Mayor Bloomberg pushing NYC hospitals to hide baby formula so more new moms will breast-feed

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Mayor Bloomberg is pushing hospitals to hide their baby formula behind locked doors so more new mothers will breast-feed.

Starting Sept. 3, the city will keep tabs on the number of bottles that participating hospitals stock and use ? the most restrictive pro-breast-milk program in the nation.

Under the city Health Department?s voluntary Latch On NYC initiative, 27 of the city?s 40 hospitals have also agreed to give up swag bags sporting formula-company logos, toss out formula-branded tchotchkes like lanyards and mugs, and document a medical reason for every bottle that a newborn receives.

While breast-feeding activists applaud the move, bottle-feeding moms are bristling at the latest lactation lecture.

?If they put pressure on me, I would get annoyed,? said Lynn Sidnam, a Staten Island mother of two formula-fed girls, ages 4 months and 9 years. ?It?s for me to choose.?

Under Latch On NYC, new mothers who want formula won?t be denied it, but hospitals will keep infant formula in out-of-the-way secure storerooms or in locked boxes like those used to dispense and track medications.

With each bottle a mother requests and receives, she?ll also get a talking-to. Staffers will explain why she should offer the breast instead.

?It?s the patient?s choice,? said Allison Walsh, of Beth Israel Medical Center. ?But it?s our job to educate them on the best option.?

Source: http://deadlinelive.info/2012/07/30/mayor-bloomberg-pushing-nyc-hospitals-to-hide-baby-formula-so-more-new-moms-will-breast-feed/

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Switched On: For OUYA, it's game on

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

In discussing the varied routes Android has taken to the television, Switched On recently touched on OUYA, the cuboid game console that will run free-to-play Android games. The project has surpassed the $5.5 million mark on Kickstarter and it will likely break the Pebble smartwatch's record for overall funds collected just like it broke the record for funds collected in the first day.

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Can Bacteria Fight Brain Cancer?

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The thinking behind an approach that has caused trouble in California

By Monya Baker ?| July 30, 2012

Infections occurring after brain tumor surgery may cause cancer regression. Image: Doctor Stock/Getty

By Monya Baker of Nature magazine

Last week, the Sacramento Bee reported that two neurosurgeons at the University of California, Davis, had been banned from research on humans after deliberately infecting three terminally ill cancer patients with pathogenic bacteria in an attempt to treat them. All three died, two showing complications from the infection. Nature explores what happened and the science behind it.

Who authorized the researchers to infect the patients?
All three patients consented to infection. However, anyone testing experimental drugs in the United States requires approval from their university?s Institutional Review Board (IRB) and oversight by the country's Food and Drug Administration (FDA), both of which review evidence for safety and efficacy. Neurosurgeons Paul Muizelaar and Rudolph Schrot at the University of California (UC), Davis, did not obtain this approval; they say they did not think it was required. Harris Lewin, the vice-chancellor of research at UC Davis, wrote a letter to the FDA describing what had occurred as ?serious and continuing noncompliance?.

In 2008, working under instructions from Muizelaar, Schrot asked the FDA about the possibility of deliberately infecting a postoperative wound in a particular patient with glioblastoma with the bacterium Enterobacter aerogenes. He was told that animal studies were needed first. Muizelaar did not infect that patient, but arranged for a graduate student to begin tests in rats. Although bacteria were purchased as research materials not to be used in humans, they were eventually used in three other patients with glioblastoma.

The first of those asked Muizelaar about infection in 2010, and Schrot contacted the director of UC Davis?s IRB asking permission to perform what Lewin?s letter describes as a ?one-time procedure? not intended as research. The director concluded that this procedure could be classed as ?innovative care? that did not require approval by the FDA or IRB, but that subsequent work should be reviewed. Schrot and Muizelaar went on to treat two further patients and were seeking approval from an ad hoc ethics committee (not the IRB or FDA) to treat five more when the IRB director told the neurosurgeons to cease and desist, and began an internal investigation.

How is brain cancer usually treated?
Glioblastoma is an aggressive brain cancer and is usually treated with surgery, as well as with radiation and chemotherapy. However, the cancer almost always recurs after surgery. Half of patients die within 15 months of diagnosis; fewer than one in twenty lives longer than five years.

Why might an infection fight cancer?
There are isolated reports of patients with various types of cancer successfully fighting off an infection only to find that the cancer has also disappeared. Presumably, the infection spurs white blood cells to attack both pathogens and malignant cells. In 1999, researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson described four case studies in which the regression of malignant brain tumors co-occurred with infection. Enterobacter aerogenes, the same bacterium used at UC Davis, was recovered from microbial cultures taken from three of the patients.

What further studies have been done?
In 2004, a group led by Bert Vogelstein at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland introduced cancer cells into mice and rabbits, allowed large tumors to form and then injected the animals with spores of the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium novyi-NT. About one-third of the animals' tumors disappeared, apparently as a result of an immune response.

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University of Maine at Farmington Announces Dean?s List for Spring 2012 Semester

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FARMINGTON, ME (July 27, 2012)?The University of Maine at Farmington announces its Dean?s List for the spring 2012 semester. UMF maintains a Dean?s List each semester for those students completing a minimum of 12 credits in courses producing quality points. Students whose grade point average for the semester is equal to or greater than 3.8 are listed with high academic achievement. Students whose grade point average for the semester is less than 3.8 but equal to or greater than 3.5 are listed with academic achievement. Any incompletes must be satisfactorily completed before the student is honored with Dean?s List status. Academic achievement awarded at commencement is based on all course work taken at UMF.

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A nationally-recognized liberal arts college known for its commitment to student success, UMF provides a challenging yet supportive environment to prepare students for both careers and further study. Rooted in a tradition of teacher preparation, UMF offers top quality programs in the arts and sciences, teacher preparation and pre-professional studies. Located in the heart of Maine?s four-season outdoor recreational region, UMF is a welcoming, close-knit academic community that prepares students for engaged citizenship, enriching professional careers and an enduring love of learning.

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Star-studded audience for Olympic opening ceremony

AAA??Jul. 27, 2012?9:05 PM ET
Star-studded audience for Olympic opening ceremony
By JILL LAWLESSBy JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press??

Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Britain's Prince Harry, from left, attend the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games at the Olympic Stadium in London, Friday, July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Toby Melville, pool)

Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Britain's Prince Harry, from left, attend the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games at the Olympic Stadium in London, Friday, July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Toby Melville, pool)

Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games at the Olympic Stadium in London, Friday, July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/John Stillwell, Pool)

Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, left, and his wife Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge wait for the beginning of the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games in the Olympic Stadium in London, Friday, July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Toby Melville, pool)

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge attend the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 27, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, top left, Britain's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, center, and Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, right, watch the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 27, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

LONDON (AP) ? The Olympic opening ceremony had monarchs, presidents, prime ministers, Michelle Obama and the cast of "Downton Abbey" ? and that was just in the audience.

The ceremony itself included Muhammad Ali, Paul McCartney and David Beckham ? who drove the Olympic flame down the Thames in a speedboat. This was a decidedly A-list affair.

Among the 60,000 spectators at Olympic Stadium was Queen Elizabeth II, her husband Prince Philip and younger royals including Prince William and his wife Kate, and Prince Harry.

There was a sprinkling of screen stars, including British actors Richard E. Grant and Orlando Bloom, who stopped to take pictures with British soldiers and fans outside the stadium.

"I'm a big fan of Danny Boyle, so I'm excited to see what he's done," Bloom said.

Actor Hugh Bonneville, who plays aristocrat Lord Grantham in the costume drama "Downton Abbey," tweeted a picture of his fellow cast-members arriving at the stadium.

Across town in Hyde Park, Duran Duran, Paolo Nutini, Stereophonics and Snow Patrol played at a concert for music fans who couldn't go to the ceremony, which was shown on big screens.

The British government says more than 80 heads of state and government were in the Olympic Stadium audience, including royalty from Brunei, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.

The U.S. was represented by first lady Michelle Obama, and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was also on hand, a day after making himself unpopular in Britain by expressing doubts about the country's ability to pull off a successful games.

Britain proved Friday it could pull off a successful opening ceremony. Boyle's show, a 27 million pound ($42 million) spectacular titled "Isles of Wonder," drew rave reviews from live and television spectators.

Beckham, who helped bring the games to London, said the ceremony was "an amazing moment."

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Associated Press Writer Cassandra Vinograd contributed to this report.

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Networcsim hoping to broaden wireless revolution

Public release date: 27-Jul-2012
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A Tennessee company has licensed award-winning software from Oak Ridge National Laboratory that will help industries install wireless networks more cost-effectively in challenging environments such as mines, offshore drilling platforms and factory floors.

Networcsim, founded by ORNL researchers Phani Teja Kuruganti and James Nutaro, signed an agreement today to license the Radio Channel Simulator software, which won an R&D 100 Award this month.

"Advanced simulation technology and the RCSim technology in particular provides a watershed opportunity for industrial wireless networks to be used in a revolutionary new way," ORNL researcher Kuruganti said.

The technology, developed by Kuruganti and Nutaro, is the first that can use the three-dimensional models of an industrial facility to simulate wireless networks. The simulator uses an algorithm that quickly calculates the time delay and power of every radio signal delivered to a particular site, allowing it to predict radio signal strength with greater accuracy than competing products throughout geometrically complex environments.

"Unlike other products, this simulator enables vendors of industrial wireless networks to identify coverage problems before deploying a network," Nutaro said. "It can reduce the need for expensive wireless surveys, lower the quantity and cost of deployed hardware and improve the accuracy of cost estimates quoted by vendors reducing the installation and operational costs associated with wireless networks."

In addition to simulating mobile receivers in urban networks, RCSim can be used for the simulation of tactical wireless networks used in urban police and combat operations, with potential benefit to emergency responders or the military.

Networcsim has already completed its first commercial prototype and is negotiating for distribution rights to the software that will enable the cost-effective design of wireless networks for use in industrial environments. The development of RCSim was funded through ORNL's Laboratory Directed Research and Development program.

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DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A Tennessee company has licensed award-winning software from Oak Ridge National Laboratory that will help industries install wireless networks more cost-effectively in challenging environments such as mines, offshore drilling platforms and factory floors.

Networcsim, founded by ORNL researchers Phani Teja Kuruganti and James Nutaro, signed an agreement today to license the Radio Channel Simulator software, which won an R&D 100 Award this month.

"Advanced simulation technology and the RCSim technology in particular provides a watershed opportunity for industrial wireless networks to be used in a revolutionary new way," ORNL researcher Kuruganti said.

The technology, developed by Kuruganti and Nutaro, is the first that can use the three-dimensional models of an industrial facility to simulate wireless networks. The simulator uses an algorithm that quickly calculates the time delay and power of every radio signal delivered to a particular site, allowing it to predict radio signal strength with greater accuracy than competing products throughout geometrically complex environments.

"Unlike other products, this simulator enables vendors of industrial wireless networks to identify coverage problems before deploying a network," Nutaro said. "It can reduce the need for expensive wireless surveys, lower the quantity and cost of deployed hardware and improve the accuracy of cost estimates quoted by vendors reducing the installation and operational costs associated with wireless networks."

In addition to simulating mobile receivers in urban networks, RCSim can be used for the simulation of tactical wireless networks used in urban police and combat operations, with potential benefit to emergency responders or the military.

Networcsim has already completed its first commercial prototype and is negotiating for distribution rights to the software that will enable the cost-effective design of wireless networks for use in industrial environments. The development of RCSim was funded through ORNL's Laboratory Directed Research and Development program.

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UT-Battelle manages ORNL for the Department of Energy's Office of Science. The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit http://science.energy.gov/.

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Spain can pay its debts: Economy Minister

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said on Thursday the Treasury would meet debt redemption payments and said that government coffers were in the same liquidity position as last year.

"In the medium and long term. Spain is solvent and able to pay its high debts. In the short-term, we have the capacity to meet our obligations," de Guindos said at an event in Madrid.

The economy minister also said he had never believed there was even the remotest possibility that Spain would need a bailout.

Comments by the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's that the bank would do whatever necessary to protect the euro zone from collapse were well timed, de Guindos said.

Draghi's pledge on Thursday fuelled expectations the ECB was ready to take bolder action to combat the euro zone debt crisis and brought Spanish 10-year bond yields down by 40 basis points on the day.

(Reporting By Blanca Rodriguez, writing by Paul Day; Editing by Julien Toyer)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spain-pay-debts-economy-minister-183103948--business.html

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Tips When Buying International Student Insurance

As the new school year is right upon us and many students are attending student orientations and registering for classes, most schools require that students purchase international student health insurance coverage either from them directly (the schools plan) or they can show proof of adequate, alternate coverage. With school plans costing upwards of $2,000 per year, that can be an expensive option ? so it?s always good to look for other alternatives.

When looking for plans DO NOT just look at the monthly price! Although there are attractive options out there, you MUST look at the benefits and features since these plans could put you in more financial trouble if you get sick or injured.

To help you out ? here are some of the top items to watch out for:

Tip #1 ? Policy Maximum/ Coinsurance

When a plan states their policy maximum, ALWAYS look at the coinsurance that goes along with that plan. Coinsurance is the amount you will be paying towards your insurance plan if you get sick or injured ? ideally you want this capped out, so that your coinsurance is only applicable up to a certain dollar amount.

Some plans, have their coinsurance setup like this:

Policy Maximum ? $200,000

Coinsurance ? 100% up to $40,000 and then 80% up to policy maximum

Look very closely for plans like this. Take, for example, if you get hospitalized and it can costs $100,000 ? the plan will pay 100% up to $40,000 and then only 80% of the remaining $60,000. This means you will be left with a bill of $12,000 to pay!!

Ideally, you want your plan to be written something like this:

Policy Maximum ? $200,000

Coinsurance -?80% up to $10,000 and then 100% up to policy maximum

With this scenario, there is a maximum you will pay out of pocket of just $2,000 since it is capped! In the other scenario, you could owe thousands of dollars!

Tip #2 ? Cap on Medical Benefits

Look out for plans that cap actual medical benefits ? things to be careful of are:

• Per day dollar cap on benefits (for example ? $800 per day)
  • If you are hospitalized with a per day cap like this on benefits, hospitalization can run up to $1,500 or more depending on the injury/ sickness ? if this is capped you will have a large payment on your hands!
• Number of days cap when benefits will be paid (for example ? only paying for 8 or 25 days of treatment)
  • If you only have 8 days of coverage, anything over that will be your responsibility. If you are in a car crash, you could be needed more than 8 days coverage
• Prescription capped at $100 max
  • Some prescriptions today cost more than $100 ? such as Tamiflu if you get the flu. If you have a max cap like that, you will be paying a lot for your medicines!

Tip #3 ? Payment Flexibility

We all know that money is tight as a student ? so look for plans that offer you the functionality to pay for your plan in monthly installments. You can spread the cost of your insurance over the year, and it avoids you having to pay all upfront for a full year of coverage!

Tip #4 ? Sport Coverage

If you?re in college, you will most likely be playing sports in some shape or form ? therefore you will want a plan that covers you if something happens when you are playing sports. Look out for plans that do not cover sports related injures such as intercollegiate, intramural and club sports! You do not want to have an injury and have to cover the full cost of your medical treatment.

Hopefully these 4 tips will help you choose the right plan ? and help you avoid the common pitfalls. You do not want to end up paying more than you need to when a plan a few dollars more will cover you 100% for most injuries and illnesses!

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Posted on Thursday, July 26th, 2012 at 11:49 am

Source: http://www.internationalstudentinsurance.com/blog/2012/07/tips-when-buying-international-student-insurance.html

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'Plain Jane Bandit' goes on bank robbery spree

A bank robber known as the "Plain Jane Bandit" is believed to have hit six Los Angeles area banks in recent weeks, including four in a 24 hour period.

During the robberies, the woman uses written and verbal demands, and says an accomplice is waiting for her outside the bank.

Witnesses describe the suspect as an Hispanic female between 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-5, weighs about 150 to 170 pounds, and is between 35 and 40 years old.

The woman's nick name came from an interview with a witness in one of the earlier robberies, in which the witness described the suspect as a "plain Jane."

Witnesses also say the woman may have a scar below or next to her right eye, as well as a tattoo on her right shoulder area.

The first robbery the "Plain Jane Bandit" is linked to was on July 12, followed by another one on July 19. She was quiet for a few days, until she began a spree, hitting two banks on July 23, followed by another two on July 24.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/plain-jane-bandit-goes-bank-robbery-spree-124136462--abc-news-topstories.html

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Thane City Guide For The Visitors

Thane is the city in Maharashtra with a great history and its own culture. It was ruled by many regimes and saw many transformations, the evidence of which can be seen in findings of the architectural excavations. The cities name was changed several times. The present name is derived from Sthan or Sthanaka. Many travelers described it as a great place which had a port with continuous ship traffic. Surprisingly the present day Ghodbunder is the area where horses were unloaded from ships. Many worldwide travelers have visited the city and described it as a prospering kingdom. Thane is located at 30 Km North East of Mumbai on the western coast of India.

After India gained independence from the British, Thane grew slowly and gained the status of an industrial town in the sixties. The city continuously kept on growing in all respects with the population showing an enormous growth. In accordance with the growing population construction activities were boomed up and the face of the city was completely changed into a modern suburb. Last ten years saw the advent of shopping malls and rise in number of super structures in the city. The city is governed by Thane Municipal Corporation which is popular as TMC. For providing regular transportation service in the city the corporation started its own transport service in the year 1989, known as Thane Municipal Transport service or TMT. The buses ply inside the city and some of the busses are covering the surrounding areas of Navi Mumbai as well as the western suburbs. You can take a bus from Thane railway station to reach the various destinations in the city. Apart from public transport auto rickshaws are the best means of travelling in and around the city.

For first time visitors to this city, the important thing they should know is the type of accommodations available in the city. There are hotels of various categories like Star, Luxury, Budget and Cheap hotels. Some of the hotels in Thane preserve their reputation of providing specialty dishes from various countries. The budget and Luxury hotels provide Indian and International food dishes prepared in their in house restaurants. Most of the hotels are located in the vicinity of the railway station.

Tourist attractions include the historic Thane creek, around 23 lakes inside the city, Yeoor hills and Tikujiniwadi. The best among the lakes are Talaopali and Upavan Lake. Boating facility is available at Talaopali. For leisure and entertainment there is Suraj Water Park spread on a vast seventeen acres of land. The park consists of many types of water slides, entertainment and recreational facilities along with rain dance facility. The resorts near Thane provide best venue for one day picnickers.

Major Hospitals in Thane are Jupiter hospital, Deodhar hospital and Hiranandani hospital. There are many public hospitals also. Civic hospital in thane is located at Tembhi Naka in Thane west. Thane Passport office is located at Wagle Estate at Thane West. The important telephone numbers of Thane city are Police station 25331416, Thane Municipal Corporation 25826891, Thane fire brigade 25325316, Power supply - 9930269499, Government offices - 25336529 / 25336523, and Ambulance 102. We hope this Thane City guide will prove to be useful to the visitors to this city.

About the Author:
Ravindra R. usually loves to write about places, hotels and resorts to visit in India. He also is an avid reader of travel blogs. For more information visit our website Hotel in Thane - United-21

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Long Island Sunrooms: Adding a Dream ... - Alure Home Improvement

Posted by lwolkoff in Sunrooms | July 25, 2012


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Why would I consider a Sunroom for my home?

The idea of adding a sunroom isn?t unusual for homeowners in Long Island.? In fact, a Joyce sunroom by Alure can actually provide one of the highest Return On Investment (ROI) at the time when you may choose to sell your home.? Currently sunrooms are one of the most popular remodeling choices that are trending upwards in 2012.

One of the reasons making this possible is the technology used in its manufacture and construction.? Just like in the medical field or with computer technology, there is always a new machine or procedure making peoples lives better.??The building industry has made some significant strides in making sunrooms a viable alternative to ?new construction? when considering adding usable space to your home for your family.

In?the past, the sunroom was more like a solarium where the glass allowed the suns rays to be part of the heating system.? Unfortunately though, when the sun goes down, so does the temperature and subsequently your family will spend less time in that room.? This used to be called the summer-winter affect and demonstrated a warming and cooling of the temperature in the room dependent upon the actual presence of sunshine. Todays glass products are critically more important as components of new sunroom design.? After all, in a sunroom, windows make up most of the surface area of the walls.? However, unlike the old days, these now advanced window products are going to help maintain the ambient temperature inside of your home with Low E glass technology. ?Today?s sunroom product, rain or shine, is going to screen harmful rays of the sun and will shun the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter.? Now what used to be called the three season room is accessible and inviting all year round.

Another advantage to today?s sunroom product is its flexibility.? It is a customized ?product that can cater to the specific needs and preferences of your family.? Alure Home Improvements always provides a FREE in home design consultation with no obligation.? The Alure Design Specialist will come to your home for an on-site inspection of your space and is prepared to help you plan your dream getaway.

We can even use some state of the art computer technology to take you on a virtual tour and show you what your home might look like with its new addition.? The Joyce Sunroom by Alure also provides superior roof construction.? It not only insulates and seals your sunroom from the elements, it allows for the exterior to visually become part of your existing home.? Regardless of the style roof you choose for your sunroom, ultimately we apply shingles that will match the color and style of your existing roof.

Additionally, there is a transferable manufacturer?s warranty plus the Alure 10 year labor warranty.? When you add these amenities to the ?accidental glass policy,? this sunroom product is hard to beat.? Believe it or not this Accidental Glass Breakage policy means that no matter what, the glass is guaranteed forever.

Whether your plan is to brighten up your space, add new usable family space or just to complete the transition from the indoors to your backyard, a sunroom is never a bad idea.? Sporting one of the highest ROI factors in home improvement products, not only can you and your family enjoy the newly added space for years to come, it will hold it?s value when the time comes to sell.? Why not make the comparison to sunrooms vs a new addition.

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Generating Healthy Skin Care Meet Your Needs Quickly ? Guru ...

Excellent skin care is vital as the skin area may be the human being body?s principal safeguard from condition and illness. Being aware of what to incorporate in an efficient healthy skin care regimen could be puzzling. This informative article features some tips, suggestions and ideas to help you look after your body?s greatest body organ, your skin.

School is probably the most demanding areas of lifestyle with lots of mental, both mental and physical hardship, that may impede the style of your face. Make sure that you reach the fitness center no less than three times a week, or conduct yoga and fitness to remove tension and lower the essential oil onto the skin.

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Want more healthy pores and skin? An integral move is always to quit smoking. Smoking constricts very small blood vessels close to the skin?s area. Additionally, it leads to reduced blood circulation. As a result, smoking cigarettes grows older your skin layer to result in lines and wrinkles. Talk to your medical doctor to get advice on how to quit smoking.

A great way to protect against acne cases are by developing an aspirin face mask. Take a little uncoated aspirins and grind them while blending just enough water to create a paste coating. Submit an application for ten minutes and rinse off. This paste includes salicylic acidity from the aspirin which will help very clear pores and eliminate acne scars.

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Science & the Public: We?re not Weekly Reader . . .

We?re not Weekly Reader . . .

That magazine?s demise does not signal an end to kids? need for reliable news ? especially about science

Web edition : 5:57 pm

I read with sadness this week that Weekly Reader is about to disappear.

Earlier this year, Scholastic Classroom Magazines purchased the publication, one that had been an iconic source of news (throughout my elementary-school years, anyway). The buyer already had 28 subject-specific publications. It will now begin ?combining the features of Weekly Reader into the Scholastic classroom magazines,? says Cathy Lasiewicz, with Scholastic in New York City. ?There will be some co-branding,? she told me, meaning vestiges of the old publication?s name may be appended to the occasional Scholastic title.

As much as I?ll miss the idea of the venerable Weekly Reader living on, I also have to admit to a bit of a love/hate relationship with it. This conflict developed in the ?70s, shortly after I joined the staff here.

When I identified my affiliation, people frequently asked: ?Science News ? hmmm: Isn?t that the Weekly Reader of science??

Well, no. And the comparison invariably irked me, because equating a magazine designed for grade-school children with we did with seemed so wrong. The news we labored to shoehorn into print each week had been targeted to meet the needs of curious (and often quite science-literate) individuals ? adults seeking to make sense of their increasingly complex world.

No one has confused us for a kids? publication in perhaps a quarter century. But Science News recognized a need to keep kids captivated by research advances, particularly throughout that middle school window when a fascination with science and tech so often threatens to flag. The result: We launched Science News for Kids in early 2003.

It took a while for SNK to find its niche and attain some much warranted visibility. Today this online magazine reaches more than 1.3 million people annually.

But even this is not the Weekly Reader of science. Free of charge ? and free of advertising ? it now posts between 2 and 6 news and feature stories some 50 weeks a year. Each is archived for retrieval at any time from anywhere (our readers have been logging in from 200-plus countries and territories).

Most of our offerings target students in middle school, although we hear there is a significant spillover into younger and older age groups. SNK?s feature stories often introduce serious and cutting edge topics, everything from dark matter and epigenetics to fracking and electronic tattoos. We know that some appeal largely because they're?just fun or quirky, like the science of mummies, legless amphibians and creating meat in the test-tube.

But none of these stories are superficial. They don?t dumb subjects down. Instead, we just make new developments ? and the controversies that may surround them ? accessible to kids who may arrive at our site with a limited vocabulary or knowledge base.

SNK?s far shorter news stories tend to digest new developments that were recently covered in Science News. Increasingly, however, even these stories may be original to the kids? site. Among several that have proven popular: why dog?s paws don?t get frostbite, how the sun can power self-cleaning clothes and a new way to harvest energy from temperature changes.

A Cool Jobs series debuted this year. Each of the dozen stories that has begun rolling out profiles a trio of researchers that have something in common. It may be their research discipline (like robotics or math), where they conduct research (in the field) or what served as their initial motivation (something they?ve loved since childhood). The series? goal is to broaden kids? horizons on the many interesting ? and perhaps unexpected ? careers that depend on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the STEM fields). We don?t expect kids to necessarily be looking to answer that perennial what do you want to do when you grow up question. And that?s why we?ve designed each of these pieces to sell itself on the basis of the interesting work that the profiled researchers do.

Over the past year, the site has also begun developing stories explicitly aimed at adults.

The first batch described how parents and mentors can help kids begin the research that could lead to science competitions, including those created and administered by our parent organization, Society for Science & the Public. Another thought-provoking pair of stories recently covered the integral role of creativity in science and the idea that the scientific method ? as the way that good science is conducted ? may actually constitute a myth.

Teachers have told us that they like our stories as a supplement to their required curricula (see a smattering of comments). To help others figure out how to use news, we posted a feature today in which teachers share their experiences introducing current events in the classroom, pointing to what works and what doesn?t. Among those sources that have proved useful: stories from Science News and Science News for Kids.

If you haven?t seen us, check out our site. If you are among the many returning visitors, thanks for appreciating the news that my dedicated team of writers and editors brings to kids from 9 to 99.?And if you?re a teacher or?other regular reader of Science News for Kids, please feel free to weigh in on what you like, what you don?t and what additional features or content you?d most appreciate seeing.???????????

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USDA says drought will push up food prices in 2013

CNBC's Jane Wells reports on the Midwest drought's impact on food prices.

By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press

??MINNEAPOLIS --?The record drought gripping half the country will help push food prices up by 3 percent to 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.?

Milk, eggs, beef, poultry and pork prices will all be affected by the drought, which has pushed up prices for feed. Beef prices are expected to see the biggest jump at 4 percent to 5 percent. Dairy product prices are forecast to climb 3.5 percent to 4.5 percent; poultry and egg prices are projected to rise 3 percent to 4 percent; and pork prices are expected to rise 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent in 2013, the agency said.

"In 2013 as a result of this drought we are looking at above-normal food price inflation. ... Consumers are certainly going to feel it," USDA economist Richard Volpe said.

Normal grocery price inflation is about 2.8 percent, he added, so even at the low end of the projected range people will see their grocery expenses rise more than usual next year. The USDA kept its projected food price increase for 2012 steady at 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent.

The figures are the agency's first food price projections to factor in the drought, though farmers and others have been warning that prices will rise. The drought has sent corn, soybean and other commodity prices soaring in recent weeks as fields dry out and crops wither across much of the country's midsection.

Volpe said the drought is not expected to affect prices for fruits and vegetables. Most of those crops are irrigated. The USDA is projecting an overall 2 percent to 3 percent increase for all fruits and vegetables next year, the same as it expects this year.

USDA economists were aware of the drought a month ago when they did their last projections but didn't know how bad it would get, Volpe said.

"This drought was a surprise for everybody," Volpe said. "The USDA was forecasting a record year for the corn crop until this drought materialized. Now we're not going to get that."

Poultry prices will be the first to rise because of the drought because chickens and turkeys need only a few months to grow to market size, he said. Beef and pork take longer, and the agency actually revised its beef price projection for 2012 downward because producers are sending more cattle to the market at the moment as they reduce their herds in response to the drought, he said.

Meat and poultry prices are the most affected because feed prices represent the biggest part of their cost of production. Processed food prices are less affected by changes in commodity prices because ingredients typically make up just a fraction of their production costs.?

In St. Louis, Wednesday was the 16th day of triple-digit heat, and in Chicago residents not only faced the heat but also power outages from strong storms. NBC's John Yang reports.

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Should poverty be defined by a single international poverty line, or ...

Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 | Posted by From Poverty to Power By From Poverty to Power

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This guest post comes from ubercrunchers Ugo Gentilini (World Food Programme), left?and Andy Sumner (Institute of Development Studies), right International poverty lines are calculated by the World Bank: $1.25 per day per person is said to represent the ?absolute poverty line?, below which a person can hardly survive. This is calculated from the mean of the national

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Fat Loss And Why We Get Fat Around The Middle | Morpheus ...

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Often times what prompts us to commence an exercise regime is the extra few inches round the waistline or a tightness when we try to get into a certain pair of jeans or trousers that we haven?t worn for a while. This tends to be where men store excess body fat, whilst for women it is around the hips and buttocks.?The wardrobe epiphany can then precipitate a rush to exercise too intensely or perhaps more dangerous to huge caloric restriction. But although excess calorie intake does have a huge impact on our weight and fat accumulation there are reasons why we deposit fat in specific areas and the purpose of this blog is to demonstrate how two hormones determine how much and where we lay down body fat.?

The Endocrine System and Hormonal Response.

The endocrine system plays a part in where we lay down fat and the two hormones that determine how much and where you will lay down bodyfat are insulin and cortisol. By management of these two hormones you can limit the amount of bodyfat you lay down around your stomach area.?In one respect cortisol is a vital hormone because it helps regulate the metabolism of fat, protein and carbohydrates. Cortisol however is also responsible for telling your body to store fat, for increasing your appetite and for despositing fat around your middle.?

Cortisol is a stress hormone that can be traced back to our evolutionary response to danger. When your brain thinks that your life is under threat it stimulates the adrenal glands to release the hormones adrenaline and cortisol. Adrenaline helps you become alert and focused and the cortisol increases levels of fats and sugar in the bloodstream to fuel your physical response.?Our busy modern lifestyles and long work hours with little rest has resulted in us becoming stressed and this often results in a constant low-grade release of cortisol. Stress comes in many different forms and cortisol can be produced by emotional and dietary stress resulting from poor eating habits, lack of sleep, excessive intake of alcohol and stimulants such as caffeine, sugar and tobacco.?

When we produce excess cortisol we end up with a surplus of fat and sugar in the bloodstream, we then produce insulin in response to the increased sugar in the bloodstream. Insulin is responsible for sending sugar to fuel the brain, stowing sugar into cells and helping decrease blood sugar levels. Fat cannot be stored in cells without the presence of insulin. The reason why fat targets your middle is because it is close to your liver where it can be quickly converted to energy if needed. Abdominal fat cells also have four times more receptor cells for cortisol then anywhere else in the body so you are naturally programmed to lay down any excess fat here.

When the body is consistently producing too much cortisol and insulin then the cells begin to respond less effectively to insulin, the result is consistently high blood sugar levels. This is known as insulin resistance and is the first step towards developing type 2 diabetes. Stress leads to high levels of cortisol, high levels of cortisol lead to insulin resistance and insulin resistance can lead to diabetes and heart disease. If you hold fat around the middle then you have a higher chance of becoming insulin resistant and should take the necessary dietary and lifestyle measures to lose that fat. In part 2 of this two part blog we shall turn to measures that will help reduce this hormonal yo-yo effect and ?help reduce the fat around your middle.

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Sleek And Stylish Kingston 16GB Pen Drive | Computers and ...

Internet and Technology | Computers and Technology | * Written by Vinnit Alex | Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:08 | Word Count: 520

Pen drive has become an inseparable part of the technology world. There are still some more innovations that will be made to the pen drive. Pen drive is a device which consists of small chip and stores in vast information. Kingston 16GB pen drive has a capacity of 16 GB. It also comes in a range of capacities like 1GB, 2GB and so on. It is not limited to 16 GB but has even more capacity for storage of information. This small looking device has so many uses and is used from students to top notch businessmen.

You can store all the important documents, presentations and photographs and all these can be accessed at any point of time by just attaching the pen drive to the computer. You can also transfer the data from one computer to the other. It saves in a lot of time and paper. Ultimately we are putting in efforts to stop wastage of paper.

Pen drives can be used to download important applications like games and videos. Kingston pen drive is compatible with almost all memory using devices like cameras and mobile phones. The speed is also very good so you don?t have to wait for long to move any data to another device. In future it is said that the pen drives will come in the most advanced format wherein the pen drive will not only store information but will also function more like a computer.

These pen drives can be connected to the LCD TV?s as well to view any kind of data. The amazing uses of pen drives have made it so popular that the demand for the pen drives is increasing by the days. It is the best backup medium when you face some technical problems in your computer. The pen drives now come in attractive shapes, sizes and colours to make the customers feel good when they use it. They are very compact and portable that they can be carried with you anywhere you travel. It is a boon for every person who uses computer in their daily lives. It also comes at a very affordable price. Kingston 16 GB Pen Drive price in India is approximately Rs. 1500 and has a speed of about 10mb/sec. It comes with a 5 year warranty. There are also some special discounts available on the pen drives. So people who want to buy this magic piece can log on to the reputed and popular shopping websites and order it. Not only will you avail the discount but it will be shipped to the home address within the business days they mention. You can pay for the Kingston pen drive either by cash on delivery or even using the credit card.

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Home Improvements - The Increasing popularity of external home ...

Internal home improvement projects such as painting and decorating living rooms and bedrooms, tiling bathrooms, replacing carpets and flooring right up to the installation of brand new top of the range fitted kitchens, bathroom suites and new kitchen appliances have always been the most popular types of improvements undertaken by people in the UK, In recent years, however this has changed and external home improvements are now overtaking as the most popular type of home improvements even though they cost considerably more than their internal counterparts.

So, if these external home improvement projects cost considerably more then what is the attraction and why are people choosing them over simpler more cost efficient internal improvements? The main reason for this change is the current economic downturn and the poor state of the housing market in the UK due to the recession, where as a majority of internal projects were undertaken as an aid to selling a house, more expensive external projects are generally undertaken to improve the quality of living for the current homeowners who have decided to stay put and improve rather than more house and upscale.

When doing home improvements or home remodels for one's own benefit the emphasis seems to be on quality and benefits rather than getting a budget job done for the minimum amount of money, so many people are now choosing the most attractive and beneficial options meaning that budget, unskilled, one man band type outfits that advertise in the local press are losing out to the larger better known home improvement groups with an army of estimators, fitters, installers and not to mention satisfied customers. Apart from the always popular and sometimes necessary replacement windows and doors, the second most popular external home improvement project at present seems to be driveways, paths and patios, as there is nothing more satisfying than driving up a beautiful driveway to your home, both for yourself and your visitors who will be equally impressed, but even with this project there are a couple of options depending on your preference. Forget tarmac, it's dated and unattractive and best left for the public roads. You have two other options, one is pattern imprinted concrete and the other is block paving.

Pattern imprinted concrete driveways can be any style and colour you want it to be, within reason, and for a professional driveway company the process is quick and the results are durable and long lasting, imprinted concrete isn't just standard concrete, it is a specially manufactured mix allowing for flexibility and durability, finished with an acrylic sealer . The results are truly impressive, giving you a beautiful, weed free, maintenance free driveway that will last for years. Some people do prefer the more traditional block paving, which when done correctly and by a professional driveway company can still look very beautiful, the benefit of block paving is that unlike pattern imprinted concrete that requires a dry day for laying , block paving can still be laid in adverse weather conditions, the drawback of block paving is that over time you will need to weed between blocks and sometime a block can become loose due to underground movement, a phenomenon that doesn't have an effect on imprinted concrete due it's electric properties and way it is laid to compensate for movement . If your still undecided you should probably have a survey done (most professional driveway companies offer free surveys) to see which option is the best for you.

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