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Local programs offered to improve driver comfort and safety
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles and the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee have announced the week of Dec. 2-6 has been designated as "Older Driver Safety Awareness Week." For this week, the DMV and the GTSC have partnered with mobility and safety experts to offer a program called CarFit to help senior drivers become familiar with the importance of having a vehicle "fit" them for both comfort and safety.
"It is critically important that mature drivers make safety a personal priority," said DMV Commissioner and GTSC Chair Barbara J. Fiala. "Driving today is more challenging than ever because of increased traffic congestion, longer commute distances, new technology and faster speeds. Older drivers can take important measures to mitigate the stress associated with driving."
CarFit is a national program developed by the American Automobile Association, the American Association of Retired Persons, and the American Occupational Therapy Association. It is designed to give a quick, yet comprehensive check on how well an older driver and their vehicle work together.
At a CarFit event, trained volunteers complete a 12-point checklist with each driver. Among the items checked:
•Correct position of driver's seat
•Driver's ability to easily reach pedals
•Proper adjustment of mirrors
Occupational therapists are on hand also to provide a consultation, if needed, which will teach drivers how to maintain and improve aspects related to their driving health. The therapist can also provide information to participants addressing individual needs, including information about local community resources on exercise, nutrition and other programs to help keep them safe on the road.
Older drivers can also check with their local AAA club or AARP office to take a driver safety refresher course or look into occupational therapy driving evaluation programs for individualized assessments and recommendations. CarFit represents an extension of those classroom programs and an opportunity for older drivers to make sure their personal vehicles are adjusted to their needs.
By 2020, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates there will be 40 million licensed drivers age 65 and older in the U.S. More than 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day.
For more information or to find a local CarFit event, visit www.car-fit.org.


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Casanova – SuicideGirl of the Day
Meet Casanova, an Ohio SuicideGirl who is into pillow fights, but not real fighting and says she spends all her time blogging or partying.
Name: Casanova
Age: 21
Location: Ohio
Into: Surfing the web, drinking, partying with friends, sleepovers, pillow fights, cats, long drives (especially at night), living life and smiling every day
Not into: Fighting, politics, hangovers, doing dishes, small yappy dogs
Makes me happy: My friends, family, my kitten, shopping, eating junk food all day while sitting at the computer blogging about how much fun last night was even if I can't remember it
Makes me sad: Saying goodbye, sad movies, finding out my milk expired, pulling out my iPod only to find it's dead
Hobbies: I make jewelry, vintage shopping, blogging about living richly for cheap, surfing the web for various reasons and collecting masks
Five things I can't live without: Computer, my kitten, credit card, Vans Eras, sunglasses
I spend most of my free time: Sitting at the computer or partying. If I'm not doing one of those two things, something is probably wrong with me
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.

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New Hall of Fame Members Look to the Future
Our Newest Process Automation Hall of Fame Members Gaze into their Crystal Balls and Share What They See About the Future of the Industry
Dr. Peter G. Martin of Invensys Operations Management, Mr. Dennis Brandl of BRandL Consulting. Mr. Ian Verhappen of Industrial Automation Networks and Dr. John MacGregor of ProSensus Inc. continue their conversation with Walt Boyes, Control's editor in chief.
"I believe," Dennis Brandl says, "that the next revolution in manufacturing is just starting. There are several available or emerging technologies that will make major changes in how we view and control processes and how we manufacture products. The first major technological discontinuity is wireless and mobile. Not only will information be available from any place at any time, the volume of information about our processes will grow as we incorporate wireless sensors into more of the process. The more we see of the processes, the better we can control them. The smart phones of today will become the operators' assistants of tomorrow, looking and listening to the production process to make predictive instead of reactive control moves."
He continues, "The ability to put super-computing resources into local devices means that they will become smarter, will 'learn' and be able to control better than traditional PID control. Control strategies that are too complex to model from first principles will be solved by learned heuristics, with minimal human intervention. These will give us the means to continue the 2% to 3% per year productivity growth that is the hallmark of the manufacturing industries."
He concludes, "Another major discontinuity is the rapid development of 'additive' manufacturing. This term includes 3D printers and other forms of next-generation manufacturing machines. These devices use printer technology and architectures to build devices and machines, one millimeter—or smaller—layer at a time, reducing waste and intermediate inventories. This will provide major savings to manufacturing companies and end users. When this new technology is combined with 3D modeling software and powerful desktop computers, there will be an explosion of new products and ideas that can be built. This will remove the requirement for major capital investments to try out new ideas and concepts. We will see high school and college students building devices and tools that we never even knew we needed, bringing innovation to physical devices that they currently bring to software like Google, Facebook, Twitter and others."
Ian Verhappen agrees that wireless and digital communications will be critical to the future, but he cautions, "The impediment to adoption will be training and legacy systems."
Around the corner, he sees "smarter device integration with minimal end-user input and increased use of secondary, tertiary and implied measurements through real-time data mining and pattern recognition to not only tell us of reading abnormalities, but also process conditions implied by the combination of readings, rather than something read directly."
He continued, "We will also see more remote operations where the central control room will be a remote control room many miles form the process, much like is being done with offshore platforms used in locations that are difficult to reach or staff, such as oil sands facilities, underground mines and so on."
Dr. MacGregor says, "I have no doubt that the use of the massively increasing amounts of data that we are collecting on processes will be the most important factor influencing control engineering practice over the next few decades. How this data is used is the key to all control problems, and we are well beyond our limits already on being able to model all these measured effects theoretically. The data is also unlike data that most of statistics and control engineering is used to seeing in the past. The volumes of data are very large, and the variables are all highly correlated, thereby resulting in greatly reduced dimensional spaces. This is why I started up ProSensus in 2004 as a spin-off company out of the McMaster Advanced Control Consortium. It is a company that deals with all these problems of analysis, monitoring and control in the process industries."
Dr. Peter Martin said, "I believe that with the continued use of COTS [commercial off-the-shelf] technologies and development of industry standards, the technological details involved in automation and information systems will become less important and less differentiating over time. This has been happening for years, but I expect the trend to accelerate. But I expect the scope of what is considered to be an automation system to continue to expand significantly until single system domains encompass entire plants, enterprises and value chains to enable new value-generating solutions to be developed and delivered. I expect that much of the focus in automation going forward will be on the development of these new value-creating solutions."
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Not that sex is the first thing on many women's minds in the weeks following childbirth, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released new guidelines for birth control use in the immediate postpartum period.
The CDC now recommends that women who have just given birth vaginally wait a minimum of three weeks before starting to use birth control pills because of the risk of serious, potentially fatal blood clots, reports the New York Times. Mothers who deliver via c-section or have other risk factors for blood clots, including obesity or a previous history of clots, should wait a minimum of six weeks before resuming use of birth control pills.
Plus: Guide to Birth Control Options
The new recommendation is based on the results of several studies showing that women are far more likely to develop a blood clot in the weeks following delivery than their non-pregnant counterparts who have not just given birth. Although the risk declines quickly after 21 days, it doesn't return to normal until 42 days post-delivery.
Plus: After-Baby Birth Control
What kind of birth control did you use after giving birth? How soon did you start using it?


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The Audio-Technica AEW-5413a Dual Wireless Microphone System features professional, dual wireless transmitter operation in theaters, houses-of-worship and more. This system includes the AEW-R5200 dual receiver, two UniPak transmitters and two handheld transmitters.
The AEW-R5200 dual receiver is designed for use with the 5000 series wireless microphone system. The receiver features two independent receivers with 200 UHF selectable frequencies each, enabling two transmitters to operate simultaneously. Diversity reception minimizes drop-out and RF interference, resulting in the strongest possible reception.
The rear panel reveals independent balanced 1/4" Phone and balanced XLR outputs. A comprehensive backlit LCD display reveals channel and frequency settings, signal status and transmitter battery status. The 5000 series enhanced features include IntelliScan which automatically sets best available frequencies on all linked receivers, and Dual Compandor circuitry which processes high and low frequency signal separately resulting in superior audio quality.
The AEW-T1000a bodypack transmitter features Audio-Technica's unique UniPak input connector. The input accepts both line and microphone level signal (adjustable) allowing instrument signal as well as microphone signals. An assortment of compatible microphones and instrument cables are available from Audio-Technica. Radio frequency output power is switchable between 10mW and 35mW providing greater range when needed. The lightweight transmitter operates on 2 AA alkaline batteries for up to 6 hours (High) and 8 hours (Low).
The AEW-T3300a handheld transmitter features a Cardioid polar pattern, minimizing pick up at the off-axis sections of the capsule. This minimizes noise and provides higher gain before feed-back. The transmitter features a rugged, ergonomic metal design able to withstand rigorous road use. Additional features include IntelliScan automated frequency detection, On/Off/Mute switch and backlit LCD display. The transmitter operates up to 8 hours on 2 AA alkaline batteries.
Note: AEW-R5200 receiver will simultaneously receive up to two transmitters only
|Type of System
|Frequency Agile UHF Dual Transmitter
|RF Carrier Frequency Range
|Band C: 541.500 to 566.375 MHz
|Approx. Working Range
|300' / 91.44 m
|Overall Frequency Response
|70 Hz to 15 kHz
|Signal-to-Noise Ratio
|115 dB at 40 kHz deviation (IEC-weighted), maximum modulation 75 kHz
|# Of Channels
|996 Channels
|Type of Receiver
|Dual independent receivers, automatic-switching diversity
|Type of Outputs
2 x Balanced: XLRM-type
2 x Balanced: 1/4" TRS phone jacks
|Headphone Monitoring
|1/4" TRS Phone
|Power Requirements
|100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 15 W
|Backlit LCD Display & Battery / Signal Status LED
|Mounting Options
|Table Surface / Rack-mountable (rack ears included)
|Antenna Type
|BNC Flexible UHF
|Dimensions (WxHxD)
|18.98 x 1.74 x 10.85" / 482.0 x 44.0 x 275.5 mm
|8.8 lbs / 4 kg
|Type of Transmitter
|AEW-T1000a Frequency Agile Body-Pack
|Type of Input Connector
|High Impedance / Low Impedance / Bias UniPak Connection
|Type of Microphone
|Microphone Sold Separately
|Interchangeable Mic Heads
|Various Audio Technica microphones and cables featuring UniPak connection
|Battery Type/Approx. Life
|2 x 1.5 V AA Alkaline (not included)
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|Power / Mute switch (dual function)
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|High: 35 mW; Low: 10 mW, nominal
|Dimensions (WxHxD)
|2.60 x 3.43 x 0.94" / 66.0 x 87.0 x 24.0 mm
|4.4 oz / 125 grams (without batteries)
|Type of Transmitter
|AEW-T3300a Frequency Agile Handheld
|Type of Microphone
|Polar Pattern
|Interchangeable Mic Heads
|Battery Type/Approx. Life
2 x 1.5 V AA Alkaline (not included)
Approximately 8 hours (High); 10 hours (Low), depending on battery type and use pattern
|Mute Switch
|Power / Mute switch (dual function)
|Level Control
|Antenna Type
|Backlit LCD Display & Battery / Signal Status LED
|Dimensions (LxDiameter)
|9.41 x 1.97" / 239 x 50 mm
|9.5 oz / 270 g
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Animal Fair Media sends our prayers and thoughts to the people and animals dealing with one of the most powerful storms recorded in history, super typhoon Haiyan. The monster storm has killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines, with huge waves devastating coastal villages and one of the main cities in the region. Haiyan destroyed about 70 to 80 percent of structures in its path as it swept through Leyte province on Friday.
The Philippine National Red Cross fears typhoon Haiyan caused a "very high number of fatalities" – and there search and rescue efforts have been deterred by looters. Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III said Sunday that he was considering declaring a state of emergency or martial law in the hard-hit city of Tacloban.
Please see how you can help the typhoon Haiyan people and animals through UNICEF and The Red Cross.
In case of a catastrophe, the authorities will take care of the citizens, but sadly few people will take care of pets. This is why you need to get everything ready to care for your pet, should you have to face a natural disaster. Here are some useful tips to help you.
- If a disaster leaves you and your pet trapped indoors, always make sure there is an emergency supply of your pet's favorite food on "paw". Just as important is a strong water supply. Always have many bottles of fresh water available, as running water may not work in your home.
- Always keep your pet close in tornado season. Should there be an alert, you can grab your furry friend and take shelter with him.
- You may not be able to get in touch with your Veterinarian, so if your four-legged pal takes any medication, make sure you have enough to last at least a week.
- If you must leave your home, it is helpful to have a pet carrier available, but make sure it is one that your dog or cat is used to and will enter voluntarily. To ensure that your pet does not make a break for it, use a carrier that can be locked and is inescapable.
- Bring some of your pet's favorite belongings, such as blankets, toys and treats. Chances are your pet will be frightened or confused, so it is a good idea to bring familiar things that will keep Fido or Fluffy at ease.
- In any emergency situation, people, as well as pets, will be frightened. Comfort your pet by remaining calm and speaking in a reassuring and soothing tone. Also pay attention to body language such as shaking and clinging.
- Practice makes perfect. Having a well thought out escape plan can save your life and your pet's life. Every once in a while, try some evacuation exercises with your family and pooch or feline. This can help make an evacuation much more organized and calm for all involved.
- It is very important for your pet to always wear his or her collar with proper identification. This is similar to a human always having their driver's license with them. Pet parents can also have a tiny microchip implanted in their pet to help locate them in case they are separated. These precautions can ensure a happy reunion if you are separated from your furry friend!
- If you and your pet are separated, pay daily visits to local shelters, animal control facilities, veterinary offices and kennels until you have found it. You can also post photos of your lost pet. If your pet has tattoos, a microchip or other permanent identification, this will increase the chances of finding it. Be aware that collars and tags are sometimes lost.
- Always have a pet first aid kit ready.
For the Best that Pet Lifestyle and Animal Welfare has to offer follow Wendy Diamond on Facebook, Twitter, and right here at AnimalFair.com!
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11-Year-Old Boy Destroys $36K in MacBooks By iPeeing On Them
It seems that a young man in Pennsylvania decided to rain a golden shower on a few dozen laptops left in an unattended cart at Upper Allan Township Elementary. All of the laptops were damaged beyond repair causing losses of upwards of $36,000.
The real story here is that Apple won't fix laptops that have been doused with #1, human or otherwise, even if the owner pays out of pocket for repairs because afflicted merchandise is considered a "biohazard."
There are many scenarios in which drops of urine could make its way onto MacBooks, iPods, iPhones and the like and there should be a plan implemented for such occurrences. It can't always be a purposeful act. We can't be 100% sure but it's a fair assumption that there are at least some Apple products getting accidentally tinkled on.
School officials still aren't really sure why the kid decided to take an iPee on the computers. Maybe the kid was on his way to the restroom and the janitor put up one of those "closed for cleaning" signs (we hate that!), leaving him with the only other logical place to relieve himself but on a pile of very expensive computers. For the "crime", the kid was charged with institutional vandalism and criminal mischief. While the tinkler was not arrested, his case was forwarded to the Cumberland County Juvenile Probation Department.
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Acting With Roy and Sleeping With Chooch
Roy Halladay is a talented man. Not only can he toss a perfect game, but apparently, he can act too. Check out Roy with his off-season Chooch pillow:
This gets funnier every time you watch it. Now, where can I buy the Carlos Ruiz pillow? I know at least a dozen people who would be thrilled to sleep with Chooch.
Speaking of Ruiz, he headed off to Panama earlier this week to be with his wife as she gave birth to Carlos Jr. #2. He also has an 8-year old named Carlos from another relationship. Congrats to Chooch and family!
Now, there is actually a chance that Philadelphia could have no less than FOUR Carlos Ruiz's in town all in one day! There is the original Carlos, baby Carlos, 8-year old Carlos and even soccer Carlos! Yes, the Philadelphia Union signed the soccer player, also named Carlos Ruiz, last month.
Imagine… Chooch x 4 …nice.
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For 115 years, Avon Products has been employing personalization--in the form of its ubiquitous Avon ladies--to sell everything from cosmetics and fragrances to sundresses and bug repellent. Yet when the Web, with its ability to let companies interact one-: Cut Out Costs, Not Reps">
Goal: Cut Out Costs, Not Reps
The numbers told the tale. Even if the technology to "disintermediate" the reps was available, the data gathered by Sapient showed the costs of going direct would have been prohibitive.
Avon reps have traditionally filled out paper forms that can reach 50 pages to place orders. If repsor customersplace orders online, the cost falls dramatically. Edwards estimates the cost per online order at 30 cents, versus $1.50 for paper orders. With more than a million orders being handled a week, the difference to the company's annual profits of $478.4 million could be substantial.
But if Avon simply did away with reps, those savings would be outweighed by changes the company would need to make in its manufacturing, logistics, and other processes to support 100% Web-based sales, Sapient found.
Avon manufactures over one billion individual products a year. The company's well-established batch ordering, manufacturing and delivery systems were not set up for the "onesy-twosey" kinds of orders that occasional Web shoppers most likely would generate, Sion explains.
Avon's fulfillment model was based on a basic premise: Avon ships multiple orders for multiple reps in a single package, and reps unpack and customize those orders for each customer before delivering. If Avon had changed its shipment policy, moving to a complete "direct-to-customer" model, it would have had to redesign from scratch its delivery, fulfillment and other back-end processes.
At the same time, Sapient analyzed how much it would cost Avon to acquire direct customers in the way that companies such as Amazon.com had done. One area where Avon would have had to shell out major dollars in order to sell direct would have been in print, broadcast and TV advertising to build brand recognitionan area where the company has invested relatively little money to date. Instead, Avon has largely relied on good old word-of-mouth to spread the word about its products.
While Sion declines to provide the exact data that Sapient provided to Avon, citing client confidentiality as the reason, he did explain the thought process. "We gathered information on how much it would cost Avon to provide customers with the same level of quality as the agents (reps) provided." The bottom line: "Going direct was cost-prohibitive," Sion says.
Even acquiring 10 million customersabout the size of its offline business in Canadacould have cost $350 million, at $35 a customer in acquisition costs. That was considered a cheap rate for acquiring an online customer, back in 1999.
"The amount of investment with direct brand building that would have had to have been undertaken just didn't make sense for what kind of company Avon was," Sion recalls. "As we moved more and more down the analysis, it became very clear that the rep was Avon's core asset," Sion said. "Avon was a (more than) 100-year-old company with no established relationship with its customers. Their core competency was with their reps."
Instead, the analysis suggested that Avon adopt multiple avenues of selling its cosmetics to customers.
In this hybrid model, Avon's representatives would not only sell to their customers face-to-face, but online as well. At the same time, Avon itself would sell its products online via www.avon.com to customers who didn't like to buy from Avon ladiescustomers Avon.com president Edwards has come to call "channel rejecters."
Avon would also pursue other ways to sell more cosmetics, primarily through retail stores and kiosks that would be located at good old brick-and-mortar malls.
When faced with the numbers, and fortified by the recommendations of Sapient and the outside tech experts, the Avon.com team threw its support behind the double-barreled approach of selling online, both through Avon's Avon.com site, and thousands of e-rep sites on a complementary yet competing portal, called YourAvon.com. The Avon.com team presented the plan to the Avon board in September 1999, and the board signed off on it. One year later, on Sept. 27, 2000, the revamped Avon.com business-to-consumer (B2C) and YourAvon.com business-to-business (B2B) sites went live, as did the company's MyAvon.com online portal for reps, managers and Avon employees.
The distinctions and terminology have proved confusing. An Avon customer can buy Avon products from either Avon.com or YourAvon.com. Avon reps manage their sales efforts through YourAvon.com, but find news about the company and its rep programs through MyAvon.com.
And the company still has a long way to go to justify the $60 million or more Avon says it will spend on the Web over the course of three years, in pursuit of a strategy that hasin the words of Avon.com general manager and president Edwardsproduced miniscule revenue and profit results for Avon. Avon is still at least a year away from reaching the $100 million milestone in annual sales over Avon.com and YourAvon.comcombined. And even then, those sales would amount to less than 2% of Avon's business.
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Google Dumps Motorola, Keeps The Patents
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Well, that little pipedream is now over, with Google selling off the handset business to Lenovo for $2.91 billion. Some are pointing out the rather massive difference between this and the initial purchase price of $12.4 billion, but that leaves out a lot: mainly, Google is keeping the patents and just licensing them back to the company. In 2012, Google claimed that it valued the patents at $5.5 billion. Also, it got $2.9 billion in cash from Motorola, and I'd imagine that's not going to Lenovo too... Instead, at the time of the acquisition, Google said it valued Motorola's customer relationships at $730 million and "other net assets" at $670 million -- and then had another $2.6 billion in goodwill (more or less the premium Google had to pay to get Motorola to sell). Given that, the sale isn't a huge "loss", though it does make Google look kind of silly for pretending it was really in the hardware business for a bit.
In the end, just as we predicted at the beginning, this is a story of the silly things a tech company is forced to do these days because of our stupid patent laws. The end result here pretty much confirms it all. Google shelled out $12.4 billion for a bunch of patents and hung onto a hardware business it never really wanted, and which it has now discarded. Without the pointless patent battles, it's unlikely Google ever would have bothered. So: would we be better off in a world where Google had actually been able to invest that money into making better offerings? Or where Motorola's investors got it?


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9/11 and American Empire (Volume I)Intellectuals Speak OutEdited by David Ray Griffin and Peter Dale Scott
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"For far too long, the very reasonable questions raised by 9/11 have been ignored and even ridiculed by America's press and politicians, who treat the subject with the sort of willful blindness that suggests a wish not to find out unpleasant truths. We, the people, therefore owe the editors of this important new collection our warm thanks for their intelligent and unrelenting work." -- Mark Crispin Miller, professor of culture and communications, New York University, and author of Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order and Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One, Too (Unless We Stop Them)
Practically from the moment the dust settled in New York and Washington after the attacks of September 11, a movement has grown of survivors, witnesses, and skeptics who have never quite been able to accept the official story. When theologian David Ray Griffin turned his attention to this topic in his book The New Pearl Harbor (2003), he helped give voice to a disquieting rumble of critiques and questions from many Americans and people around the world about the events of that day. Were the military and the FAA really that incompetent? Were our intelligence-gathering agencies really in the dark about such a possibility? In short, how could so much go wrong at once, in the world's strongest and most technologically sophisticated country? Both the government and the mainstream media have since tried to portray the 9/11 truth movement as led by people who can be dismissed as "conspiracy theorists" able to find an outlet for their ideas only on the internet. This volume, with essays by intellectuals from Europe and North America, shows this caricature to be untrue. Coming from different intellectual disciplines as well as from different parts of the world, these authors are united in the conviction that the official story about 9/11 is a huge deception manufactured to extend imperial control at home and abroad. Contributors include: Richard Falk, Daniele Ganser, David Ray Griffin, John McMurtry, Morgan Reynolds, Peter Dale Scott, Ola Tunander, Karen Kwiatkowski, Steven E. Jones, Kevin Ryan, Peter Phillips, Bridget Thornton and Celeste Vogler.
David Ray Griffin is professor of philosophy of religion and theology, emeritus, at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, where he remains a co-director of the Center for Process Studies. His 30 books include The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 (2004) and The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions (2005). Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book is Drugs, Oil, and War: The United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina. A poet, he was a winner in 2002 of the Lannan Poetry Award.
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So, like the title says, I'm going to Japan. I'm leaving around mid-march and staying until the end of July! (So a very long visit!) First, I am spending a week or two in Tokyo, visiting my boyfriend's brother and his wife. Then my boyfriend and I go up to Akita, to attend Akita International University for a semester abroad. :) I'm really excited! I was wondering if the Justbento community who has traveled to Japan has any tips, suggests, or advice for me? I'm interesting in ways to save money, fun things to do, little unknown cultural info to look out for, etc. Although I'd like to point out that I am relatively familiar with Japanese culture and I do speak a considerable amount of the language. However, I'd really appreciate anything you have to say!
Thanks :)
Onaka ga suiteiru!
For example, I know that gift giving is a big thing in Japan. I thought it would be appropriate to bring a gift to my boyfriend's brother and his wife, as thanks for letting us sleep in their home for a week or so while we explore Tokyo. Also, in Akita, I have the option of applying for a homestay family, although I would only see them on weekends. (For the most part I'd stay in the dorms.) I was also wondering what an appropriate gift might be for this family that I've never met?
- Will this be your first time in Japan?
- I suppose you know this already, but be sure to get the appropriate visa before you leave, since your stay is longer than the 90 days allowed for tourists and so on without a formal visa.
- Regarding omiyage, you may find the post I wrote a while back on my language blog useful: Omiyage and the serious business of gift giving. In a nutshell, bringing a gift for your brother and wife is definitely nice - maybe something from your hometown that he'd appreciate and she'd enjoy too? For the homestay family something very 'American' would be good, since they are probably going to be interested in Things American (or from overseas) anyway if they accept homestayers.
- Up in Akita they have tons of great, not too expensive, onsen (hot springs) inns. Visiting an onsen is definitely something you should do at least once in Japan.
That's all I have for the moment, but you have lots of time still! ^_^ (But be sure you have that visa!!)
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Oh yeah, I'll have the proper Visa. It's through the school, so they make sure you're all set to go. I'll definitely read your post. I'm not sure about bringing a omiyage from my hometown for my boyfriend's brother, because he's from here in Colorado. His wife is Japanese, but he's not. So I'm not sure he'd be all that excited about a present from a place where he lived for most of his life. But I'll read your blog and see if I can think of anything else.
I am very excited to try the onsen! I love taking baths, and I've always wanted to go to a proper Japanese onsen. I'll have Golden Week off, and I might do some onsen-visiting then.
Ahh, try not to travel during Golden Week if at all possible. It's when all of Japan goes traveling, and everything is crowded (and at premium prices too). You don't have to stay overnight to enjoy onsen either - there are plenty that you can go to and enjoy the baths during the day, called higaeri. If you email or private msg me where exactly you'll be staying in Akita I can look up some for you.
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Congratulations, Kyasandu. You must be very excited
I put most of my favourite money saving tips in this post for another forum member:
As you'll be there for an extended stay do try to wean yourself away from the lure of the convenience stores and vending machines as soon as you can.
I love looking through the photos posted by Japanese food bloggers and using translation tools to decipher the text. This is how I research where to find great lunch time deals - mostly in urban business districts. I imagine from your avatar that Kyoto is high on your list. The Osaka food blogger mentioned in the previous thread is a wonderful gateway into the food of that region (way better than a Michelin guide!)
Check out Diane Durston's guides to Kyoto for the kind of information about the city you seem to be asking for (aburi mochi at Ichiwa - 69 Imamiya-cho, Murasakino, Kita-ku - was a wonderful recommendation and I still drool remembering it)
Also, if you arrive before May do try the Ujicha Shoro at Koyama
I was lucky enough to drink the tea prepared by a tea scholar from a dynasty of Chinese tea growers recently and this lady is currently studying the art in Kyoto. She brought some of these sweets to London with her - they were so good they made the Pierre Herme matcha flavoured chocolates and macarons taste lackluster in comparison! Both flavours are exquisite.
In Tokyo... I'm afraid it would take me too long to expound on all my favourite places there. You could try Taiyaki at the shop said to have invented this speciality - Naniwaya Sohonten in Azabu Juban (Azabu Juban and the Yanaka area are, so far, my favourite parts of Tokyo, but it's a close call as there are so many other parts I adore - I think I fall more and more in love with this city with every visit)
Most travel guides deal with the surface of Tokyo and this changes so quickly that they can never really keep up. I'd recommend a different tactic and suggest that you read
Neighborhood Tokyo by Theodore Bestor - http://www.amazon.com/Neighborhood-Tokyo-Theodore-Bestor/dp/0804717974
which concentrates on a single 'cho' and thoroughly explains the nuts and bolts and skeleton of a small neighbourhood in Metropolitan Tokyo. It's like getting to grips with a few jigsaw pieces before being bombarded with the full puzzle when you arrive there. By understanding the components that go into building it you may enjoy the whole much more. This book can be picked up second hand cheaply on Amazon. Sure, it isn't up to date, but I can promise that it's still very relevant and will help you understand exactly why Tokyo is the way it is.
Thank you! I am very excited. I've always wanted to go to Japan, and I'm so happy to finally have the opportunity. Kyoto is in fact high on my list! I find the history of geisha to be very interesting, and they're so pretty and elegant and the represent everything about traditional Japanese culture that is appealing to me! Unfortunately, I don't know if I will be able to get to Kyoto. I do have Golden Week off, but I don't know if I'll be able to afford any extensive travel.
Thank you for the Tokyo information! I will be spending at least a week there in mid-March, so that information will be extremely useful.
Of course, most of the visit I will be in Akita, kind of in the middle of nowhere. But I'm sure I'll have plenty exposure to the culture regardless.
I am just in the middle of planning my travels and of course Japan is on my agenda!! Going to spend around 2-3months there before moving on elsewhere across Asia then Aussie to see my uncle :D Think I am going to have to keep an eye on this thread lol!
I'm not short, I'm fun sized ^_^
If you have any specific questions, I'm sure they'll be answered quickly here. :)
Don't forget Japan's beautiful nature! Don't be dismissive about being "in the middle of nowhere", it can be nice! Go hiking in the mountains, explore the coast and the lakes... Your picture of Japanese culture will be incomplete if you are only interested in traditional culture in the capitals and not everyday life of people in rural areas today. And enjoying nature is part of the Japanese culture as well!
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Oroville (California)
Oroville [18] is a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California. With a population in the greater urban area of 40,000, it is the seat of Butte County. A relaxed place, it boasts a massive dam that has created the man made Lake Oroville. There are excellent outdoor activities including boating, hiking, biking, and fishing.
For a Californian town, Oroville has had a rather extensive history. It was the first major town in the area and grew enormously in the mid-19th century due to the Gold Rush, after which it slowly transitioned in to being the seat of Butte County, one of California's poorest. Constantly overshadowed by neighboring Chico (due to the university campus there), Oroville has spent most of its post-Gold Rush existence quietly serving administrative purposes with some unfortunate race tensions in the middle of the 20th century.
Since the construction of the massive dam which in turn created Lake Oroville, outdoor tourism has become one of the main draws of the town and more people have moved there as it becomes a "bedroom community" of towns such as Chico and even Sacramento. Visitors to Oroville will more than likely be spending their time hiking or on the lake as the town proper, while having a nice, old historical area, isn't heavy on cultural attractions.
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There are three main bus methods to get to Oroville.
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You will most likely need a car once arriving in Oroville, so it is better to arrive with your own first. Oroville straddles Highway 70 and has four exits off this main thoroughfare.
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During Gold Rush times, there were several trains a day down to Sacramento and San Francisco. Today, sadly, there is no direct service whatsoever. The Amtrak Coast Starlight stops in neighboring Chico, but has quite horrible arrival times and frequency to get to Oroville, not mention being a half hour drive from town.
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The public transportation in Oroville is not amazing, but strides have been made in recent years to have a more reliable system. The B-Line [23] covers not only the core of the town, but also has hourly connections to neighboring towns.
Bicycling can be a wonderful way to see the area, especially in the Fall or Spring when the temperatures are more moderate and the natural scenery pleasing.
Taxis are scarce and not to be seen running around. You actually have to call a taxi to come to your specific location if you want one and they are not cheap.
While the immediate downtown area is a pleasant walk, to go anywhere else will require your own car. If you don't have one upon arrival, there are several rental offices in town such as Enterprise and Hertz.
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There are no items specific to Oroville that warrant special attention of purchase. Here are a few places where more basic items can be found.
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Oroville is not lacking in drinking options, which is probably a tribute to its bawdy Gold Rush past. The issue is more that the vast majority of bars fall under the "dive" classification.
There are also several small wineries of varying levels of quality in the foothill area of Oroville. While not an area known for wines, the hot summers make growing wines quite possible, although winemakers in the area are overall still learning how to work the terroir and which varietals grow best.
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Oroville is an overall safe town. Because most people drive, there are few if any petty crimes such as pickpocketing or mugging. There is an underbelly of methamphetamine producers and users in the town, which tend to be focused in the area known at "South Side", roughly bounded by Lincoln, Wyandotte, and Ithaca. Although this is an over-simplified definition, there is little reason for a visitor to go to this area, so it should be a non-issue.
The area just East of HWY 70 and between Oro Dam Blvd and Ophir road has been heavily contaminated by the chemical waste leftover from wood processing back when Oroville was a more prominent lumber town. Needless to say, it's advisable to not spend any time in this area, although again, it offers next to nothing as far as attractions unless a trip is needed to the local garbage dump for some reason.
While the area is low in humidity, the summers get incredibly hot, usually staying at a minimum of 37C/95F from June through August and sometimes peaking to 48C/120F. This makes for great fun at the lake or on the river, but when not on the water, make sure to stay very hydrated and wear sunscreen.
On the other end of the seasons, the winters are quite cold. While snow is extremely rare, it will often get below freezing which creates the hazard of "black ice" when driving. Also to note is the period in late January or February when a longterm fog settles in for a week or two that is quite cold, but more importantly makes for very hazardous driving due to decreased visibility. Make sure to take care and reduce speed as during this time there are often large pileups on the freeways of multiple cars.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zynga Inc's stock rose 14 percent on Monday as investors grew more confident that the social games developer behind "FarmVille" and "Mafia Wars" will deliver a solid set of quarterly results next week.
Its shares ended trading at $2.84, up 35 cents
Zynga reports quarterly results next Monday. In October, it raised the lower end of its 2012 earnings forecast and also announced a $200 million share buyback plan and a new partnership with British company bwin.party to offer online real-money gambling.
Last month, it put in a preliminary application to run real-money gambling games in Nevada.
Analysts said there was no news that caused the spike
Arvind Bhatia, an analyst at Sterne Agee, said, "Outside of Apple, it feels a little bit like we're in a little bit of bull market in tech. A lot tech memes are up even without any news. This one was perhaps underowned and maybe that's why people are saying in 2013 that's one they want to own.
"Volume is three times the normal volume and stock is up 13 percent and that's clearly telling you somebody's buying."
"They scheduled an earnings call for next Tuesday and haven't preannounced, so perhaps investors are feeling good about the quarter," said Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter.
The "FarmVille" creator has struggled to hold on to users for once-popular titles it publishes on Facebook, and is shifting focus to capture growth in mobile games.
Zynga is hoping that a lucrative real-money market could make up for declining revenue from games like "FarmVille" and other fading titles that still generate the bulk of its sales.
Last year, the games publisher carried out 11 of the planned shutdowns of 13 underperforming game titles, including simulation games like "Petville" and "FishVille."
As part of an on-going cost-cutting plan, Zynga laid off 5 percent of its full-time workforce and shut its Boston office last year and said it might consider closing its Japanese and British game studios.
"A lot of it is going to depend on Zynga's cost-cutting and there's are still a lot of issues as they don't have the advantages from their previous relationship with Facebook," said Sterne Agee analyst Bhatia.
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Three-sport standout? Or one-sport star? Large school? Or small?
Sunday, some of the very best high school athletes in the state will come together in Portland to celebrate the 2012-13 high school season.
The 26th annual Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram All-Sports Awards Ceremony will be held at the Italian Heritage Center, beginning with a social gathering at 11:30 a.m. Athletes selected as Player of the Year by the newspaper staff in the 28 sports sanctioned by the Maine Principals' Association will be honored, with the overall Male and Female Athletes of the Year announced about 2:15 p.m.
Julia Clukey, the U.S. Olympic women's luger, will be the guest speaker.
Here's a brief look at the athletes who will be honored:
Dan Curts, a junior at Ellsworth, had the fastest time in any class, 15 minutes, 47 seconds, over the 5-kilometer course in Belfast at the state championships, winning the Class B title by edging Silas Eastman of Fryeburg Academy at the finish line. He was a repeat all-New England runner with a 17th-place finish and was 25th at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional.
Waterville senior Bethanie Brown ran the fastest time of any class (17:56) at the state championships by nearly a minute. She was seventh in the New England championships and 11th at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional. She set mile and 2-mile records in the indoor season, and won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 as well as anchoring a winning relay team in the outdoor season. She plans to continue her running career at the University of Connecticut.
Kristy Bernatchez of Messalonskee in Oakland has been one of the state's best players for years, but this year became a dominant force. She scored 47 goals and was the only person to score against Skowhegan, doing it twice. She will attend the University of North Carolina.
Andrew Libby, a junior, led Thornton Academy to its first Class A state championship since 1988 with a display of versatility seldom seen. He scored 30 touchdowns — 23 on rushes, two on passes, four on punts and one on an interception return. He rushed for 1,092 yards and did his best work in the playoffs.
Reese McFarlane of Cape Elizabeth is only a sophomore, but he is already accustomed to winning big tournaments. He won the Class B individual title with a 74, one week after shooting a 69 on the same course in the team tournament. He was 11-1 in the regular season.
Alice Hwang of Bangor was a member of the boys' team and played in eight matches as a junior. She won the schoolgirl title with an 84. Her family has since moved to Orlando, Fla., where she will continue to play golf.
Senior J.P. White of Falmouth could have played just about anywhere, but he was most effective in the middle of the field, where he could direct everything. He was pretty effective, with 12 goals and 12 assists, as Falmouth won its third Class B state championship in four years. He will attend Hobart College.
Caitlin Bucksbaum of Falmouth was at her best when it mattered most. She scored four game-winning goals as a senior and assisted on five game-winning goals. A midfielder, she helped Falmouth win back-to-back state titles. Also a member of the ski team as well, she will attend Villanova.
Mariah Hebert became the leader of a Biddeford team that advanced to the state championship match. A setter, she had 350 assists while also accruing 47 kills. She served at 96 percent and had 48 aces. She also had 56 digs. She is planning to attend St. Joseph's College.
Garet Beal of Jonesport-Beals was nearly unstoppable. He averaged 33.8 points per game as a senior on his way to finishing his career with a school-record 1,672 points. He also averaged 10.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.5 blocks, earning the Mr. Basketball Award. Beal will attend the University of Maine.
Allie Clement of McAuley did not have the best statistics of any player in the state; all she did was win. A junior point guard, she led McAuley to a third consecutive Class A state championship, averaging 17 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 2.6 assists. She has verbally committed to attend Marist College.
Ted Hart, a junior at Greely High in Cumberland, led the state in scoring with 35 goals as he helped the Rangers to their second consecutive Class B state title. He also had 16 assists. Hart will play next year at Phillips Exeter Academy.
Mary Morrison, a sophomore defenseman, shined in the biggest moments for Greely. She scored the game's only goal in a 1-0 victory over Scarborough in the state championship game. Solid defensively, she also had 19 goals and 16 assists for the Rangers. She was the leader of a defense that allowed only 22 goals all season.
A two-time Skier of the Year, Silas Eastman of Fryeburg Academy was a dominant performer in two sports: skiing and cross country running. For three years in a row he won both the classic and freestyle events at the Class A state championships, all by large margins. He plans to attend Colby College.
Elise Luce, a junior, continued the tradition of outstanding skiers at Mt. Abram. She is a two-time slalom and giant slalom Class B state champion, and this year was the top Maine qualifier in the Eastern High School championships, finishing eighth in slalom.
A repeat selection as Swimmer of the Year, Trebor Lawton led Cheverus to the Class A state championship. A senior, he won the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly, and swam on two relays. He will continue his swimming career at Connecticut College, where he plans to major in biology.
Sarah Easterling, a senior at Greely High, has dominated her sport like no other. This is the third time she was selected as Swimmer of the Year. Easterling finished her career by setting a state record in the 100 backstroke (56.51 seconds) and a Class B record in the 200 individual medley (2:04.85). She will continue her career at the University of Arkansas.
Jared Bell, a senior at Deering High in Portland, was more than just a big-meet performer. He was a student of sport, trying to perfect the art of throwing a shot put, discus or javelin. He won the shot put in the Class A state meet and was third at the New England championships. Bell will continue his career at Princeton.
Kate Hall, a sophomore at Lake Region in Naples, can outrace and outjump just about anyone. She won the 55-meter dash and set state records in the 200 and long jump at the Class B state meet, then won the 55 in the New Englands. Outdoors, she was the New England champ in the 100 and set all-time state bests in the 100, 200 and long jump.
Dan Del Gallo of Gardiner continued his family's wrestling tradition. He won his third consecutive individual state title, this time at 138 pounds. He had a career record of 194-2, ending his career as the school's all-time winningest wrestler. His school's senior class president, he will attend the University of Southern Maine.
Ben Greenberg, a junior, was nearly unhittable as a pitcher and unstoppable as a batter for Scarborough. He went 6-0 with a 0.54 earned-run average, holding opponents to a .163 batting average, and hit .415 with five triples. His fastball has topped out at 88 mph.
Danica Gleason, a senior at South Portland, has been perhaps the best defensive shortstop in the state for years. This year she added an extremely potent bat. She hit .667 with six doubles, four triples, six home runs and 35 RBI. Gleason will try to play both basketball and softball at St. Joseph's College.
Charlie Fay, a senior at Falmouth, once again led the Yachtsmen in scoring, with 49 goals and 11 assists. At 6-foot-5, he is a dominant player at both ends of the field. He helped Falmouth win the Class B state championship in basketball and is hoping to play both basketball and lacrosse at Bates College.
Martha Veroneau of Waynflete continued her reputation as one of the most dynamic athletes in the state. A repeat selection as lacrosse Player of the Year, she scored 30 goals and 25 assists during the regular season. She led the Waynflete girls' basketball team to the Class C state championship. She plays to study nursing at Boston College.
Nick Danner, a senior at Waterville, set a Class B record in the javelin (breaking the old mark by 13 feet with a throw of 192 feet, 9 inches — and would have won the Class A meet by 20 feet) and also won the shot put by three feet.
Teal Jackson, a senior at Brewer, achieved the rare feat of winning four individual events in the Class A state meet — something done only one other time in the last 30 years. She set a state record of 57.00 seconds in the 400 and also won the 100, 200 and long jump.
Jordan Friedland, a senior at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, repeats as our Player of the Year after winning the boys' individual title for the second consecutive year. Last year he was the No. 5 seed. This year he was seeded first and won all his matches in straight sets. He will play club tennis when he attends Stanford.
Olivia Leavitt, a sophomore at Falmouth, won the girls' individual title by defeating defending champ Maisie Silverman of Brunswick, 6-1, 6-1. She has had two undefeated regular seasons (never dropping a set in a 14-0 freshman year) and was 8-0 in the regular season and 6-0 in the singles tournament this year.
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As my ginger obsession shows no sign of abating, I decided to make ginger cupcakes this week. What appealed to me about this recipe was that it was a proper gingerbread i.e. using treacle and golden syrup and other naughty things, but in cupcake form rather than one big cake.
There are many options as to how you can decorate these. The original recipe left them plain but for a slice of candied ginger on top. While that would be nice, I can never resist white icing so I chose to smother them in icing made from icing sugar and water. You could also serve them warm for dessert with custard.
This is how the cupcakes are straight from the oven; they would be very nice just left au natural:
One thing I didn't expect was how sticky they were. Harsh words were spoken trying to remove the cupcake wrapper. The gingerbread was very soft and spongy and some of the sponge got torn.
The recipe uses treacle and golden syrup but don't assume that makes the cakes heavy – they aren't! Light and moist with a real spicy kick these are a winner. I like ginger cake quite hot and the recipe sets out the quantities of spice that I used; if you like things a little milder, put less in.
White icing is always a winner – note that I put a sheet of greaseproof paper under the rack so it was easier to clean away icing that ran off the cakes:
I admit that these aren't the prettiest or most perfect looking cakes but sometimes it's all about the flavour: this is such a time. If ever there's a photo that proves beauty comes from within this is it:
For the cake:
1 egg
120ml milk (whole or semi skimmed)
90g plain flour
30g self raising flour
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon mixed spice
80g caster sugar
60g unsalted butter
100g black treacle
25g golden syrup
For the icing:
Icing sugar and water blended together until you get the consistency you want – thick but still runny and glossy.
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan oven 180°C/400°F/Gas mark 6.
- Line a muffin tray with 12 paper cases.
- Lightly whisk the egg and milk together and then whisk in the flours, bicarbonate of soda, ginger, cinnamon, mixed spice and caster sugar.
- Place the butter, treacle and golden syrup in a saucepan over a gentle heat and stir constantly until the butter has melted.
- Stir the warm butter mix into the flour mixture. At first it will seem incredibly runny but keep stirring and you will feel it thicken.
- Spoon the mix into the paper cases. It is runny and I found this easiest to do with a ladle. Only fill each case about ½ - 2/3 full as the mixture rises quite a lot.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack and then decorate as you wish.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.
Sunday, 25 May 2008
Ginger and spice cupcakes
Posted by The Caked Crusader at 18:55
Labels: cupcake, ginger, gingerbread, spice
2 comments:
- glamah16 said...
I love dark spicy gingerbread.I just pulled some from the freezer the other day lefy over from winter.I finally found those cups. I had only seen the mini versions before. Now I can create!
- 26 May 2008 at 03:28
- Rosie said...
WOW just look at those fantastic cupcakes!! I just adore ginger & spice too :)
Rosie x
- 27 May 2008 at 17:06
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Over 40s in Cardiff were urged to have their eyes checked during World Glaucoma Week (6-12 March).
Leading cause of blindness
In the UK around one in 50 people over the age of 40 are known to have glaucoma, and this figure rises to about one in 10 for people over the age of 75.
The disease is the leading cause of irreversible blindness, and the most common type of glaucoma can develop without any symptoms until it is at advanced stages. And without a regular eye examination the sufferer may find it is too late for treatment.
Therefore, Specsavers urged the over 40s in Cardiff to have regular eye examinations to detect the onset of glaucoma. Glaucoma is the term used to describe damage to the optic nerve, commonly caused by increased pressure in the eye.
Promoting awareness
James Deavall, director at Specsavers in Leckwith, said: 'Many people assume that unless their eyesight is deteriorating, their eye health is fine. Specsavers is dedicated to making people aware that this is not the case for all optical conditions, as glaucoma can show no symptoms of developing until sight is irreversibly lost.
'Regular eye examinations, at least every two years, are crucial to detect early signs of glaucoma as people can lose up to 40 per cent of their sight before they even realise they have a problem.
'To mark World Glaucoma Week, we wanted to make people aware that if they are aged over 40 or have a family history of glaucoma, then they are at an increased risk of developing the disease. We want people to know the risks, and that as sight test could prevent glaucoma from affecting their vision.'
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