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Para Clinical Sciences
B.Sc Physician Assistants
The Physician Assistants are skilled health care providers qualified by advanced academic and clinical training to work cooperatively with Medical and Paramedical staff in developing and implementing the care plan, perform physical exams, order and interpret lab tests, assist surgery, delivering patient care, rehabilitation, treatment, diagnostics and health improvement interventions to restore and maintain optimal physical, psychological and social well being.
The MMM College of Health Sciences , Department of Clinical Sciences Studies – The pioneer has experience in preparing students for the Physician Assistant profession and provides sophisticated didactic and clinical training in all areas of medicine.
The Education methodology includes classroom instruction and Compulsory Clinical Training Practicum in Basic Medical Sciences, clinical medicine, Surgery, all specialization of Medicine, home health care, disease prevention, Medical ethics and ensures one to gain knowledge in all areas of medicine.
Faculty Details
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|BSc Physician Assistant
|Anatomy, Neurology, Orthopaedics
|CHS, Faculty
|CHS, Faculty
|CHS, Faculty
|Ms. Lally
|CHS, Faculty
|Clinical Microbiology
|Dr. Bharathi
|CHS, Faculty
|Obstetrics & Gynaecology
|Ms. Deepa
|CHS, Faculty
|Introduction to Computers
|CHS, Faculty
|Cardiac Surgery
|Dr. Roy Vargheese
|MMM, Doctor
|Dr. Manoj Sha
|MMM, Doctor
|Dr. Nageshwara Rao
|MMM, Doctor
|Dr. Subha Rajinikanth
|MMM, Doctor
|Technical Writing/Spoken English Patient Oriented Communication Skills
|Ms. Kusum
|Visiting faculty
|Medicine, Surgery & Anaesthesiology
|Dr. Vijayalakshmi
|Visiting faculty
|Mr. Veerandra
|Visiting faculty
|Dr. Manoharan
|Visiting faculty
|Dr. Persis
|Visiting faculty
Clinical Nutrition
Clinical Nutrition is the science and art of feeding individuals based on the principles of Nutrition. It can also be said to be the Science and art of human nutritional care". Clinical Nutrition and its application in patient related setting is major focus of dietetics. The field of dietetics can be related to
- 1) Nutrition care and intervention focused on the individual
- 2) Nutrition care and intervention focused on the group
Clinical Nutrition is the practice of analyzing the consumption of adequate amount of nutrients for good health.
Clinical Nutritionist should be :
- 1. Planning food and nutrition programmes
- 2. Supervising meal preparations in hospitals
- 3. Recommending dietary modification
- 4. Educating patients on diets that may help their condition
- 5. Working with other health care professionals to provide a multidisciplinary health care approach
- 6. Informing on the severity of illness and complications of treatments inclusive of the benefits
- 7. Active is the patients care as the dietitian reporting on the nutritional status of the patient.
Scope of clinical nutrition / career opportunities:
- 1. Government sector – They can work with government hospitals, government, health department, school, college, factory and office cafeteria for planning nutritional regiment.
- 2. Sports and health clubs – They can also work for sports college and athletes camp. Health and recreation club, canteen and nursing care facilities also require of nutritionists.
- 3. Teaching – the science of of dietetics in colleges and universities is also a good option.
- 4. Research and development – Conducting Research on various food items to ensure their quality as well as studying the effect of various types of diet
- 5. Mass media – Nutritionist has wide openings in the mass media (eg T.V. Radio) where top priority is given to disseminding vital information on health living.
- 6. Gyms, Slimming centers – Nutrition consultant has a unique opportunity to help or develop better eating habits to achieve their weight loss and fitness goals and ultimately maintain healthy and fulfilling lifestyle changes.
Faculty Details
|Course Name
|MSc Clinical Nutrition
|Advance Nutrition , Clinical Nutrition & Dietitics , Entrepreneurship and food service management, Clinical Nutrition Practicals,
|Ms. Lally
|CHS, Faculty
|Principles of Food Science, Applied Nutrition, Public Nutrition
|Ms. Eunice
|CHS, Faculty
|Applied Physiology
|Ms. Akila
|CHS, Faculty
|Medical Microbiology
|Dr. Bharathi
|CHS, Faculty
|Nutritional Biochemistry
|Ms. Gokila
|CHS, Faculty
|Research Methodology
|Dr. Shivani
|CHS, Faculty
|Dr. Ezhil
|Visiting faculty
|Dietitics & Clinical Training
|Ms. Merina Alex
|MMM, Faculty


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ORLANDO, FL, June 19, 2017 – CIM-Tech.com Inc. announces it is fully integrated with all three premier 3D modeling packages for the woodworking industry SOLIDWORKS, Solid Edge and continuing to facilitate Autodesk Inventor. CIM-Tech's Solid-CIM 3D works inside the engineer's design software capturing all of the design data and transferring it directly to manufacturing. CIM-Tech will be demoing Solid-CIM 3D with SOLIDWORKS, Solid Edge and Autodesk Inventor at AWFS Las Vegas July 19-22, booth 9438.
"From sofa frames to point-of-sale displays, the wood industry is whole-heartedly embracing the 3D modeling world," Sheldon Prom, CIM-Tech applications engineer says. "We can help them do that better and easier through our partnerships with 3D design software SOLIDWORKS, Solid Edge and Auto Desk Inventor."
Launched in 2012 and winner of the IWF Challengers Award, Solid-CIM 3D is the ultimate solution for programming or nesting 3D solid parts and assemblies. Now design engineers and architects can enjoy automatic feature recognition (AFR) working directly on 3D solids and 3D solid assemblies to lay parts flat and identify part name, material, and features with cut depths. Other Solid-CIM 3D advantages include:
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Politics Theory Other
Politics Theory Other is a weekly podcast on all things political, theoretical, and (occasionally) otheral.
The show aims to bring the work of writers on the radical left to a broader public and to encourage popular engagement with work that is sometimes considered "academic" or "difficult".
Recent shows have included episodes on the Labour Party (with Alex Nunns), the mental health effects of inequality (with Kate Pickett), the Windrush scandal (with Will Davies), Silicon Valley and the democratisation of technology (with Wendy Liu), and Jeremy Gilbert on Maurizio Lazzarato and the reception of French theory in the anglophone world.


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1800s, 19th Century, 2015, Fashion, History, Victorian, Wedding, Wedding Wednesday, Women
Many women have defining moments mirroring important milestones in their culture or values. These milestones could be graduation, a new job, breaking up with a significant other, becoming pregnant, and the like. These moments are often accompanied by a deliberate physical change; new hair color, new hairstyle, new wardrobe, or any combination or permutation there of, to pronounce to the world: Take notice, I have changed.
None of this is more evident than when a woman gets married. In cultures around the world, it signifies her leaving the realm of her parents' home and creating one for themselves and their spouse. Often times it represents leaving behind girlhood and entering the respected Womanhood. Although, there is a very obvious physical change that happens between "becoming a woman," in the sense of being able to bear children, some cultures do not make a big show of this, while others do. But marriage! Why that is a whole new game with its own set of rules.
We shall not get into that for this post, however. Let us focus on the deliberate outward change of status. For eons in many cultures, women were not allowed to wear certain colors, clothing styles, hairstyles, make-up/markings, and accessories until their were married. It was only reserved for Wives. The ceremony for that change of status, is of course, the Wedding.
It is often proclaimed, that our Queen here at 19th Century Modern, also known as Queen Victoria, was the first to wear a white wedding dress. Let us banish that notion, once and for all! Queen Victoria was NOT the first. That honor goes to Mary Queen of Scots, a good 281 years prior to Victoria. More ever, Mary wore it because it was her favorite color, even though at the time it was considered a color of mourning. The modern analogy would be brides wearing black, because it is their favorite hue, irregardless to black being the color of mourning and death in Western Society. And guess what? On a point of technicality, Mary Queen of Scots, was not the first royal to marry in white, either. Philippa of England wore a white tunic and cloak trimmed in grey squirrel and ermine back in 1409.
In short, over 430 years passed before white wedding dresses became "a thing" via Queen Victoria. What I find utterly amusing is Queen Victoria, was not a fashion icon, in fact she was ridiculed much of her life for her mind-boggling horrendous wardrobe choices. To the English public, she was Queen of the Worse Dress List. Sadder still, we have Prince Albert to thank for that. Through her devotion to her husband, Queen Victoria, only wore outfits approved by him. For all of Albert's many, many, many talents and contribution to the Victorian, and ultimately Western culture, he truly had a wonky female fashion sense! The only outfit of Victoria to ever to be admired was her wedding dress (which I do not believe Prince Albert assisted with.–Please, correct me, if I am wrong!)
So much information swirls around Queen Victoria's wedding dress. The color choice being the most talked about aspect of the gown. Some say, it was because she wanted to utilize some beautiful lace she had. Others go on about it being the cheapest fabric color choice available at the time, and "we all know how practical" our Queen was. Some claim it was a political move, she had the silk made in Spitafield which was an incredibly risky move. At the time, Spitafield was essentially the slums. Those proponents of the theory tout the Queen had visited the silk factories as a child (this is a documented fact) and remember the abject poverty she saw in the area. In an effort to endear the public to her, she chose an English town (national pride) of low income (to boost the economy) to make a dress in the cheapest color (practical personality). As with everything, there is truth in some of this and context needs to be considered.
Victoria was not cheap. In no way, was she spending and living the life of an average Englander in the era. She was however, not draining the coffers of her country, unlike her predecessors. She was mindful and yes even stingy . . . for a royal. Later this would become a source of annoyance for her public who wanted to see her host lavish parties and balls, wear sumptuous outfits, and live extravagantly. Luckily, others in the aristocracy would pick up the slack and become fodder for the papers. White was not a cheap color either, it was very difficult to come by since bleaching textiles had not been normalized and those that wore it had to be wealthy to purchase it. As it is in modern times, keeping white actually white is a feat all in and of itself.
As to the color choice and Spitafileds factory decision it is not known if this was something of her own decision, an idea planted from someone inside the palace (maybe even Albert himself, who was always so concerned about the poor. Selecting Spitafields does have a bit of an Albert quality to it.), I am not absolutely certain. I have not asked the Queen.
What I do know, is that she did not chose the color white on basis of its association of innocence and purity. Again, banish that notion! It was years later white wedding dresses were claimed to be a symbol of innocence and purity. There were simply not many people who married in white prior to Victoria and many still did not wear white after she tied the knot. It as if to say, "everyone in the Western Culture" who was not married in a church wearing white was not innocent or pure. On the flip side, there are many brides today who are not innocent and pure who wear white to their church wedding. . . . There are no absolutes in the world of weddings.
Queen Victoria, little rebel that she was, actually bucked tradition by wearing white for her wedding as the traditional Royal Wedding Gowns were silver. Yes, silver! The elaborate silver dress was a blatant show of wealth and power. In part because royal marriages were not romantic affairs, they were political and business mergers, in the truest sense of the word. Even after Queen Victoria married, silver dresses were still worn by Royal brides throughout Europe. In fact, some of Queen Victoria's granddaughters wore silver dresses when they married into other European Royals houses.
Goodness! All this backstory, just to mention, last week, I met with my wedding dress designer to go over the concept for my wedding gown. Naturally, my dress is inspired by Queen Victoria's. Inspired by, not an exact replica. I will be using certain elements of the Queen's ensemble with a modern (and Spanish!) interpretation. See my list below:
- Ivory color (I was going to go with silver, but designer cautioned under certain lighting and depending on the experience of the photographer, it might appear grey in wedding pictures)
- Tip of shoulder "lace-edged" neckline (not off the shoulder)
- Spanish lace bodice and 3/4 sleeves
- Slight sweethearts shape to bodice
- Corseted back
- Slight drop waist (since I have a long torso)
- Heavy satin skirt (I so loathe the feel of silk against my skin)
- Flat front, fit and flare
- 3-5 box pleats in the back
- Very slight high-low hem, with the teeniest skirt train (I did not want to have to bustle anything for the reception)
- Handmade cathedral length back/elbow length front veil trimmed in Spanish lace
- Crystal-encrusted peineta (Spanish hair comb)
- American Duchess Astoria shoes, dyed to match with Spanish lace appliques (shoes chosen by my mother and groom independently of each other! Criss-cross straps are a nod to the ballet straps of Queen's Victoria's shoes)


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An area library will soon be under new management.
The Joplin Public Library has been without a head librarian since February when Jacque Gage left to take a position with the Ozark Christian College Library. Since then, Leslie Hayes and another employee have shared the title of co-director. But the search for a new leader is winding down. Hayes says the original 20 or so applicants have been paired down to 3 finalists, all of which will be in town next week.
"It's going to be next Tuesday and Wednesday, Tuesday the 28th is going to be the day for the meet and greet with the public and then the final interviews will take place on the 29th," says Leslie Hayes, interim co-director.
One of the three finalists is a former employee. Jeanna Gockley served as children's librarian several years ago and is with the Springfield-Greene County Library.
The two others are Kevin Booe, who is currently the library director in Boise, Idaho and Brian Sylvester who is the library director in Rochester, New Hampshire.


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When the weather is cold we tend to turn more and more to hot drinks – for comfort or for warmth; for a cozy chat by the fire, or a chilly commute to work; and for the taste.
Which winter-y warm drink is your usual choice?
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Which future for Nicolas Sarkozy? The question can be asked with legitimacy since the defeat of the outgoing head of State, last Sunday.
The UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire – Union for a popular movement) candidate announced and repeated it: he'll quit politics if he was disowned by Frenchs. Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed his decision as he confirmed he is not leading the ruling majority for the next June legislative elections, letting the current UMP leaders to do it. What is more, Sarkozy wishes to take some distances.
Nicolas Sarkozy should not suffer of his change of statute immediately: he will continue to benefit some services of the French state, get a special allocation and be able to fly on Air France freely. The outgoing Head of State should survive and support the shock.
Nonetheless, if Nicolas Sarkozy seems to leave politics, some leaders within the UMP still hope he does not turn his back to a thirty-five-year-passion, some considering a possible come-back in 2017, when the party is deeply divided and torn between the ambitions of Jean-François Copé, François Fillon and Xavier Bertrand, all three thinking about the 2017 French presidential election.
I'm quite sceptical on a possible come-back of Nicolas Sarkozy in the future. To make it possible, the UMP should be deeply divided, as it is highly probable. What is more, it is needed some leaders as Copé and Fillon are out of service and agree to put their personal ambitions aside on the belhalf of their party's interests. It is unlikely insofar as they consider their time has come and Sarkozy as having no legitimacy. At last, the perspective of organizing primaries to choose the one who is going to challenge François Hollande is a sign of the willingness to think about something else.
Besides, few are the defeated heads of State who succeed a political come-back. In most of the cases, this come-back may be a failure as for Lech Walesa, for instance. Former trade-unionist, president of the Polish Republic in 1990, he was defeated by Alexander Kwasniewski, five years after. In 2000, he ran for the Polish presidency but got 1% of the polls only, because of a radically different political context.
So, it is more realistic Nicolas Sarkozy quits politics definitely. Nonetheless, his withdrawal is quite different in comparison with Lionel Jospin in 2002 who left the French socialist party leadership and the Prime minster-ship suddenly, after being defeated in the presidential race in the first round


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The #1 pick of the 2012 NFL has been settled, and to pretty much no one's surprise, the Colts will go ahead as foreseen for months and select Stanford quarterback phenom Andrew Luck. The only formality left being NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reading off his name on Thursday night. The real suspense and anticipation for Colts' fans will come in Round 2, at pick #34, where the Colts will make their second round selection barring a trade. For Colts' fans, such a pick is usually right around their first round pick, making it a nice additional consolation prize for having to endure such a rough season that saw the team lose a lot more games than it won.
The needs are everywhere. Outside of taking another quarterback in Round 2, one could make the case for taking a player at any position, as long as they don't specialize in kicking a football. This is a roster that simply lacks talent. With no real strength outside their defensive end tandem of Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis, the possibilities are endless. Literally, every position could withstand to be upgraded. While I recommend simply taking the best player available, the following positions are the biggest needs:
Defensive Nosetackle
Wide Receiver
Tight End
These positions have to be upgraded going into next season. Areas like linebacker, safety, or defensive back; the team could use an upgrade but could still get by if push comes to shove. If the team, does not shore up the following positions, it will be another long season in Indianapolis.
That being said, there are quite a bit of candidates for each position. While it's unlikely that there will be a nosetackle worthy of that draft position unless Memphis' Dontari Poe somehow miraculously falls, there should be a surplus of offensive playmakers available. It would not be a huge surprise to see any of the wide receiver group of Georgia Tech's Stephen Hill, Baylor's Kendall Wright, or LSU's Rueben Randle available at that spot. Likewise, there's a decent chance that Luck's former Stanford catching-mate, tight end Coby Fleener may also be available at that spot. Those are just a handful of names that the Colts could select.
Nevertheless, if the Colts want newly appointed QB Andrew Luck to have immediate success, they have to surround him with offensive weapons. Currently, the Colts' receiving group consists of wide receivers Reggie Wayne and Austin Collie in addition to tight end Brody Eldridge. It's a group that clearly could use an infusion of speed, talent, and athleticism.
It's difficult to say because no one knows exactly how Ryan Grigson will draft or what he'll emphasize. Just from personal observation, ex-Colts' GM Bill Polian tended to keep an eye toward Big Ten athletes, as well as proven, undersized, and speedy players. He emphasized character and production over the best athletes. It'll be interesting to see what the case is for Grigson. However, Colts' fan should know soon enough.


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During these nauseating four days, the most nauseating part of all, IMHO, was a short time ago when the 1922 capitulated, the Bow Group having made big noises during the day.
May told them that if they challenged her, that would hand the keys to the IRA murderer lover – total rubbish of course and what did they all do? They cheered the cow, cheered her!
What planet are these idiots living on? To answer my own question – possibly a planet in which the Tories need not go to the people until 2022 and the people can therefore get knotted until the promises start pre-mid-2022.
See, we're all making these noises:
Always gave her the benefit of the doubt until Chequers, it has became very apparent that the PM is treacherous and is only interested in pacifying the re-moaners, who of course lost in the referendum. She really is in danger of destroying the Conservative party and democracy (as we once knew it) in Britain. As a life long Conservative voter through thick and thin I will certainly not vote for the party again (it maybe time for a new party to emerge) as no one in their right mind would vote for Corbyn…
… but in practical terms, what can we actually do about it? It seems nothing. Any Remoaner reading this – if you are so unprincipled you cannot see that this is far bigger than Leave/Remoan, that it's a direct thumbing of the nose at democracy, then there is no hope at all.
Because one day it's going to be on the other foot – you will have scored some plebiscite success and the overwhelming power will be anti-you in the parliament. And all these things will be done to you. I'd lay odds you'd not like that at all.
And what about an issue where we're all actually in agreement and they pull exactly the same tactic to protect themselves? What then? Unprincipled politicians do not suddenly become ethical, do they?
At this site and at similar sites, I'm well aware of the non-voters, those who point out it's been corrupt for donkey's years, even those who go for a violent solution, bumping off May or similar, even bombing parliament. I hear this all the time from people who have zero intention of doing anything of the kind, they reserve the right to goad whoever will do it from the sidelines. No one wishes, personally, to bell the cat.
The most obvious solution in the short term is for a populist movement to arise, not unlike MAGA and for a Trump to rise from the ashes – looking around, anyone spring to mind?
Farage has said this evening he might do something after March 2019. That is useless – it has to be done before March 31st.
As for the other solution – to hell with it and let Red Jez have the keys and see it all implode, sorry – it ain't gonna implode, he will be backed by the big money, all hostility from the European elite ceases and people in Britain get a charmed ride for some time while all dissent is gradually silenced.
There'll be no revolution, the country will finally be in the globalist pocket in a legit way, whereas now it is in a clandestine way. And any kind of revolution is already factored in – all malcontents are known, right down to us, it's a very simple thing for them as we've already seen to take us offline. Then we're mopped up on pretexts.
For May to come out and so openly defy the 2016 vote is jawdropping, she made no pretence of it being something else whatever. It was a direct refutation of that vote and what Cameron promised would follow it.
So the gauntlet is laid down, it's now in our hands. What though?
AMW has little charisma for the wider population and her rainbow coalition ideas are a giant turnoff for many people, especially conservatives.
Tommy has kudos but he can't lead, it's not his bag. He's a warrior.
A Grand Brexit Coalition is good and at this point, let me remind people of a small thing we had going in 2010, called the Albion Alliance. We had many Skype conferences and one actual meeting and the thing which was immediately apparent was that we had to restrict the issues to no more than two. We settled on:
1. Brexit
2. Direct democracy
The latter would have circumvented the current four days if it had been addressed.
It has to be only on Brexit itself this time around – the DD can be done down the track and no other issues come into it, not even free speech or the right of the gay mafia to go into schools and bugger children.
It has to be one issue – Brexit. Following that, the immigration issue can come into it, AMW's rainbow coalition if she wants and so on.
OK, so let's say a Grand Coalition does form – the Electoral Commission will try its same old tricks of trying to split the movement into two warring factions, this sort of thing will be constant.
That's why this cannot be a party, only a movement and the threat we carry is that any PPC opposing Brexit is blacklisted in council elections, European and the GE when it eventually comes.
Also civil disobedience is the way – failing to play ball on any PCism demand at all.
It does involve going out onto a street in your area, at the shopping centre for example and having insta-rallies which melt away when the authorities come out to stop them. I see it as being not unlike flashmobs. Hard to counter.
There are peaceful ways. I can't think of any other way at this moment.


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Muscle Car – Rise Up with the Dodge Challenger
The undisputed king of the American muscle car category is the Dodge Challenger. This is a car that allows every generation of a driver to enjoy what it offers and know they can have the exciting ride and quality desired. Take the muscle car look from the late 1960s and marry it with the technology … Read moreMuscle Car – Rise Up with the Dodge Challenger


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Over time, your driveway can develop a series of small cracks that can reduce its visual appeal and even result in eventual structural damage. It's a smart idea to address these cracks promptly; if left unattended, they'll likely grow to the point at which you'll need a major repair job. You should plan to hire a driveway contractor to deal with any larger cracks, but if the cracks in your driveway are still in their early stages, it's worthwhile to buy a sealing supply kit at a local home improvement store, read the instructions carefully and tackle the project by yourself.…Read More »


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The town residence is of contemmporary off-form concrete construction,with a sizable courtyard ideally situated adjacent to the clients' internal living spaces. Unfortunately a tiered planting in oversized garden beds limited the usable paved areas, & existing copper water features had inadequate water reservoirs meaning pumps were regularly running dry & burning out due to water evaporation .
The decision was made to keep the original plain concrete pavers that were laid on a structuraly sound concrete sub-base, & to lift & re-use selected pieces to extend paving & allow the insertion of cobble stone panels. These panels create interest throughtout the courtyard by linking main focal points [water features & tree planting] & extend onto vertical surfaces of courtyard wall to visually extend the space.
The 3 x deciduous trees are selcted for their tight globose crown growth habbit, providing shade with minimal pruning requirements. Bare rooted oversize conifers provide hedging & will be pruned to shape in the first growing season.
The 2 x water features had the individual, inadequate pumps removed, & a single larger commercial grade pump placed in a 200 litre inground water tank [accessibel thru a removable concrete paver] & plumbed to each feature thru 2 x adjustable flow control valves.
The client's favourite pots were planted with Cycas, & their treasured casual chairs add just the perfect splash of color to the mono-tone hard surfaces.
The end result is a stylish, practical exterior living space that meets the client's brief, while remaining true to the design ethos of the original home architect's vision.
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The Marine Corps-based military Web comic just put out its 100 strip after about a year up on the Web. The comics which can be rather not so work-friendly, are based upon the observations of an 03xx infantry Marine Lcpl. and the crap he has to endure. It's clearly drawn by a guy who loved the Corps and loves to poke fun at the service as well. Anyway, congrats Max, and keep on keeping on.
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Hydroponics isn't just for pot heads
I ahve seen the future and the future is in plants helping us fight terrorists or at least that's the theory put out there by Wired's Danger Room. Apparently, there is a type of plant that can react to the proteins given off by the compounds found in most bombs:
Picture this at an airport, perhaps in as soon as four years: A terrorist rolls through the sliding doors of a terminal with a bomb packed into his luggage (or his underwear). All of a sudden, the leafy, verdant gardenscape ringing the gates goes white as a sheet. That's the proteins inside the plants telling authorities that they've picked up the chemical trace of the guy's arsenal.
Good stuff. The blog item has a video and more about the research which is still years away from being put into our little airport up and around the bend. Still, it is an interesting thought. Of course, we know what happens to plants when they go bonkers.
Army told alleged Wikileaks leaker wasn't deployable
If this is true, man, I'd hate to be in Pfc. Bradley Manning's chain of command. For those who forgot, Manning is the guy who is alleged to have taken a thumb drive or flash drive to his workstation and downloaded all kinds of documents and files which later found their way onto Wikileaks and kinda embarrassed the heck out of the Pentagon who frowns on such things. Check out this statement from Wired's Threat Level Blog (and thanks to Starbuck for posting on his blog):
Manning's supervisor at Ft. Drum in New York had told his superiors that Manning had discipline problems and had thrown chairs at colleagues and shouted at higher-ranking soldiers, according to a report by McClatchy News service.
But Manning was deployed to Iraq anyway because the Army needed his skills and was short-staffed with intelligence analysts, according to anonymous military officials who spoke with McClatchy. Manning's superiors believed his discipline problems could be addressed in Iraq, but then they failed to properly monitor him once he got there.
Oh, that's not good. Can you imagine the investigation into this and how some captain or major is going to explain a bird or a General that hey, we knew he was a trouble-maker but thought that a good dose of discipline combined with sand and heat would help him through it. Look, I get it. You need help and he's in the Army so he goes where he is supposed to go. Still, in the wake of the Wikileaks mess and the problems that caused, I am thinking someone had to go down for this. And check out this. Remember he was in intelligence and had top secret clearance….
Last July, Threat Level reported that Manning's behavior had raised red flags as early as 2008 when he was still in training and before he was stationed at Ft. Drum. He was admonished then for uploading YouTube videos in which he discussing classified facilities.Manning had enlisted in October 2007 and was only three months into his 16 weeks of training as an intelligence analyst when about 25 of his fellow recruits reported him for the videos. At the time, he had completed basic training and was receiving advanced individual training at the Army's Intelligence Center of Excellence at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
The videos were messages that Manning shot for his family from his room at the barracks. Manning would talk about how his day was going and although he did not disclose classified information in the videos, he talked about the base's SCIFs, secure rooms where classified information is processed.
The video that he leaked was one detailing an attack by an Army helicopter on a group of men which came under fire last April. From Wired.com:
On July 12, 2007, Chmagh and Noor-Eldeen, members of the Reuters Baghdad bureau were killed on a reporting assignment in the neighborhood of New Baghdad. Witnesses said they were struck by gunfire from U.S. attack helicopters; at least nine other people were reportedly killed in the incident, and two children were wounded. Reuters had sought to obtain gunsight video shot by the Apache attack helicopters and other incident reports, but the U.S. military has not released the footage to the news organization.
Cyber world, Second Life, helps with PTSD
Really kinda cool if you ask me. The DOD is using Second Life technology to help GIs learn about the causes, signs and symptoms of PTSD, which is, along with TBI, the signature injuries of the war on terror. I am all for this as let's face it, the military is still a macho world and many don't want to let on that they are troubled, upset or scared. This is something you can do in the privacy of your own home and go from there. Is it for everyone? Of course not, but it is another arrow in the quiver of the military to help people cope with what they have seen over in the AO.
Here's something from the DOD explaining it.
The National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2) developed the 'Virtual PTSD Experience' to help combat veterans and their families and friends to anonymously enter a virtual world and learn about PTSD causes, symptoms and resources.
"We believe this is the first time DoD has used interactive simulations with the Web to help our military community with PTSD in the privacy of their homes," said Dr. George Peach Taylor Jr., principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for health affairs.
The Virtual PTSD Experience was designed to be used in the privacy of homes. Visitors are anonymous, which reduces the perceived stigma of asking for help with PTSD.
And here's the T2 Web site. It's quite full of information and a good resource. It includes a simulation demonstrating how PTSD may be acquired during a combat-related traumatic event, including an explanation of the connections between danger cues and triggers, the role of avoidance in the development of PTSD, and how PTSD is a normal human response to traumatic events.
Additionally, this environment includes simulations of PTSD symptoms, helping the visitor learn through interactive activities how PTSD symptoms may show up in a person's life. Finally, the environment includes information to help visitors determine whether they or a loved one is in need of care, and how to access that care whether a DoD or VA beneficiary.
So you have something that will appeal the troops today who grew up with video games and yet, it is a learning tool for both the GI and for their families who have to cope with PTSD along with the soldier.
Marines help make a Baseball team disappear
I love the Marines. I love the Corps because well, they never fail to entertain me. And that's not meant to put them down. Those guys have guts and courage that I could only dream of and they are in tremendous shape. Recruit training for the Marines isn't for for this 40-year-old. No, what I enjoy is how there is always something with the Marines. It is their esprit de corps, their pride if you will. No one has more pride than a Marine. Be it they hate being called a soldier or insisting they are different and better than every other service branch, there's always something.
So when a reader (thanks) pointed this out to me, I just had to chuckle and say, "love the Marines." It seems the San Diego Padres are going to field camouflage uniforms this summer as they do every year to honor the troops. Noble. Cool. Appropriate given all the troop presence there. In the past, they have used "traditional" cammis such as the DBU or the BDU patterns of old.
Well this year, they are going to take things up a notch and go for the MARPAT or Marine Pattern. It's those new digital patterns which are supposed to make a person blend in easier and the Corps has their own look. Remember that story a few weeks ago about how the Army was thinking about taking the MARPAT for their own. It rocks. And the Corps doesn't make you wear your rank on your sternum. But I digress.
Seems they got the pattern spot on and now some think those on TV or in the stands aren't going to get it. Love it. Really. From the San Diego Union Tribune:
As a Marine wearing a MARPAT uniform moves around, the colors mesh with the background.
"Up close, they look great," said Jack Ensch, the Padres' retiring director of military affairs. "But they are going to blend in more on television and from the stands. Many fans aren't going to be able to tell that these are camouflage uniforms paying tribute to the military."
How awesome is that? Imagine if a catcher is trying to throw a guy out on second and can't see the base runner. This is so cool that some people on TV might think there is no one in the outfield. The uniforms are going to be donned on Opening Day and on Sundays. I haven't checked to if my beloved Cardinals are playing the Padres on those dates but let's hope the Cubs get stuck with all the cammie days. Nah, the Baby Bears have enough problems of their own.


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Urban development in the Garden Route is forcing baboons to forage for food in local homes as their habitat dwindles, but residents and authorities are banding together to find a holistic solution to increased clashes between primate and man.
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Locals call it baboon season – the time from May to October when forest food sources are limited and baboons move into residential areas in search of sustenance.
Knysna Baboon Action Group (KBAG) and Knysna Baboon Management Forum chairman Richard Thorpe says environmental consciousness goes out the window when foraging baboons trash your home. "In addition to excrement, ruined food and serious damage to property, the fear of cornering a baboon by accident is always in the back of your mind. The thought of those vicious fangs in the neck of a beloved pet, or worse a child, is unbearable."
KBAG was formed to find a solution to significantly increasing problems with baboons venturing into local suburbs. "Long-time residents will tell you that baboon raids have never been this prevalent and that the animals are getting cheekier and seem smarter," says Richard.
Primatologist Dr Paula Pebsworth, who studied baboons in the Western Cape, says the animals were forced to adapt repeatedly to their ever-changing environment. As their natural habitat dwindled due to urban and agricultural development, the primates learned to eat unnatural food resources, one example being alien vegetation. Now that alien vegetation is being eradicated, the animals have found a constant and appealing source of food in residential areas and rural communities.
Paula says baboons are opportunistic, not malicious. "Like humans, if they see a convenient source of food, they will take it. With easy access to calorie-dense human food, the animals no longer have to forage in the forest for eight hours a day, often times with a rather meagre pay-off. But shorter foraging periods in residential and farming areas leave the baboons with time on their hands, increasing the likelihood that they will damage property and place them in harm's way of people and domestic dogs.
CapeNature conservation services manager Barend le Roux says the problem extends to almost all forest-edged properties in the Garden Route, particularly Knysna, George and Nature's Valley.
"Interestingly, human-baboon conflict is less pronounced in informal settlement areas. This is most likely due to reduced access to food and dogs that are not confined to properties that will chase the baboons. With such hindrances, the raids will probably be less worthwhile and of a higher risk for baboons."
Managing baboon mischief
Environmentalists, researchers and conservation agencies say human-baboon conflict can be largely avoided if the matter is addressed holistically. This requires a mind shift, affecting urban planning, waste removal, crop planting and pets. "While we may think that baboons are invading our space, we have in fact created additional habitat rich in rewards that they are now utilising – with the result that we have to work on a plan to coexist amicably," says Barend.
Although frustrated residents often demand a problem baboon be killed, law protects the animals. CapeNature considers the issuing of permits for the euthanising of repeat offenders as a last resort. Management options that are recommended include catching, tagging and release within the home range, using paintball guns to deter baboons and baboon monitors.
In Nature's Valley residents worked with CapeNature to develop a baboon management plan that includes awareness campaigns, waste management by all households, raid reports and data collection on baboon behaviour. While the plan is easy to manage out of season when only 60 permanent residents live in the village, more than 4 000 holidaymakers during major holidays have highlighted the need for awareness campaigns during that time.
In Knysna the problem is even more complex. "Not only is the town larger, wildlife corridors were not considered when developments were approved and as a result the baboons have been forced into a gap between several new housing estates, cutting them off from their natural habitat. In future, if we intend to continue development, wildlife corridors should be incorporated into the urban planning process," says Richard.
CapeNature, SANParks, KBAG, the Knysna Municipality and other roleplayers have banded together to form the Knysna Baboon Management Forum to find a sustainable solution to the baboon problem. Richard says the greatest defence against baboons is denying them access to human food. To this end, the municipality will soon be providing households in baboon-prone areas with wheelie bins and, if required, a bylaw will be pursued that all households in the affected areas use lockable waste bins. "It sounds obvious but it is remarkably difficult to get people to do the simplest things. If all the residents in a street lock their waste away and just one leaves theirs accessible, the baboons will return and affect the entire neighbourhood," says Richard.
After realising baboons are more active on municipal waste collection days, the municipality now services problem areas first, denying the baboons the opportunity to rummage before the rubbish is collected.
Some residents of Pezula Private Estate in Knysna were so intimidated by wild baboons they considered selling up. "It was a major crisis as frequent break-ins became unbearable to homeowners," says Pezula operational manager Leonard McLean. Since implementing a baboon management plan, the estate has been free of baboon incidences for two years. "Nine staff members patrol the estate daily and respond immediately if baboons move too close to homes. They persistently move the baboons off onto the cliffs, down to the sea or back into the natural forest areas.
"The baboons have learnt to see our wildlife monitors as alpha males in charge of moving the troop and monitors are careful to shift them off naturally, without splitting them up. The baboons are adapting and are learning that it is more convenient to stay in their natural area – they are very responsive to our management and it has changed our homeowners' perceptions as well."
Pezula also taught homeowners to be more baboon-conscious and to safeguard their homes. "For instance, we have learnt that baboons cannot grasp the concept of a turning handle, so now we encourage the use of certain latches to prevent baboons from accessing homes," says Leonard.
Educating holidaymakers is also essential to any baboon management plan's long-term success as the influx of seasonal visitors worsens the raiding problem. Visitors may be unaware of the need to close up homes and clamp down waste, or the baboons are considered fascinating and are fed to attract them.
"We need to recognise that baboon incidences are an unintended consequence of human behaviour that will continue as long as humans and baboons compete for habitat. No single management measure can be expected to resolve the matter, but a holistic approach in which all the affected people make a conscious effort to minimise the causes has a much better chance to ultimately succeed," says Paula.
Debunking the myths
Myth: Eliminate the alpha male to resolve human/baboon conflict
Truth: The alpha male controls the size of the troop. Remove him and the troop will expand as control is lost.
Myth: Returning a "trouble-making" rogue male to his natal troop will keep him out of houses
Truth: Males leave their natal troop to prevent inbreeding. If he is allowed to find a new troop he will move on. Without this protection, he will continue to search for easy food.
Myth: Kill a baboon and hang it on a stake to repel the troop
Truth: If food is still available, a dead baboon will not stop the troop from foraging.
Myth: Baboons are more afraid of men than women
Truth: Baboons react to an individual's behaviour. They recognise fear and could try to take advantage of this. Baboons can snatch food from young children as they view them as a lesser threat.
Myth: When encountering dogs, baboons will attack
Baboons are only known to attack dogs if threatened or attacked by the dog first. Baboons can seriously injure dogs.


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By Jai Chowdhry Beeman
A man was shot and killed in a dispute in June 2010 over a water connection in San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas, Mexico. A Zapatista settlement coexists, if uneasily, on the edge of the municipality. Residents of the nearby community of El Pozo had threatened to shut off Zapatistas water connection. A confrontation ensued, shots followed, with one fatality and nine wounded. A spokesman claimed the Zapatista group acted in self-defense.
As a student in the DRCLAS Student Internship Program in Sustainable Development, I'd been commuting to this small town in high, green, tropical Chiapas to interview women looking to start a cooperative. I found out just how much a good water connection is worth: it can cost human lives.
Monica Porto's observation that water infiltrates most of our infrastructural layers is essential. We drink water; water carries away our waste, provides our electricity, and determines whether our crops will grow. And as such water use dominates discussions on water. How we use and distribute water are delicate questions. To a community, water is also agriculture, sanitation, transport and power.
This issue of ReVista examines the many intersections of water and human development: the human waste that mixes with the water we drink; how communities can share and manage their own water; how climate change impacts stream flow, or, as Diana Duque narrates, how a community manages when corpses float downstream as runoff.
Water operates on a much greater physical scale than humans do. The hydrogeological processes of sedimentation, deposition, runoff, erosion—driven by gravity—chisel landscapes on earth: the Andes, the Amazon, the Salar de Uyuni, the Patagonian ice field. Allowed to take its time, the motion of even a relatively small amount of water is powerful.
The volume of the Colorado River can be measured by the cupful as it winds to its end somewhere in northwestern Sonora, and yet the canyons it makes as one follows it upstream are unsurpassed. Sometimes, water is thrust upon a landscape more immediately, as survivors of the 1960 Chilean tsunami, or a Caribbean hurricane, have witnessed.
In this sense, water permeates through much more than the infrastructure of our cities. Water permeates layers of scale—as John Briscoe notes, the water cycle in South America is defined by regions as large as Brazil and the Andes, but as many of the other authors in the issue point out, has important and immediate impact on individuals. The physical geography that we inhabit integrates the impact that water has created on timescales from millions of years to minutes.
Outside La Paz, Bolivia, a human impact is felt even on this large scale. The receding Andean glaciers that supply La Paz are some of the best visual evidence of the impact of climate change on regional hydrologic cycles. But as Angela Livino notes, water supply is likely changing in less visually apparent ways even in places like the Brazilian Amazon.
Water will become a more pressing issue for human development. With changing water supply and higher populations, more communities will have to grapple with challenges like the dispute in San Juan Cancuc, or the potential shortages in La Paz.
Unless they want to accept the trend toward the consolidation of water in the hands of a powerful few, communities themselves will be tasked with ensuring water rights. This is why experiments in water management like the Mesas Técnicas de Agua that Rebecca McMillan and Susan Spronk describe are so important.
The hydrologic cycle, though, is just that—a cycle, of which human life and death and anthropogenic change make one small component. Rivers change their courses, oceans rise and recede; runoff continues to slowly move mountains. Dams and canals will erode, and crack. In any debate over water, water itself will have the last word.
Jai Chowdhry Beeman is a senior in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard College. He has worked with ReVista for four years.


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This is the first year that Block and Bridle planned a volunteer day where B&B members had the opportunity to give back to the teaching farms and department by volunteering their time and energy to assist with doing some spring clean up at the farms and Kildee hall. Around 60 students traveled to the Dairy Farm, Swine Farm, Ruminant Nutrition Farm and Kildee hall grounds.
At the Dairy Farm students gave the parlor a deep cleaning from power washing floors to wiping down walls. This area is visited by many people throughout the area and is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8-5.
A group of students cleaned the viewing areas of the swine facilities. They also painted benches that will be utilized in the viewing rooms for tours with young visitors to have a better opportunity to see the facilities.
Ninteen students broken into four teams performed work at the Ruminant Nutrition Farm. Team one (with some help from the farm cats) cleaned and organized the feed storage room. Team two fired up the power tools as they sanded and painted the cattle squeeze tub in the working building. Team three gave the small cattle barn a face lift by cleaning, organizing and pitching dumpster loads of junk. Last but not least, Team four employed strong backs and elbow grease to dismantle and salvage boards, remove gates and cleanup an inoperative cattle barn. Everyone was in good spirits in spite of the weather!
Volunteers put their ponchos on and ventured out into the pouring rain, snow and sleet to help spruce up Kildee hall grounds. With pitchforks and rakes in hand, students applied mulch to the various beds outside of FB Pavilion and on the entire south side of Kildee. There was also a crew on the inside that washed all of the tables, chairs and benches from top to bottom. This is all in preparation to make our grounds look beautiful for upcoming summer orientations.
A big thank you to farm managers, faculty, staff and students for their help with this initiative.


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For this post I have created a birthday card for a young girl whose costume party we are going to tonight. I used a new program called Make the Cut. I had never used a computer program with my Cricut before. I have always relied on my carts or my Gypsy. This program is really neat and easy to use. I visited the MTC gallery and downloaded the Happy Birthday cut created by user 648. My Cricut did the rest. I embellished with a little ribbon, pattern paper, a border punch, and some paper flowers. Voila - a funky birthday card.
Hope you enjoy and thanks for looking.


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One of the key features of this application is that the charts automatically rearrange themselves during use. This saves a considerable amount of time and makes flowchart creation very easy.


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Aligning Divine ~ Keisha ClarkWed. Oct 7 AT 2:00 pm EST
Aligning Divine With Keisha Clark
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Aligning Divine is all about lining up with Your Divine Essence and living it every day! Keisha Clark is inviting you to a fresh perspective of being "a spiritual being having a human experience." What would you like it to be, for you?
We will dive into topics to inspire and invite you to re-cognize and re-member your Divine Nature, and to become more resonant with your Divine Essence. What could you truly become capable of, as you shift into greater resonance and alignment with your essence?
It's time for you to Know that You are required and desired to be participating in the Ah-Mazing co-creation on this planet right now! Let's Celebrate the unique, brilliant and powerful expression of the Universe, that is YOU.
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So, you guys. I have joined the masses. I got a Twitter. (twitter.com/quirkyandco FTW!) Actually, I got it a few weeks ago. As in like a month ago. I am just lazy and inconsiderate and do not share this news with all three of the people who read my blog (HI).
Anyways, you can know when I lose my hairclips, when my mom makes lasagna, when I go run over squirrels with my bike for fun etc., all in real time! Actually, not. I can't figure out how to text my tweets (Tweets?! What has become of me?), so for now it goes like this:
Me: OMG! I just found a quarter on the sidewalk! I must scamper on home and twitter this!
So please follow me. I promise you it will be not cool or interesting or funny. This, however, is.
Ok. There is some chocolate soymilk that is currently beckoning me to the fridge.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
person i really like: Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner once said "I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch." She was funny in a time where boys dominated comedy. She made frizzy, unruly hair cool. For these reasons, she is my hero and should be yours too.
She paved the way for all of the Amy Poehlers and Tiny Feys of today and it makes me sad that during a recent conversation none of my friends knew of the comical genius that brought us such master pieces as this and this.
And in other Gilda related wonderments, this t-shirt is pretty rad too.
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Labels: gilda radner, people i like, snl
Sunday, April 5, 2009
a semi-educational moment
This needs to be addressed.
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I apologize that this blog has become a menagerie of video clips. We'll be back to normal very soon.
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I apologize that this blog has become a menagerie of video clips. We'll be back to normal very soon.
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Cardiovascular Rehab
If it is time for cardiac intervention
We can help you get back to the life you love
You may come to us following proactive intervention, like an angiogram, angioplasty, or open heart surgery. Or, you may be referred to us following a health event, like a heart attack, otherwise called a myocardial infarction. Both require dedicated, individualized intervention from our interdisciplinary rehabilitation team who are among the area's very best specialists. However you come to us, we can help you recover before returning home or to the next level of care.
At either our Bellevue or Renton location, you will be paired with a therapist who works with you one on one to manage your recovery program. Our specially-trained cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team partners with your doctor, combining innovative, proven technologies with customized clinical programs, including training and support by licensed physical and occupational therapists.
This approach incorporates therapeutic exercise to help improve muscle strength and aerobic capacity. It is then combined with rehab technologies such as electrotherapy to help increase circulation and neuromuscular function which improves patient outcomes and quality of life. Whether patient or physician, we partner with you to provide exceptional rehabilitation care.
|Improve your aerobic capacity
|We lower readmission rates and reduce length of stay, even among the most fragile patients.
|Build your strength and endurance
|We support or even improve quality measurements for CVL diagnosis codes.
|Enhance or rebuild your quality of life
|We will help make exceptional, positive difference in the lives of your patients.
|Educate and train your support network
|We educate patients, family, and clinical staff, alike.
Do you know if it's time to consider cardiovascular intervention?
If so, we'll help you recover
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in American men and women*, and half of the men who die suddenly of coronary heart disease have no previous symptoms.** Especially over age 50, even if you have no symptoms, you may still be at risk for heart disease.
That's why, in matters of the heart and vascular system, time lost is muscle and tissue lost. We encourage you to know your warning signs of heart and vascular disease. If you address these warning signs early, you can recover and return to the life you love.
Symptoms to never ignore for your heart and vascular system, include:
- Bigger waistline, bigger risk: Carrying even 20 extra pounds makes your heart have to work harder to support your body's needs. Know your weight and your body mass index, BMI.
- Using tobacco: According to the CDC, tobacco use triples the risk of death from heart disease for men and women over 50. There are several programs, often free, that help you quit tobacco for good.
- Do you know your numbers? It can save your life to know whether your heart and vascular system are operating within proper ranges. This makes a world of difference to your heart and vascular health. Here are the numbers you should know:
|Important Numbers
|Normal levels
|Danger range
|Blood pressure
|Resting Heart rate, over age 50
|85 beats per min
|Body Mass Index
|Blood Glucose
Stop worrying and find out the risks and treatments available to you. For more information on cardiac rehabilitation, contact our team. We are here to help.
*Source, CDC, National Vital Statistics
**Source, CDC, Men and Heart Disease


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Do you think about turning 30 as the death of your 20s? You should not agitate the age of 30 as an end of excitement in life. Life in your 30s will be most significant in your life span. Compare to your 20s you will learn the biggest life lessons in your 30s. Here, I am going to tell you 6 best things about turning 30 and why you should not be doomed into mid 30 depression.
Every person believes that childhood is best, absolutely true. In childhood, we don't care about things. But life in your 30s is pretty hard, you may get much advice for turning 30s. And I am sure that create more stress entering into an age of 30.
While turning 30, Childhood stories become the sweet memory, teenage adventures become sizzlers. But the main course is in the 30s, the real challenges, the real world who we face. Life at 30 will bring the biggest change in your life.
When you turn into 30 you start realizing the shit things you are doing before. Life in the thirties bring more light into your world and you start caring about everything. You are now fascinated by these interesting facts about life which you thinking of as just funny thoughts to just laugh upon.
That fancy parties. crazy friends and a carefree look is now gone. You start realizing your interpretations about life were wrong up till now.
Most of us didn't know what we actually want from life until we come into the 30s. Now you think like a more mature and grown up.
There are two greatest Days of Your Life, the day When You are Born & the day you know WHY!!!
Compared to 20s the concept of life suddenly gets changed in 30s. We have perceptions before. Now we start observing the things not just watching.
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In childhood we actually ignore the real world, in the adolescent stage we make our self-ignore. But life over at 30 you prepare yourself to ignore the world. Old mythological views now become practical enough to mold as per our convenience.
Even though you (especially woman turning 30s) scares to look like an old, there are some best things about turning 30. The life lessons you will get into your 30s will give many triumphs.
Are you ready to have the best life in your 30s?
6 astounding things about turning 30 which proves 30 is the best age to live.
1. In the 20s we want Love to show, life in 30s we want Love to stay.
Life in the 20s the word love is so tempting that many either ruined their life for it or made the best from it. Most of us who are in the 20s, the relationship has uttermost importance in our life that we forget about our own progress.
After turning 30, you get the truth that boyfriend is not the only thing which makes you happy. We are all amazed by the concept of happiness. We get the realization of all big terms, especially love in the 30s.
As life in 30 makes you more specific, finding a partner becomes complex. In your thirties, you can handle all stress by yourself so your relationship issues are mostly sorted.
Ohh, I almost forget to tell one thing. A woman turning 30 will get a ton of advice on what to do as a wife, mother or a coworker.
2. Every heart-wrenching moment is Reinforcement in your 30s.
Most of the people are weeping about their failure in their 30s, but you have to save it for your old age.
I feel in the 20s I pray to God, arguing with him why he did this to me or why I don't get what I want. But in the 30s you take care of your relationship with God with great concern. The best thing happens while turning 30 is, we become more resilient to unfortunate incidences like a breakup.
Turning 30 is the best age to live as we contemplate the circumstances & work hard to find out the solution.
We develop & rebuild our faith & success-story. In life after 30, priorities changes & you start molding in a good way to embrace yourself in your 30s.
3. You will learn the biggest heedful thing in the 30s is Health.
I realized the importance of health as I step into my 30s. I suffer health issues like lack of Vit D & Vit12 which is a pretty most common problem in woman turning 30. It gives me a lesson that life is running enormously fast, but you should breathe for a while to check where you are heading to.
Life in the 20s is happy-go-lucky, we are birds flying day and night and hooked on gadgets. As you turn into 30, your body starts aging and this is the time you have to do some needful.
I learned you love your life more when you really start caring for yourself. Not just taking care of your comforts but work out for your physical fitness. You can read here to see how exercise can help to improve mental health.
30 is the age where you really have to work on your health.
4. While turning 30 you reborn as Rebellion.
Life in your 30s is about taking bold decisions. It's time to speak up because now you are mature enough to make statements.
Turning 30 evoke a self-awareness into me. I start thinking about what brought me happiness. It's just a rebellion state where I start quitting some toxic habits and developing some healthy daily habits to improve my life.
I started my new career as a blogger and believe me it's difficult to move towards a new career in the 30s but there are several examples where they have started late but reached to the top. So it is never too late to start, as soon as you know we have to switch over.
Life in your 30s is implementing a real change. Now you know what career, which person you actually need in your life. You are struggling more to get a better living rather than just spending. You are smart now.
Breaking the stereotyped rules is the most courageous act you can dare only when you are stepping into the 30s.
5. Life in your 30s you accept nothing is constant in this world, everything is changeable.
The best thing about turning in 30 is you accept change without so much drama. Even if you set up all the things, choose right career, right partner, right decision, life can screw you up anytime.
Life in your 30s is the best age to take challenges & pay for it. We will get hit by major shocking events in this period of life. Sometimes your business decisions, your faith, everything goes into the wrong direction. You have to be strong by mind & soul equally to handle emotional pain in your life.
Every change is an opportunity in this 30s stage, so grab it. Change may be broke you apart but it may reform a new better you.
6. A small change in attitude is miserable in the long run into your 30s.
Did you notice you got a manageable attitude while turning 30? Yes, I insist manageably. As you step into 30 you care about your roles and responsibility. You know where to show your attitude.
Many of us take the biggest career decisions in the 30s and now you better care about your finance too which you completely ignores as compared to your 30s.
You probably have a family to take care of. You are a role model for your child. You have the right attitude to keep a home united and do best for your loving family. You know best things about turning 30 and now you have an attitude to handle all the mess.
Are you still unsettled with the thought of being into your 30s?
People step into mid-30s depression as they think they will not have the same life as before. You may now know the best things about turning 30, so why we are so afraid of being 30?
I found so many people say life over at 30 as we crossed half of our life. Now I have to live my whole life in the same way as my life in 30s is chaos. If 90 crossed oldies can run the marathon then we are still young enough to run & win the game. So make yourself up & turn your 30s into best age to live.
Life in your 30s, you get the courage to face the real world by figuring out what you really want in your life. You shall only live it once & you have to find out best in your 30s!!!!
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
Do you think aging improves you?
What's the biggest lesson you have learned when you compare your 20s with 30s?
Leave a comment so I can feel that I am only one who flourishes while turning 30s.
Share this to someone who is into the 30s and tell how fabulous this age is.
Learn to celebrate your 30s!!!!
If you are in your 30s this is a perfect age, live lively. Be comfortable with growing older!!!!!


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by: Pavel Melecky, Arlington, Texas
Rather than studying the ways that we are the same; shouldn't we learn how to APPRECIATE the ways we are not?
quote by: Jacob H., 8th Grade, Sarasota Middle School - Sarasota, Florida
teacher: Daphne Bazenas
Although I have over 35 years experience in art and industrial design, it was not until I devoted my energy full time to art that I felt free to discover my own artistic voice. I have named my style "soul visualism" based on realism. I intentionally leave out certain details, allowing the mind to fill in the missing pieces. My piece is an example of how our differences are like magnets in that our differences can draw us together and make us stronger.


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Wow . . . I can't believe it . . . time for our SIXTH annual New Year's Day Crop. I hope you can join us.
Ways you can join in . . .
1. Join http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/crafting_made_simple/ and participate online. We will be posting challenges and ideas throughout the day.
2. Sponsor a challenge and offer a sma...ll prize. I know there are lots of bricks & mortar businesses and home-based businesses that could benefit from being a sponsor.
3. Invite some friends over and crop together. I have spaces for 5-6 friends to join me for the day. I'm going to start the day with brunch and then get right into some serious scrapbooking. Let me know if you would like to crop with me.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
I'm so looking forward to scrapbooking with you.


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- 3,4-didehydroretinol (1)
- Biomarker (1)
- Birds of prey (1)
- Plasma concentration (1)
- Vitamin A (1)
- alpha-Tocopherol (1)
- birds of prey (1)
- fortification (1)
- method comparison (1)
Validation of a new point-of-care assay for determination of ss-carotene concentration in bovine whole blood and plasma (2012)
Background: beta-Carotene is an important precursor of vitamin A, and is associated with bovine fertility. beta-Carotene concentrations in plasma are used to optimize beta-carotene supplementation in cattle, but measurement requires specialized equipment to separate plasma and extract and measure beta-carotene, either using spectrophotometry or high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Objective: The objective of this study was to validate a new 2-step point-of-care (POC) assay for measuring beta-carotene in whole blood and plasma. Methods: beta-carotene concentrations in plasma from 166 cows were measured using HPLC and compared with results obtained using a POC assay, the iCheck-iEx-Carotene test kit. Whole blood samples from 23 of these cattle were also evaluated using the POC assay and compared with HPLC-plasma results from the same 23 animals. The POC assay includes an extraction vial (iEx Carotene) and hand-held photometer (iCheck Carotene). Results: Concentrations of beta-carotene in plasma measured using the POC assay ranged from 0.40 to 15.84 mg/L (n = 166). No differences were observed between methods for assay of plasma (mean +/- SD; n = 166): HPLC-plasma 4.23 +/- 2.35 mg/L; POC-plasma 4.49 +/- 2.36 mg/L. Similar good agreement was found when plasma analyzed using HPLC was compared with whole blood analyzed using the POC system (n = 23): HPLC-plasma 3.46 +/- 2.12 mg/L; POC-whole blood 3.67 +/- 2.29 mg/L. Conclusions: Concentrations of beta-carotene can be measured in blood and plasma from cattle easily and rapidly using a POC assay, and results are comparable to those obtained by the highly sophisticated HPLC method. Immediate feedback regarding beta-carotene deficiency facilitates rapid and appropriate optimization of beta-carotene supplementation in feed.
Quantification of vitamin A in palm oil using a fast and simple portable device method validation and comparison to high-performance liquid chromatography (2011)
Vitamin A deficiency continues to be a global public health problem. Fortification of oil with vitamin A is considered a cost-effective, feasible strategy to prevent this problem but quality control poses a challenge to program implementation. To overcome this, we have validated a newly developed device that quantitatively measures the content of retinyl palmitate in refined palm oil, is simple to use, and yields immediate results. Linearity of analysis rand from 2.5-30 mg retinol equivalents (RE)/kg of palm oil, with 2.5 mg RE/kg being the determination limit; inter- and intra-assay precision ranged from 1.4-7.1 To. Comparison with a high-performance Liquid chromatography method showed high agreement between the methods (R-2 = 0.92; Limits of Agreement: -1.24 mg to 2.53 mg RE/kg), and further comparisons illustrate that the new device is useful in low resource settings. This device offers a field- and user-friendly solution to quantifying the vitamin A content in refined palm oil.
An imbalance between formation and detoxification of oxygen radicals leads to oxidant stress that may increase in more intense oxidative metabolism caused by a high intake of metabolizable energy to provide metabolic intermediates for the milk synthesis and secretion. This hypothesis was tested using dairy cows and the concentration of hydroperoxides in lipids (LHP) extracted from circulative lipoprotein particles of low and very low density (LDL and VLDL/chylomicrons) as oxidant stress indicator. The particles were prepared by ultracentrifugation of serum obtained by coccygeal bleeding (13 cows, 1. parity, n=8 and 2. parity, n=5, lactation stage, 53 +/- 1.4 days post partum) and purified by precipitation. Concentrations of LHP-LDL/mg Lipoprotein correlated significantly with daily milk yield (r = 0.73, P = 0.004) or daily milk energy output (r = 0.77, P = 0.003) in contrast to LHP of VLDL/chylomicron particles. Thus, some evidence was obtained for an almost linear, positive relationship between milk productivity and oxidant stress occurring in LDL
In this study, we investigated the alpha-tocopherol plasma concentrations in healthy free-ranging nestlings of the white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) (n=32), osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (n=39), northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) (n=25), common buzzard (Buteo buteo) (n=31), and honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) (n=18) as well as of free-ranging adults of the white-tailed sea eagle (n=10), osprey (n=31), and northern goshawk (n=45). alpha-Tocopherol plasma concentrations were determined by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. alpha-Tocopherol plasma concentrations in nestlings of osprey, white-tailed sea eagle, and northern goshawk did not differ significantly amongst the species, but the common buzzard and honey buzzard nestlings had significantly lower alpha-tocopherol plasma concentrations than nestlings of the other species (both P<0.001). Adult male ospreys and white-tailed sea eagles had significantly higher alpha-tocopherol concentrations compared to adult females (both P<0.005). Adult ospreys and northern goshawks had significantly higher alpha-tocopherol plasma concentrations compared to their nestlings (both P<0.001). In adult female northern goshawks, plasma concentrations of alpha-tocopherol increased significantly before egg laying (P<0.001). These results demonstrate alpha-tocopherol plasma concentrations in birds of prey to be species specific and influenced by age and reproductive status.
Vitamin A, carotenoid and vitamin E plasma concentrations in children from Laos in relation to sex and growth failure (2003)
Concentrations of retinol, 3,4-didehydroretinol, and retinyl esters in plasma of free-ranging birds of prey (2012)
This study investigated vitamin A compounds in the plasma of healthy free-ranging Central European raptors with different feeding strategies. Plasma samples of nestlings of white-tailed sea eagle [white-tailed sea eagle (WTSE), Haliaeetus albicilla) (n = 32), osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (n = 39), northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) (n = 25), common buzzard (Buteo buteo) (n = 31), and honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) (n = 18) and adults of WTSE (n = 10), osprey (n = 31), and northern goshawk (n = 45) were investigated with reversed-phase-high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). In WTSE, northern goshawks and common buzzards retinol were the main plasma component of vitamin A, whilst in ospreys and honey buzzards, 3,4-didehydroretinol predominated. The median of the retinol plasma concentration in the nestlings group ranged from 0.12 to 3.80 mu M and in the adult group from 0.15 to 6.13 mu M. Median plasma concentrations of 3,4-didehydroretinol in nestlings ranged from 0.06 to 3.55 mu M. In adults, northern goshawks had the lowest plasma concentration of 3,4-didehydroretinol followed by WTSE and ospreys. The plasma of all investigated species contained retinyl esters (palmitate, oleate, and stearate). The results show considerable species-specific differences in the vitamin A plasma concentrations that might be caused by different nutrition strategies.


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