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EPA Marks the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day by Recognizing Environmental Achievers in Puerto Rico
Release Date: 05/05/2010
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(San Juan, P.R.) For six people and organizations from Puerto Rico, the spirit of Earth Day has not diminished in the 40 years since it was first celebrated. In keeping with that spirit, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today awarded them each the Agency's Environmental Quality Award. These awards, given to those who demonstrate outstanding achievements in protecting the environment, were presented by EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck at an awards ceremony today at EPA's Caribbean Environmental Protection Division office in San Juan.
"Today we honor those who advocate for a better environment, and give their time and energy to make the world a healthier and cleaner place," said Judith Enck, EPA Regional Administrator. "The people and organizations we honor today are truly making a difference and we thank them for their part in helping us shape a more sustainable environmental future."
Environmental Quality Award recipients are chosen from the following categories: individual citizen, environmental education, press and media, business and industry, non-profit organization, environmental or community group, and federal, state, local or tribal agency. The recipients come from within Region 2, which includes New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, The U.S. Virgin Islands and 7 federally-recognized Indian Nations. The award winners span a wide range of environmental achievements, but each proves exemplary determination and success. The EPA's regional office receives nominations for the awards from both inside and outside the Agency. For more information about the Environmental Quality Awards in EPA Region 2, go to https://www.epa.gov/region02/eqa/.
2010 Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Award Winners
Environmental Education
Scuba Dogs Society, Inc., San Juan
Scuba Dogs Society, Inc. is a Puerto Rico-based non-profit that was founded in honor of environmentalist Enrique Martí Coll. The organization has led an annual "International Coastal Cleanup" since 2002, which grew from a 10-beach cleanup in its first year to a cleanup of over 220 sites Commonwealth-wide in 2010. It also created the "Trash Fish" campaign to raise awareness of the problem of marine waste.
Jorge Benitez Bibiloni
Ecoquids Club, Las Piedras
Ecoquids is a series of fictional characters created by Jorge Benitez Bibiloni to educate children and young adults about environmental protection and conservation. Over the past four years, the characters, such as Tito the Coqui, have been seen by nearly 10,000 students.
Individual Citizen
Gilda Pimentel Porfil
Since 2005, Gilda has led MANTA (Movimento en Apoyo a Nuestros Tesoros Ambientales), a summer program that teaches children ages 5-17 about the environment and natural resources. She has been an inspirational teacher to hundreds of children who have participated in this outstanding program. She has also been a tireless advocate for eliminating plastic bag waste, and has served as an environmental leader in the municipal legislature.
Karin Diaz, Esq.
Watershed Stewardship Program, San Juan
Karin Diaz, Esq. is chair of the stakeholders involvement committee, a group that has been essential to the success of the Watershed Stewardship Program in achieving its water quality objectives. The Program involves all levels of government in Puerto Rico. Karin's pro bono legal advice has proven to be an irreplaceable and unique asset. In addition, Karin personally redrafted the Phosphate Detergent Control Act and was instrumental to its passage.
Non-Profit Organization, Environmental or Community Group
Maricruz Rivera Clemente
Corporacion Pinones Se Integra, Loiza
Corporacion Pinones Se Integra was founded 10 years ago by Maricruz Rivera Clemente, and focuses on promoting community stewardship of la Reserva Natural del Bosque Estatal de Pinones (the Natural Reserve of the State Forest) in Puerto Rico. It has funded many outreach programs, including AquaNatura, kayak rentals along the Laguna Torrecilla and educational tours of the Pinones forest.
Press and Media
GeoAmbiente del Caribe Inc.
Aventura Científica, San Juan
Aventura Científica is the only Puerto Rico television program devoted exclusively to environmental issues. The show, which airs weekly on channel 40 SiTV, follows two young adventurers as they explore Puerto Rico, educating viewers on the environment, technology and scientific research.
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Digital Protractor
Never guess an angle again!
- Measure angles with more accuracy than that clear half circle you normally use.
- Stainless steel rulers are super durable and lock at any angle.
- Great for schoolwork and even better to have with your woodworking tools.
Remember those plastic half circles you used in school to measure angles with? Those protractors where you sort of had to guess based on all the little lines? They were ok at the time, but we like being more exact. We like knowing within a decimal place of a degree how big an angle is. That's why we love this Digital Protractor. But that's not the only reason. Read on, friends, and learn why!
Sure the Digital Protractor takes all the guesswork out of measure an angle. Sure you can use it for math problems at school. But take this baby to your DIY haven, and you'll really fall in love. The rulers are both stainless steel and super durable. And get this: not only does it measure angles, but you can actually lock it down at any angle you need. That way, you can draw lines (for your plans, on the wood you are going to cut, etc.) at exactly the angle you want. And how durable are the rulers of the Digital Protractor? Let's just say, be careful: you could easily use it as a zombie fighting tool to cave in heads. Yup, they're THAT durable. Add a Digital Protractor to your DIY tools today - you'll be glad you did.
Digital Protractor
- Use to measure angles and/or draw lines at specific angles.
- Measures angles to one decimal place - with digital accuracy (±0.3°).
- Stainless steel rulers measure in cm and in.
- Hanging hole on each ruler to hang or anchor for measurements.
- Locking knob locks Digital Protractor at the angle of your choice.
- Battery: 1 x CR2032 (included) = over 3,000 hours of continuous use!
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TeraStation Pro(日本語)
While I don't speak Japanese, this looks quite broken, a lot of ????. Could someone please fix it to be proper UTF8?
Thanks, --Bg 16:42, 6 November 2006 (CET)
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Where to upload Software?
If you have anything (Firmwares, Custom Firmwares, useful software packages) that might be useful for other Tera/Tera HS/TeraPro users then send mindbender a private message in the forums.
He will provide you with the needed information to upload files to http://downloads.nas-central.org/
All nas-central admins have full access and administrate the terastation sections: http://downloads.nas-central.org/
The TeraStation Pro can be a member of Active Directory Enviroment of a Windows200x network.
To enable this Buffalo has released a beta firmware for this feature.
This firmware can be downloaded from TSPro-1.01-0.51-withAD.zip
And it uses an known password
Some newly purchased units are coming out with a version 1.03 firmware. This firmware seems to have some issues, including the inability to set Active Directory settings(stays greyed out even after checking the AD checkbox, apparently not all 1.03 users are having this issue). Flashing with the 1.01 linked above seems to fix this issue.
In late June I had trouble with my TS Pro. Buffalo tech support suggested reinstalling the firmware. My box was at 1.03 but only 1.01 was available on the Buffalo website. I inquired and was told by Buffalo tech support 1.03 created more issues than it solved and was pulled for rework. My TS Pro subsequently died and I did a warranty exchange with the distributor (Dell). The replacement box contained 1.01, not 1.03.
Buffalo tech support does not recommend using 1.03.
Buffalo has a Beta 1.04 firmware available on their (originally temporary) FTP site. According to Buffalo this should fix the issues that some users have been having when joining to their AD domains. It still does not appear to fix the name resolution issue(can connect to the device using AD users by connecting to "\\IPaddress" but not "\\Name").
-It seems that download link does not working, If someone have this firmware please let me know and I will provide hosting for it.
-It's working right now, but it seems go down intermittently. If someone has more reliable storage that would be great. Also, they have a new one out today: TSPro-1.04-0.01-CharFix. It is 1.04-0.01 instead of 1.04-0.00. Probably some sort of minor revision. --Wastedlife 05:09, 4 October 2006 (CEST)
Non-Official Firmware
Terastation Pro firmware 1.01 + user_nfs, dropbear By Entropy (2006-May-20) Custom Firmwares
Talk: Hacking the TeraStation Pro
Follow this link: Talk:TeraStationPro what is the root password for TeraStation Pro for the non-official firmware
Joining Windows Domains
One problem is that the TeraStation will not allow you to join a domain that begins with a number. I had to rename my Windows domain because it began with a number. What was the programmer at Buffalo thinking? -Mike 2006 May 25
If you have a PDC with leading number(s) running send an Email to the email@example.com. They can help you. - Joergl 2006 July 6
Have Terastation Pro 1TB. I can join it to my Small Business Server 2003 Active Directory, just fine. The network sees the TS-Pro just fine, but the user accounts are not updated on the TS. I have tried working with buffalo tech support, but the just keep telling me it is a Active Directory problem, that my AD is setup wrong.
I explained to them that AD in a SBS network has to be created in a exact patteren or it will not work right. This is created during setup. Explained to them that if I join the TS as a workgroup and not part of the domain then it works correctly. This points to an issues with TS and not my PDC. The TS is not retreiving the AD information correctly. I did flash to 1.03 no good.
Have found other posts elsewhere with the same problem in a SBS network. Has anybody been able to join to the SBS 2003 AD? Bryan July 2006
Is it realy not possible to join a domain which isn't in mixed mode? Thaek Sept 2006
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'Online public relations' is a very powerful marketing tool that is being used widely by the majority of online marketers and business owners to influence multiple stakeholders.
But what exactly makes online public relations an effective online marketing tool? How does online press release distribution result in improving a website's ranking in major search engines?
Online press releases offer amazing visibility to a business, both in B2B and B2C. When a piece of news is published over the web, it is circulated to web portals, news sources and search engines. A business is able to enjoy instant visibility by virtue of submitting its press release at press release submission sites.
One of the benefits of online public relations is that it lets online businesses create quality backlinks for them. At the time of submission of PR on the web, businesses insert their website URL and backlinks in the PR text. This results in generating inbound links towards a website.
By submitting one's press release to a recognized press release submission website, one can create several quality backlinks. The more the backlinks that a business is able to create, the better it is since quality backlinks improve the online credibility of a business. This eventually gives a boost to a website's ranking on search engine result pages.
Good online press releases need to combine few things, one being high quality content directed to stakeholders, and another might that they need to be search engine friendly. They make use of right keywords and they support the content for the website. This allows search engines to understand and index the press release easily and quickly. When a press release is indexed by Google, Yahoo!, Bing, or other search engines, it appears on the search results returned by these search engines, improving the likelihood of the PR being read by a large number of web users.
No wonder why online press release submission is given so much importance in the online marketing world. If it is current, relevant, and contains unique material distributed in a proper manner, it should lead to strong visibility online through search and social.
What to have in mind when optimizing the release
If you wish to make the most of this potent search engine optimization tool, you have to keep a few important things in mind when writing and submitting a press release.
Make sure that your online PR is unique and news worthy. You may write about a product, or new technology that your company has come up with, or about a cause, or an issue that everyone in the media is talking and writing about. The topic and content of your press release must interest the readers and should convince them to read through it.
To get your press release noticed, and to ensure that it is being read, you can conduct a survey and then include the results in your press release. It is quite an effective strategy to position yourself as an industry expert and improve your creditworthiness in the industry by giving people best practice tips, publish white papers, or as mentioned above, survey results. For a similar purpose you may talk about your industry in general rather than talking about your business alone.
To attract the attention of the media, you can talk about a special event in your PR that your business organized or participated in – journalists are always on the lookout for unique material that they can use, and in the best case scenario be first with the news.
Measuring online impact of PR
Now that you know the basis of a good PR, you must also know how to measure the effectiveness of your online Public Relations ROI and impact.
As a business owner, it is imperative for you to measure the effectiveness of the online marketing strategies that you adopt to promote your business and to create a niche for yourself in the industry. Measuring the effectiveness of online public relations is simple, yet powerful.
Here are some of the ways in which you can measure online public relations effectiveness:
- Find out how many times your press release is being read and preferably by whom. If your PR is being read several times in a day, it means that it is grabbing the attention of web users and you can use similar information for attracting web users to your website.
- The success of a PR can be determined by the number of impressions that it gets via press release submission websites, RSS feeds, and Javascript. Check out how many impressions your release receives in one day.
- It is important to know how people are able to find you on the web. Which search engines are they using to locate your release, how many people are reading the entire PR, who is skimming the headline, and who is interacting with your press release.
- In order to measure the effectiveness of your online PR, you must find out which keywords are attracting people to your PR. The data can be used for improvising future press releases.
- A good PR in many cases directly leads to sales. If you want to know whether your online public relations generated sales or not, you may ask your prospects where they heard about you. You will be able to know whether your online public relations efforts played any role in the decision making process of your prospects or not. You might also want to look at your Analytics data and examine the prospects behaviour on your site.
- When measuring the effectiveness of your online PR, do not forget to measure your placement against that of your competitors. Find out how often and where your press release was published against that of your competitors to stay ahead of your competitors, and to get the maximum share of the market.
- You might also want to measure impression shares. How often your brand was visible for a certain search term – searchers might not have clicked on your press release but they saw it and by that were influenced by it.
- Look at your onsite Analytics data before and after, what is the impact based on the key performance indicators (KPI) you set before you started (don't forget setting those KPIs).
There is no one, simple, all encompassing technique to measure the effectiveness of online public relations. It may be complex to measure PR effectiveness, but it is important, and if you want to reap the maximum ROI from your online public relations budget you have to measure the effectiveness of the same.
By investing time and effort in measuring the effectiveness of online PR, you can improve the quality of your online public relations and can thereby improve your business prospects.
One final thing I want to mention is that it does not matter whether you are in simple B2C sales cycles or complex B2B sales cycles, online content works great in educating the possible prospect on your services. As long as you write unique, educational, relevant material and don't go over-board in distributing it you should be in good order.


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|Matt Jensen
|Rares Crisan & Matt Jensen with Bronze Medals; New Zealand 2010
|Matt Jensen
|Rares Crisan & Matt Jensen with Bronze Medals; New Zealand 2010
This was really great! I can totally relate to having a hard time finding food on the road (I not only have celiac's disease, but I am kosher-in, vegetarian-out). I also have begun to notice how my eating habits I my activity habits. It's great to hear how someone with such a physical lifestyle deals with these limitations.
I have been told by my friends who have traveled to Italy that it was the most Gluten Free of all their travels. I was told that they test for Celiacs as often as giving immunization there and that Gluten Free items are readily available if you ask. I think planning ahead and investigating the area where you travel would help tremendously.
It was so awesome to read this. I am a backcountry park ranger in Canada and am gluten intolerant (not Celiac). I need to eat a LOT of calories as many days are 8-10 hours of hiking in steep mountain ranges with a pack and chainsaw. Very hard to do being gluten intolerant. I too love Kinnickinnik products :-) Saved my caboose when i was craving substance such as bread or pancakes.
Keep up these blog entries!!!
Thanks so much for sharing your story. I never really thought how difficult it could be for an athlete that has to live gluten free. I have a whole new appreciation for you all!
I have celiac and two out of three of my children do as well. Both children are competitive gymnasts and my son also plays on two ice hockey teams. It can be a challenge to find snacks for them to have during the 4-5 hours of a meet. Also hard to get them to eat enough to keep growing while burning a lot of calories from their sports since they tend to be pretty picky eaters. Thanks for sharing your story. I also have heard Italy has a lot of gluten-free food, so hope you can find it during future trips.
Thank you so much for your encouragement. I do triathlons and endurance mountain biking events. I have found the importance of being prepared and packing enough snacks and gluten-free options to get me through events and post-race recovery! Most post-race recovery stations are loaded with foods full of gluten. I love the kinnikinnik products…especially when I crave the carbs and breads that go along with so many pre-race meals!


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quote:Originally posted by nuxfanGiven how far apart both sides seem to be, at a very fundamental level, at this point I do not see hockey being played this year. The gulf that seems to exist has exceeded even my most pessimistic predictions. At least with the last lockout, both sides were talking within the boundaries of a similar NHL, and were talking at this time of the year. Neither of those cases appear to be true this time around.If the NHL misses a whole season again, who knows what happens to the NHL itself...
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quote:Originally posted by sahis34Dude its about money, if the season is cancelled they both lose money; why would they.. no How could they, cancel the season!!!!?
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quote:Originally posted by Beans15I actually like the theory of giving up more today to fix the issues and then returning to a reasonable level. I think both players and owners are actually aligned with this theory. The challenge is what is a 'reasonable level."57% is unreasonably high43% is unreasonably low.Call it 50/50 already and stop wasting everyone's time.Daniel Alfredsson is the MVP of the universe. All hail the Ottawa Senators!!!!!
quote:Originally posted by nuxfanquote:Originally posted by sahis34Dude its about money, if the season is cancelled they both lose money; why would they.. no How could they, cancel the season!!!!?To say this is about money is somewhat simplistic - specifically, its about money now, and more importantly, how money is decided and divided into the future.The few offers from the NHLPA that I've seen lead me to believe that they want to define a new NHL, at least from a financial POV. Players and owners together share the burden of fixing losing teams short term, and then once "its all fixed" returning to the current revenue split. The owners don't buy it, in the least.All NHLPA offers have the players returning to 57% at some point in the future. No NHL offer has players ever going above 50% again. That is a wide gulf - we haven't even gotten to other items that the CBA actually needs (limiting player contract length, increasing RFA time and EL deal times) to save owners from themselves. All of these things, AFAICT, are non-starters for the NHLPA as well.As for everyone losing money... yes, the players lose money for sure. As for the owners, only about 10 of them will lose money if no hockey is played this season. The other 20 owners will actually benefit financially while the season is on hold. What kind of business do you have when an owner actually benefits from not running the business?
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quote:Originally posted by Guest4271It will stop before the winter classic.....too much money to lose here by both parties.At this point, I'm tired of the horse crap. Both sides are being way to greedy, I think NO player should earn more then 8.7 million a season. Crosby is the best player by far, and if he is willing to play for this much then cut it off there. I know his reasons, are simply superstion but so be it.END THE STUPIDITY AND PLAY HOCKEY
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quote:Originally posted by The_Gipperwhile i agree with Slozo that any talk is good talk, but what continues to frustrate me are these short two hours meeting like the one they had today. ok you're not making progress, we get that. but how do you expect to make any progress at all if you're only meeting for two freakin hours?!?!?
quote:Originally posted by The_Gipperand yet another proposal rejected.it appears to me that Bettman is going with the same philosophy he had back in '04-'05. on the core economic issue(s), he won't budge. not even just a little bit. it's either come down to where the NHL wants to be, or there is no deal.Beans, you say Jan. 1st. did you mean in 2014? because that's what it looks like right now....
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Texas Dealer Finds 'Perfect Partner' with Cruiser
November 20, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Texas Dealer Finds 'Perfect Partner' with Cruiser
Howe, Ind.-based Cruiser RV LLC recently launched its new brand campaign emphasizing the company's commitment to doing business "in a more personal way as opposed to the larger corporate OEMs." According to a press release, dealers are responding to the initiative.
"Aaron Vogt, managing partner at Vogt RV in Fort Worth, Texas, likes our style and he's not afraid to point out what he's looking for when he chooses an OEM and its brands to bring on," said Jeff Fought, president of Cruiser RV.
Vogt noted, "It's just a perfect partnership for us. Cruiser RV product innovations have provided us with a better lightweight travel trailer to sell without the elevated price tag. They listen to our suggestions, and together we grow our partnership based on what is best for our customers. Cruiser RV has elevated the bang for buck on my lot."
He also points out that he's had the same contacts from Cruiser RV to his dealership since day one. "I truly feel that when the good folks at Cruiser RV and I speak, we are both trying to figure out how to sell more trailers to our customers in a win-win-win way," Vogt said. "To me, Cruiser RV stands for honesty and integrity, and combined with affordable trailers and eye appeal, that's an easy sell. I like everything about them, the people, the products, and the customer service. Each Cruiser RV model is unique and hard to shop."
Cruiser RV, sister company to DRV Inc, manufactures trailers under the brand names Shadow Cruiser, Fun Finder, Fun Finder XTRA, Radiance, Enterra and View Finder Signature. For more information and dealer inquiries contact Jay Mohamed at (260) 562-3500 or e-mail email@example.com.


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Burlington, VT (PRWEB) October 01, 2013
From Vermont to the Dominican Republic to Africa –Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC) celebrates their journey toward transparency by partnering with Fair Trade USA in honor of Fair Trade Month in October.
Fair Trade USA is a non-profit organization that works with companies to audit and certify that the products they offer comply with Fair Trade economic, environmental and social standards. Lake Champlain Chocolates, a partner to Fair Trade USA, is proud to carry the Fair Trade Certified™ label on their acclaimed ensemble of gourmet hot chocolates – Organic Traditional, Traditional, Mocha, Chai, Spicy Aztec and Organic Unsweetened Cocoa.
"With each sale of what Travel + Leisure has deemed 'America's Best Hot Chocolate,' LCC is helping to deliver better prices to farmers, improving their communities and protecting the environment," says Director of Marketing at LCC, Catherine Wisloski. "We wanted to increase our transparency to our loyal customers and to better support our communities, both locally and in cocoa growing regions."
In conjunction with Fair Trade Month, Lake Champlain Chocolates will attend the Dominican Republic Fair Trade Farm Tour on October 13 and 14. This venture gives Lake Champlain Chocolates the opportunity to see first-hand the impact that Fair Trade has on the lives of the farmers in the cocoa growing regions.
"We are proud to partner with Lake Champlain Chocolates on this exciting Fair Trade expansion," said Sarah Minarik, Business Development Manager at Fair Trade USA. "It is a genuine commitment to improving the lives of farming families in the Dominican Repbulic, while providing North American consumers with delicious hot cocoa they can feel good about drinking."
Offering Fair Trade Certified products is one of several ongoing social accountability initiatives at the company. In early 2013, Lake Champlain Chocolates achieved Fair for Life – Social and Fair Trade Certification – a certification program for social accountability and fair trade. In addition, LCC works to aid the advancement and sustainability of cocoa growing communities by embarking on direct partnerships with cacao growers in emerging markets.
In Africa, Lake Champlain Chocolates funds the Family Support Scholarship Program together with The World Cocoa Foundation's Empowering Cocoa Households with Opportunities to Education Solutions (WCF ECHOES). This program is designed to expand business opportunities for women and improve education opportunities for children.
To learn more about Lake Champlain Chocolates' Fair Trade hot chocolates and fair trade initiatives, please visit http://vtchoc.com/GU.
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A pioneer in the American chocolate movement, Lake Champlain Chocolates is a family-owned company located in Burlington, Vermont. In 1983, Jim Lampman declared he would create upscale American chocolates that would "rival the Belgians." Almost 30 years later, the Lampman family has done just that, by introducing European flavors and tastes using local, Vermont ingredients and by taking a craftsman's approach to chocolate: creativity, patience and mastery. This level of care and craft leads to chocolates that win high praise, year after year, from customers and industry experts alike. Lake Champlain Chocolates are hand made by people who are passionate about their work; products include chocolate bars, as well as the best-selling Five Star Bars, truffles, caramels, gift assortments and gourmet hot chocolate and are available online, nationwide at specialty food and gift stores, such as Whole Foods Market, upscale hotels and inns, and at their three company-owned stores in Vermont.


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This interactive program focuses on the role of sea level in climate change. Sections include an overview and a list of relevant NASA satellite missions and their objectives. A third section, entitled Global View, covers the following 5 topics:... (View More) Latest View, Large El Niño, Hurricane Katrina, Indian Ocean Tsunami, and La Niña. (View Less)


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BOSTON -- Insulin resistance may be a worthwhile treatment target to prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease, several studies reported here suggested.
Patients with Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment receiving 40 IU/day of intranasal insulin detemir in a randomized trial showed improvements in memory relative to the placebo group, but only if they had high levels of insulin resistance at baseline, reported Suzanne Craft, MD, of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Also, analysis of Kaiser Permanente health system records indicated that diabetic members who started metformin were less likely to develop dementia later on (including forms other than Alzheimer's disease) compared with those initiating other types of anti-diabetic drugs, according to Rachel Whitmer, PhD, of Kaiser's research division in Oakland, Calif. Both studies were reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference.
The latter finding implicates insulin resistance because metformin, in contrast to other anti-diabetic drugs, is an insulin sensitizer.
Earlier reports at the meeting also tied Alzheimer's disease to diabetes and glucose dysregulation. One had found high rates of previously undiagnosed diabetes in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease while another indicated that diabetic women were at significantly increased risk for cognitive impairment.
Another suggestion of a link has been in preliminary findings that the diabetes drug pioglitazone (Actos) may slow or prevent onset of Alzheimer's disease. A large randomized trial called TOMMORROW (sic) is in the final planning stages, to be funded by Takeda and Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals.
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The insulin detemir trial was prompted by earlier observations that inhaled conventional insulin appeared to improve cognition and certain biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease pathology.
Craft explained that the pharmacokinetics of insulin detemir (sold as Levemir for subcutaneous injection), compared with natural insulin, were more attractive for an Alzheimer's disease treatment. It remains active in the body for up to 24 hours after a single dose, peaking about 5 hours after dosing -- thus mimicking the natural basal secretion of insulin in the pancreas.
The intranasal route helps insulin get into the central nervous system without having to penetrate the blood-brain barrier, by traveling through nerve channels connecting nasal passages to the brain, she said.
Called SNIFF-Long (Study of Nasal Insulin to Fight Forgetfulness-Long Acting Detemir), the study randomized 60 patients with diagnoses of mild Alzheimer's disease or amnestic mild cognitive impairment to 20 or 40 IU/day of intransal insulin detemir or placebo for 3 weeks.
Patients were tested at baseline and at the end of treatment with two verbal memory tests with results combined into a composite score, as well as the Benton Visual Retention Test recognition task and a dot-counting test of working memory.
At baseline, patients' mean age was about 72, with Mini-Mental State Examination scores averaging 26.
Overall, neither dose of insulin was more effective than placebo on the primary outcome, which was change from baseline in memory composite scores.
But when patients in each treatment arm were stratified into those with low versus high Homeostasis Model of Assessment-Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) values for insulin resistance, the two subgroups in the 40-IU arm both differed significantly from the stratified placebo groups -- in opposite directions.
Patients with high insulin resistance taking 40 IU showed an improvement of about 0.75 points in the memory composite, compared with an increase of less than 0.1 point in the placebo patients with high insulin resistance. The 40-IU group patients with low insulin resistance, meanwhile, had a decrease of 1 point in memory score, compared with a decrease of about 0.2 points in the low-resistance placebo subgroup (P=0.015 for both placebo-versus-40 IU comparisons).
A similar pattern was seen when the treatment arms were stratified by APOE genotype, with carriers of the epsilon-4 allele benefiting significantly (P=0.025) from 40 IU of insulin detemir relative to placebo, while noncarriers showed worsened memory compared with placebo.
In all analyses, results with 20 IU of insulin detemir were similar to placebo.
Kaiser Study of Diabetes Drugs and Alzheimer Risk
Whitmer presented results from nearly 15,000 Kaiser Permanente members 55 and older who started diabetes drug treatment for the first time from 1999 to 2001, with their subsequent records from 2002 to 2007 checked for new diagnoses of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and other forms.
Drugs were classed as metformin, sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones, and insulin.
Across the entire cohort, 9.9% developed incident dementia during the follow-up period, Whitmer reported. The raw data indicated little difference in this rate among patients grouped by drug type. But when adjusted for patient age, race, education level, and diabetes duration, metformin users showed clearly lower rates compared with the other groups.
Hazard ratios (HRs) for incident dementia among these other groups relative to metformin users were as follows:
- Sulfonylureas: HR 1.24, 95% CI 1.1-1.4
- Thiazolidinediones: HR 1.18, 95% CI 1.1-1.4
- Insulin: HR 1.28, 95% CI 1.1-1.6
Whitmer reported that adjusting further for baseline glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) did not alter the results. She also said that restricting the analysis to Alzheimer's disease cases had no effect. Metformin appeared to be protective against vascular dementia as well, with hazard ratios similar to those seen in the overall analysis.
Kathleen Welsh-Bohmer, PhD, of Duke University, who is helping to lead the upcoming pioglitazone trial, told MedPage Today that mitochondrial activity in brain neurons appears to be the link between metabolic dysfunction and dementia.
Put simply, insulin resistance and diabetes appear to starve mitochondria of their fuel -- glucose -- which in turn causes neurons to cease functioning and eventually die.
But the study results also paint a confused picture. Pioglitazone has appeared promising in some early studies, yet thiazolidinediones (the class that includes pioglitazone) were not protective in the Kaiser study. Metformin does appear to protective -- both in the Kaiser study and earlier analyses, but whether it is due to its insulin sensitizing effect remains uncertain.
A placebo-controlled trial of metformin in 80 patients with mild cognitive impairment has reportedly been conducted by researchers at Columbia University in New York City to determine if the patients' cognitive decline was slowed or stopped with the drug, but no results have been published.
The SNIFF-Long study was supported by the National Institute on Aging, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Kurve Technology, which provided the intranasal inhalers. The Kaiser study had no external funding.
Craft reported relationships with Takeda, Zinfandel, and Eli Lilly.
Whitmer had no disclosures.
Welsh-Bohmer reported relationships with Takeda and Zinfandel.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Alzheimer's AssociationSource Reference: Craft S, et al "Therapeutic effects of long-acting intranasal insulin detemir for Alzheimer's dementia or mild cognitive impairment" AAIC 2013; Abstract O1-06-06.
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Alzheimer's AssociationSource Reference: Whitmer R, et al "Anti-hyperglycemic therapy and risk of dementia: a new user cohort study" AAIC 2013; Abstract O1-05-05.


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The first time with my daughter (2 weeks ago) it got down into the low 30's. I was warm for the most part except the wind was blowing right through the ends of my tarp and pounding me in the face...burr. My daughter didn't have that problem because of the way we hung hers. We were both on foam pads, and in sleeping bags.
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Zainab Shafia
Age at the time of death: 19
Two months before her death, the Shafias' eldest daughter left home and sought refuge at a women's shelter. After a few weeks, her mother convinced her to return home.
In May 2009, Zainab was briefly married to a young man her family had warned her was an unacceptable match. The union was annulled the day after the couple wed because the Shafias were outraged that the young man's family failed to attend the wedding celebration.
Zainab told her day-old spouse that she could not stay with him because the marriage had humiliated her family.
Sahar Shafia
Age at the time of death: 17
The year before she was killed, Sahar opened up to teachers and a social worker about the violence and intimidation she faced at home. She confided to a Youth Protection social worker that she had taken pills, not to kill herself but rather to escape her family life.
Three of her former teachers from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry school in St. Léonard testified about how sad Sahar had seemed the previous year and detailed the torment and abuse Sahar confessed being subjected to at the hands of her brother and father.
Geeti Shafia
Age at time of death: 13
Geeti was described at trial as being the fearless sibling. In the year before her death, she was failing all of her classes, and was acting out.
She had missed dozens of days of school, according to the vice-principal of her high school. Geeti also met with a Youth Protection social worker the year before she was killed and had pleaded tearfully to be removed from the family home.
"My sister and I are afraid in the house when my father is there, we know that when we are at school we have to be careful because our behaviour is reported back to home."
Rona Amir Mohammad
Age at the time of death: 52
Mohammad was Shafia's first wife. Unable to bear children, her husband took a second wife in their native Afghanistan. Mohammad was referred to affectionately as "auntie" by her husband's children with his second wife, Tooba Mohammad Yahya.
To avoid tipping off authorities to their polygamous family, Mohammad was presented to immigration officials as Yahya's cousin who was coming to Canada to help at home.
Mohammad wanted a divorce from Shafia and was supportive of her step-daughters western lifestyles. She and Yahya clashed frequently. In a diary entry submitted as evidence, Mohammad wrote that she was abused, humiliated and isolated.
Mohammad Shafia, 58: Evidence presented at the three-month-long trial painted the businessman as enraged because he felt his daughters had shamed him by violating strict cultural rules about sexual modesty. He felt they dressed in revealing clothes and they were disobedient. Wiretap recordings played during the trial, Shafia is overheard cursing his dead daughters as "whores," "prostitutes," and "honourless girls."
Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 42: Yahya is Mohammad Shafia's second wife and the mother of his seven children. Yahya gave Sahar, the couple's third child, to her husband's first wife to raise as her own. After hearing the verdict, Yahya told the court: "I am not a murderer, I am a mother - a mother."
Hamed Shafia, 21: Hamed is the second child of the Shafias and was 18 when he was arrested with his parents and charged with killing three of his sisters and his stepmother. Two of his sisters had confided in teachers and at least one social worker that they feared their brother and that he had threatened and abused them. Hamed is the only one of the accused that did not testify at the trial.
Angel Ricardo Ruano Sanchez: Sanchez secretly dated Sahar for four months leading up to her death. Sanchez testified at the trial of her parents and her adult brother that the couple often talked about moving to his native Honduras and marrying. He testified they kept the relationship secret out of fear of the reaction of her family. He believed the family would not approve of a relationship because he was Spanish-speaking Christian and she was Muslim. Sahar's younger brother testified at the trial of his parents and older brother that he once bumped into Sahar and Sanchez at a restaurant near their school. The couple sprang apart when they noticed him and Sanchez even kissed another girl to deflect suspicion that they were seeing each other.
Fazil Javid: Yahya's brother, who lives in Sweden, testified that Shafia tried to recruit him to lure Zainab to Sweden, where she and her father and uncle and other family members would go on a picnic near a river or ocean. "He told me that we will put her in water and drown her," Javid testified.
Latif Hyderi: Yahya's uncle testified that Shafia told him he wanted to kill his oldest daughter Zainab because she had shamed him by running away from home and marrying an unacceptable young Pakistani man, acts that made her, in her father's eyes, a "whore" and a "prostitute."
Diba Masoomi: Rona Amir Mohammad's younger sister testified that Mohammad told her she had overheard Shafia discussing a plot to kill Zainab and another family member. "Shafia was talking to Hamed and Tooba, (saying), 'I will go to Afghanistan, I will prepare the passport, I will sell my property and then I will come and kill Zainab,' " Masoomi testified.


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I have a database with Pictures in it, they are varbinary(MAX) type, the database is SQL 2005
1. How can I use Linq to SQL to give me the total byte(file size) of a picture stored in a record.
2. How do I get total byte (file size's) of many pictures my a where clause.
I know how to do the where clause just dont know how to add up total byte size of all pictures and or get total size of single picture.
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I usually work with windows forms, and am just starting to work with ASP.Net, so appologies if this is a dumb question!
I have a master page which has a search button on it. The results of this are built up using a Linq statement and if there are any results, I want to display the results in a contents page.
On the masterpage, I have the following code:
Private _res
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property SearchRes()
Return _res
End Get
End Property
Private Sub DoSearch()
'some code to get a linq result
If res.Any Then
_res = res
Server.Transfer("SearchResults.aspx", True)
'no results
LabelNoRes.Visible = True
End If
End Sub
On the SearchResults.aspx page I have this code.
Dim m As pxSite = CType(Page.Master, MasterPage)
If m.SearchRes IsNot Nothing Then
Label1.Text = "Results found = " & m.SearchRes.Count
End If
m.searchRes is always nothing.
What am I doing wrong here?
Hi all
I'm not sure how to structure the code for this but what I want to do is be able to add data to a database, and once this has completed successfully, then email the user to say the details have been added successfully to the database.
I need to:
1. Check that the relevant data has been added into the database then
2. Email the details of the relevant data when completed.
Thanks in advance for your help,
I have never tried a group by with linq, now I do and I'm stuck.
I try to convert this sql statement to its linq counterpart :
SELECT COUNT(tb_Mailer_Smses.Id) AS [cnt], tb_Mailer_mailing.Id As [Id]
,SUM( CASE WHEN tb_Mailer_smses.DLRStatus = 200 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) As [Delivered]
,SUM(CASE WHEN DLRStatus BETWEEN 300 AND 499 THEN 1 WHEN DLRStatus BETWEEN 800 AND 899 THEN 1 END) AS [Errors]
FROM tb_Mailer_mailing INNER JOIN
tb_Mailer_Smses ON tb_Mailer_mailing.Id = tb_Mailer_Smses.MailingId
WHERE tb_Mailer_mailing.ApplicationId = 1
GROUP BY tb_Mailer_mailing.Id
Is there some one who can me show me the convertion process ?
Hi Everyone,
I have a strange problem:
There is an entity (Table) called "Filters" in my .edmx which has all my tables and stuff in it (to use it for LINQ queries)
I have created a class called "CustomFilters" which inherits "Filters". So now my cutom class has all the properties of the original "Filters" class (table) and 1 more additional property that i wanted which is a List of "CustomFilters":
List<CustomFilters> children = new List<CustomFilters>();
Now i get all my records into:
List<CustomFilters> theOriginalList = new List<CustomFilters>();
NOTE: first all records are tken into a List<Filters> and then these are added into List<CustomFilters> where List<CustomFilters> for children of that record is added, and then children of the child records, and so on......
so now, every record is an instance of CustomFilters which has a property named "children" which is a list again; and each child again has instanaces of "CustomFilters", and each instance again has children...and on and on and on.....
(basiacally its a data source for a treeview in my silverlight control)
every thing is good and working as expected.
Hi, DateTime dt = DateTime.Now; tbl_Payment tbl_Payments = new
tbl_Payment() { UserId = UserID, PaymentType = DropDownList4.Text,
AmountDeposit =10, Date = String.Format("{0:d/M/yyyy HH:mm}", dt);
Compilation Error Compilation Error Description: An error occurred
during the compilation of a resource required to service this request.
Please review the following specific error details and modify your
source code appropriately. Compiler Error Message: CS0029: Cannot
implicitly convert type 'string' to 'System.DateTime?' Source Error:
Line 683: PaymentType = DropDownList4.Text, Line 684: AmountDeposit =10,
Line 685: Date = String.Format("{0:d/M/yyyy HH:mm}", dt), Line 686:
Line 687: }; Using LINQ for data storage. In Table I column "Date"
datetime. How to save a date in the table?
I have the a question am going about his correctly I have a database for categories, it has many fields and about 4000 records, but with a Jquery autocomplete needing speed and the fact that I only need to return a key and category name. I did the following: (oh just to note, MVC2, Ajax project)someclass.cs
public class categorySearch
public Guid Category_GUID { get; set; }
public string Category_Name { get; set; }
}and now for the repositoryCategoryrepository.cs public class categoryRepository
internal List<categorySearch> FindCategory(string searchText, int maxResults)
List<categorySearch> category = new List<categorySearch>();
dbWebEntities storedb = new dbWebEntities();
var getcat = storedb.Categories.ToList();
foreach (var item in getcat)
category.Add(new categorySearch { Category_GUID = item.Cat_GUID, Category_Name = item.Category_Name});
var result = from c in category
where c.Category_Name.Contains(searchText)
orderby c.Category_Name
public class categoryRepository
internal List<categorySearch> FindCategory(string searchText, int maxResults)
List<categorySearch> category = new List<categorySearch>();
dbWebEntities storedb = new dbWebEntities();
var getcat = storedb.Categories.ToList();
foreach (var item in getcat)
category.Add(new categorySearch { Category_GUID = item.Cat_GUID, Category_Name = item.Category_Name});
var result = from c in category
where c.Category_Name.Contains(searchText)
orderby c.Category_Name
I want to display some stats in a listview contril. The table contains a record for every impression and for every click, and every record has a datetime field for the time and date of the impression of click. I want to be able to display how many impressions and clicks there were in a given day and hour, something like below:
Date Time Impressions Clicks8/20/2010 450 14 Midnight -1:00am 150 5&n
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An egg is just an egg, one thinks — scramble 'em, fry 'em, boil 'em, chop 'em up in tuna salad, make 'em into omelets, hide 'em for the kiddies at Eastertime, or with enough beers and idle time, try to stand 'em on end.
Or if you're really adventurous, toss 'em (preferably well-rotted) at politicians.
How much more simple, innocuous a product can there be, you may ask.
In which event you likely, as I, were not aware that the Department of Homeland Security is said to have deemed eggs one of the five most likely targets for agro-terrorism. So now we've got worry that glomming down an Egg McMuffin could cause a world of hurt should some evildoer have contaminated the hen fruit with botulism.
Fear not! A Massachusetts company, claiming to be the first in the nation to enact a new "Egg Safety Plan," is now marketing eggs that are laser-etched with freshness and traceability codes on each eggshell. The codes, they say, will allow government officials and consumers to trace an individual egg back to its farm source.
The Born Free brand eggs are packed in clear cartons that offer a full view of the product and let the purchaser check for broken eggs. And of course they're "all natural," with no antibiotics or artificial hormones, and are available in several varieties: certified USDA organic, cage-free from free-roaming hens in an all-natural environment, vegetarian-fed, and Omega 3, containing at least 200 mg of Omega 3 fatty acids and 75 mg of DHA.
They're being sold at 1,000 stores along the East Coast, with plans for national expansion.
Tongue-in-cheekish though one's reaction may be to the thought of laser-etched eggs, the Department of Homeland Security and the USDA are, we're told, taking very seriously the threat of agro-terrorism and the potential for use of biological agents to destroy crops, sicken livestock, and contaminate the food supply.
Milk, another of those simple, innocuous staples of everyday life, could also be a major target for the bad guys. Surreptitiously slip less than an ounce of botulism into a tank at a processing plant and potentially 400,000 or more people could be sickened or die. A report by Stanford University researchers on weaknesses in the nation's milk supply was considered so sensitive its publication was suppressed for weeks, although it eventually became public.
From ancient Rome to Sherman's march through the South to World Wars I and II, destroying or poisoning an opponent's food supply has been an oft-used tactic. The devastation of crops and farms by Sherman is considered epic in modern warfare.
There is former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson's infamous quote last year, "For the life of me, I cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply, because it is so easy to do."
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A. What was most challenging aspect(beside the obvious)of law school you had to overcome?
B. Were you ever on the precipice of throwing in the towel? If so how were you able to persevere?
C. What's the best piece of advice you could offer a 0L starting this fall?
What advice do you have for the class of 2009 who have just dropped $150k+ on this degree and are coming out into this economy with no job?
Quote from: Burning Sands, Esq. on April 28, 2009, 05:22:12 PMWhat advice do you have for the class of 2009 who have just dropped $150k+ on this degree and are coming out into this economy with no job?In the words of the ever-eloquent 8Ball & MJG, "Pimp Hard, Pimp Harder"I have little remorse for my classmates who ain't got no job. Not b/c I'm a heartless bastard but because we have more education than 90% of the population.Think of all the people you know that have half of our education, but still find a way to make a living for themselves. If you are looking for that cushy $140-60k job STRAIGHT OUT OF Law school, well you finna get yo feelings hurt cuz they don't want us.However, if you are looking for a JOB IN THE LEGAL FIELD that will teach you how to be a LAWYER, then there is still hope.
what was your regular daily schedule like (outside of class)? How difficult did you find it to incorporate some parts of your life that had nothing to do with law school (ex: excercise, socialize, fam, relationships, and etc) into your schedule?
is it time to dig up that old thread "let's scare the 1Ls" or is it too soon?


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Name: Bill
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Location: Seattle
I recently discovered that my GF has been cheating on me. She wants me to forgive her but it's been really hard. Just dealing with the fact that it happened is overwhelming. It feels like I could never forgive her. I don't know if there's a solution or not. I know I still love her but the truth is I feel dirty being around her. It also makes me feel stupid for putting up with this and letting it happen in the first place. I feel like a total sap. I'd love any advise you could give me.
Before we turn to chastising your vixen girlfriend for her behavior, let me make a quick observation about you, Paul. You sure are a ball of contradictions, aren't you, darlin'? How can you say that you love a person who makes you feel dirty and stupid? Simply put, you are deceiving yourself about one or the other of these emotions. And pardon me, but there's no way that what you describe here can be love. An obsession, heart sick, wounded pride, sour grapes…absolutely. Love? Ahhh, not so much! So stop saying that you love this woman, Paul, it's just adding to the confusion.
Here's a tip for us all. Let's each of us promise, right here and now, to save the "L" word for those feelings that are a little less desperate and debilitating. Ok? Because if we don't reserve the "L" word for feelings that are uplifting and life-affirming then we will bandy about, like Paul here, that over-used term it to describe any and all our fixations. If what we are experiencing tears us down instead of building us up, then it ain't love no how. Period!
Ok Paul, I 'm gonna try not read too much into your brief message, but there appears to be some important information here that we should consider. When you say your girlfriend…"has been cheating," that suggests to me that her indiscretion may have been ongoing. Because you could have said…"she cheated on me." Which would imply a one-time thing.
And what an interesting word choice "cheat" is in this context. This makes fidelity sound like some kind of sport. I don't think fidelity is sport, nor do I think it is always a genital issue either. Lots of couples are faithful to one another even though they have open relationships and/or multiple sex partners. But I digress.
Since you can't supply me with more of the gory details, Paul, I'm gonna go with the first option. I'm gonna assume you're telling me that the chick's been doin' you wrong and it's not a simple…"whoops, I don't know what came over me. One minute I was like all normal, and the next there I was with my dress over my head and some guy, other than you honey, was pluggin' away at me like there was no tomorrow"…sorta thing. Ok?
Since I don't know how deep or exclusive this relationship with your girlfriend is or was supposed to be, I can hardly advise you on what you ought to do next. I can, however, point out that a secret ongoing affair suggests the trouble with your relationship runs pretty deep. Maybe your girlfriend has you pegged as a sap, and she knows that you will tolerate her indiscretions. Which in turn, gives her permission to do carry on in whatever manner she might like. Maybe she doesn't think that your relationship with her is all that substantial in the first place. Who knows!
If you're not a total sap, and you're serious about reigning in your wayward GF, you'd better come up with a clear, unambiguous message about what you will and will not tolerate in the future. Until you do that there's no point in even imagining there might be a future.
If, on the other hand, the two of you did agree to live in an exclusive relationship, and she's still taking her business elsewhere, then I suggest the bond between you is pretty busted. Is there something salvageable here? Your guess is as good as mine. What is perfectly clear is that both you and your girlfriend need to step back and take a sober look at yourselves. There is a reason for her behavior, just like there's a reason for your behavior. To get to the bottom of all of this each of you will need to invest a good deal of time and energy, most likely with a professional therapist, and hope that the bank of goodwill between you is enough to carry the day.
However, if I had to guess from the tone in your message, I'd say there was precious little goodwill left. If so, why not be a man about it. Just call it quits and move on.
Good Luck
Name: Barbara
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
I've been with my current lover for 5 years and I dearly love him. A couple of years ago he had hemorrhoid surgery and was in the hospital for a month. When he got home he refused to have sex with me but once a month of so. After two years his sexual interest is less and less. We have a wonderful time together, except for the sex. He's a great guy and I know he loves me. We talk about it, but he tells me that he doesn't need sex and he wants a platonic relationship. He's not open to therapy. If he doesn't want to be physical, I don't want to force it but I'm masturbating all alone and I'm very frustrated. I don't what to leave him, but I can't stand the status quo.
This is a classic lament, Barbara. So many couples struggle with much the same thing. Love, intimacy and sex — three very different things — yet we are socialized into thinking that they should always come to us as a package deal. And anything that doesn't is less than optimum and often downright bad or sinful. What a tiny little box we're all supposed to fit in.
I believe there is a fundamental difference between love, sex and intimacy, but so many people confuse or conflate these very different needs to their detriment. Some go so far as to destroy an otherwise good and vibrant relationship just because it doesn't conform to what we perceive as the norm…ya know the big package deal I just mentioned.
I don't know how we got it into our head that the only legitimate or wholesome sex is the sex that happens in a loving relationship, or that if there is no sex in a loving relationship, then that relationship is somehow defective. That's simply not the case.
The way I see it, passionate sex is dependent on a good deal of sexual tension. Ya know, like the grips of hot monkey love that happens at the beginning of a relationship. In time this sexual tension dissipates. I might add that it takes a great deal of work to keep that kind of tension alive. Most couples don't invest that kind of energy, even though they may pay lip service to the desire for it.
Intimacy, on the other hand, is dependent on domestic tranquility, in other words, the elimination of tension in the relationship, including sexual tension. And since most couples desire intimacy over sex they choose (either consciously or not) the domestic tranquility option. But the result is the kind of sexual frustration you report.
Those who wish to have both sex and intimacy need to be creative in solving both issues. Not just imagining that loving someone is enough to make it happen.
That being said, Barbara, if your partner refuses to join you in any effort to find a solution to the problems that plague your relationship, he is telling you your concerns are unimportant to him. My counsel is always the same under these circumstances. If your sexual needs are as pressing as you say they are, then confront him in no uncertain terms. No beating around the bush, darlin', it's ultimatum time. Tell your partner that dragging his feet, or obstructing all together your efforts to solve your relationship problems signals to you that the relationship, at least as it is currently configured, is in desperate trouble.
As I've suggested earlier, you can tell him that there are several ways of keeping the relationship going without expecting he fulfill all of your sex and/or intimacy needs. But living without sex in your life is a deal breaker. He needs to know that you are serious about the crisis that exists. Of course, if you do this you will have to follow through on the ultimatum. To do otherwise would tell him that you don't believe your concerns are all that important either.
If you ask me, life is too short to be living with all that sexual frustration. Don't tolerate the frustration make it work for you. Your sexual frustration could be the very thing that motivates you to create better your situation for yourself and possibly your old man too.
Good Luck
Name: Dave
Gender: male
Age: 40
Location: Wisconsin
I have a boyfriend that I love very much. We have been together for over 6 years and we care for one another very much. The problem is that we never have sex. The last time was probably two years ago and that time he just took care of me and that was it. I haven't seen him climax in years. I asked him if there's a problem with me and he says no. I know he still has a sex drive because I've caught him masturbating once. When I bring up the subject he says he knows we need to work on it but that's as far as it goes. I know he's not cheating, but I can't say the same about myself. Should I feel guilty for seeking sex outside our relationship without his permission? In the past I've felt horrible about this, but my frustration is overriding my guilt. But it still bothers me because I am not being the moral person I was raised to be. I've asked him about opening our relationship, but he doesn't like that idea either. What am I supposed to do?
Sad to say there's not much a couple can do to either beef up a sex drive or cool one down, when there's no will on the part of one or the other partners to do so. And I would say that if you guys have been living successfully like this for four years, there's little chance of turning this around. Besides, why would you want to fix something that's not really broken?
If, as you say, you are feeling guilty about going outside your relationship to find the sexual satisfaction you need and want, then it is time for you to have a chat with your lover. The tension you are experiencing between your sexual desires and your moral compass is a real good thing. It ought not be denied. But like I always say, these are often very difficult negotiations to hammer out. However, not to try to make these accommodations is, I believe, a form of sexual abuse.
Finally, regardless on how you approach the subject, there's no need to sink to the lowest common denominator, bubby. Could it be the sex you have with your partner is just boring? And you're misinterpreting his boredom as disinterest? You say he masturbates. What's in his mind (or on the computer) when he does? Would you even know? Ever thought of asking? Maybe he's just too self-conscious to come right out with it and ask for what he wants from you. Is there any way you could entice him back to bed with a little spice? Would he respond to some porn, or toys, or even a three-way?
Maybe it's just as well there's no sex in your relationship, you seem to be getting along very well otherwise. But only a frank and open discussion with your man is gonna shed the necessary light on this situation.
See Dave, you have lots of options. It's time to be creative, like the fabulous homo you are.
Good Luck darling!


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Legacy – TV Series
by Geoff on Aug.21, 2015, under Other Musings
Here at 365Horror, we thrive on new talent and the exciting projects that might just be the next big, original, horror thing. One such project which has been brought to our attention is Legacy – a UK produced, post apocalyptic drama, set six months after a Z incident, written by the very talented Jay Podmore.
So, what makes this different from all the other Zombie things filling our screens? Well, we'll just have to wait and see, but from the shows website blurb, it sounds like this could be quite dark and juicy. We'll let you know more, as and when, as we'll be watching progress quite closely. I have a good feeling about this, but be sure to follow via Facebook.
Here's the info:-
Civilization is plunged into darkness, as mankind faces extinction after a world changing, apocalyptic disaster, written by Jay Podmore, UK television series Legacy follows the adverse story of a tightly knit group of survivors, six months after the Earth shattering event.
The deafening silence of a decaying society is slowly twisting the balance of humanity, Isaiah, played by Gabriel Paul, will fight for survival, no matter the cost, whilst leader of the group Ethan, played by Neal Gavyn, is desperately clinging on to the hanging thread of morality, Ethan does everything in his power to protect his people but the group discover that a new evil walks among them and darkness begins to consume all hope. Also starring: Sara Woodruff, James Ledsham, Michael Hawkins, Katie King, Sam Walton and Jason Ricketts. Guest stars include: Niall Hogan, Nick Sheedy and Mikey Chartrey.


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'Export: Spanish Architecture Abroad'
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design presents an internationally known exhibit, "Export: Spanish Architecture Abroad."
Portraying the practice of Spanish architecture abroad is a complex task. 'EXPORT' is not a comprehensive catalog of architectural works, nor is it a list of designed buildings in faraway places, because this would not do justice to what it means to be an architect in a globalized society, a place of "arrivals and departures".
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PAL: Phylogenetic Analysis Library
A Java library for molecular evolution and phylogenetics
Version 1.2 (April 10, 2001)
The PAL project (http://www.pal-project.org) is a collaborative effort dedicated to provide a high quality Java library for use in molecular evolution and phylogenetics.
This package may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 PAL Development Core Team.
Core Team:
Alexei Drummond
Korbinian Strimmer
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, 3A Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
Korbinian Strimmer
Other Contributions:
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Sean Luke, University of Maryland (Random number generator)
Oliver G. Pybus, University of Oxford (Part of code in demographic models)
Andrew Rambaut, University of Oxford (Yang codon model)
The PAL project is a collaborative effort to provide a high quality Java library for use in molecular evolution and phylogenetics. Updates of PAL are released in frequent regular intervals (approx. every 4 months). At present (version 1.2) PAL consists of 181 public classes/interfaces in 14 packages with a total of more than 32,000 lines of code. Please refer to the API documentation for a detailed description of all classes and methods available, and to the release history for an overview of the development history of PAL.
Please feel free to use PAL or parts of it in your own programs, the terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification of the GNU General Public License apply. Note that this implies that any work based on or derived from PAL will have to be licensed under the GNU GPL as well. If you redistribute PAL with your application you will have to indicate that you used PAL and you will have to provide its sources (if only by linking to this page).
Contributing code to PAL is greatly encouraged, please read the following guidelines.
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User Interfaces:
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Main Features:
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PAL consists of a rich variety of objects to facilitate the construction of special-purpose tools for phylogenetic analysis. PAL contains, e.g., ready-to-use objects for:
Download and Installation:
By design, PAL can be installed and run on any platform where Java 1.1 (or better) is available.
PAL 1.2 is distributed in two variants, one for Unix/MSDOS (includes makefiles for jikes/gcj) and one for Macintosh (includes project file for CW 6):
After uncompressing using appropriate tools the following simple directory structure will be created:
pal-1.2 ______|______ | | doc srcThe "doc" folder contains this page, the API manual and some other documentation and the "src" contains the complete source code. Note that there are no precompiled class files.
To actually compile the sources you need to set the class path properly to the folder "pal-1.2/src". Please consult the manual for your Java development kit (or your system administrator) for details.
Compile of PAL into native code on Unix has been successfully tested using the following software (or any later version):
For compilation on Macintosh a Metrowerks Codewarrior project file (suitable for CW 6) is included.
Older versions of PAL are also available, please refer to the
release history.
The next release of PAL is scheduled
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Related (Java) Projects:
To our knowledge, PAL is the only project that aims at providing a collaborative Java library for molecular evolution and phylogenetics.
Similar "private" projects are, however, currently undertaken, e.g., by Andrew Rambaut and Mike Charleston (their Nautilus project) or by the Felsenstein lab (both in C++).
Other Java projects in molecular evolution and bioinformatics include:
Finally, the general issue of scientific programming in Java is discussed, e.g., on the
Java Numerics
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We thank Oliver Pybus, Andrew Rambaut, Rick Ree, Allen Rodrigo,
and Wayne Maddison for discussion and valuable suggestions.
We also thank Allen Rodrigo for providing hardware through his NIH grant #59174
and Don Gilbert for distributing PAL in his software archive.
This work is also supported by
a Bright Future´s Scholarship of FRST to A.D.
and an Emmy-Noether-Fellowship of the DFG to K.S.
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JJ Levine for 10×10
JJ Levine's photography will be part of the Gladstone's exhibit 10×10: 100 Portraits opening reception on Thursday June 28 from 7 to 10 p.m. 10×10 is a photography project celebrating Canadian queers involved in the arts. The project features 10 LGBT photographers focusing on 10 LGBT artists to create 100 portraits.
Levine is a Montreal-based queer and transgender artist who works in intimate portraiture. Levine received a BFA in Photography and Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality from Concordia University. Levine's photography explores issues surrounding gender, sexuality, self-identity, and queer space.
Make sure you pencil us in Thursday June 28 from 7 to 10 p.m.


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Joe Philbin has never hidden that he doesn't like carrying a fullback on his roster.
The Miami Dolphins run a spread offense that typically features only one tailback in the backfield, and when the offense does need to use power packages they lean on the two-tight end sets.
The Dolphins haven't had a fullback on the 53-man roster since the first month of the 2013 season when Tyler Clutts was picked up off waivers from the Texans and lasted four games. And before that Jorvorskie Lane spent the 2012 season in Miami.
However, Philbin does realize there are situations, and packages where the offense needs a more physical presence to gain tough yards. That explains why...