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Not long ago, older pets had a higher risk of dying from general anesthesia. Today, medical advances have improved their chances of survival.
"The safety of anesthesia has been drastically improved," said Jeff Ko, a board certified veterinary anesthesiologist and professor at Purdue University.
Newer anesthesia allows pets to wake up more quickly, and free from pain, he said.
"The standard of care has been raised. Anesthesia in veterinary medicine is relatively safe, though we still have fatalities," he said. "But owners should not worry about it as much."
More caution is used when treating older pets, he said, because underlying health conditions can cause complications.
"There are more situations that tend to make anesthesia a bit more complicated, in a sense, because geriatric (senior) animals have liver and cardiac conditions, are diabetic, or have other problems associated with the aging process, just like humans. They do carry higher risk than younger patients," he said.
Blood tests
Pre-screened blood tests are important to determine if pets have underlying health problems, which help veterinarians choose drugs with fewer risks.
"It's a very vital tool for us to have, to get an important clue about how well the animal is doing. If we detect some problems, it may demand further evaluation," said Ko. "If the pet is not eating or drinking very well, we could determine by looking at its blood work what kind of fluids we should use, what kind of complications may arise, and what drugs we should pick to avoid potential problems."
Most university teaching hospitals require blood work within two weeks of a general anesthetic procedure, he said.
"Especially if there would be surgical trauma, we prefer to have blood work to prevent complications," he said.
Pre-screened blood tests will show whether an animal has liver or kidney problems, "the two main organs that metabolize drugs."
Most veterinarians offer the tests, said Ko. If not, owners should request them.
Dr. Michael Stone, of Oak Harbor Veterinary Clinic, agrees. He conducts pre-screened blood tests on all dogs and cats over eight-years-old.
"It's part of the costs of surgery and treatment," said Stone. "It really scares me to go into an older patient without blood work. If we have compromised health, we're definitely not going to do that animal any justice without it."
Older animals require careful selection of anesthesia or sedation that has fewer serious side effects, such as respiratory depression, said Stone.
"I don't want to condemn a dog just because it's 10-years-old - that it can't have its teeth cleaned or a lump removed because of age. It isn't fair and it's not appropriate," he said. "With the anesthetics we have now, I usually tell people to let the animal do the talking. Our aged patients are evaluated. We do a short blood panel, look at their liver, kidney function, total protein, glucose, white blood cells, clotting ability, and an electrocardiogram."
"Geriatric patients present special concerns," said David Boudouris, a veterinarian at Country Squire Animal Hospital in Oregon. "The first step is to assess their health. They may need blood tests. We have a variety of anesthetics which can be administered to best suit the patient."
Some drugs are "friendlier" than others on the liver, heart and respiration rate, said Ko.
"There are some drugs that are better for some conditions than others," he said.
For example, a drug that caused a harmful reaction in a dog should be avoided in the future.
"It should change a vet's course of thinking for selection of the drug," he said. "I think that piece of information is very important."
Owners have a right to know about the possible side effects of anesthesia, he said. "But you also have to trust that the surgeon picked a drug that is suitable for your pet."
Monitoring an animal's condition after surgery is just as important as during surgery.
Older pets, in particular, are prone to complications and should be closely monitored in recovery, said Ko.
"They take longer to wake up," he said.
Monitoring, for example, includes providing oxygen to a dog with breathing difficulties, he said. "In some situations, we wouldn't even put the dog in recovery, but in an intensive care unit, especially geriatric dogs that undergo significant surgeries."
In recovery, preventive measures, such as heating blankets, are provided to geriatric and pediatric patients.
Seniors, defined as those that are at least eight-years-old, or five-years-old for giant breeds, should have their vital signs monitored more frequently, particularly during a difficult recovery, whether or not they're experiencing pain, said Ko. Seniors are more susceptible to low blood pressure and body temperature.
Some breeds with short snouts, such as boxers or pugs, require special attention because they tend to have upper airway obstructions during recovery, said Ko.
"Fatalities can happen during recovery if precautions are not taken," he said.
Animals should be waking up within a couple hours of surgery, he said.
If recovery is prolonged, the vet should re-evaluate the drugs that were administered to determine if a dog is suffering from adverse drug reactions, which may be reversed.
"In some instances, they may be able to use another drug to shorten its effect," said Ko. In an emergency situation, pain management then becomes secondary.
"Your goal is to make sure the dog is waking up, complete," he said.
"And if there are some potential complications, vets should call the pet's owner to let them know that some situation happened," he said.
How well a hospital communicates with pet owners is a measure of its "quality of care," he said.
"That shows their compassionate care through the patient. They communicate with the owners so they feel comfortable. I'm pretty sure that's a hospital you want to go back to," he said.
"We believe very strongly in communicating with our pet owners," said Boudouris. "We make ourselves very available to them to address their questions and concerns. We are dealing with pets that can't communicate with us and we rely on their owners to be advocates for them so we have the best outcomes. We are a team with the owners and they need to be informed so that we can work together."


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NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping to shake off the winter sales doldrums with its biggest spring sales push ever.
The company is discounting more than 60 outdoor essentials from lawn mowers to mulch by 30 percent to 50 percent.
The sale starts Friday and will run through March 29.
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Re: Democracy in the country that gave birth to democracy
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 8:27 am
As for Greece ... this is an exemple to follow :
SönamIn Iceland, the people has made the government resign, the primary banks have been nationalized, it was decided to not pay the debt that these created with Great Britain and Holland due to their bad financial politics and a public assembly has been created to rewrite the constitution.
And all of this in a peaceful way. A whole revolution against the powers that have created the current global crisis. This is why there hasn't been any publicity during the last two years: What would happen if the rest of the EU citizens took this as an example? What would happen if the US citizens took this as an example.


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The rules for the letter that we are stopping on with are the same as if we were continuing, so we read a qalqalah letter which has either a kasrah or dhammah on it, as we do when continuing, but giving the kasrah or dhammah only 1/3 of the normal amount of vowel count, and lower our voice. An example is: . When stopping on this word with , we would give the kasrah on the daal only 1/3 of a normal vowel count, and treat the daal as we would if we were continuing. Since the letter is read with the vowel, and treated as when continuing, there would be no qalqalah.
The definition of is: Weakening of the sound with a vowel until most of its sound disappears with that weakening.
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The Minneapolis Somali Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence Project was developed to answer the question, "Is there a higher prevalence of ASD in Somali children who live in Minneapolis versus non-Somali children?" The project looked at information on children who were between the ages of 7 to 9 during the year 2010. At least one parent was required to have been a resident of Minneapolis in 2010.
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Q&A About Minneapolis Somali Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence Project
The University of Minnesota was funded to answer questions about the number of Somali and non-Somali children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Minneapolis. Below are key findings from this project.
To date, this is the largest project to look at the number and characteristics of Somali children with ASD in any U.S. community. However, these findings are limited to Minneapolis, and there are many challenges in identifying autism spectrum disorder in small, ethnically diverse groups.
These findings tell us that there are differences in the number and characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorder across certain racial and ethnic groups in Minneapolis.
The findings do not tell us why these differences exist.
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Questions about the results:
- How does the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders among Somali children in Minneapolis compare to other groups of children in Minneapolis?
Somali and White children in Minneapolis were about equally likely to be identified with autism spectrum disorder. Somali and White children were more likely to be identified with autism spectrum disorder than Black and Hispanic children.
The Somali estimate of 1 in 32 compares to 1 in 36 White children, 1 in 62 Black children and 1 in 80 Hispanic children.
Overall, about 1 in 48 children aged 7-9 years in 2010 were identified as having autism spectrum disorder in Minneapolis.
- What other differences appear in the findings for Minneapolis Somali children with autism spectrum disorder?
Somali children with autism spectrum disorder were more likely to also have intellectual disability than children with autism spectrum disorder in all other racial and ethnic groups in Minneapolis. We don't know why. Future research could look at whether Somali children with ASD in other communities are also more likely to have intellectual disability, and if so, what might put them at higher risk for having both conditions.
- How does the Minneapolis prevalence data compare to prevalence studies for children in other communities?
These prevalence estimates are higher than most other communities where CDC has tracked autism spectrum disorder, especially the prevalence estimates for Somali and White children. However, it is difficult to compare the estimates in Minneapolis with the estimates from CDC's tracking system because they come from different points in time. Also, CDC's estimate is an average based on 14 diverse communities across the United States, whereas these estimates are based on only one urban community.OTBT Womens Womens Truckage OTBT Black U8HwraxUq
More information as needed: In March 2012, CDC reported that about 1 in 49 children in Newark, New Jersey (20.5 per 1,000) and about 1 in 47 children in northern Utah (21.2 per 1,000) were identified as having autism in 2008. These estimates are similar to the overall prevalence estimate from Minneapolis.
CDC does not report estimates for Somali children. The highest estimate reported by CDC based on race/ethnicity is 1 in 25 White children in northern Utah (40.0 per 1,000) in 2008.
- How do these results compare to results of autism prevalence studies in other immigrant communities?
A study published last year found that children of mothers who migrated to Sweden from Sub-Saharan African were more likely to have autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability than other children. Our findings are in line with those results and highlight the need for additional research in this area.
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- How do these estimates relate to the national average?
These prevalence estimates are higher than most other communities where CDC has tracked autism spectrum disorder, especially the prevalence estimates for Somali and White children. However, it is difficult to compare the estimates in Minneapolis with the estimates from CDC's tracking system because they come from different points in time. Also, CDC's estimate is an average based 14 diverse communities across the United States whereas these estimates are based on only one urban community.
What we know for sure is that these children and families living with autism in Minneapolis continue to need support.
The overall prevalence of autism among children in Minneapolis is fairly similar to the parent-reported prevalence of 1 in 50 that was reported in March 2013 by CDC (NSCH). Does that mean this is the true prevalence? We cannot make a direct comparison between these two prevalence estimates. They use different methods, are from different timeframes, cover different age ranges, and cover different geographic areas.
CDC's estimate of 1 in 50 is based on parent reports representing children aged 6-17 years across the United States from 2011 to 2012. The University of Minnesota's estimate is based on CDC's gold standard method for tracking autism and includes only children aged 7-9 from Minneapolis. No matter what, we know that many children and families living with autism in Minneapolis continue to need services and supports.
- What do the project findings tell us about when ASD is being diagnosed for Minneapolis children?
The age at first ASD diagnosis was around 5 years for Somali, White, Black, and Hispanic children. This means that many children in Minneapolis are not being diagnosed as early as they could be. The average age of first autism spectrum diagnosis was 5 years 3 months for Somali children, 5 years 1 month for Black children, 4 years 8 months for White children, and 4 years 5 months for Hispanic children.
Children with ASD can be reliably diagnosed around 2 years of age. More needs to be done to understand why children with ASD, especially those who also have intellectual disability, are not getting diagnosed earlier in Minneapolis.
- Do these results tell us anything about the reasons for a higher prevalence of ASD for children in Minneapolis?
Pack 2 Women's Bellarina Half Toe ToeSox Multicoloured Bundle These findings tell us that there are differences in the number and characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorder across certain racial and ethnic groups in Minneapolis. The findings do not tell us why these differences exist. These findings support the need for additional research on why and how autism spectrum disorder affects Somali and non-Somali children and families differently. What we know for sure is that children and families living with ASD in Minneapolis continue to need support and that they are not being identified as early as they could be. These new findings can be used to understand where improvements can be made so that all children in Minneapolis are identified and connected to appropriate services as soon as possible.
- What are possible next research steps?
We do not know why Somali and White children had more autism spectrum disorder than Black and Hispanic children in Minneapolis. More research is needed to understand how and why autism spectrum disorder affects Somali and non-Somali children and families differently.
We also do not know why Somali children with autism spectrum disorder were more likely to also have intellectual disability than other children with ASD. Further research can build upon this finding to better understand this difference using different types of studies.
General questions:
- What is autism spectrum disorder?
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication, and behavioral challenges. Symptoms of ASD appear in early childhood. It is usually a lifelong disorder, although symptoms change over time and with development. People with ASD have a different way of understanding and reacting to people and events in their world. These differences are caused by the way their brains process information.
- Why do we need to know how many children have ASD?
Knowing how many children have autism can help communities develop realistic plans to support these children and their families. Resources required include therapies, specially trained teachers, diagnosticians, health care providers, and related service professionals. Understanding the number and characteristics of children who have ASD is key to promoting awareness of the condition and identifying important clues for further research.
- What was the project goal?
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- Why focus on the Somali community?
This project was focused on autism among Somali children because of community questions around the number and characteristics of Somali children compared with non-Somali children.
- In 2008, community concerns arose in Minneapolis about an unexpectedly high number of Somali children in an autism pre-school program. The Minnesota Department of Health confirmed that 2 to 7 times more Somali children were enrolled in the program than non-Somali children, although this study had several limitations.
- In October 2010, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee requested that federal agencies support additional autism activities in Minneapolis.
- In 2011, CDC, NIH, and Autism Speaks funded the University of Minnesota to examine whether autism spectrum disorder is more common among children of Somali descent compared to children of other racial and ethnic groups using CDC's method for tracking autism spectrum disorder.
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This project adopted CDC's method for estimating the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among children in a community. Project staff looked at information on children who were between the ages of 7 and 9 during 2010. At least one parent had to be a resident of Minneapolis in 2010. We collected information from children's records at community sources that educate, diagnose, treat, and provide services to children with developmental disabilities. Specifically, we reviewed records for documented signs and symptoms related to autism and abstract relevant information from these records. A panel of expert clinicians then reviews all information for a given child to determine if that child meets our tracking system's autism classification, which is currently based on DSM-IV-TR criteria. The information from all children's records was collected and reviewed the same way using the same criteria.
- How have quality and accuracy of results been ensured?
Established protocols have been followed in the planning, gathering, and analysis of all data. Specifically, the standard criteria used as part of the ADDM Network method ensures that all records are evaluated and reviewed the same way and all children are defined as having ASD using the same definition. CDC, NIH, and Autism Speaks have monitored the project throughout its duration to ensure adherence to CDC methods.
- What role has the Somali community had in the project?
The U of M has involved the Somali community since the beginning of the project through use of a community advisory group. It included Somali parents, advocates, health care professionals, and others who care deeply about the community and results of this project. The advisory board assisted the project staff in understanding how to best reach the Somali community, learning what is important to the community and in better understanding how ASD is affecting individuals and families in the community. In addition, Somali community facilitators were hired to be part of the project and work directly with the Somali community. The project was introduced at community meetings, mosques, Somali run television and radio shows, Somali newspapers, and websites, as well as through informal community gatherings. In addition, the research team included a Somali community leadership liaison who served as a bridge between the community advisory group, the community facilitators, and the research team. This person attended research team meetings and shadowed some of the data collection process.
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We've got an update on the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. The Connecticut police held a press conference this morning to share more information with the public and the details, of course, are heart-wrenching. There's new info on how, exactly, suspected shooter Adam Lanza entered the locked school, how police communicated with the victims' parents, and how the investigation is progressing.
The victims have been positively identified, but they haven't released the list of names and birthdays. Seeing the birth dates next to the names, for most of us, will be simply devastating, as most will have been born between five and ten years ago.
Officials explain that the immediate families of the victims have been assigned their own trooper or officer to keep an open line of communicaiton, which, thank goodness -- I find it reassuring to know these heartbroken families are getting at least temporary support and protection as they try to deal with it all.
There were initial reports that suspected shooter Adam Lanza was let into the school because he was either a parent of a student, or the son of a teacher, but neither is the case. The doors were locked -- principal Hochsprung had installed doors that automatically lock at 9:30 a.m. -- and police say the shooter forced himself in, and that they know the point of forced entry.
Twenty-eight are dead, including 20 children, the shooter's mother (who was found shot at her home), and the school's principal.
The weapons used were two pistols, a Glock and a Sig Sauer. A .223-caliber rifle was found in the trunk of the car that Lanza drove to the school. The guns were registered to his mother, Nancy. Police say they went to area shooting ranges to see if Lanza had trained or practiced there, but found no evidence of such.
Adam Lanza's brother Ryan, 24, was originally thought to be the suspect, but police have cleared him. Ryan's ID was found on Adam, causing the confusion. Reportedly, Ryan was at work at Ernst & Young in Times Square when the massacre occurred.
There are still major crime detectives working at the scene at the school, and it could take another two days to finish the investigation. Police say they need to examine every crack and crevice, including the outside of the school.
The "why" of the whole thing, though, still remains a mystery. There have been reports that Adam had an argument with his mother, but why that would provoke him to open fire in a kindergarten classroom is still unclear.
Some sources are claiming Adam Lanza was some sort of autistic savant, a troubled genius, a "weird" kid. As we learn more, perhaps it will become evident why Adam allegedly decided to commit such a heinous and unfathomable crime.
Officials say they have "good evidence" that will hopefully paint a better picture of what went down, but, like most, I don't know if I'll ever be able to understand what happened December 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary school.
If you wish to talk about the incident, there's a crisis intervention line you can call -- 203-270-4283.
What details of the shooting do find most surprising?


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Big Lazy Robot Leverages iPi Motion Capture to Bring Futuristic World To Life In 'Keloid'
October 1, 2012 12:17 am
Tags: 3D, CG, Film, iPi Soft, Motion Capture
Markerless Motion Capture Technology Facilitates Intricately Choreographed Robot Soldiers' Performance in Short Film Trailer
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – The world of "Keloid" (http://www.k3loid.com/) -- as realized in the intense two-minute, CG trailer for the future sci-fi feature created by Barcelona, Spain-based design/animation boutique Big Lazy Robot (http://www.biglazyrobot.com/) -- brims with danger, intrigue and a nightmarish future robot society, brought to life thanks to their inventive use of iPi Soft's (http://www.ipisoft.com) iPi Motion Capture software.
"We designed iPi Motion Capture with companies like Big Lazy Robot in mind – smart, creative boutiques seeking an easy-to-use and affordable motion capture system to achieve their filmmaking vision, but for whom traditional marker systems and green screen stages are out of practical reach," Michael Nikonov, iPi Soft Founder and Chief Technology Architect, says. "Big Lazy Robot's imaginative use of iPi Motion Capture in conjunction with standard off-the-shelf hardware allowed them to create an amazingly complex, futuristic environment."
Using iPi Motion Capture with two Kinect cameras in concert with Autodesk's 3D Studio Max and Nuke compositing software, the "Keloid" trailer plants the seeds for what Big Lazy Robot hopes to turn into a feature length animated film – something, according to J.J. Palomo, Creative Director of Big Lazy Robot, that will likely begin in early 2013.
"We're mostly known for our visual effects work in advertising, but every now and then we like to experiment and do something on our own to showcase our skills and give free reign to our potential," Palomo says. "One of our animators came up with the idea of a mechanical SWAT force rushing into a clandestine drug lab also operated by robots. The idea was appealing, but we knew the conceptual treatment would require extensive amounts of motion capture to bring the troop of six robot soldiers to life with synchronized military precision as they enter the abandoned warehouse that is the setting for much of the trailer."
For Palomo and the Big Lazy Robot creative team -- Hugo Bermudez (Character Modeling, Concept art); Juan Civera (Character Setup, Character Animation); David Cordero (Character Animation, Editing); and Leopoldo Palomo (Producer) – using iPi Soft's markerless technology on Keloid marked the first time the studio had ever tried motion capture.
"We set up in our office using Kinect cameras, and just loved the outcome," says Palomo. "We used iPi Motion Capture to animate the main robots, and because we wanted a more realistic approach in the biped animation, coupled with our small staff, we could not afford to spend a lot of time digitally animating robots into the scenes."
iPi Motion Capture was used in primarily to capture robots' torso and legs, with arms left as reference mark to be hand animated later on. The animated robots hold their weapons at eye level at all times and explore the environment while aiming them, because of this the Big Lazy Robot animators quickly realized to pull off the action the way they envisioned it they would have to capture the motion of the actors holding a prop rifle, then marry the motion capture to the character rig they designed, except for the arm movements, which were animated separately.
For Palomo, one of the most difficult sequences in the trailer is a scene that is shot about a minute into the trailer in which we all six robot soldiers appear in the frame at the same time.
"We had to devise a bit of choreography to get a shot that was readable and not confusing," Palomo explains. "We worked with 3D Studio Max in BVH format, and loaded the motion capture data onto our more complex rig system, where we could then we could touch up, clean and reanimate.
He adds, "We also recorded different captures that were composited separately during post. The Kinect camera worked great, but it can be limited when trying to depict six characters moving forward in a scene at same time."
iPi Soft is currently working on multiple actor motion capture capability, an enhancement that it hopes to offer customers some time 2013. "For 'Keloid' we used techniques we hadn't tried before," Palomo says. "We never worked on such elaborate, dark atmospheres and close, oppressive scenes with so much intricate lighting. Our understanding of iPi Motion Capture has only begun. Using it on 'Keloid' was a learning process, but now it's a part our pipeline and we're looking forward to future product enhancements that will facilitate a smooth workflow and impact our creativity for years to come."
About iPi Motion Capture
iPi Motion Capture is a markerless motion capture software tool that uses sophisticated image processing and computer vision algorithms to recognize and track the human body. The scalable system supports dual Kinect cameras working at the same time on the same PC capturing complex motions, including 360-degrees turns. It also supports other inexpensive off-the-shelf equipment such as PlayStation Eye cameras and webcams.
iPi Motion Capture brings a totally new workflow paradigm to filmmakers, CG animator broadcast motion graphics designers, videogame developers and prosumers in entertainment, military and other vertical markets. Captured animations do not exhibit artifacts like jitter or foot skate and can be exported in popular animation formats including FBX, BVH and COLLADA. The software is compatible with many leading game engines, 3D software applications and animation rigs, including MAXON CINEMA 4D, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3D Studio Max, DAZ 3D DAZ Studio, Poser, Valve Source Engine, Unreal Engine, Unity and others. It also includes an integrated motion transfer engine and supports accurate motion retargeting for custom rigs. For more information, click here: http://ipisoft.com/products.php
About iPi Soft
Launched in 2008 by CEO and Chief Technology Architect Michael Nikonov, iPi Soft, LLC is the Moscow-based developer of iPi Motion Capture™, a markerless motion capture software tool that uses sophisticated image processing and computer vision algorithms to recognize and track the human body. The company's breakthrough technology digitizes the movement of a human skeleton, rendering it in expressive 3D characters for video games or computer generated films. For additional information, on iPi Soft, product pricing or a 30-day free trial please visit, http://www.ipisoft.com.
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SkyTeam, the second largest global alliance, with 19 airlines on board, offers approximately 16.609 daily flights to 1150 destinations in 177 countries to explore. Whether making a personal journey or doing global business, you'll enjoy more flexibility, convenience and choices along your journey with SkyTeam. SkyTeam also has the only cargo alliance in the world, SkyTeam Cargo.
SkyTeam was established in June 2000 with the participation of four airlines: Aeroméxico, Delta Air Lines, Air France and Korean Air. This year its membership increased to 19. Current members are: Aeroflot, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aeroméxico, Air Europa, Air France, Alitalia, China Airlines, China Eastern, Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, GARUDA INDONESIA, Kenya Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Korean Air, Middle East Airlines, Saudia, TAROM, Vietnam Airlines and Xiamen Airlines.
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Soomaa National Park
Soomaa National Park [1] [2] is in Viljandimaa and Pärnumaa of Estonia. With 390km2 it's the second largest national park in Estonia.
The national park, situated in South West Estonia, has been created to protect large raised bogs, flood plain grasslands, paludified forests and meandering rivers.
Established: 8 December 1993.
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Skill 1d6
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|Mar 21, 2012 6:17 PM ET
|#1 (permalink)
Seven has been filled up, so let the next chapter of general discussion commence!
Overjoyed right now because in the space of fifteen minutes, QPR went from losing 2-0 against Liverpool to winning the game 3-2! Feeling very ill but I was still able to jump on the sofa cheering!
|Mar 21, 2012 10:02 PM ET
|#2 (permalink)
Duh huh.
|Mar 21, 2012 10:33 PM ET
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Sup folks. Enjoying this summer like weather here in New England. Mid to upper 80's all week! Got my first cookout in,steaks on the grill! Last year at this time we had snow still on the ground. Couple more days of warm weather,supposed to be 56 this saturday,more normal temps for this area,this time of year. Thinking of breaking out shorts,and putting on the wife beater tommorrow. Mid 80's again!
|Mar 22, 2012 3:15 PM ET
|#4 (permalink)
Muff diving! I prefer it without the muff. Muff diving! It's better when you're tough. Muff diving! Shave that fuckin clam. Muff diving! Grease it up before the slam!!!
Sup fuckers????
|Mar 22, 2012 4:50 PM ET
|#5 (permalink)
Not much, just watching Dog Soldiers. How's yourself?
|Mar 22, 2012 6:06 PM ET
|#6 (permalink)
If I was doing any better I'd have to hire someone to impersonate me.
|Mar 24, 2012 2:55 AM ET
|#7 (permalink)
I liked 7.
|Mar 24, 2012 3:41 AM ET
|#8 (permalink)
Damn 7 filled up already. Felt like that was just started lol.
Sup fuckers?
Hope everyone's been well.
|Mar 24, 2012 10:53 AM ET
|#9 (permalink)
yo yo yo mutha fuckers...
28 today and gearing up to violate north londons stock of alcohol. just need to shower before heading out in a few hours, for cd shopping and an all night session of goth and industrial noize....
cant fucking wait
|Mar 24, 2012 7:30 PM ET
|#10 (permalink)
Happy birthday mate! Sounds like it's gonna be large!
|Mar 25, 2012 1:20 PM ET
|#11 (permalink)
was good........
|Mar 25, 2012 2:11 PM ET
|#12 (permalink)
^ you sound unconvinced.
Just got back from climbin Ben Nevis, not a bad view from the highest mountain in the British Isles. And i'm home tomoro, good times await.
|Mar 26, 2012 6:52 AM ET
|#13 (permalink)
trust me, after all night in slimelights and only 4 hours sleep was good is all i can really type
|Mar 26, 2012 9:31 PM ET
|#14 (permalink)
Sup fuckers,
so I'm sick of where I'm working. I'm now trying to join whatever police dept./sherriff's dept. takes me...I know the work will be ten times harder, but I'll also get paid more.
|Mar 26, 2012 10:03 PM ET
|#15 (permalink)
Damn, on to #8 already? I've been slammed with all aspects of life and missing reading the forums lately to see what all you fuckers are up to. I go in for knee surgery on Friday. I'm ready to get this shit over with.
|Mar 27, 2012 12:21 AM ET
|#16 (permalink)
Deathbringer - what knee surgery u having? If u ever need a great physiotherapist ...... ;)
|Mar 27, 2012 12:51 AM ET
|#17 (permalink)
It's arthroscopic surgery with a possibility of drilling/microfractures to smooth out the inner knee surface if I'm understanding it right. I've got a torn meniscus, but I've had multiple injuries to that knee since tearing my ACL in 8th grade. That's a long time ago and no surgery til now - probably should have done it sooner.
You're a physiotherapist? I've got a new one right in our neighborhood who I started seeing for my neck and back issues. Hopefully I can rehab the knee on my own though. I've done it many times from the injuries and have a decent home gym built up now and plan on doing a lot of swimming once summer's here.
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|Mar 27, 2012 8:19 AM ET
|#18 (permalink)
I have tennis elbow. You know what the funny thing is? I've played tennis like twice in my life. Constant aggravation with occasional bouts of pain.
|Mar 27, 2012 10:14 AM ET
|#19 (permalink)
yup, that sounds exactly like tennis
|Mar 27, 2012 1:13 PM ET
|#20 (permalink)
Sorry to hear that - I know how annoying meniscus problems can be. Oh the old microfracture?!? I can't tell you how many of those I see! U better not be planning on visiting anyone with stairs for the next 6 weeks, you'll be on crutches that long! Don't be fooled if it doesn't hurt and then start putting weight on it sooner than 6 weeks, as there are very few nerves in that area and so u may not feel any damage you are causing it so err on the side of caution . That's the most common post-op problem
As for tennis elbow - same as golfer's elbow - u never actually have to have played either (stupid, boring) sport but it's the action that u reproduce - as with a lot of men and probably in your case AP1: lay of the wanking!!! That will aggravate it! ;)
|Mar 27, 2012 1:25 PM ET
|#21 (permalink)
If I get tennis elbow and explain to a physiotherapist that I play neither tennis or golf, will they know what I've been up to? I just don't want the same embarassment I had when I went to see a doctor about me having an orange nob, only to discover the cause was my watching porn and eating Wotsits.
(This post was last edited on March 27, 2012 at 1:49 PM ET.)
|Mar 27, 2012 1:37 PM ET
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|Mar 27, 2012 1:42 PM ET
|#23 (permalink)
Well it's in my right elbow and I'm a lefty. But that still wouldn't deter me.
|Mar 27, 2012 2:47 PM ET
|#24 (permalink)
tenis elbow do think its cald getting old me go my self a sour shoulder and afther i did get stung by a lion fish numbness in my left tunb and finger for about a month now and i am left
did read pantera plans to go on tour again rumoer ? but who will play guitar dimebag is pantera its like motor head without lemmy or megadeth without dave only on who can fill in for dimebag will be zakk wylde
|Mar 27, 2012 4:07 PM ET
|#25 (permalink)
Haha, I was gonna go there on AP1, but I see you all covered it for me :-) And nice one, Oz. Even though I have no ideas what Wotsits are, I imagine they're like cheese itz?
Cbella, yeah, I'm told crutches for 4-6 or 6-8 weeks if I get that done... not gonna be fun. but that's just in time for pool weather too, so I won't complain. (yet)
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The Obama administration is exploring whether a long-abandoned initiative proposed by Saudi Arabia 11 years ago could become the basis for a regional peace agreement between Israel and its neighbors, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials.
With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry due to arrive in the region over the weekend, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been conferring with other Arab leaders on the viability of the plan, which calls for a normalization of relations between Israel and all the Arab states in exchange for the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state.
Israeli and Palestinian officials confirmed to McClatchy that President Barack Obama raised the possibility of using the Arab Peace Initiative, as the plan was known, as a framework for an agreement when he was in the region last month.
"It was raised directly by Obama during his visit and during his closed-door discussion with the Palestinian leadership," said a senior Palestinian official directly involved in the talks. "It was made clear to the Palestinian leadership that this would be the new direction of U.S. diplomacy in the region."
The official said that White House officials laid the groundwork for the renewal of the Arab peace initiative two weeks before Obama's visit to Israel and the West Bank when they spoke with Palestinian negotiators in Washington.
"They were told then that this would be the focus and that it had great potential," said the Palestinian official, who asked not to be further identified because of the sensitivity of the talks. He said Obama, Kerry, Abbas and Palestinian negotiators Mohammed Shtayeh and Saeb Erekat discussed the topic for several hours during the president's visit to Ramallah, where the Palestinian Authority has its headquarters.
"He asked us during that time not to take any unilateral steps in the U.N. or moves that would anger Israel," the Palestinian official said, referring to Obama. He added that it was his understanding that Israel had agreed not to announce any new settlement construction projects for eight weeks.
"Kerry asked for a quiet time to give the new diplomacy a chance," the official said.
The State Department is keeping quiet on precisely what Kerry will discuss with the warring parties when he arrives in Israel and the West Bank for a two-day visit, which begins Sunday and will include time in Jerusalem and Ramallah before Kerry travels to London for the G-8 summit, and then on to China, South Korea and Japan.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland insisted at a briefing for reporters this week that the secretary's frequent travel to the Middle East – this will be his third trip in less than a month – wasn't a sign of new shuttle diplomacy but rather his own communications style, and she played down the significance of Kerry's visit, reiterating that he wasn't going to be "putting down a plan."
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All of those countries are deeply involved in the civil war in Syria, but White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Friday that Obama would use the visits to "discuss the complex developments in the broader Middle East, so not just Syria, but including Syria." He said the leaders also would talk about Obama's trip last month to the Middle East, as well as "broader developments in the Arab spring."
The Arab Peace Initiative, which also has been referred to as the "Saudi peace plan," was first proposed in March 2002 at a meeting of the Arab League. It stipulated that Israel withdraw from areas occupied in the 1967 Middle East War – namely the Golan Heights, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip – and allow the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state. In return, Arab nations would pledge to adopt normal relations with Israel and effectively declare the conflict over.
Ariel Sharon, then Israel's prime minister, immediately rejected the plan. Subsequent Israeli leaders have periodically warmed to, and then rejected, the plan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who openly opposed the plan when he was opposition leader in 2007, has since quietly voiced support for it, including in closed-door meetings with Egyptian and Jordanian officials.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said that the Netanyahu government "has publicly praised the Arab Peace Initiative. It's a great improvement on previous Arab positions, and we look forward to engaging on it."
The Institute for National Security Studies, a Tel Aviv think tank with close ties to the government, recently published an essay arguing that in light of changes in the region it could be wise for Israel to revisit the plan.
"Perhaps the Arab Peace Initiative can now afford Israel an opportunity to consolidate its Zionist vision of the secure, legitimate, democratic nation-state of the Jewish people," said the essay, which was written by institute researcher Gilead Sher and Tel Aviv University professor Illai Alon. "It is true that the Arab initiative is in Arab interest, and otherwise would not have been proposed in the first place. However, had Israel and the international community been open to a dialogue based on the initiative at that time, it is not inconceivable that Israel's situation today would have been more secure and stable."
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Peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinian leadership have been at an impasse since September 2010, when direct talks broke down as Israel refused to extend a partial moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank unless the Palestinian Authority recognized Israel as a Jewish state. Israeli officials have since called on the Palestinian leadership to return to the negotiating table with no preconditions, while Palestinians have refused to hold talks while settlement construction continues on the land they want earmarked for their future state.
Privately, Palestinian officials have blamed Obama for the impasse, saying he had urged them to insist on a construction moratorium and had promised to press the Israelis to agree to the condition.
"That old model of the roadmap had left both sides with a map that only had dead ends," said a Palestinian official who ahs taken a senior role in previous talks. He asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to comment on ongoing talks. "My understanding is that Obama wanted the new push to shake things up, to offer a new, comprehensive plan instead of getting bogged down in the mud of the old talks."
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By Anne Tergesen
Last week, I test drove the PocketFinder, one of a handful of new high-tech devices families can use to track the location of a person, pet, or car—something that might come in handy if you are concerned about wandering children, dogs, or elders.
At the same time, I received an email from Laurie Orlov, who writes a blog entitled "Aging In Place Technology Watch." Ms. Orlov compiled a list of several "new technologies and/or services" for potential use in caring for older adults.
Among the products she highlights is a service that installs high-tech sensors in an elder's home, with "an artificial intelligence algorithm" that learns his or her "habits and detect patterns that could indicate a fall or loss of consciousness." Yet another product on Ms. Orlov's list is a "smart bed," capable of tracking a person's "heart rate, breathing rate, motion and presence."
Here is how PocketFinder works:
The round device, about two inches long, is light enough to be worn on a belt or around one's neck. The manufacturer sells three models –one for humans ($149.95), one for pets ($149.95) and one for cars ($189.95). Service is free for the first two months and costs $12.95 a month afterwards.
The technology relies upon GPS signals and can be programmed to send you data as often as once every two minutes. On the PocketFinder web site, you can also set up geographic zones and request to be notified when the person you are tracking moves outside the specified boundaries. When a device is installed in a car, it can tell you how fast the vehicle is moving.
Dave Michael Morse, a vice president at PocketFinder, says Sun City West in Surprise, Arizona purchased the devices for some of its residents who are prone to wandering. A local volunteer force that patrols the community uses the technology to track these residents and return them home when missing.