Sophie's World: Mardi Gras Shoes

If I haven?t extolled the artistic talent and sheer brilliance of my sister Freda, and how incredibly blessed I am to have her working with me day in and day out, please let me do so now. At the risk of sounding over-the-top, she is simply the most creative individual I know. Case in point: Mardi Gras.

If you?ve ever been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, you know there is no other energy like it in the world (except possible Carnival, but I?ve never been to Brazil, so I can?t really speak to that). Mardi Gras is an explosion of color, sound, culture, food, and drink. It?s an amazing week-long party with parades, outrageous costumes, and my personal favorite: specialty giveaways. Most people know about the beads that are tossed from floats and balconies all over town, but did you know people also give away doubloons, coconuts, and shoes? Yes, shoes! I?m not talking little plastic Barbie shoes, I?m talking the most amazing, hand-embellished shoes you ever did see. Each shoe is a work of art!

We are lucky enough to be involved with the process of making these shoes for a beloved client, and thought we would pass on the tradition for your next Mardi Gras event.

Personally, I think these shoes go way beyond the status of ?craft,? and into the realm of high art, but they would make a great activity at any glitzy, glamour-filled event. Basically all you need are some fun shoes (high heels are always great, but boots, wedges, sandals, even flip flops or baby shoes can work). The main ingredients for making Mardi Gras shoes are glitter, glue, and fun.

The shoes can be found in any discount shoe place (such as Payless), but for variety, I like to hit the thrift stores. The great thing about thrift stores such as Goodwill and the Salvation Army is that you?ll get an unbelievable variety of shoes to choose from, and all the money goes to a good cause. I always think it?s much more fun to have tons of different shoes, as opposed to one repeated style. You know what they say: ?variety is the spice of life...? or in this case, the ?variety is the glitter base for these amazing shoes!?

I must warn you that this is a messy craft, and your workspace may just end up looking like Tinkerbell and her friends went to war. But if you cover your floors and workspace with plastic or tarps, it shouldn?t be too bad. Still, it may truly test the suction power of your Dyson vacuum cleaner! I also have to warn you that glitter is contagious. My sister calls it the herpes of all craft supplies. You will unintentionally pass it on to your friends and family. Like the norovirus that is shutting down schools here in San Francisco, it?s merciless. You?ll find it in your bedsheets, your laundry, your pores... Yes, gross but true -- my sister has actually had glitter-filled zits! I won?t go there...

Anyway, if I haven?t frightened you off, you are going to have the time of your life!

The steps to making a Mardi Gras shoe are really easy, and the supplies are so varied that once you?ve got your base, anything from paperclips to bottlecaps can make a cool decorating element.

Here?s what you?ll need to make your shoes:

1. Assorted shoes (any size, variety, or style)

2. Modge Podge (my sister has tried every type of glue out there, and this is the best)

3. Sponge-tipped paintbrushes (cheap ones are fine, just make sure you have plenty as they do tend to disintegrate with usage)

4. Standard glitter (you?ll need a good sized jar, 4 oz. at least) Don?t get the expensive, ultra-fine glitter, you want the regular type. (As many colors as you can find!)

5. Hot glue gun and glue sticks (stock up on the sticks!)

6. Cardboard box (like a shirt /gift box, with a smooth bottom and no folded flaps) -- 1 per glitter color

7. An assortment of embellishments: trims, laces, puffballs, old toys, bows, old Christmas ornaments, things you find under the seat cushions of your couch, etc.

8. Scissors

9. Plastic tarps to cover your working area

How-to:

You will want to make these shoes over the course of 2 or 3 days. The first day or two will be the preparation days, meaning, getting the shoe base ready for embellishment. The following day will be spent in a glue-gunning frenzy.

Day 1: Prep your area/prep the shoes

Make sure to cover your work area with plastic, tarps, etc. Trust me on this one.

1. Take your shoes and give them a gentle cleaning so they are dust and dirt free.

2. Using your sponge brush, liberally apply Modge Podge to one area of the shoe at a time (you may want to start with the insole, or possibly the toe portion of the shoe).

3. Hold your Modge Podged shoe over your shirt box and liberally shake on one color of glitter. You will only want to work with one color at a time, letting that color dry before adding another color. In this way, you can actually make patterns with your glitter.

4. Make sure that your glitter adheres to all of the Modge Podge. Don?t leave any white spots. If need be, place your shoe on a piece of newspaper, and pour the glitter contents of the shirt box back into the glitter container. Repeat step 3 until the shoe is completely covered.

5. Set your shoe aside to dry.

6. When the shoe is dry, repeat step numbers 2 & 3 on different areas of the shoe. Keep repeating these steps until the entire shoe is covered in glitter. This is your base shoe.

7. Let your base completely dry (may take 24 hours).

Day Two: Decorating the shoes

8. Now, go to town! Using your glue gun, add whatever kind of crazy embellishments that you can gather. Don?t be shy; the crazier and wackier the shoe, the better it is!

9. That?s it! Now display your shoes for the world to see.

As I mentioned above, I think this would be an amazing craft for a party, event, or fundraiser. The host would need to prep the shoes ahead of time, but once the base is done, then the real fun can begin. Invite your friends over for an evening that is bound to create memories. Just like a quilting bee, this is the kind of craft that engages lots of people at the same time and invokes that wonderful feeling of sharing. I can almost guarantee that if you get a group of friends together around the table decorating these shoes, the stories will fly (just like those glitter-bombing fairies)!

If you want inspiration just check out some of the amazing creations my sister Freda made for our client. I hope you, like me, can appreciate the utter genius behind each shoe, and although these boots may not be made for walkin?, they certainly (as the Cajuns say) laissez les bon temps rouler (let the good times roll)!

Source: http://sophworldblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/mardi-gras-shoes.html

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Teachers fly experiments on NASA reduced gravity flights

ScienceDaily (Feb. 15, 2012) ? More than 70 teachers had an opportunity to experience what it feels like to float in space as they participated in the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston last week.

The teachers flew aboard an aircraft that flies parabolic flight paths, which create brief periods of weightlessness. It is a key component of NASA's astronaut training protocol. The teachers were selected for the flights through NASA's Teaching from Space and Explorer School Programs.

NASA Associate Administrator for Education and two-time space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin also participated in some of the flights and shared first-hand with the participants his experiences in astronaut training.

"The enthusiasm among our teachers participating in the reduced gravity flights is contagious," Melvin said. "I know it will add a new dimension to their teaching as they engage their students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics studies."

Also participating in the flights was Mark Riccobono, executive director of the National Federation of the Blind's Jernigan Institute. Riccobono is blind. NASA has worked with the National Federation of the Blind in a variety of capacities during the past 10 years to share the excitement and inspiration of the agency's missions and programs with those who are visually impaired.

"NASA education always is looking for ways to make our offerings available to the widest audience possible," Melvin said. "Mark Riccobono's flight represents a new chapter in our commitment to sharing the excitement of NASA's mission with the blind community."

The Teaching from Space Program offers educational opportunities that use the unique assets of NASA's human spaceflight mission to engage the education community and create space-related learning opportunities. Teachers used the event to work with their students to propose, design and build the experiments they took on the flights.

Fourteen teams comprising 40 teachers from NASA Explorer Schools also participated as part of the 2011 School Recognition Award for their contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. They conducted microgravity experiments provided by NASA.

The Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program continues NASA's investment in U.S. education by helping attract and retain students in STEM disciplines critical to future space exploration.

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Study: Electric boost helps brain to learn better

This undated image provided by the Fried Lab/UCLA shows a brain MRI with an arrow showing where researchers applied deep-brain stimulation during tests on learning. A painless bit of electrical current applied to the brain helped some people play a video game, and someday it might help Alzheimer's disease patients remember what they've learned, a small study suggests. The game-players had to learn where particular stores were in a virtual city. They recalled the locations better if they'd learned them while current was supplied by tiny electrodes buried in their brains. That strategy may someday help people with early Alzheimer's hang on to many kinds of memory, suggested Dr. Itzhak Fried, a neurosurgeon at the University of California, Los Angeles. But "this is obviously a preliminary result,'' he cautioned. (AP Photo/UCLA, Fried Lab)

This undated image provided by the Fried Lab/UCLA shows a brain MRI with an arrow showing where researchers applied deep-brain stimulation during tests on learning. A painless bit of electrical current applied to the brain helped some people play a video game, and someday it might help Alzheimer's disease patients remember what they've learned, a small study suggests. The game-players had to learn where particular stores were in a virtual city. They recalled the locations better if they'd learned them while current was supplied by tiny electrodes buried in their brains. That strategy may someday help people with early Alzheimer's hang on to many kinds of memory, suggested Dr. Itzhak Fried, a neurosurgeon at the University of California, Los Angeles. But "this is obviously a preliminary result,'' he cautioned. (AP Photo/UCLA, Fried Lab)

NEW YORK (AP) ? People learned better when a key part of their brains got mild zaps of electricity, a finding that may someday help Alzheimer's patients keep more of their memories.

In a small but tantalizing study, participants played a video game in which they learned the locations of stores in a virtual city. They recalled the locations better if they learned them while receiving a painless boost from tiny electrodes buried deep inside their brains.

In the future, that strategy might help curb memory loss for people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, suggested Dr. Itzhak Fried, a neurosurgeon at the University of California, Los Angeles. But he cautioned that the results were preliminary.

Using implanted electrodes to treat brain disease is hardly new. Such "deep-brain stimulation" has been used for about a decade for Parkinson's disease and some other disorders. Researchers are also testing it for depression.

Some 80,000 or more people worldwide have had stimulation units implanted, mostly for Parkinson's.

Fried and colleagues reported the new work in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. It was financed by the federal government and the Dana Foundation.

"I think it's a terrific paper," said Dr. Andres Lozano, a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, who didn't participate in the work but is studying the approach in Alzheimer's patients. The new work shows stimulation can modify the workings of brain circuits that control memory in people, he said.

But like Fried, he cautioned that the research was still in the early stages.

"Whether it will translate into something useful, we do not know," he said, noting that years of additional study would be needed.

"You don't want to do brain surgery on people unless you have a pretty clear idea you're going to make them better," Lozano said. Deep-brain electrodes are implanted through holes drilled in the skull.

The study participants were seven epilepsy patients who had the electrodes implanted to help surgeons identify the source of their seizures. Fried and colleagues took advantage of that to stimulate a part of the brain that's key to learning. The patients could not feel the stimulation.

The patients played the video game on a laptop at their beds. Using a joystick, they took the role of taxi drivers in a small town consisting of four blocks by four blocks. They searched for passengers and dropped them off at any of six stores they were asked to find. The electrical stimulation was turned on while they learned the locations of some stores, but not others.

Testing showed that the stimulation made a difference. When given a store to find, the patients took a more direct route to it, and got there faster, if they had learned its location during a time of stimulation. When researchers looked at how much extra wandering they did beyond the shortest possible path, they found that stimulation reduced this excess by an average of 64 percent.

The patients were tested only a few minutes after learning the store locations, so it's not yet clear how long the effect can last, Fried said. Researchers will also have to see if stimulation helps for other kinds of knowledge, he said.

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The advantages of Unsecured Financial loans for Credit card debt ...

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Wellness And Health And Fitness Suggestions With Regard To Guys ...

Health and fitness is essential when attempting to preserve a wholesome life style. Through staying in shape, you?ve a a lot better opportunity at residing a longer life also as getting a lot more stamina. Not only is it feasible to truly feel a lot better about your self, however other people might consider discover also as become motivated to a lot better on their own, which may be a reward by itself.

In case you invest lots of your day seated inside a table, take a break each and each and every fifteen minutes roughly to get upward also as transfer about. Attempt performing numerous standing leg raises in front in the table to get the actual blood flowing, also as function on making just a little related with muscle mass.

Growing blood circulation will be the greatest approach to carry essential nutrition to the cells within our physiques also as assists to eradicate bad toxins built-up within our techniques. A great approach to reinforce blood circulation is by simply stretching out. Stretching out will aid reduce injuries in front of operating out also as improve tone of muscle. The actual Fitbit assists an individual monitor your workout.

A lot of fitness experts claim that 1 in the the majority of persistent exercise myths is ?no discomfort, no acquire.Inch There are numerous low-intensity exercise techniques which will shield an individual fit also as wholesome, which includes yoga, mild stretching out also as walking. Actually, should you experience discomfort all through or perhaps right following a workout, it really is most likely which you possess ripped or perhaps damaged a tendon or perhaps over-exhausted your muscles.

Everyone knows how essential regularity should be to a fitness program, however illness is a single excuse which should be permitted to split the actual fitness schedule. The actual entire body draws on exactly exactly the same resources to battle illness it utilizes to recover through exercise. Individuals that insist upon operating out though ill, will take longer to get wholesome and will see tiny benefit from operating away.

In case you are lifting any kind of kind of totally free dumbbells together with your back then you?ll need to become extremely cautious. It is pretty easy to hurt your personal back when lifting heavy objects, which suggests which you have to buy also as make sure to put on a lifting belt all the time within the fitness center.

An amazing approach to reinforce your personal fitness level should be to arranged a prolonged term objective getting a cease day. Selecting out a particular day for the objectives will drive you to complete all of them inside a well-timed manner. You?re in a position to additionally set up a number of brief term objectives that might assist you within the prolonged run.

So that you are able to preserve your personal diet strategy also as your fitness program, try to help keep your personal refrigerator also as deep freeze filled together with nutritious also as wholesome problems. That way if you?re getting a busy day you are able to arrive house and have plenty of options with out getting automatically falling within the path of those a smaller amount healthy/easier problems like chips or perhaps soda pop. If likely, remain away from purchasing those problems altogether within the event that they are also tempting for you.

Stamina, additionally referred to as stamina, is truly a pretty essential portion related with fitness. It is something that?s definitely built up a lot more than a time period by stretching the actual volume of time of a particular exercise (ie: running, going swimming; and so on). This demands your body?s capability to resist also as get over exactly what the entire body continues to be requested to complete.

To acquire a progressive weigh-lifting strategy heading, you need to concentrate on rising the absolute total weight an individual raise in each and every exercise. The whole weight comes from the load an individual raise, instances your personal volume of reps, instances your personal volume of models. You?re in a position to improve total weight using the addition of to the of those 3 factors.

Carry out your personal hamstrings so that you are able to make your run more rapidly. Your hamstring muscles aid your personal speed and are applied to drive away. Lower-leg curl is really a great exercise to get robust hamstrings, however rather related with delivering this specific exercise effortlessly, launch slowly which will function your personal hamstrings a lot more. Strong hamstrings equivalent a more rapidly run.

Make your rely backwards. Instead related with counting as a lot as the quantity of reps you need to perform, rely lower from them. It is going to make your exercise seem shorter also as simpler, since you?ll be permitting your self to believe in lower amounts. Telling your self you simply possess a lot of a lot more is substantially a lot more encouraging.

Don?t exercise prior to eating anything. Be sure you fill up your personal gas tank in front of an individual begin your workout. It is greatest to eat a wholesome carbohydrate, Thirty to 60 minutes in front of operating out. Some superb ideas for pre-workout treats tend to be yogurt also as fruit, a smaller dish related with oatmeal or a banana.

So that you are able to acquire more rapidly at running, improve your personal running step. You don?t decide to improve the length on your actions simply because this does not assist you run more rapidly. Make sure that your personal foot countries beneath your personal entire body rather within the front. Push away on your feet rather in the back heel when beginning.

By no means function away within the fitness center with out getting carrying a water bottle together with an individual. Staying hydrated is pretty essential all through exercise, also as you need to make it simply because easy simply because likely for your self. Subsequent time an individual watch a professional sports activities sport (like soccer) discover how frequently the players drink water. Acquiring water right accessible will shield an individual hydrated with out getting tempting you to discontinue your workout for a journey to the drinking fountain.

So that you are able to acquire most likely the most away in the fitness program, perform workouts which require leveling muscles extremely first in your program. This could incorporate workouts like push-ups also as dumbbells. This can function your smaller, assist muscles. While you progress through your workout and get a lot more tired, following that switch to weight devices which strengthen for you.

Through being fit, you?ll discover your personal life style heading inside a a lot better path. Eating right, operating out also as usually treating your self a lot better will assist you together with your fitness objectives. By continuing to help keep a program also as researching numerous techniques related with keeping fit, you are able to improve your feasible to become a fit also as pleased individual.

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Stingomania unveils first reality show on music video production ...

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retail restautrant, real estate industry news, real estate industry trends

The below are tips and tidbits about local Los Angeles area retail real estate as well as related local and national news and trends. For your information, from one of our shopping center real estate development partners and experts, Sam "Bachie" Bachner.

by Sam BACHIE Bachner on February 3, 2012

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Restaurant sales to grow a record 3.5 percent in 2012
Despite the U.S. economy?s sluggish recovery, the restaurant industry will see growth this year, according to the National Restaurant Association. Total restaurant industry sales will hit a record high of $632 billion this year, up 3.5 percent over last year, the second straight year sales exceeded $600 billion, the trade group says. ?? Food costs are among the main challenges restaurateurs cite. ?Because about one-third of sales in a restaurant go to food and beverage purchases, food prices are a crucial component for operators,? said Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of the National Restaurant Association?s research and knowledge group. ?Last year we saw wholesale food prices post their strongest annual increase in more than three decades. In 2012 we will see continued increases in the cost of some commodities, while price pressures will ease for others.? ?? Operators can succeed if they understand consumer trends, says Riehle. There is substantial pent-up demand for restaurant services, he says, with two out of five consumers saying they are not using restaurants as often as they would like. To translate that demand into sales, Riehle says more restaurants are sourcing their ingredients locally and putting healthier fare on the menu.

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Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth Tie West Memphis Three Into A 'Devil's Knot'

Colin Firth is joining Reese Witherspoon in Atom Egoyan's drama based on the real-life case of the West Memphis Three, "Devil's Knot."
Deadline has the news, and reports that the story centers on Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. who were convicted of the murder of three 8-year-old boys. The case was sensationalized [...]

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Massive volcanic eruptions caused Little Ice Age, froze the Thames

The research, which looked at chemical clues preserved in Arctic vegetation as well as other data, also pinpointed the start of the Little Ice Age to the end of the 13th century.

A mysterious, centuries-long cool spell, dubbed the Little Ice Age, appears to have been caused by a series of volcanic eruptions and sustained by sea ice, a new study indicates.

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The research, which looked at chemical clues preserved in Arctic vegetation as well as other data, also pinpointed the start of the Little Ice Age to the end of the 13th century.

During the cool spell, which lasted into the late 19th century, advancing glaciers destroyed northern European towns and froze the Thames River in London and canals in the Netherlands, places that are now ice-free. There is also evidence it affected other continents.

"This is the first time anyone has clearly identified the specific onset of the cold times marking the start of the Little Ice Age," said Gifford Miller, a geological sciences professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the lead study researcher. "We also have provided an understandable climate feedback system that explains how this cold period could be sustained for a long period of time."

The cause appears to have been massive tropical volcanic eruptions, which spewed tiny particles called?aerosols into the atmosphere. While suspended in the air, the aerosols reflect solar radiation back into space, cooling the planet below. ?

The cooling was sustained after the aerosols had left the atmosphere by a sea-ice feedback in the North Atlantic Ocean, the researchers believe. Expanding sea ice would have melted into the North Atlantic Ocean, interfering with the normal mixing between surface and deeper waters. This meant the water flowing back to the Arctic was colder, helping to sustain large areas of sea ice, which, in turn, reflect sunlight back into the atmosphere. The result was a self-sustaining feedback loop.

Miller and colleagues came to these conclusions by looking at radiocarbon dates ? based on how much of the radioactive form of carbon they contain?? from dead plants revealed by melting ice on Baffin Island, in the Canadian Arctic. Their analysis found that many plants at both high and low altitudes died between A.D. 1275 and A.D. 1300 ? evidence that Baffin Island froze over suddenly. Many plants also appeared to have died at around A.D. 1450, an indication of a second major cooling.

These periods coincide with two of the most volcanically active half centuries in the past millennium, according to the researchers. [History's Biggest Volcanic Eruptions]

They also found that the annual layers in sediment cores from a glacial lake linked with an ice cap in Iceland suddenly became thicker, indicating increased erosion caused by the expansion of the ice cap in the late 13th century and in the 15th century?.

"This gave us a great deal more confidence that there was a major perturbation to the Northern Hemisphere climate near the end of the 13th century," Miller said.?

Simulations using a climate model showed that several large, closely spaced eruptions could have cooled the Northern Hemisphere enough to spark sea-ice growth and the subsequent feedback loop.

It's unlikely?decreased solar radiation, a separate theory to explain the Little Ice Age, played a role, according to the researchers.

The research will appear Tuesday (Jan. 31) in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

You can follow?LiveScience?senior?writer Wynne Parry on Twitter?@Wynne_Parry.?Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter@livescience?and on?Facebook.

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Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea with 350 aboard

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea?? Rescuers have plucked more than 200 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank Thursday with as many as 350 people on board, officials said.

An airplane from Australia, three helicopters and eight ships were scouring the search area after the MV Rabaul Queen went down while traveling from Kimbe on the island of New Britain to coastal town of Lae on the main island, Australian Maritime Safety Authority said in a statement.

The ferry sank 50 miles east of Lae and 10 miles from shore, the statement said.

Australian Broadcasting Corp. quoted police in Kimbe, where the ferry sailed from, as saying most of the passengers were students and trainee teachers.

The authority's dedicated search and rescue airplane based in the northern Australian city of Cairns had reached the scene by afternoon and another two Australian airplanes were on the way. All three carried life rafts that could be dropped to survivors in the water.

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said the cause of the sinking was unknown.

He said more than 300 people were aboard the ship, although the precise number had yet to be confirmed.

'Major tragedy'
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard called the incident a "major tragedy."

"Given the likely very high loss of life here, I think when this news comes to the attention of Australians around the country they will be thinking about the people of PNG as they respond to this tragedy," she added.

The Australian maritime agency initially detected the ferry's distress beacon and alerted the PNG Maritime Rescue Coordination Center, which is coordinating the rescue effort.

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The Australian statement said 219 survivors had been recovered by five ships by late Thursday.

It added that 350 people were believed to be on board, but Papua New Guinea's National Maritime Safety Authority (NMSA) rescue coordinator Captain Nurur Rahman said the true figure was likely lower.

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"I cannot confirm or deny the 350 missing number. It is hearsay," Rahman said. "I have not seen the manifest as yet, but it is likely around 300."

'Bad weather' or light swell?
Rahman said he was being fed information from an NMSA agent on board one of the ships.

"The dynamics of this thing are changing all the time, minute by minute," he said.

Australian Maritime Safety Authority spokeswoman Carly Lusk said a greater loss of life may have been avoided as sea conditions were good, with a 10 knot wind and a light swell.

"We are getting more life rafts out into the water. There have been more reports of vessels sighting people in life rafts, so we're hoping for the number (of survivors) to increase in the very near future," she said.

The AFP news agency reported that ferry operator Star Ships had said the sinking had been caused by "bad weather."

Papua New Guinea, Australia's nearest neighbor, is largely undeveloped, with poor infrastructure and limited facilities despite enormous resources wealth.

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Any physical therapist assistants?
i\?m heading to college to be considered a pta and was just questioning what will be the likes, dislikes of your position. Also, what can I count on? I prepare to at some point complete my bachelors and and go ahead to become bodily therapist if this can be what I pick out like a lifestyle time profession.
PTA will not be a stepping stone to turn into a PT. It really can take more time. The program operate will not be the exact nor is it transferable. you will discover only two bridge plans within the nation. PTA have gone on to PT however it is a lot easier to go straight to PT if that that which you want to carry out.

PT and PTA possess a tight connection. The PTA that I operate with are particularly intelligent compassionate folks. nearly all of them went to college as non standard pupils and also have people. They deal with sufferers then document it. PT do the evaluations plus the extra problematic treatment method. PTA will need to operate underneath the supervision of your PT

From the APTA

Physical therapist assistants (PTAs) present bodily treatment solutions underneath the route and supervision of the bodily therapist. PTAs assist folks of all ages that have health-related difficulties, or other health-related disorders that restrict their power to transfer and execute practical actions within their regular lives. PTAs operate in a range of configurations which includes hospitals, personal practices, outpatient clinics, property health and fitness, nursing households, educational institutions, sports activities amenities, and much more.

PTAs have to finish a 2-year associate's diploma and therefore are certified, licensed, or registered in many states. treatment furnished by a PTA may well consist of teaching patients/clients work out for mobility, power and coordination, schooling for actions these types of as strolling with crutches, canes, or walkers, massage, plus the utilization of bodily agents and electrotherapy these types of as ultrasound and electrical stimulation.

WHAT DO bodily THERAPIST ASSISTANTS make?

The median cash flow for the bodily therapist assistant is $46,000 dependent on placement, decades of encounter, diploma of schooling, geographic site, and practice setting.

WHERE DO bodily THERAPIST ASSISTANTS operate?

Today, bodily therapist assitants present health and fitness treatment solutions to sufferers of all ages and health and fitness disorders in a range of configurations, which includes:

Outpatient clinics or offices
Hospitals
Inpatient rehabilitation amenities
Skilled nursing, prolonged treatment, or subacute amenities
Homes
Education or homework centers
Schools
Hospices
Industrial, workplace, or other occupational environments
Fitness centers and sports activities schooling amenities
WHAT will be the academic prerequisites FOR being A PTA?

To operate like a PTA, a person have to graduate with the affiliate diploma (two decades, often 5 semesters) from an accredited PTA plan at a technical or local community university, university, or university. Graduates have to pass the nationwide examination for licensing/certification/regulation in many states to become qualified to operate. PTAs operate underneath the route of the bodily therapist (PT).

The PTAs' responsibilities can consist of aiding in instructing sufferers in work outs and actions of regular residing (including bodily modalities), working with exceptional products, amassing information around the patient's progress, and documenting and reporting around the patient's response. you will discover at this time 235 institutions supporting 252 PTA plans across the nation.

WHAT will be the LICENSURE prerequisites FOR being A PTA?

Forty-eight states plus the District of Columbia PTAs to become certified, registered, or licensed. States requiring licensure stipulate distinct academic and examination standards.

WHAT is a EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK FOR bodily THERAPIST ASSISTANTS?

According towards the Bureau of Labor figures, employment is anticipated to mature a lot speedier than normal mainly because of boosting desire for bodily treatment solutions. position potential customers for bodily therapist assistants are anticipated to become extremely very good. The American bodily treatment Association's (APTA's) most current information indicate an unemployment fee of three.9 %.

For extra info on the profession in bodily treatment, click on right here, or communicate with APTA Public Relations, 1111 North Fairfax road, Alexandria, VA 22314-1488, phone: 703/706-3248, fax: 703/706-8578.

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Here?s a record from the top rated ten suppliers of stair steppers and various major fitness equipment. Some deliver other athletics and strength education gear while many adhere to only producing stair steppers, treadmills and elliptical trainers.

1. Stamina ? Makers on the bestselling Stamina Instride Electronic Stepper as well as a wide range of other health and fitness machines, Stamina offer you best good quality products ranging from exercising and exercise session DVD?s for the Stamina AeroPilates training device. Watch all their health and fitness solutions on Amazon.

two. Gaiam ? Not merely a stair stepper manufacturer, Gaiam produce every little thing from health DVD?s to guided meditation chairs. Other health and fitness products they create include stomach and pilates kits, yoga and health apparel and pedometers. Watch on Amazon.

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5. Stairmaster ? Stairmaster steppers were obviously the pioneers of stepper machines through twenty five several years ago. Expensive, but brilliant! The Stairmaster Stepmill is dubbed the ?hardest exercise in the gym? by many physical fitness professionals. If you have the money to spend, my recommendation is to get a Stairmaster stepper!

6. Precor ? Precor is usually a name I know very well, because I use their premium gym products in the gym I attend. Smooth mechanics make these conditioning steppers make Precor a top rated notch name to consider when purchasing any of their conditioning products. They manufacture commercial stair steppers along with mini steppers, treadmills and elliptical trainers. View Precor fitness machines on Amazon.

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The Truth About the Future of Marriage | Relate ... - Relationships Work

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832

Will marriage become a thing of the past?

Some frightening statistics were recently reported by the Pew Research Center. They found the rate of marriage in the United States is at an all-time low; only 50% of all adults (ages 18+) are currently married, compared to 72% in 1960.

Though 40% of people believe marriage is becoming obsolete, 61% of those ?never married? want to get married someday.

Better news was reported by the National Marriage Project, a nonpartisan, nonsectarian, and interdisciplinary initiative at the University of Virginia, founded to do research on the state of marriage. Their recent study shows greater than 75% of people in the US still believe marriage is ?important.? In addition, they found 70% of adults under age 30 want to marry someday.

So what does this mean for the future of marriage?

From a historical perspective these statistics sense. In the 1950s and 1960s marriage was necessary for economic and social purposes. There were few choices for women in the workplace and men did not stay home to raise kids. Couples were committed to staying married. The foundation upon which marriages are built today is quite different than our parents?.

Today, women and men have the opportunity to lead individually fulfilling lives, have careers and live singly, with or without children. Socially, an unmarried or divorced person is not judged to be deviant as they would have been years ago.

Despite this, we do believe that marriage will continue. Most people we see are looking for a person with whom they can connect, emotionally and sexually; a companion they can spend the rest of their lives with. Most people who want children do not want to raise them alone.

The problem is we marry for one reason only: feelings of love; feelings so powerful we believe they will hold us together forever. The truth is, love is the weakest link in a relationship. Without understanding the commitment to ?marriage,? and without compatible qualities in partners, love is the worst reason in the world to marry. Feelings will fade without the proper care and feeding.

Individuals and couples, more than ever, need to learn how to create a thriving and lasting marriage. More than any prior generation, we must acquire the skills that lead to successful and enduring partnerships and have more conscious conversations than ever before.

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
~ Martin Luther, 1483-1546

We would love to hear your thoughts and ideas about the future of marriage on our Facebook page.

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