Thursday, May 31, 2012

UK aid worker freed after 86-day kidnap 'ordeal'

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Mimi Tanner's Blog: Married, Single, Divorced, Widowed - What???

You're filling out a job application, or it's your first visit to a doctor, and you're handed the usual forms.

The trouble is, they all ask you to describe your marital status!

Here are the choices: ?Married, Single, Divorced, or Widowed.

What??

So, if you've been divorced, you can't check the Single box?

If you're widowed, hey, thanks for reducing this life tragedy to a check box on a piece of paper!!

One day, that question will join the ranks of the "not allowed" questions on forms!

They really leave off a lot of possibilities, too.

They should have a check box for:

* Married but planning my escape!

* Single, but secretly seeing a married person.

* Single, and until they pass gay marriage in my state, single, but really married.

* Divorced - YEARS ago. ?Why do I still get dealt the "divorced" card?? ?Please!! ?We need a statute of limitations here.

I'm sure you can think of some other possibilities!!

I read a newsletter that proclaimed, "Don't take relationship advice from someone who is not in a committed relationship!!!"

The person who wrote that is very young, but I have heard this from people who are old enough to know better!

Well, I'm single at this writing, and I give relationship advice. A lot of people have found wonderful committed relationships, marriages, and love because of reading my emails and books.

My current single relationship status has no bearing on my IQ, except possibly to improve it.

Oh, wait a minute, I'm not single. Not according to those forms. ?I'm supposed to check the "divorced" box, officially. ?Wow, that sounds so contentious and negative; it's like being branded! ? Whatever the answer, it's a damned nosy question that has absolutely no purpose - except for giving numbers-crunchers fodder for statistics, like the ones that say, "Of the marital status categories, married men are the happiest, and married women are the least happy." ?I love that one...

I'm not in love right now, but I do expect to fall in love again and get married. I'm sure when that happens, I'll mention it and even share a photo. But I don't plan to report every detail to the whole world to prove something. ?Good advice and information stands on its own.

Contrary to what some people think, you don't prove your worth by being in a relationship all the time.

Check the census and welcome to the new century: ?lots of people live on their own... and it's far from tragic! ?The?unhappily married people envy those who are free and single more than anyone because they know what they've got!

I see a lot of women who just want to grab on to any guy because they can't imagine life on their own.

Then I see other women who will welcome love when one special person becomes a part of their world. ?These women write me often: they know what love is and what it isn't, and they don't need to settle just so they have their "man badge" or their "Mrs. Degree" to prove to some outsider that they're desirable or loving. ?

Usually, they already GOT their Mrs. degree AND the T-shirt at least once before, when it was so ultra-important to get married before they turned 30.

If they marry again (and get the masters Mrs. degree?) they want to know that the T-shirt will fit and survive years of washings. ?They're really not freaking out about being single to please other people's ideas of what makes them acceptable!

It's understandable when people who are really young think this way.... in due time they too will learn about the?complexities of life (and of making and voicing negative judgments about people).

It's much better to go down your life path without striving to "find someone" just for the sake of being part of a couple.

I hear from women who are concerned about getting married because of their biological clock. ?But we really can't force marriage, even if we'd like it. ?Marriage for that reason would not really be marriage for the love of a particular person. ?

I believe in love. ?But love is highly personal. ?It's a lot more than "Married, Single, Divorced, or Widowed"!

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Video: Fiorina on Facebook and RIMM Stumble

"Right now we are seeing a market responding emotionally, both on the upside and the downside," says Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO, discussing the implications of Facebook shares falling below $30 and Research in Motion's first quarter warn...

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Decoding tomato DNA: Genetics could yield sweeter fruit

Knowing the genetic sequence of one tomato can help seed companies and plant breeders get a grasp on what makes different varieties, like heirloom tomatoes, different from the generic grocery tomato.

By Jennifer Welsh,?LiveScience Staff Writer / May 30, 2012

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For years scientists have slaved away, trying to piece together the genes that make up the ripe, red goodness that is the tomato. They have finally published the fleshy fruit's genome in full.

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The genome of any species is the DNA code that is stored as a blueprint inside every cell of every individual of that species. The DNA letters, called base pairs, are organized into genes, which are translated into proteins, the building blocks and machinery of every cell.

Decoding these genes can help researchers understand the different types of proteins found in organisms, and how these proteins make that species different from every other species. These kinds of insights from the genome could help crop researchers improve the yield, nutritional content, disease resistance,?taste and color?of tomatoes, they say.

"For any characteristic of the tomato, whether it's taste, natural pest resistance or nutritional content, we've captured virtually all those genes," study researcher James Giovannoni, of Cornell University, said in a statement. "Tomato genetics underlies the potential for improved taste every home gardener knows and every supermarket shopper desires and the genome sequence will help solve this and many other issues in tomato production and quality."

Generic and wild genomes

The researchers sequenced the genome of the tomato species?Solanum lycopersicum, of the variety "Heinz 1706," as their type tomato. These tomatoes possess some 35,000 genes arranged on 12 chromosomes (large arrangements of hundreds of genes packed into one strand), the researchers said.

The researchers also sequenced?the garden?tomato's wild ancestor,?Solanum Pimpinellifolium.

Knowing the sequence of one tomato can help seed companies and plant breeders get a grasp on what makes different varieties, like heirloom tomatoes, different from the generic grocery tomato.

Because the variability between two varieties is pretty small, it's easier to use the Heinz 1706 genome as a guide, and pinpoint the differences that lead to changes in color, taste, texture, size and shapethat distinguish one variety from another.

Tomato vs. potato

The genome is also important in learning why the tomato is so different from its genetic relatives in the nightshade family of flowering plants, which includes the potato, pepper and even coffee. Scientists want to know what genes have changed that gives each of these species their distinct flavor and look.

"Now we can start asking a lot more interesting questions about?fruit biology, disease resistance, root development and nutritional qualities," Giovannoni said.

Tomatoes represent a $2 billion market in the United States alone. The USDA estimates that Americans consume, on average, more than 72 pounds (33 kilograms) of tomato products annually. Researchers have even developed a?robot tomato harvester?to go into space (or just use here on Earth).

The study will be published tomorrow (May 31) in the journal Nature.

You can follow LiveScience staff writer Jennifer Welsh on?Twitter, on?Google+?or on?Facebook. Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on?Twitter?and on?Facebook.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Del Negro to return as Clippers coach next season

(AP) ? Vinny Del Negro will be back as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers next season.

The team said Tuesday that it has exercised its contract option on him to return for a third season. Del Negro led the Clippers to a 40-26 record during the lockout-shortened season and the second round of the playoffs, where they were swept by the San Antonio Spurs.

Their winning percentage of 60.6 this season was the highest in franchise history.

Del Negro has a 72-76 record in two seasons with the team.

He came under pressure in March after the Clippers lost three consecutive games, but they responded by winning 13 of their next 15 games on the way to making the playoffs for the first time in six years.

Associated Press

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Blast rocks shopping complex in Nairobi

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Members of the public assist firefighters at the scene of a blast in central Nairobi, Kenya on May 28, 2012.

Reuters reports ??A blast struck a shopping complex in Nairobi's business district during Monday's lunch hour, wounding more than a dozen people, but it was not immediately clear what had caused the explosion.?

Dense black smoke billowed from the badly damaged building and sirens blared as emergency service crews rushed to Moi Avenue, a major road running through the center of the Kenyan capital.

Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said it was too early to determine the cause of the blast. He said blackened wires inside the trading center indicated a possible electrical fault but did not rule out a bomb.

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An injured woman is carried to an ambulance.

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Civilians attempt to extinguish a fire in a clothing shop after the explosion. Dense black smoke billowed from the badly damaged building and sirens blared as emergency service crews rushed to Moi Avenue, a major road running through the city center.

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Monday, May 28, 2012

Melbourne Dreaming: The Cross-cultural Collision Course (or why I ...

So the complicated relationship to which I have been alluding for about 8 months now has come crumbling to the ground.

This time, however, it was not the usual he's driving me crazy; he met someone else; we don't want the same things; he can't commit kind of relationship ending with which I have far too much some experience.

This time, the decision was taken out of my hands entirely; out of even his hands to a great extent. How can that be? Well, he was Indian. An only son. Which I have come to understand means that he comes as a package, closely bound with mum, dad and sister at the heart; extended family after that; and the wider Indian community beyond that.

He was lovely. Super lovely. Easy to be around, gentle-natured, funny and kind. Very cute. He'd been living in Melbourne for nearly 4 years; he had an accent but dressed like a local. I was wary at first about the age gap and the cultural difference, but that melted away soon enough as I spent more time with him and found him to be thoughtful and open-minded. I introduced him to my family, who welcomed him with open arms. We became closer after that, talking about everything and sharing our histories, marvelling at the many overlaps in our personalities and interests despite our very different upbringings. I still had concerns, especially after doing a bit of research online and coming across many forums detailing the stories of western women who had had their hearts broken by Indian men. Nervous about becoming one of those women, I asked him to tell his parents about me, and being a lovely bloke, he did.

I think it's fair to say that they freaked the f*ck out.

Not only was I not Indian, I was 5 years older than him. I might as well have been an eight-headed monster shooting laser beams from my eyes.

It was awful. We talked and cried and tried to break up and got back together and cried and talked some more. We decided we both cared enough about each other to try to stay together despite his parents extreme disapproval, deciding that he would talk with them more in the hope that they might come around.

A further four months down the track - four months of agonising, talking through various scenarios,? negative horoscope readings, and long-distance arguments with his parents culminating in a visit to Mumbai - it became apparent that they were not coming around, and that his continuing to be with me was causing a major rift in his family and he couldn't bear it anymore.

That was the end of us.

* * * * * * *


What have I taken away from this?

1. Cross cultural relationships are really difficult, sometimes impossibly so. I was naive; even after I became aware how common this scenario is, I was hopeful that we would somehow be exempt.

2. If you're thinking about dating a man from a traditional Indian background, meet his family first. They will be the ones who decide your fate.

3. And finally: be thankful to have been raised in an enlightened country where we take our freedom and independence for granted.

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The Transit of Venus: June 5-6, 2012

ScienceDaily (May 28, 2012) ? Many astronomers and members of the public in Britain will be getting up early on the morning of June 6, so they can see (using precautions to avoid permanent eye damage)* the final Transit of Venus of the 21st century. The Transit, when Venus passes directly between Earth and the Sun, was last seen in 2004 and will not happen again until the year 2117.

To help the public view this rare phenomenon, the Royal Astronomical Society has created an online resource about the Transit, including a map of public events around the UK.

In astronomy, transits take place when a smaller body passes in front of a larger one. Although the Sun, Venus and Earth roughly line up every 584 days, the orbits of Earth and Venus around the Sun are tilted with respect to one another. This means that Venus normally appears to pass above or below the Sun. A transit only takes place on the rare occasions when the three bodies are almost exactly in line.

On average, Transits of Venus happens only every 80 years or so. This average figure is however very misleading, because transits occur in a 'pair of pairs' pattern that repeats every 243 years. First, two transits take place in December (around Dec 8th), 8 years apart. There follows a wait of 121 years 6 months, after which two June transits occur (around June 7th), again 8 years apart. After 105 years 6 months, the pattern repeats.

Prior to the last transit on 8 June 2004, no living person had seen a Transit of Venus (the previous one was on 6 December 1882). The forthcoming Transit will take place on 5-6 June 2012, but only the final stages will be visible from the UK. The entire event will be seen from eastern Asia and Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and the north-western parts of North America. The next transit of Venus after that will not take place until 2117, so 2012 will be the last chance in most of our lifetimes to see this extraordinary celestial event.

Observing the transit

*NEVER look directly at the Sun, with or without a telescope or pair of binoculars, without using a safe solar filter. To do is very dangerous and is likely to result in permanent blindness.

The 2012 Transit of Venus occurs on 5-6 June, with the whole event lasting slightly under seven hours. The transit starts at 23:04 British Summer Time (22:04 UTC) on 5 June, after the sun has set in the UK. It will take about 20 minutes from the point when Venus first encroaches onto the disk of the Sun ('first contact') until the planet is fully silhouetted ('second contact'). The planet will then take a curved path across the northern part of the Sun. Mid-transit is at about 02:30 BST (01:30 UTC) on 6 June. Venus begins to leave the Sun ('third contact') at about 05:37 BST (04:37 UTC), and the transit will be over ('fourth contact') at 05:55 BST (04:55 UTC). Timings differ by a few seconds for different latitudes, but the transit will be visible from any place where the Sun is up (clouds permitting).

Unfortunately, this means that only the final stages of the transit will be visible from the UK. As a guide, on 6 June the Sun rises at 04:30 in Edinburgh, 04:46 in London, 04:51 in Belfast and 04:58 in Cardiff (all BST), so observers in the UK will be able to see the final hour or so of the event.

During the Transit, Venus will be visible in silhouette as a dark disc set against the bright solar surface or photosphere. The planet is about 1/32nd of the diameter of the Sun, so it will block about 0.1% of the Sun's light from reaching Earth. Venus will be large enough to be just visible to someone with normal eyesight, without the help of binoculars or a telescope (this should NOT be attempted without appropriate safe solar filters).

For safe viewing of the transit, the same rules apply as those for observing a partial or annular eclipse of the Sun. Eclipse viewing glasses can be used, as long as they are undamaged and observing is limited to a few minutes at a time. Note that they must NOT be used with binoculars or a telescope. For an enlarged view, an image of the Sun can be projected onto a screen by a small telescope. Pinhole projection, however, will not produce a sharp enough image to show Venus clearly.

European observers should only use eclipse glasses that are marked CE under the EU Directive on the safety of Personal Protective Equipment. Observers in other locations should also use only approved safe eclipse glasses. These are certified to conform to an agreed and effective safety standard. Under that specification the glasses or their packaging must be marked with any applicable obsolescence deadline (colloquially, the 'best-before' date). The capacity of eclipse glasses to block harmful radiations from the sun reduces with time. For example, glasses bought for the total solar eclipse in Britain in 1999 are now nearly thirteen years old and should not be used. In any case observers should inspect pre-used glasses for damage (for example scratches, holes or a weakened mounting for the lenses) and consider replacing them if there is a risk that their effectiveness in protecting the eyes is reduced.

The best way to see the Transit in the UK is to join one of the 15 public observing events taking place around the country (see the map on the RAS Transit page: http://www.ras.org.uk/transit2012). In many cases these are led by amateur astronomy groups who are well placed to offer access to equipment and to give advice on viewing the Transit safely.

The scientific significance of transits

In the 18th and 19th centuries, transits of Venus presented valuable opportunities to tackle a fundamental problem of the time -- finding an accurate value for the distance between Earth and the Sun, called the 'Astronomical Unit' (AU). Modern determinations of the AU fix it at 149,597,870.691 km (and involve a complex technical definition, as Earth-Sun distance varies slightly with time).

In the 21st century, much of the interest in the transit of Venus of 2012 is its rarity as an astronomical spectacle, the educational opportunities it presents, and the sense of a link with important events in scientific and world history.

Astronomers are now particularly interested in the general principle of planet transits as a way of hunting for and characterizing the nature of planetary systems around other stars. When a planet crosses in front of its parent star, there is a minute dip in the star's apparent brightness. Identifying such dips is a useful method of finding planets orbiting other stars, and studying their properties. The 2012 transit will be observed by the Hinode solar observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope (that will look at the Moon during the Transit), the Venus Express mission currently in orbit around Venus and by a number of observatories on the ground.

The Royal Astronomical Society: the Transit of Venus

More detailed information on the 2012 Transit of Venus, historic observation of Transits, scientific experiments and a map of UK public observing events can be found on the RAS website at http://www.ras.org.uk/transit2012

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Sunday, May 27, 2012

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Childhood Cancer Survivors at Risk for Long-Term Emotional DistressSurvivors of childhood cancer are at greater risk for persistent hair loss and disfigurement, and for some individuals that may lead to long-term emotional distress, according to a new study.

Compared to their siblings, cancer survivors have more scarring and disfigurement on their arms, legs and head later in life. And, on average, adults with these traits tend to have more depression and a lower quality of life.

?I think it showed us these aren?t necessarily life-threatening late effects of cancer? but certainly we need to be more aware of the outcomes these patients are dealing with,? said Karen Kinahan, coordinator of the STAR Survivorship Program at the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University in Chicago.

Kinahan and her team analyzed information on 14,358 childhood cancer survivors and 4,023 of their siblings already participating in a different study.

Survivors of leukemia, lymphoma and kidney cancers who had been diagnosed before they were 21 years old (and had started treatment between 1970 and 1987) answered a questionnaire when they entered the study and another in 2003.

Overall, one-fourth of the survivors had a scar or disfigurement on their head or neck, compared to one in 12 of their siblings. Cancer survivors were also more likely to have scars or disfigurements on their arms, legs, chests and stomachs.

Scars and disfigurements can be caused by surgery or radiation. And in children who are still growing, areas that are radiated tend not to grow as well, according to Dr. Karen Wasilewski-Masker, a pediatric oncologist at Children?s Healthcare of Atlanta. This may result in cancer survivors looking out of proportion as they age.

Individuals with scars or disfigurements on their head, neck, arms or legs had a 20 percent higher risk of depression than those without scars, according to the researchers.

Cancer survivors also experienced more hair loss than their siblings?about 14 percent of survivors and six percent of cancer-free siblings reported going bald. And balding was also linked to depression, especially in women.

The researchers found that various aspects of cancer survivors? quality of life were worse and were linked to scarring, disfigurements and hair loss. These included general health, physical ability, pain, mental health and social functioning.

?We need to be aware of the possibility of some psychosocial problems in patients that have some type of disfigurement? but we also need to not assume that just because a person may look different because of a cancer treatment that it?s impacting them in a negative way,? said Wasilewski-Masker, who is part of Children?s Healthcare of Atlanta?s program for childhood cancer survivors.

In a separate study, published in the same journal, researchers found that nearly three-fourths of 388 people between 15 and 39 years old were back at work or school full-time within 15 to 35 months of being diagnosed with cancer. ?More than half, however, experienced trouble when they returned, including forgetting things and struggling to keep up with the work.

?Really this study is a starting point to understand the groups in this population who are least likely to return to work. It really sets the stage for future studies,? said Helen Parsons, the study?s lead author from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Wasilewski-Masker added that there are differences between cancer patients when making the determination of whether to stop working or going to school. For example, high school and college students are typically still financially supported by their parents, and patients? abilities may depend on the intensity of their treatment.

The report is published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Source: Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Child with cancer photo by shutterstock.


APA Reference
Pedersen, T. (2012). Childhood Cancer Survivors at Risk for Long-Term Emotional Distress. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 27, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/05/26/childhood-cancer-survivors-at-risk-for-long-term-emotional-distress/39241.html

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Red Sox's Valentine calls out Rays' coaches

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updated 7:45 p.m. ET May 26, 2012

BOSTON (AP) - Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine called out the Tampa Bay Rays' coaching staff a day after the teams were involved in a benches-clearing scrum.

Valentine said the Rays' staff escalated the tense situation in the ninth inning of Tampa Bay's 7-4 win on Friday night after Red Sox reliever Franklin Morales hit Luke Scott on the right leg. He called their actions as "unprofessional."

"I thought their coaches were really aggressive, as a matter of fact I took offense to the aggressiveness of their coaches." Valentine said. "I thought it was really unprofessional. I was really proud of the way my coaches and what they were trying to do, what they were supposed to do in those situations.

"(The Rays coaches) seemed very immature and out of control," Valentine said. "Coaches are supposed to stop those things from happening and their coaches were agitating, aggravating, and instigating the situation."

Rays manager Joe Maddon was asked a few different times to comment on Valentine's accusations, but avoided it by specifically praising Boston's players.

"I covered everything I wanted to cover on that last night," Maddon said. "The thing I want to cover today is how much respect I have for the Red Sox players. I've been doing this for seven, eight years in the American League East and I have a strong feeling for the professionalism of the Red Sox players during that time - guys like (David) Ortiz and (Dustin) Pedroia and (Kevin) Youkilis and (Josh) Beckett, who's pitching tonight. My respect goes out to them.

"As we move this thing forward, I think we have that kind of respect with this group here. These players have come here to play baseball. We come here to play hard every night," Maddon added. "We've come to think about it as the `Rays way' of doing things."

Benches cleared after Morales threw behind DH Luke Scott with the first pitch of an at-bat and hit him on a 3-1 pitch. Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia stepped in front of Scott as he was looking out at Morales when the benches and bullpens emptied. There was a lot of pushing and shoving along the first base line that carried over behind home plate before order was restored.

Boston pitching coach Bob McClure and bench coach Tim Bogar were noticeably in the middle of things with Rays players.

Afterward, Maddon said of the Red Sox's actions:

"That's truly somebody flexing their muscles on the other side and they need to put them in their back pocket and understand they can hurt their own team for something like that," Maddon said. "To be really carelessly incompetent on their side and truly try to hit someone and throw behind somebody and hitting them in the leg for all the wrong reasons eventually they can get their own guys hurt. That was ridiculous. It was absurd, idiotic. I'll use all those words.

"That was ridiculous. It was absurd, idiotic." He later said the video would show who wanted Morales' action to take place.

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From Russia: Dancing in the Streets with Baseball Bats ? Now that is a holiday?


?????Looks like a Party to me and love /peace prevail?Riots in Tunisia, Riots in Egypt, Riots in Yemen, Riots in Algeria, Riots in Lebanon, Riots in Albania, Riots in London, Riots in Canada, Riots in Greece, Riots in USA, Riots in Russia and riots all over the world?

Gerald Celente?s ?riots around the world? prediction slowly coming true

A latest blast to the calm of the North America Continent: About 700 people were detained throughout the province, which pushed the total number of detentions over the months to over 2,500 people. That is at least five times more than during the 1970 crisis, when martial law was declared in Quebec in response to the actions of radical nationalists. by RT

Another blast is: (Reuters) ? Occupy Wall Street protesters smashed windows in Seattle, were chased through New York streets by police on scooters, and clashed repeatedly with officers in Oakland on Tuesday in May Day demonstrations intended to revive their movement against economic injustice.

Dancing in the streets with baseball bats, now that is a holiday? :)

These are just a few of the countries having riots and just a little bit of the information. The main stream media ignores most of what is happening and that is by orders of their masters the governments?

The world is becoming a mass riot and that just is not cool?

I really think that Greek Tragedy is coming to America and friends and much sooner than we want?

Money and Greed are working in overtime?

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

The big tryout: VP possibles playing attack dog for Romney (CNN)

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Secure Baldwin Park Plumbing Pursuits You Can Do On Your Own ...

If they display up on time and do a very good job, I am one content camper. I usually appear to be in the middle of some big venture and calling a person to arrive support me. I adore a property in good doing work buy and I like our property to appear good and be somewhat updated. I am home all day and I continuously see factors that require to be accomplished. One day I went from space to room and make a checklist two pages long of all the little items to be fixed, painted, mounted or patched.

A residence is a continual transform project there is usually one thing to repair or restore, but that is what makes property ownership a challenge and interesting.

Loads of individuals favor to do plumbing maintenance on they are. They do it for many reasons: sensation of accomplishment, lesser bills and for learning encounter. It is enjoyable to try to do Diy plumbing on your possess. However, there are limitations as to what you can and can?t do basically simply because not all routines for plumbing is secure to do Diy.

There can be various varieties of plumbing difficulties. You can attempt to correct them all but you can never be too positive if you will be profitable in the conclude. Some of them are actually advanced that it will certainly want some abilities and expertise to be fastened. You may know the principles but it wouldn?t be ample to get issues carried out. Rather, you will be just caught up in a lemon.

If you want to start off correcting up these issues, do these that are manageable. The target is to fix issues and not to trigger more hurt or even set you at risk. If you go over and above your ability, you may possibly end up breaking what is already damaged and this can turn out to be expensive for you.

Below are some examples of simple plumbing maintenance that you can do:

1. Repairing a shower head- This must be a piece of cake. The moment you buy the established, you can uncover the manufacturer?s instructions on how to install it. No need to have to phone for a plumber. All you need for these repair are wrenches and compounds.

2. Caulking fixtures in the toilet- There may possibly be a time when the caulk on your bathtub and other toilet fixtures. As a consequence, water can leak from the cracks and ultimately result in much more injury as the composition weakens. For this reason, you can just re-utilize the caulking substance like silicon or a precise caulk for the fixture currently being repaired. Deliver out your knife and other cutting supplies, wiping fabrics, cleansing options and chlorine. Re-caulking is effortless and does not require intense pursuits.

3. Unclogging clogged drains and bathroom- It does not need to have a genius to do this. You can just open the drain and remove debris causing the clog. If it is nevertheless stubborn you can pump it out the whole. If it is just some minor clogs, you can attempt to use options for dissolving.

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Japan Flavor Report: Kimchi Ramune

"Oh God, this soda." The smell alone kind of makes me feel sick. As the fizz bubbles past the fallen marble, the smell?well it's like kimchi. My stomach recoils. I don't want to drink this?this Kimchi flavored Ramune.

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The drink, from Hata-Kosen, is not new, but it made the rounds a couple weeks ago when game company Experience Inc. put up a blog post saying,?"We bought a case of such a thing! It has been unpopular with our staff? It's drinkable, but?stinks. If there is anyone in the industry who wants to drink it, come on over to our office?"

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I decided to take their invitation seriously after noting on their website that they were not terribly far away?about an hour's train ride. Not that I am necessarily an industry person, but in a certain way I am, since I can introduce them to all of you. Have you ever heard of Experience Inc.??

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I met with representative director?Hajime Chikami who said they were surprised how far that blog post spread and lamented that posts about their games don't get around quite like that.

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Originally a PC dungeon crawler RPG company, Experience has begun putting an effort into Xbox 360 releases with Kadokawa Games. Their main staff is about 11 people based in Hachioji on the third floor of a small office building, but not all the work is done in-house?for one major example, character designers are hired from outside.?

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I was warned that their games are for "maniacs," not just your average gamer. You have to really love difficult dungeons and have a taste for the "grotesque." Not only is the content violent (blood!), but there are also some images that might be disturbing. They originally set out to create horror games (like the Generation Xth series where students with super human powers have to investigate gruesome incidents and battle monsters), but also ended up branching out into fantasy with more typical anime-style characters in Entaku no Seito - Student of Round (i.e. "Students of the Round Table").?

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None of their titles have been released in North America or Europe yet, but it sounds like it's more due to land of bandwidth on their part due to upcoming projects than lack of interest on the part of Western publishers.?

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Now back to?that SMELL. I let Chikami and co. get back to work and performed the famous marble maneuver after giving the bottles a bit of refrigeration once I got home. Thankfully the stuff didn't explode all over my room. Yeah, I still don't want to drink this.

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I put my lips to the brim and tilt. First just fizz, then the liquid, and my taste buds revolt. The crisp sweetness of original Ramune has been soured to reproduce the flavor of...fermentation. In fact, "souring agent" or maybe "acidity agent" is second on the ingredient list. Of course, for a soda, sugar is first. The other ingredients listed are "flavoring, spices, red #102, salt."

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If you saw me taking serial sips, you might guess that I enjoyed it, but it was more just genuine confusion over the flavor. The taste is so?well it's not spicy, contrary to what the bottle would have you believe. There is no heat per se. Before I tried any, Chikami described it as "strange" (or "mysterious"). That's about it, and it's why it's hard to stop drinking it. There is just enough of something like kimchi flavor involved that the rest becomes like a puzzle to solve. I understand the kimchi flavor, but the finish is sweet, tilting the entire experience in a nauseating direction, so I have to pull away, and yet? No, no. I pull away. Dude, it's so bad, you don't even understand. And yet?NO!!?It does not surprise me one bit that they offered to let me take more if I wanted. How could anyone get through one of these, much less 30??

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After a while I got thirsty and absentmindedly took a drink of the half finished bottle on my desk. What a mistake! I'm just gonna put this way, WAY over there (down the drain *ahem*) and see which of my friends is brave enough to drink the other one I received.

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Friday, May 25, 2012

Video Game Console Tracker Using Arduino And GPS - Hackolog

One of the most valuable items for all of us is our video game consoles. They are valued because of their price (it is not something cheap), but most of all because they are instruments and gadgets that give us lots of fun and entertainment.

Ironically, these are the objects that also attract the attention of all kind of crooks. If your house is burgled, then your video game console would also make it to the list of missing items. Obviously, when the crime is reported to the police, the objects are rarely recovered.

Therefore, the need of a console tracker is vital. The tracker is composed of an Arduino based system, along with a GPS board and tracker. The GPS module uses a prepaid SIM card that allows communication via SMS and/or email. The system is powered by a lithium polymer battery directly connected to AC.

The system is usually in standby mode to save power. It is triggered by a movement sensor connected to the device. As soon as the console movement is detected, the GPS works at full capacity, sending a Google Maps location via an HTML message to a predetermined cell phone number. The system receives instructions via SMS, allowing the user to trace the location of the console.

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'Personality genes' may help account for longevity

'Personality genes' may help account for longevity [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 24-May-2012
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine

May 24, 2012 (BRONX, NY) "It's in their genes" is a common refrain from scientists when asked about factors that allow centenarians to reach age 100 and beyond. Up until now, research has focused on genetic variations that offer a physiological advantage such as high levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol. But researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University have found that personality traits like being outgoing, optimistic, easygoing, and enjoying laughter as well as staying engaged in activities may also be part of the longevity genes mix.

The findings, published online May 21 in the journal Aging, come from Einstein's Longevity Genes Project, which includes over 500 Ashkenazi Jews over the age of 95 and 700 of their offspring. Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews were selected because they are genetically homogeneous, making it easier to spot genetic differences within the study population.

Previous studies have indicated that personality arises from underlying genetic mechanisms that may directly affect health. The present study of 243 of the centenarians (average age 97.6 years, 75 percent women) was aimed at detecting genetically-based personality characteristics by developing a brief measure (the Personality Outlook Profile Scale, or POPS) of personality in centenarians.

"When I started working with centenarians, I thought we'd find that they survived so long in part because they were mean and ornery," said Nir Barzilai, M.D., the Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Chair of Aging Research, director of Einstein's Institute for Aging Research and co-corresponding author of the study. "But when we assessed the personalities of these 243 centenarians, we found qualities that clearly reflect a positive attitude towards life. Most were outgoing, optimistic and easygoing. They considered laughter an important part of life and had a large social network. They expressed emotions openly rather than bottling them up." In addition, the centenarians had lower scores for displaying neurotic personality and higher scores for being conscientious compared with a representative sample of the U.S. population.

"Some evidence indicates that personality can change between the ages of 70 and 100, so we don't know whether our centenarians have maintained their personality traits across their entire lifespans," continued Dr. Barzilai. "Nevertheless, our findings suggest that centenarians share particular personality traits and that genetically-based aspects of personality may play an important role in achieving both good health and exceptional longevity."

The study is titled "Positive attitude towards life and emotional expression as personality phenotypes for centenarians." The POPS was developed by lead author Kaori Kato, Psy.D., now at Weill Cornell Medical College, who validated it through comparisons with two previously established measures of personality traits. Other authors of the study were Richard Zweig, Ph.D., assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Einstein and director of the Older Adult Program at Ferkauf, and Gil Atzmon, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and of genetics at Einstein.

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About Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University is one of the nations premier centers for research, medical education and clinical investigation. During the 2011-2012 academic year, Einstein is home to 724 M.D. students, 248 Ph.D. students, 117 students in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program, and 368 postdoctoral research fellows. The College of Medicine has 2,522 full time faculty members located on the main campus and at its clinical affiliates. In 2011, Einstein received nearly $170 million in awards from the NIH. This includes the funding of major research centers at Einstein in diabetes, cancer, liver disease, and AIDS. Other areas where the College of Medicine is concentrating its efforts include developmental brain research, neuroscience, cardiac disease, and initiatives to reduce and eliminate ethnic and racial health disparities. Its partnership with Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital and academic medical center for Einstein, advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. Through its extensive affiliation network involving Montefiore, Jacobi Medical Center) Einsteins founding hospital, and five other hospital systems in the Bronx, Manhattan, Long Island and Brooklyn, Einstein runs one of the largest post-graduate medical training programs in the United States, offering approximately 155 residency programs to more than 2,200 physicians in training. For more information, please visit www.einstein.yu.edu and follow us on Twitter @EinsteinMed.


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Contact: Kim Newman
sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu
718-430-3101
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

May 24, 2012 (BRONX, NY) "It's in their genes" is a common refrain from scientists when asked about factors that allow centenarians to reach age 100 and beyond. Up until now, research has focused on genetic variations that offer a physiological advantage such as high levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol. But researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University have found that personality traits like being outgoing, optimistic, easygoing, and enjoying laughter as well as staying engaged in activities may also be part of the longevity genes mix.

The findings, published online May 21 in the journal Aging, come from Einstein's Longevity Genes Project, which includes over 500 Ashkenazi Jews over the age of 95 and 700 of their offspring. Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews were selected because they are genetically homogeneous, making it easier to spot genetic differences within the study population.

Previous studies have indicated that personality arises from underlying genetic mechanisms that may directly affect health. The present study of 243 of the centenarians (average age 97.6 years, 75 percent women) was aimed at detecting genetically-based personality characteristics by developing a brief measure (the Personality Outlook Profile Scale, or POPS) of personality in centenarians.

"When I started working with centenarians, I thought we'd find that they survived so long in part because they were mean and ornery," said Nir Barzilai, M.D., the Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Chair of Aging Research, director of Einstein's Institute for Aging Research and co-corresponding author of the study. "But when we assessed the personalities of these 243 centenarians, we found qualities that clearly reflect a positive attitude towards life. Most were outgoing, optimistic and easygoing. They considered laughter an important part of life and had a large social network. They expressed emotions openly rather than bottling them up." In addition, the centenarians had lower scores for displaying neurotic personality and higher scores for being conscientious compared with a representative sample of the U.S. population.

"Some evidence indicates that personality can change between the ages of 70 and 100, so we don't know whether our centenarians have maintained their personality traits across their entire lifespans," continued Dr. Barzilai. "Nevertheless, our findings suggest that centenarians share particular personality traits and that genetically-based aspects of personality may play an important role in achieving both good health and exceptional longevity."

The study is titled "Positive attitude towards life and emotional expression as personality phenotypes for centenarians." The POPS was developed by lead author Kaori Kato, Psy.D., now at Weill Cornell Medical College, who validated it through comparisons with two previously established measures of personality traits. Other authors of the study were Richard Zweig, Ph.D., assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Einstein and director of the Older Adult Program at Ferkauf, and Gil Atzmon, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and of genetics at Einstein.

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About Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University is one of the nations premier centers for research, medical education and clinical investigation. During the 2011-2012 academic year, Einstein is home to 724 M.D. students, 248 Ph.D. students, 117 students in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program, and 368 postdoctoral research fellows. The College of Medicine has 2,522 full time faculty members located on the main campus and at its clinical affiliates. In 2011, Einstein received nearly $170 million in awards from the NIH. This includes the funding of major research centers at Einstein in diabetes, cancer, liver disease, and AIDS. Other areas where the College of Medicine is concentrating its efforts include developmental brain research, neuroscience, cardiac disease, and initiatives to reduce and eliminate ethnic and racial health disparities. Its partnership with Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital and academic medical center for Einstein, advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. Through its extensive affiliation network involving Montefiore, Jacobi Medical Center) Einsteins founding hospital, and five other hospital systems in the Bronx, Manhattan, Long Island and Brooklyn, Einstein runs one of the largest post-graduate medical training programs in the United States, offering approximately 155 residency programs to more than 2,200 physicians in training. For more information, please visit www.einstein.yu.edu and follow us on Twitter @EinsteinMed.


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Musician Doc Watson has surgery at NC hospital

FILE - In this March 15, 2000 file photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson, talks about his long and successful musical career at his home in Deep Gap, N.C. Watson was in critical condition Thursday, May 24, 2012, at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week. (AP Photo/Karen Tam, File)

FILE - In this March 15, 2000 file photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson, talks about his long and successful musical career at his home in Deep Gap, N.C. Watson was in critical condition Thursday, May 24, 2012, at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week. (AP Photo/Karen Tam, File)

In this May 1, 2005 photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson plays during the "My Friend Merle" show during MerleFest in Wilkesboro, N.C. Watson was in critical condition Thursday, May 24, 2012 at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week. (AP Photo/The Winston-Salem Journal, Lauren Carroll)

(AP) ? Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson is in critical condition but improving at a North Carolina hospital after undergoing colon surgery.

Folklore Productions represents Watson and says he is improving after the surgery Thursday night at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. A hospital spokeswoman said he remained in critical condition Friday morning.

Watson's daughter, Nancy, told The Associated Press that the 89-year-old Watson fell Monday.

The blind singer and guitarist has won several Grammys, including a lifetime achievement award. He also received the National Medal of the Arts.

He's known as a master of the flatpicking style of guitar playing, He also started Merlefest, an annual gathering of musicians in Wilkesboro named after his son, who died in a tractor accident in 1985.

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Street lights 'changing ecology'

The presence of street lights substantially changes the ecology of ground-dwelling invertebrates and insects, research suggests.

Scientists trapped nearly 1,200 of the animals in areas under and between street lights in Helston in Cornwall.

They report in Biology Letters that invertebrate predators and scavengers were more common near the lights, even during the day.

That suggests street lights influence ecology more than previously thought.

Much work in recent years has gone into addressing the effects that street lights can have on local, transient populations of bugs - particularly those that can fly and have significant ranges of exploration.

But the effects of street lights on the vast communities of invertebrates on the ground remained unaddressed.

Thomas Davies of the University of Exeter and his colleagues set 28 traps in Helston, some just under street lights, and some in dark regions midway between them, over a three-night period.

The team found in general that a higher number of animals were trapped near the lights.

But the relative proportions of predators and scavengers such as beetles and harvestmen were significantly different, with a higher proportion being found near the lights - even during the day.

"This study now seems to be indicating that those transient, nocturnal effects on the behaviour of the animals are actually being translated into the habitat preferences of the animals in the daytime as well," Dr Davies said.

"It's amazing how long we've been using street lighting and artificial lighting, and how little research has been done on the impact of those lights on the environment," he told BBC News.

Dr Davies stressed that the study was small and its findings preliminary, but that it invited future study into much wider-ranging environmental effects.

"Invertebrates in the UK at least are undergoing a bit of a biodiversity crisis and have been for some time now, and they're very important for a number of ecosystem services such as pollination and the breakdown of organic matter," he explained.

"So the impact of street lights on invertebrate communities could be very, very important, could be problematic, but we simply don't know at the moment - we need to do the research."

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Best of the Web No. 21 | Craft Corners

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Craft Corners Best of the Web

Welcome back to this week?s Best of the Web! With summer approaching, it?s time to kick your downtime in full gear with more crafting! This week?s features will surely provide you hours of entertainment with a cool range of crafty projects for all your crafting interests. Get crafty and find ideas, step-by-step how-to?s, and everything you need to satisfy your creative urge. If you?ve got items destined for the trash, take a lesson from these phenomenal sites to turn them into something beautiful!

Handmade Con Amor

Handmade Con Amor is a place to celebrate the sweet, simple life I share with my little familia in Mexico. I believe in handmaking my way to happy, in lazy afternoons, il dolce far niente, in dreams, gardens, smiles and sharing all the ups and downs, knicks and knacks of building a handmade, healthy home for my lovlies. My name is Claudia. I think in spanish, read in english (sometimes the other way around), and feel with every ounce of my heart. Welcome to my bilingual world made with love. ? Claudia

The Toy Makers Journal

Welcome to my odd, little world of paper toys, holiday cards, valentines, sun boxes, baskets and bags, origami and ephemera? all for you to make My goal is to help grownups and kids spend time together making things. It is my wish to amuse and delight. Enjoy. ? Marilyn

Mom?s Crafty Space

With a house full of boys, you can always count on Heidi at Mom?s Crafty Space for all sorts of fun (and occasionally messy!) activities for the family, including outdoor play,?recipes, home decor, homeschool ideas, and arts and crafts for all ages! ? Heidi

Scrapbook Kits?With A Difference!

Scrapbook Kits is a store dedicated to creating scrapbook kits that are different from the norm. We aim to cater to all levels of scrapbookers ? from class kits for the beginners to designer kits for the advanced scrappers. Scrapbook Kits has all these and more, all in one place. Choose from monthly class kits with instructions, limited edition kits packed full of goodies, designer kits for those who feel more adventurous, pre-made layouts ready to add straight to your scrapbook album (all you need to do is add photos), and beautiful pre-made off-the-page items. But we don?t stop there. We also offer two monthly challenges (with prizes) to help inspire your creativity.

For those who need a little help with a layout design, we offer a monthly sketch challenge (uploaded on the first day of the month). And for those who crave a little colour inspiration, we offer a monthly inspiration photo challenge (also uploaded on the first day of the month). And now, with a new Facebook page, the fun and inspiration is about to be taken to a whole new level. ? Julianne

Tamdoll?s Workspace

Tamdoll?s Workspace is my Internet spot to share crafting adventures: works in progress, finished projects, some ideas and inspiration and sometimes my craft fails, too!? You?ll find an eclectic mix of projects where I make unique accessories, fabric jewelry, knit and crochet projects of all kinds. Back in 2006 when I started the blog, my focus had been on making art dolls ? that?s why the name is Tamdoll ? the name has stuck! ? Tammy

barbles?handmade with heart

Since May 2011 my home on the web has been a little blog named ?barbles?handmade with heart.? It?s a clean and simple blog showcasing my card designs and occasionally my attempts at photography. I craft from a messy spare bedroom in New Brunswick, Canada and regular cardmaking time is essential to my happiness. If you visit my blog, you?ll see card designs ranging from clean and simple to fun and cute with a few shabby chic and sometimes elegant designs thrown in for good measure!

Creating for challenges, blog hops, design team assignments and sometimes just for fun keeps me striving to improve my design skills and learn new techniques. Whenever I feel my creative mojo is lacking, I?ll host a ?Barbles Challenge.? I provide a few of my personal photographs as inspiration and once I see the art other designers create in response, it doesn?t take long for my mojo to return! November is devoted to masculine-themed paper craft creations in honor of Movember ? the month dedicated to men?s health. What started as a hobby has become a passion, and ultimately a release from daily stress. If you do stop by my blog, say hi. I?ll stop by your blog to do the same. ? Barb

With the right tools, you can turn your recycled items into gold and showcase to your friends and family. Design gifts for birthdays and other events! With personalized pens, you can create a heartfelt message or greeting for a loved one. These pens also make great gifts and are wonderful for other crafting projects you may have in the future. We hope you?ve found inspiration with these great sites. Till next time, happy crafting!

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Task Force Calls Routine Prostate Cancer Tests Unnecessary

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