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Northern California Medical Associates Cardiovascular Services explores national trends in cardiovascular disease and shares insight into heart healthy living for February's focus on heart health.
With heart disease being the leading cause of death for both of men and women, it’s important to take steps to improve heart health.
There is a lot going on in February pertaining to heart health. It’s American Heart Month and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are co-leading an initiative on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service s to educate people all across the U.S. about heart disease and prevention. The American Heart Association is championing the annual awareness campaign aimed at educating women on heart health called Go Red for Women. NCMA Cardiovascular Services is also taking this opportunity to share some news about heart disease and stroke and to offer some tips on how to have a healthy heart.
According to the American Heart Association more than 5 million people in the United States suffer from heart failure, less than 50 percent of those with heart failure live a full five years following diagnosis. The deadly duo of heart disease and stroke are among the most prevalent and costly health complications dealt with by doctors today. Heart disease or stroke wreak havoc on people’s lives measured in increased medical bills, lost wages and decreased quality of living.
The top five ways to hedge your bets against heart disease include; managing high blood pressure (talk to your doctor), take up a daily routine of physical activity (at least 20 minutes per day), make an effort to eat whole foods (ditch processed alternatives), avoid excess salt and quit smoking.
About 67 million people have high blood pressure according to the CDC. High blood pressure is a serious issue when it comes to heart heath. It makes the heart work excessively, increasing the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Blood pressure is the force of blood on the walls of the body’s blood vessels as blood flows through them. This pressure naturally fluctuates during the day, but when it is consistently too high, it is considered high blood pressure or hypertension. The best way to find out what your blood pressure is and to weigh current risk factors, is to talk to a cardiologist.
Exercise is essential not only for maintaining a healthy weight but for keeping the heart healthy. According to the American Heart Association’s latest exercise standards, exercise can be viewed as a preventative medical treatment and should be pursued on a daily basis – or as close to a daily basis as possible. For maximum cardiovascular health the AHA suggests 30 minutes of aerobic activity at least five days per week combined with some type of muscle-strengthening activity twice per week.
Adopting a heart healthy diet can reduce the risk of heart disease or stroke by as much as 80 percent. The most often recommended steps towards improving the diet is to eat more fresh, unprocessed fruits and veggies, choose whole grains over refined grain products, and limit unhealthy fats. Reducing salt consumed in food is another important aspect of the heart-healthy diet. Salt can contribute to high blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Cigarette smoking greatly increases a person’s risk for heart disease. Risk factors rise as the cells that line the body's blood vessels react to the poisons in tobacco smoke, almost immediately causing the heart rate and blood pressure rise. Over time blood vessels grow narrower, and chemical changes caused by tobacco smoke also increases the likelihood that blood will clot. When this happens clots (called plaque) can form and block the necessary blood flow to the heart. When arteries are blocked enough then sudden death can become an issue.
With heart disease being the leading cause of death for both of men and women, claiming more lives than all forms of cancer combined it’s important to take steps to improve heart health. Knowledge is power, and with just a little effort it is possible to protect against heart disease. In addition to exercise, maintaining a healthy diet, controlling blood pressure, maintaining a healthy weight, making lifestyle choices to improve cardiovascular health will also improve quality of life, and lower the risk for heart disease.


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Pierogi is delighted to present an exhibition of recent work by John Stoney, The Origins of Grey. This exhibition consists of three related groups of work including photography, sculpture, and drawing. This new body of work continues Stoney’s examination of humankind’s place within the environment—and his individual place—and the larger scheme of things: geologically, historically, and otherwise, where it is put in its place within the vastness of time and space.
A series of three sculptures, entitled The Origins of Grey (Gems, Gems II, and Minerals), are, borrowing a term from photography, de-saturated reproductions of the ecstatically colorful displays of gemstones and minerals at the American Museum of Natural History’s Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems. The gems and minerals are reproduced in the irreducible greys of eleven different pure metallic elements—including elemental aluminum, antimony, bismuth, cadmium, indium, iron, lead, nickel, silver, tin, zinc—in configurations identical to the original specimen displays.
Conversely, Perspectives on Landscape Photography are a series of full color reproductions of black and white gelatin silver photographs of the American northeast and the Rocky Mountains. The original anonymous, small-scale gelatin silver prints were found by Stoney, scanned and printed in full color, revealing smudges and tints of color imbued to the originals over time.
The largest sculpture, It’s All Good, is a gilded bronze globe prominently displaying the earth’s tectonic plates. Internal mechanisms placed along the plate boundaries strike with corresponding force and location coincident with real-time information from the USGS earthquake data set. Since the tectonic plates are continually moving at the rate of 5 to 10 cm per year, the incidence of earthquakes globally is nearly constant at several earthquakes per hour. The clanging of the globe serves as a constant reminder of geological processes of a discomforting geographical and temporal scale.
This will be John Stoney’s third exhibition with Pierogi. Stoney’s work has been exhibited widely and was included in “Lives of the Hudson” at the Tang Museum (Saraotga Springs, NY), as well as presented at Socrates Sculpture Park, Art in General, among others. He studied at Central School of Art, St. Martins School in London, England and received his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. He currently teaches at The University of Texas at Austin and splits his time between Austin, TX and Brooklyn, NY.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Belgium struck early against England today as Theresa May let her defences down at the European Council summit.
The Prime Minister was ambushed by her Belgian counterpart Charles Michel as he handed her a Belgium football shirt just hours before the two countries meet in the World Cup.
Mrs May looked taken aback as Mr Michel pulled the bright red garment out of a presentation box, but laughed as he held it up and she realised what it was.
The shirt had the Number 10 on it - Mrs May’s address in Downing Street - but it also had the word “hazard” on the back as it is the shirt worn by midfielder Eden Hazard, though it could also be interpreted as a hidden warning of what lies ahead in the talks.
Mr Michel enlisted the French president Emmanuel Macron as an accomplice to carry out the carefully-planned stunt at the start of the two-day meeting in Brussels.
As the leaders mingled in the European Council meeting room, Mr Michel opened the box to show Mr Macron what was inside, prompting mischievous laughter from both men.
Mr Macron then went to find Mrs May and brought her over to Mr Michel, who opened the box with a flourish to surprise the Prime Minister.
Mrs May had failed to prepare a counter-attack, and looked a little embarrassed to have nothing to offer Mr Michel in return, such as an England shirt perhaps.
Having been presented with an open goal, Mr Michel soon made it 2-0 to Belgium as he gave football scarves to the EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Together with the Netherlands and Luxembourg - Mr Juncker’s home country - the three countries form the Benelux bloc, and with the Dutch and Luxembourg failing to qualify for the World Cup, Belgium will have plenty of local support tonight.
Mr Juncker put the scarf around his neck and held his fists aloft before putting the scarf around the neck of the Irish premier Leo Varadkar, who has been a constant thorn in the side of the UK during Brexit negotiations with the EU.
Moments earlier, Mr Varadkar and Mr Juncker had lectured Mrs May as they arrived for the summit, with Mr Varadkar saying Europe had 500 million citizens to Britain’s 60 million, meaning Britain would be a junior partner in future arrangements.
Mr Juncker said Mrs May “cannot go on…with a split Cabinet”.

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Marion Barry, the politician known as "Mayor for Life" has died at the age of 78. He served four terms as Mayor of Washington D. C. and was the most beloved local leader in four decades of District of Columbia self-rule.
Mourners gathered inside a cavernous hall at the Washington Convention Center to pay their final respects to former Washington D. C. Mayor Marion Barry.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson delivered the eulogy, which was a roll call of Civil Rights Heroes, at the December 6 funeral. In his eulogy, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called Barry, who came to Washington as the first chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a "freedom fighter" who joins the pantheon of civil rights leaders who died before him. "Marion was one of the architects of the new South and the new America," Jackson said. "Marion Barry emancipated Washington."
Other speakers included the Rev. Louis Farrakhan and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who appeared on video. Barry's widow and son also spoke.
Washington, D.C., on Thursday, December 4, began a three-day final farewell to former Mayor Marion Barry.
Barry, known as the District of Columbia's "Mayor for Life" after four terms in office, died on Nov. 23 at 78 due to heart problems. He was a city councilman when he died, representing impoverished Ward 8.
Barry's coffin, draped in West African kente cloth and piled high with red roses, lay in repose at city hall after police pallbearers carried it past mourners, media and political leaders.
Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. accompanied Barry's family into the black-draped building.
Many of the mourners said Barry, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper, had transformed the U.S. capital by giving jobs and hope to black residents.
Mayor Vincent Gray, (2nd from the left in above photo)a longtime friend and political ally of Barry, said Barry stood up for people with intellectual disabilities long before it was politically popular to do so. Gray, who directed an organization for the intellectually disabled, recalled how Barry dealt with a wealthy resident who didn't want a group home in his neighborhood. "Mayor Barry said, and I quote, 'You really don't want any answers, do you? If you want to talk about how we will make this work, I will stay with you all night. Otherwise, I have nothing else to say to you.' That was vintage Barry," Gray said. "The home opened and was a huge success."
The Rev. Louis Farrakhan, the head of the Nation of Islam who was in Washington to support Barry, said he was asked by a reporter at the time what he thought of a man who broke his marital vows and used drugs. "I said, 'Who are you talking about, John Fitzgerald Kennedy?' That ended the press conference," Farrakhan said to a raucous ovation. "I only raised that for those who like to talk about our deficiencies while they hide the wickedness of their own leaders."
Farrakhan also credited Barry with the success of the Million Man March on the National Mall, which he organized and led in 1995. "The Million Man March could never have happened in any other city at any other time than in Washington, D.C. at the time of Marion Barry," Farrakhan said.
Barry's only son, Christopher Barry, thanked his father for teaching him both academic and life lessons, including a formative trip to Barry's native Mississippi when he was 13. He said Barry wasn't a conventional father, but he always felt the love Barry had for his constituents. "I didn't always feel like he had the time to spend with me as a father," Christopher Barry said. "It was other people that embraced me. I never felt his absence because I always felt his love through others."
Charles Wilson, 54, was one of many mourners who wore a T-shirt printed with photos of Barry. A native Washingtonian and a social worker in the city, Wilson said he got his first job at age 13, working for the city's parks and recreation department, through Barry's summer youth program. "He was our father. He gave us jobs. He's done a lot for the city. Whatever I have belongs to him - my house, my car, my job with D.C. government," Wilson said.
"He's like a messiah for the district. He paved the way for many, many, many of us, African Americans as well as people in general," said Diane Lyons, 54, a healthcare worker.
Bernard Barker, 53, a laborer who had arrived at 6:30 a.m. to be first in line, prayed at Barry's coffin.
"I just said, 'God bless you, Mr. Marion Barry, God bless your family.' I know he's going to heaven because he did a lot of good for the city," Barker said.
Washington planned three days of commemoration, with a motorcade carrying Barry's coffin on Friday, December 5, to the Temple of Praise church, where he had worshipped.
A memorial service at Washington's Convention Center drew thousands. The Reverend Jesse Jackson delivered the eulogy.
Barry became mayor in 1979 and focused resources on poor neighborhoods, government contracts for Black businesses and jobs on the city payroll.
Marion Barry Jr. was born on March 6, 1936 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. His father worked as a sharecropper and passed away when he was only four. His mom moved the family to Memphis, TN. remarried and raised nine children. As a young boy, Barry took on multiple jobs to assist his family, including picking cotton.
This young man applied his work ethic to his education too. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1958 from Le Moyne College and in 1960 received his master’s degree in chemistry from Fisk University. His passion for the Civil Rights Movement kept him from completing his doctorate. Instead, Barry’s efforts went into the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); he served as its first national chairman. In 1965, he moved to Washington, D.C. to launch a local chapter.
Barry attended LeMoyne College (now LeMoyne–Owen College), graduating in 1958. In his junior year of college, all of the racial injustices he had seen started to come together. There was a fair ground in Memphis that he and his friends decided to go to; it was a segregated fair. They went to the fair at the time that the white people were supposed to go, because they wanted to see the science exhibit. When they were close to the exhibit, a policeman stopped them and asked them to leave. Barry and his friends left without protesting the policeman. At that time, Barry did not know much about his race, or why they were treated poorly, but it did not sit well with him. After this experience, Barry became a more active member of the NAACP chapter at LeMoyne; he became the president. While at LeMoyne, his ardent support of the civil rights movement earned him the nickname "Shep", in reference to Soviet politician Dmitri Shepilov. Barry began using Shepilov as his middle name. In 1958 at LeMoyne, he criticized a college trustee for remarks he felt were demeaning to African Americans, which nearly caused his expulsion. While he was a senior and the president of the NAACP, Barry heard of Walter Chandler—the only white member on LaMoyne’s board of trustees—making comments that black people should be treated as a “younger brother not as an adult.” Barry did not appreciate the comments made by Chandler, and wrote a letter to LeMoyne’s president asking if Walter Chandler could be removed from the board A friend of Barry’s was the editor of the school newspaper, The Magician, and told Barry to run the letter in the paper. From there, the letter made it to the front page of Memphis’ conservative morning paper.
In 1967, Barry co-founded Pride, Inc., a jobs program for unemployed black men. Next, Barry began his foray into politics by winning a seat on the D.C. School Board in 1972; two years later, he was elected to city council. But his success put Barry in the line of fire, literally. Hanafi Muslims took over the District Building in 1977 and Barry was shot during the incident. His survival seemed to boost his "unstoppable" image.
After just three years on the city council, the democrat ran for mayor and won in 1978. He was reelected two more times.
Despite being the political comeback kid, Barry continued to have brushes with the law involving such accusations as drugs, tax evasion, probation violation, traffic offenses and stalking. In 2010, he was censured and stripped of his committee chairmanship because of corruption allegations. Still, in 2012, he was elected for a third straight city council term. His story may become an HBO biopic with Eddie Murphy playing Barry and Spike Lee as the director.
Marion S. Barry Jr. died on November 23, 2014 at the age of 78 in Washington D.C. According to a statement, the former mayor had numerous health issues over the years including high blood pressure, diabetes, prostate cancer and kidney ailments.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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Basically that means that, having a single TADOConnection, it would have datasets in different threads using the connection at the same time.
So... is that situation thread safe, or will I be required to use a TADOConnection in each usersession (thread).
For info, I did get an answer over on the IW forum (see link above).
The answer is: No, TADOConnection is not thread safe. More link references in the other thread.

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Commercial ancestry testing is enormously popular these days; if you haven’t taken a test yourself, I bet you know someone who has. Thanks to technological advances in the last decade, businesses can now easily and cheaply take a high-resolution snapshot of a person’s genomic variation at a fraction of the cost of sequencing the whole genome. Depending on the type of test employed, these snapshots can offer information about a person’s ancestry and help identify genetic relatives. DNA can be used legitimately as a tool for genealogical and historical research, but there are also a lot of misleading and overhyped claims out there about what you can actually learn from your genome.
This is the first in a series of posts in which I’m going to tackle some of the claims that commercial ancestry testing companies make. They’ll help you distinguish between what's legitimate and what’s “genetic astrology.” We’ll examine whether your DNA can actually tell you what sports you might be good at, what foods you ought to eat, and who you should date. But we’ll begin this series with one of the most popular and important questions: Can your DNA connect you with your Viking, ancient Egyptian, or “Stone Age” ancestors?
Evolutionary forces shape our genomes, which reflect our ancestors’ histories of migration and intermarriage with people from other groups. Completely sequencing our genomes, or characterizing thousands of DNA bases across the genome, can teach us a lot about that history.
I want to highlight one testing service as an example of what I would consider genetic astrology. There are many others; I’m only focusing on just one in order to illustrate the sorts of things consumers need to be mindful of while interpreting their genetic results.
This test is an attempt to address what is one of the biggest limitations in the claims of most ancestry tests currently on the market. Most companies compare your genome to those of living people from other populations across the world and then give you an estimate of which groups you are most similar to, giving rise to the common misconception that this is where your ancestors came from. But people living in a region today may not be genetically similar to those who lived there in the past. Ancient DNA analyses are the only way we can understand the genetic variation in a region at any given point in time.
But this, too, is a form of genetic astrology.
Dr. Graham Coop, a geneticist at UC Davis agreed: “This is a daft idea. Many of these ancient people the company uses are so far back in time that, if they left any living descendants today, we’re all their descendants."
This point that Dr. Coop raised (and has blogged about) is one of the most important and counterintuitive facts about ancestry. Over generations, the cumulative effect of passing on only half of a genome from parent to child is that our DNA only represents a small, and rapidly diminishing (as we look further back in the past) fraction of our true ancestry. Most of your genealogical ancestors after about 9 generations didn’t actually contribute much (if anything) of your genome. As you go back in time, you inherit less and less DNA from your ancestors and share more and more genetic ancestors with other people.
In addition, no population has ever stayed isolated for very long; our ancestors moved all over the place and so despite most people’s belief that they have ancestors from just a few places, they actually have ancestry from people all over the world (see this post for an explanation). In fact, everyone alive today likely traces ancestry to a person who lived just 3,500 years ago!
Your DNA is not a good snapshot of your whole family tree more than a few generations back. You have many more genealogical ancestors than you have genetic ancestors.
Any given individual in the past (including all of the ancient people referenced in the Primeval DNA test) is extremely unlikely to have passed along their DNA to anyone, including you.
I contacted DNA Consultants to ask them for a response to these points. Dr. Eran Elhaik, University of Sheffield, the designer of the test said in an email to me “since ancient ancestries may decay with time, some signatures may not be recovered, it all depends on one’s demographic history (their parents, grandparents, etc.). The reason the 1-4% Neanderthal signature remains with Europeans is that everyone has it. So everyone will pass on these 1-4 %. This may not true about the ancient Egyptian signature, for example."

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Last week, William & Mary made headlines when it completely overhauled the school’s athletics logos. Local newspaper outlets, local news stations, and even some national outlets were quick to cover the story. And in today’s technologically friendly world, fan reaction on social media was immediate. There were all kinds of folks chiming in, some with positive comments, and many with negative comments.
We get it — change is hard, especially for an historic school like William & Mary. But we at the Blog commend W&M Athletics Director Samantha Huge for addressing a serious branding issue for the “Tribe.” Head Basketball Coach Tony Shaver put it best when he said, “People in California or Wisconsin or Michigan may not know what Tribe is, but they know William & Mary.” In our opinion, whether or not you agree with how it was done, the new logos’ greater incorporation of “W&M” and “William & Mary” is a step in the right direction. And maybe, just maybe, with time — these logos will grow on you. All we ask is that you give them a shot this year.
While the logo works on some levels, I dont believe it helps solve the primary problem that was identified. Brand recognition of “Tribe” by those outside of the region, I agree, was poor. The name William and Mary is known. However, the logo fails to address this, by muddying the simple rigid W and M with a blurred and blobby ampersand. The ampersand is revered by W&M alums, but blending it into the letters makes it difficult to decipher and comes across either as an illegible character or perhaps as W-E-M (William E Morris U?), which does not help our cause. Understandably, shrinking the ampersand in the most recent failed logo attempt also looked terrible. Perhaps alums should face up to the fact that the ampersand in the primary logo should be removed, as it was with the old block WM with feather. Furthermore, usage of simple block WILLIAM MARY, as on last years basketball jersey is the ultimate clarifier.
I am an unapologetic supporter of the feathers, and the NCAA has my undying emnity because of this issue. When President Reveley announced “Get me the Griffin”, an opportunity was presented to reunite “W&M” with the feathers. With the presentation of the new full primary mark logo, a whole head and upper torso of eagle’s feathers was reunited with “W&M”, and I couldn’t be more pleased. While the school’s FAQ sheet mentions why the “feathers” weren’t brought back, the reality is just the opposite. The feathers have been brought back in an unobjectionable way. To the NCAA, go pound sand! W&M has prevailed- Tribe and feathers endure! To AD Huge, thank you for bringing the feathers back to us. You have my undying gratitude.
Relative to the simple primary mark (with and without stroke), my first reaction was not positive. However, I have seen the “new” basketball court, and I have seen a new polo shirt (white lettering on a green shirt), and I must say, my opinion has changed. I think everyone is going to be pleasantly surprised.
So, put me in the “great job” camp. Go Tribe!
I’ve been adorning William & Mary Tribe gear literally as long as I’ve been alive. My Dad, W&M class of 1979, put my in a W&M onesie just hours after my birth, and the green and gold have been apart of my blood and wardrobe ever since. No matter the numerous iterations of W&M logos, with feathers and without, W&M gold and spirit gold, I’ve always worn my green and gold with pride whether playing catch with my Dad as a kid on the Zable field after a game, walking around the Sunken Gardens as a student myself, or in the stands expectantly cheering for the Tribe men’s basketball team to finally bang that door down and make it to the NCAA Tournament. The logo is not what W&M is about, the Tribe is what W&M is about, the family. One Tribe, One Family now and always, feathers or no feathers.
Is the new logo or branding that was rolled out this week by AD Huge perfect? No, not at all. Does the new branding represent progress though? Absolutely yes, and that’s the most important point of all for me. While we proud members of the W&M community continually celebrate and are captivated by our amazing history, we can’t be held captive by it. The world is moving forward around us and not backward, looking to the future instead of being stuck in the past, and for the first time that I can ever remember in my lifetime of proudly adorning W&M attire, our athletics department, led by the innovative and bold, AD Huge, is doing the same. For that I am both extremely hopeful and grateful. While I am not yet sold on the product (though it is growing on me), I am sold on the process. A process for the bold and the brave. A process that pushes us out of our comfort zone to go places we’ve never gone before and achieving things we’ve never done before. We can’t truly achieve what we want to achieve unless we are willing to fail. Time will tell whether this new brand, product, will succeed or fail, but I truly believe that regardless of if it does or not, the process will succeed in achieving greater levels of excellence then we have ever seen before, and besides, whether this new logo and branding succeeds or fails, we will still be the Tribe. One Tribe, One Family, and no one and nothing can ever take that special community away from us, and that perhaps is our greatest success of all.
It’s transition time for the Tribe. Dr. Rowe moved onto ancient campus this month, and Samantha Huge has already made a name for herself as the proactive leader our athletic department badly needed when she arrived in Williamsburg. And, like it or not, there’s no ignoring the Tribe’s move to Under Armour, as seen on almost all of the Campus Shop gear and team uniforms. The new branding set is the school’s latest and most recognizable move towards revolutionizing the Tribe.
Unlike the change in leadership at William & Mary, branding and logos seem to change with regularity. And why not? Everyone else seems to do it every few years, and having access to new-look gear is exciting for fans, students, and athletes. To much of the Tribe’s chagrin, as seen all over social media, the new logos are a miss.
The tricked-out font looks like it was taken off of a middle school poster presentation, and the “gold” is very clearly not gold. If it doesn’t look good on a football helmet, how will it look 1000x bigger at center court in Kaplan? The only place I’ve seen the new “W&M” logo on a product I would purchase is on the black Nike rain jacket… and who knows how much Nike apparel the school plans to sell in the future? The project is not for lack of effort—the new branding answers the calls of those asking for a tougher looking griffin, which I believe it does well.
As fans it’s incredibly easy to complain and point fingers at the talking heads in charge. But this issue may be more complex beneath the surface. Did the athletic department feel pressured to change things up? Was timing a factor? To what extent did Under Armour have an influence? When I first saw the Instagram release, my kneejerk reaction was that things were better with the “Tribe” lettering from a couple years ago. Aside from a potential lack of reference to the name “William and Mary,” that logo was perfect in a sense. Simple yet bold, it clearly presented an encompassing word that has meant so much to our community. On move-in day, new students hear a constant buzz of “welcome to the Tribe,” “one Tribe,” and “Tribe choices.” The new branding initiative is a stark removal from the “Tribe” we’ve grown to know and love, and it feels like a rushed, impersonal shot at keeping up with our peers.
I like the new logo. I think it shows creativity and progress. I’ve been a Tribe fan before we had Tribe and were the Indians. Yes, I go back to the early 70s for my support. I grew up in the Williamsburg area and played a varsity sport at William and Mary in the 80s. I’m excited about the changes since Samantha Huge came on board over a year ago. I have confidence that this logo and a more prominent Griffin will represent the college well for years to come.
That said…..I wish they would have put 1693 on the logo somehow.
Great college logos (e.g., Texas, Miami, Clemson, Virginia Tech) have a few common elements. They’re simple, timeless, and versatile. In addition to meeting these criteria, Samantha Huge and the Athletics Office faced the challenge of pitching yet another redesign to William and Mary’s keen, outspoken, and hidebound constituency. Did they succeed?
Timeless? This is hard to judge. The sleek contour and wingtip serifs on the lettering strike me as slightly gimmicky. But fashions turn and return like the seasons, and old fads may live to become chic again. The case for timelessness will improve the longer this logo survives. Nothing waters down a brand like annual reinvention.
Versatile? The new logo looks much better in certain colors and contexts than it does in others. For example, when the primary color is green with a gold outline on a white field, the lines stand in powerful, legible relief. However, when the primary color is gold with a white outline on a green field, the lines bleed together illegibly. This suggests a lack of versatility.
Case-specific considerations: Mercifully, the “griffin” appears only in secondary renderings. The griffin and its attendant paraphernalia represent an unwelcome intrusion of nerd fandom into the higher realms of athletic competition. However, my primary concern with this logo is that we as fans simply be permitted to fall in love with it. The school is 325 years old but leaves a wake of junked logos, word marks, color palates, nicknames, and mascots twice as long. Let’s put some mileage on this one before we lease another.
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1. Access Physicians partners with hospitals across the U.S. to provide specialty services such as cardiology, pulmonary and neurology via telemedicine.
2. Under the new partnership, Access Physicians provided Cuero Regional Hospital a telemedicine cart equipped with a monitor and camera, which hospital staff can bring into patient rooms. Remote cardiologists can then conduct telemedicine examinations with patients.
3. Chris Gallagher, MD, global president and co-founder of Access Physicians, said his company's mission is to provide rural hospitals with specialty care they might not have access to. He said rural areas tend to have about 40 specialists per 100,000 residents, compared to 134 in urban areas.
4. Lynn Falcone, CEO of Cuero (Texas) Health, said: "Given the challenges rural hospitals face when recruiting specialists, telehealth medicine is a fantastic solution … If specialists have limited days and times to see patients at rural hospitals, the next best thing is to bring them on board remotely."

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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The group stepped off at 11:30 a.m. and spent about an hour and a half walking the trails. Members found enough garbage to fill a portion of a garbage bag and a 5-gallon bucket they found on the mountain. Most of the refuse picked up was empty cans, bottles and paper.
Besides the grill, which appeared to have been hit with a shotgun, other unique items discovered during the trip were a pickle jar and a plastic molding off a vehicle. The group tries to recycle as much of what they find as possible, Petrie said.
ServeState is in its first semester of existence at the university. The group does other volunteer work locally and will host a donation drive for Centre County PAWS from noon to 4 p.m. Monday on the Old Main lawn, said John Petrie, a junior and service coordinator for the group.
Another trash pickup at Mount Nittany is scheduled for late next month, he said.


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If you’re not from the Pacific Northwest, you may not know that there’s so much more to see in the state of Washington than just the sights in Seattle. Only a few hours away over the mountains is the beautiful Lake Chelan valley, boasting 300 days of sunshine each year, beautiful lakeshore views, over 20 wineries, and plenty for families to do all year round.
Just over the North Cascade mountains from Seattle is a destination that not many outside of Washington state may know about or have visited. But not only is Lake Chelan the third deepest lake in the United States, it’s also a popular regional destination for locals looking to enjoy a summertime getaway. With fifty miles of shoreline set inside a picturesque mountain valley, Lake Chelan provides plenty of family-friendly fun for travelers from further away as well.
Lake Chelan, Washington is located just about a 3-hour beautiful drive east (and slightly north) from Seattle, through the mountains. There are three small communities located on the lake – the communities of Chelan and Manson, and the village of Steheken, which is only accessible via boat, seaplane or hiking. This area is a popular tourist destination with many events, activities and festivals happening year-round, although it is most popular during the summer months. With four full seasons and over 300 days of sunshine per year, this is a far cry from Seattle’s drizzle that we outsiders often tend to picture when considering a trip to Washington.
My 13-year-old daughter and I had the opportunity to visit Lake Chelan and explore the area during the spring season. We visited all three lakeshore communities, experienced the Manson Apple Blossom Festival and got out on the water on the Lady of the Lake ferry. This was our first visit to the Pacific Northwest and we were both struck by the gorgeous mountain views surrounding Lake Chelan, as well as the variety of things for families to do in the area.
With a small town vibe, there are no high-rise hotels in Chelan or Manson. Instead, you’ll find many properties offering condominium-style lodgings, vacation rental homes, and only a few traditional hotel or motel style options. There are some bed & breakfast options in Chelan, or if you’re looking to rough it, there are plenty of campgrounds for RVs or tents in the area.
Our group stayed in Manson and was split between the Mountain View Lodge, a family-owned hotel, and the Wapato Point Resort, with condominium accommodations. The properties were within walking distance of each other and within easy walking distance of Manson’s small downtown area. Although my daughter and I didn’t stay at the Mountain View Lodge, we did spend an evening there and enjoyed the outdoor pool and outdoor pavilion – the owners do a (seasonal) nightly campfire with s’mores and offer a large lawn with volleyball net and other outdoor games.
Wapato Point is truly a resort experience, with many different condominium buildings spread over their 116 acres. Our unit had a waterfront view, right over a small beach area, and had two bedrooms and two full bathrooms plus a full kitchen, dining area, living room and even a patio with seating area and grill. The two of us had more than enough space and I could easily see our full family of five being comfortable there. Having access to a full kitchen, as well as a grill, helps save on dining costs and there was even a stackable washer/dryer in the unit to keep up with all of the laundry during your stay.
We didn’t have a chance to check out Wapato Point’s pools, but did enjoy their lakeside playground and miniature golf. You can also rent kayaks, bicycles, boats and more right there too. Some of our group rented bikes and enjoyed riding along the roads throughout the resort area.
Whether your family prefers pizza or pastries, there are plenty of options for meals in the area. Even if you have a full kitchen where you’re staying, you’re definitely going to want to check out the local cuisine because there are some “can’t miss” spots. The Lakeview Drive-In is a must – it’s a local favorite and you can’t beat the view of Lake Chelan while you’re munching on the best burgers, fries and shakes around on their lakefront lawn area, complete with a duck couple that often tends to show up to say hello. If your family is into more ethnic choices, definitely give Marcela’s Cocina Mexicana a try. They’re located in downtown Chelan, making it a perfect place to stop for a bite to eat after a few hours of shopping.
Lake Chelan is an up-and-coming area for wine, with over 20 wineries in the area, some of which also have full restaurants. We ate at the Wapato Point Cellars, which not only had wonderful steaks paired with their wines, but offers both indoor or outdoor dining and a large lawn area with games and activities for all ages. Don’t forget to leave room for dessert!
For breakfast on our last morning in Lake Chelan, we were treated to breakfast at another local favorite, Blueberry Hills. You need to get there early if you want to avoid the long line, but it’s well worth the wait for their tasty pastries, waffles, jellies and jams. You can either eat inside surrounded by their eclectic décor, or outside on the large deck offering beautiful views of the surrounding orchards, fields and mountains.
Summertime is the peak of tourist season for this area, but they offer plenty to do year-round. Boating, swimming, skiing, kayaking, or canoeing all get you out on the water, or you can hike the mountains surrounding the valley. In the winter, don’t miss out on skiing, tubing or snowboarding, and the beautiful fall colors enhance the gorgeous views at harvest time. And no matter the time of year, the area is perfect for wine tasting and touring.
My favorite experience while visiting Lake Chelan was the Lady of the Lake ferry which runs year-round from Chelan to Stehekin. They provide the only regular ferry service to the upper portion of the lake, which is inaccessible except by boat, plane or on your own two feet. Whether you make a day of it or choose to stay overnight in Stehekin (or camp along the way), this area is remote and beautiful to explore by boat or on foot.
There are two ferry options – the faster Lady Express (not available at all times of year) or the more leisurely Lady of the Lake II, which is the boat that we took to Stehekin. The trip took about four hours each way and offered unparalleled views of the 50-mile long shoreline and snowcapped mountains surrounding the valley. The ferry is family friendly with rest rooms, a snack bar and plenty of indoor and outdoor seating.
With only around eighty year-round residents, Stehekin is a unique destination to explore and visit. We took a bus tour up to the Rainbow Falls, toured the historic one-room schoolhouse and took some time to check out the village itself. This area is extremely remote and relies on the ferry to provide everything from groceries to their daily mail service.
Words really don’t do Rainbow Falls justice – water thunders down over 300 feet and coating everything in its vicinity with mist. The kids walked down to the bottom and ended up drenched, which they of course, loved. There are upper and lower viewing platforms where you can get a close-up (albeit wet) view of the glacier-fed falls, which in turn feed Lake Chelan.
During the year there are many events offering plenty to do for tourists and locals alike. We visited during Manson’s Apple Blossom Festival and had the opportunity to participate in several events that seem to be local favorites. The festival includes a 2K or 5K fun run through the Wapato Point area and downtown Manson, a pancake breakfast hosted by the Kiwanis Club, quilt show and street fair, homemade chicken noodle dinner at a local church, and a parade featuring the Apple Blossom Royal Court, many area marching bands, floats and more. It’s truly a small town, hometown event that made us feel welcomed like locals.
Other annual events include Winterfest, the Lake Chelan Rodeo, Bach Fest, Lake Chelan Car Show, Creative Arts Festival and many more. There’s something exciting going on almost every weekend throughout the summer months. If your travel plans include Seattle, Tacoma or Spokane, it’s definitely worth the time to make the drive out to Lake Chelan to enjoy everything that this hidden gem has to offer.

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Conservationists are lobbying for the inclusion of the cheetah on the international list of endangered species.
A new study by Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Panthera Corporation of London, which works on reducing threats to wild cats, and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) of New York, shows cheetahs are on the verge of extinction, with 7,100 remaining globally. This figure represents a more than 90 per cent drop from 100 years ago.
ZSL, Panthera, and WCS want the wild cheetah put on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s list of endangered species to avert the impending extinction of the mammal.
The organisations say urgent landscape-wide conservation action is needed to reverse the decline. They cite the Asiatic cheetah populations which have been hit hard, with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in one isolated pocket of Iran.
The rest of the world’s cheetahs in Africa are restricted to only 13 per cent of their historical distributional range. They live on unprotected land and face increased pressures from widespread human–wildlife conflict.
Data shows that there are still 2,290 cheetahs in East Africa, with 1,362 moving between Kenya and Tanzania; Ethiopia and South Sudan host some.
ZSL researcher Sarah Durant said cheetahs are a challenging species to conserve as they move widely to find prey while avoiding large predators like the lion and spotted hyena, which may kill their cubs and steal their kills.
“Given the secretive nature of this elusive cat, it has been difficult to gather hard information on the species, leading to its plight being overlooked,” said Dr Durant.
Cheetahs can travel over 1,000 square kilometres every year. They have been driven out of 91 per cent of their historic range by changes in land tenure as the protected area systems are insufficient for long-term survival, with most of the animals living outside protected areas.
They face multiple threats including loss of habitat and prey, conflict with livestock and game keepers, illegal wildlife trade in live cheetahs for pets and dead ones for skins, political instability and large scale fencing.
Unrestricted by boundaries, the species’ wide-ranging movement weakens protection. For example, Zimbabwe’s cheetah population has declined from 1,200 to 170 animals in 16 years, representing a loss of 85 per cent.
Researchers are calling for the co-ordination of regional conservation efforts between countries where cheetahs still roam. They also suggest including incentives for the local population to conserve the cats.
Panthera’s Cheetah Programme director Dr Kim Young-Overton said the latest study is a wake-up call showing how close cheetahs are to extinction, saying securing protected areas alone is not enough.
“We must think bigger, conserving across the mosaic of protected and unprotected landscapes that these far-ranging cats inhabit, if we are to avert the otherwise certain loss of the cheetah forever,” he said.
Communities that share their land with cheetahs cannot afford to pay the costs of losing their precious livestock to cheetah, he said.
Panthera Corporation, WCS and ZSL have documented densities as low as only one cheetah per 4,000 square kilometres in the Sahara, where the endangered cat still survives.
“Our findings show that given the large space requirements for cheetahs, coupled with a complex range of threats faced, species in the wild are likely to be much more vulnerable to extinction than was previously thought,” said Durant.
She said governments and cheetah conservation communities had put in place comprehensive frameworks for action to save the species, but resources are needed to implement innovative new ways for communities to benefit from the presence of wildlife.
For the cheetah, there is an urgent need to find political will and financial means to enable people and wildlife coexist, she said.
West, Central and North Africa have about 457 cheetahs with 238 moving between the Central African Republic and Chad; 191 between Algeria and Mali while 25 roam from Benin to Burkina Faso and Niger.
Southern Africa has the highest number of cheetahs, with 4,297 surviving. It is estimated that there are 4,021 cheetahs are in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia and Zambia.


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If there’s one thing we like to do here at Vibes, it’s educate our audience on all things mobile, particularly as it relates to loyalty. Recently, Samantha Dupler of Glossy moderated a discussion between our own VP of Product Marketing, Dave Panek, and Apple Pay Specialist Dave Baldwin.
The two Daves discussed the changing landscape of consumer loyalty, driven heavily by mobile marketing. Here are the highlights of that webinar.
Today’s customers want highly engaging experiences with brands, and they want those experiences to be 1:1, not 1 in a million. In fact, 83% of consumers would have a more positive view of a brand that delivered personalized loyalty messaging, such as points and rewards, exclusive content, and birthday and anniversary messaging.
While loyalty programs are a start in meeting customers with that engaging, personalized experience, the channel matters hugely. People are already spending an inordinate amount of time on their phones. When you mobilize your loyalty program, you not only give consumers that deep experience they’re looking for on a channel they love, but you also have the potential to substantially increase revenue, acquisition, and customer lifetime value.
In the webinar, Dave Panek addressed how mobile is changing the loyalty game. For stores that have seen a traffic drop, a well-executed loyalty program via mobile can effectively increase in-the-door traffic, as well as reenergize stagnant redemption rates.
Customers who are happy talk to others about brands. Having a seamless way to accrue and redeem points via mobile may be enough to drive member conversations, thus increasing signups through word-of-mouth.
And because retail is so competitive, loyalty programs can also combat customers shopping with your competitors.
With lower customer acquisition costs (no investment on printing or mailing, nor on plastic cards), you can increase loyalty while keeping your bottom line in line with budgets.
So What Does a Mobile-First Loyalty Strategy Look Like?
Dave Panek shared that the key to a successful mobile-based loyalty program is an integrated approach: 48% of consumers prefer to get loyalty messages via SMS, while 73% are more likely to join a loyalty program if they can interact with their accounts via mobile wallet. So clearly, incorporating more than one mobile tactic (also adding in push notifications and MMS) will get better results.
Offering loyalty rewards for both Apple Pay and Google Pay users can also boost engagement, especially in-store: coupons or offers sent to both platforms see redemption rates as high as 30%.
And finally, incorporating other marketing channels into your loyalty strategy can also serve to convert more customers to digital loyalty programs. Giving customers the opportunity to sign up for a mobile loyalty program from email, social media, banner ads, an app, or an in-store offer maximizes your chance of getting signups.
When shoppers can join your program at the point of sale, you make it even easier to increase enrollment numbers. Automatic loyalty enrollment (ALE), which is baked into Vibes’ mobile loyalty engagement platform, eliminates paper enrollment forms and takes literally seconds to populate a mobile wallet card with a mobile user’s existing data.
You aren’t holding up lines as you sign up a shopper with a paper application, and you ensure accurate data capture. Once a shopper signs up, she can immediately start benefiting from your loyalty program.
It’s clear that mobile has changed the way retailers connect with consumers through loyalty programs. By putting the focus on the customer and not the brand, you can provide value and incentive to your customers and make them loyal for life.


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Richmar's legacy spans over 45 years of engineering and manufacturing therapeutic ultrasound devices and other rehabilitation equipment. This includes creating the industry's first device capable of combined stim and therapeutic ultrasound; as well as the patented AutoSound hands-free therapeutic ultrasound applicator.
The Therasound EVO is a therapeutic ultrasound machine capable of 1 & 3 MHz ultrasound frequencies, and can be easily upgraded for laser therapy capability with the addition of the Therasound EVO Laser Module.
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A faster pace of economic development calls for microlevel reforms to help specific sectors and companies become more competitive in global markets.
Many developing countries are frustrated because better macroeconomic conditions haven’t led to faster economic growth. Clearly, earning an investment-grade rating on sovereign debt isn’t enough. Our work in Colombia creating and implementing an economic-development program, with a model focused on improving specific industry sectors, could provide useful lessons for a number of developing countries.
Colombia has enjoyed a surprising political and economic turnaround over the past decade. Nonetheless, many economists assert that the improvements in the business environment are necessary but not sufficient to ensure sustainable economic development. The country’s government concluded that to achieve enduring success, it would have to focus on making specific business sectors more competitive. Its Productive Transformation Program,1 1. For more information, see www.transformacionproductiva.gov.co. launched in 2007, created a novel public–private partnership engaging eight industry sectors. Early results suggest that tighter collaboration has not only removed investment barriers but also built competitive advantages.
We spoke with Colombia’s trade minister, Luis Guillermo Plata, about this public–private partnership, as well as about the broader challenges of restructuring the country’s economy. View his responses in this video, or download a PDF of the transcript.
Luis Guillermo Plata describes Colombia’s efforts to recover security, overhaul its industries, and revive a teetering economy.
The country has come a long way since 2000, when some economists and political analysts were saying that it was becoming a failed state. The government has reclaimed territories it had abandoned to drug traffickers and rebel armies, crime rates have fallen drastically, investor confidence is high, and unemployment has dropped. Growth slowed during the 2008–09 global recession, but Colombia has fared better than the rest of Latin America: from 2005 to 2009, the economy grew at an annual rate of 4.6 percent, compared with 3.6 percent for the whole region.
One big issue as Colombia tries to achieve sustained economic growth is its reliance on commodities. The country has a diversified industrial base focused on the internal market—the result of the import substitution model it (like most of Latin America) pursued from the 1950s until the early 1990s. Most of its industries failed to develop enough to become competitive globally; many of them underwent a painful restructuring once the country started opening its economy, in the 1990s. Some of the stronger sectors, taking advantage of newly signed free-trade agreements, worked hard to export manufactured goods to other Latin American countries. These efforts, however, haven’t reduced Colombia’s dependence on commodities, such as oil, coal, coffee, and fresh-cut flowers, which still collectively represent about 70 percent of its exports (exhibit).
The commodity sector is important, and Colombian officials rightly concluded that it should be nurtured, much as some high-income countries (for instance, Australia and Canada) have done to support economic development. But these officials also decided that other measures should be undertaken as well. To generate better-paying jobs for Colombians, the Productive Transformation Program seeks to accelerate the growth and competitiveness of higher-value-added sectors.
A keystone of the program is closer collaboration between the government and the business community. Rather than choose winners, as some developing countries have, Colombia invited all sectors to participate in the program. Given the government’s limited resources, it organized a contest to decide which ones to work with first. It did set preconditions: subsidies or protection would not be granted, so any improvement in competitiveness would have to occur under market conditions. In exchange, the government agreed to work with private businesses to educate and train the workforce in pertinent skills, to improve the regulatory environment, to help promote industries in foreign markets, and to develop the required infrastructure.
Colombia’s business-process-outsourcing sector could expand its market focus gradually from voice services to knowledge-based services.
The government based its selection on not only the potential of a sector but also the willingness of its leaders to commit money and people to the effort (see sidebar “Expanding the focus”). The first chosen were a mix of emerging high-potential sectors (business process outsourcing and offshoring, software, cosmetics, personal-care products, and health tourism) and established ones (textiles and clothing, electricity, auto parts, and printing and graphic arts).
After choosing a sector, the government worked with businesses in it to create and implement a strategic agenda. The overall goal was to build an understanding of the sector’s position in the global marketplace and in Colombia, as well as to define initiatives required to increase the sector’s competitiveness.
Colombia’s business-process-outsourcing sector could provide more than 300,000 jobs by 2019.
In the case of the business-process-outsourcing sector, studies reviewed the experience of India and the Philippines, given their success serving the English-language market. Other studies looked at Morocco to understand its approach to the French-language market, which is similar in size to the Spanish-speaking one, where Colombia has a natural advantage. The studies found, for example, that Colombia had lower costs than other Latin American countries and could serve the US Hispanic market and multinationals in the region competitively. Diagnostics also concluded that the sector could account for more than 300,000 jobs in Colombia by 2019 (see sidebar “Creating jobs”).
To date, the program’s results are encouraging, although it’s too early to claim success. There seems to be an important new working dynamic, based on a shared and clear agenda, between the public sector and the business community. As an illustration, here is a summary of some steps already taken in the business-process-outsourcing sector.
Developing human resources. The government has set up a national registry for people with certified proficiency in the English language (www.ispeak.gov.co) to make it easier for business-process-outsourcing companies to find qualified employees. The city of Bogotá, in partnership with several companies, has created a program to finance English-language education for call center employees.
Taxation and regulation. By eliminating the value-added tax on business-process-outsourcing service exporters, in May 2010, the government gave them the same conditions that goods-exporting industries enjoy and eliminated a disincentive to the creation of offshoring services in Colombia. In the second half of 2010, Congress is expected to approve a new data protection (“Habeas Data”) bill, which would align Colombian law with stricter European and US data security requirements, making the country a more attractive business-process-outsourcing destination. Finally, Colombia adopted International Financial Reporting Standards, which will support the development of financial and accounting services, since Colombian professionals must be certified in the standards. This is important because financial accounting is one of the processes developed countries are offshoring.
Industry promotion. Colombian executives in the sector have established a local chapter of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals—the first in Latin America—which will help managers stay connected to their peers abroad and to become up to date on global trends. In addition, a partnership between exporters and the government will promote foreign investment in a variety of sectors, including business process outsourcing.
Infrastructure. Local governments are developing two free-trade zones, near Bogotá and Medellín, respectively, specializing in business process outsourcing. State-of-the-art infrastructure and services will be available to companies that settle there. In addition, the government has already granted free trade–zone status to three new business-process-outsourcing facilities, in Bogotá, Manizales, and Pereira. Three others are under consideration, in Bogotá, Medellín, and Popayán.
The leaders of Colombia’s business community and public sector are committed to accelerating the pace of the country’s economic development. This goal will require not only sustained improvement in the business environment, security, and fiscal policy but also microlevel reforms to ensure that specific sectors and companies become more competitive in global markets. The Productive Transformation Program is an important element in this process. Colombia’s new government, which takes office in August, has promised to continue it; in the second half of 2010, the program will be extended to the agribusiness sector. We think this approach offers lessons for other developing nations looking for ways to spur economic development.
Luis Andrade and Andres Cadena are directors in McKinsey’s Bogotá office.

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If you blog, or write web pages and articles, be sure to let your social tribes know about your best work. You might Twitter about your latest blog post throughout the day, but don’t neglect your Facebook friends; you won’t capture everyone’s attention, but if you regularly share your work across all your people-networks you’ll gain more readers and demonstrate your involvement with your social crowd.
Sharing your work across different parts of the web and with different tribes within your social crowd will give you a greater reach – it might open up new audiences to you. It makes sense to squeeze the most value from your best articles; if you’ve spent hours researching and crafting a detailed blog post, you don’t want it to be buried on your blog when you post a wry observation or other short post. By sharing your best articles across the social web they get to live on a little longer than they might do within their original home.
Some people within your target audience might not be the subscribing type (RSS Newsfeeds still take some effort to understand) and not everyone is going to go to the effort of visiting your blog on a bi-weekly basis. But lots of people visit Facebook and MySpace every day, often at the same time of day (after work / Uni) and often multiple times throughout the day (breaks / mobile surfing). If your work is automatically syndicated to Facebook then it will appear on people’s home pages (for a short time) and within your profile page.
By reaching out beyond the confines of your personal website, you’re going to where the audience is, rather than expecting the audience to traipse to you. Choose your readers, and go to them!
If you use WordPress as your blogging system you should be able to install Tweet Tools and configure the plug-in so that it Tweets for you every time you publish a new blog post. I write my blogs in advance and have WordPress hold them until the early morning – when my posts are automatically published, Tweet Tools automatically tells those people who follow me on Twitter the title and the address.
You can use various applications within Facebook to pull in RSS feeds, and so your blog posts can appear in various places within Facebook. You can also create links to your best blog post as a ‘posted item’ on Facebook. Remember to manage any comments of conversations that start.
I think Bebo and MySpace are a little different; I think you have to make the effort to copy n paste your work in to their version of a blog. This is a little arduous perhaps, but by making the effort you’re keeping your Bebo and MySpace profiles fresh, and nothing’s worse then an uncared for profile page.
Be aware that people may not bother to visit your ‘real’ blog site, and that comments and conversations may start within the social networking site, so you may have to check several websites to keep up with your readers, which may not be appropriate for large popular blogs. But for me, it’s a great way to engage with more people and expand my readership. Plenty people read my blogs because of Facebook and Twitter, and they have no interest in RSS.
Find where your readers hang out and go to them!
P.S. I wrote this using an iPhone while lodging in the woods.
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I sort of agree… which means there are provisos.
If your audience doesn’t understand RSS, help them out.
I did it with an RSS how-to and my mate Brian Kelly did it with a video Google Reader how-to.
The other thing is that if you use a multiplicity of tools, you *can* end up with duplication with social media which I chatted about a while ago. I stopped my tweets going to Facebook for this reason, though I do use Twitterfeed to post my blogs to Twitter.
Of course, I need to sort out FriendFeed – which is no posting my tweets to Facebook – but at least not updating the status.


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I think I need a new category in my store for the “Kinda Cool, Kinda Weird, Kinda Fun” (or KCKWKF) stuff. After finding (and buying) the ugly KCKWKF ceramic bird last week, I found a bunch of hand made ceramic plates that had been put out on the shelves the day before. They were hand thrown, signed and dated (Chetman ’95), but the decorative elements on the front look like they were drawn by a 4 year old! Ha, maybe they were.
So KCKWKF! But would anyone really want SIX of these plates? Gosh, would anyone want ONE?? I don’t know but I bought all of them!
When my husband saw them at our house, he looked at me and gave me a sad little head shake. That’s the head shake I got when he thinks my judgment on something is…let’s say…a tad askew.
I could return them (they’ll be a bear to ship), but I realized I don’t want to return them. I rather like the naive, whimsical quality to these.
But they are darn heavy (over 2 pounds each), have a bit of a lip and probably should be hand washed. Oh jeez…would anybody in their right mind use these as dinner plates? But wait, hold the phone…what about using them as serving trays? Wouldn’t these be great at a party for cheese and crackers or appetizers or cookies? So KCKWKF!
Maybe nothing Martha would use, but that’s okay.
Well, time will tell if my husband’s little head shake was warranted! I plan on selling them individually. Will keep you posted if I sell any!
cannot wait to see them in your store.


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Police have arrested a 31-year-old man and 22-year-old woman follow the report of an assault on two females and one male in the Donegall Quay area of Belfast.
Inspector Alan Quinn said: "I would appeal to anyone who may have witnessed these assaults which occurred at approximately 2.50am, to contact Police on the non-emergency number 101.
The incident took place in the early hours of this morning (March 18). The 31-year-old man and the 22-year-old woman remain in police custody at present.

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Much of that is similar to the House bill, though there are notable differences. The Senate version, championed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), would cut Medicaid more slowly than the House version, but the cuts to the program for low-income people would be more dramatic. It provides subsidies to people based on income, not age. The Senate bill would not cut taxpayer funding of abortions.
Both the Senate and House bills face stiff resistance from Democrats. In the Senate, the opposition is exploring how to delay any vote on the bill before the July 4 recess. Democrats could introduce an unlimited number of amendments to the health care bill, all of which would require an up-or-down vote, to stall the Senate legislation.
But Democrats may not have to go that far. Several Republicans are already suggesting they will not support the Senate bill. Several have said the timeline is too short (McConnell wants to vote on the bill next week) while others complain the bill does too little or too much. Conservatives like Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) are concerned the bill does not go far enough to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act. But Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who is more moderate, said she’s displeased with the Medicaid cuts and lack of funding to fight the opioid crisis.
As for the timeline, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) told Talking Points Memo a Congressional Office Budget score of the bill will likely come Monday, but told reporters "we're hopeful it would be as early as Friday." Republicans plan to vote next week, before the Senate moves to recess for a week on June 30.
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Today: The Senate health care bill is about to drop.
Even more: Democrats struggle with the loss in Georgia’s 6th.
Yes, more: The president promises solar panels and attacks the media.
Trump's agenda today: Meeting with the International Olympic Committee. Hosting the congressional picnic. Participating in an emerging technology event.
Two mornings removed from their loss in the Georgia special election, Democrats in Washington are questioning their message after Jon Ossoff's defeat. A small group in the party suggested Ossoff's loss meant House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi should step down, worried her continued leadership will be toxic for Democrats in 2018. Others said the party needed to develop a strong economic message that will resonate with voters.
The need for a fresh and persuasive message is clear: A surge in GOP turnout put Karen Handel over the top in the race against Ossoff, an irony given large and costly get-out-the-vote efforts from the Democrats. Handel’s support consolidated in the final week and Ossoff's final pitch did not stem the tide.
During a campaign-style rally in Iowa Wednesday night, President Donald Trump told supporters that his border wall will be covered in solar panels and immigrants will be banned from receiving welfare for five years. The latter, which drew a standing ovation, is already law.
The president also mocked media organizations, notably CNN and MSNBC, while praising Fox News.
• Dan Scavino, assistant to the president and Trump's social media guru, may have (again) broken a law that requires government employees to not engage in political activity.
• Behind closed doors, the heads of the U.S. intelligence community reportedly said Trump asked them to publicly refute that there was any collusion between the president and Russia.
• The Trump administration is seeking a "de-emphasis" on climate change.
• Months before he joined the White House, the FBI fired Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka for anti-Muslim rhetoric.
• The Congressional Black Caucus does not want to meet with Trump.
June 22, 2017, 10:55 a.m.: This story has been updated.


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It's been 3 good days in a row. I still can't believe it! My face is basically back to normal. No swelling, no shedding, no redness, no weeping. It's a tiny bit itchy and a tiny bit dry, but it looks fantastic.
And much of my body has healed - my legs are still rashy, red, itchy and with scabs, but they are getting better.
Here's the deal on steroids and my pregnancy: I've been avoiding them throughout my entire pregnancy and it has been hell. My dermatologist and allergist told me to not take them and my OBGYN all along has said they are okay. I saw my OBGYN last Friday and asked why she had a different opinion. She said people tend to overreact with pregnant woman and very confidently said that steroid creams and pills are okay during pregnancy. She guaranteed that the medication doesn't cross the placenta. So yes, it's still a category C medication, where a woman should only take it if the benefits outweigh the risks, but the reality is that the risks are itty bitty. I take itty bitty risks all the time. Getting in my car and driving in the rain is a risk, for crying out loud.
So, I ordered a steroid pack. Coincidentally, my skin got better at the same time, so I didn't start it, but I plan on using it if my skin turns again. I'm not going back to how it has been the last five months. I'm going to focus on my pregnancy instead of my skin. I swear, I can feel her kicking more all of a sudden. It's probably because I'm not obsessing over my itchy skin. I am full of hope, optimism and happiness right now!


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A protein that boosts the immune system may be able to aid in the fight against the flu, a new report says, by reducing symptoms and even preventing death despite lethal doses of the flu.
In a study led by Dr. Homayoun Shams from the University of Texas, scientists tested the effect of the protein granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) against a lethal dose of the flu in mice.
Mice treated with GM-CSF survived the lethal dose of the flu virus, while those untreated died within a few days. This nasal aerosol treatment may help to protect against the flu, of which there are three to five million cases worldwide each year, reports the BBC.
“Such unique and unambiguous results demonstrate the great potential of GM-CSF and may be the remedy for a critical public health priority – developing strategies to reduce the morbidity and mortality from influenza,” Shams said. “Despite the widespread use of vaccines, influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world, and those with poor immune systems are particularly more susceptible—such as very young, elderly or immunocompromised individuals.
“Unlike a vaccine, GM-SCF does not rely heavily on the body’s ability to mount an immune counter-attack against a specific antigen or virus strain, but enhances the speed of local responses to virus infection and delicately balances the host immune responses.
GM-SCF has already been used to treat patients who have the blood disorder neutropenia. The protein is known to boost the activity of what are called alveolar macrophages, which act as a first line of defense against inhaled molecules and organisms.
Professor John Oxford, a virologist based at Queen Mary, University of London, said that even if the work is not directly transferable to humans, it may be helpful in directing research.

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The newly formed California Launch Service Corporation christened its first launch vessel on June 14, in ceremonies at the St.
Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, Calif.
Rees B. Williams Jr., president of the firm, headquartered in San Francisco, said the company received authorization to operate as a common carrier earlier this year from the California Public Utilities Commission. Mr. Williams explained the new vessel, designated the California Pilot, will be used to transport ship pilots, steamship agents, crews and customs personnel to and from ships at anchorage in the San Francisco Bay.
California Launch is an operating subsidiary of Willamette- Western Corporation of Portland, Ore., which has operated a similar launch service in the Port of Portland for some 40 years.
Mr. Williams pointed out that the California Pilot, the newest addition to the "service vessel" fleet in the Bay Area, contains the most modern of navigational equipment. It is 44 feet long, has a 15-foot beam, 4 - f o o t 4-inch draft, and is a twin-screw vessel of 740 horsepower.
"The new launch service will be a valuable addition to Willamette- Western's overall marine services and transportation in the Bay Area," Mr. Williams stated.
"Western Tug & Barge Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, and also a division of our parent company in Portland, presently performs ship assisting general towing and barging, marine equipment charters, and marine equipment storage. Therefore, it is only natural that, with the approval granted by the State of California, that we enter into the launch service phase of shipping in order to better serve our shipping customers." California Launch Service Corporation also operates a chartered vessel, Inland Pilot, from its base at Pier 9 in San Francisco.
Willamette-Western Corporation has offices in Portland, Ore.; San Francisco, Richmond, and Long Beach, Calif.; Seattle and Pasco, Wash.; and Vancouver, British Columbia. Corporate capabilities include heavy marine construction such as piers, docks, dams and other large concrete structures; steel erection; production and sales of sand, gravel, concrete and asphalt products; marine towing and barging; drilling ; sub-surface foundation work; clamshell and hydraulic dredging; installation of marine pipelines; and environmental services, including oil and hazardous materials spill control and cleanup.

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Lets face it, JSL isn't the most user friendly language to use. It is mostly designed for you to back up your data after working on a lengthy project. With that being said, there are many usefull things you can do with it. This thread is dedicated to the basics of JSL. If I leave out some things, and I will, please feel free to reply and help out the users of JMP, so it isn't as hard as it was for me to learn JSL.
Functions are a good way of reusing code if you need to use it over and over. The functions in JSL have all the things you would expect, a specific user set name, input parameters, and a return value. This function also shows how to parse a comma delimited text file. Syntax below.
The for loops are very similar to the traditional for loop. It has the three part syntax with the chunk that gets looped. The first chunk is for initialization, the second is conditional, the third is the "Do after loop" chunk. It will make more sense in a second.
This is just the basics, I will add more to this thread later. Hopefully people contribute to make it very benificial. Thanks all.
I will eagerly follow this thread. I am just about to translate a massive excel vba macro to jsl (vba is currently a no-no on the mac) and I appreciate that you share your insights with us. It will definately speed up learning the jsl basics (and beyond).
Right now I am frustratingly trying to find a way to automate export of graphs etc. in eps or pdf to facilitate import into Adobe Illustrator for giving the final touches to the graphics. I have managed to get around this problem via the save as pict which retains the vectors and fonts but the result is not perfect or very predictable.
I use functions now and then, but they don't always operate the same way as the JSL code in your "main" routine. I have a function that does a tabulation and then an optional sort on a dataset. To get it to work I had to use many calls to expr, eval and eval expr. Took many emails to the help desk to get it to finally work.
The Get Dataset.JSL program resides in the same directory as the calling program. It sets the variable current_dataset. The advantage of this approach is that I no longer need complex calls to eval, eval expr and expr. The call to THROW halts execution of the main program.
looking at it for a while.
I normally just use tabs for indenting all my IF statements, but I'm going to try that comment thing to make it easier to read. That should help a lot! Thanks!
This was my earliest problem in JSL. Forcing the table to evaluate formulas before continuing.
Otherwise future operations on the table/rows/columns/values may run before it's done with the formulas on every row. This caused me a lot of heartache when I first started JSL.
Good thread. I think it would be great if more people used JSL. It's quite powerful, but not documented well enough in my opinion and so can be a bit tricky to use. It also tends to change from version to version and so your scripts can break even going from x.01 to x.02.

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LUSAKA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Africa should be more united and pursue a joint strategy on how to engage China better following the conclusion of the Beijing summit of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) which has come up with action plans and a declaration on the future of the China-Africa relations, a local think-tank said on Wednesday.
China and Africa held the 2018 FOCAC summit on Monday and Tuesday in Beijing which culminated in the launching of eight major initiatives to chart the cooperation for the next three years backed by a 60 billion U.S. dollars' pledge to support the African continent.
Among the initiatives include industrial promotion, infrastructure connectivity, trade facilitation, green development, capacity building, health care, people-to-people exchange and peace and security.
Bernadette Deka, executive director of the Policy Monitoring and Research Center said the decision of the summit to link the Belt and Road Initiative with the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the African Union's Agenda 2063 entails that African countries were positioned to negotiate the most beneficial trade and economic deals in line with their individual development paths and plans.
According to her, the people-to-people exchanges should pay special attention to the needs of young people, adding that the initiative of capacity building agreed upon at the summit should focus on coming up with innovation hubs and entrepreneur centers that should be established to promote skills development.
"Long-term sustainable China-Africa development depends on providing socio-economic opportunities for the young people from both sides and this initiative must be pursued strongly," she said.
She further said Zambia should strategically align its programs in order to benefit from the broader development commitments in view of the eight initiatives that have come out of the summit.


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We have been working for a year to complete this exciting new model. At the heart of the “Southern Cross” Bluegrass banjo is Chuck Ogsbury’s latest tone ring, the “HG 50″, which is sand-cast bell-bronze and has a slightly different mix of alloys and weight from our other Bluegrass tone rings. It’s about 4 ounces heavier, and when combined with our 50 years of crafting banjos and developing the highest-quality hardware, this banjo will win the hearts of traditional Bluegrass players!
In addition to the HG 50 tone ring, we elected to use a modern version of the banjo heads favored by Bluegrass players in the 1960′s, added a Ome Harp tailpiece, and are setting-up the banjo with responsive hand-made bridges.
Other specs are unchanged from our standard Bluegrass banjos: 26.25″ scale length; 1.28″ nut width; our Bluegrass neck, resonator and 3-ply maple rim; Ome’s zinc die-cast flange and solid brass parts with steel hooks; hand-sanded and buffed high gloss finishes; and our chenille-wrapped medium gauge strings. All Omes are crafted by our three builders in Boulder, Colorado, and each year we make about 150 banjos.

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The Cabbage Patch Settlement House, a local nonprofit organization that provides recreational, educational and social services to at-risk youth and their families, invites the public to tee off this spring with the Putt fore The Patch fundraising event, presented by title sponsor Delta Dental of Kentucky on Wednesday, April 18.
Located at the Mellwood Arts Center (1860 Mellwood Ave.), Putt fore The Patch is a unique 18-hole indoor miniature golf tournament that raises funds to support The Cabbage Patch’s programs, including summer camps, music and art programs, tutoring and college preparation services. Participants can purchase a Mix & Mingle Gallery Pass in advance or at the door for $30, or sponsor a team of four players plus four guests for $1,200. The deadline for team sponsorship is Friday, March 23. The price of participation includes bar beverages and appetizers provided by local chefs and restaurants. The doors open at 5 p.m. and the first tee time is at 5:30 p.m.


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Albany, New York, August 13, 2018: The global automotive flywheel market is rapidly expanding in the light of increasing penetration of semi-automatic transmission systems including dual clutch transmission & automated manual transmission. Another factor accentuating the demand for automotive flywheel is the increasing production of vehicles for commute. Rise in global population, pace of urbanization, and dynamic purchase patterns of customers are some of the primary reasons influencing automotive flywheel market. The market for automotive flywheel is on an incessant rise as it stands out being a cost effective component for energy absorption. These insights are extracted from a new report, titled “Automotive Flywheel Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2018 – 2026,” recently added to the exhaustive repository of Market Research Reports Search Engine (MRRSE).
The demand for electric vehicles may influence the market for automotive flywheels. This need is created by virtue of necessity for absorbing vibrations produced from internal combustion engines. Moreover, growth of both passenger and commercial vehicles are likely to uplift the demand for flywheels by a significant ratio.
Continuous enhancement in the technology over a span of time is foreseen to cater to the ever-growing demand generated. With respect to several requirements such as safety, convenience, and aesthetics, the market of flywheels for automotive is likely to touch new heights of prosperity. With an objective to enhance the comfort quotient, leading manufacturers might come up with new technologies that help them achieve customer retention for long. The intensity of market competition is poised to persuade manufacturers to introduce advanced features to differentiate their products. Moreover, manufacturers also have to keep in mind about enhancing compatibility of the product with diverse specifications & requirements of automobiles.
The global automotive flywheel market is all set to witness a rapid expansion in the foreseeable future. Asia Pacific holds a major chunk of the global market share owing to the presence of prominent manufacturing facilities concentrated in countries like China, India, and Japan. This can be attributed to the availability of economic & skilled labor, minimalized import duties, and provision for establishing manufacturing plants at a low investment cost. These low investment policies for manufacturing enables them to cut down production costs, which further boosts the call for their product.
The report encompasses profiles of major companies which are operating in the global automotive flywheel market. A herculean share of the global market is held by a few prominent players and the remaining is fragmented among small manufacturers. Some of the leading manufacturers profiled in the report include AISIN SEIKI Co., Ltd., American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., AMS Automotive, EXEDY GlobalParts, JMT Auto Limited, Lavacast, LMB Euroseals (PTY) LTD, Tilton Engineering, Linamar Corporation, Platinum Driveline, Schaeffler AG, Skyway Precision, Inc., Valeo, and ZF Friedrichshafen AG.
The manufacturers have been profiled on the basis of attributes such as company & financial overview, market strategies, and latest developments. Evolving as a cost effective component meant for energy conservation, rampant & seamless development in design has further propelled the flywheel market.

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Your idea of what caused the Baltimore riots seems to depend pretty heavily on who you are.
This Pew Research survey includes a fairly stark breakdown of the causes asserted by black and white respondents. Note the White-Black difference column.
On four of the five factors, the differences are markedly larger. I’ll admit to not knowing what to make of the “initial response by city officials.” differences. I suppose there are two ways to interpret that – one being, “City officials should have seen the injustice and taken decisive action sooner!” and the other might be something like, “If city officials had smoothed this over more quickly with those people, it would never have gotten so out-of-hand.” But either interpretation is just speculation.


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Objective: simply move the mouse within the boundaries and avoid everything that on-screen that moves.
I challenged myself to make this within 24-hours, and I still have 5 hours left for fixes if there are any :).
There are 4 modes and 4 difficulties to vary your challenge, beginners might want to start on Easy Normal mode.
That's pretty much all there is to it, have fun and enjoy the game :)!
I LOVE this game! Colour changes, music, different modes and difficulties... great work, man!
I loved it. I love doing Insane at Hyperspeed. So much fun. Love the music too. You get a 10/10!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the 10 :D!
It was fun but I found it easier at insane speed because the blocks where more spaced apart. The background changes got annoying for some reason.
Thanks for playing and reviewing :).
I liked the game and for how long you took. It was pretty good I'd say. Wish I had mad skills to come up with something that clean within 24hrs. Also, thanks for cutting the first seconds of my song. I also thought that it should have began right where you started it up. I'd re-upload it, but well, it NG isn't letting me remove it anymore.
Haha glad you liked the game :).
I have a friend (ImperfectDisciple) who would normally do a quick theme for my games, but since he was on vacation (and the few remaining hours probably wouldn't have been enough time for him), I quickly browsed through the portal and found your awesome song ;P.
To be honest, I liked the entire length of the song, I just thought that the loop I cut suited the game on its own :).
This game was the best cursor based game I have ever played!
(1) The special cursors that you had to unlock were not of the best quality and didn't change the game.
(2) The music loop was too short, not to criticize DonWej, but you should have chosen a longer song.
(3) The walls that cause a game over were cool, but i felt that they were just annoying i thought.
(4) The collision detection was a little off, if you played hyperspeed on insane you could get to the point where all you need to do is move your cursor back and forth like mad and still live.
But still this was a great game and i congratulate you for making such an awesome game.
(1) The game was rushed, and someone requested custom cursors, so I just threw them in, if you don't like them you can play without a custom cursor :).
(3) All of the walls cause game over, it's part of the game D;.
(4) Yeah I doubt I'll ever be able to fix this, the collision detection finds the mouse x and y coordinates, which is basically one pixel, if the walls are going that fast, the chances are they will go past the pixel and miss the cursor, though I can try and check the entire area of the cursor, that might annoy people and cause people to lose when their cursor is merely near a block.
Thanks for the constructive review and thanks for playing :)!
Cursor Challenge is finally here!
100+ level mouse maze set in entirely in the dark.
Avoid snakes for as long as possible.
A snake game inspired by that game-making guru we all love <3.
Try to place & destroy the blocks as long as possible in this twisted Tetris game!
Navigate the challenging levels and try to make it to the end!

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