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"Your Big Fat Boyfriend," a new book by Ithaca College alumna Jenna Bergen, reads more like a chat between girlfriends than a book on dieting and exercise. Inspired by her horror the day her "totally hot, erase-10-pounds, make-my-ass-look-amazing" jeans began to expose an unsightly "muffin top" of triple chocolate chunk proportions, Bergen weaves together anecdotes about her weight struggles with helpful nutrition pointers.
It was an "ah-ha" moment, when Bergen '04 realized her BF was a BFB — a big, fat boyfriend who was making her fat too. The extra 13 pounds she packed on during the course of her relationship prompted her to write "YBFB," a dieting and nutrition book that explores the BFB phenomenon and offers ways to stay skinny while dating a BFB.
It provides no revolutionary dieting tips, nor does it advocate becoming a "Skinny Bitch," like another popular dieting book bearing that name advocates. Instead "YBFB" reiterates what every woman should know about eating right. While most readers probably already know to order salad dressing on the side, they may not have thought to substitute applesauce for butter or oil in baking. These little tips make it worth the read.
Bergen says the terrible truth about relationships and food is that while weight is influenced by a variety of factors — ranging from parents' eating habits to socioeconomic status — women tend to gain weight during a relationship because it is a significant life change. Men on the other hand, tend to pick up the healthy habits of their partner, thereby losing weight. Unfair.
With practical, easy-to-understand health facts and obvious but easily overlooked tips, "YBFB" offers gentle reminders on how to eat healthy, with or without a BFB.
Bergen divides her advice into chapters based on eating healthy at restaurants, at home, at the grocery store and in the kitchen. Her quick picks at a restaurant, for example, restate common food sense — think grilled chicken over fried and a salad over fries. But her lists and charts, such as one that compares "tubby terms" and "waist-friendly words," are new and fresh: Choose "braised" over "béarnaise," "poached" over "pan-fried," Bergen says.
The workout chapter, "You gotta move it, sista," gives a million reasons why women should go to the gym, but women have heard them before. Bergen's tips for ways to "health-ify" a BFB offer some reasons why some guys are afraid of the gym and how they can get moving without overdoing it.
"YBFB" is essentially a dieting and nutrition book, only with more life and pizzazz. Bergen's anecdotes and real BFB stories contributed by readers make it a hilarious and fast read at fewer than 200 pages. Instead of reading it cover to cover, readers should flip to the chapters most relevant to them to target specific personal and BFB-related problems. Even for those without a BFB, Bergen's tips are useful for any diet makeover.
Don't close the book before trying the recipes at the end. The Bangin' Buffalo Chicken Tenders are easy to make and sure to please a BFB craving something fried and fatty. The Best Booth Berry Smoothie is lighter and more flavorful than any smoothie in Campus Center and makes a quick breakfast for the college student rushing to class at 8 a.m.
Don't want to buy the book? Visit "YBFB's" Web site at www.bigfatboyfriend.com for more recipes, BFB-approved snacks and drinks and more BFB horror stories.
"YBFB" won't make the reader drop 20 pounds, but it's still worth the $15 for someone who wants more from a diet book than a regurgitation of scientific terms. It advocates healthy, balanced eating and nothing extreme, beating "Skinny Bitch" any day.


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As an algebra II/calculus instructor at University High School in Irvine, Calif. - with a faculty of 99 educators and 2,307 students - I have the responsibility, like other educators, to encourage and inspire my students to learn, while also preparing them to score well on standardized tests. Along with you, I've followed articles, discussions and product announcements of myriad approaches on how to help students improve their standardized test scores.
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Last summer, my students and I were part of a national pilot program for the first handheld device specifically designed for use in ongoing classroom testing - the Classroom Wizard from Scantron Corp. The results from the summer session were so great that we incorporated it as part of our ongoing curriculum. The pilot involved 96 students, 32 in each of three classes. We were given a combination of hardware and software, including PDAs for each student, a scanner and an Internet assessment gateway. We used our own PCs and printers. The part that made me breathe more easily was that all other applications, such as beaming answers to other students and Internet access, were disabled on the system. It is designed with the sole purpose of testing and communicating with the teacher.
This use of the technology allows teachers to administer pop quizzes at any time. The answers are scored instantaneously and posted on the student's desktop computer in real-time, while class is in session. In a glance, the instructor can immediately identify and follow the comprehension level of each individual in the entire class, make necessary adjustments to the lesson or assist individual students who need a little extra help.
The system we are using is very straightforward - easy to install, easy to use - and it took no time at all to sell the concept to the students. I immediately noticed that students were enthusiastic about using the PDAs to take quizzes. I also noted that they were studying harder for the quizzes. The students responded very well to the immediate feedback, and enjoyed competing with themselves as their scores improved each day. My students tell me that the instant feedback provides them with a feeling of control over their own success in a course.
How the System Works
The system we are using is based on a PDA developed by Scantron in cooperation with Palm. Each classroom gets a portable scanner, software and handheld devices for each student. The PDAs are kept in the classroom and are used only for quizzes. All other applications are inactive. This is how the system works:
- Step One. Using the PDA, students input their ID, quiz ID and the version of the quiz. They then beam this information to the computer.
- Step Two. Once the information is beamed, the computer generates a quiz form for students, who then input multiple-choice and true/false answers. Students also have the option of entering short answer, fill-in-the-blank or essay questions. Once they have double-checked their work, students beam their answers back to the computer.
- Step Three. The computer instantaneously tabulates the results back to the students and teacher, allowing for on-the-spot feedback and progress.
At the end of class, the students turn in their PDAs until the next time.
The time I normally spend on data entry and grading has been significantly reduced, allowing more time for analysis, adjustment and the ability to focus on students who need more help. I can also use the feedback to determine whether the lessons I'm delivering are at the optimal level for the most number of students. I can run instant reports indicating raw percentage scores that can be immediately analyzed through a number of methods, including mean, median and standard deviation; item analysis; point-by-serial; and most-missed question. Then, I can export results to my gradebook system or a text file. I can even copy quizzes from course to course, and tag those to be retaken by students.
As a teacher, it's gratifying to see my students desire to perform at a higher level. The bottom line is, nobody gets left behind, the kids really think it's fun, and when it's time for standardized tests, they're better equipped to score well.
Barbara HudginsUniversity High SchoolIrvine, CA[email protected]
Contact InformationScantron Corp.Tustin, CA(800) 722-6876www.classroomwizard.com
This article originally appeared in the 12/01/2001 issue of THE Journal.
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A modern industrial city, Ghaziabad, has a stylishly luxurious mall culture complete with multiplexes and other entertainment options like amusement parks. At the same time the city's proximity to Delhi translates into numerous avenues to nudge one's wanderlust. Most popular tourist attractions include the Swarn Jayanti Park, Ram Manohar Lohia Park, Indira Priyadarshini Lake, ISKCON Temple, Shipra Mall, and the City Forest. Hotels in Ghaziabad are strategically located in closer proximity with the famous tourist destinations in the city. Excellent connectivity and comfortable travel options offered by Metro Rail and bus services take away exhaustion from travel.
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WWE: After a 6-month hiatus, Charlotte Flair is refreshed and rejuvenated
Charlotte Flair didn't know she needed a break, so in some ways, her recent time off was a blessing in disguise.
Flair, the daughter of pro wrestling legend Ric Flair, had been coming off one of the most successful stretches of her career during the first half of 2020. Having won the women's Royal Rumble match in January, Flair captured the NXT women's championship at WrestleMania 36.
Flair's reign, her 12th since joining WWE in 2012, ended last June and the 34-year-old star would spend the next six months rehabbing an injury and, more importantly, clearing her head.
"It really just made me miss how much I love doing this," Flair told Yahoo Sports. "Not that I don't have a lot of hobbies, but now I can't imagine my life without being an entertainer. I also got a mental break. I was able to leave the robe, the boots and the gear at work and go home and try to be a human, not always feeling like you're on."
The process, however, wasn't easy. After spending the past eight years of her life as a professional wrestler, just up and stopping such a hectic schedule is a task easier said than done.
"As much as I love the non-stop pressure and the schedule, decompressing actually took a couple of weeks," Flair said. "Part of me realized that the show could go on without me. As a performer that's also hard. Seeing the show go on and noticing that everyone is replaceable. When you're used to that grind, letting myself just decompress overall will be better for my mind, my body and my career long-term."
Adjusting and hitting the reset button
While Flair was away, WWE continued to adapt to the uncertain nature of running a wrestling conglomerate in the midst of a global pandemic. WWE secured deals to hold its various television offerings across several stadiums and arenas in Florida. WWE took up residence at both the Amway Center and Tropicana Field in the second half of 2020, reintroducing fans — albeit virtually — into the equation.
Finally, in December, the stage was set for Flair to finally make her surprise return at WWE's Tables, Ladders and Chairs event.
"When I walked out at the pay-per-view at TLC, I was just blown away by the innovativeness of the ThunderDome," Flair said. "It really does feel like a crowd. It's not as loud and you're not able to connect in the same way you could by making eye contact with someone, but you can still feel the interaction with the fans because of the noise. Is it the same thing? No, but for how much time and effort that we have put into trying to have our audience be a part of what we're doing, it's incredible."
Unexpected returns are almost always a hit in professional wrestling when pulled off correctly. Although Flair was only off television for six months, it was by far the longest period of time WWE fans had gone without seeing her, and the reaction was fitting.
"I think my consistency the past six years, as much as it's a positive, it's a detriment too because fans never got to miss me," Flair said. "I never went away."
The absence also allowed Flair and WWE to somewhat hit the refresh button on the character. The often dominant Flair usually toes the line between babyface and heel on WWE programming, but as she returned to team with longtime rival Asuka — who has almost exclusively been a babyface — she was firmly in one camp.
"[Our story] comes full circle," Flair said. "Being able to team with her, it actually felt pretty natural. She's so easy to play off of and so lively. It just felt right. It felt light in terms of going out there and being competitive with someone who I respect and admire."
After winning the WWE women's tag team championships with Asuka, Flair began a new angle involving her father Ric and fellow WWE talent Lacey Evans. While the father-daughter duo has shared the screen and had their storylines intertwined in the past, as the weeks have gone by, Flair has come across as a more sympathetic figure than has been portrayed in the past.
"The transition to the storyline with my dad, I guess the most important thing the viewers have to see is how much I have grown as a performer from the last time I was on TV with him," Flair said. "Fathers and daughters fight. It's now how I handle it. I've turned on my dad before, so now it's looking at it from a perspective of did he turn on me or am I just fed up. People will need to see how it plays out."
'I wondered if I should apologize to people'
Although she's currently playing a good character on television, Flair is not immune to a handful of vocal detractors online. Flair recently took to Twitter to set the record straight about misconceptions regarding how she's booked on television. It was a rare outspoken moment for Flair, who took umbrage with the notion that she disappears from WWE when she's not in the title picture.
"I'm very shy on social media and consistent with the same message of women's empowerment, so much so that even when my character has leaned more toward the bad guy side, I've kept my social media positive," Flair said. "I think the issue is one person can only take so much for so long. It kind of felt like open season on me.
"To say that I disappear, the reason that got me so fired up, was complete and utter BS. You don't have to like me, I don't have to be your favorite, you don't have to even think I'm good, but to question my work ethic and what I have given to this business is not fair."
The facts are that Flair has had 13 total title reigns during her time with WWE and, along with Sasha Banks, Bayley and Becky Lynch, helped usher in a new generation of women's wrestling in the company. The criticism really isn't new for Flair, whose storylines have leaned heavily at times into the notion of her being a "Golden Child," but it has nonetheless led to brief moments of doubt.
"It's almost like you get into the business and say you don't want to be world champion," Flair said. "You don't get into the business saying that. You might not like the sports team that's always making the championships, but that shouldn't discredit the person. I got to a point where I wondered if I should apologize to people. If someone else was getting these opportunities would they feel sorry for me?
"[Critics] don't know the time I've put into what I'm doing. Damn right I'm going to take every opportunity. Who in their right mind wouldn't take these opportunities just so they can make these people feel better? I have to tell myself that sometimes."
All eyes on WrestleMania
With WWE's Royal Rumble event taking place Sunday, Flair may get another opportunity to win the Raw or Smackdown women's championship, should she repeat as the women's Royal Rumble winner.
Although Flair opted to challenge for the NXT women's championship in 2020, there's still a story to be told between Flair and Asuka, who had one of the best women's matches in WrestleMania history in 2018.
"When we had that WrestleMania match in New Orleans at 34, no one knew really what to expect," Flair said. "Asuka had already made a name for herself around the world and beating her that night cemented my legacy, so I think that with all of the experience, I'd be really interested to see what that match would look like. She was my mountain and I feel like ever since then, I seem to be her mountain."
Should Flair and Asuka renew their rivalry there's a chance that they are the main event of WrestleMania 37 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
Two years after performing alongside Lynch and Ronda Rousey in the first women's main event in WrestleMania history, Flair feels the time for celebrating "firsts" for the women's division is over. She simply wants to tell the best story and have the best match on the card.
"If the women have the hottest story, they should be the main event," Flair said. "If the men have the hottest story, they should be the main event. It shouldn't boil down to gender or the first-ever. Who has the best story should be in that spot, that's how you feel equal.
"I think being on a pay-per-view card with men and wanting to have the best match, that's also something women should aspire to do. I want to be on the card with men and say I am having the best match."
Regardless of her opponent three months from now, simply returning to a stadium atmosphere as the COVID-19 pandemic forced last year's event to a fan-less WWE Performance Center, will be a step in the right direction for Flair.
"I think it's almost like a light at the end of the tunnel that we are able to have 'Mania in a major stadium and that maybe things will get back to seeming normal," Flair said.
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Much speculation has already taken place as to what should be done with this Laker squad before next season, including team vice president Magic Johnson suggesting that the current team should be "blown up." While that remains an option, not everyone agrees that it's the right one.
Kobe Bryant could be quoted from his exit interview saying, "If you're asking me do I believe we can come back and win it again, I absolutely believe that."
The truth of the matter is something must be done, and my guess is that we will be seeing lots of changes in Laker Land before they play another game. The only question now is what changes need to be made to turn this Laker squad back in to a well-oiled machine?
The obvious change coming their way is at the coaching helm. Phil Jackson has reiterated that he is finished coaching, and now a replacement has to be found. Every other possible change is subjective at this point. If you asked 1,000 Laker fans what needs to be changed, you would get nearly 1,000 different answers.
I am here today to give you my opinion on what needs to be done with the current Laker roster. I feel that if the following changes are made, then rumors of the Lakers fall from dominance will be greatly exaggerated.
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Posted by David Stark in Religion on April 5, 2012
Through their pre-publication program, Logos Bible Software is now offering English translations of Thomas Aquinas's commentaries on Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the Sentences of Peter Lombard. Aquinas's Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles have been available in English for some time, but once enough pre-publication orders have accumulated, Logos's texts of these three commentaries will be the first time they have been available in English.
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Stephan Komandarev's latest film started as a joke. "I was in a taxi talking to the driver when he asked me, 'Do you know why Bulgaria is the Land of Optimists,'" said Komandarev, who still laughs at the idea.
"It's the Land of Optimists because all the pessimists and the realists have already left," the driver told him.
That bitter joke set the film-maker, the first Bulgarian ever to be shortlisted for the Oscars, thinking.
The Balkan country has lost a fifth or more of its population since the fall of Communism despite becoming a member the EU a decade ago.
"There were nine million of us when the wall came down, and we are now around five million. And there hasn't been a war," the director said.
Official figures put Bulgaria's population closer to seven million — statistics Komandarev says are contested, claiming they do not take into account millions of Bulgarians who spend most of the year working abroad.
Whatever the figure, experts agree Bulgaria's population is likely to become the fastest-shrinking in the world.
Taxi driver priests
So Komandarev set out to make a kind of "Canterbury Tales" of the disappearing Bulgarians told through the taxi drivers of the capital Sofia and their passengers.
Over the course of a day and a night, "Directions" — or "Taxi Sofia" as it is called in some countries — follows teachers, businessmen and even a priest driving taxis to make ends meet.
"There are three priests driving taxis right now in Sofia," said Komandarev.
"Anyone who has lost their job or who is paid very little, like schoolteachers and academics, drive taxis at night. These people see real life on the streets, not just the life we see on television."
The taxi driver who told Komandarev the joke was a professor of nuclear physics at the country's Academy of Sciences until he lost his job during the "interminable transition" to the market economy, which has already lasted 27 years in Bulgaria.
"We have been waiting for what seems like several lifetimes for the invisible hand of the market to sort everything out," said the director, who had an international hit with his upbeat "The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner".
"In the meantime, we have lost our social system and education system. I am not nostalgic for Communism — I was so happy when it ended — but we destroyed things that we should have kept," Komandarev argued.
He said the EU's poorest state had "gone from totalitarianism to extreme capitalism.
"The impression you get from the media is that everything is going great. 'We are in the EU!' But the reality is people are getting poorer, the level of education is falling and old people are living in a terrible way," he said.
'Permanent ex-Communist' elite
Komandarev insists his film's portrait of the travails of "transition" holds true not just for Bulgaria but for several Eastern Europe countries.
The film bible Variety hailed it as a "clever, fleet-footed" snapshot of Bulgarians left behind, and praised its "poignant accuracy and flashes of wry humour", comparing it favourably with Jim Jarmusch's "Night on Earth".
It is not the first time the director has taken on his country's woes. He tackled the rural exodus in his 2010 documentary "The Town of the Badante Women" about a community whose women had all left for Italy to look after old people there.
His last feature, "Judgment" took on the prickly subject of the migrant crisis from the point of view of a former border guard who ends up smuggling Syrian refugees over the frontier from Turkey on which Bulgaria has now built a fence.
With such engagement, Komandarev, 51, admits that he has come under pressure to enter politics himself.
"I have been asked several times but I have always refused. My films are my strength. Ten years ago I was a lot more optimistic than I am now."
And Komandarev is despairing of what he calls a "real lack of renewal" at the top.
"Those who formed the Communist elite," he said, "are still in power or their families hold great economic power. They have done a 180-degree switch, and now they are for the market.
"But it is the same people..." — AFP


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Seminole Tribe Launches New Tobacco Brand
Joe Dan Osceola, founder of Seminole Brands, LLC, and the tobacco company's newly appointed CEO Charles F. Fuller recently launched the first run of Seminole Cigarettes at the the South Boston, Virginia-based Firebird manufacturing facility, reported The Gazette-Virginian online. "Our tribe is called the 'Unconquered Tribe' because out of all of the Indian nations throughout America, only the Seminole remained unconquered by the United States government. So we desire to create a bold new product that reflects our spirit and that will show the pride we have in our heritage and our homeland," Osceola said during the cigarette brand's launch.
The Seminole cigarette branding was the brainchild of Osceola. In 2008, he pitched his idea of a high quality cigarette line to the executives at Cherokee Brands, tobacco industry veterans that produce Cherokee Pipe Tobacco and Cherokee Cigarettes.
The blend of flue-cured and burley tobaccos cigarettes will soon hit the market of Florida and then the southeastern United States. The packaging will feature a red, yellow and black design with the Seminole logo.
The celebratory launch attracted South Boston town officials including Mayor Carroll Thackston. "We are happy to have you (the Seminole Tribe) in our community. We hope that this will not be your only visit to South Boston. We hope you will be able to come back and visit some of our attractions, and when you come back please bring money," Thackston announced at the event, reported the Gazette.


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|Runnymede's School Report What is the state of schooling in Britain and its effects on BME children and young people?
Schools lie at the heart of the pursuit of a successful future for multi-ethnic Britain. Educational experiences and outcomes impact an individual's life outcomes. With contributions from the UK's leading educationalists including David Gilborn, Heidi Mirza and Debbie Weekes-Bernard, tackling questions such as how did hate become honourable? What are fundamental British values and what are schools role in imparting these? What ramifications does the entrenched racial stereotyping and discrimination evident in schools have for BME communities? The School Report answers these and much more. Read the report here for free


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20 Feb
So I'm sitting in church on Saturday night, minding my own business when all of the sudden, it happened. A sneezing attach. Three sneezes, followed by the immediate feeling of a scratchy throat and stuffy nose. Ugh. You know that feeling when you know you're going to get sick. You start playing through the upcoming week in your head to figure out if you have anything super important scheduled. And usually for me a really bad cold happens the week I'm supposed to be onsite at a client. Nothing like promoting health and being the face for a corporate wellness company, when there is snot pouring out of my nose. I don't get sick often, but when I do, I feel lousy. This time I was prepared to beat this bug.
Nic, Lyla, and I made a run to the grocery store after church to pick up a couple of items for dinner. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to load the cart with ingredients I could throw in our juicer to get my immune system revved and my body flooded with antioxidant goodness. I did a quick google search on my phone on the way to the store and found this recipe…Immunity Boosting Juice…Thanks Healthy Cosmos!
What you will need:
3 carrots
4-5 kale leaves
1 orange, peeled
1 lemon, peeled
2 inch piece of ginger, peeled
Dash of cayenne pepper (optional)
Run everything except for the cayenne pepper through your juicer. Sprinkle some cayenne on your juice, if you so choose.
I wanted to be sure that everything entering my bod to fight off this potential cold was organic, so I went with spinach instead of kale because the store we were at didn't carry organic kale. I also passed on the cayenne pepper, but I think it would add a unique taste that would probably be pretty darn good!
What a powerful punch of nutrients this juice can provide to the body! The carrots bring a whole host of antioxidants called carotenoids, including beta carotene. Ginger has an antimicrobial and antiviral affect on the body, which is exactly what it needs when it's trying to fight something. Kale has always been known as a serious super food and rightfully so. It contains powerful phytochemicals and is high in sulfer, which is known to help your body's detoxification enzymes do their job. The lemon and orange are great sources of vitamin C.
As you can tell from the picture, this juice isn't the most beautiful looking I've seen, but it tasted great! The nice thing about any type of leafy green put through the juicer is that when they are juiced along with a citrus fruit, you really can't taste any of their bitterness at all. This juice had the perfect balance of sweetness from the orange and carrots, tanginess from the lemon, and just a little bite from the fresh ginger. It was delicious! I would certainly make this juicing combination again.
The best part: No signs of a cold today! I am such a huge believer that high quality and nutrient dense food can heal the body. What is your favorite fruit or veggie to throw in the juicer?
This recipe was shared on Fat Tuesday.


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Infant Found Dead Near Car Seat by Bird-Watching Couple in Texas
GALVESTON, Texas – A couple bird-watching in Galveston discovered the body of a baby boy Tuesday morning, at first mistaking it for a doll, MyFOXHouston.com reported.
The infant was described as a 3- to 6-month-old male with blondish hair, wearing only a diaper, Galveston police said.
A woman who reported her infant son missing Tuesday is being interviewed by police.
Lieutenant Jorge Trevino says the woman told authorities a man drove off with her four-month-old son. Police are investigating the relationship between that man and the woman.
Trevino says the baby's description matches that of the child found dead.
The baby was found near a car seat, and investigators believe he might have been tossed from a moving vehicle in an area called Cherry Hill, according to MyFOXHouston. The child apparently suffered head trauma, police said.
The couple called authorities about 9 a.m. after making the gruesome discovery near Seawall Boulevard and Ferry Road.
The body of a toddler girl nicknamed "Baby Grace" was found floating in a box in Galveston Bay in October. She was later identified as Riley Ann Sawyers; her mother and stepfather have been charged with her murder.
Click here for more on this story from MyFOXHouston.com.
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OBJECTIVE Sudomotor symptoms certainly are a common element of diabetic autonomic
OBJECTIVE Sudomotor symptoms certainly are a common element of diabetic autonomic neuropathy, however the pathology of sudomotor innervation and its own romantic relationship with glycemic control have remained obscured. with cardiac autonomic dysfunction as evaluated with reduced heart rate variability (= 0.003). CONCLUSIONS Sudomotor denervation is definitely a significant demonstration of diabetic neuropathy, and the SGII was associated with HbA1c. A pores and skin biopsy offers a structural assessment of sudomotor innervation. Sudomotor failure, an important demonstration of diabetic autonomic Camptothecin supplier neuropathy (1), may predispose individuals to dry pores and skin and frequent pores and skin wounds, which are risk factors for limb amputation in diabetes owing to poor wound healing (2). Most assessments of autonomic neuropathy depend on functional checks, and there is a lack of direct pathological evidence of peripheral autonomic nerves (3). Earlier studies have mainly used nerve biopsies to document the postganglionic neuropathology of nerve degeneration (4). Pores and skin biopsy is definitely a recognized approach to diagnosing small-fiber sensory neuropathy in diabetes by assessing unmyelinated nerve terminals in the skin (5,6). The pathologic hallmarks include epidermal denervation and the presence of degenerated nerve materials in the dermis (7C9). Since sweat glands are located in the dermis, this pores and skin biopsy approach may have the potential to evaluate autonomic nerve materials innervating sweat glands (10C13). Recently, we have developed a new morphometry-based method to quantify the pathology of sudomotor innervation on pores and skin biopsies Camptothecin supplier according to the parameter of sweat gland innervation index (SGII) (14). This approach provides Camptothecin supplier an opportunity to investigate the medical significance of sweat gland innervations in diabetic neuropathy. Despite there becoming several large-scale nerve conduction studies on large myelinated nerve guidelines (15), the effects of glycemic control on small-fiber guidelines, including pores and skin innervation and neuropathic pain, remain elusive. For example, HbA1c was not correlated with intraepidermal nerve dietary fiber (IENF) denseness or neuropathic pain (8,16). Given that diabetes is definitely a major cause of autonomic neuropathy (1,17), there is a lack of systematic studies exploring the effects of glycemic control within the pathology of sudomotor innervation. In addition to the sudomotor system, the involvement of the autonomic nervous system in diabetic Camptothecin supplier neuropathy is generally diffuse. Other major manifestations of diabetic autonomic neuropathies include cardiac and gastrointestinal autonomic dysfunctions (18,19). Among these, cardiac autonomic dysfunction, usually assessed by heart rate variability (HRV) (17), is a risk factor of cardiovascular disease and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetes (18,20,21). The relationship of cardiac autonomic dysfunction with sweat gland innervation, however, has remained largely unknown. In the current study, by applying the newly developed quantitative system of sudomotor innervation we investigated the pathology of sweat gland innervation in diabetes and its clinical significance in relation to = 0.48 for sex and IL18R antibody = 1 for age) were retrieved from our database (14). The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of National Taiwan University Hospital. Informed consent was obtained from each subject before the procedures. Detailed descriptions of clinical assessments, skin biopsy procedures, nerve conduction studies, and cardiac autonomic function tests are presented in Supplementary Data. Area-based morphometry of sweat gland innervation We quantified sweat gland innervation on Congo redCcounterstained areas (14). The techniques were modified through the well-established protocols for quantification of perspire gland innervation (12,13). This established approach can be an area-based morphometry and has newly.


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The new E! preview clip for this weekend's episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians features footage from the car accident that Khloe, Kim, Kylie and North found themselves in back in February, and it's really quite scary to watch.
A couple of months ago it was reported by TMZ that, during the family's vacation in Montana, Khloe's car had skidded on ice after a truck in front dislodged a lot of snow, before swerving off the road and landing in a ditch.
Luckily no one was hurt in the accident and they were clearly touched by the reality telly gods, but it still looks terrifying. Kylie does a bit of this:
...While Khloe attempts to control the car as best she can, and Kim screeches in the back about not having her seatbelt on. We're guessing the crying face probably also made an appearance at some point.
She probably could have used said screeching time to put it on as soon as they realised the car was sliding out of control, but we're guessing she's learned her lesson now.
Check out the clip of the accident here and watch the Kardashians be overcome with FEAR:
Considering they're really quite rich and could definitely afford some good road safety classes, the Kardashians haven't had the best of luck with their driving records. Bruce Jenner was involved in a fatal crash just a few months ago, and Kylie came under fire for irresponsible Instagramming behind the wheel recently.
Always buckle up, kids - expecially when being driven by a Kardashian. Thoughts about all of this drama to @CosmopolitanUK please.
Demi Lovato reveals how her manager helped to 'save her life'
A woman has tracked the continuity errors in Keeping Up With The Kardashians
Cara Delevingne and Kate Moss team up for Mango


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On 06/07/2010 04:48 AM, Chris Lilley wrote: > RL> and the > RL> default value for attributeType is "auto" which means use CSS if > RL> possible. CL> Not quite accurate either. [...] CL> So 'auto' here means 'is there is a property of that name, use it'. Right, I think that's basically what Robert said/meant. :) CL> There is indeed a property called 'font-size' so that is what is CL> being animated; Agreed so far... CL> and it is being animated with legal values for that CL> property. I don't think that's correct. "30" and "12" are *not* legal values for that property. Those values would be legal for the font-size *presentational attribute* (which would be selected if attributeType="XML" were added). But they're not legal for the font-size *CSS property*. As Boris mentioned earlier in this thread, CSS properties require units for all nonzero <length>s (including font-size values). Note that http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/animate.html says attributeType "specifies the namespace in which the target attribute and its associated values are defined". In this case, attributeType="auto" makes us choose the CSS namespace (as you described above), and within that namespace, "30" and "12" are not valid values for 'font-size'. > RL> Can the three animations of font-size in the test be changed so that either > RL> a) they specify attributeType="XML" > CL> That doesn't do what you seem to think it does. I don't understand your response here -- can you elaborate? IIUC, that change would indeed fix the test (or, at worst, leave the rendering unchanged, in browsers that accept unitless values for [effectively] attributeType="CSS" animations) ~DanielReceived on Monday, 7 June 2010 20:34:00 UTC
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The howling of the coyotes wakes me up.
Beaumont the Sheepadoodle hears them too. He leaps up from the floor at the end of our bed where he has been sleeping. Races down the stairs to the patio doors. He stands. Barking, body tensed, eyes fixed at what he cannot see, somewhere out there on the top of the hill beyond.
It is 3am.
I try to calm him. To get him to stop barking. He wants to get out there.
I close the blinds.
Finally, the howling stops and Beaumont lies down by the glass doors. He does not want to come back upstairs.
And I am reminded, no matter how much concrete surrounds us, we are not far from the wild.
It is in our roots, our DNA, our genetic history.
We have seen a coyote a couple of times since moving into this place in December. I don't know if it's the same one, or a different one each time. We see him, or her, loping silently across the hillside in the early evening. We know there's a den, somewhere at the top. We've heard their howling before. They are the wild things.
I wonder if they howl to entice unsuspecting prey into their space. Beaumont always wants to take off after the sound. He wants to investigate.
I don't let him. I keep him on the leash now whenever I let him out.
He is not wild. Though I wonder if the howling awakens deeply-buried wild memories of life before domestication.
Deer live somewhere on the hillside too.
We see them often. Four or five. Every day they traverse the slope. Walking elegantly through the snow, scrubbing through the bushes and trees for fodder.
They too make Beaumont bark. Whenever we're outside and they see us, they take off, their long legs leaping through the snow with ease. Beaumont strains at the leash, barking. Inevitably, one of the deer will stand at the edge of the trees, staring. Unmoved by Beaumont's barks, he seems to be enticing him to play, 'catch me if you can'.
In those moments, it takes all my strength to get Beaumont to quieten down, to not pull and strain at the leash.
The wild stirs within him, calling him to run after it. To be part of it.
We are not that far from the wild here. The city limits stretch further into the rolling hills at the edge of that liminal space where wild meets tamed and man keeps pushing the wild further and further away. Yet, still the wild things roam. They have adapted to the citylife. They have formed their trails from the wild spaces to cityscapes.
The howling of coyotes woke me at 3am.
I feel the wild calling me. Let go it calls. Come. Outside. Run. Barefoot in the night. Dance beneath the belly of the fullness of the pregnant moon. Throw your head back and howl in the pure delight of being alive.
I calm the urge and go back to bed.
Beaumont is on guard. He will keep the wild things at bay.
The howling of wild things in the night reminded me of a song my brother used to play long ago on his record player when we were teenagers and not yet tamed by life.
Perhaps it is fitting I am reminded of my brother this first day of March. It was this month, 19 years ago, that his journey on this earth abruptly ended.
My brother loved music. He'd play a few bars of a song, stop it and ask me to "Name that Tune". I wasn't very good at that game. He'd laugh and tease me and play another song. "Wild," he'd exclaim as some drum roll or guitar riff caught his fancy.
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On May 18, 2015 The New Yorker's James Surowiecki wrote "New Ways To Crash The Market" about machine trading causing a flash crash with no explanation. The algorithmic trading is vulnerable to spoofing with fake buy or sell orders making markets more unstable. "It's also how we've arrived at a situation where a trillion dollars can vanish in a matter of minutes, even though the real world hasn't changed at all."
Raffi Khatchadourian wrote "World Without End" about Sean Murray's company Hello Games. The new virtual reality game No Man's Sky allows users explore software generated galaxies. I wonder if it could be adapted to find other habitable worlds.
Tad Friend wrote "Tomorrow's Advance Man" about venture capitalist Marc Andreessen of Netscape and his new firm a16z. He believes that Bitcoin, Soylent and Oculus VR will change the world by building a nerd nation. The article has one particularly disturbing passage. "Some Silicon Valley V.C.s believe that these values would have greater say if their community left America behind: Andreessen's nerd nation with a charter and geographic locale. Peter Thiel favors "seasteading," establishing floating cities in the middle of the ocean. Bali Srinivasan, until recently a general partner at a16z and now chairman of one of its Bitcoin companies, has called for the "ultimate exit." Arguing that the United States is as fossilized as Microsoft, and the Valley has become stronger than Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. combined, Srinivasan believes that it denizens should build an opt-in society, ultimately outside the U.S., run by technology."
John Colapinto wrote "Lighting The Brain" about Karl Deisseroth. He is a pioneer in optogenetics, technology that activates individual brain cells with light from fiber optics. It can be used to control behavior in lab animals and is being tested on humans.
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The Difference between Web Design and Web Development
What's the distinction between a web designer along with a net programmer? From the web's first days, the response to this question was straightforward: designers programmers and layout code.
Now that question needs a bit more nuance–you would be hard-pressed to discover a web designer that did not understand at least a little HTML and CSS, and also you also won't need to look far to get a back-end web programmer who will whip up a storyboard.
If you are only talking about the overall concepts of internet design vs. net development, but the differentiation is a bit more clear. Let us look at both of these theories and the characters they play in creating programs and the sites we all adore and know.
Web design simplifies everything connected using all the visual aesthetics along with usability of a site — color scheme, design, data flow, and whatever else regarding the visual details of the UI/UX (user interface and user expertise). Some shared tools and skills which differentiate the Internet designer out of the Internet programmer are:
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) along with alternative layout applications
- Graphic layout
- Logo layout
- Layout/format
- Putting call-to-action buttons
- Branding
- Wireframes, mock-ups, along with storyboards
- Color palettes
- Typography
Web design is worried about exactly what the user sees below the surface which makes everything work, and about the mechanics on their monitor or apparatus that is mobile. Through the usage of typography, graphics, color, and design, they deliver an experience.
Having said that, lots of web designers will also be acquainted with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript–it can help to have the ability to make living mock-ups of an internet program when attempting to pitch a concept to the group or disturb the UI/UX of a program. Web designers also utilize templating services such as Joomla or even WordPress!, which lets you make sites without writing one line of code, using widgets and themes.
The code which produces a site tick is governed by web development. It may be divided into two classes –backend and front end. An application's front end or client-side is that the code for discovering the site will exhibit the layouts responsible. The backend or server-side of a program is responsible for handling information within the database and also functioning that information to the backend to be exhibited. It is the programmer's job that will talk about with the overlap with the internet designer Because you might have guessed. Some common tools and skills traditionally seen as special to the front end developer are recorded below:
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- CSS preprocessors (i.e., LESS or Sass)
- Frameworks (i.e., AngularJS, ReactJS, Ember)
- Libraries (i.e., jQuery)
- Git along with GitHub
Front-end web programmers do not usually produce mock-ups, pick typography, or select color palettes–all those are often supplied by the developer. It is the programmer's job to attract those. Nevertheless, knowing exactly what the designer needs requires some understanding of practices in UI/UX layout so the programmer can pick the ideal technology to supply the desired appearance and feel and expertise in the finished item.
Satisfy the "Unicorn"
What started out as a joke in the market –that the designer/developer hybrid that will do it is presently a workable endgame for both designers and hi-tech programmers, as a result of the growth in the access to educational resources throughout the net. Those developers/designers that have a grasp of abilities across either side of the spectrum are highly desired in the business. Even the "unicorn" may take your job from the conceptual phase of observable mock-ups and storyboards, and take it through backend development all independently. Not that you would want them the actual value of programmers that design and designers that build are their capacity to talk one another's languages. This contributes not only to enhance communication on the staff along with a smoother workflow, so it means you're land on the ideal way possible. As a rule of thumb, don't hesitate to rely upon the "unicorn" for smaller jobs, where it is possible for a couple of people to manage both the trunk and front-ends of a program. For bigger jobs, even should you manage to employ some "unicorns, then" more clearly defined functions are needed.


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This newsitem has been supplied by PSV.nl
The coach of the Brazilian national football team has called up PSV goalkeeper Heurelho da Silva Gomes to his squad for the World Cup qualifying game against Venezuela. The fixture is scheduled for 12 October in Belem. AlexAlex, who was called up for the latest qualifying game, has not received an invitation this time. The PSV defender is recovering from an injury that he sustained during the league game at home against FC Utrecht. Alex, a player of Fenerbahçe, the next opponent of PSV in the Champions League, did receive a call-up.The Brazilian squad:Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Internazionale), Gomes (PSV).Defenders: Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Sao Paulo), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gustavo Nery (Corinthians), Luisao (Benfica), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Lucio (FC Bayer München), Roque Junior (Bayer Leverkusen).Midfielders: Renato (Sevilla), Emerson (Juventus), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Gilberto (Hertha BSC), Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyon), Ze Roberto (Bayer München), Kaka (AC Milan), Julio Baptista (Real Madrid), Ricardinho (Santos), Alex (Fenerbahçe).Forwards: Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Ricardo Oliveira (Betis Sevilla), Adriano (Internazionale), Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona.


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There are several types of stockings known to be from the 14th century. This stocking pattern is based on parts found and published in the Museum of London: Textiles and Clothing. This stocking pattern is also very modern in its leg construction. While the feet in stockings in period were fairly fitted, it does not appear that the legs were always so. There is as much evidence for fitted legs and non-fitted legs. I have found so far to date are not shaped to the leg. One shown in the book Woven Into The Earth, does have a fitted ankle and lower calf. Whew! Sometimes the fabric is cut on the bias and sometimes on the straight of grain.
This demo creates a fitted leg.
Please click on small thumbnail images to download a larger image in a new window/tab
Step 1.
- Measure your leg from the floor to above your knee where you want the top of the stockings to rest. A1 –> A2
- Measure your leg from the floor to your ankle A1 –> B
- Measure your leg from the floor to the widest section of your calf A1 –> C
- Measure your leg from the floor to small part below your knee A1 –> D
Step 2.
- Measure around your ankle E –> F
- Measure around your calf at the widest section G –> H
- Measure around the section below your knee I –> J
- Measure around your thigh where you want the top of the stockings to rest K –> L
Connect the dots to form leg shape.
Step 3.
- Draw around your foot
- Draw a line across your foot at the instep. This line tends to slant. M –> N
Step 4.
- Transfer M –>N line to the leg pattern
- Measure around your heel from O –> P. Divide this measurement by 2. Mark your half measurements on either side of M–>N so that you have two half O–>P lines drawn in.
Measure across your instep with tape at M and N and transfer this measurement to the legging pattern in a loop M –> N.
- Also, use that measur3ment to create the Q-R line on foot piece, extending the M-N line in preparation for drafting the toe piece.
- Draw a line around your toe from Q to R
- Cut out all pattern pieces. Cut out the mockup, using your scrap fabric, on the bias with NO seam allowance.
My Pattern
If you feel more comfortable making your mockup with a seam allowance, it's always good to experiment. I found in my own experimentation that a seam allowance is not necessary because everything is cut on the bias. Which means everything stretches.
Step 5.
- Using 1/4 – 1/2″ seam, sew the toe piece to the leg piece matching Q to M and R to N
- Using 1/4 – 1/2″ seam, sew leg piece up the back of the leg
- Using 1/4 – 1/2″ seam, sew the foot to the leg and toe. Match at heel and back leg seam.
Step 6.
At this point you will discover where your paper pattern needs adjustment.
For me this is usually across the toe/foot, the heel length, the width of the ankle.
Once you have made your adjustments to your mockup and it fits, cut out and sew your stocking out of your 'fashion' fabric, wool, linen, silk
Finishing: Because your stocking is cut entirely on the bias, you won't have problems with unraveling with the exception of the thigh hem. There will be a little tiny bit of stray threads but that should be the end of it. I have washed my stockings many times and have never had the seams compromised. That said…
You will want to hem the thigh opening. I use whip stitch or running stitch. I like using contrasting thread, just a little extra bit of fun. In the example here, the stocking is linen so I also did a running stitch down the back seam
Finished stocking with garters. one is woven and one is a bias cut
Extant Example
Cluny Museum 14th century. Cut on the straight of grain. Nockert found stockings cut both on the bias 'diagonal" and on the straight grain 'on the warp.'


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"Actually, this is the work that is carried out by the (EU) member states. And according to the information that we have, the work is continuing and advancing well," Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for EU High Representative Federica Mogherini was quoted by Kuwait News Agency as telling a news conference in Brussels on Monday.
She said the trade mechanism, formally known as the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), will be established "soon", adding "we believe that it will be established in the coming weeks to promote legitimate business with Iran."
The EU spokesperson went on to add that "this is part of the broader efforts of the European Union to preserve the nuclear agreement as long as Iran continues to repsect its nuclear-related commitments."
Following the US' unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) last May and the re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran targeting the country's banking sector, EU promised to set up an alternative payment mechanism for Iran to continue business with the Islamic Republic in exchange for the country to remain in the nuclear agreement.
Meanwhile, Iran has been critical of the EU's delay in establishing the SPV, citing the bloc's fear of the US punitive measures against any country that decides to host the mechanism.


text: Home Deco Art was a website previously designed by another designer using a shop based template. We worked very closely with the client to change the focus of the website and switched the site over to use Pagelines Platform 5. Although the site does sell plain wooden items, we changed the sites function to be more aimed at article based information thus making the content more shareable on Facebook. This had an instant effect for the client on sales showing that when you create great looking articles with excellent content people will be interested and share, and then buy!


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Worrying about your CIPD Level 7 exams? Don't panic we are here to help!
Watson Martin's ten top revision tips
The September exam season is fast approaching for CIPD Advanced candidates. It can be a stressful time particularly if you are juggling your studies with a demanding job or a busy family life. But don't panic, when it comes to doing well in your CIPD Advanced exams, we know what we are talking about and are here to help! Watson Martin consistently achieve a higher success rate than other CIPD centres. Our most recent results were particularly impressive with 80% gaining a pass or higher compared to 75% nationally. In the challenging Human Resource Management in Context (HRC) exam, only eight candidates throughout the country achieved the top grade of distinction, two of which were awarded to Watson Martin candidates.
So, how do you make the most of your revision time? What strategies should you employ to achieve the best possible result? You will already be familiar with your own learning style and revision techniques but we hope these ten top tips will give you an extra boost to ensure you are well prepared for your forthcoming CIPD exams.
- Attend the exam preparation workshops
All candidates who undertake the CIPD Advanced Diploma with Watson Martin are able to attend specifically tailored workshops before they sit their exams to help them with the revision process. Evaluation revealed that 99% of students described these workshops as either 'excellent' or 'good' with nine out of ten describing the tutor's knowledge as 'excellent'. There are four prep workshops coming up in early September, two for each exam. Candidates can choose which date to attend so make sure you have booked your place.
- Ensure you have a revision plan
If you haven't already done so, make a revision plan. It is important to be honest with yourself about how much time you will realistically have available for revision activity. Read through your workbook, the core text and workshop notes and then summarise the key points on to A4 paper and then on to cards or Post-it notes. Revise in 45 minute bursts with a 10 minute break in between.
- Read a quality newspaper regularly
Try to read a daily quality newspaper (Times, Telegraph, FT, Independent, Guardian) to show that you are familiar with external events that have the potential to impact on the workplace. Online access to newspapers are more flexible as you can browse by subject area. Sunday editions can provide a useful summary of the week's events if you can't commit to a daily read.
- Practise, practise and practise again past exam questions
There are plenty of past question papers available. The more you do the better prepared you will be. We believe at least 60% of your total revision effort should go into practice papers. WM candidate Rebecca Henningattributes her recent distinction in HRC to the effort she put in around past papers.
"Both exam workshops were incredibly useful and communicated top tips and clear advice on how to give yourself the best chance. Knowing that I could also get in touch with my adviser at any time to ask questions, or ask her to read over practice questions was incredibly useful – believe me practising timed questions is the key," she says.
- Read the examiner's comments and be familiar with the GAC
Review the comments by external examiners on past exams on the CIPDwebsite after you have completed your practice paper. See what they said previous candidates did wrong and then ask yourself if you would have passed, and be truthful! The exams are marked using the same General Assessment Criteria (GAC) as the other Level 7 modules and it is important to be familiar with these standards too. From our experience, candidates who take the time to understand what the examiners are looking for, can demonstrate excellent practical and professional skills, as well as a thorough understanding of HRM knowledge, are those most likely to achieve top marks. The CIPD student webinar 'Preparing for CIPD Advanced Level Exams' which is available on the CIPDwebsite, is a useful resource.
- Don't try and learn everything
Be selective in what you learn. It's more important to achieve a depth of understanding with some critical views on models and theories rather than adopting a scattergun approach and knowing a little about everything. Our exam workshops will help you understand the key elements and identify where any gaps in your knowledge may be.
- Do your research
Half the marks for both HRC and Leading Managing and Developing People (LMP) are for the Case Study which candidates are provided with in advance. Our exam prep workshops will support you but help yourselves by doing the research before you attend. For example, if the case study is set in Oxfordshire, know the labour market stats. If the sector is education, read around the subject and think practically about solutions. We will populate our VLE with relevant materials for the case study to help you with this part of the exam. You can also follow us on Twitter: WMP_CIPD. We provide regular tips and signpost to useful literature, news and website articles.
On the day …
- Be aware of the pitfalls
Time management on the day is vital. Both exams are three hour papers and you should divide your time equally between the case study – section A – and the five out of a choice of ten questions in section B. Ensure you have enough time to complete all the questions. The CIPD will not mark your paper if you only complete four out of five questions and so you will fail even if the rest of your answers are brilliant.
- Read the questions carefully and write a plan
Use the reading time at the start of the exam wisely. Read all the questions carefully and decide which ones to answer. Highlight key command words as you go along. Spend two or three minutes writing a plan of what the question is asking before you start each question and stick to it. Remember if you are running out of time in the last question, include your plan as part of your answer. It could mean the difference between a pass and a fail.
- Do not brain dump
Sticking to your plan is really important. Do not just launch into the question and brain dump everything you know on the topic in the hope it might be relevant. It won't be. It is very important that you answer the actual question that has been set and do not write a general answer about the topic based on everything that you can remember!
And finally … Good luck!
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U.S. car sales for 2015 reached record-breaking levels with more than 17 million vehicles sold last year, helping local auto dealers to have some of their best sales years in recent memory.
"We had a very good year. Part of that is based on things specific to our location, but it's also based on economic factors in general," said Joel Baker, president and owner of Baker Cadillac in Leominster.
Baker touted his updated facility and recent focus on improving the customer experience as factors to the recent sales uptick, but he also referred to Cadillac's use of low interest rates and leasing offers as other reasons why sales climbed last year.
John Woodland, general manager of Colonial Chevrolet in Acton, also pointed to industry incentives as being critical to 2015's success.
"Chevy's much more in the leasing game now than it used to be," Woodland said. "We could lease a Silverado now for about $300 a month or a Cruze for around $200. Five years ago, it would have been twice that."
Woodland said that he believed the company's push to cater to a leasing market comes from a desire to see the kind of sales foreign car makers have found with low lease rates.
"I really think they (Chevrolet) want to take back the market share from Honda, Toyota and Nissan," he said.
Though sales increased across the board, new vehicles in particular saw the strongest results. Woodland said sales of new versus pre-owned vehicles is typically a 50-50 split, but he described last year as being closer to 70-30.
This was the same trend at Baker Cadillac, where sales of new vehicles were up 23 percent from 2014, compared to pre-owned vehicles which saw about a 10 percent increase.
"I think with the economy currently doing so well, people just want to upgrade their car," said Baker, who predicted that crossovers and SUVs will continue to be as popular in 2016 as they were in 2015.
Aside from economic stability, gas prices that have consistently hovered around the low $2.00 range have also played their part, according to Geno Neagle, sales manager for Colonial West Chevrolet in Fitchburg.
Neagle said low fuel costs made buying vehicles, especially larger trucks the Silverado, a more viable option for customers.
Looking ahead to 2016, Neagle said sales would likely continue to improve.
"We're already off to a great start this year," he said. "I think it's going to be another record-breaker."
Nationwide auto sales increased nearly 6 percent in 2015. Americans spent a total of about $570 billion on new cars.
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Bartolo Colon could be valuable trade chip come July
When the trade deadline approaches in July, the Mets are likely to have a glut of starting pitchers. Five solid or better pitchers in the rotation and at least two knocking on the door from Triple-A is a good problem to have. So, what will happen when room needs to be made?
Apr 8, 2014; Atlanta, GA, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Bartolo Colon (40) pitches in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Shirey-USA TODAY Sports
Regardless of whether or not the Mets are in contention in late-June/early-July, dealing one of their starting pitchers to address an area of need would seem to make sense – especially when you consider that both Matt Harvey and Jeremy Hefner should be back in action from the outset in 2015 – making the starting pitching situation even more crowded.
Zack Wheeler is most likely going nowhere, and Jon Niese's recent health issues make him a much less attractive target for other teams. Dillon Gee is relatively inexpensive and under team control – likely making him someone the Mets will want to hang onto.
While Jenrry Mejia hitting his innings limit during the summer could allow the Mets to slide either Noah Syndergaard or Rafael Montero into the big league rotation without trading someone from the big league staff, there is an option that would make room for both: trading Bartolo Colon.
If the Mets deal Colon, they may have to get creative at the very end of the season due to innings limits on both Syndergaard (155 or so) and Montero (185 or so).
At the same time, with the Mets intentionally going easy with both Montero and Syndergaard early in order to curtail their innings, finding late-season fill-ins for them may end up not being an issue at all.
When the Mets signed Colon during the offseason, there was an immediate thought that he could be trade bait either around the trade deadline in 2014 or in the offseason prior to 2015. With the Mets' starting pitchers all healthy and the starting pitchers in the minors progressing, dealing Colon this season could be prudent.
The Mets still have two glaring areas of need: shortstop and first base.
If Colon continues to pitch well – and there's no reason to think he won't – he could be one of the most attractive starting pitchers on the market come July.
Colon is signed only through 2015, and at an average annual value of $10 million. For a team in contention who's in dire need of an anchor for their rotation, Colon could be their guy.
Both Seattle and Arizona were rumored to be interested in starting pitching reinforcements prior to the season, and neither of those clubs have filled that need as of yet. Aside from Seattle and Arizona, there are sure to be other teams who are seeking a pitcher like Colon for the stretch run.
If the Mets can eventually turn Colon – who is part of an area of strength for the club – into a player who addresses an area of weakness, they should pull the trigger.
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Where the rules no longer apply.
My reasons for this are really two-fold. The first reason is that my Sainted Girlfriend is a regular participant in a Unitarian Universalist youth group (please note: UU youth groups extent to age thirty. Therefore the fact that I'm dating someone in a church youth group does not mean that I am a pedophile) and one of her fellow members seems to find me a little puzzling. I think this is because I am a materialist atheist and this knowledge has generated in him a burning desire to know more about my views. Specifically, this burning desire has manifested in a request (delivered via my Sainted Girlfriend) that I complete a homework assignment that amounts to, "Explain the basis of your epistemology and moral system." I suppose I'm game for this except for two major drawbacks. These drawbacks are, (a) I'm really not interested in explaining it and, (b) I know most folks find the basis of my ethical system to be rather unsatisfying. This doesn't bother me- after all, it really just has to satisfy me- but it does tend to result in lengthy, entirely pointless conversations with other people. A little like this blog, except that I can't just turn it off whenever I want. And remember, folks, life is really all about me.
The other reason this has been on my mind is because of a recent column written by two gentlemen who are collectively known as (and I swear I'm not making this up) the God Squad. Now, this particular entry was brought to my attention by everyone's favorite irrascible bad-boy, the Raving Atheist, and reads as follows:
Question: If there is no God, are morals and ethics still a good thing?
N.H. via e-mail
Answer: The brief answer is no. To quote Dostoevsky in "The Brothers Karamazov": "If there is no God, all things are permitted." Now it is true that there are many moral atheists and many corrupt theists. However, it's our view that moral atheists have some inner idea of absolute truth, which is the functional equivalent of a belief in God's moral law. Otherwise, depending only on one's personal point of view, Hitler and Mother Teresa could be considered morally equivalent. The point of ethics is that something must be universal to be true.
"Thou shalt not murder" must be morally correct for all, not just for anyone who decides it is true because of some personal intuition. Why murdering innocent people is morally wrong, if it is not wrong because God says it is wrong, depends solely on the ability of unaided human reason to set and defend the absolute truth of moral claims.
Some philosophers have asserted that this could be done (Aristotle, Kant and Hegel), and others have said that moral claims are essentially personal statements of culturally relative preferences (Nietzsche, Hume, Camus, for example).
Natural law theology (Aquinas, Maimonides) offers a compromise by stating that both unaided human reason and biblical revelation can take us to the same moral truths. The question of why a person should be good if there is no God remains one of the great and enduring moral questions.
Woody Allen's "Match Point," brilliantly presents the case for nihilism, the belief that there is no God, no justice and no governing moral law in the universe, only dumb luck that lets some guilty people go free and some innocent people suffer. If you can live with that dark, dismal and despairing vision of an amoral universe, well, then, God bless you.
This response to a simple question, frankly, annoys the ever-living shit out of me. Mainly because my response would begin with, "The brief answer is yes..." and move on from there. The God Squad (and I have a hard time using that term and not feeling like I'm mocking someone) takes the position that atheists, by definition, can't be ethical or moral unless they have some sort of deep-seated concept of absolute moral truth which is, itself, equivalent to a god concept. More likely they mean, "Unless, deep down, they really do believe in god." Yes, I am putting words in their mouth here but, in my defense, it isn't like this is the first time I've encountered this argument, even if they have gone to the trouble of dressing it up "nicely."
Now, the natural thing to do here would be to explain how atheists can be moral people without believing in god and, additionally, to expand on where atheists derive morality from. This is not, however, what I choose to do. I don't speak for all atheists and I suspect that if you got us all together, we'd have some serious arguing to do before we could settle on a common ethical system- even if such a settlement was possible, which I doubt. The aforementioned Raving Atheist, as an example, is staunchly pro-life whereas I, another atheist, am strongly pro-choice. So, hey, we're a diverse crowd.
No, what I choose to do is something else: to explain that the theists in the crowd don't really deal with a different situation when it comes to ethics than we atheists. Consider for a moment, if you will, the difference between theistic and atheistic ethical systems. The only fundamental contrast is this: theistic systems derive their ethics from god (i.e. the "will of god" or, more accurately, "do what you're told because God is bigger than you are") whereas atheistic systems do not. And, of course, if you don't get your ethics from god then you're left with the messy problem of deciding for yourself what is ethical and what is not. Certainly, these decisions are made using a guiding philosophy, but philosophies are a dime a dozen, and proving one to be superior to another is a rather elusive goal.
With me so far?
Okay, now to this point it sounds like atheists have the short end of the stick: we have to try and puzzle out ethics with a lot of thought and, in the end, may get it wrong, while the theists can rely on their infinitely powerful, all-knowing sky beast to sort the righteous from the depraved. The problem, however, arises when we note how poorly this derivation-from-divinity seems to work. Consider for a moment: how many religions have the same ethical system? Now, I don't mean "similar" ethical systems- I suspect most common sets of ethics have more to do with fostering pro-social behavior than anything else- I mean identical. After all, if ethics derive from god, then all theists should have the same ethics, right?
Okay, obviously we have a problem here. For Jews, god seems to have some peculiar notions about food which would certainly seem to be part of his ethics. Some of these notions seem to be shared with Muslims but, then again, their own system is also quite different. And don't get me started on the views of other systems, like Hinduism, that have rules about the treatment of livestock that are fairly intense. Clearly different religions don't agree on what the will of god is, even as it pertains to something as minor as eating habits. Within the same faith, we also find some problems with the idea that ethics come from god. Some branches of Christianity clearly believe that god forbids abortion but, then again, not all christians agree. So much is obvious from the GSS data, which shows that in 2004 approximately 34% of all those identifying as Christian (combined figure for Protestants and Catholics, although disaggregating them doesn't make much difference) reported that a woman should be able to obtain an abortion for any reason. If not all Christians agree on someting as serious as abortion, we can only imagine that things get even more dicey for moral issues that are more abstract. Fraud for example.
So, we're left with a situation in which theists don't all agree on what ethics are the "right" ethics, and even those theists who nominally believe in the same god don't agree. Apparently, determining god's will is a tough business. Which is, as you might have guessed, exactly my point. Those who believe in god have to decide what they believe is right the same way that atheists do. Each theist is attending to their doctrines, certainly, but at the end of the day, those doctrines do not fully determine a person's morality. If they did, then questions like abortion would be perfectly split by religious lines. As should already be apparent, they aren't. No, theists have the same messy task that atheists do- they have to think about the issues and decide for themselves. So what's the difference between theists and atheists then?
Simply this: for atheists, this decision making process is apparent, but for theists it's hidden. When a theist reaches an ethical decision, that decision is then attributed to god thereby removing the reasoning for it from view. Moreover, this attribution process doesn't just remove the reasoning from view, it transfers responsibility for that stance, and its consequences, away from the person. The theist can answer any question about the "why" of their ethics by simply answering that, "God says so!" But atheists have no such luxury. The difference isn't that the decision is made differently, but rather that the account of that decision is different.
In physics there is a thing known as a singularity. A singularity usually occurs in a region of powerful gravitational fields- like the center of a black hole and is remarkable in that it is a place where the normal laws of physics break down. In essence, the warping of spacetime is so extreme, that matter, energy, and the very elementary forces themselves can transmute into a diversity of new forms. Many, if not most, singularities are thought to be shielded from view by an event horizon, or a boundary that electromagnetic radiation (i.e. light) cannot escape. So, information can enter an event horizon but having done so, and after encountering the singularity, it cannot leave. It's probably just as well that this is so, since singularities could theoretically wreak havoc with our physical models and make the universe a much less predictable place than it seems to be. Still, there is the persistent idea of a naked singularity- a singularity that is not cloaked by an event horizon and is, therefore, fully visible to the rest of the universe in all of its chaotic glory. One can only imagine the protean splendor of such an object, doubtless both majestic and terrifying in equal measures.
I bring all this up not because I want to raise physics literacy (although that's nice too) but because I think an analogy here is apt. The decisions that we make about what is right and what isn't comprise a sort of mental singularity. It isn't a special faculty, or a sense of god's will, but rather a process that underlies our moral senses- even if that process was given to us by our society. Moreover, in that our decisions are ultimately our own, this mental singularity has the power to transmute anything it comes into contact with. Good can become evil, and vice versa, with a stroke of the mental brush. The chaos of the singularity is contained within us all.
From this we understand that the difference between theists and atheists is not that one of us has a singularity and the other does not, but that some of us cloak that singularity with the event horizon known as god. God is inscrutable, he works in mysterious ways, and so he throws an impenetrable darkness around that which terrifies us- our own responsibility for deciding, and our own falibility in doing so. Atheists differ from theists only in that this shroud is unavailable- the moral singularity remains visible in its horrid magnificence.
Ahteists and theists are not so different. We both must confront the responsibility of being human. We all must grapple with the difficulty of trying to do what is right, when the very definition of "right" seems impossible to resolve for certain. For theists, this hardship can be wrapped up in pretty paper, tied down and given a name, a face, and an address that makes it seem less scary.
But atheists must always face that place where the rules no longer apply.


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In the family, the mom is typically the one that takes care of everyone else. Perhaps you should consider helping her relax and feel pampered this Mother's Day. A great way to do this is to give her the gift of pampering that she will appreciate.
There's a good chance that the mom and your family is constantly doing things, even on her days off. Gifting her a massage is a great way to help her decompress and forget about the duties she has at work or home. A deep Swedish massage is a great way to help her relax overall, or a deep tissue massage can help relieve stiffness in her joints and soreness in her muscles.
Perhaps you should consider gifting the mom in your life a rejuvenating facial treatment with a massage. Not only will it stimulate the circulation in her skin, but she will get a gentle massage with her facial that will leave her feeling great. An aesthetician can help determine which mask would be perfect for her skin, regardless if her skin is oily, dry, or sensitive. Dead skin, debris, and oil from your mom's face can be scrubbed away with an exfoliating scrub to help fight against adult acne and premature aging.
Of course, you don't want to forget about her hands and feet. It's likely that your mother spends hours each day on her feet. Whether she is tending to the children, gardening, running around at work, are finishing the housework, her feet and hands work hard each day. You can give mom some overdue spoiling and give her hard-working feet and hands a break by providing her with a manicure and pedicure combo. Your mom can choose the polish she wants to use, whether it's clear or vibrant, that shows off the best in her feet and her hands.
With Mother's Day quickly approaching, make sure you show mom how much you love her by giving her the chance to be pampered.


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The Solo Planer/moulder Is the Best Woodworking Buddy in the World!
- It is quick, easy to use and accessible.
- Bengt-Olov's favourite product.
- Wide range of different moulding knives
The Solo Planer is incredibly useful, and a favourite among many customers and for the founder of LOGOSOL, Bengt-Olov Byström. It is easy to set up, which also allows shorter series.
In Bengt-Olov's new house there is a lot that is made of wood. Among other things, the skirting-boards, cornices, architraves and the window frames are all machined in the Solo Planer/moulder SH230. Throughout the construction period, the planer/moulder has been sited outdoors. It has always been in place, ready to mould and resaw all kinds of wooden details.
One special aspect with this planer/moulder is that you can resaw timber in a very safe way. The Solo Planer/moulder was originally designed to resaw and dimension construction timber. Later on, the ability to mould has been added. The circular sawblade and the cutter head are fully enclosed by the machine housing. When you use the Solo Planer/moulder for resawing instead of an ordinary resaw, the risk of injury is minimal.