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Five days a week, Crystal Lake resident Ted Schmidt drives around McHenry and Island Lake delivering brown bags that contain trays with cooked meat and vegetables, as well as milk, bread and fruit, to area seniors.
Luckily, Schmidt and other drivers who deliver lunches for The Salvation Army's Golden Diners program have not had to cut back delivery of the 50 to 60 meals a day because of the federal sequestration.
The federal sequestration was a set of automatic budget cuts that started in March when lawmakers and the president could not come to an agreement to reduce federal spending. The spending reductions are meant to cut $85.4 billion in federal spending this year and $1.1 trillion in federal spending over 10 years.
Among the cuts was senior meals funding, which meant federally assisted programs such as Meals on Wheels would be able to serve 4 million fewer meals, according to the White House.
The Salvation Army's Golden Diners program, which operates in both Kane and McHenry counties, has a $1.6 million annual operating budget, of which $600,000 comes from the USDA's Nutrition Services Incentive Program. Golden Diners projects it will serve 196,000 meals in both counties to seniors this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.
Because of the federal sequestration, the Golden Diners program had a $32,000 cut in its USDA funding, said Maj. Ken Nicolai, who administers the program for The Salvation Army.
Nicolai said the organization hopes the money will be restored in the future, but if the cuts stay in place, money for vehicle and kitchen equipment replacements would have to come from other sources, "or we have to get it out of our operating budget."
To prevent seniors from feeling the cuts and being put on waiting lists, the Kane and McHenry program decided to hold off on some capital purchases, such as vehicles, Nicolai said.
To help save money, last year the program went from having its meals for seniors catered by an outside company to cooking the meals at a central location in Elgin. It also wants to open a central kitchen at its Crystal Lake location.
Having meals catered cost $4.62 per meal. Cooking at the Elgin location costs $3.26 per meal.
"Luckily we changed our operational style; it [the federal cuts] didn't hurt us as hard as it hurt some," Nicolai said.
Mary Ann Beck, a site coordinator for the Golden Diners, said all her drivers are asking for mileage reimbursement because of high gas prices. Employees are reimbursed 55.5 cents per mile, and volunteers are reimbursed 14 cents per mile. In the past, many drivers have donated gas reimbursement back to the Golden Diners.
As more volunteers begin to ask for mileage reimbursement, The Salvation Army is looking to buy its own vehicles, Nicolai said. Under that plan, volunteers still would deliver meals, but not use their own vehicles.
Delivering the lunches is more than just providing at least one good meal a day.
Beck said that when a door isn't answered, drivers report the issue to Senior Services, which then calls that person's emergency contact.
"We've had a few people where they have fallen and they were lying on the floor, and they were waving to the drivers," Beck said. "The drivers get so attached to these people through the years."
Georgia Hickson, 73, of McHenry, lives with her nephew but is alone during the day. She has had meals delivered to her for two years.
She's had a stroke and kidney problems and has a difficult time using her right hand.
"It's too hard for me to cook all my meals for myself," Hickson said.
If there was a cut to services, and she had to be put on a waiting list, Hickson said it could potentially hurt her.
"It would hinder me quite a bit," Hickson said. "It would be hard for me to do things."


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Can anyone tell me if they have had dealings with this guy before? I sent payment for a Kicker ZX1500.1 back on 10/2/08, he said that the amp shipped 10/10/08 via USPS. Now, I live in AK so shipping can take a while, heck I even waited 4 wks before asking him to check on the shipment. He said he shipped it with insurance so I don't see what he has to loose. I, however, am out 280 bucks and got NADA. I did receive a shipping/tracking number which is almost useless as USPS only tracks the delivery of the item (420995159106150134711400921959). I have sent him an e-mail, I have also PM'd him asking the status. Nothing. So if anyone can give me a hand I would appreciate it. I am not mad really but I don't want to buy another amp just to have this one show up on my doorstep. If he never shipped... well I guess I will deal with that when and if I find out the truth.

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text: Hey im going to school for computer science and taking my 2nd java class now really enjoy it. Im also like gaming, dirt biking, boxing, and more. any one wants to be a friend to game with and make programs together im all for it.. hard to find people out there that have same interrests in computer as i do. thanks


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Contrary to the popular saying, there are times when statistics do not lie. Robbie Keane can vouch for that. Bouncing back from Republic of Ireland's unhappy showing at UEFA EURO 2012 in June, the former Tottenham Hotspur forward has been in scintillating form in Major League Soccer, scoring 18 goals and serving up seven assists for Los Angeles Galaxy and giving opposing defences a very hard time in the process.
"He really made us suffer," Seattle Sounders right-back Adam Johansson told FIFA.com following their 3-0 defeat in Los Angeles in Sunday's first leg of the Western Conference final.
Keane got his name on the score-sheet twice against the Sounders, just as he had done four days earlier in the second leg of the Galaxy's Western Conference semi-final against San Jose Earthquakes, helping his side overturn a 1-0 deficit away from home to win 3-2 on aggregate.
"We knew what he was capable of, especially on the counter," added Johansson. "He's quick and he uses his instinct and intelligence when it comes to reading the game. It's no surprise to see him playing like this because he's got such great vision. He always knows where his team-mates and opposing defenders are."
The irrepressible Irishman has struck four of his side's six goals in their last two games and also helped set up their second against Seattle, playing a long pinpoint pass that allowed Sean Franklin to tee up Mike Magee.
"He's a real leader for the team," said an appreciative Magee. "From the moment the referee blows his whistle he gives 200 per cent."
He's been the best player in the league since he came back from the EUROs. He's scored some vital goals. He's a real competitor too, a remarkable player.
Bruce Arena's side have dominated proceedings in MLS ever since their attacking talisman returned from Poland and Ukraine, finding their stride at just the right time, much to the coach's delight: "We've been the best team in the league since then, and I'm delighted the rest haven't picked up on that yet."
Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant told FIFA.com: "Just like the team, Robbie's been playing his best football since the summer. We're on a much sounder footing now and he's making the most of that to show what a great player he is. He's got so much quality that if his opponents give him half a chance, he'll punish them straightaway. He's playing so well at the moment, but if you ask me that's just his usual standard."
The fact remains, however, that Keane has never been in such prolific form. The most productive of his eight seasons in the English Premier League was 2007/08, when he racked up 15 goals. From the end of his successful loan spell with Celtic in 2010, where he struck 12 goals in 16 matches, Keane had netted just eight league goals for Spurs, West Ham United, the Galaxy and Aston Villa combined.
Yet whatever the reason for his return to form, the man himself is thinking about nothing but the team. "It was important to keep the momentum going after the San Jose game," the 32-year-old said after his demolition job on the Sounders. "We didn't take as many chances as we should have against Seattle, but we did put three away, which is not something everyone can do."
More at ease in front of goal than discussing his many attributes, Keane is content to let Arena do his talking for him and to repay whatever compliments come his way with goals.
"He's been the best player in the league since he came back from the EUROs," commented the former USA coach. "He's settled in really well in MLS and he's scored some vital goals. He's a real competitor too, a remarkable player and a very important member of the team. Along with David Beckham and Landon Donovan, he's a role model for our younger players."


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Proposal 2 may have been defeated earlier this month, but as far as its supporters are concerned, the fight for working families is just starting.
The Michigan AFL-CIO is holding 17 meetings across the state this week. At the meetings, union supporters are discussing potential battles unions could face as lame duck sessions continue at the Capitol.
"There are rumors out there that they might take a look at something like a right-to-work legislation," said Tom Ferris, a former Lansing teacher and leader of the ALF-CI meeting in Charlotte. "We're concerned that it won't be anything good for Michigan or for Michigan's working families."
A right-to-work law would prohibit contracts that force workers to join unions. In addition, those workers would get the same benefits as union members, a big problem for unions.
It is a heated topic that had cooled off for a while...until now.
"The debate has started in Lansing about freedom to work and whether we should have this legislation," said Ari Adler, Press Secretary for Speaker of the House, Jase Bilge.
For right-to-work supporters, it has everything to do with with keeping Michigan competitive.
"We now have several border states that have gone with right-to-work legislation and they have seen success economically with attracting employers," said Adler.
Those against such legislation disagree.
"It those states where right-to-work has been the case, we found that income for working families has been decreased," said Ferris. "It hasn't created any jobs."
One thing is for sure. Now that the discussion has started, legislators don't expect it to stop.
"The Speaker is ready to continue that debate," said Adler. "It's just a question of whether we do it during lame duck or not."


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Amarillo, Texas - There was a lot of concern anhydrous ammonia may have been leaked after the West, Texas explosion.
The chemical is used in fertilizer. It is a colorless, highly irritating gas with a sharp and suffocating odor. Local farmers tell us this gas can have serious effects including burning of the eyes, nose and throat after breathing small amounts and can even burn skin.
Anhydrous ammonia is often used here in our area by farmers.
Local farmers we spoke with today say anhydrous ammonia is often used along with other chemicals on their crops here in the panhandle.
Canyon farmer and rancher, Bob Lindsey says farmers go through extensive training on how to safely handle these substances, and are taught what to do if there ever is a fire or other incident.
The Amarillo Fire Department says their hazmat team is capable of handling chemical spills, and often do.
"Our hazmat team has got a mutual aid agreement with the whole entire panhandle, and we'll go anywhere that we're called because we do have the resources to help identify and do chemical sampling. Not only does it benefit the citizens here, but this actual program will benefit the whole panhandle if need be," Captain Jacob Oehlert, Amarillo Fire Department Community Relations says.
Oehlert says the majority of chemicals seen in our area that could cause an explosion similar to what was seen in west come through on rail car or trucks on I-40.


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"My kind of coach. Hyper-active, exciting," says one, his apron covered in entrails, and his co-workers nod in agreement before resuming the tossing of the fish, such an unappreciated craft.
Heading up Stewart Street, the fresh air hits the senses like a sledgehammer. In a few short blocks here is a different vibe to the Emerald City – hipsters ironically drinking coffee, everyone attached to some sort of technology – but the question remains the same. As does the answer: Who wouldn't want to play for the guy?
Carroll, entering his third season as head coach and executive vice president of the Seahawks, must have detractors somewhere, but in a 24-hour span that happened to coincide with the kind of late summer weather that takes the breath away, I couldn't find an apathetic soul. Maybe skeptics roam the subterranean passages of Seattle's underground; maybe they were all tucked away on yachts sailing across Lake Union.
Or maybe – yes, certainly – they'll begin to stir when the Seahawks slip into their usual swoon, which could begin by Week 3 against Green Bay. But for the moment, Carroll and the city of Seattle still rest easy in the late Honeymoon stage, comfortably eyeing each other and fairly convinced the relationship couldn't be more right.
He was an awkward, eccentric fit in New England, got chewed up in New York and left all he built at USC just in the nick of time, but the Pacific Northwest has revitalized Carroll's soul. He seems dipped in formaldehyde, perpetually tanned to a ripe crisp, his supply of khakis endless. And his energy! If Carroll weren't a coaching lifer, he'd give Tony Robbins a run for his gazillions on the motivational speaking circuit.
"He's always going, always picking guys up and finding something positive to say to them when they're down," Earl Thomas, the team's Pro Bowl free safety, said of Carroll. "How old is he now, 60? That can't be right. He's got the energy of someone in his 20s."
It's there when he dances in the middle of the field with his players, there when he high-fives and bear hugs the glob that is the 12th Man. Carroll seems perpetually giddy – his word – a state of being that goes surprisingly well with a region that doesn't mind languishing under revolving gloom. He spouts New Age philosophies the way his peers cite playbooks.
When Carroll was the head coach at USC, before the NCAA sanctions fell, before Paul Allen handed him the keys to the Seahawks' organization, the Trojans' band nicknamed him "Big Balls Pete" because of the way he'd almost always go for it on fourth down.
And sure enough, those were some mighty intestines Carroll showed this week when he named third-round draft pick Russell Wilson as Seattle's starting quarterback. It took guts to give the job to a rookie over Matt Flynn, the high-priced free agent signed back in March, especially since Carroll has had three different starting QBs in just two seasons and could have settled with stability rather than rattle the cage.
"This competition thing is not just (coach) speak. It's real," said Carroll, defending his decision to go with Wilson, a player who'd just as soon sleep on a locker room bench at the training facilities in Renton than waste precious learning time with useless commutes.
It's not just Wilson's earnest demeanor that won over Carroll. Wilson had some kind of sensational pre-season, leading the NFL in passer rating at 119.4. He completed 35 of 52 passes (67.3 percent) for 464 yards with five touchdowns and one interception, was sixth in the league with 150 rushing yards, dropped some jaws with his fancy footwork and justified Carroll's core belief that competition should always trump team politics. (Depending on how Flynn's sore right elbow feels, Carroll said he might be able to play here Thursday night against the Oakland Raiders.)
This week, as the preseason screeched to an end, Carroll was asked what excited him most about his team. The competitiveness between our young leaders, came his answer, and if a thought bubble had been above his head it would have been stuffed with exclamation points. "Competition in camp has been really keen," he said.
He talked of practices as if they were Zen experiences, made them sound mystical, ethereal. "Competitive beauty," he called them. He described a moment when Wilson and Thomas kept trying to one-up each other, both lost deep in the competitive glare – a moment that happens thousands of times during August training camps, but to hear Carroll describe it, it bordered on a religious awakening.
Even the Seahawks' flirtation with Terrell Owens turned into a lesson on how to foster goodwill. When whispers grew loud that Owens had proven to be a diva in his short time with the Seahawks before being released, Carroll made a point to let it be known that T.O. did everything the team had asked. He practiced hard, studied hard, worked hard, said Carroll. He called Owens "terrific." In a league where backstabbing is a treasured tactic, Carroll, never dour, proves there's a fresher way.
None of his giddy vigor or positive affirmations will push Seattle to the postseason though. Carroll's decision to start Wilson isn't the only question that hangs over the offense. Will Sidney Rice, the team's top receiver, stay healthy and turn into another field-stretching threat? Will running back Marshawn Lynch live up to his fat new contract? If the passing game clicks, Seattle could haunt the 49ers in the NFC West, because the Seahawks' defense, physical up front and stacked in the secondary, is just a rung below San Francisco's.
"Isn't this great, the anticipation before the season?" Carroll asked to nobody in particular. The crests outside on Lake Washington beckoned, the sky seemed impossibly clear. What a day to be in Seattle. What a fine time for the optimism to shine through.
-- This article originally appeared on SportingNews.com


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It's a Mayan pyramid!!!!
Don't worry about it. Sometimes a triangle is just a triangle. When you look up there and think you see a goatse, that's when I'd start getting worried.
It isn't even a triangle, unless you consider a triangle drawn by someone with the shakes a "triangle".
I guess I shoudn't have RTFA but I had to see the triangle... and didn't.
Yeah, assuming there's only one or I'm looking at the right one, it looked to me like a nearly perfect semicircle.
That was thousands of years ago. The Mayans have had plenty of time to work on their anti-aliasing algorithms.
What happened with the classic "Its full of stars!"? A pyramid full of stars this year would have a lot more sense than a boxy monolith.
Except it is about the size of Jupiter. The Mayans were way to lazy to build something like that, hell they couldn't even finish their calendar.
What a killjoy. My own suspicion is that previous version of this was flown by extra-terrestrials in to the World Trade Center just before they snuck down here and forced the FBI to load the building with hidden explosives, the body of Jimmy Hoffa, and the missing brain of John F. Kennedy. The odd part is they flew it into the WCT BEFORE the FBI laced it with explosives. Sneaky little buggers, those extraterrestrials. Some hold they also hit the Pentagon, but that is a conspiracy theory totally unfounded.
It's a Mayan pyramid!!!!
Worse, its the Sabre Pyramid [gizmodo.com.au]
They better not have rounded corners.
I saw the triangle - it was HUGE!
Then I clicked it, and it went away, and the sun started spinning.
So you're safe now.
maybe I'm blind, but I don't see ****.
I saw it. I caught it by surprise out of the corner of my eye. The little bastard.
Using the links in the parent post, I didn't see it either. But I think the image they're talking about can be found here:
1. Go to http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [nasa.gov]
2. You'll see an image of the sun in a box on the left.
3. There's a drop-down menu in the box. Select AIA-193.
4. View the apocalypse.
OR... just go here: http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/images/latest_aia_211.gif [nasa.gov]
Two eyes and a mouth (which appears to be eating a butterfly...).
The sun is smiling at us!
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/images/latest_aia_171.gif [nasa.gov]
Indeed. Possibly the worst summary I've ever read here.
Not true. It's in a tie for last place with about half of the summaries I've read. The others are tied for second, with the first place award being withheld.
Dunno there. Usually Slashdot doesn't screw up geometric primitives. Squares are squares. Rectangles, well, rectangles sometimes get mangled. But circle to triangle? WTF?
I spent a couple of minutes looking at the static picture trying to find the triangle. Like Where's Waldo for the adults after a really bad hangover.
Then you have not read many summaries here.
changes it from spherical to triangle (not sure where that came from)
Have you looked at the linked image? It's an outline of a triangle. Kinda looks like the Tri-Force put together.
And the linked video on the Register article is some conspiracy theorist rambling about image filters and increasing the gain to see the "black spherical anomoly" (his spelling), and has nothing to do with triangles. The register article then goes off into wild theories about aliens, and gives misleading partial quotes from astronomers to make it seem as though they agree. The register article, which is linked in the summary as "takes the shape of a black triangle" has nothing to do with triangles.
It's not an image, it's a video. The triangle is the "play" button.
I know it's not cool to RTFA, but the Register page basically says as much if you read on long enough.
The Register, with complete disregard for knowledge, skips this part and goes straight to alien's fueling up on the sun, Death Star references, etc.
Did actually read all of the Register article, or just the tongue in cheek headline and intro?
Slashdot seems to think the following is news worthy: The sun does things scientists know about and understand; ignorant people don't and jump to conclusions. Your increasingly sensational headlines make me hate you more and more every day slashdot.
Slashdot seems to think the following is news worthy: The sun does things scientists know about and understand; ignorant people don't and jump to conclusions. Your increasingly sensational headlines make me hate you more and more every day slashdot.
Then maybe you'll stop posting pointless comments anonymously. If the sun only did things scientists understand, they wouldn't bother studying it. Just read Science sometime. Scientists are barely beginning to underand the earth and they live on it.
Im going to start a new slashdot!!! with blackjack!! and hookers!!!
In fact, forget the slashdot!
If it's a triangle, why does the video show and discuss a circular object with a 'tether' to the sun?
well, it is a triangle that is curved into a ball, obviously
A huge hot black triangle shaped spot sounds like a Freudian slip to me. Imagine if there were two circular objects tethered to the Sun...
I think it's a wrong link.
Nonetheless, I found the mysterious dark circular object article far more interesting than the triangular sunspot one.
No fucking clue why the first article is linked, myself... it has nothing to do with what the summary is talking about.
However, the second link [nasa.gov] actually shows what I think they're trying to talk about in the summary (you can kinda make it into a strange triangle sort of thing...).
Or you can go to http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [nasa.gov] and select AIA 193 (or AIA 211, AIA 335, or AIA Composite [all three of those, but one that it particularly stands out is 211, 193, 171]) on the drop down below the picture of the sun, and
Nah... It's just a rubber Ningi burning up in the sun...
Yes, that video is much higher quality, especially when he zooms in on the anomaly. However the part at the end where he suggests the sun is "giving birth" to a new planet is just totally out there.
Yes it does, look at the edge around 7:00 - not nearly as well defined, but it's there.
It, obviously, is a highly advanced Starship fueling up on hydrogen plasma. The circle is a force field around the ship which allows it to operate close the the star. The dark tube is the fueling conduit.
As the NASA video linked by eldavojohn shows, these are quite common. (You'll note the NASA scientist did NOT have an explanation for them, just said they were common. That IS NOT reassuring.)
We're doomed.
It, obviously, is a highly advanced Starship fueling up on hydrogen plasma.
And then it will dock on the ISS and sell us 10 tons of Minerals, since we are a Tech level 1 Agricultural planet. The astronauts will look puzzled on captain Jameson when he asks how far it is to Zaonce.
He has saved your life so many times and you never even knew he was there.
The same could be said of characters/heroes in many SF universes. Your "42 minutes" suggests H2G2 universe, but your sense of outrage at the idea reminds me of the 10th Doctor[0]
Afraid you are going to have to be more specific, after all.
[0] I've not seen beyond him yet.
It's just the "play" button...
OMG!!! Google has taken over the sun!!!
How long before it will only be available for those who have a Google+ account?
So Slashdot is taking the History channel direction and posting all the crackpot UFO stories now? This "story" was debunked by NASA and others before it even spread.
Doomsday-theorists should be delighted.
There is a meme for this: link [memegenerator.net]
...a little bit bigger than yesterday?
a giant upside down '5' or a backwards '2'
Go look at AIA211 at http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [nasa.gov]
It's hard to miss. That number is 2/3 the siz of the sun...
I think my observation is a little more realistic/interesting than some weird triangle/sphere thing. I couldn't find it.
It must be Korgano. [upup-downdown.com]
I wonder how many will even get that reference.. slashdot was my best chance of having even 1.
It's a mothership feeding off the sun. It's powering up in preparation with an attack on Earth. OMG!
Again? Tell the aliens that they can stay, but they have to move their ship out of the way of our view.
...or you will go blind
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." -- Albert Einstein


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That wraps our live draft coverage today. AFL lists have been finalised for the 2013 season. We'll have club-by-club analysis published shortly, along with our video wrap with expert Emma Quayle.
All this, and plenty more, at realfooty.com.au.
That wraps our live draft coverage today. AFL lists have been finalised for the 2013 season. We'll have club-by-club analysis published shortly, along with our video wrap with expert Emma Quayle.
All this, and plenty more, at realfooty.com.au.
Over at Bomberland, it's fair to say the past couple of weeks turned into a "train-off" to see which player the club would take with their only selection in today's pre-season draft.
Essendon had to choose between Gippsland Power's Will Hams, Swan Districts teen Dayle Garlett, Claremont's Shannon Taylor, Subiaco forward Chris Deluca and South Australian Steven Baldasso ... and in the end went with Hams, a left-footed midfielder who averaged 11.5 disposals in four games for Vic Country at the NAB AFL under-18 championships.
"He has the courage to play inside and out and has also demonstrated that he has good goal sense," Essendon's list manager Adrian Dodoro told the club's website today.
No doubt the courageous Hams will make a good fist of his opportunity at AFL level. But are there any Essendon fans out there disappointed the club didn't take a punt on Garlett, an elite talent who apparently enjoys a smoke and a drink?
Bombers fans — your thoughts please. Leave a comment here.
After the debacle of 2009, it's not surprising that Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss has been fairly conservative in the past couple of drafts and trade weeks. In today's pre-season and rookie drafts, the Lions used just the two picks — number six in the rookie draft, which they used on medium-sized forward Nicholas Hayes (Woodville West-Torrens, SA) and number 21 in the rookie draft, used to redraft the delisted Callum Bartlett.
Of Hayes, the Lions' national talent manager Rob Kerr told the club's website: "Nick is a very clever and courageous footballer who our South Australian scouts identified early in the year and showed great improvement when playing SANFL U18s. As a player, he's a forward who should graduate into someone who can play through the midfield. We rated him so highly that we almost took him with our third round draft choice at the National Draft — so are delighted that we have managed to have our cake and eat it too."
Bartlett, originally drafted by the Lions in 2009, has endured a wretched run with injury. He's had to endure two knee reconstructions in his three seasons with the Lions and is still to make his debut, but is highly-rated within the club. Fair to say 2013 is a make or break season for the former Geelong Falcons star.
And don't forget the Lions' other new recruit for 2013 ... a bloke by the name of Brent Staker. Okay, okay, so he's not exactly a NEW recruit, but he's played so little football because of injury in the past couple of years that he's almost a new face around the club. Did we mention he was picked up by the Lions in the debacle of 2009?
So, here's one of the questions of the day for mine. Have the Swans departed from their proven good ways by snaring Kurt Tippett, a player heading to Harbour Town on seriously good coin. Will he be a successful pick-up for them, a player who can help them win another premiership? Is it a move away from their well-established "no ..." recruiting policy? Time will tell no doubt. It's also fascinating that the Swans have taken a punt on Brandon Jack, the younger brother of Kieren. Certainly the Sydney premiership player was rapt to see younger bro join him at the Swans:
Talking to all you Hawthorn fans out there now. Just the one selection for the Hawks, and they chose to add to their ruck stocks by picking up delisted Collingwood ruckman Jonathon Ceglar. It's an interesting choice by the Hawks, who will this season welcome back injury-cursed ruckman Max Bailey, who will likely fill the number one ruck role handled admirably by David Hale during the 2012 season. Forward Jarryd Roughead can also pinch hit in the ruck.
Outside that, there's very little AFL experience in the ruck for the Hawks. Both Sam Grimley (drafted in 2009) and Luke Lowden (drafted in 2008) are yet to make their AFL debut, and a punt on former Richmond ruckman Adam Pattison went amiss for the Hawks last season when the big man struggled with injury. Pattinson has since been delisted.
You would think that the likelihood of Ceglar, Grimley and Lowden all remaining on the Hawks' list beyond 2013 is minimal to zero, so there's going to be some interesting battles at Box Hill over the next 12 months to see which of the trio can establish themselves at VFL level.
So what do the Richmond fans out there think of the club's decision to take a punt on three delisted players in today's rookie draft? The Tigers have taken former Melbourne forward Ricky Petterd, former Essendon midfielder Sam Lonergan and discarded Geelong ruckman Orren Stephenson in what could be termed a minor shock.
See all the draft selections HERE.
Stay with theage.com.au and realfooty.com.au throughout the day as we analyse just what it all means. You'll also be able to read the thoughts on club officials and new (and relocated) players. Draft expert Emma Quayle will feature in our special video show, ready on the website later today, and you'll also be able to read her expert analysis this afternoon.
READ a full wrap of today's two drafts
And check out a FULL LIST of all the selections
Is this the first ruck coach to be drafted by their club? The Magpies pick up the evergreen Ben Hudson with selection No.52 in the rookie draft. Great to see the 'People's Beard' end up on another AFL list or, as least, the secondary part of it. Collingwood also goes for Peter Yagmoor with pick 56.
See all the draft selections HERE.
Now we've got some decent player movement! Richmond has taken Sam Lonergan, who had been delisted by Essendon, with pick 22, and also taken Orren Stephenson with pick 36.
North Melbourne has redrafted Ben Speight with pick 25.
As previously flagged, Essendon has redrafted young key forward Ariel Steinberg — who spent 12 months playing gridiron in America as a teenager — in the rookie draft.
See all the selections HERE.
The Bulldogs have picked up Brett Goodes at number 4 in the rookie draft. It means Brent Prismall has missed out, as predicted by Jake Niall in today's Age. Goodes will be 29 by next season. Next year's Podsiadly!
Don't forget you can see all the selections by clicking HERE.


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Python for iOS is a throwback. It turns your iPhone or iPad into a personal computer that you can program yourself. There was a time when every PC shipped with some version of the BASIC programming language and every PC user dabbled in programming. It was common to hear about a PC owner writing software to solve some task. This period of computing history is long gone, and today's phones and tablets certainly don't come with programming tools to write your own software. But this doesn't mean you can't scratch the programming itch using a mobile device. For instance, Diet Coda and Microsoft on{X} For Android let you use an iPad to write software on a remote network connected device, and program your Android phone from a desktop Web page, respectively.
Python for iOS goes a step further. It lets you write programs for iOS devices--iPhones, iPod Touches, or iPads--on the device itself. I've been using Python for the last few weeks and it's become a useful tool for quickly testing ideas and refreshing my memory about how to do things in Python. The app does not create native apps, but this isn't a problem for people like me who use the app as an adjunct software development tool. It is good to see software development tools like this one appear to not only enhance personal productivity, but help dispel the myth that tablets are useful only as content consumption devices.
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text: Simian virus 40 (ATCC® VRMC-11™) Organism: Simian virus 40, Simian virus 40 / Clone Type: Clone / Depositors: JA Lednicky, JS Butel General Information Documentation Print Email Share Share this product Facebook Twitter Google+ Permits and Restrictions View Permits Designations pUCSVH388-16 [molecular clone of Simian virus 40, SV-40] Species Simian virus 40, Simian virus 40 Depositors JA Lednicky, JS Butel Isolation Description of cloned agent:Contains a full-length non-archetypal SV40-H388 genome cloned into pUC-19 at EcoRI site; isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cell DNA of animal H388 by J. Lednicky. Applications contains sequence Vector Construct size (kb): 7.89300012588501DESCRIPTION OF VECTOR COMPONENT Type of vector: E. coli Name of vector: pUC-19 Intact vector size (kb): 2.686 kb Insert DNA: genomicInsert lengths(kb): 5.206999778747559Tissue: monkey peripheral blood mononuclear cell Insert Size (kb) 5.207 Media ATCC® Medium 1227: LB Medium (ATCC medium 1065) with 50 mcg/ml ampicillin Biosafety Level 2 Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country. Comments Description of cloned agent:Name: SV40Strain: H388, variant #16Classification: PapovavirusContains a full-length non-archetypal SV40-H388 genome cloned into pUC-19 at EcoRI site; isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cell DNA of animal H388 by J. Lednicky.Plasmid size: 7893 bp [pUC-19 (vector): 2686 bp + SV40-H388 (insert): 5207 bp]. High-copy number; pUC-19 has a ColEI ori.VRMC-11 (variant #16) is one of a matched set of 3 clones of regulatory region variants (see also VRMC-9 and VRMC-10).Plasmid might dimerize; restriction pattern will not change.Restriction enzyme analysis: BamHI--4.479,3.414; EcoRI--5.207,2.686; KpnI--6.392,1.501; SalI--7.893; SfiI--7.893; XhoI--uncut.Sequence (viral regulatory region, T-ag carboxy terminus, and part of VP1 gene) determined by: Xian Min Dai. Clone viability: not tested. Classification Polyomaviridae, Polyomavirus References Lednicky JA, et al. Natural isolates of simian virus 40 from immunocompromised monkeys display extensive genetic heterogeneity: new implications for polyomavirus disease. J. Virol. 72: 3980-3990, 1998. PubMed: 9557685 John A Lednicky, personal communication Bascic Documentation Product Sheet Certificate of Analysis SDS


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Embark on an authentic DuckTales adventure, as Scrooge McDuck and his three nephews; Huey, Dewey and Louie travel to exotic locations throughout the world in their quest to retrieve the 5 Legendary Treasures.
DuckTales Remastered has seen the development team take the levels and layout from the original 1989 release as a foundation before expanding upon them to significantly enhance the gameplay experience but where this update truly impresses is its graphics and sound. All of the visuals from the 8-bit game have been beautifully re-created as hand-drawn and animated sprites, across a backdrop of luscious, re-envisioned level backgrounds. Furthermore, original Disney Character Voices talent, including some from the cartoon TV series, bring in-game characters to life with charm and wit, while the classic melodies of the original soundtrack are given a modern twist.
Further additions to the original include an all new tutorial level where players can get familiar with the iconic pogo jump and cane swing; while Scrooge McDuck's Museum allows players to track all their stats and compare their progress with others via global leaderboards.
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- Relive the classic TV series from the 1980's – Follow the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his three nephews; Huey, Dewey and Louie, as they fend off enemies including the Beagle Boys and Magica DeSpell, on their quest to obtain the five most impressive treasures from across the world
- Redefined hand-drawn visuals – Developer WayForward have taken all the original visuals from the 8-bit game and significantly enhanced and recreated them as hand-drawn sprites, across a backdrop of beautifully re-envisioned level backgrounds
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- Learn to pogo – In an all new tutorial level, learn the basic playing skills, including Scrooge McDuck's iconic pogo jump and cane swing
- Visit the museum – Track your achievements, progress and status on the leader boards in Scrooge McDuck's new Museum
- Cash in your coins at Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin – A new playable area, Scrooge's Money Bin allows players to track the amount of wealth accumulated and even take a swim through his latest spoils
- Digitally enhanced soundtrack – Built from the original versions, the soundtrack for DuckTales Remastered creates more modern amplified iterations of the classic melodies
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LAKE FOREST – You'll have to forgive Jay Cutler if his timing was off Monday at Halas Hall.
As he stared at his cell phone, Cutler turned a corner in the practice facility and started to hobble toward the double doors that led to the Bears' locker room. That's when the veteran quarterback glanced up and spotted a group of reporters exiting the room.
Change of plans.
Cutler wheeled around – that is to say, he wheeled around as fast as someone with a muscle tear in his groin is able to wheel around, which is not fast at all – and took aim toward a video room that is off-limits to media members.
He buried his head in the phone in his palm. He limped with purpose, with passion, with the mindset of a man who refused to allow a torn muscle to prevent him from avoiding some of his least favorite people in the world.
If only the Bears could escape their reality as easily as Cutler could escape snot-nosed journalists.
These are dark days for the Bears, and not because the sun is starting to set before 6 p.m.
It's because they will be without their most important player on offense, Cutler, for at least the next 4 weeks (emphasis: "at least"), and they will be without their most important player on defense, Lance Briggs, for an estimated 6 weeks.
Meanwhile, the Bears' injured-reserve list includes four important defenders: Henry Melton, D.J. Williams, Kelvin Hayden and Nate Collins. Oh, and Pro Bowl cornerback Charles Tillman has a nagging knee injury that seems as if it might outlast the Cubs' next manager.
Yet Bears general manager Phil Emery wore a smile as he stepped behind the lectern for his midseason State of the Training Room Address.
Emery is a positive-minded, likeable leader, and he spoke in his typical everyman vernacular as he scrutinized his team's four wins, three losses and several thousand injuries.
"I'm proud of this team," Emery said. "We have earned what we are. I said from the beginning, there would be dust on the highway to get where we want to go. Our goal is to be in the playoffs, to be in the championship hunt, to be in a position to win a Super Bowl.
"We've definitely got some dust on the car. We've got to clean it up."
To clean a dusty car, one should seek a car wash.
To fix an injury-riddled team with a leaky defense, well, that job is much tougher.
Emery has a few options as the NFL's Oct. 29 trade deadline approaches.
• Option No. 1: Dangle a first-round pick for a top playmaker on a losing team that might be in sell mode. The Indianapolis Colts used this strategy last month to acquire running back Trent Richardson from the Cleveland Browns, who surprisingly won their next three games.
• Option No. 2: Instead of sacrificing a high pick in next year's draft, seek a medium-priced band-aid for a short-term fix. The Bears could use some help at multiple positions, perhaps none more so than defensive line, and they might be able to patch that trouble spot for the cost of a mid-round draft choice who may or may not make the 53-man roster in 2014.
• Option No. 3: Do nothing. Save those draft picks, which if used properly will provide the formula for replenishing an aging team. If anything, Emery might be a seller instead of a buyer, seeking an extra pick in exchange for an underused veteran (hello, Michael Bush!).
Ultimately, Emery said, any trades he made (or refused to make) would come down to value. Thus far, while working the phones, opposing teams have sought what Emery believes to be too much value in order for the Bears to gain a player.
Don't expect the trade market to heat up too much in the next week, either.
"The league, I think you've seen all the impact ones that you're going to see," Emery said. "There's a lot of behind-the-scenes activity that goes on with phone calls, and people kind of throwing out bait and seeing how you're going to respond.
"When it all comes down to it, everybody wants a little more than they want to give. That's typical of life, right?"
So are injuries. So are defeats. So are dusty highways.
Hey, what do you know?
It's not even 6 p.m., and the sun is setting.


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GORILLA IN THE BACKGROUND: People wandering across the background of a video can be really annoying. But provided the video background is static researchers at Max Planck Institute for Informatics can remove the intruders with some very clever software. The system uses other frames of the video to establish what should be visible, then uses smoothing techniques to make colour consistent. While the software had some problems with complex scenes, it was often very successful. You just can't ever believe what you see.
EYE BEAMS: Could plastic retinas help you see? Scientists at the Italian Institute of Technology have developed a flexible organic polymer that converts light into electrical stimulation without needing an external power supply. In a study they grew neurons on the photovoltaic polymer, then placed damaged retinas on a piece of glass coated with the polymer. When they shone a light onto the retinas, it caused neuron activity similar to that in an undamaged retina. Daylight levels of brightness caused a good response, though dimmer levels didn't work well. Eventually this technology may help people with retinitis pigmentosa and some forms of macular degeneration. There will be many people wishing them good speed on that.
KEEP PUMPING: People waiting for a liver transplant have a tricky time of it. When a donor liver is found it's packed in ice and chemicals then rushed to its destination. But all too often the liver deteriorates in transit and can't be used. A new device from the University of Oxford should improve the chances of livers arriving in good shape. It keeps a donated liver at body temperature for 24 hours or more, and supplies it with blood, sugar, oxygen and nutrients. In some tests livers survived for 72 hours. The device works like a human body, pumping blood and nutrients through the liver and monitoring it for changes. The scientists say the device could be modified for other transplantable body parts too. In hindsight an artificial body seems a bit obvious.
FROM RAGS TO RESIN: Photovoltaic solar panels are a good source of clean energy, but unfortunately components of the panels are generally made from petroleum products. BioSolar's components made from renewable cotton derived from rags and resin from castor beans can replace petroleum-based plastic panels and save the manufacturer money. It's encouraging to see renewable sources gradually replacing petroleum, and at least rags aren't a food source.
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Yeah, I meant every bowler threw as according to the old definition, the one based on the false ideals.Originally Posted by Son Of Coco
I certainly don't understand about hyperextension - as far as I knew, it was the exclusive preserve of those with double-jointed joints. Thought the every-joint-does-it was called altrusion and extrusion or something (or is that a type of hyper-extension?)
The point is, now we've discovered what we've discovered, there is no fair way of doing things. Everyone now knows that you can't expect bowling to be done with an elbow that doesn't alter in angle; but equally IMO it's completely ludicrous to suggest that a bowler who has elbow-flexation of 16 degrees is in the slightest different from one with 14 degrees. And I don't mean virtually nothing - I mean ABSOLUTELY nothing. Those 2 degrees will make no difference at all.I understand what you're saying in reference to the difference in degrees, and I assume it was decided that some sort of limit needed to be established...has anything the ICC has attempted to do with throwing seemed sensible though?


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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's governor is adding her voice to those disappointed by the exclusion of a disabled teenage swimmer from this week's Paralympic World Swimming Championships in Montreal.
Gov. Maggie Hassan has joined others including the state's two U.S. senators in criticizing a decision by the International Paralympic Committee barring Exeter resident Victoria Arlen from the games because her disability isn't considered permanent.
Arlen was paralyzed from the waist down due to illness seven years ago. She resumed competitive swimming at age 16. At last year's Paralympics in London, she set a world record and won a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle as well as silver medals in three other races.
Hassan calls the last-minute ban on Arlen's participation "unconscionable and patently unfair."
The Germany-based International Paralympic Committee hasn't responded to an email seeking comment.
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GlobalPost Blog Interviews Iranian Doctor Imprisoned After Treating HIV/AIDS Patients
July 27, 2011
GlobalPost's "Global Pulse" blog features an interview with Iranian physician Kamiar Alaei, who along with his brother, Arash Alaei, worked to treat patients with HIV/AIDS in Iran and was arrested and imprisoned by Iranian government authorities in June 2008. Kamiar served more than two years of a three-year sentence, and Arash remains in prison on a six-year sentence. Kamiar talks "about his imprisonment, his work with HIV/AIDS, and his plans for the future," as well as how "[h]e continues to raise awareness about his brother's imprisonment" (Karimjee, 7/26).
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The first time I presented medical research findings, I was not yet a physician. The year was about 1975. I was in my early forties and a mid-career engineer. The forum was a scientific symposium on diabetes. At the time, I felt that I had discovered the holy grail of diabetes care and was eager to share what I had learned.
By normalizing my blood sugars, I had nearly eliminated the hypoglycemic episodes that had been an almost daily occurrence for me, and slowly, with normal blood sugars, I had begun to reverse many of the complications I had accrued since my diagnosis as a type 1 in 1946.
Thanks to some fortunate circumstances, when the first three-pound blood sugar meters became available in 1969, I secured one. At the time they were a niche device, intended for emergency rooms, and only hospitals and physicians could acquire them. They were hardly envisioned as the multibillion dollar industry of today. My wife, a physician, helped me buy that first one, for the princely sum of $650.
I learned through trial and error that I could actually bring my blood sugars into a normal range and keep them there. I also learned that by controlling my diet-eliminating foods that caused considerable elevations in blood sugar, particularly simple carbohydrates such as starches and sugars-I could significantly reduce my dosage of insulin and thus reduce its unpredictability. By 1973, I had seen such important changes in my own health and the reversal of my complications that I attempted to persuade physicians specializing in diabetes to give my method (which also included basal/bolus insulin dosing) a try.
By the time I gave my talk, I had persuaded two physicians doing diabetes research to study the effects of blood sugar normalization on diabetic complications. Both studies were really the first of their kind. And both showed reversal of early diabetic sequellaei,ii. Each also included a mental health aspect (because "the experts" were convinced that the studies were going to drive the participants crazy). In both studies, depression scores plummeted from severely depressed to normaliii,iv.
At that symposium, contrary to my naïve image of the world beating a path to my door because of my better mousetrap, my talk was met with indifference by the physicians there. (The few patients present, however, surrounded me afterward and bombarded me with questions.) Self-monitoring to help control blood sugars was a curiosity, nothing more.
I struggled for opportunities to present my discoveries, but for the most part, there were no takers in the U.S. and a very few overseas. I tried to get medical journals to publish my findings, but the use of an "electrical device" to guide the treatment of diabetes was repeatedly ridiculedv. After a while, I realized that the only way I would get published would be with an MD after my name.
In 1982, at age 48, I received my MD. A year later, I began my private practice. Because I was a type 1 diabetic and had developed my protocols on that model, I thought I was mainly going to be treating type 1 diabetics. It turned out, however, that there were many more type 2s who needed my help.
At that time, there were about 6 million known diabetics in the U.S. I then had every reason to assume that because my first bookvi was already in print, my guidelines for treatment and prevention would be widely adopted. I may have been overly optimistic, but there was good reason for such hope. Evidence had accumulated that normal blood sugars not only reversed complications, but also prevented insulin-producing beta cells from burning out.
The current excuse that normal blood sugars cause severe hypoglycemia is borne of the common practice of treating diabetes with large amounts of carbohydrate covered by industrial doses of insulin or sulfonylureasvii,viii. The justification for this practice is the now disproved mythix that low carbohydrate/high protein diets cause dyslipidemia and nephropathy.
At about the time I started my practice, Gerald Reaven, author of Syndrome X, used the Biostator GCIIS, an "artificial pancreas," to normalize the blood sugar of 32 patients for two weeks. The cumbersome and expensive device constantly measured blood sugar and clamped it at 90 mg/dl. One outcome was that high A1c levels dropped dramatically. The study then followed the patients, half of them male, half female, and also found that it took two years of ordinary living [and likely inappropriate diet] for their A1c's to return to pre-study levels. To me this implied the most important finding-that beta cell burnout dysfunction could be halted or reversed by a combination of exogenous insulin and normal blood sugars. By giving overworked beta cells a rest, they could improve or regain function. A similar study by a Taiwanese group recently came to the same conclusionx.
It is usually easy to treat diabetics who make insulin, and the more insulin they make, the easier it is to treat them. The bulk of the type 2 patients I see make too little insulin to overcome their insulin resistance, so I may start them on at least a small amount of injected insulin. The problem with injected insulin is that large doses cannot be absorbed predictably. So the more insulin a patient must inject, the higher the likelihood of unpredictable blood sugars. This is typically the case when physicians prescribe high carbohydrate diets and then cover the carbohydrate with large doses of insulinxi.
Despite my own story and Reaven's important findings, the techniques I developed have been only superficially adopted, even all these years later. There are no "expert" guidelines for beta cell preservation, and sulfonylurea drugs, which hasten beta cell deterioration, are still widely prescribed. The same is true for high carbohydrate diets covered by industrial doses of insulin.
We now have an epidemic of diabetes, with some 20 million or more diabetics in the U.S., and the increase shows no signs of slowing. The epidemic is a multi-hundred billion dollar drag on our already overburdened healthcare system and fragile economy
Medical students, a recent study found, avoid specializing in diabetes care for a variety of reasons, mostly related to the hopelessness of current treatmentxii. That's probably because standard treatment these days doesn't work.
I read decades ago that blood sugar normalization might reverse diabetic complications for animals, but "the experts" claimed it would never be of value to humans. The new generation of experts still denigrates the practice. "People just won't be bothered," they say. If medical students feel hopeless about diabetes care, imagine how the diabetics themselves must feel.
With current guidelines, it's small wonder that people – diabetics and those who treat them – feel hopeless.
The current "wisdom" is that pre-prandial blood sugars should be as high as 130 mg/dl and postprandial blood sugars as high as 180 mg/dl -more than double normal. The only "complication" that those high blood sugars will prevent is hypoglycemia. Patients are likewise instructed that an A1c is normal if less than 6.0 percentxiii (or the equivalent of an average blood sugar of 140mg/dlxiv) when studies of non-diabetics show that 6 percent applies only to people over the age of 70xv.
As dangerous as a severe hypoglycemic event can be, it's relatively easy to monitor for and correct. Complications that are vastly more serious and debilitating are inevitable with chronically elevated blood sugars. (I have found that my patients with normalized blood sugars rarely have severe hypoglycemic episodes, and far less frequently than I've seen in conventionally treated diabeticsvii,viii.) To those who guide the guidelines, the significant difference between a severe hypoglycemic episode and a stroke or heart attack is that while the latter are seen as natural consequences of diabetes, a physician can be sued if a patient dies from a hypoglycemic event. Thus current guidelines of care have been devised to protect the physician rather than the patient.
My position is this: people don't die from diabetes. They die from the complications of diabetes. I and others have shown that blood sugar normalization can prevent or reverse the complications of diabetes.
My blood sugars have been virtually normal for more than 40 years. Most of my patients' blood sugars and lipid profiles have dramatically improved and are usually normal. I have many patients on whom other specialists have given up who have come to me and learned how to easily normalize their blood sugars.
If the medical community is going to make any headway against the epidemic of diabetes, then the experts are going to have to change their attitude toward blood sugar normalization. We must condemn the ready availability of cheap, simple carbohydrates and the official praise for their role in a "healthy diet," which is becoming more commonly recognized as the leading cause of the epidemic of diabetesxi.
I've learned from many of my patients that carbohydrate craving is almost like an addiction-once you get off "the stuff," you are less likely to crave it. It's also been shown repeatedly that a diet consisting mainly of protein plus minimal amounts of slow-acting carbohydrate or whole plant vegetables, leafy greens, and similar foods helps people achieve a sense of satiety that far outlasts that of simple sugars such as those found in starches (including whole grain breads)xi.
It's been a long time since that day when I first presented my findings, and my naïveté has been transformed to sadness. While there are many areas of diabetes care that could be drastically improved, here are a handful that can have a profound impact and are not difficult to implement.
Preventing unnecessary amputations is one. Over the past 26 years, in my capacity as director of the peripheral vascular disease clinic of a large metropolitan hospital and as a Fellow of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists, I've seen many diabetics post-amputation, and many more with ulcers of the feet.
Virtually all of the amputations have resulted from compliance with the current guideline that "a callus can be debrided with a scalpel by a foot care specialist or other health personnel."xvi That's just wrong. A callus is a symptom of pressure or shear forces and is protective rather than harmful. If it is aesthetically distasteful, the proper treatment-which requires little training-is the elimination of the pressure or shear forces that caused the callus. This is called "offloading" and is achieved by shoe modification or the use of orthotic shoe inserts. I cannot accept amputation as the solution for a callus.
Preservation of beta cell function is another. As noted above, the treatment of diabetes is much easier when a patient still has functioning beta cells. Every effort should be made to preserve beta cell function, if only to facilitate an eventual cure if the killer T cells responsible for beta cell destruction are ever isolated.
I have repeatedly seen children in the "honeymoon" stage of type 1 diabetes whose parents have been told by their specialist that their children should not inject insulin until their beta cells have burned out. I likewise see type 2s who have received similar instructions. Maybe this is done to delay fears of "painful" injections. The fact is, injections need not be painful if a more benign injection technique is followedxvii. But the consequences of not having them when they're indicated certainly can lead to substantial pain over the long term. That kind of "care" will make patients much harder to treat in the future and likely lead to the usual consequences of chronic hyperglycemia. I'd rather see them live until there's a cure-which just might require some healthy beta cellsx.
To put it in the simplest possible terms, the complications of diabetes are caused by long-term hyperglycemia. Hyperglycemia is caused by the failure of the body to adequately maintain blood sugar at normal levels. Intervention through dietary restrictions of simple and total carbohydrates, regular blood sugar monitoring, medication, and, when appropriate, basal/bolus dosing of insulin can normalize blood sugars. Overeating and excessive body weight can now usually be controlled by the use of self-injected synthetic Amylin and GLP-1xviii, a far more benign approach than the gastric banding/bypass surgery currently recommended. By blood sugar normalization, complications can be prevented or reversed and many deaths can be prevented. So common sense would dictate that if we, as a medical community, are considering the well-being of the patient, we should start at blood sugar normalization.
Better treatment for diabetics is neither difficult nor risky, as some professionals advocate. Until we have a cure, normalizing blood sugars is the best solution we have, because that's exactly what a cure will do. Why wait?
Richard K Bernstein, MD, FACE, FACN, FACCWS
Dr. Bernstein has written extensively for Diabetes Health. Search diabeteshealth.com for his name to read more articles.
- Bleicher S, Waltman SR, Santiago JR, Krupin T, Singer P, Becker B. Vitreous Fluorophotometry and Blood Sugar Control in Diabetics. Lancet 1979, Nov 1: 1068.
- Peterson CM, Jones RL, Dupuis A, Levine BS, Bernstein R, O'Shea M. Feasibility of Improved Blood Glucose Control in Patients with Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Care, 1979: 2: 329-35.
- Dupuis A, Jones RL, Peterson CM. Psychological Effects of Blood Glucose Self-monitoring in Diabetic Patients. Psychosomatics 1980: 21:7: 581-591.
- Bernstein RK. Some New Considerations Regarding Psychodynamics in Insulin Dependent Diabetes of Longer than 5 Years' Duration. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci: 1984: 27:4: 267-282.
- Bernstein RK. Diabetes, The Glucograf Method for Normalizing Blood Sugar. 1981: Crown Publishers, NYC.
- Bernstein RK. Hypoglycemia in IDDM. Diabetes Care: 1990: 13:7: 810-811.
- Bernstein RK. Effects of Low Insulin and Low Carbohydrate on Frequency and Severity of Hypoglycemia. Am Jnl Med: 1992: 92: 339-40.
- Accurso A et al. Dietary Carbohydrate Restriction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome: Time for a Critical Appraisal. Nutrition & Metabolism: 2008: 5:9: 1-8.
- Harn-Shen C, Tzu-En W, Tjin-Shing J, Li-Chuan H, Shen-Hung L, Hong Da L. Beneficial Effects of Insulin on Glycemic Control and B-Cell Function in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes…Diabetes Care: 2008: 31: 1927-1932.
- Bernstein RK. Insulin Injections: Rotation of Anatomic Regions and Plasma Glucose. JAMA: 1990: 264: 1535-36.
- Tucker ME. Most Medical Students Reject Careers in Diabetes Care. Clin Endocrinology News: Sept. 2008: 31.
- American Diabetes Association: Standards of Medical Care. Diabetes Care: 2008: 31:1: 518.
- Rohlfing CL, Wiedmeyer H, Little RR, England JD, Tennill A, Goldstein DE. Defining the Relationship Between Plasma Glucose and HbA1c. Diabetes Care: 2002: 25: 275-78.
- Pani LN, Korenda L, Meigs JB, Driver C, Chamany S, Fox CS, Sullivan L, D'Agostinio RB, Nathan DM. Effect of Aging on A1c Levels in Individuals Without Diabetes. Diabetes Care: 2008: 31:10: 1991-96.
- American Diabetes Association. Foot Care. Diabetes Care: 2008: 31:1: 533.
- Bernstein RK. Diabetes Solution. Little Brown, NYC http://manuscripts.jama.com: 2007: 249-60.
- ibid. 204-210.
Dr. Richard Bernstein is the author of two books your faithful Diabetes Health editor can highly recommend. I've read them both!
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: A Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars (New 2007 Edition!)
Little, Brown and Company
The Diabetes Diet: Dr. Bernstein's
Low-Carbohydrate Solution
Little, Brown and Company, 2007


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After approval by both the House and the Senate earlier this year, President Barak Obama signed an act on Nov. 6 that has significant implications for ski areas on U.S. Forest Service lands. Locally, the list of such properties includes Mt. Hood Meadows and Cooper Spur ski areas, Ski Bowl, Summit and Timberline Resort.
The Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011 amends the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986, which allowed only nordic and alpine skiing. The act instructs the USFS to increase seasonal and year-round recreation activities on its lands that are currently subject to ski area permit processes.
In winter, that means other snow sports may be permitted on Forest Service lands; and the more significant impact is in summer, when the legislation opens up the possibility for a variety of recreational activities like mountain bike trails, Frisbee golf courses and zip lines on lands that have long been off-limits to non-winter activities by ski area operators.
"The Forest Service is taking steps to promote job growth every day," said USDA Under Secretary Harris Sherman. "We look forward to welcoming hundreds of thousands more visitors throughout the entire year to their national forests."
USFS press says it averages 27 million visits annually to ski areas across the country, which contributes an estimated $4 billion a year and creates roughly 80,000 jobs. Under the new legislation, the agency estimates hundreds of thousands more visitors to National Forest lands, tens of millions of increased dollars into mountain communities and hundreds of new jobs created.
"It's great," said Matthew Drake, Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Area CEO. "We've been following this legislation for a while, and it's exciting to see it progress. We're still waiting to see what happens with the actual procedures the Forest Service will to come up with to implement the legislation, but it's an exciting change."
Drake said Meadows is definitely interested in summer activities within its permit area, but it will depend on what is suitable for the environment and what is economically viable for the company.
The act is not a green light for ski resorts, as it upholds the environmental rules already in place, namely the National Environmental Policy Act. Any increased activity would have to adhere to NEPA regulations and processes. That would mean potential new summer activities might continue to be restricted from an area, depending on the environmental impact it would have.
"The national forests have always been some of America's greatest playgrounds," said U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell. "It is exciting that our ski areas will now be able to offer more recreational opportunities and economic benefits."
The act also gives a list of several inclusions that may, "in appropriate circumstances, be authorized," and a list of excluded activities/facilities that will not be allowed.
Inclusions are zip lines, mountain bike terrain parks and trails, Frisbee golf courses and ropes courses. Exclusions are tennis courts, water slides and water parks, swimming pools, golf courses and amusement parks.
Language in the bill states that each new activity shall "encourage outdoor recreation and enjoyment of nature"; … "harmonize with the natural environment of the National Forest System land on which the activity or facility is located"; and "be located within the developed portions of the ski area."
It also states that an activity or facility cannot be authorized if it is determined that "the authorization of the activity or facility would result in the primary recreational purpose of the ski area permit to be a purpose other than skiing and other snow-sports."
The timeline for any actual changes is likely at least a few years out.
"There's still a lot of procedural work that has to be done," Drake said. "We've been having discussions internally for some time, and now that this has passed we're having them in more earnest terms. But we're still looking at a lot of procedural work before anything can be implemented."
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My column in May's City Arts NY urges Adam Rudolph's conducted Go: Organic Orchestra improvs and the Mixology Fest (both at Roulette) and the 14th annual Vision Festival as ways to break out of conventions and celebrate spring. (In order to read the column, you have to zoom in on "Jazz"). I should have also mentioned guitarist Marc Ribot's concerts all over town inspired by his 55th birthday, alto saxophonist Roy Nathanson's Subway Moon cd-book release party (which was May 15) at Joe's Pub. There's just so much to do here in the big city. . . . … [Read more...]
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Survey Reveals Children Choose Mom Over Dad. Two-thirds Would Move Mom In Over Dad!
Folks write poems about Mom, name their kids after her and even sport tattoos praising her glory - and now the results of a new national survey should make moms feel even more special. Just in time for Mother's Day, the national poll, commissioned by a local agency, reveals 70% of adult children do not want their parents moving in with them. But if they had to choose, 67% (2 out of 3) would overwhelmingly choose to move in their mom over their dad.
The national survey of more than 1,100 adults, ages 40 and older with both living parents, was commissioned by Visiting Angels, one of our nation's largest in-home senior care companies with more than 450 offices throughout the country and one right here in our area.
Most say Mom would:
o Help more than Dad with cooking and cleaning (86%)
o Help more than Dad with the kids (79%)
o Be neater (73%)
o Be a better listener (64%)
Most say Dad:
o Has worse hygiene than Mom (75%)
o Is more likely than Mom to say inappropriate things (75%)
o Is sloppier than Mom (70%)
o Is lazier than Mom (68%)
o Would want to control the TV more than Mom (69%)
When asked what they fear about one or both parents moving in, respondents say:
o Not enough room (55%)
o Lack of privacy (49%)
o It would cause conflict (46%)
o They fear they'd have less intimacy/sex with partner (21%)
41% say they would prefer their parents remain in their own home with a caregiver, over moving them in to their home (31%) or moving them to an assisted living facility (17%) or nursing home (2%). More than half (58%) believe their aging parents would prefer to stay in their own home.
Two-thirds (66%) of those polled say they cannot afford to move their parents in with them. Yet more than half (51%) say they would move them in anyway. And here's some heartwarming news – 85% say money is no motivator – that they would NOT be more inclined to move parents in if they got more of the inheritance. And more than ¾ of those polled (76%) say they would pay out of their own pocket if their parents needed care.
"This survey shows children don't want their aging parents to move in but they will do whatever it takes to take care of them, even if it means picking up the tab," says Larry Meigs, CEO of Visiting Angels, one of our nation's largest in-home senior care companies, with caregivers in our area. "People prefer their parents stay in their own home surrounded by the things that make them feel comfortable and safe. We send caregivers into the home to help with everything from meal preparation to light housekeeping. It gives everyone peace of mind without causing conflict."
The survey reveals children mean to do well by their parents, though many have no game plan whatsoever.
Almost ¾ of respondents (72%) say they don't have a plan for how they'll care for their aging parents. More than half (54%) say they haven't even had a conversation with their parents about the type of care they want as they age.
Respondents say this question could cause a family feud.
46% predict some kind of conflict when deciding how to care for aging parents. 28% expect conflict with a parent, 25% with a sibling and 11% with a spouse or significant other.
So who bears the most responsibility for aging parents?
32% say the child that lives closest, 27% say the child with the least responsibility,( i.e. no spouse or children), 19% say the child with the most money and surprisingly only 3% said the child who got the most growing up.
"There can be a lot of conflict in families over how to care for aging parents. Part of the problem is that most families decide about their parents' care in crisis when it's too late; emotions take over and it's difficult to think logically and clearly," says Meigs. "You need to meet now with your parents and siblings to decide on a solution that appeals to everyone involved. Often the family will agree that the best solution is in-home care where parents can stay at home and get the care they need without overly burdening anyone in the family."
Tell this story with local families, caregivers and senior care experts right in your area.
* Editor's Notes:
* Please cite Visiting Angels as the source for this survey.
* This online survey was done by a third party and commissioned by Visiting Angels.
* Survey participants have no affiliation with Visiting Angels.
* The survey included 1,118 respondents, 776 women, 342 men
About Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services:
Visiting Angels was established in 1991 in Baltimore as an independent agency caring for seniors in their homes. Today, Visiting Angels has more than 450 private duty agencies throughout the United States. Visiting Angels agencies employ only experienced caregivers and conduct the most comprehensive background screenings to ensure that their caregivers meet or exceed the company's high standards. For companion care, Alzheimer's care, Dementia care and the country's best palliative care program, make Visiting Angels your choice in senior homecare. For more information on Visiting Angels or to find a location near you, please visit www.visitingangels.com