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This article is part of a special report on Red Meat. To see the other articles in this series, click here.
I'm sure many of you have seen reports on a recent study published in the journal Nature suggesting a possible mechanism linking red meat consumption to heart disease. The day after one such report was published in the New York Times, I received numerous emails and numerous Facebook and Twitter messages from concerned red meat enthusiasts. This is understandable, but rest assured it's not yet time to switch over to soy burgers.
The researchers in this study published a paper a while back proposing that a chemical called TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide) increases the risk of heart disease. In this study, they hypothesized that eating red meat may increase levels of TMAO in the bloodstream, which would in turn ramp up your chances of having a heart attack. Sounds plausible, right?
There's another hypothesis that also seemed plausible for why red meat increases the risk of heart disease (if we even accept that, which I do not; more on this in a moment). It's called the "diet-heart hypothesis", and you're all very well aware of it whether you know it by name or not. It holds that eating cholesterol and saturated fat increase cholesterol levels in the blood, and high cholesterol levels in the blood cause heart disease. This theory became so widely accepted that few people even question it anymore. The problem is it's simply not true. Recent research has shown that dietary saturated fat and cholesterol are not associated with heart disease after all, and even if they were, high cholesterol levels in the blood are not the culprit. I've written about this extensively in the past, and I will be starting a brand new series with updated information this month.
Is TMAO the new cholesterol? Find out why red meat is still innocent.
The mistaken blame of saturated fat and cholesterol as drivers of heart disease led to a decades-long campaign to encourage low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets. Unfortunately, the effects of this campaign were not harmless. Not only did it unnecessarily deprive people of nutrient-dense, nourishing (and delicious!) foods like meat, butter and eggs, it may have indirectly contributed to the epidemics of obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Studies have shown that when people replace saturated fat with carbohydrates, the risk of heart disease doesn't go down—it goes up. (1) This is not because of the carbohydrates, per se, but because 85% of the grain consumed in the U.S. is in the highly refined form. (2)
The diet-heart hypothesis should be a cautionary tale that prevents us from jumping to rash conclusions based on limited evidence. Alas, the almost complete lack of criticism or scrutiny in the popular media reports on this study indicate that caution has been thrown to the wind. Let's now examine three reasons why I'm not yet ready to take the conclusions of this study (i.e. red meat causes heart disease via TMAO) at face value.
Epidemiological evidence is inconsistent
If red meat consumption elevates TMAO, and elevated TMAO increases the risk of heart disease, we'd expect to see higher rates of heart disease in people that eat more red meat. The epidemiological evidence examining this question is mixed. A large meta-analysis published in Circulation by Micha et al. covering over 1.2 million participants found that consumption of fresh, unprocessed red meat is not associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke or diabetes. (3) On the other hand, a smaller prospective study including about 121,000 participants from the Nurses Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study did find an association between red meat consumption (both fresh and processed) and total mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer. (4)
If eating meat increases heart disease risk we might expect lower rates in vegans and vegetarians. Early studies suggested this was true, but later, better-controlled studies suggest it's not. The early studies were poorly designed and subject to confounding factors (i.e. vegetarians tend to be more health conscious on average than general population, so there could be other factors explaining their longevity, such as more exercise, less smoking, etc.). Newer, higher quality studies that have attempted to control for these confounding factors haven't found any survival advantage in vegetarians. For example, one study compared the mortality of people who shopped in health food stores (both vegetarians and omnivores) to people in the general population. They found that both vegetarians and omnivores in the health food store group lived longer than people in the general population. (5) This suggests, of course, that eating meat in the context of a healthy diet does not have the same effect as eating meat in the context of an unhealthy diet. (Hold this thought: we'll be coming back to it shortly.) A very large study performed in the U.K. in 2003 including over 65,000 subjects corroborated these results: no difference in mortality was observed between vegetarians and omnivores. (6)
Taken together, these data do not suggest a strong relationship between red meat and heart disease. It's also crucial to remember that epidemiological evidence does not prove causality. Even if red meat intake is associated with a higher risk of CVD (or any other health problem), such studies don't tell us that red meat is causing the problem. If you're new to this concept, I suggest reading these excellent articles by Denise Minger and Chris Masterjohn.
The "healthy user bias" strikes again
The healthy user bias is the scientific way of explaining the phenomenon I described above, where people that engage in one behavior that is perceived as healthy (whether it is or not) are more likely to engage in other behaviors that are healthy. (7, 8) Of course the flip-side is also true: those that engage in behaviors perceived to be unhealthy are more likely to engage in other unhealthy behaviors. The healthy user bias is one of the main reasons it's so difficult to infer causality from epidemiological relationships. For example, say a study shows that eating processed meats like bacon and hot dogs increases your risk of heart disease. (9) Let's also say, as the healthy user bias predicts, that those who eat more bacon and hot dogs also eat a lot more refined flour (hot dog and hamburger buns), sugar and industrial seed oils, and a lot less fresh fruits, vegetables and soluble fiber. They also drink and smoke more, exercise less and generally do not take care of themselves very well. How do we know, then, that it's the processed meat that is increasing the risk of heart disease rather than these other things—or perhaps some combination of these other things and the processed meat? The answer is, we don't. Good studies attempt to control for some of these confounding factors, but inevitably some will not be controlled for. And one of the most important potential confounding factors that is never controlled for is the gut microbiome.
Numerous studies, which I've written about on this blog and spoken about on my podcast, suggest that the balance of bacteria in our gut may be one of the most important factors—if not the most important—that determines our overall health. Gut dysbiosis (an imbalance between healthy and unhealthy bacteria in the gut) and small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO, a condition involving an inappropriate overgrowth of bacteria in the gut) have been linked to health problems as diverse as skin disease, depression, anxiety, autoimmunity, and hair loss.
The study we're discussing here found that those who eat red meat produce TMAO, whereas vegans and vegetarians who hadn't eaten meat for at least a year do not. The researchers claimed that this means eating red meat must alter the gut flora in a way that predisposes toward TMAO production. However, there's another explanation that I believe is much more plausible: the red meat eaters are engaging in unhealthy behaviors that have led to dysbiosis and/or SIBO. This could include eating fewer fruits and vegetables and less soluble fiber, and more processed and refined flour, sugar and seed oils. All of these behaviors have been shown to be more common in the "average" red meat eater, and all of them have been associated with undesirable changes in the gut microbiota. (10, 11, 12) In other words, the problem isn't the red meat, it's the gut bacteria. This is supported by the finding in the study that the red meat eaters did not produce TMAO after a course of antibiotics. It is also supported by data indicating that a breakdown in the intestinal barrier, which occurs in dysbiosis and SIBO, may increase heart disease risk by elevating the number of circulating LDL particles in the bloodstream. (13) I will be covering this (i.e. the connection between LDL particles and heart disease) in my updated series on heart disease.
In the last section I presented evidence suggesting that eating meat in the context of a healthy diet does not have the same effect as eating it in the context of an unhealthy diet. This study is likely yet another example. In order to know whether red meat is really to blame for changes in the gut flora that increase TMAO production, we'd have to do another study with two groups: one that follows a Paleo diet rich with fruits, vegetables and soluble fiber, as well as red meat; and another vegan/vegetarian diet with equivalent amounts of plant matter and no meat. If the Paleo diet followers still had higher levels of TMAO, this hypothesis would be a lot stronger.
The jury is still out on TMAO
The evidence linking TMAO production to eating red meat, and serum TMAO levels to heart disease, is not as cut-and-dry as the study authors suggest. For example:
- The Nature paper on TMAO contained data from two studies: an epidemiological study on humans, and a clinical study on mice. The human study compares a single vegan that they managed to convince to eat a steak to five "representative" meat-eaters. A sample size of six people, with only one in the vegan group, is hardly adequate to draw firm conclusions from.
- The mouse study used a carnitine supplement. While it is well established that free carnitine increases TMAO production, previous studies have not shown that carnitine-rich foods like red meat increase TMAO. In fact, in one 1999 study, out of 46 different foods tested, including red meat, only one food elevated TMAO levels in the participants: seafood (see graph to right, from Chris Masterjohn's article referenced below). This makes perfect sense since trimethylamine occurs naturally in seafood. Does this mean we should cut back on fish and shellfish because they're going to give us a heart attack?(15)
Another obvious question we should ask is whether there are alternative explanations for why we see elevated TMAO levels in meat or seafood eaters (if indeed we do see them in a wide sample of meat eaters, which at least one earlier study didn't support)? According to a 2011 article by Chris Masterjohn touching on TMAO in a different context: (16)
Elevated TMAO could reflect dietary trimethylamine or TMAO from seafood, but it could also reflect impaired excretion into the urine, or enhanced conversion of trimethylamine to TMAO in the liver.
The enzyme Fmo3 carries out this conversion, mainly in the liver, as reviewed here. There are a number of genetic variants affecting the activity of this enzyme, some of which appear only in certain ethnicities, and the enzyme also processes a number of drugs used to treat psychoses, infections, arthritis, gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), ulcers, and breast cancer. Iron or salt overload may also increase the activity of the enzyme. TMAO could, then, be a marker for ethnicity, drug exposure, genetically determined drug efficacy, or other conditions.
As you can see, it's overly simplistic to suggest that eating red meat causes elevated TMAO; there are many other factors at work.
But even if Paleo meat eaters have higher TMAO levels than vegans and vegetarians, we still don't have evidence proving a causal relationship between TMAO and CVD. Once again, the supposed link between cholesterol and saturated fat and heart disease should serve as a reminder not to jump to hasty conclusions that unnecessarily deprive people of nutrient-dense, healthy foods. It is virtually impossible to control for all of the possible confounding factors, and the study we're discussing in this article only further highlights this problem.
I'd like to end with an observation from the discussion section of the TMAO paper. The authors state:
Numerous studies have suggested a decrease in atherosclerotic disease risk in vegan and vegetarian individuals compared to omnivores; reduced levels of dietary cholesterol and saturated fat have been suggested as the mechanism explaining this decreased risk. Notably, a recent 4.8-year randomized dietary study showed a 30% reduction in cardiovascular events in subjects consuming a Mediterranean diet (with specific avoidance of red meat) compared to subjects consuming a control diet.
This might sound like damning evidence against red meat. However, when you look at Table One in Mediterranean Diet trial, you'll find that the Mediterranean diet allowed more red meat than the control diet (a low-fat diet)! The Mediterranean Diet allowed for "one serving or less of red or processed meat per day", whereas the low-fat diet only permitted "one serving or less of red or processed meat per week". (You can see this for yourself. Click here to access the PDF version of the study, then scroll down to Table One.) Clearly this paper does not support the authors' conclusion that red meat increases the risk of heart disease. [UPDATE: Stephan Guyenet brought my attention to the Article Supplement, which I had missed before. On Page 9, it does show that the investigators asked those on the Mediterranean diets to choose white meat instead of red. However, on Page 26 the data indicate that the amount of red meat consumed during the study by the Mediterranean diet groups was virtually the same as the amount consumed by the low-fat/control group. This is a common problem in diet studies: the participants don't always do what they're told! What this means, of course, is that the 30% decrease in CVD observed in the Mediterranean group was caused by something other than reducing red meat consumption—which the Mediterranean group did not do.]
They also claim that vegan and vegetarian diets reduce the risk of atherosclerotic disease compared to omnivorous diets; but the studies they reference fail to adequately control for the "healthy user bias". The study I mentioned in the beginning of this article compared heart disease risk amongst omnivores and vegetarians that shop at health food stores (which is a big step toward reducing healthy user bias), and did not find a difference in deaths from heart disease, stroke or all causes.
If you read the media reports and full-text of this study, you might have noticed something interesting. The study itself, and even most of the media article about it, quite simply and without much fanfare stated that saturated fat and cholesterol have little to do with the supposed increase in heart disease observed with red meat consumption. Hold the press! Shouldn't THAT be front-page news?!? Apparently not. Of course, they're only willing to admit this publicly in the context of an article where they're proposing yet another mechanism for how red meat will kill you.
Finally, the most remarkable and sad part of this for me is seeing just how deep most people's fear and distrust of red meat is, even if they've been following a Paleo diet for a long time. The day after the TMAO study was published, I woke up to no fewer than 20 emails and the same number of Facebook messages and Tweets from people expressing concern that their choice to eat red meat might be killing them. It really is a testament to the power of brainwashing. Most of us grew up with the idea that red meat is harmful, and it's perhaps not so easy to leave that behind—even when you think you have.
Chris Masterjohn has also published a superb, detailed analysis of the underlying data in the study, and I highly recommend reading it. Frankly, the conclusions of the authors (that eating red meat increases the risk of heart disease via TMAO production) are so incongruous with the data in the study that it's difficult to imagine how it could have passed peer review.
I believe we may be seeing more "red meat is bad because of TMAO" studies in the near future, so as always, when you see a media report on such a study, take it with a heavy grain of salt (which, by the way, doesn't cause high blood pressure in most people!).
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Architect of the Capitol is replacing the original, historic bronze doors of the Library of Congress John Adams Building to be compliant with fire, security and ADA codes. The new door design incorporates cast glass panels mounted within a bronze framework that reference the artistic heritage of the original doors by recreating the original, historic bronze reliefs in kiln-cast glass. The kiln-formed sculptural glass was made from molds taken off the original door sculptures. The original bronze doors will be retained in their present hold-open position, recessed into architectural niches. The sculpted bronze doors located on the east and west sides of the Adams building feature high-relief sculptures by American artist, Lee Lawrie, designed to commemorate the history of the written word, depicting gods of writing as well as real-life Native American Sequoyah.


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The task force will take into consideration the results of the readers' survey that was published in the September 1996 issue of Perspectives. Task force members are also seeking additional reader comments. Stearns explained that "we will be eager to receive any suggestions or comments from Perspectives readers, including, of course, positive evaluations of what the newsletter has been doing." Readers may send their comments to any or all of the task force members by April 15, 1997.
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A federal judge on Friday, weighing in a clash between the federal government and a state over immigration policy, blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration enforcement law from going into effect.
In a ruling on a law that has rocked politics coast to coast and thrown a spotlight on a border state's fierce debate over immigration, Judge Susan Bolton of Federal District Court here said that some aspects of the law can go into effect as scheduled on Thursday.
But Judge Bolton took aim at the parts of the law that have generated the most controversy, issuing a preliminary injunction against sections that called for police officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws and that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times.
Judge Bolton put those sections on hold while she continued to hear the larger issues in the challenges to the law.
"Preserving the status quo through a preliminary injunction is less harmful than allowing state laws that are likely pre-empted by federal law to be enforced," she said.
"There is a substantial likelihood that officers will wrongfully arrest legal resident aliens," she wrote. "By enforcing this statute, Arizona would impose a 'distinct, unusual and extraordinary' burden on legal resident aliens that only the federal government has the authority to impose."
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Federal judge puts breaks on controversial parts of Arizona immigration law
7 comments:
- Victoria said...
I think it is especially cool that it was a female judge who put the breaks on this ridiculousness. Yay women!
- July 28, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- Amelia said...
I'm just beyond relieved that someone stepped in and did something. Even if this ends up going to SCOTUS, it's better than letting it glide on through.
- July 28, 2010 at 10:07 PM
How is it a "good thing"? How is the law ridiculous?
When every single other nation on earth has closed borders and immigration policy, why are we expected to allow in millions upon millions of people who do not have our country's best interests at heart? People who only see our nation as a place for them to use, abuse, and screw up before jetting back home with the money they illegally earned?
Something needs to be done. The federal government is all too keen on doing nothing to protect the citizens of the US against this, so the states have to step up and do it.
Funny thing: The majority of violent crimes, drug offenses, and rapes in all border states... Come from illegal Mexicans.
Still support them?
- July 29, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Amelia said...
Anon, you're lucky I let your comment through, as I'm strict on moderation and what you posted is full of race-based generalizations. Blaming Mexican immigrants for "using, abusing, and screwing up" America? Please. That is the easy "I want to hate on someone for the way things are in America, so why not pick people who are easy targets - people of color?" bway to conceptualize things.
Do you think that "something needs to be done" based on your racist generalizations, or do you have any facts to back you up?
Same goes for you assertion: "The majority of violent crimes, drug offenses, and rapes in all border states... Come from illegal Mexicans." Where did you get this information? I'm curious.
And yes, I still support people who are being attacked merely for their skin color/country of origin because I believe in human rights and I stand against people spouting off racist "facts" in order to support their undue hatred of people who are different than themselves.
- July 29, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- Amelia said...
It feels good to reject comments from bigots. :)
- July 29, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Anon,we don't have 'closed borders' in the UK, and I live in an area that has a lot of people recently settled from other countries, i think it's really good thing to have a diverse community.
Furthermore as a feminist, whilst our deportation / immigration laws don't always get it right (Yarl's Wood, for eg),it's good that we have such considerations in place for survivors of domestic violence (for eg) to help people from other countries
- July 30, 2010 at 2:46 AM
What does need to happen is a more effective form of regulation. Something does need to be done, but this particular law just made it too easy for racial profiling to override police decisions. And immigrants or citizens who are in fact legal shouldn't be forced to change their behavior or do anything differently just because they look like a preconceived image of an illegal immigrant.
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Proto Labs Inc (PRLB) established a new 52-week low yesterday, and could be a company to watch at the open. After opening at $56.14, Proto Labs Inc dropped to $54.13 for a new 52-week low. By the closing bell, the company's stock was at $54.17 a share for a loss of 2.8%.
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The third generation of this line's SUVs is known as the Lexus LX570. Upgrades in technology, interior, suspension features, and a general move into the motor vehicle tech age, mark this generation of the Lexus luxury SUV.
In 1996, Lexus decided to join the soon to explode luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) market by upgrading the Land Cruiser built by its parent company, Toyota. As is typical with Lexus vehicles, the numerical designation has changed over time with major redesigns that mark the different generations of a given model. The LX series began with the LX 450. In 1998, the LX 470 was introduced. That model continued through 2006. After another major redesign, the LX570 debuted, representing the third generation of the LX series. The LX570 continues to be made into the 2013 model year although there was 2012 no model year LX SUV.
The first generation of the LX SUVs is very similar to the Land Cruiser with only minor cosmetic exterior alterations. These models use an inline-six engine and a four-speed automatic transmission. Costing $7,000 more than the Land Cruiser, the LX 450 offers an upgraded interior, more standard features and options, and a softer, more sedan-like ride. Initial quality ratings are the highest in its class, and few problems ever occur with these models.
The second generation is designated the LX 470, and during the nine-year production run, this upgraded Land Cruiser continued to be popular and well made. It contains a new V-8 engine that had its horsepower bumped up a few times during this generation's run. The interior boasts additions and improvements of the sound system, navigation, and power gadgets. Controls in the cabin to change suspension settings make the ride even smoother.
The third generation LX570 SUVs still sport the V-8 engine of earlier generations but pair it with a six-speed transmission and increase towing capacity. The 570 features more cosmetic restyling than its predecessors, and it was the first LX to arrive before the accompanying Land Cruiser.
This luxury full-size crossover gains recognition for being reliable and well-built. It should be mentioned that few, if any, owners of these particular vehicles ever head off road into rough riding conditions that would actually test the toughness and durability of the design, materials, and construction of the LX570. These vehicles are most often treated like a sedan on stilts and used around the city or on paved country roads. A Detroit boulevard desperately in need of re-paving is about the worst challenge these pricey utility vehicles will ever face. Using an LX to get groceries is like wearing Arctic explorer gear to get the mail in January.
This overkill aside, the LX570 is truly luxurious, yet full of many performance features that allow it to handle truly rough conditions if any buyers feel inclined to use it that way. This SUV has a reputation for being a true melding of the comfort and off-road duty concepts. Many consider the 570 to be without peer because it does have rough and ready capabilities, yet it manages to remain well-mannered in its handling while providing a ride that rivals any of the luxury sedans in the Lexus line.
In short, the LX570 carries an impressive reputation as one of the few SUVs that really can do it all. If you have to rush through the woods to Grandma's house over muddy roads while transporting formally dressed friends to dinner from the opera, this is the vehicle for the job.
Lexus did not produce a 2012 model of the LX570. The prior year's model that continues to be available in 2012 uses a 383 horsepower, 5.7-liter V-8 connected to a six-speed automatic transmission. Full-time four-wheel drive speaks to the SUV's nature, as well as its truck platform design. It offers a great off-road feature called Crawl Control mode. Turning this on engages the anti-lock brakes and electronic throttle to make fully controlled ascents and descents, leaving the driver responsible for just the steering.
Being a Lexus line flagship model carries certain responsibilities to meet luxury expectations. The LX570 is one of the most comfortable vehicles made by Lexus, quite a feat for an SUV that performs well in rough conditions. It includes all of the expected technology; sound systems, seats, and trim are sumptuous and then some. If it's in a Lexus interior, it comes standard or can be added to the LX570.
The LX570 manages to handle pavement very smoothly and stays ready for the tough stuff. It can handle disparate jobs easily because of the electronically controlled suspension with adaptive ride height and damping control.
The LX570 has seen some minor changes over the years. An upgraded navigation system was added in 2010, along with the addition of Bluetooth streaming audio, an iPod interface, and Lexus Safety Connect emergency telematics.
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Below are key drivers of SAP's value that present opportunities for upside or downside to the current Trefis price estimate for SAP:
For additional details, select a driver above or select a division from the interactive Trefis split for SAP at the top of the page.
SAP makes money by selling crucial software applications to businesses worldwide. Companies use SAP software to efficiently integrate and process data, better manage customer and supplier relationships, and shorten product lead time to market through use of product management software.
Each of these four steps, i.e. integrate and process data, manage customer relationships, manage supplier relationships, and shorten product lead time, can be thought of as corresponding to one of SAP's four main software offerings.
SAP's best known product is its SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP) software. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is software used for integrating the data and processes of an organization into one single system.
For example, in a bank, a credit card system and a savings account system are two different systems having no common interface. SAP ERP provides an interface which connects all systems together, in this example connecting credit card and savings account systems.
With the bank's system integrated using ERP software, the bank's customers will now be able to auto-debit their credit card payments to their savings account. Without this vital integration of the two systems, the customer would have to manually transfer funds from his savings account to his credit card account. Furthermore, by tracking such information, ERP software helps the bank cross sell credit cards to their savings account customers and vice-versa leading to new revenue opportunities.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is software that allows companies to better manage customer information such as leads, transaction history and communication history. CRM data helps companies acquire and retain customers as well as gain marketing and customer insight.
For example, a customer may always buy the same product from a retailer. The retailer could advertise similar products to the customer if it kept track of the specific products purchased by the customer as well as the customer's spending habits and what products he may be interested in the future. Tracking and organizing such information creates significant business opportunities for the retailer. It is challenging to do such customer specific marketing without the help of the CRM software.
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is software that helps companies track the movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
For example, a medical services company that sells medical and surgical supplies to hospitals would benefit from a supply chain management system that can coordinate with medical supply manufacturers and hospital customers. By keeping track of usage patterns, the supply chain management system will be able to forecast the demand of medical and surgical products by seasons, by regions and by customer types. This will help both the medical service company and hospitals to more efficiently manage their supply inventory levels.
Large retailers with many regional distribution centers like Wal-Mart use supply chain management systems to coordinate between suppliers of merchandise (e.g. clothes, paper products) and Wal-Mart's retail stores to reduce the inventory cost. This helps retailers like Wal-Mart pass savings onto customers in the form of lower prices for many everyday products. The backbone of many service operations is Supply Chain Management or SCM.
The ERP software segment is SAP's most valuable segment for the following reasons:
SAP remains the leader in the ERP market with a market share of around 22%. We believe that SAP's ERP market share will remain nearly stable over our review period, since the impact of heavy competition is likely to be offset by SAP's success in the cloud segment. SAP also introduced S/4HANA, which offers much tighter integration with the cloud than its predecessor HANA, has the potential to turn around SAP's fortunes. Currently it is too soon to tell if S/4HANA will realize the potential that it holds, but a few more quarters should offer better clarity on its success or lack thereof.
SAP benefits from high gross profit margins on all its software products to the tune of 80%.
Time and again SAP has announced that its in-memory is a disruptive technology, which speeds up data storage and retrieval to unprecedented speeds. Leveraging the in-memory technology is a software known as HANA (High Performance Analytic Appliance). HANA uses a different method of storing and retrieving data by storing it on computer's CPU rather than traditional way of reading and writing on storage disks.
On the other hand, Oracle has also made great strides over the last year or so through the introduction of faster Exadata machines capable of producing millions of transactions quickly.
SAP released the biggest update in over two decades to its ERP software. The latest update, SAP S/4HANA, redefines the way its ERP works by introducing in-memory simplifications that drastically improve speed and performance. Notably, while SAP HANA Business Suite runs on third-party databases, S/4HANA runs on HANA itself, an In-Memory technology where the entire data set is loaded and searchable in Random Access Memory. SAP claims the magnitude of improvement in transaction performance from this update may be as much as 3x to 7x; the data storage footprint of an ERP-system may improve by a factor of 10.
SAP S/4HANA is a major bet for the company, since it spent 2 years untold costs for development. However, even though SAP is relying on S/4HANA to turn around its fortunes in the cut-throat software industry, the company has hedged its bets by continuing full support and updates for the legacy SAP HANA for another decade.
SaaS is a subscription based service where companies can access software online and pay only for the functionality utilized. This is oftentimes a cost effective solution for companies, and suits small and medium enterprises more, as they have low IT budgets. In this model, the software is generally hosted on the service provider's servers from where it can be easily accessed by users. As such, businesses can save heavily on costs and time involved with purchase and implementation of expensive software. We forecast an increasing trend towards "Software as a Service" adoption.
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Is the bad Romo starting to outweigh the good??
I wanted to give myself some time to recover before I typed anything I would regret. I needed to sleep on it to make sure I really felt this way. The problem was I couldn't sleep. The thought that kept going in and out of my mind was: Has the bad Tony Romo started to outshine the good?
Another game, another turnover. In this case it was turnovers. Make no doubt about it, this one hurt. I will not say that the last INT was entirely Romo's fault. But as he said it came out of his hand so he will put that one on him. It goes without saying: Tony is the best cowboy QB since Aikman. That we know. The question is can he lead this team to the Super Bowl? Hey, 13-3 regular seasons, home playoff games and potential playoff runs don't happen every year..just ask the Patriots. An 0-2 post season record and at least one turnover in 15 of the last 16 games will not get it done. It was after the first INT that I yelled out my first, "every game". After the third I starting to get the scary vision that Tony Romo may end up being a new version of Jake Plummer. He can make plays with his feet, he will be exciting as hell, but he will have at least one turnover every game. The way the defense played yesterday, and for the past month, they deserved better. Look what Big Ben did. I know he was at home but he made the plays to win. Before this year I would have given you two QB's that I would rather have than Romo(Brady & P Manning). Now, I can think of 5…with at least 8 more that are very debatable.
Hey, the season is not over and Tony's career can not be defined by one bad game. He will have the next 3 weeks and hopefully more to prove he can lead the Cowboys to the big game. But make no mistake about it. The bloom is off the Romo rose. A disapointing finish to this year will do nothing but make these rumblings a whole lot louder.


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In Thursday night's 71-52 win over USC Upstate 36 points for the Bisons were produced by non-starters. Guard Brandon Barnes led the way with 14 points, a game-high. Guard Jordan Burgason added 11 off of the bench.
"Brandon is just now starting to grasp how we want him to play and how he fits this team," Sanderson said. "He understands his role better.
"We need him to defend. We need him to rebound. If he scores 14 points then that is gravy. He can score, but he doesn't have to score on this team."
While his role will change on next year's team Barnes has learned what he can and can't do on the court this season.
"He has figured out when to drive and when not to drive," Sanderson said. "Earlier he just drove regardless."
Sanderson knows Burgason, who has started 14 games this season and is averaging 10.4 points per game, is going to shoot the ball whether he starts or not.
"Jordan is going to get his shots," Sanderson said. "Starting or not starting doesn't affect him."
Sanderson would be happy to see that same level of production from his reserves Saturday night when ETSU visits Allen Arena for a 6:30 p.m. game. It is the final home game of the regular season and is also "Senior Night" for Hodzic, Slater, Brandon Brown and Michael Teller.
The Bisons are 16-10 overall, 11-6 in the conference. ETSU, a 68-58 loser at Belmont Thursday night, is 19-10 overall, 14-4 in the A-Sun.
"ETSU is a big, physical athletic team," Sanderson said. "That type of team gives us more problems than other teams.
"They guard you pretty good. They don't have many guys that you don't have to guard. You have to guard more of the floor. You have to be sound defensively and you have to rebound the basketball. Rebounding is going to be a key stat."
The game will feature three of the top four scorers in the A-Sun. Hodzic is second with 18.2 points per game followed by ETSU's Mike Smith in third with 17.4 points and Slater in fourth place with 15.8.
Also in double figures for ETSU are Micah Williams with 14.5, seventh best in the conference, and Isiah Brown with 10.3.
Hodzic is third in the A-Sun in rebounds with 7.2. Smith and Brown both average 7.1. They are rated fourth and fifth, respectively.
The Bisons are going to need a complete team effort to counter ETSU. And for Sanderson it is not so much how many points the bench players scored, but the way they played overall against Upstate.
"Brian Wright has been getting some reps," Sanderson said. "He has always been a guy who can shoot it. He is getting healthier. Teams have to guard more of the floor when he is out there."
Center Milos Kleut has become a key defensive player for the Bisons late in the season.
"The whole Upstate game was turned around in the middle of the first half when Milos went into the game," Sanderson said. "Upstate turned the ball over four or five times in a row because of Milos and his defensive rotation. He scored four points but his value was unbelievable because of his defensive play. And the balls he doesn't get he keeps alive.
"Our role guys have played well and helped our team. They are taking pressure off of our other guys. There is no question that we need them."
Due to the success of the reserves Sanderson was able to cut down the playing time for some other players. Slater and Hodzic each played 27 minutes and guard Jacob Arnett played 26.
"After watching the film I thought our energy level was extremely high," Sanderson said. "I thought a lot of it had to do with the fact we had fresher legs.
"We took the proper days off to get rest. I played more guys for fewer minutes. Being fresh is critical down the stretch."
The Bisons close out the regular season with a trip to Kennesaw State Feb. 24 and a stop at Mercer in Macon, Ga., Feb. 26.
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If you have received a subsidized, unsubsidized or PLUS loan(s) under the Direct Loan Program or the FFEL Program, you must complete exit counseling each time you:
This online counseling walks you through information about understanding your loans, plans to repay, avoiding default, and other topics. You'll need to sign in to studentloans.gov using your Federal Student Aid PIN. Then select "Complete Counseling" and "Exit Counseling" under "Choose Counseling Type." Pay attention to what you read and you may get answers to questions you already have.
You'll want to make note of phone numbers or websites for each loan servicer you have. (It's probably a good idea to bookmark these sites so you don't forget!) When you visit their websites you should be able to view your payment information, select payment terms, and set up automatic monthly payments.
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You can save money and roll multiple payments into one by consolidating student loans. Learn more by checking out our posts on loan consolidation for college students and when is the best time to consolidate.
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- CU-Boulder hosting 4/20 'teach-in' on Thursday
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- CU-Boulder pot symposium a 'new chapter' for 4/20
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- CU-Boulder students plan pot symposium for April 2
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- Two shot at Denver's Civic Center 4/20 pot rally
- Three injured by gunfire during packed 4/20 pot rally in Denver
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- CU-Boulder prepares to close campus on 4/20 for second year
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- CU-Boulder to shut down campus on 4/20 for second year in effort to kill smoke-out
Plumes of marijuana smoke coiled above a modest crowd of about 15 people in front The Fitter smoke shop on University Hill Saturday afternoon as someone nearby yelled out, "4/20 in Boulder, baby!"
The public smoke session, accompanied musically by the reggae band playing next door at The Goose bar, likely represented the largest public smoke-out in Boulder this 4/20.
On the University of Colorado's Norlin Quad meanwhile, the site of previous 4/20 smoke-outs that had drawn upwards of 10,000 people in years past and put CU on the map as an nationally known marijuana-friendly school, not a single joint was sparked this year. Security crews brought in to close off the campus reported no problems.
"It's been a quite day on campus and of course, that is what we want seven days a week, 365 days a year," CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard said at a 5 p.m. press conference held on campus Saturday. "That was really the purpose today for the actions that we took. It was the purpose of the actions we took last year."
Dozens of law enforcement officers converged on the quad earlier in the day, using yellow tape to close off the grassy area that in past years staged large-scale unsanctioned 4/20 toking.
This is the second consecutive year that CU has shut down the campus to the public and entirely closed off Norlin Quad -- and officials said Saturday's observance was the quietest 4/20 in years.
Hilliard said he saw the day as a success, adding, "We protected the academic mission of the institution."
Not a single ticket was written nor arrest made on the Norlin Quad, officials said, though two students were ticketed for marijuana-related offenses outside of the Baker Hall dormitory building. Police contacted the two unidentified students at approximately 4:30 p.m., according to CU police spokesman Ryan Huff. He said one was written a citation for consumption of marijuana, while the other was ticketed for consumption and possession of less than two ounces of marijuana.
Last year, three arrests were made and 12 tickets were issued, 11 for trespassing and one for marijuana possession. The three CU students arrested for trespassing on the quad eventually saw the charges against them dropped.
By 5 p.m. Saturday the yellow caution tape around the quad had been taken down. While the campus closure officially remained in effect until 6 p.m., security crews quickly moved into the demobilization phase, Huff said. CU police received help from the Boulder police, Broomfield police and sheriff's departments from Boulder, Adams and Jefferson County, among other agencies, Huff said.
Opinions differ on campus closure
Frances Galin, 20, a CU sophomore from Chicago, was among those who took part in the smoke-out in front of the Fitter, located near the corner of Broadway and Pleasant Street, almost directly across from Norlin Quad.
A Fitter employee, Galin said she did not approve of CU's "heavy-handed" tactics in trying to shut down the 4/20 event.
"I respect what they are trying to do, but I don't think they need to be so strict, especially since it is now legal in this state," Galin said. "CU is an educational institution and should be trying to educate people about marijuana and its medical benefits instead of trying to deter people so much."
There was no police interaction with the group that gathered in front of the Fitter at 4:20 p.m., though a group of neon-vest clad police officers were standing across the street at one of the main campus access points.
Fitter owner Bonnie Dahl said she also disagreed with CU's handling of 4/20, noting previous smoke-outs had always been peaceful. She said the event also used to mean increased tax revenue for Boulder, as University Hill businesses such as hers always did well in April thanks in part to 4/20.
"The Hill really needs a strong showing, especially the restaurants," she said of her support for 4/20.
The quad was empty much of the day -- except for a buffalo made out of snow that was melting fast in the springtime sun.
"I'm glad they're shutting it down," said CU freshman Colin Peterson early Saturday. "I really don't like the smell of pot."
Peterson and his friend were headed down to a record shop in Denver to celebrate "Record Store Day."
Apart from a heavy law enforcement presence, it was very much just another day, on campus.
"People are coming about, doing their business. Some are studying; some are participating in other events here on campus," said Huff.
Huff noted that security staff around the campus reported only positive interactions with students and others at the various checkpoints.
One new addition to the closure protocol this year was the small yellow cards handed out upon request to provide reasons for, and the details behind, the closure.
The cards also provided an outlet for people to express their opinions about the 4/20 campus closure. People were invited to email firstname.lastname@example.com with questions, comments and concerns, Huff said.
CU presence at Denver rally
CU freshman Ian Maclin traveled to Denver with a group of students because of the shut down of cannabis consumption on the CU campus.
Maclin said he understood why officials didn't want crowds of pot-smokers on campus, but added that it would have been "really convenient" to stay in Boulder.
"Nobody's really hurting anyone and that's their whole reasoning behind it," Maclin said. "(It) doesn't make sense."
In 2011, Playboy magazine named CU the top party school in the country, mostly because of the giant reefer-fest every spring.
Did CU's pot-smoking reputation factor into Maclin's decision to attend?
"Well, of course," Maclin said, laughing.
As a university library employee, 19-year-old CU freshman Jon Ho said he saw firsthand how campus officials had "beefed up" security in advance of 420.
He had taken note of the squad cars in front of the library and all over campus before he traveled to Denver to celebrate cannabis, he said.
"It's a little excessive," he said. "Campus shutting down -- I'm fine with that, but what they're doing is preventative measures. Putting squad cars in front of every dorm. It's a little excessive in that sense. Closing off campus I understand, because it brings a lot of unwanted people into the city and into the university."
The large gathering in Denver's Civic Center was marred by violence however when gunshots rang out around 5 p.m. scattering a portion of the crowd that numbered in the tens of thousands. The shots left one man and one woman injured after each was shot in the leg, according to local police. Police on Saturday night were looking for two suspects, according to reports from the Denver Post.
Prior to the shooting, CU freshman Conner Stoesser's worried about the possibility of another bombing, like that which occurred at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, could take place in Denver. With such a huge crowd, he said, Denver's 4/20 rally would be an easy target. But Stoesser said he wasn't "very concerned."
"There's always a chance," he said. "You can't live life being afraid."
Allison Fowler, 24, of Pueblo, attended the Denver rally, and also expressed concerns about possible violence at the public event.
"Not going to lie, that was on my mind all week, but I don't know," she said, well before panic would eventually break out at the scene. "It seems like there's too much love here for that. I hope there's too much love here for that. Who would want to hurt all these nice people? It's ridiculous."
'I'm just a dog walker'
CU's 4/20 lockdown operations got started early on Saturday.
By 6 a.m., campus security officers were warning dog walkers and joggers about the campus being closed to the public.
Signs were posted throughout the campus warning of the closure. Those who violated the closure faced arrest on trespassing charges, a misdemeanor that carries up to a $750 fine and six months in jail.
Some were a bit surprised when they were approached by a security guard asking if they had campus identifications.
Asked whether he was a faculty member or student, Hans Flygare replied: "No, I'm just a dog walker."
Stu Smith, who is retired and coaches tennis, said he takes his dog, Bleux, a bichon frise, on a campus walk "365 days a year."
He starts at Macky Auditorium and circles the campus near the Kittredge dorm complex. A few years ago, at the height of 4/20, he said he let some students park in his driveway at his house on University Hill.
"I think it's silly," he said. "I think all of the hub-bub will be in Denver this year."
The administration last year spent $124,561 and the CU Student Government, which put on a concert featuring Wyclef Jean, spent $154,236. The concert, designed to draw students away from Norlin, was poorly attended, attracting just a few hundred students. Student leaders this year decided against staging a similar event.
The university pays for 4/20 enforcement with insurance premium rebates that result from the school's reductions in liability and hazard claims, officials said.
Unlike 2012, the university this year did not apply a fishy-smelling fertilizer on Norlin Quad -- which saved the campus $700.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1286?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#action_12504012 ] Raghu Angadi commented on HADOOP-1286: -------------------------------------- Thanks Konstantin. I will use this interface for Block CRC upgrade as part of HADOOP-1134. > Distributed cluster upgrade > --------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-1286 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1286 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: dfs > Reporter: Konstantin Shvachko > Attachments: Upgradeable.java > > > Some data layout changes in HDFS require more than just a version upgrade introduced in HADOOP-702, > because the cluster can function properly only when all components have upgraded, and the components > need to communicate to each other and exchange data before they can perform the upgrade. > The CRC upgrade discussed in HADOOP-1134 is one of such examples. Future enhancements like > implementation of appends can change block meta-data and may require distributed upgrades. > Distributed upgrade (DU) starts with a version upgrade (VU) so that at any time one could rollback > all changes and start over. > When VU is finished the name-node enters safe mode and persistently records that the DU have been started. > It will also need to write a record when DU is finished. This is necessary to report unfinished upgrades in case > of failure or for monitoring. > The actual upgrade code from version vO to vN should be implemented in a separate UpgradeObject class, > which implements interface Upgradeable. > We create a new UpgradeObject for each pair of versions vO to vN that require a DU. > We keep a (hard coded) table that determines which UpgradeObject(s) are applicable for the version pairs. > Something like: > || Old version || New version || class names || > | vO1 | vN1 | NameUpgradeObject1, DataUpgradeObject1 | > | vO2 | vN2 | NameUpgradeObject2, DataUpgradeObject2 | > where vO1 < vN1 < vO2 < vN2 ... > Now, if we need to upgrade from version version vX to version vY, we look for all pairs <vOi, vNi> > in the table such that vX < vOi < vNi < vY and perform corresponding DUs one after another as they appear in the table. > Each DU can and most probably should contain multiple UpgradeObjects. > I'd define one object for the name-node and one for the data-nodes. > The upgrade objects (in the same row) can communicate to each other either via existing protocols or using > temporary protocols defined exclusively for this particular upgrade objects. > I envision that some DUs will need to use old (vO) protocols to exchange the pre-upgrade data, > and new (vN) protocols to reoport the upgraded data. > UpgradeObjects should be able to bypass safe mode restrictions, be able to +modify+ name-node data. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Budżet $750-1500 USD
Thank you for bidding on this project.
First, I am reposting this project because I was getting a lot of bids from programmers who didn't understand the project and others that changed their bid price to a substantially higher price. I think that is mostly my fault for not having a more clear description of the project. So if you've already bidded before, I invite you to bid again if the project is within the scope of your expertise. Thank you!
Me: I'm a realtor in Texas
Goal: Build a website from scratch that has IDX broker for the state of Texas.
Features: 1. IDX for the state of Texas home search
2. A sleek and slick, modern design
3. Online customer care chat for instant communication. For example, Zopim
4. Display the prices of homes with 2 prices showing. One is the regular full price. The other is my custom price I call the "Bring Price;" that is the amount of money that you will bring to the closing table. I have a math formula to calculate every price which needs to be done automatically for every property.
5. All the basic functions of a real estate website including the admin portal so I can make adjustments and changes to text and content as needed. User registration, user activity tracking, etc.
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Turns out the most controversial thing about the McLaren P1 now is not the performance or the tech, but the carbon fiber panels that look like windows.
Now that I see it, it reminds me of a Dodge Avenger's fake window panel. That's not good. Does this happen because we stare at pictures of cars every day? Possibly. But that's not such a bad thing when assessing why cars have certain design traits. It turns out the P1's panel is actually functional, according to its designer. That earns it a little more credit.
But never forget styling is actually important when you're making something as extravagant as a P1. Jerry Seinfeld thinks the McLaren is ugly. But is Raphael crazy for criticizing a carbon fiber panel?
Some of you think so. Like, really think so.
I get where you're coming from, but I look at the P1 as the evolution of the F1. To me, it's the same relationship the Jaaaag F-Type has to the E-Type. Same family, not exactly a direct sequel, but they're both trying to do the same thing. I guess I can't fault McLaren for getting inspiration for a new wickedly-fast car, from their old wickedly-fast car.
It's a vent, and blacking it out looks better, and CF is better than any other material, not to mention that it's a rappel of the CF door panel. This shape is also McLaren's styling signature, even the mp4-12c has it.
It's not because it is bugging Clarkson that it needs to bug you as well.
Sorry Raph, but you are wrong about this. There is nothing wrong with what they did. Why shouldn't the P1 retain some cues from the F1? If that fake carbon window in some way led to the car being even slightly slower, I would agree, but we both know that's not the case. In fact, that small area is probably optimized for 231421 different air currents flowing over it at 23423% of .39089353 (I assume that's how McLaren engineers think.)
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Crazyirishman wrote:Crazyirishman wrote:AoG is there a lazy-persons way to do partial fraction decompositions and integration involving centroids?
And trigonometric substitutions into integrals. I'm not allowed to use my calculator in this class so I actually have to start paying attention in Calc 2.
Trig subs are really easy, you just have to remember which one to use. In my class last semester all our tests were open book, so I dog-eared the page with the chart. It pretty much just comes down to simplifying the x^2+/-a^2 or a^2-x^2 under the square root to a^2(trig function)^2, which cancels out to just a*trig function, multiplied by the d/dx of your substitution of course. But there isn't a simpler way that I know of, that way is pretty short anyway.


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Daver's point is also very, very valid. Money. Money solves a ton of problems, can buy your way out of a lot of situations.
I've often wondered how things might have changed in the history of the franchise if they ever had someone who could have basically unlimited funds with a desire to win at all costs.
Money helps but isn't the sole answer.
I've also fantasized about having an owner with unlimited funds as have 27 other teams in baseball.
But the stuff that has kept me up more at night is:
What if Dybzinski didn't screw up in the '83 playoffs?
What if Lamont didn't start his 20 game winner in 1993 knowing he hadn't pitched well against that team?
What if Frank were healthy enough to play 1B in the '93 playoffs?
What would of happened in 1994?
How did 1994 effect 1995-1999 for the Sox?
What if David Wells showed some heart in 2001 and actually pitched like he did in 2000?
What if Ozzie took KW's suggestion of a 6 man rotation in 2006 to ease the load on the starters? To take it one step further-how does a playoff appearance in 2006 alter the next 5 years?
As bad a move as it was, if Harrelson wasn't hired as GM of this team, we probably would have spent the last 20 some years wishing we could produce a hitter like Frank. Or for that matter, would Robin ever be a manager of this team let alone a player?
I'm sure the are more things. Didn't Cora throw to the wrong base in the '93 playoffs extending an inning for the Blue Jays? I can't remember.
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One in five Americans over age 18 suffers from a diagnosable mental illness in any given year. That's upward of 40 million potential voters. So why have we heard virtually nothing about mental health care from either candidate during this campaign?
Just to provide a little context, according to the American Cancer Society's latest numbers, about 12 million Americans are living with some form of cancer; 400,000 Americans suffer from multiple sclerosis; 1 million from Parkinson's and 1.2 million are living with HIV/AIDS. So 40 million is a significant constituency of sick people. But mental illness isn't pretty and nobody wants to bring someone suffering with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia up to the podium at a political convention.
In 1988 when I graduated summa cum laude from Yale University, I had already had a major depressive episode. But I was a decade away from being properly diagnosed as bipolar. I had no idea how profoundly the illness would eventually affect my future, how disabling it would, at certain points, prove to be. At the time, psychiatrists knew very little about the illness. Even today, research into mental illness and the development of successful treatments lag far behind that of other diseases. Dr. Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, has said that in terms of mental illness "we are about where cancer was 35 or 40 years ago." We are still diagnosing by observing symptoms rather than by way of biomarkers." According to Insel, by the time severe symptoms show up, "the illness is already in Stage IV of its development and the brain has already been deeply impacted."


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Monday, February 1, 2010
Peaches & cream meringue cake
A peach is a nectarine in fuzzy clothing.
Nectarines are my number one fruit - but they have to be super firm and tear easily from the pip. It is this firm quality that makes peaches less desirable with their plump, soft, juiciness (that and their furry skin). However, although nectarines are my snacking fruit of choice, I hate them in desserts as it ruins their chasteness, peaches on the other hand, I LOVE in desserts.
As I mentioned in my last post, upon arriving home, I spied two sad peaches sitting in the fruit bowl waiting to be picked. Their case was less critical than the bananas so I relegated them to be used the following day. I didn't want to buy any additional ingredients (aside from extra peaches), and as the weather was quite stifling, I didn't want a heavy or overly sweet dish either - I wanted their natural vibrancy to be the star element.
This dessert delivered on all of my requirements.
ease: 4/5 - multiple components.
prep time: 15mins (do most while meringue cooks).
cooking time: 35mins (includes assembling).
total: 50mins.
taste: 4.5/5. This is a peach of a dish.
The pillow-y meringue with its cracked crust and soft, marshmallow interior supports the cloud-like cream that envelopes the subacid peach slices and flirtatious peach sauce like a doting mother does her child.
Visually it also appeals; the purest white, with its cream sashay, and summer bright jewels are draped in a beautiful tangerine-rose sauce flecked with vivid coral flesh.
This desserts' sweetness in mellowed by the fruits acidity and makes this a dessert that both satisfies the sweet tooth and also satisfies those who like 'refreshing, light' desserts.
The only change I made to this dish was to substitute the orange flower to 1tsp rosewater essence - which, in all honesty, I couldn't taste. Perhaps more is needed to provide a lovely floral note. I used a combination of white and yellow peaches.
would I make it again: Yes. Everyone liked this more than they anticipated. The components can be made ahead and then assembled when ready to serve.
recipe: Peaches & cream meringue cake - from February 2010 issue.
Posted by CC11 at 5:50 PM
Labels: Cakes, Desserts, Fruit, Gluten Free, Gourmet Traveller, Highest rating, Sweets
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A delightful meringue cake!ReplyDelete
a peach of a dish, eh? thanks for that chuckle. :)ReplyDelete
this is all kinds of terrific--fruity and rich, yet light and elegant. wonderful work!
Oh it's so gorgeous!! love it!ReplyDelete
That looks almost too good to eat! But I'd probably eat it anyway.ReplyDelete
Mouth watering!ReplyDelete
A peach is a nectarine in fuzzy clothing- hehe :)
Oooo -- I wish it was summertime in Colorado. I guess I'll have to flag this for next August.ReplyDelete
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Kids are notorious for faking fevers to stay home from school. A new study suggests their parents aren't much better.
Nearly half of the workers surveyed admitted to calling in sick when they weren't. Adecco Group North America, the temporary staffing company that commissioned the survey, didn't say how many of those employees faked a cough and used a raspy voice when they phoned their boss.
Perhaps bored with pretending to have the flu, some hooky-playing workers get creative. Slightly more than a quarter of employees say they have gained vacation time by fudging on bereavement days. A similar number admit to doing the same by claiming to have jury duty.
Only 42 percent of the 522 full-time workers surveyed said they never lie to get extra vacation time.
But don't presume the worst if you're looking at a sea of barren cubicles in your office this week. When the data were collected in late November, three-quarters of workers said they still had vacation time available in 2012.
While there seems to be an epidemic of workers claiming false sick time, colleagues are harsher than they should be. Seventy-two percent of employees think their co-workers use sick days when they're not ill, though only 47 percent admit to pretending to be sick.
Men are especially fond of falsely claiming time off for bereavement or jury duty. Thirty-four percent of men (and 18 percent of women) said they have used a departed loved one as an excuse for extra vacation. Forty percent of men and 11 percent of women have abused time off for jury duty.
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