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A Week To Remember: Returning To Normalcy, Post Hurricane Sandy
For those of you who don't know, while my company is headquartered in Northern, VA, I personally live in New Jersey and was among those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Here is my account of what I am affectionately calling: A Week to Remember! As posted on the U.S. Inspect Blog this morning.
Part 1
After eight days without power, hot water and heat, I am happily returning to work today post-Hurricane Sandy. I feel guilty enjoying my 69-degree office and the ability to tap away at the computer keys, as if this past week is already a distant memory, when so many (including my parents and in-laws who are staying here tonight as temperatures dip into the 20s) are still without the comforts of home.
It was a week to remember indeed. Shortly after the storm first made it's angry appearance in our neighborhood early Monday evening, the lights swiftly went out while I washed the dinner dishes (they would remain extinguished for the next eight days--and eventually I boiled water to finish the dishes). I almost forgot how frightened my children would be. My husband and I had pretty much planned on this happening for days. Both my daughters (3 years old and 18 months respectively) cried out for me. Despite how prepared I was, I lost my breath and my heart raced with an inability to see them and comfort them while we fumbled for the flashlights that we strategically placed all over the home a few hours earlier.
Over the next hour, we settled into a new groove. Having a toddler meant that we explained why the lights were not on, in many different ways, every few minutes, over and over again. We lit a candle and we talked about what we wanted for Christmas. (Who doesn't want to think about Christmas presents, I thought). We learned that my 3-year old wants a remote control airplane that she saw someone using in the park this past spring. This was a complete surprise to my husband and I and we sat and listened to the story of when she first saw one.?
It all was kind of "neat" until the winds really picked up. By 9:00 pm we tried to calm and wind-down everyone for sleep. To be honest, it was mom and dad who were having trouble preparing for sleeping through the storm. We placed the baby in the crib, toddler in a sleeping bag on our floor (she eventually moved to our bed)...and off to sleep we went. Ehh, not so much. We tried to drift off to sleep but the storm was at its peak during those bulk hours of evening sleep and the sounds of things slamming against the house was too much to take. One tree fell. We were rattled by some horrible crashing noises that ended up just being a neighbor's Rubbermaid storage tub slamming against our house. Finally when a large oak tree seemed to be unstably swaying towards the house and more specifically the bedroom in which we slept, we nervously and quickly moved the entire family downstairs.
We moved the coffee table and slept together on the living room floor for the rest of the night. A "sleepover" as our toddler described it. Luckily, as long as we were sleeping along side her, she was pleased as punch. The baby slept through the whole thing.
All night long my husband and I exchanged whispers of "are you awake?" "Did you hear that?!" And we alternated investigating the noises we heard and turning off electronic devices as they lost battery power throughout the night. I never really thought about how many devices we have in our home with battery back-up. Every time we fell asleep, as batteries died, one item after the other all night long would start beeping for attention and jolt us awake again.?
But all in all, we made it through the night unscathed. No home damage. And a loss of power and the one down tree in our backyard seemed to be the extent of our experience with Sandy.
Little did we imagine what the next week would hold for us...
Part 2
We never knew how bad the storm really was but through rumor and stories. It's funny, when you are in the disaster area yourself, you don't watch the news because you can't--you are completely cut off from everything. All you know is what is outside your front door, and you slowly try to cope with what unfolds. We would later learn of the extent of the damage to New Jersey and we accepted the fact that we would not be receiving relief for a while as all trucks, workers, etc. were quickly diverted to the hardest hit areas to the south of us.?
It was eerily quiet and dead outside. No one had power, the streets were quiet. And the typical bustle of work trucks removing trees and restoring power didn't come. For many days.
A slight feeling of panic did start to set in at times. We all tried to remain calm and patient. And I have to say, having to explain what was happening to my children, I think made us much more reasonable, calm and patient. "There are some people in another town that need help much more than us right now. All the men and the trucks are working really hard to help those people and when they are finished they will come here and help our family."
Without hot water to bathe and wash, without heat and temperatures dropping quickly, my in-laws secured a generator and took us in. We packed up the girls for two days and left our home. It took about an hour to travel the normally half-hour ride to Grandma and Grandpa's. We carefully followed detours and snaked our way from our home to theirs, gasping every so often and thanking God for the blessings we received, as many of the homes we passed did not fare so well.?
After those first two days, we realized this was going to be much longer than we anticipated. But we rallied!?We returned to our home, now 50 degrees, and gathered more clothes and supplies.??At this point we realized that it was going to take a moving van to get us home when we finally left, but we made sure we had everything we needed for about seven days.?We emptied our refrigerator for a final time and tried to save as much as possible. A large pork shoulder in the freezer was perfect for some pulled pork. My husband lugged the smoker down to the in-law's and a half a day later we fed 12 people plus leftovers for all. It was fabulous. It's funny how food becomes such a part of how we comfort ourselves in hard times. Gathering around the table--calling others without power to come have a shower and a meal--people do come together in crisis.?
The girls were great. Their routines were all disrupted, they slept in new and unusual places, they even went through a time change! They handled it all beautifully. During the 8 days following the storm, people came and went taking showers, breaking bread together, talking and laughing--and really not doing too much complaining.
Even as gas grew dangerously scarce, we remained calm and waited on the three-hour lines to secure the fuel we required to keep our little bed and breakfast in operation. A drive to Pennsylvania on our 5th day finally secured us with enough gas to keep us 12 hours ahead of our needs so we could slightly relax. Things continued as "usual" for several more days. The generator went on, we showered, we ate, we cleaned the yard, we helped our neighbors, we turned off the generator and went to sleep. We lost track of the day of the week and even the hour.
It all felt like a disaster movie. We just continued to be shocked by everything we saw. Everyday the gas lines were unimaginably longer, they pushed cars through the queues when drivers waited just a little too long to fill up, we moved to odd and even day fill-ups like during the gas crisis...we scrounged through dimly lit grocery stores for "dry goods only," and I was escourted through another store by a sales lady with a flashlight and a clipboard, noting the cost of items I was buying.?
Then one day, as we knew would happen. Power was simply restored. Those men and those trucks, returned just like we promised my toddler they would. And while many still sit waiting patiently for their turn, portions of the State are now returning to normalcy. We are just now beginning to see the gravity of the storm damage to our State and we breathe sighs of relief for our homes and our families and say prayers for those who have it far worse.?
To top it all off, we even found time to elect a President. This will certainly be a week to remember for the rest of our lives, and I sure am glad that is the case. Because I never want us to forget what we learned during these few short (yes I said short) eight days.
Just a few things that I learned:
- Always take baths on the eve of a storm! You never know how long it will be until your next one.?
- Bake cookies. Lots of them.
- Tell your family what to do when the lights go out, similar to how you teach them what to do in case of a fire. "Stay still and Mommy will find you and come to you."?
- Remember to change the batteries all over the house after a long outage. All our smoke detectors etc. have exhausted their batteries and no longer chirp to remind us because it's been too long.
- The TV, everyday routines, they all can keep you from truly spending time with your family.?
- Don't be afraid to learn new things! I can start a generator now--it's not hard at all and not a big deal--but we should attack all new things with gusto because most of the time it's not as big of a deal as we make it to be.
- Be a portable, flexible, positive person. It's easier to move on quickly when if you fall, you can bounce back.
- We are stronger, more flexible, and more patient and kind than we ever realized, and we should stop reserving those skills only for times of crisis.
Be safe all! For those in my State and others still without power, heat and hot water, our prayers are with you.
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Posted By: Chrissy Doremus,?of the U.S. Inspect Agent Resource Center
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Gift of a Cow Brings Promise of a Future
(NewsUSA) ? Like many children in Central Java, Indonesia, 14-year-old Taufik has little. He shares a cramped one-bedroom home with his parents, both employed as street sweepers. Most days, the money they bring home is not enough to cover basic necessities like food and clothing, but now there is hope.
Earlier this year, a load of livestock donated through ChildFund?s Gifts of Love & Hope catalog was delivered to the community. Taufik?s family received a cow. ?We are thankful for the cow that was given to us, and also the training to breed it,? says Taufik?s mother, Sri Rahayu. ?Now I have several plans for the future.?
The gift of a cow holds much promise for Taufik and his parents ? food security and a potential business of selling surplus milk. Sri Rahayu has taken basic economics classes through ChildFund and is already planning how to generate extra income. ?Perhaps a small food place ? anything that will help us to get more money for the family,? she says.
With the help of ChildFund community volunteers, Taufik and his mother also are learning how to care for the cow properly. In their community, grass is plentiful, so feeding the cow is easy and inexpensive. Taufik?s new after-school chore is ensuring his new friend finds pasture. ?I love my cow,? he says. ?I can play with her, and my favorite part is feeding her grass.?
Taufik?s family was among the 120 households in Central Java to receive cows, ducks and chickens through ChildFund?s Gift of Love & Hope catalog.
Each year, ChildFund asks community leaders in its program areas around the world to identify their greatest needs. Local ChildFund staff members facilitate the process and compile a list of tangible items that will benefit children and families the most. From farm animals to medical supplies, the Gifts of Love & Hope catalog is filled with items that improve the lives of children and their families. Once ordered, these items are purchased in country and delivered by ChildFund staff to children like Taufik.
Thanks to the generosity of thousands of catalog donors, children and families living in poverty receive the most precious gift ? hope.
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Source: http://toddsblogs.com/referenceandeducation/2012/11/01/gift-of-a-cow-brings-promise-of-a-future/
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Alead of the Bell: Electronic Arts posts 2Q loss
NEW YORK (AP) ? Shares of Electronic Arts dipped in premarket trading Wednesday after its outlook fell short of most Wall Street expectations.
The video game publisher posted a loss for its second quarter of $381 million, or $1.21 per share, for the July-September period. That compares with a loss of $340 million, or $1.03 per share, a year earlier.
Revenue was $711 million, down slightly from last year's $715 million.
Adjusted earnings were 15 cents per share and adjusted revenue was $1.08 billion in the latest quarter. These figures exclude special items, stock compensation expenses, and account for deferred costs and revenue from games with online components.
Analysts, on average, were expecting adjusted earnings of 11 cents per share and adjusted revenue of $1.08 billion, according to a poll by FactSet.
"We believe EA remains in a state of transition, as it builds out digital infrastructure and online revenues, while managing a declining console business," wrote Baird analyst Colin Sebastian on a note to investors.
For the current quarter, Electronic Arts Inc. expects adjusted earnings of 50 cents to 60 cents per share and revenue of $900 million to $1 billion.
Analysts are expecting higher earnings of 62 cents per share and revenue of $1.34 billion.
Shares fell 2 percent, or 27 cents, to $11.46 before the opening bell.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/alead-bell-electronic-arts-posts-2q-loss-131759457--finance.html
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Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2011 file photo, "Darth Vader" accepts the Ultimate Villain award from "Star Wars" creator George Lucas during the 2011 Scream Awards, in Los Angeles. A decade after George Lucas said "Star Wars" was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy is destined for theaters after The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, that it was buying Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
A yacht is docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about on Wednesday:
1. IN SUPERSTORM'S WAKE, A DAZED, INUNDATED NEW YORK
"Nature," says Mayor Bloomberg, assessing the damage to his city, "is an awful lot more powerful than we are."
2. ECONOMICALLY, A WASH IN THE LONG RUN
A slightly slower economy in coming weeks will likely be matched by reconstruction and storm repairs that will contribute to growth over time.
3. BEST-LAID CAMPAIGN PLANS GO AWRY
Obama cancels Ohio trip in favor of a swing through storm-ravaged New Jersey. Romney, striving for the right tone, eases up on politicking.
4. SYRIAN REGIME RESUMES AIRSTRIKES, SHELLING
The latest assaults, killing 23, level a Damascus suburb one day after what activists called the heaviest and most widespread bombing of the war.
5. WHY THE FORCE IS WITH DISNEY
The entertainment conglomerate is buying Lucasfilm Ltd., creators of "Star Wars," and it says that it'll keep the sci-fi movie franchise alive.
6. MORE THAN A OUI BIT EMBARRASSING
France's prime minister, after a series of sexist missteps by government officials, has decided that his ministers need sensitivity training.
7. HOW AIRPORTS BREEZED THROUGH THE STORM
After years of bad-weather bungling, U.S. airlines have learned that it's best to cancel flights early ? and keep the public away from flight terminals.
8. GUILTY PLEA IN 'FAST AND FURIOUS' BORDER KILLING
Mexican man's conviction is the biggest so far in a case that shamed the federal government and led to a series of congressional probes.
9. ANOTHER STEVE JOBS DREAM LAUNCHES
Just over a year after the Apple founder's death, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped make slips out of a Dutch shipyard.
10. THE NBA IS UP AND RUNNING
Lebron James gets his championship ring, then the reigning NBA champion Heat down the Celtics 120-107 in the season opener for both teams.
Associated Press5 Last-Minute Couples Halloween Costume Ideas [PHOTOS ...
Still looking for a couples Halloween costume? Fear not!
Since I've been in a relationship for a few years, I'm used to couples?Halloween costumes. I'm most proud of our costumes from two years ago, when we went as?Katy Perry and Elmo after her whole Sesame Street-low-cut shirt scandal. Do you need a last-minute couples Halloween costume? If you're still stressing about what you and your guy are going to do, fear not! We have some awesome?? and easy?? ideas. Check out the photo gallery!
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Disney Sets 'Star Wars Episode 7' For 2015
Lucasfilm purchase puts a new 'Star Wars' film alongside 'Avengers' sequel on Disney's 2015 calendar.
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Liam Neeson, Ray Park and Ewan McGregor in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace"
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Bass smashed in Nirvana video could fetch $40K
By Rolling Stone
The bass that Krist Novoselic played and Kurt Cobain smashed in the video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?will be up for auction by Christie's in London on Nov. 29.
The seller of the 1960s Japanese Zen-On bass was a teenager at the time of the video's shoot; he had applied to be an extra, and grabbed the bass from the set.
Knowing the bass would be destroyed, Novoselic sought an inexpensive piece of gear, and purchased the bass at a local pawn shop. The instrument is expected to fetch between $24,000 and more than $40,000.
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No more tears from tears
Monday, October 29, 2012
Commercial medical tapes on the market today are great at keeping medical devices attached to the skin, but often can do damage?such as skin tissue tearing?once it's time to remove them.
A research team from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) has invented a quick-release tape that has the strong adhesion properties of commercial medical tape, but without the ouch factor upon removal.
The team was led by Jeffrey Karp, PhD, BWH Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, senior study author in collaboration with The Institute for Pediatric Innovation which defined the need and requirements for a new neonatal adhesive based on national surveys of neonatal clinicians.
The study detailing the tape design will be electronically published on October 29, 2012 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research was conducted in collaboration with Robert Langer, PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The tape which achieves strong adhesion when securing medical devices to skin, but could also easily peel off safely, utilizes a three-layer design approach that sets a new paradigm for quick-release medical tapes.
"Current adhesive tapes that contain backing and adhesive layers are tailored to fracture at the adhesive-skin interface. With adults the adhesive fails leaving small remnants of adhesive on the skin while with fragile neonate skin, the fracture is more likely to occur in the skin causing significant damage," said Karp. "Our approach transitions the fracture zone away from the skin to the adhesive-backing interface thus completely preventing any harm during removal."
The approach incorporates an anisotropic adhesive interface between the backing and adhesive layers. The anisotropic properties of this middle layer means that it has different physical properties dependent on direction. For instance, take wood, which is stronger along the grain than across it.
The researchers employed laser etching and a release liner to create the anisotropic interface resulting in a medical tape with high shear strength (for strong adhesion) and low peel force (for safe, quick removal). Once the backing is peeled off, any remaining adhesive left on the skin can safely be rolled off with a finger using a "push and roll" technique.
"This is one of the biggest problems faced in the neonate units, where the patients are helpless and repeatedly wrapped in medical tapes designed for adult skin," said Bryan Laulicht, PhD, BWH Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, lead study author.
There are more than 1.5 million injuries each year in the United States caused by medical tape removal. Such injuries in babies and the elderly?populations with fragile skin?can range from skin irritation to permanent scarring.
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Brigham and Women's Hospital: http://www.brighamandwomens.org
Thanks to Brigham and Women's Hospital for this article.
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Cedexis? Openmix Platform Can Now Help Companies Avoid Amazon-Related Outages
Cedexis, a company that specializes in helping companies use multiple cloud services to improve availability and load times, just announced that it is adding Amazon Web Services to its Openmix platform. With this, Cedexis says, its users will be able to avoid the kind of downtimes Amazon experienced in the last few weeks by hosting their data in multiple AWS regions and on other clouds.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/zOafs5q4GSA/
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Solid waste bylaw targets junk mail | Te Waha Nui
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Hundreds of millions of kilograms of junk mail are delivered to households in New Zealand each year.
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A huge amount of the advertising mail is thrown away without a look, and even when it is recycled it?s all going to end up in the landfill eventually.
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Auckland Council is establishing one solid waste bylaw to replace the bylaws of the city?s seven former councils.
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Part of the plan is the new littering bylaw which says only official agencies can post unaddressed mail to letter boxes marked ?no circulars?, ?no junk mail?, and the like.
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Statistics New Zealand estimates households get more than 116,000,000kg of junk mail delivered each year.
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In 2006 a Christchurch man collected a 70kg, 1.71m stack of unaddressed mail, the majority being advertising from home improvement and electrical stores.
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Waitakere Refuse and Recycling Centre?s waste contract co-ordinator Jan Eckersley says junk mail gets stuffed into letter boxes already full of junk mail.
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?It drops out of letter boxes and is found lying on the street and it blocks drains.
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?The litter?s a big issue with junk mail, I think the last time we did a litter survey it comprised 16 per cent of litter items.?
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Operations leader at the Waitakere Refuse and Recycling Centre Laurie Blair says he sees a lot more people recycling junk mail.
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?I use myself as an example . . . I?ve got my recycle bin and I usually go straight from the mail box to the recycling bin.?
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But Eckersley says junk mail does not always get recycled.
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?Some people will just stuff their junk mail in their rubbish bag rather than recycling it and we?re trying to encourage people to recycle as much as possible.?
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According to Letterboxer, an anti-junk mail organisation, recycling is not a sustainable solution. Paper can only be recycled five to seven times before the wood fibres become too damaged.
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Sylvia Devlin, stakeholder relations manager at the Marketing Association, does not believe advertising mail has a negative environmental impact.
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?We believe it?s a bit of a red herring.?
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In the United States 5,600,000t of advertising material ends up in the country?s landfills each year.
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Devlin says the exact number of pieces of junk mail delivered in New Zealand each year is unavailable.
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?The numbers of catalogues and mailers have been increasing [in the past 10 years] but the size of them has generally been decreasing.
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?We do know the cost of delivery is around $80 million per year. Unaddressed mail is the largest marketing expense for most New Zealand retailers and it is because of its effectiveness.?
Source: http://www.tewahanui.info/twn/index.php/solid-waste-bylaw-targets-junk-mail/
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AIDS Council PSAs Use Foursquare Reference Brilliantly To Sell ...
These new PSAs for the AIDS Council, put together by the McCann Worldgroup Helsinki ad agency, equate getting busy to checking in on Foursquare.
A heterosexual couple touch each other and get undressed; right before he pulls off his skivvies, a map icon pops up with the info, ?Cathy Mills and 34 others were here.? Oh, snap. Imagine? ?You have ousted Jenny as Mayor of Brandon?s junk.?
PLACES for men (english) from McCann Worldgroup Helsinki on Vimeo.
There?s also a version where the woman starts to take off her panties and the alert reads, ?Ryan Smith and 19 others were here.? Of course, as Rebecca Cullers points outon AdFreak.
PLACES for women (english) from McCann Worldgroup Helsinki on Vimeo.
The main problem I see is that the ads play off fear and contribute to the stigma of sexual promiscuity. We should take care to remember that while your number of partners may increase your chances of getting an STD, it only takes one. Or none, if you?re born positive.
While it?s true that the ads can be seen as slut-shamey, (and reminiscent of war propaganda putting the blame on women), it?s still a pretty clever way to speak to the current generation about sex. Nobody wants to unlock the chlamydia badge.
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Plants provide accurate low-cost alternative for diagnosis of West Nile Virus
ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2012) ? While the United States has largely been spared the scourge of mosquito-borne diseases endemic to the developing world -- including yellow fever, malaria and dengue fever -- mosquito-related illnesses in the US are on the rise. One pathogen of increasing concern in the U.S. is an arbovirus known as West Nile.
Now Qiang "Shawn" Chen, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute and a professor in the College of Technology and Innovation has developed a new method of testing for West Nile, using plants to produce biological reagents for detection and diagnosis.
The new research, conducted by Chen and his colleagues at the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology recently appeared in the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology.
"One critical issue in WNV diagnosis concerns the difficulty of distinguishing WNV infection from other closely related diseases, such as St. Louis encephalitis and dengue fever, due to the cross-reactivity of antibodies among flaviviruses," Chen says. "It is important to develop better diagnostic tools with enhanced accuracy for both treatment and diagnostic purposes."
Thus far, the 2012 outbreak of West Nile in the United States is on track to be one of the worst on record. According to the Center for Disease Control, 48 states have reported West Nile virus infections in people, birds, or mosquitoes as of October 9th of this year.
To date, 4,249 cases of West Nile virus disease have been reported in humans, including 168 deaths. Of these cases 2,123 (50 percent) appeared in the more severe or neuroinvasive form of the disease, causing meningitis and encephalitis, while 2,126 cases were classified as non-neuroinvasive.
These figures represent the highest number of West Nile cases reported to the CDC since 2003, with nearly 70 percent reported from eight states: Texas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Dakota, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Illinois. Over a third of total cases have been reported from Texas.
The alarming upswing in West Nile cases coupled with their broad geographic distribution demand new techniques for both diagnosis and treatment. Chen and his colleagues have been exploiting the power of plant biotechnology to achieve these goals.
Earlier, Chen's group developed the first successful plant-derived therapeutic to combat West Nile post-infection, reporting their results in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The current study advances efforts to create a diagnostic test for West Nile that will overcome barriers of existing methods, including limited accuracy, prohibitive cost and scalability.
In nearly all cases, West Nile is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes acquire the virus after feeding on infected birds. The virus then migrates to the mosquito's salivary glands, from which it may be injected into humans and animals. There, it can multiply and produce characteristic symptoms of West Nile disease. These may present as flu-like malaise including fever and chills, headaches, fatigue and pain in muscles and joints. Symptoms typically last three to six days, but may persist for weeks.
In around 1 in 150 WNV cases, individuals develop infections of the brain (encephalitis) or surrounding tissue (meningitis), often producing severe headache, fever, stiffness, confusion, convulsions, coma, tremors, muscle weakness and paralysis. Those with neurologic involvement may require weeks of hospitalization and may suffer permanent health effects including muscle weakness and paralysis. Around 10 percent of people with WNV encephalitis die.
Faced with the growing threat of mosquito-borne epidemics, researchers like Chen stress the necessity of developing rapid, low-cost platforms for diagnosis of West Nile. Traditionally, cell cultures from serum, cerebrospinal fluid or tissues have been examined but the short viremic phase and low viral count of WNV in blood and spinal fluid limit the sensitivity and accuracy of such tests. Protein-based methods like ELISA have become standard tests for West Nile, yielding better results but at considerably higher cost and with limited scalability.
In the current study, plants were exploited for their ability to produce large volumes of proteins that can be used for diagnostic testing. As Chen explains, proteins produced in this way traditionally require a lengthy time period before transgenic plant lines can be established. By contrast, the new method, which makes use of plant viral-based vectors like Tobacco Mozaic Virus and Gemini Virus, relies on the ability of plants to transiently express particular target genes, yielding the desired protein in 1-2 weeks.
The technique provides the speed and flexibility of a bacterial gene expression system while permitting the posttranslational modifications of proteins afforded by mammalian cell culture approaches.
Chen's group used plant transient expression systems to produce two varieties of protein reagents useful for the detection and diagnosis of WNV -- one a recombinant antigen and one a monoclonal antibody. High expression levels of both reagents were observed in two kinds of plants: Nicotiana benthamiana (a close relative of tobacco) and lettuce. The two reagents may be readily purified to greater than 95 percent and retain their native functionality and specificity.
The production of plant-derived antigens and monoclonal antibodies offers an attractive alternative to the use of mammalian, insect or bacterial cell cultures and demonstrates the capability of plants to provide accurate and flexible diagnostic reagents not only for WNV but a broad range of arboviruses affecting human health.
"Our test will improve the accuracy of diagnosis, leading to the proper treatment of patients affected by WNV," Chen says. "The plant-derived monoclonal antibody we examined is not only low-cost, but highly specific for WNV antigen and does not recognize antigens from other flaviviruses." Chen further notes that application of this research will ultimately allow a broad range of WNV surveillance capabilities, from clinical diagnosis to global distribution patterns in wild bird and mosquito populations.
West Nile Facts
The West Nile Virus (WNV) is an arbovirus belonging to the Flavivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family
Mosquitoes that have acquired the virus from infected birds transmit WNV.
First identified in the Eastern Hemisphere and widely distributed in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, WNV entered the Western Hemisphere in 1999, via New York City.
Since its American debut, WNV has infected over 30,000 people with severe forms of the disease, with an untold number of additional cases remaining undiagnosed.
Infection with WNV can be asymptomtic or can lead to West Nile fever or severe West Nile disease.
Around 20 percent of people who become infected with WNV will develop West Nile fever, with symptoms including fever, headache, exhaustion and body aches, occasionally with a skin rash (on the trunk of the body) and swollen lymph glands. The illness can last from a few days to several weeks.
The symptoms of severe WNV disease -- also known as neuroinvasive disease, including West Nile encephalitis or meningitis or West Nile poliomyelitis -- include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, and paralysis.
Approximately 1 in 150 people infected with WNV develop a more severe form of disease. While serious illness can occur in people of any age, those over 50 as well as individuals with compromised immunity (including transplant patients) are at the highest risk for severe illness following WNV infection.
The incubation time for WNV is typically 2 to 15 days. It is believed that infection confers lifelong immunity to the virus.
This year (2012) has seen a serious uptick in West Nile cases and will go on record as among the most severe in terms of case numbers.
A mild winter and a hot, dry summer may have contributed to the rapid spread of WNV across the U.S. this year. Climate change has been implicated as a factor exacerbating the spread of WNV.
The susceptibility to severe symptoms of WNV disease appears linked to genetic traits. Further, advanced age is one of the primary risk factors for severe neurological disease, long-term morbidity and death.
Plant production for diagnostic protein reagents may easily be scaled up to suit existing need, as in the case of a sudden WNV epidemic.
Plants are ideal protein bioreactors, due to their capacity to produce large volumes or proteins at low cost and their ability to make appropriate posttranslational modifications of proteins.
Currently, there is no vaccine against WNV, nor effective therapeutics approved for human use. The best tactics of prevention are:
- Cover exposed skin with long pants and long-sleeved shirts, particularly during early morning or evening hours when mosquitoes are most active
- Use insect repellent
- Keep window screens in good repair
- Try to reduce or eliminate areas of standing water where mosquitoes breed, including bird baths, wading pools, tire swings, etc
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- Junyun He, Huafang Lai, Christopher Brock, Qiang Chen. A Novel System for Rapid and Cost-Effective Production of Detection and Diagnostic Reagents of West Nile Virus in Plants. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2012; 2012: 1 DOI: 10.1155/2012/106783
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Lady Liberty?s crown reopens to visitors this weekend
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For one of the best views of New York, you have to get inside a great lady?s head.
Starting this weekend, it?s possible again as the Statue of Liberty crown reopens to the public on Sunday after a year of renovations. Visitors seeking magnificent vistas of the Big Apple and a glimpse of the famous monument?s inner workings are already snapping up tickets online.
?It?s an experience that stays with you for your entire lifetime,? said Chris Heywood, a spokesman for New York City?s official tourism agency NYC & Company, who still remembers making the climb as a child.
?The Statue of Liberty remains one of the city?s most iconic attractions and there certainly will be a pent up demand for visitors to want to go up and see the crown.?
The renovations promise better access and safer conditions. There are two new staircases, a new elevator inside the pedestal and a lift that will take visitors who are mobility impaired higher into the monument than ever before, said Mindi Rambo, a spokeswoman for the National Parks of New York Harbor.
?For the first time, people in wheelchairs will be able to go up to the top of the pedestal and actually see into the statue, whereas before, the highest level that they ever really got to was the museum level,? Rambo said.
?The lift is brand new, we?ve never had that before and we?re very excited about it.?
There is no elevator service from Lady Liberty?s feet to her head, so visitors must still go up a double spiral staircase to reach the crown. Official pamphlets warn it?s a strenuous journey, but Heywood recalled that it feels short ?when you?re looking forward to a view that?s stunning.?
It takes adults up to 20 minutes to make the climb depending on whether they stop to examine the statue?s inner architecture and copper skin, Rambo said.
?You can see the folds of the robe, the interior of the statue, and many people find that fascinating. They stop to take photos and point things out to their kids like, ?Oh, that looks like the back of her heel,?? Rambo said.
Once at the top, only 10 adults can fit inside the crown, a space that?s much smaller than people expect, Rambo added. Visitors often tell park rangers that they have come because they remember making the trip as a child and want their kids to have the same experience.
?I think part of that is just driven by the ability to say that they have made that climb and to look out into the harbor and, I suppose in a way, to look back in time to when people came on the big steam ships,? Rambo said.
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Archival video:?Climb to the crown of Lady Liberty
The crown will be open each week from Thursday through Sunday. If you?d like to visit, you must make a reservation through Statue Cruises ? the monument?s ferry transportation provider.
Tickets became available on October 1 and sales have been brisk: just a few dates in December remain available for 2012.
This is the second time in recent years that the National Park Service is reopening the statue?s crown. The attraction was closed after the 9/11 attacks for security reasons and then reopened on July 4, 2009.
The chance to make the climb will give travelers just one more reason to visit New York, which is on track to set another record year for tourism, Heywood said.
Sunday?s crown reopening also coincides with the 126th anniversary of the statue?s dedication.
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/statue-liberty-crown-reopens-visitors-1C6664130
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Well so much for Roy going back to the all-star game, NBA doing away with the center spot...
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NBA to change All-Star ballot, eliminating center
By David Aldridge, TNT Analyst
Posted Oct 23, 2012 10:23 PM - Updated Oct 23, 2012 11:31 PM
The NBA is finally doing something about the Duncan Dilemma.
The league will announce Wednesday a change to its All-Star ballot that will, for the first time, allow fans to vote for three undefined "frontcourt" players instead of having to vote for two forwards and a center. With more and more teams playing smaller than in the past, the definition of "center" was becoming increasingly difficult -- not to mention finding enough quality big men for whom to vote.
For years, for example, the Spurs have listed Tim Duncan as a power forward, even though everyone on earth knew he was their starting center. And so when it came to All-Star balloting, Duncan would take up a forward spot in a very crowded field of Western Conference stars instead of his logical spot in the middle. This was good for Duncan, who surely would have made his 13 All-Star teams anyway, but it often cost another forward a shot.
The league decided to make the change after the NBA's Competition Committee agreed to the move at its meeting last month, VP of Basketball Operations Stu Jackson said Tuesday evening.
"It makes sense," Jackson said. "It made sense to our Competition Committee. Having a center is the only specific position that was singled out on the ballot. It just seemed a little outdated and didn't represent the way our game has evolved. By the same token, it also affords the same opportunity, if you have two good centers in a given year, pick 'em both. They both can be selected. Which is impossible right now."
That would be good news for players like Boston's Kevin Garnett and Miami's Chris Bosh, nominal forwards who are now playing center for their respective teams. Under the old rules, Garnett and Bosh would have been in the center category with the likes of Philadelphia's Andrew Bynum, Atlanta's Al Horford and Indiana's Roy Hibbert. Now, any of them can be selected as a "frontcourt" player.
"It was something that we originally thought made some sense, but we didn't want to make a decision in a vacuum, of course," Jackson said. "We ran it by the Competition Committee and they thought the idea made some sense ... it gives the fans some flexibility while keeping competitive balance."
The league will debut the 2013 All-Star ballot on Nov. 13. Players are selected for the ballot by a committee of national media who cover the NBA on a regular basis. The 2013 All-Star Game will be Feb. 17 at the Toyota Center in Houston.
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So suck it NBA, you may keep us out of the all-star game but I have a feeling our team will be p!ssing in the corn flakes of many of your fans teams.
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Card Connection Franchisees Grow Business by Over 30%
October 24, 2012 // Franchising.com // Leading greeting card publisher and franchisor, Card Connection, has announced its franchisees for Hereford and Stratford, Dave and Di Tudor have grown their business by 31% in the past six months. The couple now supply Card Connection?s extensive range of quality greeting cards and accessories to more than 300 stores across their franchise territory.
?The past year has seen an increase in sales of 18% for Dave & Di Tudor?s franchise and this has accelerated to more than 30% in the last six months,? explains Michael Johnson, managing director, Card Connection. ?The growth has been due to servicing additional national Card Connection accounts including Spar and Dave?s Discount stores but also new independent retail customers where Dave and Di have been able to offer better merchandising and display deals. The couple have also worked hard, supporting all Card Connection?s ranges within all the outlets they supply and this is really starting to pay off!?
?We joined Card Connection in 2006 and have been focused on growing the business,? confirms Di Tudor. ?Dave is from a farming background so is not afraid of hard work. He will always go the extra mile to make sure our retailers are happy. We have also invested in new equipment to upgrade displays which have resulted in more sales as well as ensuring the full range of greeting cards, Party accessories, bottle bags and wrap are supplied to as many stores as possible.
?Our Card Connection business development manager, Andy Bull, has also been really supportive when it comes to work in the field,? continues Di Tudor. ?He will think nothing of traveling several hours to accompany Dave for an early start on the Welsh Borders on a Monday morning and this has really helped us reap the rewards on the new business front.?
Card Connection?s franchisees use a proven system to place quality greeting cards and gifts in retail outlets on a ?consignment? basis. This means the stock and display equipment are installed on free loan to the retailer. This is one step beyond ?sale or return? as Card Connection customers never have to buy the stock initially, only paying for what they sell. Card Connection?s award winning merchandising service provided to retailers by local franchisees has proved popular with retailers all over the UK and Ireland including Card Connection?s key national accounts such as Spar, Nisa, Supervalue, Centra, Costcutter, Mace, Londis, Total and Shell.
Card Connection is part of UK Greetings, which is a subsidiary of the largest publicly owned greeting card publisher in the world and has limited vacancies for franchisees who are keen to run an expanding business. Suitable candidates would ideally have some management experience as, once established, and depending on the size of the territory, they could be expected to employ a small team, operate a small warehouse and have several liveried vans on the road.
Since the franchise network in the UK is complete, the available opportunities now consist of acquiring an already-established territory from an existing franchisee. These vary in price according to their level of development, but start at ?20k (+stock) with earnings potential in excess of ?50k per annum.
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Card Connection is one of the UK?s most successful card publishers and is the market leader in the franchised distribution of greeting cards.
The company was established in 1992 and became a Full Member of the British Franchise Association in 1995. It now distributes greeting cards to around 15,000 outlets through its network of 71 franchisees. www.card-connection.co.uk
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Inchworm Chronicles: All Women are Daughters of God
Do you ever wonder what your relationship, as a woman, is to God??
Who are we and who are we meant to become? What is our purpose and our destiny?
All women are daughters of God, and as such we each have divinely inherited qualities and a unique purpose in life. I rejoice to be a woman and cherish the opportunities to express my femininity and learn to be more loving by serving those around me in my family, community or even online.
?Jesus has a special place in his heart for women. Some of his best friends were women. He was quick to bless and teach and honor the women in his life, especially his mother, Mary.
"The world's greatest champion of woman and womanhood is Jesus the Christ."
--James E. Talmage in Daughters in My Kingdom, page 3
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that I belong to has an organization for women called the Relief Society. It is the oldest organization of its kind in the world. The motto for the Relief Society is "Charity Never Faileth." (1 Corinthians 13:8). All women who are members of this church are also members of the Relief Society. Women of other faiths who attend Relief Society are warmly welcomed and encouraged to participate.
The Book, Daughters in My Kingdom, published by the Church, explains more about the history of the Relief Society and what it is all about. A link to the book can be found {HERE}. It is available free to download or read online.
For anyone interested, the most recent General Relief Society broadcast can be found {HERE} to listen or watch for free online. I encourage any woman to view this; I found it absolutely inspiring and I felt the spirit of God as I listened. It is meant to teach and inspire any woman!
What do women in the Relief Society do?
On Sunday, there are classes and also meetings during the month where we women teach one another the gospel of Jesus Christ. We also teach one another informally in our homes during the month. Women also lead the children and young women's organizations within the congregation, working hand-in-hand with the men.
We also learn the things we need to know to care for our families, like cooking or managing finances. The women in the congregation take care of food for funerals, meals for families with new babies or those dealing with illness or recoveries from surgery, and any time a family has a need that the Relief Society learns about, the connections are made to the men in the congregation and the help is given. For instance, when families move to the area, people from church volunteer to help load or unload their belongings in their new home! It is truly charity in action.
Just as no two women are alike, I have found that to be true in Relief Society, as well. I have met women of all walks of life: single, married, divorced, mothers of many and some with no children. Some young, some in the twilight of life. Some came from different faiths before joining the church themselves and others who had always been members. The women I have met through Relief Society don't fit any stereotype I am aware of. They give to each other and to those in their communities and the world without a thought of receiving anything in return and in hope of emulating Jesus Christ.
?This organization has been a blessing to me in my life, personally. Allow me to share a few instances of how it has.
Sisters (that is how we refer to each other in the Church, as brothers and sisters) from the Relief Society brought meals when my Mom gave birth to my brothers and sisters and regularly came to visit her to cheer her up and befriend her. That blessed our family because my Mom's mother had passed away before I was born and her only sister lived in another state. Having the Relief Society support her while she was in the middle of motherhood blessed me in that way. It helped her feel loved and remembered, and in turn, she was able to be more loving and kind to us children, as well as meet our physical needs better. My Mom visited other women in the congregation and lifted them as she could, blessing others, and being strengthened herself in the process.
Later, when I was grown and single, I attended church in a different congregation than my family. I did not worry about making friends; I knew I would soon connect with the other sisters in Relief Society. I served in the primary (children's ministry) with other women and learned so much from them and appreciated their friendship in return.
I have such warm memories of the friends I made as I visited with other sisters in their homes each month and others came to visit me. My most memorable visit was in my car between college classes and work! We encouraged each other in each of our real, everyday lives and our testimonies grew stronger because we lifted each other during times of fun and faith and during times of doubt.
I married and moved to another area of town, and once again found myself in another congregation (ward). This time, I felt very new to the married-adult world and was not sure of how I would fit in. Another sister, already having raised her own children, came to know me and was my companion in visiting teaching, a program by which sisters visit one another in their homes monthly and share a scriptural message and offer help as needed.
This sister taught me by her loving example how women care for each other, without affectation or pride. She was confident, cheerful and determined and her strength and kindness reached me at such a crucial time.? As she invited me to accompany her to cheer, serve, and bless the sisters we were assigned to meet, I learned to serve with love and without judgment. I also began to feel like I belonged and what I had to offer was vital for others.
I could tell so many more stories. This same sister and I went together to meet with another sister who lived in a trailer park in a difficult situation, had bad health, and many grandchildren who were dependent upon her. When we discovered the grandaughter of the woman was in a difficult situation within the neighborhood, she notified another woman in the Relief Society. That woman and her husband talked with the grandmother, gathered more information, and they raised the money to send this girl and her siblings to a pacific island to be reunited with their parent. The grandmother also received assistance to help her in the ways she needed. Her burdens were not erased, but certainly made more manageable.
This was such an out-of-the-ordinary experience. It taught me that people are meant to seek out and care for each other, even when it is not convenient or the person in need is not someone whom we would normally choose to associate with. It touched me as to the extent these women cared, enough to do something extraordinary to help others, even when their own lives were busy and hectic.
My heart is full of love for the dear women, the sisters, who overcame depression to make the time to serve, even if it was a loving word for someone else. There was one other sister, with several children and another with special needs, who always made the effort to call me and arrange visits so we could go to meet with a few other sisters in our congregation, to help them. No one knew her situation and what it took for her to make the effort to serve these other women, but I knew, she knew, and most of all, God knew.
Then, there were the sisters who came and ministered to me. When my youngest son, our third child, was in the hospital for pneumonia and he was just a few months old, a dear friend and Relief Society member came and cleaned my home and helped with my children. Others brought meals for our family. My Mom and Mother-in law, who are also members of the Church and Relief Society, helped hold my son in the hospital when I needed to rest and also helped take care of my other children when my husband needed to work. Although it was still a difficult time for our family, it was made easier to bear with their love and help. I could list so many other instances of service and love given at the hands of women who chose to be angels in my life.
I am grateful to be a member of this great organization within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It teaches me how to become more like the Savior by inviting meaningful service on my part. It reminds me of my purpose in life and encourages and teaches me what I need to know and do in order to be following Jesus Christ, in a real-life, everyday kind of way, in the roles I have as a woman: granddaughter, niece, cousin, daughter, sister, wife, mother and friend.
To you who read this post, I invite you to learn more about the organization of Relief Society and consider how it can bless your life and how you can be involved in it, as a way to bless others. I welcome email or comments along this line. May you each be encouraged in the ways you choose to bless others each day, as the unique and loved daughter of God that you are.
Blessings,
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Source: http://inchwormchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/10/all-women-are-daughters-of-god.html
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Flights disrupted at Heathrow and London City airports as another foggy morning causes transport nightmare
- Heathrow Airport forced to cancel 49 flights
- Met Office says conditions do not warrant a severe weather warning
By Anna Edwards
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Fog and cloud across the UK has left hundreds of travellers stranded this morning for a second day in a row.
Fog affected flights and train journeys as Britain was cloaked in a light fog, but the Met Office said that they were not issuing a severe weather warning as the impact was not widespread.
The poor visibility led to disrupted flights at London City Airport, and 54 flights were cancelled at Heathrow Airport in west London.
Passengers faced more delays at Terminal 5, Heathrow, as the airport operated on reduced capacity because of foggy conditions
More misery: Flights were cancelled at Heathrow as the misty conditions caused havoc for airports
Passengers face cancelled and delayed flights and had to queue for re-booking flights
A spokesman for Heathrow said: 'Fog and low cloud mean there?s reduced visibility for pilots and air traffic controllers at Heathrow.
'Drivers have to leave extra space in these conditions and aircraft are no different, which makes it impossible to maintain Heathrow?s normal pattern of a plane landing or taking off every 45 seconds.?
'Because Heathrow is full, operating at more than 99 per cent of permitted runway capacity, there are no gaps in the schedule that can be used for delayed flights.
'Unfortunately that makes some cancellations inevitable.
The iconic Angel of the North in Gateshead, was wrapped in a veil of thick fog today, as poor visibility has been causing transport delays up and down the UK
A plane lands in the fog at Heathrow Airport as fog affected flights for a second day this morning, while train travellers also suffered delays
London is hit by dense fog for the second day in a row as travellers faced delays and cancellations because of the glum weather
Heathrow Airport suffered because of the cloak of fog, but the Met Office said the weather did not warrant a severe weather warning
'There are also some delays and cancellations being caused by an air traffic control strike in France.?
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'We?re sorry for the disruption caused to our passengers and have teams in the terminals to help anyone who needs to rebook.'
Stansted remained open and operated all flights, despite the adverse weather conditions.
A spokesman said: 'We actually took in an additional 34 diverts from other airports, mainly City, Luton and Southend on Monday.'
On the railways, there were delays to CrossCountry and South West Trains (SWT) services in Hampshire due to a broken-down freight train in the Eastleigh area.
SWT passengers also had to contend with delays due to a broken-down train at Beaulieu Road in Hampshire which led to hold-ups between Southampton Central and Brockenhurst.
We can't see you! Thick fog surrounds the flight as it lands in Heathrow
Misty morning: Fog shrouds the viewing platform of the Orbit at the Olympic site at Stratford, east London
A jet sits on the apron at London City Airport as fog swirls around the top of near-by tower blocks
A signalling problem between Saxmundham and Woodbridge in Suffolk delayed passengers travelling with Greater Anglia, with buses replacing trains between Ipswich and Saxmundham.
On London Midland, passengers were warned to expect possible cancellations due to train crew shortages, while First Great Western services were affected by a broken-down train at Greenford in west London.
On the Underground, there were delays during the rush-hour to Metropolitan and Jubilee line services due to a faulty train at Wembley Park in north west London.
The Met Office said: 'It's mostly misty, cloudy and drizzling. Temperatures are up to 16 degrees and will stay pretty much the same for tomorrow, with lots of cloud.
'There was a severe weather warning yesterday through until this morning. As visibility is not limited to 200 metres and there is not a wide impact, we have not issued another one.'
Foggy days: The Met Office said the weather should clear by the end of the week
The poor weather came as thick mist caused havoc yesterday, forcing flights to be cancelled across the UK's airports.
The affects of the heavy fog was felt across Europe, including in Poland where planes due to land at Warsaw airports were redirected to neighbouring cities or were forced to wait for the fog to temporarily dissipate before landing, airport authorities said.
The Met Office? issued a 17-hour severe weather alert in the South, Midlands and North of England as visibility dropped to 50metres on hills because of the fog.
Famous skylines across the capital were totally obscured by the thick fog, but the weather is expected to warm up before a cold snap greets the country by the end of the week.
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GreenWave Reality ships WiFi-aware light bulbs that flick on through motion and smartphones
We've seen connected light bulbs before, some more sophisticated than others, but they're rarely as straightforward as GreenWave Reality's just-shipping Connected Lighting Solution. Eco-friendly LED bulbs in the lineup include support for WiFi and are immediately controllable from a smartphone or tablet as soon as they're receiving power. Basics controls like group presets and timed lighting are just the start; if you're not worried about leaving anyone in the dark, the bulbs can respond to motion sensors and only illuminate the rooms that need attention. And while the intelligence isn't new in itself, GreenWave would argue that sheer accessibility gives it an edge, with electric utilities in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden skipping the retail middleman by selling directly. Don't despair if you live in the US: the linked-up lighting is cleared for eventual use by Americans who'd like to save both energy and a trip to the light switch.
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