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Audi, one of Germany's oldest automobile manufacturers, dates back to 1899. Although Audi's history is long, the S8 was only introduced to American car buyers in early 2000. Designed to appeal to those searching for power, speed, and the latest technology, the S8 competes with other top-performance models from the BMW and Mercedes-Benz lines.
The S8 was considered to be Audi's flagship sedan model and the third of the manufacturer's S line to be introduced to the U.S. Unfortunately, Audi was unsuccessful in keeping the S8 thriving from year to year, so consumers were never certain that the car would continue to reach U.S. showrooms. Audi opted to take a three-year hiatus from development, extending from 2004 to 2007, and then pulled production again in 2010 with minimal warning. Despite the fact that the S8 was sold with little consistency, Audi has continued to market the model as a luxurious automobile with superb sport-performance qualities and design.
The Audi S8 took cues from the A8 but is known for its advancements both on the interior and exterior along with its size within the category. Improvements in the styling, wheels, suspension, and various other components shifted the S8 into the spotlight, making it an exhilarating driving option for Audi enthusiasts. From the revolutionary quattro all-wheel–drive system to the most recent superior V-8 engine in the 2012 model, Audi continues to surpass consumers' expectations. Over the years, the Audi S8 has also been know for its larger size, but the most recent advancements in chassis materials allow the model to reach top speed without compromising quality or luxury.
Those following the history of the Audi S8 can welcome back the 2012 model that offers countless improvements and upgrades, from the 4.0-liter V-8 engine to the Valcona leather-interior accents and superior Bang & Olufsen sound system. In terms of mileage, the 2012 Audi S8 boasts a combined 23 mpg fuel economy, a considerable improvement from its 2009 13/19 mpg city/highway predecessor.
Starting with the exterior, the Audi S8 can be found in one of 13 different color options with two unique shades specifically made for the S model—Prism Silver and Daytona Gray. The S8 features a roughly 500-pound aluminum frame called the ASF, or Audi Space Frame, that helps to curb fuel costs without losing power or speed. This increase in speed can also be attributed to the V-8 engine, which is now capable of 520 horsepower and 479 lb-ft of torque. The S8 can also reach 60 mph in just 4.2 seconds on its 265/40-series tires and 20-inch alloy wheels.
While behind the steering wheel, drivers can choose from Comfort, Auto, Dynamic, Efficiency, or Individual modes, thanks to the S8 drive select system that controls the adaptive air suspension with active damping. Leather details from the sport-inspired seats to the carefully wrapped steering wheel are just a few of the luxurious interior design features one would expect from the S8. Other standard features include a 360-degree camera to assist with parking, a Bang & Olufsen sound system with 19 speakers, LED headlights, massage functions within seats, and a DVD player. Upgrades and optional features include Audi side and lane assist.
In the early 2000s, the S8 offered 360 hp through a 4.2-liter V-8 engine and a standard five-speed automatic transmission. The four-door sedan also featured heated lumbar seats, power accessories, and park assist. In addition, it offered leather upholstery and other luxurious amenities, ranging from dual-zone climate control to an AM/FM/CD audio experience. Small and subtle upgrades were made yearly until the Audi S8 was pulled from the marketplace in 2004.
2007 was the year American car buyers were reintroduced to the Audi S8 and its second generation. The body saw slight updates, but dramatic improvements were in the 5.2-liter V-10 engine and a six-speed automatic transmission, which reached 435 horsepower. In 2008, Audi reached out to its parent company Volkswagen who added the engine that was used in the Lamborghini Gallardo, increasing power to 450 ponies. Audi also progressed by adding the quattro all-wheel–drive system to the 2009 model.
The 2009 S8 continued to grow and adapt to include perks such as a park-assist system, power trunk, back-window sunshade, heated steering wheel and rear seats, and adaptive cruise control. Optional amenities include a solar-powered, vented sun roof; four-zone automatic climate control; and a luxury audio system from Bang & Olufsen.
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The 2009 Audi S8 serves as Audi's high-performance luxury sedan.
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The 2008 Audi S8 is a full-size luxury sedan.
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The 2007 Audi S8 has several impressive features.
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The 2003 Audi S8 sets the standard as an attractive sedan with classy looks without the opulence of the competition.
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The 2002 Audi S8 full-size sedan is the high-performance version of Audi's flagship sedan, the Audi A8.
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The 2001 Audi S8 classifies as a sedan, and it provides the high-performance version of the Audi A8.


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"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." - Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon professor and virtual reality innovator.
You've probably heard about Randy Pausch's famous "Last Lecture," given in September 2007 to a packed house at Carnegie Mellon University. The original concept for this lecture series proposed a singular challenge to leading thinkers in their respective fields: if you had only one last lecture to give, what would you talk about?
A great idea, for sure, but Pausch took it to a whole new level for a tragic reason: it really would be his last lecture, for he was dying of liver cancer when he gave it. And though he lived longer than the three to six months his doctors projected, the cancer did finally claim his life last week at age 47.
His talk, however, morphed way beyond merely a "last lecture" and became a sensation, viewed by over six million people via the Internet (at last, a great example of what this technological invention can do for good in the world). I've linked to it below so you can see it in its entirety: it's about an hour and 16 minutes long and well worth your time.
OK, so why should truckers care about a lecture given by a dying professor entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," a talk that doesn't even touch on trucking industry issues?
Actually, managers and executives should get the most out of it, for a couple of reasons. For starters, only the first half of Pausch's speech talks about how he achieved his childhood dreams - the other half is about how he helped OTHERS achieve theirs. He also took several things "off the table" in his words. "We're not going to talk about things that are even more important than achieving your childhood dreams. We're not going to talk about my wife; we're not talking about my kids. Because I'm good, but I'm not good enough to talk about that," he said at the beginning of his lecture.
A second one comes up when Pausch recalls going to Dean Gene Block's office when he worked at the University of Virginia to see if he can take a sabbatical to work for Disney's Imagineering group - one of Pausch's childhood dreams. Pausch said that Block told him the following: "If you're asking me if it's a good idea, I don't have very much information. All I know is that one of my star faculty members is in my office and he's really excited ... so tell me more."
(The great Randy Pausch at the podium, delivering his "Last Lecture.")
Throughout Pausch's speech, the topic of "information" kept coming up - in terms of how the right information helped him achieve his dreams, allowed others to help him reach those dreams, and finally allowed him to in turn help his students achieve theirs.
Let's face it: being a truck driver is still a childhood dream for many. I've talked to countless people, men and women from all walks of life, races, and creeds, that all dreamed about being a truck driver when they grew up.
But for many, it turns into a nightmare - low pay, long stretches of time spent away from family (note how Pausch said that family trumped childhood dreams every time), and disrespect from all corners. When a dream curdles like that, it's toxic on so many levels. Yet the right information can helps fleets short circuit that transition from dream to nightmare, if the information gained is acted on appropriately.
Which leads me to Tenstreet, LLC, of Tulsa, OK. They recently launched Tenstreet Xtend, a system that's designed to help establish effective communications channels between employees and management in order to quickly identify and correct issues/concerns that need immediate attention. In essence, it's a retention tool that forces fleets to contact drivers at regular intervals throughout their career - every 30 or 90 days, for example - to make sure that if they have issues, those issues get addressed.
"It enables employees and drivers to feel more connected to their employers," said Craig Johnson, CEO of Tenstreet, founded in 2005. "That, in turn, helps reduce driver turnover, builds driver loyalty, while giving fleets the opportunity to run their operations more profitably and efficiently with the best possible group of drivers."
Johnson stresses this is particularly helpful during the first 90 days of a new driver's hiring - a period in which most accidents occur and turnover rates are especially high. "It creates opportunities for fleets to identify and react to recurring issues even if those issues are specific to a given terminal, driver type or any other variation," he says.
Dale Reagan, head of sales for Tenstreet, walked me through the program, which uses a specific "script" of questions to collect data that can used to track trends. For example, if drivers are having pay issues, the questions help winkle out the exact nature of them - late or missed payments, all miles not accounted for, etc. - so it can form reports from the data. As he cost of recruiting drivers is so high - some $5,000 to $8,000 per driver - technology like this helps fleets nip problems in the bud before they escalate to the point where the driver walks.
"The whole point is to change the driver experience," Reagan told me. "Instead of them calling their dispatcher, then their recruiter, then payroll or the safety department, they get one contact who send the problem to the right person. And these problems must be addressed in a certain amount of time, or the system automatically sends emails to executives higher and higher up the chain of command."
Basically, there's no loafing with this technology - no more sticking a problem in a folder and forgetting about it. Melanie Ward, in charge of the new driver "help desk" at Tango Transport, has used Tenstreet Xtend over the last year and a half to help rebuild her company's driver culture. So far, turnover has plunged from 139% to 87% since Tango began using the program to help improve management of its 700 company drivers as well as the owner-operators working for the carrier as well.
"It helps us validate the importance of the driver in our company," she told me. "We're not dealing in gray anymore when it comes to their issues - the system helps us find solutions to their problems and find them faster. I run a report on driver issues every week and share them with our executives, allowing us to take the temperature of the fleet any number of ways - by division (flatbed, OTR), by driver seniority, etc. - to see how we are doing."
Tenstreet is but an example of some of the simple but brilliant ways technology is being applied to trucking to help this industry get the information necessary for keeping the dreams of driving a truck for a living alive and healthy, to the benefit of all concerned - especially those with their hands on the wheel and gearshift.


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BT Workstyle Managed Services saves money while improving patient care by helping SEPT people manage their days
Working across a 200-site healthcare organisation, where mistakes could at best damage reputations and at worst reduce lifespans, is about as responsible as it gets. And for Ola Hill, who helps assure compliance in one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, making every minute count is a daily pressure.
For Ola, the introduction of flexible working means she can work equally effectively on the train, at home, in a hotspot or onsite. She feels much more in control, she's making better use of her time and, where necessary, she can adjust her routine to help her family. Now that's transformational.
I don't have to worry about having enough time for reports. At the end of the day my deadlines are met, my stress levels are lower and I can be a lot more productive. That's good for me and it's good for the organisation."
- Ola Hill, Compliance Officer, South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Serving a population of 2.5 million, South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT) provides integrated services – including mental health, learning disability, and social and community care – across urban and rural areas of Essex, Bedfordshire and Suffolk. It employs some 7,500 people at around 200 sites.
With increasing pressure on budgets, SEPT was looking for ways to reduce running costs while simultaneously improving front line services. In common with many similar trusts it had inherited a range of clinical buildings and offices that didn't necessarily fit with modern community-based medicine. Adopting more flexible working practices thus presented a significant opportunity to make worthwhile savings while meeting and exceeding performance targets.
SEPT chose BT Workstyle Managed Services – a comprehensive package of technology, applications, professional services and ongoing support – to realise its flexible working ambitions. Dr. Patrick Geoghegan, the SEPT chief executive officer, says: "Alongside business benefits like greater productivity and cost reductions, I wanted a service that was really going to make a difference to patient care. BT came up with exactly what we needed."
A BT Workstyle Managed Services team worked closely with SEPT to design a flexible working solution closely tailored to the particular needs and circumstances of the Trust. Vitally, the programme – called WorkSmart – was not just about technology. "BT guided us through every area contingent upon flexible working adoption including space planning, HR processes, financial management and staff communications," recalls Martin Norton, WorkSmart project manager at SEPT.
For example, pains were taken to ensure the WorkSmart programme took account of the complex, long term multidisciplinary care that can be needed by mental health patients. This included designing processes that would integrate the involvement of other service providers and care partners, while ensuring flexibility to accommodate the changes that might occur in the dynamic UK healthcare environment.
"Right from the start we engaged our staff," says Patrick Geoghegan. "We listened to their anxieties and we got them on board. We promoted the WorkSmart concept, and asked for their opinions. That was welcome because the staff came back with ideas that would actually improve what we were trying to achieve."
Five mobile working templates were agreed and developed to cater for different working patterns:
- Mobile – for employees who work predominantly across clinical or administrative buildings and do not need to work from home
- Mobile Plus – for staff such as social workers who spend at least 50 per cent of their time visiting people in the community and need to work partly from home
- Fixed – for those who work in one location with little or no opportunity to share space with others for business or network reasons
- Shared – for members of a team to hot desk where access to colleagues, paperwork or visiting members of the public is a prerequisite
- Home – for employees whose duties mean they can work where they live on a full time basis
Home and Mobile Plus employees benefit from enabling technology such as BT Enterprise Broadband, which connects home-based employees to the Trust's network through a secure internet connection. They then have the same access to email, files and applications as in the office.
Another key element of the WorkSmart programme is the web portal, designed and implemented using BT Workstyle Managed Services best practice. "The portal is incredibly important to us," confirms Martin Norton.
Giving SEPT staff secure access to everything they need to get started, the portal also provides ongoing support and information services. "SEPT people can use it to register for flexible working," explains Peter Knowles, business development director, BT Flexible Working Services. "All they need do is press a few buttons to match one of the five working patterns to their job. In the background, the portal automatically specifies and supplies all the necessary technology. That includes ordering broadband or furniture for the home, for example, or an iPad if appropriate to their role."
Over the four years it's been running, the WorkSmart programme has had a significant beneficial financial impact on SEPT. "With WorkSmart we've realised recurring savings of some £1.7 million annually in real estate costs. That's money that's no longer drained from the healthcare budget, which is fantastic in my view," says Martin Norton.
WorkSmart has also contributed to the success of SEPT in taking on new NHS business. Patrick Geoghegan explains: "We are able to demonstrate to prospective commissioners that we will work differently, save money and improve the working lives of their staff." When SEPT took on one such new contract it inherited payments to a landlord of £600,000 per month. "WorkSmart enabled us to close that building within three months and save that £600,000, which went straight back into direct patient care," adds Patrick.
The SEPT WorkSmart programme has had a significant effect upon staff acquisition, retention and return to work ratios, which means major savings on recruitment and training costs. "That's because people feel we trust them and they like to be part of an organisation that thinks outside the box," says Patrick Geoghegan. "There's also been a marked reduction in sick absence, because our people are much more in control of their diaries and the way they work. Taken together those factors give us much better continuity of care, which is invaluable."
Around 40 per cent of SEPT people are now taking advantage of flexible and agile working, and the Trust intends to take that proportion to above half. That fact was influential in SEPT becoming one of the first trusts to achieve the Improving Working Lives (IWL) standard. "WorkSmart has been incredibly important in achieving and maintaining our IWL accreditation," says Martin Norton, "by providing the proof that we empower our people."
SEPT now gets activity reports back from its staff and, within no more than three days, 99 per cent of those daily reports are stored in its systems for analysis. Patrick Geoghegan says: "This allows us to give our commissioners a more accurate view of how we're utilising our budgets and how we're performing."
Patients, too, are benefiting from the changes. The WorkSmart programme coincided with, and was integrated with, the introduction of electronic patient records. Now, clinicians are able to use WorkSmart technology to access and update records in real time wherever they are. That means care is better co-ordinated and potential mistakes are avoided. For example, Crisis Care teams can be more quickly alerted and directed, and can reach patients faster armed with the up-to-date information they need.
"Flexible working really does make a difference. We say we're here for one reason only and that's to provide good patient care. To do this we need to retain as much resource as we can to invest in front line services. And WorkSmart enables us to do exactly that," Patrick Geoghegan concludes.
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SEPT people have their say…
With the WorkSmart programme now part of business as usual, comments received from SEPT staff include the following.
"For me, reducing my carbon footprint, because I need to travel less, is a truly significant benefit."
- Lisa Fuller, Service Development Manager
"It allows more flexibility in how I apportion time between home and work and, in so doing it makes me more efficient."
- Paul Atherton, Senior HR Adviser
"I'm about 50 per cent more productive working flexibly, because there's no need to travel back and forth. And I can better fit personal commitments around my working life."
- Mark Travella, Service Development Manager
"I really love it. I get a lot more done and I find my work life and home life are now better balanced."
- Leslie Wackett, Business Support Manager
"I'm able to give a better service to the people I work closely with because I'm more available and spending less time on non-productive activities."
- Naomi Stevens, Trainee HR Adviser
"I absolutely recommend flexible working to my colleagues. If you need to cover more than one building then you should be working flexibly, without a shadow of a doubt."
- Ola Hill, Compliance Officer
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It would take some serious econometric analysis to answer the question definitively, but my knee-jerk reaction is "nonsense." If comparing college-educated public workers to uneducated private workers is apples and oranges, then comparing college educated teachers to college educated engineers is apples and kumquats.
About half the public workers at the state and local level are teachers. Teaching requires a college degree, most private jobs don't, and so it's clear that public workers will be better educated on average than private workers.
Unfortunately, a college degree isn't by itself a good measure of education. Different majors attract students with different academic abilities. People who can do chemical engineering don't typically get education degrees. They know that chemical engineers make more, and the discipline is more intellectually challenging. The best students go into engineering, medicine, finance and the like, not education and sociology.
I've known many fine teachers, some of them with fine minds and able to do well in any discipline they choose. The performance of teachers on tests like Texas' TExES/ExCET don't create confidence that the fine teachers are the norm, though. There are way too many tenured time servers in our school systems who have the intellectual skills of a hamster and much less intellectual curiosity. They aren't underpaid.
Educational administration is another place where there are too many people making too much money. The ranks of administrators should be ruthlessly culled, the money saved put into the pockets of classroom teachers (after we've done a bit of culling there, too).


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Discussion in 'Motorola Droid Bionic' started by BIONICPREDATOR, Sep 16, 2012.
I will say Oct 15th since they keep dragging their feet, and anyone else care to vote?
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By the looks of it, Sept 30 or by mid October.... Although maybe sooner?
It looks like the last leak could be the OTA since there hasn't been any leaks after 244, and as Sam pointed out in a couple of the other threads, they seemed to have sorted most if not all the problems.
So here's hoping this month!
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My galaxy 10.1 tablet just got ics today so no tellin
I don't understand the obsession with the "official" OTA update.
I have the same expection that I had in February(see sig for proof). But I'm thinking more likely Q4. It just depends on how much Verizon wants to get the ICS out. If the "powers that be" want it out Q3, I think it'll make it...barely. On the other hand if the "powers that be" don't care about the previously promised "Q3" then I think it'll be Q4. Verizon didn't seem too interested in getting the update out at all.. so why would they even try to meet any kind of promise like "Q3".
Remember that guy who posted an "update" timeline?
Which update? LOL. AFAIK We were first told "TBA", then "Q3"(Around February I believe), then "Early Q3" in April/May I believe. I believe the current official answer is "someday".
I hope they finally do it this week, cause I'm hoping to see improvement in my battery life, better 4G connection and I'm trying to not find a reason to buy the iPhone 5
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A woman was taken to the hospital after a shooting late Wednesday, and deputies are investigating it as suspicious.
Robin Key, 45, was reported shot around 11:50 p.m. on Burcham Road in the State Road community. She was taken by helicopter to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where she underwent surgery Thursday morning.
Robin Key's husband, Brian Key, 45, called 911 and told dispatchers that she had shot herself in the stomach, deputies said. Before being transported, however, Robin Key told officials as the scene that her husband had shot her, deputies said.
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Five-Year Results From the Antiretroviral Research for Watoto (ARROW) Trial
March/April 2013
Results from the ARROW Trial comparing routine and clinically driven monitoring in children were presented at CROI 2013.1
This trial also investigated stopping vs continuing cotrimoxazole in children on ART; a four-drug induction strategy for starting treatment; as well as and once- versus twice-daily 3TC and abacavir.2-4 Results from these evaluations were also presented at the conference.
ARROW was an open-label parallel-group trial conducted in Ugandan and Zimbabwean children, aged 3 months to 17 years and eligible for ART.
Small Difference Between Routine and Clinical Monitoring
Adeodata Kekitiinwa presented findings from the monitoring comparison in an oral presentation. These results were also published in the Lancet on 7 March 2013.5 Overall, long-term survival on ART was high in ARROW at 95%. Routine CD4 monitoring provided clinical benefit after the first year of treatment but event rates were very low, with small absolute differences between monitoring strategies and no difference in adverse events.
The trial enrolled 1206 children who were randomised to either clinically driven monitoring or routine laboratory and clinical monitoring for toxicity (haematology and biochemistry).
Clinicians were given12-week results for children assigned to routine laboratory monitoring (n=600) but in the clinically driven monitoring arm (n=606), only had toxicity results returned if requested for clinical reasons or grade 4 toxicities. Children switched to second-line ART if they had new WHO stage 3 or 4 events or (routine laboratory monitoring only) age-dependent CD4 criteria. Primary endpoints were new WHO 4 events or death and grade 3/4 adverse events, with the intention to show non-inferiority for efficacy margin +1.6/100 patient years.
At baseline, children were a median age of 6 years (range 0.4-17). Approximately one third overall were 3 years or younger and half were girls. Their median CD4 percent was 12% and weight for age -2.2; the majority (56%) was WHO stage 3. Sixty-two percent of children received nevirapine as their NNRTI and the remainder received efavirenz.
Only 33 (0.3%) children were lost to follow up over median of 4 years (IQR 3.7-4.4) from 2007 to 2012 (total 4685 child years). Few clinical participants had external CD4 tests done privately (4/571 at trial exit) and clinicians remained blinded.
At the end of the trial 94% and 95% of children in the laboratory and clinical arms respectively were still on their first line regimens with low rates of substitutions (7.5% overall) -- where this occurred it was usually to accommodate TB treatment or for toxicity.
Thirty-five (6%) and 28 (5%) children in the laboratory and clinical arms switched to second line treatment. This was due to CD4 in 28 children in the laboratory monitoring arm, and for clinical reasons in 7 vs 28 children in the laboratory and clinical arms respectively. A further, 3 and 16 children in the laboratory and clinical arms switched due to unexplained failure to thrive.
The rates of switching to second line was low overall: 1.2 with laboratory and with 1.5 clinical monitoring per 100 child years, p=0.22. At switch the median CD4 percent was similar, 7% and 8% in the laboratory and clinical arms respectively. Dr Kekitiinwa noted that monitoring weight gain appeared to avoid an excess of very low CD4 switches.
There were 39 (1.7 per 100 child years) vs 47 (2 per 100 child years) new WHO stage 4 events or deaths in the laboratory and clinical monitoring arms, HR (clinical: laboratory) 1.13 (95% CI 0.73-1.53), p=0.59. This gave an absolute difference of +0.3 per 100 child years (95% CI -0.5 to +1.1), which fell within the specified non-inferiority margin.
Most of these events occurred in the first year of ART: 33/39 and 24/47 in the laboratory and clinical monitoring arms respectively. In years 2-5 of ART the difference was significant, with respectively 6 (0.4 per 100 child years) vs 23 (1.3 per 100 child years) events. This gave an absolute difference of +1.0 per 100 child years (95% CI +0.4 to +1.6), p=0.002, which remained within the non-inferiority margin.
Survival was high overall with 96% and 95% in the laboratory and clinical monitoring arms alive at 4 years. After the first year there was an absolute difference of +0.6 per 100 child years (95% CI =0.2 to +1.0), p=0.009. Of the 14 children that died during this period 12 were > 8 years old at time of death.
There was no difference in change of absolute CD4 counts or percent between the two arms. Viral load suppression rates were tested retrospectively and were also similar across both arms. Suppression rates were higher among children receiving NNRTI containing regimens and did not differ by strategy.
Dr Kekitiinwa concluded that it is possible to deliver ART safely to children with good quality clinical care without the need for routine monitoring. She noted that monitoring weight gain could be an important indicator of first line failure. However she added that there might be a role for targeted CD4 monitoring from the second year of ART.
"Resources should be focused on getting as many children onto treatment as possible rather than providing routine laboratory monitoring to fewer on ART", she said.
She also noted that ARROW analyses did not find routine laboratory monitoring cost effective. These data were shown in a separate poster authored by Paul Revill and colleagues from the trial group.6
Analyses restricted to 12-228 weeks from starting ART revealed mean total costs per child of $2068 (laboratory) and $1532 (clinical), driven by higher costs with laboratory monitoring ($679 vs $25), although these were slightly offset by lower hospitalisation costs ($105 vs $145). There was an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio per life-year gained of $595,870. In weeks 52-228, mean total costs and life-years were $1536 and 3.37 (laboratory) compared to $1131 and 3.34 (clinical), leading to an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio per life-year gained of $14,560.
Removing the toxicity monitoring tests from the evaluation gave incremental cost-effectiveness ratio per life-year gained of $356,500 and $3,121 in weeks 12-228 and 52-228 respectively. In weeks 52-228, in <3-, 3- to 6-, 7- to 11-, and >11-year-olds these values were $56,784, $19,242, $11,235, and $3,144 respectively.
Continuing Cotrimoxazole With ART Beneficial
An important sub-study of ARROW looked at continuing daily cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in children on ART. This study found benefit to continuing cotrimoxazole in children on ART for 96 weeks or more, with persisting reductions in hospitalisations for malaria and other infections across all ages and CD4 levels.2
Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi showed these data in an oral presentation following the main trial results. She explained that DART showed the benefit of continuing with cotrimoxazole in adults in the first 18 months of ART but there are no data on discontinuation in children. Based on expert opinion the WHO recommends that children >5 years who are stable on ART for at least 6 months with CD4 >350 cells/mm3, may stop.
For this analysis, 758 children were randomised to stop (n=382) or continue (n=376) daily cotrimoxazole after median 2.1 years (IQR 1.8 to 2.2) years on ART. Eligible children were aged >3 years, on ART >96 weeks, currently on receiving cotrimoxazole, using insecticide-treated bed-nets if living in malaria endemic areas and had no previous pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). Primary endpoints were hospitalisation or death and grade 3 or 4 adverse events. Secondary endpoints were malaria, pneumonia, and gains in weight, height, BMI and CD4.
At baseline children were a median age of approximately 8 years old with a median CD4 percent of 33%. Dr Bwakura-Dangarembizi noted that this was a substantial improvement compared to 12% when the children entered the trial pre-ART.
The study found children stopping contrimoxazole had higher rates of hospitalisation or death, HR 1.57 (95% CI 1.09 to 2.26), p=0.007. This effect did not vary by age, sex, centre, country or monitoring strategy. Benefits in continuing were greatest in children with the highest CD4 (> 30%), HR 2.15 (95% CI 1.30 to 3.54).
Mortality was low and similar in the two groups, 2/382 and 3/376 in the group that stopped and continued respectively. Increased hospitalisations in the stop group were for malaria (49 vs 2I), HR (stop:continue) 2.10 (95% CI 1.43 to 3.09), as well as non-malarial infections (53 vs 25), particularly pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis.
Overall, grade 3/4 adverse events were similar HR 1.17 (95% CI 0.82 to 1.68), p = 0.39, but there were more grade 4 events in children stopping contrimoxazole, HR 2.03 (95% CI 0.98 to 4.18), p=0.05. This was mostly driven by differences in anaemia (12 stop vs 2 continue).
Changes in height-for-age and CD4 were similar between groups; there was a trend towards greater weight gain in the children that continued contrimoxazole.
Dr Bwakura-Dangarembizi concluded that continuing cotrimoxazole in children on ART for >96 weeks is beneficial, with persisting reductions in hospitalisations for malaria and other infections across all ages and CD4 levels. Based on these results the ARROW investigators recommend that the guidelines for cotrimoxazole should be updated. She stressed that healthcare systems and supply-chains will have to be strengthened to avoid stockouts.
Short-Term Benefits of Induction Strategy Do Not Persist
A late breaker poster authored by Patricia Nahirya-Ntege and colleagues showed results from the induction strategy, which found short-term benefits of four-drug first-line ART do not persist with three-drug maintenance.3
This randomisation was simultaneous with that by monitoring strategy and was to a standard three-drug or four-drug induction first-line ART. All children received an NNRTI, abacavir and 3TC (Arm A received this regimen alone). The children receiving four-drug induction regimens also received AZT. At 36 weeks those on the four-drug regimen reduced treatment to either NNRTI, abacavir and 3TC (Arm B) or abacavir, 3TC and AZT (Arm C).
At the trial end, 371 (93%) Arm A vs 387 (96%) Arm B vs 385 (95%) were still on first-line treatment with the majority on their original regimen. Only 5% switched to second-line ART and this was in similar proportions across the treatment groups.
Thirty children in Arm A, 20 in Arm B and 9 in Arm C stopped first-line nevirapine for TB treatment. In Arm A, nevirapine was mainly substituted with AZT in children less than 3 years old or efavirenz in older children. In the four-drug arms about a third just dropped the nevirapine to continue with three NRTIs.
There was no difference in CD4 percent change to 72 weeks across arms when all children were on three-drugs, p=0.33 or 144 weeks, p=0.69. At week 36 the four-drug (B and C) arms were superior to Arm A; +14.3% versus 12.4%, p <0.001.
At week 24, viral load suppression was significantly greater in induction four-drug arms (B and C) with 88% <400 copies/mL vs 77% arm A, p=0.002, but was similar across all arms by week 48, p= 0.76. At latest retrospective test at a median 3.7 years on ART, 83% A vs 84% B vs 65% C had viral load <400 copies/mL, p< 0.001.
One hundred and fifty seven (40%) A vs 190 (47%) B vs 218 (54%) C children had grade 3/4 events, p<0.001. Increases in arms B and C were driven by increased asymptomatic neutropenia in AZT-containing arms there were only 6 associated drug substitutions. Grade 3/4 anaemia occurred in similar proportions across arms.
The investigators noted that it is unknown whether continuing with four drugs would provide ongoing benefit and they suggested that triple NRTI ART might be useful during relatively short-term TB co-treatment.
Comparison of Ritonavir-Boosted Lopinavir or NNRTI ART and PK With Antimalarials in Ugandan Children
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A few years ago, Ken Block brought his Gymkhana brand to the masses, through his viral videos on YouTube. These videos have set the standard as to what Ken sees as a modern interpretation of a traditional form of racing and in turn have gained over 270 million views worldwide. Gymkhana GRiD is Ken Block's own style of Gymkhana autocross – a form of motorsport where drivers must negotiate a high-speed precision driving course with a pre-determined sequence of drifts, figure 8s, donuts and slaloms.


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University of Delaware Cooperative Extension will offer a three-evening educational series on topics in horse health. All sessions will be held at the Kent County Extension Office, located at the Paradee Center in Dover, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The short course can be attended face-to-face, or through distance technology. A registration fee and advanced registration is required.
The following topics will be covered during the course:
Wednesday, Nov. 6 – Foundations of Equine Health
▪ Basics of anatomy and physiology (cardiovascular, respiratory, and skeletal systems)
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Thursday, Nov. 14 – Economical Veterinary Care and Lameness in Horses
▪ Special guest speaker, Michael Fugaro, VMD, professor of Equine Studies and Staff Veterinarian, Centenary College
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Five Remote Luxury Hotels With Stellar Views
Star seekers are finding it harder than ever to commune with the heavens thanks to all of the gas stations, stadiums, and streetlights that brighten our skies. Thea Klapwald has a look at five remote luxury locations where constellations still burn bright. Photo: Pronghorn Auberge Resort.
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ROCKFORD — The Star 60 stock index finished November above 1,000 for the first time in its 25-year history.
The Register Star created the index in 1988 to track publicly traded companies important to the local economy. It includes such major local employers as United Technologies, Woodward Inc., Mondelez International in Rockford and Loves Park, and Titan International in Freeport.
The index fell severely in the Great Recession, closing February 2009 at 447.2. It's been on a steady and sometimes spectacular rise ever since.
In March, the index closed at 890.1, finally eclipsing the prerecession high of 875.2 at the end of October 2007. At the end of trading in November, the index was at 1,005.9.
Of course, November was a record month for most stock indexes.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 16,000 last month for the first time, while the S&P 500 pushed past the 1,800 level. The Nasdaq topped 4,000, marking the first time the tech-heavy index got that high since March 2000, when the tech bubble burst.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Tamara Pena's 10 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, and three steals helped power the MIT women's basketball team to a 64-32 victory over non-conference foe Fisher College on Saturday afternoon. Winners of three straight, the Engineers (3-2) surrendered the program's fewest points in a game since the 2000-01 season and saw their percentage of bench scoring during the streak move to 43 percent.
Javanna Bernard put the Lady Falcons (1-3) on the board with a three-pointer in the opening minute, but baskets by Anna Merrifield and Pena gave MIT the slim lead (4-3). On its ensuing possession, Fisher went ahead courtesy of Tiffany Beckman's layup at the 16:36 mark. Following almost two minutes of scoreless play, a put-back and free throw from Lauren Sascha Burton ignited a 26-5 run which resulted in a 30-10 advantage for the Engineers. Leslie Wadhams ended the Lady Falcon's nine-minute scoring drought on a jumper with six seconds left before halftime.
MIT maintained its comfortable margin during the second stanza, as its lead eventually grew to 35 points (55-20) with 8:48 left to play. Fisher responded with an 8-2 spurt that featured six points from Wadhams during the next three minutes. The Engineers closed their scoring with seven unanswered points as Beckman registered the Lady Falcon's final points by going 3-of-4 from the charity stripe down the stretch.
Merrifield posted 11 points, including a 9-of-10 performance at the free throw line, to go along with five rebounds, two assists, one steal, and a block. Coming off the bench, Rachel Hunt recorded 11 points, five boards, and two blocks while Kristen Whaley grabbed 10 rebounds. Burton tallied seven boards, five points, and five assists as Marissa Good, Rebecca Odim, and Sydney Beasley each scored seven points.
As a team, MIT led the way in points in the paint (26-8), points off turnovers (28-7), second-chance points (13-3), and bench scoring (24-3).
Beckman compiled 10 points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals, and two blocks for Fisher. Wadhams finished with eight points and eight boards while Bernard contributed seven points. Talia Hyatt paced the Lady Falcons with nine rebounds, featuring six off the offensive glass, as Erin McDonnell snagged two steals.
MIT kicks off New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play on Tuesday, Nov. 30 at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy while Fisher continues its road swing on Saturday, Dec. 4 at Daniel Webster College.


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Wayland Students, employees join forces for day of community service
PLAINVIEW – Giving up a relaxing Saturday is a pretty big deal for most people, but for nearly 300 from Wayland Baptist University, the sacrifice was worth it.
Students, faculty and staff turned out for the university's first Degree of Difference Day on Saturday, each contributing at least five hours of work at service projects throughout the Plainview community, blessed by beautiful weather. Themed "Willing Hands, Servant Hearts," the service day touched a wide variety of residents and agencies.
Teams did construction work on the current Habitat for Humanity house; painted and made minor repairs for the College Hill Day Care Center, Wee Care Child Center, Whiteaker Youth Center, Plainview Christian Academy and Compassionate Care Pregnancy Center; and did office work and organization projects at the Hale County Crisis Center and Vista Care Hospice. Waylandites also picked up trash and weeds at the Plainview Cemetery and marked the graves of Civil War veterans; visited and entertained in three nursing home facilities; created pottery bowls for the Empty Bowls project for hunger relief; cheered on Special Olympics athletes; led a college day on campus for city Girl Scouts, including a basketball camp led by the Flying Queens; and built shelves and organized an office for the Hale County Historical Society.
Nearly 30 individuals worked the UIL Area A 3A Marching Band Contest at Plainview's Bulldog stadium, an event that lasted into the evening. A small team spent their morning making sandwich sack lunches for the working crews and delivering them to each work site, and members of Pi Sigma Sigma math and science fraternity tutored junior high and high school students in the afternoon.
"We were so amazed at both the incredible turnout – nearly 100 percent of those who signed up showed up – and the incredible spirit of those working," said Teresa Young, co-organizer of the event. "I think our students and employees alike had a terrific time working, getting to know Wayland folks they didn't know and learning more about the service agencies in our city. We know we were able to make a difference and give to our community."
Students expressed excitement in being able to share some sweat to make an impact in Plainview, even if it meant doing a job they were not likely to take on normally.
"Working with mentally handicapped people is way out of my comfort zone," said Melissa Knight, a freshman from Prosper. "I was a little apprehensive at first, but once I got there, I just did what I could do to help and it became more comfortable."
Other students found encouragement from the day as they worked alongside students that were unfamiliar and saw the scope of projects the day entailed.
"Sometimes serving in my home church or here at Wayland I get discouraged thinking I'm not doing a lot or being effective," said Tamara Haney, a senior from Shallowater. "But today God reminded me that I'm not alone. His work is always going on, and it encouraged me to continue to work and serve."
By joining as one unit, students learned valuable lessons about the impact that service can make even in tasks that seem minuscule. Joanne Jacob, a freshman from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, had an encounter with a lonely resident at Care Inn that drove this lesson home.
"She was just extremely grateful that we went to see her. It's amazing how much it means to someone when you spend a few hours visiting with them," she said. "It touches your heart to see them so happy by your small sacrifice of a little time."
Christi Shields, a freshman from Smyer, had a similar reflection.
"It helped me realize that the littlest of things mean so much to those receiving," she said. "It means so much more when you do something for others for no money than when you do it to just get paid."
Staff members working alongside WBU students learned not only more about the population they serve in the workplace but more about the community. The students and their attitudes made an impression in particular on Mike Melcher, director of corporate development.
"This made me feel even better about the quality of students we have," he said. "They were all eager to help and didn't gripe and moan. Many times I was asked what else they could do. I'm proud of our kids!"
A residual goal of the service day, according to Young and Hope English, co-organizer, was that students would get "bit by the service bug" and want to continue serving. In that respect, the successes were many.
"One student told me he'd be willing to go back (to College Hill Day Care) and do whatever was needed anytime. That's what this was all about," English said. "You hear about service a lot, but when you get in there and do it, you really get a feel for it. Serving others has brought me such joy, and we said that if we turned one kid on to service it was worth it."
Young said another group of students spent part of their day brainstorming how their group, the Kappa Delta Pi education honor society, could continue to serve the Hale County Crisis Center, calling their assignment a perfect fit.
"We wanted them to know what needs existed in Plainview and how much of a blessing they could receive through serving, let alone how much it blesses those organizations," Young said. "I think we left the Plainview community a little better than we found it today, and that's what God calls us all to do."
One particular student seemed to sum up the day best with her comments.
"It is not what you do that matters but the reason you do it and what your heart is willing to give to that service," said Rachel Stanfield, a freshman from Plainview. "I thought this day was really good. I'm glad I got out of bed for this."
The Degree of Difference Day will continue with a final activity on Monday, Oct. 30, when students from the Division of Fine Arts hit the streets of Plainview to trick or treat for Faith In Sharing House, a Plainview food pantry for the needy. The collection of nonperishable foods will last from 5-9 p.m.


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Officials on Tuesday continued investigating the second round of illnesses in less than a week at a North Baltimore office building but did not quickly find a link between the two bouts.
Still, officials overseeing the investigation are confident that the building is safe and have decided it will be open for business on Wednesday.
The water heater that was identified as the source of last week's sicknesses — more than 20 people reported headaches, breathing problems and dizziness — was taken offline before the building, part of the Johns Hopkins at Keswick campus, was reopened.
But on Monday, about a dozen individuals reported symptoms similar to those experienced by employees last week and the building was again closed.
"To be absolutely clear, we are confident that water in the building is currently safe," said a statement Tuesday evening from Ronald R. Peterson, president of the Johns Hopkins Health System, and Daniel G. Ennis, a finance and administration executive for the Johns Hopkins University.
The heater was removed and replaced over the weekend, officials said. Kitchens, bathrooms and facilities connected to the heater that caused the illness — all on the north side of the campus' south building — have been closed since the first illnesses and will remain closed Wednesday, they said.
"Late [Monday], we learned that the nitrites that made employees sick last Tuesday were accidentally infused last Monday afternoon into the hot water heater serving the affected half of the south building," Peterson and Ennis said. "This knowledge corroborates our strong belief, based on hundreds of tests since last week, that this one hot water heater was the source of those illnesses."
Nitrites, a toxic substance that humans can be exposed to through ingestion, breathing or skin absorption, can cause shortness of breath, dizziness and, in extreme cases, coma or death. It is sometimes used to prevent steel corrosion in boiler systems.
"We have flushed the water in the system repeatedly. And we have tested the water repeatedly. The test results are negative," they said.
The water heater that was removed is estimated to be about 20 years old, said Dennis O'Shea, a spokesman for the Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins does not know the exact date of manufacture or installation, he said.
The heater was last inspected by the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation on July 11, 2011, he said. The inspection is valid for two years, O'Shea said.
"The precautionary closure of the Keswick south building on Tuesday has given us complete confidence that the building is safe for employees," Peterson and Ennis said.
Health department investigators "are continuing their epidemiological investigation of all the illnesses reported at Keswick, those from last week and those from Monday," they said.
Investigators are still trying to determine if the two incidents of sickness are connected, said Tiffany Thomas Smith, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore City Health Department.
Employees worked in the south building on Thursday and Friday last week and most of Monday morning before the second batch of illnesses were reported Monday. Throughout that time the contaminated water heater was out of the picture.
A fire official said Monday's patients were all light-headed and experiencing headaches, weakness, nausea and dizziness.
Although certain that the building is safe, Hopkins is taking extra steps to ensure its employees are comfortable when the building reopens Wednesday, officials said.
Water coolers, filled with water from outside the building, have been installed throughout the south building. An on-site doctor and nurse will also be present.
"We will continue to test water in the building on at least a weekly basis for the foreseeable future," Peterson and Ennis said Tuesday evening.
The contaminated water system will continue to be flushed and facilities that remain closed will be reopened after inspection by the Baltimore health department, they said.
The north building of the Keswick complex, on the eastern edge of Hampden by The Rotunda, is on a separate water systems, the officials said, and no illnesses have been reported there.
The two buildings house about 1,050 administrative workers from the university and health system. The south building was built in 1981.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT's water polo team narrowly fell to Brown University, 10-9, on the second day of the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Northern Division Championships at Harvard University on Sunday morning. After defeating Iona College, 11-10, and falling to host Harvard, 9-6, the Engineers wrapped up the weekend in fourth place with a record of 1-2 and are currently 12-14 on the season.
Sophomores Kale Rogers (Newberg, Ore.) and Ory Tasman (Orlando, Fla.) both scored three goals apiece to lead the Engineers. Rogers also added two ejections drawn and two assists, while Tasman took seven shots, had two ejections drawn, two steals and an assist. Though he did not score any goals this game, freshman Zach Churukian (Menlo Park, Calif.) racked up three steals, three assists and four shots. In net, classmate Nolan Kruse (Orcutt, Calif.) totaled seven blocks and four steals, while allowing 10 goals.
With just one goal scored in the first quarter by Rogers, MIT trailed 3-1 going into the second. Five minutes into the second quarter, Rogers was at it again, scoring his second of the game to lessen Brown's lead to 3-2. Matt Gallas gave the advantage back to the Bears a few minutes later, but Tasman scored his first goal of the game with two minutes left on the clock to take the score to 4-3 heading into the third period.
After junior Kyle Bowman (Millbrae, Calif.) tied the score at four a minute and a half into the third period, MIT took its first lead a minute later with a goal by classmate Dylan Hallman (La Jolla, Calif.), but Brown scored another goal 30 seconds later to, once again, tie the score. With two goals by Tasman and two more from the Bears, the score remained locked at seven heading into the final period.
The Bears took a two-goal lead with less than four minutes remaining on the clock, but goals by Rogers and freshman Patrick Everett (Ann Arbor, Mich.) managed to tie the score at nine with a minute and half left. A turnover led to a Brown goal 10 seconds later and the Bears were able to hold off the Engineers for the last few seconds to preserve their 10-9 victory.
MIT will close its 2013 campaign in two weeks, traveling to Brown for the fourth and final time this season for the CWPA Championships, which will take place from Friday through Sunday, Nov. 22-24.


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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Honey Honey0 comments Posted by Kari at 8:48 AM
Recently I was trolling around looking to see if honey does all it's touted to do for the face. Then I discovered a really delightful DIY mask on ehow.com. The best part? It uses everyday ingredients you have in the house.
Honey Mask
1 T honey
1 t olive oil
Egg yolk
Mix the honey and olive oil together, then add yolk.
Mix until creamy
Apply warm washcloth to your face to open up the pores. Apply mask and let sit for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water followed by a splash of cold water.
According to ehow honey kills germs, reduces swelling and inflammation. The olive oil is used to moisturize the skin without the greasy film other heavy oils can leave behind while the egg yolk is used to remove oil, dirt and the resulting greasy shine from your face. If your feeling particularly harried, add cucumber slices to the eyes to reduce puffiness.
Sometimes I really love being a recessionista.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
MIA0 comments Posted by Kari at 12:11 PM
My apologies for my 2 week absence. Hopefully I'll prepare some worthy content for you, in teh meantime here is an excellent Financial Toolbox article from the people at Kiplinger: click here.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Rich Dad...Stupid Dad?1 comments Posted by Kari at 9:09 AM
Ok, to be fair, I've never read Robert Kiyosaki's books (I know, half of America has..I just never got around to it). The more I hear about the guy the more I really don't like him or his teaching principles. This is a guy who claims the way to make money is through debt?? Granted it's all in building your real estate empire but how relevant is this today given the whole Frannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bear Sterns dibacle?
Most of the reputable personal finance bloggers out there recognize Kiosaki as little more than a guy who can write a pretty word or too with no real sound financial basis. Take for example this great article calle Let's Read Some of Robert Kiyosaki's Drivel at allfinancialmatters.com. The author dissects an article by Kiosaki which claims that mutual funds are no better than playing the lottery. Someone...please explain.
I guess the issue with Kiyosaki is his "win big," "get rich quick" attitude. It's off putting for those who know the road to riches is paid in patience, steady investing and common sense not in finding "the next big thing." Though I do believe risk is a big part in getting pay offs I'd much rather take caluclated risks and follow the advice of someone like Andrew Tobias then take out 70,000 to buy an apartment complex a la Kiyosaki advice. call me crazy....
If you're tempted by the promise of Kiyosaki just check out John Reed's Analysis.
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Monday, September 8, 2008
I Have Found Heaven and It Is Maria Badescu1 comments Posted by Kari at 10:47 AM
So you all know how much I love skincare. I live for this stuff. I'm espcially a huge fan of masks, but at an average of 40 smackeroonies a pop it get s a bit expensive. That is until I found Mario Badescu. Who is he? Mario Badescu has been known for personalized skin care treatments and products. Products and services have been proven to help those suffering from acne, rosacea, aging and other skin problems. He owns a salon in NYC and is known amongst the stars.
Alright, alright enough promoting and let's get to what you all want to know. Is he affordable?? Well in terms of his services, I wouldn't know nor would I fly all the way to NYC to find otu (even I have my limits). However, I have ordered many of his products and can I just say that they are GOOD. Seriously. I was shocked at how gentle they were and how the products that touted a "get glowing skin" braggadocio actually got my skin glowing. What was even more shocking? The surprising costs. Here are some of my favorite products, what I think and how much they are gonna cost you.
Drying Mask- 2 oz, $18.00 This stuff smells awful, I'm pretty sure it has to do with the Colloidal Sulfur based formula. This mask also does exactly what it says: dries existing pimples and oil and helps clarify problematic skin. Soothing Calamine makes this mask safe and gentle for most skin types. Because of it's thick pudding-like consistency a little bit goes a long way.
Drying Lotion- 1 oz, $17.00 Made with Calamine and Salicylic Acid this stuff is pretty intense. You dot it on whiteheads and overnight BAM they are gone! Ok, granted it actually took my unsighlty whiteheads more than overnight to disappear but in 72 hours my breakouts were contained. Use sparingly because this stuff can really dry you out. I bought one 2 months ago and am just now running a bit low. But then...I also used it every night.
Healing and Soothing Mask- 2 oz, $20.00 This mask calms red, irritated skin. I definitely noticed a glow after using it. I love this because it is gentle and cream-based so it doesn't get hard and crackly. Leaves skin nice and soft!
The best part? Each order comes with a bevy of free samples so you can try out some great products of theirs! Each sample has about 4-6 applications worth.
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Beddy Bye1 comments Posted by Kari at 10:28 AM
Have you looked at the price of buying a new bed? Golly gosh, I had no idea these things cost so much! Luckily for you I researched a bit and found some creative ways to make a bed for less. Without further ado, here are some instructions on making a frame from myfamilylovesit.com
2 x 10 x 8 - 6 pieces ($7.99 ea)
3/4 x 49 x 97 MDF - 2 pieces ($22.99)
deck screws
wood glue (optional)
circular saw
power drill/driver
Using the 2×10s create a base that resembles this:
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
giving it to the man3 comments Posted by Kari at 11:33 AM
..and now for something completely different: a very special men's edition of Thrifty Find Thursdays. Remember boys: simplicity is key. And for godssake stay away from striped polos.
Mossimo® Western Shirt, Target $21.99
Levi's® Red Tab™ 527™ Low Rise Jeans, Kohls $34.99
Airwalk Lion Crest Twin Gore, Payless Shoe Source $25.99
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Almost Frugal0 comments Posted by Kari at 2:23 PM
Head on over to Almost Frugal to check out the Festival of Frugality#141!
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Ukulele, whistling, acoustic guitars, cheerful drums, pizzicato strings, finger snaps, clapping, and a catchy vocal line on the back half highlight this way too happy tune. Includes regular version plus a track mix with most of the whistling muted, to best fit your needs. Tuba and chimes are included in the "Old Original Version."
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Twins Take Series In Detroit With Sunday Win
The Twins took two out of three games from the Tigers in Detroit over the weekend, including a 4-3 win Sunday afternoon. Minnesota is 17-19 on the season.
Josmil Pinto, Eduardo Nunez and Eduardo Escobar each had a pair of hits for the Twins, with Nunez and Pinto each getting a run batted in as well.
Starting pitcher Sam Deduno kept the Twins in the game through six innings, allowing three runs on six hits with five strikeouts.
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Los Anglese: Lindsay Lohan's parents have been banned from coming on the actress' upcoming reality TV show.
The actress, who completed her 90-day stint in rehab earlier in July, has struck a deal with Oprah Winfrey's "Own" which will showcase her struggle to rebuild her life.
The 27-year-old's parents Michael and Dina Lohan have been asked not to come on the show as it might confuse the viewers, reports tmz.com.


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Canadian Spy Agency Tracking Users Of Free WiFi At Airports, Hotels, Coffee Shops & Libraries
from the free-wifi dept
Just two months ago, the head of the CSEC, John Foster, insisted that the CSEC does not spy on anyone in Canada:
"I can't comment in detail on the intelligence operations or capabilities of ourselves or our allies. What I can tell you is that CSEC, under its legislation, cannot target Canadians anywhere in the world or anyone in Canada, including visitors to Canada."And yet, as this report shows, they absolutely are collecting tons of data on Canadians and visitors to Canada. And not just a few. The document shows that in a test that "swept a modest size city," they collected information on over 300,000 people. Also, they can then use that information to track where a person goes, creating profiles over time. The document reveals that they're just testing this capability (which was created in coordination with the NSA), but it indicates the plan is for all of the "Five Eyes" countries to use a similar system -- though the reporters say they've been told the system is now fully operational, and not just in test mode.
It's not clear from the document exactly how the CSEC is able to get this data. The CBC report questions a few potential sources, such as key airports and Boingo (the company that supplies WiFi to many public hotspots) and both deny providing the information. The Boingo denial seems reasonable, since in the presentation it actually indicates that they have trouble getting information on users on Boingo's network.
The reporters spoke to multiple experts who all say that there's no possible way that this effort is legal under Canadian law. After all, as Foster himself stated above, the CSEC cannot target anyone on Canadian soil, but they clearly do. The article even quotes Ontario's privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian who seems horrified by this revelation:
Ontario's privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian says she is "blown away" by the revelations.For all the wonders of free WiFi, there's one more downside to keep in mind. If you're using it, you're almost certainly being tracked by a spy agency.
"It is really unbelievable that CSEC would engage in that kind of surveillance of Canadians. Of us.
"I mean that could have been me at the airport walking around… This resembles the activities of a totalitarian state, not a free and open society."


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a question for anyone who can give me some good training tips
hi my name is Amy
I have a shepared chow cross that is about 2ish. She is a resued dog.
When we first had her she took a while to warm up to the family. she would not play with us and just wanted to be left alone outside. my husband could not call her because she would not come to anything he said but would listen to me a little better.
As far as i know she was found on the road and could not walk.
the way she acts seems like she was abused from the way she would always put her head down and is very submissive.
Now i am trying to train my dog Zasta to listen and get her to do things i need to her to like stay go lay down all the simple things right now and im having a hard time getting her to do them.
I will tell her where to go lay down and she walks all over the place or goes where she wants to go and if i go get her to tell her where to be she will not listen i will have to drag her over and she always pees. She acts like shes always getting into big trouble. I have never had a dog with problems or how about to take things slow to get her out of these habits.
the one thing that just gets me is you can try and be clam and as nice as can be about it all and she will always end up peeing and its not just small pee its a big puddle of pee.
If i could have someone plz give me tips or something to help me go about it in the right way.
thanks so much
First off Welcome to the forum!
Others will have better suggestions for sure but I wanted to ask a few additional questions.
But before we start, with respect, dogs don't naturally know how to lie down or stay at a human's command. These things need to be taught so even though it's simple to you, your dog is not finding them simple....and this is NORMAL. Depending on how badly she may have been abused, this may also come into play...but it can be solved with patience good training and love in the vast majority of cases.
Please also know that most dogs want to please you and this sounds like a submissive dog. I say this because the peeing she is doing sounds like 'submissive urination'. Dogs do this to show you that they are submissive and it has nothing to do with housebreaking. Basically (if I understand this correctly) by peeing in this way (while being dragged) your dog is telling you that you are the superior and that your dog just wants to follow your lead. It's actually quite sad because the dog is trying to communicate with you in a delicate way, but we humans never see urination (even submissive urination) on the floor as delicate. We think it comes from a place of malice when it does not.
The problem is that you are not understanding each other.
1 - has the dog mastered sitting?
Meaning the dog sits every time you say sit. If the answer is no, imo that's the first command you should work on as it's a much easier one than 'lie down over there.' The dog needs to master each task before moving on to another task...especially harder tasks.
2 - How long have you had the dog?
That piece of info will be useful to other that I hope can help here.
3 - Would you consider obedience training (please say yes )
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There are some very knowledgable members here that will be able to provide great advice but to me it seems that you need to focus on building her self esteem and your bond and only then worry about her following commands etc. Training can be a great form of bonding but she seems too stressed during training hence the peeing - how about long walks with her and lots of playtime - these would help establish a bond and trust. Positive reinforcement (if she did something good give her treat/toys/petting to show her that she is a good girl and you are proud.
I am curious what other members think....
Monkey and Amy (cats)
Jermy (GSD)
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First of all, thank you so much for adopting a rescue. How long have you had Zasta?
I would love for you to take a look at this website. It's full of informative articles and dozens of videos to get you to train her so that it's fun for both of you. Please go slowly and with lots of patience and, once Zasta has mastered one, move on to another. I promise you'll have loads of fun and you'll start to see her come out of her shell. I would recommend you view the first three videos and then start with "Teach Your Dog His Name" that's a little further down the list. Even if you think she knows it, it might be a good idea to get her to positively associate her name with good feelings. It'll be a great start. http://www.dogmantics.com/Dogmantics...ideo_List.html
And please let us know how you're all coming along. Photos of Zasta are always welcome (actually, we insist ).
Edited to add: If there's one one book you should read to learn more about positive dog training, especially given the fact that Zasta is so submissive, this is the book you should try to get your hands on.... The Power Of Positive Dog Training, 2nd edition, by Pat Miller. You can get a preview here (where I order my books from): http://www.dogwise.com/itemdetails.cfm?ID=DTB723
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Last edited by luckypenny; May 27th, 2011 at 11:59 PM.
I have had Zasta for just a year now.
I can get her to sit but when i tell her things its not like come here all them long words in it its come, stay, down. things like that
I might have sounded mean when i said dragging her to where i want her to go. lol i didnt mean for it that way. what i mean is like i will point or stand to where i want her to go lay down and there is times were she will do as she is asked right away but at other times when she dont want to listen. Like i will say come and if she dose not come the first time i will go get her and try walking her over to were i want her to be and then when she dont want to listen is when she will not want to give in thats when it feels like i gotta pull her over to where i want her to be.
there is things that she was great at when i did get her was she has NEVER ever taken off on us off leash in public. she loves animals we take her to the dog part when we can and like i do have another dog that is about 2 years old now she is a small chiu. they play very well.
I have gotten her now tho to go sleep in a kennel that took about a year to get her to wanna just go in there on her own. but i would leave it out in the living room for her at all times and i think the trick was i started feeding the dogs in there cuz they were eating each others food and one would get some or none lol.
I do play lots with her well try lots like now thats all she ever wants to do is play witch i love.
I do try when playing with her to do the simple things like try staying get her laying down all them things but when she dont want to she will just give up and not want to anymore and just from there not listen for a while.
with the peeing to every time we let her in the basement she will go down to just pee right away.
I can say i do watch tons of at the end of my leash show i love it and try doing things on there. some things i dont know how to say the things she dose wrong in a way. I do try getting help with my husband trying to show me how to walk her better or say things like well i need help but i dont get it so im alone on it lol.
for the dog training part i live in leduc and i have not been able to find one in town. I dont drive and my husband wont pay the money for me to go into one. I would love to take classes cause i know it would help me out so much more.
You've gotten some great advice from others above. I would add that often we assume that dogs understand things when they really don't. I did a test a few weeks ago with my dog and was quite astounded to learn that cues I thought he knew he really didn't. I do regular weekly training classes with him and he is five. He understands all of the commands but where we get crossed up is that we humans give so many unconscious cues that dogs interpret as the actual cue.
Sounds confusing but for example if I stand totally still and make no eye contact with my dog and give the command he did not comply with all my commands. If I gave that same command but join it with a hand/body signal or just the way I glance then he is quick to comply. That taught me that sometimes our cue is not what the dog thinks it is. When you add in that your dog is quite submissive it is quite possibly that she just gets overwhelmed and shuts down when she doesn't understand.
LP's book and video suggestions are excellent. I personally am not a fan of the "end of my leash" show. I think Brad's techniques can be useful for some dogs (confident, pushy) but a dog like the one that you describe will do soooooo much better with positive training methods (treats, clicker, praise, play etc). You need to work so that your dog thinks you are the best thing ever and has great trust and respect for you. In return you need to be sure to never push your dog beyond where she is comfortable and listen to her body language to know when she is overwhelmed.
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Jeremy Lafrentz from Backstage Entertainment interviews Trivium in Lincoln, NE
"This Tour is AMAZING!! That is all. Carry on." That is a direct quote on Facebook from the band Thy Will Be Done posted the night before their show in Lincoln, NE, on November 13th. That pretty much summed up the night as well. Trivium, DevilDriver, After The Burial, and Thy Will Be Done had a tour stop at The Bourbon Theatre. From the first song of the night to Trivium's last, the show did not disappoint at any time.
During the night, Backstage Entertainment got a chance to interview all four bands to talk about the tour, what's coming up for each band, their new music, and more. First, we had Mike from DevilDriver and he talked about the new album, "Winter Kills," how fans have told him he looks like Corey Taylor, and how the band's fame affects them in public. After sitting down with Mike, we walked a block from The Bourbon to Trivium's bus where we sat down with Paolo and Corey in our second interview of the night. These guys had a lot of fun with the "BSE Box" and answering fan questions as well as talking about the new album, "Vengeance Falls," which is out now.
Heading back to The Bourbon, we went downstairs for our next two interviews. Meeting with J. Costa and Kurt from Thy Will Be Done, this interview brought out the impressions as well as talk of their album, "Temple." Then Lee from After The Burial as well as the band's buddy, Chris, sat down with us in our final interview of the night. As the interview went on more band members joined in and we all had fun with the fan submitted questions and actions. After The Burial is really excited for their album, "Wolves Within," to be released on December 17th, which was a topic of discussion in the interview as well.
Make sure to check out the links below to watch the interviews and see the photos from the night.
Article courtesy of Jeremy Lafrentz of Backstage Entertainment. Check out their interviews, photos and contests to win autographed prizes by going to their Facebook page and clicking "Like" on the page: Backstage Entertainment.


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Summer in the Square: Performance by Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (Union Square Park)
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For over 30 years, Peridance Capezio Center has been a core member of New York City's dance community. Home to all styles and all levels of dance, the school provides a broad spectrum of over 250 weekly adult and children's dance classes in a nurturing, professional environment. Experience Peridance's amazing performances or participate in an exhilarating dance class each Thursday during Summer in the Square, beginning at 5 p.m. on the South Plaza of Union Square Park.
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Turn It Up Australia — Brand New Melges Sportboats Are All The Rage
8 January 2010
This weekend, another brilliant step in the ever progressive Melges 32 and Audi Melges 20 fleets happens in Australia. Reigning Farr 30 World Champion Guy Stenning takes his brand new Melges 32 Optimum out for a stroll. By looking at the Photos, guaranteed this was no normal act of 'walking the dog,' in fact it's electric.
The energy surrounding the fleets worldwide has turned the sportboat industry on its ear. So, listen up! The Melges 32 is here to stay and by far is the best alternative, big boat option. Plenty of speed, unprecedented power, simple to sail and a Melges style competitive attitude surrounds its entire being. Owners just can't seem to get enough of this major powerhouse.
The first wave of Audi Melges 20s to the land down under has also arrived. Surely, it too will be equally successful with its no-hiking, legs-in, simple, fun and fast sailing features.
Melges Europe President, Federico Michetti has traveled to Australia, standing firm alongside of Heath Walters at Northshore Yachting trading as Melges Asia Pacific for the big delivery and push. "The Melges 32 has always been popular in Australia, and with this delivery, there are more great things to come." said Michetti. "Also, with the arrival of the Audi Melges 20s, the future looks very bright."
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Everyone is cordially invited to join Federico, Heath Walters and new owner Guy Stenning this weekend at CYC in Sydney, January 09-10 from 10am - 3pm for presentations on boat sportboats, demos and test sails this weekend. To make an appointment, call 0418 229 961.


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Since breaking up with her super-sized 35-year-old ex Wladimir Klitschko, Hayden Panettiere has moved on to a shorter, younger man ... NY Jets wide receiver Scotty McKnight.
Hayden and her 5'11, 23-year-old baller were spotted at Mel's Diner in West Hollywood on Thursday.
The 21-year-old blonde has gone from giants to Jets.
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How Louisville and Florida Met in the 2013 Allstate Sugar BowlWith sections of the Superdome crowd chanting "Charlie, Charlie, Charlie" at the end of the 79th Sugar Bowl, it was hard not to think of Louis Montgomery, the Boston College player who because of social conventions of the day couldn't participate in the 1940 game.
The appreciative chant from red-clad fans was for Louisville's Charlie Strong, the first African-American head coach in Sugar Bowl history. It was a thought-provoking moment, symbolic of the historic landmarks and surprise happenings that highlighted the 79th Sugar Bowl.
This could have been a hum-drum affair. What appeared at first glance to be a football game destined to be forgotten soon after the final seconds dissipated from the Superdome clock turned into a highly memorable experience, filled with unexpected, and singular occurrences.
First things first. A four-team playoff was put into gear for two years hence when the BCS contract ran its course. Then the Sugar Bowl was involved in one of the biggest changes in its unbroken lineage which stretched back to the middle of the Great Depression when the SEC and Big 12 announced their champions were going to meet in a "Challenge Bowl" after two more seasons.
If the champs of either league were involved in the playoffs, then "another deserving team would get the slot," read the announcement.
The original blueprint was scatter-shooting since in the 14 years of the BCS format, either the SEC or Big 12 champion had been in the title game 11 times.
As it turned out, CEO Paul Hoolahan led a determined bid and the Sugar Bowl beat out the Cotton Bowl for the rights to host the game beginning in 2015, and that it would be the venue for four national semifinal games at least four times in the ensuing 12 seasons.
With that done, what seemed to be the future came into view with either SEC runner-up Georgia or Florida, the third-ranked team in the BCS but out of the SEC Championship Game, heading to New Orleans against Big 12 co-champion Oklahoma.
The match-up didn't happen, and the Sugar Bowl had no choice in its opponents. It was forced obligated to pair Florida and Louisville because of BCS rules. The Gators because they were third in the final BCS standings, had to be taken instead of the Bulldogs or LSU. Also guaranteed spots in the BCS were Louisville, the Big East champ, and Northern Illinois, from the Mid-American Conference. The Huskies qualified for the BCS by finishing 16th and ahead of two BCS conference champions. Due to many factors, including a stronger history and an enthusiastic fan base, the Sugar Bowl opted for 22rd-ranked Louisville over NIU, which then went to the Orange Bowl.
It may have seemed like a bad deal from the standpoint of national interest at first glance, but it turned into a blessing from an artistic standpoint. But at the time the pairing was announced, no one outside of Kentucky was buying it. Florida opened as a 13-and-a-half point favorite – and many thought that was being kind.
ESPN's NFL draft analyst Todd McShay picked the Gators to win by 17 points; college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit said Louisville had no shot and predicted a Florida rout; Another analyst, David Pollack, said the Gators would win by 15 and it would feel like 30.
Coach Will Muschamp's Florida squad featured one of the nation's best defenses, one that kept the Gators in every game they took the field in.
This bunch allowed 282 total yards a game to rank fifth nationally, and 12.9 points per game to rank third nationally with the lowest yield of any Florida team in a half century. Florida was never more than 10 points behind in any of their 12 games, and won 11 of them. The Gators only defeat came at the hands of Georgia, 17-9, when the Gators turned the ball over four times.
Its weakness, which was the offense, was covered up by the smothering defense. What seemed to be a "as good as it needs to be offense" was aided by a big, strong defensive line and the nation's No. 1 pass defense, both of which constantly put the offense in favorable field position and garnered an abundance of turnovers, 19 interceptions and 10 fumble recoveries.
Still, that Gator defense was good enough to beat almost any team – and did, against such highly-ranked opponents as Texas A&M, LSU and South Carolina.
Louisville was coached by Strong, who had just turned down the chance to become head coach at tradition-laden Tennessee to stay with Louisville. Keeping him was a major coup because the Cardinals played in the lightly regarded Big East, a the league itself that was in a transitional phase and losing some of its strongest members in the process – including Louisville which it was planning to leave in two seasons for the Atlantic Coast Conference.
This seemingly was not a stable platform to showcase a team, though Strong and many of his players seemed determined to show the Big East was not just a doormat.
The Cardinals were supplied by 34 players from the state of Florida, where Strong had been an assistant for 15 years, and not only knew some of the Gators but helped recruit them.
His blueprint when he took over three seasons earlier was to cherry-pick some of the overflow of Sunshine State prospects. One that listened was a mobile true sophomore quarterback from Miami, Teddy Bridgewater.
Bridgewater passed for 2,452 yards and 25 touchdowns with a 70 percent completion rate in Louisville's 10-2 season, and became the linchpin for the Cardinals' 10-2 season.
Knowing of Bridgewater from their high school years, after studying film of his upcoming opponent, Gator All-American safety Matt Elam proclaimed Bridgewater the best quarterback the Gators had faced all season. He emphatically added, "Hands down."
Recap by Sugar Bowl historian Marty Mulé, an award-winning sportswriter who covered college football and the Sugar Bowl for the New Orleans Times-Picayune for 33 years.


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Nokia has continued to cut jobs and close down facilities, now the company has finalised plans to close their handset factory in Salo, Finland. Being a European handset maker, it's a shame that it's having to move manufacturing to cut costs during troubled times.
Nokia made its last mobile phone on Wednesday at the Salo plant and 780 people will unfortunately lose their jobs during this year. We reported on the first Lumia Windows Phone rolling off the assembly line at the new plant in Argentina earlier in the month.
via: The Nokia Blog