March will be Colorectal Cancer awareness month. Everyone should be aware of the symptoms of this disease since with early detection it can be cured. If polyps are detected early, the cancer can actually be prevented.
Nearly 150,000 people will be diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer this year, and over 50,000 deaths will occur because of it. This disease has no gender preference. Learn the symptoms and pass the information along to those you care about.
Begin screening at age 50, sooner if you are at increased risk. This would be family history, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, low roughage diet, or a symptom that needs to be investigated.
Symptomology
Bloody stool (even small amounts of blood should be investigated)
Narrow stools (long, thin)
Abdominal bloating and discomfort
Feeling that your stool isn?t finished
Weight loss
Vomiting
Lethargy
Colorectal risk increases with:
Age ? especially in people over 50
Smoking
High body fat ? specifically in people who carry extra fat at the waist
Sedentary lifestyle
High alcohol consumption
High meat consumption ? especially processed meat and red meat (this includes pork even though some refer to it as a white meat)
Family history that includes polyps or colorectal cancer
Ulcerative colitis
Crohn?s disease
An overall, normal healthy lifestyle is considered a preventative measure against Colorectal Cancer. Regular exercise, diets high in vegetables and fruit, low alcohol consumption, and not smoking all provide protection against this disease. Of course, lifestyle is no guarantee, but your risk is decreased significantly.
Many early symptoms don?t get reported because patients either think the symptom is unimportant, or they are embarrassed to discuss the matter with their doctor. As the public is becoming more educated and aware, more polyps are detected early. Doctors should ask about these symptoms and discuss risks with their patients at checkup time. However, most doctors don?t take the time they should and are busy with increasing patient loads. In addition, most people don?t go in for a regular yearly checkup until something goes wrong.
In today?s healthcare environment, people need to do their homework and go to their doctor armed with knowledge. It may be uncomfortable to discuss a change in bowel movements with your doctor, but not nearly as uncomfortable as the treatments for Colorectal Cancer.
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Time.com - A Russian news channel says Chechen terrorists were plotting to assassinate Vladimir Putin. Opponents think it may be an attempt to shore up support for Putin before next week's presidential election
As the name signifies online higher education degree from online special education schools is meant for training deserving teachers that are ready to improve their abilities and needing to make job in special education ( ordinarily college students with special education specifications and requirements). As you can imagine, making career in this profession is pretty difficult as educators have to take proper care of their students with special educational needs. In contrast to other traditional teachers this work demands much more from mentors and educators but when it comes to benefits and remunerations they can expect to see far better pay packages and other positive aspects.
you?ll find several types of modules available in special education university for example Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in schooling or special education. Most online special education institution modules are devised to train young and aspiring minds based on Response to Intervention approaches since most students would have special requirements to be addressed by them. Depending upon your convenience and choice you can select a particular type of program from various courses available. Most schools, for instance St. Joseph University, University of Phoenix, Ashford University, Liberty University among a number of others. For eligibility requirements, selection approach and fee details you should check with the relevant web site vigilantly and in case of any doubt you have to speak to them privately before getting yourself enrolled.
Another essential point in online special education schools is that you need to possess special character traits and bent of mind so that you can enjoy working with university students with special needs and disabilities. If you feel you?ve got such characteristics and temperament to manage such college students and you?re self enthusiastic, well-organized, cool minded, in the position to encourage others and capable to recognize those who need you, then there is a great news that you can find thousands of vacancies available even in the US itself. In United States all state governments necessitate that you should be licensed to teach children with special requirements. Quite a few states require you to have a bachelors higher education degree while others specially expect you to have at least a Master?s degree, so you should check all these details comprehensively.
If you?re already working in any other job, or have family issues due to which you can?t show up at programs full time at the university, you may then think about obtaining your Higher education degree online. you can find quite a few schools and schools which offer online college diploma training programs. If you?re already an educator and must get your diploma so that you can be registered to teach in your subject area, then too, receiving a college degree online will come in handy for you.
You can begin off by receiving an Undergraduate Diploma in learning and continue with a Master?s or even a Doctorate College degree with an learning major. When you study for these degrees online, you can work while you?re studying. The plans can be extremely adaptable and you can pace yourself as you study. It is possible to work through the program at a reduced rate as well, if that makes balancing your life a lot easier .
These days the majority of the top colleges and schools offer programs online. You will be offered modules in the form of online training courses and presentations which you can access online. You will probably have to refer to many standard text book and reference books. You will normally be provided with the list of the books necessary for your study at the start of the certification from online special education schools
Find all the data as well as entry requirements relating to special education schools here.
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Airflow obstruction and reduced lung function increase the risk of heart failurePublic release date: 25-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: ESC Press Office press@escardio.org 33-492-948-627 European Society of Cardiology
Low spirometry readings are 'strongly predictive'
Sophia Antipolis, 25 February 2012: A large population-based study has found that lung function and obstructive airway diseases are strongly and independently associated with increased risk of heart failure. Importantly, say the investigators, this association was even evident in never-smokers and was still evident after adjustment for smoking status and number of years smoking. This, they add, indicates "that our results are not primarily confounded by smoking".
Heart failure is by far the single biggest reason for acute hospital admission. Around 30 million people in Europe have heart failure and its incidence is still increasing: more cases are being identified, more people are living to an old age, and more are surviving a heart attack (but with damage to the heart muscle).
The latest study, published on Friday 25 February 2012 in the European Journal of Heart Failure, found that the long-term risk of developing heart failure increased with reduced lung function as measured by forced expiratory volume (FEV1) by spirometry, findings which were not altered by age, prior heart disease, or cardiovascular risk factors (including smoking).(1) The results were derived from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, a population-based cohort from the USA, funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, in which almost 16,000 adults aged 45 - 64 years were followed for an average of 15 years.
The investigators acknowledge that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common co-morbidity in patients with heart failure, and vice versa. However, not until very recently has prior COPD been shown as a long-term risk factor for heart failure. Indeed, an editorial accompanying the report says that the study now "strengthens the hypothesis that pulmonary obstruction itself is a major risk factor for heart failure".(2)
The editorial goes on to say that "thinking of heart failure as a possible cause in any patient with shortness of breath and fatigue, or an increase in such symptoms, irrespective of other disease labels, including COPD, means that physicians need to reset their clinical reasoning", and reconsider their pharmacological management.
Baseline data of the ARIC cohort was collected between 1987 and 1989 and included information on socioeconomic indicators, medical history, family history, cardiovascular risk factors, serum chemistries, ECGs, medication use, and lung volumes. Three re-examinations followed the baseline visit, as well as annual telephone interviews and active surveillance of hospitalisations and death. Incident heart failure was ascertained from hospital records and death certificates up to 2005 in 13,660 eligible subjects.
Hazard ratios for heart failure, which were calculated according to quartiles of FEV1 in both men and women and adjusted for age, smoking and height, increased steadily over descending quartiles of FEV1. After further adjustment for CVD risk factors, the hazard ratio for heart failure comparing the lowest with the highest quartile FEV1 was 3.91 for white women, 3.03 for white men, 2.11 for black women, and 2.23 for black men. These associations were seen at all levels of smoking.
Thus, the investigators advise that a low FEV1 reading by spirometry "was strongly predictive" of heart failure, independent of other CVD risk markers.
The study's first author, Dr Sunil Agarwal from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, said that the results, when interpreted in the context of existing scientific evidence, support a temporal relationship between low lung capacity and development of heart failure. "This risk, he added, "given a low FEV1, is similar in magnitude - and may be stronger - than that seen for common and modifiable risk factors such as diabetes or hypertension. The public health implications are huge, particularly since smoking and air pollution affect lung function adversely. So it will be important to determine whether interventions that sustain or improve FEV1 are associated with lower risk of heart failure."
Dr Agarwal noted "multiple drivers" (such as genetic or environmental factors) as a potential explanation for the association. Smoking is known to be associated with heart failure, although in this study the association with low FEV1 was also present in never-smokers. He added that a recent study by Barr et al, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed an association between subclinical emphysema with impaired relaxation of the heart, a process which may contribute to the development of heart failure. (3) "Whether pulmonary shunting of blood due to COPD, pulmonary hypertension or arrhythmias also drive this association remains unclear at this time," he said.
"Our study does add to a growing literature indicating that COPD or low FEV1 influence ones risk of heart failure, even if the observed association cannot be equated with causation. So we have to focus on interventions to prevent or reverse COPD or improve FEV1, and to test whether such interventions reduce the risk of heart failure. Given the complex interaction between the respiratory and cardio-circulatory functions, causation will be hard to disentangle."
Commenting on the patient management implications of the study, Dr Gerardo Heiss, the study's senior investigator, said: "COPD is common in patients with heart failure, but we cannot infer from our results that screening for COPD will reduce the risk of heart failure, or that managing COPD in heart failure patients will improve outcomes. However, our results should add to the growing awareness among practitioners that patients with COPD do have a higher risk of heart failure, and that shortness of breath or impaired vigour should not be ascribed prima facie to COPD without careful consideration of the presence of heart failure."
###
Notes for editors
1. Agarwal SK, Heiss G, Barr RG, et al. Airflow obstruction, lung function and risk of incident heart failure: The atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study. Eur J Heart Fail 2012; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfs016
2. Rutten FH, Hoes, AW. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a slowly progressive cardiovascular disease masked by its pulmonary effects? Eur J Heart Fail 2012; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfs022
3. Barr RG, Bluemke DA, Ahmed FS, et al. Percent emphysema, airflow obstruction, and impaired left ventricular filling. N Engl J Med 2010; 362: 217-227.
* The main symptoms of heart failure are breathlessness (dyspnoea), tiredness and weakness, and oedema (swelling in the legs and ankles).
The European Journal of Heart Failure is a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.It is published on behalf of the ESC by Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press. Please acknowledge the journal as a source in any articles.
About the European Society of Cardiology
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) represents more than 71,200 cardiology professionals across Europe and the Mediterranean. Its mission is to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in Europe.
http://www.escardio.org/
More information on this press release, contact details and a PDF of the paper are available from the ESCs press office
press@escardio.org
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Airflow obstruction and reduced lung function increase the risk of heart failurePublic release date: 25-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: ESC Press Office press@escardio.org 33-492-948-627 European Society of Cardiology
Low spirometry readings are 'strongly predictive'
Sophia Antipolis, 25 February 2012: A large population-based study has found that lung function and obstructive airway diseases are strongly and independently associated with increased risk of heart failure. Importantly, say the investigators, this association was even evident in never-smokers and was still evident after adjustment for smoking status and number of years smoking. This, they add, indicates "that our results are not primarily confounded by smoking".
Heart failure is by far the single biggest reason for acute hospital admission. Around 30 million people in Europe have heart failure and its incidence is still increasing: more cases are being identified, more people are living to an old age, and more are surviving a heart attack (but with damage to the heart muscle).
The latest study, published on Friday 25 February 2012 in the European Journal of Heart Failure, found that the long-term risk of developing heart failure increased with reduced lung function as measured by forced expiratory volume (FEV1) by spirometry, findings which were not altered by age, prior heart disease, or cardiovascular risk factors (including smoking).(1) The results were derived from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, a population-based cohort from the USA, funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, in which almost 16,000 adults aged 45 - 64 years were followed for an average of 15 years.
The investigators acknowledge that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common co-morbidity in patients with heart failure, and vice versa. However, not until very recently has prior COPD been shown as a long-term risk factor for heart failure. Indeed, an editorial accompanying the report says that the study now "strengthens the hypothesis that pulmonary obstruction itself is a major risk factor for heart failure".(2)
The editorial goes on to say that "thinking of heart failure as a possible cause in any patient with shortness of breath and fatigue, or an increase in such symptoms, irrespective of other disease labels, including COPD, means that physicians need to reset their clinical reasoning", and reconsider their pharmacological management.
Baseline data of the ARIC cohort was collected between 1987 and 1989 and included information on socioeconomic indicators, medical history, family history, cardiovascular risk factors, serum chemistries, ECGs, medication use, and lung volumes. Three re-examinations followed the baseline visit, as well as annual telephone interviews and active surveillance of hospitalisations and death. Incident heart failure was ascertained from hospital records and death certificates up to 2005 in 13,660 eligible subjects.
Hazard ratios for heart failure, which were calculated according to quartiles of FEV1 in both men and women and adjusted for age, smoking and height, increased steadily over descending quartiles of FEV1. After further adjustment for CVD risk factors, the hazard ratio for heart failure comparing the lowest with the highest quartile FEV1 was 3.91 for white women, 3.03 for white men, 2.11 for black women, and 2.23 for black men. These associations were seen at all levels of smoking.
Thus, the investigators advise that a low FEV1 reading by spirometry "was strongly predictive" of heart failure, independent of other CVD risk markers.
The study's first author, Dr Sunil Agarwal from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, said that the results, when interpreted in the context of existing scientific evidence, support a temporal relationship between low lung capacity and development of heart failure. "This risk, he added, "given a low FEV1, is similar in magnitude - and may be stronger - than that seen for common and modifiable risk factors such as diabetes or hypertension. The public health implications are huge, particularly since smoking and air pollution affect lung function adversely. So it will be important to determine whether interventions that sustain or improve FEV1 are associated with lower risk of heart failure."
Dr Agarwal noted "multiple drivers" (such as genetic or environmental factors) as a potential explanation for the association. Smoking is known to be associated with heart failure, although in this study the association with low FEV1 was also present in never-smokers. He added that a recent study by Barr et al, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed an association between subclinical emphysema with impaired relaxation of the heart, a process which may contribute to the development of heart failure. (3) "Whether pulmonary shunting of blood due to COPD, pulmonary hypertension or arrhythmias also drive this association remains unclear at this time," he said.
"Our study does add to a growing literature indicating that COPD or low FEV1 influence ones risk of heart failure, even if the observed association cannot be equated with causation. So we have to focus on interventions to prevent or reverse COPD or improve FEV1, and to test whether such interventions reduce the risk of heart failure. Given the complex interaction between the respiratory and cardio-circulatory functions, causation will be hard to disentangle."
Commenting on the patient management implications of the study, Dr Gerardo Heiss, the study's senior investigator, said: "COPD is common in patients with heart failure, but we cannot infer from our results that screening for COPD will reduce the risk of heart failure, or that managing COPD in heart failure patients will improve outcomes. However, our results should add to the growing awareness among practitioners that patients with COPD do have a higher risk of heart failure, and that shortness of breath or impaired vigour should not be ascribed prima facie to COPD without careful consideration of the presence of heart failure."
###
Notes for editors
1. Agarwal SK, Heiss G, Barr RG, et al. Airflow obstruction, lung function and risk of incident heart failure: The atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study. Eur J Heart Fail 2012; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfs016
2. Rutten FH, Hoes, AW. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a slowly progressive cardiovascular disease masked by its pulmonary effects? Eur J Heart Fail 2012; doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfs022
3. Barr RG, Bluemke DA, Ahmed FS, et al. Percent emphysema, airflow obstruction, and impaired left ventricular filling. N Engl J Med 2010; 362: 217-227.
* The main symptoms of heart failure are breathlessness (dyspnoea), tiredness and weakness, and oedema (swelling in the legs and ankles).
The European Journal of Heart Failure is a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.It is published on behalf of the ESC by Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press. Please acknowledge the journal as a source in any articles.
About the European Society of Cardiology
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) represents more than 71,200 cardiology professionals across Europe and the Mediterranean. Its mission is to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in Europe.
http://www.escardio.org/
More information on this press release, contact details and a PDF of the paper are available from the ESCs press office
press@escardio.org
[ | E-mail | Share ]
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AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Many newlyweds now stray away from the ?typical? honeymoon and look for more adventurous ways to take full advantage of their once in a lifetime vacation. Here are the top deals for adventurous newlyweds looking for the most exotic honeymoon destinations.
Auckland, New Zealand
If you choose to visit New Zealand for your adventurous honeymoon getaway, you?ll find the SKYCITY Grand Hotel an irresistible accommodation. Not only does this 5-star hotel offer day spas and award-winning cuisine, they offer many honeymoon packages that feature even more perks,such as Auckland City Sights Tours and free tickets to the SKYCITY entertainment complex, with a large range of restaurants, cafes and bars, a theatre, the iconic Sky Tower and 24 hour casinos.
Auckland offers adventurers endless options for activity and fun, such as hiking the Waitakere Ranges with its impressive waterfalls and beautiful beaches.
Also a literal ?hot spot? for adventurers, you and your new spouse can hike to Auckland?s many volcanic cones, such as One Tree Hill or Mount Eden. Honeymooners can also take a ferry from downtown to the popular volcanic island of Rangitoto where you can climb to the summit for fantastic and romantic views of the city.
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok loves to attract tourists, especially honeymooners. A popular hotel for tourists, the Radisson Hotel in Bangkok offers honeymoon packages, some of which involve complimentary food and drink, as well as guaranteed luxury rooms at an unbeatable price. This exotic hotspot not only offers visits to the historical Grand Palace, endless museums and Buddist temples, but honeymooners can also take bicycle tours of Bangkok from downtown to China Town. Boat trips are also popular, especially those along the Chao Phraya River.
Fiji
Fiji will prove a honeymooner?s paradise. You will find amazing accommodations, including Hilton?s Fiji Beach Resort & Spa, which loves pampering its honeymoon guests with free breakfast and often offers an extra night?s stay for free. Another great accommodation for newlyweds, The Naviti Resort also offers free breakfasts, fruit baskets and wine to help you celebrate your new marriage.Fiji, located in the gorgeous South Pacific Ocean, consists of an archipelago with 332 islands, approximately 110 of which are inhabited, which leads to a lot of exploring for adventurous newlyweds. In addition to exploring uninhabited islands, some of the most popular activities in Fiji include whitewater rafting and sea kayaking.
Hong Kong, China
Not only is The Peninsula Hong Kong one of the best hotels in the world, it?s one of the most recognizable historic buildings in Hong Kong. The Peninsula Hotel has some of the world?s top restaurants right inside its doors, including the gourmet French restaurant Gaddi?s, which has one of the first Chef?s Tables in Hong Kong. You may even get to catch one of The Peninsula Hotel?s famous fashion shows as it?s hosted world renown brands such as Chanel, Dior, Herm?s, Gucci, Prada, Shiatzy Chen, Louis Vuitton and Cartier.For adventurous honeymooners, Hong Kong holds endless opportunities, such as beautiful beaches, top-rated amusement parks, endless shopping and marketplaces, not to mention the bountiful cultural stops including museums, nature tours and numerous exciting, historical festivals that take place throughout the year.
Moorea, French Polynesia
An island northwest of Tahiti, Moorea was declared the most beautiful island in the world by the popular Frommer?s travel guide. Known for its honeymoon packages, Moorea Pearl Resort & Spa will wine and dine you with free champagne after you return from a day of swimming, snorkeling and discovering the island?s many volcanoes and coral reefs.Other popular activities for adventurous honeymooners include surfing, hiking and horseback riding, which is a great way to see the beautiful interior of the island, where you can pick fresh fruits from trees and pineapples from the ground to eat.
Phuket, Thailand
The Chedi Hotel Phuket in Thailand is known for its luxurious thatched cottages and miles of sandy, private beaches where honeymooners can snorkel, sea kayak and even venture on jungle safaris. Thailand has it all and when it comes to honeymoon packages. The Chedi Hotel Phuket offers are hard to beat with free spa treatments, fruit baskets, flowers and lovely decorated rooms for those just married.Scuba diving is immensely popular in Phuket, as well as jet skiing and parasailing.
Phuket has also become the sailing and yachting center of Thailand, so there are bountiful trips and packages to choose from. As if that?s not enough, Phuket is also a popular spot for diving, windsurfing, deep sea fishing and sea canoeing.Using this guide to the top exotic honeymoon destinations from around the world will save you valuable time as you prepare for your wedding, and all accommodations listed here guarantee quality arrangements. Most importantly, they promise a honeymoon of a lifetime, especially for those adventurous newlyweds.
Austin Fales is a freelance writer who writes about travel and leisure topics including finding the perfect honeymoon destinations.
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - TiVo Inc added 234,000 new subscribers in the fourth quarter as the maker of digital television recorders sold more of its products through agreements with cable operators.
PETERSBURG - Snow on Sunday with highs above 80 degrees Friday, and weird weather isn't over just yet.
Around 1 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch, meaning conditions are ripe for tornadic activity, for the area until 8 p.m. Friday.
"It's just the way the weather has been moving today," said Mike Rusnak, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wakefield. Rusnak explained that with the warm weather ahead of a cold front, it could lead to tornado activity.
Chesterfield, Prince George, Dinwiddie, Colonial Heights, Hopewell and Petersburg were among more than 35 localities affected by the tornado watch.
But wind gusts only peaked at 22 mph yesterday at Dinwiddie County Airport, according to the National Weather Service.
About 35 customers in Petersburg were without power as of 8:30 p.m. yesterday after the worst of the storm passed, according to the Dominion Virginia Power website.
Last year, 51 tornadoes hit Virginia, the second highest number on record. To encourage tornado awareness and safety, Gov. Bob McDonnell has proclaimed March 20 as Tornado Preparedness Day. Tornado season is unofficially considered to begin in March, according to the Associated Press.
The governor's office is encouraging businesses and organizations, schools and colleges, and families and individuals to practice taking cover from tornadoes by participating in the Statewide Tornado Drill, set for 9:45 a.m. March 20. At that time, the National Weather Service will send a test tornado warning that will trigger a tone alert and broadcast message on NOAA Weather Radio. The message will be picked up by TV and radio broadcasters, simulating what listeners will hear during an actual tornado warning.
When the test tornado warning is sounded, people should move as quickly as possible to a safe area in their building. Safe areas are basements and crawl spaces, as well as interior rooms, bathrooms, closets or hallways on the lowest level of a building. In choosing a safe area, stay away from windows. Once in the safe area, crouch down or sit on the floor, facing down, and cover heads with hands.
- F.M. Wiggins may be reached at 804-732-3456, ext. 3254 or fwiggins@progress-index.com.
Each and every car accidents require auto accident reconstruction now. Without the detail analysis, it is not easy to find the exact reason of the car accident and at the same time, the culprit of the car accident. The car accident analysis could be done in various ways. However, the best way of doing a car accident analysis is the forensics study. The forensics study could find out the exact reason of the car accident.? If your car has suffered from a car accident, then you should go ahead to find an expert in computer forensics. Forensics study can be done in two ways. It can be done manually and at the same time, it could be done digitally, over the computer. Once you think that you should go for the forensics study means, you should go for the computer forensics, instead of the manual forensics technology.
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Reuters - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will undergo another operation in the coming days after doctors in Cuba found a lesion in his pelvis where surgeons removed a large cancerous tumor last year, he said on Tuesday.
February 22nd, 2012Amplify, Collaboration, Community, Google, Highlights, Social Media, Twitter
Well it finally arrived, my fair well email from?+eric goldstein, CEO of Amplify. Here are a few reflections on the time I spent on this great platform dating back to late 2009.
I wandered into Amplify from experimenting with Ning. Engagement in Ning had been Ok, but I was missing depth of conversation, people didn?t seem to have time to hang around and so it came as welcome surprise to be greeted so warmly on arrival at Amplify.
One of the first people to follow my account was Eric himself, which I still consider to be one of the highlights and is a real?#insight?for anyone managing a community. Soon there after I realised that this platform was different. It was a community of thoughtful considerate people who took time to engage, share and support one another around topics that were meaningful ? it was like a grown ups meeting place.
The Amplify team were constantly on the ball making improvements, asking for suggestions and generally involving themselves in the day to day running of the platform. I soon found my place and began to develop deeper relationships with great people like?+Joe Hackman+Flavio Pic?+Dave Grossman?+Alex Schleber?+JL Effron?+Daniel Durrant?+Jan Wyllie?+Elle D?Coda?+Stefan Svartling?+Meri Walker+Louis Gray?+Tim Southernwood?+June M?+Kurt Geer?+Diane Bjorling?+Ramon Nuez?+Polly Jones?+Morgaine LeFaye?+Danielle Ricks+Victoria Kamm?+Alex Puig?+Paul Chaney?+Viggo Andersen?+Tim Moore +Hugh Briss?+Bill Masson?+Grey Drane?+Lyndi Thompson?+Russ Jackson+Nick Floro?+Theo Tol?+Ileane Smith?to name but a few, if I missed you from the list, sorry, it?s not intentional, but the post must go on!
One of the joys of being involved with Amplify was the ability to help carve out it?s structure and features. Early on I helped Amplify become aquainted with?+Loic Le Meur?who?d purchased?ping.fm?- integration with Amplify occured soon after. I then suggested to the Ampteam, as they were affectionately known, to add?#Apture, under the control at that time by?+Tristan Harris. Again the team formed a partnership and the Apture features were rolled out. Over time I got used to curating content using the clipper and the more I used it the more I understood the benefit of being able to find needles in the haystacks.
Currently there is all kinds of uproar and attention being focused on copyrighted material and ultimately it could result in fingers being pointed at curation platforms, Pinterest being one that comes to mind. Amplify took this into consideration and went through a number of revisions in policy about the amount the clipper could clip, so as to stay within the rules of copyright. As a result, we as the community, learnt about the importance of copyright, fair selection and citation; each clip that was made was elegantly framed, always cited correctly with a clear URL included to the original and the limit of clipped text restricted.
Some current clipping services like the new owner of Amplify,?+Gary Flake, from Clipboard, and?+Dorian Selz?from Memonic may want to review the issue of how much is legally allowed to be clipped, as both services, as far as I?m aware offer unlimited characters, which may not adhere to all the copyright and creative commons regulations ? I?m sure there are others here on G+ who can add more detailed information to support this, and?+eric goldstein?himself can for sure add support if asked.
Amplify had the a canary effect on me, I sang about it sweetly where ever I could. At every possible opportunity I would mention it to people, many came to the service from Twitter and Facebook, some stayed longer than others? I?m sure?+Marcia Conner?will remember the?#lrnchat?sessions where eventually people would say, yes, yes, we know about Amplify now Paul. As?+Michael Wu?would confirm, I was indeed a classic case of a ?Superfan?. Amplify never paid me a penny, nor any of the people listed above. My reason for singing was simply to let others know about this great place where we gathered the best of content and discussed it beyond a restriction of 140 characters.
Eric wanted, and indeed attained, a ?Cheers Bar? like feel to the site, he also described Amplify as a Parisian cafe, a place to pop in to get out of the hussle and bussle of the main noise, I agree with him, it did have that feel for a long time. Things of course did not go according to plan and changes made were not always popular, though Eric did his best to steer a fair course, eventually the community began to disperse which leads up to the recent announcement.
Before this post turns into a chapter of a book, I?d simply like to say a final Adios to the Amplify team and to my friend Eric and those who I?ve developed great friendships with, many of whom are now here on G+, so?
To all my friends at the?Amplify?bar, THANK YOU?and keep in touch!
Below are a couple of classic Amplify posts that many of you may remember, I hope they once again bring a smile to your face? (btw, all my posts and your comments are safely saved on my WP site at?http://simbeckhampson.com)
1. The Amplify Parade -?http://simbeckhampson.com/2010/05/21/the-amplify-parade-amplify-egoldstein-lrnchat-edtech-twitter-creative-innochat/ 2. Describe Amplify in Less Than 6 Words -?http://simbeckhampson.com/2010/08/18/amplify-in-less-than-6-words-live-voting-form-amplify/(for?+Jane Hart?Top 100 list, 305 comments) 3. Ampsters Love to Rock -?http://simbeckhampson.com/2010/05/10/ampsters-love-to-rock-amplify-lrnchat-fun-blogchat-morefun-ampsters/ 4. Ampsters, Sunnies, Margarita & Einstein -?http://simbeckhampson.com/2010/05/10/ampsters-sunnies-margarita-einstein-4-socratoad-marlon-j-frausto/
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Who can resist those heart-tugging eyes on the commercials? Well, it depends on how one defines resistance. As discussed in this article:
Despite research from the Ad Council that found people are not motivated to adopt pets by sad pictures of pets behind bars or stories of suffering, those types of messages are still constantly being used by groups whose stated goal is to get pets adopted.
What those messages do is two-fold. First, they make people feel miserable and overwhelmed. They also tend to make people break out the checkbook. That?s right; they?re good for raising money, not finding homes for pets.
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People who are confident and informed enough to adopt from shelters, already are doing so. But there is a vast, untapped, pool of potential pet adopters who are not being well served by their current shelters. If we could engage these willing adopters; we would solve a lot of animal problems.
The ?puppy mill? production problem. There?s a lot of people who keep the mills churning in their clueless attempts to get a ?bargain? pedigreed dog or cat. They do this because they can?t, or won?t, pay full freight for a top-notch purebred. But somehow they feel that a pedigree means something, so when they see a purebred in a pet store or a backyard breeder; they jump at it.
But they are mistaken. Not only are they perpetuating a cruel practice, they are also getting ripped off. These poorly bred, and unsocialized, puppies and kittens are plagued with health and personality problems. They wind up spending far more than the purchase price on vet bills.
The ?animal dumping? problem. Many people will be forced by circumstance to no longer have a home where they can keep their pet. But they also cannot turn them into a kill shelter. This is what compels them to drive to a rural area, and simply dump them.
While I feel this is also a cruel practice, no question, I think it would be a very different matter if there were more places where someone could leave their pet, and know they had a shot at another home. This is what they tell themselves when they cannot walk through the shelter doors, and instead drop them off on a lonely road.
The ?fear of a shelter pet? problem. This is something those of us who have pet evaluation and rehabilitation abilities might not understand. Many people turn to a purebred out of misplaced confidence that this will ensure a better outcome.
They would have a much better chance with a properly evaluated shelter pet, who has had the benefit of caring people and a more normal living environment. A good shelter is also in a position to help with some support if the adopters run into problems, or need some teaching help.
The ?death station? shelter problem. But when we look at a lot of shelters; we understand the fear. The cats are in cages, not socialized, and the attendants might not know anything about them, or even care.
A shelter who euthanizes most of their animals is going to create a bad atmosphere; it?s inevitable. How can volunteers or shelter workers keep trying in the face of mostly certain doom? This creates depression, demotivation, and eventually, cruel practices against the animals that are seen as ?the cause? of their painful emotions.
I fell into my amateur cat rescue because everywhere I turned, there appeared an abandoned or abused cat who needed a home. I could give them one; and with modern technology such as the cable access channel and email networks, I could then get them another one.
I had never realized the power of my humble home when it came to people adopting my ?shelter? cats. They could see the cat living in a place with people and other animals, not isolated in a cage. They could talk to someone who knew the cat very well, and could answer their questions.
Of course, real shelters need something more professional. But it turns out, real shelters need more of those home touches, too.
Because when it comes right down to it, the job is rescue and rehoming.
Read more about the No Kill Shelter Movement.
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AmiOfTheRain
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can I reserve a spot for emo teen #2?
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Paradigm
Member for 4 years
I think I shall reserve Best Friend 3. I have an interesting idea for that character.
EDIT: I think you might've messed up on the character sheet though. There's slots for 'abilities' and 'what your tattoo looks like', which doesn't seem to be in keeping with the RP.
The Painkiller
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I was wondering about that aswell, I'm assuming that it refers to unique skills our characters would possess..
Paradigm
Member for 4 years
Alright, I edited it out of the skelly. My friend was typing up that part of the roleplay, so I know where she got the skelly from. Anyway, reserves accepted. I trust you guys to have your characters in soon since I'm not really one to talk. :) Thanks for pointing that out guys. But if you want me to put skills or things your characters are good at just let me know. Or even just put it in Other. :D
Velvet: sorry, but I'm making the character for that spot. Feel free to pick another spot though!
AmiOfTheRain
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Oh dang I already made my awesome character sheet and stuff :( oh well then XD
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