Sunday 30 September 2012

Lack of sleep leads to insulin resistance in teens

ScienceDaily (Sep. 29, 2012) ? A new study suggests that increasing the amount of sleep that teenagers get could improve their insulin resistance and prevent the future onset of diabetes.

"High levels of insulin resistance can lead to the development of diabetes," said lead author Karen Matthews, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry. "We found that if teens that normally get six hours of sleep per night get one extra hour of sleep, they would improve insulin resistance by 9 percent."

The study, appearing in the October issue of the journal Sleep, tracked the sleep duration and insulin resistance levels of 245 healthy high school students. Participants provided a fasting blood draw, and they kept a sleep log and wore a wrist actigraph for one week during the school year. Sleep duration based on actigraphy averaged 6.4 hours over the week, with school days significantly lower than weekends.

Results show that higher insulin resistance is associated with shorter sleep duration independent of race, age, gender, waist circumference, and body mass index. According to Matthews, the study is the only one in healthy adolescents that shows a relationship between shorter sleep and insulin resistance that is independent of obesity.

The authors concluded that interventions to promote metabolic health in adolescence should include efforts to extend nightly sleep duration. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine reports that most teens need a little more than nine hours of sleep each night.

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  1. Karen Matthews et al. Sleep Duration and Insulin Resistance in Healthy Black and White Adolescents. Sleep, October 2012

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Enhancements for Seamless Governance of Content for Microsoft SharePoint Deployments Drive Release of DocAve 6 Service Pack 1


DocAve 6 SP1 offers new functionality for supporting cloud, compliance, data protection, and migration workloads for Microsoft SharePoint

Jersey City, New Jersey ? September 25, 2012 ? AvePoint, leader in governance and infrastructure management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced the general availability of DocAve 6 Service Pack (SP) 1, the next generation of the enterprise-class management platform for SharePoint governance. DocAve 6 SP1 is designed to increase business productivity, reduce total cost of ownership, provide IT assurance, and enable security and compliance for enterprise content. DocAve 6 SP1 helps SharePoint 2010 customers to unify management of on-premise, cloud, and hybrid SharePoint farms, including Microsoft Office 365.

"We chose DocAve because of its unified platform, which will enable us to scale our SharePoint deployment and effectively meet challenges in all areas," said Scott Glaser, SharePoint Architect at Park Nicollet Health Services.

Major feature enhancements in DocAve 6 SP1 that support the implementation and enforcement of SharePoint governance policies include:

  • Quickly Meet Stringent Service Level Agreements: With improved volume shadow copy service (VSS) utilization, platform-level backups will be faster than ever before. AvePoint's exclusive database virtualization technology, InstaMount, further decreases item-level restore times from platform-level snapshots to just minutes.
  • Confidently Protect all Vital Data: With DocAve's unique ability to capture external BLOB stores in platform-level backups, and granularly protect SharePoint sites hosted on Office 365, organizations can seamlessly protect all mission critical data no matter where it resides.
  • Additional Migration Support for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint Online:Consolidate enterprise-wide content from legacy repositories ? including previous versions of SharePoint, Documentum eRoom, Livelink, and more ? onto SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint Online to establish the on-premises, hybrid, or cloud-based environment that best suits your specific business needs.
  • Unmatched Control ? On-Premises or in the Cloud: Report on SharePoint assets and compare against Microsoft best practices in order to identify risk and opportunities for improvement. Copy, move, replicate, and synchronize an entire site collection or individual items, and automate content selection based on customizable business rules to streamline content publishing within or across environments ? including on-premises or SharePoint Online-hosted extranets.
  • Increase IT Productivity by Delegating Responsibilities to End-Users: Delegate robust permissions management capabilities to the right people via SharePoint's interface with a Security Management Web Part. Allow end-users to manage storage and compliance archiving needs, and grant fully security trimmed access to DocAve for administration, backup and recovery, replication, and content management ? including cloud environments.
  • Enable Greater Compliance for Business Content: Integrate SharePoint with enterprise records management solutions including Autonomy? Digital Safe and Concordance?, store immutable copies of SharePoint document-based and social content, and export captured data for legal discovery.

"We are continuing to work closely with our more than 10,000 customers worldwide to ensure that our products meet their specific needs for their SharePoint environments," said George Petrou, Senior Vice President of Product Management at AvePoint. "Our enhanced support for cloud management, compliance, data protection, and migration ensures that we are continuing to help organizations govern, manage, protect, and scale their business-critical SharePoint deployments."

DocAve 6 SP1 is generally available to customers today, September 25. For more information about all of the new features and functionality in DocAve 6 SP1, please visit www.avepoint.com/docave6.

About AvePoint

AvePoint is a global technology company and proven software leader. Since its founding in 2001, AvePoint has become the world's largest provider of enterprise-class governance and infrastructure management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint. Propelled by the world's largest SharePoint-exclusive research & development team, AvePoint helps more than 10,000 customers ? including many Fortune 500 companies and government agencies ? meet their specific business objectives utilizing the SharePoint platform. AvePoint, Inc. is headquartered and maintains its principal operational center in Jersey City, NJ, with wholly owned operational centers in the USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, and China. AvePoint is a Depth Managed Microsoft Gold Certified Portals and Collaboration Partner and Gold Certified ISV Partner as well as a US Government GSA provider via strategic partnerships.

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Russia: deal to keep troops in Tajikistan in 2013

MOSCOW (AP) ? A top Russian general says Moscow will secure a deal to extend Russian military presence in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan by the first half of 2013.

Central Asian nations are apprehensive at the prospect of the NATO coalition?s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014 and have expressed fears that violence could spill over.

Russia?s ground forces commander Vladimir Chirkin said Saturday that outstanding issues on the terms of the deal will continue to be discussed with Tajikistan until the end of March.

Some 7,000 Russian soldiers are posted across three garrisons in the former Soviet republic neighboring Afghanistan.

An agreement to extend the current lease, which expires in 2014, has been delayed amid reported disagreements about the financial terms.

Source: http://www.salon.com/2012/09/29/russia_deal_to_keep_troops_in_tajikistan_in_2013/

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Men who have female friends while in a long term relationship or ...

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Thanks so much and that's how I felt, since I grew up in the same town as this woman, she isn't a personal friend but we have many of the same friends, she knew when she met him we were a couple. If he has been talking to her as a friend okay but why act like you don't know me when you use to speak all the time. Plus if he had an affair when we were split why is that your business and why point it out to me if you unless you wanted to start trouble...I really haven't discussed this with him cause he's ill, but when I do I feel he needs to tell her in front of me that she crossed the line in their friendship.

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'Spider-Man' Sequel To Be Directed By Marc Webb

Webb joins Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone as returning players for the 'Amazing' follow-up, swinging into theaters in May 2014.
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Saturday 29 September 2012

Divided We Fall - A Science-Fiction, Spy/Intrigue RP Pitch

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My name is NotAFlyingToy, also known as Naft, and I want to take you on a bit of an experimental journey.

The setting: Deep space, five hundred years into the future, where help is a huge jump away and your family is nothing more than a collection of faces on a television screen. You?ve been selected, among six others, to operate on the Space Station Divided We Fall. The project - dubbed Deep Space Project 3 by the United Earth Coalition - is simple; see how humans can stand the test of time, pressure, and resources to achieve top medical, scientific, and psychological results.

The premise: Terrorists and fundamentalists hate the DSP3 project and would rather see hunks of burning scrap metal fly through space then live under the oppressive heel of the UEC. Among the six people sent aboard the space station, one of you is a fanatic, a man or woman sent there to demolish and break down the life aboard as you know it, at any cost. There?s only one problem; everybody is a suspect. The life aboard Divided We Fall is on a very real and very limiting ticking clock, and when everyone on board discovers that there?s a traitor in their midst, it?s only a matter of time before someone dies... or everyone does.

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From the word ?go?, the roleplay will be a very structured affair. Each of the positions assigned to players will need to bear in mind their objectives, with the ?terrorist? player being in contact with the GM. The roleplay allows for some secrecy, so contact between players and the GM is not only encouraged, but fairly required.

There will be six roles in this roleplay:

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Each of these roles will be decided at the time of the RP launch, based upon character profiles submitted. After the opening posts are done, the GM will select one role (any of the six) as the traitor character. The player of the traitor will then be allowed to do posts in ?secret? - for instance, locking a door and going inside of it will allow for the traitor to post without the other players seeing, to keep them honest, if the traitor player so chooses.

That is the proposal. To try something new and experimental, something that could either be a gigantic failure, or a great amount of fun - but either way, all participants will have learned something.

Interested? Drop me a comment below, and let?s see how much attention this gathers.

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NBC's Ali Arouzi answers reader questions from Iran - World News

While Iran?s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded verbal jabs at the United Nations General Assembly this week over the threat of Iran?s nuclear capability, one thing is for sure: international economic sanctions against Iran are having an impact.?

The United States, European Union and the U.N. have imposed tough economic sanctions against Iran, blocking access to the international banking system and curbing sales of Iranian crude oil as a way to persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear program.

As Ali Arouzi, NBC News Tehran Correspondent, reports today, the sanctions have had a real impact on Iranians as the value of their currency, the rial, continues to drop daily ? affecting everything from basic food items to manufacturing.

Iranian: 'Our money is becoming more and more worthless every day'

Ali answered reader questions about the impact of the sanctions in Iran earlier today.

REPLAY the informative chat below.?

Source: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/28/14139759-nbcs-ali-arouzi-answers-reader-questions-from-iran

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Lead Software Engineer ? Advanced Filtering Solutions ...


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About Wombat Security Technologies:

With its solutions licensed for use by millions of users around the world, Wombat Security Technologies, a Carnegie Mellon University spinoff, has established itself as a global leader in the fight against phishing. Wombat?s products include the most comprehensive and most effective suite of anti-phishing training products available on the market today along with a unique anti-phishing filter that has been shown to catch many phishing emails that would otherwise go undetected by other filters.


Desired skills:
- Experience with Machine Learning including:

Support vector machines, Bootstrap aggregating / bagging, Cluster analysis, Cascading classifiers, Decision trees, Time series analysis & time series forecasting, Boosting, Factor analysis, Structural equation modeling, Item response theory, Markov chains, Voronoi diagrams, Neural networks, Genetic algorithms, Data visualization, Bayesian modeling, Multivariate regression, Logistic regression

- Experience using statistical analysis tools (Octave, R, SAS, SPSS, Tableau, Weka)

Source: http://www.dataprotectioncenter.com/jobs/lead-software-engineer-advanced-filtering-solutions/

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Want some taste with that 'diet' ice cream? | The Salt Lake Tribune

Food ? Big brands says their mid-calorie goodies cut down on what?s bad for you.

New York ? Nonfat cheese that tastes like plastic. Low-calorie soda that leaves a bitter aftertaste. Sugar-free brownies that crumble like Styrofoam.

Dieters have learned an important lesson. When you take the fat and calories out of your favorite treats, you sometimes have to say goodbye to the taste, too.

But snack brands such as Dreyer?s/Edy?s ice cream, Hershey?s chocolate and Lay?s potato chips are trying to solve this age-old dieter?s dilemma by rolling out mid-calorie goodies that have more fat and calories than the snacks of earlier diet crazes but less than the original versions. They?re following the lead of soda companies such as Pepsi and Dr Pepper that introduced mid-calorie drinks last year.

It?s hard to isolate sales of mid-calorie snacks because they also usually have reduced fat, or other healthy attributes such as reduced sodium. But sales of all foods and drinks in which the amount of things such as fat, sugar, salt, carbohydrates have been actively reduced during production have risen 16 percent to $51.72 billion since 2006, according to research firm Euromonitor International.

The mid-calorie trend is hitting at a time when companies that make sugary and salty treats are being blamed for the country?s expanding waistlines. The problem is that the same things that make snacks taste good ? sugar, salt, calories ? also make them fattening. And many Americans don?t want to sacrifice taste at snack time. Shaving a few calories enables companies to market their cakes, cookies and chips as healthier without the stigma of bad taste that goes along with some low-fat products.

The mid-calorie trend is a toned-down version of the "light" craze that started in the 1990s. Back then, "low fat" or "no fat" was all the rage. But the products often fizzled.

For instance, McDonald?s rolled out the McLean Deluxe, a low-fat burger, in 1991. But the burger, which was made with seaweed, had dismal sales. It disappeared from restaurants within five years.

Similarly, Lay?s in 1998 introduced Wow fat-free potato chips that use fat substitute Olestra. But the ick factor trumped healthiness when the Food and Drug Administration said the chips had to come with a warning that Olestra may cause abdominal cramping, loose stools, and that it inhibits the absorption of some vitamins and other nutrients.

The FDA dropped the requirement for the label in 2004 after studying the matter. The chips were renamed "Light," but sales have not recovered.

The new era of diet food started in the past decade. In 2007, companies began offering 100-calorie packs of popular snacks like Oreos cookies and Twinkies cakes. That?s when brands started putting their focus on reducing calories ? without any flavor change.

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Reducing a nominal number of calories in your diet each day ? even from that morning coffee run or afternoon visit to the vending machine for chips ? is an effective way to battle obesity, says David Levitsky, professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell University.

But in order for that to work you have to eat the snacks in moderation. "If consumption of ice cream and potato chips does not increase and people eat somewhat better versions, the outcome will be good," Brownell says.

First, companies have to convince dieters that their mid-calorie snacks are not only healthy, but tasty, too.

With that in mind, Hershey?s in June introduced Simple Pleasures, chocolate with 30 percent less fat. A serving size of six pieces equals 180 calories and 8 grams of fat ? that?s 30 calories and 5 grams of fat less than the original Hershey?s chocolate bar. The company is hoping the deficit is enough to lure chocolate lovers who want to eat healthier.

Similarly, Lay?s in July rolled out two new flavors of its Kettle Cooked potato chips with 40 percent less fat. The brand, which fries chips in small batches so as to use less oil than the continuous frying process for regular chips, introduced "Applewood Smoked BBQ" and "Sun-Dried Tomato and Parmesan."

The company says it was able to lower the calories and fat without sacrificing taste. Regular Kettle Cooked chips have 160 calories and 9 grams of fat, while the reduced-fat versions have 130 calories and 6 grams of fat.

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Words from a Business Coaching Client: Save Time Marketing ...

Save Time Marketing Your BusinessIn the past 5 years technology has given us so many new ways to market a small business. Many of them, like Social Media, have become so crucial that they can no longer be ignored. With so many strategies and tools at our disposal, finding something that works can actually be pretty easy.

However, the tricky thing about marketing is that when it works and we are in ?feast? mode, small business owners tend to back off of their marketing and sales strategies in order to do the work of actually?fulfilling?orders or managing incoming projects. When that happens we find ourselves back to ?famine? mode ? having to spend time again implementing a marketing strategy. At Alt Creative, we?ve found that a consistent marketing strategy can help?alleviate?this feast or famine cycle and produce steady revenue.

So how do we keep our marketing strategy ?on? all the time? We?ve compiled some simple ways to save time on marketing so you can continue to put energy towards all the other things that need a business owner?s focus.

Start with goals and a strategy

All good plans start with measurable goals. Do you want to have more Facebook followers? Or do you want to get more leads from your email marketing? Maybe the goal is something as simple as getting more website traffic. Decide what your goals are and then think of creative strategies to get there. Once you have a strategy, you?ll have a good understanding of the time it will take to implement.

Get a Schedule

Once you have a plan, you should have a list of strategies to implement. Take a look and think about when each item needs to be handled. For instance, you may want to schedule your newsletters to go out each month. Or you may want to make sure you are tweeting once a week. Either way, you should map these out so you can see the schedule and manage your time accordingly.

Brainstorm in Advance and?Bring the Content to You

A major part of marketing online is curating and creating content. You can save a lot of time by always having a stock pile of content to pull from. As you go through your week, bookmark articles that sound interesting to you ? even if you haven?t had time to read them. If something over the course of a month gives you a good idea for a blog post or news article, write it down. By having these ideas ready to go, you cut down the time it takes to brainstorm on the spot. You can also add to your stock pile of content by subscribing to RSS feeds and signing up for Google alerts about industry topics.

Automate What you Can

Automation is a big time saver. There are many tools you can use to schedule general tweets and statuses. Most email marketing platforms will allow you to schedule your newsletter in advance. Also, there are several plugins to auto-publish your blog posts to your various social media accounts. Careful though, you don?t want to automate everything or else you run the risk of not being engaging to your audience. However, an automated strategy can help present a consistent message in between engaging with your audience.

Think and Act in Small Increments of Time?

Sometimes we procrastinate on marketing because we believe it will take huge chunks of time to accomplish. By creating tasks for ourselves that can be done in smaller increments, things can get accomplished with out the huge time suck. Try spending 10 minutes at the start of your day brainstorming tweets or looking for items to share on Pinterest. This not only helps save time, but it can provide some much needed inspiration for the rest of your day. Try spending 5 minutes at the end of your day on blog post ideas. This can sometimes come easily by reflecting on the day. Spending these small increments of time can really add up!

Engage and Recruit Your Fans?

As one voice, your marketing can only go so far. By engaging with your audience and your fans, you can really experience the power of being a brand. It allows for multiple voices to be communicating your message. Spend time getting to know your audience ? ask them questions and get them involved so they can share their experiences with others. This will start to exponentially raise your marketing game.

The most important thing is to use these tips to keep a consistent marketing presence. Planning is a huge step in making sure that your message is always out there working for you. Hopefully these time saving tips will help you come up with some creative ways to communicate to your customer base as well as keep you focused on your strategy.

Written by Lindsey Tyner, President & Lead Designer of Alt Creative.

Source: http://www.peoplebizinc.com/words-from-a-business-coaching-client-save-time-marketing-your-business/

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Friday 28 September 2012

Low Cost Cruising | Travel and Leisure Blog

Cruising is no more for just the rich. In fact it is one of the very economical vacations you are able to choose. There?s a wide variety of cruises accessible and therefore are tailored to just about all pocket books. Therefore the next time you are thinking about a vacation, why don?t you make cruising a choice.

There are several methods to select which cruise is best for you. The easiest method to begin your search is online.. There are plenty of cruise sites, both regular price and discount.

If you don?t feel confident with the web you might want to call the individual cruise lines to determine what sort of specials they?ve got. You shouldn?t be shy about asking for a bargain. Many times they?ve got special offers for residents of certain states, they might also offer a senior discount, a military discount, or perhaps a past traveler discount. If you do not fit into among those categories ask if there is some type of deal you can make the most of.

Every week the travel portion of your local paper usually offers many cruise deals. You might want to begin looking in your Sunday Travel section for any great deal. The deals are better still during the slower off peak time when not as numerous people travel, so be on the lookout.

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Further Science Adventures from North Carolina

In North Carolina, as you well know, we like our science with a side of crazy. The old Flying Burrito Brothers tune says, ?The scientists say it?ll all wash away, but we don?t believe them anymore,? and we love our country music here, so we made quite a splash with the legislative nuh-unhs about sea level rise a while back.?If you recall, we tried to make measuring it illegal.

Now state senator David Rouzer, the same knucklehead behind that legislative enterprise against scientific measurement, wants to simply do without (?devolve,? as he could not possibly have put it better, given the antiscience context) ? the Department of Energy. Not because, say, NC doesn?t have a thriving and growing wind energy industry (10,000-plus expected megawatts by 2030); not because we aren?t on the bleeding edge of the fracking controversy; not because we don?t have a biofuels industry; not because the NSF-funded NC State University-led FREEDM Center isn?t leading the way into the Smart Grid future.

No ? Rouzer wants to ?devolve? the Department of Energy because ? well, let him tell it: ?When I went over to the Department of Energy one day, you walk down the hall and most of them who are drawing 6-figure salaries are sitting there reading books.? Books! Do I need to remind you that starts with ?B? and that rhymes with ?P? and that stands for pool? ?You start reading books and it?s only a step from books to thinking, which leads to reason, which leads to logic, which leads to scientific theories about things like evolution or climate change. And this is North Carolina, where we don?t hold with such. I mean, how far from that is, say, hug dancing?

Okay, sorry. Carried away a bit.

Fortunately, we have other science stories here, with good news outcomes and a connectivity theme, though, sad to say, they also center on some good old North Carolina dumbassery. To begin: turns out while Jonathan Moss was on his honeymoon, some knucklehead burglarized his apartment. Moss?s landlord emailed him the news, and Moss got busy. He used his iPad to turn on the Prey software he?d downloaded onto his MacBook. The MacBook then began taking pictures of the guy who had the laptop and telling Moss exactly where it was. Moss went to the police in Aruba; they called police in Raleigh, who went to knucklehead?s house and got the laptop.

And that?s interesting because Moss was in Aruba at the time. Much scarier was this crime spree, which started with three knuckleheads stealing an iPhone. An iPhone, of course, is highly trackable, so while the police were tracking it they were able to document the whereabouts of said knuckleheads, which appears to connect them with several other robberies ? they took pizza! ? robbery attempts, and a shooting. Once the phone stopped moving around, police went to its location and found the knuckleheads. No word, regrettably, on the condition of the pizza.

So, anyhow. Our legislature remains committed to leading the world in science- and learning-related dumbassery, but our citizenry seems perfectly capable of using technology ? especially connectivity ? to improve the lives of all North Carolinians, save the knuckleheads. I draw no conclusions. But if you come to visit us in North Carolina, don?t let the legislators see you reading any books. And make sure you have your tracking devices turned on.

Source: http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=a979964d9aa75953d4c65f1e88e91527

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NFL Network's Thursday Night Football Xtra app comes to Android

NFL Network's Thursday Night Football Xtra app comes to Android

Just in time to arrive alongside some real referees, the NFL Network has expanded the companion app experience for its Thursday night game to include Android users. Now active as the Browns take on the Ravens in a game where a defender catching the ball in the end zone with both hands is likely to be ruled an interception and not a touchdown, Thursday Night Football Xtra promises fans additional interaction with polls, games, stats. There's also live video reports from Simon Wilcots on the sideline, as well as some conveniently placed ads as seen in the screenshot above. We checked it out early on and the content available was mirrored across devices and platforms, although it was oddly stuck in portrait mode on our Nexus 7. The feature debuted on iOS last week, and is now available on Android phones and tablets as a separate app from the standard NFL '12. Hit the source link below to download it (Verizon subscribers have their own version) as we wait to see if Brandon Weeden can learn to play quarterback before he turns 30.

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Foster parents Bobby, right, and Johhny, left, with Jada, Chase and Joseph

Bobby?s day usually begins around six in the morning, preparing meals and getting the children and her husband, Johnny, ready for their day. To say her home is a whirlwind of activity for most of the day is an understatement.

For Bobby and Johnny, it?s a mission of sorts. They both had children from previous marriages, but their union was more than a simple marriage. It was the grand opening of their home.

?It wasn?t like ?those are your kids and these are mine,?? Johnny said. ?It?s all of us together. We?re all in it together.?

During the past four years, they?ve opened their home to more than 10 foster children, recently adopting three ? Chase, 15; Jada, 8; and Joseph, 3. Both coming from abusive and neglectful childhoods, Bobby and Johnny decided their home was going to be a haven, a safe place for children who needed attention, care and love.

?I?ve always wanted to protect abused children,? Bobby said. ?I wanted to help children who?ve been mistreated.?

Chase was removed from his home because of abuse and neglect. He was also physically and verbally aggressive. His first foster placement didn?t work well, but Bobby and Johnny were patient and Chase slowly transformed. He?s part of the family, and helps care for his younger sister and brother.

Joseph was born to a drug-addicted mother. He cried and wailed incessantly while his body weaned itself from the narcotics. He had to be soothed and held constantly. His sleep was erratic. Bobby and Johnny never wavered.

?We just held him and loved him,? Johnny said. ?There wasn?t anything else we could do.?

There are no signs of those troubles now, as Joseph and his freshly cut Mohawk hairdo speed from room to room and down the hallway with his sister. He laughs and plays just like any other 3-year-old boy.

Bobby runs children to doctor?s appointments and other things. In addition to the adopted children, they?re still foster parents to three other children. She calls them all by pet names and maintains an unending supply of affection and energy. To nearly everyone who goes in and out their front door, they?re called Mamaw and Papaw. But there are still standards.

?Oh yes, we?ve got rules,? Bobby said. ?We expect good grades in school, manners, and being respectful of adults and other children. They all have chores to do to help around the house. We expect them to mind.?

The children?s bedtime is usually around 8 in the evening. Bobby and Johnny end the evening cleaning and straightening up the circus of the previous 14 hours.

Most days, Bobby?s evening continues through to the wee hours of the next day.

?Having foster children is like this: It?s a lot of news, and it can be bad one day, good the next day and then great another day,? she said. ?It?s a lot of work and you have to be flexible. But we love all of them. It?s difficult sometimes when they leave ? you want them to go home to their families, but you get attached and you?re sad to see them leave.?

And then the next morning begins the daily routine. Bobby and Johnny said they?d take in more children if they could.

The children are safe. They?re loved. Most important, they?re happy.

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Self improvement is all about making positive changes in yourself so that you can have a better life. Help yourself to set and reach personal development goals through learning more about the various techniques and strategies that are out there. To help get you started, read the information in this article.

It is essential to have a clearly outlined goal, when working toward improving personal development. Make your goals very specific. If you define your goal clearly, it will be easier to achieve it.

Make yourself and your goals a priority. You are responsible for making yourself happy. While it is important to remember this, you shouldn?t step on other people. To be a happier person and succeed in personal growth, you must be true to your authentic self and your own sense of right and wrong.

If personal development is an important goal in your life, be sure to feed your faith with love. You can not have faith without love. Using love and faith as foundations in your life makes you a happier person. When you see someone who could benefit from your love, take action and show your faith through good deeds.

You cannot take care of other people unless you take care of yourself. Whatever point you may be at on your journey, it is important to properly care for yourself.

A healthy lifestyle is only the beginning of your personal development plan. When you are feeling good, it is easier to feel better about yourself. You can also avoid visits to the doctor and have a clearer mindset to focus on your goals. One of your most important personal development goals should be to start living a healthier life.

Humility is a very important trait to have when working on your self improvement. Realizing that you are but a small part of the bigger picture will potentially open your mind to attaining new insights. Once you adopt this mindset, you will be more open-minded and receptive to new knowledge, which will lead to self-improvement.

Keep notes on your progress (or backsliding) in order to stick to an organized plan. Setting up a sequence of small steps needed to reach your goal will make its achievement easier. Ten small steps are an easier path than three giant ones. There are several ways to track your personal development goals, be it through a daily journal or with the aid of a planner.

If you see that you are frequently not reaching the goals and expectations that you have set for yourself, stop and reassess what the problems might be. Do some online research, focusing on people who take on goals like yours and the problems they encounter. You might be trying to do too much at once, have the steps in the wrong order, or only taking half-measures when allocating resources.

Take a big step towards your personal development by cultivating selfless behavior. Knowing what it means to care for and help others, by making the sacrifices within yourself, can greatly benefit your inner character. When you can make sacrifices that lift others up without jeopardizing your own well being, you will grow into the kind of person you wish to be seen as.

Be prepared to write down ideas as they come to you, no matter where that may happen. Carry pens and paper with you at all times. Jot down whatever you come up with in detail and then act on it later when your creativity is flowing naturally.

People should not be afraid to investigate professional therapy to deal with serious problems. While self-help books help to a certain degree, seeing a therapist has more personalized substance to it. Some people can find success in achieving their psychological issues just by being able to talk to someone about them. A psychiatrist can have a discussion with you, where a book cannot.

Spend time with people who are like-minded to you. Like-minded people will help strengthen your resolve while reinforcing positive attitudes.

Seeking advice from a counselor, or paster can be a wonderful source to help guide you. These people are experienced and will know what to do in your situation. They will help you figure out what things are bothering you and what you can do to sort them out. Getting your problems out in the open with a professional should give you a much healthier outlook on your own life.

Willpower often plays a major role in increasing the good aspects in your life; your wishes for others may also be what befalls you. For this reason, it is important to wish only positive things for the people in your life. Learning how to maintain a positive outlook can help you escape from the onerous yoke of negativity.

You can?t change unless you make a directed, continuous effort to do so. You must choose change and learn how to accept it without reservation.

Exercising should be part of everyone?s life, not just those who are looking to lose weight. There are a variety of great reasons to exercise. When you exercise, your body releases endorphins, improving your mood and keeping you calm.

You must determine what you would like to achieve in your life. Once you?ve done this, get out there and do it. Pondering an ideal life without taking the action to make it a reality will inevitably lead to nothing. Take action, and turn your dreams into reality.

Figure out what you want your life to be and do what it takes to accomplish it. Pondering an ideal life without taking the action to make it a reality will inevitably lead to nothing. You need to step up and pursue your goals to make them really happen.

A successful leader has the power to put their wishes into action, while also being humble of this ability. You can redirect people in a gentle way, and keep in mind that it is best to lead by example. A good leader is virtuous and full of integrity, something you need in order to be successful.

Emergency Fund

Be nice to your body to better your personal development. Listen to what your body is saying to you, so if it is exhibiting hunger, thirst, etc., then it?s up to you to rectify that situation quickly. By doing that, your body will perform better later on in the future. Ignore what your body tells you at your own peril. If you let it down over and over again, it may get its revenge by letting you down.

Always have an emergency fund. This can help you to avoid always turning to your credit cards every time something unexpected arises. If you put back just a few dollars every week you will quickly build up an emergency fund. You can get your debt moving in the right direction (that is, downward) by making use of that fund instead of credit.

You should always treat everyone with respect, regardless of who they are or what they are able to do for you. Your treatment of others is a direct reflection of you character.

Try and find what is in the way of you becoming a success. This can prove problematic for most folks. Even so, identifying personal weak points is a critical initial step in order for them to be dealt with. By eliminating things that stand in your way, you can walk on the path to your future with less stumbling blocks on the way.

If you are going to be a champion, then you need a great coach. Someone to help guide you is always helpful. Everyone who has ever been good at anything has had help from a coach or mentor. Each person is responsible to show another person the way. How can they expect to do their best without doing this? Every success story involves a mentor.

Read on to find out what other people do to gain success. You can avoid both personal and business mistakes by knowing the trials that others have faced. By reading what they have learned, it will give you a positive boost on your personal development.

Refrain from elevating yourself to a position of excessive importance. In the big picture, we are simply bits of dust floating in the universe. Every individual can gain valuable insight from those around him, especially when acknowledging that no one person has all the answers. When you fully grasp this concept, you can truly open yourself to new ideas. If you keep your mind constantly open, the things others can teach may well astound you.

Team Player

Direct your personal development efforts toward the values that are important to you. You should be happier and more peaceful if you know what matters to you, and concentrate on these things.

You must be able to lead if you want to develop personally. In this context, consider your sphere of influence to be where your leadership skills are applied. Examine how far you have grown as a leader. Think about the circumstances that have had the most influence in your life. Consider how you have grown because of these events. What do you feel makes you a good team player? When you examine these thoughts, you will become more of a team player and leader.

Personal development comes from the decisions that you make when you choose not to miss an opportunity. You should not avoid decision making, even if you feel that you do not have all the information. Every successful decision that you make yields confidence and assertiveness. Bad decisions have value though because they are experiences that teach lessons. A wrong choice only ensures that your next choice will be better.

Create your own pep talk. Keep a list of your good qualities in your wallet. Keep it handy, and when you need a little motivation, read it. Even better, you should videotape yourself, reading the list into the camera and watch this video frequently. Sounds intriguing, right?

Your unique and individual values can help to mold a productive personal development plan. Focusing on areas you don?t value, doesn?t make sense. Instead, spend your time and energy on areas in your life you wish to develop that also synchronize with your personal values. This is the best way to make long-term changes.

You will miss an opportunity if you avoid making the right decision regarding self improvement. You need to face these decisions with confidence, even if you aren?t totally sure. When you make the right decisions, you will increase personal development. You can even learn a lot from making mistakes because you then know what not to do. Wrong choices ensure that new choices will be better ones.

Look for different sources of encouragement, like books. This could be a holy text for some people. For others, it could just a book of inspirational sayings. Whatever you choose to help raise your awareness of a happier state of mind, it can be a useful anchor that you can refer to again and again.

Focus on your strengths rather than trying to do things that you aren?t capable of or aren?t good at. Being different isn?t a bad thing, since we all have different strengths and skills, which makes for an interesting world of personalities. Never focus on the skills that you haven?t mastered. It is far more productive to look for new opportunities to develop the skills that you naturally possess.

Avoid working or exercising too hard, as these could exhaust you to the point that you fail to achieve your goals. Although striving may be what fuels your accomplishments, you need to know when you are exceeding your own boundaries. You still need to take care of your body when trying to achieve a goal. Ignoring the needs of your body is guaranteed to set you back when you are trying to improve.

Personal Development

Taking steps to improve your health is a very important part of personal development. To have a healthy lifestyle, you need to do more than just exercise and eat right. You need to have the motivation to continue to do these things. Make sure you try your best to improve yourself in all areas in life, when you do this improving your health becomes easier.

As you read in this article, you can improve your life and your well being with self improvement. The key to succeeding in your personal development is knowing what personal development strategies do and do not work. These ideas will take you to places you may not have thought about. The most important thing is to maximize your potential and get the most out of your life

It is a good policy to compliment those around you when you notice something positive about them. By being kind to others, you will also begin to care about yourself more.

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Kindle Display vs. Chameleon Skin

Kindle with Cephalopodse-Paper display technology in electronic devices reflects and draws upon the ambient light around you to display multiple colors, contrasts and diffusion in communicate text and images. This technology has been evolving over the past couple of decades.

But biological organisms have been evolving color-changing abilities over millions of years. ?From the chameleon and cuttlefish to the octopus and squid, they have developed for adaptive concealment with camouflage and communication signaling display with warning or mating cues. Could we maybe learn something from them? After all, e-Paper devices lag in optical performance, particularly color generation.

That is why a team of researchers has produced a study aimed at helping biologists who work with these color-changing creatures as well as engineers working with e-Paper technology. The paper, titled ?Biological vs. Electronic Adaptive Coloration: How Can One Inform the Other??, in ?The Journal of The Royal Society Interface?, had three goals, according to Eric Kreit, University of Cincinnati doctoral graduate, ?to allow display engineers to learn from millions of years of natural selection and evolution. To teach biologists the most advanced mechanisms and performance measurements used in human-made reflective e-Paper and to give all scientists a clearer picture of the long-term prospects for capabilities such as adaptive concealment and what can be learned from now you see me, now you don?t mechanisms.?

How Animals and E-Paper are Similar

One of the key findings is that there are various approaches for changing the reflective color of a surface, and that the highest-performance ones developed by both humans and nature share common features. They both use pigments, and they both change or attain color expression by spreading or compacting the pigment. Muscle fiber is used by animals to spread or compact pigment, and electronics use an electric field to.

On the other hand, even if the basic concept for color change is similar, modern technology has never developed anything near the complexity or sophistication of the biology and physics of cephalopod skin. Cephalopods are a varied branch of ocean dwellers and include 700 species of cuttlefish, squid and octopus. They are also the known masters of color change on our planet.

According to Jason Heikenfeld, University of Cincinnati associate professor of electronic and computing systems, ?The highest performance human-made approaches have been only recently developed, well after numerous other approaches were tried.? Perhaps in the past, if we had more closely trusted nature?s ability to find the best solution, we would be further along today in creating better display technology.?

Biological Mastery of Ambient Light


Biological organisms that change color are highly efficient at using ambient light. Just have a look at the chameleon. Either the animal?s skin reflects light to achieve a bright-color effect, or it absorbs light to achieve stunning, multi-colored effects.

In their use of available light, biological organisms are more efficient than electronic devices, which generally require large amounts of electric power to generate an internal or emissive light to generate bright color.

?Cephalopod skin is exquisitely beautiful and radiant, and can be changed in milliseconds, all without generating any intrinsic light from within the skin; there are elegant solutions from biology waiting to be translated to our consumer and industrial world.? Says Roger T. Hanlon, research scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.

Indeed, overall, animals outperform synthetic devices when it comes to sophistication and integrated systems; required energy use for color change; size scalability (cephalopods? adaptive coloration works over a wide range of sizes in the organisms? class ? from small-size cuttlefish to large-size octopus and squid); and surface texture (cephalopods can selectively adapt or ?crinkle? their skins to match a variety of three-dimensional textures, which provides additional light scattering and shadowing).

Electronics Display Colors Faster and in Wider Ranges

But we?re not completely losing the race. Human-developed technology such as e-Paper and e-Ink is actually far superior to cephalopods or other color-adapting animals in terms of speed. That is to say, human-made electronics can achieve color and a color change faster than the response time of a biological organism.

Not only that, synthetic devices are able to provide a greater range of colors and more efficient dark or black state. A device can achieve a black screen, but most biological organisms cannot achieve such darkened coloring. This is partially due to the fact that an organism such as a marine mammal generally has no reason, in terms of survival adaptation or signaling, to go to a dark or black state. Such an adaptation could even make them more visible, not less, to predators. Nonetheless, there is clearly a lot that engineers can learn from cephalopods and chameleons.

Reference

Biological versus electronic adaptive coloration: how can one inform the other?
Eric Kreit, Lydia M. M?thger, Roger T. Hanlon, Patrick B. Dennis, Rajesh R. Naik, Eric Forsythe and Jason Heikenfeld
September 26, 2012, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0601 J. R. Soc. Interface

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Researchers at University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center are evaluating the safety and tolerability of a synthetic cannabinoid called dexanabinol (ETS2101). Delivered as a weekly intravenous infusion, the drug is being tested in patients with all forms of brain cancer, both primary and metastatic.

?In this Phase I study, we are examining the safety of multiple doses of dexanabinol, extent of penetration into the brain, and suitability for future trials,? said Santosh Kesari, MD, PhD, principal investigator, and director of neuro-oncology, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. ?What we hope to determine is the safe and optimal dose of drug in the brain.?

Dexanabinol is a cannabinoid derivative that causes no psychotropic effects. It was tested previously as a neuroprotective in patients with traumatic brain injury. During these trials the drug was found to cross the blood-brain barrier. More recently, researchers at e-Therapeutics, the trial sponsor, showed that dexanabinol kills cultured cancer cells derived from many tumor types. Additional research in Kesari?s lab demonstrated the drug?s anti-cancer effects in patient-derived brain cancer cell lines.

Dexanabinol?s potential in fighting cancer was identified through a new approach to drug discovery called network pharmacology, a way to analyze the network of proteins underlying a disease process. Network pharmacology enables scientists to seek drugs from among existing compounds, or design new molecules, that act simultaneously on a number of individual proteins to disrupt the cancer-susceptible network.

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