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With her brightly colored swim suit and equally sunny disposition, Leslie Paul stands poolside while she talks to the class about their upcoming lesson. Anxious to get started, the excited children quickly fall in line with their designated instructor and split off to different areas of the Windsor Oaks Pool for their third day of the week long swim training program. From the most timid of swimmers wearing fluorescent flotation devices, to confident splashers, each group is provided instruction based upon their level of comfort in the water.
Really Awesome People Swimming (RAPS) was founded by Leslie in 2007 after she found out about the high drowning rates amongst the minority population. The Hampton Roads, Virginia based organization teaches local children and teens who otherwise do not have the means to participate in swim lessons how to swim and to be safe while in, on or around the water. Leslie and her team of instructors passionately teach swimming and safety skills to children free of charge throughout the summer. Their goal is to ensure no child is left out when it comes to learning to swim due to lack of pool facilities, race or socioeconomic status.
Swimways Corp. supports Leslie and her team by donating swim training aids such as SwimWays water toys and pool noodles, and COOP waterproof balls and skateboard floats. In addition we also provide monetary support towards this worthy cause, enabling the RAPS team to ensure even more local children learn to swim.
Quick stats about RAPS:
- 346 children + 6 adults = 352 people served through the RAPS program in 2013
- 15 instructors with a combined total of 303 years of experience, and 1 lifeguard with 5 years of experience
- Total number of people served through the RAPS program since 2007 = 1,315
Did you know?**
- About one in five people who die from drowning are children 14 and younger. Making it the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death behind motor vehicle crashes.
- Children ages 1 to 4 have the highest drowning rates. In 2009, among children 1 to 4 years old who died from unintentional injury, more than 30% died from drowning.
- Taking part in formal swimming lessons reduces the risk of drowning among children ages 1 to 4 years.
- African-American children ages 5 to 14 drown at a rate nearly three times higher than their Caucasian peers.
- Nearly 80% of people who die from drowning are male.
For more information about this amazing program, or if you'd like to contribute to the cause, visit: reallyawesomepeopleswimming.org
** Sources: Unintentional Drowning: Get the Facts. CDC.


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Responsible for: – Setting up and managing international online (Social Media) campaigns. – Campaign strategy – Developing new (commercial) campaign concepts – The Integration of Social Media in other online-marketing campaigns – The commercial use of Google+ – Social advertising
Koen has his job because of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010. The question for KLM was "are we going to respond" as if we did, there's no turning back. They did respond and answered as many questions as possible.
- Service – service is sales.
- Brand & Rep – Brand actions speak louder than tweets.
- Commerce – Make commerce social by design.
KLM's challenges geographically.
- 65 countries
- 131 worldwide desitinations
- Over 100 languages
- 25,8000,000 passengers per year
Flying is a huge moment of stress people. More than 100 people working on social media now in over 10 languages. 35,000 interactions per week, 75% of which are through Facebook. They now take away forms and replace with social media interaction. Lost and found team have 3 dedicated employees to retrieve lost objects.
Crew now have an iPad to connect to airports during flights and connects with Salesforce to integrate social inflight.
Reactive – Proactive – Predictive. This process means managing expectations. KLM promise to respond within an hour but with this has to come transparency.
Social Payment is now active within Facebook and Twitter to make things really simple to do something such as an upgrade. This came to 100,000 EUR in payments in the first 2 weeks alone meaning it really works.


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MANY PEDIATRICIANS still perform the same kind of eye exam as in the 1950s: Cover one eye and read the chart. But children often can't - or won't - tell you if they can't see clearly.
Yet vision loss can sometimes be prevented with early diagnosis. Pediatric ophthalmologist David Hunter of Children's Hospital Boston was frustrated when young patients with lazy eye lost vision, because it can be corrected with an eye patch if caught early.
So Hunter, 54, founded a start-up, REBIScan LLC, and last year unveiled the Pediatric Vision Scanner, a handheld device that uses laser technology to scan the retina, and determine where each eye is focused.
"The condition we are trying to detect - amblyopia - is the number one cause of vision loss,'' Hunter said. "There has been no highly accurate and automated, simple test to detect this en masse, until now.''
The idea goes back almost 20 years, when Hunter, an electrical engineer who attended medical school, got the idea for a new kind of retinal scan.
"As a doctor I can see the problem, and as an engineer I have found the solution,'' said Hunter. "We can save vision for a generation of children.''


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Tiffin Motor Homes Inc. introduced a longer 32-foot version of its stylish Breeze diesel pusher motorhome at the recent Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) 85th Annual Family Reunion and Motorhome Showcase in Perry, Ga. Tiffin initially introduced the Breeze with a single 28-foot pusher floorplan — the smallest on the market — at the 2009 National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky. "It has a little more storage," said Jerry Williamson, national sales manager for the Red Bay, Ala., manufacturer. "And we've added a second slide that opened up the living area considerably." The 32 footer is built on the company's 21,500-pound GVWR PowerGlide chassis equipped with a 215-hp Navistar MaxxForce 7 diesel engine. The Breeze is equipped with a one-piece windshield, antique white interior, booth dinette, queen bed and separate toilet and shower MSRP: $168,000.


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(NEW YORK) — Phylicia Robinson said she just wanted to get some sleep before her night shift at a Norfolk Wal-Mart when she left her mother's home Wednesday. But Norfolk police and Robinson's friends are now desperately searching for the Virginia woman who hasn't been seen since.
"It has to be the hardest days I've ever been through, this is like my sister and I can't find her," Robinson's friend, Shatika Kelley told ABC News.
When Robinson's family went searching for her Thursday, they found nothing suspicious in her apartment, but her cell phone, keys and wallet were on her bed and her SUV was still in the driveway. There was no blood or any sign of Robinson at all in the apartment. Friends said her disappearance is highly unusual.
"She would never not come home to take her son to school, she would never not call him," Kelley said. "This is unlike her. Like I literally talk to her every day."
"She has no keys, no car, no id, no money no credit card, nothing, everything is at home," Robinson's friend, Carrie Simmons, told ABC News.
The fact that Robinson disappeared without any of her belongings could mean two things, former FBI profiler and ABC News consultant Brad Garrett said.
"Either she was not coming back and she wanted to harm herself possibly, or somebody either forced her to leave the apartment without her personal effects or they lured her out of the apartment," he said.
Norfolk police did not immediately return ABC News' call for comment on the case.
Friends describe Robinson, 26, as a devoted mother who would never go hours without seeing her 5-year-old son. Her sister, Sharniqua Scott, told ABC affiliate WVEC-TV she doesn't have a history of mental illness or any physical ailments.
"We just need her to come home to my godson, I need her to come back home," Simmons, told ABC News. Simmons and Robinson went to lunch Wednesday and she was the last to see her dear friend.
Robinson's friends and family are trying to spread Robinson's picture and aren't giving up hope about finding her.
She is described as 5'4," 125 pounds and has a tattoo of a bow and arrow on her chest.
"All we want is for her to come home," Kelley said.
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Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited condition. It causes
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If one of your parents has the gene mutation for FH, you are at higher risk for the condition. If both your parents have the gene mutation, you have an even higher chance of having the condition.
FH increases the risk of developing
at a young age. This is the hardening of arteries from plaque build-up. The build-up of plaque can also cause:
Hardening of the arteries can lead to:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
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Your heart function may also be tested.
After the diagnosis is made, life-long treatment will be needed. The main treatment goal is lower the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, or other problems from atherosclerosis. This can be done not only by lowering your cholesterol levels, but also by decreasing other risk factors for developing heart disease. You may be referred to a lipid specialist.
If FH was inherited from one parent, treatment typically includes:
Because FH is an inherited condition, diet and exercise is often not enough to lower high cholesterol levels. In most cases, cholesterol-lowering medications called statins are prescribed. Statins may be able to reduce the risk of heart disease and death. In some cases, other cholesterol-lowering medications are also prescribed.
These medications are best used as additions to diet and exercise and should not replace healthy lifestyle changes.
If the gene mutation was inherited from both parents, along with cholesterol lowering medications, treatment may also include:
FH is an inherited condition. It cannot be prevented.
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Logan Utah FamilySearch Library/Services
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|Logan FamilySearch Library
|50 North Main
Logan, Utah
|Mon: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Tue-Thurs: 9:30 am – 9 pm
Fri - Sat: 9:30 am – 5 pm
|FSL Pages
Contact Information
Quarterly Training Meetings
Individuals invited
- Stake and Ward Priesthood Leaders with Family History Responsibility
- Family History Consultants
- Staff serving at Family History Centers
- Anyone interested in learning more about family history
- Held on each 5th Wednesday at the Logan Utah Tabernacle
- 2011 dates: March 30, June 29, Aug 31, NO meeting Nov 30 (Taberacle is not available)
- 6:30 - 7:20 Orientation for newly called leaders and consultants
- 7:30 - 8:30 General Session
Depending on the instructor and the nature of the instruction, information may be posted for your review following the meetings.
Staff Training Meetings
- Held at the Tabernacle on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 9 a.m.
- We invite staff members from other family history centers
- Anyone interested in learning more about family history is certainly welcome to join us.
Staff Research Specialists
- French translation - Byron Ray - Thursday PM shift
- Swedish translation and research - Larry Slade (435) 753-1806 - Wednesday PM shift
- German research - Collette Howard - Wednesday PM shift
- Russian translation - Andrea Payant - Saturday shift
- Spanish translation - Rozsa Jackson - Tue, Wed, Thu PM shifts
Non-Staff Research Specialists
- Russian, French & Portugese translation - Louise Silver (435) 231-3320
- Finnish research - Carol Armstrong (435) 881-1396
- Spanish research - Jonathan Walker
Weekly Email Newsletter
Sample Newsletter
- Current event announcements
- Suggestions for Family History research
- Family History Internet Site Suggestions
- Submit family name Query
- Classes being taught
Sign up to receive the newsletter by email. Simply email the Center and ask to be added to the weekly newsletter.
You can also view past issues.
Sometimes we need to get information to our staff and patrons more timely than our weekly newsletter. Our Blog allows us to make announcements, suggestions, tips, etc. available as needed.
Oral History Room
What is an oral history?
An oral history (as recorded at the Logan Center), is a video and audio record on a person's life experiences. The depth and detail of each history is determined by the person being recorded and the individual who is assisting by raising questions, providing support and encouragement and gently guiding the interview with a pre-determined list of questions.
Why create an oral history?
- Cicero, a Roman statesman who lived over 2000 years ago said "Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of the human soul unless it is woven into the lives of his ancestors?" Creating your personal history is a way of creating bonds between you and your descendants so that their lives can be woven into and connected to yours.
- There are many reasons for creating an oral history. The primary reason that the Oral History Center was set up is to provide people an opportunity to share some of their personal history with living relatives and their descendants.
Types of oral histories.
A history may consist of a single session, or multiple sessions. They may be recorded at home, at the Family History Center, or in the outdoors. A staff member of the Center will be happy to discuss with you some of the options that are available.
Creating an oral history at our Center
- We anticipate that most of the beginning histories will last approximately one hour after which time the staff member who is helping you will transfer your recording to a DVD for you to keep or share with other family memers.
- We will charge a minimal fee of $5 to record and transfer your oral (video and audio) history to a DVD.
- Call the Center (435-755-5594) to schedule a time.
- Review these basic instructions to help you prepare.
Links to additional websites with Oral History Questionaires:
- http://lds.about.com/od/ldsfamilyhistory/a/personalhistory.htm
- http://www.familytreemagazine.com/article/20-questions
- http://dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/oralHistory.html
- http://www.familyhistoryproducts.com/oral-history-interviewing.html
- http://fcs.tamu.edu/families/aging/reminiscence/oral_history_techniques.php


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This week, Sesame Workshop announced its newest initiative: Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration, which will provide educational resources for caregivers and children impacted by parental incarceration.
As I've talked to colleagues and friends about this project and its upcoming release, I've been surprised by the reactions. Their responses have ranged from, "Wow, how great that Sesame Street is tackling this issue!" to "Is that really what our world has come to, the Muppets' parents are now in jail?"
Combined, these reactions summarize important points about this issue. Parental incarceration is a large and growing problem in our country, but it's a topic that has not garnered much attention from either scientific or media communities, and many people's initial reactions to the topic are generally negative.


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People stream into Pet Helpers' low-cost spay and neuter clinic every morning, dropping off animals in need of those procedures, veterinarian Janet McKim said.
If those animals haven't received all of their vaccinations, or they need flea treatments or other care, she likely will provide those services as well.
But if a bill that's being pushed by a state veterinarian's association is passed in the upcoming legislative session, she would have to limit her services to spay and neuter, rabies shots and microchipping, she said. If she did more, she would put her license in jeopardy.
McKim is a member of the South Carolina Association of Veterinarians, the group that's pushing the bill. "When my association tries to tell me I can't give a distemper vaccine to a kitten that could die without one, I have a problem with that," she said.
Patricia Hill, a Simpsonville veterinarian and president of the 700-member association, said the bill, which is sponsored by state Rep. David Hiott, R-Pickens, has two important goals: It would set standards of care for animal shelters and place limits on the services those facilities could provide to the public. Her group is in Charleston for its annual conference. On Saturday, members will discuss the bill, which still is being modified.
Hill said she thinks shelters need to adopt higher standards of care. In recent years, as the no-kill movement has grown, she and other private-practice veterinarians have seen more animals adopted from shelters that have diseases or are in poor health, she said. "They are so overloaded at this time."
For instance, she said, a man recently brought in a puppy to her private practice that he had adopted from a shelter. "But the puppy had an eye problem that required surgery, and the man was told the puppy had no problems," she said.
She doesn't think shelters have proper oversight, she said, and many employees simply don't have sufficient training.
And, she said, she thinks its acceptable for shelters to offer to the public only low-cost services that could affect public health, such as spay and neuter surgeries, rabies vaccinations and microchips, But she doesn't think they should be able to offer services beyond those. "Rabies vaccinations are essential," she said. "Preventing unwanted pets is essential, but boarding and grooming are not essential."
Shelters receive donations, grants and money from government agencies, she said, while private-practice veterinarians must purchase business licenses, pay taxes and pay full-price for supplies and drugs. Shelters have an unfair advantage when they offer services to the public, including things such as boarding and grooming, she said. In some cases, taxpayers are supporting shelters that compete with local veterinarians.
But many animal shelter groups are strongly opposed to the bill.
"It's all about money. That's what it's all about," said Joe Elmore, chief executive officer of the Charleston Animal Society.
Shelters have high standards for how they take care of their animals, he said, and those standards haven't declined in recent years. "I challenge them to provide data that proves that assertion," he said. "Public policy can't be based on unproven assertions."
And, he said, he doesn't think shelters compete with private-practice veterinarians. He cited a study by a national veterinary group that found veterinarians compete with each other, not shelters.
His group doesn't offer to the public services beyond those the bill would allow, he said. "But we don't want to be prevented from offering that in the future."
McKim, who had a private practice for 25 years before working at Pet Helpers, said she thinks some of the tension between private-practice veterinarians and shelter employees center on changes in the profession.
There simply are too many veterinarians competing for clients now, she said, and many of them need to make money because they finish school with more than $180,000 in student-loan debt.
But she doesn't think people who turn to low-cost clinics at shelters cut into private-practice veterinarians' businesses. For instance, she said, South Carolina law requires all cats and dogs to have a current rabies vaccine, but only 25 percent do. She doesn't think people are leaving local veterinarians for care at shelter-based clinics. "I think they are shooting at a ghost that's not there."
Reach Diane Knich at 937-5491 or on Twitter @dianeknich.


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When Burnett and Kristin Gunter retired, they decided to pack up their life in northern California and head for Colorado's high country outside of Black Hawk. Instead of downsizing, as most empty nesters do, the couple built a 5,000-square-foot house on land that has been in Kristin's family since the 1920s. The house was built to serve a dual purpose—as the couple's retirement residence but also as a retreat for Kristin's siblings and cousins, with whom she co-owns the 150 acres.
The couple lives on the main level, occupying 2,000 square feet, while a walk-out basement, roughly the same size, has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a large family room to accommodate visitors. "The goal," Kristin says, "was to build a home that everyone and their families could enjoy—now and for generations to come."
Thinking about the next generation, and their utility bills, the couple wanted to harness the sun and the open solar window to offset 100% of their electricity use. Their starting point was a 2,400-square-foot workshop where Burnett rehabs cars and trucks, and stores equipment used to maintain the property. The shop was erected about one year prior to home's construction and built with a south-facing roof pitched at 34°.
The roof accommodates a grid-tied 10.92-kilowatt PV system wired to a 48-volt, 2,490-amp hour battery bank and 20 kW generator housed in the workshop's electrical room. "The system solves two needs—it generates renewable electricity and provides backup. While the grid in this area is very reliable, big snowstorms can and do happen, and we wanted to make sure we had backup power," Burnett says.
The system was sized to provide enough electricity for the home's day-to-day use, but also handle the peak use from multiple visitors. The home features a mix of LED and compact fluorescent lighting. Most of the household appliances are electric, except for a gas dryer and the range. The system also powers an energy recovery ventilator that transfers warmth from inside air that is being exhausted to the fresh air being drawn from outside.
A high-efficiency natural gas boiler with a sidearm water heater supplies the home's in-floor radiant heating and hot water. Zone heating allows the heat in the home's lower level to be kept at a minimum when not occupied. The couple supplements radiant heating with a wood-burning masonry heater in the great room on the main floor, which they fire up once in the morning and once in the evening on the coldest days.
Perched on an unprotected hillside 9,000 feet above sea level, the home had to be resilient against inclement weather and cool temperatures. Even in the summer months, day temperatures rarely top 75°F, and night temperatures may dip below 40°F. The main level walls and ceilings are 6.5-inch, R-42 structural insulated panels that are insulated with a high-density urethane foam. In the basement, 8-inch stud-framed walls are filled with closed-cell polyurethane spray foam for R-50. Double-glazed casement windows oriented to the south provide natural light and passive heat gain, while opening the home to panoramic mountain views.
Self-professed tinkerers (and retired engineers), the couple has tested the PV system in several scenarios, disconnecting from the grid and running off battery power for periods of time.
The system started generating in November 2012, providing electricity for the last leg of house construction. As of January 2013, the system has produced 13.5 megawatt-hours. The system was designed by Patty Bruton at The Solar Biz and installed by Namaste Solar in Boulder. The total came to $73,845, with the federal tax credit and a local rebate from United Power bringing the final cost to $49,442.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican legislators on Thursday expanded a routine education bill to include tax credits for parents who move their children from failing public schools to private schools, prompting the state school superintendent to withdraw his support and a teachers' group to assail it as "totally anti-public education."
The revised version cleared the House and Senate, with Republicans voting for it and Democrats opposing it in unusually heated debate. State Superintendent of Education Tommy Bice dropped his support, but Republican Gov. Robert Bentley said he would sign it into law.
"I truly believe it is the most significant piece of legislation that's been passed in this Legislature in years," the governor said.
Initially, the bill was to allow city and county school systems to get approval from the state's school superintendent and school board to have flexibility in complying with state education laws. It was backed by the Legislature's GOP leadership, the governor and Bice.
After the House and Senate passed different versions of the bill, a legislative conference committee dominated by Republicans put out a new version Thursday afternoon that expanded the bill from nine pages to 27. Those extra pages added tax credits for parents who move their children from a failing public school to a non-failing public school, private school or parochial school. It also creates a scholarship program for parents who can't afford a move. Business and individuals would get tax credits for contributing scholarship money.
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, said the bill gives hope to parents whose children are stuck in failing schools and will force school boards to address poorly performing schools. "We took flexibility and turned it into accountability," he said.
The executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association, Henry Mabry, said the Republicans' original school flexibility bill was a Trojan horse to benefit private schools. "This is totally anti-public education," he said.
The state superintendent said he worked on developing the original version of the bill, but had no input on the new version. He said it will have a significant negative financial on public schools.
"This is no longer the bill I gave my support to," he said in an interview.
Sally Howell, executive director of the Alabama Association of School Boards, said she also worked on the original bill, but got "bushwhacked" by the changes.
Bentley said the surprise move had been in the works for a few days, but supporters like Howell and Bice weren't included because Republicans knew they would oppose the tax credits. Marsh said Republicans didn't want to delay a vote because that would have allowed opponents to inundate legislators with calls.
The new version provides the tax credits for parents of students now in failing schools. Failing schools include those in the bottom 10 percent on statewide reading and math assessment scores, with three consecutive D's or one F on the school grading card, or labeled "persistently low-performing" on the state's School Improvement Grant application.
The new version also allows flexibility from teacher tenure laws in failing schools, but not in other schools. They could have a tenure program for teachers who wanted it and a non-tenure track for those who don't.
The four Republicans on the conference committee voted for the new version, and the two Democrats voted against it. Democratic Sen. Quinton Ross of Montgomery, a former public school principal on the committee, said the new version was designed by four white Republicans on the panel without any input from the committee's two black Democrats.
Then the House approved it 51-26 and the Senate 22-11 on party-line votes. Before the Senate's vote, members shouted and shook their fingers at each other, and Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey repeatedly called for order without success.
Associated Press writer Bob Johnson contributed to this report.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle – by Phillip Rawls
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DFID - Developing global partnerships in education: The World Classroom [4 January 2007]
DFID: All Children Have a Right to a Decent Education (external link)
In a speech in Gleneagles, Gordon Brown said:
We will do for education what the Red Cross and Medicine Sans Frontiers achieve for health and seek to provide education not just in places of comfort and peace but everywhere in the world - behind frontiers in conflict zones and fragile states.
Some children can spend their lives living in conflict, or refugee camps, and if we do not reach out to these children, we will miss a generation.
We need an Education Beyond Borders initiative that will help ensure that education needs are met in humanitarian emergencies, with a coordinated approach and rapid deployment of education experts led by UNICEF and Save the Children.
We will provide additional UK support for education in Sierra Leone, Burundi, Somalia, Afghanistan, Nepal, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia. And we must mobilise the political will to deliver education for all children, including those in conflict, at the High Level Education Event, hosted by the European Commission, in May.
Hilary Benn said:
More than 75 million children do not go to school every day across the world. 30 million of these are in countries affected by conflict.
To meet our collective aim of getting every child into primary education by 2015, and our commitment to provide greater support to fragile and conflict-affected states, this new initiative will providing a vital boost of funds, support and expertise to bring education to those made most vulnerable by conflict.
UK support to the new initiative includes:
The new initiative announced today is built on the approach of ensuring that education is an integral part of humanitarian assistance and building the capacity of UNICEF and other UN agencies to deliver education effectively in conflict zones and fragile states. This will mean working with the FTI to deliver improved support for education in post-conflict fragile states and making sure that UK development assistance is committed to support education in fragile and post-conflict states.
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1. The UKs £20 million grant will be provided to UNICEF to support their activities in emergency and post crisis countries over the next 4/5 years, and will be closely coordinated with the World Bank and bilateral partners, to ensure that the key building blocks for education development in post conflict countries and fragile states are put in place.
2. The new rapid response capacity will take the form of the first global roster for education in emergencies, enabling skilled professionals to be deployed rapidly and effectively to deliver education interventions in humanitarian crisis situations. It will be funded through UNICEF and delivered by UNICEF and Save the Children as part of the UN Cluster for education.
3. The Fast Track Initiative (FTI) is a global partnership between donors and developing countries to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goal of all children completing primary school by 2015. It has two funds the EPDF (Education Programme Development Fund), a technical assistance fund, and the CF, the Catalytic Fund. The UK leads the FTI Fragile States task team and will work with partners to bring forward proposals about how the FTI can improve its support for fragile states.
4. UK development assistance in fragile and post-conflict states is already making a difference. The UK supports education in Afghanistan through the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF). About a quarter of ARTF funding pays the salaries of over 100,000 teachers. This has been vital to increasing the number of children particularly girls in school from 2 million in 2002 to 6 million today.
5. TheHigh-Level Education event of 2 May aims to generate renewed high-level political commitment to finance basic education in an urgent and long term predictable way in order to meet the education MDG: ensuring all children, worldwide, including those in fragile states, complete primary education by 2015. The event will be hosted in Brussels by the European Commission and co-organized by the UK government and the World Bank.
6. The UK defines fragile states as those where the government cannot, or will not, deliver its core functions to the majority of its people, including the poor. DFID has a list of 46 fragile states based on the World Banks Country Policy and Institutional Assessments. There are about 31 million primary school-aged children out of primary school in fragile states. This is about 40% of the total 77 million - of out of school children. The primary enrolment rate in fragile states is 69%.
7. For countries suffering protracted crises, humanitarian aid can become the dominant form of aid over a long period of time. For example, from 1993 2004, 73% of UK aid to both Liberia and Somalia was emergency aid (Leader and Colenso, 2005). Education is currently under-funded in humanitarian assistance, even compared to other sectors. For example, in the 2006 UN Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP), education was allocated 1.1% of total humanitarian assistance although it represented 4.2% of total needs.
8. The UN Cluster system was introduced in 2005 to improve the predictability, timeliness and effectiveness of response to humanitarian crises. Clusters are intended to redress systemic gaps and strengthen leadership and accountability. The UK supports the introduction of the cluster system for education, which was agreed in December 2006 by the Inter-Agency Committee of the UN and will be co-led by UNICEF and Save the Children.
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Jon Favreau has emerged as the lead candidate to direct the planned movie version of the Tony Award-winning jukebox musical "Jersey Boys," according to a report this week in Variety.
Favreau may seem like a strange choice for the job judging from his recent directorial efforts "Iron Man," "Iron Man 2" and "Cowboys and Aliens." But Favreau's screenplay for the 1996 movie "Swingers" suggests he knows a thing or two about ambitious young men trying to make it in showbiz.
"Jersey Boys" is reportedly being adapted for the screen by John Logan, the Tony-winning playwright ("Red") and Oscar-nominated screenwriter ("Hugo,""The Aviator"). Graham King is producing the movie, which is expected to be released in 2013.
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Don't get me wrong - the SR503 is far from stripped down. But compared with some expensive receivers, with their USB ports and overcrowded remotes, this one, which lists for a mere $300, is pleasantly basic. And amid increasing numbers of receivers with digital amplifiers, the SR503 stoutly follows the analog tradition. But can it deliver the sonic goods without coming up short on the essentials?
SETUP When it comes to interconnection, the Onkyo covered most of the bases. There's no HDMI digital video port, which I'd have liked, but I was encouraged to find three component-video inputs. (If you have more than three component-video sources, then you have too many and should send the extras to me.) The Onkyo doesn't upconvert lesser-quality sources, though, so you can't play composite video from a VCR or old analog camcorder and expect its signal to appear at the receiver's component- or S-video monitor output. Ditto for digital audio signals, which won't be passed by any analog audio outputs. For this test, I used the Onkyo's component-video input and both its coaxial digital and multichannel analog audio inputs to connect my DVD player. You'll also find B speaker outputs for the front left/right channels round back - a nice touch for such an inexpensive receiver.
Unlike some receivers - even the occasional budget model - that automatically set speaker "size," distance, and level as well as bass crossover, the SR503 leaves setup strictly a manual affair. No big deal. I was impressed with the crossover-frequency options - 60, 80, 100, 120, and 150 Hz, which are more than most receivers offer. This flexibility can help fine-tune the sound of a wide range of home theater speaker systems.
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Batavia resident Phyllis Holstead, 83, was at the Quilt and Textile Show in Batavia when she answered nine questions for the Kane County Chronicle's Brenda Schory.
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Remembering 9/11
During the hour when terrorist attacks were unfolding on U.S. soil a decade earlier, Catawba County citizens gathered in Conover on Sunday to remember Sept. 11, 2001.
"Today marks the 10th anniversary of when our world was made different in an instant," said Conover Mayor Lee Moritz Jr. "Whatever we call 9/11 - the beginning of the war on terror - or America's wake-up call, one fact is beyond belief: it changed us, and it changed our world."
A memorial service in Conover Downtown Park also included the dedication of a World Trade center artifact - a steel and concrete "shear head" which attached the WTC North Tower's steel girders to its concrete foundation. Identified by Conover City Council member Done Beal as archive F-0003j, the 5,000-pound piece of history will be displayed in a place where citizens can, "see, touch and feel" it.
"While we are saddened by the events that brought this piece of our heritage to a final rest here, it is important to be reminded this is not a tombstone. Rather, it is a symbol of a nation born of freedom; forged on the backs of heroes who literally protect our democratic way of life," Beal said. "We are reminded that our nation's foundation has survived this senseless attack, thus we shall honor the men and women who protect and serve us day after day."
The artifact, Moritz said, should "remind us that despite differences, we are all Americans." It represents the memory of all who perished; veterans who have served and those "defending post 9/11 freedom;" and first responders who "risk their lives" to protect citizens, he said.
Beginning promptly at 8:45 a.m. Sunday, the Conover memorial coincided with the moment when five terrorist hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the WTC North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001. At 9:03 a.m. five other hijackers crashed U.S. Air Flight 175 into the WTC South Tower.
"We remember today, the citizens who perished inside the World Trade Center and aboard the planes that felled the twin towers," Moritz said. "These people were not trained warriors taking an oath to fight and defend. They were just hard-working citizens."
Among those victims, Moritz said, were 403 first-responders, including 343 firefighter, 23 police officers and 47 port authority officers.
"The firefighters and first-responders, without hesitation, ran toward these burning buildings in an attempt to rescue lives without any regard for their own safety," Moritz said.
Moritz also reminded the assembled crowd area residents, community leaders and first-responders about two other airplanes commandeered by terrorists ten years ago. One crashed into the Pentagon, which Moritz said is more than a war department, but a place where the U.S. military's peace-keeping and relief missions have been hatched for decades. The other plan crashed in a pasture in Shanksville, Penn.
"We remember Flight 93, where by all accounts, our war on terror began," Conover's mayor said of the plan that crashed in Pennsylvania, killing 40 people on board. "These brave Americans mounted heroic efforts to regain control of the aircraft. ... If not for these Americans fighting back, Flight 93 would have targeted our nation's capitol or the White House."
After Sept. 11, 2001 began as what Moritz called a "picture perfect weather day," it quickly turned into nightmare."
"We all saw images we never dreamed we would see," said Conover Police Department Chaplain Brian Correll. "We still can't believe them, but they are burned into our memories."
Alongside those bitter recollections, Correll encouraged people to also hold fast to other memories.
"May we never forget the human sacrifice that day," he said. "Never, never, never forget those that, in the face of danger, ran to and not from the destruction that horrified us and many others."
Correll also encouraged citizens to remember "hometown heroes" - the men and women who serve as first responders in Catawba County. Many of those police, fire and rescue workers were present for Sunday's ceremony. As ladder trucks from Newton and Conover fire departments hoisted a U.S. flag above the park, uniformed men and women from Conover, Newton, Hickory, Oxford and throughout Catawba County formed a processional of police, fire and rescue "hometown heroes." The Catawba County Firefighter's Association Honor Guard solemnly offered the sounding of a fire bell to honor those first responders who died on 9/11.
"Just as those that go racing to the buildings, to the fires, to the destruction and the horrific acts they see day in and day out, they are our hometown heroes," Correll said. "They work in the face of fear of danger and of fear of things that the normal person would collapse under. They are truly our heroes."
Those heroes, too, along with victims and their families were also commemorated in a proclamation passed by Conover City Council this month. "Always Remember 9-11 Day" is a day " to mourn, reflect and rededicate ourselves to ending terrorism in commemoration of the anniversary of the terrorists attacks."
"We encourage all of our citizens to honor the victims of Sept. 11 by reaffirming their commitment to sustaining our newfound patriotism through volunteerism, community involvement and service," Conover Council member Jan Herman read from the proclamation. "Let us honor the memory of all those who died by being of service to one another and by building the 'stronger, more perfect union' our founding fathers called for."
The Conover memorial was among ceremonies slated throughout Catawba County on Sunday. Churches throughout the community dedicated service time to remembrance of 9/11, while Hickory planned a memorial service on Union Square on Sunday.


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"Supernatural" (KWBQ-19 8 p.m.) "Supernatural" signs off for the year with "A Very Supernatural Christmas." Seems that our spooky detectives Sam and Dean are investigating a series of murders in which the victims were pulled up through chimneys. ... Now that's the holiday spirit, boys.
"What Perez Sez ... About 2007" (VH1 8 p.m.) Perez Hilton--famous for blogging about people who are famous for being famous--gives his catty opinions about this year's headline-grabbers.
"2007 World Magic Awards" (KASY-50 7 p.m.) Yes, they have magic awards. And yes, MyNet is desperate enough to broadcast them.
Christmas in Paradise (Lifetime 7 p.m.) While vacationing in the Caribbean, bonds form among a man and his two children and a woman and her two children. ... Who cares? They're still two kids short of a Brady Bunch.
"Critics Choice: Best Movies of 2007" (VH1 8 p.m.) Bring the Noise vs. La Vie En Rose: Let the arguments begin.
"Survivor" (KRQE-13 7 p.m.) Another year, another "Survivor" season finale.
"Extras: Extra Special Series Finale" (HBO 10 p.m.) "The Office" creator Ricky Gervais returns to his follow-up sitcom for a 90 minute sign-off.
"Clash of the Choirs" (KOB-4 7 p.m) Singers, bands and even country musicians have all had their shot at reality show fame. Why not church choirs? .. Me, I'm holding out for the barbershop quartets.
"Duel" (KOAT-7 7 p.m.) Love game shows? Boy, are you in luck! This Writers' Guild strike is a goldmine for TV game shows. This one, featuring Mike Greenberg, co-host of ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike in the Morning" show, acting as quizmaster is just the first of dozens to follow. ... Don't love game shows? Man, are you screwed!
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Nostalgic for last year's Doomsday worries? You may enjoy pondering an asteroid, named Apophis, passing overhead Wednesday. It also aims for close encounters with Earth in 2029 and 2036.
The asteroid, some 886 feet across, will pass within 9 million miles of Earth on Wednesday, its closest approach this year. The asteroid had attracted a great deal of interest in 2004, when it was discovered, after some estimates suggested it had a chance of hitting Earth in 2036. That possibility was later dismissed after better estimates of its orbit arrived.
(MORE: Celestial Encounters on Tap for 2013)
Because a tiny chance still exists of the asteroid hitting Earth in 2036, "scientific interest in Apophis is acute, and it's very important to learn as much as we can about this object when it gets close enough for physical observations," says a recent statement from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. Radar observations of the asteroid, scheduled for February, should refine orbital track analyses of the asteroid's impact chances.
If it ever hit Earth, the asteroid would deliver an impact blast on land of 141 megatons, almost three times stronger than the biggest H-bomb ever tested, according to Purdue University's impact calculator.
"Due to the proximity of its orbit to Earth, Apophis is being considered as a potential target for both robotic and crewed spacecraft missions," the JPL statement notes.
But instead of any landing this year, the Wednesday night passage will be too dim for even backyard telescopes, says Slooh Space Camera's Patrick Paolucci, in a statement. Slooh's online cameras will make views of the asteroid available in a webcast on Wednesday night.
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Tanzania RPCV David Cummins always looking at big picture
He describes his experiences in Africa and South Korea early in his career, and in South Africa and Brazil in recent years as life-altering. Cummins has seen that rural problems around the globe are connected.
Tanzania RPCV David Cummins always looking at big picture
Cummins always looking at big picture
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
By Jean Caspers-Simmet
Agri News staff writer
CHARLES CITY, Iowa --George Cummins is always looking at the big picture, looking for ways to improve rural communities.
"With all the problems and concerns the nation is facing in rural America, I think the solution is a group of local people who will benefit who make sure good things happen,'' Cummins said. "You have to empower people. Convince them they can do it.''
For rural development to be successful, Cummins said benefits must flow back to farmers and rural communities.
Cummins, an Iowa State University Extension field specialist for crops in Charles City, grew up on a farm near New Providence. He graduated from Iowa State University in 1964 with a degree in ag education.
He spent three years in Tanzania with the Peace Corps and was drafted into the Army. He taught high school vocational agriculture in Vinton for three years and then at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo for six years.
In the late 1970s, he returned to Africa for two years training local Extension workers in Swaziland.
He describes his experiences in Africa and South Korea early in his career, and in South Africa and Brazil in recent years as life-altering. Cummins has seen that rural problems around the globe are connected.
In 1981 Cummins began his career with Iowa State University Extension in Floyd County. He was county director for 11 years and then became an area crops specialist.
Cummins and his wife, Vonda, have four grown children. David works for Home Depot in Des Moines. Aaron is a high school art teacher in Illinois. Rachel is a nursing student in Kansas City. Molly is a kindergarten teacher in Phoenix.
"Our family is like many others,'' Cummins said. "The kids went to college and three found jobs in other states. None stayed in Charles City.''
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Peace Corps at highest Census in 30 years
Congratulations to the Peace Corps for the highest number of volunteers in 30 years with 7,810 volunteers serving in 71 posts across the globe. Of course, the President's proposal to double the Peace Corps to 15,000 volunteers made in his State of the Union Address in 2002 is now a long forgotten dream. With deficits in federal spending stretching far off into the future, any substantive increase in the number of volunteers will have to wait for new approaches to funding and for a new administration. Choose your candidate and start working for him or her now.
Military Option sparks concerns
The U.S. military is allowing recruits to meet part of their reserve military obligations after active duty by serving in the Peace Corps. Read why there is opposition to the program among RPCVs. Director Vasquez says the agency has a long history of accepting qualified applicants who are in inactive military status. John Coyne says "Not only no, but hell no!" and RPCV Chris Matthews leads the debate on "Hardball." Avi Spiegel says Peace Corps is not the place for soldiers while Coleman McCarthy says to Welcome Soldiers to the Peace Corps. Read the results of our poll among RPCVs. Latest: Congressman John Kline introduces legislation to alter the program to remove the Peace Corps as an option for completing an individual's military enlistment requirement.
Why blurring the lines puts PCVs in danger
When the National Call to Service legislation was amended to include Peace Corps in December of 2002, this country had not yet invaded Iraq and was not in prolonged military engagement in the Middle East, as it is now. Read the story of how one volunteer spent three years in captivity from 1976 to 1980 as the hostage of a insurrection group in Colombia in Joanne Marie Roll's op-ed on why this legislation may put soldier/PCVs in the same kind of danger. Latest: Read the ongoing dialog on the subject.
'Celebration of Service' a major success
The Peace Corps Fund's 'Celebration of Service' on September 29 in New York City was a major success raising approximately $100,000 for third goal activities. In the photo are Maureen Orth (Colombia); John Coyne (Ethiopia) Co-founder of the Peace Corps Fund; Caroline Kennedy; Barbara Anne Ferris (Morocco) Co-founder; Former Senator Harris Wofford, member of the Advisory Board. Read the story here.
PC apologizes for the "Kasama incident"
The District Commissioner for the Kasama District in Zambia issued a statement banning Peace Corps activities for 'grave' social misconduct and unruly behavior for an incident that occurred on September 24 involving 13 PCVs. Peace Corps said that some of the information put out about the incident was "inflammatory and false." On October 12, Country Director Davy Morris met with community leaders and apologized for the incident. All PCVs involved have been reprimanded, three are returning home, and a ban in the district has since been lifted.
Top Stories: October 10, 2005
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Kinky Friedman could be the next governor of Texas 5 Oct
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John McCain's call to service 3 Oct
Joshua Berman wins Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award 2 Oct
Operation Offset proposes freeze in Peace Corps Funding 1 Oct
Returned Volunteers respond to Hurricane Katrina
First and foremost, Give. Then volunteer with the Crisis Corps. Carol Bellamy says "In situations such as this one, money is needed the most" and added that Hurricane Katrina's impact on New Orleans is comparable to last year's tsunami. Thailand RPCV Thomas Tighe's Direct Relief International has committed an initial $250,000 in cash to assist hurricane victims. Mayor Tom Murphy (RPCV Paraguay) says Pittsburgh is ready to embrace refugees from devastated areas. Brazil RPCV Robert Backus is among the first Vermont doctors to volunteer to travel to Louisiana to treat victims. Latest: FEMA requests RPCVs to assist in recovery efforts through the Crisis Corps and the Peace Corps hopes to send 400 RPCVs to the Gulf Coast for short term assignments to assist victims with their applications for federal aid.
The Peace Corps Library
Peace Corps Online is proud to announce that the Peace Corps Library is now available online. With over 30,000 index entries in 500 categories, this is the largest collection of Peace Corps related stories in the world. From Acting to Zucchini, you can find hundreds of stories about what RPCVs with your same interests or from your Country of Service are doing today. If you have a web site, support the "Peace Corps Library" and link to it today.
Friends of the Peace Corps 170,000 strong
170,000 is a very special number for the RPCV community - it's the number of Volunteers who have served in the Peace Corps since 1961. It's also a number that is very special to us because March is the first month since our founding in January, 2001 that our readership has exceeded 170,000. And while we know that not everyone who comes to this site is an RPCV, they are all "Friends of the Peace Corps." Thanks everybody for making PCOL your source of news for the Returned Volunteer community.


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Okay. I don't know if this can be classed as poetry...
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A vesicle is a small fluid-filled blister.
Alternative Names
A vesicle is small -- it may be as tiny as the top of a pin or up to 5 or 10 millimeters wide.
In many cases, vesicles break easily and release their fluid onto the skin. When this fluid dries, yellow crusts may remain on the skin surface.
Many diseases and conditions can cause vesicles. Common examples include:
- Allergic reactions to drugs
- Atopic dermatitis (
- Autoimmune disorders such as bullous pemphigoid or pemphigus
- Blistering skin diseases including
porphyriacutanea tarda and dermatitis herpetiformis Chicken pox Contact dermatitis(may be caused by poison ivy)
- Herpes simplex (cold sores,
genital herpes) Herpes zoster(shingles) Impetigo
Home Care
It is best to have your health care provider examine any skin rashes, including vesicles.
Over-the-counter treatments are available for certain conditions that cause vesicles, including poison ivy and cold sores.
When to contact a medical professional
Call your doctor if you have any unexplained blisters on your skin.
What to Expect at Your Office Visit
Your doctor will look at your skin. Some vesicules can be diagnosed simply by how they look.
In many cases, however, additional tests are needed. The fluid inside a blister may be sent to a lab for closer examination. In particularly difficult cases, a skin biopsy may be needed to make or confirm a diagnosis.
High WA, Tomasini CF, Argenziano G, Zalaudek I. Basic principles of dermatology. In: Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Schaffer JV, eds. Dermatology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 1.
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In The Kitchen is a brand new video series teaching families how to make simple meals that are healthy for the whole family! Each video will showcase tips and recipes for you to use at home. To learn more about Chef Jeff Henderson Click Here.
Chef Jeff Henderson is an award-winning chef, bestselling author and popular public speaker — and an ex-offender, having served nearly a decade in prison for drugs.
Having run kitchens as Executive Chef at the renowned Café Bellagio and Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, he has become one of the most inspirational African-American chefs in the country.
In 2001, Jeff made history in Las Vegas, when he became the first African-American named "Chef de Cuisine" at Caesars Palace.
Jeff's remarkable story of finding his passion for cooking while incarcerated and turning his life around was captured in his New York Times Bestseller COOKED.


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The all new Viking Camping Trailer has been engineered around one simple word… EASY! Easy to set up, easy to store, easy to use and most importantly, easy to enjoy!
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hello everyone!
i hope you are all having a wonderful morning – I am enjoying the ever crisper fall-ish morning we have been having here in northern VA. oh winter how i love you! ever since pezza broke my body thermometer during pregnancy i have struggled with always being way too hot. which is funny because before that i always struggled with being way to cold…
Pezza is still doing well in school and even doing better at home – growing up perhaps?
I spent the afternoon in my newly designed studio playing yesterday – HEAVEN! and yes i am SO lucky to have a designated spot so large all to myself! i began by playing with some Pardo Polymer Clay and came up with some adorable little pumpkins for a swap I am in – check them out on Dotted Daisy.
i also did some coloring of course!
i just love the sweet little Fall Flora Fairies in the SCACD shop and i have Friendship Rose done up for Christmas today using the current sketch from my friend Melissa over on Tuesday Morning sketches. I am also entering it in the following challenges:Paperplay – Punches & Dies Frosted Designs – Punches Card Makin Mamas – Punches
Love that rose dress she is wearing! I used some gorgeous glittery paper from Best Creations Merry Christmas collection (susana has them in the 6×6 size for us of course!) I added one of my hand crocheted flowers on a layer of felt from Felt on the Fly with a glittered skittle in the center. the top also has a few of my Holly printed skittles (i still sell the printed skittles in my store). I also added my own pearl and glitter flourishes using Liquid Pearls Opal and Stickles Stardust.
I colored my image with Polycolor Colored Pencils. I wanted to give her wings a bit of shimmer so i got a little Pearl Perfect Pearls and mixed it with water to create a thin paint which I painted on. That is the thing i love about perfect pearls – it is so incredibly versatile AND has the binder built right in!
my baby Bubba Cat is ALWAYS where ever I am and when I finished work this morning here is where I found him:
REALLY!?!?!? at first he was laying ON the card but i got it out from under him! just LOOK at that incredible tail! it is getting fluffier and fluffier. Maine Coons don't tend to be born looking as fluffy as they end up being as adults. but my little man is fluffing up QUITE nicely! Maine Coons are one of the greatest breeds of cat you could ever own – I am SO glad we got our little Bubba!
Susana is loading up the store with new goodies all the time – be sure to check back often! The new Crafts Too folders are incredible! the new 6×6 christmas pads are JUST the thing for all of those cards you'll be making and there are new Kraftin' Kimmies in stock too!
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A few climbs in preparation for my dream ice climbing destination: Norway, for First Ascent. Follow us on the First Ascent blog!
Mighty Aphrodite, James Q Martin
Skylight (Andrew Burr Photo)
Ames Ice Hose in Telluride (Andrew Burr Photo)
With Chad in Ouray: Chad Peele and I had never climbed together, so we figured we would go climb around Ouray on my 1/2 day off between Chicks with Picks' Complete and the Betty Ice Ball. We made it up one climb - "Rocket something"just outside of Ouray - and then tried to go this amazing pillar I had seen a few days prior with Andrew Burr and Jason Nelson (check out the pictures on the blog). Yet, with the spell of warm temps, the creek had unfrozen and when I broke through the verglas and fell up to mid-calves in the cold-issima water, we decided to call it and go grab some lunch instead. Just a half day of climbing was enough to get feel for how we would climb together. Norway is going to be fun!
Automatic Control Theory, Santaquin Canyon, UT, Photo from hubby Adam George
The following pictures are of Frankenchrist, Maple Canyon UT, one of my favorite places to climb in because of the red cobble stones and the color of the ice. Funky ice but fun. Went down there with Peter Vintoniv and Tommy Chandler. Enjoy!
Frankenchrist, Maple Canyon UT


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ORLANDO -- The introduction of powerful magnetic "desk toys" such as Buckyballs for adults was associated with a spike in cases of magnet ingestion among children, and in many cases endoscopy and even surgery was needed to remove the foreign object and repair the damage that resulted, a researcher said here.
A small survey garnered data on 481 cases of magnet ingestion by children during a 10-year period up to 2012, with 320 cases being seen in the years immediately after neodymium magnets began being sold in 2008, according to Robert A. Noel, MD, of Louisiana State University in New Orleans.
Among the children who swallowed these magnets, 80% to 85% ended up having procedures that ranged from endoscopy to bowel resection, Noel reported in a pair of poster sessions at the annual Digestive Disease Week.
Most foreign bodies will pass through the gastrointestinal tract, and the same is true if a child swallows a single neodymium magnet.
"But if the kid swallows more than one of these magnets they'll find each other in the intestine, even from a distance, and pull toward each other, pinching off areas of tissue and cutting the blood supply," he explained.
"Deep ulcers can develop within hours, and after 12 hours you have a good chance of a perforation so early intervention is crucial," he said.
"During the spring of 2012, the bulletin board of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) showed an apparent increase in cases of magnet ingestion, so we decided to perform a survey to determine the extent of this," Noel said in an interview.
A total of 355 physicians from all around the U.S. and from several other countries responded to the survey.
Two-thirds of the affected children were boys, and the peak age was 3 to 6 years, with a second increase in incidence being seen at ages 9 to 12. This was notably different from the pattern seen with other types of foreign body ingestion, where the peak is between 1 and 2 years and falls thereafter.
"You never see that second peak in older kids with other types of foreign bodies except for in those who have psychiatric or developmental disorders," Noel told MedPage Today.
In fact, almost one-quarter of the ingestions were in older kids, who were using the magnets as "pretend" piercings in areas such as the tongue, and as imitation body art.
When used as imitation tongue piercings, the magnets can easily be swallowed, and in four cases they lodged in the appendix, he said.
In 123 of the cases, Noel was able to obtain details about treatment.
Serial x-rays were needed in 85% of cases, and 80% of the children had either endoscopy or surgery.
In 25% of cases requiring intervention, surgery was done, and in 43% of the surgical cases, removal of the magnets was followed by further procedures such as fistula repair or bowel resection.
The surgeries included laparotomy in 78%, laparoscopy in 19%, and thoracotomy in 3%.
And while most of the surgeries were successful, 1 in 10 of the children needed additional treatment.
Advocacy efforts on the part of NASPGHAN have now led to the removal of most of these desk magnet toys from the market through actions of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Noel noted.
The authors had no disclosures.
- Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Digestive Disease WeekSource Reference: Noel R, et al "Neodymium magnet adult desk toys are associated with increased medical and surgical intervention in children" DDW 2013; Abstract Sa1544.
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Digestive Disease WeekSource Reference: Gilger M, et al "Neodymium magnet adult desk toys are associated with an increased rate of magnet ingestions in children and a new risk factor for ingestions in older children and teenagers" DDW 2013; Abstract Mo1207.


text: Playwright and audio dramatist Beverley Cooper has done a masterful job in adapting Collins's classic Victorian suspense novel to the audio medium. Within the framing story of a courtroom setting, each character stands up to describe the events that he or she has witnessed; the words of testimony then fade into a flashback scene, so the listener can experience the story as it unfolds. The actors are simply marvelous, particularly Douglas Campbell as the oily, sinister Count Fosco and Cedric Smith as Lord Percival Glyde, the manipulative gold digger with secrets to hide. Suzanne Hoffman sounds appropriately sweet and lovely as Laura, the damsel in distress, and Gina Wilkinson gives a nice contrasting performance as her practical, intelligent and down-to-earth sister, Marian. The story is well paced and suspenseful, while background music adds a subtly ominous atmosphere without distracting from the tale. Likewise, the production uses just the right amount of sound effects. With its colorful characters and air of mystery, this superb dramatization truly does the tale justice. (Dec.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.


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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently undertaking a broad program known as Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) to develop, introduce, and certify new technologies into the National Airspace System. NextGen is a fundamentally transformative change that is being implemented incrementally over a period of many years. Currently, the FAA is putting into place the foundation that provides support for the future building blocks of a fully operational NextGen. NextGen is a challenging undertaking that includes ground systems, avionics installed in a wide range of aircraft, and procedures to take advantage of the new technology.
Transformation in the Air assesses the FAA's plan for research on methods and procedures to improve both confidence in and the timeliness of certification of new technologies for their introduction into the National Airspace System. This report makes recommendations to include both ground and air elements and document the plan's relationship to the other activities and procedures required for certification and implementation into the National Airspace System.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jul 2012 19:38 UTC, submitted by tupp
It might be a cliche, but sometimes, a picture says more than a thousand words. Over the years, I've often talked about how the technology world is iterative, about how products are virtually always built upon that which came before, about how almost always, multiple people independently arrive at the same products since they work within the same constraints of the current state of technology. This elementary aspect of the technology world, which some would rather forget, has been illustrated very, very well in one of Samsung's legal filings against Apple.
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i think it is a good thing for the case...
by FadeFx on Mon 30th Jul 2012 23:34 UTC
That apple choose Samsung to be the main opponent in their war against android, i could imagine a smaller company like HTC or LG probably could not stand this treatment for such a long time, having their products banned from major markets. I think those company's would have been forced to ground long time ago. Samsung never felt forced to change their design just because a computer manufacturer had the idea to build mobile phones all off a sudden.


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I just bought one yesterday. I am new to keyboards. Got tired of guitars after 10 years so I am going to pull an eddie vanm halen and try out the Keys.
I have a mac book. What is some ideal software people are using these days, also anything else you recomend I get?
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One of the most versatile pieces of exercise equipment you can use is an exercise ball. You can find them in most major stores (Target, Walmart, Dick's, etc.) and they are not expensive. You will also find that kids will want to use them too. Here are some great abdominal exercises using the ball.
Start in a seated position on the ball and walk out until the ball is underneath your middle back. Make sure your feet are far enough apart to provide stability for the rest of your body.
With your hands behind your head and your elbows wide, crunch up as far as you can. Make sure you take deeps breaths as you are crunching.
• Slowly lower back down to the starting position.
• You can modify this exercise by walking out further or walking in closer. Do 3 sets of 10 for a total of 30.
Sit in an upright position on your knees facing the ball. Your hands should be on top of the ball with your palms facing each other.
• Straighten your arms in front of you so the ball is arms distance from your torso.
• While keeping your back straight, lean forward and push the ball away from you so the ball rolls up to your elbows.
• If possible, rise up into a plank position with your legs straight. Support your body weight with your forearms on the ball and your toes on the floor. Hold as long as you can. Rest for five seconds and repeat 10 times.
If you cannot come into a full plank, remain in modified plank on your knees.
Roll over the ball on your abdomen and walk out on your hands until your shins are on top of the ball and you are in a push-up position facing the floor. Make sure your hands are positioned directly under your shoulders with your fingers relaxed and pointing forward.
• Tighten your abs as you pull your knees towards your chest and roll the ball in.
• Hold for a few seconds and roll the ball out into the starting position. Repeat 10 times.
English Esway is the Group Fitness Coordinator for Powerhouse Gym in Hilton Head, S.C. She has been teaching fitness classes since 1995 when she first became AFAA Certified. She is also certified by Reebok Cycle, Schwinn Cycle, AFAA Step, AFAA Kickboxing, and she holds multiple Zumba Certifications. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or at Powerhouse Gym 843-706-9700.


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Joeblake wrote:Hangdog98 wrote:.There is a very strong movement to stop cycleway construction and tear up existing ones because of under-use. Then what?
Do you have any substantive evidence for this claim? (And please, don't just supply a link and expect somebody else to do your research for you.)
You're kidding Joe, right? Way out west in WA you might not get the TV coverage that 95% of Australians get, but the whole subject of tearing up cyclepaths has been the stock and trade of talkback radio for 2 years. The fierce battle between the Sydney Lord Mayor and the anti-cycling lobby groups spilled over into the NSW State election. Barry O'Farrell (the Premier of NSW) supported the destruction of bike paths in his election campaign. The danger isn't the bogan on the electric Huffy or Betty on her 500W step-thru but being killed by a lunatic truck driver whipped into an anti-cycling frenzy by Ray Hadley on 2GB.
I thought everybody knew this but I was wrong. Though I'm not going to deliever substantive evidence for this claim nor do I run a cycling lobby appreciation course. You need to get out of your cave and do some reading of your own to catch up or just ignore me.
The point of motor assistance is get more bums on bikes. These bums may not be as fit as you, as fast as you, as wealthy as you, as dedicated as you. have suffered through as many metric centuries as you, eaten as many power-bars as you, bought as many pro jerseys as you, watched as many live telecasts of the tour on SBS while spinning on their fluid trainer as you, participated in the cycling forums as much as you or know what the B tension adjuster does on a derailleur... but these arbitrary restrictions people want to put on others enjoyment of the pathways of travel around our great nation is just being a fitness elitist hiding behind the veil of non-existant safety concerns.
ColinOldnCranky, my advice to you would be to unsubscribe from this thread rather than close it. I'm not done thanks.


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Syrian opposition activists say at least 13 people, most of them children, have died in a government airstrike that hit a bus in the country's east, AP reported.
The Local Coordination's Committees group says the bus was carrying civilians traveling to the capital, Damascus, from the eastern Deir el-Zour province when it was struck in the village of Shoula on Wednesday.
The group says 13 people were killed.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 16, including 10 children. It says the death toll was likely to rise because there were many wounded.
Syrian government airstrikes frequently target opposition-held areas of the country. Eastern Syria is almost entirely under the control of the militant Islamic State group, an al-Qaida breakaway.
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