Truth be told, I?ve loved him from the moment I first laid eyes on him, almost two decades ago. So when we decided to go into business together again (this isn?t our first time around), I didn?t hesitate.
Because really, who wouldn?t want to spend their days with their best friend, building a business that can help thousands of others do the same (and make you an insane amount of money at the same time)?
And yet, it?s not always that easy. I mean, we aren?t the same person (he, for better or for worse, comes with his own set of opinions ? go figure), we have different styles, and sometimes, we don?t see eye to eye.
In spite of all of this, there?s no one else in the world I?d rather throw my hat into the ring with.
If you and your spouse/significant other have decided that you?d like to try building a home based business together, here are five network marketing tips that can help you handle every obstacle you may face along the way:
Network Marketing Tips ? #1: Take it slow.
When it comes to starting a new business, there?s always going to be a big learning curve, which means that mistakes will happen. Don?t expect that you and your mate will negotiate this curve at the same speed, or that you?ll both maintain the same level of enthusiasm as you go along (especially during the first three months). Determine now that you will be gentle with each other, whatever happens. Allow for the inevitable mistakes, and work together to find a solution.
Network Marketing Tips ? #2: Keep things in perspective.
Look, chances are good that if you?ve entered into a home based business with your husband/s.o., you, like us, need it to work. Like, right away. Not gonna happen (I hope you have a cushion in place, yes?). Needing that income can add an extra layer of stress that is unfair to put on a new business. But since we all come up against those hairy moments, just remember that it?s only network marketing. Not brain surgery. Not stabilizing the European Union. That?s not to downplay just how important your business?s success will be to your family and countless others. But keeping perspective should give you a sense of ease that you need to allow for success to happen as a natural result of your hard work.
Network Marketing Tips ? #3: Acknowledge the little things.
I?m working outside today because it?s the end of November and warm and beautiful. But the sun has shifted, and it?s hard to read the screen. Without my asking for it, J brought me a hat and a pair of sunglasses. He does this a lot ? notices the little things. And I make it an effort to acknowledge when he goes out of his way to do so. And I?m convinced that because we make a habit of doing this, our relationship (and, by extension, our business) works.
Network Marketing Tips ? #4: Keep your focus.
Sometimes, especially in the beginning stages of building your network marketing business, the only way out is through, and you?ve got to keep your focus, no matter what. Here?s where implementing an effective, proven software system will help keep things moving along. (I?ve written about funded proposal systems at length in other articles that you can find by browsing my Ezinearticles profile.) Bean by bean, as they say, the bag gets filled. Don?t worry about Google stats, page rankings, or what kind of traffic you?re getting. Just keep your head down, keep your focus, and keep moving forward.
Network Marketing Tips ? #5: Team up with a someone who knows what they?re doing.
I see it happen everyday: home based businesses closing up shop because the good folks running them just don?t have the experience and expertise needed to survive. And that?s too bad. Because this isn?t a hard business to figure out (in fact, making money online is one of the easiest things you can do). But if you don?t have a least a glancing knowledge of some basic marketing techniques, you?re either going to fail forward (as Ray Higdon likes to say), or just fail, period. Here?s where an experienced leader comes in, someone who will educate, inspire and challenge you to keep moving forward. Can you get there from here without one? Yes, but I wouldn?t recommend it. Unless you?re willing to go through a lot of headache, heartache, time, and money.
If you look at the above five network marketing tips, the thing that they all have in common is their ability to help you maintain balance in your business. And I think that is the key to success. Make it your daily intention to strive for balance in your home and work life, and you?ll find success flowing as a natural outcome.
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The Giants believe they?ve drawn the blueprint for how to defend Michael Vick, and they?re looking to continue to add pressure.
While many teams are hesitant to rush any athletic quarterback for fear of what happens when they break containment, the Giants want to put the pressure on the Eagles quarterback for the cumulative effect.
?As a quarterback who runs a lot, you should expect to get hit even more even when you stand in the pocket. You?re going to get hit,? Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul said, via Jorge Castillo of the Newark Star-Ledger. ?We?re coming; we?re going to hit you regardless so whether you throw the ball or you run the ball, we?re going to hit you. If you throw the ball and release it, as long as we get there before he releases the ball, we can hit him.
?The ref?s the only one who can tell us no.?
The last time the Giants played him, they broke his right hand, knocking him out of the game briefly. He complained that many teams, including the Giants, were hitting him late. But he?s taking enough legal hits to necessitate a different plan.
?He?s not inhuman,? Giants defensive tackle Rocky Bernard said. ?You can?t take that many hits and survive in this league, so they?re going to have to change something.?
Of course, teams are hitting Vick early and often this year. He?s been hit 29 times and sacked nine in three games, with 13 hits and five sacks by the Cardinals last week.
?A lot of teams took what we did,? Pierre-Paul said. ?I was watching the Arizona game. Whew! They were killing him out there, man. He needs to get rid of the ball faster.?
At the rate he?s taking shots, if he doesn?t get the ball out quicker, he may not make it through another Giants game, or many other ones.
EA 4373, G?n?tique Cardiovasculaire, Universit? de Lorraine, Nancy 54000, France
Copyright ? 2012 Bernard Herbeth et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The question about differences in dietary patterns associated with beer, wine, and spirits is still unresolved. We used diet data from 423 middle-aged males of the STANISLAS Study. Using adjusted values for covariates, we observed a negative significant association between increasing alcohol intakes and the consumption of milk, yogurt, and fresh/uncured cheese, sugar and confectionery, vegetables and fruits, and a significant positive relationship with cheese, meat and organs, pork-butcher's meat, and potatoes. In addition, the first dietary pattern identified by factor analysis (characterized a more prudent diet) was inversely related to alcohol intakes. Conversely, when analyzing daily consumption of specific food groups and diet patterns according to beverage preference (wine, beer, and spirits), no significant difference was observed. In conclusion, in this sample of middle-aged French males, there was a linear trend between increasing alcohol intakes and worsening of quality of diet, while no difference was observed according to beverage preference.
1. Introduction
Alcohol is linked to an extensively documented J-shaped dose-effect curve, with light to moderate consumption reducing cardiovascular and overall mortality, whereas excessive drinking has the opposite effect [1?3]. Moreover, drinking pattern (heavy episodic or binge drinking versus a steady pattern of consumption [4, 5]), type of alcoholic beverage (wine, beer, spirits), and various related lifestyle and sociocultural factors may account for differences in health benefits or adverse effects associated with alcohol drinking. In the field of nutrition, prior research supports that increasing levels of alcohol consumption are associated with poorer dietary patterns [6?9]. Generally, increased alcohol intake was associated with higher consumption of potatoes and animal products such as meat, meat products, and pork-butcher's meat and low consumption of dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and fresh/uncured cheese, fruits and vegetables, and pastries and cookies. In addition, variation in diet associated with the preferred drink may explain why a type of alcoholic beverage seems to have specific effects on ischemic heart disease mortality. Some studies in Danish or American populations found that wine drinkers tend to have a healthier lifestyle profile (including diet) than beer or spirit drinkers [10?12]. However, in Navarra (Spain) dietary patterns between wine, beer, or spirit drinkers did not significantly differ [13]. Even within the same country, geographical factors could play an important role; for example, in France, living area, diet behaviors, and alcoholic beverage preference were strongly associated in the study of Ruidavets et al. [9].
Since data about French are limited, this present study aims to describe the associations of alcohol consumption and alcoholic-beverage preferences with dietary patterns measured in term of food groups and pattern in 423 middle-aged males living in Eastern France.
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Subjects
This work is based on the STANISLAS Family Study, a 10-year longitudinal study conducted since 1994 on 1,006 families selected at the Center for Preventive Medicine of Vandoeuvre-l?s-Nancy (east of France) [14, 15]. These families (2 parents and at least 2 children between 10 and 26 years) were identified from the files of the State Health Insurance Fund and invited every 5 years for checkups at the Center for Preventive Medicine. Due to the design of the STANISLAS Family study, subjects were of French origin and were free from acute or chronic diseases such as stroke, myocardial infarction, or cancer. At baseline, a random subsample of these families (about 45%) had to complete a 3-day food-intake diary. We performed this cross-sectional analysis on data of the entrance checkup (1994-95) from the sample of 423 fathers, who completed the 3-day food-intake diary and who had available covariate measurements (aged: 30?60 years, median age: 42 years, alcohol intakes: 0 and 112?g/day). Each subject gave written informed consent for participating in this study, which was approved by the ?Comit? Consultatif de Protection des Personnes dans la Recherche Biom?dicale de Lorraine? (France). In addition, we certify that all applicable governmental regulations concerning the ethical use of human volunteers were followed during this research.
2.2. Dietary Assessment and Data Collection
Dietary intake was assessed with a 3D dietary record, which was completed during 2 weekdays and 1 weekend day assigned at random for each individual [16]. All the food and drinks consumed at home and away were recorded in a 3-day diary. Each day of the diary comprised of six meal slots labelled: breakfast, midmorning, lunch, midafternoon, dinner, and ?late evening and night.? During the first part of the checkup, the subjects received instructions from a dietitian on the procedures for completing the dietary record and measuring food portions. Detailed guidance notes were provided at the beginning of the diary to assist subjects in describing portion sizes using g, ml, or household measures units. One week later, during the second part of the checkup, with the presence of the subject, the diary was checked, completed, coded, and quantified by the dietitian using colored photographs of foods, each with 3 different portion sizes. Two intermediate and extreme portions could also be chosen, yielding a total of 7 choices for estimating quantities consumed [17].
The daily consumption of 18 generic main food groups was computed as the mean value of the 3 days: milk, yogurt and fresh/uncured cheese, cheese, eggs, fish, poultry, meat and organs, pork-butcher?s meat, snacks, cereals and pasta, bread and toast, pastries and cookies, sugar and confectionery, pulses, potatoes, other vegetables than potatoes, fruits, and added fats and vegetable oils. By using data of the 3-day diary, total alcohol was calculated as the sum of ethanol in all the types of specific alcoholic beverages and expressed in grams of pure alcohol per day using the French Food Composition Database of INRA [18].
Data about lifestyle were collected by using relevant questionnaires [14], including information concerning smoking, and education. Weight and height were measured while the participants were standing in light clothing without shoes. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight (kilogram) divided by height (meter) squared.
2.3. Statistical Analysis
Statistical analyses were performed using SAS software (version 9.1; SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC, USA). Subjects were ranked according to their alcohol consumption in 4 groups: (non-)occasional drinkers (0?2?g/day), 3?22?g/day (2.0 standard drinks), 23?44?g/day (2 to 3.9 standard drinks), and 45?112?g/day (4 to 10 standard drinks). Intake of 22, 44, and 112?g of alcohol correspond to the consumption of , , and 1.3 liter of wine; , 1, and 2.6 liters of beer; 2, 4, and 10 standard drinks of spirit, respectively. In addition, drinkers (consuming 3?112?g/day) were classified according to their beverage preference in 4 categories (wine preference, beer preference, spirit preference, and no preference). A preference for a specific beverage type was defined as an intake of pure alcohol 50% of the total alcohol intake. A drinker with no preference was defined as a person whose intake of none of the specific beverage types exceeded 50%. No individual preferred two beverages equally (50% versus 50%).
Exploratory principle component analysis (PCA) was performed to define dietary patterns by using data from the 18 main food groups [19], followed by orthogonal (varimax) rotation to assist in interpretation of the factors and to ensure that the factors were uncorrelated. PCA aggregates specific food groups on the basis of the degree to which items in the dataset are correlated with one another. All variables in PCA were adjusted for nonalcohol energy intakes. Factors with an eigenvalue greater than 1 were retained. Variables with factor loadings having absolute values of 0.20 were used in interpreting the factors. Scores were computed for rotated factors as the sum of products of observed variables multiplied by their factor loading.
ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to compare differences between groups. Firstly, baseline characteristics of the participants were computed and compared according to alcohol intake and alcoholic beverage patterns. Secondly, relationships between alcohol intake and diet were assessed by using ANOVA with the hypothesis of linear trend and after adjustment for age, nonalcohol energy intakes, cigarette smoking, body mass index, education, and season. Thirdly, associations of diet with pattern of alcoholic beverage consumption were tested using ANOVA after adjustment for age, alcohol consumption, nonalcohol energy intake, cigarette smoking, body mass index, education, and season. (Non-)occasional drinkers and drinkers with no preference were excluded from this latter analysis. was accepted as significant.
3. Results
The characteristics (especially the covariates used in ANOVA) of the 423 males are shown in Table 1. A positive significant association between increasing alcohol intakes and proportion of smokers and number of cigarettes smoked per day was found. Wine drinkers were older than beer and spirit drinkers and consumed more pure alcohol per day. Spirits drinkers had significant higher body mass index and higher education status.
Table 1: Characteristics of the sample of 423 adult males according to alcohol consumption and beverage preferencea.
Two major dietary patterns with eigenvalue greater than 1 were identified by factor analysis using varimax rotation (Table 2). The first factor (eigenvalue = 1.24) was characterized by higher consumption of sugar and confectionery, added fat including vegetal oil, fruits, vegetables, milk, fish, poultry, and eggs and lower consumption of meat and organ, pork-butcher's meat, and pastries and cookies. The second factor (eigenvalue = 1.06) was associated with higher consumption of pastries and cookies, and snacks and lower consumption of pork-butcher's meat, cheese, and bread and toast.
Table 2: Factor-loading matrix for the major factors (diet pattern) identified by using food group intakesa.
Table 3 presents the consumption of food groups across the 4 categories of alcohol intake. By using adjusted values for age, nonalcohol energy intake, cigarette smoking, body mass index, education and season, we observed a negative significant association between increasing alcohol intakes and the consumption of milk, yogurt and fresh/uncured cheese, sugar and confectionery, pastries and cookies, vegetables and fruit, and a significant positive relationship with cheese, meat and organs, pork-butcher's meat, and potatoes. In line with the above cited data, the first dietary pattern was inversely related to alcohol intakes () and there was a significant association between alcohol intake and the second diet pattern (): heavy drinkers having lower value of pattern.
Table 3: Daily intake of foods and nutrients according to alcohol consumption in the sample of 423 adult malesa.
When analyzing daily consumption of specific food groups and diet patterns according to beverage preference (wine, beer, and spirits), after adjustment for age, nonalcohol energy intake, alcohol intakes, cigarette smoking, body mass index, education, and season (data not shown), differences for all food groups were not statistically significant. An exception was the consumption of poultry which was significantly higher in the spirit drinkers group (). Likewise, diet patterns were not significantly related to beverage preferences: , , and () for the first diet pattern and , , and () for the second; for wine, beer, and spirit drinkers, respectively.
4. Discussion
In this study, increased alcohol intake was associated with higher consumption of potatoes and animal products such as meat, meat products, and pork-butcher's meat and low consumption of dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and fresh/uncured cheese, and fruits and vegetables. In addition, pastries and cookies and sugar and confectionaries were less consumed by alcohol drinkers. The significant associations of poorer dietary practice with alcohol consumption were underlined previously in various populations around the world [6?9].
In line with our above results, the first dietary pattern was inversely related to alcohol intake. Previous studies using a dietary score based on components representing different aspects of a healthy diet such as the Healthy Eating Index in USA (HEI) [20] or the Diet Quality Index in France [9] showed that as alcohol quantity increased, diet index worsened. When cluster analysis or factor analysis was used to search for dietary patterns in various populations, patterns identified and labeled ?alcohol and meat products? [21], ?alcohol users? [22], ?alcohol and convenience foods? [23], or ?convenience food/beer? [24] reflected mainly the aggregation of alcoholic beverages with higher consumption of meat and processed meat and lower consumption of low-fat dairy products, desserts, fruits, and vegetables.
While levels of alcohol consumption were significantly and inversely associated with dietary quality in our sample of healthy adult men, food consumption according to wine, beer, or spirit preference did not significantly differ (except for poultry; spirits drinkers having the highest consumption). Likewise, the first diet pattern identified by factor analysis was not associated with beverage preference. Despite the growing number of studies in the literature, the question about differences in dietary patterns associated with beer, wine, and spirits is still unresolved. Contrary to our results, in studies conducted in United States, Australia or northern Europe [7, 10, 11, 25?27], wine drinkers tended to report healthier dietary patterns: more fruits, vegetables, grains, fish, olive oil, and fewer red or fried meats, sausage, bacon, and fried potatoes versus other groups of drinkers. In Denmark, by using information on number, type of item, and total charge from transactions in supermarkets, wine buyers made more purchases of healthy food items than people who bought beer [28]. Conversely, in studies conducted in Spain or in Italy, no relevant difference in healthy foods consumption and/or in adherence to Mediterranean diet was shown [13, 29, 30]. The study of Ruidavets et al. [9] on 3 population samples of Northern, North-eastern, and South-western France (MONICA study), showed that wine drinkers had healthier diet compared to other drinkers or abstainers. However, in this last French study, the living area played a significant role in the dieting behaviour and also in alcoholic beverage preferences since all associations became nonsignificant after additional adjustment for this parameter. These results are in agreement with the North-South differences for relationships between beverage behaviours and diet patterns.
Discordance of results between North and South areas may be due to the fact that in a specific population (area), various factors aggregate with drinking habits such as regional culture, socioeconomic status, diet and beverage habits, food and beverage availability, food and beverage purchases, attitude and knowledge about potential effects of wine, and other foods on heath. For instance, in Denmark or in California wine drinkers have a higher level of education and higher income, better psychological functioning, and better subjective health than people who do not drink wine [31?33]. Conversely, in Spain or in Italy, wine is largely consumed by all social classes because it is economically affordable for all [13]. In addition, population interests with food and health may be very different: the Northern European and American populations are more inclined to associate food with health and not with pleasure, conversely to French people [34].
The present study has some limitations and strengths. First, among the number of method of dietary assessment reported in the literature, the 3-day dietary record (with the 5-day instrument) is considered as one of the reference methods without recall bias, limiting the accuracy or completeness of the information [35]. Moreover, an experimenter reviewed the diaries with the participants using pictures of dishes in order to estimate quantities and clarified any ambiguities or missing data. However, the 3-day dietary record did not allow taking into account the long term variability in comparison to alternative methods such as Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) that better measure long term diet. Second, although factor analysis takes into account the high intercorrelations of foods within the diet, this approach involved several arbitrary decisions such as the component of food groups, the number of factors extracted, the rotation method, the label of factors. Third, respondents? participation in this study was on a volunteer basis, therefore the study subjects may be more health conscious than the general population. As for other epidemiological studies, misreporting of diet, particularly consumption of foods regarded as ?unhealthy,? is a major concern when looking for determinants of food intakes. Moreover, the participants in this study were middle-aged men from a specific area of France (the east) where beer drinkers denote a particular population group. These findings may not generalize to younger/older individuals, women, or individuals living in other regions. Fourth, since important differences between the beverage prefererer?s were highlighted (wine drinkers had by far the highest alcohol intake and were oldest; beer drinkers had the lowest BMI, smoked the most, with the lowest education); we adjusted for these covariate in the dietary pattern analyses. Another limitation of our study is the low number men having beer or spirit preferences and consequently the possible lack of statistical power.
To conclude, in our study, there was a linear trend between increasing alcohol intakes and worsening of quality of diet. Conversely, in agreement with other data obtained in the south of Europe, food intakes did not significantly differ according to wine, beer or spirit preference. Taking into account limitations due to the small sample of beer and spirit drinkers, this similarity in dietary patterns according to beverage preferences don?t support the hypothesis that the positive cardiovascular effects reported in the literature for wine could be attributable to an overall healthier dietary pattern of wine drinkers in particular in this sample from Eastern France.
Conflict of Interests
Grant from ARMA (Association pour la Recherche M?dicale en Aquitaine) was obtained for this particular study. The authors declare that there is no other conflict of interests associated with this paper.
Acknowledgments
The STANISLAS study was supported by the Caisse Nationale d?Assurance Maladies des Travailleurs Salari?s (CNAM), the Institut National de la Sant? et de la Recherche M?dicale (INSERM), the R?gion Lorraine, the Communaut? Urbaine du Grand Nancy, and the Henri Poincar? University of Nancy I. The authors are deeply grateful for the cooperation of the families participating in the STANISLAS Cohort. They acknowledge the management, reception, preclinical, laboratory, and medical staff of the Center for Preventive Medicine of Vandoeuvre-l?s-Nancy (France).
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Devin Coldewey
A ban on laptops by the German parliament has given rise to a humorous, anachronistic protest by the country's Pirate Party: instead of laptops, they brought in a?typewriter.
The ban became official a week ago, when the "Council of Elders," a group of senior officials, added new rules to the parliament guidelines that specifically prohibited laptops. Their objection is ostensibly that the fans and keyboards on such devices are loud and distracting; tablets are allowed, since they generally operate silently.
A second problem is the use of social networks during state business. Young and Internet-savvy factions like the Pirate Party advocate dissemination of information using the likes of Twitter and Facebook, but the Council of Elders deems it a "parallel debate" (as rendered?by Google Translate) and therefore bans such activity.
When the ban was announced, the Pirate Party members brought out an old electric typewriter instead, drawing instant remonstration from the parliamentary president,?Klaus Schlie, who accused them of "monkey business."
Monkey business or not, the symbolic?challenge to the ban resulted in debate and permission, for now, for members?to bring laptops. The matter was reported on the German news site KN Online, and the typewriter itself was captured by Twitter user @appgra.
The larger question, that of using social networks to augment political debates during parliament time, will be discussed at a later session.
Devin Coldewey is acontributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is?coldewey.cc.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An illegal strike spread through AngloGold Ashanti's South African operations on Wednesday, while Anglo American Platinum said it could start firing unlawful strikers on Thursday, as the country's miners grapple to rein in weeks of labor unrest.
A wave of wildcat action is roiling South Africa's mines despite the end of an illegal six-week stoppage at platinum producer Lonmin in which 46 people were killed and the price of the white metal was pushed higher.
Mining shares tanked in Johannesburg on Wednesday, with Amplats losing almost 4.5 percent after it said it has lost 20,000 ounces to the strike action since Sept 12, while AngloGold shares shed over 3 percent.
Most of AngloGold's 35,000 workers have joined the wildcat action that began last week at its Kopanang mine, spokesman Alan Fine said. The company is the world's No.3 bullion producer and South Africa accounted for about 32 percent of its global output of close to 2 million ounces of gold in the first half of 2012.
Illegal strike action has also gripped Gold Fields and the world's top platinum producer Amplats, a unit of global mining group Anglo American.
Amplats said in a statement that attendance at its four Rustenburg mines remained below 20 percent. It said it would take action against those who remained on strike on Thursday, including dismissals.
It has made such threats before but then extended the deadlines, perhaps mindful of the violence unleashed when rival Impala Platinum fired strikers in January.
Much of the platinum sector in South Africa has been battling with soaring costs and weak demand and Anglo American launched a review of its Amplats' operations months ago.
"Our Rustenburg mining operations are under considerable economic pressure and their future is already under review," Amplats' chief executive Chris Griffith said.
RED RAG
The steep 11 to 22 percent pay hikes extracted in the bloody standoff at Lonmin have been a red rag for others in an industry marked by glaring income and wage disparities.
ANC renegade Julius Malema, a populist who has backed the wildcat strikes and called for the nationalization of the country's mines, said he planned to address Implats' workers on Thursday to encourage them to press for higher wages.
"Tomorrow I'm going to a mine, Impala mine in Rustenburg. I'm going to encourage the workers to demand 12,500 (rand a month)," Malema said outside a court in the northern city of Polokwane where he was charged with money laundering.
Malema, the former head of the ruling ANC's Youth League who was ousted from the party for ill-discipline in April, is tapping into a swelling vein of anger among miners to revive his political career and campaign to unseat President Jacob Zuma.
Lesiba Seshoka, spokesman for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), said the AngloGold strikers wanted a minimum of 16,000 rand ($2,000) a month but the company said it had not received a formal wage demand yet.
If the demand is 16,000 rand it would represent a rise of as much as 400 percent on the basic wages of the lowest-paid workers in the sector. AngloGold and some of its rivals have two-year wage deals that are in place until the middle of 2013.
The NUM does not support the strikes but elsewhere demands have included the resignation of its leaders, a reflection of discontent among miners who regard the union as out of touch and too close to mine managers and the ANC government.
Gold Fields, the world's fourth largest producer, said on Tuesday workers had reneged on a deal NUM claimed to have sealed to end a two-week strike at its KDC West operation in South Africa and miners at its Beatrix mine had also downed tools.
?Illegal strikes erupted in the platinum sector in the form of a bloody turf war between the NUM and the more militant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).
The strikes have now spread elsewhere but there is no evidence yet of AMCU involvement in the unrest.
(Additional reporting by Ed Cropley; Editing by Pravin Char)
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Florida Buck end/linebacker Dante Fowler Jr. gets his jersey held as he sheds a block the Gators' 38-0 victory against Kentucky in Ben HIll Griffin Stadium. / Gator Country photo by Curtiss Bryant
By Alex Gray
For most, the month of October conjures up thoughts of the leaves beginning to change from a bright green to a deep, Alabama-shade of crimson or a Florida hue of orange. In October, a cool, crisp breeze supplants the stifling humid air that occupies the south during the summer months. Mention October, and for many, Halloween comes to mind; a festive holiday with two completely different sides to it. On one end, Halloween is a bright and merry occasion, allowing for children to scarf down all of the treats that their stomach can handle, and allowing adults to let their hair down for one night before beginning the grind of the holiday season. On the other end, Halloween also has a dark and grisly side. It?s a time when houses become haunted, and gruesome, ghoulish images are abound, attempting to frighten those brave enough to take a peak.
Much like Halloween, the month of October has been both cheerful and downright scary to the Florida Gators. While the second month of the season can be challenging for any team going into the heart of their conference slate, recently, October has offered Florida an onslaught of blood-thirsty SEC foes. The Gators have gone through two particularly difficult stretches during October in recent memory ? one time sparking an eventual run to the national championship, the other, beginning an eventual dismal decline into college football?s cellar.
In 2006, it was referred to as ?the gauntlet? by a number of people. An intimidating stretch that included a one-loss Alabama team (technically this was on the last day of September, but its close enough), No. 9 LSU, a motivated one-loss Auburn team on the road, and the always tough 'Cocktail Party' in Jacksonville against Georgia. The Gators, behind senior quarterback Chris Leak and a stellar, mature defense, were able to escape the month with only one hiccup?a controversial loss to Auburn in which the defense did not give up a touchdown ? and used the treacherous stretch as a springboard to Glendale, Ariz., where they dispatched of the Ohio State Buckeyes to the tune of 41-14 in the BCS National Championship Game.
Shreyas Trojan all set to tackle poor draw in Coventry?s Greyhound Data Dash - Div B
Anything that dips under 16-second barrier will be a threat in Sunday?s Greyhound Data Dash - Div B, and a hound who recently did this thrice over 263 metres is Shreyas Trojan.
After capturing the runner-up place at D1 level, the black dog jumped up to the open class, and continued his fine work. In a tough competition here at the end of last month, he led all the way through, beating Bowtime Honcho by three lengths. It was an
impressive run, as he wrapped up the proceedings only in 15.89 seconds.
After proving his mettle here, G. Holford?s charge went to Swindon, where he unfortunately could not taste success. He got bumped at the second bend in a 285 metres race and as a result, finished fifth behind Glenbane Air.
A terrible loss, however, did not dent his confidence. The son of Hades Rocket did well on his return to Coventry in mid September. Covering the distance in 15.82 seconds, the skilful hound secured the second spot in a nail-biting contest.
The maverick hound certainly has the ability to perform consistently well in the short-distance races. So, it is very hard to ignore his chances in today?s competition.
Other runners in the pack are: Diamond Cnoc, Forest Breeze, Fionntra Laoch, Amazing Vintage and Penniment Mick. The ?200 event is scheduled to start at 18:30 GMT.
Forest Breeze recently hinted that his turn is just around the corner. The blue and brindle hound, however, needs a slice of luck to topple the rest.
Diamond Cnoc becomes a pacey sort on his day. A flawless start is required to do well today. Amazing Vintage has shown ability in the batch of qualifying trials. There is no need to bet on Penniment Mick, who recently suffered a couple of embarrassing defeats.
Fionntra Laoch won well on debut, and there could be more to come. But he needs an improved effort to shine in this company.
Shreyas Trojan just needs to stay cautious of Diamond Cnoc, who sometimes starts fiercely. The rest of the pack is unlikely to trouble him. Good luck to all the hounds.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the writer's own and do not reflect Bettor.com?s editorial policy.
I have a WordPress theme and I need it customized. I would provide you with MySQL Database & WordPress files. You would need to develop it on your own dev server first, so I can preview and make sure it works correctly. Then, make it live on our live server...
GALLERY SEQUENCING // Currently, each thumbnail is generated per post via Featured Image. The slider gallery within each post is generated via media upload (upload media, "save changes," and gallery is generated in "gallery" tab). Our desire is to link together all slider galleries from all posts in a specific category, so that a user can scroll through all images in that specific category from any post without having to click the "X" in the top right and navigate back to the homepage.
Also, after having scrolled though all images in a specific category, the slider would then begin to pull images from the next category. For example, you click the first post on the homepage, which is in the "Beauty" category, and after scrolling through all images in the beauty category, the slider would show images from the "Editorial" category, "Red Carpet," and so on until all images have been viewed.
This is the theme: http://plantillastico.com/folio-two-wordpress-edition/
AUTO SCROLL // If you go to the link above, and if you make the browser window about 845px wide and 740px tall, you will notice the design is responsive. However, if you use the menu on the left, click "Filters" then "motion", you will notice no thumbnails are highlighted. This is because the first "motion" thumnbail is too far down the screen, making the user have to scroll to view. We would like the browswer window to auto scroll so if no thumbs are viewable from default window size, then it auto scrolls so the highlighted thumb is on top.
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09/22/2012 at 12:41 EDT: Budget is capped at a firm $100. If you do good work we will provide a bonus at the end. Need this completed by Tuesday 9.25.2012 by 2pm PST (California time).
Matt Hamill's return to the Octagon was less than thrilling. Hamill may have won his first post-retirement bout with a decision over Roger Hollett, but he didn't win many fans with the slow, plodding bout. The crowd at UFC 152 in Toronto booed the bout, and the fight was panned on social media.
One of the notable tweets about how boring the fight was came from UFC fight Vladimir Matyushenko:
Damn! Even injured I could beat @hammerufc and @rogerhollett together! What a weak fight!
At one point, it was supposed to be Matyushenko in the cage with Hamill. The fight that was originally made for UFC 152 was Hamill vs. Hollett. However, Hollett was still under contract with Bellator. Matyushenko stepped in to fight Hamill, but then tore his Achilles' tendon in training. Hollett had his contract situation cleared up, and was brought back into fight Hamill.
But even with his torn tendon, Matyushenko thought he could still bring a better fight than the one he saw on Saturday night.
RIM is still bathing in the afterglow of yesterday's Q2 2013 fiscal results not being as awful as some had feared. The company remains in the invidious position of having to flog an out-of-date OS (BB7) while it tries to get its next-gen OS, BB10, ready for lift-off at the start of next year. The wait for BB10 devices goes on -- but two of RIM's forthcoming BB10 phones have surfaced online in what appears to be an internal marketing video posted to Vimeo (but since taken down).
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