, Michigan, Middletown, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Missouri, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Muncie, Muskegon, Nashville, Nebraska, Nevada, New Bedford, New Britain, New Hampshire, New Haven, New Jersey, New Mexico, New Orleans, New York (state), Newark, Newport News, Norfolk, North Carolina, Norwalk, Odessa, Ogden, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Oregon, Orlando, Passaic, Paterson, Pawtucket, Pennsylvania, Peoria, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Pittsfield, Portland (Maine), Portsmouth, Providence, Pueblo, Raleigh, Reading, Rhode Island, Richmond, Rochester (New York), Rockford, Rome (New York), Sacramento, Saginaw, Salt Lake City, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Savannah, Schenectady, Scranton, Seattle, Shreveport, Sioux City, South Bend, South Carolina, Spokane, Springfield (Massachusetts), Springfield (Missouri), Springfield (Ohio), St. Louis, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, Stamford, Steubenville, Stockton, Superior, Syracuse, Tacoma, Tampa, Tennessee, Texarkana, Texas, Texas City, Toledo, Topeka, Trenton, Troy, Tucson, Tulsa, Tyler, United States, Utica, Virginia, Waco, Washington, Waterbury, Waterloo, Weirton, West Virginia, Wheeling, Wichita, Wichita Falls, Wilkes-Barre, Wilmington (Delaware), Winston-Salem, Wisconsin, Worchester, York, Youngstown
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we predicted, the recent
concession by Amazon.com in terms of electronic book pricing
to "big six" publisher Macmillan opened the floodgates leading
other top publishers to demand more. Amazon.com's
electronics books have many downsides -- the potential to lose your
book eventually due to compatibility, ownership concerns, and
dependency on battery life of the device being used. They also
have significant upsides -- a lot of classic works are available for
free, you can transport 1,000s of books in a single bag and it's much
easier to locate your books. However, the biggest advantage of
all was pricing. Whereas hardcover best sellers typically
retail for $15 to $25 on Amazon.com, best-sellers have been available
in e-book form for the bargain rate of $9.99.Macmillan
recently won in a battle with Amazon to raise those prices.
Amazon has agreed to raise the price of Macmillan New
York Times bestsellers
to $12.99, or in most cases, $14.99. Now Rupert
Murdoch, the media mogul who owns HarperCollins books --
another big six publisher -- is demanding a price bump of his own.
In a conference
call Tuesday, he complained, "We don't like the Amazon model
of selling everything at $9.99. They pay us the wholesale price
of $14 or whatever we charge. But I think it really devalues
books and it hurts all the retailers of the hard cover
books."Murdoch commented that he was looking to
renegotiate News Corp's deal with Amazon and says that Amazon has
responded that it is "ready to sit down with us
again."HarperCollins Books publishes such bestselling
authors as Michael Crichton and Janet Evanovich.Besides
the Macmillan concession, another factor driving up prices is new
competition from Apple. Apple recently debuted its iPad
tablet computer. While its name has been the bunt
of many jokes, curiosity about the new device is high.
Apple looks to use the device to become a major competitor to Amazon
and second-place Sony in the electronic books arena. Apple
already has a deal in place with Murdoch. He comments, "Apple,
in its agreement with us, which is not been disclosed in detail, does
allow for a variety of slightly higher prices."It
appears that the final blows are being struck that will ultimately
spell the end of cheap e-books. Will that hurt the format's
popularity? Or will customers stomach the changes? That
remains to be seen in coming months.


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case you missed it, paleontologists, digging in South Africa
have discovered
the remains of a new species of hominid, Australopithecus
buried in a cave. This little discovery is of tremendous
importance as anatomical evidence points to the species being a close
evolutionary relative to man, perhaps even a direct ancestor.I
wrote a little story on the topic, analyzing the find, while briefly
touching on the pertinent creationism vs. modern evolutionary theory
debate that continues to rage to this day in America. I
expected the story to get a few comments. I never expected,
though that it would get over 575 comments, making it perhaps the
most commented on story in DailyTech's
history.I think it's great that so many people are chiming in
and sharing their thoughts, and I think its a real sign of our site's
diversity and popularity. However, amidst those comments I saw
some that really bothered me as a person who has worked in the fields
of engineering and biochemistry in addition to my time here
at DailyTech. Take
one reader, who writes:
Scientific Proof the Evolutionary Theory is Dead.A story about
two friends from day one.http://www.biblelife.org/creation.htm" rel="nofollow
comment was rated up to a 3, so obviously some people agreed with
it. However, the site and "proof" it cites, from a
scientific perspective, are utterly worthless.The site is full
of inaccurate and egregious jewels. Among them is the claim
that granite is called a "creation rock" by geologists and
can not be created on Earth today. This is patently false.
If such a term were ever used, it has no place in the field of modern
geology. Further, granite is to this very day being produced in
small quantities by metamorphism in amphibolite and granulite
terrains. There's nothing magical about it.The other
"friend" that the site refers to is polonium, a radioactive
heavy element. Polonium makes halos in granite, which a
researcher named Robert V. Gentry claimed, starting in the 1980s, were
proof that the Earth was only 6,000 years old, as the literal reading
of The Bible claims. Gentry was by all reports a decent
researcher who was blinded by his obsession in proving creationism,
which led to him reaching far outside his field of expertise
(physics) into foreign fields like geology.In this case, as
with most of his arguments for a "young Earth" his
"evidence" was shown to be completely wrong. There
was indeed uranium in the exact deposits Gentry sampled from, he just
failed to follow basic principles of geological sampling. Of course this is
understandable -- Gentry was no geologist. So his "proof"
was just another red herring.Here is a very informative read
on the topic: "The
Geology of Gentry's 'Tiny Mystery'".The site also
implies that there's something "magical" about polonium
making its way into granite. Consider that silicon dioxide, the
primary component of granite melts at 1925 K, while 527 K. Thus
polonium would be molten and could easily make its way into cracks
and crevices in granite that had cooled to a solid. Again, the
claims are patently false and there's nothing magical or unknown
here.Basic science invalidates many of the supposed "proof"
of creationism and a young Earth. Yet, while it's easy to
disprove a bad argument, its hard to kill one. As I mentioned,
here was an argument that was literally disproved over two decades
ago, but there's a site out there still using it as evidence and one
of our readers are referencing it as fact. And worse yet,
apparently some in our readership were misled enough that they rated
up the comment.I don't have the time or energy to rebuke
every falsehood set forth by a handful of the commenters in that
thread, so I hope this was an informative example.It's fine
to believe whatever you want when it comes to evolution. An all
powerful deity such as Xenu or the Christian God, could in theory
create a reality with evidence to the contrary of the creation
itself. Every single atom could have been set into motion
perfectly to deliver an elaborate, yet misleading picture. Yet
to scientists, we must interpret the picture that we see, and that
picture clearly points that evolution created the species we see
today and that the earth is billions of years old, not 6,000 years
old. Believe what you want, but try not to reference false
"facts" to justify your beliefs -- that's called spreading
misinformation, and it's disingenuous.


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The scientists at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
located in Troy, New York, have been busy playing with carbon nanotubes (CNT)
for the past few years. Their research has brought us the possibility of paper batteries, remote-controlled
disease killing bombs, and the blackest
material in the world.
Saroj Nayak, associate professor at Rensselaer's Department
of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, recently led a team on a research
project to compare the conductive properties of copper nanowires with that of
carbon nanotube bundles. The conclusion probably won't be much of a shock: CNT
bundles came out on top.
Rather than comparing the empirical data between the two
subjects, Nayak's team used the world's fastest university based supercomputer,
Rensselaer's Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations, to study
their quantum mechanical properties. While empirical measurements are fine for
research at a normal scale, the interaction of molecules, atoms, and some of
their building blocks are more accurately measured below the macro scale using
quantum mechanical observations.
The team's ultimate goal was to learn which material would be
better for microchip interconnects. Copper interconnects are quickly coming to
a choke point as chip cores continue their downward spiral. The current 45nm
technology is not predicted to be the final blow, thanks to things like high-k
metal interconnect gates. Some research suggests cores built
on 15nm technology are more than feasible.
However, replacing the copper that is currently used for
interconnects with a more efficient material would be a boon to chip makers and
designers, possibly allowing them to even further shrink the process.
Though CNT bundles look to be a promising new material for
microchips, there are still some ramifications to be dealt with before mass
production could start. An economical way to grow the bundles, as well as a
method to ensure the tubes themselves are 100% metallic will have to be found.
A more thorough understanding of the electrical properties of CNTs as
interconnects will be needed as well.
Nayak's groups' research will be featured in the March issue
of Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.


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Android operating system has been tremendously successful. It's become
the top selling phone platform in the world and its app store is stocked with
close to 200,000 apps. But for all that success, a perpetual criticism is
a perception that Android's environment is too heterogeneous across various handsets --
part of this is due to carriers/hardware partners failing to roll out the
latest versions, but part of it is due to customizations such as Motorola's
Motoblur and HTC's Sense UI.
I. Bye Bye Open Source -- For Now
Perhaps that's part of why Google has decided why not to release the source
code for Android 3.0 "Honeycomb", yet.
The company states that the code isn't ready yet for external modification,
despite the fact that products are being sold with it installed, today.
Aside from preventing unwanted third-party user interfaces, the chief goal of
the delay is ostensibly from preventing Honeycomb (Android 3.0) from being put
on smartphones. Google is pressuring smartphone makers to instead use Android 2.3 "Gingerbread". Google
is also less-than-enthusiastic about Honeycomb entering other devices, like
set-top boxes and automobiles, without further modification.
Andy Rubin, vice-president for engineering at Google and head of its Android
group essentially admits that the move is being made to prevent the platform
from heading, in its current state, to places Google didn't intend. In a BusinessWeek interview,
he states, "To make our schedule to ship the tablet, we made some
design tradeoffs. We didn't want to think about what it would take for the same
software to run on phones. It would have required a lot of additional resources
and extended our schedule beyond what we thought was reasonable. So we took a
He adds, "Android is an open-source project. We have not changed our
Then he makes an even more surprising statement -- he says that if his company
released Android's source, it couldn't prevent phone makers from putting it in
a phone form-factor "and creating a really bad user experience. We have no
idea if it will even work on phones."
That statement is intriguing because it sounds a lot like arguments against open
source operating systems that one of Android's top competitors, Apple, made in
recent years. And while the delay doesn't mean Google has closed its
project off from the public, it does indicate that the company is increasingly
seeing eye to eye with Apple on this issue.
Dave Rosenberg, a longtime executive in the open-source software world,
complains about the decision, but admits, "Everyone expects this level of
complete trust from a company that's worth $185 billion. To me, that is
ridiculous. You have to be realistic and see that Google will do what is in
[its] best interests at all times.
II. What Will the Impact of Google's Newfound Selectiveness Be?
Ultimately this issue will supposedly be washed away with Android 3.5 "Ice
Cream Sandwich", which will unify the smartphone (Gingerbread) and tablet
(Honeycomb) trees into a single operating system.
In the meantime, it's possible Google could make stop-gap modifications to
improve the Honeycomb experience on smart phones, and release a minor update.
Mr. Rubin states, "The team is hard at work looking at what it takes
to get this running on other devices."
It's hard to say how the move will affect sales.
Sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab were quite good, despite the interface (Android 2.2
Froyo)feeling clunky on a tablet. By contrast the
Motorola Xoom offers a vastly superior UI in Honeycomb, yet has struggled in sales.
Part of this may be due to price -- the Tab debuted at $399 USD on at least one network,
while the Xoom debuted at $799 USD.
The true test of whether the decision to close off the platform should be soon
at hand, though. The Xoom has dropped in price, with a Wi-Fi version launch on Sunday at $599 USD. And Samsung
will soon air a second generation Galaxy Tab 8.9-inch tablet
for $469 USD and a a 10.1-inch variant for $499 USD, rumored to launch on June
8. Dell also looks to soon air updated versions of its "Streak"
Android tablets, at competitive prices.
Despite that the decision to temporarily close the source may benefit Google
and its customers experience, not everyone is happy with it.
Eben Moglen, a professor of Law at Columbia Law School and the founding
director of the Software Freedom Law Center, argues that Google is repeating
the mistakes of industry giants like Apple. He states, "[Closing
your source is] usually a mistake. Long experience teaches people that exposing
the code to the community helps more than it hurts you."


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The company is
currently struggling with an identity crisis, with CEO John Mackey
looking to purge what he views as unhealthy evils such as processed
sugars and white bread from the chain's lineup. And he
created a major storm of publicity when he attacked President Obama's
healthcare reform plan in a Wall Street Journal interview.
And to top it all off, sales of the company are slipping.
this harsh atmosphere and its CEO's controversial comments, the
company is reportedly cracking down on employees' expression of
dissatisfaction online. DailyTech interviewed Whole
Foods Market employees at several locations, and according to them
the chain has implemented a zero tolerance policy with regards to
online postings and is aggressively monitoring its employees.
employee reports that the company discovered a post on their private
Facebook page via a friend who leaked the info. The post
complained about a long day and obnoxious customers. Despite
the fact that the general public could not view the page, WFM
reportedly gave the employee a disciplinary notice and disciplined
several other employees who commented on the post as well. WFM
is reportedly monitoring its employee's Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,
and blog accounts both directly and via friends (for private
accounts) to identify and silence such complaints.
While such
WFM is by no means the first employer to carry
out such a campaign, it remains alarming nonetheless that the
company is going to such lengths to scrutinize casual comments on
private online posting spots. It is unclear if the policy has
been adopted nationwide, but it's clear at least that it has been
adopted across the state that the interviews were conducted in, which
is home to several WFM stores.
The employees we spoke with
called the tactic "intrusive" and "scary".
They also expressed concern that the actions of their company's CEO
are provoking the company to attack its employees as a reactionary
response to the embarrassment his comments are causing.
written up unfortunately have little recourse inside the store.
Unlike many grocers, Whole Foods Market is not unionized.
However, it would seem unsurprising to see employees sue the company
for invasion of privacy if this policy continues.


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Approximately half of all Americans between the ages of 65 and 75 have cataracts. At this time, there is no definitive way to prevent age-related cataracts, but early diagnosis improves treatment outcomes. So, if you are over age 60, you should have an eye examination at least once every 1-2 years. You should have an eye examination more often if you have any additional risk factors for cataracts, such as:
- Diabetes
- Glaucoma
- High blood pressure
- Rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune diseases
- Any medical condition that requires you to take steroid medications for a long period of time
- A family history of cataracts or other eye diseases
Note: These are general guidelines. Follow the advice of your doctor when deciding how often to get your eyes examined.
The following measures may help reduce your risk of cataracts:
- Follow your treatment plan to manage chronic conditions.
- Avoiding excess exposure to radiation.
- Avoiding excess exposure to sunlight. Wear a hat and UVA/UVB-blocking sunglasses whenever in bright sunlight.
- If you smoke, talk to your doctor about how to quit.
- Limit your alcohol intake
- Wear protective eyewear when participating in sports to help avoid eye injury.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD, FAAP
- Review Date: 05/2017 -
- Update Date: 12/20/2014 -


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This guide uses visual representations to show the benefits of regular exercise to those with diabetes. It gives suggestions to get more active and includes places for you to write your ideas and create your own physical activity plan.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
This flipbook helps teach patients to identify ways to become more physically active. It provides color illustrations with two- to third- grade level text on the patient pages and simple teaching points on the corresponding instructor pages.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
The National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle training curriculum is based on the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). The lifestyle program is divided into two components: Core Curriculum & Post-Core Curriculum.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
This easy-to-read, bilingual Spanish and English tip sheet encourages teens to be more physically active to better manage their diabetes. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This website makes publicly available materials that were used in the HEALTHY intervention program, which was designed to moderate risk factors for type 2 diabetes in adolescents including nutrition, physical education, behavior, and communications and social marketing. En español
The HEALTHY Study
This guide shows you many types of exercise and physical activity. It also has lots of tips to help you be active in ways that suit your lifestyle, interests, health, and budget, whether you're just starting out, getting back to exercising after a break, or fit enough to run a 3-mile race. It's for everyone—people who are healthy and those who live with an ongoing health problem or disability. En español
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
This tip sheet helps Hispanics/Latinos at risk for type 2 diabetes move more and eat less to reduce their risk. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This website for kids tells you cool stuff about how your body works, how eating right helps you play better and feel good, and how staying active is lots of fun! En español
This comprehensive kit includes reproducible patient education handouts on 29 topics related to cardiometabolic risk reduction, prediabetes, diabetes, and CVD. En español
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This tip sheet describes ways to get more active to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.
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