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Never mind the traditional excesses of Thanksgiving, the horrors of Black Friday or the panic of the pre-Christmas rush. For afficionados of the sport of people-watching, the up-coming holiday season is the best season of the year. With crowds of impatient adults and captive children navigating the stormy seas of covetousness and retail madness from now until New Year's Day, amusement should be easy to find.
In fact, I've already been amused. During a swing through our local Target store, I found myself waiting in the checkout line behind a child and his mother. The boy appeared to be about three, and he was fussy. Hanging on to his mother's skirt with both hands, he circled around and around until he found a comfortable spot, sandwiched between his mother and the cart.
Peeking out from the folds of her skirt, he looked past us to the vibrant displays of candy and merchandise across the aisle. Using one hand to point to something, he tugged on her skirt with the other to gain attention. Busy sorting through her purse, his mother ignored him while the rest of us started paying attention. Continue reading

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text: Leaves are turning, the weather is cooling and it's almost time for ghosts to be out, well, ghouling. As Halloween approaches, many fun-loving spirits may take the opportunity to visit one of Missouri's rumored-to-be-haunted locations in search of an otherworldly adventure. As a state that played a major role in the Civil War, Missouri – which has a long and …Read More »


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The advantage of an open specification for the format (unencrypted PDF would work, for example) is that provided I can access the data, and provided I have a copy of the specification, I can read the books. If I don't have the specification in an alternative format, I'm screwed. If the reader requires (say) a PC without PCI to work, and I don't
Only by creating an open standard
Stating the bleeding obvious, there's this thing called HTML. This isn't just about 'e-books', indeed those are a small part of the UK proposed law. They'd be storing webpages and electronic journal publications (e.g. science journals online). Much of which is in HTML anyway, which I was under the impression was, despite the efforts of certain large companies, an open standard impementable on the system of your choice.
They don't make the same mistake as the BBC's Doomsday book project where they stored all the data on quickly obsoleted BBC Micro controlled laser discs using a proprietary format - woops! A real pain for them to recover it only a decade later.
I can see it now...
We've got an archive full of documents and emails sent from the PM about Dr David Kelly, they're right here [computerworld.com.au].
Oops - anybody got a working Windows RMS hooked up?
I agree with you, but for the fact that unlike the dead tree or audio formats, the e-book has at least the potential to be full-text searchable. Which could be invaluable for the work in question.If this flies we wouldn't need Distributed Proofreaders [pgdp.net] anymore. B
I guess we now have a good reason for world domination!
>NATO, the United Nations... They all only have some countries as members.
Which countries are missing from the UNO?
Also, there are probably a few micronations that could be added to the list, e.g. Sealand.
I guess it will have to be the UN library. That way we only have to conquer a bunch of small countries. Maybe we can wait until a Democrat is President and he can feel good about his own military victories for once...
Being a
What's so ideal about the Library of Congress to hold an international collection of e-books?
Probably because they could. Of course, it would make more sense to do it on linguistic/regional/national lines and have them point to each other when needed.
I'm not trying to sound anti-American, just offering a non-
I would like to see the Library of Congress start accepting digital books for copyright registration, however -- it's a drag to have to send them hardcopies.
In the early 1990s, Adobe's Acrobat reader was released. Although it is not a software specifically for eBooks, its multi-platform file format (PDF file) is an attractive feature for eBook publications. The digitization of both texts and graphics into a compact file that can be recognized in every platform is an important concept in eBooks. However, we still do not have an eBook publishing standard at the moment, though work in that direction is being done.
Well, actually PDF is the defacto standard for digital books. It's just that none of the handheld devices use the standard; they all use their own nonstandard, proprietary formats instead.
There are standard subsets of PDF that have been defined that are appropriate for archiving books. For example, the subsets don't allow you to include video or programs.
One of the main problems is that, when you get down to it, the core functionality is putting images of a bunch of physical pages into one big file. This is fine when you can read it on a 1600x1200 screen, but when you need to view the image on a Palm, it doesn't work. (The text doesn't magically reflow to fit the Palm.)
Personally, I think simple HTML (i.e. HTML 3.2) would be perfect for e-books.. easily parsed by any device (Palm, PocketPC, Desktop Compute
And a very bad standard it is, too, IMO. PDF is great for one thing: producing an exact copy of a work on your screen or printer. Complete with the exact same font sizes, formatting, pagination, and so on.
There are situations that's wonderful -- sheet music is an example I've used recently. But it's a lousy aim for most ebooks. In most cases you don't want the same pagination and formatting - you want the text to be reformatted to match how you're lookin
Something like this could be kludged by going overboard with <p id="chpt.1,p.55,par.4"> type tags using HTML, but there's something to be said for preserving the exact formatting of the original text.
A lesser problem is properly preserving hypenation, which can pose a problem with HTML as well
Similarly, hyphenation is another artefact of the limitations of printing; surely ebooks shouldn't need to suffer from those limitations too? If text is stored in paragraphs, then it's up to the
As for citations not meaning much to most people, perhaps, but the works that are most often referenced and studied by others (be them scientific, religious, or [soon to be] classic literature) are also likely the ones you want to preserve and have an accurate, concise way to reference any
That's a nice way to dismiss any criticism of the subject at hand (I'm not saying that it deserves any criticism though).
If you don't agree, you're a luddite, and if you claim you're not a luddite, disagreeing will make you a crypto-luddite. It's almost like the unbeatable logic behind "denial is the first symptom of addiction".
A significant amount of early Internet history is there as well: Stuff you don't/won't see in AOL or MSN and stuff you certainly won't see in newspapers or books anymore because it doesn't validate today's corporate dogma.
The Usenet archives n
I think this is very useful as a large number of online versions of paper zines & newspapers have far more resources than their dead-tree counter part. Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times to name the few. So far, there was no central and/or organized way to capture this information.
I also liked the bit: "This new legislation means that a vital part o
I've got a bad feeling about this.


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Free, on sale and discount are words that will always stand out. For Apple's App Store's fifth anniversary, iTunes is celebrating by offering its popular games and apps for free. CRN has compiled a list of discounted and inexpensive apps that will help business employees out on the road or in the office stay productive. From a network scanner app to task reminder app, these cheap apps will aid executives and employees alike in being efficient and on task in the work environment.


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The lights are on
I picked up a PS3 this morning thanks to the $50 off sales going on. We've been wanting one for a while just because it was close enough in price to a mid-range Blu-Ray player and there are any number of titles I've been wanting to check out. It's great that I have a lot of backlog to burn through, as most titles are older at this point and I can enjoy many games for $15 a piece.
Unfortunately, when I actually look at the shelves at my local retailers, I start blanking out on what I wanted. Here's my list of games, and I'd love for anyone to throw in their recommendations. As I already have a 360, outside of upcoming releases, I'd like to focus on PS3 Exclusives since that's why I bought the system.
This morning I grabbed:
Heavenly Sword
Infamous 1 and 2 combo pack
Heavy Rain
I'm looking forward to:
Last of Us
Sly Cooper
I know there are quite a few games I've noted over the years, but I need help jogging my memory. Thanks!
If you want an awesome exclusive get the god of war series! Also ascension is coming out in march. But if you're not into that get bioshock infinite for the ps3, the ps3 version comes with the first bioshock game! Two birds with one stone.
God of War 3 and the HD reissues! Thanks, I can't believe I forgot those.
Sly Cooper is in HD on the PS Store, yeah?
Metal Gear Solid, all of it.
LittleBig Planet (if you like platformers and fun)
Uncharted series is pretty good
Ratchet and Clank series (I'd ignore All4One, for now at least)
Resistance series
Killzone 3
for some more, here you go: en.wikipedia.org/.../Category:PlayStation_3-only_games
Journey and Papa & Yo are great indies
Also the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus collection will catch you up on great PS2 games
Okami HD. That is all.
I too have wanted a ps3 for the longest time so I have my own list of ps3 exclusives that I really want. Top of that list is
The Ratchet and Clank series
The Uncharted series
If you post it, they will troll.
Holy ***, where to begin? When it comes to HD collections heres a few you can't skip:
Jak and Daxter
Ratchet and Clank
Ico and Shadow of the Collosus
God of War Saga (5 games for $40? No brainer on that one...)
Devil May Cry
As for games, great call on Heavy Rain, I guess I would also recommend:
Resistence Series
Metal Gear Solid 4 (especially now that they've added trophy support)
Valkyria Chronicles
Demon Souls
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and A Crack in Time
3D Dot Game Hero
Twisted Metal
Dust 514
LittleBigPlanet Series
and MLB The Show
Hope this helps a bit
What?! How can you blank on awesome games like Uncharted 1-3 and MGS? Definitley buy those along with LittleBigPlanet. Also, get the Playstation Plus services. Its $50 a year, and you get like 4 GOOD games a month. You should check it out.
Assassins creed series
batman 1&2
Modern Warfare 1,2,&3
Dead space 1&2
LittleBigPlanet 1&2
Borderlands 1&2
Resistance 1,2,&3
yeah that all i can think of know but they've all been top game of the year games.
Thanks for the recommendations, guys! I blank out at book stores all the time, too, even when I keep a list.
I picked up Uncharted 2 and it makes me want to grab 3. I definitely need to get Metal Gear Solid 4 and Ico/Shadow of the Colossus HD ASAP.
If you picked up Heavy Rain well done! Super good game. Play the Uncharted series. God of War (after Ascension comes out) and then definitely The Last of Us. Welcome to Team PS3!
I would strongly advise playing all of the Metal Gear Solid games, not just 4 (unless you already have). 1 is available through PSN; 2 (the best in my opinion), 3 (second best, again, in my opinion), and Peacewalker (worst, but it was a PSP game so it is forgivable) are all available on the HD collection; and then 4 is separate. While it is not necessary to play them all in order it is probably the best way. I have many friends who played only 4 and regretted it, there is a deep story that can be confusing if you jump in at the end. Not to mention they're all amazing games and among my favorite of all time.
If you do heed my advise, play Peacewalker last, it is pretty inconsequential to the story and after playing through the first 4 chances are you will be burnt out on stealth games for some time.
I would recommend Max Payne 3, Street Fighter 4; the original Medal of Honor. also, if you like open-ended games with big open maps I'd recommend the Assassin's Crees series. If you like racing games, I'd recommend any Need for Speed games; Gran Turismo 5 too. The racing games, I think are more tailored towards the PS3 controls. That's just my two cents.
I'm a gamer; a lover of music!
Bioshock 1 and 2 , dishonored , mass effect 2 and 3 , dead space , FEAR 1 , 2 and 3 , Fallout , Skyrim, LA Noir its different and well worth a look , binary domain , far cry 3 , deus ex , the darkness is a real oldie but a goodie , dead island , MGS all the ones you can get , the chronicles of riddick , silent hill , Red dead redemption is not too bad , resistance fall of man you cant go wrong with any of these titles all are must plays for your collection and bring on the last of us looks great I cant wait either :-) Happy gaming !!


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Wolves boss Dean Saunders pleased by late point in 1-1 draw with Watford
Wolves manager Dean Saunders was pleased with the attitude of his players as they rescue a late point against Watford
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Wanderers remain in the relegation zone, but the Welshman is confident they can push on to get out of trouble.
"I'm pleased we got a point. It's St David's Day today so I had my daffodil on and I've got my Welsh socks on and I thought they might bring us a bit of luck," Saunders said.
"This could be a turning point for us. We scored in injury-time and missed a lot of chances.
"When they scored from a free-kick, which I didn't think was a free-kick, you're up against it because they're a good team. You're chasing the game.
"When Jack Robinson missed a chance I thought it wasn't going to be our night. But we kept going, the three subs came on and made an impact, we were getting to the ball first and I thought we might have got the winner with a couple of minutes to go."
Saunders conceded Wolves still faced a tough battle to avoid the drop, adding: "It's tough at the minute. We're not in a very good position, we're fighting and I believe we can get out of this situation.
"Hopefully that pushes us on now and on Tuesday night at Millwall we can take three points.
"At the end of the day, this was a good point. The players have showed some character, they've dug in, they've kept going till the final whistle and I thought we deserved to win."


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Dr. Melvyn Werbach, long-time Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA School of Medicine, is a world authority on nutritional medicine, and has published scores of articles, books and textbooks on the subject. Though this summary was published in 2000,* it remains sound and relevant. To read PART 1 of this article, discussing vitamin and mineral deficiencies in ME/CFS, see "Nutritional Strategies for Treating ME/CFS: The Big Six Vitamins and Minerals." The following explanation of other nutrients important for ME/CFS concludes with Dr. Werbach's Nutritional Supplementation Protocol for CFS. It outlines the doses and trial periods usually required to determine if individual nutrients may be beneficial.
Nutritional Strategies for Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:
Other Nutritional Factors
Despite considerable worldwide efforts, no single etiology has been identified to explain the development of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). It is likely that multiple factors promote its development, sometimes with the same factors both causing and being caused by the syndrome.
A detailed review of the literature suggests a number of marginal nutritional deficiencies may have etiologic relevance. These include deficiencies of various B vitamins, vitamin C, magnesium, sodium, zinc, L-tryptophan, L-carnitine, coenzyme Q10, and essential fatty acids.
Any of these nutrients could be marginally deficient in CFS patients, a finding that appears to be primarily due to the illness process rather than to inadequate diets.
It is likely that marginal deficiencies not only contribute to the clinical manifestations of the syndrome, but also are detrimental to the healing processes. Therefore, when feasible, objective testing should identify them and their resolution should be assured by repeat testing following initiation of treatment.
Moreover, because of the rarity of serious adverse reactions, the difficulty in ruling out marginal deficiencies, and because some of the therapeutic benefits of nutritional supplements appear to be due to pharmacologic effects, it seems rational to consider supplementing CFS patients with the nutrients discussed above, along with a general high-potency vitamin/mineral supplement, at least for a trial period.
Two separate clinical notes have reported that L-tryptophan was depressed in the plasma of 80% of a group of CFS patients, a larger percentage than all other amino acids analyzed.(67,68)
Fibromyalgia patients have similar findings. For example, in a study of patients with a severe level of pain, plasma free tryptophan levels were inversely related to pain severity.(69) Also, when fibromyalgia patients were compared to controls, plasma tryptophan levels tended to be lower in the patient group, and their transport ratio of tryptophan to other competing amino acids was significantly decreased, suggesting that brain serotonin levels may be depressed.(70)
Tryptophan is the dietary precursor of serotonin, a neurotransmitter intimately connected with mood.
For example, a low tryptophan diet may cause relapse in recovering depressives,(71) while low tryptophan concentrations may rise when depression remits.(72) However, the efficacy of tryptophan supplementation in treating fatigue and depression in CFS patients is unknown.
Tryptophan supplementation usually provides a mild degree of analgesia and may be especially effective for the subset of chronic pain patients with a disorder of serotonergic transmission.(73)
While its analgesic efficacy in CFS has not been explored, there has been some interesting work reported in patients with fibromyalgia.
In one study of fibromyalgia patients with severe musculoskeletal pain, plasma free tryptophan levels were measured and found to be inversely related to the severity of subjective pain.(69)
Evidence that tryptophan has a causal relationship to pain comes from an open trial involving 50 fibromyalgia patients. They received 100 mg three times daily of 5-hydroxytryptophan, a metabolite of tryptophan and immediate precursor of serotonin.
After three months, half of the group had a fair-to-good degree of overall improvement, with highly significant improvements in fatigue, number of tender points, pain intensity, anxiety, and sleep quality.(74) These results were similar to those of an earlier double-blind study by the same group of investigators.(75)
There is enhanced degradation of tryptophan in infectious diseases, possibly due to the increased formation of gamma interferon during activation of cell-mediated immunity.(76)
However, it is not known whether correcting a tryptophan deficiency will enhance cell-mediated immunity in virally-mediated illnesses.
Carnitine and its esters prevent toxic accumulations of fatty acids in the cellular cytoplasm, and of acyl CoA in the mitochondria, while providing acetyl CoA for mitochondrial energy production.
Because of its important role in muscle metabolism, carnitine deficiency may well impair mitochondrial function. If so, it could cause symptoms of generalized fatigue along with myalgia, muscle weakness, and malaise following physical exertion.(77)
The evidence to date suggests some CFS patients may suffer from a clinically-relevant carnitine deficiency. While findings concerning free serum carnitine levels have been mixed, studies have found significant decreases in serum acylcarnitine.(7-79)
Moreover, a third study found an increased ratio of acylcarnitine to free carnitine,(25) a finding which suggests insufficient carnitine is available for metabolic requirements.(83)
Most importantly from a clinical perspective, one of these studies found:
• Both total and free serum carnitine levels were inversely correlated with patient symptoms [lower carnitine, more severe symptoms],
• And serum carnitine levels were directly correlated with capacity to function.(79)
Moreover, another of these studies found a similar relationship between serum acylcarnitine, symptoms, and functional capacity.(77)
In other words, in CFS, serum carnitine levels appear to be a biochemical marker for both symptom severity and ability to function.
Clinical trials of oral L-carnitine, using up to 1 gm three to four times daily, have shown mixed results.(79,80,82) Plioplys believes this is because only one-third of CFS patients are carnitine responders. Of the responders, some improve so dramatically that, even if they were fully disabled initially, they return to normal functioning and remain well if they continue taking the supplement. Unfortunately, he found baseline serum levels of L-carnitine failed to predict who would respond.(79,80)
Studies with AIDS patients suggest the possibility that another measure may better identify carnitine-responsive patients.
Similar to CFS patients, AIDS patients tend to have low serum carnitine, although some have elevated levels. However, mononuclear carnitine levels are low in both the low- and high-carnitine subgroups.(83) When a group of AIDS patients with low mononuclear carnitine took six grams L-carnitine daily, an improvement in metabolic and immunological parameters was noted, and the response occurred after only two weeks of supplementation.(83)
CFS patients also have low mononuclear cell carnitine levels,(84) so possibly mononuclear cell carnitine will prove to be a better predictor of carnitine response. And, six grams daily may be a more effective dosage.
Of course, because the metabolic and immunologic parameters in AIDS are quite different from those of CFS, it is premature to assume that what applies to one patient population will also apply to the other.
Since CoQ10 facilitates cellular respiration, and because clinicians believe it is of therapeutic value, it has long been prescribed to CFS patients.(85,86)
Judy presented a formal study of 20 female patients who required bed rest following mild exercise. They were compared to 20 sedentary sex-, age-, and weight-matched normal controls.
Eighty percent were deficient in Coenzyme Q10, which further decreased following mild exercise, or over the course of normal daytime activity. Three months following supplementation with 100 mg of CoQ10 daily, exercise tolerance (400 kg-meters of work) more than doubled; all patients had improved.
Ninety percent had reduction and/or disappearance of clinical symptoms, and 85% had decreased post-exercise fatigue.(87)
Low levels of essential fatty acids (EFAs) appear to be a common finding in chronic fatigue syndrome.(26,88)
It has been theorized this finding is due to abnormalities in EFA metabolism. Gray and Martinovic found changes in the ratio of biologically active EFA metabolites such as would be expected as an exaggeration of normal physiological response to excessive or prolonged stress.
They postulated these changes in EFA metabolites, in turn, could cause the immune, endocrine, and sympathetic nervous system dysfunctions seen in CFS.(89)
Horrobin has noted that viruses, as part of their attack strategy, may reduce the ability of cells to make 6-desaturated EFAs, while interferon requires 6-desaturated EFAs in order to exert its antiviral effects.(90)
In addition, it is quite possible that supplementation with essential fatty acids may improve the hemorrheological abnormalities found in CFS alluded to earlier. [See research on vitamin B12 and vitamin C benefit for microcirculation, discussed in PART 1.] The formation of prostaglandin E1, for example, can be enhanced by increasing intake of omega-6 fatty acids. This prostaglandin has been shown to improve erythrocyte membrane fluidity(91) and filterability;(92) i.e., the ability of erythrocytes to pass through a small membrane filter.
Moreover, supplementation with both evening primrose oil, a source of omega-6 fatty acids,(93) and fish oil,(94) a source of omega-3 fatty acids, has been shown to improve erythrocyte filterability.
Early research suggests EFA supplementation may be effective for the treatment of CFS. The best study to date concerned a group of 63 patients with a good employment and mental health history who had post-viral fatigue syndrome for at least one year. As expected, their baseline plasma EFA levels were found to be low. They randomly received four capsules twice daily of either an olive oil placebo or a mixture of 80% evening primrose oil and 20% concentrated fish oil (35 mg GLA and 17 mg EPA per capsule). After three months, 85% of treated patients rated themselves as better than at baseline compared to 17% of those on placebo, a highly significant difference. Without exception, the individual symptoms, including fatigue, aches and pains, and depression, showed a significantly greater improvement on the fatty acid supplement than on placebo.
Moreover, in the treated group only, plasma EFA levels rose to normal and monounsaturated and saturated fatty acid levels, which had been elevated, normalized.(91)
A recent attempt to replicate these results was unsuccessful.(95) However, there were positive findings in an open trial of a group of 29 CFS patients who had been ill for an average of 5.9 years. They received essential fatty acid supplements along with psychological help and graded exercise. Only two of these patients showed any improvement in the 12 months prior to starting the program, while 27 of them significantly improved within the program's first three months.
Twenty-eight of the 29 patients were followed-up an average of 16 months later. All but one of them were still improved compared to before treatment, and 20 of 28 had made further progress.(89)
Any of the nutrients discussed above could be marginally deficient in CFS patients, a finding that appears to be primarily due to the illness process rather than to inadequate diets.
In one study, for example, CFS patients had a similar dietary quality to that of healthy volunteers. Moreover, they reported the use of vitamin/mineral supplements containing 100% to 200% of the RDA significantly more frequently, and their intake of iron, magnesium, and zinc was greater.(25)
It is likely that marginal deficiencies not only contribute to the clinical manifestations of chronic fatigue syndrome, but also are detrimental to the healing processes. Therefore, when feasible, they should be identified by objective testing and their resolution should be assured by repeat testing following the initiation of treatment.
Moreover, because of the rarity of serious adverse reactions and the difficulty in ruling out marginal deficiencies, and because some of the therapeutic benefits of nutritional supplements appear to be due to pharmacological effects, it seems rational to consider supplementing CFS patients with the nutrients discussed above, along with a general high potency vitamin/mineral supplement, at least for a trial period. (See protocol, below.)
(Suggested amounts and time generally required to test for benefit)
Folic Acid
• Tentative protocol – 1 to 10 mg a day for 3 month trial
• Possible benefits – Reduction of fatigue & depression; improved immune function
• Tentative protocol – Total of 6,000 to 70,000 micrograms intravenously for 3 week trial. [Note: formulations allowing effective sublingual delivery of B12 to the bloodstream have since been developed]
• Possible benefits – Reduction of fatigue, depression and pain; improved microcirculation
• Tentative protocol – 10 to 15 grams daily
• Possible benefits – Improved immune function; reduced pain; improved microcirculation
Magnesium/Malic Acid
• Tentative protocol – If RBC magnesium is low, 100 mg intravenously each week for 6 weeks. And malic acid with magnesium 600 mg a day by mouth; Malic Acid 2400 mg a day by mouth, 8-week trial
• Possible benefits – Subjective improvement, reduction of muscle pain
Sodium (Salt)
• Tentative protocol – If diagnosed with neurally-mediated hypotension (faint/dizzy on standing), increase sodium intake moderately
• Possible benefits – Subjective improvement
• Tentative protocol – 135 mg a day for 15 days
• Possible benefits – Increased muscle strength and endurance; reduction of pain and fatigue; improved immune function.
• Tentative protocol – In fibromyalgia: 5-hydroxytryptophan 100 mg 3 times a day, 3 month trial.
• Possible benefits – Reduction of pain and fatigue
• Tentative protocol – 1 to 2 grams 3 times a day, 3 month trial
• Possible benefits – Improvement that can be dramatic
• Tentative protocol – 100 mg a day, for 3 month trial
• Possible benefits – Marked improvement with increased muscle endurance
Essential Fatty Acids
• Tentative protocol – 135 mg fish oil (EPA) a day; 280 mg evening primrose oil (GLA) a day, 3 month trial
• Possible benefits – General Improvement
[Note: ProHealth has reproduced this article with kind permission from Alternative Medicine Review, 2000;5(2):93-108. © Alt Med Review, all rights reserved. To read the Part 1 of this article, which reviews common vitamin and mineral deficiencies in ME/CFS, see "Nutritional Strategies for Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Vitamins and Minerals."]
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Novell has done XGL under closed door while rest of the vendors working on Xorg cvs directly. Thats what Novell as a proprietary vendor is doing. Playing tricks
Ahh...so that is why Novell's work is now running on other distros (like Ubuntu) while only Fedora has this new Redhat stuff? Is that why Novell's work didn't enter the Freedesktop CVS ( oh wait, it did)?
Is that why Novell's "tricks" are more stable than the composite work that came before it? Is that why Novell worked with ATI and Nvidia to make it so that the XGL would be fully supported by future driver releases while Redhat only has the open source drivers working (which means no high end hardware can use it)?
Is Novell's "proprietary vendor" why Novell can show RIGHT NOW what DOES WORK in its compositor, while Redhat is mostly talking about "what can be done?"
Then screw it, I prefer the Novell approach. And so do thousands of others that have been messing around on the other forums (such as Gentoo's and Ubuntu) to get XGL to work, while almost no forum has a thread to get the Metacity compositor to work.


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Tufa takes some interesting shapes at Pyramid Lake, NV
The idea for a Tufa Tuesday came upon me a couple years ago after a few geobloggers posted about tufa (some links below). Needless to say, I have yet to really get around to this - and I'm not planning a series!! - but here's a taste of some of the tufa from the northeast shore of Pyramid Lake (Wikipedia, MSRMaps), just off the main dirt road north of Sutcliffe.
Mono Lake Tufa (Ron Schott's Geology Home Companion Blog)
Tufa is so Weird and Cool (Christie at the Cape)
Death Valley Day 2.5 - The Tufa Pinnacles near Trona, CA (Dynamic Earth)
Geology Picture of the Day – Mono Lake Tufa (The Geology News Blog -Rockbandit)
The Tufa Towers of Trona Pinnacles, California (About.com: Geology - Andrew Alden
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LINCOLN — Have you planned a visit to the Lincoln Historical Society? The museum will be open until mid-October the second and fourth Sunday from 1-5 p.m. and by appointment. We are still interested in obtaining family histories.
With elections coming up this fall you may have questions about them that the town clerk could answer. The town clerk's office is open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Wednesday evenings, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., or by appointment.


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Lavonne Louise Johnson Segers, 63, of Green Meadows Drive, passed away Friday evening, May 10, 2013, in Hinkle Hospice House.
A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel by Preacher Clyde Akers. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Lavonne was born Feb. 18, 1950, in Davidson County to Delmar Wilson Johnson and Rachael Louise Beck Johnson Dixon. She was of the Pentecostal faith and worked in furniture manufacturing. She was preceded in death by her father and son Richard Allen Segers in 1990.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, David Thomas Segers of the home; son Chris Segers and wife Kelly of Pilot Mountain; grandsons Jacob Segers and Richard Segers; brothers Jimmy Johnson and Mark Johnson and wife Joy; and sisters Linda Freedle and husband Rick, Debbie Trent and husband Jerry and Cathy Leonard and husband Neil, all of Lexington.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be directed to Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292.
Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.
Lavonne J. Segers
Lavonne Louise Johnson Segers, 63, of Green Meadows Drive, passed away Friday evening, May 10, 2013, in Hinkle Hospice House.


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Rascal Flatts Help Bristol Palin Get Engaged
Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, is engaged, and she has Rascal Flatts to thank. The trio gave Sgt. Dakota Meyer an assist as he dropped to a knee during one of their shows at the Joint inside Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel.


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That was fascinating. Thanks for the post.
I'd often heard the bodies were never removed. Pretty bizarre. All in all not a bad place to park your bones... great view, but probably a little breezy.
That was fascinating. Thanks for the post.
WOW! That's badass! Now I wanna go there! Definitely gonna go there when it's time to die... Probably the cheapest funeral expenses ever!
Hey, I think you solved the mystery of 32G's disappearance. One of those guys looked awfully familiar...
Someone should remake this into the Mt Everest of previously banned JI posters
The whole place is littered with thousands of used oxygen bottles and trash too.
Just in case you're wondering, a helicopter rescue for a climber in distress somewhere in the vicinity of Base Camp II will result in about a $60K bill when all is said and done. Don't ask me how I know.


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The band officially became The Who in 1964 and became one of the most popular bands among the British mods. The Who became know for trashing their instruments is grand style and were the first to start this phenomenon. Pete Townshend smashed his first guitar in September of 1964, at the Railway Tavern in Harrow and Wealdstone, England. Rolling Stone magazine has listed this incident as one of the "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock 'n' Roll."
Townshend became the band's primary songwriter and had a vision that went beyond the simple four minute songs that were played on the radio. As the heart and soul of The Who's music, Townshend wrote break-through music which catapulted The Who to another dimension of music creation. Their first release was in January of 1965, and was "I Can't Explain." Their début album, My Generation was released that same year. The album included the singles "The Kids Are Alright" and "My Generation," and "Substitute." While the singles releases were highly successful, Townshend was more ambitious and wanted the albums to be a unified work, rather than unconnected songs. Townshend viewed his albums as mini-operas. The album A Quick One (1966) was his first attempt.
The Who Sell Out following in 1967, which was a concept album and included the mini-opera "Rael " and the band's biggest US single to date, "I Can See for Miles." The Who continued to smash their instruments at the Monterey Pop Festival and the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. They were the headliners that year at the first Schaefer Music Festival in New York City's Central Park. Pete Townshend was the subject of the first Rolling Stone interview. In the interview, Pete Townshend revealed he was working on a full-length rock opera. That opera was called Tommy, which became a critical smash hit with Life Magazine saying it "outstrip(ped) anything which (had) ever come out of a recording studio." As the only paid act at Woodstock Music and Art Festival, The Who performed, "Tommy" and became superstars in the US.
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They released Who Are You in 1978, but the album was overshadowed by the death of their drummer Keith Moon. Kenny Jones became Moon's successor. They returned to the stage in '79 with concerts at the Rainbow Theatre in London, the Cannes Film Festival in France, and at Madison Square Garden in New York. They released a documentary in '79 and became the third band to be featured on the cover of Time magazine (the Beatles and The Band were the other two). The article said that The Who had "outpaced, outlasted, outlived, and outclassed" all of their rock band contemporaries. Face Dances and It's Hard were released in '81 and '82 respectively. "You Better You Bet" and other singles videos were played on MTV from the very first day the network channel aired in August of '81. Their US tour that year was the highest grossing tour of the year. This was the last year that The Who was officially a band. They reunited off and on throughout the years mostly for charity events. Bob Geldof, producer of the 1985 Live Aid concert, got the band to perform several songs for the event.
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In July of '05, The Who performed "Who Are You" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" at Live 8. They released two singles off their Endless Wire album on iTunes and released the album formally in October of '06. They did a 24-date European tour over 06-07, and performed again for Live 8.
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she's really got a great voice. I love her style! Can't wait for the album. Thanks for sharing reone!
she's really got a great voice. I love her style! Can't wait for the album. Thanks for sharing reone!
OMG love her and this song!!
I love Adele. I have her album '19' twice. One in the car and one at home. I am a huge fan, and I hate that it took 'The X Factor' for people to realise the amazingness that is 'Make You Feel My Love'
I'm impressed by it. She was one of a batch out around the same time and got overlooked, but she's the only one who has come back with strong material.
Bend me, break me, anyway you need me
as long as I want you baby, it's alright.
I loved LOVED her first album. So far her 2nd album material seems stronger than Duffy's new stuff. I love Rolling in the Deep!! Fantastic song!
I love the new music that I'm hearing so far. Its a far better single than what Duffy started off with.
Here are the first two remixes of it.
Enjoy !!!
Seriously LOOOOVE HER. Can't wait for her new album release.
What can I say? God I love her! I can't get this song out of my head!
Another great song from her new cd:
I love her and the new cd is amazing!!
Yup Adele is a true talent, fantastic voice and not a stick insect with no artistic integrity. Oh and she's number 1 in the album and singles chart in the UK.
^ and 16 other countries!
Just discovered her last night on youtube, she's amazing.
This was the song that made me fall in love with her:
Just got finished listening to the new album. I think it will definitely be in the running for Album of the Year next year. I absolutely love Rolling in the Deep. Not one bad song on the whole thing.
^^^^^ I agree with you,CD--every song is great. Here's another song from the new cd:
Here's her take on a classic song by The Cure:
the new cd is absolutely amazing....near perfect
"21" is stunning, I waited until midnight last Tuesday to download it. "Someone like You" is a simply stunning song!
watched her "Live on Letterman" concert this morning....absolutely fantastic and she is just precious...her laugh is contagious...haha
I have to say "21" is one of those albums I like more the more I listen to it.
I read that Adele has tied the Beatles record of two albums AND two singles in the British Top Ten at the same time. Then I noticed today that "21" and "19" are both in the Top Ten albums on the U.S. iTunes chart, and "Rolling in the Deep" is #5 on the Singles Chart. That's quite an accomplishment!
Today "Set Fire To The Rain" is the song in my head:
I'm seriously in love with this woman. She deserves to be well known and appreciated for her talent. I loved 19, but when I got '21' and started listening to it, I was floored. She really is a true artist. She makes all of those auto tunes singers looks like crap. When you can touch someone with your voice and make them feel so many deep emotions, thats when you know that you truly have a gift. You can really feel every word she's singing.
I've never really been a big fan of this style of music, until I heard High Contrast's drum and bass remix of Adele's 'Hometown Glory'.
After hearing the remix I straight away looked up the original version. I was blown away, she really is a true talent. I don't hear much about her in Australia (though that could be because I don't pay much attention to mainstream music [I'm not trying to be pretentious and act all 'underground', I just don't listen to it]), but it's great to see she's gaining the recognition she deserves.
it took me a while to get into her new album, but now im absolutely enthralled by it. she is amazing!
I first fell in love with her on ytube a few years ago singing a Burt Bacharach song accompanied by him.she looked very plain but had a voice I loved. She was obviously a major artist then But I'd never heard of her. Ytube pulled the clip for whatever reasons, has anyone got access to it please???
I too am enamored with Adele. Like many of you have said she is a true artist and I have watched a few interviews she did and she is very down to earth which makes me love her more and more. I generally dont like acoustic versions of songs but I love it!!!!
I love this woman's voice and loving her new album. Rolling In the Deep is my favorite though...must have let it play on repeat at least 50 times now >.<
I love her.
She is absolutely fantastic. I am in Love with her. The only thing that sucks is the techno remix of Rolling in The Deep at the gay clubs.
Song doesn't work that way guys! Come on
Adele's '21' Sells Over 350k to Top Billboard 200
Adele storms in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with her sophomore album "21" selling a mighty 352,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan.
It's her best sales week -- and highest charting album -- and also the highest frame for any album since the sales week ending Nov. 28, 2010. That's when Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" and Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" started in the Nos. 1 and 2 slots, respectively, with 496,000 and 375,000.
Notably, "21" also bows atop the Digital Albums chart with 217,000 downloads -- 62% of the set's overall first week. Again, it's the fattest week for a digital set since West's "My Beautiful" moved 224,000 downloads in its premiere.
Adele, who took home the best new artist Grammy award in 2009, reached No. 10 with her debut set "19." It has spent a total of 71 weeks on the tally and has shifted 948,000 copies in the U.S. This week, it bounds 50-16 on the Billboard 200, giving the singer a pair of albums in the top 20. It's the first time an act has placed their first two releases concurrently in the top 20 since Justin Bieber did it on June 5, 2010 with "My World" and "My World 2.0."
This week, "Rolling In the Deep" -- "21's" first single -- vaults 13-7 on the Digital Songs chart, moving 151,000 (up 26%). To date, since its release to retailers on Nov. 30 of last year, it has sold 621,000.
Another "21" song, "Someone Like You," which she has been performing to great reaction on a number of TV shows lately, bows at No. 45 with 51,000. Adele memorably sung "Someone Like You" on the Brit Awards on Feb. 16 and in two weeks' time, its two clips with the most views on YouTube have racked up 3.3 million views. (To compare, Rihanna also performed on the Brits, singing a medley of songs from her "Loud" album and its most-viewed clips have tallied 1.3 million views.)
Prior to the album's release, Adele stopped by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (Feb. 24), "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (Feb. 24), CBS' "Early Show" (Feb. 25) and "Chelsea Lately" (Feb. 28). The official video for "Rolling In the Deep" has picked up over 16 million views on YouTube and Vevo.
Adele Holds Atop Billboard 200
Adele's "21" stands firm at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week, moving 168,000 copies (down 52%), according to Nielsen SoundScan.
With a little over 520,000 sold in two weeks, "21" has swiftly become the year's best selling album -- and the only set to shift more than a half-million units thus far. It started last week at No. 1 with 352,000 -- immediately ranking it as the year's second biggest seller behind Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More." With another 168,000 this week, "21" jumps ahead of "Sigh" by 74,000.
Love me some Adele, too.
A little mashup someone did of MY favorite artist (WHitney) and Adele...
Whitney Houston, Cee-Lo Green, Derek Luke, Jordin Sparks, Mike Epps to star in "Sparkle" Remake! - http://tinyurl.com/7drkhyb
And a cute little story she told...
Adele feels like US President
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Adele has teased that she felt like "Whitney Houston meets Obama" when she travelled via police escort.
The 22-year-old British songstress received vast international acclaim for her debut album, 19, and she is currently flying high in the charts with her second studio album, 21, which was released in the UK earlier this week.
Adele has been busy promoting the record across the globe, and last night had to rush back from France to her native London, England, where she was due to appear on BBC radio this morning. The star made it back in time, and found the whole thing very exciting, joking that she felt like a cross between US President Barack Obama and 47-year-old music icon Whitney Houston – in a nod to Whitney's role in 1992 film The Bodyguard as an in-demand pop star.
"I was in Paris and had to get the last train. We got a police escort from Paris - proper convoy. I felt like Whitney Houston meets Obama," she laughed once she had made it into the London studios of BBC Radio One.
The star admitted she is thrilled with the reception her second album has had so far, and says the success she has achieved leaves her flabbergasted. Adele isn't sure which songs from the album will emerge as favourites yet, and is eager to find out which ones her fans like best.
"I don't know where it's come from," she mused. "I don't know what other people's favourites are."
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this is ma fave from 21
Has anyone heard the album 21 by Adele? I think this is one of the best albums i have ever heard. I honestly feel that it will be nominated for the 2012 Grammy Album of the Year. Any thoughts on 21?
I love EVERY song. And I completely agree with you.
"I'm Beginning To Love Myself A Little More Everyday"
I bought it the day it came out and have listened several times. Not a cut on the cd that is not just incredible. Set Fire to the Rain, Don't you Remember, Turning Tables, I Found a Boy, Rumour Has It, He won't go are particular favs of mine. It is almost a sacred package for the heart. I definitely think it is one of the great cds ever.
I think you mistake me for someone who cares.
agreed, it is fantastic!!
My favourite song on the CD is Turning Tables, I think.
Love it, Love it, Love it. The whole album is absolutely amazing.
I think this will definitely be up for Album of the Year. Along with Taylor Swift (My Favorite<3) and probably Lady GaGa for Born This Way


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WHITE SULPHER SPRINGS, W.Va. -- He almost let it slip away early in the day with an unspectacular front nine. He almost let it slip away late in the day with a bogey on No. 17.
But in the end, former Tennessee Tech All-American Scott Stallings, a PGA Tour rookie, won the Greenbrier Classic in dramatic fashion on Sunday, sinking a birdie putt on No. 18, then repeating that feat on the first playoff hole -- the same hole -- to beat Bob Estes and Bill Haas.
After watching Estes and Haas miss their birdie attempts on the 168-yard 18th hole, Stallings curled in a 7-footer for his first career Tour victory. He flipped his putter, then hugged and high-fived his caddie.
"The day definitely didn't start off right. I blew it way right off the first tee and really struggled to find the fairway after the first nine holes," Stalling explained. "On No. 10, my caddie (Josh Graham) kind of needled me and said, 'finally we're going to hit the fairway'. I said, I promise, I promise we can play better from the fairway. He said, 'We're going to get back to even par and we're going to have an opportunity to win the tournament'.
"He told me that through the whole nine," Stallings continued. "Even though I made a few pars here and there, he said, 'We're going to have a chance; we're going to have a chance; we're going to have a chance'. I stuck with him all throughout the day, and he did an incredible job.
"I had an opportunity to birdie 18 to get in the playoff and have the exact same shot. I actually put my ball on the same tee that I used in the same spot during regulation," Stallings said.
Stallings made six birdies on the back nine to make the playoff, where he earned a winner's check of $1.08 million, moved to 26th in the FedExCup standings and grabbed a spot in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. With his win, Stallings will also compete next April in the Master's in Augusta.
In just its second year, the Greenbrier Classic produced another dramatic finish. Stuart Appleby shot 59 in last year's final round, including a birdie on the last hole to beat Jeff Overton by a stroke.
Estes shot 6-under 64 and was the clubhouse leader at 10 under, then watched as Haas birdied the par-5 17th six groups later to join him after a 67.
Stallings, who shot 69, bogeyed the par-5 17th after his drive went out of bounds and he needed a birdie at No. 18 to make the playoff. He sank a 5-footer to do it.
After last year's tournament, the course was lengthened more than 200 yards and the reseeded greens were less receptive to approach shots this time around. Appleby and Phil Mickelson were among those missing the cut, and the low rounds of the tournament were 62s shot by Anthony Kim and Walker on Saturday.
Stallings started the day a shot out of the lead and seemed to take himself out of contention with three bogeys on the front nine. He responded with four birdies on the first five holes on the back, then hit a 103-yard wedge within a foot of the hole on the par-4 16th to move to 10 under before getting into trouble on No. 17.
"Well, I think this round was the tale of two nines," Stallings said. "The front nine I couldn't do anything right; the back nine I had pretty good control of what I was doing. It was unfortunate we had to wait for 30 minutes on 17. I mean, that's a hole that looks really good to my eye and I felt good about it. But I got a little tight and made a bad swing and got a bad break and hit the tree and went into the water."
(Photo at left: Stallings is congratulated by James Normand, a sophomore on the Golden Eagle football team who was at the Greenbrier Classic. Normand and Stallings are both from Oak Ridge, Tenn.)
Stallings had words of praise for the tournament, held at one of the nation's most beautiful resorts located in the West Virginia mountains.
"The Greenbrier has been absolutely incredible," Stallings said. "The fans, volunteers, everybody that came and put the tournament together has been absolutely phenomenal. One of the best, if not "the" best tournament on tour, and I can't wait to come back. And to be a champion of such a great event it was a huge blessings, and I'll never forget it for sure."
Asked about his huge payday, Stallings said winning the championship is the culmination of a boyhood dream.
"All the money and everything takes care of itself. I mean, if you're out here, the money is great. It's a huge bonus. But I've wanted to do this since I was a little kid," Stallings said. "Like I've said before, I was that little boy running around chasing autographs and yelling at guys because they wouldn't stop and sign my golf balls or so on and so forth.
"But to wake up every single day and to have a dream about playing out here and watching golf with my dad growing up and just saying, Hey, how did you do this? How did you do that? Just trying to learn from watching guys on TV. And then to have the opportunity to become really, really good friends with one of the best players in the history of the game in Kenny (Perry) and to be able to call him a really good friend and mentor has been a huge blessing."
According to Ohio Valley Conference records, Stallings is the first OVC golfer to win a PGA Tour championship.
|• PGA TOUR rookie Scott Stallings carded a 1-under 69 on Sunday and then birdied the first extra hole to defeat Bill Haas and PGA TOUR veteran Bob Estes to win The Greenbrier Classic. With the win Stallings earns 500 FedExCup points and moves from No. 88 to No. 26 in the point standings.
|• Stallings, the 10th first-time winner this season, is the sixth rookie winner (the most on TOUR dating to 1970). Other rookie winners in 2011 include Jhonattan Vegas, Charl Schwartzel, Brendan Steele, Keegan Bradley and Chris Kirk.
|• With the victory, Stallings earns a ticket into next week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.
|• The playoff on Sunday, the first of Stallings' career, was the 13th of the season on the PGA TOUR.
|• Stallings, at the age of 26 years, 4 months and 6 days, is the 12th winner under the age of 30 this season. Last year, there were 16 winners in their 20s.
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Missoula Law Enforcement Honors Chaplain Chuck Lee [AUDIO]
When Missoula County Sheriff's deputies encounter a traffic fatality, or a gunshot victim, or any situation where victims and their families need support..the call goes out for C-2, Chaplain Chuck Lee.
Chuck Lee, for 13 years the pastor of Lincoln School Baptist Church, felt the call of God in his heart to help out the sheriff's department several years ago, and as Sheriff Carl Ibsen said Saturday night at a benefit dinner to raise money for Lee's support, 'it took several years for members of the department to trust Chuck..to allow him into our souls'. It is clear from the words spoken by members of the sheriff's department, emergency personnel at St. Patrick Hospital, and officials from Neptune Aviation, that trust has been won, and won completely.
Former deputy Mike Pfau, now of Neptune Aviation, spoke of how he recommended Chaplain Chuck to his superiors after fatal accidents involving Neptune aircraft. Lee was flown out of state to the crash sites and met with family and co-workers of Neptune pilots and crew members that had lost their lives. Pfau said the reports that came back after Lee's visits were glowing.
According to Sheriff Ibsen, Lee receives a small stipend from the county, but nowhere near what it takes to run a household, so for the second year, public information officer Jason Johnson helped to arrange the benefit dinner, at the 1st Lutheran Church, with food prepared by Sergeant Tony Rio, and raffle prizes donated by local businesses.
The total raised Saturday night was just over $12,000. In fact, Sheriff Ibsen, who won the 50-50 prize, donated his winnings back to Chaplain Lee.
For his part. Lee says he knows God has called him to help the sheriff's department..and 'C-2" is on call 24/7.
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Australia is setting a worrying international precedent that - if followed - would undermine the international protection system for asylum seekers, the UNHCR said on Thursday.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees regional representative Richard Towle said the recently adopted package of policies designed to deter asylum seekers from travelling to Australia by boat would have ''a significant and deleterious impact on the international system of refugee protection'' if other countries followed suit.
And he said Australia appeared to be breaching international refugee laws by discriminating against asylum seekers based on how they arrived in Australia.
But Mr Towle admitted that there were ''no enforcement provisions under international law'' for countries such as Australia that did not comply with the letter of international laws. ''There is a court of public opinion, internationally.''
On October 31 Immigration Minister Chris Bowen moved to in effect remove the Australian mainland from the migration zone for boat people. The changes, being examined by a parliamentary committee, mean that in the unlikely event asylum seekers made it to the Australian mainland, they would be treated the same way as those who made it to ''excised offshore places'' such as Christmas Island.
In its submission to the parliamentary inquiry examining the changes, the Department of Immigration said it believed the changes were ''consistent'' with Australia's obligations under the Refugee Convention.
The department said the government-commissioned expert panel, led by Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, recommended 22 policy changes, including the excision to the mainland, all of which the government accepted in principle.
The expert panel said that between 2001 and August 2012, more than 1000 asylum seekers and crew were estimated to have died at sea on their way to Australia.
Mr Towle told the inquiry the new rules would affect few asylum seekers, because it was rare asylum seekers made it through the treacherous waters separating Australia from neighbouring islands. However, he said, the international agency was concerned Australia was damaging the spirit of the Refugee Convention.
''We are concerned that measures to excise large portions of territory to set up systems which substantially reduce fundamental refugee protection rights does set a new precedent internationally,'' he said.
''And if all 148 countries that signed the Refugee Convention were to set up similar kinds of systems which are, in essence, designed to deter and relocate asylum seeker populations on other territories, this would have a significant and deleterious impact on the international system of refugee protection.''
Refugee Council of Australia chief executive Paul Power told the hearing Australia was damaging efforts to build regional co-operation by pushing ahead with the excision legislation.
Bianca Hall is the deputy federal politics editor for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald
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If you're trying to achieve a healthy weight, you've probably formed a close relationship with your scale. You know what you weigh today, what you weighed yesterday, and what you hope to weigh tomorrow.
This numbers game is an integral part of most weight-loss programs. Some experts, however, wonder whether the scale is the only—or even the best—way to measure your success.
The scale is not always the best indicator of progress. It does tell you whether or not you are gaining or losing weight but that is it.
By focusing only on weight, the scale can also lull you into a false sense of progress, experts say. Counting pounds doesn't tell you whether you're losing muscle or fat.
Instead of being a slave to the scale, focus on your health. Monitor your weight-loss program with a variety of measures that can give you a more complete picture of what's actually happening to your body.
Here are some alternative ways to make sure your weight-control program is working:
You can find out a lot by using a tape measure. Changes can show up quickly in the places where you store excess weight—hips for women, the waist for men. The health benefits are evident with small changes - such as a one inch reduction in wrist size.
It's also easy to monitor your performance in two areas that form the core of a weight-control program: diet and exercise. Compare what you eat with standards in the federal government's dietary guidelines, which illustrate a balanced diet high in fiber and low in fats and refined sugar. For exercise, try for at least 30 to 60 minutes of brisk walking most days of the week and build up to one hour of moderate exercise most days of the week. The Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board recommends that regardless of weight individuals should exercise for one hour per day at a moderate intensity most days of the week.
Behaviors that help control weight can also decrease your relative risk for developing weight-related diseases - such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Blood pressure, resting heart rate, blood sugar, cholesterol and triglycerides are good objective ways to track progress.
Lean muscle mass keeps you fit and strong while it stokes your fat-burning capability. Healthy weight control aims to reduce fat while preserving or increasing lean muscle mass. Body composition is hard to measure and is usually done by a doctor. Still, if you're following a fad diet that burns muscle as well as fat, monitoring your body composition can help you judge the safety of your results.
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Massage Envy has announced the grand opening of a new Massage Envy Spa located in Cape Coral. A grand opening event, open to the public, will be held on Friday, Oct. 19, from 4-7 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 20. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The new clinic is located at 2221 Santa Barbara Blvd. at The Shoppes of Santa Barbara.
Drawings will be held for gift certificates for one hour massages, meals for two at Jason's deli and a grand prize of a six-month membership to the spa, including one free massage per month. The first 100 visitors will receive a gift bag with $10 off massage coupons and free Murad skin care samples. Guests are invited to tour the clinic, experience a free therapeutic chair massage, receive a free skin analysis, and Q&A with licensed massage therapists and estheticians.
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The state-of-the-art 3,000 square-foot clinic has 12 therapy rooms. The new Massage Envy Spa is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday-Friday; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday. For appointments call (239) 549-ENVY (3689).
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She talked with her arms and hands, as much as with a voice of passion and conviction. The sales pitch was delivered with an energy and freshness that could not be ignored. Sarasota County school superintendent Lori White sat with our editorial board for an hour or so this week to pitch the need for voters in her county to renew the optional 1-mill property tax.
I couldn't help thinking how lucky her students were when they drew this Sarasota native as a committed teacher years ago.


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Decadent Elite Laugh At Torture During Gridiron Club Dinner
By Paul Joseph Watson
The mainstream press is having a hearty chuckle about the capers and the chicanery witnessed at the annual Gridiron Club dinner, a get-together of media and government elites. The highlight was an "amusing" rendition of a torture song by a dragged-up Tim Russert.
I for one don't find it funny that a bunch of war criminals and their sycophantic collaborators are cackling and patting each other on the back about the 'hilarious shortcomings' of the administration.
Ahhh isn't Cheney cute for shooting a man in the face? Isn't it rollicking that those kids got raped and those Abu Ghraib prisoners were tortured to death?
Even the CIA controlled Washington Post had to admit it went too far.
"Tim Russert, making his first appearance as a new member, decked out in a blue dress and a shiny blond wig as one of the cable news bunnies. But there were also some true clunkers. Singing about torture, subbing "rendition" for "tradition" and borrowing the "Fiddler on the Roof" song was not funny at all. The chumminess of the politicos and the press corps can be cloying."
You would think these power whores would learn to act with a modicum of decorum, especially after last time's fiasco, when Bush caused worldwide anger by making a comedy routine about Iraq's missing WMD, an 'intelligence mistake' (or lie to rational thinking people) that has already cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and over 2,000 US troops.
George W. is so arrogant he even finds it funny that the people he supposedly represents support him in dwindling numbers.
"By the way, when Dick first heard my approval rating was 38 percent, he said, 'What's your secret?'," joked Bush.
Russert's womanly ways will come as no surprise for those in the know about Bohemian Grove, where the elite have a penchant for performing entire plays in drag, propositioning men for sexual favors and hiring homosexual porn stars to "service their needs." Why do you think former gay porn Internet prostitute turned reporter Jeff Gannon was given access to White House press briefings and Bush conferences without even being given a standard security clearance?
The elite are a sick and decadent bunch and once the alcohol flows and their comments are veiled by a 'jokey atmosphere' - the true depravity of their motivations becomes awfully clear.
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They sell Peptopro-hydro Caseinate and hydro casein.. Which is better? I know peptopro isnt considered the best anymore and hydro micellar casein is, but is the hydro casein better without the word 'micellar' in it lol maybe a dumb question but i cant find a lot of sources that sell the hydro micellar casein..
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By Tiernan Ray
Microsoft (MSFT) this evening announced the head of its "Windows & Windows Live" division, Steven Sinofsky, will leave the company, handing the reins for all hardware and software engineering to Julie Larson-Green, who has lead development of user interface design for the company's Internet Explorer browser, and ran design for Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer thanked Sinofsky for his years of service. He said Windows 8 and other new products have built "a strong foundation," adding that it
"is imperative that we continue to drive alignment across all Microsoft teams, and have more integrated and rapid development cycles for our offerings."
Sinofsky had been whispered for some time by Wall Streeters as a possible figure CEO for Microsoft, someone occasionally credited with having the drive and the technical acumen of the company's co-founder, Bill Gates.
Windows division CFO and chief marker Tami Reller will expand her role to include "the business of Windows," the company said.
The management shuffle comes just two weeks after a similar executive shake-up at Apple (AAPL) that saw the head of iPad software, Scott Forstall, handing the reins to hardware guru Jony Ive, as the two companies go head to head in the tablet computer market.
In another possible eerie parallel, AllThingsD's Ina Fried reports tonight that like Forstall, there had been tension among the ranks at Microsoft over Sinofsky not being a "team player."
Microsoft shares today closed down 61 cents, or 2%, at $28.22.