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Sourdough Pan de Mie
One of my very favorite snacks is a good old fashion peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I can't get enough of these things. Usually I use a whole grain sandwich bread, like a sprouted wheat loaf, as the base because I prefer a more hearty bread and the health benefits whole grain provides. But every now and then I get the urge to make a totally classic peanut butter and jelly, white bread and all. This was the inspiration behind my latest bake: Sourdough Pan de Mie.
The loaf I decided to make was based off the amazing txfarmer's formula found here. However, this formula calls for retarding the dough overnight and a 6 hour(!) proof time. I definitely did not want to wait that long for my pb&j so I added instant yeast to reduce the bulk to to around 1 hour and the proofing time to 2 1/2 hours. The retarding was skipped all together. This probably cut down on a fair amount of sourness but I was fine with this as I wanted very limited levels of sourness in this bread. I also used whole egg instead of egg whites.
I also altered the way this dough is mixed. Txfarmer did the mixing for her bread in a stand mixer and mixed to a high level of gluten development. I don't have access to a mixer at home so I had to figure out a different way to develop the gluten. I decided to use the method I describe in lesson one on my site with a couple modifications. 1) I folded the dough multiple times after each five minutes rest until the dough resisted more folding and 2) Even after the initial three folds I continued to fold the dough every ten minutes until the end of bulk. This worked very well as I ended up with nice strength despite the dough being surprisingly wet.
The bread turned out exactly as I had hoped! It is quite moist and mild flavored. It is subtly sweet and slightly rich. It is also surprisingly strong for being so soft. A quality that comes in handy when spreading peanut butter on top. I will definitely be making this again the next time I crave white bread.
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Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01016730
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 19, 2009
Last Update Posted : February 20, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma HIV Infection Recurrent Kaposi Sarcoma
|Drug: Bortezomib Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Other: Questionnaire Administration
|Phase 1
I. Estimate the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of single agent bortezomib in subjects with AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma (KS).
I. Evaluate the clinical response of KS tumors to bortezomib. II. Evaluate the impact of bortezomib on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) plasma viral loads and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) apolipoprotein B messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (APOBEC3G) levels.
III. Determine the impact of bortezomib on Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV).
IV. Assess bortezomib effects on KSHV copy number in PBMC and plasma and whether changes in viral copy number measured in PBMC and plasma are associated with clinical response of KS tumors.
V. Monitor KSHV gene expression in KS biopsy specimens and PBMC pre- and post-bortezomib and assess whether changes in viral gene expression (i.e., to a lytic pattern) in tumor biopsy are associated with clinical response.
VI. Assess whether changes in viral copy number in PBMC and plasma occur in concert with or independently of changes in viral antigen expression in tumor biopsy specimens.
VII. Assess effects of bortezomib on proteins relevant to KS tumor survival and proliferation (i.e., P53, von Hippel-Lindau [VHL], p27, hypoxia-inducible factor 1 [HIF1]-alpha) as well as levels of nuclear factor-kappaB (NFkappaB) gene target mRNAs in tumor biopsies.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.
Patients receive bortezomib intravenously (IV) on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 4 weeks and then every 3 months for up to 1 year.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|24 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Single-Arm, Dose-Finding Pilot Trial of Single-Agent Bortezomib in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory AIDS-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma With Correlative Assessments of KSHV and HIV
|Actual Study Start Date :
|January 22, 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 7, 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 7, 2015
Experimental: Treatment (bortezomib)
Patients receive bortezomib IV on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Bortezomib
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
- MTD based on the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0 [ Time Frame: 56 days ]MTD is defined as the highest assigned dose at which < 2 patients (out of 6) experience dose-limiting toxicity. Adverse events will be summarized by type, timing, and severity grade.
- Change in lytic gene expression [ Time Frame: Baseline to 1 year ]The association between change in lytic gene expression with clinical response of KS tumors will be investigated with exact logistic regression. Hierarchical clustering will be used to explore if gene expression patterns differ according to clinical response.
- Changes in bortezomib in KSHV copy number in PBMC and plasma [ Time Frame: Baseline to 1 year ]Analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. The association between change in KSHV copy number with clinical response of KS tumors will be investigated with exact logistic regression.
- Changes in levels of tumor survival, proliferation proteins, and NFKappaB gene target mRNA levels [ Time Frame: Baseline to 1 year ]Analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed rank test.
- Changes in viral antigen expression in biopsy specimens [ Time Frame: Baseline to 1 year ]Spearman's rank correlations will be calculated to examine whether the changes in KSHV viral copy number in PBMC and plasma occur in concert or independently with changes in viral antigen expression in biopsy specimens collected at baseline, day 2 and treatment discontinuation.
- Clinical KS response rates based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]Exact binomial 95% confidence intervals will be computed. Descriptive statistics will also be presented for complete and partial response rates.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients with cutaneous AIDS-related biopsy-proven KS relapsed after or refractory to at least one other prior systemic therapy
- Patients must have cutaneous KS lesion(s) amenable to biopsy (either one lesion >= 12 mm or 3 >= 4 mm) in addition to at least 5 lesions measurable for assessment; all of these lesions must not have been previously radiated
- Must have been on stable anti-retroviral therapy for at least 12 weeks with a principal investigator (PI)-based or non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based regimen of at least three drugs, with no intention to change the regimen for the duration of the study; patients who have a high likelihood of better HIV management with a new antiretroviral regimen should defer enrollment until the changes are in place and the new highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen meets the 12 week criteria
- Serologic documentation of HIV infection at any time prior to study entry, as evidenced by positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), positive western blot, or other Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved licensed HIV test, or a detectable blood level of HIV RNA
- Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 72 hours before initiation of study drug dosing; post-menopausal women must be amenorrheic for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential; male and female subjects of reproductive potential must agree to employ an effective barrier method of birth control throughout the study and for up to 3 months following discontinuation of study drug; (Note: a woman of childbearing potential is one who is biologically capable of becoming pregnant; this includes women who are using contraceptives or whose sexual partners are either sterile or using contraceptives)
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,000/mm^3; subjects may be receiving growth factor support to meet these criteria
- Hemoglobin >= 8.0 gm/dL; subjects may be receiving growth factor support to meet these criteria
- Platelets >= 100,000/mm^3
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 mg/dL; if the elevated bilirubin is felt to be secondary to indinavir or atazanavir therapy, then subjects will be allowed on protocol without any limit on the total bilirubin if the direct bilirubin is normal
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Serum creatinine =< institutional ULN or creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for subjects with creatinine levels above institutional ULN
- Pre-existing grade 3 or 4 peripheral neuropathy
Exclusion Criteria:
- KS that is improving in the 4 weeks prior to enrollment
- Symptomatic visceral KS (oral and lymph node involvement is eligible)
- Symptomatic pulmonary KS; asymptomatic pulmonary KS that is not limiting activities of daily living is allowable
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status greater than 2
- Expected survival < 3 months with standard KS treatments (i.e., radiation, paclitaxel)
- Concurrent active opportunistic infection (OI)
- Herpes zoster (shingles) outbreak within the last 6 months or inability to take herpes zoster prophylaxis
- Patient is =< 5 years free of another primary malignancy except if the other primary malignancy is neither currently clinically significant nor requiring active intervention, or if the other primary malignancy is a localized squamous or basal cell skin cancer or cervical/anal carcinoma in situ
- Acute treatment for an infection or other serious medical illness within 14 days prior to study entry
- Patients may not have had anti-neoplastic treatment for Kaposi sarcoma (including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, biological therapy, or investigational therapy) within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosourea or mitomycin-C) of study treatment
- Prior treatment with bortezomib or other investigational proteasome inhibitors
- Previous local therapy of any KS indicator lesion within 60 days, unless the lesion has clearly progressed with enlargement since the local therapy
- Use of any investigational drug or treatment within 4 weeks prior to randomization
- Physical or psychiatric conditions that in the estimation of the investigator place the patient at high risk of toxicity or non-compliance
- Hypersensitivity to boron
- Subjects with grade III/IV cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association criteria. (e.g., congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within 6 months of study)
- Subject has an acute or known chronic liver disease (e.g., chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis); subjects with known hepatitis B or C infection may be enrolled if they have either documentation of no or minimal fibrosis on liver biopsy or undetectable hepatitis virus on polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
- Systemic corticosteroid treatment, other than replacement doses
- Female subjects who are pregnant or breast-feeding
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01016730
|United States, California
|UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
|La Jolla, California, United States, 92093
|UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90035
|UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|University of California San Diego
|San Diego, California, United States, 92103
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|United States, Massachusetts
|Boston Medical Center
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
|United States, New York
|Memorial Sloan Kettering-Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion
|New York, New York, United States, 10022
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|United States, Washington
|Virginia Mason Medical Center
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101
|Principal Investigator:
|Erin Reid
|AIDS Malignancy Consortium
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01016730 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2012-03170 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
AMC-063 ( Other Identifier: AIDS Malignancy Consortium )
AMC-063 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U01CA121947 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
UM1CA121947 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|November 19, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 20, 2018
|Last Verified:
|February 2018
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Sarcoma, Kaposi
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue
Opportunistic Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents


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Metal Man needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 123 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
Total Residential Roofing, Inc.
We are a family owned company providing roofing services to residential customers since 1996. We specialize in insurance claims for wind and hail damage. Our corporate office is in Dallas, TX. We are registered or have licenses in other states as well.
We have won the 'Consumers Choice Award' for the last two years in the DFW area. The company has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. We are members of a number of roofing contractor associations.
Our immediate target audience are the residents/consumers in the Dallas / Fort Worth and surrounding areas. Our customer is mid-twenties to retired, both male and female and is a homeowner.
The logo will be displayed online, in print ads, yard signs, truck signs, t-shirts, business cards, mailers, billboards ..... We want the consumer to think of us first when it's time to reroof!
We are looking for a logo that represents our company as a successful leader in our trade.
1. No reversed letters.
2. no clutter.
3. no cartoons or clip art.
4. Must stand out - unique, fresh, classy!
5. be crisp, clear and focused
6. out the box thinking.
7. make it pop off the page.
8. Have fun !!!!!!!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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I love all sorts of Japanese-style salads, from the simple seaweed salad to the more complex salads such as seared ahi tuna salad.
Whenever I eat out at Japanese restaurants, I almost never miss out on my favorite ahi tuna salad.
It's almost like having sashimi, except that it is healthier—a few slices of lightly seared ahi tuna on top of a bed of greens, drizzled with a splash of Japanese ponzu dressing.
If you love Japanese cooking, I am sure you have had your fair share of seared ahi tuna salad.
The good news is that I am sharing my recipe with you, so you can start making this refreshing salad at home.
A good seared ahi tuna salad starts with three basic ingredients: sushi-grade ahi tuna, your favorite salad (I like spring mix or herb mix), and a superb Japanese ponzu sauce.
Many people are confused by the name "ahi" tuna.
Ahi is the Hawaiian word for two species of tuna: yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna.
Yellowfin tuna is best served as sashimi (raw) or seared rare.
For the dressing, my choice is Mizkan AJIPON® Ponzu, which is widely used at Japanese restaurants.
You just can't go wrong with the choice of Japanese chefs and restaurateurs.
I have tried countless variations of seared ahi tuna salad at Japanese restaurants but my ultimate favorite is the ones served with tobikko roes (fly fish roes) and shredded roasted seaweed.
The tobikko roes add the pleasing "popping" texture and sensation to the mouth and the roasted seaweed gives its signature Japanese nuance.
I also jazzed up the Mizkan AJIPON® Ponzu dressing with a bit of ground sesame seeds and sesame oil.
To cut the acidic taste, I sweetened it up with a little honey.
Finally, for the star of this dish, I rubbed some shichimi togarashi (Japanese seven spice) to the fish before searing.
The end result is this gorgeous looking, refreshing, and appetizing seared ahi tuna salad.
I hope you like this seared ahi tuna salad recipe as much as I do.
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Saints vs Broncos
Game 7
In the spirit of New Orleans Krista and I stopped at Popeye's Fried Chicken for a little Cajun feast while we tailgated..
The spicy chicken strips were pretty damn good.
But I figure victory tastes better :)…and doesn't give you indigestion.
Full moon today.
Not sure if Evan Dalrymple is on vacation but some Country Western guy was singing the National Anthem.
Coin toss.
Hey…Nobody rides for free!
Thunder got a workout today.
I learned my lesson about working the next day after a Broncos Sunday night game.
I took Monday off 🙂
Sucks to hear about Joe Mays who fractured his left fibula and is out for an "extended time".
Manning crushed his thumb on Saints defensive end Martez Wilson's helmet after a 23 yard pass to Eric Decker. His thumb seemed to be a non-factor for the rest of the game as Manning became the second quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 300 yards and three touchdowns in four consecutive games…WOW!
Broncos are now 4-3 and the rest of the season doesn't seem so intimidating now huh?
I'm "D" the Ranter…
Football is back in Denver baby!!…Can you feel it?


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The NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife endeavors to accomodate hunters with disabling conditions. New Jersey Law provides for permits to help people with disabilities enjoy the States natural resources. An informational brochure and application form in PDF format are available for viewing or printing.
Information for Hunters With Disabling Conditions
Effective with the 2009-2010 hunting seasons, crossbow use by any properly licensed hunter became legal. See www.njfishandwildlife.com/news/2009/gamecode09.htm for details.
"What You Should Know" - General information regarding special permits. (pdf, 54kb)
Application for a permit to shoot or hunt from a stationary vehicle (Form 301-01, pdf, 58kb)
NOTE: ATV use is prohibited in state parks/forests and Wildlife Management Areas. However, hunters might be permitted to use ATVs to retrieve a bear but only with approval from, and on a pathway approved by, the park superintendent or designee (for state parks and forests) or from Fish and Wildlifes regional Law Enforcement office (for assistance on Wildlife Management Areas).


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Atheist friends and colleagues,
I write to ask your assistance on getting the word out about a survey designed to help us better understand the world of atheists.
I am a sociologist at Elon University and have been researching atheists and atheism for the last five years. I have amassed a team here at Elon to support me in doing this research, and we will all be quite honored to make a modest contribution to the cause of atheism. Our main goal is to serve the atheist…Continue


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Top 10 Hispanic directors that could direct Star Wars VII!
11.5.2012 | By Jack Rico | No Comments">No Comments
As you might have heard, Disney purchased Lucasfilm for 4 billion dollars, and with it, the Star Wars and Indiana Jones saga. The big talks to come out of that deal is that Disney is gun-ho on continuing the Star Wars saga, ergo, the seventh chapter of the series. For now Indy is out of the conversation.
With a look into the future of the iconic sci-fi franchise, we pick 10 directors – Hispanic directors – that possess the skill, vision and passion to take it into the next 35 years. By selecting these helmers and cinephiles, we break Hollywood conventions and give rise to a new generation of directors whom most likely grew up wanting to be the new George Lucas, laser-sword fighting like Luke Skywalker, quoting Han Solo, crushing on Princess Leia and fearing Darth Vader.
So without further adieu, we pick the Top 10 Hispanic directors we think can and should helm the new Star Wars trilogy. Read More


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Right. So. By now you know the seething hatred between me and bread. Or you only have to look back some posts to figure it out. And here I am again. Trying to make it work.
You can't say I'm not putting my part into this relationship!
I ran out of bread, store bought, and I didn't feel like running to the store. The Texan also loves Hawaiian bread, and I had the ingredients for it. Stupid bread. I figured it'd do just fine as a PB&J sandwich bread.
So I held my breath and tried not to cuss too much. I grabbed out the ingredients. And I started. Again.
You'd think I would learn.
So, add the water and the butter to the stupid bread machine.
Now add the stupid cake mix. This is supposed to be what makes hawaiian bread different. Whatever. Stupid bread.
Now add the stupid flour. And the stupid yeast. In a stupid well inside the middle of said stupid flour mix.
I set the stupid bread machine to light crust and walked away.
I didn't peak. I swear. I swear I swear I swear.
I walked away and did other things so I didn't go mad.
And THIS, dear readers, is what I get!
Are you F*@(ING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW? What is THAT? It caved in?
This is the part where I normally curse a lot, complain, tell you that God hates me and try to figure out what happened.
I'm not doing that today. I'm on FREAKIN STRIKE!
I don't care. They're gonna eat it anyway and LIKE IT!


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This is really weird.
I'm using Pronterface and setting the extruder temperature for PLA at 200, then 220 and finally 250 degrees.
Pronterface tells me the extruder temperatures are rising to 200, 220 and 250 degrees.
Then I try to print and the PLA fails to melt.
The filament softens a little, balls up above the print bed and gets dragged around by the tip.


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WASHINGTON – As Republicans consider making a strategic retreat from their traditional opposition to higher taxes, a new flash point is emerging in the high-stakes budget negotiations: the legal limit on government borrowing.
President Obama is not only insisting that Republicans agree to higher tax rates for the wealthy. He also wants any deal that would avoid the year-end "fiscal cliff" of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes to also address the $16.4 trillion debt limit. Federal borrowing is on track to hit that limit early next year.
Without an increase in the debt ceiling, the government would default on its obligations. Republican lawmakers, sensing that this gives them bargaining power in the budget talks, are resisting any increase in the limit unless the White House makes concessions, such as agreeing to deep spending cuts.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said that any increase in the debt ceiling should be matched dollar for dollar with new spending cuts. Earlier this week, Boehner made an offer to the White House that called for $2.2 trillion in deficit reductions, not enough to offset the increase in the debt limit that's needed.
Boehner has heard from conservative Republicans in the House that they would not vote for a deal that included a debt-limit increase, particularly if they were already being asked to back new taxes.
Even if Republicans concede on tax increases – agreeing to let tax rates rise for the wealthy while extending middle-class tax cuts, as Obama wants – they would still retain significant leverage early next year as the nation approaches the debt limit. That prospect has added urgency to Obama's push to address the debt ceiling now.
Obama is trying to marshal influential business leaders – who fear repeating last year's economy-rattling debate over the debt ceiling – in an effort to pressure Congress to address the debt ceiling now. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday that he expects the business community's objections to a debt-ceiling showdown to intensify if no agreement is reached with Congress.
Aides to Obama and Boehner said Thursday that the two sides had reopened talks on the fiscal cliff for the first time in a week but provided no details. The resumption came after Obama called Boehner on Wednesday.
In an opening bid last week, Obama called for essentially shifting the responsibility for raising the debt ceiling from Congress to the president. Obama's proposal was modeled on one originally crafted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., last year, which allowed the president to raise the debt ceiling unless Congress rejected the action by a two-thirds vote.
But McConnell's proposal was good only through this year and was never meant to be permanent. Many Republicans have been angered by what they see as a White House attempt to give the president unlimited borrowing power.
"Look: The only way we ever cut spending around here is by using the debate over the debt limit to do it. Now the president wants to remove that spur to cut altogether," McConnell said on the Senate floor Thursday. "I assure you: It's not going to happen."
On Thursday, McConnell proposed an immediate vote on the issue, wagering that many Democrats would resist granting the president such powers. Instead, Democrats huddled and called McConnell's bluff. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., emerged to announce that they were prepared to proceed with an up-or-down vote on the idea. McConnell then essentially announced a filibuster of the very vote he had suggested.
Some liberals say the only way to resolve the debt-ceiling deadlock would be to declare the limit unconstitutional, citing the 14th Amendment's requirement that the validity of the government's credit "shall not be questioned."
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Acclaimed UK theatre director Rufus Norris talks about his directorial debut Broken which is the opening film of Critics' Week.
Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth and newcomer Eloise Lawrence star in the BBC Films-backed feature about a young girl who witnesses a violent assault. Wild Bunch is handling sales.
Is it nerve-wracking to be screening your first feature in Cannes?
We have had a mad dash to finish it on time but it's a lovely place to kick off, particularly for a first film. On opening night in the theatre, it's terribly nerve-wracking because there are still a thousand things that can go wrong and the actors have actually got to get up there and do it. At least in film, it's finished, I can't recut it in the interval!
The film is based on a novel by Daniel Clay. Did you immediately visualise it on the screen when you read it?
Yes, I did. As a first film it was appealing because it's a fairly contained domestic environment, a small neighbourhood. I have no experience of doing helicopter
shots and car chases, but I do know how to work with actors. So it was important to choose a film that had a strong emotional heartbeat which would require fantastic performances.
Your lead is 12-year-old Eloise Lawrence. Was casting this role a challenge?
We met 850 girls and Eloise came along at the last minute. She hasn't done anything before, but there is an openness and naivety in her character's spirit, so I didn't want her to have that feeling of someone who has done a lot of work. She is coming to Cannes and is fluent in French, so she will probably get along a lot better than me.
Have you taken inspiration from other film-makers when it comes to your cinematic style?
There is a middle ground between Ken Loach and Danny Boyle which is not an incompatible place to be. I've grown up on Ken Loach's films and I think they are fantastic and beautiful but there is a slightly more expansive theatrical side to Danny Boyle's work, which I really enjoy. My favourite film is Festen by Thomas Vinterberg. Shot for nothing, but with wonderful actors, a brilliant story and a real energy behind the camera. I kind of hope I bump into him on the beach.
What was the hardest thing about making the film?
Getting the bloody money together. We nearly went down just before we started prep. Once we actually got to the starting line it was hard work, but there were no crises.


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WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - In the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against him, Matt Lauer says he is "truly sorry" to the people he has hurt and is committed to "repairing the damage."
The former "Today" show anchor released a statement Thursday morning, the day after NBC News announced his firing from the network.
Lauer's full statement reads:
"There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry. As I am writing this I realize the depth of the damage and disappointment I have left behind at home and at NBC.
"Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly.
"Repairing the damage will take a lot of time and soul searching and I'm committed to beginning that effort. It is now my full-time job. The last two days have forced me to take a very hard look at my own troubling flaws. It's been humbling. I am blessed to be surrounded by the people I love. I thank them for their patience and grace."
According to NBC, one of Lauer's female colleagues accused him of "inappropriate sexual behavior" during the 2014 Sochi Olympics that allegedly continued in the workplace. An NBC spokesperson said, "We can say unequivocally, that, prior to Monday night, current NBC News management was never made aware of any complaints about Matt Lauer's conduct."
However, NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack said Wednesday there was "reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident."
Following the news that Lauer's 20-year "Today" stint had ended, Variety published a report detailing sexual harassment allegations against him by three women. The publication said it had been investigating such claims for two months.
The New York Times reported Wednesday that NBC had received at least two new complaints about the newsman after his termination.


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Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy To Be Honored With Equality Award
Noted homophobe and Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy is receiving an equality award.
No, but really.
The Urban League of Greater Atlanta, an organization that encourages the economic empowerment of African-Americans will be honoring Cathy as a "Champion of Justice and Equality."
Cathy hasn't been exactly active in promoting equality for gays and lesbians over the years and he denounced the strike down of DOMA this past June as a "Sad day for our nation; founding fathers would be ashamed of our gen. to abandon wisdom of the ages re: cornerstone of strong societies."
But hey, give your awards to who you want to give them to...
What's your take on Cathy's equality honor, Instincters?
(Source: Fenuxe)
The Urban League of Atlanta is only a small group of people, which are not entirely African American, therefore the group cannot speak for all African-Americans, Americans, males or females. Many African Americans have fought for the equality of many people of different races, agendas, sexual orientations, religions, political beliefs and the lists goes on. As an "African American," which is a BS term and nationality that no other races is described as, I am appalled at the Urban League's actions as well. The "forefathers of America" were racists, hypocrites that stole everything including culutre from people that they still do not want to give credit too. You are under attack and persecution in this country unless you are a heterosexual, white male and most of them are gay but ashamed to admit it. I think people should be proud to be who and what they are! I do not promote homosexuality because it is against my belief system and I feel it is not natural because we cannot reproduce naturally; if we were all homosexual the human race would be extinct. Nonetheless, I have gay friends, family, and colleagues and I love them for who they are!
That pile of garbage does not deserve and "equality" award!!! Unless you support equality for ALL people! WTH is wrong with the group giving the award! It is just a damn smoke screen!!! It is just a damn fast food place! Do they offer wages over 12 dollars an hour or more? NO? How they hell are they any better than McDonalds? uhgggggggg
Uhmm, obviously someone doesn't know the meaning of the word "equality" if this man is to receive this kind recognition. He's very blatant about being the opposite and then adding hate and intolerance to his list of "achievements." They boast about being a Christian oriented organization but do the opposite of Christ did and does. No matter what the individual sin, Christ met them where they were and showed them nothing but love and compassion. Why are we not doing the same thing?
Let's all fight hate with more hate. Let's all say we are sick of racism but, we can be racist ourselves. Let's all say we don't want to be judged but, judge those that judge us. Let's all say terrible things about someone that we disagree with. Let's all agree that it's totally sociably acceptable for a black man to call another black man a nigga, nigger, my nig, niggaz and if a white man says what's up my nigga call him a racist.
This is way to funny..... LMFAO .... To really be honored for equality, you must truly believe all are equal rather Sex,Color,Straight,Gay.. The Urban League Of Greater Atlanta, should really be ashamed of themselves for even contemplating honoring such a person as Dan Cathy.. All I have to say is Shame on The Urban League Of Greater Atlanta, they are sending a message to the world that it's ok to hate against a specific group because of their differences.. I find that very ironic and forgetting that at one time their ancestors were dealing with what us Gays are now... Just saying...
I'm African American, and gay and I don't know why it slays you. Most African Americans do not like gays. I don't talk to my extended family much because they all think being gay is a crime against God. Most African Americans I know who are tolerant are only tolerant and not accepting. When I ask, they tell me clearly that my choice to be gay (and it is no choice) is a sin and against the bible, but they don't hate me. It always possess me off when I hear it and is one off the reasons I consider myself a gay American first and an African American second, because I'm tired of being the second class citizen to my own people who should know better. Just because there are gay and lesbian African Americans, it doesn't mean that the African American community accepts us, even those who "tolerate" us. Tolerating us and accepting us should never be confused as the same thing, and yes I do attribute a lot of the blame to religious influences.


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On Monday, the curtain rises on one of the great moments in political theater: Senate confirmation hearings for a member of the Supreme Court of the United States. In this case the drama will be especially historic: Sonia Sotomayor is one of the few women ever nominated to join the highest court in the land, and she's also the first Hispanic.
There's a kabuki aspect to it.
Like nominees before her, Judge Sotomayor (who's served on lower federal courts for the past 17 years) will avoid being pinned down on firecracker issues like abortion, affirmative action, and gun control. She'll be pressed on her judicial philosophy and the hundreds of rulings she's been part of over the years.
Senate Republicans will challenge President Obama's first high court nominee -- one of the few ways the minority party can assert itself. Judiciary Committee member John Cornyn of Texas has been posting daily questions for Sotomayor on his web site. These are a sort of template for what can be expected in the formal committee room setting on Capitol Hill.
As part of their homework, senators (and reporters) have been poring over thousands of pages of documents, made available through the National Archives, relating to Sotomayor's record.
Meanwhile, interest groups left, right, and center have been weighing in.
The National Rifle Association has expressed "very serious concerns" about Sotomayor's nomination -- something that would be expected from the pro-gun group regarding just about anybody Obama nominated.
Perhaps surprisingly, women's advocacy groups have generally been quiet.
"You don't want to do anything that would actually hurt her chances by making it seem like if we get this woman, she'll be sympathetic to women," Debbie Walsh, director of Rutgers University's Center for American Women and Politics, told the Associated Press. "Then she'd be called a sexist, and that doesn't help."
But absent some bomb-shell revelation, even GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee acknowledge that she's likely to be confirmed.
''The only way she can get derailed is if she performs poorly next week,'' Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told the McClatchy News Service. He said he was still undecided, but added, "I honestly think I could vote for her.''
The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary voted unanimously that Sotomayor is "well-qualified" (the highest rating) for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
But one of the raps on the nominee is that she is too abrasive with lawyers arguing their cases before her -- a "bear on the bench," as she has described herself. Setting aside whether such criticisms are sexist, those who've been the target of her penetrating questions don't necessarily agree.
"Her questions can lead some lawyers to wish they had been quizzed in a far more cuddly manner," writes Floyd Abrams, one of the country's most prominent lawyers, in a Wall Street Journal column. "But in my experience her questions are tough and fair, demanding and acute. One could say worse things about a judge."
Sotomayor also has the endorsement of Republican Kenneth Starr, the former federal judge and independent counsel who led the Monica Lewinsky investigation that lead to the impeachment of former president Bill Clinton.
"I'm very much an admirer of her, and I'm supporting the nomination," Mr. Starr said last month at a conference at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. "I think that's a very wise and sound nomination of our president."
The hearings will feature a variety of heavy-weight and potentially colorful witnesses, ranging from New Haven, Conn., firefighter Frank Ricci (who recently won his "reverse discrimination" case in the Supreme Court) to former Major League Baseball pitcher Dave Cone.
Let the show begin.
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I'm working three days in the SQL Server lounge area - Tuesday mid-day, Wednesday morning, and Friday morning. I'm also delivering an all new version of my popular session "SQL Server Performance Benchmarking & Monitoring. The crowds are thick and energetic. The technology is fresh. And the momentum seems to be very positive!You can see my session, along with everyone else's at https://www.msteched.com/public/sessions.aspx. Remember - you can buy a conference DVD after the event. So check out the sessions to see if there's anything that you might want to buy the DVD to get at. I also wanted to let you know about a key SQL Server announcements that Microsoft is making at TechEd that you should be aware of:
· The name for the next release of SQL Server™: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, formerly code-named SQL Server "Katmai," and the delivery of the first SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP), now available for customer download at http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/futureversion/default.mspx. The press release is shown below.
· The acquisition of Dundas Data Visualization Inc.'s Data Visualization products, which provide rich charting within SQL Server Reporting Services, enabling users to create information-rich reports and applications
Check http://connect.microsoft.com/sqlserver for the Katmai CTP download files. It's very popular at the moment, so expect delays. They gave away 3000 DVDs at the SQL Server booth in the first few hours of the exhibit hall today. So I expect even more folks will be trying to get it on-line. And if you decide to install it right away, take my advice and only install Katmai on either a virtual machine or a dev machine that you can rebuild at any time.Cheers, -Kevin~~~With the SQL Server "Katmai" June CTP release, customers can immediately utilize new capabilities that support their mission-critical platform and enable pervasive insight across the enterprise. June CTP lays the groundwork for innovative policy-based management that enables administrators to reduce their time spent on maintenance tasks. June CTP provides enhancements in the SQL Server BI platform by enabling customers to provide up-to- date information with Change Data Capture and MERGE features, And develop highly scalable analysis services cubes with new development environments.
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Declarative Management Framework (DMF)
Declarative Management is a new policy-based management framework for the SQL Server Database Engine that delivers the following benefits:
· Ensure compliance with policies for system configuration
· Prevent/monitor changes to the system by authoring policies for the desired configuration
· Reduce total cost of ownership by simplifying administration tasks
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Change Data Capture (CDC)
· Change Data Capture (CDC) is a generic component that will track database changes asynchronously and expose the changes through a relational interface which can be consumed easily.
· Through this interface, consumers can very easily track changes based on their specific requirements and consume the change data using T-SQL or other data access methods.
MERGE SQL Statement
· Common data warehouse scenarios require developers to either insert information or update information. SQL Server 2008 will provide new statements within the SQL language to enable developers to provide this functionality with a single statement.
VSTA Support for the Script Task and Component
Star Join Query Optimizations
· For improved query performance for common data warehouse scenarios, Star Join Query optimizations reduce query response time by recognizing data warehouse join patterns.
AS Dimension Design: Improved Supportability and Integration of Best Practices
· Enhance UI for creating and editing dimensions to guide users toward designs that follow best practices.
· These include: Finish Attribute Relationship Designer, Dimension structure (presentation of attribute relationships), modification to wizards to align output with best practices, simplifying creation of composite keys, and AMO warnings (spanning all objects, not just dimensions)
Developer Productivity
Table Value Parameters
· In many customer scenarios, it is necessary to pass a set of table structured values (rows) to a stored procedure/function on the server. These values may be used for populating/updating a table directly or for more complex manipulation of data for business logic purpose. Table valued parameter will provide an easier way to define a table type as well as allow applications to create, populate and pass table structured parameters to stored procedures and functions.
June CTP builds upon the robust platform of SQL Server 2005 and continues to improve the functionality in key areas like Manageability and Replication. For a complete list of June CTP features and enhancements, please refer to the Readme file included in the download.
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As educational editor of the 2013 TechLeaders Conference held on March 13-15 in Irving, Texas, Beacon Strategies LLC contributed to the conference's goal of developing thought leadership for broker-dealers of all sizes.
The firm sent a questionnaire to senior executives at a majority of U.S. broker-dealers with 25 or more investment professionals with questions on technology preferences and vendors, social media usage and trends, completed or planned technology initiatives and technology budget and staff. More than 80% of the major independent and insurance broker-dealers in the United States responded. Click here to read about the rise of cloud/SaaS solutions, the importance of high-quality data and how the way broker-dealers use social media has changed over the past year.
To evaluate which third-party providers are winning broker-dealers' loyalty, we divided this year's survey into three groups: advisor-centric, operational support infrastructure and management oversight/risk control. In each group and by category, we asked survey participants which solution they have adopted. (Answers may exceed 100% due to multiple providers.)
Figure 1: Tech Solution Providers: Advisor-Centric Group
Provider Category
Leaders by Market Share
Social media outlets
LinkedIn (68%), Twitter (47%), Facebook (26%)
Client relationship management
Redtail Technology (33%), Salesforce.com (28%), Ebix SmartOffice (21%)
Financial planning
NaviPlan/Financial Profiles (50%), Money Guide Pro (47%), eMoney (44%), Finance Logix (13%)
Annuity due diligence
Morningstar Annuity Intelligence (38%)
Forms management
Laser App (71%), Quik! (38%)
Pure-play data aggregation
CashEdge (30%), By-All-Accounts (17%)
Data aggregation and performance
Albridge (58%), Broadridge Investigo (38%), Morningstar Enterprise (21%), DST Vision Professional (17%)
As the only pure-business outlet among leading social media, LinkedIn has posed fewer compliance challenges than Twitter and Facebook, so it has been the first adopted (given permission) by many firms. However, Twitter has gained ground, moving solidly into second place. Since last year, Twitter's approved media rate has increased from 7% to 47% while Facebook stayed relatively flat (25% versus 26%).
In other advisor-centric categories, the major share-gainers this year were Quik! (from 9% to 38%), Broadridge Investigo (from 19% last year to 38%), eMoney (from 33% to 44%) and By-All-Accounts (from 11% to 17%). We believe this is a function both of firms offering advisors greater choice in solutions as well as the implementation of several enterprise level projects amongst larger firms
Annuity due diligence is a relatively new category currently dominated by one vendor, Morningstar Annuity Intelligence. However, there is room for growth because 33% of firms say they currently support annuity due diligence reviews manually, while 29% have no solution.
This means that almost two-thirds of our survey universe has no automated solution for what is considered to be one of the most labor intensive compliance processes.
Figure 2: Tech Solution Providers: Operational Support Infrastructure Group
Provider Category
Leaders by Market Share
Account opening
Pershing NetX360 (38%), Docupace ePACS (21%), SunGard Onboard (13%), Laserfiche (13%), National Financial (13%)
Document management
Docupace (24%), Laserfiche (13%), Albridge Document Management (8%)
Operational books and records
DST Brokerage Services (8%)
The account-opening category is relatively mature, and established vendors are holding share. In document management, Docupace has surged into the lead due to its integration of document management and account opening workflow. There is room for growth and competition, particularly by other innovative vendors. No vendor has yet staked a strong claim in operational books and records, a segment where 38% use proprietary solutions and 67% use a variety of smaller niche software providers.
Figure 3: Tech Solution Providers: Management Oversight and Risk Control Group
Provider Category
Leaders by Market Share
Compliance surveillance
SunGard Protegent (30%), Actimize (13%), DST Subserveo (4%)
Social media oversight
Smarsh (32%), RegEd Arkovi (23%), SocialWare (14%), Global Relay (14%)
Business intelligence reporting
IBM Cognos (13%)
Compensation management
Xtiva Solutions (14%), Techmate C5 (14%), M&O Systems (11%)
Thirty-nine percent of firms say they use proprietary solutions for compliance surveillance, but third-party vendor adoption has increased modestly since last year. Leader SunGard Protegent's share increased from 25% to 30% and Actimize (a combination of Nice and Albridge) from 12% to 13%. A contributing factor for the slower adoption of third-party solutions is the intensive and extended implementation periods required. As data management becomes more standardized within firms, we believe that there will be an acceleration in moving to third-party compliance solutions.
In social media, Smarsh retained its leadership position with a 32% share (no change from last year). This year's big gainer in the category was RegEd powered by Arkovi, which moved into second place with a 23% share.
Business intelligence reporting and compensation management remain wide-open categories, without clear share leaders. Forty-two percent of survey participants do not have a business intelligence vendor, and 18% of firms use proprietary compensation management solutions. In the business intelligence space, we believe that the market will grow based upon the consistently increasing traction of data warehouse/data mart solutions. The fact that 18% of firms still use a proprietary compensation management system despite the plethora of third-party vendors is an indication of the degree of legacy data management issues still faced by many firms.
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Officials: Flu Season Has Peaked in Minnesota
ST. PAUL (AP) — Health officials say the worst of the flu season is likely over in Minnesota.
Kris Ehresmann, the state Health Department's infectious disease director, said Thursday the illness has peaked in Minnesota.
The number of flu-related hospitalizations and outbreaks dropped for the third week in a row.
Minnesota reported 135 hospitalizations last week, compared with 628 just three weeks before. Schools reported 36 outbreaks, compared with 112 the previous week.
Flu deaths, however, were up. The Minnesota Department of Health confirmed 36 deaths in the week that ended Jan. 26, but Ehresmann says some of those occurred earlier.
Minnesota has seen 112 total deaths during this flu season, and 2,367 hospitalizations.
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Applied Hypocrisy?
From the desk of George Handlery on Wed, 2013-12-04 04:51
Why liberals support the "other side".
Even mankind's best ideas are not immune against abuse. The record, such as mass murder in the name of God –the Wars of religion in Europe, Islamism- secular salvation –Socialism's GULAG- make the point.
A note jotted down in response to something your correspondent has read says, "Liberalism (in the American sense of the term) is applied hypocrisy". At first, this appeared to be a finding that this column could not use and so the memo seemed to be headed for oblivion. Upon some reflection, that was not to be.
To begin, a correction is in order. A few years ago, the caveat regarding the American meaning of "liberalism" would have avoided misleading associations. By now, Europe's Liberals have also fallen victim to the vulnerability of their US ilk. As a result, they have become Social Democrats in their soul. This Achilles heel of Liberalism's mutations comes from a commitment and of an aversion. If properly applied both express ethical values and are even essential for the function of freedom as a system. As we know, the difference between medicine and poison is the amount of the potion. The adage is true in Liberalism's inclination to let freedom degenerate into license.
Liberals –located in their own parties or in others - can lose traction to the extent of becoming discredited. To demonstrate their fairness liberals wind up supporting through their unquestioning tolerance political strategies that contradict their principles. This self-disassembly begins with the idea that an intelligent judgment includes the rational analysis of contradictory positions regardless of their source. Indeed, it is true that every idea that commands a majority has once been the idea of a single person. However, from this there is a shortcut to political insanity. The adage does not tell that every idea, even if it sounds mindless, will conquer. Most ideas that appear odd are insane constructions devoid of reason. Considering alternative propositions because it is rational, does not imply that, at the end of their evaluation, no judgment may be rendered. From the right to voice ideas does not follow that these should not be judged, rejected, or even be fought. All men might be equal. But not all ideas are of equal merit.
Contemporary Liberalism tends to ignore that the commitment to principles is not necessarily a sign of stubborn intolerance. The liberal rule to "listen" and to "consider" is one of utility. So is the freedom to do whatever one desires. However, going along with everything anyone might propose is not an obligation of the open-minded citizen moved by the principle of tolerance. Those that tolerate everything will ultimately convince themselves to put up with anything. Overlooking this truth tells why tolerance and freedom, applied without their logical limitations, lead in cities to zones in which the law is suspended and deviants rule that "express themselves and their culture" freely and "passionately".
In its degenerated form, Liberalism, as represented by those that claim to act in its name, abuses its own idea by allowing it to serve as a pretext for permissiveness. Where claimed freedom and individuality are accepted as excuses to curtail majority rights, there the anarchical rule of crime begins. Any principle of decency that is distorted to justify lawlessness because rules imply coercion, will undermine its credibility as a blueprint to structure society.
Meanwhile, "socialism light" produces policies that have not worked too well at other places and at other times. Forgetting their original commitment to "as little state as possible", liberals try to bridge the gap between their imposed good intentions and feeble performance with regulations. This is the point at which an alliance with genuine collectivists is forged.
Liberalism's frantic attempt is to be "fair", is interpreted as an "understanding" for all political actors. In real life, the adherents wind up opposing only weak enemies -such as the past's "Fascism." This approach undermines the credibility of liberals and it damages the political culture of the societies they influence. The effort to show polite "appreciation" for all is accompanied by purposeful amnesia. Its target is the past record of the forces liberals choose not to oppose so as to demonstrate their virtuous tolerance. This combines with the steadfast ignorance of present behavior that includes the manipulative suppression of facts. Such as in "a hospitalized local resident was accosted by a band that robbed and beat him. The attackers wore… The police request your help to apprehend …" What is not accidentally missing is the looks of the perpetrators and the language they used. However, if the criminals are natives, this is emphasized to "combat prejudice". (Such formulations reveal that one is to look for "asylum seekers" or other guests.)
Systematically ignoring the misdeeds of hostile elements because these are "sincerely committed" to "their ways" can signify something other than a commitment to diversity; a lack of a principle is revealed. When this happens, a step is taken towards political oblivion. Elections and trends in several countries confirm it.
Endangering those societies that are exposed to it, "real-existent" Liberalism is inclined to suspect those that show a firm commitment to the core values of their indigenous culture. This happens in the name of unbiased objectivity that claims to be open to inputs by not pre-judging anyone. Never mind that a warmed-up old idea that failed is not a new vision. Ignoring that, to demonstrate your open mindedness, one lands in a value-free zone. If once there, you conclude that for some reason you must not assert your principles, then at best, you are confused. Having reached that state you will find yourself affirming that, if many say "it feels good" then it must be good and may be done. This is the point where liberals tend to endorse aberrant practices by acting as their apologists.
The inclination to indulge in moral ambivalence has sources besides the listed "tolerance", the "respect" for "cultural peculiarities" and a commitment-deprived "openness". Call the missing link that serves to right everything, "the pedestal complex". As a movement, Liberalism is inclined to proclaim itself to be the embodiment of the "good" and the "rational". From this attractive pedestal, it likes to place a halo upon itself. So adorned, the new Liberalism can ignore the consequences of it endorsed policies and to overlook the damage caused by what it tolerates. It is this lack of self-check at which that "applied hypocrisy" enters the picture.


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You know how important it is to control the sugar and carbohydrates in your diet. So you read food labels and listen to your body cues to make sure you're getting what you need to stay healthy.
But what happens when a manufacturer disguises sugar as something you don't recognize?
Unfortunately, this is not uncommon. In fact, one of the more popular aliases for sugar today is high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)—a corn-based sweetener that has been on the market since approximately 1970.
According to a commentary in the April 2004 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, between 1970 and 1990, the consumption of HFCS increased over 1,000 percent.
"HFCS now represents more than 40 percent of caloric sweeteners added to foods and beverages and is the sole caloric sweetener in soft drinks in the United States," write George A. Bray, Samara Joy Nielsen and Barry M. Popkin, the authors of the commentary.
HFCS—It's Here to Stay
Today, food companies use HFCS—a mixture of fructose and glucose—because it's inexpensive, easy to transport and keeps foods moist. And because HFCS is so sweet, it's cost effective for companies to use small quantities of HCFS in place of other more expensive sweeteners or flavorings.
For these reasons and others, HFCS isn't going away any time soon.
That is why, to best manage diabetes, you need to know what HFCS is and how to identify it in products.
Understanding Glucose and Fructose
Since HFCS is a blend of glucose and fructose, it's important to understand the role each plays in your body. All sugars, indeed all carbohydrates, have four calories per gram.
But that is just part of the story.
Glucose (dextrose) is a monosaccharide (basically, a simple sugar), which is the form of sugar that is transported in the blood and is used by the body for energy. This is what you measure when testing your blood glucose or blood "sugar."
Fructose is also a monosaccharide and is often referred to as "fruit sugar," because it is the primary carbohydrate in most fruits. It's also the primary sugar in honey and half the carbohydrate in sucrose (table sugar). However, fructose does not stimulate insulin secretion or require insulin to be transported into cells, as do other carbohydrates.
What It Means to You and Your Diabetes
As a person with diabetes, you know how important it is to control your blood glucose and insulin levels to avoid complications. So, it would seem that a lack of glucose and insulin secretion from fructose consumption would be a good thing.
However, insulin also controls another hormone, leptin, so its release is necessary.
Leptin tells your body to stop eating when it's full by signaling the brain to stop sending hunger signals. Since fructose doesn't stimulate glucose levels and insulin release, there's no increase in leptin levels or feeling of satiety. This can leave you ripe for unhealthy weight gain.
The Fate of Fructose in the Body
Fructose requires a different metabolic pathway than other carbohydrates because it basically skips glycolysis (normal carbohydrate metabolism). Because of this, fructose is an unregulated source of "acetyl CoA," or the starting material for fatty acid synthesis. This, coupled with unstimulated leptin levels, is like opening the flood gates of fat deposition.
Should Fructose Be Eliminated From the Diet?
It's not that you should eliminate fructose from your diet, but you should be aware of how much you're consuming. After all, fructose is the primary sugar found in fruits, which provide valuable nutrients. In this case, a little fructose is fine. It becomes a problem only when someone consumes high levels of fructose or HFCS, which is now present in virtually all commercial foods (see below).
Check the Food Labels
While there is no way of knowing exactly how much HFCS is in a given product, you can read the food labels to gauge sugar levels. So, for example, if HFCS is one of the first ingredients listed (in soft drinks or syrup, for example), it is safe to assume there's a lot in the product. If HFCS is in the products you buy, make sure it is either low on the ingredient list or that the products list very few total grams of sugar (which is how HFCS is shown on ingredient labels).
What Does It All Mean?
If HFCS is one of the first ingredients listed on a food label, don't eat it. Make a mental list of the worst culprits, such as regular soft drinks and many highly sweetened breakfast cereals. HFCS alone won't make you fat, but when HFCS is high on the ingredient list, the food is not the best choice. As part of a lifestyle that has many of us eating too much and moving too little, we're putting our health at risk if we don't choose our foods carefully.
So what's the answer? It's easy. Avoid HFCS by reading food labels and shopping the grocery store's perimeter: Produce is on one side, seafood, meat and poultry on another, and dairy products, eggs and bread on the third. Avoid the center aisles, which are mostly stocked with highly processed foods.
The more you stick to fresh whole foods and avoid commercial and highly processed foods, the less HFCS you will consume.
Common Foods High in HFCS
- Regular soft drinks
- Fruit juice and fruit drinks that are not 100 percent juice
- Pancake syrups
- Popsicles
- Fruit-flavored yogurts
- Frozen yogurts
- Ketchup and BBQ sauces
- Jarred and canned pasta sauces
- Canned soups
- Canned fruits (if not in its own juice)
- Breakfast cereals
- Highly sweetened breakfast cereals
Problems Caused by Too Much HFCS
- It can lead to higher caloric intake
- It can lead to an increase in bodyweight
- It fools your body into thinking it's hungry
- It increases the amount of processed foods you eat, thereby decreasing your intake of nutrient-dense foods
- It may increase insulin resistance and triglycerides
Data Is Scarce . . . But Telling
Although data on humans is scarce, it does exist.
According to a study published in the October 2002 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people who consumed 28 percent of their total calories from sucrose (half the carbohydrate in sucrose is fructose) as opposed to artificial sweetener had a higher caloric intake, body weight, fat mass and blood pressure after 10 weeks.
This is no mystery since higher caloric intake leads to greater weight gain. In the sucrose group, there was an increase of a little more than 400 calories, which would result in an approximate weight gain of almost seven pounds during the 10-week study if all other factors were constant. However, there was only about half that weight gain in this group. Therefore, the authors estimate that 48 percent of the excess energy intake from sucrose was used for other energy-demanding body processes, such as lipogenesis (the creation of fat).
To make matters worse, fructose consumption is tied to insulin resistance in rodents and increased triglyceride secretion (suggesting that it may have the same effect on humans, too). Considering that type 2 is a common co-morbidity of overweight and obesity, insulin resistance is common. Therefore, if fructose does, in fact, have the same insulin-resistant effect in humans as it does in rodents, individuals would be exacerbating the issue by consuming too much of it.


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The Mets open a six-game road trip tonight at Milwaukee, which has only won six games this season at home.
Coincidentally, the Mets have only won six games this season on the road.
However, they are hot, winners of five straight, with the last three shutouts over Philadelphia. The Mets have been doing it with pitching, solid defense and timely hitting. They've been fundamentally sound, and fundamentals play anywhere.
Johan Santana (4-2, 3.41) gets the ball for the Mets. He is coming off a strong effort, 7 2/3 innings last Sunday against the Yankees.
Santana is 4-3 with a 3.53 lifetime ERA against the Brewers in ten starts.
Here's tonight's line-up:
Jose Reyes, SS
Alex Cora, 2B
Jason Bay, LF
Ike Davis, 1B
David Wright, 3B
Angel Pagan, CF
Rod Barajas, C
Jeff Francoeur, RF
Johan Santana, LP
NOTEBOOK: Carlos Beltran has still not been cleared to run full speed and begin baseball activities. There is no timetable for his return, but one can assume it won't be before the All-Star break. … Jon Niese will begin a rehab assignment tomorrow at Port St. Lucie.


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(Photo by T. Parrish, Parrish Photography via Wikimedia Commons)
By the solar calendar, autumn is still a few weeks away. But here in Maine, summer is already fading -- there is a soft golden light as afternoon turns to evening. Everywhere, Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) blooms.
Gail Faith Edwards notes that Goldenrod is the last of the bright yellow flowers left blossoming in New England fields. Warm and aromatic, it carries the energy of these last warm days of September, and the medicine we make from it can bring sunlight into the darkness of winter, lifting the spirit.
Just as it lifts waning spirits, Goldenrod brings wonderful relief to sore, tired muscles. A massage with Goldenrod oil or a Goldenrod bath will do wonders after a hard day of working outside or a tough workout at the gym. Kiva Rose has used Goldenrod successfully for more acute muscle injuries as well.
And its warmth and astringency make it a perfect remedy for allergies marked by red, irritated eyes and a running nose that make you look and feel like you haven't slept in days,
Restoring strength when energy is flagging indeed seems to be a keynote for Goldenrod's medicine. Matthew Wood writes that:
"All summer long, while other plants are flowering, Goldenrod is steadily raising its single stalk towards the sky. Finally, around the middle of August, the golden-yellow spires appear. Both a staff and a spire are included in the picture. It is like the tarot card showing a man walking along a road with a heavy burden on his back, a walking staff in his hand. His head is bent down, so that he does not see a church spire rising in the distance which shows that the distance is within his reach. The message of Goldenrod is to endure to reach the goal."
Wood makes an interesting connection here with Goldenrod's ability to restore the kidneys' ability to pour in blood -- a necessary function for the processing of both chemical and emotional burdens in the body. When Goldenrod is called for, the kidneys themselves are tired -- often manifesting as lower back pain right around the kidneys. Wood notes that:
"In some instances, the urine is light and copious, as fluids are drawn through the kidneys, but not minerals. There may be edema of the legs. In other instances the urine is dark and concentrated"
Indeed, my first use of Goldenrod was in response to the edema that accompanied a nasty case of Poison Ivy several years ago at a point when I was also under tremendous emotional stress. My leg had swollen up under the rash. Goldenrod, in combination with a small amount of Horsetail, helped the kidneys clear the fluids.
I think of Goldenrod as bringing the last summer sun to rekindle the kidneys' fire.
It will be enough to carry us through the dark time until the sun returns.


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Feb. 13--Developer Paul Petrovich is suing a former Sacramento city manager for calling him "mentally ill" in a text message weeks before the city rejected Petrovich's request to build a gas station at his Crocker Village development.
Petrovich says in the Sacramento Superior Court lawsuit that he suffered damage to his reputation when the text became public.
Since-retired City Manager John Shirey sent the text to Councilman Jay Schenirer in late 2015 after Petrovich had sent several angry emails to city officials and others. The developer in those messages accused Schenirer of trying to start a race war and appeared to reference Schenirer's Jewish faith.
"I have read all of Paul's blasts to us today," Shirey texted. "I have concluded he is mentally ill and is in serious need of psychiatric treatment."
Petrovich's legal team unearthed the text during a lawsuit the developer filed to challenge the city's denial of his gas station request. The Petrovich legal team introduced the text in court filings, citing it to support their argument that city officials held "personal animus" toward Petrovich. The Sacramento Bee later published the quote in a story about the lawsuit.
Petrovich initially filed a claim with the city in August against Shirey and the city, contending the text caused him harm. The city rejected the claim.
Shirey declined comment on the new lawsuit.
Petrovich scored a partial victory in court last month. Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny overturned the city's permit denial and ordered the city to reconsider Petrovich's gas station request. Kenny said he concluded that Schenirer, who represents the project area, was probably biased and failed to act in an open-minded manner in the weeks leading up to the council vote.
City officials say they will appeal that decision.
Crocker Village is a planned community of homes, apartments and stores under development in the former railyard next to Curtis Park and north of Sutterville Road.
Tony Bizjak: 916-321-1059, @TonyBizjak
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