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Sedentary lifestyle
A sedentary lifestyle is a type of lifestyle with little or no physical activity. A person living a sedentary lifestyle is often sitting or lying down while engaged in an activity like reading, socializing, watching television, playing video games, or using a mobile phone/computer for much of the day. A sedentary lifestyle can potentially contribute to ill health and many preventable causes of death.
Screen time is a modern term for the amount of time a person spends looking at a screen such as a television, computer monitor, or mobile device. Excessive screen time is linked to negative health consequences.[1][2][3][4]
The term couch potato was coined by a friend of underground comics artist Robert Armstrong in the 1970s; Armstrong featured a group of couch potatoes in a series of comics featuring sedentary characters and with Jack Mingo and Allan Dodge created a satirical organization that purported to watch television as a form of meditation. With two books and endless promotion through the 1980s, the Couch Potatoes appeared in hundreds of newspapers, magazines and broadcasts, spreading its "turn on, tune in, veg out" message, garnering 7,000 members, and popularizing the term.
The condition, which predates the term, is characterized by sitting or remaining inactive for most of the day with little or no exercise.
Lack of exercise causes muscle atrophy, i.e. shrinking and weakening of the muscles, and accordingly increases susceptibility to physical injury. Additionally, physical fitness is correlated with immune system function;[5] a reduction in physical fitness is generally accompanied by a weakening of the immune system. A review in Nature Reviews Cardiology suggests that since illness or injury are associated with prolonged periods of enforced rest, such sedentariness has physiologically become linked to life-preserving metabolic and stress related responses such as inflammation that aid recovery during illness and injury but which due to being nonadaptive during health now lead to chronic diseases.[6]
Despite the well-known benefits of physical activity, many adults and many children lead a relatively sedentary lifestyle[7][8] and are not active enough to achieve these health benefits.
In the 2008 United States American National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 36% of adults were considered inactive. 59% of adult respondents never participated in vigorous physical activity lasting more than 10 minutes per week.[9]
Health effects[edit]
A lack of physical activity is one of the leading causes of preventable death worldwide.[10]
Sitting still may cause premature death. The risk is higher among those that sit still more than 5 hours per day. It is shown to be a risk factor on its own independent of hard exercise and BMI. The more still, the higher risk of chronic diseases. People that sit still more than 4 hours per day have a 40 percent higher risk than those that sit fewer than 4 hours per day. However, those that exercise at least 4 hours per week are as healthy as those that sit fewer than 4 hours per day.[11][12]
A sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical activity can contribute to or be a risk factor for:
- Anxiety[13][14]
- Cardiovascular disease[15]
- Migraines
- Breast cancer
- Colon cancer[14]
- Computer vision syndrome only for computers and tablets
- Depression[14][16]
- Diabetes[14]
- Gout
- High blood pressure[14][17]
- Lipid disorders[14]
- Skin problems such as hair loss[citation needed]
- Mortality in adults[18][19]
- Obesity[20][21]
- Osteoporosis[14][22][23]
- Scoliosis[14][22][23]
- Spinal disc herniation (low back pain)[24]
As a response to concerns over health and environmental issues, some organizations have promoted active travel, which seeks to promote walking and cycling as safe and attractive alternatives to motorized transport.[25] Additionally, some organizations have implemented exercise classes at lunch, walking challenges among co-workers, or allowing employees to stand rather than sit at their desk during the workday. Workplace interventions such as alternative activity workstations, sit-stand desks, promotion of stair use are among measures being implemented to counter the harms of sedentary workplace environments.[26] A Cochrane systematic review published in 2016 concluded that "at present there is very low quality evidence that sit-stand desks can reduce sitting at work at the short term. There is no evidence for other types of interventions." Also, evidence was lacking on the long term health benefits of such interventions.[27][needs update] Similarly a recently published review concluded that interventions aimed at reducing sitting outside of work were only modestly effective.[28] Organizations may also offer cholesterol or blood pressure screenings to employees.[29]
See also[edit]
- 9 to 5
- Active transportation
- Childhood obesity
- Exercise trends
- Laziness
- Neurobiological effects of physical exercise
- Simple living
- Sloth (deadly sin)
- Workaholic
- Lack of physical education
- ^ Mark, A. E; Janssen, I (2008). "Relationship between screen time and metabolic syndrome in adolescents". Journal of Public Health. 30 (2): 153–160. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn022.
- ^ Wiecha, Jean L; Sobol, Arthur M; Peterson, Karen E; Gortmaker, Steven L (2001). "Household Television Access: Associations with Screen Time, Reading, and Homework Among Youth". Ambulatory Pediatrics. 1 (5): 244–251. doi:10.1367/1539-4409(2001)001<0244:HTAAWS>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Laurson, Kelly R; Eisenmann, Joey C; Welk, Gregory J; Wickel, Eric E; Gentile, Douglas A; Walsh, David A (2008). "Combined Influence of Physical Activity and Screen Time Recommendations on Childhood Overweight". The Journal of Pediatrics. 153 (2): 209–214. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.02.042.
- ^ Olds, T.; Ridley, K.; Dollman, J. (2006). "Screenieboppers and extreme screenies: The place of screen time in the time budgets of 10–13 year-old Australian children". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 30 (2): 137–142. doi:10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00106.x. PMID 16681334.
- ^ "How can I give my immune system a boost?". National Health Service. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
- ^ Charansonney OL, Després JP (2010). "Disease prevention--should we target obesity or sedentary lifestyle?". Nat Rev Cardiol. 7 (8): 468–72. doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2010.68. PMID 20498671.
- ^ "Physical Activity Statistics". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ "Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet: England, February 2009". National Health Service. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ Pleis, John R.; Lucas, Jacqueline W.; Ward, Brian W. (2008). "Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey" (PDF). Series Reports from the National Health Interview Survey #10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 11.
- ^ Lopez AD, Mathers CD, Ezzati M, Jamison DT, Murray CJ (May 2006). "Global and regional burden of disease and risk factors, 2001: systematic analysis of population health data". Lancet. 367 (9524): 1747–57. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68770-9. PMID 16731270.
- ^ smh.com.au - Sitting can lead to an early death: study, 2012-03-28
- ^ Dunstan David W.; Owen Neville (2012). "New Exercise Prescription: Don't Just Sit There: Stand Up and Move More, More Often". Arch Intern Med. 172 (6): 500–501. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.209.
- ^ Teychenne M, Costigan SA, Parker K (June 2015). "The association between sedentary behaviour and risk of anxiety: a systematic review". BMC Public Health. 15: 513. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1843-x. PMC 4474345. PMID 26088005.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Physical Activity". World Health Organization. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
- ^ "Physical inactivity a leading cause of disease and disability, warns WHO". World Health Organization. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
- ^ Daniel M. Landers. "The Influence of Exercise on Mental Health". President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
The research literature suggests that for many variables there is now ample evidence that a definite relationship exists between exercise and improved mental health. This is particularly evident in the case of a reduction of anxiety and depression.
- ^ "Who Is At Risk for High Blood Pressure?". National Institutes of Health. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ^ Biswas, A; Oh, PI; Faulkner, GE; Bajaj, RR; Silver, MA; Mitchell, MS; Alter, DA (20 January 2015). "Sedentary time and its association with risk for disease incidence, mortality, and hospitalization in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Annals of Internal Medicine. 162 (2): 123–32. doi:10.7326/M14-1651. PMID 25599350.
- ^ Stewart RA, Benatar J, Maddison R (2015). "Living longer by sitting less and moving more". Current Opinion in Cardiology (Review). 30 (5): 551–7. doi:10.1097/HCO.0000000000000207. PMID 26204494.
- ^ "Obesity and Overweight for Professionals: Causes". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
- ^ "Overweight and Obesity: What You Can Do". Office of the Surgeon General. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
- ^ a b "Exercise and Bone Health". National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. 2009. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ a b "Osteoporosis — Frequently Asked Questions". United States Department of Health and Human Services. 2009. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Kraemer J (March 1995). "Natural course and prognosis of intervertebral disc diseases. International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Seattle, Washington, June 1994". Spine. 20 (6): 635–9. doi:10.1097/00007632-199503150-00001. PMID 7604337.
- ^ "KidsWalk-to-School: Barriers and Solutions". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2008. Archived from the original on March 9, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ^ Commissaris, DA; Huysmans, MA; Mathiassen, SE; Srinivasan, D; Koppes, LL; Hendriksen, IJ (18 December 2015). "Interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and increase physical activity during productive work: a systematic review". Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 42 (3): 181–91. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3544. PMID 26683116. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ Shrestha, N; Kukkonen-Harjula, KT; Verbeek, JH; Ijaz, S; Hermans, V; Bhaumik, S (17 March 2016). "Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 3: CD010912. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD010912.pub3. PMID 26984326. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ Shrestha, N; Grgic, J; Weisner, G; Parker, A; Podnar, H; Bennie, J; Biddle, SJH; Pedisic, Zeljko (13 January 2018). "Effectiveness of interventions for reducing non-occupational sedentary behaviour in adults and older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis". British Journal of Sports Medicine: bjsports-2017–098270. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-098270.
- ^ "Employers are increasingly using workplace health screenings". www.heart.org. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
External links[edit]
|Look up sedentary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Judson, Olivia (2010-02-23). "Stand Up While You Read This". Opinionator. New York Times.
- Gardner, Amanda (2010-07-27). "Study: The longer you sit, the shorter your life". Health Interactives. USA Today.
- Vlahos, James (2011-04-14). "Is Sitting a Lethal Activity?". Magazine. New York Times.


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The female alpha wolf has most likely had her pups, the wolves will stay close to the den site until Aug; then usually the pack goes out and shows the new wolves the area, its during this time when the wolves can be anywhere near town, golf course, water front, seaplane base, hospital or your back yard. We ask all pet owners to keep pets on a leach, out of areas that are more likely frequent by wolves, and that all pet food kept inside. Garbage is in garbage bins with lids.
A fed wolf is a dead wolf. Here is a list of things you can do to help.
Living with Wolves
Tips for avoiding conflicts:
Wolves are shy and generally avoid humans. Most people will never see a wolf, let alone
have a conflict with one. Wolves can, however, lose their fear of humans through habituation and may approach camping areas, homes or humans. When this happens, there is an increased possibility for conflict between wolves and humans. Below are guidelines that you can follow to
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Living in wolf country:Do not feed wolves.
Feed all pets indoors; leave no food outdoors.
Dispose of all food and garbage in cans with
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Do not feed wildlife: attracting any prey
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Hang suet feeders at least 7 feet above the surface of the ground or snow.
Don't leave pets unattended outside: dogs and cats are easy targets for wolves.
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Install motion sensor lights, as they may help keep wolves away.
Camping in wolf country:
Cook, wash dishes and store food away
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Do not feed wolves.
Do not entice wolves to come closer.
Do not approach wolves.
Leave room for a wolf to escape.
Do not allow a wolf to approach any
closer than 300 feet.
Aggressive or fearless wolves
in wolf country:
If a wolf acts aggressively (growls or snarls)
or fearlessly (approaches humans at a close
distance without fear) take the following actions:1
Raise your arms and wave them in the air
to make yourself look larger.
Back away slowly; do not turn your
back on the wolf.
Make noise and throw objects at the wolf.
It is important to keep wolf attacks in perspective.
There has never been a documented case of a
healthy, wild wolf killing a person in North
America. Most wolves are not dangerous to
humans and there is a greater chance of being
killed by lightning, bee sting or car collision
with a deer than being injured by a wolf.
The injuries that have occurred were caused
by a few wolves that became fearless of humans
due to habituation. Nonetheless, like bears and
cougars, wolves are instinctive predators that
should be kept wild and respected.
Suspend food, toiletries and garbage
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text: Where is Ford's most automated assembly plant? Detroit? Western Europe? China? How about rural Camaçari Brazil. Workers use to producing coco and rubber are now working along side of robots to create Ford's fuel-efficient Focus and EcoSport models. The plant is also super flexible and can produce five different models at the same time as under-bodies ride along floor-embedded tracks and workers and robots add components. Another interesting twist is that suppliers work under the same roof providing subcomponents on demand - apparently the UAW union wasn't keen on these concepts in the US. The result is one of the leanest, most automated, and most efficient factories in the world.


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According to an SEC filing, Twitter has named its first female member to its board of directors. Marjorie Scardino, former CEO of the Pearson publishing and education company, will join the board immediately. In addition to her time at Pearson, she also served as CEO of the Economist Group, which publishes The Economist.
The Verge's Russell Brandom notes that Scardino's appointment could be read as a response to criticism the board has faced for its lack of diversity, especially in a November article by the New York Times. At the time, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo hit back — how else? — in a series of tweets attacking both the report and its sources.
TechCrunch's Ingrid Lunden suggests that the move is also good one for Twitter, considering Scardino's media industry background. "The media industry is a key partner for Twitter as the company builds out its revenue-generating business with advertising and coordinated information dissemination," writes Lunden. She also points out that today also happens to be the kickoff of ChimeHack, a female-driven hackathon that's coordinated to coincide with the TEDWomen event in San Francisco.


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When I spoke these words at a Business Marketing Association conference at the end of the last decade, new companies were emerging at an historic pace. Barriers to entry in all manner of markets were falling. Equity capital was spilling into seemingly every proposed innovation. Brands were back. New business was easy to come by, and marketing programs easy to champion.
Were we exuberant? Undoubtedly. Were we irrational? Probably, but time will tell.
Often, I've thought of the college graduating class of 2000. What an idyllic world they thought they were entering. The little seed they planted in online trading grew to touch the clouds. Classmates were endowed with millions in venture capital for dot-com brainstorms. The whole world seemed to be embra-cing the American ideal of democratic capitalism.
The bubble burst. The free market performed its curative task. Lunacy and chicanery were exposed. The business cycle reasserted itself. The American economy dipped into the deepest recession in 20 years.
And then terrorists attacked America. We were suddenly in a conflict that now seemingly will continue until a biblical end of days.
Still, our optimism is unbridled.
In the last five years, we have seen a new generation of marketing management. It's been in the last half-decade that the role of the chief marketing officer has emerged. No longer is marketing turned back by tides of engineering, operations and finance. Tested during a cycle of lean years, marketing has become more professional since 2000 than during the charge up Dot-com Hill.
At the turn of the century, our company bet on the Internet as a media channel to business decision-makers. While the market correction swept away a lot of fraud and frivolity, the Internet's role as a b-to-b medium is now indisputable.
Marketing has also become the next frontier of enterprise automation. As programs work across matrices of geography, business units, channels, alliance partners and an increasing number of media forms, there is practically no way for marketing managers to work without information applications. Technology is driving greater precision in effort, agility in execution and performance in results.
Women are ascendant in marketing leadership. They bring a more participatory and consultative style that's respectful of consensus. It's a style well suited to the marketing function, historically inattentive to these values when customer-facing. The marketing programs of the next five years will substantially outperform those of the prior five, and C suites will be occupied by a larger number of women.
Two trends trouble me.
The half-life of marketing leadership is shrinking. The CEO life span is about seven years; CMOs survive about three. Great brands require years of consistent cultivation. That's becoming more difficult. As an agency executive, I wonder whether we'll ever again perform brand building entirely on one tour of duty, or whether we'll do one phase for one client and other phases for the next.
I'm also concerned that risk is in danger of being neutered. Post-Enron regulation, most notably the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, has arguably criminalized risk in our largest corporations. A market corrupted by a few mountebanks required a medicinal drink of water; instead the politicians reacted with a fire hose.
Weathering the storms of the last five years has required courage. Fueling the next boom will likewise require courage. We dare not permit an over-reliance on data-driven decision-making and timidity in the face of strenuous regulation to deter us from swinging for the fences when our guts tell us to do so.
If the last five years have taught us anything, it is that data and trend lines can be deceiving. There's still abundant mystery in the marketplace, and just as many upsides are born of faith as are born of reason.
Rick Segal is CEO of HSR Business to Business. He can be reached at [email protected]


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Traditions are a funny thing. We like to think they are always important or relevant and that's why we continue to do them. Some are meant to bring us closer together, some are meant to remember important dates. And some stick out to some of us, but not as much to others. One tradition from my childhood that sticks out to me revolves around baking (big surprise). One of my favorite traditions as a child was making chocolate crinkle cookies at Christmas time. However, I also recall asking my mom when we were going to make said cookies, and her reply being surprise–to her, it was not a tradition.
Nevertheless, it remains an important memory to me. Rolling the chilled chocolate cookie dough into balls before dropping it into a bowl of powdered sugar, waiting for them to come out of the oven, the kitchen and dining table piled with baking sheets.
Which, of course, is how you know the memory has become exaggerated: there can't possibly have been more than two or three baking sheets in various stages of baking at any one time. Still, it's a very tangible and happy memory for me, one that always brings a smile to my face, even when I think about how shiny our palms would get with the sticky cookie dough.
I was reminded of this "tradition" this week when I baked these chocolate sugar cookies. I craved cookies and remembered seeing the recipe on Mel's blog, and decided to try them out. I was really pleased when it looked like I could make the dough in a bowl with a spoon instead of breaking out the mixer, particularly since my Kitchenaid is limping along very sadly. It also meant that Sous Chef could do a lot of the mixing with me. She jumped at the chance to bake (largely because it was cookies…she isn't always interested in baking with me if it's not a treat she wants to eat) and pulled a chair over to the counter. We mixed the dough and then I rolled the dough into balls before handing them to her to roll in the granulated sugar. She pushed the dough balls around, squishing them out of shape before placing them on the baking sheet, and memories of making chocolate crinkle cookies at Christmas time with my own mom came flooding into my mind. I smiled widely, and then promptly retrieved my camera. I'm generally not one to take photos of meal preparation, but I made an exception for this.
We baked the cookies, and while I'll have to adjust the flour next time for my high altitude, they were delicious. Perfectly soft and chewy, with a solid chocolate flavor rounded out by the heavy tablespoon of vanilla.
And I wondered. Surely these would work just as well rolled in powdered sugar?
I may not be able to wait to Christmas to find out. Luckily, with as easy as these were, I wouldn't mind in the least. And, while it may not become a Christmas tradition for me and my daughter, I hope baking together will become at the very least a fond memory, one that brings us together as even the best traditions do.
Soft Chocolate Sugar Cookies
from Mel's Kitchen Cafe, originally from Cook's Country
- 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons (8 1/8 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup (2 1/4 ounces) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 14 tablespoons butter
- 1 3/4 cups packed (12 1/4 ounces) dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
- 1/3 cup (2 1/3 ounces) granulated sugar
Preheat the oven to 350.
Melt 10 tablespoons of butter in a large bowl in the microwave until just melted. Add the remaining 4 tablespoons and stir until melted. Allow to cool to 90-95 degrees (or at least 5-10 minutes if you don't have a thermometer).
While you wait for the butter to cool, stir the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder together in a small bowl. Set aside.
When the butter has cooled, whisk in the brown sugar, vanilla, and salt until smooth. Add the egg and egg yolk and whisk until smooth. Stir in the flour mixture until combined.
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Pour the granulated sugar onto a plate or into a bowl. Working with 2 tablespoons of dough at a time, roll it into a ball and roll the dough balls in the sugar. Place on the baking sheets and flatten with the bottom of a glass. Sprinkle each cookie with a pinch of granulated sugar.
Bake one sheet at a time for 12-14 minutes until the tops are puffy and cracked. Don't overbake! Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely (after you sneak one warm one, of course!)


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WHERE TO FIND IT: crunch.com
CRITIQUE: A recent poll on sibling publication BtoB's Web site (netb2b.com) found folks fairly evenly split about what they would want to win in an Internet promotion. Palm personal organizers, cash, digital cameras and frequent-flier miles grabbed nearly equal votes in the informal online survey. Had the site listed the prize that athletic club developer Crunch Inc. is giving away, there probably would have been a breakaway winner.
Well, something would get broken anyway.
Crunch rides the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" trend in its own special way. While its contest won't make anyone a millionaire, it will teach seven people how to kickbox and give the grand prize winner (who gets the 10-week course plus a one-year athletic club membership and a trip for two to New York) a chance to go toe-to-toe with a genuine member of the leisure class and, as the contest promotes, "kick a millionaire's ass."
It certainly sounds like fun.
It seems Crunch asked itself the right questions before setting up the contest. A non-Internet company (Crunch) selling a very non-Internet product (gym memberships) creates plenty of opportunity to build its business through the Internet. How many mouse-pad quarterbacks would like to sign up for a gym without leaving home?
The contest was backed by TV spots that didn't explain much about the promotion, but did drive traffic to the company's Web site at crunch.com. Once there, Web surfers had a chance (before the June 1 entry deadline) to exercise their right to poke around and see what's what in the world of fitness.
WHO CREATED IT: Dimasimo Brand Advertising, New York.


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Friday, August 31, 2012
Washer Woes: Saying Goodbye to a Trusty Friend
My running friends congregated on a playground today to let our three-year-olds commingle. It was fun to watch Collin with his buddies.
Weeks ago we began to notice it. It happened right after I placed a load of whites into my front loading washer and shuffled into the kitchen. Within minutes, it sounded as if a freight train was racing through my house. I rushed into the laundry room to locate the source, barely able to hear myself think over the racket. It was as I suspected; the sound bellowed from my washer.
She was old. That I knew. So, I chalked up the clamor to old age and convinced myself just because she was elderly didn't mean she was useless. In her golden years she had character, I declared. I could live as if I resided on a busy tarmac as long as my trusty washing companion could still brighten my whites and eradicate the dirt and grime from little boys' apparel.
But as the weeks wore by and the noise intensified, I began to feel it. She was getting close to the end. I think I fell into the stages of grief. I was in denial. Surely she wasn't ready to go. We had been through so much together. She had served as my faithful friend in the wee hours of the night when a flu bug circulated through the house and soiled sheets, quilts, and pajamas. She performed miracles on favorite t-shirts splattered in paint and uniforms doused in dirt. She stood with me during the potty training years (times four).
I became angry. She couldn't leave me now that football and soccer season were in full swing!
I bargained with her. I begged her to hold on, just at least through another year of preschool. But she grew louder and louder still.
I grew depressed as I knew our days were numbered.
Then it happened.
After I loaded an armful of colors into her open belly and shut the metal door, that familiar rattle echoed through the house. Within minutes it stopped. The house fell silent. I rushed into the laundry room. She sat lifeless. I tried to talk to her. I shook her and even tried to kick the life back into her. No response.
I motioned my physician husband over to her. He tried a few measures to resuscitate but then mumbled something about the "bearings" and needing to call in an expert and then he jetted off into the kitchen.
A repairman arrived hours later. He told us what we already knew. She was gone and any measures we could take to revive her or prolong her life wouldn't last long. It was time to say our goodbyes.
My husband was more stoic about her passing. He immediately went looking for her replacement, a younger model with more bells and whistles than she ever had. But I couldn't let her go without acknowledging what she meant to me for the last seven years. I patted her lifeless top and thanked her for the ways she brightening (literally) my life.
RIP dear washer, you won't be forgotten.
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This has by far been L's favorite page. She is barely 22 months old, so it is right up her alley!
My sister is making a quiet book for my daughter, and I think a shapes page is a neccessity.:) I love the fabric chain too.:) I'm a new follower from weekend wander.:) Thanks for posting!
Love this idea. I have got to make my boys each a quiet book. It's been on my "to do" list forever....of course, lots of things have been on my "to do" list forever. :) Thanks!
Great idea! i've been wanting to make one of these books for my daughter
That is just the cutest little book. It {almost} makes me want to learn to sew! :)
Cute! And I love that with the magnets instead of velcro, it really will be a "quiet book"
Love it! Thanks for linking up to Things I've Done Thursday!
I love educational projects. My little one could count correctly up to 14 because of books/ games like that and mickey mouse show. I never intended to pressure her or to tech her to count at this age. We just played those for fun. I was actually surprized when they told in the pre-k group that she can count correctly. Thank u for sharing
I am very interested in how you sew your magnets into your pages. Are these just sewn around the circles? By machine or by hand?
I am trying to find the flattest way to make pages.


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Yes, it's that time of the year again. Sunny days, wild flowers blooming, trees budding, birds chirping, and of course, garbage and dog turds left on the trails.
You Know It's Spring In Folsom When You See The Trails Getting Tra
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I saw your post on FB's Folsom Chat about this, also. I happen to live across the street from one of the trails in the Parkway and I'm appalled at what I witness sometimes with people and their pets not being "responsible" on the trails. I can't imagine what goes on "behind the scenes" on those trails out there (since our viewing area is very open and has a "sitting area" and most folks probably behave themselves in plain view of us!!). It's very disconcerting to me that Folsom has become such a different place since I chose to relocate here in 1994. It's such a wonderful place to call "home" and I hope that its residents will join me in keeping it clean, family-friendly and enjoyable as when I first moved here. But, I guess that remains to be seen.
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New Jersey has been losing hospitals for more than two decades; 26 have closed in that time, many in poor, urban neighborhoods that are left with an empty shell where a hospital once stood.
But in recent years, a few developers have purchased some of these abandoned structures, reopening them as private medical complexes that offer many of the services the hospitals once provided.
For struggling cities like Paterson, N.J., the new use removes blight from the streets, restores health care services, creates jobs and provides a tax boost when a for-profit company replaces a nonprofit institution.
Since 2008, developers have bought hospitals in Paterson, Jersey City, Hammonton and Trenton, converting the buildings into so-called medical malls that house an array of services like urgent care centers, doctors' offices and dialysis centers.
Critics worry that these new medical complexes are no substitute for the hospitals they've replaced and may siphon off paying patients from them. Unlike a hospital, individual providers in a private medical complex are not required to provide charity care, nor do these complexes have nonprofit missions to serve a community's health needs, although some tenants are nonprofits.
Nevertheless, these buildings are often ideal for medical uses — an emergency department can be repurposed as an urgent care center. Existing operating rooms can be used for outpatient surgical centers. And an inpatient floor is a natural fit for a subacute care facility. Added to that, the new use is certainly preferable to a deteriorating structure that contributes to urban decay.
Pull into the parking lot of Barnert Medical Arts Complex on a congested street in Paterson, and it might be mistaken for the hospital that closed here in 2008. Red signs direct visitors to an urgent care center that occupies the same space that the emergency department once used. The building also houses three surgical centers, a Planned Parenthood facility and Turning Point, the drug rehabilitation facility where Dennis Rodman stayed in January.
"This was a facility that essentially was empty — the community suffered," said State Senator Bob Gordon, a Democrat representing parts of Bergen and Passaic Counties, who recently reintroduced legislation to provide developers with a tax credit if they repurpose closed hospitals for other medical uses. The developer "was able to transform this facility into one that better matched the needs of the community."
The developer, Community Healthcare Associates of Bloomfield, N.J., bought the building in bankruptcy court in 2008. After a $25 million renovation, the facility now also offers a sleep center, a breast care center and a 54-bed subacute care facility that has crown molding, dark wood floors and plush waiting room furniture. An adult medical day care facility occupies the sixth floor of the building, which was once the maternity ward.
Six years after the developer acquired the 300,000-square-foot property, it is over 95 percent occupied, employs about 700 people and pays about $600,000 in property taxes, although the company is contesting the assessment with the city. In the next few weeks a dialysis center will open on the ground floor.
"We provide almost every service that this hospital used to provide," said Stephen Kirby, a managing partner at Community Healthcare Associates. "So there is still a health care presence here."
These medical malls do offer health care services, but not necessarily the same ones the hospital provided. An urgent care center, for example, is not an emergency room that can admit patients. While a nonprofit hospital is required to serve a community's health needs, a developer's primary goal is to fill space with tenants who can pay the rent. So a primary care doctor or a pediatrician might not be as lucrative a tenant as a radiologist. Barnert, for example, does not have a pediatrician on its roster, while it does have an oncologist, a cardiologist and a psychiatrist.
"The mix of services is radically different" at a medical mall, said Alan P. Sager, a professor of health policy and management at Boston University School of Public Health. "The services added might be more profitable, and if they're not profitable, they are probably going to close."
Barnert developers did, however, actively seek women's health care providers, including Planned Parenthood and a breast center, to replace some services lost when the hospital closed.
Last summer, Global Life Enterprises purchased the shuttered Mercer Hospital in Trenton, which closed in 2011 to make way for a $540 million state-of-the-art facility in suburban Hopewell. Soon, the 650,000-square-foot campus, which dates back to the 19th century, will re-emerge as a health and wellness center, with plans for a hotel-like lobby, a waterfall, an adult medical day care facility, a spa and possibly a yoga center. The complex already has a few tenants, including a smoking-cessation center, a child advocacy group and doctor's offices.
"I am trying to put in services that would complement each other," said Priti Pandya-Patel, founder of Global Life Enterprises, who also owns several sleep centers in the state. "What we're looking to do is to make it into a one-stop health care mall."
New Jersey hospitals have been struggling for decades; eight filed for bankruptcy in the last seven years. All New Jersey hospitals are required to provide charity care, a requirement that can be financially challenging for urban hospitals, which have a larger mix of uninsured patients. Added to that, Americans spend less time in hospitals than they did a generation ago, as more procedures are performed on an outpatient basis. And insurers are often more stringent in coverage of in-hospital care for many illnesses.
A medical mall escapes many of the challenges the hospitals face: Its tenants can turn away uninsured patients, and it doesn't need to staff a hospital with nurses and on-call specialists available at a moment's notice.
"Our model is allowing for the migration of health care from inpatient to outpatient care," said William J. Colgan, a managing partner at Community Healthcare Associates. "Here there are no inefficiencies. You don't have to have an operating room staffed with nurses and doctors if no patients are here."
But for communities with a high mix of uninsured patients, the services available at a medical mall are inaccessible to a sizable portion of the population. So the remaining hospitals absorb more uninsured patients, while they lose paying patients to a medical mall.
"You make it increasingly hard for the safety-net hospitals that remain to survive," said David Knowlton, president of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. "You could start a downward spiral."
As the federal health care law takes hold, however, 444,000 New Jersey residents are expected to join the ranks of the insured and another 250,000 nonelderly residents will be eligible for Medicaid, according to a report by the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy. Many of these new Medicaid recipients will be heavily concentrated in poorer communities like Paterson and Trenton, according to Joel C. Cantor, who co-wrote the report.
Still, even with expanded coverage, independent providers in these medical complexes are much more likely to offer services that are out of network, which generally translates to much higher out-of-pocket costs for patients, Mr. Knowlton said.
Community Healthcare Associations has been expanding on its model. In 2012, the company bought Greenville Hospital in Jersey City for $1 million. Last summer, it bought Kessler Memorial Hospital in Hammonton for $2.5 million. Both facilities are being renovated — Greenville Hospital has been stripped down to the studs — and will reopen as medical malls in 2014 and 2015.


text: Is there anything that has not been said about the analog-vs.-digital debate? With every passing day, the debate looks slightly sillier, as digital photography is firmly replacing analog photography. Just the other day there was another report about plummeting film sales. Those numbers are dominated by "amateurs" - people who take their snapshots now with their cell phones or digital point-and-shoot cameras. But of course, there are many who still shoot film (incl. me) and will continue to do so (at least as long as it's possible). Analog photography is here to stay in the realm of fine-art photography. So what's left to talk about?


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Basketball Brings Big Business To Reno
The NBA Development League Showcase is taking center stage in downtown Reno this week and that means a lot of basketball and a lot of money for the Biggest Little City.
The showcase tipped off at the Reno Events Center Monday morning.
In all, 16 teams are in town to play over the next four days. You might remember, Reno hosted this event last year as well. This is actually the first time the NBA Development League has chosen the same city to host the showcase in back-to-back years.
I asked NBA D-League Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Alpert why they think Reno is perfect for this basketball showcase. "It's a great venue; nice place to watch the game, not a bad seat in the building. It's nice for the scouts as well because they can stay in the hotels, it's only a block away. It's very convenient to get to and from all the hotels."
All 30 NBA teams have a scout here looking for the next basketball prospect to bring up to the big time. While they're on the prowl for the next superstar, they are also giving a boost to our economy.
President of the Reno Bighorns Michael Reynolds said during last year's showcase, more than 1,300 hotel rooms were booked. So you can bet between players, coaches to scouts and of course, fans--some cash is being spent.
"Having these NBA teams in town, I'm sure they're spending some money as well as scouts from around the world. I know we have plenty of scouts who either come in early or stay late beyond or before the showcase to go skiing or just spend time here in the city."
The NBA D-League Showcase wraps up Thursday, January 10th.
The four-game slate on Tuesday, which starts at 10 a.m. PT, concludes with the Los Angeles D-Fenders and the Iowa Energy playing on CBS Sports Network in a fan appreciation night game. The event includes 1,000 free hot dogs for fans as well as ticket giveaways to an upcoming Sacramento Kings game, a VIP courtside suite giveaway to a future Bighorns game, as well as autographed basketballs and other prizes.
Wednesday's four-game schedule, which begins at 10 a.m. PT, will be capped off with the slam dunk competition and a three-point shootout, which will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network. The slam dunk competition will feature Travis Leslie (Santa Cruz Warriors), Dar Tucker (Reno Bighorns), Dominique Sutton (Tulsa 66ers) and Tony Mitchell (Fort Wayne Mad Ants), while the three-point shooting contestants are Nick Covington (Erie BayHawks), Justin Dentmon (Austin Toros), Marcus Landry (Reno Bighorns) and Andy Rautins (Tulsa 66ers). Thursday also includes four games also beginning at 10 a.m. PT.
Fans can buy tickets by visiting www.ticketmaster.com/renobighorns. Once there, they can click on January and click on the Showcase date they would like to attend. Fans can also call the Bighorns front office directly at (775) 853-8220.
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Currently more than 55% of the resort's employees are Maldivian and despite most coming from the nearby islands, the remote location of Hadahaa means nearly all staff live on the island. With this in mind, Park Hyatt has begun to develop a symbiotic relationship with the neighbouring islands and has formed a committee of elected 'Ambassadors' to represent the different communities. Through better connectivity, shared knowledge, development of business skills, and encouragement and participation from both sides, Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa hopes to create a mutually beneficial programme that inspires sustainable development projects, allows the resort to gather supplies and recruits from nearby islands, and ensures the local communities develop and prosper.
Hadahaa Thrive will therefore utilise the knowledge and abilities of employees as well as the wider communities, in order to give everyone a means, as well as the education, to act on their concerns. Through better understanding of each of the island's industries, skills and employment opportunities, Park Hyatt will be able to introduce sustainability goals, provide guidance and support, and open up a unique channel for employees to add value to their communities. Hadahaa Thrive will also enable the resort to purchase the high quality local produce and handicrafts, maintain sustainable work practices and hire new recruits.
Park Hyatt has selected Gemanafushi and Dhandoo as the first communities to take part in the kick-off projects, based on the number of employees from each of these neighbouring islands. The programme will initially focus on improving five key areas:
• Business Development – Agriculture and handicrafts
• Career Development – Career advice: job application through to job development
• Hospitality – Development of skills required for the hospitality industry
• Environment – Provision of education and guidance to ensure sustainable and environmental awareness in order to support the long term maintenance of the islands natural resources and bio-diversity
• Social Awareness – Health advice and drug awareness


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I think i've gone a bit crazy for ringer tees lately, they're just so versatile! All I seem to have worn this summer is denim skirts, denim dungarees and denim shorts so these tee's fit perfectly with that vibe. Sorry for the super summery post (and my pasty legs), this constant changing weather means I'm switching from summer to winter clothes on a daily basis which isn't great for the blog continuity.
In other news, I'm off to Mykonos with my girls on Wednesday (yay!!). I was hoping to organise some scheduled posts for you since I'll be away but I've not had time, so apologies for the lack of posts on the blog for the next 2 weeks.
T shirt - New Look // Denim shorts - Topshop (here) // Sunglasses - Ray Ban


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The Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute is located in California and acts as an asylum for mentally disturbed individuals.
Hugo ReyesEdit
Hurley was institutionalized at Santa Rosa after an accident occurred which caused the deaths of two people. Hurley had walked onto a deck meant to hold 8 people, but was at the time holding 23, when Hurley stepped onto the deck, it collapsed. Hurley blamed the incident on himself and went into a catatonic state, and punished himself by eating. He was committed by his mother, Carmen.
During his time at Santa Rosa, he met and became friends with a man named Dave, who Hurley was unaware was imaginary. Hurley's doctor, Dr. Brooks, had told Hurley on several occasions that he believed Dave was a negative influence on Hurley. When Dr. Brooks took a photograph of the two of them together for the bulletin board, he later presented it to Hurley as proof that Dave was imaginary. That night, as Dave tried to get Hurley to escape, he left Dave behind and admitted that Dave wasn't real. This was his breakthrough and he eventually became better and was released.
Leonard SimmsEdit
Leonard Simms was institutionalized at the institute for his deep psychological issues pertaining to the "Numbers", he would often play Connect Four, and would constantly repeat the numbers to himself. Lenny heard the numbers from Sam Toomey who was an old Navy friend of his, who had heard the numbers come in through a transmission of a voice repeating the numbers from the South Pacific. Sam used the numbers to guess the number of beans at a fair in Kalgoorlie, and after that he had nothing but bad luck. The situation drove Lenny to his state, and his asylum.
During the time Hurley was institutionalized at the facility, he had observed Lenny enough to memorize the numbers for himself, which he later used to play the lottery with. When Hurley was struck with the same apparent bad luck, he returned to the institute in the attempts of learning the truth of the numbers from Lenny himself. However, Lenny became very distraught and irate when learning Hurley used the numbers to play the lottery, and informed him that he had "opened the box" and that he had to get far away from the numbers. Lenny was dragged off by an orderly, and before he was taken, Lenny provided Hurley with Sam's name, and Hurley set off once more to discover the vast meaning.
It is unknown why Libby was originally institutionalized at Santa Rosa, but while she was there, she was on medication. She was eventually released, but it is unknown if she was to continue taking medication once she left.
In the alternate timeline of Season 6, Libby remains a patient there under the care of Dr. Brooks. She is there voluntarily, believing that various memories from the original timeline are delusions and hallucinations.
Emily LockeEdit
Emily Locke was institutionalized at the institute due to her issues with schizophrenia, however, if she stays on the medication she is issued, she is fine.
These are characters that have been involved with the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute.
Numbers triviaEdit
One of many links to the numbers Hurley used to win the lottery is also in the name of the institution itself. If you were to take each letter of the alphabet as it's number chronologically (a=1, b=2 etc.) the letters from 'Santa Rosa' add up to 108; which is also the total of the lottery numbers used.


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For those in Hollywood who are proponents of redistributed wealth for the betterment of society, how about a different type of VAT on both the purveyors and consumers of violent media to help fund the mental health care system?
We put heavy tax on tobacco to discourage use, we can do the same for gratuitous violence.
Just last month in Cook County (Chicago), they passed a "Violence Tax" on gun sales to defray uninsured hospital costs.
And we can cut through the dodge of pitting one scientific study against another with a simple question: Would advertisers pour billions into popular media if it had no impact on behavior?
If the costs to society of obesity, diabetes, etc. is the premise of those who want to regulate and control what is fed to bodies then, for the exact same reason, what is fed to minds -- particularly the young who are the most vulnerable -- is on the table.
Balanced. Consistent.
We get how appealing to prurient interests as the path of least resistance to big box office is part of the free market of ideas.
In terms of personal responsibility, however, we are now getting one example after another of how those who control our Entertainment Culture are struggling to slide out of the hypocritical trap they have placed themselves in.
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Yes, the entertainment world should make a paradigm shift. It is true that the young are extraordinarily absorbed by the entertainment world. They are totally drawn by the themes of the entertainment products namely the films and music. They are very easily convinced when they are communicated via these products. So shifting the entertainment paradigm is changing the young.
Entertainers are not at fault for the psychopathic behavior of the shooter at Newtown. Perhaps violent video games should be questioned more so than performers. As a musician, the last thing I would want to happen to me is to be restricted of expressing myself in my music. Musicians and entertainers are not at fault for the heinous fantasies of psychopaths.
Free men die and so do women and children. While such tragic events are heart breaking they do not require a change in laws especially laws which restrict freedoms. Entertainers are protected by the first amendment and should remain so. Even if the lyrics encourage shooters and appear to tear apart the moral fabric.
Parents are responsible for what programming their children are watching. If a parent believes that what the child watches is inappropriate, then change the channel. We shouldn't have to sacrifice our freedom because of a tragedy happened. If we censor what is being broadcasted, then we give the shooter power over our lives.


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An overview and analysis of the National Unfair Contract Terms ProvisionsCommerce law quarterly
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AbstractThe Commonwealth Parliament has recently introduced the Australian Consumer Law, a legislative regime for a national consumer protection framework. One of the most significant changes to consumer protection within Australia has been the introduction of provisions governing unfair contract terms within consumer contracts. This article outlines the new provisions and examines the way in which the law is likely to be applied by the courts, with reference to relevant case law relating to similar provisions found in legislation in Victoria and New South Wales and United Kingdom.
Citation InformationLoren Holly and Dan Jerker B. Svantesson. "An overview and analysis of the National Unfair Contract Terms Provisions" Commerce law quarterly Vol. 24 Iss. 3 (2010) p. 3 - 14
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There was a time in the 1960s when the gum on U.S. stamps shielded bacteria and viruses, so they could survive for months. That meant you could, theoretically, pick up a bug from an envelope you received. And back then, if you were lickin' stamps for 100 wedding invitations, it wasn't a bad idea to count your calories! Glue on a postage stamp could deliver around 6-14 calories!
Most stamps and many envelopes don't take a lickin' anymore. They're self-adhesive. Among the few water-activated stamps left, no animal products are used in making the glue (they're vegan); those in Israel are certified Kosher; and in the U.S., lickable envelope glue is made from corn, so it's gluten-free! If you wonder about the safety of imported glues on greeting-card envelopes, for example, the Food and Drug Administration has increased its presence in China to enforce quality standards. And you can always use a damp sponge instead of your tongue.
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Everyone knows that when the Incredible Hulk feels stress, he turns into a raging, green monster. But when you worry about money, work, relationships, family responsibilities or health problems, you're more likely to get headaches, gut troubles and/or fatigue, as well as see flares of anger and impatience — all symptoms of day-in, day-out unresolved stress. And those physical responses come with a pretty stiff price tag: Half of all deaths in folks younger than 65 are stress-related.
So if you're stressed (about 25 percent of you report dealing with extreme stress), sit down, take a deep breath and try these two surprising stress-reduction techniques.
Put stress-reducing foods on your plate. Certain foods reduce your levels of the stress hormone cortisol, and that will help protect your cardiovascular system and nerves. Calming foods include: spinach, for its cortisol-controlling magnesium; white beans, barley, mackerel and cod, for their phosphatidylserine, a component of cell membranes that can calm nerves and help you sleep; citrus fruit's vitamin C helps slow cortisol production; and salmon and ocean trout are packed with inflammation-quelling DHA omega-3s that may reduce stressed-out feelings.
Give yourself a massage. We suggest Ayurvedic self-massage for its immune-modulating, pleasure-producing benefits that can reduce anxiety, tummy troubles, headaches, insomnia, even TMJ. After you get out of the shower, using a light oil, rub each body part from the top of your head to your toes with a firm, gentle, circular motion. You also can use roller-bars, hand-held massage sprayers and rolling balls on legs, back and feet.
Fifty years ago, 17-year-old Randy Gardner and two pals camped out in his bedroom to see what would happen if Gardner broke the world record for sleep deprivation. The teenager stayed awake for 264.4 hours (that record stands today), experiencing moodiness, hallucinations, incoherent thinking and slurred speech.
The 50 million to 70 million North Americans who have frequent trouble falling or staying asleep don't have to go to such extremes to discover the side effects of insomnia: relationship problems, heart disease, anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and stroke.
If you usually don't get six and a half to eight hours of restful sleep, try to ID the cause. Insomnia can be triggered by environmental problems such as a TV or digital device use, or noise or light in the bedroom (only red light is sleep-compatible). Or you may have trouble sleeping because of emotional distress or a medical condition, such as chronic pain or sleep apnea. So make your bedroom sleep-friendly, and ask your doc about treatment for any condition that's keeping you awake. Then try these drug-free ways to sleep better.
Exercise daily, but not within three hours of bedtime. Walking 10,000 steps a day dispels stress and cues your body to rest. Soak in an Epsom salts bath, and eat a banana before bed — the combo of magnesium and potassium relaxes muscles, and hot water helps dispel stress hormones.
Drink chamomile tea. But skip late-night alcohol; it'll spike blood sugar and interfere with sleep cycles.
If these don't do the trick, ask your doc for a referral to a sleep specialist.
Dr. Mehmet Oz is host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and Dr. Michael Roizen is chief medical officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. For more information go to www.sharecare.com.


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2013 is the debut album from Justin Velor, a vibrant Technicolor collision of styles (you might call it a musical Dr. Frankenstein, he says) incorporating everything from Vangelis-inspired synth drones and nocturnal acid house rhythms to tender folk melodies and psychedelic flourishes. I wanted to make a fantastical soundscape with colourful dynamics and a soul, he explains.
Helping him with his vision 'Velor' called upon some of the finest of Manchester's rich alternative music heritage. Working closely on the project were Doves frontman Jez Williams and 808 State founding member Graham Massey, who both figured heavily in the production and writing of the album, while another Manc icon, Teenage Fanclub's Gerry Love, adds a stunning cameo on the Eastern-tinted Missing You. Add to that Glaswegian Chris Geddes, one of the shining lights behind the insurmountable Belle and Sebastian, and Lee E John from' 80s soul sensations Imagination, who lends vocals to the record's poppy closer Back to the Source, and you have a truly stellar cast of musicians.


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In the early 1980's antique dealer and auctioneer Barry Homer opened Bell Court Auctions in Bidford on Avon and the lively local business continued with biweekly auctions for nearly twenty years. After Barry's death his son, auctioneer Martin Homer ran the business for over eight years. In 2011 Martin returned to the auction world and launched Littleton Auctions located in the Worcestershire village of Middle Littleton. His mission - to run fortnightly auctions accepting a combination of antique furniture and effects as well as quality modern lots and to provide a local and accessible service to vendors with a global reach for buyers thanks to live online bidding.
Vendors are invited to bring in goods during non-auction weeks on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9 till 5 for acceptance for the following Saturday week sale, we do not accept lots during auction week. Please ring the auction room prior to bringing in so we can advise as to what does and doesn't warrant entry and to confirm we have room, as a guide we are looking for a minimum value of £30 per catalogued lot. For larger consignments of 10 lots and over please call to book an appointment. We are always happy to offer free estimates on items and can fix a reserve price on items over the value of £30 if both parties are happy. If you require larger goods to be collected (or delivered) we outsource our transport requirements to 3 local companies who are all very reasonable on price and offer a first rate service, call either Ben on 07796 048 878, Phil on 07766 293 885 or Dave on 07966 540 453 for a free quote. Our commission rates are the lowest around at just 15% + V.A.T. (minimum of £2.50 + V.A.T.) plus 1% guarantee and a £3 + V.A.T. lotting fee per catalogued item. Vendor's payments become due 11 working days (2 weeks) after the sale by either BACS transfer directly into the clients account or collection of cash from the saleroom (if available - please phone first).
Buying at one of our auctions is simple. On your first visit we will issue you with a unique bidder's number which is free and can be used for future auctions (I.D. required), you can then attend the sale in person, leave a commission bid, or, in special circumstances you may bid by telephone at the time of the sale (conditions apply), you may also bid online via the-saleroom.com. Our buyer's premium is just 17% + V.A.T. on the hammer price or 22% + V.A.T. if you buy online via the-saleroom.com. Payment for goods can be made in Cash, by Debit Card, by Credit Card (maximum £300) or by Bank tranfer.
Our auctions take place every fortnight at 10am on Saturday mornings and usually finish around 2pm - although we are always here till 3pm on sale days. Viewing is strictly on Friday's from 10am to 7pm and from 8.30am on the day.
Office opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm - Closed on non-auction Fridays & Saturdays.
We look forward to greeting you.
When I was moving house I looked for an auction house which would sell all the things I didn't think were worth very much, but that I didn't need any more. I have taken two consignments to Littleton Auctions for two separate sales. Both times I have been bowled over by the friendly, no fuss reception I've had. It's easy to park and drop things off – how they keep track of everything I shall never know, but they do, and lot them up really intelligently. The best of all is the really good prices obtained, even on a snowy Saturday in March, and again a no fuss, accurate record of sale prices and costs.
I really can't recommend Littleton Auctions enough for good service and good value. I'm considerably better off for using them!
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Design and technology at the Museum investigation worksheet
Image of a Barbary (or Ottoman) corsair – often called 'Barbary pirates' – who were based in North Africa.
What happened on Francis Drake's famous voyage? And what did his contemporaries think of him? Students step into the shoes of those who knew Francis Drake to develop their own hypothesis about whether Francis Drake was a pirate, an explorer or a privateer.
Students examine a range of historical sources to research and refine their hypothesis as they explore the question: Was Francis Drake a pirate, an explorer or a privateer?
Includes definitions of pirate, explorer, privateer; a Question Time-style intro; and character information for students in the hot seat.
Questions to answer while watching the film 'Around the world with Francis Drake'.
Questions to answer while watching the film 'Around the world with Francis Drake'.
A drawing activity in which students visualise the elliptical orbits of the planets and, optionally, study their geometry using basic algebra.
Painting of the Dutton was a ship chartered by the East India Company, wrecked in Plymouth Sound during a gale on 26 January 1796.
East India Company artefact cards.


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ALEXANDRIA, Va. and SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Roughly seven in 10 organizations use employee recognition programs to strengthen corporate culture according to a joint survey from Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Globoforce consultancy.
The survey shows that 72 percent of HR professionals say their company or organization's employee recognition program serves to help the business "instill and reinforce corporate values to its employees."
Even more—82 percent—report employee recognition programs have a positive impact on employee engagement. Another 54 percent say recognition programs help the organization retain employees.
Still, when it comes to performance reviews, only 61 percent of HR professionals say employees are rewarded according to their job performance and only 56 percent say annual performance reviews are an accurate appraisal for employees' work. A little more than half—52 percent—of HR professionals say managers and supervisors effectively acknowledge and appreciate employees' performance.
Furthermore, the joint SHRM-Globoforce survey, the second of two to release in 2012, shows that:
The numbers could explain why the majority of HR professionals (75 percent) say employees are not satisfied with the level of recognition they receive for work well done.
Also notable, only 16 percent of HR professionals say the recognition programs serve "to identify high and low performers." Fewer, 12 percent, say the programs serve "to identify the most influential employees."
"Employee recognition programs are especially powerful when the design allows managers and employees to report successes throughout the year and reward, and recognize individual performance accordingly," said Mark Schmit, vice president of research at SHRM.
"Highly engaged employees can boost a company's profitability," said Eric Mosley, CEO of Globoforce. "Our research finds that when organizations invest one percent or more of payroll into recognition programs, they experience a positive impact on both employee engagement and financial results."
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