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The intersection between poetry and peace will be the focus of two events featuring award-winning poet Fred Marchant on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 22, and 23, through the A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series at Hope College.
Marchant, who is a member of the faculty at Suffolk University, will present the address "Another World Instead: Some Pacifist Poets and Poetics, from William Stafford to Occupy Wall Street" as this year's A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 22. He will also give a poetry reading on Thursday, Feb. 23. Both events will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
The public is invited to both the lecture and the reading. Admission is free.
Marchant's address will explore a variety of questions, including whether or not there is a poetics of pacifism; whether or not an anti-war poem can accomplish real or lasting good; the deepest lessons that anti-war poets and poems teach about resistance to war and the affirmations of peace; and how such poetry might help foster and pass on a "living tradition," a consciousness and a conscience that will help inspire the peace-builders of the future. A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture.
Marchant was the 2009 co-winner (with Afaa Michael Weaver) of the May Sarton Award from the New England Poetry Club, given to poets whose "work is an inspiration to other poets." His most recent book of poetry, "The Looking House" (Graywolf Press, 2009) was named by Barnes and Noble Review as one of the five best books of poetry in 2009. The "San Francisco Chronicle" picked it as one of the 10 best collections of poetry, and the Massachusetts Book Award committee listed it as one of its "must reads." Janette Currie, writing in "Pleiades," has written that "Marchant's great achievement in 'The Looking House' is to create a new anti-war poetics out of seemingly disparate subjects and images."
Marchant is also the author of "Tipping Point," winner of the 1993 Washington Prize in poetry; "Full Moon Boat" (Graywolf Press, 2000); and "House on Water, House in Air," published by Dedalus Press, Dublin, Ireland, in 2002. He is the co-translator (with Nguyen Ba Chung) of "From a Corner of My Yard," poetry by the Vietnamese poet Tran Dang Khoa, published in 2006 in Hanoi,Vietnam. He is also the editor of "Another World Instead: The Early Poems of William Stafford, 1937-1947" (Graywolf Press, 2008), a selection that focuses on the work done while Stafford was a conscientious objector during World War II.
Professor of English and the director of the Creative Writing Program, Marchant is also director of The Poetry Center at Suffolk University. A longtime teaching affiliate of The William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, he has also taught poetry workshops at sites across the country, from The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass., to The Veterans Writing Group in Sebastopol, Calif.
A graduate of Brown University, he earned a Ph.D. from The University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought.
The A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series began in 1985 to commemorate the life and work of A.J. Muste, an alumnus of Hope College (1905) who became a tireless activist for the causes of peace and justice.
Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson, Muste's biographer, presented the inaugural lecture. Subsequent lectures have been given by theologians, peace activists, labor organizers and prison reformers.
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Paul Henry is in talks for a return to TVNZ to front the new-look Close Up programme, the Herald has been told.
But he could run into contractual issues as he is currently signed with the state broadcaster's competition, MediaWorks, and insiders say the company will be keen to prevent pitting him against Campbell Live in the same 7pm slot.
Henry was told yesterday his Breakfast show on Australia's Network Ten will be axed by the end of the month after less than a year on air, after dismal ratings.
Henry had two years remaining on that contract, but asked if that would prevent a return to TVNZ, he told the Herald earlier this month: "I'd be able to leave and come home."
He indicated he had been approached by the state broadcaster after the sacking of Mark Sainsbury in September.
"All I can say about it is that TVNZ have a distinct idea of how they want the show to be."
Asked if that included him and Pippa Wetzell as hosts of the daily current affairs programme, he said: "Well, the show is only 22 minutes long, so you can't have too many people on it."
TVNZ's head of news and current affairs, Ross Dagan, would not be drawn on whether discussions had been held.
Henry's other contract with MediaWorks, which operates TV3, allows him small roles in radio and television while working for Network Ten. He said the contract was "ambiguous" and it is unlikely to prevent a return to TVNZ.
But insiders for the network told the Herald MediaWorks management wouldn't "roll over lightly" for Henry and a contractual relationship stands.
News bosses will be keen to prevent Henry fronting Close Up against John Campbell's eponymous show which has struggled in ratings against Mark Sainsbury, but going up against Henry's broadcasting calibre will be an even bigger battle.
MediaWorks legal counsel Clare Bradley said she could not comment on contractual matters.
TVNZ announced Henry's resignation from its Breakfast show in October 2010 after controversy over comments about the then Governor-General, Sir Anand Satyanand, and the Delhi chief minister, Sheila Dikshit.
Henry played the dutiful MediaWorks employee last week, filming a self-deprecating clip for the company's new-season TV launch from his Breakfast desk in Australia.
The show has struggled against its two main rivals - averaging only 40,000 viewers, compared with 345,000 watching Today and 370,000 tuning in to Sunrise.
Network Ten is battling with scarce resources, weak ratings, poor programming strategies and huge debt.

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The issue of banks improperly repossessing homes of U.S. military members may be worse than originally expected, based on a New York Times report published on Sunday.
The Times said four major banks — Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo — wrongfully siezed 700-plus homes of service members during the housing crash.
That new figure, based on anonymous sources, is particularly alarming because those reported repossessions could violate the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, a federal law that protects active members of the armed forces in situations such as foreclosures.
The new estimate is higher than previous ones that have come up in committee hearings or in court records.
Major banks self-reported 295 improper foreclosures on service members as of mid-2012, the most recent update received by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The chairman of that committee is Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista.
"Violations of federal laws designed to protect our troops serving on active duty from foreclosures are unacceptable," said Frederick R. Hill, a spokesman for Issa.
"Those subjected to such illegal practices are entitled to appropriate compensation and the federal government has an obligation to prevent this from happening again," Hill added. "Congressman Issa remains closely engaged in this issue of great concern to military families here in San Diego."
No geographical breakdowns were available for any of those estimates.
The new total stems from analysis via an $8.5 billion settlement between regulators and major banks, the New York Times story says. The deal was reached in January between the 10 banks, and two federal agencies -- the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board.
The settlement is expected to bring monetary relief to potentially wronged borrowers, including service members and veterans.
Housing advocates have argued the settlement deal is a pass for the banks and a bad deal for consumers. It replaced a costly and drawn-out process that promised free foreclosure audits to borrowers in order to determine harm and compensation.
About 4 million borrowers were eligible for those reviews. Ultimately, 16 percent, or 654,000 borrowers submitted requests.
The New York Times said the new findings have been shown to U.S regulators but it did not name names.
Bryan Hubbard, spokesman for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, was unable to validate the data presented by the Times. The Federal Reserve could not be reached for comment on Monday afternoon.
The issue of improper actions on properties owned by military members and veterans is particularly important for this region: San Diego County has a community of roughly 260,000 veterans alone, according to the county.


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I'm not a plumber. In fact, I'm not very handy around the house at all.If I can't fix something with a hammer or screwdriver I prefer to pay somebody else to do the work. That's why I decided to get a professional to reroute and install new plumbing hardware during our kitchen remodel.
Of course, we needed estimates. After making a few calls to local plumbers, the Honeybee presented me with three estimates:
- Plumber 1: $450
- Plumber 2: $485
- Plumber 3: $1,085 (after an applied 10 per cent discount!)
The first question that crossed my mind was how on earth could the third plumber could be so much more expensive.
In fact, upon closer inspection, the third plumber's estimate was even worse than I thought: The first two plumbers' prices included new shut-off valves and some miscellaneous PVC piping required to finish the job — but his estimate didn't!
The Honeybee asked why his prices were so high, but he swore his quoted prices were "the going rate." And then, to drive home the point, he went out to his truck and retrieved the "official" price book to prove that his estimate was legitimate.
Legitimate or not, we ended up going with the first plumber.
Frankly, I found the wide price disparity to be rather odd, so I asked the plumber we hired if he would tell me how the plumbing industry works and — more importantly — how to avoid getting ripped off. Here's what he told me:
Not All Plumbers Are Created Equally
There are basically two types of plumbing companies: small-scale family-owned operations, and larger-scale corporations.
As luck would have it, we got plumbing estimates from both. The two cheapest came from small-scale family-owned businesses that were sole-proprietorships; the most expensive came from a large corporation.
Corporate plumbing companies tend to be more expensive because their plumbers work on commission — and that encourages them to oversell you on goods and services. In essence, many corporate plumbers are salesmen whose first priority isn't fixing your clogged drain for the lowest price possible — it's improving their employer's bottom line.
But, Len, you said the corporate plumber showed the price book!
Don't be fooled. A plumber's price book only tells you what his company charges; every company's book is different.
Commission-based sales aren't the only reason larger corporate plumbers are more expensive. They also have to deal with overhead issues that smaller family-run businesses don't, like maintaining large truck fleets and paying for worker's comp insurance.
The next time you're looking to find the right plumber at the right price, be sure to follow these tips:
- When possible, get references. Nothing beats a word-of-mouth recommendation. Before getting any contractor estimates, make sure to ask your friends and neighbours if they have a preferred plumber.
- Get a minimum of three estimates. Knowledge is power, so always get at least three estimates before agreeing to have any work done. Otherwise, you may end up paying a lot more than you need to.
- Avoid plumbers who advertise on radio and television. Those ads cost big money. That means higher prices for you. Speaking of ads:
- Beware of misleading ads. Larger plumbing corporations often use website and phone book ads featuring a random family photo to give the impression that their company is a small family-owned business.
- Focus on small family-owned plumbing businesses. Smaller family-owned businesses have lower overhead, and they usually pass the savings on to their customers. They also don't work on commission — so you're less likely to be oversold on services you don't need. Typically smaller advertising budgets also make self-employed plumbers more dependent on repeat business and word-of-mouth, so customer satisfaction is paramount.
- Ensure your plumber has a contractor's licence. Licensed contractors are required to complete work in compliance with state mandated procedures that are designed to protect us from shoddy workmanship and potential serious health issues resulting from improper plumbing practices. Check out your state contractor's web site to verify the status of any licensed plumbing company, including any registered complaints and ownership details.
- Get an itemized parts estimate and then comparison shop. Plumbers usually get their parts from wholesale outlets not open to the general public. The parts are usually comparable in price — but sometimes they're not.
- Coupons and discounts don't guarantee competitive prices. Plumbers will often try to lure you in with coupons or the promise of a price discount. In our case, the corporate plumber was still more than twice as expensive as the others even after the discount.
- Schedule work on weekdays. Plumbers charge a premium for working weekends, holidays, and after hours, so avoid those times if you can. Just remember, no matter when you schedule your plumber, tell him to keep his price book in the truck.
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My favorite characters are Faolan, Edame, and Wissler because they are in the blood watch. I like this book because it is like the movie The Hunger Games. In this book they have to hunt to survive. My favorite part was when a wolf that nursed Faolan's sisters said that she was not their mom. This book is like Wolves of the Beyond - Shadow Wolf because they are in the same series by the same author. It is similar because it is the same as this book but a little different. It made me wonder if the blizzard was ever going to end. Also what will the next book be about.
It might interest readers because it has a characters that might interest them. I recommend high level readers to read this book for enjoyment.


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I have painted myself into a corner with this quilt. After many false starts getting the pictures to come out right, I've finally got the top made. Now I just don't know the best way to put the sandwiches together. l'm afraid to stitch in the ditch as it seems to make the pictures a little puffy and distorted when I want them very flat. I have hand sewn some of my quilts together with embroidery thread every 4-6 inches and this seems to be maybe my only choice. I even bought basting spray and am afraid to use it. I could not get my hands on 505 so I bought Dritz basting spray. The quilts I did before I used the safety pin method then the embroidery thread and this seemed to work fine. I've worked so hard on this one, I don't think I could start over again. It is for my son who is in Afghanistan and the pictures are of his 4 small children and his wife. Any ideas on what I should do?
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The traditional problem with maximal power curves is they may contain rides so old that the power generated in those rides has little relevance to the present. So it's useful to truncate the data: to set an age limit for points used.
But there may be a considerable data set to process for this purpose. Calculating a maximal power curve from scratch makes little sense.
When calculating a curve from an entire data set, you start at the oldest activity, calculate the maximal powers for each duration for that set, then that's it. For each additional activity you compare the average power for each duration, extending the existing maximal power curve to longer durations if needed (constant work), then adding in points from the newert activity (extending that if needed).
But with an adjustable age limit, it gets more complicated. Instead I need to retain, for each duration, all points which are the maximum power for their age or less. These numbers can be saved, for example, as a linked list in order of age.
The durations need not be every duration. In my fitting procedure I use times which are separated from each other by no less than 2%. So 1 sec, 2 sec, 3 sec, etc, up to 50 seconds, but then 52 second, 54 seconds, 56 seconds, etc, up to 100 seconds, then 103, 106, etc. Approximately every 50 seconds the time step increases by 1
So consider I have a new time point for today's ride, where I got 300 watts for some duration. I have a linked list as follows:
- 270 watts, 5 days old
- 285 watts, 30 days old
- 310 watts, 90 days old
- 300 watts, 0 days old
- 310 watts, 90 days old
Had the power been at least 310 watts, the new point would be the only point in the list. On the other hand, had it been under 270 watts, it would have gone on the head of the list, with all other elements shifted downward.
Given the linked list for each duration, if I want to construct a maximal power curve for any time cut-off I go through the linked lists for each duration and take the oldest/highest power point no older than the limit.
Note the linked lists contain points of strictly increasing power and strictly increasing age. While it is pathologically feasible this will include points from all activities, the far more likely scenario is it will contain only a small fraction. This is why a linked list, rather than a static array, makes sense here: the linked list has arbitrary length yet is optimized for short lists.


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Angels are everywhere in the cramped East Dayton bedroom. A hospital bed, its quilt soft from washings, plump with ruffle-edged pillows, is tucked in the corner.
It is Mary Murphy's second home visit of the day. She greets this cancer patient, known only from previous telephone consults, like long-lost family. Mary is there to see if the 25 prescription medicines on the night table are doing their job, to schedule a massage therapist to help with the pain, to check a chemo port, take a temperature, answer a spouse's question, hold a hand. To nurse.
Mary Murphy, R.N., M.S., AOCN, CHPN, clinical nurse specialist, came to Hospice of Dayton 16 years ago after 20 years on the oncology unit of a local hospital. She is a small, take-charge woman, organized and intuitive, with a sense of humor and a respect for life. As director of Focused Care, she coordinates a team that may include, in addition to the oncologist and primary care physician, a respiratory therapist, social worker, bereavement specialist, massage therapist, art or music therapist, an R.N. case manager, and volunteers.
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Here are a few requirements that need to be met for technical, common-sense or organizational reasons. Of course they don't have to be met immediately but should at least serve as a goal.
The idea is to create tiles similar to the standard OpenStreetMap vector tiles. So the data inside the tile needs to get prefiltered: The polygons provided for display need to be carefully chosen (depending on importance) and need to be simplified in advance (Node reduction). So a simplified level 0 tile could look like this:
This would be the lowest zoom level possible. Now further tiles could get created for higher zoom level using the Quadtile scheme. This is a level 2 tile that shows parts of Europe (the actual one would probably already display country boundaries, but we leave that out in this discussion for purposes of simplicity and illustration):
As you can see the file just contains the clipped polygon data. It does not contain the whole polygon data e.g. for the whole Eurasian-African coastline for this zoom level since that would add lots of data and would defeat the idea of the tiles (imagine having to download the whole Eurasian coastline at zoom level 16 just to display a small part of Portugal ....).
Now what would happen if the user started Marble and would zoom so that tile level 2 gets activated? It would download tile by tile. What we'd like to avoid at all cost is that tiles appear and are surrounded just by a plain white area like this:
Instead it should "reuse" data from lower-level tiles that show those parts which haven't been downloaded yet: With the most simple approach this would require that a tile is fully opaque (i.e. no parts of the whole square are transparent) and really gets rendered on top of the "parent" tile. Here we see our tile from tile level 2 "inserted" into the tile 0:
Now this approach would work to some degree and might be the first mile-stone to implement. However it has some backdraws:
Also note that if tiles weren't fully opaque with this approach we'd run into artefacts like visible on this picture (land shines through where there should be sea, e.g. Red Sea). To better recognize the issue the land of the level 2 tile has been marked with a darker gray tint:
So ideally one would merge polygons from lower zoom levels with those polygon section from higher zoom levels into a single polygon.
Of course one would need to specify points where the polygon sections of higher zoom levels could dynamically "hook in". For the lack of a better term we just call these specially tagged nodes "hook nodes" in this document. So a level 0 tile would just contain hook nodes (here red squares) along the QuadTile borders for the level 1 tile borders (black lines):
Now if we just provided hook nodes for the next level then we'd have to download the full range of level 0 to level 8 parent tiles just to properly embed a single level 9 tile. So it would be useful if the hook nodes would span a wider range of zoom levels: E.g. a level 0 tile could provide hook nodes for zoom levels 1 and 2 - or even for 3. This approach would then reduce the amount of parent tiles to be downloaded for higher zoom levels dramatically. Here you can see the hook nodes on a level 0 tile for level 1 (red) and level 2 (green) as an example:
Now of course the "child" tile would have to define hook nodes as well so that its polygons can hook into the polygon of the parent tile. In this picture the hook nodes that are meant to be connected to the parent tiles are colored yellow:
And here is a picture that shows the "hook nodes" of both, the level 0 and the level 2 tile:
Also note the purple "helper node" at the top-right of the child tile. This node requires a special form of tagging so that it can be distinguished from the other "hook nodes". The purpose of the helper nodes is this: if a polygon is downloaded without any parents to hook in then the polygon area needs to get properly closed. The helper nodes define nodes that close the polygons properly even if there are no parent tiles that the polygon can hook into.
The nice thing about this concept of "hook nodes" is that a map browser client doesn't necessarily need to provide support for them: Since they are just specially flagged nodes they can just be considered normal nodes by the client and the client would still render the whole tile properly. Advanced map browser clients could still make use of them.
The same also applies if the child tile defines some "hook nodes" (e.g. a cut off lake like the Caspian Sea on Tile 2 above) that are meant to be used by a parent tile and the available parents don't have fitting interfaces (because the lake isn't covered in those parent tiles). Then the two end-points of the half-cut lake would get connected right away until more data is available.


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Chris Tang Named an INFORMS Lifetime Fellow
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Christopher Tang, Edward W. Carter Chair in Business Administration, has been named a Lifetime Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). He was recognized by the most influencial society in this field for his many theoretical and practical contributions to supply chain and production management and for outstanding professional service. In receiving this honor, Professor Tang joins UCLA Anderson colleagues Arthur Geoffrion, James A. Collins Chair in Management Emeritus, Donald Morrison, William E. Leonhard Professor of Management and Dean Emeritus William Pierskalla.
In the mid-eighties, Professor Tang began his research and teaching in the area of "Just in Time Management" (JIT) and "Total Quality Management" (TQM). But his focus has changed with time and he recently completed a book with Mohan Sodhi entitled, Managing Supply Chain Risk. He is a pioneer in the field of supply chain risk management and, in 2009, delivered a keynote address on the topic at the INFORMS Annual Meeting. The address was instrumental in generating additional research on this emerging topic.
"I think the INFORMS society recognized that my work has remained relevant and helped push the boundaries of the field," he said. "They also recognized that my work is mathematically rigorous and that I promote awareness of Operations Research and Management Science to practitioners and researchers."
Using mathematical modeling techniques, Professor Tang has identified two power mechanisms for managing supply chain risks - redundancy and flexibility. Redundancy is capacity that you keep in reserve. "It's like the extra engine on a Boeing 747 that is only used when another fails," he said. Flexibility is like sourcing materials in several different countries at the same time and being able to shift from one country to another if needed.
Redundancy and flexibility are ways to mitigate risk. So the question becomes, how much of each do you need? "My research has shown that you don't need that much of either," he explained. "A little bit of redundancy and a little bit of flexibility go a long way."
To find out exactly how much of each a firm needs, Professor Tang has analyzed this issue at a number of firms including Hewlett-Packard and IBM. He believes there will be an increasing demand for people with these quantitative skills from firms developing in-house teams as well as consulting firms and insurance providers. "Consulting firms have focused on enterprise risk in the past in order to help firms avoid problems like those at Enron. Now they see the importance of managing risk outside the enterprise as well," he said.
Professor Tang has been equally dedicated in the classroom. This year, he received the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award, which is considered the highest attainment of academic and professional excellence at UCLA. "I love both research and teaching," he said. "I just finished reading a book about Aristotle who maintains you cannot just do one or the other. You have to do both because you cannot master a subject unless you are able to transmit your knowledge to others. Most of my teaching materials were adapted from my research work, and many research ideas were created from my teaching activities. Knowledge creation and knowledge dissemination are essential parts of the 'ecosystem' of learning."
Professor Tang concluded, "I am humbled to be named an INFORMS Fellow because it recognizes the work I've done in different areas of research, teaching and service over my entire career. I started in traditional operations management and my work has changed with time. In fact, I am now developing research and teaching materials on 'social innovations,' which is an untapped area in most business schools. You see, I really love research and teaching. Ultimately, I enjoy making others think creatively and critically so that we can all make the world a better place!"Contact Information
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When Michael Vick spoke earlier this week, he treated his surprise starting nod like it was a gift dropped into his lap by the football gods.
"You never know what I could accomplish," the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback said. "I could go out there and break a record. There's tremendous upside."
As it turned out, there was scant upside to be found Sunday in the Eagles' 42-7 loss to the New York Giants at frigid MetLife Stadium. Vick finished 19-of-35 passing for 197 yards and one touchdown with one interception while playing with teammates who had one foot inside the heated team bus by the second quarter.
What's next for Vick? The Eagles are certain to part ways with him shortly after the season concludes, ending their four-year marriage. Several NFL teams are looking to upgrade at quarterback, but Vick won't sniff a third $100 million contract.
"Ultimately, I wish we could have accomplished more for my teammates," Vick said when asked if he wanted to remain an Eagle. "I don't know right now. I just need to get some rest."
The luster is off Vick, and for the second time in five years, he'll play the part of an underdog who's seeking redemption when a new season dawns. Last time, it was about rising from the ashes after a dogfighting scandal and subsequent prison sentence blew up his life and NFL career.
Now the circumstances are more traditional. Vick will be 33 in June, and he has been a mediocre, injury-prone quarterback for two seasons running. If he viewed Sunday's game as a chance to remind teams of his abilities, he fell short of that goal. Vick said "I can't answer that for you" when asked why other teams should see a starting-caliber quarterback when they go over his 2012 game film.
Someone will take their shot on Vick, seduced by the memory of his past greatness and their own desperation. Whether or not Vick still has it in him to be great is up for debate.
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Red cheeks can be endearing in self-humbling moments when all eyes are drawn to you in silent surprise. However, chronic redness around the cheeks, nose and forehead is often symptomatic of a commonly misdiagnosed problem called rosacea. As common as the condition may be, the cause is still unknown and despite what many cosmetic companies would have you believe, there is no cure. April is rosacea awareness month, so what better time to dispel the myths around associated with redness and rosacea.
Myth 1. Antibiotics can cure rosacea
Many cosmetics companies market treatments for rosacea, but the truth is there is no cure. Antibiotics such as tetracycline or erythromycin may minimize redness, but unfortunately they will not cure rosacea. As consumers become more health conscious, natural solutions for rosacea are increasingly being sought after. Thujaplicin, a molecule that derives from the Western Red Cedar tree, has natural antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antifungal properties. It may manage the condition, but again there simply is no cure.
Myth 2. Alcohol abuse causes rosacea
Alcoholic beverages like red wine can trigger rosacea flareups, but the exact cause of rosacea is unknown. There are many popular theories about the causes of rosacea. Genetics, intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and a heightened level of Demodex mites (microscopic mites that live around your hair follicles) are just a few.
Myth 3. Rosacea is another term for adult acne
Rosacea is not adult acne. However, it is commonly misdiagnosed. Rosacea is an inflammatory process that can cause the skin's blood vessels to over dilate. What separates rosacea from adult acne and other skin conditions are the unique environmental triggers (including things like spicy foods, stress, or excessive heat) and a tendency to flush. These triggers affect people differently and cause periods of increased symptoms, or 'flareups.' Since there is no way to eliminate all triggers completely from your lifestyle, it's important to know your own body and identify your particular triggers. Rosacea sufferers should also avoid products with dyes or fragrances and instead opt for hypoallergenic ingredients.


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As the spring racing season gets underway, both the Harvard men's heavyweight and lightweight crews posted strong showings this weekend against local and Ivy League competitors. The No. 1 heavyweights travelled to the Seekonk River on Saturday to challenge Brown in the Stein Cup, capturing the first varsity race but falling to the Bears in the second varsity race by a close margin. The No. 4 lightweights defeated MIT and Dartmouth at home on the Charles River on Saturday to win the Biglin Bowl.
The Harvard heavyweights captured their fourth-straight Stein Cup on Saturday despite some tough competition from the Bears. The Crimson's first varsity boat defeated Brown in the championship race, posting a time of 5:46.3, almost five seconds ahead of the Bears.
"Coming off a long winter's training, the whole squad [was] in great shape physically for [Saturday's] race with Brown," captain Andrew Holmes said. "Today was our second race of the season, coming off a good first race against Cornell. There are still improvements to be made, but I feel that the whole team has had a strong start to the season."
The 2V race was the closest of the morning, with Brown edging out the Crimson by less than a second. In the freshman eight, Harvard dominated the Bears, finishing in 6:02.6 with a 5.9-second margin of victory.
"Against Brown, every boat races really hard and showed good speed," Holmes said. "The standout performances came from the freshman eight and the second Varsity boats. Both boats showed that they were capable of going fast in the last quarter of a high-paced race, which is a great sign for the next few races in the season."
Harvard fell to Brown in the third varsity, fourth varsity and second freshman races, but the winning races were promising for the Crimson heavyweights.
"Going into this race we just wanted to have a solid performance and focus on our own rowing and not worry too much about anything else," Holmes said. "The team is really benefiting from the younger classes, especially the juniors and sophomores. In terms of their work ethic and focus, they are really pushing the limits and raising the bar for the rest of the team."
The Harvard lightweights bested competition on Saturday, sweeping all four races in the morning. The Crimson first varsity boat had strong results against MIT and Dartmouth, securing the Biglin Bowl for the sixth-straight year, and 51st time overall.
"It was a good progression, a good improvement on last weekend," captain Alexander Bonorris said. "Obviously we were hungry, we wanted an opportunity to show we're making improvements week to week and I think we did that today."
The first varsity posted a time of 6:18.0, finishing with an open-water lead over second-place finisher MIT and third-place finisher Dartmouth.
"I thought this weekend went really well," Bonorris said. "It was sweet. The 1V won with a four-second margin on MIT, and MIT beat Dartmouth by a few seconds, so we got clear water, which is good."
The freshman eight competed in the second varsity race, posting a 5.1-second lead over their Crimson teammates and more than a 10-second lead on the Big Green crew, showing the strength of the young Harvard rowers and the bright future of the heavyweight program.
"The freshmen raced the second varsity, and they did really well," Bonorris said. "It's always nice to see a competitive inter-squad race like that."
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Yesterday I watched a Conspiracy theory type UFO sort of documentary.. In it is mention reported sightings from the astronauts on Apollo 11 as them descended onto the Moon landing site. It seems one of the astronauto reported seeing something unexpected and needed to report back to base, so he switched to his more private medical channel to make a verbal report.Little did he know that Radio Hams heard him.
He thought this was secure and he reported that as they landed he had seen during the descent, structures on the edge of a giant crater, these large structures had a group of 6 saucer shapered discs on the rim of the crater.. and he concluded it was some kind of Base..
Earlier, on the main channel he had reported a small white dot in the distance keeping pace with them, he asked 'Could this be the discharged Rocket booster ?' and he was told there is no way as they had tracked this a lot way away from their position.. It was filmed and was shown n footage from the mission.
Well what he didn't know was Radio Hams around the world had picked up his transmission of the report of the ?? Base and the craft on the edge f the crater...
So was this a Lunar base of Et's or was it a US space exploration colony unknown to the US public from years earlier??
Lots of unanswered questions... We all know that the US goverment during Project Bluebook covered up UFO reorts etc and put out disinformation..
So, what you you make of that then??
Is there any truth in this account?
Is there life on other planets? Are monsters such as bigfoot real? Discuss anything "unexplained" that is not ghost or afterlife related here.
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Some of our Chiefs believe the land belongs to them...
But that is not what The Great Spirit told me... He said No one owns the land, that the land belongs to him. We are just keepers of the land, for our children and for their childrens childen.
But that is not what The Great Spirit told me... He said No one owns the land, that the land belongs to him. We are just keepers of the land, for our children and for their childrens childen.
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We got to stay in a hotel together
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|Hmmm this couch really is pet friendly!
And visit friends
|Here we are with my best friend, Becky
And participate in some fun events, like this book signing
|Brooks and Kelly helped me sign books for guest, Joy.
and a show, Books over Breakfast at WCAX-TV
|Here's one of their trucks at Burlington, channel 3
But the best part came on the ride home. Kelly and Brooks were exhausted. We'd kept so busy. They shared the back seat of the suv, each on their own side, until I turned around to look and.....
They bonded! It did my heart good to see them snuggled together. This is the first time they have ever cuddled together, or even been close to each other in such a way, ever! I guess our vacation brought my two kids closer together.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 82 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
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One of my life ambitions has to put together a classic tabletop board game in the vein of heroquest and dungeons and dragons. I am very excited to finally have a bit of money saved up so I could take the time to pursue this venture.
There is a market of hobbyists that love miniature games. People who play warhammer, warhammer 40k, Privateer Press games or people that really enjoy nerdy board games.
The logo is simply :
Kingdom Death
The tagline is optional and is :
Adventures into the Abyss
Game Details / Feeling :
The game is a horror fantasy experience in a medieval setting. Player characters will fight the game system and huge horrible monsters, no games master needs to run it. Players advance in levels and can gain psychological disorders if they don't pay close attention to their sanity stat. Ideally we want this game to be very boutique and high end. So a logo that fits that is ideal.
I need the artwork in Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshope at full 300 DPI, ready for print.
All Graphical elements need to be layered or in separate groups.
Ideally it would be a logo that looks good in different colors for different applications. Like all white on solid black, or vice versa.
Concepts for logo:
We were playing with idea / concept of lanterns and skulls. Since lanterns mean exploration and suggest xenophobia, while a good skull = death! I am open to type-face suggestions. The logo also needs to be something that can look good and clear quite small for biz cards and branding official artwork.
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I need all rights transferred along with any relating to the IP and any right to contest this is waived.
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Gifts For Men: Father's Day Special With The Best AccessoriesCategories:Other Brands
If your hubby or boyfriend is a daddy too, then you should take him into account as well when you are looking for the best gifts for men because they deserve to be spoiled from time to time too! And here are more gift ideas for men you can check out.
We women can make the men in our lives look better, more fashionable and more stylish and we should take advantage of that power we have. After all, what says "I love you" more than wanting them to be the best version of themselves?
Gifts For Men – Best Accessories Picks!
Since some of these gifts for men are replicas, I strongly recommend you to place your order as soon as possible just to make sure it will arrive on time.
Replica bags – Why not? Even if your father is the conventional type and thinks that wearing a bag is too fashion-forward for him (remember Seinfeld's man purse or Joey's bag in Friends?), he still needs a practical travel bag or a work bag. I wouldn't recommend monogrammed replica bags for the more conservative men, but they're a great choice for fashionable young dads. Carry-ons, duffle bags, suitcases, briefcases and messenger bags are all very practical and I wouldn't rule out a grown-up backpack for the modern man either. Bags are really good gifts for men, not just for women!
Replica designer mens wallets and card holders are also a great choice because wallets are the one accessory all men need. There are plenty of options here and quite affordable too but if I were to think of a brand it would have to be Gucci. I would recommend buying a leather wallet or card holder because it's more classic and elegant than a canvas wallet.
Card holders are especially great in the summertime when the number of available pockets is limited. Plus, it's not bulgy at all and it's really practical.
Other options you can find as replicas and that makes great gifts for men are luxury pens, high-end luxury cufflinks and belts. The only reason why I'm not recommending replica shoes too is because it's riskier and pretty complicated to choose the right size. And then you would have to return them all the way to China and you could miss giving your Father's Day gift on time. Still, I feel like belts or pens are a bit too impersonal, so I would recommend them only if they are not the main gift.
Classic Sunglasses And The Best Watches For Men – Fathers want to look cool too!
Sunglasses are both a useful and stylish gift for men. Choose classic shades that are timeless, like Ray Ban Wayfarers or Cartier aviator sunglasses. Dads want to look cool too even if they don't always admit it! But they need us to choose the perfect pair.
While wallets are the most practical gifts for men, watches are an accessory almost every man appreciates, especially if it comes from a brand like Rolex. If you're looking for the best watches for men, I think that Swiss quality copy watches are the way to go. They are quite expensive though but don't worry, you'll find much more affordable options too. But if you don't want to buy a replica watch, there's always brands like Seiko, Casio or Citizen that are also good but more budget-friendly than Rolex, Patek Philippe, Omega or Breitling.
Just like with all the other accessories, I think that classic is the way to go. So it's either a metallic bracelet or a leather bracelet. The only exception is if you know for sure your father would appreciate a sport watch or a smartwatch more.
There are many other gifts for men that are perfect for Father's Day but since this blog is about replica bags and accessories, I decided to revolve my Father's Day gift ideas around them.
As you can see, there are actually plenty of gifts for men for every budget and for all ages. You just need to determine your budget first and think about the man you're buying the gift for. Think traditional vs modern, elegant vs casual and always take functionality into account because men appreciate practical gifts.
Hey, leave it to someone else to buy him a barbecue tool set or a tech gadget. If it's fashion what you're best at, this is the perfect time to use it to your advantage…and his!
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A close-up view of the lives of Mumbai's poor
Katherine Boo has made a name for herself—and won a Pulitzer Prize—writing about the lives of the poor and neglected in society. In her recent book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, she portrays the hopes and hardships of the residents of a makeshift slum.
The residents of Annawadi, a half-acre of more than 300 shacks hastily constructed near the Mumbai airport, struggle to make a living by scavenging, sorting, and selling the trash discarded by wealthy Indians. Abdul, the teenager at the narrative's center, supports his family of 11, who live in a tin-roofed hut. Abdul collects empty whisky bottles, discarded tin foil, and mildewed newspapers, selling them to recyclers and hoping to make enough money to move his family to a 1,200-square-foot plot of land just outside Mumbai. He has been doing this work since he was 6 years old.
Reviewing the book in The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote of Boo, "She is one of those rare, deep-digging journalists who can make truth surpass fiction, a documentarian with a superb sense of human drama." NPR said, "Her book reads like a novel, but the characters are real."
Boo found herself drawn to the plight of these families—many of their children bypass school to work as scavengers—after meeting her husband, Sunil Khilnani, an Indian citizen and a professor of politics at King's College London. "To me, becoming attached to a country involves pressing uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens," she writes.
A blonde woman with a video recorder and notepad was a curiosity for a couple of months of Boo's research—people trailed after her shouting "Hyatt! Intercontinental!", thinking that she had lost her way to a luxury hotel nearby. But Annawadi's residents soon grew used to Boo as she practiced her watch-and-listen reporting style.
Getting the story meant enduring police harassment, studying some 3,000 public records, and risking her already fragile health to spend so much time in a place where tuberculosis is rampant. But, after tripping over an unabridged dictionary in her home and breaking three ribs, Boo decided not to bow to caution and plunged into the streets to penetrate the inner lives of its least fortunate. She spent three and a half years embedded with the people of Annawadi, observing them as they made dinner, fought with their relatives, and stole scrap metal, looking for what she calls "resonant stories" that illuminate some element of the larger society.
The book's title refers to the concrete wall that conceals Annawadi from view. It is plastered with yellow advertisements for an Italian tile company with the slogan "Beautiful Forever." The ad fuels the dreams of Abdul's mother, Zehrunisa: She wanted a small window to vent the cooking smoke that caused the little ones to cough like their father. She wanted ceramic floor tiles like the ones advertised on the wall—tiles that could be cleaned, instead of broken concrete that harbored filth. With these small improvements, she thought her children might stay as healthy as children in Annawadi could be.
Boo got her start at the Washington City Paper and later worked at the Washington Post before becoming a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she wrote about the poor. Some of her most riveting pieces explored the effect of welfare on mothers, the lives of survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and the plight of factory workers who faced unemployment. In 2000 she received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a series about the mistreatment of the mentally impaired in group homes in the Washington area, reporting that compelled officials to launch reforms, according to the Pulitzer judges. Two years later she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant.
The story of India's poor drew Boo in because, as she noted in an interview with her editor published on the author's Web site, "in India, as in the U.S., some of the experts most ready to describe how lower-income people are faring weren't spending much time with those people…. Economic growth had brought unprecedented opportunities for the underprivileged, officially. But I longed for a fuller sense of how those on-the-books opportunities were being experienced on the ground."
Averting our eyes from the poor is all too easy, she pointed out. "In this age of high walls and security gates, it's pretty easy not to see and think about those people at all," Boo said. "Seeing what's wrong—seeing it clearly—seems to me a crucial part of beginning to set it right."


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Hey folks. Sorry I haven't had a chance to post to the blog up until now, as I've been writing the TJ Galiardi trade story for the web, which can be found here: http://www.mercurynews.com/sharks/ci_23585598/san-jose-sharks-trade-tj-galiardi-calgary-flames?source=most_viewed
When I called TJ this afternoon, he was grateful for the opportunity to play for the Sharks with Joe Thornton and Brent Burns and expressed his thanks to GM Doug Wilson for giving him a chance, to some degree, to pick what team he was going to be dealt to.
"This offseason, I didn't think a trade would be one of those things that would come up," Galiardi said. "But you know the way things work in hockey, it's a business. And the numbers with the cap going down, they changed, and I don't think I was going to be a fit in the top 6 there anymore in San Jose. It went from there and I'm happy to be in Calgary."
"I just got off the phone with Jumbo, he gave me a call. I think he was just as surprised as I was, we loved playing together, Burnzie included, and we had really fun time together. They definitely elevated my game and I hope I was able to do that a bit for them too. But you know how it goes. We wouldn't be talking about this if we had went all the way and done the job that we were supposed to. Hockey's a business and San Jose's going to move forward and so am I."
I asked Galiardi if he thought he might get dealt when the Sharks traded for Tyler Kennedy. The Sharks did not have a ton of room under the cap and the deal saves the team about $1 million.
"You get little thoughts in the back of your head as to what they're going to do. I don't think it was final when they picked up Kennedy that I was going to be gone," he said. "You speculate a little, but who knows who's going to play with Jumbo and Burnzie now. It's not really my issue anymore and I'm just looking forward to the next step in my career."
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As the 2012 Detroit auto show approaches, our sister site shopautoweek.com has put together some fun facts about last year's event:
-- 5,183 journalists from 55 countries attended
-- 735,370 people visited during public days
-- 32,000 slices of pizza were served over the course of the show
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My maternal ancestors lived in Tennessee. How the state was formed was illustrative of the westward movement of white conquerors, as they removed the indigenous populations (notice I do not say white settlers). The Shomburg website is one of the most detailed, fact filled and visually beautifully black migration websites online today and I encourage you to take some time examining it. You could spend hours pouring over the histories, pictures and maps. I'm going to highlight just a few of my favorites.
This one shows the African-American enslaved population in the original 13 colonies and its rapid change in the late 17th and early 18th century. Not surprisingly, Virginia and Maryland had the highest numbers:
The next map reminds us that as this conquest was occurring, whites were bringing slaves they already owned and buying slaves via the domestic slave trade. With the official close of the African Slave Trade in 1808, enslaved families were torn apart as they were sold south and west, many of these people who were by now 2nd or 3rd generation American born. One shows relative numbers while the next shows the transportation routes used–notice that states in green had net gains while states in red had net losses in numbers of slaves:
We often focus on the southern states with regard to slavery and forget that it was in the Chesapeake that slavery was born in North America. It was old and tired there by the time of the rise of cotton and the newfound wealth that would later happen in the deeper South in the mid-1800s. It's a point worth remembering: southern and western slave states and territories were filled primarily with slaves bought or sold from the Chesapeake.
Other maps of interest include this one illustrating concentrations of freed blacks:
And I really enjoyed seeing these maps of African Kingdoms:
And Africa before European domination:
Notice how almost the entire northern hemisphere is Islamic, which is what was shown in the TV series Roots with Kunte Kinta.
Lately, I've been reading books by Frank Snowden, Cheikh Anta Diop, John Henrik Clarke and others to gain a better understanding of Mother Africa herself. None of this information is taught in US schools.
I think it's important for us as we research our ancestors, to place them into the broader context of these migratory experiences. As I mentioned above, many of our ancestors who in 1865 were living in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, etc. had their roots in Virginia or Maryland–we can see that by the 1870 census birthdates in many cases. We should also understand that the Domestic Slave Trade, which transported over 1 million people deeper South and west wrought devastating seperation of families as much as the African Slave Trade had a century earlier.
Check out the website and (if you can pull yourself away) let me know what you think.
PS: I also want to give you all a heads up that NARA has released a new Freedmens Bureau finding aid that is probably the most detailed I've seen, and also mention the roll-out some months ago of the online genealogy magazine, The In-Depth Genealogist. It's got good articles and a sleek appearance. Take a look at them both.


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Bettman, Fehr piloting sinking ship of fools in NHL dispute
Without picking sides, without talking about maximum length contracts and revenue-sharing, without getting into Gary Bettman and Jeremy Jacobs and the Fehr siblings -- The Brothers Grim? -- let's just join hands and collectively pull the plug on a league that clearly does not recognize a good thing when it has one.
If you feel that way this morning, you certainly have the right.
Because that is the response NHL owners and players are evoking across North America, particularly in Boston, where we should be in the midst of yet another quest for the Stanley Cup during the Renaissance Era of Bruins hockey.
Instead, we get the childish banter of Agent 86 commissioner Bettman and the bitter-beer face of Donald Fehr, the current director of the NHL Players Association and the former head of the baseball players union who is halfway to the work stoppage Grand Slam.
You fools.
You complete and utter fools.
For those of you who have not been keeping abreast of such things, let's give you an admittedly simplistic overview of the current dilemma. Coming off a season in which the league generated a record $3.3 billion in revenue, NHL owners sought to cut the players' share of revenue upon the expiration of the last bargaining agreement. Citing losses for several teams, the teams proposed to cut the player revenue from 57 percent to -- get this -- 43 percent. For the players, that represented a pay reduction of roughly 25 percent, which seems like a rather illogical amount for a business that was, relatively speaking, booming.
Of course, the NHL made no mention of the fact that, according to people like former NHLPA director Paul Kelly, the Toronto Maple Leafs turned an annual profit of somewhere near $125 million. (The Bruins, according to a recent Globe story, made $14.1 million.) Further, the NHL has done little to publicize the fact that, according to the Globe, league owners share only an estimated 11 percent of revenue as compared to roughly 30 percent in the NBA.
Understand? The successful NHL teams are making plenty and the failing ones are losing. And rather than increasing revenue sharing to the levels of the most similar league -- that is to say, tripling it -- NHL owners opened negotiations by putting almost the entire burden on the players, sending a message from the very start that has set the tone for these entire negotiations.
Let's fight.
Hockey players being hockey players -- and the Fehr Brothers being the Fehrs -- the boys dropped their gloves and engaged, which has done what it often does: load the proverbial penalty box with players who should instead be on the ice.
Did the owners start this mess? You bet they did. But Donald Fehr, in particular, has since engaged in public gamesmanship and posturing, proving once again (as he did with baseball in 1994) that his ego often gets the best of him. Few could ever forget the site of Fehr obstinately resisting Congress -- Congress! -- during baseball's steroids era, and one can't help but get the feeling that he reacts to every slight personally, that he looks at Bettman, especially, with the disdain of Col. Nathan R. Jessup.
You messed with the wrong Marine.
Whatever, dude.
Put your gun back in the holster. Your job is to get a deal done. Not prevent one.
Here in Boston, the passions may be running especially hot for a very obvious reason: The Bruins are back. Or at least they should be. The last time the NHL had a work stoppage, Jacobs and his management team so badly botched the process that Bruins ended up in the Stone Age. Jacobs and his team needed years to recover, their fortunes turning during the 2010-11 season. In one year, the Bruins secured the No. 2 overall pick in the draft (Tyler Seguin) and won the Stanley Cup, and they assembled a roster that was built for the long haul.
Seguin. Patrice Bergeron. David Krejci. Tuuka Rask. Milan Lucic. Nathan Horton. Brad Marchand. Dougie Hamilton. The list goes on and on. Add in a cast of solid veterans that includes Zdeno Chara, Dennis Seidenberg and Andrew Ferrence, among others, and what you had was a team built to contend for championships for a succession of years.
But once again, Jacobs can't seem to get out of his own way.
Indeed, according to some reports, Jacobs was prepared to get up and leave the negotiating table on Wednesday night, at which point other voices intervened and cooler heads prevailed. At least for a succession of hours. Ultimately, of course, NHL owners and players pushed apart on Thursday night, unable to agree even on what they had agreed upon in an avalanche of words and finger pointing.
In the process, they unknowingly joined forces.
And they spit directly in your face.
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Amid the bleak economic outlook, women in the UK had a little something to smile about just before the festive season got under way.
This was owing to the Office of National Statistics' (ONS) revelation that the gender pay gap had narrowed markedly.
Figures showed it had dropped below 10% for the first time after women's earnings increased faster than men's. The gap between men's and women's median full-time hourly earnings had fallen from 10.1% in April 2010 to 9.1% in April last year.
The change followed a 1.9% increase in women's earnings – up from £11.69 an hour to £11.91 – compared with a rise of 0.8% for men, from £13 to £13.11.
Meanwhile, women working part-time were also being paid more than their male counterparts. The gender pay gap for part-time workers was -5.6%, widening from – 4.3% last year, the ONS said.
Undeniably, as it stands the pay gap based on all employees had fallen from 19.8% to 19.5%.
In this sequence, a month earlier, the minimum wage for women was increased to £6.08 an hour. However, The Telegraph reported on research which suggested women in their 20s were earning more than men of the same age.
But this hard-won progress that has so far been made in narrowing the gender pay gap is in danger of disappearing in a puff of austerity smoke as more and more women lose their jobs.
Female unemployment in the UK is at its highest in 23 years – 1.13 million.(ONS)
Women workers also made up two thirds of the 48,000 hike in the number of people out of work in the three months to December, which brought the jobless figures to 2.67m.
Putting aside the top earners, those women still managing to hang onto their jobs – amid whole swathes of public sector redundancies sweeping across the country – are struggling to keep a roof over their heads.
In a report last year, the Resolution Foundation noted that "while the National Minimum Wage protects workers from falling too far into poverty, it does not guarantee a decent standard of living."
It stated: "The Living Wage is currently set at £8.30 in London and £7.20 in the rest of the country."
On 9 February, BBC's Newsnight programme carried a report in which a woman employed by a supermarket chain store revealed she was in rent arrears despite working and receiving benefits.
The night-shift shelf-stacker told the reporter she could not imagine being able to survive on her low income with the additional responsibility of having children to feed and clothe.
Unsurprisingly, research undertaken by the Save the Children and Daycare Trust charities last year revealed low-income families were having to turn down jobs or were considering leaving work because they could not afford to pay for childcare.
The situation has clearly worsened since then given the shocking results of a survey carried out by parenting website Netmums, which revealed some parents are now turning to loan sharks to keep their families afloat.
Of the 2,000 mothers who took part in the website's survey, a staggering 70% were teetering "on the edge" of financial disaster; 61% were short of money on a weekly basis and 20% were eating less in order to conserve money for the maintenance of their children.
In this context, Joanne Mallon, author of Toddlers: An Instruction Manual: A Guide to Surviving the Years One to Four, is now calling for childcare to be viewed as a joint enterprise rather than the sole responsibility of women.
She said: "As a mother I would absolutely go without whatever I needed to, to make sure my children have what they need, without a second thought.
"Both mothers and fathers benefit from being able to work whilst their child is in childcare, so both should contribute towards this expense.
"But very often this doesn't happen, and mothers are left financially worse off as a result."
In the same vain, the European Federation of Public Service Union (EPSU) has warned of a "roll back" in the strive for equal wages, if governments do not take into account that women are disproportionately affected by major cuts in the public sector.
Under these circumstances, I am inclined to agree with Gloria Mills, the Chairwoman of EPSU's women and gender equality committee, who stated: "Equality on all fronts is a mark of a united and civilised society – it is not just for times of economic prosperity."


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Republik Records necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
Republik Records
Republik Records is slated to be the worlds first record label truly run by an online community of it's fans. Our members will select the music that we release through a unique blend of democracy and technology. All content will be user generated, and all releases will be community approved.
We are cutting edge, into min-century modern designs, and love music!
We have 2 motto's that we are currently using in our communications;
1)Of the People, By the People, and For the People.
2) Be Heard!
Our target audience will be the music lovers of the world. People that are extremely into Electronic music to start, but eventually moving on to other genre's as well.
Age wise we believe that most of our audience will be in the 16-25 range. So simple and sleek, but with the quality of instant recognition is what we're going for.
We are seeking a logo that gets the general idea of Music, Community, Technology, and Democracy across in a simple but effective design that is not dependent on color, or size to be recognized. It will go on the website, as well as promotional materials, posters, the inside labels of 12" vinyl records, business cards, and a million other uses.
Our color schemes will likely fall into the category of Mid-Century-Modern, but may change at any time as we begin to launch new sub-labels.
We are fans the now defunct Designers Republic when it comes to graphic design. For design in general, we are fans of minimalism, and mid-century modern.
Some of the imagery abstracts we were thinking about before launching this contest were: Flags, Coat of Arms, Democracy, Many People - One Voice, Music, Stars, The Bill of Rights, etc..etc...
1) NO "RR" designs unless it's completely unique and original. A forward "R" against a backwords "R" has been done over and over.
2)The design should be able to take on any color scheme without effecting it's overall impact.
Thats about it. We look forward to what you can do.
Attached files are a selection of logos that we have grown to love over the years, we think they fit the simple yet effective elements we are looking for.
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2013 Result: 34-48, missed playoffs A year after impressing the nation with solid team play driving them into the second round of the playoffs, the 76ers were supposed to take a step forward with the acquisition of Andrew Bynum. Instead the team underperformed all year and Bynum never played a game in a Philly uniform. He's now a Cleveland Cavalier, so they're very much in the same position they were before. But now they have Kentucky center Nerlens Noel and Syracuse guard Michael Carter-Williams, two rookies who should make an immediate impact. Point guard Jrue Holiday had been the go-to guy in town but he was traded to New Orleans for the draft pick that brought in Noel. Holiday is an exciting talent but Noel could be a franchise-changing big man. Jason Richardson has seen better days at age 32, but he provides strong insurance and, if he can get his shot back, instant offense off the bench. He could also mentor Carter-Williams. Small forward Evan Turner set a career high in points per game last year at 13.3, but his field goal percentage went way down and the Sixers expected more out of a guy playing 35.3 minutes per game. It remains to be seen how much he can actually give them. With the exception of Richardson, all of the Sixers' core players including Thaddeus Young and Spencer Hawes are young. In the NBA that can be a major advantage or disadvantage. For the Sixers it was an advantage under Doug Collins, but their talent still came up short. Now they have a go-to scorer in Carter-Williams and a dominant big in Noel, but no coach. If they choose the right coach, the young Sixers could march right back into the playoffs this year. The Philadelphia 76ers are based in Philadelphia and are members of the Eastern Conference and Atlantic Division of the NBA. The Sixers have one of the most storied histories in the NBA, with many of the greatest NBA players of all time having played in Philadelphia throughout the years. The Sixers were founded in 1949 as the Syracuse Nationals since then have won 3 NBA championships (1954-55, 1966-67, 1982-83). The last time the Sixers appeared in Finals was in the 2001 Playoffs where the Los Angeles Lakers defeated them, 4-1. Some of the legends who have played for the Sixers include Wilt Chamberlain, Moses Malone, Julius Erving, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson. For more information on the Philadelphia 76ers, visit their website. For more information on the Philadelphia 76ers, visit their website.
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Stella 6258 Teal Reflections Area Rug (Multiple Sizes) by KAS Rugs
Estimated Time for Delivery via FedEx/UPS: 4-10 business days after it ships
Estimated Time for Delivery via Freight Truck: 10 to 15 business days after it ships
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Estimated Time for Delivery via Freight Truck: 10 to 15 business days after it ships
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Beautiful florals, leaves and trendy transitional watercolor rugs best describe our machine woven Stella Collection. These rugs were made to look great in each and every home. With an easy color palette and beautiful designs Stella makes decorate a breeze. Made in Turkey with a 1/2" pile height of 100% Polypropelene. Stella 6258 Teal Reflections 9'10" x 13'2". Machine-Woven of 100% Polypropelene with No Backing. Made in Turkey. Vacuum regularly & spot clean stains. Professional cleaning recommended periodically.
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Old Main 120 - Mail Room
Old Main 120 - Mail Room
The mail room is located on the first floor of Old Main.
Mail is sorted and distributed between 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Students in Anderson, Teigen, Larson, and Gullixson Halls have access to their mailboxes with their room keys. Students in Edgewood Place, as well as off-campus students, must check out a mail key from the mail room during the first week of classes. Mailboxes for off-campus students are assigned at the start of the semester.
Postal needs
Packages can be weighed and stamps can be purchased through the Bethany Bookstore, though the drop box for out-going and on-campus mail is located in the Mail Room. Packages weighing over 1 pound must be taken to the Post Office, or mailed through UPS, which can also be done through the bookstore. The out-going mail is picked up Monday through Friday around 4:00 p.m.
Package pick-up
Parcel boxes have been installed in the mail room so that students may retrieve packages whenever the building is open. A key to open the parcel box will be placed in the mailbox with the student's name attached.
Students receiving parcels too large for the boxes will get a note in their mailbox. To retrieve the package, the student must inquire at the mailroom door weekdays between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. OR stop by Audrey's desk between 2 – 5 p.m.
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A better-than-expected outlook for EHealth Inc.'s fourth-quarter and full-year sales -- much of it wrought by Obamacare -- sent the online health-insurance broker's shares soaring more than 18% to a new all-time high in the early going Thursday.
Company officials said a 50% jump in demand for individual and family plans from consumers seeking health coverage during the fourth quarter will push EHealth sales for the three-month period to somewhere between $53 million and $55 million. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected sales of $49.2 million.
That in turn will boost full-year sales to between $178 million and $180 million, it said, ahead of its previous forecast of $168 million to $174 million. The FactSet estimate had been for sales of $174.2 million.
EHealth offers an alternative to the public health exchanges seen on the HealthCare.gov website and at some of the state clearinghouses. Private exchanges were employed heavily as the government wrestled to fix a rash of problems with HealthCare.gov, where traffic to enlist the insured under President Obama's health-care overhaul was at a standstill due to technical glitches.
"We see the strong application growth as a clear validation of eHealth value proposition from many consumers in this new Affordable Care Act environment. It's important to note that this growth occurred while we still did not have the ability to enroll individuals into subsidized products due to continuing technical difficulties with HealthCare.gov and slow movement with many of the state exchanges," Chief Executive Gary Lauer said in a conference call with analysts.
EHealth shares were up $8.72 to $56.34 in recent action.
While sales are soaring, adjusted income for the year is expected to come in within a range of 34 cents to 41 cents a share, the company said, down drastically from its earlier prediction of 61 cents to 71 cents. But it's within the range of what FactSet analysts were forecasting, as the average there was 36 cents a share.
Lauer said the company decided to invest more heavily in marketing as a result of the increased demand.
"The significantly higher-than-expected individual and family plan submitted applications growth during the quarter was the primary reason that our fourth quarter marketing costs were higher than expected and that 2013 [adjusted earnings] came in below our guidance ranges," he said.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden began their relationship in the spring, but sources close to the couple claim the two are already thinking about marriage.
"It's early, but they have talked about marriage," an insider told People magazine.
The source added that Madden has been spending a lot of time at the actress' Los Angeles home, so much, that "he kind of lives there" at the moment.
"They look very happy together...Cameron hasn't looked this happy for years," said the insider.
Rumors that the Sex Tape actress, 41, and the Good Charlotte vocalist, 35, were dating began in May of this year. Since then, the two have been spotted around New York City holding hands a few times.
Madden's sister-in-law, Nicole Richie, confirmed the pair's relationship in July, admitting during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live that she set them up.
Diaz has previously dated video producer Carlos de la Torre, actors Matt Dillon and Jared Leto, Justin Timberlake and New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez. Madden, on the other hand, was engaged to Australian star Sophie Monk for a long time, before splitting up in 2008.


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Creditor harassment is stressful. It is hard to deal with repetitive threats of legal action and wage garnishment late at night or early in the morning. Often, it can feel like new debt accumulates faster than you are able to pay it off. For those who have overwhelming amounts of consumer or medical debt, bankruptcy can be a helpful way to get a fresh start. Experienced Montgomery bankruptcy lawyer Charles Grainger can help you deal with consumer bankruptcy through Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 proceedings. He also helps Alabama businesses struggling with debt by helping them file for bankruptcy under Chapter 7.HOW BANKRUPTCY CAN HELP YOU
Bankruptcy is often misunderstood and maligned. It can provide significant relief, depending on the unique details of your financial situation. For some people, there are other better options. If you have only a few creditors or you are not quite "in the hole," it may be appropriate to negotiate a payment plan. However, if you are overwhelmed by consumer or medical debt, or are facing a real possibility of foreclosure, bankruptcy can be the best course of action. It is important to work with an experienced Montgomery bankruptcy attorney who can look at the totality of your circumstances, help you explore your options, and represent you through the bankruptcy process if appropriate.
When you're deeply in debt to multiple creditors, a short-term solution or band aid is not effective. Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy can provide long term solutions to serious financial problems. These are the two primary federal processes that generally result in most of your debts being discharged. The 2005 Bankruptcy Act requires your income and expenses to be analyzed through a "means test" to determine which type of bankruptcy you qualify for. We can help you apply this test to see if you qualify for Chapter 7, or whether Chapter 13 would be more appropriate for you.
What is the difference between the two types of bankruptcy? Chapter 7 is for people who are unable to pay back their debts. It is a relatively fast process that wipes the slate clean with respect to dischargeable debt, but you may lose some property to pay back your creditors. Chapter 13 is a debt reorganization. It requires you to pay back certain creditors in order of priority, generally over a period of 3-5 years.
The means test is used to evaluate your average income over the previous six-month period to compare it with the median income for households of the same size in Alabama.
Those whose income is below the median can file Chapter 7 bankruptcy. But if your income is greater than the median Alabama income, you will have to take further steps to determine whether to file Chapter 7 or Chapter 13. For example, you must examine whether you have sufficient disposable income to pay off unsecured debts, such as credit card or medical debt, over a period of years.COMPREHENSIVE BANKRUPTCY REPRESENTATION IN ALABAMA
Filing for bankruptcy is a huge decision, but it can be extremely helpful to those in dire circumstances. Some people wait too long to file, or are embarrassed to file because they don't understand bankruptcy laws. At Grainger Legal Services, we can explain the process and how it applies to your situation, and help you seek the relief you need. Montgomery bankruptcy lawyer Charles Grainger is dedicated to helping you obtain a fresh start. We bring years of experience and dedicated personal attention to your case. Mr. Grainger has been practicing law since 1986, and has been in private practice since 2003. He can assess your particular financial situation to determine if you are a good candidate for bankruptcy, and take you through the process. Alternatively, he can advise you of other options. Mr. Grainger serves clients in Montgomery, Prattville, Troy, and other surrounding areas. Call us at (334) 260-0500 or contact us online to schedule a free initial consultation.