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There is one thing that we as humans have to face, and that is getting older. There isn't any Botox, moisturizer, or home remedy that will make you stop aging. I belong to the HAG: HIV Aging Group on Facebook, whose goal is to discuss all issues related to the senior HIV patient experience. The group was a mystery to me until someone suggested I join it. Now, I'm 34, but I'm considered young to some and old to others. As I was mulling over this month's column, I thought about how I could get a good perspective on experiences from older people living with HIV. I posed to the group this question:
"What are some of the biggest challenges that come alongside aging with HIV, particularly if you have reached 'senior status'?"
Here are some of the group's responses:
"For me, the only downside is having problems falling in love again. I can take all the fatigue of taking HIV drugs every day [...] The real bad part is getting old, period. Very few guys want to get involved with someone with a long HIV story. I don't blame them in a way, but I never thought that we would be rejected precisely for all the things we did for the gay community. And that hurts." -- Mack.
"I believe that because of the long term use of all these toxic medications my body has aged faster than an uninfected person. My skin is paper thin, just like a very old person. Every time I bump my hand or arm against anything I bruise or break the skin. My body is that of a man much older than I. A lot of the psychological problems we encounter due to living long term with illness seem worse than normal. I don't know, sometimes the list can go on and on. The real surprise is that I have actually reached 'senior' status." -- Josh
"The emotional conflict of dealing with the same aging issues as everyone else, and trying to remain grateful for being alive at all." -- Mark
Many of the responses I received noted that older people living with HIV deal with the same amount of pain and pressure as any other aging person -- just three times as worse. The longer one is on HIV meds, the more the body seems to react to them. Your body wasn't meant to be medicated everyday and medications do take their toll, but they also save lives. One common effect of long term use of HIV medication is lipodystriophy (a disorder of fat metabolism involving loss of fat from or deposition of fat in tissue), which usually shows up with the loss of fat in the buttocks, face, arms and legs. Lipodystrophy can also present itself as fat accumulation, which may cause a development of larger breasts, abnormal obesity and/or a "buffalo hump" in the upper back.
I could only imagine what it must be like to suffer from something like lipodystrophy. I know it must be hard to find love as Mack expressed above. Josh (the second quote) brings up another good point that he feels the HIV meds have aged him faster, than if he were not on them at all.
Sometimes I am hyper critical of myself and I think, "Wow I could use some collagen to fill in my face more, because I'm starting to look older and it must be, because of the HIV". Then I also think, "Well Justin you are 34 and you are just getting older, you don't need it". Chances are that I don't, in fact, need it.
Personally, a major concern of mine is what happens to more than just my face or body? Meaning, when I can barely walk outside to get the newspaper or need a cane -- who will help me then? Will I need assisted living? As Mark mentioned above, I should be grateful to be alive and count my blessings.
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Spotify has opened its network up to developers, turning the music service into a music platform.
"We're launching truly integrated apps inside Spotify from the best and brightest," Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said during a New York press event. "We really believe they'll deliver unique experiences tailored to you and your music tastes."
Third-party developers will be able to build HTML5 apps that access Spotify's music library via a JavaScript API. Spotify is "opening our platform in a way that lets you curate the apps you want and make Spotify yours," Ek said.
All app developers are invited to submit apps to Spotify "but we will approve the apps because we think the core here is the user experience," Ek said.
At this point, there are also no monetization possibilities; all apps will be free.
"This is really something we've done because we believe that this was missing. We're creating this platform really knowing that it's the early days and we've got to figure things out," Ek said. "Primarily right now we're doing this because we have a ton of users who want to find out more information around music. Right now there's really not monetization within the Spotify model."
Apps will be available on the left-hand side of the Spotify desktop client under "App Finder"; clicking that brings up an iTunes-esque apps store. All apps will be available to paying customers and users of the free service.
Ek showed off several apps, including one from Rolling Stone, which had staff playlists and music reviews with built-in access to the songs being discussed. "It's really just the perfect companion; you read about the stuff you want and you instantly hear it," Ek said.
Ek also demoed apps from: Last.fm, which provides access to like-minded listeners; Songkick, which will sell concert tickets; and tunewiki, which shows you the lyrics as a song plays.
Spotify Platform beta goes live later today as a preview on Spotify's Web site. The full rollout will happen in December.
The Spotify client also got a bit of a makeover; favorite friends will be listed on the top of the right-hand Spotify nav bar, while real-time activity will be listed below, much like Facebook's ticker.
The move comes several months after Spotify
Spotify launched in 2008 overseas, though it did not come to the U.S. until July. It provides access to the company's library of 15 million songs, and you can also import MP3s you already own. You can create and manage playlists, and discover new music via the 250 million playlists posted by other users. When you find new tunes, you can share with friends on Spotify or through social-networking sites like Facebook or Twitter, as well as email and text. Your Spotify profile will display top tracks, artists, and playlists; people can subscribe to your playlists and vice versa and there's the option to drop specific tracks in a friend's inbox.
Wednesday's event was Spotify's first U.S. press conference. Last week, the company sent out invites for the event, promising a "new direction" for the music service. The Wall Street Journal and its sister blog, All Things D, later reported that that new direction would likely allow developers to tap into Spotify's music library.
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Klamath Osler 「クラマス・オースラー, Kuramasu Ōsurā」 is the third Card Professor who is obsessed with his luck. Jonouchi defeats him. He is named after Klamath Falls, Oregon. "Klamath" is also a pre-release codename for the 300MHz Intel Pentium II chip. His last name, Osler, could be a jumble of the word 'Loser'. He also seems to know Kirk Dixon, mentioning him when he meets with Joey and Tristan. This is futher supported by a picture of himself and Kirk operating remote-controlled toys, based on the monsters that they use.
Klamath uses an Insect Deck that centers around his Antlion.
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Pete Coppermine
Pete Coppermine (ピート・コパーマイン, Pīto Kopāmain) is the fifth Card Professor whom Jonouchi defeats. He is named after the Coppermine River in Oregon. The name of that river was used as a codename for the 866MHz Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (FCPGA) Pentium III (P3-850) microprocessor, which was released by Intel.
Pete plays a Mutant-themed Deck.
Maico Kato
Mendo Cino
Mendo Cino (メンド・シーノ, Mendo Shīno) is the seventh Card Professor whom Jonouchi defeats. He calls him a Dollar Store Duelist. "Mendocino" is also a pre-release codename for the 300MHz P6 Intel Pentium II Centrino chip.
Mendo uses a Mantis-themed Insect Deck that centers around using his Labor Pain card to limit his opponents' summoning.
Willa Mette
Willa Mette (ウィラ・ミット, Wira Mitto) is the eight Card Professor whom Kaiba defeats. He is later a spectator for Kaiba and Yako's duel. The Willamette is a river in Oregon and a codename for Intel's 1.5 GHz P7 Pentium IV.
Willa plays a White-Horned Dragon Deck that uses said monster as his trump card. It also makes great use of a combination of Mist Body with Lancer Dragonute and Axe Dragonute.
Ted Banias
Ted Banias (テッド・バニアス, Teddo Baniasu) is the ninth Card Professor of Yu-Gi-Oh! R whom Gekkou defeats. Banias is the codename for Intel's first x86 Pentium M chip.
Ted uses a Beast-Warrior Deck.
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Depre Scott
Depre Scott (デプレ・スコット, Depure Sukotto) is the eleventh Card Professor and another of Pegasus' adopted sons. He is defeated by Yugi. Prescott was the codename for the 90nm version of Intel's Pentium 4 microprocessor.
Depre uses a Cosmic-themed Deck.
Richie Merced
Richie Merced (リーチー・マーセーッド, Rīchī Māsēddo) is the twelfth Card Professor and another of Pegasus' adopted sons. He wielded a Black Duel Disk, proof of being the strongest card professor. He defeats Gekkou, and is later defeated by Keith, who takes his Black Disk from him. He seems to care for no one but Pegasus. In a flashback to his past in chapter 27, Richie used to live rough on the streets before Pegasus gave him his deck and taught him to duel, making Richie respect and loyal to the man who saved him from his harsh life. He is last seen with Depre watching Yugi and his friends reunited on the Kaiba Corperation rooftop. Merced was the codename for Itanium, an IA-64 microprocessor developed jointly by Intel and Hewlett-Packard.
Richie uses a Gunslinger Deck.
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Now that you all learned "how to draw Chuckie from Rugrats', it is now time to learn 'how to draw Tommy Pickles" from Rugrats step by step as well. Tommy is the main character from the Rugrats bunch and he is always trying to do the right thing. His father often gives him talks about being the man of the house and his grandfather often watches the kids but for some reason, they always manage to get away from the playpen because good old grand-dad falls asleep whenever he watches TV. Tommy is seen wearing a diaper and he has absolutely no teeth at all. He wears a blue colored shirt and he is one year younger than his best friend Chuckie. Unlike Tommy's other friends he is basically the only one that is bald. Unless you consider having a few pieces of hair not bald. Anyway I really loved Tommy in the movie "Rugrats In Paris: The Movie" and "Rugrats: The Movie". Tommy is also an only child, up until his mother gets pregnant with his future brother Dill Pickles. Tommy's mothers name is Didi Pickles and his father's name is Stu Pickles and his over ruling cousin is Angelica Pickles. I think that you guys will have a ton of fun learning "how to draw Tommy Pickles from Rugrats step by step". I mean come on, everyone loves the Rugrats. I think today I will do a tutorial on Phil and Lil. Well that is all you will be getting out of me for right now I will be back in a while with some more drawing fun so stay tuned.
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The Brush Beetdiggers entered the winter break with their first loss of the season but have started things on the right foot here in 2014.
The Beetdiggers beat the undefeated Bishop Machebeuf Buffaloes 70-44 to move to 5-1 on the season.
The Beetdiggers followed a well-balanced attack to the win. Randy Baker led the team with 16 points, but three other Beetdiggers also broke double figures. Geoffrey Dunker put up 11 while Kyle Rosenbrock and Jacob Nichols each scored 10.
Rosenbrock secured another double-double on the season as he led his team with 10 rebounds. The Beetdiggers cleared the glass well, coming up with 40 rebounds in the contest, 31 of those on the defensive side. Nichols also had six rebounds on the game and was named by his coaches as player of the game on Maxpreps.com.
Dunker led the team with four assists while Jake Brown tallied three along with Garcia.
The team also shot 38-percent from the field but just 81-ercent from the free throw line.
The 'Diggers were up 19-11 after the first quarter and all but put the game away as they tacked on 10 more points to the lead in the second for a 34-16 lead at the half.
The Beetdiggers, now have until Friday to get ready for their next game, where they host Yuma.
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I'm guessing you've already figured out foods are going up in cost rapidly. What a challenge it has been to continue to provide a rich and varied menu that makes a meal special and stay within a budget. In the last couple of years, we've been looking at ways we can improve the experience while cutting the costs, from food to cleaning. With nine guest rooms, it doesn't take long to add up. So here's a couple of things we've come up with that we feel good about that might work for you also.
1-Make you own bread (bread makers make it easy and you know what's in it) . But mixes are very expensive. We decided that making our own mixes made sense and making 10-12 at a time and putting them in zip lock bags allowed us to buy flour in bulk. We can rinse and reuse the bags, so we don't add more plastic to the environment. It costs less than $1 a mix making that many at a time, including your time. Our guests love the smell of fresh baked bread wafting thru the house. But they really love the 1″ thick slices of decadent french toast and the cheese strata made with the heels and tops of the loaves.
2-We have our own "Victory Garden" where we raise our own herbs, squash for our golden breakfast pie, cucumbers for our tea sandwiches, figs we use as fresh fruit and we even created a new fig soup for the fall, and now we have our first crop of grapes. We've also added a persimmon tree, and we have blackberry canes as well.
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Muñoz elected DNC finance chair
Henry Muñoz III, a longtime figure in San Antonio political circles who played a considerable role in fundraising for President Barack Obama, was elected finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday — the first Latino in the post, according to the party.
Muñoz will be the national party's chief fundraiser. He proved himself in the role during the 2012 presidential campaign.
One of four national chairmen of the Futuro Fund, a national initiative by Latino leaders to support Obama's re-election, Muñoz helped raise a reported $30 million for the president.
"He's very skilled at fundraising," said Mayor Julián Castro, one of 35 national co-chairmen for Obama's campaign. "He helped stand up a fundraising operation in a short time frame, and it was a break-through effort."
Muñoz, 53, was in Washington on Tuesday for the DNC winter meeting, while in San Antonio he was re-elected chairman of the VIA transit board. He couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Muñoz's rise within the party could indicate a shift in the perception of Texas and its politics.
"If there's an important signal here, it's that all the Democratic talk about putting Texas in play is going to be advanced by appointing Henry Muñoz to this position because he's already deeply involved in Texas Democratic Party politics, and he can help, not just fundraise nationally, but try to help in ensuring Texas Democrats have funding for their statewide offices and Legislative races in particular," said Cal Jillson, a political scientist at Southern Methodist University.
Latinos have held powerful roles within the party before.
Linda Chavez-Thompson, a San Antonio labor leader, received a standing ovation from members when she was recognized for her work for the committee as she stepped down as its vice chairwoman.
A former executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, Chavez-Thompson was replaced Tuesday by Los Angeles labor leader Maria Elena Durazo.
Muñoz was elected to replace Jane Stetson, a prolific fundraiser from Vermont.
DNC finance chairman is at the bottom of a list of nine elected officials within the committee, which include chairman, vice chairmen, a secretary and treasurer.
But his success in the role nationally could prove critical in Texas, where Democrats are pushing for a political shift.
"The absolutely crippling shortcoming of the Texas Democratic Party is in its inadequate fundraising," Jillson said. "Its gubernatorial candidates, its Senate candidates — really, all of its candidates go up against Republicans who have 10-, 12-, 15-to-1 fundraising advantages."
Though not an architect himself, Muñoz is CEO of Kell Muñoz Architects Inc., and chairman of the VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority, a position to which he was unanimously re-elected Tuesday evening.
He hinted last fall he might not return for another term, around the time that former VIA President and CEO Keith Parker announced he was leaving the organization. But in a written statement Tuesday, Muñoz laid out changes at the agency since his tenure as chairman began four years ago — the groundwork for a still-controversial downtown streetcar system and the launch last month of VIA's first bus rapid transit line.
"I would be grateful for the opportunity to finish what we started, and I look forward to serving another term as chairman of the VIA Board of Trustees," he wrote.
Terms are two years.
Muñoz was on a slate of new officers elected by the DNC during the one-day meeting.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., was re-elected chairwoman of the DNC.
As DNC finance chairman, he's being asked to take his successful fundraising skills from Texas and build a national network to help elect Democrats in 2014.
Muñoz's new role with the DNC highlights the rise of Latinos from South Texas following Obama's re-election.
Considered one of Obama's top bundlers for the campaign, Muñoz joined actress Eva Longoria and Mayor Castro in the president's re-election effort.
Muñoz was in Washington Sunday to serve as executive producer of the Latino Inaugural 2013 — a gala that celebrated Hispanic culture and the arts, and the first event featuring Latinos at a presidential inauguration.
Longoria served as hostess of the event, and Castro, who delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, spoke at the Latino Inaugural about the legacy of the Kennedy family among Latinos.
The election of Muñoz to DNC finance chairman was seen by some as an act of gratitude by Obama, who tapped the San Antonio businessman for the national party position.
Obama did not carry Texas in the 2012 election, but won Bexar County, and funds raised by Muñoz in the Lone Star state aided the campaign's national effort and Latino outreach.
Longoria was active in the Obama campaign in 2008 and took a more significant role in 2012.
His appointment is "an opportunity to raise the Hispanic profile nationally in the Democratic Party and Democratic fundraising," Jillson said. "If he's at all well-advised, (Muñoz) will be looking at Texas... and asking, 'What can we do here?'"
That question, Jillson said, isn't just for national coffers but for Texas Democrats as well. Without better fundraising, he said, "there is nobody who is going to be competitive statewide."
Staff Writer Vianna Davila contributed to this report.


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Sketching, in my opinion is the most important skill that every artist possesses, it is also the most personal. Everyone has their own definition of sketching and has their own method as well. This is my personal approach to sketching faces. Hopefully, you can learn something to help you with your own sketching technique! Have fun with this lesson on "how to sketch faces"! I'll be back with more tutorials, shortly!
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St Mark's is an inclusive north London community church which embraces people of all religious backgrounds and none, and of all ages, races and personal circumstances. Everyone is welcome at the Lord's table. We seek to serve one another in our parish family and the wider community of Bush Hill Park, in the conviction that the church is called to be a sign of God's love in the world, not a sign of success or power.
We are at the corner of St Mark's Road and Main Avenue, Bush Hill Park, in Enfield, north London. The church is 5 minutes' walk from Bush Hill Park rail station, on the 192 (Tottenham Hale-Edmonton Green-Enfield Town) bus route, and just off the A10 Great Cambridge Road at its junction with Lincoln Road.
The church is usually open between 10:00am and 12 noon on Wednesday and Saturday mornings; and between 9:00am and 12 noon on Sundays.
St Mark's is in the Diocese of London (Edmonton Episcopal Area), Archdeaconry of Hampstead, and Deanery of Enfield.
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What's new on The Erie Canal web site?
On July 4th, 1817, ground was broken for the Erie Canal at Rome, N.Y. Two hundred years later, in 2017, we celebrate the bicentennial of this historic event. Proposed in 1808 and completed in 1825, the canal links the waters of Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. An engineering marvel when it was built, some called it the Eighth Wonder of the World.
In order to open the country west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlers and to offer a cheap and safe way to carry produce to a market, the construction of a canal was proposed as early as 1768. However, those early proposals would connect the Hudson River with Lake Ontario near Oswego. It was not until 1808 that the state legislature funded a survey for a canal that would connect to Lake Erie. Finally, on July 4, 1817, the construction of the canal began. In those early days, it was often sarcastically referred to as "Clinton's Big Ditch". However, two years after construction began, the first section of the canal, between Rome and Utica, saw the beginning of commercial traffic. Use of the canal expanded as other sections were completed. When finally completed on October 26, 1825, it was the engineering marvel of its day. It included 18 aqueducts to carry the canal over ravines and rivers, and 83 locks, with a rise of 568 feet from the Hudson River to Lake Erie. It was 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, and floated boats carrying 30 tons of freight. A ten foot wide towpath was built along the bank of the canal for the horses and/or mules which pulled the boats and their driver, often a young boy (sometimes referred to by later writers as a "hoggee").
In order to keep pace with the growing demands of traffic, the Erie Canal was enlarged between 1836 and 1862. The "Enlarged Erie Canal" was 70 feet wide and 7 feet deep, and could handle boats carrying 240 tons. The number of locks was reduced to 72. Most of the remaining traces of the Old Erie Canal are from the Enlarged Erie era.
In 1903, the State again decided to enlarge the canal by the construction of what was termed the "Barge Canal", consisting of the Erie Canal and the three chief branches of the State system -- the Champlain Canal, the Oswego Canal, and the Cayuga and Seneca Canal. The resulting Erie Barge Canal was completed in 1918, and is 12 to 14 feet deep, 120 to 200 feet wide, and 338 miles long, from Waterford to Tonawanda. 36 Locks were built to handle barges carrying up to 3,000 tons of cargo, with lifts of 6 to 40 feet. This is the Erie Canal which today is utilized more often by recreational boats than cargo-carrying barges.
Particularly interesting portions of the original "Clinton's Ditch" Canal and the Enlarged Erie Canal include:
This web site is devoted to the history of the Erie Canal in general, but focuses to some extent on the area around the City of Rochester. The original canal went right through downtown Rochester and crossed the Genesee River on a major aqueduct. The first enlargement of the canal replaced the original aqueduct, which leaked, with a new, improved aqueduct which still exists in the guise of the Broad Street Bridge. The last enlargement of the canal, the Erie Barge Canal, bypassed Rochester, and now goes through the Genesee River south of the city.
The main sections of this site provide views of the old Erie Canal in three ways:
A good introduction to the history of the Erie Canal can be found on the 175th Anniversary Exhibit pages, which originally accompanied an exhibit put together by the Mandeville Gallery of Union College in Schenectady to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal. More historical information can be found in the materials listed on the Books and Videos page, or by following the Erie Canal Related Links. Historical and recent maps can be found on the Erie Canal Maps page.
For information about the Erie Canal of today, visit the official New York State Canal Corporation web site.
George Harvey: Pittsford on the Erie Canal, 1837 ... courtesy: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester


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Growth reference data for 5-19 years
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An additional macro is now available to facilitate analysis of nutritional status in children and adolescents 5-19 years using R (see Application tools).
This web site presents growth reference data for children and adolescents, 5-19 years (or 61-228 months).
The WHO Reference 2007 is a reconstruction of the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO reference. It uses the original NCHS data set supplemented with data from the WHO child growth standards sample for under-fives. To develop this reference the same statistical methodology was used as in the construction of the WHO standards.
66顺彩票appThis reference complements the WHO child growth standards for 0-60 months published in April 2006 (see link on right column).
The following article describes the sample and methods used to construct this growth reference.
The links below provide access to the reference charts and tables by indicator:
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Back in May this year -- details here -- I did my first Color Run in Queens, NY. And it was too much fun - just getting colored powder thrown all over you and getting happy for no particular reason should be a must on everyone's life to do list. Every single person is smiling and giddy and in that moment, having the time of their life. Some people run, some people walk and I skipped a lot.
My first run then inspired me to fly out to Utah, gather the girls in my family {where they live - so I'm not that crazy for following the run} and do another one with them. Even my Mom joined in {she is not a runner & definitely thought I said rum} and we had a blast. I highly recommend this
party run to everyone - it isn't called "the happiest 5k on the planet" for no reason! Zumba in the morning - Run, Play & Get Colored - After Party with a DJ - jumping around like mad women {there are guys who do the run as well} to sick beats aka Calvin Harris and the like and throwing around our own colored powder packs for the group color toss. They give these out at the finish line and continue to throw them out from the stage. I can't say it enough -- So. Much. Fun. Now go get motivated and do one! They are everywhere.
Oh and there are bubbles and kaleidoscopes and kind bars.
Need I say more?
"life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can."
{danny kaye}


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Serendipity brought me to the YouTube page of the video of Bob Dylan's first concert performance with an electric guitar. The high-quality BBC video clip shows the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 booing Dylan before he launched into an electric guitar version of Like A Rolling Stone.
In the YouTube page were links to a playlist of Dylan's Newport performances, including his earlier acoustic work when he was the aural embodiment of the voice in the wilderness.
I have most of Bob Dylan's albums but none of these high-quality BBC clips on YouTube of his performances. After hours of repeated listening, I wanted to download the video clips into my phone to listen whenever I wanted to.
BEST LOVE SONG, EVER. Bob Dylan plays Love Minus Zero/No Limit in this video clip that I've downloaded and converted to play in my Sony Ericsson P1i.


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No, this post is not about Philippine mythology, in the strict sense. It is about the various "fables" or false claims to fame of the Philippines. Here are some of them.
Davao is the biggest city in the world in land area
This is definitely not the case. Davao, with its total land area of 2444 square kilometers, is a midget when compared to the really BIG cities. The real biggest city in land area in the world is: Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China. It's total land area is 263, 953 square kilometers (or about 100 times that of Davao). Okay, the city is rather obscure, so I guess that it really has a lot of land area that doesn't belong anywhere else, so this becomes part of the city by default. Let's take then the No. 4 in the list: Chongqing, China. This is not obscure at all (having been the country's capital during the Second World War), and its land area is 82,400 square kilometers. Or Anchorage, Alaska, (No, 4 in the US) which is 4396 square kilometers in size.
The Philippines is the only Catholic Country in Southeast Asia
Well, this is easy- it isn't; East Timor is the OTHER Catholic country in Southeast Asia. East Timor is Catholic, and 97% of the people profess to be Catholic there, in comparison with the Philippines where only 80% are Catholics (and 10% of other Christian denominations). East Timor became independent (from Indonesia) only in 2002, so I guess we could forgive the books for not being so updated.
The Banaue Rice Terraces is the Eighth Wonder of the World
There are only seven wonders, really; and the list of the Seven Wonders of the world is that of Antiquity (of which only the Pyramids of Giza remain standing). Now, some people would name special natural or man-made creations as the "Eighth Wonder", just to emphasize their being special. Thus, here are some of the other things called the "Eighth Wonder of the World": the Grand Canyon in the US; the Great Wall of China; Taj Mahal in India; Machu Pichu in Peru; the Terracotta Army of Xian, China; Angkor Wat in Cambodia; and the moai statues of Easter Island, Chile. So, our rice terraces have some interesting company.
In 2007, a project called the "New 7 Wonders of the World" attempted to make a list of 7 man-made wonders. The list included: the Pyramids at Giza, Egypt; Chichen Itza in Mexico; Colosseum in Rome, Italy; Great Wall of China; Machu Pichu in Peru; Petra in Jordan; and the Taj Mahal in India. Still, no Banaue rice terraces.
Talking about rice terraces, the ones that we have may not be that special or unique after all. Take a look at some other rice terraces .
The Barong Tagalog
The barong tagalog is the national dress in the Philippines. But it is anything but unique. In fact, many former Spanish colonies have similar men's wear – the Guayabera. The guayabera is similar to the barong tagalog except that it has 4 pockets in front; it is also transparent and comes in pastel colors, and is not tucked into the pants.
Some people say that the guayabera actually comes from the barong tagalog, but this is not sure at all. Anyway, don't be surprised when you go to Latin America, try to buy a traditional shirt and find what would look to you like a barong tagalog.
Well, it is almost unique. So far, I was only able to find one other country with a jeepney. In Thailand, they have the Songtaew, which is a converted pickup. It has seats like a jeepney, and is used just like a jeepney, i.e. for intra-city transportation. The only difference I guess is that Songtaews are generally red in color. Otherwise, they would be indistinguishable from our jeepneys.
And there are things like the balut (the Vietnamese have this too), or even self-flagellation in the name of religion (note: even Iran has this too) that are not uniquely Filipino.
So much for Filipino "myths"…


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# Evolutionist theory predicts that in the case of [[convergent evolution]], a particular structure such as an eye that evolves in an optimal form in one species can later evolve in a suboptimal form in a different species. No such result has ever been observed.
# Evolutionist theory predicts that in the case of [[convergent evolution]], a particular structure such as an eye that evolves in an optimal form in one species can later evolve in a suboptimal form in a different species. No such result has ever been observed.
# Constantly mutating, drug-resistant [[pathogen]]s such as [[MRSA]] have been demonstrated to be the result of devolution rather than evolution.<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/product/Genesis-of-Germs-The,5181,224.aspx Genesis of Germs], from [[Answers in Genesis]]</ref> This is the exact opposite of what evolutionary theory predicts.
# Constantly mutating, drug-resistant [[pathogen]]s such as [[MRSA]] have been demonstrated to be the result of devolution rather than evolution.<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/product/Genesis-of-Germs-The,5181,224.aspx Genesis of Germs], from [[Answers in Genesis]]</ref> This is the exact opposite of what evolutionary theory predicts.
===Missing fossils===
===Missing fossils===
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The theory of evolution does not permit the existence of any counterexamples. If any of the counterexamples listed below is correct, then the theory of evolution fails. Moreover, even if there is merely a 5% chance that each of these counterexamples is correct (and the odds are far higher than that[2]), then the probability that the theory of evolution is true is only about 15%.
Logical examples
- The current annual rate of extinction of species far exceeds any plausible rate of generation of species. Expanding the amount of time for evolution to occur makes evolution even less likely.
- Evolution cannot explain artistic beauty, such as the brilliant autumn foliage and staggering array of beautiful marine fish, both of which originated before any human to view them; this lacks any plausible evolutionary explanation.
- Evolution cannot explain the lack of genetic diversity among the Homo sapiens species. Were evolution and the Old Earth theory true, the human population would show a much larger genetic variance.[3] Some scientists have stated that a troop of 55 chimpanzees contains more genetic diversity than the entire human race; this would support the idea that all chimps are descended from a relatively large initial population while all humans are descended from a much smaller initial population (two people, perhaps). 80% of all human diversity is found on the African continent, which accords with a human population growing from a small group in the post-Flood Middle East.[4]
- Parsimonious repetition of design elements throughout Creation, e.g. the eye's appearance in remarkably different species. For such complex structures to arise repeatedly via evolution is impossible, as evolution is an inherently random and historically contingent process.[5]
- Pleiotropy, the fact that a change of a single gene can have several different effects, renders the "improvement" of animals by random mutation impossible, as any mutation with a potentially beneficial effect will be coupled with one or more other potentially lethal effects.[6]
- The development of feathers, which could not have conceivably "grown" from the scales of reptiles[7][8]
- For evolution to be true, every male dog, cat, horse, elephant, giraffe, fish and bird had to have coincidentally evolved with a female alongside it (over billions of years) with fully evolved compatible reproductive parts and a desire to mate, otherwise the species couldn't keep going. [9]
- There are no historical records of anyone directly observing one species evolving into another, which would certainly be something worth writing about. Surely of the millions of species we have, someone would have witnessed one come into existence had it evolved.
- If evolution were to explain where human beings come from, then every personality type should benefit human life. This is clearly untrue because the world is filled with liars, psychopaths, and murderers. These traits clearly do not benefit humanity.
Lack of mechanism
- The extraordinary migration patterns of butterflies and birds cannot be explained through naturalistic development, and lack any plausible materialistic explanation[11]
- Evolution does not account for the immense amount of information in the genome. While there are various definitions of information, and many types have been observed to occur naturally, DNA contains information that is processed to lead to a result predetermined by the content of that information. Strictly speaking it is inaccurate to refer to DNA as a "code" or "language," as many scientists are prone to doing. In fact DNA is more like a template, which produces messenger RNA (mRNA,) a new template with more appropriate bases for protein production. The mRNA essentially acts as a scaffold to which the appropriate amino acids attach to form a protein molecule. Rather than being a language containing words which each have a meaning, DNA is more like a jig or framework which allows a specific molecule of mRNA, and subsequently a specific protein sequence, to be assembled on it. In effect the information is the sequence of chemical reactions which that length of DNA will catalyse. Given the huge number of useless protein molecules which could be formed and the complexity of even a simple protein such as haemoglobin, this sequence could not have evolved by natural selection as the odds against the initial organism having a functional protein are too great.
- The development of feathers, which could not have conceivably "grown" from the scales of reptiles or any other known structure.[12][13]
- Humans exhibit behaviors such as performing science, creating art and music, dancing, and a number of other intellectual and artistic behaviors which could not have been produced by random mutations. There is no known evolutionary reason why these should be favored.
- Trematode parasites, like many other kinds, lack a plausible evolutionary phylogeny, though they can easily be explained by a teleological design.[14]
- Evolution cannot explain the many complex sex-determining systems. For example, in most mammals, females have two identical sex chromosomes (XX in this case) whereas males two different ones (XY.) However in birds, reptiles, many insects, and other organisms, the situation is reversed to where the male has two identical sex chromosomes and the female has two different ones; for example male birds have a ZZ chromosome pair and females ZW. No evolutionist has proposed a mechanism by which mammals could have a different sex chromosome system from the reptile ancestors they allegedly share with birds.
- Inability to account for widely observed altruism among animals, as it reduces an animal's ability to survive. "The existence of altruism between different species — which is not uncommon — remains an obstinate enigma."[15] Not surprisingly, many atheist evolutionists have done their utmost to deny animal altruism.
- The gradual buildup of deleterious mutations in an organism's genome as the species grows older limits the maximum lifespan of a species well under what would be required for evolution. Each generation of humans has far more negative mutations than the posited natural selection can remove. Evolution is thus impossible as species would become nonviable long before they could diverge.[16]
Wrong predictions
- Lack of any demonstrable vestigial parts of the human genome. While evolutionists often claim that regions of the genome are "junk DNA" and would not have been placed there by a designer, none have actually shown this to be true, and much so-called "junk DNA" has been shown to be useful.[18]
- While evolutionists argue that there are examples of "bad design" in the bodies of many organisms, such as "flaws" in the human spine and sinus system, evolutionists fail to realize that, by their own theory, natural selection should have removed these things! The simpler explanation, that these represent degeneration from an original, created perfect form, is the superior one. In other word, as CreationWiki notes, such "flaws" are actually "a result of deterioration, resulting from Man's Fall."[19]
- We have the perfect number of teeth to fit in our mouths. While creationism perfectly accounts for that result, evolutionism predicts a contrary result: As our faces evolved from chimpanzee-like faces to human faces, the shortening of the muzzle would have caused the teeth to become badly overcrowded in the front of the mouth.
- Human fertility is rapidly declining, disproving evolutionary improvement in humans and also suggesting a brief timeline for human existence.
- Evolutionist theory predicts that in the case of convergent evolution, a particular structure such as an eye that evolves in an optimal form in one species can later evolve in a suboptimal form in a different species. No such result has ever been observed.
- Constantly mutating, drug-resistant pathogens such as MRSA have been demonstrated to be the result of devolution rather than evolution.[20] This is the exact opposite of what evolutionary theory predicts.
- Evolution requires that random mutations can cause one kind to change into another, but this has never been observed.
- The existence of two symmetrical kidneys, which are unnecessary in most people, lacks a plausible evolutionary explanation based on functionality alone. Because evolution falsehoods mislead most people into thinking they need their second kidney, "the average waiting time for the organs from a deceased donor in the United States is five years" and "3,916 patients waiting for a kidney in 2006 died before one became available."[21]
Missing fossils
- No transitional forms appear for horses, instead different and distinct horse-like animals appear in the fossil record[22]
- The enormous gaps and lack of intermediate species in the fossil record, once all the frauds are removed.
- Mammalian fur and body hair. There is no known evolutionary pathway for the development of fur, and no fossil evidence of hair evolving from scales, even though it survives very well.[23]
Irreducible Complexity
- The extraordinarily long neck of the giraffe. The giraffe's heart creates immense pressure to drive blood up the neck to the brain. Because of this there are valves in the neck which automatically restrict the blood flow when the giraffe lowers its head to drink. Without these valves the sudden increase in blood pressure as the heart no longer needs to overcome gravity would rupture the arteries in the brain and kill the giraffe. However the giraffe could not have evolved a long neck without the valves and had no need to evolve the valves unless it had a long neck. The okapi, which evolutionists claim is the closest relative of the giraffe, has no such valves. Evolutionary theory cannot explain this. [24]
- The development of wings in birds, as intermediary wing stubs would have no use, and be a competitive disadvantage.
- The flagellum of certain bacteria contain a multi-part cellular motor which fails to function if a single part is removed. This is the classic example of irreducible complexity as publicised by Professor Michael Behe.[25] Because the flagellum must have all its parts to function it could not have evolved and therefore must have been designed by an intelligent being. At the Kitzmiller vs. Dover Area School District trial, Professor Ken Miller attempted to rebut this argument by pointing out that if 42 parts of the flagellum are removed what remains is a fully functional Type III Secretory System, used by some bacteria to inject toxins into target cells. While Miller's claim is factually accurate, it fails to explain how the T3SS could simultaneously add 42 parts to create a working flagellum.
- The organ and brain development required for retinal imagery require a base level of complexity, making a primitive form useless and impossible under evolution.[26]
- The ear contains three tiny bones that transmit sound waves from the eardrum to the cochlea.[27] Because of the complicated arrangement of those bones, transitional forms (which have never been found) would have served no purpose. Evolutionists claim that these bones used to form part of the reptilian jaw joint, but no intermediate fossil with half jaw/half ear has ever been found, and there is no way evolutionism can explain how a jaw becomes an ear.
- Bony skeletons represent an example of irreducible complexity, since only a fully formed, complete skeleton is of any use whatsoever, while having only one or some few number of bones in an otherwise invertebrate creature is hardly advantageous. It is inconceivable to think that some random mutation could have resulted in the formation if an entire bone system in a creature which was previously invertebrate.
- "Social insects" such as bees, ants, and termites, which have extremely complex caste systems. Where an insect fits into the system is determined by its diet when young. Evolution requires that the genes for the various castes and the genes for caste-specific behavior all appeared simultaneously. Akin to the concept of irreducible complexity, but on a higher (social) order, this is impossible given random chance. The complex social structure of these insects is evidence of intelligent design; also, since the overwhelming majority of individuals are workers and do not reproduce, they do not perpetuate their genetic material, as evolutionism claims all living things must do.
- Evolution would result in modern languages having one common ancestral language, and for nearly a century linguists insisted that there must be one. There is not, and linguists now accept that there are completely independent families of languages.
- No other animal exhibits religion. A far better explanation than random mutations is that humans were given the capacity to be religious by a loving God who wants a relationship with His creations.
- Circadian phenomena -- internal 24-hour clock mechanisms of humans and other living beings -- defy material explanation. Examples include how some people are unable to change the timing of their need for sleep for each day, and how plants exhibit clock-like behavior regardless of their exposure to sunlight. In addition, there is a weekly clock cycle for many phenomena, which has a clear biblical basis but defies any materialistic explanation.[28]
- Scientists have found proof that the first chicken came before the first egg,[29] consistent with a special creation of chickens but not with a gradual descent with modifications from a proto-chicken and proto-egg.
Question evolution! campaign
See also: Question evolution! campaign and Atheists doubting the validity of atheism
Since World War II a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the theory of evolution which employs methodological naturalism have been atheists.[30] In 2011, a campaign called the Question evolution! campaign was launched by the biblical creation organization Creation Ministries International which is a worldwide "grass-roots movement to challenge the anti-Christian dogma of evolution".[31] The focus of the Question evolution! campaign is on "15 questions that evolutionists cannot satisfactorily answer."[32] The 15 questions posed to evolutionists (and undecided individuals) can be found HERE The campaign will be primarily conducted in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa.[33]
Logical Conclusion
As scientific theories require that their laws be immutable, the existence of merely one counterexample disproves the truth of the rule. Thus, if evolution fails to account for any one of these items (or countless others), it must be discarded.
See also
- Atheism
- Evolution and atheism
- Counterexamples to an Old Earth
- Counterexamples to Global Warming
- Creation vs. Evolution Videos
- Counterexamples to Relativity
- Counterexamples to the Bible
External Links
- ↑ http://creation.com/question-eviolution Question evolution! campaign] by Creation Ministries International
- ↑ Many of the counterexamples are indisputable, rendering each of their probabilities of being correct nearly 100%.
- ↑ http://www.godandscience.org/evolution/descent.html#rpafAHIwKHS7
- ↑ http://www.godandscience.org/evolution/descent.html#rpafAHIwKHS7
- ↑ http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v15/i1/homology.asp
- ↑ http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/aid/v4/n1/beneficial-mutations-in-bacteria
- ↑ http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/40/4/687.pdf
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90743
- ↑ Ernst Mayr, Systematics and the Origin of Species (New York: Dover Publications, 1942), p. 296
- ↑ migration
- ↑ http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/40/4/687.pdf
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/36/36_4/trematodes.html
- ↑ In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood [3]
- ↑ http://www.godandscience.org/evolution/descent.html#rpafAHIwKHS7
- ↑ http://ed5015.tripod.com/BWilliamsvsAnon71to73.htm
- ↑ http://www.godandscience.org/evolution/junkdna.html
- ↑ Functional integration indicates design, from CreationWiki
- ↑ Genesis of Germs, from Answers in Genesis
- ↑ [4] This article observes, "As a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found, living kidney donors live as long or longer and enjoy better quality of life than the general population."
- ↑ Ray Comfort, in the Forward to the 150th anniversary edition of "On the Origin of Species"
- ↑ http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/40/40_4/Bergman.htm
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ [6]
- ↑ http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/43/43_1/retinal_imagery.htm
- ↑ Neuroscience for Kids: The Ear
- ↑ http://www.biblestudy.org/godsrest/mysterious-seven-day-cycle-in-plants-animals-man-2.html
- ↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38238685/ns/technology_and_science-science/
- ↑
- Dr. Don Batten,A Who's Who of evolutionists Creation 20(1):32, December 1997.
- Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D.,F.M., Refuting Evolution, Chapter 1, Facts and Bias
- ↑ Question evolution! campaign
- ↑ Question evolution! campaign
- ↑ http://creation.com/question-evolution


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Amid snags in the talks, Palestinians articulated their own linkage of the Iranian deal, saying it should reinforce the need to reach an agreement with Israel.
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In the rush to play in the Big Data game, it's easy to forget the fundamentals. The fear of being left behind can cause enterprise IT teams to move directly into pilot projects with a choice of products and technologies that may not be best designed to solve the identified business problem. For example, because Hadoop has become such a popular tech buzzword, many organizations are racing to implement this Big Data platform before properly understanding their goal. A mismatch can often result.
The confusing, emerging world of Big Data is not doing IT any favors, either. With literally hundreds of products and technologies already in the market (and more announced monthly), each claiming to best address the new opportunity presented by the volume, velocity and variety of Big Data, it's no surprise that corners are being cut. The good news is that many excellent products and technologies now exist to enable fast, efficient, affordable and sophisticated use of even the largest and most dynamic big data sources. The bad news is that there are so many products already in this space that finding the right combination to suit a particular project requires either enormous research or just plain luck.
Fortunately, many analyst firms and technology educators are working overtime to help make sense of all the product releases, claims and rhetoric. Recently, the 451 Group provided a series on Big Data, helping to simplify some of the complexity inherent in this fast-paced new market. In his piece titled "NoSQL, NewSQL and Beyond," analyst Matt Aslett begins to categorize and explain the differences between a wide variety of offerings and includes some helpful diagrams along the way. Forrester continues to offer a wide array of keen insight on the Big Data market, chronicling its expertise into reports and blog entries. And O'Reilly Media has produced a series of books and coursework for the data science practitioner.
Back to Basics
I believe that Big Data represents not a deluge but a huge opportunity. Research continues to be the best method to accurately understand the proper Big Data context and concepts, which remain fundamental. Then, we need to map all the Big Data possibilities. So I urge a return to the basics, which emphasizes solution-oriented thinking. As a start, I'll provide an initial definition for several successful approaches to using Big Data. Not surprisingly, my taxonomy begins with the actual solution required (use-case-driven) and works toward the necessary enterprise architecture from there.
To derive a powerful snapshot of your best Big Data architecture or approach, you need to identify:
- A specific user profile
- A specific intended outcome or purpose for the data
- An ideal or required timeframe for processing the data
To identify this information, you should simply ask yourself:
- Who needs to use the data and do they need direct access to it?
- Why do they need to use the data (i.e., for what actions?)?
- How quickly do they need to use the data and how much latency can they absorb before the data starts to lose value?
Many IT organizations I've spoken with describe projects that align with one or more of three Big Data Approaches diagramed below. Let's consider each in turn: Live Exploration, Direct Batch Reporting and Indirect Batch Analysis.
Three Approaches to Big Data Analysis
- Live Exploration is best for data analysts and data scientists who want to discover real-time patterns as they emerge from their Big Data content. This approach requires a low-latency architecture that uses native connections to the Big Data source. Within Hadoop, for instance, this means direct analytic and reporting access to HBase (or perhaps HDFS). For MongoDB or Cassandra, it would mean direct access to their equivalent underlying schema-less data stores.
Such access allows data to be potentially analyzed within seconds of being transacted and probably across more than a few dimensions. Initial construction of these exploratory queries requires the BI tool to provide a mechanism for complex (non-SQL) queries or its own metadata layer to map objects to native API calls, or both of these.
In this case, an in-memory engine combined with a suitable multi-dimensional analysis (end user) tool would work with the (ideally) de-serialized, filtered data to enable drag-and-drop pivots, swivels and analyses. Such a combination of intelligent data connection and BI platform architecture would enable an analytic experience very much like what is available working with traditional, relational (SQL-based) data sources.
For the sophisticated user, this approach can yield powerful insight from a variety of very high-volume, high-velocity data.
- Direct Batch Reporting is best for executives and operational managers who want summarized, pre-built daily reports on Big Data content. This approach uses a medium latency architecture whereby native file access is still an advantage (where possible), but traditional SQL-based querying can be sufficient.
Some Big Data sources have specialized interfaces for query access (SQL-based languages like CQL for Cassandra and HiveQL for Hadoop Hive) that make this use-case more straightforward, although the time required to compile, query and re-assemble the data for this approach lengthens the response time to minutes or perhaps hours.
Also, an analytic DBMS could be a popular choice in this architecture, as long as it supports the scale-out, high-volume read access so critical in a Big Data environment. The user could interact with a variety of data discovery tools, from simple or interactive reports and dashboards to richer analytic views -- simply dependent on the project requirements.
This architecture can drive a more complete and relevant set of insight for a wider set of end users.
- Indirect Batch Analysis is best for data analysts and operational managers who want to analyze historical trends or mash up disparate data sources based upon pre-defined questions in their Big Data content.
This approach is probably the most popular early design for Big Data analysis because it uses ETL (extract-transform-load) techniques to overcome some of the limitations in the often schema-less data stores and append the data with richer metadata. Also, in this architectural approach, existing visualization and reporting tools can be used due to the traditional data interface support. Further, indirect batch reporting delivers the most flexibility but introduces substantially greater latency.
Therefore, this type of batch processing is best used for projects that have a well-understood set of questions to be uncovered using the Big Data. By normalizing the data (into a Data Mart or Data Warehouse), it becomes more capably combined (for analysis purposes) with traditional data sources. Most likely, a full OLAP engine and multi-dimensional end user tool will be warranted, to allow full-scale data exploration and discovery.
With this use-case, richness of insight and accuracy are more important than speed.
With Big Data Comes Big Responsibility
Big Data systems are generally recognized as those that provide massive scale-out capabilities, frequently with terabytes or petabytes of data, and are too expensive and unwieldy to manage with traditional systems. This shouldn't mean that we abandon traditional approaches to matching the business requirements to the technology and solution.
With Big Data can come big insight ... or big disappointment. Remembering the fundamentals and ensuring a solid alignment between the Big Data opportunity and the Big Data solution is the key to a successful project and delivering needed insight. I look forward to seeing future articles on Big Data begin emphasizing a variety of successful, referenceable projects within a variety of real organizations proving the newfound utility in this bold, new, Big Data world.


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