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Jana Johnson Humleker blends one part passion for live theater with a good portion of love of the culinary arts in a big mixing bowl of family and community involvement.
Jana Johnson Humleker blends one part passion for live theater with a good portion of love of the culinary arts in a big mixing bowl of family and community involvement.
A long-time participant and co-founder of Flat Rock Playhouse's Supporting Players volunteer guild and in leadership roles at the Community Foundation of Henderson County, Humleker also enjoys feeding her love of cooking with the team at Hubba Hubba Smokehouse.
"I truly, truly love people and love spending time with people," says Humleker, a resident of Flat Rock. "To me, volunteering is a natural thing, because I love to help."
Having chaired the food committee for Dark Night Revue's "picnic" for 16 of the 21 years the Playhouse fundraiser has been celebrated, Humleker is still excited about the Supporting Players' part in keeping the State Theatre of North Carolina thriving.
"Having volunteered at the Playhouse over all these the years, it never ceases to thrill me when the curtain goes up, knowing that I had a little something to do to make that happen, knowing that I have been able to help here from time to time," she says.
Humleker, 55, joined the board of directors at Flat Rock Playhouse in 1993, and was soon involved in launching a volunteer guild, a brainchild of Playhouse actor Scott Treadway.
"Jana has made a significant impact on Flat Rock Playhouse throughout the years," says Lynn Penny, associate director of development at Flat Rock Playhouse. "Her leadership, commitment, dedication, loyalty and extraordinary work ethic are unparalleled."
Penny adds, "She is devoted to her family, her friends, and the organizations that she is passionate about — she is a gift not only to FRP, but to Henderson County!"
The dinner and performance evening that is Dark Night Revue has raised thousands of dollars for the Playhouse, with monies used to refurbish bathrooms on the campus, buy needed equipment, and supplement the YouTheatre building fund.
"What's remarkable is the loyalty and passion of the people who work on making Dark Night Revue happen," Humleker says. "Everyone has a great time, and some of the committee members have served repeatedly, some for as many as 15 to 20 years!"
"It's the one time of year you can see actors you have known so well on stage in a different light," she says of Dark Night Revue.
"Robin Farquhar used to say there's nothing like live theater — you're there in and of the moment — and then the show's over."
Humleker doubled up her community involvement in 2004 when she went on the board of directors at the Community Foundation of Henderson County after serving on committees with the philanthropic organization.
"I didn't realize how much I would learn, because the Community Foundation encompasses so much in the community, from arts and human services to animal care, the environment, education, and scholarships," Humleker says.
She served as board chair at the Foundation for two years over 2010 to 2012 and helped start their Vintage Carolina event in 2006, which has become a yearly fundraiser.
McCray Benson, president and CEO of the Community Foundation, worked closely with Humleker while she was board chair.
"She's profoundly dedicated and engaged, and wants to understand the process," Benson says. "Jana has a certain enthusiasm that highlights the best that we are, both as people and as an institution.
"She's very inclusive, and has an interest in all groups, young people, professionals, and seniors," adds Benson. "If the voices are not in the room, she asks how do we get them in the room."
A celebrity chef dinner event staged for a number of years for the Community Foundation is another of Humleker's accomplishments there.
"I think that's what's unique about Dark Night Revue and the Vintage Carolina events — they have become signature events in a way, something that those attending look forward to and enjoy year after year," Humleker says.
Both she and husband Bill Humleker are big into community involvement — a legacy of their families, for whom volunteering was naturally integrated into life.
"Volunteering is rewarding is so many ways, and there's a lot of personal satisfaction," Humleker says. "Bill and I were raised to leave things better than you found it," she adds.
Bill Humleker is executive director of Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and writes a regular column for the Hendersonville Lightning — in which his wife and their two daughters are lovingly referred to a The Empress (TE) and Princess I and Princess II (PI and PII).
The Humlekers' elder daughter, Lindsay, and her husband, Mike Cromartie, are now part of the same team Jana Humleker has been on the last two seasons at Hubba Hubba Smokehouse in Little Rainbow Row in Flat Rock.
The Cromarties are chefs at the popular barbecue smokehouse, while Humleker assists catering manager Kristin Huntley as part of her duties at Hubba Hubba.
"I absolutely love it. It's very much suited to me because we get to visit with people all day long, and I can tap into my love of wonderful food and party planning. I love to cook and entertain," she says. "It's a family over there."
Humleker appreciates that Hubba Hubba owner Starr Teal and Huntley share a similar focus on community involvement.
From 2004 to 2012, Humleker also served on Pardee Hospital's Women Helping Women committee, which she counts as a valuable experience.
Part of Pardee's foundation, Women Helping Women addresses the needs of women without adequate health care resources.
"Women Helping Women is a fabulous committee to work on — I would encourage anyone in the community to consider it," Humleker says.
Time with family is important to Humleker, who enjoys regularly taking care of her 2-year-old grandson, Mason Cromartie.
Being with her grandson is like reliving the joy she had raising her own daughters, she says.
Audrey, the Humlekers' younger daughter, a recent graduate of Washington and Lee University, is soon traveling to France to teach English.
Humleker acknowledges the challenges for people in this community in balancing work and family time in order to volunteer at a chosen organization.
Still, people like Humleker find ways to give back.
"In Henderson County, you find there are volunteers that help out in a number of capacities," she says. "It's what makes this community so special."


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Busy entrepreneurs agree: Administrative tasks take a big bite out of tight management schedules. Small Business Administration: How Small Businesses Maximize Productive Time, a 1997 national survey conducted by Comprehensive Business Services (CBS), revealed that 81 percent of small-business owners rank administrative functions among their most time-consuming tasks.
"Small-business owners need to do a lot of different things to be successful," says Charles White at Mission Viejo, California-based CBS. Compounding the challenge, unavoidable duties such as accounting generate no revenue--while gobbling up as much as 15 hours per week for the average small-business owner.
Where can you find relief? An increasingly popular solution is outsourcing. Eighty-two percent of the business owners surveyed outsource accounting and payroll operations--a smart move, according to the numbers: Sixty-eight percent of those who outsource financial functions report saving up to 10 hours per week. "As entrepreneurs prioritize their activities," says White, "outsourcing is an obvious avenue to becoming more efficient."
New Wave
You could say Marko Babic, 31, has surfed his way to success. As a longtime surfer, "I knew the benefits of neoprene and always dreamed of creating a product out of it," says the Santa Monica, California, entrepreneur of the porous fabric used to make wet suits.
The idea for Cellsuits--a line of sporty cellular phone covers--came naturally when Babic found nothing but bulky, boring cellular phone covers when he shopped for one for himself. Curious whether there was a market for his colorful, wet suit-inspired designs, Babic attended a consumer electronics trade show in early 1996 and learned that accessories were becoming an important part of the wireless communications business. He took his ideas to the drawing board, and soon the Flipper (for flip-top phones), the Banana Peel (which peels back to reveal the keypad) and the Joey (a universal pouch) designs were born.
Reaching $1 million plus in sales in its first six months, Babic's company, GoNeo LLC, quickly garnered a worldwide licensing agreement with ocean-activewear giant Body Glove. Babic and his partners, Sebastian Grande, 27, and Jeff Galant, 31, have seen no letup since they left their full-time jobs in late 1996. Says Babic, "The business didn't really [take off] until we quit our jobs and went for it 100 percent." Spoken like a true surfer.
Glowing Report
Candles aren't just for dinner parties or power outages anymore. Marketed in an increasing variety of creative and funky shapes, sizes and scents, candles are revamping our homes, offices and even our sense of well-being.
The latest scented candles sport such captivating names as Zest for Life and Peaceful Nights, and inviting shapes, such as seashells, chocolate candies and the lifelike fruits and vegetables in ACG Green's Candlez line (at left). Sales of candle accessories are red-hot, too, with elaborately formed holders shaped like everything from musical notes to bird cages.
And as other consumer trends go, so go candles, says William Llanes, regional sales manager for ACG Green in Santa Fe Springs, California: "Our coffee candle is really hot right now," appealing to men in particular. Next on ACG's agenda: Wake up and smell its teacup candles, scented with chamomile tea and apple cinnamon.
Is it all about control, with consumers seeking to influence the very air around them? Or perhaps candles' popularity is part of the pre-millennium trend toward the ethereal. Whatever the explanation, retailers and wholesalers don't expect this flame to burn out anytime soon.
Good Connections
For new business owners, networking isn't an option; it's a necessity. Whether pursued as a way to contribute to your bottom line or to explore been-there, done-that solutions from others in your industry, networking is one of the smartest moves you can make. How to make it pay off--painlessly? Networking strategists Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon show you in Smart Networking: How to Turn Contacts Into Cash, Clients, & Career Success (Kendall/Hunt Publishing, $18, 800-352-2939). The authors credit insights drawn from participants in their interactive networking workshops for this practical tutorial.
Defining networking as "small talk with a target," Baber and Waymon go beyond the traditional be-a-good-listener advice. Proffering a "new mind-set about business contacts," Smart Networking places people skills at a premium.
In an examination of "the art of rainmaking," you'll learn to assess your customer base and identify potential clients. You'll also learn to track, measure and stay in touch with leads.
Start It Up
Thanks to the excellent reader response to our April article "Shoestring Start-Ups," we wanted to offer some additional resources to help you launch the businesses mentioned. For information on:
- Image Consulting: Association of Image Consultants International, 1000 Connecticut Ave. N.W., #9, Washington, DC 20036, (800) 383-8831
- Inventory Counting Service: APICS, Education Society for Resource Management, 500 W. Annanbale Rd., Falls Church, VA 22046, (800) 444-2742
- In-Store Demonstration: Field Marketing Services Association, 8566 Laureldale Dr., Laurel, MD 20724, (800) 338-6232
- Medical Transcription: American Association for Medical Transcription, P.O. Box 576187, Modesto, CA 95357-6187, (209) 551-0883, http://www.aamt.org/aamt
- Pet-Sitting: National Association of Professional Pet Sitters, (800) 296-PETS, http://www.petsitters.org
- Photography: Robert Kowtko, Silhouette Studios, 1305 Welsh Rd., Warrington, PA 18976, http://www.voicenet.com/~robk/photography
- Tax-Form Preparation: California Society of Enrolled Agents, 3200 Ramos Cir., Sacramento, CA 95827, (800) TAX-PROS
- Utility Service Marketing: Robert Danielson, Danielson and Associates, firstname.lastname@example.com; http://www.electric4less.com
Food For Thought
News, facts and figures to spark ideas for new and better businesses.
- Hear them roar: Wondering where to aim your advertising dollar? The buying power of women continues to surge: Recent estimates from the International Mass Retailing Institute Convention place 35 per-cent of women ahead of their husbands in annual earnings.
- Food stuff: We can put a man on the moon, but can we make it easier to eat right? While 79 percent of Americans acknowledge the connection between nutrition and health, only 39 per-cent actively pursue healthy diets, according to the American Dietetic Association's 1997 Nutrition Trends Survey--down from 44 percent in 1991.
- Mrs. Mom: Is it back to the future (or just a conservative backlash)? Although his conclusions are controversial, economist Richard Hokenson contends more mothers are heading home, at least until their kids grow up.
Two-income marriages still outnumber single-earner families two to one, but in many up-scale neighborhoods, the number of women choosing the mommy van over the briefcase could make this a market worth investigating.
Contact Sources
ACG Green, (800) 888-6861, ext. 103
Comprehensive Business Services, (800) 323-9000, http://www.comprehensive.org
GoNeo LLC, (310) 458-3854, http://www.goneo.com

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It was an Orangefest/Blueapalooza at the state Capitol today as lawmakers and others donned Denver Broncos colors in honor of the playoff game Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens.
A few of the lawmakers even wore Broncos jerseys.
In the Senate, Republican Bill Cadman of Colorado Springs and jersey-clad Democrat Mike Johnston of Denver had getting the body to cheer "Broncos!" At the end, orange Broncos towels — no doubt the handiwork of Broncos lobbyist Bill Artist — came flying down from the third-floor gallery into the Senate chamber.


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This is a review of a shop selling art history books. It's also a shop which I shall definitely be going back to. Yesterday I visited Thomas Heneage Art Books and walked away with two excellent books - one a Tate Publishing catalogue of the 1998 retrospective exhibition of John Singer Sargent at the Tate Gallery and a 1984 book providing an overview of Pastels and pastel artists from the 16th to the 20th century by Genevieve Monnier.
|Name of Art Bookshop: Thomas Heneage Art Books
|Address: 2 Duke Street, St James's, London SW1Y 6DJ
|Website: Thomas Heneage Art Books http://www.heneage.com
|Shope hours: Monday to Friday 9.30am to 6pm, otherwise by appointment (closed public holidays).
|Telephone: +44 (0)20 7930 9223
|Of interest to: art lovers, students of art history, gallery owners, art dealers, art exhibition visitors, art students and art teachers
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Thomas Heneage Art Books was founded in 1977. The business focuses on selling art books. We specialize in books for the art market, our core business being in catalogues raisonnés, monographs and international exhibition catalogues. It is our policy to stock the most authoritative book on any subject and in any language, irrespective of its being new or second hand.I'm never averse to stepping over the threshold of an art bookshop. However shops in the "very posh" St Jame's area of London can be a bit intimidating. However this one is very relaxed - there are books everywhere and you sometimes have to watch your step!
This shop also has extremely friendly and very helpful staff. For example, after I asked whether I could take photographs and explained why, I was given a complete tour of the bookshop - and the coverage of topic areas within art hsitory is extensive - including I then asked about a book I've been trying to get hold of Wilfrid Blunt's The Art of Botanical Illustration and one was located in a very short space of time and I had a price for it. Reader - I was impressed!
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surveys what's on offer
This is the sort of bookshop which is a recommended visit for serious art bibilophiles, art historians, art teachers and students of art history - not to mention the art dealers - many of whom get their reference books here.
The books are authoritative and the best quality. Some are new (the type which only get published in limited numbers for not insignificant prices) but the majority are secondhand. That said they are all in good condition. Some even come with some added extras inserted by their previous owners - always a small joy to find! I opened up my Pastels Book to find an item from the Galerie Camoin on the Quai Voltaire in Paris.
If you like art history and you really like books I recommend a visit.


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Four wax heads showing the effects of syphilis and their treatment, Germany, 1910-1920
For an activity that ensures the survival of the human race, sex can be risky. Such intimate contact provides the ideal opportunity for the spread of a number of diseases. Historically, these sexually transmitted infections (STIs) - once known as venereal diseases (VD) - have had effects ranging from minor inconveniences to disfigurement and death. Despite improvements in treatment they remain major public health issues.
The spread of syphilis
The appearance of syphilis in Europe at the end of the 1400s heralded decades of death as the disease raged across the continent. But by the 1800s it had become endemic, carried by as many as 10% of men in some areas. Associated with extramarital sex and prostitution, syphilis was accompanied by much social stigma. The disgrace was such that many sufferers hid their symptoms, while others carrying the latent form of the disease were unaware they even had it. The secretive nature of syphilis helped it spread.
The treatment of syphilis
Until the development of the drug Salvarsan in the early 1900s, the treatment of choice for several centuries was mercury, which had distressing side effects and limited effectiveness. As syphilis - like the other main venereal disease, gonorrhoea - was so difficult to treat, avoiding catching it in the first place was advisable. So in addition to the intense shame society placed on these diseases, some targeted public health measures were introduced, a common focus of which was prostitutes - who were held to be responsible for much of the spread of syphilis.
Government involvement in preventing the spread of syphilis
Alongside prostitutes, another section of the community was also disproportionately affected. This was the military. Limiting the interaction between these two groups has tested the authorities for centuries. In Britain the first Contagious Diseases Act of 1864 allowed the compulsory medical examination of any woman believed by police to be a prostitute, a move that met with much opposition, most notably from Victorian feminist Josephine Butler. It was initially enforced in several towns where troops were stationed, as the act was a direct response to the high levels of VD among troops during the Crimean War.
The effects of syphilis on the military: the First and Second World Wars
Alongside laws, moral pressure remained key to fighting VD. Few soldiers on active service in the 1900s were unaware of the possible physical and social consequences of sexual encounters, dangers that were often backed up with sickeningly graphic imagery. Not that it stopped them though. During the First World War (1914-18) there were nearly half a million hospital admissions for VD among British troops alone. Every day thousands of men were unavailable for active service. This manpower wastage was not forgotten. During the Second World War (1939-45) preventative efforts intensified through films, lectures, posters, leaflets and the greater availability of condoms. Infection rates remained stubbornly high, but treatment times were drastically reduced with the arrival of penicillin. VD cases even gained priority access to the drug if it meant a faster return to the front line. Unlike in the 1800s, medical control had joined moral control in the management of syphilis.
AIDS and syphilis, a similar fearful reaction
When AIDS was first reported in America in 1981 it provoked reactions which echoed those that had accompanied syphilis for so long. That many of the earliest cases were among homosexual men created a climate of prejudice and moral panic. Fear of catching this new and mysterious disease was also widespread among the public. Even toilet seats and used cutlery were eyed with suspicion. More sinisterly, there were calls to introduce compulsory testing, identity cards and quarantine.
Campaigners and charities beat the government to action
As the means of infection became clearer, public health strategies gained focus and attempted to ensure that no groups became scapegoats for AIDS. But much of the drive to increase awareness and distribute advice remained with the campaigners and charities that had first taken the initiative while governments had hesitated. Prevention was central to these strategies, with messages of safe sex and the emergence of the condom as a primary means of protection.
The global spread of AIDS
The observed time-lag between contracting HIV and the onset of AIDS, coupled with new drug treatments, changed perceptions in the West. Increasingly it was seen as a chronic but manageable disease. The global story was different. By the mid-1980s it became clear that the virus had spread, largely unnoticed, throughout the rest of the world. The nature of this global pandemic varies from region to region, but poorer areas have been hit hardest. In parts of sub-Saharan Africa nearly 1 in 10 adults carries the virus - a statistic reminiscent of syphilis in parts of Europe in the 1800s.
The limited success of public health schemes
Hampered by a lack of resources, many regional AIDS-related public health initiatives have had limited effects. The stigma associated with AIDS in parts of the world has also, as with syphilis before it, assisted its spread. With restricted access to drug treatments, many countries relied almost entirely on prevention-only measures. Well over 30 million people are now infected with HIV worldwide, so it is clear that such measures have their limitations.
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P L Allen The Wages of Sin: Sex and Disease, Past and Present (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000)
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V Berridge, AIDS in the UK: The Making of a Policy, 1981-1994 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996)
C Campbell, Letting Them Die: Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003)
L A Hall and R Davidson (eds), Sex, Sin and Suffering: Venereal Disease and European Society Since 1870 (Studies in the Social History of Medicine), (London: Routledge, 2001)
C Quetel, The History of Syphilis (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1992)
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2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel: Initial Allocation Filled in 3 Days
Is this initial rush a sign of what's to come?
Manufacturers can perfect, polish, and push their products with all their might, but at the end of the day only one thing really counts – how successful were they in persuading you to actually buy their products?
You can imagine that the guys over at Ram were sweating out the first weeks of February as they opened up ordering for the 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel. This "superstar" 1/2-ton touts the best highway-cycle test result ever achieved by a fullsize ½-ton pickup with an EPA rating of 28 mpg. This fuel-sipping pickup packs 420 lb-ft of torque and boasts 9,200 lbs. of towing capacity. Reviews from the few who have piloted this light-duty diesel seem positive. But would the orders come?
The answer is a resounding yes. Ram quickly filled the initial allocation for the EcoDiesel between the afternoon of February 7th and the morning of February 10th, receiving more than 8,000 orders. That's about 115 EcoDiesels ordered per hour, or about 2 per minute. About 50-percent of the total order mix was for the EcoDiesel. An all-time high was achieved as the special order rate (already paid for by customers for a truck they've yet to test drive) was nearly twice the corporate average.
"The Ram 1500 is the only half-ton truck available with a diesel, so we see this as incremental business by having the only truck that can offer best-in-class fuel economy of 28 MPG combined with 9,200 lbs. of towing capacity," said Reid Bigland, President and CEO — Ram Truck Brand, Chrysler Group LLC. "It's every truck manufacturer's dream to have this kind of initial order demand for a product. Fuel economy is the No. 1 request of half-ton buyers and the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel delivers without compromising capability."
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How the tobacco companies handle the lawsuits they are charged with.
If you want to discover how the tobacco companies (and not the weapon manufacturers like in the movie) handle the lawsuits they are charged with in the USA read the tremendous awesome paperback book entitled The runaway jury written by John Grisham.
Millions of dollars are spent in the unique goal not to be convinced with the charge of manufacturing an unhealthy addictive product. And the companies managed to reach their goal. The jury selection ending with twelve jurors selected from a group of more than a hundred persons with the key advices of psychological experts working for both parties (defendant and victim) is in itself astonishing. But it's only the beginning, after that comes the methods to influence the jurors such as buying the whole nation wide store company that posses the local store in which one of the juror is a seller. This book made me think a lot of the David against Goliath struggle undertaken by Dr Braillon in France. I have not yet see the movie but I really enjoyed reading the book.
Beside why the film producer has replace the tobacco companies by the riffle manufacturer companies? Has he received any pressure, hasn't he?
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Politique de lutte contre le tabagisme en France: De la guerre au compromis et à la collaboration.
Alain Braillon (a), Anne-Sophie Mereau (b) et Gérard Dubois (b)
Braillon A, Dubois G. TOBACCO CONTROL: UP IN SMOKE IN EUROPE? Addiction. 2012;107(5):1016-1017. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03797.x.
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Searching for an Indicator of the Influence of the Tobacco Lobby on Politicians
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Worst Emmys Makeup & Hair: Anna Faris
I like Anna Faris so much, so much, so much. But… I'm worried. I worry that maybe the pressure after baby was too much, what with getting a new show and – gasp! – being almost 37 in Hollywood. Was it too much? There seems to be a lot of stress on her face, you know? Like…is it breaking?
I don't want to say that. I don't want to be harsh. She's too sweet for it. But, but, but…
Something is going on here, OK? It's more than just really, really, REALLY sh-tty makeup. (And lack of moisturiser.) It's more than just a terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE wig. It's more than just her extreme thinnification. It's all of it altogether and I wonder…
Is it worth it?
For her, I hope Mom, her new show with Allison Janney, is worth it. I hope by season 2 she can be less…whatever it is that's making her look like she looked last night.
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Canon said today that it would give a free firmware update to users of the hallowed EOS 5D Mark II camera, allowing them to shoot in full HD using manual exposure controls including ISO, aperture and shutter speed.
Some notes: This is great news but there's no word on whether the Rebel T1i, with
the same sensor similar video capability, will get the upgrade. This upgrade doesn't up the "full HD" 1080p to 60 frames per second—it stays at 30fps as far as I know. The auto-focus issue that we encounter in all DSLRs that shoot video is still present in this one, although Canon's solution is currently better than others. And finally, the Nikon D90 lets you do some of this stuff now, as we saw, but as Canon alludes in its statement, the D90 isn't full frame, and it's just 720p.
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This lightweight, compact submersible centrifugal pump is ideal for moving water in multiple confined and open area applications. This is a powerful, versatile, low maintenance pump that is perfect for a wide range of operations supporting Contractors, Service Utilities, Municipalities, and Homeowners. Further, the ST2037 incorporates a rugged cast aluminum housing, internal thermal overload protection, dual shaft seals, sealed ball bearings impeller and molded 25' Power Cable with strain relief. Model ST2037F is available that provides a tethered industrial mechanical float switch assembly.
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Max. Lift 25 ft 7.6 m
Max. Head 98 ft 30 m
Max. Pressure 42.4 psi 292 kPA
Max. Solid Intake 1 in 25 mm
Fuel Tank Capacity 1.03 Gal 3.6 L
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Overall Width 18.3 in 465 mm
Overall Height 20.3 in 516 mm
Operating Weight 97 lb 44 kg
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Centrifugal pumps deliver liquid at uniform pressure without shocks or pulsations. Having only one easy-to-replace wearing part (a seal), Subaru's centrifugal construction pumps are easy to maintain, requiring no lubrication, gears, pistons or diaphragms. The simplicity, compactness and economical design make them ideal for a wide variety of general applications. And best of all, every pump is powered by Subaru's industry leading 4-cycle engine technology, ensuring optimum performance and reliability. Ideally suited for clear water applications, centrifugal pumps can be used for draining pools and ponds, powering sprinklers, providing firefighting support in suburban or rural areas, and dewatering job sites or agricultural locations.
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5 Signs Your Dog Has Urinary Tract Disease
1. Straining to Urinate
Cystitis, also known as bladder inflammation, can lead to straining when urinating. It can eventually even lead to more severe and emergency type of situations like the formation of stones in the bladder or the formation of a urethral plug, which is a life-threatening condition that causes the dog to become "blocked" (i.e., unable to urinate).
2. Frequent Attempts to Urinate
Is your dog peeing for the umpteenth time today? Dogs with urinary tract disease often urinate an abnormal amount of times each day because little to no urine is being expelled each time. This is obviously very frustrating and also dangerous because when a dog is blocked they are unable to rid themselves of bodily toxic waste products through their urine.
3. Painful Urination
The pain associated with urinary tract disease may be so severe that some dogs will lick their penile or vaginal area (or at times the abdominal area) as a way to try and self-soothe. Dogs with urinary tract disease may also be more irritable than usual.
4. Bloody Urine
Dogs with urinary tract disease will often have urine which is blood-tinged or discolored. Females are often at greater risk for urinary tract infections that lead to blood in the urine than are males.
5. Urinating Indoors
Urinating indoors is not always a medical issue, but you should be concerned of it, especially when combined with any of the other aforementioned symptoms.
My Dog is Exhibiting One or More Symptoms – Now What?
If your dog is exhibiting symptoms of urinary tract disease or you suspect something is wrong, schedule an appointment with your veterinarian immediately, especially if your dog has stopped urinating altogether (possibly due to being blocked). He or she will evaluate your dog and collect urine samples for testing. In some cases, blood testing may be required. X-rays and abdominal ultrasounds are also often necessary in order to diagnose the cause of urinary tract disease.
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46 Marine Parade East, PO3 9BW
Head for Fareham on the M27 and take the Gosport turn along the A32 and filter off on to the B3385 to Lee on the Solent. Continue folleing the signs until you hit the Seafront and turn left. The Club House is on the left hand side about 300 yards and the Signal Station a further 200 yards on the right hand side.
Various B & Bs within walking distance from the club
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BioShock 2 DLC Detailed, First Pack Unveiled
First up is the "Sinclair Solutions Test Pack," expanding the shooter's multiplayer with:
- Rank Increase to level 50 with Rank Rewards
- New playable characters Louie McGraff and Oscar Calraca
- 20 new trials*
- A third weapon upgrade for each weapon
- Five additional masks*
*Some items are only available after a player achieves a rank of 41 or higher.
The downloadable "Sinclair Solutions Test Pack" is due to arrive on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime in March, priced at 400 Microsoft Points / $5.
More content will hit "in the coming months," including single-player "extensions" said to "provide new insight into the world of Rapture" with "more narrative, new tools and new challenges that extend the lore and fiction of the failed Utopia under the sea."
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The latest installment shows how state officials have made it impossible to access state funds for seismic repairs.


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Explainer: 'Such a nice couple': The spies next door
But for the neighbors of the 10 people arrested throughout the Northeast, it's more of a nightmare. Who are these people who they had come to trust as a professor, a newspaper columnist, and an architect, among other well-respected professions? Video: FBI arrests 10 in alleged Russian spy ring
"They're such a nice couple," Susan Coke, a real estate agent who sold a home in Montclair, N.J. to two of the suspects — who called themselves Richard and Cynthia Murphy — told The New Jersey Star-Ledger. "I just hope the FBI got it wrong."
You can read the the court filing about the alleged spy program here, and the Department of Justice's court complaint against two of the suspects, Mikhael Semenko and Anna Chapman, here.
Information compiled by msnbc.com's Elizabeth Chuck and Ryan McCartney.
Anna Chapman, New York, N.Y.:
Sources: New York Daily News, New York Post
Mikhail Vasenkov (a.k.a. 'Juan Lazaro') and Vicky Pelaez, Yonkers, N.Y.:
Lazaro, 66, told people for decades that he was born in Uruguay and was a Peruvian citizen, but he is actually Russian and his real name is Mikhail Vasenkov. Lazaro admitted that he sent letters to the Russian intelligence service and that the Russian government paid for his house. He said that although he loved his son, he would not violate loyalty to the "Service," even for his child.
Neighbors said they knew Lazaro to be an economics professor at a college in New Jersey. An agent for Russia for years, Lazaro brought his wife, Vicky Pelaez, into the conspiracy by having her pass letters to the Russian intelligence service on his behalf.
Pelaez worked as a columnist for one of the United States' best-known Spanish-language newspapers, El Diario La Prensa. She had come to the U.S. after being briefly kidnapped by a leftist guerrilla group in Peru in 1984.
Pelaez, 55, lived under her real name and was an American citizen, but now plans to return to Peru after a brief stay in Russia, according to her attorney.
The couple has two sons: Waldomar Mariscal, 38 (Pelaez's son, Lazaro's stepson), and Juan Jose Lazaro, Jr., 17.
Both sons told reporters shortly after the arrests that they didn't believe the allegations.
"This looks like an Alfred Hitchcock movie with all this stuff from the 1960s. This is preposterous," Mariscal said. Of the charges, he said, "They're all inflated little pieces in the mosaic of unbelievable things."
Source: New York Daily News, The Associated Press, The New York Times
Vladimir and Lydia Guryev (a.k.a. 'Richard and Cynthia Murphy'), Montclair, N.J.:
Richard was an architect, a neighbor told The New Jersey Star-Ledger, and Cynthia had just gotten an MBA. Richard said he was from Philadelphia; Cynthia said she was from New York.
The couple lived with two young daughters, Katie, 11, and Lisa, 7, in a home on Marquette Road in Montclair that they purchased for $481,000 in the fall of 2008. The two had come to the U.S. in the mid-1990s, first living in an apartment in Hoboken, N.J.
Cynthia, 39, earned $135,000 a year as a vice president at a Manhattan firm, Morea Financial Services. Alan Patricof, a client of the firm and friend of the Clintons', told The Washington Post he believes he may have been targeted by the ring. Prosecutors said one of her assignments had been to network with Columbia University students. Her real name is Lydia Guryev.
Richard, 43, mostly stayed home with the children, neighbors said. His real name is Vladimir Guryev.
Sources: Star-Ledger, New York Daily News, Politico, The Washington Post
Mikhail Kutsik and Natalia Pereverzeva (a.k.a. 'Michael Zottoli and Patricia Mills'), Arlington, Va.:
The husband-and-wife pair lived in Seattle before they moved to Arlington, Va. in October 2009. Zottoli, 41, said he was born in Yonkers, N.Y., and Mills, 36, said she was a Canadian citizen. Records show the two moved around several times between 2002 and 2009. Zottoli was an accountant who constantly took personal calls at work, co-workers told the Seattle Times. Mills was a stay-at-home mom for the couple's toddler, Kenny. There are reports they also have a 1-year-old.
"They were the nicest people," said John Evans, the couple's former apartment manager. "In fact, I wish they had stayed on as tenants. They were really good tenants."
When their Seattle apartment was searched in February 2006, FBI agents reportedly found password-protected computer disks that contained a "stenography program employed by the SVR."
His real name is Mikhail Kutsik. Her real name is Natalia Pereverzeva.
Sources: KOMO-TV, Washington Post, The Seattle Times
Andrey Bezrukov and Elena Vavilova (a.k.a. 'Donald Howard Heathfield and Tracey Lee Ann Foley'), Cambridge, Mass.:
The "Boston Conspirators," as the FBI dubbed them, identified themselves as French-Canadian when they came to the U.S. in 1999.
Heathfield, 49, received a master's from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in 2000 and worked as a consultant for a Cambridge-based consulting firm called Global Partners Inc — a job that allegedly enabled him to contact a former high-ranking U.S. government national security official. He also had his own consulting company, Future Map Strategic Advisory Services LLC. His real name is Andrey Bezrukov.
Foley, 47, was a real estate agent who showed houses in the Boston area. She worked on a contract basis for the real estate brokerage Redfin. Her real name is Elena Vavilova.
They spoke to their two sons, ages 20 and 16, in French when they appeared in court in Boston following the arrests.
Craig Sandler, a former classmate of Heathfield, told The Boston Globe the Russian spy was friendly and intelligent. Other classmates told The New York Times he had a taste for Scotch and described him as a "flavorful conversationalist" who was smart and funny.
"It never crossed my mind that he might be a spy," Sandler said. "But it's not completely flabbergasting. He seems like a guy who would make a pretty good spy."
Sources: Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Harvard Crimson, New York Times
Mikhael Semenko, Arlington, Va.:
Mikhael Semenko, 28, was a travel specialist at Travel All Russia LLC's in Arlington, Va. He joined the company in 2009 and was described as a friendly and diligent worker who spoke Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, in addition to Russian and English, according to a statement released by the company after his arrest. Semenko's LinkedIn profile indicates he was particularly interested in non-profits, think tanks, public policy and educational institutions.
Semenko also has a Twitter account, a Facebook profile, and a blog called "Chinese Economy Today."
Semenko graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in international relations in 2008, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Arrested at his home in Arlington, he was accused of using sophisticated communications equipment and making incriminating statements to an undercover agent posing as a Russian official. According to Britain's Daily Telegraph, FBI officials met Semenko just blocks from the White House, at the intersection of 10th and H Street. "Could we have met in Beijing in 2004?" the undercover agent asked. "Yes, we might have but I believe it was in Harbin," Semenko reportedly replied.
See below for other code words and phrases the suspects used.
Sources: Daily Telegraph, LinkedIn, Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press
Christopher R. Metsos, arrested in Cyprus:
Very little is known about Metsos' background or current whereabouts.
Officials said he arrived in the coastal town of Larnaca in Cyprus on June 17 and was arrested June 29 on an Interpol warrant while he was waiting to board a flight to Hungary. A Cyprus judge decided to release Metsos on $33,000 bail. Metsos failed to show up to a required meeting with Larnaca police following his release, initiating a manhunt for the final member of the group of Russian spies.
Officials fear Metsos could flee to northern Cyprus, which the AP described as a "diplomatic no-mans-land."
Metsos, age 54 or 55, carries a Canadian passport and is what U.S. prosecutors called the "money man" of the group. He is accused of receiving and distributing money to the group and of conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to the U.S. Justice Department, he was given payments by a Russian official affiliated with Moscow's mission to the United Nations in a spy novel style "brush-pass" handoff and buried money in rural New York that was recovered two years later by another suspect.
Sources: The Associated Press
Code words, phrases suspects used
Following are among the phrases used by the alleged agents, their handlers and, deceptively, by U.S. counter-espionage officials in exchanges designed to verify a contact's identity.
"Excuse me, but haven't we met in California last summer?"
"No, I think it was the Hamptons."
"Could we have met in Beijing in 2004?"
"Yes, we might have, but I believe it was in Harbin"
"Excuse me, did we meet in Bangkok in April last year?."
"I don't know about April, but I was in Thailand in May of that year."
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How Roberto Lost His Way
What happened to Holden Alvaros Roberto? Many have compared him to Judas Iscariot, who sold Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. There are other Africans who followed that path....
Africa News Update
Holden Roberto, who recently died, was once a central figure in Angola's struggle for independence from colonial ruler Portugal. Roberto died August 2, of cardiac arrest at his home in the Angolan capital, Luanda.
It is common in African culture to say, "Wafa Wanaka," which in Zimbabwe Shona proverb means "when a person
dies, we should not say anything bad about him or her."
Yet veteran African political commentators have had no kind words for one of the founding leaders of the nationalist movement in Angola.
"Roberto was a traitor to African liberation just as UNITA's Jonas Savimbi was," opines Cameron Duodo, a veteran Ghanaian scribe. "If UNITA and the FNLA had defeated the MPLA with Western and South African support, South Africa would not be the free country it is today. So, Roberto was a traitor to African liberation just as UNITA's Jonas Savimbi was," Duodo says.
There are no apologies from African commentators. Why?
They say Roberto's greatest mistake was to betray the African liberation movement by allowing himself to be used by the US to attack the Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) liberation movement. During the Cold War in Africa, Roberto was paid by the United States, allied with Israel, and recruited western mercenaries in fighting against the nationalist MPLA.
His only credit remains that he was only instrumental in as far as establishing Angola's first liberation movement, based among his own northern Bakongo people; the Union of Peoples of Northern Angola, in 1956. His party was renamed the Union of Peoples of Angola, and later became the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA).
In the pages of African history, it is tragic that Roberto lost his way even though he was one of the few leaders of the days of emerging African independence who had the great opportunity to attend the historic All African People's Congress in Ghana in 1958.
There, he mingled with great minds of the day-Pan African legends Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and George Padmore, that distinguished Trinidadian intellectual who helped to organize this important event. He also met Patrice Lumumba, Kenneth Kaunda, Tom Mboya, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and influential scholars such as Frantz Fanon and others.
What happened to Holden Alvaros Roberto? Many have compared him to Judas Iscariot, who sold Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. There are other Africans who followed that path; Zimbabwe's founding nationalist Ndabaningi Sithole, Inkhatha Freedom Party leader Gatsha Buthelezi, and infamous Mobutu Sese Seko of the former Zaire.
Beginning in the 1950s, Roberto started receiving an annual $6,000 stipend from the US National Security Council. His pay off was increased to $10,000 a year in 1962 after his first bloody incursion into Angola with a force of 4,000 Bakongo recruited in Kinshasa; the clash led to the death of many people but had no long-lasting political effect.
In 1961 he had met President John F. Kennedy; the following year his FNLA merged with the Democratic Party of Angola to form the Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile, the GRAE.
He consolidated his African Axis of Collaborators by divorcing his wife and marrying the sister-in-law of President Mobutu, the key western Cold War surrogate in Africa. "Roberto, with his perennial dark glasses, legendary arrogance, and conspicuously charm-free manner, became at first the standard bearer of anti-communism for a future independent Angola, oil-rich and a strategic key to the plans for apartheid South Africa's continued hold over Namibia," notes a local political analyst.
The rapid burnout started after he lost a series of battles with the MPLA leading up to Angola's independence; the US support began to dry up. The CIA decided to back UNITA's Jonas Savimbi who seemed more promising to the US. Also, with the help of 15,000 Cuban fighters, the MPLA defeated FNLA; later the Cubans helped deal the South African army a spectacular defeat.
Roberto and his mercenaries fled, but 13 were captured, including three Americans, and were tried as war criminals by an international court in Luanda, Angola. One American, Daniel Gearhardt, was executed; it was the Italian embassy that organized the return of his body to the US.
Roberto was out of the limelight from the late 1970s through the 1980s as South African destabilization of independent Angola continued with the US secretly arming and training of UNITA; Savimbi was promoted by Ronald Reagan as the "democratic alternative" to the ruling socialist MPLA.
There was nothing left for Holden Roberto. Relations between Mobutu and Roberto soured. Roberto moved to Paris in 1978, and only returned to Angola to take part in the 1992 elections. His fellow FNLA stalwart Hendrik Vaal Neto joined the MPLA-led government while he would not accept a job in the new government.
FNLA is Angola's third biggest opposition party after UNITA, with five members in parliament all from the Bakongo north. The FNLA had been rocked by serious divisions with one faction led by Lucas Ngonda and the other by Roberto. In March, Roberto retired from active politics.
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose MPLA were the resounding victors, could afford a few generous words: "Holden Roberto was one of the pioneers of national liberation struggle, whose name encouraged a generation of Angolans to opt for resistance and combat for the country's independence."
Roberto was born January 12, 1923.
Tsiko is The Black Star News' Southern Africa correspondent based in Harare
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Sleep is as much a necessary part of normal life as eating and drinking. We cannot function without sleep. Besides resting the body, sleep helps the brain process memories and experiences. When childhood sleep problems arise, everybody suffers – the sleepless child and the sleepless parents and siblings. To understand sleep problems, we need to know the basic facts about sleep.
Sleep is characterized by two different types: Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep which is when dreams occur and non-REM sleep which is divided into four stages.
REM sleep is a special sleep when dreams occur. During this phase, the brain is very active, but the body is extremely still. Only the breathing muscles and the eye muscles are really working. We only enter REM sleep at the end of a non-REM cycle, which consists of 4 stages:
Stage I: Drowsy but still able to respond to voices, noises, and other stimuli
Stage II: Dozing, falling asleep, but easily aroused. This is the sleep you see at a lecture when people close their eyes and let their heads fall and suddenly wake up as they fight to stay awake.
Stage III: Asleep. All muscles are relaxed and breathing begins to slow.
Stage IV: Deep sleep. In this stage, outside noises would not be noticed and the person is hard to wake up.
Stage IV, there is a brief awakening before going on to the next phase.
These stages of sleep occur in cycles throughout the night. The early part of the night, Stages I and II occur repeatedly until the first REM sleep occurs, about two hours after falling asleep. These early REM cycles are very short and last only a few minutes. They are followed by progressive periods of Stage II-IV sleep. As the night goes on, the REMS get longer and longer. REMS can be over 90 minutes in length. Dreams are the most long and intense in the early hours of the morning, just before arising.
Sleep Problems
There are many different aspects of sleep that can be disturbed in childhood. The following is a discussion of the most common sleep problems.
Self-settling is the ability to get oneself to sleep. Since there are cycles of lighter and deeper sleep all night long, everyone wakes a little, several times a night – to roll over, fix the blanket or even look around to see that everything is OK. If a child is always helped to fall asleep, he will want that help several times a night, whenever he has his natural awakenings at the end of each sleep cycle. If he knows how to fall asleep without assistance, he will do it right away and go back to sleep without crying.
Newborns almost always fall asleep while feeding. After about four months of age, it is best to try to feed the baby before bedtime and put him in the crib while still awake. He then will find some way of helping himself to fall asleep. A cloth diaper or thin blanket, or a small soft toy, can be introduced as a transitional object which will help him fall asleep. Many people find themselves rocking, shaking, rolling the carriage, or allowing the baby to pull on the mother's wig, ear or finger, or lying in bed with the baby to get the baby to sleep. These are all transitional methods. I really prefer not using these adult-dependent methods, since they do not allow the baby to learn to settle himself down.
It is not easy to break a habit, so be prepared to tolerate crying for the first few tries. Self-settling is a skill. During the learning phase, the baby will cry from frustration when you do not give him the transitional method he is accustomed to. After about three nights, he will acquire the skill and he will stop crying when you put him to bed. Dr. Richard Ferber, in his book, Solve Your Child's Sleep Problem, describes a gentle, gradual method for weaning a baby or child off of settling methods that are not independent.
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea means short cessations of breathing during sleep. These disrupt the sleep very much so that a child with sleep apnea will usually show symptoms of sleep deprivation. This often happens when the child's airway is blocked during sleep and he must wake up briefly to breathe. A snoring child will have loud breathing which sometimes stops for a few seconds, followed by a louder snore which occurs when the block is cleared. These children often have severely enlarged tonsils and/or adenoids, chronic allergies, or chronic nasal infections with sinus problems. Very obese children (and adults) are prone to sleep apnea.
If the underlying cause cannot be treated medically, the surgical removal of the adenoids will often solve the problem.
Night Terrors
A child will awaken and scream or thrash around. When the parent goes to him, the child is not really awake and does not respond to comforting, often pushing the parent away. This is not a nightmare. During dream sleep, the body is very still. This is a partial wakening. The child is between Stage IV sleep and the next phase, which might be Stage I or REM. His body seems awake, but he is not aware of his surroundings. In this state, the child could get up and walk around or start talking but not be aware. This is a benign condition which stops by itself after five to fifty minutes. If you do nothing, it will be OK, as long the child is kept safe. The child never remembers the episodes. Despite all the screaming, he is not suffering at all. If you waken him, he will wonder why you are bothering him.
There is a way of stopping these terrors if they happen repeatedly. At the beginning of the night, allow the child to fall asleep and sleep for about forty-five minutes. Wake him up fully, and then put him back to sleep. This method interrupts the disturbing cycle of brain wave activity which has developed.
Nightmares are bad dreams that frighten the child. Unlike night terrors, the child remembers the dream. They happen infrequently and are usually not an ongoing problem. They reflect fears or problems going on in everyday life. Reassurance is all that is usually needed.
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Energy – Children are physiologically programmed to have a lot of energy. They are driven to move all of their muscles to ensure good development of strong muscles and straight bones, as well as strong hearts and efficient lungs. If the day goes by without exercise, there is a buildup of energy that creates a restless feeling. Children need to burn off their energy. If the child's school day is too sedentary, he will be too pent up to fall asleep. It is essential that children be allowed vigorous exercise as soon as possible at the end of the school day. This means running around, a trip to the park, jumping rope, or some indoor activity that burns energy, like dancing.
This should not be right before bedtime since the exercise makes them alert and mentally active.
If your child is having difficulty falling asleep, make sure he is not getting any caffeine in his daily diet. Caffeine is a drug which can take up to 24 hours to wash out of the brain, so eating it, even early in the morning is not acceptable. Watch out for the hidden caffeine in food:
If you are sure there is no chemical reason for the child's difficulty falling asleep, there are other possibilities to be considered.
Melatonin is secreted mostly in response to darkness. An interesting observation has been made. Babies who are taken outside during the afternoon hours and are exposed to bright daylight seem to sleep better at night. Their brains are able to respond better to the onset of darkness. It is thought that melatonin is strongly suppressed during the daytime light exposure, and then it is secreted generously when darkness comes.
Many pediatricians, including me, recommend synthetic melatonin to be given as a supplement at bedtime for children who have difficulty falling asleep. A recently published paper also showed that melatonin is very useful in children with brain damage who cannot sleep. Melatonin can be purchased in a health food store or drug store and is safe to be used any time it is needed. There have been no toxicities reported, even in long term use. The usual dose is 1, change this to little 1/2 milligrams at bedtime, to be given with a calcium-rich food like milk or cheese or supplement like Tums. The dose can be as high as 6 milligrams, but most kids do well on doses between 1 ½ to 3 milligrams.
Occasionally, the antihistamine Benadryl can be used to help a child fall asleep if recommended by your pediatrician. Most kids get a little drowsy from Benadryl, but some get agitated instead. If this happens, do not try it again. It will wear off in four hours.
The important thing to note is that a child who does not sleep sufficiently can have problems during the day. Whether it is sleep apnea or other issues, a sleepless child is often irritable, intolerant, miserable, and restless. Rather than sleepy, he may be hyperactive and have difficulty concentrating. The whole personality is affected. Sleep is a critical factor in overall good health. Always take the matter seriously if a child cannot sleep. Consult your doctor if you feel that there is a real problem.
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Jerusalem is expecting significant snowfall this coming Tuesday evening, and so the director of the Naggar School of Art, a client of mine, has asked for my advice on how to instantly update the school website so that students will know if there will be any classes Wednesday morning.
Good thing Web 2.0 was around to help us out: the Internet in its current phase enables different services to interface, that is exchange data with each other, and that allowed me to make one school director very happy, as he is now able to text snow status updates from his cellphone, allowing the students to receive automatic updates by SMS, RSS, or by simply visiting the school website.
Here is a cool video explaining Web 2.0. You may need to watch it a couple of times to absorb all the information:
The CommonCraft Show has great videos explaining different aspects of Web 2.0 in plain English, so anyone (Yes, even your mother) can understand.
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VMware CIO: Bringing the consumer experience to the enterprise
Investing in the consumer experience with a social media and mobile slant ranks among VMware CIO Mark Egan's top five ways to create business value.
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the most value for businesses, one might expect he'd say, "Well, virtualization." Instead, VMware Inc. CIO Mark Egan zeroes in on a decidedly more people-centric use of IT: bringing the consumer experience to the enterprise with social media platforms and employee-owned mobile devices.
"We're all struggling with three big issues: cloud, mobile and social [computing]. Social is how you bring the consumer experience into the enterprise," said Egan, who talks to VMware customer CIOs regularly and belongs to CIO peer groups. To him, cloud, mobile and social computing are all about creating a "frictionless" experience for internal users and customers, akin to the one they have with the technology they use in their personal lives.
For role models, Egan points to his own son -- headphones clamped on and consulting three screens at once. "He tells me he's doing his homework. I'm sure he is -- he's just multitasking," Egan said, adding that the experience being provided is not structured communication, but fluid communication instead. "That's what we need to recreate in the enterprise."
Social media collaboration and 'BYOM' at VMware
At VMware, Egan is very much taking a "let the user lead the way" approach with technology. In his view, CIOs need to acknowledge that the IT department's monopoly is over. "It used to be that I could lock down and control my business partners; but with the different technologies out there now, like SaaS [Software as a Service] providers, if you try to shut them down, they'll figure out a way around you," he said. "No one will come to you, and the 'vendor of last resort' will be you, the CIO."
In the case of VMware's social media platform, Egan set up Socialcast, a collaboration tool that looks like Facebook (and happens to be from a VMware acquisition), for its 6,000 U.S employees. He didn't make a formal announcement, but within four months 95% of employees were exchanging information. Of the questions they posted, 73% were getting answered -- and 91% of those answers were coming within 24 hours of the question being posted.
If you try to shut [employees] down, they'll figure out a way around you.
Ironically, one catalyst for the social media platform taking off was an Egan innovation that initially had been pretty unpopular: a "BYOM" (bring your own mobile device) program that required employees to pay for their own telco service plan. The program stipulated that as long as a mobile device had Research In Motion's BlackBerry Enterprise Server, or BES, or Microsoft's ActiveSync on the back end, the company was fine with employees using their own devices -- provided they footed the phone bills. "I sent a note out to everyone about the program and got a 'How can you do this to me?' reaction from users," Egan said.
A week into the program, the tide turned. Employees began using the social media platform to help each other pick out the best phone plans, including alerting everyone about unlimited data plans. "I just stepped back and moderated it," Egan said. Within 30 days, half the company's U.S. employees signed on for the BYOM program. "It's an example of how CIOs need to figure out how to give users tools they are accustomed to. With the [social platform], there was no training, no manuals. If users have to sit down to use a new system, it will be dead on arrival."
There were several reasons for introducing the BYOM program, Egan said, starting with his not being able to tell users what they could and couldn't use. "I was losing there," he said. He also couldn't afford to accommodate their requests: "As soon as a new device came out, I was expected to have it. Everyone was unhappy." Equally important, his CFO told him the company was spending too much on telco services.
Egan's top five VMware objectives for 2012
- Scale IT systems to support company growth.
- Transform IT organization through cloud, mobile and social computing.
- Deliver a $75 million IT project portfolio, 90% on schedule, within budget and with high customer satisfaction.
- Operate IT within budget and "self-fund" IT projects through savings.
- Attract, develop and retain world-class IT talent, and institute formal training programs.
"So, what I did was give everyone the device they had and said, 'It's yours, you need to move to personal liability, and here are the guidelines for use [depending on what type of user you are],'" Egan said. He expects the BYOM program will save seven figures in telco costs this year. The money saved will be used to help fund the $75 million worth of IT projects he is expected to produce in 2012.
A $75 million IT project portfolio
Increasing revenue, reducing costs and improving customer satisfaction -- those are the guidelines Egan is following to balance his IT project portfolio in 2012. It's a lineup that -- no surprise -- includes several projects aimed at improving employee and customer experiences by making them more like consumer experiences. The projects range from simplifying the software-renewal licensing process for customers to building a new portal for customers to evaluate and buy products and obtain support. A business intelligence (BI) program also is aimed at helping employees gain a better understanding of the customer and enabling them to react quickly to customer feedback.
"Our projects are either something that's going to help sales generate more revenue or help R&D," Egan said. Examples of this are the new customer portal, a simplified licensing process, and his IT team's role as testers for research and development.
Business intelligence is another example. VMware has derived $50 million in incremental revenue and $7 million in cost savings from its BI program, with the role of IT focused squarely on meeting capacity demands. BI strategies have been set up for sales, marketing, the product team and finance, and each has been given its own data mart.
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"The amount of analytics they are doing is phenomenal, and it goes beyond trusted data in ERP and CRM systems. We're also integrating unstructured data from the Web," Egan said. "It's growing so fast our team can't keep up, so our roadmap for that in the coming year is to improve that process."
As far as capacity, it doesn't hurt that VMware is 97% virtualized on the server side and that one-third of its employees use virtual desktops. Those numbers fit nicely into one of his top five objectives for this year (see sidebar): scaling IT systems to support company growth.
Another one of his top goals? Delivering 90% of the $75 million IT project portfolio on schedule. That's a tall order in terms of delivery, but Egan has a plan in place for that too. He has a governance program, jointly run by business partners and IT, that follows a streamlined software development lifecycle, or SDLC process "that is all about speed and agility."
Let us know what you think about the story; email Christina Torode, News Director.
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Can-Fite BioPharma (TASE:CFBI; NYSE MKT:CANF) is an Israeli biopharmaceutical company with fully integrated pharmaceutical discovery and clinical development capabilities. The company has an advanced pipeline of proprietary compounds in phase 2 and 3 clinical development stage, which address autoimmune-inflammatory and cancer diseases.
The company platform technology utilizes the Gi protein associated A3 adenosine receptor (A3AR) as a therapeutic target. A3AR is highly expressed in inflammatory and cancer cells where low expression is found in normal cells, suggesting that the receptor could be a unique target for pharmacological intervention. The company compounds bind with nM affinity to the A3AR and initiate de-regulation of the NF-kB and the Wnt signal transduction pathways resulting in anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects.
The company pipeline drugs are synthetic, highly specific agonists and allosteric modulators targeting the A3AR. All drugs are orally bioavailable with an excellent safety profile. CF101, Can-Fite`s lead drug candidate, is in advanced clinical development for the treatment of autoimmune-inflammatory diseases, including Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Psoriasis. Can-Fite holds 82% in OphthaliX Inc. (OTCBB: OPLI) which develops CF101 for ophthalmic indications, including Dry Eye Syndrome, Glaucoma and Uveitis. CF102, Can-Fite`s second drug candidate, is being developed for the treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Primary Liver Cancer), under an Orphan Drug Status designated by the FDA. CF602 is Can-Fite's second generation allosteric drug candidate for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, which has shown proof of concept in in vitro and in vivo studies. Can-Fite has a wealth of clinical experience which includes over 1200 patients who have participated in clinical trials conducted by the company.
Can-Fite has licensed CF101 for the treatment of autoimmune diseases to Cipher Pharmaceuticals in Canada, to Gebro Pharma GmbH in Spain, Switzerland and Austria and for RA to Kwang Dong in Korea.
Can-Fite has licensed CF102 for the treatment of Liver Cancer to Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceut in Korea.
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There have been murmurs of an Asus Eee Reader for a while, but now the company is outlining its vision of the e-reader future. That future looks cheap, hinged and in full color, if the company can nail all of its goals.
That would mean that Asus's Eee Reader would handle more like a book, and allow for more complex layouts than what's currently on the Kindle or Sony's e-reader. The offering from Asus will also be quite a bit cheaper as the company is aiming for a price of $164. All by the end of the year.
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Unlike current ebook readers, which take the form of a single flat screen, the Asus device has a hinged spine, like a printed book. This, in theory, enables its owner to read an ebook much like a normal book, using the touchscreen to "turn" the pages from one screen to the next. It also gives the user the option of seeing the text on one screen while browsing a web page on the other. One of the screens could also act as a virtual keypad for the device to be used like a laptop. Whereas current ebook readers have monochrome screens, the Asus would be full colour. The maker says it may also feature "speakers, a webcam and a mic for Skype", allowing cheap phone calls over the internet.
So, an Eee Reader... Phone? Asus is planning two versions — budget and premium models — but we'll all have to wait and see what will differentiate the two.
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OBRA Galería Alegría - fine art gallery opened in the year 2000 in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. From its very beginnings OBRA Galería Alegría dedicated exhibitions to the paintings and sculptures of the great artists of Puerto Rican and international art. This exquisite fine art gallery exhibits also important contemporary painters and sculptors, like Domingo Garcia, Carmelo Fontanez, Olga Albizu and Nick Quijano.
For three consecutive years OBRA Galería Alegría has been awarded with the Annual Prize in the category of Collective Exhibition granted by Critics of the Puerto Rican Association of Art (AICA), reaffirming OBRA Galería Alegría as one of the most important fine art galleries in Puerto Rico.


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A 10-year-old boy remains hospitalized at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth after police in Forest Hill say he was shot by his own father.
Byron Nesbitt, 32, was arrested and charged with shooting his son in the course of an argument with his wife.
Investigators said Nesbitt's wife called 911 shortly after midnight early Sunday morning, when he arrived home intoxicated.
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"As she was fleeing, the husband attacked, beating on the windshield with a handgun, and as she was leaving, he fired several shots at the van," said Forest Hill Police Capt. Jerry Cosby. "At least one of the bullets had penetrated the van and came through and struck the 10-year-old in the hip."
Nesbitt already faces some serious charges and possibly more after the case is filed with the district attorney's office.
Forest Hill police said the boy is expected to make a full recovery. Nesbitt posted $75,000 bond and was released from jail at 6 p.m. Monday.


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A former Marine who was arrested after police found him on the subway with a shotgun, a cache of ammunition, a laser, gas masks and a machete is a homeless veteran who hasn't received proper medical care from the Veterans Administration, his lawyer said Thursday.
Christopher Palumbo, 27, served three tours in Iraq and suffers from mental health issues, his mother said.
According to his lawyer, Daniel Lynch, Palumbo sought treatment from the VA and was "given some medication and then he's been sent back on the street."
"He hasn't received proper treatment at the VA," Lynch said after Palumbo's arraignment Thursday. "And then when he was discharged he was out in a homeless shelter, so if that's the way we're treating our vets, that needs to change."
The VA serves nearly nine million veterans and has been under fire about treatment delays and falsified records. Lynch declined to give more details about Palumbo's condition or treatment.
He was honorably discharged a few years ago, according to his mother.
Palumbo did not speak in court Thursday, days after he was spotted by witnesses who called police when they noticed a gun sticking out of his bag on the S53 bus in Bay Ridge. Police found him waiting for a Manhattan-bound R train a short time later, and asked to look in his bag, where they found the weapons, all later determined to be property of the Marines.
Palumbo told police "that he was going to stop bloodshed," his lawyer said.
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The success of the cover up and quick removal of the debris without a thorough independent investigation in the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995 gave confidence to those tasked to do the same on 9/11.
Bomb Damage Analysis of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building by Brigadier Gen. Benton K. Partin USAF (Ret.)
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Filmmaker Paul Schrader refused to talk about absent Lindsay Lohan's personal struggles as he launched their movie "The Canyons" at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on Friday.
Lohan cited personal reasons for deciding not to make the trip to Europe with her director, screenwriter Brett Easton Ellis and co-star James Deen, and they made it clear they didn't want to discuss the actress' recent rehab stint.
The actress left from the Cliffside treatment facility in Malibu, Calif., at the beginning of August after spending 90 days in rehab under a court order.
At a press conference before "The Canyons" was screened, Schrader told the Venice media that questions about his leading lady's personal issues were "off the table", but he praised the actress for her work on his film and compared her to Marilyn Monroe.
The director said, "They aren't the same as actresses, they are very different, but both have had trouble separating their professional lives from their personal lives."
Lohan was planning to make the trip to Europe for the festival but reports suggest she took advice from Oprah Winfrey, who the actress sat down with for a candid TV interview days after she was released from rehab, and decided that would be a bad idea as she battles sobriety after a series of alcohol and drug issues.


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ACCRINGTON Stanley manager James Beattie says he feels the same sense of loyalty to the football club that he did 12 months or so ago.
The striker was brought in as a free agent from the footballing wilderness by friend and former team-mate Leam Richardson after the Reds defender took charge following Paul Cook's switch to Chesterfield.
Soon after Beattie was offered the chance to join Exeter City – a move which would have meant he would be closer to his wife and children at their family home on the south coast. But with the Reds embroiled in a relegation scrap he felt a sense of duty to stay.
Now in charge of the club, he has been linked with a managerial move to Oxford United, with Exeter boss Paul Tisdale ironically the other front runner.
Rumours circulating in Oxford suggested Chris Wilder's successor would be named today, with Beattie the favourite for the post.
Beattie insists he has not had any contact from the Us, adding that with Stanley still not out of the woods in a congested bottom half of League Two, he feels a responsibility to see the job through.
"I'm 100 per cent focused on what we're doing here at Accrington and I'm 100 per cent focused on the boys in that dressing room.
"As I've said from day one they're the reason I took the job. They make me smile so much and they make me really happy," said Beattie, adding he had a sense of gratitude to Stanley for his first managerial opportunity, after helping them to stay in the league last season.
"I think I owe Leam. It was 15 months ago that I wasn't working and Leam asked me to come and play. I came and really enjoyed it from the moment I came in, and being a Blackburn lad I had a bit of an affinity with the club already.
"Paul Tisdale wanted me to go to Exeter but I wanted to stay loyal. I was part of something and we were in a relegation battle and I wanted to see it through. That was the reason I stayed.
"My family are down on the south coast, Exeter was 60 miles away from where I live just outside Bournemouth and I would have been able to see my children every day and my wife, it would have been the perfect move for me.
"But loyalty is a massive part of what I'm about, and I thought that I had to stay loyal to Leam because he's my friend and stay loyal to the boys."
He added: "I know now, sitting on the other side of the fence, the things that go on day in day out and I'm in the same position now, and I think I owe a lot to Leam and Peter Marsden the chairman for giving me the opportunity."
Beattie is overseeing another battle against the drop, with the Reds' cause boosted by a 5-1 thumping of rivals Morecambe on Tuesday, which lifted them into 15th.
But there is more work to do with just 10 games to go, starting with the visit of Plymouth Argyle.
And Beattie confirmed that he would be in charge for the game.
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Mischa Barton stupidly passed on a role on Gossip Girl – good news for the show, sad sack news for her career. Because it's Mischa Barton. And at this point, for Mischa Barton, does it get any better than Gossip Girl??? Apparently she wants to focus on film. Another tv girl trying to make it in movies.
Bitch… please!
If she could actually act, it would be one thing. But given that Mischa's sad face, happy face, and mad face are all the same face, getting a part on one of tv's hottest shows is a gift that will not come round again. Dumbass.
Once again, over-reaching continues to be a problem in Hollywood. Jessica Alba, Shelf Ass Jessica Biel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, the list goes on and on.
Why not look to the example of Heather Locklear? For years she was known as TV's fix-it girl. The go-to girl to raise a show's ratings. She was content this way. She never aggressively pursued beyond her boundaries. It's called self awareness, you know?
Chicken Fried Stupids shouldn't go to med school. Short, squat, average looking Asian gossip bloggers shouldn't be models. Or waste time trying to be. Short, squat Asian gossip bloggers should also not try long jumping. But curling is definitely an option.
See what I mean?
Curling to average Asian gossip bloggers is like Gossip Girl to sh*tty actresses like Mischa Barton. It's the stepping stone to a long career in television.
Here's Heather last night with her boyfriend Jack Wagner leaving Mr Chow's still looking amazing. And Mischa in Paris this week in the most unflattering pants ever and much better in purple and pink.
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