Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Wednesday Wrap: Feb. 29, 2012 - Hartman Simons ...

Each Wednesday, The Wrap presents a compilation of recent noteworthy commercial real estate stories from a variety of publications. Here are five stories that caught our eyes in recent days:

? ?Space Influx Will Challenge Office Market? ? by Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal. Next year could be a scary year for the New York office market. With the economy in the midst of a halting recovery, more new office space is set for delivery in the Big Apple in 2013 than in any year since 1989.

But developers tell Kusisto they?re not stressed. ?They note that the recent surge of new construction follows years of virtually no new development, so the city won't get deluged with new space like it did in the late 1980s,? she writes.

?I sleep well at night,? one developer told Kusisto.

Perhaps that developer should be tossing and turning: Among other warning signs, ?the bulge in the delivery pipeline comes at a time when demand in the New York office market is showing signs of flagging because of the contraction in the financial-services industry,? Kusisto writes.

? ?Are Institutions Ready for More Risk?? ? by Beth Mattson-Teig for National Real Estate Investor. After a sustained focus on purchasing core properties in gateway markets, pension funds, life insurance companies and private equity funds may be ready to take what for them is something of a walk on the wild side by investing in higher-risk facilities in secondary markets.

?While institutions are still proceeding cautiously, they are also starting to take incremental steps toward more value-add opportunities,? Mattson-Teig writes. ??We spent most of 2008 and 2009 curled up in a ball, hoping. Now we are slowly coming out of that defensive crouch position,? says Jeffrey Havsy, director of research at the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) in Chicago.?

? ?Social Media in CRE No Longer Just for Socializing? ? by Mark Heschmeyer of CoStar Group. The commercial real estate sector hasn?t exactly been at the forefront of embracing social media websites like Twitter and Facebook, but many within the industry are starting to use the sites in the hopes of raising their profiles and increasing business.

Still, the industry remains divided on social media, Heschmeyer reports. ?Many others still refuse to join the fold and flat out state they will resist until they're the last ones online,? he writes.

?Clearly social media is still a divisive issue in commercial real estate ? the difference in sentiment between enthusiastic adopters and major detractors parallels the sentiments in other industries driven by client relations, such as nonprofits and law firms,? Angela Brown, external communications manager for CoStar Group, told Heschmeyer.

? ?AIA Billings Index Remains Positive for Third Straight Month? ? from the American Institute of Architects? (AIA) web site. The institute?s Billings Index clocked in at 50.9 in January after registering scores of 51 and 52 in December and November, respectively. Any score above 50 reflects an increase in architectural billings.

Kermit Baker, chief economist for AIA, says the organization is expecting ?modest? improvement in the design and construction sectors over the next few months. ?Even though we had a similar upturn in design billings in late 2010 and early 2011, this recent showing is encouraging because it is being reflected across most regions of the country and across the major construction sectors,? he added in a statement.

? ?Commercial Real Estate Vacancy Rates Improving? ? from the National Association of Realtors? (NAR) website. The most recent quarterly market survey complied by the National Association of Realtors says national vacancy rates for all the major commercial real estate sectors will decline somewhat in 2012.

The survey predicts the national office vacancy rate will drop by 0.4 percentage points, the industrial vacancy rate by 0.8 percentage points, the retail vacancy rate by 0.9 percentage points and the apartment vacancy rate by 0.2 percentage points. ?Sustained job creation is benefiting commercial real estate sectors by increasing demand for space,? said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for NAR, in a statement. ?Vacancy rates are steadily falling. Leasing is on the rise, and rents are showing signs of strengthening, especially in the apartment market where rents are rising the fastest.?

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Police evict Occupy London protesters from camp

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A bailiff removes a tent from Occupy protesters encampment in front of St Paul's Cathedral in London early Tuesday morning. The eviction started just after midnight, carrying out a court order after protesters lost an appeal.

By msnbc.com staff and news services

LONDON -- Police and bailiffs worked through the night and into the early hours of Tuesday morning to evict protesters from the Occupy London encampment beside the city's landmark St Paul's Cathedral.

There were around 20 arrests, according to breakingnews.com editor David Wyllie, who was on the scene and posting updates on Twitter.


But there was no violent resistance as the eviction went on, with officials quickly clearing debris on the ground to prevent them from being used as weapons. Public access was restricted prior to the operation and a number of local roads were closed, Wyllie reported.

Tents were unceremoniously thrown into large trash cans and crushed as the owners looked on, he said. Protesters said vanloads of police arrived at the site to carry out the eviction.

The local authority, the City of London Corporation, confirmed the eviction was under way by bailiffs, backed by police.

The urban camp had been set up as part of an international movement inspired by the U.S. Occupy Wall Street against what the activists say is corporate greed and economic inequality. Protesters had been camped outside the 300-year-old church since October.

The eviction comes months after authorities dismantled Occupy encampments in many U.S. cities

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BBC correspondent Jeremy Cooke reported from the scene?that the mood was largely peaceful early on.?

"This has always been a peaceful process, and it has never looked like (it was) turning into anything other than that," said poet and protester Catherine Brogan, according to The Guardian.

Demonstrators said the end of the camp would not mean the end of the Occupy movement.

"It's only tents and materials the injunction applies to so I think some protesters will be back here tomorrow," Gary Sherborne told The Associated Press.

Later, the mood turned tense as police closed in on a group of remaining protesters who had chained themselves to some wooden pallets to make a?"last stand," witnesses on The Guardian live stream and Wyllie reported.

Protesters were dragged from the platforms and several key protesters leading the chants were restrained by officers holding onto each limb.

Police removed one activist from a tree overlooking the site.

Roads opened to traffic shortly before 5 a.m. (12 a.m. ET) as local authority workers hosed down the site removing the last traces of the protesters from the area.

Last week a court rejected an Occupy London challenge to an eviction order, ruling that the right to protest did not justify a semi-permanent camp on a public pathway.

"We regret that it has come to this but the High Court Judgment speaks for itself and the Court of Appeal has confirmed that Judgment," said a press release from the City of London Corporation.

"The City of London Corporation is ensuring vulnerable people are being helped and supported to find appropriate accommodation in partnership with Broadway, a charity for the homeless," it said.

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Breakingnews.com's David Wyllie and The Associated Press contributed to this report. (Breakingnews.com is a sister site to msnbc.com.)

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Last GI slain in Iraq killed by Iran-backed group

A Shiite extremist group handed over a simple wooden casket containing the remains of the last U.S. soldier missing in Iraq, a prominent Iraqi lawmaker said Monday, drawing a close to a case that has anguished the American's family since his 2006 disappearance.

Shiite lawmaker Sami al-Askari, a close ally of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, said the remains of Staff Sgt. Ahmed al-Taie were turned over last week as part of a prisoner exchange agreement between the Iraqi government and the militant group Asaib Ahl al-Haq.

The Pentagon confirmed Sunday that it had recently received remains that were verified as al-Taie's. But al-Askari's comments provide the first confirmation that Asaib Ahl al-Haq, an Iranian-backed insurgent group, was responsible for the 2006 kidnapping of al-Taie after the Iraqi-born soldier sneaked out of the heavily guarded Green Zone in Baghdad to visit his wife and family on a Muslim holiday.

Al-Askari said Asaib Ahl al-Haq last week acknowledged killing al-Taie within a year of his October 2006 abduction. He said he did not know exactly when al-Taie was killed.

After search, Army identifies remains of last unaccounted soldier in Iraq

In an interview with The Associated Press, al-Askari said he supervised the negotiations for al-Taie's body and was present when Asaib Ahl al-Haq turned over a simple wooden casket containing the remains to Iraqi authorities on Feb. 22. He said the casket was immediately transferred to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

"The Iraqi authorities did not open the casket, which was not heavy," al-Askari said. He said the negotiations for al-Taie's body had been taking place "for a while."

Al-Taie moved to the United States at age 12 after his family left Iraq in the late 1970s, when Saddam Hussein was ascending to power. His family described him as a pilot and airplane mechanic who lived with his parents in Ann Arbor, Mich.

He met his wife during a trip to Iraq shortly after Saddam's fall from power in 2003. In December 2004, he joined an Army reserve program for native speakers of Arabic and other strategic languages, and deployed a year later to Iraq, where he worked with a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Baghdad until he was kidnapped in 2006.

At the time he was seized, kidnappings for ransom or political motives, mostly of Iraqis but also many foreigners, were common. The February 2006 bombing of a Shiite mosque by Sunni insurgents caused retaliatory bloodshed to spiral, and death squads roamed Iraq's streets.

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Al-Taie's relatives say he often met secretly with his wife at her family's home despite warnings that he was in danger of being kidnapped.

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After al-Taie disappeared on Oct., 23, 2006, American commanders immediately launched a massive manhunt for him. About a week later, a family member received a ransom demand and was shown a grainy video on a hand-held device of a man whom extremists claimed was al-Taie.

Bomb attack on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq kills 50, wounds 100

Relatives demanded better proof, and negotiations with various intermediaries lasted for years. Al-Taie was last seen four months after his abduction in a video posted on the Internet by a Shiite militant faction called the Ahl al-Bayt Brigades, which is linked to Asaib Ahl al-Haq.

Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or Band of the People of Righteousness, is a Shiite militant group in Iraq. It generally relies on Iran, the regional Shiite power, for support, including around $5 million in cash and weapons each month, according to Iraqi and U.S. intelligence officials. Officials believe there are fewer than 1,000 Asaib Ahl al-Haq militiamen, and their leaders live in Iran.

The Pentagon has said it recently received remains that have been confirmed as al-Taie's at the U.S. military mortuary in Dover, Del. It offered no details, and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad referred questions Monday to the Pentagon.

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A U.S. official with knowledge of the situation said al-Taie's body arrived in Dover Feb. 25 and his family was notified early on Feb. 26. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the sensitivity of the details of family notification.

Al-Askari said al-Taie's remains were handed over as part of an amnesty exchange agreement with Asaib Ahl al-Haq, under which the group will not face criminal prosecution or penalties if it disarms or turns over prisoners.

Marine to serve no time in Iraqi killings case

"There will be no persecution or legal measures against the Asaib people in the case of al-Taie," al-Askari said.

Al-Taie's uncle, Entifadh Qanbar, expressed resigned dismay Monday that al-Taie's killers might not be punished, but said he had not yet been notified by any government about the circumstances surrounding the killing.

"I have to see the details but I don't think a murder should stand without the law taking place," Qanbar said Monday in a telephone interview from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. "Everybody who commits murders should face court."

He indicated that Iraqi authorities should take responsibility for prosecuting the killing. "I don't know if the United States could do anything without the Iraqis," Qanbar said.

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Associated Press writer Lara Jakes contributed to this report.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

These Modified Cars Ferried Rail Crews in Style [Past Perfect]

There are a lot of things that can go wrong with the 140,695 miles of railroad covering America. The tracks have to be inspected regularly and, rather than send crews out in full-sized train cars, these modified automobiles often did the job. More »


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A study describes liquid water diffusion at molecular level

Friday, February 24, 2012

An article published in Physical Review and conducted by researchers at the universities of Granada and Barcelona might lead to a revolutionary change in water desalination and filtration methods.

Researchers at the universities of Granada and Barcelona have described for the first time the diffusion of liquid water through nanochannels in molecular terms; nanochannels are extremely tiny channels with a diameter of 1-100 nanometers that scientists use to study the behavior of molecules (nm. a unit of length in the metric system equal to one billionth of a meter that is used in the field of nanotechnology).

This study might have an important impact on water desalinization and filtration methods. Two articles published in Science state that the introduction of graphene membranes and carbon nanolayers will revolutionize water desalinization and filtration processes, as water diffuses rapidly through these materials when their pores are 1nm in diameter.

Liquid water exhibits a range of unusual properties that other chemical compounds do not have: up to 65 abnormalities. Some of these abnormalities have been known for 300 years, as the fact that water expands below 4?C.

Many of the abnormalities found in water have a dynamic nature -e.g. water molecules move faster as density increases-, as a result of the properties of the hydrogen bond networks that form between water molecules; hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of tetrahedral structures wherein a central atom is located at the center with four molecules located at the corners. However, this geometrical structure changes with pressure and temperature and, until now, changes in the molecular structure and properties of liquid water had not been described.

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Particularly confusing are the results on the diffusion of water confined between two hydrophobic plates. Neither experiments nor computer-based models have clarified whether confinement increases or reduces the mobility of water molecules. However, it seems that the mobility of water molecules relies on ducts having a diameter above or below 1nm.

In a study published in the prestigious journal Physical Review, professors Francisco de los Santos Fern?ndez (University of Granada) and Giancarlo Franzese (University of Barcelona) described the behavior of water confined between two hydrophobic plates. In their study, Franzese and Fernandez used models to demonstrate that the diffusion of nanoconfined water is unusually fast, as a result of the competition between the formation and breaking of hydrogen bonds, and the free volume available for cooperative molecule rearrangement.

In nanochannels above 1 nm in diameter, macroscopic diffusion of water only occurs if there is a cooperative rearrangement of molecules, which leads to HB breaking within a cooperative region of 1nm in size. On the other hand, diffusion increases in nanochannels below 1 nm, as fewer HBs need to be broken. Thus, this study proves that the interplay between hydrogen bond breaking and cooperative rearranging within regions of 1-nm determine the macroscopic properties of water.

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Friday, February 24, 2012

Apple could be getting ready to ditch the traditional dock connector

An updated "micro dock" could make room for bigger batteries, 4G radios, and other components far more important in a PC free world.

We've heard that Apple may be getting ready to ditch the dock connector as it's currently sized and implemented on iPods, iPhones, and iPads. The reason isn't anything political, like a new desire to conform to an outdated micro-USB standard, but typically Apple: to save space inside the iPhone 5 for what are now more important components.


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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Blazers crush undermanned Spurs by 40 (Reuters)

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Festival returns to Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda (AP)

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Buddhist devotees prepare to cerebrate the 2,600 anniversary of Myanmar's land mark Shwedagon Pagoda's establishment in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. Vast crowds were gathering Wednesday at Myanmar's most sacred Buddhist shrine to celebrate a festival banned for more than 20 years under the former military government. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Amid the towering golden spires of Myanmar's grandest Buddhist shrine there was talk of politics and hope for the future as thousands came Wednesday for the return of an annual festival that was banned for more than 20 years by the former military regime.


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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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Some Kids' Surgery Should Include Staph Screening: Study (HealthDay)

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Microsoft says Office for iPad story is based on 'inaccurate rumors and speculation' (updated)

The Daily got a lot of folks hopes up earlier today with a rumor that Office would soon be making an appearance on the iPad, but Microsoft is now throwing a bit of cold water on that news. While it's not exactly an outright denial that such an app is coming, a Microsoft spokesperson has now told The New York Times' Bits website that "The Daily story is based on inaccurate rumors and speculation," adding only that it has "no further comment" at this time. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, however, is further reporting that Microsoft is specifically saying that the screenshot accompanying The Daily's story is not a real picture of a Microsoft product.

Update: For its part, The Daily is standing by its story. Editor Peter Ha posted a reply to Foley on Twitter, stating that "we did not fabricate either image. A working version of the app was demoed to us by someone at Microsoft."

Update 2: Microsoft has chimed in yet again on the matter, this time in the form of a tweet that reads: "Great respect for The Daily but regrettably someone is giving them bad info, and that'll be clear in the 'coming weeks.'" Yes, they put "coming weeks" in quotes themselves.

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FEMINIST HOUSEWIVES | HerCanberra

Can a housewife be a feminists?

I am a (mostly) loving mother, a (sometimes) caring wife and an always strong minded feminist.? I enjoy cooking for my family, begrudgingly do the majority of the housework, care for my children 90% of the time and still believe I am a feminist!

Here is how I see it:

Mothering needs to start being seen as a career.

NOT time off (a full time holiday); NOT?time out (watching TV and eating chocolate all day); NOT fill in time until they are at school; and NOT relax time for while they are at school.

It is a valuable and important contribution to society (it?s just that the pay sucks).

We, along with teachers and child carers, are moulding the future generation. This future generation will be changing your bed pans, writing the newspapers you read, and fixing your broken appliances when you are too old or sick or just off enjoying your retirement.

I don?t care if you bottle feed or breast feed, if you work or stay at home or do a bit of both. ?I don?t care if you use disposable nappies or dummies. I care about your motivation for these decisions.

I want you to care about your family and to weigh up your options with thought. ?If you work or stay at home and have not weighed it up, then you need to start thinking.?Ask yourself: What is best for you and your family?

An unhappy mother is a recipe for an unhappy family.? If your motivation to return to work is because you need this to feel happy, I personally think this is great.? It is better to recognise the problem and fix it instead of burying your feelings under resentment for your husband and children.

All mothers at some point have to decide if they will return to work or stay at home with their children.? Some mothers are not given a choice due to their circumstances.? Whatever your decision is, I ask you not to judge those who choose differently to you.

My role as a mother is to teach my son to respect women and treat them as equals.? This means teaching him to share in the housework along with everyone else.? He needs to see his mother and father sharing the load as well.? He needs to know his sisters are his equals.

For my daughters, I teach them they can be or do whatever they want regardless of their gender.? I teach them to respect all people including males, not to hate or despise them.

Our feminist foresisters were fighting for equal rights for women, equal pay, equal respect and a chance for women to reach their full potential.? This came about because women are not all round pegs to be put in the 1950?s housewife round peg holes.

Some women don?t want children at all, some don?t want to get married and some want to prove that they can make it in the business and political worlds.? There are others who are quite content at home, giving their family their complete focus. ?All women are different and all careers (including motherhood) are different.? All women just want to reach their full potential.

If you are a working mother, this does not mean that you are automatically more driven than SAHM?s.? You are not smarter, stronger or more organised.

If you are a SAHM, this does not mean that your family is more important than working mothers.? You are not smarter, stronger or more organised.

Most women want RESPECT.? We want it when we work with males (what feminism is all about).? We also want respect from our sisters.? We want them to see that our decisions for our children and families were done with much debate and angst.

Please don?t judge me and I will try my best not to judge you.

Shelley Eldridge spends each and every day in the ?eye of the storm?.? She is the anchor that holds down her family as it whirls out of control.? Her four young children, her husband, her animals and her numerous relatives depend on her for emotional support and plenty of nourishment.? She is a stay-at-home mother, but does not want that to define her.? Her interests are reading, writing and spending time with friends.? She may or may not be the secret identity of ?SUPER NINJA STYLING MUM.? ?(A comic book she hopes to one day write).

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Monday, February 20, 2012

North Korea raises alert for live-fire drill (Reuters)

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Kim Jong-Un (C), supreme commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA) and supreme leader of the Workers' Party of Korea, state and army, waves as he inspects KPA Unit 169 in this picture released by the North's KCNA in Pyongyang January 19, 2012. Secretive North Korea's ruling Workers' Party will hold a special conference in April, state media said on February 20, 2012, during which it is expected to formalise a third generation of Kim dynastic rule. KCNA news agency reported the meeting would Reuters - Secretive North Korea raised its military alert ahead of a live-fire artillery drill by rival South Korea Monday amid heightened tension on the peninsula during a delicate transition of power in the impoverished North.


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How To Help Your Kids Cope With Asthma | New Health and Fitness

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Suffering from asthma are nearly 5 million U.S. children under the age of 18 and this causes them to miss out on childhood fun. Asthma accounts for 14 million absences per year which means that they also miss school.

Children with asthma do not go through it alone. Parents have to take time away from work to provide care to their children if they have asthma and this results in decreased work productivity.

Additionally, children under the age of 15 suffering from asthma make more than 3.5 million visits to the doctor annually and require 190,000 hospitalizations.

Decreased work productivity, partnered with doctor visits, emergency room visits, hospitalizations and prescriptions, translates into costs of billions of dollars each year.

The bronchial tubes become inflamed, creating extra mucus and causing airways to narrow when asthma occurs. As for the result, it could range from a frequent tendency to cough to minor wheezing to severe difficulty breathing.

While researchers have been unable to pinpoint a cause of asthma, there are many triggers that play a significant role in provoking asthma attacks, including

a) Allergens (fungi/mold, animal proteins, cockroaches and dust mites)

b) Irritants (tobacco and wood smoke)

c) Viral or sinus infections

4. Exercising in cold and dry air

Stress and strong emotional expression

Developing a symptoms before they are 5 years old are about 50 percent and 80 percent of children with asthma. Your doctor will rely on you to make observations about your child in order to make a proper diagnosis since you are the parent.

There are certain signs and symptoms to look for to determine if your child has asthma.

Find out if there is a family history of asthma or allergies.

Do you know what the child?s symptoms are?

Do you know how often and severe the child?s symptoms are?

What are the medications used by the child?

Asthma has no cure which is unfortunate. When people or children have asthma, what they need to do is control bronchial inflammation caused by exercise, cold air or allergens.

Throat irritation or dryness, unpleasant taste, cough, wheeze and nausea are the most common side effects from an inhaler.

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

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What and Why for NCBTMB Certification - Health And Fitness Tips

Prior to states licensing massage professionals, the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork was created to help massage therapists differentiate themselves from untrained massage professionals or unprofessional massage parlor practitioners. Since the time of the development of the NCBTMB, many state boards have developed their own standards to license massage professionals for their state. For years the NCETMB, an exam created by the NCBTMB, was the preferred initial licensing exam relied on by most states. Today, many massage professionals may chose between the MBLEx exam (overseen by the FSMTB) and the NCETMB on the road to gaining a state massage therapy license.

Why do some therapists take the NCETMB rather than the MBLEx? Individuals who live in states without massage licensing may benefit from the NCTMB credentials. It notifies the public that they are seeing a highly trained massage therapist who has completed proper education, completed a nationally recognized exam, and has made a commitment to ethical practices. Also, the NCBTMB plans to release the ?advanced practitioner? exam for massage professionals with additional working experience. This test is intended for those wanting to differentiate themselves from entry level massage therapists.

How do you become a NCTMB practitioner? Before sitting for the NCETMB and qualifying for the NCTMB credential, a person is required to complete five hundred hours of massage training. After successfully completing the exam, an individual is considered a NCTMB certified practitioner. However, this is not a lifetime status, it must be renewed every four years.

There are a few specifications for renewing your certification. First, there is a $125 renewal fee. In advance of renewal, each individual is required to complete 48 hrs of massage CEU. The entire 48 hours may be taken in a home study format. Of the 48 CE Hours, six hours must consist of ethics. The ethics courses will need to include two CE hours in Standard V: Roles and Boundaries. An HIV/AIDS course is not an eligible ethics course. The remaining 42 hours may be in any massage related area of study. Lastly, you must complete 200 hours of work experience. This can include: massage and/or bodywork, volunteerism, teaching/teaching assistant, curriculum development, writing/publishing research. You can reapply the continuing education credit you turn into your state board during the same period of time. For instance, the Florida Board of Massage requires 24 CE hours every 2 years (or 48 hours every 4 years). The same credits can be used for NCBTMB renewal. Continuing education credits may not be carried over to the following renewal period.

Why should you renew your NCTMB status? Most therapists elect to renew with the NCBTMB to differentiate themselves as a highly qualified massage professional. Some practitioners decide against renewing this credential after receiving their state license, as there is no longer a real need for it. This reasoning may change with the introduction of the ?advanced practitioner? examination. The advanced exam and status may motivate more practitioners to keep their status with the NCBTMB.

Here is another post with more details regarding renewing your NCTMB Certification. You may also get more details regarding NCBTMB ethics requirements.

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Inaugural Words aWake! celebrates the written form ? Old Gold ...

For those interested in writing, the idea of finding a job after college can be worrisome, nerve-wracking and even downright terrifying. The media fuels doubt as to whether writing is a viable career choice, seeing as the Internet is filled with potential (and unpublished) writers and print is supposedly dying a slow death. Students often become discouraged with potential writing careers, seeking refuge in more ?practical? career choices.

Words Awake!, a conference to be held March 23-25 on the university?s campus, hopes to change that perception by showing that writing can indeed lead to a viable future. The conference ? the first ever to be held at Wake ? will feature a number of Wake Forest alumni who have gone on to work in the written world, whether it be through books, newspapers, television, magazines or film. These alumni will be involved in a variety of different panel discussions, performing book readings from their novels and interacting with the attendees all weekend.

Thomas Phillips, director of the Wake Forest Scholars program, said, ?There are three facets to this event: engaging the public in the rich history of writers from Wake, educating the community, faculty, students, and everyone else about the world of writing, and finally celebrating writers from Wake.?

The attending alumni will be going out into Forsyth County schools on March 23 to interact with students about writing in the real world. Later that day, one of the visiting alums, Tom Hayes, will be showing a documentary on his father, the legendary Harold Hayes, and former editor of Esquire magazine, who also graduated from Wake Forest.

March 24 will be devoted to exploring the world of writers, with panel discussions on things such as ?Writing for Business,? ?Writing/Editing Careers in North Carolina and the United States,? ?Writing/Speaking of Faith and Conscious? and ?Writing in a Dangerous World.?

The last day of the symposium (March 25) will conclude with a banquet celebrating alumni authors and the inauguration of the Wake Forest University Writers Hall of Fame.

?Very few schools celebrate those who graduate with degrees in humanities and go on to write, at least not in the same way schools celebrate student athletes who graduate and go into the major leagues,? Phillips said. ?We want to do that. We want to celebrate the people who have graduated from Wake.?

And the event truly is a celebration of writers. Anyone who wishes to come is encouraged to stop by, sit in on a panel or listen to a reading, and enjoy Wake Forest?s rich literary life.

The event is a great place for future writers to meet famous authors, journalists, editors, script-writers and even film directors. Students and faculty even have the chance to meet, talk and network with the attending writers at the Pastry Slam from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on March 25 in Benson 401.

Words Awake! isn?t just for English majors or Creative Writing minors, despite its apparent appeal for these groups. Any Wake student regardless of major or future career is encouraged to come.

?We have alums who are deeply political, writers who work in Washington with politicians, or write about them, and that would interest a political science major,? Phillips said. ?We also have writers who focus on scientific writings for things like National Geographic or the Smithsonian.?

?So if there are students who are majoring in a science, interested in writing, and wondering what they can do, they can learn. We have writers coming whose careers are in writing. There is something for everyone interested in writing.?

Senior Hannah Kay Hunt, the student representative on the Words Awake! board, agreed with this sentiment. ?I think all the panels are useful to Wake students,? Hunt said. ?What it really comes down to is what your interests are. Political science majors would find the political writers? talks interesting, while a journalism student is going to love the magazine writing panel,? Hunt added.

?Personally, I?m going to go to a mix between things I know I?m interested in and entirely foreign genres.?

Hunt went on to emphasize the conference?s significance.? ?This conference is important for Wake Forest as a whole because no matter what your future profession is, being articulate is critical to future success,? Hunt said.

?At the end of the day, all of these people use words to communicate effective messages. Writing is crucial to students of all majors and disciplines, and I think students can learn a lot (and get inspired) by these amazing alumni who have used writing and the written word to have successful careers,? Hunt added.

Students also have the unique opportunity to get involved with and get to know the writers coming to campus.

Forty students have been paired up with the writers who are coming to campus, and they will have the opportunity to spend the weekend with the writers, showing them around campus, helping them with navigating Winston-Salem and serving as a liaison between the writer and the conference as a whole.

And there are still more opportunities for students to participate who didn?t have the chance to apply to be a student liaison.

Interested students may contact either Hannah Hunt (hunthk8@wfu.edu) or Thomas Phillips (phillito@wfu.edu) to learn how they can help with public relations and general advertising for the event.

When asked what the one thing he wanted students to realize because of the event, Phillips said, ?We hope that Words Awake! will show that a Wake Forest degree can get students into the writing world; students can get a job writing.?

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Source: http://oldgoldandblack.com/inaugural-words-awake-celebrates-the-written-form/

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http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDu5KD28cT0vxWHn1AZMUOpaKXNaLr4EIC0wiNBoxHCYyzaywGtBVQ4zrlIf you are to receive a large sum of money from a company, you might have been offered a structured settlement. If so, there is nothing to worry about. In fact, unless you have precise plans for the use of such a large sum (such as buying a house), a structured settlement would actually work very well for all the parties involved in the settlement. Here?s how:

To start with, a structured settlement does not in any way reduce the amount of money you are to receive. The difference between outright payment of the entire lump sum and a structured settlement is that, in the latter case, the amount is divided into small but significant sums of money and is paid at regular intervals. The structured settlement payment might either be done by the company itself or, the company might invest the settlement amount in an Annuity plan with some financial structured settlement companies (such as an insurance or bank), which in turn will pay out the amounts.

The introduction of such third parties into the selling structured settlement isn?t anything to worry about in fact it ensures that the structured settlement is handled more professionally. The paying company often might not have the expertise in drafting a structured settlement document and then administering it. The introduction of third parties (known as ?Assignment Company?), therefore brings in an element of standardized professionalism to the deal. These Assigning companies are usually either banks or non-banking financial institutions such as Insurance companies. The Assignment Company will usually invest the money in long term government bonds or other forms of secured, long-term structured settlement investment and pay out the principle amount along with the interest in regular fixed amounts. The quantum and periodicity of such payments would naturally be dependent on the terms of the structured settlement.

Receiving regular fixed amounts enables you to plan ahead. You can plan your own or your child?s education. Or use the payouts to fund an existing mortgage on your house, etc. The cash structured settlement is always legally enforceable. So once the structured settlement documents are signed, they cannot be altered and will remain in force the entire duration of the structured settlement term. In case the structured settlement payment is stopped for any reason and so long as you have kept your side of the bargain, you are free to initiate legal action against the Assignment Company as well as the paying company, i.e. the second party in the settlement.

Since no one knows how the future is going to play out, in the event you find yourself in need of a large sum of cash, you can mortgage the structured settlement documents and receive a loan against it. There are also companies that will buy your structured settlement for cash. This buyer of structured settlement payments will pay the residual value of your settlement less service charges and commissions.

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Deciding What Gaming Console Is The Best - Horses Are Our Passion

Modern gaming is ruled by 3 state of the art consoles Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. All three brands have a rich history in gaming. One of the earliest models is the Nintendo Entertainment System. Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox came into the market almost at the same year. The 3 brands now offer the best in the gaming world with high quality graphics, highly interactive gaming, and internet connectivity.

Before buying one, ask yourself what type of gamer you are. You need to know if you prefer hardcore graphics and breath taking storylines over casual graphics with physically interactive interfaces, or if you are the type who prefers accessories with gaming over online community gaming. We have PS3 for the graphics maniacs. Xbox 360 should not be undermined because it also has extreme graphics. The difference between the two is with PS3, you get extra features such as movie players and music players while Xbox on the other hand has twitter and Facebook integrated in the system software. Nintendo Wii offers casual graphics for the not so hardcore gamers. But what we lose on graphics, we gain on fun and interactivity.

PS3 and Xbox 360 offer almost the same video game titles. They offer shooter games, sports games, music games, and adventure games. Exclusive to PS3 are Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid and Unchartered. Xbox though boasts having Halo and Forza Motorsport. On the side, Nintendo Wii is the not so conventional console offering fitness and action adventure games require the player to act the movements of the video game character. IF you get bored, then simply download cheat codes.

When it comes to accessories, Wii has the most to offer as the game play adapts on the movement of the game itself. Stufff like balance board, racket and a lot of movement based controllers are what Wii offers. Xbox and PS3 on the other hand offer sophisticated controllers, steering wheels, and rhythm game controllers.

If you are the casual gamer who prefer moving around while playing, then go with Wii. For maximum enjoyment, you can modify your Wii with an external hard drive. An external hard drive will help you copy Wii games, burn Wii games, and backup Wii games . You can download manuals on how to backup Wii games through a hard drive modification. Simply look online for instructions.

Source: http://www.koniki.biz/deciding-what-gaming-console-is-the-best/

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Proudfoot runs into CIS record book - The Sudbury Star - Ontario, CA

By RON THOMSON, FOR THE SUDBURY STAR

Updated 6 hours ago

Competing in his second year at the University of Guelph, Lively's Ross Proudfoot ran his way into the record books.

This weekend at the SPIRE NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Invitational in Geneva, Ohio, Proudfoot recorded the third fastest CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) 3,000-metre race in CIS history.

The Track North alum blazed his way to a finishing time of 7:57. 46 to earn a silver medal.

Guelph teammate Alex Genest held off the hardcharging Proudfoot to claim the gold in the race.

Early in the race, Proudfoot held back in the middle of the pack, but he made a move in the final kilometre.

"I felt really comfortable running in the middle of the pack for the first half of the race and moved up with the Top 5 with about 900 metres to go," Proudfoot said. "When they rang the bell for the final lap, I knew I could break eight minutes and I made a huge move to catch all of the lead group, except for Genest."

Proudfoot attributed his success during the weekend to his training, which is paying dividends.

"My training has been going really well this past month and my race times are dropping accordingly," he said.

Track North coach Darren Jermyn praised Proudfoot for the achievement of breaking the eight-minute barrier.

"Breaking eight minutes for three kilometres is one of those mystical barriers for athletes at any age," he said. "For Ross to do this at the age of 19 is truly outstanding. For some perspective, this time is equivalent to running five kilometres in 13 minutes and 45 seconds."

Proudfoot's next competition is the Ontario University Athletics Indoor Track and Field Championships, which will be held Feb. 24-25 at York University.

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